The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-30
LITERARY NOTES.
The Overland MONTHLY is dead.

IN England.
r NJ. Jephsons new novel tells about 9Th,
Girl He Left Behind Him."
Another serial by Anthony TroIlope is be
gun in Temple Bar fos January.
A new poem by Lord Lytton, go zen Mer
edith y is announced by Osgood.
Rhoda Broughton gets thousand pounds
for one OF her profound fctions
| There are 200, 900 lady novelists in England
and lCO, 600 young male poets.
| "Women of Fashion from Ann to Victoria,
by Davenport Adams, is announced.
number of letters addressed by Goethe
to Gotta have been discovered at Stuttgart.
Florence Marryat's (lIrs. Ross Church) new
novel, Hidden Chains" is now out in Lon
| don.
"The Village Comedy" novel, by Morti.
mer Frances Collins, in in press for early
publication.
Mr. John G. Whittier will contribute to the
April number of 81. Nicholas a poem called
The Pressed Gentian."
Harper & Bros. have published an edition
| of "Atheuagoras, in the Douglas series OF
A new story of Arctic adventure, by Chas.
W. Hail, "Adrift in the Ice Fields" will be
published by Lee & Shepard.
Mr.. E. A. Abbey has illustrsted Dickens's
"Chrstmas Stories, which Will be published
in Harpers's household edition.
Tennvson receives $4,000 a year from the
firm of Henry King & Co, for the privilege of
HI lct h III in,
The Rev. Edward Egglestons promised
novel has been Interrupted by his resum pton
OF pastoral work, and is only about half fin
ished.
Victor hugo is dividing his time between
new volume of verse and q contemplated
prose work to be called "L' ART Ere Grand.
Pere."
Henry Holt < Co. promise for early publica-
ton "Wit and Wisdom from Thomas Carlyle, &"
a selection from all his works, made with the
authors sanction.
"Teresina Peregrina" (Lady Yelverton) is
at present in Lisbon. It is said she intends
to travel in Spain and Portugal. aud will prob
ably publish book about her experiences.
The publication of Charles Summers works
has come to stand.still, the fund left by him
to complete the edition having been expend-
ed Several volumes remain to b. edited and
printed.
The British Society for Promoting Christian
knowledge has in press manual on the per-
sonal care of health-a curious ackno Wedge
ment of the connection between "heaith and
religion"
A Boston publishing house is about to bring
out satirical poem entitled Dizziness" in
which the living poets are picked iu strong
vinegar. The authorship is said to be pro-
found secret.
A volume of Steele's hitherto uncollected
papers, lorg since announced, entitled Il" The
Lover. and other Mi cellanies," edited by the
late j. E. Babson, will soon be issued by Lee
Il Shepard, OF Boston.
The Menu is the title of a new London
daily, which will provide dinners at clubs
hotels and restaurants with bills of fare, and
also with an epitome OF the days news, and
the opinions Of the morning press.
The "Life of Michel Angelo, Sculptor,
Painter and Architect including Inedited
Documents from the Bnonarrotti Archives,
illustrative of his Life aud Works" with por-
trait and other engraviDgs, is announced in
London.
Plon has just published in Paris a notewor-
thy book on The United States To Day." by
NJ. Claudis Jannet. 1t is said by corre-
spondent of The Post to be very careful
analysis of American institutions-political
social and religious.
Mr. Hllard's "Life of George Ticknor"
book full of anecdote and reimbursement OF
European aud American celebrities who came
within the circle of Mr.. Ticknor's very extern
'ive acquaintance. will be published early in
February by tho Osgoods.
Miss Anna E. Dickinson's "a Paying In
is not to be a novel after all, but
\ protest for reform in the education of chill
iren, more thorough training in industrial
pursuits, labor, cooperation aud kindred
topics. 1t will be published shortly by the
Osgoods.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich is in reduced to the
French public with his "S:ory of Bad Boy"
disguised, by juvenile magazine of
Paris, which announces among its attractions
or the new year, "The History of an Ameri-
IAN School-Boy, translated from the English |
If Thomas Delay Aldrich."
A curious memorial of the late war is an.
,ounced by publishing house in Richmond,
Va, q fac smile, with all the signatures, Of
!. the ordinance of Virginia to repeal the rati-
icatlon of the Constitution of the United |
States and State of Virginia, as passed by the
Virginia Convention, April, 1861.
The late Count de Montalemberts work, en-
tiled LIE .pagne ct Ia Liberte," is au-
lounced as about to appear from the press.
9ere Hyacinthe had the custody Of the manu-
cript, and, after the Counts death, he asked
he intentions Of his family and executors,
no replied that .hey would publish it among
lis posthumous works. Five years having
passed without fultilment of the promise,
father Hyacinthe sent the manuscript to the
publisher.
Just at the present moment it may be in
eres,ing to many to learn that "Pausanias.
he Spartan" an unfinished romance by the
ate Lord Lytton, which we mentioned in this
olumn some time ago, is in the press. 1t is
dited by the present Lord, who has written
long preface mail steamer was wre ;ked
ONE time ago on the voyage from Lisbon
'ut her mails were soon fshed up. and among