New-York tribune., 1877-08-31
LITERARY NOTES.

ID. LcthrOp n 20. VIII make hohu0S OVVN
ont OF The Ninety aud Nine"
Mr.. Swinburne will publish Immediately
Note on Charlotte BroniG extending TO the compass OF
al octave Volume. -.
A new and thoroughly revised edition of
Bryan's Dictionary OF Painters and Engrafefs s "
course Uf preparation IN EhEiah"'
pbilm James Bailey's tragedy of Festus,'
a pocm which now seems older tian sabespeaie mas
been revived in London by the issue OF "ienth cdnoh
MIR. r. Worthington, the publisher has Just
returned from Europe where he has been for TIC at tW"
months collecting fine editions Of standard BOOKS III INC
bindings.
Shakespearian literature does not seem TO DC
declining 4 recent Acadcmg notices twelve recent
books shakesposlana, including tue trans aonS iAo
modem Greek
William Black, in his new story, will, IT is
said take his readers back TO the West Highlands and
picture ola style OF He there thence the scene VIII
shift 10 LONDON.
George p. Putnam's Sons have nearly ready
the promised q" His Grandmother" by bright writer
who. conccals his or her name, aud Juvenile book
under the clever title Of six sinners
The Rev David Macraes book on "The
Americans at Home" las seen from the windows Oh q
Pullman cart is to be published m Paris tIssiae"
and win intro luction, by The Countess ae N"eI'
A curious periodical is projected by the Hts
torcal Society of Berlin The FOrtSchg7ue der 6eSehcc
Is % appcar al intervals years containing an account
of all that has been done in the field OF history ana
criticism Of the general progress o! hStorics Stuuy
among the standard American Authors" Baron Iauca-
ni,z has put the Bulge and Todde books into his h-
brarv OF that name paving royalty to their anhor
and Mr. Auerbach proposes to issue an au'noli@ No'
man translation.
A recent French book "Job and Egypt {:
the Redeemcr and tho Future Life in Primitive Cviiza
tions" attempts show mat large part OF the book Of
JOB is transcription adaptation Of Egyptian docn-
m.nts. in whieh may hc found TIE doctrines OF 'ie
Trinity, OF a Redccmer aud OF "a future me
Dean Stanley's new volume OF Addresses
md Sermons" delivered at ST. Andrews. comprises
papers on The Sunday OF Greatness" The Hopes OF
Theology Succession Of Spiritual Liie,' Principles
of Christianity" and " The Two Great Commandments.
The first named address fun of literary reference
ON the text g ST. hndreT homenG m"tio @ iy5 ~ ~
be the Best which said to nave rcd the amOi''On o
Lord High Chancellor Campbell
The life of Turner, the artist by Walter
ThonbuJy will DC Henry Holt & Co.'S first book this
Fu and NAV be expected about the middle Of sepem-
her II will form the fourth volume Of their "Amatems
Series OF musical literature. The text IS from
material furnished largely By Turner'S friends ana ei-
low academians and appendix Of eighty pages gives
yely full list Of ms works, whether paintings or en-
cravings Eight startling reproductions OI IufncfS $
most nous paintings viii illustrate the book and por-
trait is also promised
The success OF certain anonymous BOOKS WIN
clever catch titles has ID the effect OF turn
ing the publishers heads Announcements tread on
each others heels Lee shepard report $1,000 copies
sold OF That Husband Mine" and announce That
Wife of Mine" Lockwood. Brooks CO; Introduce Ny
Motnof-n-aw." HE Publishers Weckiy puts y In TINS
fashion flC family Is now complete Htglnhlns; III
inverse geneaosy with ieiens ba9es ,ahd 8nG cf
Nine aud That Wife Ot Nine, NY MotheiinL2w, ana
tits Grandmothcrs 'SiX sinners m all They All DO
It. tcsc publishers, but this completes the present con
sus Of 'APapcr CITY,"
Besides the lives of the STANDARDIZATION
SOD. grandson-tbere will shortly be published IN
London another memorial of that literary family
IN Original Letters and Papers by the late
Viscount s,rang.ord on Pathological and Kindred
subiccts" edited by ViscoWntess SirangfoId with
contributions 10y n. Namhery, the Onentl uSIe!Irr'
and bv Prince LOus-Lucicn BOnaparte. LORD sirdng-
ford was probably one OF 1he geatst iIngniS @ T1r D5
and Afghan and Hudustani, but also knew th9rolgiiy
All tie living languages OF Europe MOdcfu GietA ltc
knew So perfectly iu al its forms aud local varieties tra
he could q. once discover cOnvcrsiag with Greek
stranger the place OF his birth he mastered the whole
Sci family vas be less a home I'D every oi
Kettle. Lithuanian, ioi obvious reasons WIS pccu!i
aIy favOr,c, aud even the Gypsy dialects possessed
some Of IA. greatest interest the Turkish Cretan,
Afghan, and other languages just mentioned
The translation into English OF Augustc
Comtes great system Of Positive Poy,' accomplished
blythe sefsacrhcng collaboration of nine Of tie leading
English Posvists has recently been made complete by
the publication OF the fourth volume, 10y LOngmans Co
"Mr j. II. Bridges has given, in the fret volume very
graceful rendering Of the General View of pOsitysm
aud the introductory Principles scientilc and Logical
Mr. Frederic Harrison has the second. furnished get
more graceful version of Social States; the strIct
Theory OF Human Order Prof. Beesly 5lr. Samuel
Lobb Mrs Fanny Hertz. hr Bridges Mr.. Vernon lush
ngtOn and Mr.. Godfrey Lushingtou jointly rcspos
bic under tie etorshp the first named FOR the third
volume treating Of Social DynaHlcs or, the Genera
Theory Of Human Progress (PnuOsOpby OF History.
And tce fourth volume. longest and most varied % al,
containing Svnthetcai Presentation Of the Future
OF Man has been re Produced by Mr. Richard Congcyc,
the high priest or ugis POstivin while Gn Appendix
Of All the Early Essays by the Author. III social Phi
osophy which he apuOin ed 20 ho thus preserved has
beeu translated by Mr.. Henry DiN Hdtou, and u very
elaborate index tO the whole WOrk - tiDued by Nj
Harrison" The AtteiG1a, notwithstanding this com
pmeut the Translation regrets tnat the editors should
not rather followed the precedent OF Miss Mar
tincau who short after her conversion To PusitlYsIn
condensed CDintc's six Volume Course OF Positive Phil
OsOphy INTO two VOiuIue translation so successfully
u uaucc C0mte sub ttate her work for his own Ia
his last French revision, as quite sufficient ior the
true POsltiyist II priest