New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-04
LITERARY NOTES.

hNtauNc OF MS recent Naehung VOYAGES around the
Mr.. John s. Thttoll, author of "History of
Culture" about publishing History of San Fran
CISCO"
Mr.. Gladstone will contribute to The Con-
teaporars Rerisr for july article on Rja Brooke
The new issue Of the British Poets by Hurd
& Hougbien. win begin with Wordsworth, which viii he
ready IN July.
The Sunday Shakspere Society of London
holds outdoor meetings sund ys for the reading Of the
paw
Mr.. Eugene Lawrences humOrs of Greek
and Lain literature will be the addition TO tne
narpcrs Haii-hour series.
A little guide for seaside visitors, on "Sea
Air and sea BstLae" by Charles Parsons, NJ d. is to bc
published 10y Lindsay 4 BiaKlstan.
A Teachers Manual" of the Metric Sys-
tcn he published by the American Meiric Bureau,
Boston. IN season for the fall sch OILS.
Mr.. A. Gallenga, the well-known correspon-
Dent Of London T,mcs. is preparing two volume
work entitled Two Years the Eastern Question
The second part of Prof. Thorpe's Inorganic
Csrmsty Metals. viii shortly pc published 10y u T.
Fntuau's Sons IA their Advanced Science Series
Five editions of the Rev. DR.. Weninger's
reply TO Secretary Thompsons book on " III Paraey ana
CIVIL Power have been sold in less thafthree weeks
A work on "The Growth of the Spirit OF
Christianity from the First Cenury to the Dawn OK The
Lutheran Era" by the Row George Matheson' NJ A. Is
IA press m Edubursh
"a Day of My Life at Eton" proves the
pioneer Of more E,on literature. Out Of senooi a
Iton" COLLECTION poetry and prose wri ings by some
pTcscn EiOuiaus.ls Just announced Ia Lo"don.
Prof. Thurston OF the Stevens Institute, IiO-
bokea has prepared comprehensive History Of The
Sttaut Ln-iue," with many illustrations. which VIII re
published in the International Scientific Series
The July number of Mind Will contain, from
the pen OF Nh. Darwin, Biographical sketch o an H.
FAINT the record Of of cari III Oh the
early meuta development Cd one Of his tonS'
new Southern story, pcturmg life in south
western Louisiana in press 10y l. b. Peterson hf' ,
from the pen Of Of Mrs. srh j. Doi seq OF Misslssp
4. noa tue 0i The heroine anc Oh tAe Ovoh'
The Rev. II. NJ. Dexter, DID,, is preparing
sor es his lectures ON the cary history oi COngrt-
sto alisl, watch ne has been delivering at AndoNe'
nnd wuicn n0pses III ne AdcPe"ae nave a''"oe~
At ntlon.
Mr. Horace e. Scudder is getting up new
bo for tic h.tle peope, Inc Bodlcys Telling St"fes'
Many young readers made pleasant acqua niahee with
the Bodiry family, through his h'ouHV""N '"0 !''''
agJ.
The Vest-pocket books would now more
t, fla th, epacious coat-pockos Of Cen. Daniel ait
Wit, their Iiiput claims. Nevertheless, Ossood Co.
viii shortly add Popes Essay Man. Carlyle's Charac
teuziuon OF Cromwell, Dr John bi0"uS paper oh
T.acstray. and Mscauiay's Essay on milton.
"The Way of Life" Is coming service
book for liberal sunday schools whle" is pronounced
peculiarly excellent by such leaders of the two camps as
Dl-. Below ana Rockingham IL J. Wilt'eh uy uS ny ny
T. l. Ho.mcr OF quincy, H., al te request OF tue North
Wcs,eu SUNDAY school Association anu Viii Oo P''
hsHcd Uy G. 4. Putn.m's suns.
The story of Italian struggles for indepen-
dence during the las years will be fully told b!
the historian Cesare Cantu work which VII bear the
ute OF Cro"istyrta dcf inGePende'1a I,"'o"a sal,
Mil ,mhItce inlec ar-e volumes devoted spectNeb
10 tie Fscc, the Austrian, and the NATIONAL phase "a
The question.
