The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-01
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

CHARLES KINGSLEY will handle the now popular
subject OF "Health and EducatOnn in his forth.
coming volume which the Appletons will publish
THAT BIG BUT USEFUL BOOK, "The Uniform Trade
List Annual for the United States.n which con-
tanned the publishing lists and priced catalogue OF
American publishers, Is to be made permanent.
Mr.. Leypoldt is preparing the next volume Tor
1915.
AN EXHAUSTIVE INDEX to every word in the
poems OF shakespeare with reference to the poem
and line where found, has been prepared by Mrs.
H. II. Furness, Of Philadelphia, and published by
J. B. Lippincott & Co.
MRS. II. B. STOWE Is about to commence vet
another story, under the title of awe ana Our
Nelghbors" Illustrating the temperance agitation.
THE APPETITE FOR African books (meaning
thereby books about Africa is on the increase in
England. Captain Butler whose two books OF
North American explorations have had great
success will soon relate His experiences In tropi-
cal Africa. Dr. G. Rohlf will publish his "Adven-
lures in Morocco" w. Winwood Reade viii also
print fresh book about the black continent, and
J. G. FORBES will issue AFRICAN Geographical Ex-
plorations."
BY THE RECENT LIFE of Mrs. Barbauld it ap-
pears that this prim and decorous lady had a
mad Frenchman for a husband, who often threat
ened the life OF his wife and finally drowned him.
self in the New River.
THE AUTHOR OF 'sThe Norman People and Their
Descendants In the British Dominions and the
United Statesn declares that out OF 3d. 900 names
in the London Directory, nearly 1000 are of Nor.
man origin.
Mr.. JOHN PAGET a London barrister, has pub.
lished book which dlssects some historical
writer's in great credit, and Macaulay among
them. 1t Is entitled 'sParadoxes and Puzzles
Historical Judicial and Literary
ND Epl
novel; entitled "Lord OF Htmselfn is tale OF Ken
lucky twenty years ago
A LEARNED GERMAN, named DR.. r. Benedix has
published book on 1.-THE Shakespeare Manian
He objects to the popular alteration OF the great
English dramattst He objects to the style or CON-
position; he condemns the morality of the plays;
he expresses extreme surprise that the admirers
OF Shakespeare should extol him as the most
aginative OF poets. For his part, Dr. Benedix finds
him very bombastica There are several Shake
sperian heretics who agree with Dr. Benedix but
they will probably continue to oil eternity to be In
the minority.
TIE LATEST BLUE Book out In London Is a re-
port on peat in the United States as an article
available for fuel Lord Granville instructed the
British consuls In America to collect the facts
which are interesting as showing complete fnan-
cial failure to make peat cheaper substitute Tor
coal. Forty.seven companies, with capital vary
ing from $4,000 to $5,oOoooo, have been organized
for the purpose Of working and preparing the
fuel. Every one has ailed
NEW DAILY CHINESE PAPER has been estab-
lshed at Hong Kong. The other Chinese journals
OF the colony have been altered from tri-weekies
to dailies
Mr.. GEORGE DAWSON, M. A., intends visiting
America in August next on a lecturing tour.
A MOST INTERESTING Book, by r. LIE Normant
entitled "Lcs Premicrs CivilisatonsD has appeared
in Paris.
NUREMBERG celebrates In June, the erection OF
her monument to Hans Sachs, the celebrated head
OF the master-slngers OF Germany.
THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT has issued perem-
tory orders for the return within two months of
oil Japanese students abroad. The number OF
these students now In Europe and America is
about $50. They are recalled on economical
grounds, to save the cost OF their maintenance to
the government.
The JENA Gazette has completed the two hun.
dredth year OF Its existence. II has been during
oil that time the property Of one family.