The New York herald., 1875-08-16
LITERARY CHAT.


One Of the most entertaining books OF natural history
lately published is Mr.. Frank Buckands 'Logbook Of a
Fisherman and Zoologist" II lends help 10 Darwin
ISM but orthodox in science the geology OF the
Brdgewator treatise by the authors father the late Pro
fessor Buckland, of Oxford.
The next book Of scrap literature 70 have is
Mr. George Augustus salas "Cookery its Historical
Aspects"
King Oscar H. Of Sweden Is added the list Of noble
and royal authors He has written "Charles XII, as
King Warrior and Nan, which is a highly cultivated
though sophstical defence Of his great predecessor
whose headstrong blunders proved the ruin OF his
kingdom.
learned German has printed a biography Of the unf
happy Princess Charlotte OF Brunswick stcpdaughter O.
Peter the Great when she married young Russian
savage Lutheran pastor Of the Brunswick court, got
of the following D.ot-We have given one Of our prin
cesses to Papist the second heathen and should
opportunity present ITSELF ready TO give the third
to the devil" 4"
Herr Won Kremer has published "A History Of the
Civilization Of the East Under the Calphsn subject
yet thoroughly explored Braumhller Of Vienna,
is the publisher.
beautiful guide book for travellers in Norway, with
600 closely printed pages profuse engravings and an
index of 200 names OF places has been published by
c. Tousberg, OF Christiana
Dr. wylie's 'History of Professionalism" just out in
London is pronounced by the academy TO be TAR below
the dignity of the subject
Herr Fritz schutze in a book entitled "Kant and
Darwin endoavors to that the modern theory of
evolution as opposed 10 that of special creation,
listed in the mind of Kant and is fully implied many
of his propositions
Professor Meinecke, laborious geographer who has
devoted fifty years the exclusive study of Polynesia
has published Leipzig work the islands OF the
Pacific Ocean which is literally crammed with inlorma
tion, fully and yet compendously set forth
Mr. Motley has encountered an able critic in NJ Groen
Van Prnsterer, who replies to the History Of John
Barneveld" in book entitled Maurice and Barneved,"
printed at Utrecht He thinks that Motley has msap-
pretended the character Of Maurice well the acts
of the Synod Of bort.
ProfessorC f. Hartt OF Cornell prints at Rio Janeiro
pamphlet the Tortoise Myths Of the Amazonians"
he found great difficulty in tempting the native Brazilian
Indians tell these tales, which repres their my
thology, but finally wormed them of the shy abo-
ngines. He explains the whole Of them myths Of
the and moon.
The great jurist, Pufendorf has been drawn from
biographical obscury by the Preussiche Jahrblchern
which gives us the original thinker, keen wit acute
politician and erudte Protestant jurist of e seven
teenth century as he really
Harper Brothers about printing an index TO the
first City volumes Of Harper's Magazine.
Dilke's "Papers Of a Crtcn contain much and vari;.
information the Junus controversy in all the plases
Of that vexcd and intermnabe question.
All the reviews are loud in praise of Mr. F. Jagor's
'Travels in the Philippines" The author naturalist
who spent eighteen months the islands, studying the
natives thevolcanoes the geology and natural history
OF the Philippines He writes well and to the purpose,
and has produced the first really good book English
these remarkable islands.
MIR. Anthony Trollopes Testers from Ceylon and other
Eastern regions farmed for simultaneous publ
cation in different newspapers in England
Major E. r jones' who is United States Consul at
Newcastle, England, will bring out in London his
torcal sketches of Lincoln, Grant, Stanton and the
Civil War in America
That magnificent work "Les Prominadcs de Paris"
by A. Alphand has now been completed, with 500
illustrations 1t treats of all those green and de-
ghtfu spots which refresh the eye In Paris from the
Champs Elys6e the most modest fountain The au-
thor planned and executed OF the public gardens
Paris including the wonderful transformation of the
Bois dc Boulogne His book is unique and exhaustive
full of detail giving the cost Of all the works in Paris
catalogues Of trees shrubs and flowers used landscape
gardening and items Of great value concerning green
houses borders cascades fountains grottoes seats and
wire works
Mr.. Thomas Hughes late NJ. p, is engaged work
relating TO the Church OF England