, 1876-03-11

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PERIODICALS RECEIVED. ......
pn!i.iaphf.). Contonss: ''Ihe Month"; The
4I:ns fse Hs:, e. ss s, p :hs Il
ra.ra Political H1noy y,tt ed sosal!, ~
Fl Eaa,i.h Composition. by pr0f. j. g. n sicE1ro,;
yte ,9xa esaiatp ii fazuary n.erna,on. Fr.err.ds
Ara@r,eas ] ]5oese!itr for March tAmste.n New. Com
aRns;a Raas III .osiaa soey ps,, for R.bru.r, ,ch-
1a.rarv ~ ho'd id for March Is. II. croetns Do.sou,.
LITERARY NOTES.
ia History OF Ny Life and Tmoa.' by George
CruikshAnk. n1sy bo expected 1t ID said.
During the lnat two or three years, Bret
uartos talos and poems have arpearad Ia nussiA
in two translatlona.
Dr.. Drinsley Nicholson is to edit tbs I" Doubt
full Plays Of shakapea1o," for Messrs+ George
Bell l. Sons. Londou.
| Anotlar volume Of "Aunt Joo'a Scr ap-Dag"
being collection of Miss Louisa III. Alcott's
| shorter stories. Ia announced.
The indefatigablo author Of "dinx's Dahy ="
and ). The DsvilH Chain" has In p1caa q nav
story called - Lutchmeo and Dilloo."
now Engltah story caliod "a Voice from tho
| Sea or. The Wreck Of the Eglantinr," 10 CON-
mendcd to tho public by hit. rlinsolt
"In tho Vineyard: A Plea for Chris.ian Work" :"
! ia tho na1ne OF forthcoming volume by tho Eov.
| Z. r. Burr. D. D.. author OF "Ecco Cnlun1."
An Elementary Astronomy" and an Ete-
nlentsry Physical GeoCraphy." BY niohsrd A..
Proctor, aro to be puhllnaed by ]. D. Lippincott
& Co.
L
arc about 10 publish third edition. revised by
Dr.. Robert Csrrut,lcEs, Of their uell-knoun cy.
ctopodia OF English Literature.
In "Tlsomas Wingford, Eurato," George
Macdonala's now novel. soon to nppoar, Al At.
tomps il mnde 10 oppose the receut yiewa Of
Prof. TyndaA and oshess regarding God kad
immortality.
A now novel ty A1r.. A. D. T. Whitney. en-
titled lights aud 11slghts, 10 story Of Now
| England life.--wili shortly bn published by Os-
good l. Co. It is said to be Mis. Whtucy's mont
elaborate work Of fiction.
Tho Hon. 8. s. Cox's volume On hamor,
called "Wby Wo Laugh" will Ia issued At onco
neru on Legislative humor printed y Harpers
Magazine, and makes volume Of 400 pages.
nlehard Grant Whit. is suggested foE the post
Of librarian Of tha fssoz Library. The New
York Epening Po's aays: "Wa en- 81 .his nc nc
post would add 50 largely as tns would to tho
usefulness Of tho library"
Foninore Cooper's novels nro said to DO quito
| popular fu NuBalA. During tho years 1878 aud
is34 1000 copies Of 1.-THE Last Of tho alohteans y
m 9t .ooss aeS rss Sn Ct d0asl
pcarod In two tranalatons.- ., zoo copiea Of ono,
and 1900 OF tho otl.or, having boon published.
"Tho Southern Side " Of tho story OF Ardor-
sonyilc prisou Is 10 bo presented in d publ!ca-
tion from Turnbul Bros. baltimore. which will
contain fu ~ appendix Aia nAnloB, kc. Of 3D. .000
Union soldiers who died shezo. 2'hs work Is
complied from official documents by Dr.. II. II.
Stevenson, who raH chief surgeon OF tho prison.
