The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-12
LITERARY NOTES.

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Miss Anna r. Dickinsons novel in the press
NJ Osoood is entitled "a Paying Invest
ment.
Ernest Renan is now engaged upon novel
which he is writing at Ischia, In the Mediter-
In his day Mr. Jacob Abbott has written
about $50 books 80 Of which were puollshea
by the Harpers. W.
JOAQUIN Miller's novel, "The One Fair Wo'
man. will be published seriallyln me uaeo1y
simultaneously with its English pubhcauoh.
The first two volumes OF new 'fans.a'loi
OF 1.-THE Dramatic Works OF Moliefe, trahs'
lated bv Fl. Van Laup, have just been issued:
An Interesting medical work is anticipated
in Dr w A. Hammond's "Spiritualism and
Other Allied Causes Of Nervous Derangement
in their Medical and Medicc-Legal Relations.
Ghirehis Mohammed, M. p, is the title
ne new satirical brochure, for which the
Kbeaive Of Eqvpt's finances have furnished
the text to Mr. Edward st. John Fairman, Oh
& History of the Republic of Florence Is
translation from the Italian OF the Maonese
Gino Caponi, of work published ABROAD,
and already in its second edition. Announcer
in England. .,,od
Of one of our prominent booksellers last week
and asked for a ssPocket Edition OF Websters
Irnalrid1ed Dictionary" and insisted that sucn
o work was published. ~
4 New York house advertises copy OF the
English three volume edition OF . lhe ufes
Vile Memoirs" illustrated by the insertion OF
one hundred and forty-twe rare and curious
mates, portraits and views. Price only SSO.
The last chapter of the late vice Ifesioen'
Wilson's work on the "Rise and FAN OF tne
Slave Power" were being written az tne u.ne
~ the authors DEATH and the material Tor
-. compilation is in the hands of his score
tary.
flames forthcoming book on " The Origin
of Contemporary France, contains an exact
and minute description of French society In
the time of the revolution, and, it Is said, de-
molishes some popular legends concerning
tina. world-famous event.
Gone Hundred Years After Our Show, is
the title of a very humorous description OF
the Centennial, just published in Phlladel.
phia. It is very amusing book, fuh OF
happy hits on notable people, with comic
illustrations by A. B. Frast.
work is on the eve of publication in Ger
many which is likely to arouse great interest.
"Der Junge Goethe" The Youth of Goethe),
treating of the poets youthful letters and
poems. extending over 1764-l776, and con-
tanning much new matter.
The most magnificent gift books OF the sea-
son are Linda and its Native Princes, with
three hundred and seventeen illustrations;
and "Spain," by the Baron Oh. Davillier,
illustrated by three hundred and nine en-
cravings, drawn on wood by Gustave Dore
"a Short History of Natural Science and
the Progress of Discovery from the Time OF
the Greeks to the Present Day, ID by Ara
bella Buckley, lady who has been brought
mn in a good school, as for fourteen years she
was amanuensis and secretary to the late Sir
Charles Lyell.
Mr.. MacGa ham, author of Campaigning
on the Oxus," who accompanied Capt. Young
in his late Arctic expedition, IS preparing an
account Of the voyage under the title OF
uITnder the Northern Lights: the Cruise of
the Pandora to Peel's Strait in Search OF Sir
John FrankIin's Papers.
Historical literature claims some show
among forthcoming books 1.-The History OF
Prussia and its Military Organization from
the Earliest Period to the Present Day IS an
elaborate work by Capt. Wyatt, and will be
issued in separate volumes; vol. l clearing
the ground to the accession OF the Hohenzolr
ierns. Announced in England.
NJ LIE Play, French economist OF note,
and to whom is accredited the design OF the
exposition buildings of 1864, has written q Gu
rious book recently, called ''The Civilization OF
ENGLAND in Her Relations to the Idea OF Gold
and Her Social System" NJ LIE Play is man
who finds religion and society In state OF
anarchy, and has given his ideas OF social re-
form in novel and curious. volume preceding
this.
of VIM. Morriss translation of 1.-The Eneids
of Virgil +" rs follows I" Whether any
Keats of the twenty-second century will i'm
mortallze Mr.. Morris by his gratitude. we can
not saw: but we predict that our great-grand-
children will consider, not the least claim to
remembrance possessed by the author OF the
Earthly Paradise to be that he was the
translator of Virgil
"La Pscychologie Sociale" is new work
by M. Philarete Chasles. of whom 1t Is told
that, appointed by the influence OF Guizot to
a professorshlp in the College OF France,
where he was to lecture on the language and
literature Of the people OF northern Europe
he armed himself with the Revue des De,Lr
Mondes and a copy of George Sands last
novel. and talked to the students about what
ever came into his head.
"Ia Tour de France" is new French
work resembling i'll kind the Appleton publ
cation Picturesque America, with this diff
ference-the articles are to be written by lit
terateurs; for example, Dumas is to prepare
LA Cite de LINES" Victor Hugo will write
about THE Shores of France Alphonse
Dandet of corsica" Viollet-le-Duc of g Cor
cassonne," Francisque Sarcer of Bougvsl."
Other articles will be furnished by Gustave
Flaubert, Paul Feval, Elisee Reclus, and
others. The illustrations will take the same
rank.
Many years ago Prof. Longfellow contem-
plated making a collection Of representative
Christmas literature. He gathered much ma
terial for such publication, but did nothing
more toward it until, learning that another
editor was at work in the same field, he gen
erously placed his gleanings at the service OF
the latter, Mr.. Philip Gates, of New York.
His book, "Christmas in Song and Story.
will be published Immediately by JAS. Cock
roft & Co., in a large red-line quarto, with Q
hundred illustrations by Foster, Dore, and
Others, at 81. The poems selected number
about fifty from wide range of poets. led,
of course, by Milton, and these are supple
mented by some Christmas sketches in prose,
including that christmas Carol without
which Christmas itself would now seem in.
complete, and pieces by Irving, Auerbaoh and
Andersen. Thackeray's 1.-The. End OF the