New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-16
LITERARY NOTES.


Martiueau's History of the Peace" is among
the latest additions to Bobn's Library.
new religious novel by Emma Marshall,
adv Alice or the Two Sides of the Picture, VIII DC
fssuedby f. 2. Dutton q Co.
A London agency notes The Publishers CIR
e,lar now undertakes authorship in a wholesale way.
Comedies ,s n%ped o the shortest notice
"The New Republic" in which the Platonlc
dial,ctc is transferred English country home ana
applied to topics of the day, has had such success ID
EngaRd that Gn ssTS eC Wexford Amstrong
Since the death of HIGHLANDER, " the Dickens
of Germany "a bitter dispute which has afrisen be-
tween his heirs and his publishers mas brought to g
the fact that IN twentysix years lo3l to leIT ne re-
ceived from single publisher the sum, Tor German
writer considerable, OF al lO5 Us.
West Point is to have memorial OF It's
good times. similar to the Fag Ends OF the mddies
at Annapolis 1t will include number OF songs ana
other pOctical diversions OF the cadets ana oi onu
md viii be humoronsy illustrated by Weldon. west
Point Tc-tacs" will be issued within Ie" WceAs "
Homer Lee Il Co.
The DAUGHTERS of Richard Golden, who are
now collecting and arranging his correspondence with
view 10 its early publication, will feel obliged If any
one posscssnc letters from him which could e included
in the work. will send them to Edwin pratt sgSrey
frst-st, Ncw-York, or TO Mr.. Thomas 6aXley Potter
don, (, W.
The Contemporary Rerier for January which
the Wilmer Rogers News Company have just ready
is noteworthy for the Duke of Argyes paper ON Discs
tabshment the conclusion OF Professor Jeyonss
Health of Ladies'" and paper ON The Discoveries AT
Mycene and Cyprus" by Mr. Reginald stuart Poole
new eS department Of Contemporary Essays and Com
meDts IL introduced.
Mr.. l.. l.. Reavis of st. Louis, has i'll prepar-
alton memorial of The Life ana Military Services Of
General William Selby Harvey" whom he calls 'the
milf HIM, NJ
who was commissioned IN 1918, began his military ca
reer in the nsut of Late the Spanish pirate, through
Hawk and Mexican wars ana served also b .ne
trated with engravings
Mr. Triibner says The academy has IN the
press a volume Of :" Remains from the pen OF Lore
strangord' which will be shortly issued II will consist
partly of reprinted articles from The FaH Nal Gazette
and other journals and partly of letters addressed to
Professor Max Muller, Mt E. A Freeman, ana otners
The latter section from the circumstance of its present
ing the large results OF study N various & Sd
most interest by the bulk of readers
A work on "The Church and the Gentle
World at the First PRONUNCIATION OF the Gospel. review
from the Roman Catholic point of view of the social au
religious condition of the several countries OF the world
AT the time of the introduction of Christianity from the
pen Of the Rev A. j. Thebaud, s. j. in press by p j.
Collier of this city 1t viii form two large octav9 vol
m % MarcS Fs6er Tebaud proposes 10 show
first That the growth OF the Church cannot be explained
a OF the w World '"'
The English production of books for 1877
is given by The Publishers Circular London, at 5O95, rs
against 4sss for 1876 and 4s54 for 1875. OF these
3O49 were new books, and 2,O46 new editions; 4sl
books are noted as American impOrtatons not included
il would appear the preceding figures. OF the depart
ments Fiction leads with s34 next comes theology with
737; education 529; juveniles 522 history and bog
raphy 373 bellies ettreS. 364 poetry and drama, 35s
medicine, 25; ANIMALS and serials pa travels, 20y
nd Inst I'D
1885, jurisprudence, lis.
The Dictionary of Music and Musicians
which Macmillan & Co. about TO issue in parts,
promises to occupy an important place in cycopedc
literature untitled The work, which is in octave,
will be completed in about twelve parts, to be issued
quarterly costing here about 81 20 part and ill
tended ultimately make two volumes OF about $50
pages each. Its arrangement is purely alphabetical,
and its uness be estimated from the fact that the
cupies 46 pages. All the articles are signed by tie
initials of The contributors who number many OF the
most eminent musical authorities OF Europe. Among
them sterndale Bennett W. Chappell, NJ. ChouqueI
Keeper OF Inc MRse OF me lars 1a n fz
lessor Ousely. and Arthur Sullivan Mr. George Grove
IL tue general editor.
During the Old South Fair, in Boston,
name famous journalism reappeared for this
sion only" The Dial of the OLD South clock not
however an copy OF its prototype OF the days
when Emerson and Margaret Fuller supplied inspiration
direct from olympus 1t was nevertheless, very bright
and clever paper under the editOrshp OF Miss Susan
Hale and its columns contained scintilatons from many
Of the Boston WITS who assisted her under the pseudo
nym OF Mr. Anonymous. Some files OF the paper have
been bound up i'll neat shape permanent memorials OF
the air and one feature Is OF especial literary Interest
the feuetOnn which several Boston writers rbute
clever bnTiesques or wellknowD stories or authors One
OF the best Of them is the version of Cinderella IN
which that ancient damsel is most successfully aud
dicvey viudcated;" there also remarkable speci
Of the most characteristic work OF Miss ThwacKa
way as the Initials may De supposed 70 read, MS Bul
lock Croak Miss Charlotte NJ Guide. Ohver Ofactory,