New-York tribune., 1876-02-07
LITERARY NOTES.

rh. new "eentenaryn revised edition Of
~ pancroft,s History will issued In six volumes
At 81 Is each, monthly, beginning Win February
Mr.. r. B. Aldrich's poem In the March Al
,s~ae product Of his recent MI EGropean une ' paee
DIR. Samuel Osgood will publish, through IL
p Dutton & Co., volume OF papers OF centennial inter
est under the title of Our Cycle: Notes OF Persons anu
Principles" - ~, ~
Mrs Antonette Brown Blackwell, M. d.,
has written volume "The Physical BASIS OF In'nor
tallty" which @. p PutDams Sons vii publish &
strong scientific position IN favor OF tho doctflhe vi III
mortality.
Two new textbooks by Prof. Henry N. Day
Of Yale are announced by g. p. Putnams sons MS
Elements OF Psychology" and "The Science OF E,nrs
an cirmcntary sysicm of theoretical and pracucu
morality"
The Younger Auerbach, OF Stuttgart, Germany,
has recently added his list OF American DOCKS trans
n,asace nv BeTthoM Auerbach aud elaborate intro
sncion OF nearly 100 pages by Friedrich Karp
The Congregational Publishing Society OF
Boston frequently publishes undenominatonal BOOKS,
which are somewhat prciudiced by the denominatona
name of the concern. For this class It VIII hereafter +
adopt the imprint Of " The Boston fnnisnns 0oo'o'''
following the policy Of the Methodist concerns
A series of six important lectures on alc0hol
and its effects on human system is 20 he circulated III
ebeap shape by the National Temperance Society They
were delivered before London Society of Arts by Dr.
Bw. Richardson and are sad TO I'VE ts % ateI
furnishes an introduction.
A controversy has arisen concerning recent
biographies Of Poe. In Mr. WiddetOn's Memorial
Edition" OF his poems the biographical sketch by MT
Jobn H. Ingram was given, prefaced at Mr. Glus re-
ouest with statement that considerable portion OF the
material was gathered from Wm +. Gills lecture on
the poet Mr. Ingram, vino is editing the four-s1iue
Aijtion of Poe whien A. Il G. Black of Edin0urgh are
Ouhlshng asscrts on the contrary lnat no seu no
material furnished in any way by Mr. G ont 'ha Ia @ Ino
teral which Mr. Ingram had forwarded at ms request
John Wiley e. Son announce two important
scientihe books. W. ]. Fryers Architectural Iron
Work is to be pr acca work, treating OF the meehan-
zeal organization and financial arrangement OF the foun-
dery with specifications and valuable tables, collected
from data which he been gathering. The Illus
trafions win give paus and designs in detail Notes on
the Mechanical Theory of Heat" by T. r. Pointer OF the
Stevens Institute is meant as textbook ana WORK Vi
reference, developing the theory by the ara OF te t
ms Several scientific schools have sgnihed their ine
lion to adopt it, since IL meets want. The puDlshcls
promise that in typographical character shall rival the
standard English mathematical wOlks
Harper g. Brothers publish George EhOts,
Edward Jensnss, and Wilkie Collins's new works as
~Copyright 1876 by Harper & Bros" The claim is
that since the firm have purchased the MSS by payment
10 the English authors they owners of the property
and entitled as citizens United States to copyright
rrotcction. The law, as amended some time ago per
mits either authors owners to claim copyright AS
the Office Of the Librarian of Congress is in this matter
purely clerical the validity of this claim can be tested
only In the II should be upheld the present
eoDyTight law wOnld virtually permit iuternallnua
copyrslt Tor the English author owner wOnld supS
be obliged TO sell his property TO an American elth 10
obtain the advantage OF full rights TIE purpose OF the
holding this market against them would not he iulho
by this construction because an English house could
dummy, obtain copyright through member OF thelr
house naturalized rs an American clnleh'