New-York tribune., 1878-12-18

Westminster Abbey will be out In book form IN Lonoon
very soon at Longmans Co.'s. For the second course
Of lectures the Chapter House has not been graneSa ,S
owing II is SAID TO" the serious injury uohc W tho
building during the delivery OF the nrst.
1t is whispered in Boston that a poet and
critic of that city wrote poem for the new volume In
the No Name Series"" Masque OF Poets" but IL
pleased him well that he afterward refused to let IL
appear anonymously, and consequently nothing from
him Is contained in the book. Guy Vernon" the long
est poem in the volume ascrbed by knowing ones 10
j. T. Trowbridge while "a Bunch Of Flowers is tast-
ened upon Dr. Joyce the author Of Deirdre, one
Of the 1rst books in this series.
The engraver of the Turner illustrations to
Rogers Italy and other poems-Robert Wallis has
lust died at Brighton England the advanced age OF
eighy-four. Many other Of Turner's works were en-
grayed by him. the Approach TO Venice" being almost
his last plate. few weeks ago proof impression OF
his large engraving Of Lake Nem was sold IN Lonaon
for 1850 copy OF this edition OF Rogers, with 00O ad
donaI plates inserted making six volumes, was sold
few days ago the Browne sale in this city for Sloo
Still another biography of Lord Beacons-
field has gone press In London. II Is written py
T. p. o'Connor, and brings the life Of the Premier down
to his entry into London after the Treaty of Berlin 1t
makes a volume OF 600 pages Htchman's life has Just
come out The preface s said 10 be confused mnglngo
fattery Lord Beaconshed and abuse OF MI GLADSTONE
the lat latter OF snsed III you
bea,ded middle age while he is seeing bis end approacn
titIc.page has quotation from Piutarchs life OF Lycur
gus which is cited as a keynote 10 the whole book
Bnt as for Lycurgus they thought OF MIN thus; tat
he born TO rule, TO command and give order
a. having in HIM certain natural grace and power W
draw men willingly to obey hlm."
A national catalogue of medical literature,
giving index under subjects and by authors OF books
pamphlets and original papers in nearly oil the medical
periodicals. and comprising 100000 subject en-
ready for the printers but awaiting an appro-
puation from Congress. 1t has been prepared by Dr.
John g. Billings, Of the Army. who Is now In charge or
the National Medical Library at Washington. The
work will make ten royal SvO. volumes OF 1000 pages
EACH In continuation 0f the work proposed to pub
sh monthly, under the edtorship Of Dr. Billings med
zeal photography under the title Of The Inder Aed,cns
enter all medical books index the leading medical
journals In English and other languages, full Inst or
which, numbering 600, Will form q part or the
specimen copy Of he Index, soon to be issued.
Gerardine Macpherson, author of the Me-
mors the Life Of Anna Jameson" Jus published. was
Mrs. Jsmeson avorte niece. and died before her book
was given to the public. When eighteen years OF age
she married Robert Macpherson, young Scotch artist,
with whom she went to live in Rome. In a few years
Mr. MacphersOn's sight failed and troubles beset MIN
until III 1873 he died He left his wife with health nl-
paired struggle she could through sad en-
tapRlement OF debt and distress, with two young chill
dren dependent upon her." Mrs. Macpherson did what
could for self support writer and teacher, ana
even filed the place Of spaper correspondent In
Rome during the malarial season, when most CORE
spOndents Florence and elsewhere for their health
Last year. with heart disease fast taking away her lie,
she began the memoirs Of her aunt and completed
them before death finally took her away.