New-York tribune., 1877-03-10
LITERARY NOTES.


collection of papers by Prof Lcbrecht is
TO he ADDED the increasing literature OF folklore
"Bessie Lang" an English novel, by Annie
Corkran will be an early in the " Leisure Hour
serlcs."
Geo. Henry Lcwes's work on "The Physical
Basis of Mind, the second series OF his Problems OF
Life and Mind" will shortly be published
The llusean (CambrIdgc) lectures for 1876,
by Abbott of London will form the basis OF work
by him entitled Through Nature TO Christ to be issued
soon by Macmillan Co.
Macmillan g. Co. will publish at once a work
by Mr. Edward A. Freeman on " The Ottoman Power in
EIrope its Nature, its Growth and its Decline uni
form with his History OF the saIaeens'
The late Charles Edward HOrsley, the En-
giish organst who for time connected with ST.
JOHNS Church in this city, left with Harper Brothers,
only two on tbce days before MS sndden death text E
Book on HARMONY, which ,hey nave now M III pres i9r
and practical works ON this subject yet written.
The book production Of Germany is re-
coilcd at 1886 volumes 1876, against l2,5l6 in
1879 The increase fairly distributed among the several
departments, though belicsettrcs, Including novels,
noctry and the drama shows advance OF only nine
BOOKS. The leading divisions are rs follows: EIuct-
uonal, 1.G29; legal aud political l,32S; Theological,
1liG; beleslctTcs 1910; natuI. sciences. SIS; med
ical 7o3; history and biography 6o-" siish decrease
fine arts, 5Gj.
For the Boylston prize offered last year by
the Medical Faculty Of Harvard University for the best
essay b. graduate OF any lnctGcu school on " Inc
Question of Rest for Women, 800 papers were offered
The prize carried of neither by graduate OF nar-
ward nor by the masculine mind, but by Mrs. Dr. Put
na.acobl WHO thus added another triumph 10 hcr gold
medal from the Paris tacuty. Tnc7e has since been 20
Inch inquiry that il IS IL De published by
G.. L. .Putnam's Sons, WIN The adtluon Ol reports OF
many analyses and experiments by the author ana ae-
slr.iles OF fifty srhygmGsiaphlS iFachss' Hhleh sho"
the variations Ot The pulse III tncfch' alitis anu a
different periods, as related 10 the nervous coultlol
The hard times are especially hard on the
MAGAZINE editors, of whom receive double the
nun5er of MSS they accustomed to two or three
years ago. Scrib,ers Moni for instance received in
ISL s4S MSS; in -, Lag: in '73, 1,729 in ~
2O7S; IN TO- 24&J and in 7G the enorIrOus number o
33Qg The Increase Is III part due TO the incrcas
g rtputato OF the monthly, but that TIE Other IS
leading is shown h. the hlnnber OF eOus letters
which accompany Mss. generally the poorest. People
THAI are considered Ivy the Mss. tlus Scarcely more
than in tlirty Is acceptable since the body OF
win known writers. 1ct tEere - great JOY III i!dAi
zine s.nctum when haplialard MS gives evidence Oh
MIS- Tor tnc three "cdicis come lhai the Itc OF llo
five 10 six thOus sand yearly
The second volume of Van Lauu's History OF
French Literature which VIII De published ~ c. T. Fat
uam's sons to-day, respectively IN books
fourth and ii IN The Classical Renaissance and The Age
OF Louis XIV These periods irciGde the religious dis
sensious between tie Catholic League ard The JesuS,
which reflected III literature; tie school OF Pierre
de Eonsard tie poet OF the future" OF s day. tGc re-
form OF the lanIact Nal.rhc; the rise OF French
drama under CprLcitic; he religious philosophy OF
=. !OVa!ists inc literary CCtcflcs OF
tbc Jl,,, DO Eouhaiilipf De StV!l1io aud Mile
scudery the patronage OF fcht cu; the pniO"phy
OF DcscaItes and in he second, hocft La fuhlhi"'
La RnchcfOuc3Uid, B1ilrIu aud Racine, EGssuot rene
Ion and SiasilOn SilnSimOr aHd the refugee writer's
Ii thus tue history or the most hllili e9 oi tehrh
concluding volume win cover the period from tie reign
Of Louis NV. Il thai OF Napoleon III.