, 1876-01-22

| His title to It will probably lJo fnnnl unlm-
pcachabic. but porhaps his family may coupfo.
| niso tho matter By giving it up to Ho:ne library
| without Raic q: auction. Harvard College
| wants 1t. and oaett to hare II tho Boston
| Public Library also wants 1t, to mako ono more
| In tho list Of rlre booka OF which it hns moro
| than ono copy.
| LITERARY NOTES.
| Tho 0rerldnd Monthly has been discontinued.
Another serial by Anthony Trol!ope is begun
| In Temple Bar for January.
n. Littro Ia revising tho proofs of new edi-
ton Of hts French Dictionary.
Goschoa new edition al Leeaing's works Is at
Las. completed. in eight volumes.
| number OF letters addressed by Goethe 10
Gotta have boen discovered at Stuttgart.
| Florence AIaryat's tAIrB. Kozs church, NOW
novel. "IIidden Chains,' ia now out Ia Lon
| don. ,scs
A narrative and descriptive poem, on the Holy
Land, by Herman Melville Is In press by q. I.
| putnhn's Sons.
-, Ausnatug Mayhcw. Who with his brother
| their taaa, has Just died in England.
yiollot-lo- Dues na1t literary work vii. he call
cd 4'The History Of the Habitat!on OF Men from
Prehistoric Times to tue Present Day"
Victor Hugo ia dividing his time betwcon q
| DOW yolllms OF yerse and q contemplated prusc
| work, to be called "L'!Art aEt,o Grand-Pe.e."
Tho Austrian Government. 1t IL said has Of
fered Max Muller FrofassDgnl.l9i in tho Uulver-
| Bity Of VIonra. allowing INN FREQ choice o{
| subfpcts for his locturcs..
| A new edition Of tho complete vork4 of shel-
ley, which ia soon 10 be Fublltneu IN LONDON.
| will be edlsod by Sir. I}nxton Eorman, critical
easayist Of Bome reputation.
| a Doston publishing houao Is noout to bring
| OUT aotiricsl poon, entitled "Dultnese," Ii,
which thu hiring poets are picked iu strong vim
egAE. Tho authorship is said to be 4 profound
| setrtt. 81.
Tho Nrnu ia tho title of new London daily,
| which will provide Dinners ut clubs. hote3s. and
rcatauranta With bills Of faro, an1 also With All
etAtome Of the days news, aud tho opinions Of
the morning prose-
Prof. Moses Colt Tyler is at work upon his
handbook Of American Literature. but It will
not be ready for publication till the fall. II will
bo especially futi IL it. treatment Of early
| Amencan literature.
4 volume Of Steco's hitherto uncol.cctod pa
| pcrJ, long siuco announced, entitled Tho
Lover, aud Other Misco!lanios," !" edited by tho
late ]. =. Dabson, will COON be issueti by Lee l.
Shepard, Of Boaton-
Groto. bis widow haa founn Il remarkable essay,
exhibiting the historians opinions or Aristotle as
y moral teacher. This, with othcr posthumous
papors, will soon bc published.
A work on "Tho battlca Of the Revolution" 4"
| by Gen, Carringtou senior Colonel Of the repu-
d Co. It Will be Of popular aud military inter-
cat. and will contain rlans OF all ths battles,
from surveys made By tho authsf.
Dr.. Yyudals work on s'sound" has boen
| translated into Chinese. aud published At tha
onponso OF the Chinese Government, 10 that the
Translation Ia now sold in Cb1sa At the moro cost
Of the paper aud priatins. namely: 480 copper
"cash,' Or about 40 oenta psr Gopy.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich is ratroduced to the
French public with his "stovy Of Bad 10y
cur'ouslv dsgu.sed. By a Juvenile magazine Of
PARIS. which announces nn,ons IT'S attractions
| for the nom year, "Tue Ht,tcry OF an A Au,erlcan
Bchooi-Bo,. translated frout tue Enilgh OF
Thomas Belay Aldnch."
An important contribution 10 polltiral litera.
ture has been writteu BY All indiana liw5cr. Il,
Bros. II deals with Political ltomal,Bm," aud
| gives historical study Of tie fntes ference OF
| the Paracy with civil government III European
countries. The work will mako Al o9tayo Of i01
paEes.
Proi. Mahaay, says the academy. il still oc:
cupted With "Auejent aud Mo.l.tn Greece.
Hin primer on Life In Old Grece." iu Mr..
Green's se.ics, Il III press, aud hs las announced
| aetiea OF lectures ns1t tsEm on hts travels III
uteeco. which wit! afterw':d bo gablished, viii.
illustrations, bV Messra. Mncn lflan. A larger
and more important work OIL "r.he Literature Of
ancient ntcccs ia grelt war.t-ls announced
ns in preparation by Mcssra. Ls'ngman.
Tho Anuual royiaw of "Cout incutal Literature
In 1s75,' III the London Alae narmni. WAS wrs,tor
by Emila dc Lavelcya anl Paul Fredoricq 70.
Dcguu1 ]. Durd.k for EohaEnla, Al Hansen foi
| Dennaark, uustavs alataon for France, Nubet
Zimmerman for Germany, A. G. [.otfal, for Ho!-
land, Ar.n&nsua Faultery for Hungary, Angctl
ne Guberua,is for Italy. l.. Daar for Norway
Eugene Schny'or for Ilussis. A. popoyic Zub Yoi
| Scryia and Lroatia, aud H. F. R!ano tor Hpap
Tho rcyiew fl!s t1enty.orlo pages OF tho .1,he
| fAEuHt.
Somc timo ago. two I.i,udon thieves put IL
practice plan Of 1obDing joxeler whicl, Lsl
boen described III story i.u a popular periodical
"a piece oi puro invention. Tho Jaw .ler wai
| furious {4o lost 2l0.tO5, 10 Il was txcuBabe)
| wloto 10 tho editor OF tlA, magazine, aeklug hin
| ii it was his mission to iuntrnct thieycs IN nov
| wAya OF plundating tho tsubsio. "aty dear NIT,
replied tho editor bland VI " II sou hid t4ken IL
| my periodical (Which ht,po III future you vii
t!o,, you would have boess put upon your guard
This comes OF neglsc!iL tho claims Of Ilsosa
| tufe."
A solemn Eng!isl. owl has written book ln.
touled to brln. q hear t-casiu. AiFth, a. ALL
ton csls her, into dis1e!3uto In ths uloancho1S
| work tho great English pont fH taken 10 task for
hia sin III not only ~ encouraging tn!Eth. but
prustitutng lns talents to the propagation OF
loose pstncip1cs aud tho encouragement OF
licontoua action, AZ a l'AIlogro: for instance.
wboso opening passfrgc IL called "sn lliur4na
incentive to debsuchttfy." aud . "seduciug in
vstatton 10 tue indulgence OF tho grossaot, tho