The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-17
LITERARY cHrT-oHAr.

LITERARY CdIT~CHATs
A second volume OF Canon Farrar's sermons 10 An.
nounced by Macmillan Co.
Mr. William DlRby, oil Madras has written voiu.
m,nous work on she -Famins Campaign 10 Southern
lndia.n f.
Thomas Hughes, Q. O., has In press . volume d.
rsced against the movement for dIsestaolsnment
Of the Cnurch of Eogiand. Il 10 entitled sour Ola
Church; WHAT Snan We DO With Itf"
The Academy chronicles the arrival OF Joaquin Miller
In Loudou, and says VIII stay long.
The Rev. H. r Hawels' sermon on "shakespears
and tho Stage has been printed pamphlet v5rm.
II ought 10 be circulated over here.
Spieihagen 10 dramat,xing his .Das Sxsllets i'm
Hause"
James freeman Ciarks's .Memorial aud Biograph.
ieai sks.cnes" wnion has recently published by
Hougnton, 0sgood 4 Co, IL an entertaining volume,
tns subject matter OF which has appeared In the form
OF addresses and magazine articles At various times
SANKEY'S new book oil trave els, "fhrough tho Dark
continons" win bs reprinted IN France, Germany
Norway, Sweden, Italy. Spain, Holland, Hungary
Portugal aud America
The last OF Mr. Frank r. stockton's humorous
s'Rudder Granger sketches Will appear In the July
Scribner, under tho caption, "Pomona Fakes inc Helm
Al Ruddsr Grange" Tho whole series 10 10 DO pub
Iished In book form IN the autumn. Mr.. Stockton
viii contribute sketches early OF mo
Same magazine.
G. r. Pulnam's Sons announce for immediate pub.
LEGATION "Sioyi Spencer" novel by James Kent,
author OF .rhe johnson Manor;" "Stx 10 One; q
Nantucke, ldyI" by new author, and ..The Crew Of
the sam Weller" by John Habborton.
An evsntful occasion last monthly meeting
OF the Papyras Club, OF Boston. Mr. Longisllow the
poet was principal guest OF evening. For the
second time in long series OF years no departed from
his usual rule OF absolute silence, offered tribute
In ous o M "a Pan
rus genuine literary novelty was tho reading oil .
part Of new unpublished poem by the author OF
"Deirdr6." The episode gwen entitled "rhc Story
OF Amarac, the Goddess Of Knowledge" and, as read
by Mr.. William y. Gni received with a favor that
augurs well Tor the OF the poem, which
entitled "B,and." The speeches were oy Mr.. J. T.
Fields, Mr. Francis ParEman. Mr.. George Is. Loring
and mr.. Alexander Young, the president OF the CLUB
The occasion = conspicuous event IN the history
Of Bosion's literary CLUBS.
"Dctionary OF English Literature" BY G. w.
Davenport smith, mas boon published at Chicago.
Houghton Osgood Co. announce for the next vel
ume OF the Philosophical Library. Essays on the
sacred Language, WIRING ana OF the Parsecsn
by Martin Haug. Pm. d. This book published In
Bombay IN 1862, but nearly all the edition taken
up by the Parsees. and the volume sells In London
for three guipsss. Mss Adelaide Trsnon's .'Hls
Inheritance" will be brought out by Lee 4 shepard.
volumes In the aggregate, which renders that city tue
most pountifuy supplied with literature oil any In
America.
The latest African book IL Mrs. Harriet A. Rocnc's
on .rrek IN tho rransvaal," which Is goss,py ac-
count travels In part Of South Africa which has
lately engaged much altenton.
the largest college library In tho country is the
Harvard, At Cambridge, nov containing 100000 vol
umes.
Tho disciples OF Auguste Comic, al Paris, nave e.
tabisnsd u periodical devoted to positivism. lite
tile 10 tho Revue occdentaie. Its editor is r. Laat.c,
and Il Is issued SIX tunes year from tho late resi-
dence OF NJ. Comtc.
Miss Juna Kavsnagh, recently deceased, let, vol
ums Of stores complete, entitled .'Forgst Me-Notsn
which the London Academy praises as "ircsh, BRIGHT
idyc sun pictures" Of country life IN a breezy nook
Of Normandy.
Herr oscar Csnstau has put forth Berlin an ex-
csIlent aud complete account Of Brazil under tho title
OF .sBrsx,len, Land uDd Leutc.n
The volum nous Rev. Mr. spurgeon will publish
another book on "tns art Of pulpit illustration"
A new edition OF aBurke's General Armory or
England, Scotland, ireland and wAssr has appeared,
the nrst one having been published thrty-sx years
ago IL does recognize the earliest ancestral arms
which, as laid down by Morgan, was garland Of ng
leaves, adopted by Adam alter the fail. which Abel
auartcred with argent, apple vert, In right OF his
mother.
Enshsnmen forever trying their hands At trans
laung Horace. The latest is W. r. Thornton's s.word
for word from Horace" rbymed version, which 10
pronounced Inferior 10 Conington's Bul~sr Lyuon,s
and Martina
The English Dialect Society VIII Issue "Dickinson's
Glossary Of Cumberland Words and Phrases" aud
reprint OF Tusscr's 'Fivo nundred rolntes Of Good
Husbandria"