The Portland daily press., 1878-03-09
Note. and Announcement.


Auerbachs' Baruch SpInoza hss received the
honor of Spanish translation.
The unexpectedly large demand for the
March Scribner has called for new edition of
5000 copies, which is now ready
Roberts Brothers have IN press a book by
Helen Hunt entitled, Bits of Travel at Home.
1t is an account of her travel aud sightseeing
in California and Colorado.
G. P. Putuam's Sons announes that, in ac-
cordance with the Instructions of the owners Of
the stereotype plates, Mr.. Frothingham's Life
Of Gerrit Smith will be withdrawn from sale
very soon.
Mr. Swinburne is about 10 collect into vol.
ume his published and unpublished transla-
tious of Francois Vlllon and to preface them
with critical essay on that poet.
Mr.. Stanley has chosen the following as the
title of his forthcoming account of his African
travels: Through the Dark Continent; the
Sources of the Nile; Arousd the Great Lakes;
and Down the Livingstone River.
The American Architect continues its ad-
mirable heetype illustrations of buildings
new and historic, and spe AXIS with intelligence
and discrimination upon all matters interesting
to bailders and the profession-Boston.
In their Collection of Foreign Authors D.
Appleton & Co. will soon publish "Raymoude''
ami "The Godson of the Marquis" by Audre
Theuriet; 'In Paradise by Paul Heyse;
Madame Gosselin," and new novel by Cher
buliez.
''B. A. Page name which has recently
come to be associated with certain attractive
volumes Of literary critisism, proves to be
exauder Yapp. Mr.. Pages "Thoresu'-by the
way-was, according to the Borton Transcript,
set up in combination type (words and sylla-
bles instead of individual lsttsrs) aud is said
to be the first book ever printed from "logo-
types"
Emile Girardin, iu spite Of his active labors
as editor of "Frsnce," has found time and dis
position to devote himself to the muses, and
has just finished new cone1y in three acts,
which will be presented during the Exposition.
Some one has noticed that Girardin's comedies
run along in arithmetical progression. First
we had A Wifes Punishment, then The Two
Sisters; while the new piece is to be called The
Three Lovers.
'.Philochristus' is the title of a book which
has just been published in Eng and, aud will
be issued here soon by Roberts Btothers. 1t is
dedicated to Professor Seelye, the author of
"E;co Homo, to which work 1t is intended to
be companion piece, aud receives bis warm
approval. The authorship is anonymous. The
book purports to be an account Of the life of
our Lord by one of bis disciples who travelled
with him daring the period of his ministry.
Doctrinal matters have no place 10 the book,
but it is really a sketch OF the life aud times Of
Christ in the light of modern criticism aud re-
search. The author IT, of course, understood to
be an Englishman.
The April Atlantic will contain al article on
The Russians on the B)spnorus, an historical
and military study of thu Eastern situation by
an able American off 3er, an accomplished
scholar and Oriental traveller, personally IA
miliar with the scene of tue war. A fual pa
per on Lincoln's Triumph in 1864 by the late
Hon. Gideon Welles, will suppl sment the same
writer's account of rhe Opposition to Liscoln
in the March number. Richard Grsut White
will contribute an article on AmericanlSms:
aud other features of the number will be an
essay on the LIBBY; It's Cause aud Cure, q
critical review of The Story OF Avis, and other
novels and q powerful story entitled Saint or
Sinner? BY the author Of The Child OF the State.