New-York tribune., 1876-06-05
LIrhRARY NOTES.
of r;,nipcott g. Co.'s Centennial Guide


sons Of oar Cnr.riao tuh, by the Rev T. T. Vaughan
are ln press by Macmillan . ~.
ucy Manual of Comparative PhioloRy,'
with special Application TO Greek and Latin inicc''os
by T. L. Pap.ilou OF Oxford is just ready at Macmillan
Co.'S. , .
A poem of considerable length, by Mr.. Al
ungpuu. founded liish legend, viii shortly "peF
m Tie Cor5hai MogoziRe, with illustrations by MIS-
Aihngfam.
The first volume of a new and uniform edi-
ton in i've ,ounes Of The P"eical Works OF Robert
Lord T6tfOn," e. Owen heiedthJ' VIII Oe issued "'
once in England.
Mr.. A. II. IIutb, one of two fellow travellers
cfMr Buckle who accompanied lin FROM the bcsInnns
OF hi. tour aud wi llim when lac died Is wrivns
lie Oi sie historian.
Prof. 1hOrOld Rogers has edited valuable
contribution to English cougtuond history comIa-
ton Of the Protests the Lords 1624lS74 with histor-
icai IN roducJonS.
Mr.. Kegan Paul, author of the recently pnb-
lished MEMORIALS of william Goodwin" is drawing w.
some biographical notices Of Mary "oolstoneciait WINCH
Viii appear In TIE fOrtniJhHB Heofeo'
Sampson Low London, announces, Mad
World; and its Inhabitants By julius Chambers BE f
the startling oxpor OF amateur lruauc l" one o.
tne gie Az eiican ssluUs.
The list of manuscripts acquired by tnc
BIitth Mus um between te years 1873 and 1900 emu
nerstes giv interest ny ssres OF laIers relating 70
fae c,nteet .. the Euglie and Fi'Dch ia Canada.
"From Pall Mall to the Punjaub; Or. With
tho Prince in india" be the tue Of All ilust aled
work by Mr. Drew Gay, the special correspondent i"i
The Ioiy ieegrdph also tO he lubis, cd uiuPthdcY'
An English scholar, MIR. Charles Bigot Cayley,
who's translation OF Ddne's Couiinsda" Ia the orsihl
tr.o rIuG is somewhat known, proposes 70 nu9t.Sn @
tbortly translation of the IhaP m q''t''''e mex
sm,ts1s.
A work of general interest to the supporters
Of missionary work will shortly be ISSUED IN EiGahd-
"Miseiuus In india: the System Of EDUCATION 10 Cover
ment aud ss.on Schools ConuaS"d' oS iiO""-"0"
Z W. Trcpenic re.
Miss Christina Rossctti, TIE AcGdemy states,
und rtakes join the band of literary co0peratoS wan
Mr. G. osart ~ bis cl,horateypanncd forthcomins ed
ticn Of SpensUr. She viii investigate TIE dhai"Site
traceablc bet weeu Sp,nseI's wmks aud Dances
By an arrangement between the editor and
pull sl rs Of the edition Of PeprSS Diary, on tl'
Que part, MessS. Bell & sou on the ohcr snei @ OF
l. rd Brayb. OUkc~ uoies 1s are sun copWIHl "'u W.
print a edition. This makes the new ediloh Vcr!
satisfactory.
I JAS. r. Osgood e. Co. have just ready
Bleiekers Handbook Paicstine and Syria "a com
pact comprehensive itinerary, which Is sad 10 have
O $4,000 itmc.Ndcs Is maps. 43 pans. 10 Views.
and panorama of Jerusalem, and is valuable biblical
handbook well IA guide
The new issue of the Library edition OF the
Wsverjey Novels by A. c. Back, will be in the hands
OF D. Appleton & Co.. in this cGpntry. IL will be com
peted i'm 20 wontll y0nmes large sv9. one noveI % TO :"
the volume with 200 steel enranss Ihe pTlce Will oe
IN the eishb0rhood Of So per volume
Mr.. f. A. Freeman, the historian, has gone
to France 10 historical sites IN Normandy and
Name eouneeiel with William Rufus. OF whom he may
perhals hereafter treat more fully than IN e 'or'hc4m
s. frhcs from Travel in History and Architecture nrarH
ready the kacmillans' will have Architectural Draw
ings by hius'lt
considerable work on Natal" giving q
history and description coouy, nclaing its nntp
rl features productions nllstri Il con hu'n ani prs
poets Just ready L"rdon 1t is by Mr Henry Brooks
Mann + r. A. s. f. r 6, 5. Lite supcr:nl Dent Of 4 'u
eation in the colony. u Is u usirated Win maps co'oi'"
plato and Photographic views
The American branch of George Routledge
Sons has pal Mr. George Macdonald nearly $1,000 ioi
the American market his book, called "fhoinas
wingfod, Curat' and will issue it in few DAYS TIC
book cOuibai, the anii-re10us thde' cieS d'Veioue
from moleru science ald !, Wrs ~ tho a+iln si :" ~
"Annals o. Qnit Neig hnInond ana o,,eL t ' g & pr,
beoks which won for Macdonald good snare oi Ills pfo
enl popua ity.
