The New York herald., 1875-11-25
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

Emersons new volume is to be called ''Leters and
Social Aims 1t will appear about the LIST Of December
Lowes new volume Of essays, "Among My Books, !"
second seres will be issued early in December IL will
elaborate paper Dante essays on Words
worth and Spencer and many other articles.
Rev. Or. Joseph p Thompson has written sJesus Of
Nazareth; His Life for the Young" and osgood & Co
will shortly publish it in octave volume with many
5ilustrations.
Whittier's volume Of poetca selections "Songs OF
Fhree Centuries" will appear and dress for
she holidays.
The second volume of the "Life of Lord shclburnc"
extending the outbreak of the Revolutionary War
will appear from MacmilIan's press in December.
The of British India shows total of 63G ma
tive authors, Of whom less than 5ls set down
ias poets.
The London Publishers Circular says:-"Mr Glad
lstonc is fortunate author in having his books con-
demncd by the Papal journals, answered by a cardinal
and placed in the Index. If he could only get them
Burned he would be lucker stl for the reputation
SUNG would carry up the sales many thousand copies "
The University Of oxford is about to establish Pro.
fessorship Of Chinese, and the rst incumbent likely
Ito be the learned Dr. Legee
DR.. Farrar Is preparing ''Studies on the Dawn Of
Christianity" Part Of his labor he viii produce during
his residence III Italy.
s'white Conquest" the best written most instructive
and most entertaining book Mr Dixon has published
for many years his comments OH the characters and
personal appearance OF Grant, sheridan and good
many others whom he interviewed are oulspoken
and minute as anything that Yankoes special has
written about European men Of mpils
Mr.. Edward Jenkins NJ. p, is writing a Temperance
STORY
BtactOoods Aagastae is exposing the weakness and
lmismanagement of the French War once unucr the
Empire in a of articles from the competent pen
of Mr.. W. Marshall
NJ Jonast has just published 'eThc Memoirs of M. A.
he Hcarnay" magistrate the time Of Louis Philippe
which give a very witty and racy sketch OF the social
and political Generalization which characterized tho
Eegn to which they refer.
An addition to the materials for the history OF the
Irish Rebellion Of 179S has been recently printed in
Dublin "The Memoirs OF Mrs. GoG, OF Horetown
House, county Wexford"
octave Feuillets novel, "A Marriage in High Life y
published by Carleton, is translated by two women,
Rose Eytinge and Celia Logan
EMr Herbert Spencer, the eminent socologist, has
been compelled to announce, by autographed circu-
1ar that he deeply engaged in his special studies
that he longer answer inquiries, requests for
,autographs and other miscellaneous demands made
upon him.
We are to have new novel from New oreansi ehti'
rled The Miller of silcott MIL" by of the fashion,
ables OF the Crescent City.
sumptuous book on the English poets, with a
copous and beautiful series Of Photographic portraits
will shortly be issued from the press OF D. Appleton
20.
Dr. Schweinfurth has In press his new book, "Artes
Afcann Pictures and Descriptions Of the Productions
ol Central African Nations, "
We TO have poIygot edition OF the "Pilgrims 3
Progress" in six anguagcs-Engish, French, German,
Italian Spanish and Portuguese.