New-York tribune., 1875-10-30

England is receiving confirmation. Mr. Aubrey &c we're
last be IA prepanng drama on the subject & o.
shortly h,ins ont drama founded on passage oil Ola
scandn navian history taken from the knytlng"saSiA
A new volume of reproductions by the favor
te Woodbury. type process is to he published by Casse
Peter & Galnin, "Art s.udies of Home Life" II VIII
com prise tweutyonr plates from paintings by Conpr
others. with descriptive text Another Ensish pnbshSr
the process for the reproduction OF MY vi 'hc
nncst examples from the great "Musee francas."
The new story by Mrs. Charles, author OF
the SchGnbcrgCotta books which was at first understood
10 he story OF modern life, will instead he return To
her old field and tone. The characters In "Wlni'ici
the Bcrtran Family" which IS in msasuIe sequel & 3
the former early ani popular work Tie now pooh VIII
be published soon by Dodd Mead.
The promise of new work from Matthew
Arnold Increases the sale of his other works The En-
glish house OF Macmillan & Co. announce anew edition
of his Essays on Criticism" to nciude later paper
"On Persian Passion Play" The American branch of
this house VIII issue by arrangement Win sum hur %
& Co., the book. "God aud the Bible ana new
edIslons for this market OF Couture and Anarchy ana
"St Paul and Professionalism, which have not peon 10
printed here.
Comparatively few in these days are ac-
quanted with what may be called the church classics
Last year the rector of London church Invited ak e
ncnt Church OF England scholars 20 deliver course o.
lectures these works. ani the result will sholy De
punished under the title Of Companions to The DcYou,
by the Rev. DR.. Farrar; PiGcal's Pensees by Dean
Church; s. Franc dc Sales by Dean GoulDuIhi
IS Nustine's Cornerstone" by Bishop Alexander, aud
"Jercuy laylors Holy Living and Dying" by the rev
DR.. Humphry.
Messrs G. p. Putnams Sons have in press
set " books which there has long been elt need u
consists of selections from the British Essaysis' be9n-
nina with Addison and drawing upon Steele, Johnson
Abercrombe Chesterfield Craig Mackenzie, stanhopc,
Cambridge, walpoic Edward Moor', Cumberland ana
Others whose collective works are known as inc blush
Classics" The editors aim viii he Ia represent faith
fully in spirit though not In quantity, the spectator
"Tattler." Guardian" "Adveuturer," Eamh.or"
" Jonneers "Mrror." etc. No attenpt at adaptation
viii Ice made nor will word of the original text DC
LINERS selected Tor thcr unusual brightness huor,
or seSls s E he sGSada a- A. cles ey % %pG coDt %
i've or six volumes a. a9 ;G2%1 a f FpcC
h"ldeg" one volume; 'Ra'mhle'' "idlcr' 4" AdyGn,
tureI AM "Connuiss"ur," one volume; world
80 rn rnni,n fh, OSs.rya r." "IuINcron" AMI gen
@ INDEX to The eatre series Ii viii be known by some
edited by Mr. John HabbTton TJe volumes will be OF
neat cabinet size somewhat IN tile stye oi the series oi
German CltssiCs.'
The BRYANT History of the United States
IL being rapidly pushed forward. More than half the
first volume h already in type, and the csuviFSers will
he az work in two or three weeks although IL 10 not
hoped 70 publish this volume before s76the Centennial
wear itself About 500 90 have tlrcady been expended
on the work. ard It viii cll for 100000 before the fret
volume e published The complete work will comprise
four octave volumes, Of than coo pages each, and
viii cost about tnat it IL one OF the greatest
undertakings in tue history of the American book trade
A unique feature OF the hook is that good pert OF
the fist volume is taken mp IN reaching tbe
point at which previous histories have usually
begun Since the books of Bancroft and Hldreth were
published the researches Of archGoogsS have opened
a new field To the historian aud hundred pages are
here filed with a description of what is known of the pre-
historic races Of America such "a the Douuou iorN
and the pie Columbian dlscCvclcrS. III" Ltu8Itiuus
VI ~ be prOuSo there being i've S,rr cn-l Nn"s li So
cra hundred woOdcn;s in the first volume. Tho best
availahi talent in this country, England, and France
has been called 10 the drawing aud engraving ol JAtln
Que Of tht steel Cngrayss OF the i.st volume VIII he
from q picture by Thomas Moran, rci1ring hcndnrk
I uulsous hgit with the lUdlan canoes, ana
the tYontispiece Will he hDc porir1t Of
Ur Iryant, one of the best obtained oI
in llc line iU Cailt7 Burt The titlcagc hc1's tho
ra lcs Wil'iIu Clllcn Hrlant and S!due' uo"dr'
Gay. WhsD u proposed To Mr. Bryant that ne
should undertake such "a history, he declined t0 DO so
shOula bc entirely under Bs tOtiOi ana
sh uil other workers upoN 90. In lufsd-
ancr o. fi4 arrangement Mr. Bryant uatrd Ir. Gay
ms collaboration. Tic Ian q the work drawn 10y
Mr Brc.gt. and the details have Dlcn the tcS of u-
tHa consolation, while bir. Bryant. who hi't>"H wrote
te iufuductlOn rUNisos every line WittcH hS is CO.
WORKERS. TINS certainly rcniarka,e enterprise Tor
al B,l ants aud the work promises 10 DC
extraordinary literary memorial o 'he Centennial