New-York tribune., 1878-10-07
LITERARY NOTES.

has reached a seventh edition.
Miss Martineau's History of England has
been added to he Bohn Standard Library.
A new translation of the Confessions OF
et Augustine d" is in press at Rivington's, London
The late George Smith, the AssyrlolOgst, left
WORK on sennacherib which will appear shortly In
London.
The latest of Thackeray's works in j. b.
Mppineot Co.'s new illustrated edition, is "Ihe Vir-
giuians."
The public libraries of Paris contain 1,539,-
600 volumes The National Library alone has more than
hall a million volumes
A revised edition of Rotherham's New
Testament" containing the latest Investigations by It's
chendorf and the Codex sniacus, is in preparation al
John Wiley g. Sops'.
The third volume IN the series of memoirs
published by the Long Island Historical Society, which
Is now ready, 10 the Battle OF Long lsand ana
the loss of NowYork 1t is the work OF Henry T. JONI
ston.
A brochure of about fifty pages is printing
in England entitled "The Bibhography OF RusRln
which contains list arranged in chronological order Oh
his published writings In prose and verse, from 1850 10
the present time
The Government of India has offered pre-
MUM Of 500 rupees about $25Ol for the best Enghsh
sanitary primer OF not more than tweny-iour pages
the work TO become the properly Of the Government
who will be at liberty to translate 1t into dnereht YER
necuar languages
Yh che sin luh, which means Magazine for
the Promotion Of fKnopledge. is Chinese monthly now
published iu Pekng The June number contains twenty
nine pages OF wcpruted matter. One OF the articles
is on Light" and is illustrated in manner likely 10
Interest and instruct the Chinese. .
Two copies of the celebrated Hallowell
Shakespeare are sale in NewYOrk One OF them De-
longs to the Oden collection, of which Mr. George /.
Pbes has lust prepared remarkable catalogue for the
sale OF November 1S, ara the other is at Broadway
book Only $50 copies OF this edton were ever
printed.
.fofr, fxralu lun
original poems one for each MONTH by prominent Amer
lean poets including Longfeow. Whittier and Aldlch,
and poetical motto for each day in the year. selected
by Miss Farman Editor OF Wide rake ID press at
u. Lothrop Co.'s, Boston. 1t VIII nave ILLUSTRATIONS
and red lines
A volume called "The Bench and Bar OF
Missouri by W. " N Bay Judge OF the State su-
preme Court, is in press at F. II. Thomas Co.'s St
Louis 1t consists mainly Of anecdotes and remniscen
oes The book opens with chapter on Thomas H. Ben;
the author the time tor writing the lie OF COonel Ben
ton has not yet arrived and will not for some years 10
come"
OF printed books imported into Great Britain
An 1877 there was a total valued at sl57,3o3 against
Rl5OO99 IN 1876, while her exports amounted TO *s9'
742 against aSS1 $50 in the preceding year The DOCKS
received by Britain from France were valued at
R47266 which she returned those valued at 437OO2
while her imports from Germany amounted to &33,7O7
and her exports TO that country a22,204. TIE i'm
ports of tine United States had value of R19lS2O but
the exports of only e2332 The books sent tnat
year by Great Britain TO Australia were valued at 43l
S2l considerably than Onethird OF the total
expectation.
About a year ago the Academy of Sciences
OF Paris decided to issue complete edition OF the works
OF Laplace The preceding editions which have become
very rare only volumes, but the new
one will include six other volumes. comprising all the
works which Laplace published in numerous academic
and periodical collections the scattered form of which
has rendered their study difficult Volumes and III OF
M. 1.r xrnl1un
III will be near the end Of the year. To the first 800
subscribers the price OF the five volumes which com
francs 100 francs, according 10 paper ana binding
There has appeared in London, under the
title "The Problem of the HOmerie Poems," work by
Professor D. Geddes, OF the University OF Aberdeen,
In which he claims that part Of the "Iad" was the
production OF an early poet who lived in ASIA and used
Thessahan traditions, while the remainder OF the
uiad" and the whole Of the "Odyssey" belong TO
later poet full OF southern sympathies and acquainted
with the Of his predecessor This later poet took
the earlier work and grated on IL splendid and
vigorous saplings of his own transforming and en-
largng it into HAD but an Had In which the en-
grating absolutely complete where the sutures
are sti visible" DR.. Geddes thinks the interval be-
tween the first composition and the second was so
long that there time for the rise and spread Of
also says that for a considerable period after the
Homerc poems were composed. writing Tor ordinary
literary purposes unknown One OF his critics in
uures how, II writing then unknown, this complex
literary performance was ever dchleNeu.
1t is seldom that more attractive catalogue
of books Is offered at auction than that of the library
collected by "a Prominent American Playwright"
(Augustin Day) which viii sold by Messrs Leavltt
Co. on the 14th inst The collection fun of rare and
interesting works relating TO the drama, contains many
extra illustrated and unique copies in fue bindings
together with many original drawings including nu
erous excellent specimens of William Blake. Rarely has
there been catalogue OF the same extent contain
ing so many titles Of books which collectors know are
hard TO get. There many sets OF valua-
bic periodicals which to be picked up every day
The extended works" Include BoswelPs Life of
johnson" with 600 plates inserted; Broughs " Life
of Sir John Falsaf." with twenty plates by
Cruiksbank and nifty pen portraits and views IN
serted fine lot Of Gilray Caricatures; Catins "Noh
American Indians" rare, with the plates eolored;
Chattos History Of Wood Engraylng with Z'O ehoiGe
WOodcuts by, masters OF the art inserted; Cibbers
APOLOGY" with fifty rare old portraits inserted and
eoDy of ircland's Account OF the Shakespeare MSS
sith notes by author and by John Philip KeInbe
IL is Kembe's copy which viii be offered and the
additions aud inserted illustrations make the book really
unique such valuable dramatic collection has been
offered in NeW-YOrk the breaking up OF the libra
ries Of Mr. Burton and Mr. Grant White.