New-York tribune., 1876-01-24
LITERARY NOTES.

Macmillan &, Co. are to issue series OF
r,s,a,ons 70 shaaespeares plays. engraved ON steel
from designs by several distinguished German artists
An explanatory lcteress CONSISTING @ st S critics Of
shakespeare. has been prepared ny PoI DowG i L e
~nrk viii be i'm one quarto volume aud there WIN aso I've
an edition in folio, containing af1asls iIooiH Va ' ~
Cravings. ~
Mr.. J. w. Scluckers is engaged in the prep
sration OF g new edition OF his painlhie' ." '"o
finances lbeng ihe third which, enlarged i"
TO $50 or eco Pages, claims TO exhibit all Inc "".noo
nm The s,iiect OF convertible paTTrotes ana 10 soT
The method ly Which sg~cc are aD TO 90
nv appoal TO "Tec0gninoc pi1ncl9es oi Is ,mui and
seepce t. reason and the authority ol gi in'c
viii he oai about February 20. and Is printed-Dy 'onn
Campbell & Son, PniiaGelphia' :.
II ia said that in no European country
there such confusion ia orthography as IN "'ii"'"'
Iis hoped thet remedy may he found oy Inc congress
f renreeut .yes Of different German states pfDesSoiT'
teachers publishers, and printers which was 10 meet '
YrI, carly IN January To this committee the rules Tor
reforned ortho graphy, dawn up by the bavarlan I
tj VIII the worn hV Minister fag. The result OF the
delibcrstions cf the committee viii be con'nungateo& III an
fntroduce the new uniform spelling IN all the ic
schools and publications. end that authors ana pepeis
viii gradually adopt H. =.
THE Enorish Publishers Circular gives its
nsuo tabulatcd summary OF the English bookproductcn
of the year The total number recorded WAS BIS OF
which 1913 were new books, 1881 new editions ana
3lG American mportadons Of.the months, August ana
September show the minimum and December thc max
mum production, the figures OF the atter behs lio-
There has been q marked increase, IS compared Wlib
ls74 of works ON theology fiction, histDy poetry and
art and decrease IN educational books ani JdN
The isse q: theological books WIS 1S2 ednc"ti'al 90
tnVcnilo oig: dc,on q92 law, l35 economies l2o
All science and Illustration works, Csc; travels 80
IsS Irar GootG sGI and oad serials 25s medical boots 2
bellies lerues 1913; nneIssd.d ~ nc o"6T oT W.
been very productive year. and decided Improvement
1874"
The "Fpochs" series Of compact popular his
tories published IN London Ivy onnans ~ Co. and here
by sc ner Armstrong Co.. have proved 20 sue cofs'ni
that the English pabisbers auuou. two additional
series on this plan. as wen further volumes oi uir
Modern History" series These are "i-''hs oi l. =
glish History, edited by the Rev. NJ Creighton p'nneu
T. eoycr m history Of England from the earliest to pres
emf days in eighi volume, aud 'Epocls OF Ancient
Hist rJ :" edited uy tie Rev. c. W Coz ana Sb9i'
sankey, of which nine you1es re so iai pLaHned Ing
Iast series will relate chi o. 10 TIC nSoiy oi Greece
II me- and oi tlcr rollt ons to oh go ntrcs az 'ets
sve epOchs. Mr.. X viii mSeli "ft 81 ne 9l - -
and Tie Peraus. wih the Relations Of Greece TO tle
Older civilization >" and OF tine AiIcrah EnllT ifo'n
Flight of Xrxes TO the fal 81 Athe - An HI ,r ~
Ner,ale vii write iAe volume on "4he Roman Alui'
virates"
The list of Henry Holt & Co. for the Spring
Is the most important enc YET put forth by tch' lhe
frst original book 10 be Issued is Dr. A. e. Paekard-
"Iife Histories oi Animals, including Man." which Will
make IN octave OF $50 IGgcs with many illustrations
The book is a series OF outlines of comparative enhfy
ology many Of which have been printed In The er'co"
Naturalist II s intended chiefly book OF reference
for teachers and advanced studente Beginning WITH me
sinlIlcsi order of uImal- tie nsoner0. DR. Packard
gives a dctae history OF the development ol ne l,ad
proeess OF treatment which Illustrates stakinFy tic
theory II evolution Thif book u an ,n'ct ~ .isi
ton % tie nubc education brought about az Eiuei
by the ESscx institute, OF Pet"oly Academy OF c'he'
~ is now called The work was written, Tire illrstia
Hons werc drawn aad engraved there. ana tic book
printed at the press suptllntonded by FI0i r. !" fu
nam d. PackaIds ColabUrer, all IN Salon. The illus
many Younger men Who nave h,Ih ,iiuliad - e.a.
the institute.
The London Series of French Classics"
published by loD, ,u3us & Co.. begins with tho drara
four sets standard plays each being already III
nounced but win include other hranthce of literature, so
a. 20 cover finally the best works Of Frnch literature
from the sixteenth century the present tine. Tie
"INndon Series Of English Classics" Is project Of the
new year. hut tsgenty volumes already announced g.
the prospectus The range is wide, including crIn.1
ton 10y Mr.. Fnmiyali, on "IAio in Early En~lId q
o Selections iron EoOhs and Asc from ihe Eighth
to the li,cenih tcninIy another ~ tlr ls v; higi
'oTr,s OF -tcing' o1 t-e ii ~ fnsn M ~ nv
Morley and Rit dail0w,'s Doctor Tausts,' edited hy
nom FULLER as wei as selections FROM lie btter
standard writer's, odiicd - lioi Do"de l. T. MoIiia
English Autbors" TO e ssded in cheap shape NOHr OF K
pence, and with s'eteh aud notes for the benefit or
clade LougfcloY's " "byause-ne tho o.ly American
poem selected.
Aside from catalogues, the bo0k-producnS
work OF tho Library OF Congress il considerable During
the past year the granted By Congress for
carrying out tr sr0iofis plan O preparing complete
index t. the Documents debate, and laws Of Congress
treated by topics single 0rhabe,, have been fuy
utilized ard 200 out of ihe 1iOO volumes have 80 far
been iDdeNed. This index can he completed within two
years Tie fire; volume of French historical documcnts
A. nearly ready for issue. This the series relating 10
the dscOvelics and eXploiat,ors made IN thc nOrtl-
western lOToH ~ the United ~tac' and On the Missis
sl;pi. under The spices OF the French Governments
from ICIf 20 1852. The collection VIII fOuu six OcaYO
youlue, OF about COO pages EACH and viii embrace
great mass OF hitherto unpublished papers, comprising
letters and journals Of early missionaries ana oAf e1
Iloyere Tie I.ci store OF American manuscripts mill
tafy and historical documents autograph iet"rs snd
jOunals OF Revolutionary generals aud Ftatesnel IL
Guiding those gathered for Peter Force Washiu gB is
yet unWOricd; hut Mr spOi,id insists that every M ~
the library which throw ans Hight on auy portion Of
American history should be Systematically arranged
and indeXcd.