A series of sketches of the Coast and Hal-
bors Of Labrador by Geo. +. Gradwn, OF Worcester
Mass will shortly be printed in volume FORM by the
huotype process Of Jas. II. Osgoo1 CO. The sketches
Of winch there will tDiIty pages, were MADE
dunno a summer voyage 1876, and picture the coas'
fcaturcs s,ats, iccDcfs Tor rs i4et WIN De
tyru e. uortu,rn and Tie hudson Bay part %.
Eiguucite. a limited edl.ion VIII be iasu'u' d! S""-
sciIt"n 49,
timely paper on "Our National Flag-its
History in Century" by Maj Gen. Schuyler Hamilton,
heads the July number OF The A0gd,He Of Amef'c0"
Haiory Ia tie August number, the Gator VIII INTRO
ducc new in the first series OF American hisoI
oaIa,caI sAe,cLcs Tue first Will be h esiana rcco-
REGIONS g, JAN kcese. ~ Mr. Evart A. buy ckncA,
WDo u.n, rs pleasantly reun, inDered tuat OF the
historian OF American literature.
The Rev. Leonard ~. Baker, whose recent six
years residence iI Sutherland was largely occupied
win the education OF his children is preparing WORK
OF tie education u American uOys and girls, which Will
form a mate volume PROT Harts Wcllr,ccAed WORN
on OeIu~n university e0ucihon Ia u ne IA eve "iN
tod, taos, other Amer Icans, aud valuable Information
ald statistic to the educational opportunities IL
france. Germany aud cNllL, ILtud.
An interesting contribution to the natural his
to-, Of ibis con ct appear nom tae press OF the
Natuulss' Agency, Salem Mass: illustrations Of tie
Ferns If North America" Prof. Daniel C. Eaton, Of Yale
COLLEGE. vbo has {. finest her5qra, Of American ferns
existence whites the text with ne assistance Oi "thcis
specialists, and Tie plates, hSdrng M cht'-
u.uutuOgIaJ. VIII he from drawings hN jas H. Liner
ton W saicm, whose WORK b. vel kh"Wh l3r It's MdeS
gt,i beauty New subscription, Ia
sOllal paris, containing thrc plates each.
In the Midsummer Holiday Number (AugusD
Of Scr,bper's there Will De- story by Berthod Auerbach
for which has been paid of the highest prices
cord Tie tale covers. with Illustrations, about six
pages and cost S6OO-a hundred dollars page of
text In the number Dr. Joyce. the author Of De
q e." viii long poem, g Reflections ldedlcatSd
uolnrAl which be- called CONF sSOu OF the
ant .or's literary preferences; Mr. John Burroughs q
toctis.inc pa per on " strawberries ana MI L. = Nj
dal. again com cicd with the fhSilbh t5atOh,
description Of TIE Old sion Road"
IN 1853 the Faculty of Advocates, Edin-
burgl resolved prepare and pint complete cata
o-ue Of the books their library, which is the large ST in
6eo,laud ana the third in the United Kingdom. and rep
ic-,uts scot aud among the five Libraries s entitled 10
rcive copyright copies of each book published IN the
KINGDOM IL contains AT least 27J,OOO volumes.
flis catalogue il approaching completion, being
priut-d through tie letter X, and rs cOmUlelch,
IN 1879. u VIII comprise IN upwards 81 5OOO
ooIIl dunn quario pages, d" the only approximately
complete list Of works pubs shed In tie United kuedon
elucc tho reign Queen Anne" IL Will have clst more
10000. bat as 10 number or NO utncs cdtdO'ul
largest dialogue tnc world. Inc Cdlt lgut
with rlpIcucnt. Will however Ouly bring the ut
DOWN turOuiL ISL. The other grcr libraries, the
Iiblute4uc Naoua and the British Nus uu long ago
gaVru pTfutiug iu despair Nj cutters Hcat c4tI0Eu
81 The Bos AtAenUum, though It covers only about
10000 volumes. il nevertheless mucn more fu n
second entries aud cTUSs references to reach
almost the magnitude the Advocates catalogue
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