The New York herald., 1875-10-30
LITERARY CHAT.

The season in London will bring out perfect food
OF now books or travel Indeed the chief end of the
modern Englishman to be TO cad about the
globe and then write book aboutit
Mr. James J. Jarvis has new book in press on
japanese art
Mr. Hare's forthcoming book about Italy, in Tho
same style his walks in Rome and Days Neal
Rome win OF the cities OF Northern and Centra
Italy beginning with Genoa and ending with Folguo
The copyright controversy goes apace in England
where the Publishers Circular denouncng the Tine
deprecatng the rights OF authors and holding vi
Eurpdes and the creative ntellccts of antiquity
having done the greatest OF all literary works without
pay.
Mr. James Augustus ST. John, avoluminous writer
Of books history politics and theology, has Just
died at the good old age OF eighty
The British Museum employs star Of 326 persons,
only eighty-nine of whom employed IN tho
library.
The next book OF funny stories, with funny name,
which Mr. Knatchbull- Hugessen. NJ y, VIII lavish
upon the juvcnilesof two worlds Is entitled Higsledy-
Pggcdy."
Mrs Emma Hardinge Britton viii shortly bring out
cart Magic; or, Mundane, Supcrmundanc and Sub
mundane Spiritism"
The gem Of juvenile books for the coming season
will be Frank r Stockton's italics out Of School, =
with over $50 illustrations which scrbner Armstrong
4 Co. viii print
James II. osgood Co win bring out new popular
edition or Hawthornes works in twenty one volumes
uniform with the Little Classic Series, at 81 25 a
volume.
Mr George $ Hillards oLife OF George Tickncr," in
two volumes Is in the press Of James r Osgood Co.,
Boston
A sumptuous book 'India and It's Native Princes >"
rom the French Of Rousseet, with 317 illustrations
forms scribner Armstrong Co IS offering to the seek
ers Of holiday presents.
Mr. George Smiths ''Babylona," supplement to
his "Assyrian Explorations and Discoveries" will ap-
pear in December
The best recent account or Greek and Roman living is
Messrs Guhl and Koners "Lbe Of the Greeks and Ro-
mans Described from Antique Monuments published
by u. Appleton 4 Co.
The rapidly growing interest in gencaogy and family
history is shown in the fact that 359 genealogical
works appeared in the United States since 1850
j. W Bouton will publish in November Examples Of
Modern Etching" with notes by that accomplished art
writer, r 6. Hamerton
George f. Wnring Jr. has written for Osgoods press
under the title OF "a Farmers Vacation" series Of
papers describing the life and methods OF farmers in
several countries.
second series OF Professor Hendricks "our Poct
cal faNOTltcs VIII appear iioh q ~ PicSo
in few days.
Rev. J. p. Newman's book, which grows out OF his
tour Is Inspector Of Consulnes under the Grant admin
israton will have two titles and three publishers 1t
Is called THE Thrones and Palaces Of Babylon and
Nineyeh from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean
sea; Thousand Miles on Horseback = and it will be
brought out simultaneously by London publisher,
Harper 4 Brothers and the Methodist Book Concern.
The National Library Of France now has 700 900 vol
umes so 900 manuscripts and 900 900 engravngs and
maps.
The Germans, who are great centenares, will Gel
ebrate the 7th OF November 1875 the hundredth
anniversary Of Goethes entry into Weimar
The French newspaper La France recently printed the
latest statistics of French journalism, There exist only
79e newspapers in France outside Of Paris and many
Of these have average circulation or only 800 400
copies. In politics, 50 journals represent the red re-
publican party, $50 the moderate republican, $50 are
imperialis organs Is Orleanis 100 legItimis 90
purely clerical and 80 conservative
II Is remarked a curious circumstance that liter
airy pension of 1oo per year has fallen ntoor reverted
10 the British government through he.dcath Of Sir
Francis b Head the well known governor Of Canada,
without issue.
Blood viii tell The butchers Of Montreal going
to start a newspaper with $50 Oc0 capital