New-York tribune., 1876-09-02
LITERARY NOTES,


new novel by Miss Yonge, called "The
Three Brides" will be published by d. Appleton
Co.
A new novel by the author of Made
noisele Mor" win soon be added to the Leisure Hour
Series"
Richard A. Proctor discusses Swedenborg's
ssvsons Of Other Worlds" in the September Belgravio
and Mr.. swinburne has Ballad Of Dreamlahd"
Mr.. Hepworth Dixon's forthcoming novel,
ain and Out of Sunshine" finds its partly in En-
gland and partly In the United states the heroine
being southerner.
Henry Holt g. Co. have become the pub
fishers Of Cases pocket Fench-English Dictionary
ss1 SOY, and viii bring out his larger work, two vol
The title of Offenbach's book will be "Offen-
bach in America: Notes Of Travelling Musician" The
Ahen suggests that he will doubtless set the work
70 music In an opera DOune ..
The second volume of "Daniel DerOnda'
win be published by Harper Brothers next week
than thai 'tS that Of d"' Mdde@arcb" cnevCume octave
edition in paper win also be issued.
The two volumes of Hawthorne estrays re-
Gently issued by jas R. Osgocd Co. win soon be pub
lshed in the style Of the Library and Little Classic ed
the second in twenty-three volumes
The thirteenth and concluding part of A. S.
Barnes Co.'s Centennial History viii be devoted alto
gether to the Centennial Exhibition in which hundred
years of history finds lite elimination. IL VIII be pre-
fusely and finely Illustrated and viii also be published
separately a memorial Of the Exhibition.
A new fourth) edition of Harriet Marti-
neau's Biographical Sketches, 1s5s1s75"is announced
by Macmillan & Co. 1t will include In addition TO those
previously published, sketches of MIS- sonerye sir
John Herschel, Barry Cornwall, Sir Edward Iandseer
and her brief auobiographcal sketch for The Daily heTs
Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, The AthenGam
states will print. in his volume of his life OF his
grandfather which is to appear in October map OF
North America, showing the paTtion OF tha contnen.
posed BY France in f7SS and rejected by the United
States.
The first volume of the new edition of
Landors Imaginary Conversations" promised by Rob
erts Brothers, will contain the Classical Dialogues
Greek and Roman, and win be ready within the fort
night Four volumes will complete the series, which
win be In excellent shape, in like style with the uniform
edition Of Mr. Hamerton. I.
Among other treasures which Mr.. j. w. Bouton
has brought home with him from Europe is little book
Of manuscript by that eminent divine Dr. Isaac
Watts The worn little volume, in time-darkened brown
ssres a5d n the wiring Is cramped into the tiny page
with many erasures aud interncatons IL should ma
its way into some fitting place of repose
The excellent General Sketch of History"
by E. A Freeman. introducing his Historical Course
for Schools" DO reissued by Henry Holt Co., with
commendable improvements. The historical maps,
which are small confused in the English plates have
tS eoof TSege viii be also 80 pages of chronological
tables and an admirable index covering Ga pages.
One of the lives of Gov. Tilden, written
with his authority by Mr. Theo. p Cook Of The Utica
O6serrer viii be published at by D. Appleton Co.
II makes limo volume Of about 400 pages at s2 and
is offered by subscription. Among the documents IN
c%a cSaeS e6e Of the oeroW Of the Tweed Ring
There also new portraits on steel OF Cows Iden and
document by a sketch OF the latter.
Little Brown g. Co. are to publish at once
a new one-volume octave edition OF that chief Of
biographies Plutarchs Lives The distinguishing char
acteristc of this edition win be full index by Mr. g. r.
Crocker Of The Literary World who did such excellent
dOubecolumned. in goodsized type That this classic Is
not forgotten by readers of to-day is witnessed py he
rank given it by the booksellers on The FuoiShers
Weekly prize list in biography, where 1t stood fourth.
The academy says, as to forthcoming works
IN musical biography: "The Life OF Mendessohn, by
Herr Iampadius has been translated, aud will be pub
lshed by W. Reeves the musical puhlisher Herr schn,
appeared In the Neie ZetsehriN der Musk, In Leipzig,
We learn also that Herr Mensc's Life OF Beethoven
has translated by Miss Kayshuttlewoith to whom
ne musical ~ S9Fd is already nae0'oa i0r hef
An illustrated edition of DR.. FaTIar's " Life of
Chris" will shortly be published by Messrs Casse.
Peter Galpin, in serial form. The Illustrations OF
places and customs and habits of the people will be
taken from photographs by Mr.. f. Mason Good an Fn:
ish artist well known for his artistic reproductions OF
Eastern scenes who visited the Holy Land for the ex
press purpose illustrating this work The copies OF
coins medals and antiquities will be produced ander the
superintendent OF the Rev. 5. B. Lewis Oh corpus
Christi College, Cambridge
The Fall season promises to be prolific of
new editions sign that the publishers feel 1t safe TO
work over old plates as TO put money into new ones
Reissues Of Scott, Dickens, and De Quincy from the
osgood plates but styles, to be made by the
Riverside Press whose mention gives assurance OF good
printing Two volumes Scott and Dickens and one OF
be Quincy will be issued each month jus Miller also
proposes to put mo s new snas srs chsSn Year. and
Lays Of Ancient Rome, in style Of binding similar to
Little Classics"
Advance proofs of q new volume from Ber-
thold Auerbaeh have enreceved by Henry Holt " Co.
for translation here The book called "Thirty Years
After the title deriving its significance from the fact
that the three stories Of which 1t Is made up are all
sequels to his early village stories" issued thirty
years ago. They arc "Lore's Richard a sequel to
The Professors Wife - Young Alloys or the Block
head from America" sequel TO The Gawk" and
" The Convict's Children" sequel 70 The Conyiets
ceded by Translation just completed by the Rev. Chas
r. Brooks OF Auerbach's Poet and Merchant" never
ranged 10 be parts of uniform edition Of Auerbach In
the Size Of the Leisure Hour Series" ..,. ... "a
Mr.. E. B. Tylor, one of the foremost living
writer's on archaeology reviews Mr.. II. II. Bancrofts
Native Races Of the Pacific States" In the Academy
and awards 1t the highest praise He concludes "ts
needless to repay Mr. Bsncros costs and labors with
phrases OF congatuaton He has done what he wanted
poranee the educated world and every one appreci
work. BY making accessible 80 much valuable
material asd sweeping away 50 aea acc
real system Of American anthropoogy sone outline OF
which he even hope 70 see In his lifetime We trust
this example may lead others 10 do the like wori In
regions whose chronological materials are nnmanagea6le
because no student get them before him whole
Especially want BANCROFT for india and Bancroft
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HnOKS 0E THE WEEK