The New York herald., 1874-08-22
LITERARY CHIT.CHAT.

THE OLD LONDON Sporting Times has been
revived IN new form and with new policy.
The Times was formerly the property OF the
eccentric DR.. Shorthouse, who was imprisoned
some years ago for three months for libel
on Sir Joseph Hawley. The paper has how
passed from his hands and has been bought by Mr..
John Corlett, Of the Sportsman, who has deter
mined to make 1t the censor Of the turf, lashing
all It's faults and toes In the most iorcole style.
one OF Its features 10 to be series OF carlcature
portraits Of "men OF the turf" done by Mr.. William
Brunton who was leading artist on Fun until
lately, when Mr.. Tom Hood, the editor quarreled
with him. I have seen the frst OF these carIca-
lures, representing the great bookmaker, Steele,
who, at one time proprietor of nsh barrow. Is
now worth $4,000 made on the turf MIR. Brun.
ton has given him a coat OF arms-a Goldfish ram
pant and on bend three escallops (oysters) Of
the field. The caricature is excellent.
THE ELHABETHAN REVIVAL in English literature
has led to the reprint already OF the complete
dramatic works Of George Chapman, Thomas Dek-
ker, Thomas Haywood Richard Browne and Henry
Glapthorne, all Of which have long been nearly in
accessible to modern readers.
THE London academy praises MI. c. NOrdhons
"Northern California and the Sandwich Islards' as
one OF the peasantest and most unaffected nara
tives OF travel yet published.
CAPITAL Books are MIR. Edward A. Freeman's
"Historcal Course for Schools" OF which the fol-
lowing have already appeared general sketch
OF European history. history OF England, OF Scot
land OF Italy and OF Germany.
ITALY is waking up TO the best foreign literature,
and transations Of such instructive books as Free.
mans "Engllsh Constitution" and Fawcett's
political Economy" are issued from the Italian
press.
The BIGGEST BOOK OF THE AGE, in q single VOL
ume Is whitaker's reference Catalogue OF Cur.
rent Literature" in $500 pages octave. 1t con.
tains titles and prices OF all English publications
now in print, or about so, 900 full titles with
topical index.
THE father OF Norwegian poetry, PETER Dass,
has oeen honored BY complete edition Of his
poetcal works. Dass, like the first Danish poet,
Kingo. was OF Scottish extraction.
THE american Naturalist wants q new govern.
ment department created, to be known as the
Science Department, into which should be merged
the Washington Naval Observatory, the Signal
Service Bureau, the Coast Survey. the Geological
and Mining Explorations, the Bureau OF Education
and the Agricultural department
RECENT Chinese publication Is the CONNER.
cial Dictionary of Chinese Products" exhibited at
the Austrian Exposition OF 1873. The catalogue Is
printed at Shanghae, in English and Chinese.
A FINE REVIEW OF the character and political
work of Sir Robert Peel appears in the Recue des
DeuI 4Mondes for July, from the pen Of the Comte
de Jarnac.
A BALTIMORE German has done Joaquin Mnler's
"Arlzonan' into Teutonic.
In THE BOSTON Transcript appears very mud.
died history OF che origin OF the John Brown song
Mr.. c. Sprague Hall, 1t seems wrote all but tho
first verse and the one which speaks OF changing
Jefr Davis to a sour apple tree.v But the only
really good lines
John Browns body lies moulderns in the grave
His soul is marching on,
are unaccounted for.
AN IMPERFECT COPY Of "The Boke OF Eneydos,
Compiled by vyreye," and printed BY william
Caxton in 1490, was sold last month for f191 In
London.