New-York tribune., 1877-10-26
LIILRARF AOIES.

]. Norman Lockyers book on the "Solar
spectro,copr" is nearly ready.
Dean Hows0n publishes in volume form MS
s,.,n series ol Mrd.ta.lons the Miracles OF our
The Rev. DR.. J. II. Hedge is about to pub
.h a new volume "Ways OF the spirit and oncr Is
slys.a
Geo. Cary Egglcston's new juvenile, "The
sipnal Boys7 com urtug his "Blg Brother Series IS
nearly dy ;or publication.
A volume of essays by DR.. Felix Adler,
Creed aui Deed" is m press by G. +. PInams Sous,
Tor tlc society Et-Ical Culture.
Canon Il twlinsan has new book on "Ihe
Origin o Nations" discussing the descent OF intn from
tc sons %. y a aud ,hc history OF early cav " ton
Samuel Smiles is writing a biographical ac-
count q the iatc GerIgs Moore, the piltnnr,ni't;
poruait OF whom. ctc.ed 10y NJ kin. viii be rrehAed'
Charpentier, Paris. is about to issue, IN two
voIumrs, under tnc ute Of " Roren" IN stliles on
Eisitn iccCs contributed hy thc idie l"c"phhc H""
ucr 10 various i'ur1ii ana nt-dIhes'
"The Life and Writings of Lessing," by
james me soon 10 be published. WI form the first two
Of tue rxr' series o tho Lns'ish ana io'elEn
PiIIus 'pucaI 4Ipi"lA'
Secretary Sherman, cy-Sccrctary McCull0ch,
and others Will give Their ycgs reg ,rd To- tnc resml
non OF spcrie patm ats. ia the ACCOMPLISHMENTS
number OF lie Nortt american heeie~.
Edward jenkins, VI. T., is not only engaged
I'm writing f. os ~ concert with William GI1.rt, bit Is
nance iu ,nc style oi ni- previous product oHs.
A " Richard Wagner Lexicon is II prepdr-
alton uy Herr Kisucr Of Vienna. II viii give coni-
u etc catlou, ol Herr Wa2ncrs work ana o. tae va
ri.is w1uu,s and newspaper articles about ihcni.
Robert GiGcn, formerly 4 writer in Tie
Ecynop, ST. Ia, completed on G.o4d ~ Stock IN
c1opp, Securities which in press with Messs. George
d SONS, and ay be oil lat resi- 40 American invest
ors.
An enterprising German publisher in ST.
u "a %
Fucs-Russan Dictionary, compiled by \. AleXandrOw.
I wora i is said. hi'- vacant place. IL VIII ne coH-
pied iu dye parts, oi winch thicc are no" ready max
IN % yOumc Thousand pages ana s"u 't one sdl,'
The Rev. Geo. l.. CLANCY, of Boston, the
successor at Hollis street Church OF joan erpout and
Starr Kmg. not only .ucccssgl preacher bat cart
IA. wrt,rfor boys. " " Fred Grant Coz, desc lu ng
real pace and red mes in ia'oI1e .esori Tor New
England boys viii be f" low d tis season. by 1om; "a
Home sor >" for boys from the urc,s ot Roberts Bros.
The new library building, Sbley Hail." of
the Unise.sly OF Rochester recently completed,
rreseitcd by tine Hon Hiram sib.cy. condition that
the University library should be thrown open TO the
public Professor Os II. Robinson, tue Librarian gives
@ s,ls altIcie Tnnr M oS ' o. me L.5Targ Jorna
Horace White will discuss the present phases
Of tue currency question, bearing resumption, in
the November December number Of The International
Herietc. The uumDcr will also contain the Hon joan
Jas 10 tine recent inal dctun 0f ne New York
historical Society OH Mouey's apIcal 10 lIs,orJ"
II sonnet to the memory Of Motley by Mr. Bpaut
n. Victor Schoclcher, the French Senator,
who s resides months in tne year at Chelsea
Is engaged in making complete catalogue Of all engrav
ers from the heeinning Of the art 1t is estimated that
there have been aoOut 10000 IN al NJ scnoolcho 5
collection now CONTAINS specimen OH lc WORK al apOu
5000 cngrvtrs ana ne cOnll,u steadily adding To tie
numucr.
An important book on "The Silver Country
of the sOutuwrst"a pOron Of the territory formerly
known as N,w-Spun, including Nevada. Utah. New
Mexico Ar ZOEa aud part of h,1cO-has been Pre-
lIrd A. d. Anderson, of II. LOUIS, Whp l. commended
aud ldorscd by many promn ut NJ ssuunans. IL i'll
cudes the history o. mining ID tnat region statement
of It's resources, statistics ot lroducuon etc, ana gen
eiaI description Geo. T. Pn,nmn's sons VIII publish H.
The "Liyes Of Famous Poets" by William
NJ Kossett announced by Messrs. Moxon Co.. VIII re
produce, as suImised, notifications and additions
the PREDATORY Notices 10 "MoGons Popular Poets"
Tue authors thus treated Milton, Pope. Thomson
Cowpcr, Burns, Wordsworth scott Cocri'ge, Canpbc,
Mooic Byron sAcley, hIS neuIlns' Keats ll"od, AMI
Iunrf, oW. Besides ttc,c, seven entirety ucB hycs viii
be- added; tose Chaucer spenser snaGrspcdrc. But
mediate poets whl also be gwen 80 Hs to afford general
glance al tue sequence OF dates IN English poetry.
John Wiley & Sons will shortly issue two of
MI ku,n's latest works, which lac ha, bci printing at
interyal- These are -. Marks Rest history o Ven
zoe. written Tor the help of the few travellers who sti
care her numeniS; and The Laws ci Ic-.c," ~
familiar treatise On the elementary pulcple> and r.c-
tee oI drawing and l"hins as determined by ne Ia
masters, arranged Ior me us' "i ,cnopls.' 1LcY
have aiso n press the lhId and fourth Iars Of both
Dcnc ii'' hnir7 "l ln' hi-c ol wave, ana Ilt ri
S,urs" ana " Prose PIMA, studic. OF Waysdr lers"
attn us lhc ISSUE "l tlr earlier parts hdN
ins uclcIinhcd u'c pih'hrih I'D complete the Work.
John Wiley a Sons will have ready ab0ut
Eew Years important work Explosive Com.
pounds. Power Dnf and Tunnelng." by Henry s.
Druker Tle volume viii make qusuto Of about one
hundred pages, With nearly Thousand Illustrations
worAing pIohlc-. etc The author has information by
careful CORES pOudcnoe personal inspection aud other
rect some 400 tunnels treated Of thc ut
cular difficulties of raCu ancd, the remedies
required used gwen 1uc let coIuurscs tlItrs
In f
Peat iud and Australia. The publishers propose 10 .sle
tnis work 10y subscupon tie prloe Will ue about So.