New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-03
LIIHE.aRP NOTES.

The" Volucy prize" IN the gift of the French
Ius,ue wn,es "a footed upou the biggest Distinction
that c,n no conferred fn; Linguistic reseNrch bas ts
yp~,r heu ft,Niea Z, Pref z, =. Cuiers o Vni'e,SS
College, Lont %. OK H. Dcuoa''ry oI th' van du ~
MeSsrs. Ueary Holt & Co. state that the effort
70 pr.d,s sSu exept.i; ed ,cts tine ointug Of the
:. Cond nsed G. $40 has beeD attcn led VITA mechdh
heal I'M uItea which, Shpngn al last cnnqnced nav He
lAycd hooks "a las INTO tne S9maei Una u p i
requires the 'oSiponeuuent o. publication uhU' inc '..
Mr.. T. Whitaker of the Bible House VIII
tooo punish volume Thoughts Oh the History oi
Revealed Religion" the venerable Bishop shith %
Krp-ncky, tR, Presiding Bishop ~ the Z r Ch'I'hi
s'sn NV ttons - l1ySr lrlSes ~ nhnTt Men and
.rbin.S." ~ Dr.. Henry.
Tue Primer Of Logic, by Prof Jevons about
ceaIS az the Appletons'. spoken Of 6y The Ihe"""
o. 90 perfectly novel plan. II is free from the teen
u,ljt,e> AVID symbols which make most logical reatseS
Div adapted serve Doth as hu inlr"dnrOnn 10 I'en ,m
Glg m ih, or,inar, affairs OF lite
A philadelphia firm. john f. Potter & Co.,
announce an ace Charlie r. rs 10y bis father WI
they VIII sell ny subscription. Philanthropy Is co""h'"
business in the announcement by STATEN, u, t'a
ti will con avn care niii prepared W ~
missug boy aud brother Walter, Win pictures o.
other ost children and fac-simile letters IRON tt az
iucurs with other Information Calculated I" e"i 70 Tue
alsc, very of tie lost child.
Another work on tire question of the ages
sinst out N London, The Great Problems Gao II he
Solved g. oy @ T. Greis. VI A.. who Is Pre0'ndir5 OF 1T
Paus The author slys IN bi. preface: "Tls book II
a.. intended for the Use Of men strong IN tie
faith a. from chdbOOt 10 hs been presente" To ihrn
hut ioT the urr ~ persons shaken by uodcrn cl1ii
siso ON poi,s once held to he unasslilabic that they
aud themsl, dnHihg IN many snh - SnSa r,,
si into st.te Of mad With Is "ei'her o0'is "'' VI"
oehef. but ptahlc perl'leNity'
A centennial edition of the works of the
early New England fathers is purposrd by the C"neieE"
uoniI Publishing society which asks subscriptions or
ser-s volumes Al $50 or Tor individual anthEl
f.lnlps he tn.k
Joseph bSi''ly , ~ IN S1n6'{ire three volumes:
Dr sunul Hopkins, three volumes; lht Ut al
"ept 5I.coirsrs and trertscs by Edwards. smal!ey
snl Others volume. aud the works OF Dr. Na'thl"'
LInuons. six volumes
Mr.. Alfred Webb is engaged upon a Com
penIium OF Irisn Biograpuy" rne Gully books "f tue
kind relating to ireland, states Ths Ahe"oeum' are
"wilis'- Lives OF llustrous Ir1shmen Ia siN volumes
Or twelve parts and "Ryau's worimes O ireland" IL
two volumes WI . contains 81 lives: Ryan 325, m
Webh'S compendium s mtcudcd ~ cupriN" about LOU
lives The work (contaiuing nosces only al decreased
prrSonsl ,mup~ses Distinguished Irisrm and irisb-
women persons who pave taNei leading paft ln iilsh
sfas So tieir lives relate 70 lreland writers
uIWn Tr,I,ni IL Omjls ;,rlsons ireland, nrthel
Of whose parents hls and VINO resided but short
time ID the country
A Southern gentleman and lady, now living IN
Boston, have devot,T- themselves 10 circn
Lng through the south Charles sumIers book OF Pro
sh-tic Voices Concerning America u' Thought thai
tic dissemination of ths book among the youth OF th'
sutb will do much to good patriots IL tils
view 81 scrIptOns considerable amount have Oc"i
ma e by prominent Bosonians, including L1ngfelinW,
lowell FiAuk 3 rd ana Others, ard over 1000 eoprs
have ALREADY been circulated there eSpecla among t
sducat,oual institutions Tss IL tho Do0k OF which tIt
hua proofs fOdnd 10 ar. 9umnsrs desh AFTER DIE
death.
MI Wexford, apropos Of Macauay's Life,
writes ~ the ser buer B9okGayer: SOME personal
memory the historian hDgers among the higai7
Respectable but rapidly diminishing GLASS, the SECOND
hand and I'D bookdeiicrs London. They still talk %
tno energy and rapdity ~ his movements bis rapid de
bisoD IN selecOh irctiOb Of tbelr wares, and oil
his always pay lng ready for what be bout toi
Q usrs, thing in LoDdpi Along with Mr. H. I. Buc"lt,
whit The trade call rubbish, hut IN rcaltT what al
forled them g. be got Out OF stlCBrd and
we-Tcn.ted bOuks 10 n curious fact at the present
successor ut great voters IN the eGine tastes y
dealers aud their cauiO equal L0 That attributed ~
his biogIr,pneT 10 L0ri darSnlay.'
The Philadelphia firm Of J. H. Coates Co.
viii het eater soi agents for the reprut- al
early En- ;lish literature edited by the Rev. Alex.
Grossrt which he Is about Publishing by private sub
scnptiou Prof Henry Morley. francis I. pagrave
Aubrey de We're, William Adds Wright. Prot Angus.
Pru'. Child To-. Harvard and prot Edward DIwdeu arc
among Mr. & ostrt~ editO, ia cOHGJJTItelTs ~ thls
ssrirH all include editions ~ the works o.
Eduund Spen,er AMI Same Daniel with new liNc- ~
eaeI, based Original research Tue former VIII b.
Illustrated with several new portraits on steel, Thai Oi
fraVed Hitherto unpublished portions Of the f"wuelc,
Ms, TIE Spending OF kOtrTt Newell when II Ms
tral.s LinCastriaD aud Yorkshire history, and ~, g
many AHerc1n family names, aud a collection @
Elglish ia 'he aud squbs, ais" oolrls,d IN
sBe project. TIC numbrr copiss Is limited
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