The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-04
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

MACMILLAN & Co. have just published an artists
book OF travel under the title Of iX Weeks in the
Saddle, a Painters Journal III Iceland" by s. Z.
Waller.
PROFESSOR JAMES HELFENsTElN's comparative
Grammar Of the Teutonic Languages ia just out
in London, and Is the best historical grammar Of
the English. Gothic, Anglo-Saxon. Icelandic, Da-
nish, Swedish, German, Old Saxon and Dutch
tongues.
The LAST Book of the voluminous Miss c. NJ.
Yonge ts lie OF Bishop Patteson. of the Melane-
sian Islands, in two volumes. The Bishop had
youths college and a little schooner in the Pacific,
with headquarters in New Caledonia, whence he
sailed about from island to island, intent re-
lirious and educational work, until he was MUIR
dered by the delectable savages.
THE ARCADfAN defines journalist as man who
spends the best DAYS OF his lie in conlerring repu-
tations on others and getting none himself
NEW Book on Ashantee ard the Gold Coast
by Captain Brackenbury and Captain Huyshe, Is
on the eve OF publication In London.
DIR. GEORGE MCDoNALDs new novel, Malcolm"
deals partly with American and partly with Scot
,ish life. 1t is being published as a serial In the
Glasgow Weekly Herald.
Mr. HERBERT SPENCER's third series of "Es-
says-Scientihc, Political and Speculative"-win
soon be out.
NEW LONDON DAILY, to be called the circle,
will be commenced in January, and devoted chiefly
to local London news.
Dr. SAMUEL DAVIDSON mas written an essay on
fresh revision OF the English Old Testament. He
thinks all modern new versions greatly inferior to
the existing standard English translation.
THE GREAT NUMBER OF books written by English
men and Englishwomen, and the very small num-
Der OF works concerning England by Frenchmen,
draws this remark from the AthenguDe:-
The balance Is unequal. Frenchmen are lament
indeed, about anything beyond their boundaries.
Engnshmea are @ trife too eager to know every
thing which concerns Frenchmen.
Cory OF LORD LYTroNs drama entitled
"Cromwel," OF which only four copies were
printed for the author, to use in altering or amend
Ing brought ELL at recent London auction.
NJ. LOUIS yErILLoT, the ultramontane editor Of
the Paris Uniuers, draws from the Spectator this
criticism:-
We're he not one OF the most pious men in Eu-
rope he would be deemed one of the most prolane
The wealth, the strength and the bitterness his
invectlve are amazing. lie writes as II he kept
an Ecumencai council in his ink bottle HIS
Christianity gives new commandment, THAT Il q
him back, and hit him hard"
MIR. W. W. STORY has learned article in the
December Fraser on "Phidias," showing that there
Is no proof that Phidias ever made any statues In
marble at ALL
THE saturday Repieso laments that Tacftus, the
most powerful and sarcastic Of Latin historians,
has no readers in England except among proies-
siona scholars.
THE Spectator calls Mr.. william Blacks new
nove, "a Princess Of Thule,n "a beautiful aud al
most perfect story"
MRS. COwDEN CLARKE contributes TO the Gentle
mans Magazine some unpublished letters of Charles
Lamb, which are delightful.
''NEw HISTORY OF ROMAN LITERATURE"
translated from the German of Professor W. s.
Teufei is likely to supersede its predecessors.
Mr.. Il. A. PROCTOR, whose "Border Land Of
Science" was recently issued in London, is the
most prolific Of modern scientific writers.
Mr.. James W. Gerard Jr., has Just given to the
public in the compass OF volume of about 500
pages, an apparently complete review OF the whole
real estate system OF this State from the early colo
NAL period to the present time. This involves, Of
course, full consideration OF the English common
law imported into the colony and prevailing here,
not only under colonial rule but until modified or
changed by subsequent constitutional or State egis.
lati0n. In connection with realty in this State.
the principles Of the 'civil law,n as administered
under the Dutch provincial government from
which many titles to land in the State
have been derived, Is a necessary branch
Of investigation. The legal instrumentality
by which lands vest or are transferred,
the incidents pertaining to the various interests
or estates an land, the many liens to which
mnd has been made subject and the methods c.
their removal are also involved In consideration
OF our present real estate system. Thoroughly to
review and present in practicable form subjects
so important in their nature and involving so ex-
tended lego-historlca research as is necessary In
their investigation and treatment is task not
only requiring thorough general knowledge OF
the subject, but much labor In detail. Mr.. Gerard
appears to have executed with ability and fidelity
the task imposed in reviewing the above subjects.
AMONG forthcoming works illustrating local
American history is a new history Of the State
of Illinois, from 1913 to 1878, by Alexander David
son and Bernard Stuve, of Springfield.
THE REV. w. GREsLEy has published book en-
titled ''Iriests and Philosophers which takes
the side OF orthodox religion against such scen.
tihc writer's as Darwin, Huxley, DR.. Carpenter. &c.
Mr.. CHARLES NEW has published ellie, Wander
ings and Labors in East Africa" which the
AnenGun pronounces crude badly written ant
unsatisfactory book.
MIR. JOHN b. LETFcHILDs new book on 'Thc
Higher Ministry OF Natureo Is pronounced by the
Spectator to be spasmodic and inconsistent pro-.
test against Darwinism.
MEssRs. CHAMBERS have in preparation a new
edition OF Chambers CyclopGdia," bringing the
work down to the dates OF the last census in Great
Britain, Ireland and other European countries.
PROFESSOR SPENCER BAYNEs, of st. Andrews
University, Is editing the ninth edition Of the EN-
cyclop@da Britannica, in which it is believed that
the publishers will invest sum OF not less than
100000. The first volume Will appear shortly.
A NEW HAND Book OF PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS,
by James A. MAR, has been published by Routledge
Sons. Anybody who will commit to memory q
1.-THE Of these naQes would pass an . man Of vast