, 1874-01-11
Literary Notes.

Mrs. Cowden Clarie contributes to the Gentle
! mans Magazine some unpublished letters o
CLa1les Lamb. whica are delightful.
Mr. E. Steigers new work on the periodical
Of the United States of America il nearly read
for publication.
4 copy Of Lord Lytton's drama entitled
"Cronwell," Of which only four copies wer.
printed for the author, to use IN altering ant
amending, brought Eli at recent Londo1
auction.
The Rev. s. J. Primes Life of Prof. samue
T. D. Morse will shortly be published By D
Appleton l. Co.
Walter Scotts novels are now sold at three
pence apiece in London, and the dealers 10y
that his books are read now only BY the hum
b1est class of buyers.
II any Of our readers are disposed to think
that our Encyclopedias are too large, it may
console item to know tint tho National Eucy-
eiopedia Of China consists Of one hundred and
si1ty thousand volu1nesl
A copy OF q Nllls Autobiography. By himself n
has been ordered by = country customer Of
Henry Holt d. Co.-Neso York Mail.
DR.. Schlclnann's great work on Troy will be
published in = few days. It is of large octaso
size, and will have, besides the text, IN atlas
containing over 900 photographs.
O'Donovan Rosa has published large vol
ume of 40 pages, bis Prison Life, giving a
graphic account Of six Years in Six English
Frla ous,"
Prof. Ja1nes Helfenstein's Comparative
Grammar Of the reutonic Languages" is just
out IN London, ana is the best historical grln-
mar Of the English, Gothic, Angto-sa1on. Ice
landic, Danish, Swedish, German, Old Saxon.
aud Datch tongues.
Il is stated that ar. plirnsoll, tho author of
the successful little book for English seamen, ia
magazine in which be has bought large inter-
esl. for the purpose Of pushing on the work on
behalf OF seamcn. 80 uobly begun.
Ellhu Burrltt, the noted lngu1st, wlo Ina re-
Gently published, through Lee l. Shepard, "Ten-
Minute Tulks on All Sorts OF Subjects" is en-
gssed upon work entitled 'sSoclal Walks and
Talks with Young Students Among the Lam
guages."
Il appears from reccpt Parliamentary return
that the only countries which impose a duty on
books imported iuto them are Spain, Switzerland
Turkey. and the United States. It must be ad-
mitted that the model Republic Is in rather poor
company in itB taxes upou knowledge.
Tho last book Of the voluminous Miss c. II.
Yonge is q life Of Bishop Patteson. Of the Melau
esiaI Islands, III two volumes The Bishop had
q youths college and little schooner in the
Pacific, NTH headquarters at New Caledonia,
whence he sailed about from island to isIand, IN
tent on religious and educational work, until he
was murdered By the deleo.ablo eavages-
Frowde i CO. have recently issued from their
j" London Bible Warehouse En- edition Of tho
bible, which differs from all previous editions in
having broad margin for the pu1poE OF insert
ing manuscript notes. It is printed Oh paper
specially prepared to be written On with ordl-
nary pen and ink.
4 Southern editor announces his intention OF
securing hall, it one OF sufficient dimensions
can bo found, for tho purpose Of ho1diug a con
yention of the authors Of " Beautiful Snow"
The London Saturday Reuieto does not aporo-
bond that any OF 3ir. Whttiers poems will sur
vive the memory Of those who are now living. It
says that Whittier has great auency in Whiting
verses which are the triumph Of respectable and
successful tnediocrity. It rates the Quaker batd
Ii far inferior to Lowell. and SAYS there is moro
poetry in any three lines Of Dir. Browning than
n any 800 Pages OF .1r, Whittier.
ow sseeo d Is Maae fsgrnsSea
TEE catcA;o TRIBUNE by Naw York CORE
sEondeEt over the signature OF s. Kidder,' has
,eon reprinted By the Appletons in tho Journal.
md is also to be used as = circular for the re-
Used Cyclopedia which it desclsbes- It was
sritten by slr. A. <. Flake, lately OF the Ece,-
ng Mail. and one OF the resisers Of the Cyclic
,eda, and now OF the Boston GZobe.-Ne,o
York Erening Mail.
The new edition Of Literature and Dogma
vhict Mr. Matthew Arnold is preparing, will !
ontan pretnce III which be will review tho !
objections bzought against the book. There is |
0 be also librar: edition OF Ar. Arnold's |
Biblo Reading for Schools (Isaiah, chapters |
l-lxvi);, This will contain eight OF nine chap
err scattered through the first part Of 1eiah.
;h1ch Mr. Arnold thinks really belong to tie |
r:l series Of chapters.
4 fierce contest Is raging in English literary
irc,es over what would seem 10 be yery small
a2tter. In preparing an inscription for the
1arble bust or the Princess of Hohanlohe, the
lean of Westminster made u9e Of the Latin
1pression, ''Coram sepulchro." I" near to. or ;,e-
ide the sepulchre, which Ias at once STACKED
n the ground tha: 'coram could only be used
th noun depoiing pecsou and not = thing, !
5 "coram tudice," etc. At last accounts tie |
ei6ht OF Authorities were on the Dcans side.
Nr. Faxieou. tia wels-knprn Nrit%x of Christ