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f1nished an ershy on II SOCIALISM, which will bo

brought mt early In tho your.
Songs uf Our Youth" Try tho author of
"Jolln IIallfnx. fentieinan," with poems and
n,i'sc, Ia just ready In EnElahd.
Victor lingo Lsa Just completed tho second
part oi hs novel 'Qnnrtre. re.ytnRt-treze.' It wlll
voiuino will appaas early in January.
Sflas Annie l.. Unveils. 4 mister Of tho editor
OF thu Atlantic. has scntnref upun a 1etial story,
which ts TO aproar hc1t year in tho Tatdty.
Tho earliest known poeticai valentines wero
written by Charles, Duke Of Orieans A. u. 14tb.
They arc In the library OF tho Brittah Museum.
Tho wife Of Prof. Fawcc.s, Of Oxford, trsa6iing
In the footttepa Ut Miss MA1tinehI, hAa publiHii-
cd volsine of "Taloa Of Political Economy"
Tct % 11a5te reports th.t mneh ;tslked.of plsy ~
for nomo time. MFR. Itarto viii not live In Nor
r7ssown, n. j., hftcr this yeaf.
Though Loo 4 Shepard havo become The pub
fishers of on and Nhr, its real ownership re-
1nains tho same,-,Ir. Weeden, Of nholo Island,
being tho largest stockholdes.
Calcutta correspondent Of the london Time.
saFa that Fhfne'H Age Of Reaeon" Is largely
pIacardc on tho walls Of that city, aud IL s1ton-
sively circulated At sl.ll[ng cory.
1nlian Hawthorne relates that his father ad-
vtaed him 10 earn all honest living II. any way
rather than be All author. Bill tic young man,
like other young mon, didn't take tho advice,
"a History OF Political Economy ia Ger
many," by the Gel celebrated economist. Prof.
1!oscher, Of Lo!rzie. las jn.t been published At
Municl, by tho Historical Commission OF the
Royal Barar,an Academy ct sciences.
The groatcr part of the views in Mr., Theodore
Martins life OF Prince Consort" have, II Ia
said, been supplied by Her Majesty from her
private portfolio, And the touches Of more than
ouo ROYAL pen wilt be found in tho work.
The London Saturday Reuiep finds in Mr..
1}ancfoit's tenth volume not Bibelo eloquent
pansage 1.-The narrative" Baya ihe Rcrter,
"esagnates throughout At dead level Of weari-
eoino mes1iocrlty.h The London ANpnfrsIn, Bayp
the book is tame discursiye, and ln Tad tasto."
French paper Hays that Tho Memoirs OF
5narez, late President Of the Mexican lseyubc,
aro about to he published. It III aal that this
publication will contain curious revelations with
regard to tho Emperor MaximalIan ahl Marshal
Dnzaine.
It In reported that In the Il 'Diblioteca" at Rio
Janeiro, 4 tiAcovery las been 1lado Of thirty
seven WoodcntB by Albert Dufer. in fine condi-
tion,-ihe subject the ''raBson OF Our Lord" !"
and dated 1524- No complete set, it j. HaId, can
be found elsewhere. In addition. there has slso
"turned up copy OF the celebrated Adam
and I've OF 1904.
Miaa ThAckerAy Ii writing new Htorr called
Miss Angel which has beo1 SECURED by liar-
per's Magazine. and will bn commenced In the
February number. It ;n based nn the romance
portralt-raittcr Of the laRt century. mentioned
90 frequently by Sir Joshua Ncvnoldr, aud OF
whom no less than three books hayo been
written.
Jol.nson. Wilson 4 Co.. Now York. announce
History OF the United States from the discov-
cry OF America until the close Of the first CEN
tennia! period Of tho Republic, in 1s7G. II is to
ba wfltton BY ME. lobsillg. and illustrated by
Darloy, in two volumes OF 1.G0B pagea, with 500
cuts, under the title Of Our Country" The
fiA.+ ri. t.
ulne, but will not be ready until late in 1875.
College Library. Dublin, Of It,. Columbsi,ra
Book Of Kells" Tho book is valued at E12,-
000 and great excitement il said to have boon
caused BY tile discovery that 1t is missing, 1t is
british Muscum to be hound. and demand for
ita It immediate delivery" has been forwarded
by special legal messenger to tho Museum
Trustees.
Tho German papers announce tho death Of
Heinrich. Brockhaus, tho hoal Of ths great pub
fishing firm at Lospzig. uo was not ouly tho
graatost German publisher--the last catalogue OF
lis house Amounts to about 2, 400 numbers-but
he belongs to that DID, nud now almost extinct,
raco Of booksellers wlo raised their trade to the
dguitv Of liheral profession. mud used their it-
tluence IN crestug and fostering national lite
rhluro.
The death Of Eugene lsenduel, one OF the most
notable Iarisian publishers. In reported by the
Paris papers. Kendue1 had the buldness to pub
lsh the first works OF Victor Hugo. When
Heinrich fleins went to ofTer him "leisbilder. "
ho said to him, AZ to others, 'fou will drive me
to die on straw" ''Yes," ssid Heint ron the
straw Of a chateau." Tie words wers prophetic,
for ho died iu lis Chateau de Detyron, Nlevre III
his 18th year. The friends OF Victor Hugo nay
that Renduol realized 2u0,o00 francs by ''Notre
Dame do l'aris'' alono
Dy close study Of the t.Piekwick Papers," Mr..
George c. Eggleston has discovered that - Old
Weller mover eaid to Sammy. beware Of tho
"vit'dcrs." and that "Old Wellers " name wsB
not '.Tony." or, II it was. That Lo srolt 1t with
AL s., rs In tho following rassnge:
" ".Y Veil, Sammy said tile father.
~ Veil, my proosAan Blue responded tho
son, laying dowu his pen. - What's the last
bulletin hbont mothcr-in-law p
~ Mre. Ve'er rasscd very good night, hnt ia
uncommon perwerso md unpleasant this morn-
in. signod upon oath. 8. Weller, Esquire, Senior.
That's the last vun as wRs issued. sammy re-
pliol s1r. Weller, untying Lis SHAWL
The addition Of the word "senior" to the
manic would Seem to indicate not only that Mr.
Weller thought Ills na1no began with an g. but
also that-for the time at loast-ho was under
tue impression that It was Samue! Or Samivel,-
and tIlie. ton letnra tia tloul(n 4tp1a.k ~ TIM