The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-28
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

can BOOK Trade Union at Put-in- Bay, OhlO on Lake
Erie, on the 2lst OF July. Its objects are to take
care OF the interests OF booksellers, consider the
practice called "underselling," &c
The ABRIDGMENT OF Richardson's novel, "Clarissa
Hallowe," published by Henry Holt Il Co., is
dressed in the cool and tempting brown Goth
habit Of the "Leisure Hour Series" Reduced from
nine volumes TO one this novel oil the last century,
which clergymen commended from the pulpit,
while Old maids wept over It's woes, may find o
lew languid or antiquarian readers.
THE LONDON Figaro learning that "Tupper's
Proverbia Philosophy has been dramatized for
the stage, suggests that ''Johnson's Dictionary
should next undergo similar treatment.
Mr.. J. r.. LUMBY has written "History of the
Creeds," which is good and succinct account OF
the ancient Christian ceeds and the controversies
respecting them.
SIR WILLIAM TIrE's library sold in London last
month, brought fraction under 100000. Among
the books was the original manuscript of Burns
song, "Scots VIVA Haze wi Wallace Bled.n which
brought f25. How many "origlnals" of this famous
song Of Burns are thereY The late Mr. Sumner
left one to Harvard College.
DR.. X. K HAGENBACH, the well known German
church historian, died June Q, at the age OF seven
ty-three
THE LITERATURE OF the Gypsles Is receiving great
attention OF late Three or Jour English and TWO
German books upon the subject were published In
1873
THEY SAY THAT JOHN FORSTER is engaged on
biography Of Dean Swift
A PHILADELPHIA COSTING, in the Publishers
Weeklv wants to know would 1t not be well to
define and codify the rules and courtesies by
which publishers are supposed to be governed In
reprinting foreign books ?" Just as Ii reprinting
without pay to authors we're anything but free
grab, for which no rules are possible, except an
honest international copyright.
Mr. GEORGE MEREDITH Ia engaged on q new
novel, in which he deals with several Of the most
vexed questions Of political and social lie OF the
day, ana in which, under assumed names, several
living politicians will be introduced.
NEW WORK on the ''History of Civilization
During the Times OF the Khalifs" will shortly ap-
pear from tue pen OF Alfred Won Krewer, the cele-
brated Oriental scholar.
DIR. DONALDSON rector of Edinburgh High School,
will publish Lectures on the History Of Educa
ton In Prussia and England"
MANY UNPUBLISHED papers Of Leigh Hunt, In
GLIDING plays and correspondence on many mat.
tiers Of literary interest, have come to light They
viii form the basis OF series Of articles to be pub
llshed in the magazines.
Mr.. THORNBURY's new work on "Old and New
London" Is q prousely illustrated, lively and
readable performance, though too pr0fuse In
epithets and nexcusably careless in authorities.
THE NEW BOOK Of Gregororius "Lucreta
Borgla" has met with great success in Germany.
Why can't we have an American translation OF 1t 2
IHE POET SHELLEY's "Refutation oil Deism," OF
which only two copies are known, Is exciting CON-
ment in England It's doctrine Is that the being Of
o God, being only probable from revelation, can
not, therefore, be proved at ALL atheism being the
true alternative to Christianity.
ANr Arur,c nf Dol o1nfo in
brought the large sum Of f62 sterling at London
auction on June 5. At the same sale Alexander
Pope brought ell Lord Nelson, Cd IS. Coleridge,
f10; Macaulay, 412 los. Hume, els 1os; Charles
Lamb. Ella IS. Cowper, e.; Lord Bacon, $21 !;
Byron, els; wellington, f2 15s; voltaire, f5 81.
Dean Swift, els 5s.; Dryden f25; Schiller eli los.
Cobbett 60 S.; Sterne, f13 and Oliver 'God-
smith, ESQ. But q letter of oliver Cromwell over
topped them all and fetched fl08
The CoPYRIGHT OF Octave Fcuiletts famous
"Sphinxn has been secured by the Ufstrers IHustrd
and will be published in the columns of that jour-
nal.
THE SUBJECT Of the prize poem Of the french
Academy for 1875 is Livingstone"
MILE. SIMoNwITsCH, who carried on her medical
studies at Zurich, and afterwards at Bern has just
obtained the degree OF NJ. d. sunsnaa cum laude
In the latter university being the drst lady who
has ever taken that degree at Bern.
The ENGLISH JOURNALS are lecturing upon lee
turers, apropos OF q recent utterance OF John
Ruskin.
Mr.. +. BARHAM ZINCKE has written "a Second
Month In Switzerland" which relates with great
particularly his walk through that most interest
Ing country.
Mr.. WILDWOOD READEs "Story OF the Ashantee
Campaign" s CURLY dismissed by the Saturday
Rerte,o as the work Of "a running and writing
gentleman"