The Portland daily press., 1874-09-29
Literary Notes.

Mr.. Gladstone viii have an important article
| on "Rtualists and Ritualism," in the October
| Contemporary
"Bujode Frederic; or, the Story Of the
Frenchmen Driven Out by the Germans" is
the new Erckmann-Chatrian story.
A new volume of Bradlaugh's writings, es-
says on religious topics and biographies, viii
be published this month by Asa X. Butts s.
Co.
Julian Hawthorne's new story, 'Idolatry,
is promised Saturday, here and in London. 1t
is said to bear unmistakable traces of the Haw-
thorne genius.
TIE first two volumes of Mr.. W. s. Lindsay's
long-promised work, "a History of Merchant
Shipping and Ancient Commerce. are nearly
ready for publication by Sampson, Low s. Co.,
London.
A work on ''The Second North German Po-
lar Expedition" in the years 1S69-70, of tbs
ships Germania and Hansa, under command of
Captain Holloway, will shortly be published in
England, with illustrations in cnromo-litho,-
raphy.
Mr.. Geo. M. Bakers new "story of a TOM
boy," Trimming to Waste" is to appear in the
excellent "Maidenhood Series of Lee s. Shep-
ard, which numbers already several admirable
books for girls Mrs. Moulton says it is "a jolly
wide-awake, entertaining book, which al
the young people will like.
An illustrated book for boys, by David Ker,
the author of son the Rode to Khiva," entis-
led ''The Boy Slave in Bakhara: ''Tale Of
Central Asia;' and book for girls, "Aunt
Mary's Bran Pie," by the well-known author
of s'When was little Girl" est Olayess
ETC., are among the juveniles promised by
English houses.
Mrs. E. Prentiss, author of stepping Heav-
enward," has recently completed new work.
entitled "Urbane and his Friends in Council
which will be published by A. d. f. Randolph
& Co, whoSalso have in press new volume Of
poems, "The Chamber of Peace selected and
edited by the compiler of "rhe Changed
Cross and 1.-THE Shadow of the Rock"
Among Mr.. Bayard Taylor's innumerable
enterprises during his stay abroad was
School History of Germany, of his plans for
which we spoke at the time of his departure
This lis now completed and will be published
during the fall by the Appetons, in 12mo.
of about three hundred pages. Mr.. Charleton
Z. Lewis Popular History of Germany eX-
tends to double that size, and will be issued
this month by tie HarpeIs
Among the new works of fiction announced
this fall by the Harpers is a novel which bears
the attractive and suggestive title of 'sTha
Sack of Gold' by Miss Virginia w. johnson,
author of "Joseph the jew" published by tho
same house last year, 'The Sack of Cold ia
purely American novel, the scene being laid
in this country and the principal characters
being Americans. An original and attractive
work is promised by those who have read
the MS.
The Routledges' Knebworth edition of
Bulwer-Lytton is to include besides the novels
and romances, the whole of his miscellaneous
writings, collected and edited by Charles Kent
Fourteen volumes are to comprise all his es-
saws. minor tales, biographies, criticisms,
poems and dramas some of which VIII now
for the first time make their appearance, and
the first volume, to be issued in October, will
been nc out Of print abroad for forty years,