The New York herald., 1875-11-29
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

ofwin carleton's Farm Ballads over 6o,oOo copies
have sold Harper Il Brothers have a volume OF
his "Farm Legends" press, nearly ready.
James r osgood Co. are about 10 publish new
quarterly called the Fdc-SinstlisL Each number
WI from Iwelve TO sixteen heotype reproduc-
tons Of engravings, with twenty pages Of letter
press 1t will be edited by NJ. Justin winsor.
1.-THE Notebook Of the Bersram Family is the
story by Mrs. Charles THAI Dodd q Mead about TO
publish.
Ten thousand OF Rev. E. P. Roes "From jest TO
Earnest have been sold'already.
Mrs. Arthur Arnold is the translator OF Castelar's
'Life Of Byron, which the Harpers will publish Victor
Hugo, Alexander Dumas Emile Girsrdin, Daniel Manin
and Adolphe Thers are included in this volume.
Miss Putnam has made capital translation from the
French prettly illustrated chd's book called the
''Hstory Of Ny Friends " 1t is published bye Put
mans Sons This nrm, by the way, has the principal
American agency for the London Academy, which win
now be sold this country for II cents instead Of "A
cents . number.
J. w. Bouton is about TO issue a fine work on ''Monu
mental Christianity BY the Rev. J. ?. Lundy. 1t is
illustrated BY two hundred cuts
Admirers Of the great Ita poet will be pleased to
that Roberts Brothers have secured the plates Of
Rossetti's Dante and His Clrce,n which they will
soon publish.
F. b Patterson viii get out holiday edition Of Mr.
Bakers very pretty volume Of society poems entitled
ePoint Lace and Diamonds"
Estes 4 Laurat will issue by subscription three new
serial pubcations-'T Picturesque World; or Scenes
in Many Lands;n an edition OF knights Popular
Shakespeare" profusely illustrated BY John GILBERT
and reissue Of owen Jones' "Grammar or orna
mentn
The lovers Of the sensational will find pleasure in
new volume BY Miss Eliza A. Dupuy, entitled "A New
Way to Win Fortune" which T. B. Peterson a
Brothers will publish.
Joaquin Miller's novel. THE One Fair Woman" win
be published serially in the GaLazy simultaneously with
its English publication.
Miss Anne Howells, sister TO W. D. Howells, is
gaining pleasant reputation a story writer.
The last Academy contains lengthy review Of Long.
fellows volume In which il says Of the 'Masque
Of Pandora:"-'The air or the poem has nothing
classical and nothing Of the mystery the music and the
passion Of shelley Tho story is not told effectively it is
not even told IN accordance with the most generally
received form Of the myth or the sonnets in the
book the says they affect with the charm
or Keats.n
unique volume In the shape OF japanese romance
entitled Chinshingura or the Loyal League is soon
to be issued from the press Of G. p Putnam's Sons
Tho translation Is made by Mr. Frederick v Dickens,
with notes aud appendix, containing metrca version
Of the ballad Or Jskasago," and specimens OF the
original text IN japanese character The book Nus
trated BY large number Of full page pictures nom
original and beautiful plates Everybody ID interested
in japanese art Just now the rage SO this romance
will appear just at the right time This arm announce
that they viii publish in connection with Messra Rel.
maad 4 Co., Of Paris, "The Library or Contemporary
Science" simultaneously with its European pubca-
ton
n
Of Iceland" 70 the new volume OF S. Nicholas This
popular chid's magazine Is now published in England
by Warne h Co
W. Bouton has bought from the publishers the sole
right in America TO L'Art French journal Of the
highest artistic merit is published weekly, but win
be sold here in three volumes year This beautiful
journal contains reproductions OF the famous pic
lures or the Paris salon.
Mr. Bouton has imported few copies Of French
translation Of Poes Raven with Illustrations in
charcoal by Manet which wild and weird the
poem ITSELF
new weekly review has just appeared in France,
edited By NJ Albert Colliquon Il is entitled La We
Lutraire
Sir Richard Hanson Chief Justice OF South Australia
the author Of THE Jesus Of History" published anony
mously in 1869, has a new work in the press, entitled
'rho Apostle Paul and the Preaching Of Christianity to
tho Fan Of Jerusalemn
D. Alfred Dido 10 about TO undertake, with the CO.
operation q the nrs architects OF Paris great illus
trated publication which will be important work for
students and archeoogsts, 70 be entitled "Paris d
TYaUers Ies Aoesn
Mr. George Grove the editor or Kacmalan's Mag.
asdne, viii shortly s said have ready for the press
work entitled Palestine Ancient and Hodern.p
The next book 70 the Leisure Hour series Will DO