The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-10-17
LITERARY NOTES.

~ puDllSEeI unQeI Tue tltlc VI AAS $1,000
Il sliques of Father Prout."
| The late Lord Lytton has left a large guam
tity of MSS. which will serve as notes for a
biographical memoir The present Lord is
solacing himself in his Portuguese exile by
editing and preparing them for the press. lie
is also preparing for the press novel, left I'M
finished by his father. The latter will PROB
ably be issued in the autumn. Pausanias is
said to figure in the plot, and there is de-
scrption of the battle of Platte.
Rev. O. B. Frothipg CHAM is working on
"History of characterization in New Eng
land" which will include biographical studies
of its leaders
Mr.. Joseph Hatton is writing for London
Society," "Ihe True History of Punch, in
which will appear unpublished letters Of
Thacle ay, Dickens, Brooks, Mayhew and Tom
Hood.
| Readers who are fond of ghosts and COB
Inns will get their fill of the horrible in
forthcoming reprint, from the recent London
publication, History of the Supernatural,
by Frederick Lee, Vicar of All Saints, Lam
| beth.
Hans Christian Andersen's posthumous
writings will contain some hitherto unpub-
lished verses sent him by Mrs. Browning,
Leigh Hunt, Wordsworth, and others, to-
gether with the most in tert sting of the extra
ordinary number of letters he received from
the most eminent literary men of England
during the last fifteen years of his life.
| book was published not long ago under
the title Of g Thackerayana, which is repu-
dated by Mr.. Thackeray's representatives.
Capt. r. f. Burton has new work in the
press of Messrs Low entitled 1.-Two Trips to
Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo.
Messrs. Low also announce ''Arabistan," or,
{" The Lind of the Arabian Nights being
travels through Egypt, Arabia and Persia to
Bagdad, by W. P. Fogg.
The announcements of books of travel are
quite numerous. The following are in press in
England: From the Hebrides to the Hima-
layas," /" Eighteen Months Wanderings in
the Western Isles and Eastern Highlands" by
Miss Gordon Cumming; " Travels in Mongo-
| ill.," new work on Morocco and the
Moors," 90 To the Victoria Falls of the Fam
best" Travels in Northern India, with De-
scri ptions and many Scenes of the Mutiny, y
and :" Old and New Zealand"
Messrs Bently & Son promise book
Of extracts from the correspondence of Sir
Horace Mann and Walpole, edited by DR.. Do
ran, under the punning title Of ''Mann
and Manners at the Court of Florence, 1748-
&c."
| In the volume on "The Violin; its Famous
M,kers and their Imitators," recently pub
Iished in England, and we'll received by the
press, the author Geo. Har) corrects popu,
lar error; the strings of violins are not of cat.
gut, but of the intestines Of the sheep OF
goat, or, best of all, Of the lamb.
A new style of binding for Bibles and Pray.
ers has been introduced by which, in one
case. chain combined with the clasps forms,
when the book is closed, a convenient handle,
while in the other there is clasp by which a
natty little prayer-book may be attached to
the waistbelt. There is perhaps nice calcu-
| lation Of feminine weakness In thus making
Bibles and Prayer. books, as it were, part OF the
fashionable costume OF the day; and 1t is pos
sible that taste for devotional exercises
might be still further developed if small
mirror could be inserted inside the cover.
The "Orphan of Pimlico, and other
Sketches, Fragments and Drawings, by W.
| Nj. Thackeray, is announced for early publlca-
ton in England.
A student stepped into the bookstore of a
we'll known firm In Richmond, the other day,
and inquired of MIR. West whether he could
find anywhere biography of Pollock. Yes,
| dare say you can find 1t in the Course OF
Time" was the reply.
A new volume Of sketches, entitled Tales
Of the Argonauts and other sketches, by
| Bret Harte, is nearly ready.
The American edition OF the 9 Encyclopedia
Britannica" which is published at SIS vol
ume. in opposition to the English edition al
50. promises to be success, the second vol
ume being nearly ready.
Ii is understood that Mr.. James Il. Muir
| dock has volume of Recollections OF the
American Stage" in the press.
"Au American in Iceland is the title of a
new book on that country by Prof kneeland,
and will deal with the scenery, people and
history Of the island, describe the Mlllennial
celebration, with notes On the Orkney, Shet
| land and Farce islands
1.-THE Kiss In History, Ficticr, Poetry
and Anecdote, by ". y. Dduu oaucl, iS tue
title of new book announced for early pub
LEGATION.
A Life of Edwin Forrest" by Rev. VIM.
r. Alger, Is announced.
Poems, Essays, and Speeches by the
King of Sweden, will soon be forthcoming
Novel readers are promised the following
Forwards! but Whittier? A Life Study" By
Miss Bewicke; 1.-THE Williams Of Bryn CIVIL
liam" s.Sojourners Together" by E. T. Moore
"a Winter Story" by Miss Peard; :" Heller
Blantyre," GA New Novel by Holme Lse;'
:. The Prime Minister" by Anthony Irollope
'.Sister LOUISE" by Whyte-M Melville; Int
One Fair Woman" by Joaquin Miller.
Swinburne's new poem is entitled Coco
and the Bible"
Victor Hugo's new volume will be entitled
"L'Art d'etre Gfand-pere."
In reply to young writer who wishes t
know (which magazine will give the hlghes
position quickest" contemporary advise
"a powder magazine, if you contribute
fiery article" :,
: Taylors translation of Goethe's Faust" vii