NJ. Henri Lecomte, The AtheaGUm states, Is
engaged on what ne promises shall he true history oi
the singular and the glorious lahorS OF Ere eric
Lmilr Is viii be garIHy H,Dl9 founded d 2 on Dm 'o %ap
kuoS thai when L'maitfe waS pap AT the Cons y"-
sll 6e in sS. hut one That cne however, Tsimi.
WHO protested against the conclusions oi the "the'
judg 3.
An important bihliographical work is promis
at once by Sampson Low Co., London. The ihde>
volume TO the English dialogue. lsJ6-75, which forms
key all Engish publications. within twenty yr re-
ia plan Is somewhat an +, al nj ron o.a, 1% wsr
found under the head Oi the individual or se1esi J
sntors name. being given tine alphabetical cattoglr.
the classification is Of the siliplest character"
An Iceander of great Tepute died at Reyk-
hvik on March II. BiGrn Gnnlaussson, who ""s
born i'm 1888 He Interested himself In spreading citnr
of oil kinds in his native hni hut he will be best rcmcn
bered I'm the outer wn as the collector Of the Daierial
of tie magnificent lnap OF Iceland which gained lnf
highest prize az the Goograplic Exhibition al IdIis
All which emtirs one ~ The best surveys ever mad,
lie was the author OF vario sDall works OF mathe
mRtical and philosophical character
fo AIR he
per Of "Plato's Best Thoughts" lie following ehaIHc
terstc letter: Lave done good work IN giving to
our people such extacis from Pato shall give item
taste Of this great soul and wlet ter apellts Tor
fuller banquet How little there in modern spccula-
tive thought that rot iis germs ana 1lc ll dsl
sfl,er oj Plato or Aristotle IN BIZ intellectual develop
p,cuf. On onglt. therefore, 10 know his alc st"r'
su bound 70 say, that am % Pru Though the git'
s.-oslr I'm annt on sensc, Ielk q suc appropriation
~ Lis IN pe tne bo4s VIII uihl your mos dTieh
a%uec nj os IN the sale Would II not he qnccrt PHtu
himself aid come back and walls into hooksi"rr Hnd
plck up sucn a volume this and see how these occ'
n'ais we've gr!ndug Ills corn
The second volume of the "Sans S0uci
Series" Men aud Manners III America One Hundred
Years Ago. edited lay Mr. II. E. Scudder. is just rds at
a riruer Arnlsrsng 4 C,,s Mr. Scudder has taken tic
hest IN ngs ont OF bakers dozen OF che "halifogttcn
annals nr unpreenious books" de ictus life injury
AGO grouping he excerpts un Ter tne heads of the several
sections OF % country His preface is pleasant glanH
over this Held Of literature IN the course OF which nc
.,v. raiyciy: Boston narrowly ESCAPED destruction
frnu, I'M, hands of both and of it, n'nics.
Mnr would nave happened had IT breh destroyed "
e nf D .alcg d, II s r 10 bat N re IS r'7'~o ="
Il Inv thai the tr .. the Ola Hh WOald have he d
"a tk,d 10y mOnument, and the gO"d people "olu"
nr,er hiy, eeas.d to lie list, re Church lh'
p poviure Ii Sc would have lived tie memory the
O sIac HOUSE woJd nave been mourn otcr IN
hupcle~s way and the sIoi where Fancul lla stood
would hav bceu rnled auOnt as lo"s crd 10 Or tf"h
upOn Bui now. since tie city escaped al' that, we can
only r,grt tie iUss of WI thio's h"usr, ANA ""A"
or aI,lv destruction bt east an evil eve on e'c. oi