The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-05
LITERARY cHIT-CHAT.

| Through Young Eyes"
An ingenious method OF advertising Victor Hugo's'
new volume OF poetry "LArt d'ctre Grandpere," was
| hit upon by It's publisher, Calmann Levy. He spent
| the day before publication visiting tue newspaper
Offices and distributing each different sheet Of the
forthcoming book Each journal ielt happy IN giving
! Its readers tho first sight or new poem OF Victor
Hugo all the Parisians woke the next day with an
appetite for tho new book which was only appeased
| by the sale OF unusually large edition
| Mrs Annie Edwards will begin In tho August Temple
| Bar new novel, entitled, "A Blue Stocking"
finely illustrated book on leading Journalists is to
appear in London, in twelve monthly parts, at hve
shi!ngs each, edited by Blanchard Jerrod. II will
BIO full OF photographs Of cabinet sizo and will be on
titled. 'Members OF the Fourth Estate"
Shakesperean literature will be enriched by now
book, "The Natural History OF Shakespeare" by
Manchester lady in which his birds, beasts and aow-
ers will be the features.
Mrs. e. G. Squcr's book sPeru" is praised by the
London Academy all that tho future historian can
DESIRE SO far as regards Peruvian ruins and architec
tural remains
IL is now two years tho reissue OF the s'Ency
clopadia Britannica" was begun, and the work has
only reached tho letter and tho nth volume. The
public might regard with despair the probable duration
OF the undertaking. 1t not that largo part Of
following volumes is understood to be in forward
state Of preparation.
Mr. w. 7. Thornton has given an ingenious and new
ground the advocates silver money in lot
Sir Louis Maet the Indian side Of the silver
question.
"a Trip TO Cashmere and Ladak," by Cowley Lam
BERT OF the Royal Geographical Society. gives lively
Of hunting travel in the Vale ofCashmere,
now about three wccks' easy travel from London
A discovery has been made or the original manu-
script OF Luthers '1ranslation OF the Old Testament
| 80 ar,o sail hand
writing. 1t found among some old archives at
Zerbst. in Anhal.
Mr. George Smiths "Hstory or Babyonia, !" left by
the amented author 10 manuscript, will appear next
FALL under the competent editorship OF Mr. Sayce, tho
Oriental scholar
The twenty volume OF that intermlnable
work. the Histoirc Litteraire de Ia France Is almost
ready in quarto, and comos down only to tho four
tecnth century, 1t been las years since the first
volume appeared
The next volume Of Jerrold's "Life Of Napoleon ILL.,
will embrace complete history Of the coup d'ttat,
with refutations OF Knglake's assaults on the Emperor
in his 'Crimean War;" furnished by General Flcury
and other Fronchmen, whom Kinslake il said to have
misrcprcscnted and sandcred
Mr. George A.. Saa, who lately visited Russia Turkey
ard Greece as the London Telegraphs correspondent
will make book out OF his letters those countries
Two radical newspapers in Franso have just been
visited with sentences Of fine and mprison mcnt lie
Radical suffered Tor insult on the army, and La
Lanterne the rather vague charge OF artces enc-
ing to supvert public order"
Queen Victoria has directed that pension OF G75
per annum DO paid each OF the Misses Dcfoc great.
great-granddauehtcrs OF the author OF 'Robirson
Crusoe.n
The Socialist party, which lately succeeded in the
Berlin elections, the subject OF new book by Dr..
Todt s.Der Radikale Deutsche Socialisms.n
A biography OF Richard Wagner by learned Ger
man named Glasenapp has appeared at Cassel in two
volumes.
After many years. silence tho learned Dr. G. Kohl
has published at Berlin q monograph on the explora.
ton OF the Straits OF Magellan.
G. P. Puinam's Sons have published little PAM
pilot called Academy Sketches" giving fac-siraes
from largo number OF pictures in the present exhib
ton with lew additions, the same as in tho illus
trated catalogue The text is descriptive without be.
Ing CRITICAL and in this particular differs from Mr.
Blackburn's 'Acadomy Notes."
ssrhc Princess Ogherof" from the French OF Henry
Greville is published by Charles +. Roper, New York.
J. W. Bouton publishes the English words to
Richard Wagners ..Der Ring des Nibclungen," by Al
fred Forman in a neat pamphlet.
Roberts Bros have in press "Convcrsaton Alcott's.
Table Talk"
Mr. J. Bishop Putnam, one OF G. P. Putnam's sons
has just sailed tor Europe in search Of novelties.
Dr. Holland taxes tho tra mp by the horns IN the
June .Scribner.
Judge Abraham Fernandez, OF Lahana, in the
Sandwich Islands, has been for many years engaged in
researches into tho antiquities and origin Of the Poly
ncsian races. He has completed the most important
part OF his work. and II is hoped will Its carly
publication in the United States careful study of
the language, traditions and earliest known history Of
the race which nhabts the Sandwich Islands leads him
TO tho belief that 1t had its origin in Bcloochistan
and formed branch OF the great Aryan
race; that migrating voluntarily or driven out IRON
their original abode into India, they absorbed into
themselves such on amount OF Dravidian blood to
permanently affect their color in the ratio and
under the same conditions the Vedc Aryans were
affected centuries aftcrward that geographically, they
left traces Of themselves from the Indus to Bombay
and southwark that whichever side of India they
embarked, they next found in possession OF the
Indian Archipelago, from Sumatra and Java to Timor
and Louzon, IRON which they had in a great meas
ure expelled the Papuan race; that III this abode
and still subject TO Cushite civilization, they
remained for long, long ages while the vedc Aryans
ovorran India and while the Cushitc empires wancd
and disappeared, until about tho beginning Of tho
Christian cra-that possibly previous 10, but certainly
about that time, they began to be invaded by Bra.
hminzed people from the coast, tho Deccan. and
BY the rising Malay power. who finally subugaed,
trpatcd or expelled them from the Archipelago-that
thus expelled they dcbouchcd in tho Pacific Ocean and
effected temporary toothold in tho FIJI group. suf
cienlly long, however, to leave ndeliblc traces OF
thems selves in the Fjian language and many of It's
legends well customs that finally expelled from
shere by the hostile Papuan race, they scattered
over the various groups in the southern,
eastern and northeastern parts OF the Pacific
now held by them: that tribal intercourse
was Internationally more or less, kept up Tor long
time The varous branches Of the Polynes:an
family until at last ISOLATION new conditions OF lie,
and other dctcrioratng combined TO obtcrate
20 confuse ana TO ovcray with moro and
moro crude IDEAS the arts the culture the erceds
fhcl irnnl ihcir