, 1873-12-13

C1nrke, Uh!eayo.
Young FoNa' journal for December. 1ukcu
''4iu'e; 1MSiean iSt; 1eots.rs' Guide for December
American Nown Company, Nav York.
Literary Notos.
1ro1nrtl IL "Urof Tho CIlulleoua, 80 Mrs. An
I'M Wks says and tahoa 4 wholo book to M:
Prof. George nawlnaon iB about competn
his great historical work by volume ontitlc
Is seveth t n uroat Oriental Monarchy
-l}Ianel,nr1 Jcrrod Is travelling about tti
continent Mt work ON hia forthcoming Life ol
Napoleon ILL.,, OF Which Lilo irst volume Is to ap'
Mir. John ilakc, Of Harvard College, Ia nos
Iii 1on1ou. a work of his entitled F" Outlines oi
goamlo rhosophy, bapcd on tho Doctrine Vi
Evolution ~ soon to arpenr.
lilo first edition Of tlliB "AUtobograpllv,"
conAlstlng OF 1,0u0 volumes, was sold III ufx
days.
c-ltwas not becaneo tloy had read Mark Twain
tint tho !. II. q. a. Of Colclostor, England.
placed bis books on the Index expMrgatorius. but
i,ooauss Of the horrible cotnio illustrations on tile
cover.
--stanfortI, Of London, IS to publish {" Ashanti
--llejccted contributors form so lnrge class
IN England that tiey support two magazines,
woso pages eonta notg ct tas ian m9s been
~-nuakin'B latoBt lecturos arc series OF ak
on wood mud ,notal olfgraving undor the char
actcrintically pors;,icuods titlo Of "Arladnc
! Fiorontinn.H He is iHs,.ing them one BY ono,
| with profusc explanations mud apologies.
| 1t is told Of tho late Mrs. Janat Hamilton
the Scotch poatess md easayist, TINT sfo coule
not read and TINT sllo dietated all her compost
! lions 10 hor husband. who was q shoemaker.
| ~ large part Of tho second volume Of Decch
| or'B "Lifc Of Jesus tile Ghrist" Is In typo, at1e
lle ia hard at work upon ts completion, although
it will not be issued until spring:
/ Tntn "a II. itr a,,f f0n1cr
aida nov story, which will be commenced III ths
| IA book TINT has venerable claims to ntten..
tion Is anno1nce1 among tho Euglinh "new %
bndaha tsaus!atel from, Tie sansert into Chi.
nesc, by Djnannkuta "a. D. G00), and from the
chsnese into Enslal':"
rho most noticeable 4 production Of taa year
| in Francoi ia the Do0k Of Poetic Intarels StreWI
uion The Grave of vhoopi,i1o Gantior, by sone
lao living wrltats-Frellcls. English, and Ter
| man. Alr. Swlnbnrre contributes slS poo'na, t"e
Of which arc in French.
nesartuh" wns put into Alr. Mill's lnuds, he
thought slightly OK It; lilo says: " did not
however, deem myself competent tHugo u
Carlyle. folt that ho was poet and that
was not that he was man Of intuition, which
was not and that AZ such ho not only 50"
many things long before me which i could ONLY
when thoy wcro pointed out to me, hobblo alton
and prove, but that 1T ,was highly pral'ahle he
could see tnauy things which wero not visible te
mo eyon after they wore pointed out" IT,. .n:
Tho - first series Of George Henry Loves
work OIL !" Problcips Of LILO md Mind il inst
rcady in England, undcr the title Of The
Foundations Of > Dkeea." Ia il the author en'
dearors 10 establish the creed Of philosophy
founded on tho Knownble to the nttcr exclusion
OF what lie considers the UnkuowAblo.
=" Tho inferior Sex - is the subject and tile
snb-tit1e Of o new novel by Cincinnati lawyer,
to be published by Lee l. Shepard. II ics 1t fair
question, to which sex does tho Min OF law re.
fer7 Tie first title Of tho book iy u Alra. At
mingtonH Wara,' and tho author ia D. TheT
Wright.
Dom piatt, Of tho Washington Capitdl mod,
itatcs tho publrhing Of Lis letters from Europe
} the past summer III q volume. There mover
any Hike tlen1, and t,e publisher WHO could
, combine taeso in volume with those of Waiter
Hon, Of the LoniAvio Cour'er-Journal would
! either loao ia character or mako lis fortuno,
) pelhaps both.-SIri,4gReId Republican,.
Tho springfield Neputi,can glves tho follow
ing estimate Of magazine circnlutions Harper
claims, md no doubt has. circu}ation Of 1861
: copies. Godeys LddYs BooE circnlasos more
ttan 100000 copies, mostly at tho South uue
!, circulating froln 5,00l to 600 copied only. Ut
and -Aeto probably equals these figures. the Cat
! III tU3E.