New-York tribune., 1874-11-16

PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLAND.

BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEoPLE-iLLooi""in
BC>oxs-MR EUGENE sCHUYLERs ToRAisiAN
--AssYRIAN EXPLORATIONS.
lEaox THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF ThB TRIBUNE
IoSpoN Oct. 26.-Mr Murrays hstoi iorlhconine
,v,rls for the Autumn is, as usual extensive ana
,nortopt but nearly every book on ii is mentloneu
IN latter wrote three months ago, and must
refer 70 that letter published August % those per
sons who wish to know what Mr. Murray IL oolns'
. -, tho fexv announcements not made In July Is
Nr A. J. b. Beresford Hopes worship IN tne
Church of England" which presume 10 pe a DOCK
On Ritualism. Mr.. Hope is High Churchman' one
of the highest known, an authority among iaylheh
of that class on ecclesiastical matters versed III
ecclesiastical art and amateur of art not ecclesas
teal, cultivated. positive perverse man who VIII
have something 10 say worth hearing on his side OF
burning ouestion-and pour oil on It, as his fashion
ia wherever there is a flame. OF Mr.. James Fergus
sons revised History of Architecture In all
Countries" vols. Svo, with l,5OO Illus
trations. I have said something before,
though not in the July letter lhe
new edition does not think make the old less val
aahle except to the student of Indian Architecture
especially But the old has long been scarce anu
dear and the new was greatly wanted, for there Is
no manual or history of architecture in English
which for the student for the general reader can
srpply the place of Mr. Fergusson's comprehensive
work The Quarterly for October, reviewing the vol
ume on Modern Architecture. pronounces it as sys-
tematic as a cyclopeda, as full OF information as
handbook, and as amusing as a noVef-whicul 10
not too high praise. And it is more than TINS, con-
tinues the reviewer 1t is, in fact, "a continuous
pungent satire on the royal, reverend and noDie
victims of the modern system; an exhibition OF the
monumental follies of the vaunted culture OF the
West and a display, as frank as 1t is enlightened,
of the petrfed delusions Of three hundred
tbar hook
Mr.. Ernest Georges "Etchings from the Loire and
the South of France" with 20 plates and descriptive
text folio. l say probably architectural, because
there are so many architectural monu-
ments in those districts. and because Mr. Ernest
George is an architect and describes himself as such
in connection with his book. Mr.. Richard j. Kings
Sketches and Studies: Historical and Descriptive
may also be presumed to be architectural, Mr. King
being the author of the Handbooks to the Cathe-
drals of England and Wales. lately completed IN
severi 12mo volumes. Then come books by writers
who have fame TO make; The Sonnet, its orr
yin. structure and place in poetry, with original
translatons from the sonnets of Dante and Pc
trarch and remarks on the Art of Translating." by
Chas Toml;DsOn, FRS post Svo.; and Mrs. Isabella
Birds six Months among the Palm Groves, Coral
Reafsapd Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands" These
two would give one notion that long titles are once
more coming into fashion. Practical Metallurgy,"
by Dr. Percy, Lecturer on Metalurgy at the Govern
ment School Of Mines is a well-known treatise
which is now to reappear in new revised, and
enlarged form. And at last we have definite
promise that Mr.. CLAIR j. Grere's translation
Df Matzner's English Grammar, in vols. svo., is
10 appear in November 1t is some years since this
translation was first announced, and Mr.. Grere has
taken time enough to do his transating thoroughly
well. Mr. Dayman is still at work on his
Medieval Latin Dictionary" based on Ducange.
A specimen sheet may now be had, but no date is
fixed for publication Aud there are no other
announcements by Mr. Murray, except of school
books and of new editous of existing books and
except the very interesting list to be found as above
noted. in The TRIBUNE of August g.
Messrs. Hatchard are both publishers and we'll
known booksellers also. in Piccadilly-a rather
unusual combination here where publishers for
the most part dispose of their own wares at whole
sale and those Of nobody else in any way. The
principal feature in Messrs. Hatchards list is
new series of books for young people. leading OIL
with This Troublesome World" by Lady Barker,
now established as favorite with the children
followed by other such tempting titles rs True
hearted" and Royal Captives" by OOna Temple !;
"Fleur-de-Iis; or. Leaves from French History
by Esther Carr; The Lovells: Story of the Danish
War by Mrs. WebbPeploe Her First Impress
sionsD by Mrs Holdings, and Eighty Years Ago."
by Miss H. Cave.
A Book about the Table" by J. c. Jcafreson, is
announced by McsSrs. Hurst Il Blackett. Mr. Jcaf-
freson has previously done Books About pretty much
everything-about Doctors, Lawyers, Clergy, and l
know not what else. They belong to a class of lit
erature of which Scissors the emblem-the emp
tyings OF note books and scrapbooks cuttings ont of
newspapers, and stored up stories from the dinner
table. Probably no one ever read any one of them
through, but they are not unpleasing to dip into
and if by chance equipped with Index, are useful
at times for reference. The same publishers will
issue Capt f. L. Townshenis Wild Life in Flor
ida the Rev F. ArnOld's Orr Bishops and Deans
and new novels by Lady d lf'us Hardy, Miss Kaya-
nagh Mrs. Macquod, and Mrs. Cashel Hoey.
Illustrated books of cost ly kind abound among the
announcements Of Mcssrs. Sampson Low, MaIstOn
d Co., house which seems 10 be steadily growing
In Importance. They publish in connection with
Messrs Hachctte of Paris. the . -Four Gospels" by
Bida with all the original etchings. book Of too
much Importance 10 BE- disposed OF in paragraph,
and to which hope before long o devote q letter.
This and all the following are advertised as ready,
being in good season for Christmas possibly some
pf them NAV have been for last Christmas. Without
referring 10 former catalogues il is difficult, in
these enterprisug days to be sure that book au-
nounced' is really 70 the light for the first time
The remark is a general one. and has no particular
application 10 Messrs. Sampson Low than to
other publishers. The trade seem to find their ac-
count III it, as they do sometimes in publishing old
books with a new tl;le-page, and in the less mis-
ehieveus hut often puzzling habit of dating their
books L year ahead suppose most of the Christmas
Books of 1874 will be dated 1875. The buyer of illus
strated orks may choose between masterpieces of
shc Pitt Palace and other Galleries of Foronce,"1