New-York tribune., 1875-11-03
LITERARY.
A BOOK OF POEMS.
ny MARGARET ). rRssroS-SEv

~CARrocvs," ny MARGARET .. rRksroS-NEw Pob-
LEGATIONS on W. ~ GILL CO.'S LIST.
tyroM kEeULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRBUhbj
BosroN, Nov. 2.-Roberts Brothers have
nearly ready book Of poems by author better known
at the South than the North though her name po'
unfamiliar 10 Northern readers. refer to Carto"ns'
NV Margaret j. Preston. Mrs Preston Is Nugnian-
meet who has sung for the love Of singing Her volume
/, the frt Of travel but lacks the severe
seScrisicism of the thoroughly trained protesA"na
worker II has, however, true poetic feeling inucn
dramatic insight, and swoe aud womanly tenderness
The book divided into three parts Cartoons io inc
Life Of the Old Masters Cartoons tOm the Be OF the
Legends" and " Cartoons from the Lie Of Today.
VIM f. Gin & Co. are about to announce a list Of Fan
notifications mostly 90 be issued in November They
win have new edition Of the "Loos Leaves or last
year with dty illustrations, some OF them bong eht'ey
new designs hy Fredericks. Lumley. and Ia farse.
Uniform with "Iotos Leaves will be Laurel Leaves
eompO>ed of Poems Stories, and Essays, many OF te
wrttsa expressly for this book by Longfelo~. bomes
Iowel Whittier Trowbrcgc, Miss Alcott, Col Higgln-
son. Jean Ing.low, and others Laurel Leaves VIII
have rs illustrations by Afed Frederfeks sol Eythee
r. Birket Foster, Tbomss kennedy, and others G' ~
Co will aiso pnblsb The Horn Of Pleniy,"a juvenile
book OF Home Poems and Pictures" by Jean lpgeio",
Miss Muloch Co0rge Macdonald Dora Grenweil' ana
Diners with IS tuIpsge Illustrations. Then there VIII
he Golden Treasures Of Poetry, Romance, and Art
gifbook inelud large variety Of selections rom the
best authors, and many pictures by iam1s "',s'~
There viii he n new Artists Edition" of tbs complete
works of TeDnyson Illustrated by Hsmmatt Billings, and
unsorm with Io;es Leaves" and /" Laurel Leaves"
Resides these arc "Thcre's No Place Like Home,' o
Xmas Home Story for all a2es by Miss Amanda M Doug
lao and "A domestic story by the same author entitled
'"Drifted Asundef, or, The Tide OF Fate; "fT''hS
Manly. the Drummer Boy" by }. T. Trowbndge; line
Coins Chriatnas stores' comprising the sto-
res written Jointly by Dickens and Collins. namely Ihe
Two Idle Anpr,ntires" and NO TholDaghfaye, pub
lsbed now FOR the first ia handsome and permanent
f,rIu and wCIl Illustrated The list also includes Sohh
Pauls Vacation" male up OF Johns witty Sirat0sa ana
ethcr letters 10 TI Tribune he reprinted uniformly
with The TRIBUNE letters Of Areene Houssaye vi 'uS
latter work there is to edition. including the
letters written since the first one was punished.
"Idfe Portr:s OF Famous French Authors has an iu-
teresting souad II will include biographies of Victor
Hugo, Bszac Tl6ophle Gauiier, Saine BouNe. George
Sand Alfred De Mrsset and many others equally noted
The work hss been arranged by Miss Frances A. Shaw
lady well known AS a translator of French and German
novels W. f. Gill Co have just added 20 their list OF
novels one Of Miss sbaws TRANSACTIONS of Werner
Hero OF the Pen" From the London publishers they
have bought An edition of Legends Ballads and Poems
nv Walter Thornbnry, comprising Morse ballads, anu
nany other charming poems from fresh sources. Ihe
book il to be pruiusely illustrated by English artists
"Tbe Treasure TrOye" Series, which has made a de-
sidcd hit will bo continued. The third volume emitted
"sory'is nearly ready. 1t comprises Fight Tor q
Wife" by Nm. Black a Loan of LyTe," by t1iL
Hugh Ludlow "A widow by Breyet," by ~ y Wlihs !;
.Dr Mnrigod" by Charles Dickens; and several other
contribution, by weIknown authors. long list this
am aned with q constantly growing wonder as to who
buys al the books, l. e. H.