The New York herald., 1875-11-08
LITERARY CHAT.

inc marquis de Compegne's pretentiocs book,
"L'Afrique Equatoriale" gets summary treatment at
the hands OF the AMenGum. That journal says:-'Tha
book has been carefully purged OF everything valu-
able" II denounces 'his prodigious ignorance OF
Africa in general and the Gaboon region-which he
descrlbes-in particular, his carelossness in noting
facts his laundering about names his pronounced Cal
licanism and Angophoba and his ultra Catholicism
''Sr John Renne's Autobiography" just out IN Lon
don, is work of singular interest solid and well
written performance, not without light and graceful
touches where this accomplished engineer relates his
travels through Europe There is in it fine descrip-
tion Of society in Scotland sixty years ago.
Miss Alcott's Eight Cousins is commended by the
4heneam ''an entertaining and healthy story"
Mr. }. Payne Collier, who discovered the corrected
folio Of shakespeare twentyn years ago processes
to have discovered Miltons copy Of Cooper's "The-
saurus Lingua Romano ct Britannica" He says
tho pages Of the book crammed with notes In the
handwriting OF John Milton
Professor Tyndall his controversial critics In
the Foytnigaay Recieso for November.
One of the curiosties OF early French literature tho
Vaux dc Vire Of Maistre Jean 10 Houx, will be trans
lated into English and soon issued by Murray
Mr. John Plummer has written up "The British
Newspaper Press n1s75" for forthcoming British
Almanac for 1870.
The ndefatigable and apparently inexhaustble Miss
Charlotte NJ. Yonge has two books in press,
''The Beginnings Of Church History' tho other,
''Stores for Children in q Collected Form"
The learned ''History OF the Political Institutions OF
Ancient France" by NJ Fustel do Coulangcs reduces
the German elements in French civilization to a mimi
mum, and traces the institutions OF feuda France al
most wholly to the Roman Empire
The Illustrations OF Rousseets "India and Its Native
Princes" have great and positive merits as not only
realistic charming types OF Oriental Hndoo life
onr IA Goupa aviIla
forms highly interesting contribution to the times OF
Napoleon the First
The concluding volumes Of Lindsay's important book,
'The History Of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Com
merce," will be issued in January and will bring the
history OF shipping (now attracting great atention)
: down to the present time.
The work Of viscount Ambcrly, "An Analysis of Re
lgious Belief will soon appear in London.
Tho London academy does not like Mr.. James G.
Southalps Recent Origin Of Man. which, 1t says dis
plays too much theological temper and represents the
credulous stage Of science
We are to have a new book on the History OF the
Jews OF Great Britain, written By Mr. James Piccioto,
the title Of Sketches OF AngloJewish History"
Mr. James Leggo has nearly ready 'The she-King;a
Book OF Ancient Chinese Poetry" which Trlbner oi
London, will print.
sparkling French book is the ''Ann6es dc Gat6,"
skeching Partisan existence II on the Boule
ward in tho Bos from tho life. II is from the pen
or the witty Charles Monselet
NJ August Vacqu6rie has just written book dealing
principally with politics, entitled Aayourdai e De-
main
The passion for patchwork literature is reduced to
fine point in the little 'Vcst-Pocket Seriesn which J.
r Osgood Il Co. have IN the press.
''Tho Life and Works Of Count Runford,n in fvs
volumes will DO issued by Estes Laurat Of Boston
A volume ''Prayer and It's Remarkable Answers"
by Rev. Dr. Patton OF the Chicago 1dudnce is nearly
ready
The new religious weekly The Golden Rule is edited
by the Rev. W. IL Murray, and published in Boston.
Mr. Beecher's plymouth Pulpit" has been discon-
tnued (he pamphlet the preachlng), and the
mons are now printed in full in the Christian Union.
General Sherman, writing OF tho tHistory OF the
Civil War in America" BY the Count de Paris says
l am certain that the Count has acquitted himself OF
his difficult task in spirit Of fairness and candor and
with desire do justice to the complicated Of
our war; The American translation Of this work will
be ready the public about the 18th Of this MONTH
Bessie Turner, tho famous witness in the Beecher-
Titon trial, has written book called "a Woman in
the Casen Carleton & Co. will publish this sensa.
tional book, which will contain portrait or the
author 1t will be out this week This same firm win
publish "Courting and Farming" novel by Julie
p. Smith.
'sTho Life Of the Rev. Dr. John Todd,n which Har.
per q Bros have in press, promises to be a book Of
unusual interest in its department Of literature Dr.
Todd was the famous champion Of New England orho-
dox Congrogatonasm. There was not particle Of
dulness in his composition will there be any in
this book
Carleton & Co have nearly ready "Josh Billings AL.
mnax'' for 1876
Brentano has imported the Toydge du PAYS des MI
ldrds par Victor Tssot which is highly amusing ac-
count OF Frenchmans visit to Germany NJ Tssot
went everywhere and everything and is quito fair
in his Of the enemy at whose expense he ia
very witty.
Mr. Wexford, in his valuable letter from London to
The Book Buyer, says that, in looking the list
Of forthcoming books fact cannot fail to strike
every one and that is tho absence tho higher class OF
theological works such formerly gave tone TO Eng
lish literature
second edition or sir Travcrs Twiss 'erhe Rights
and Duties OF Nations in Time OF War; is TO be issued
shortly by Longmans 4 Co. .
"Lves of British Popular Poets" by William NJ
Rossetl will bo published in London in the course Of
year.
'.Hstories OF India and ''Travcs Through Indiar
are being revised apropos Of the Prince Of Wales
trip.
Professor Tyndall viii rcpy 70 his controversial adj
vcrsaries in the forthcoming Fortnightiy Recietc.
Yiscount Amberey's ANALYSIS 81 heislous Beliel"
will soon be published by Trdbner Co.
Tho wifo OF Professor Mason, Of Edinburgh, has in
press "Colection Of Early English Poetry" withan
Introduction
Tho Messrs Trabner 4 Co. will shortly publish n
volume OF "skotches Of Ango.Jewsh History,n by Mr.
Jamcs piccotto This is said TO DO the lrst attempt
ever made to the earlier struggles Of the jews
giving full account OF the yicssitudes which the Jcwa
or Great Britain have had to endure from the time OF
the Saxon kings TO tho present day
ssTho witty Charles Monsclet," says the Academy
conc OF the men who knows best how to say nothing
ouite agreeable has just brought his AnnGes do
Gait6 book certified TO be full OF fun and OF good
spirits"
Mr. Edwin Arnold has Just prepared voaume OF
aThe Indian Song Of Songs" from the sanskrt OF tho