New-York tribune., 1876-02-12

traced for solno months This curious difficulty having
been obvated tho book is nearly ready IL 10 eAo c .
based Autenreths German work, ana VIII nsshIc
handy l2mo of some 300 pages. wherever posS'o.,,
Illustrations gwen, 50 that the Work is sso p
torial manual Of Grecian antlduiiies
In his second centennial paper on "Ihe foe's
of America" in the forthcoming AppetonS' Jonrno''
John Vance Cheney says "On the whole, then' Our
retrospecton goes TO show tna the product OF Ane-
can poetry for the eighteenth century amounted In tse
to very little We will admit that the harvest was hardly
worth reapng; hut II necessary that the snare OF
Time should find it, turn u under ana so prepare sJ
for the century to follow. Men cannot Work "lthouc %
stimulus. The want Of copyright between thls anu VIC
mother county was no, Sy c dscover. 10 @ditions
of his work. OF whose existence hc h nJi hn1pl
cion EngIish competition too strong Tor American
ambition Both countries suffered; but while BIltaih
loss could be estimated In dollars, hmcrcls was va"
rreparable jury-he blight OF national development.
The late Samuel G. Drake of Boston, author
of "The History of of other interesting his
orca works gave much Of his life TO the collection OF
local and national records There danger that his val
uabe library will be scattered by public auction unless
arrangements are soon made for is preservation un-
broken in public institution The colectoh' I'D. u
The Literary World, includes 300 portraits l3%;ooo %
are books and pamphlets relating to the late rcbel" w
unasccrtained number an almost exhaustive core'1n
nj The earliest English and American radicals; books
relating 10 the history Cf Boston. witn seven cases o
pamphlets containing sermons addresses, etc oi NeO
s,cr Everett Sparks Claiming, and other famous Bosto
or,to,s: 900 Pamphlets contributing 10 the history "i
New -England 5000 bound volumes and 300 pam
pflcts filed exclusively WIFI Amrrican poetry; 9oo Foi
umes Of Indian history. ana collections ~ hdloiic'l
aoce,ics. Samuel A. De- sc The collectors son. ID no"
catalOguing the library With a view TO H. sale
The recent number of 81. Nicholas offered
the prize OF miniature yach, TO the best answer 10 u
puzzle representing of ships floating down the
river of Time, aud suggesting by tho!r position, wui
other brief da'G distinguished men whose Names WIN
other biographical facts. 10 make up the answer
Not only il the yacht to be seen ia Saint Nicks
saucum but no less than 1000 letters which have been
received from competitors of ages ore oiid confess
ing to Sc years and u Geyy oI Hr"hdriitftn Sum ~
them accompanied by 5,i1,c Gnl nc l"liiu oUl
and Oihers are the work II ycrg little rGici VINO piht
their 4aairt aud sometimes .ahciio notes one h.tr
gi w0Hc lei. CT Is L. e., "sat fi"tr l4"id ~ .'teD.S
Reca,,sp she lives out island whence ONLY a row
toa comes 10 land aui h.siee, her l,ic baby brother
died Il that made her Ia;c too. II - an interesting
l,i if, n 0f tn. Un..u work ~ ma ,tt!ne c'il 80
tat most Of these letters are lnay cA".hbei ~ MI
Dut.c herself
NJ. Wexford, in letter in The BoOlJ'Ber,
rt N 20 TIC difficulty which IS more cyd'nt In America
n even la Ensiab1, ~ obtaining satisfactory statistics
~ 10 the production oi books "En-ish business QiAo
Aincricul rcb~i. a,-s tine construction ncccssar! fof
thr production o. cA., -a 'ios Tlc lists oi publica-
tons in thc English periodicals are furnished by CLERK,
Of t lrrcs' book lobb.u Lousr and simply represent
e books lor sal in Ion Those print in Scotland,
Ireland and Fnclish provincial towns only get repre-
,ntcd when coacs cent Gp 90 London agent and
uuhsi cuis n . great ipG~s oi Parliamentary dncii-
tpnrts anl blr" books. much ~ thr d"nnUrud!iora'
t"ia'ai" ~ rriisi'u' S",'ci{S' e. r"'u''' ~ az j.
own b.t '-t-, iif'ttA I. u'. " '''fN'' " 49, "'r i
IGNORED go fa tifIire. That it l. Ifr, E
,n ai fi,i.u of ai least osrc 10 The given rGus"cr,
F-rrc, where not O. Single p1nt"d sheet hr m1lc
olr.lei individual frcp;G Il action great That
si9uIic; los. raIch ~ their "mcAi ccd'hr, AMI
SCARCELY Hior. sue ~ und iof large i"'"ieu'i "cH"'