New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-22
LITERARY NOTES

"Somchody" and "Stumps" are the quaint
,ities of two hooks for children by Stella Austin 10
l. published by L p. Dalton * CO.
Mr.. James Miller win reprint Frances Power
Ceo,s Hopes OF the Human Eace l@is ana n,naS SI
sftct" and also the staBda book ON Latte Dlhneis'
By Mary Keeper.
The Rev. George Zlbrislio Gray, the outhor
OF historical sketch OF " The Cnlrcn's Crusade n''
wnlten treatise on INC ,'i s opa5sncd
by T wGitiaker. 1t.
The second volume Of Aliens Encyclopedia
ofPure Ma;eria Medica" will he published by boo''0N'
4 Tafcl in Nay. THIS work proposes TO inea"o e,,'
,,mc.v noticed IN the whole range Of honc0patlaS
ncrafure includiug fun data as 10 ,c COO
effects. IL will be embraced IN ro eSs s Sr years.
pgge octayos and Will De completed Ia &Don1 lo'H s
There seems to be % demand for good eoiuon
OF Thoreau The original editions OF DIS DOCKS sun
,,nnhed ne las r Oscood & Co.. are sold slowly; yet
ms mar he on account OF the high price asked for them
g. i2mo Of nom 200 10 $40 PAGES me pvoS
frcS stse Old plates a. Win Theodore Wlnthrops
book, might bginS rrcdt to the publishers
Cassel. Peter & Galpin have completed the
;.,a Of "TLe Bible Educator" which they have been
,ubshing in parts 1t treats OF great features Oh inc
scrp,ures as Animals OF the Bible" History Of the
Books Of the Bible" etc, that any OF these topics can
H. flSwed continuously while Sc is also arTaneed for
rc,erence Ii Is edited by the Rev. j.. II. Plumptrc,
io'aDSsS D~an smith of Canterbury Dean u0wson OF
CHESTER, Prof George Rawlinson and DR.. Hanna
lir II. Bach McMaSter OF the New / DIX
Bar editor OF the annotated railroad laws ot TINS STATE
has nearly finished his Digest Of Railroad Law long
since announced by Baker Voorbis Il Co THIS import
ant work has required nearly two years lahor. IL
will include the points Of the railway laws OF Gngano
Scotland Ireland the Dominion ana or me seVer'I
States Of the Union, with references 70 the deesicus
unon railroad cases in the foreign, NATIONAL ana stare
courts. Tue volume VIII cover an important heid' I'LL
erto unworked.
An English physician Of many tides, j. II.
Kenneth who had OverwOrkod himself into consump-
ton sought refuge in 1850 at Meutone. on the Nedl-
terranean and there made his home every Winter and
most Of the Spring up ls7a In the later months OF
sach Spring he made trips to other villages on tho Med
.tergauean. Several years ago lie published Little
work on the climate and advantages OF Mentore, which
has grown into COO page l2mo on Winter and Spring
Oh the Mediterranean" 10 be published soon by d. Ap
pleton & Co.. IN connection with ]. ". Churchill OF
London In this region clear the DIR and so blue
the sky that the rays of the Dr. Bennett says have
actually power tbaa in the tropics There are TWO
kinds Of climate the mid and dry chiefly On tho north
Shores and the mid moist tic Islands and along
the African shores. Tie author commends tie climate
heartily iuva!ds but cautions them th9t rest ana
comfort may be necessary as suit be weather. * .,
iIyalids, seriously III. should make no t1peIIhthl5
ma IL might be wen for tina class to seek the places
ne rest home and frcQucEicd Nv English people
And the economical advantage Of untrodden grounos
has various drawbacks. l. must b. remembered hat
economy the Continent ia uyaIi1sy connected WIN
the absence Of the comforts ana decencs OF NE To
winch We as nation are accustomed. Inc more com
Portable. the cleaner. tue moro English, IN word
place becomes the more expensive II also becomes
natural aud social features OF the Mediterranean health
resorts, their geology, ncra aud fauna, ana thei
secretly. in conjunction with nhret OF personal t1
pcicnce ana adventure. Iheft WI ne flHlY MoOI W
AMI other Illustrations; ara several t"ospilea
maps 50 cOiOred ID give toe erect % rcet, VII shoW
clearly The phys cal advantages as related 10 the moan
tam and ~ stems OF The several heah resui J.