, 1877-12-29


Marshal MacAfahou has chosen Ii. Il. E. A.
Faye. the wcID.knowu astronomer, as tho Minis
ter OF Instruction. II. Faye Is now In hts esd
year.
q. r. putuam's Sous have seady for distr,bu.
tton the third volume Of their "6eicct British
Essayists," comprising "Tho Tatlrr," "Guard-
ian," c,c They hayo also sent from tic press
FrothIagham's "Llfe Of Gerrt Smith," which
will havu Il strong Interest for multitude Of
readers.
Tbs Paris National Library contains 6B,774
volumes on CatholIe theology. 4, ,G83 volumes
gu TIC acieucc Of la1Euugc, 2sl, ,402 volumes on
Inv, Us, ,4sa on nledIdne. III ,s3is on French his
works OH natural .cienco haye not bcen cnta.
l0lued. During 16sG thu library rccefved IT. 300
wosks III ssse Fle..th tongue, and purchased
1866 foreign booEss.
An iuquiry Is made 10 tho Athen1uEn for tha
eaIsa f. Is rs n They weys foS sms l.
the possession of Arrlldcacou Juliu. Charles
llarc wbu Often rrad from them Tor tho euler.
tainalenl Of hit friends. They are described as
"meun little looks. done up, some Of them, iu
grottr.' sugaf;papsrs, unttdy ~ writing aud or.
raugement.'. hut they we're llllcd With passages
containing deep and suggestive thought, clear
eplrft,sal insight, mud eoniettlnes rueY nniOE.
Tho nephew Ut the poct, sir John Colettuge,
has no knowledge Of tl,css notebooks, and It Ii
feared they may be lost.
The initial plumber Of Yfek'x Nttutrattd Month.
IL Is at hand, aud, % was expected, Il beautiful
specimen Ut headwork aud hanl.work. Tho
illustrations aud tho typography a1a Of the finest
execution, ana tho literary eostents arc veil.
chosen, diversified. and useful. An excellent
artiela on "AtaktnK and Hcautliytug Couutsy-
Roads hegtus the IIst, aud IL followed BY an
article 90 l6o fhfox aud l'ausy. sudIMontary
lesson iu totany, Interettlug ilonie Correspond
encc aud Foreign NOTES. aud Pleasant Gossip
ateut the best methods Of rearing atAssent
plants IN varying climates. Tbs periodical will
be worth manY tnic4 IL price TO auy oMc loving
and culttyatlug flowers, indoors aud out.
It. Is gratifying 10 learn from the prominent
booksellers In Chicago That their hollaay-trHle,
desplto the hard TINES and tho bal weather, has
been better than tn R1y previous season. Ev.
erybody has scemed to 10 buyIng touks, aud
not hnlfday-books alone, stal'dard works having
been IL unusual dc'nau1; A. ea.e to- polus;l
which reached tho city only ten days before
tbs 9th by Jansen. McClurg d Go. alous.
A%o9g ,t {s H.. hs IT. s. Sss!
SO copIcs being distributed a'slonE its patroua.
"Chrtatmas- Tide" ani tic smaller volumes IN
which It's four poems were presented separately,
ss ., og s'kG4 6lyass sqsss.i o 81
and tOne Sunlmer,h With uopptn's illustra-
tious, ali sold well. 4 peculiar feature
Q! she trade this yea, was tle IT, MtSsgs num-
wG'f' s e sa On u oess e and asss aSa::
iuyepiio literature, "Tho Dollcys Tclli0x sto-
lies," Cox's "Tafes Of Ancient Greece" and
.. Miiys' o 5s Ga S. s *tts mi 'sfbSy
sold - wei! a. any Eastern publications. Had.
| ley Bsos. Il Co. report q large increase ot sates
over last year. "chri.tnas.Tids." and tne
ssss 81 5s.s VIZ .Sa fft e i. ssi
very attractive, dividing favor xith sehlletu4na's
"Mycenw.'.' "Ihc House Beautiful" ran some
s1n'Ss sfariaer,'; t with 10th Doro's aud il.
With D1rs s',ead BY stoHs ~. ,tihitS;ye,,ss ,,s
Tho superb edition OF "Fauat," illustrated BY
Krcliu9, tho aop.i,-law Of Kaulbsch. and costing
s73. About twenty sets Of Chambers En-
eycloped!a wcnt Into the hands 81 purchasers.
gotten, hercIrcle Of admirers RainlnStn numbers
and enthusiasm. Among eh,siren's books, TX
Ma1vel's "Old btorJ.relleFsh ~ wa. exceedingly
attractive. although Warren's beiug BoYp
uaaood's liellotypee were In hixh favor. shout
500 copies being sold. a. rule. there hAa been
| IN Increase this year tn the number Ut snsll
sales, rather than Ia large amounts to single
buyers.
THE LEvANTINE ROBIN HOOD.
Gen. Di Ccsaola relates, In hIs work on Cy-
plus, very romantic story Of Cypr!ote robbcr
VITO u Imprisoned for itfe In tho Fortress Vi
Fatnsxosta4 Tas General VA, ouce on time,
iuspeet'ng this caatie, where thu WORT Turkish
criminals arc confined, xhen ons OF the lallcs
Of BIZ party "posuted out sono trailing crimson
flowers which oyerhuug parapet, EemaFktng ou
thslr contrast to tue surroundings. To uul
aatonlahncnt," hs says, n short, broaa-ahoul'
deEed man, who had remained aiHays near cur
purity, aud with xho.s commanding presence,
aud fnc, mauly face, wc had Ill been struck,
sprang to tho pa1apct With the agility Of cat,
oFokr oH soMo OF the blossoms, aud, returning,
presented q spray to each VI the ladlcs with III
tho grace Of tnurticr. To their horror, a& hs
ald 70, they observed for the 1rst time that he
Wis slackIcl With heavy iron ltuks frou, th<
xytst " tho auklc. His lalge, sad blue eyes,