The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-01
LITERARY CHIT.CHAT.


COMMERCE AND TRADE are engrossing large
share OF attention In recent literature. Last year
appeared Mr.. Leon Lewis History OF British Com
merce from 1863 TO 1870" and this year Mr.. John
Yeats has put forth "A Manual OF Recent and
Existing Commerce, nom the Year 1889 to 1872"
Lives Of successful merchants and fnanclers are
alss abundant and widely read. t-'
GEORGE ELIOT received fs, 900 for 'sMiddlemarch,"
the highest sum ever paid for work OF fiction the
English papers say. The Blackwoods paid II.
LONDON correspondent hears that Mr.. Tenny-
son has in view poem on the subject Of the colo
Mes which he has Just touched on in his late epf-
logue. Mr.. Browning has ready for the press o
new poem. The scene Is again laid in France, and
the subject, like the "Rng and the Book, J" judicial
HERE is an in mitable bit Of description from o
letter OF Dickens to Forster about his Summer trip
TO an English watering place.
Everything here at Broadstairs Is the same as OF
oso, have walked twenty miles q day since l
game down, and went 70 circus at Ramsga,e on
three long acts without an II in it, as iffor wager
,Evvens and leads, and 'orrors and lands were as
neither IN Dus NOR 9e in va
nor permitted to owen In any form on the confines
OF the sawdust. w. IN as rw vr
MR.. JOHN O'HANLON has been twenty-five years
engaged on his "History Of the Saints Of Ireland"
which numbers twelve volumes, and will fully
manifest 1.-THE ancient religions glories Of Ireland's
native saints at home and In distant countries."
PROFESSOR W. J. N. RANKlNE who died at Glas-
gov last month, was the author OF several learned
works on civil engineering, ship-buildlng, ma
chinery and the steam engine. which have large
sale In this country as well as in England. 4o
THE Independents says:-The author Of "Ecce
cGlum," "Pater Mundin and "Ad Fidem." has
another book In press. We nave not yet learned
the title oft, but 1t Is probably either "Tempus
Fugit" or "Exeunt Omnes." -- '--A
STBNH0UsBs new book 'rThe Rocky Mountain
Saints /" contains list OF 1o9 books pamphlets and
magazine articles on the Mormons Of Utah. ID, -r
No FEWER than one hundred and seventy-six
AlmaDacs for 1878 have been published In Paris at
prices running all the way from three sous to one
| franc ruEoiI1A rlL r-e9 -gom Us
| Her MAJEsrY's PRINTERS have been impeached
before the Committee OF the Society for Promoting
| Christian knowledge for circulating imperfect
prayer books, the imperfection being that some OF
the smaller editions were deficient OF the baptismal
service and some Of the occasional offices. eW
IT Is SAID that over one hundred students are
now employed at Jeddo In cOdfying and simplify
Ing the Japanese characters with view OF adapt
ing them to the sounds used In foreign languages.
THE COPYRIGHT Of Keblc's "ChrIstan Year" will
expire shorsly after having existed nearly ferry
| six years, during which l61 editions have been
| printed. The London publishers are endeavorng
| to secure the market to themselves by reducing
their prices-the best edition from rs. 3D. to 80. Cd.
| and the 81 mo. from So. 3d. to 1s.1 ma cl4 att-
| DICKENS residence at Lausanne, Switzerland
| delighted him much. He wrote:- f., rr-~
The country Is delightful in the extreme-as
| leafy, green and shady as England; full of deep
gens and branchy Places and bright with oil sorts
birds besides, and the moonlight the lake Is
BILE. Prodigious mountains rise up from Its OppO-
site shore ut 10 eight or nine miles across at this
| point, and the SimplOn, the St. GOthard, Mont
Blanc and all the Alpine wonders are piled there
| in tremendous grandeur. The cultivation is UNI
Of walks, vineyards. green lanes, corn fields and
| pastures full OF hay. The general neatness ia as
| remarkable as In England. never saw so many
booksellers shops crammed within the same space
| as IN the steep up and down streets OF Lausanne.
AS It is perfectly free place. subject to no prOhibi-
lions or restrictions OF any klnd there all sorts
Of new French books and publications in It, and all
sorts OF fresh intelligence from the world beyond
the Jura Mountains. no gL- a4ar = +
THE NEW BALLOT ACT In England Is giving birth
like the Reform act to its special literature among
| which we note 1.-THE Law and Practice OF Parlia
mentary Elections Under the New Ballot Act, witt
| Plain and Clear Directions to Electors by Mr.. 8
p b. Hook solicitor, who takes pains to enlighter
| unsOphisticated John Bull upon the mysteries o
secret voting, as hereafter 10 be practised In thai
| country.
IT Is SAID that Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Is the author
OF the anonymous ''True History Of Joshua David
son, Communist" reprinted by uppincott.
NAsMITHs institutes OF English Public Law"
Just issued In London, is described as miniature
Blackstone. full Of interesting Illustration. which
renders II as fascinating al Buckle or Froude.
Doubtful. "a. -r.'rfe1- g