The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-09
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

The romance Of to have fresh illustration In
work entitled ''Thc Woman in Battle; Narrative Of
the Exploits Adventures, &c, OF Madame I. J. velas
quez otherwise known Lieutenant Harry T. Buford
C. s. A." which W. A. Ramsay, OF Atlanta, will pub
lish.
An enlarged edition Of that valuable work, DOWN
ings Landscape Gardening" with a supplement by
Henry Winthrop Sargent in tho press of the Orange
Judd Company.
The useful and their related sciences advance
rapidly that all tho old books become quickly obsolete
Hence the seventh .ondon) edition of Ure's Dictionary
of Arts Manufactures and Mines" nearly all rewritten
and filling three volumes of 3,274 pages and 100
cravings will be welcomed
Our hygienic literature grows apace. book in
press is Dr. W. w. Halls "How to Live Long; or,
Health Maxims Physical, Mental and Moral"
Mr.. Linus W. Miller has in press his ''Notes Of an
Exile TO Van Diemen's Land, comprising incidents Of
the Canadian Rebellion of 1885, Trial of the Author in
Canada and Transportation to Van Diemen's Land"
Macmillan Co. have in press complete ecclesiastk
cal history of Ireland by Rev. W. D. Killcn-
The French government it appears, cannot got along
without the censorship It has just interdicted tho
Abbc Michaud's book, DE L'Etat Present d.
rEgse Catholque Romano Franco"
Among forthcoming works Of local history is Mr. O
P Fullers History of the Town of Warwick R l.,
from 1912"
Mr. A. NJ. Dias has issued from 0sgood's press 'work
and Culture in the Household: Domestic Problem"
new volume Of the calendar of State papers relating
to has appeared and the three years 1905
to 1910
The Bacon Shakespeare controversy Is reopened In
book entitled "Bacon Shakespeare: Plea fo
the Defendant; by Thomas D. King" which the new
United Canadian publishing house Of the Lovd
Printing Company at Rouses Point, N Y will bring ont
GIL. ,astc,.
with Oriental subjects, has brought but in London
sHisory Of Protestant Missions From their
mcncement in 100 to ISL"
Dean Howson, whose genial presence a traveller In
the United States is freshly remembered is writing in
conjunction with Mr. Alfred Rmmer, an interesting
work the old Streets and Homcsteads OF England"
Shakespcare's materials to be brought out by Mr.
W. c. Haztt in six small volumes, under the title Of
''shakcspcares Library; Collection Of all the known
Plays Novels Tales and other Articles which the Great
Poet is Supposed to have Employed in the Composition
OF his Works"
The London Atcn9um is "agrceaby surprised" With
an American novel, ''The Mills Of the Gods, by Mrs
W. Twells, which Lippncott has published.
The swarm of books about Spain has been enlarged
by the publication of "Cosa's Espaholas; or, Every
day Life in Spain. " by Mrs Harvey.
The new quarto edition of the Encyclopedia Of Ameri
can Literature" by A. f. and G. /. Duyckinck bring
ing tho work down to 1874, has been completed and
published in volumes by T. 4. Zcll, Of Philadelphia
The veteran historian Won Ranke has published a
work on the origin of the Of the French Revolution
1791-2 which is distinguished by all this authors
peculiar ability.
The new correspondence of Schiller with his sistor and
brother in-law, is very Disappointing consisting almceI
wholly of letters of mere family interest.
volume of very eloquent lectures the Vedc myth
bv prnfoc do Guh Int
Florence
Under the title of "Adams Ancestors; History OF
Fossil Man." NJ. Mcunicr has given capital scientific
treatise 10 France and to the world.
Mr. Tennysons publishers mako tho fixed charge OF
FIVE gunea for permission to set any OF the poets songs
to music Applications of this kind amount on an aver
age to two or three day
Tho fourth volume OF ia Guerre Civile des Etan
Unis," by the Comte de Paris, is nearly completed
bringing narrative down to tho events ioiowng the
capture Of Savannah, in 1865.
The s'Memoirs of NJ Theirs" on which he Is stu en-
gagged will make at least twenty volumes.
Tborc has long been needed good history OF Prussia
in tho English language and Captain Wyatt is about
TO ill the void by his "Hstory Of Prussia and its Mill
tarv Organization ~ the first volume OF which will ap
near In London tho present fall
NJ Francois lie Normant has added to his many schol
arlv works ono entitled ala Divnaon OF la Science de
PrGsago
Mr. George b. Emersons great work the trees and
shrubs Of Massachusetts, which has been long Of
print will be rcissucd in two Volumes handsomely IL
Illustrated, by Little, Brown & Co
The correspondence and souvenirs Of the brother
JcanJacqucs and Andre Ampcrc, 1905 to 1864 just
out in Paris, are exceedingly interesting
Smiles Lives of the Engineers sometimes critt
scd by OF that profession historical NOVELS
but they are still having great run Of readers.
A prcsumptuous pcnnya-lincr named Edwin Paxton
Hood has written a book Thomas Carlyle which tho
1ncnnum dcnounccs as extremely ambitious, extremely
silly and marked by every possible fault of and n
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