New-York tribune., 1876-04-21
LITERARY NOTES.

Col. Warnings work on "The Sanitary
Drainage OF Houses and Towns" viii be ready imme-
datey AZ Iurd Houghton's. II much extended from
his AHnc papers, and It's value Is lhcle'seu ny h"e-
GUS illustrative diagrams.
The initial volume of the " Sans SOucl
series" will be made up from Haydon's Correspondence
and Table Talk" There win lie four us ratlons ana
fac-simile of OF IIaydons letters Ihe blhdh2 of the
new series will be novel in design.
The AHenGum says of the reissue of LORD
Houghtons poems: "Tbis republication is well timed
To the present generation Lord Houghon ha d, in his
cred entails They are not pas,port % go "a;
they proofs OF intention aud effort ana vouchers TOT
a certain amount OF success"
The Life of Norman Mcleod has been one
Of the most noteworthy Of publishers in En-
gland of recent years Seven thousand copies were sold
by Messrs Badly Isbster & Co. within Drle period
alter publication OF which one thousand were the
by Nudes libraries.
A new work by Charles G.. Leland is in press
with TItbner & Co.. little volume entitled "Pdsin
English Sing Sing" consisting Of original ballads and
stories in the dialect of I'm sh spoken ly Chntc me
work includes vocabulary and rules snncent 10 ehaOe
anybody 10 leaIn &" Pldgin-Enslisl. "
The promised biography of A. L. Stewart,
by Gen. j. e. Wilson. will he largely from data furnished
the writer BY Mr.. Stewart himself. Some time ago Gen
Wilson prepared sketch of Mr. stewarts life for pnbi
cation in Appe0ns Journal, but when the proof was
submitted to Mir stewart for revision he Oppressed t-
.sire that nothing the sort should be printed unt
after hs death Mr. Stewart thereafter talked freely with
Zen M SON MS 10 The incidents OF his lic that o.
I9ye ihe character OF scm-au horizaton II Will prob
sbly be- illustrated with portrait from the mask
and sketch taken fron Mr. Stewards face aftor death
The London AhenGum says of Mr.. Joaquin
MnIer's new novel 4" When once The AhenGaa IN
favorably criticised book Of Mr.. Mllers ne wrote to
and of the Journal in language which one not reared
west Of the Rocky Mountains could command sii we
kuoU not to what consequences, moral or physical we
may not expose ourselves ~ speaking te tfulh upon
Le present occasion, and oeciahE ,iSt 1ho me oo t
Woman Is not satisfactory Douh Az inc rahr tlu.t
Is very remarkable bOOk-one which we do not hcsi@te
10 say that 10 but born poet could nave written
There passages in IL OF great beauty Dut ntIe E o
plot no action. and character. and 1t is not novel
"As the public have naturally been interested
by the announcement that Mr. Tennysons Queen MARY
is 20 be produced the stage il not be amss says
Tie AHenGteq 70 give idea OF the changet tns
the Poet Laureate has made with view to the per
fOrmance OF the play. The drama mas breh shofNhcu
throughout and Las gained sharpness aid ciesIes, ty
| Tie first is conversation between Ihinp ana mary
about Howard and about striking the nag OF ElglSnu
The lines this subject are n@ely 10 tel VILE ths
audience. The other alteration is at the elose Aary
does not IT, EXPIRE oeSS n e, hg ,ep neT oncnS
| Mr.. J.. w. BoutOn VIII publish Immediately
The Violin its famous makers and their imitators, by
! George Hart, in handsome octave, at 81 The book
treats OF the origin history and development OF the
greatest OF instruments" with interesting details CON
ccning its makers and has for its motto Mr. Gladstone
saving: "TO perfect that wonder OF uaVel-tho oco-
fve-bas perhaps not required TIE expenditure OF more
mental strength and application, than to perfect that
Ioicr of tntsicthe violin" It will he illustrated witH
inward Of 40 hrsclsss wood engraylnss from PhOtO-
r,nbs when represent tine exact outlines and proper
5nn, Of the In1stcrpcces of Antonius straduarius,
Amati Bergonz ana others. including the celebrated
violin by Joseph Guarnerius which PagAnni achieved
his marvellous success The book issued IN England
last a but las not before been published III THIS cou-
| try. :.
The japanese romance, Chlushlngura,
which G. r. Putnam's Sons nearly ready, will be a
curiosity in more respects than In literary aspect
il is highly sensational story OF "The Loyal League,
and the murders in it enough to stock the BONery
| Theater for a Fourth OF July performance Heciani-
cay the book will be produced in japanese fashion,
and for proof OF authenticity, has what is supposed
TO be address from the author 10 ms TcaerS III th
original Japanese script. IL Is bound IKE an Engish
hook but lines tho long way OF the page Some
curiOusly embossed ci0lIs nave Deen Imported IRON,
japan by Putnam In winch 10 bind the Do0A ana
ON TINS the labels will be pasted. There will be 30 Nus
fratios in black and blue (perhaps because each Is
strcs of with blow OF the hsmmerl, which have been
| inx for them many weeks. These more delicate in
expression than usual although their lack OF perspective
makes them uniutelliGble without study Eull descrp
tions OF each cut IN English, WILL however, ala the
! curious.
In the preface to his volume of Yale lee
lures on 1.-The Ministry Of the Word" nearly ready At
A. d. f. Randolph Co.'S, the Rev. VIM NJ. Taylor says
that the book a treatise homilectic, min
isterial autobiography, but attempt to give TIE
Younger brethren practical hints which should
hsve been thankful nave received 20 years and
which have been suggested 10 much by the blum
ders "a bv the successes Of my public ie. The lectures
which make a 12inO OF about 800 pages have been dc
lyered before students of the Unl0n, fTlncc
ton and Onerin Semluaries as well as at Yale. Taey
treat respectively OF the nature aud design OF he Chris
tian ministry, the preparation on lhe pieADet the theIe
and range OF the palp the qualities of effective preach
ing in tie sermon and the qualities an effective ser
mon tie preacher, exp0stoTy preaching, the use ~
illustration the conduct OF pubic worship, regards
reading Of tie Scriptures and as regards praise and
prayer the passionate and pastoral ysaton and The re
10 be abe TO adj that the book has very full topical in
dex OF eight pages, well table OF passages OF
Scripture referred TO-