, 1874-05-10
LITERARY NOTES.
on the at1et

Of the American indians :" '-The Pa.isi,n. =
! and "Deale Oh protoplasm ;" and :. corais1
B1liad," by Henry c. Lsa.--OtLer periodical
received 1S Amertca" i; Natu'a'ist for us! (pss:
! chicago Teacher for May (Je1emsh Mehousx
j Cnicat.p); Hlccons1n Johrna! Of EuucQ!an fotf
| Nay Edward Soaring aad John 3. r7a.ii, M,di-
son); Amcrtcca Booksellers Gui9s f,
May [Amcrcan NeHs Company, Ns7
York;; Medical Investigator fc. M.
{Chicago); Illinois Schooimaster for .h,
(aaron Cove and Edaiu q. Heaett, No5ual}t
Great ResIern A(on|hy for alay (PaiIsdsIpAi,l;
american Historical kpcord fur 1lsy (Jobn I
Potter il Co., PhiladclpAia); Literary Word 10.
May IS. r. C-ocl-or, Eoeton);. Spectator 1cr Nsr
(New York aad Ch.cago.)
Mrs. OAipnaat's new novel will ba "F>z
Love aad Lite"
-Mrs. Stowe begins. this month, ne,!.l il
tho Christian C:eios. entitled 1--WE aud crr
,Neighbors." TIE story will deal With tina tam.
+ perauco question
-"Jennio June" (SIrs. Croly) viii ehe,t;;
Ter or Worse"
Col. j. W. DeForcst is 'sPlaying the An+
olief" in his Iow novel, g sociosy s!o.J Of III
day, not yet engaged, however, BY magazine
-" You Know dow It Is Yourself" vas shts
a'small boy asked for at bookstore; whas hs
wanted Was heaae's ''Put Yourself in Hi
Place."
Edmund Istcs' new novel, ga Dangerous
Came" introduces tho professional thea:r,cal
11Te Of Nev York and London.
-Agessiz's correspondence has been e.
amtned and classified, IN preparation for thu
biography which Mus. Asasaiz has in hand
-Mr- Edwin Jamea il stated to be Writing
"reminiscences OF London barr;sters, 70. publca-
ton. The life OF the Lord Chief Justice ol
ENGLAND will begin the sarlcg
The Rerue des Ue.t1 Aondes publishes ~
elaborate paper on the American l1dians, from
the Pen OF LOUIS si.nomn. The title il La
DlTerzes Peau1-Rougas, souvenir de Yoyssss
dams L'Amerique du Nord."
-Df. Hodges "a Systematic Theology ia ia
be demolished By = brother Pnncelou Pro
fessor, io book with the saTage title of "7e-
itch and Theology; OF, Doct!lnalism akin a
Rationaism.''
-" Hans Breitmaun," Prot. E. H. Palu.z
OF Cambridge, aad soma other people, are prs
pairing . volume OF ballads in the English gJpsJ
language. with metrcal English tra.l6atioua.
Victor Hugo is eaid to have tho largest 70.
cabulary OF any French writer. Fow authcn
use more than l,00u Of the ri, 900 words io tha
dictionary OF tho Academy, anu Theophiis Gau
tier used to boast Of his 5000.
"A new German epic, BY Adolf Stern, Is d.
voted to Gutenberg, who has been sadly neg"
iectad heretofore by The Masses.
Mr.. Warner is said to have msas, s. hls
shars in ':Ihe Gilded Age" S20,ooc. !.
II. Is reported that Bret uarte is to writa 4
child's story for the ST. Nicholas Magazine.
The speeches and some unpublished politiea
writings Of the late Lord Lyttun are in the rrssa
and will shortly be Issued, with prepaIator!
notice BY his son.
Gen. J. B. Hood announces bis intention Of
replying to tlet reflections upon Ills career cor-
taloed II Gen. Joseph Z. Johnston's book on tts
military operations Of the Rebellion.
-Anna Dickinson has not written the noTel it
WAS reported Osgood was about to publish. she
Is. however, gong to write book-not nog.4'
which ele has ros yet begun Her health hss
failed OF late, and sle intonds to pass the suuz+
ner abroad.
Mr.. Furniyall says that edward the Third"
8 on the list OF works to be issued by the ''SeE
Shakespeare 6ociety;" hut that the doubts ente--
naueu regarding tho p-opriety OF assembling tha
,lsy to SEakapeare and the existence OF an ed~
ion published By Prof. Delius have caused tha
'oolely t. pause before proceeding to bring out
n FedIti0l OF Its own.
