New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-05
LITERARY NOTES.

The August Vide Apake will ontain IN the
POETS Home series paper on the Il, II. Dana,
ST.. written by Mr.. r. IL. stoddard.
MFR. Habberton's "The Jericho Road" pub
lshed by Jansen. McClurg Co., has reached its TWEEN
tIeth thousand .
A collection Of "DiscOurses at Eventide,"
ny the Rev Nehemiah Adams, TO be published by d..
LOthFOp d Co., Boston
DIR. William b. Carpenters book on "Mes-
merism spiritua lisIn ect, Historically and Scientifically
Considered" wl.shortly b. published in this country
Henry Holt & Co. issue their Cases Pocket
Dictionary in a neat, twO-volume Tourists Edition.,
bound in flexible cloth, aud in pocket easemthe
F'enc-Engsa part i'll one, TIE EngishIrenen part IN
another. In this shape 1t ma-ies very Mandy travelling
companion.
Mr. Geo. p Phies, the well-knOwn biblio-
rrapher is at work upon the descriptive catalogue Of
remarkable private collection of rare and curious books
amounting TO nearly 1900 volumes, To be sold during
the Nl by Messrs Bangs & Co. The catalogue, in the
cal beauty promises TO be of the most remarkable
ones prepared in this country
A new periodical of light literature, consist
ing chiefly of short stories and other papers from the
English magazines with American biographical sketches
will soon be issued by "a T. Richardson, publ sher, No
lo1 Beekman St under the title Of Idie Hours. Each
issue Will also contain several pages OF humorous seee
tons from the daily and weekly paper which nave made
themselves famous for their fun. The new venture Will
be illustrated d, and viii cost ten cents the number
The important book on American Colleges,
when Mr. Charles T. Richardson, literary editor of TIE
fadependent aud Mr. H. A Clark, Of the editors of
the Harvard Book have had in preparation for
fine will be published by James r. OsgoOd Co. during
the coming fa Twentyfour leading and representative
colleges including West Point and the Naval Academy
Will be described each with the aid OF at least hello
tyne illustration, Harvard and Yale having each five
SIX The number OF plates is thus likely reach sixty
me sketches are for the most part written by leading
onicers OF tie college distinguished alumni Harvard
bv Prof. Ames, OF the Law SCHOOL, Yale, by William H.
Kingsley The Nctg EngfdHder: Dartmouth, by Prof
Lord: Williams by the Rev. Washington GLADDEN. :
growp by II. A. Guild, the librarian; Columbia, by Prof
Van Alninge; Princeton by Frederick NntOn the libra
rlau the University Of Pennsylvania, by Provost Ste
LAFAYETTE by Prof March, Michigan University. by Prof
Charles K. Adams. The text IL viii be noticed from
these names quite distinct from the college series IN
Scri6heT'S Monthly.
The plans for the new "Poole's Index" to
periodical literature making rapid progress. The
current Literary Journal contains line, submitted by
Mr. Poole ana the committee, Of the periodicals which Is
proposed 10 index IL includes less than las period
Gals not included in the Index OF 1853 besides the later
volumes Of thirty therein indexed In all the schedules
Include over 800 volumes of periodical literature
elusive OF the year 1876 supposing each volume 10
average only articles 10 he indexed aud each article
IA be entered referred " but twc~. here are hundred
thousand entries at once as matter OF TACT the total Is
key present plan, 10 reach near double mat sum-
such an index including DoIh English and American pe