In tho now lito OF William, Goodwin, Just pub
liBhel by noberts brothers. it Is nado ccar that
this English novelist Nas ono Of tho first to call
Cersantes' Don Qui1ote, which was not we'll
translated in our language bctwenn 1dl2 and
1909, At which latrer date Goodwin wrote about 1t.
Mrs. Charles Kingploy is about to publish .
motnolr Of bor lato husband. together with laFgs
ao!ections from his correspondeiico and othoi
many frionda ultimately assoeRted with Ler !us'
baud at different periods, and she will uao that.
words In treating OF much on which sha oouit
nos speak impartsally.
sonnet by sholley, "ro the Nilo." will b.
pripted for tho frat time Ia tho st. .}t1lEea Maya
! zine for March. This sonnet iH ono Of q uuulbal
OF original mAuubcripta BY Shelley in the pos
8oHsion Of Mr. Townshend Mayer, who hai
placed many of them at the scrvlco Of a1r. Bux
ton Porman In the preparation OF hts 20" etil
ton OF 8hollay'a workH, which, is soon 70 be pub
l!sica III London. :"
Tho little folks, and many grown psraons, vii
be glad to loarn {uayn tho Now York Eccnu
Post) that thn Antlor OF thoso delightful! tut
enInensly accurate h1atoEiea, namely; "Alco'
LooIing-Glass," Ia about to publish new HoEE
- story In vqrac. Tho title Of tho poem Is 20
announced. but wn aro enabled to Inform th
many. anxious xeadsra OF "Lcwls Carols
! for1ner books, that there will be soma turtle
. | borWock" which "catno whllin. through til
, tnlKhy wood and burhlod as it camo." aud ths
: tho iutjuh bird Wlll alHo be rcnEoduced to Oh
| acquaintance,
After tho book fair, which opens March %
, and tho succeeding remainder aalo. MotaE.
: Jamob Il. oagood & Co. (says the Nav Yor
8 I 1Tibune) will offer by auction. through 0ooEG
/ A. Leayatt 4 Co., the lazgast number Of etafoe
typh plates ever sold At Qua tsmo In tho America
trada, They have decided to concentrate tho
!. businoss on their American copyright book
standard po1ts, tnd the hello&yps process, whtc
> las grown to considerable business Of itsel
! lloro than 400 volumes are to bo 1ad,-plate
atock, and rem&nds1a-inclndios their aats 8 2
!. Dickens, Thackorhy, Misa TAaokerAy, lsead. y
: Quincy, bcott, Jules Verne, tho kingeAys, u
!. goods Library Of Novels, aa vol a. q few mint
AmeElcAn authors. Their present catalogue
! 30 largo, however, that this considerable chang
. leaves theIn oyer 6o1 volumes.
. In New York; March Q, portion of tho libraI
: OF Mr.. Almou ". 1riswoll was sold 1t aucsfo
I Tho chief e1eItomout Of tho salc centeEed In Il
= Eliot Indian Mhlo. This ts superb copy, whIs
. soma fourteen years sgo 1t Tho sale OF hi
1stcnardson cu1rsr. Of Eshtou Hall, Yorlahir
the lady who IL noted in bib!lographlcal gosa
: ss haylng hid Two catalogues rnado Of her itbr
/ III tho library. on tbs plss tint sho meant 10 g
thom. Tho copy waa thau IN worry bad eoni
y tiou. being badly watcr.soakca; but sir. Gr
r void alw that II wRs not permanently damage
Il and, becoming the purchaser. 10 put it into t.
+ hands OF bedford, thu London bluder, y
= bound most Of ths treasures Of this co!loctio
- whence II CANA Que Of the most perfect copl
y Of the Eliot uibls In e1isteuco. Tho lice COZ
Fn Arrf rdItfnr raot III 95 trhls cony III hnwn q
f. \ noenud edition, iess often found but Il
sought for BY collectors. Az Mr. 6abln sput
up, he satd tl,as there was only Quo 10 entlem
who could raAd this book and he had Just lot
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