Charles Reade is reported to be engaged o.
story OF which the sinking Of an upssawor.hy
mo lie and disaster, will bo tho main features.
II. ,Phmsol NJ. r., it is said, has furnished ths
ata to Mr. lieade.
"a History Of the D.ptist Denomination
|using the Pact Century" is announced on occa-
Oh Of the Centennial Anniversary, containing
u AAA.psA3t " AAV 4At ~ oh III ALA 1AluELt1
urins tho tifat h,tnurcd years Of The United
tatss. The work Is to he edited by the Rev.
cmuel Moss. and Will include contributions on
azlous specific. topics from tao Rev. Dse. Wea-
IN. Justin A. Smith. s. e. Caldwell, 4. c. ZEN
rick, l.. Z. Smith, J. P. B-gart, and other dis
ngnished Baptist cle-grnen-
"A new work on the United States is an
ounced iu Paris, from the pen OF Major Pons-
in, the veteran engineer and author, VITO spent
lore then twenty years in tLis country, and has
ublisled Several previous woraa on Amcrcaa
always aud American politics. Il. Poussln'a
ew work Is entitled 81 Lea Eats-Unis d'Aner"
lue Mmurs, Usages, ct Coutunes Poiitilues,
orce Milltairo, Plan do Ia Defense Genorale,
esume de Ia prosper1to Actuclle DO rUuioI+
Oh Ayenir, Et1de Historiquo OF dEcoaouia
olitique. 1s15~73."
-Brockhaus, OF Leipzig. will shortly publish
10 first volume Of Z work ho entities "lta
Lolern Piutarch," TO contain biographies, a7er-
glng about eighty pages each, ot lnpostan.
ersons from tho Reformation To- t1s- presaas
me. The first volume will comprise Iothec
= Heinrich Rueckers, Cromwell, bF Pfu1.
auli, Go.1ingcn; Voltaire, BY Prof nosen~
ranz, OF konlgeberg, and Henri ~, bg Phillip
3n, OF Bonn. q
-scribner, Armstrong l. Co. haro now we7k
? Mr. Proctor OH 1.-The Universe and ths COT"
lg Transits," Tho drst group Of essays p5s.
snts, in nearly chronological order. the sasnoss
,searches into and gradually adrsncins Tieno
.apcctinr the constitution OF the untSelo:
ull copies are given Of all Proc.or'a maps sna
larts or the star-dep.hs. except in the czfe q
IL largo chart Of 324 ,uUu stars, eectioua of "nicn
uy are given. lucre ara here presented ~
lie charts drawn 5y alr. Proctor TO illustrate the
,ming transit of Nenrs. m
-'' Do you know Miller, joaquin NiIe:f
eunyson asked Al American latety in Loneos.
8 works, Of COURSE" ea;d Tcnnyson., Agsn
e reply w:s in the negative; aad ths pgsas psa
mercan, who WIS highly delighted with .n'
'ancs Of talking to-. Eag!.nd's Poet Lanresstt' e.
as deeply mortified BY seeing the g11a! Posi9. ,s9
ho Is not celebrated for courtesy, turn ms w..
dcl5 and Walk indignantly a"ay. Tho se9as
an demonstrated with Tennysou, who ans"e.
in rage: .''rnink OF an America bain$ 'g-
,rant OF the greatest poat 10 Ills couatr7I. ax
-Elhu Dur1tt in pt1yete lettar, za7s: ~
el tha. am played out IS lecturer, ~
sIiy before American audiences. 1hc1 e<PGs
30 to England, next summer, to otd fnenoI
.ce more, and to look after my bcoEs, new ~
/. I have just sent to Ioudoa n5 s4osei;s a;
amman and reading lessons, winch W.
obablg be put to lress about the LIST q 'a.s'
d I must be On Land to corrcc: proofs, e'
1en am deeply in my pathological wofa
re tiuiehed the Saascrit, Hlndostcnee, ~ ~
rgian ser1es. aad am about half Though WV
e Turkish, in tho end expecting tia four ~
ages to be Issued In large volume, but IN pe:t ID.
ffTst. Then intend. TO take up The 6cm'a' 611'sa
mily or Arabic, Hebref, Syriac, and Lta,otas,
i do the same by them. Thus you hee ~
ginning work which ehe11ld oec1rJ !oo*
E, and an il ita eseulng Louzs>"
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