The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-29
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

THE LIFE OF EDWARD BULwER LYTTON Is to be
written by his son Robert, better known as "Owen
| Meredith" and author OF 'Lucile," 1.-The Ring OF
! Amass' and much poetic literature.
| HARRIET KENMORE COOPER, one OF the two lit
erary daughters OF the American novelist, will
| soon publish "Hist0ry OF the Oneida Tribe OF In
| dians.n
| The ENGLISH WRITER calling himself January
| Searle mas gone mad. His real name is George S.
| Phillips.
| ANEW LITERARY and art periodical is started in
Paris. under the name OF Musee des De,lr Aondes
Jules Jahin and Paul Lacrolx are among the
editors, and 1t will be published semmonthly,
like the Revue deS Deur M0ndes. 1t will be illus
| trated by chromos, reproducing masterpieces OF
| the best artists.
| EVER SINCE THE PUBLICATION. more than twenty
| five years ago, OF the late Walter r. Johnson's
| Government Report on American Goals" there
| has been an annually increasing want OF q
| coal manual which should do justice to this
| vast mining industry. The vacuum is well filed by
Mr.. James Maclarlane's "Coa Regions Of America, =
which d. Appleton 60. have just issued in a hand
| some illustrated octave volume OF 700 pages. Its
numerous maps show all the coal belts in the
various States, so far as yet developed, and its
copious and clearly written text gives the nrorma
tion previously scattered through numerous
volumes, periodicals, scientific papers and unpub-
lshed reports, inaccessible to the inquirer. The
bitumtnous coal fields are here for the first time
fully described, while the anthracite regions OF
Pennsylvania receive adequate notice.
Mr.. SMILES excellent book, "SelfHelp," has
been translated into Japanese, and adopted as a
government text book.
NOAH WEBSTER used to spread his favorite ideas
OF the spelling reform by travelling about from
printing ofce to printing office and handing
printed slips containing the words stheater,n
'center," &C., to persuade people to spell as ne
did. This was before the ravenous demand OF the
great American people for dictionaries furnished
patetic one.
FROM 1851 TO 1872 about two hundred thousand
new publications were issued In Germany.
The PUBLICATION OF great literary and scientific
work has been commenced by NJ Van Bemmel. pro-
lessor ut the University Of Brussels. It bears the
title, "Patrla Belgica," and is to comprise ali that
Is known about Belgium
Amevihanischer Botschatrer american Messen
ger) is the name of new periodical devoted to
German-Amcrican interests and published in Stuff
CART
A NEW EDITION, and much needed, OF "Curtis on
the Law OF Copyright" will soon appear from the
press OF Little, Brown Go.
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON said recently that he
had set type enough to form a topographic rail.
road from Boston to Liverpool.
1.-THE HISTORY OF POTTERY is the history of hu.
mainly" At all events, SO says M. Albert Jacque-
mart who has given to the world q highly inter-
esting "History Of the Ceramic Art" in which he
traces the fashions OF dishes in all ages and among
all races, from Egypt to Birmingham.
Mr.. J. j. MURPHY has written book on .The
Scientific Bases OF Belief, In which he ably sets
forth the arguments for theism. He reviews the
work OF the leading Christian apoogists OF the last
century, but with an eye to the changed methods
OF thought aud investigation that prevail.
ANOTHER LIFE OF JESUS is put forth in Germany
this time by DR.. Keim, professor at Gessen Uni
versity. The book attracts much attention in theo
logical circles abroad.