The New York herald., 1874-12-14
LITERARY CHIT.CHAT.

The greater part Of the views In Mr.. Theodore
Martins "Liie OF the Prince Consort" have. 1t is
sald been supplied by Her Majesty from her pri-
vate portfolio, and the touches or more than one
royal pencil Will be found In the work.
The London academy styles Francis Parkman's
"Oid Regime IN Canada, 80 series OF mastery
sketches told In q vivid and animated style, and
carrying conviction with It."
The price OF books in Germany has greatly in
creased OF late The reasons given are rise in the
wages OF compostors OF from forty to nifty per cent
and decline IN the sale OF scientific works, re-
quirtng an ADDITION to be made In their prices
The last work OF the late Hammatt Billings, the
engraver. was the beautiful vlgnette title Of "Lotos
Leaves"
Julian Hawthorne relates that his father advised
him to earn an honest living In any way rather
than be an author. But the young man, like other
young men, didn't take advice.
The London Art Journal win hereafter be pub
lished In America by D. Appleton 4 Co.
Dr.. Brown-Sequard will contribute q series of
popular papers on medical science TO the Atlantic
Aonthlv
There has been lately discovered, in the War or
fce at Stockholm, manuscript work composed by
special order OF Charles Kill to give an exact de-
scription OF the military successes Of sweden upon
the Continent. The work is In twenty volumes.
The new Russian poem by Lermonton. "Tne
Clrcassian Boy" has been translated by 5. S.
Conent, and will be published by Osgood. 1t Is
SAID to be as interesting as Byron's "Mazeppa."
''Ten Years with Spirtualists" Is the title OF
book by Francis Gerry Fairfield, in press at the
Appletons
Under the head OF 'John Milton. the Scrivener,"
the Academy prints curious papers relating to
suit against John Milton the father OF the poet,
in 1886. One John Cotton had placed IN the hands
OF Mr.. Milton divers great sums Of money to be
let at interest "sfter the rate OF eight In the
hundred" The answer Of John Milton TO the bill
of complaint denies any Obligation
Becker's "Scientlnc Londonn treats Of the rise,
progress and present condition OF the great scien-
tifc institutions OF London.
by Scrtbner.
Five thousand copies OF DR.. Livlngstone's "Last
Journals have been sold by the London publisher
Murray In advance OF publication.
A nice little book is being printed at the Imperial
Printing 0tfice at Pekin-a work OF 220 volumes
.The History Of the Suppression OF the Topping
Revolution by Colonel Gordon's Army"
Eighteen different periodicals are published at
Yeddo, the most popular OF which has q ctrcula-
t0n OF Is, 900 copies
The latest contribution TO Shskespearean litera-
ture Is Mr.. W. Q. Hazlitt's "Fairy Mythology OF
Shakespeare"
literature has been published in Paris by French
man, M. Odysse-Ba The Atheneuna pronounces
1t much better than most OF the English histories
OF their modern literature.
The Celtic Society, OF London. being dead and
Its publications terminated IT il suggested that
an Irish text society be formed for printing manu-
scripts and rare BOOKS relative to that island.
Major Butler, whose lively and graphic narra-
tives Of travel, entitled "Tha Great Lone Land"
ana .'The Wild North Land" have had great sue
cess, is writing an account OF his adventures in
Akin. e
Great Britain is o country more greedy for books
OF peerage than any other. There are three or
four peerages already published annually, led by
the vouminous Burke, and now new peerage,
under the title OF "The Roll OF Honor" to contain
the titled gentry Ia promised by Routledge sons.
Anew quarterly. Revue de Ihilolo0,e ct d'Eth.
n0grdphie, edited by NJ. &. E. de Ujfalvy and pub
iished by E. Leioux has just appeared In Paris.
Mr.. W. E. Marshall an English colonel, viii
print work on "TEe scientific Aspect OF Poly
andry," derived mainly from his observations
among the people OF the Himalaya Mountains.
Gladstone's pamphlet on THE Vatican DEGREES"
has been translated into French and German.
Mr. SIMPSONS new "History Of Advertising
Is full OF entertaining and curious reading. While
wall advertisements are "a Old as the Greeks and
the Roman handpllls aid not appear In England
TIL the niteenth century. Mr.. sampson gives q
lively chapter on 'swindes and hoaxes," and an.
other on the details OF the state lotteries.
new book the great English novelist, en-.
titled "Thackerayana; Notes ana Anecdotes" has
appeared In London, with COO pictorial ske tches by
W. NJ. Tnacksray and some uneonectsd miscsl.
lsnies.