The New York herald., 1878-09-26
LITERARY cHIT-cHAr.

Shakespeare, Milton, Pope, Coidsmhh, Burns. SsctS
Wordsworth, Byron, Tsnnyson aud Ma Browning
LITERARY cHrT-cHAr.
Henry Hoyt. o, Boston. announces nes book. ~
Rose Terry Cook, tor oetsber
Mr.. +. 5. Nsdal. formerly Of tho Ep,niHs Itsi, nas
written a capital paper on Bryant ior kacA1iaAS
Aagasine.
very useful book a special col bJses 10 Mr. %. ct
Davies 'Treatise slate ana Slate Quar- Jast
out in London.
splendid work on tho ca ssie cily Of Doeons ana
its rams, by NJ Carapanos has appeared from nstca-
ette's Paris press.
Mr. and Mira S. c. Hall have written aesmpanson 10
''kiiaTney," which - voiabe ana enthusiastic 10
praise OF that region.
''rhe Meditarons OF tho Philosopher Dsscariss."
translated by Richard L,sadss, VITA hls aaa com
mentary, wall soon appear
Mr. Edward A. bond, Who has bsea forty years is
the government service. has bsea appointed Chlsi
Librarian Of the British Museum.
complete index TO The NORTH Amereaa R.raSte.
lsl5-is77, has appeared II has IN, alpsabcss. one
OF subjects. the other OF aushors
grand gathering OF Catholic journalists 10 To taks
place at Rome IN February, lss9, ior con.srsaoe AeS
a special audience with Pope Leo xiii.
N. Paul Ganarel has written "Aistoire de Br6su
Francas au selzleme Siesls,' treating thoroughly
the trench intercourse with Brazh three ceSt1rsss
ago.
The fourth recorded ascent OF Cotopax, made bv
Herr ThicmaDp, IS cescribsd In tho Atpsse Jsarsal
He makes tho he ght OF the mountain 10 bs 1870
feet.
Tho title OF Byrne's climber aud Log Book, pub
nghcd by the American News Company, wih promptly
commend tue work " those for whose use it was
made
.Orienai Carpets" Is the ttle OF a smsllwork issued
by Mako u Co, London. interesting TO those wns
bitten by the mania Tor Eastern dcsigna, -
rampant
The Bulletin Of tho Italian Alriae Club has
count OF an attempt lately made 10 reach the top n
the Dent du Giant. IL, 0oo feet high, by means et
rockets. 1t failed.
MI Reeds "Iiouse Plans for Everybody" has the
morlt OF Offering plans and Specifications. many OF
which have been tested by buIlacrs and found uss
Orange Judd Coz
Freedom OF the press In Germany has been ilias.
trated by tha Of the OSt DeutSehs Zitang
account oil the publication OF article entitled rho
Execution OF Hoedci"
Tho "rrade List Annual for 1875 or Complete Cas--
aloguo OF American Publications Now in Print" Is
huge volume issued by +. Leypoldt, New YorE. iss
only want is an index
"rhe French West Indian Islands" form tho sub.
ject OF u forthcoming book by Nc. Frederick VIII
ams, once editor OF the Birmingham Gasefte. and
now Judge IN Jamaica.
An instance OF long survival In a school book is
found in "Colburn's Intellectual Arithmetic" OF
which sings house in Boston has purchased 700
copies tor Iher autumn sales.
sBonny Eagle" rs u new edition OF the record OF
the "Ant.-B.od Shirt Club, tho tito oone tho only
point OF difference between the book and tho old
(Authors' Publishing Company
The Portfolio Tor September, J. W. Bonton, Is unu-
sualiy rich III illustration. Richeton aud Brunet-
Debanes arc among the etchers represented. Tho
| lslterpress is Interesting and characteristic.
| The next book OF Importance in political science
will be tho forthcoming edition OF tho writings OF
Albert Galia TO DO edltod by Henry Adams TIRED
| octavos, and pubhshed by j. b. LppincotI d Co.
| "a story OF the StriSe," from tho prOss OF the
| Au,hors' Publishing Company, contains some sensi-
bio hints TO those laboriug VINO think bottor
Their condition by Jumping out OF tho Trying pan into
| tho lre.
| A new book the flora and fauna A Jamaics,
Antigua Martinique and trinidad has ben put forth
| by Mrs. Il. II. Higgins, OF Liverpool, under the tith
| OF ''Notes by a Fold Naturalist In tho Wessora
Tropics"
Mr.. John ~ Murphy has in the London prcsa
| "Ramblings IN Northwestern America, from the Pa.
cilc Ocean TO tho Rocky Mountains" comprising tina
geography, soil. climate scenery, productions. game,
| ANIMALS ana general botany OF the country.
| Mr.. John +. Rcid's "Art Rambes in the Highlands
and Islands Of scotland" tolls delightfully."- the story
OF an artists experience Ia ono oil the most pictur-
esque regions oi the globe. IL is published by Rouk
ledge, and is ono OF tho handsomcst OF illustrated
| GIT books.
Eight hundred large pages seem considerable space
to DO devoted IN print 10 that desperate Rocky Noun.
tam CHARACTER tho locust but II tho book pubimhed
| by tho governmenD docs not annhiate the scourgc.
| II supplies nii available Information to those
| may desire " do so.
| May Agnes Feming's novels have been .oitence
drnmatizcd than those OF any other American author
Her novel, "ihe Heir OF Charlton wiirDo pub-
lished next week by G. ". Carleton Co., who kavs
sold nearly twenty thousand copies Of this authosl
| arst book, "Goy Earlscourrs Vile"
This Is tho ago Of anthoogies In book making. Ts
! tho numerous pootical COLLECTIONS Mass Amelia II
Edwards is about add a volume OF sciectons fre9
| modern English and American poets. nnoihcr from
early British poets ana third IRON tho English
| prose wrters These VIII bo published at once ln'
| London and Leipzig by tho houscs of Longman and
Tauchnitz
| Mr. Charles 4. Richardson's 'Primer OF American
Literature" might seem good book Of its kind
could DO put into space limited. did not Its utiS
| compel comparison with other literature 'prmorsN
far better In point OF scope and OF proportion
He has lott Emerson in his list OF posts CHougnl
| TON, osgood Il Co..
Both Spain and Belgian now have before tne,s
| Legislatures laws amending tho copyright system.
Quo proposes the term of protection TO 30 6ty years
from tho death OF the author tho other eighty years.
This In addition iife-oIg copyright IL notable
| that tho current OF opinion in Europe (oxcspt 10
EueIaud) runs In favor of perpetual copyrigh. or o
pnurautos OF authors claims . rignt resting ON
! tho law OF nature.
| Mcssrs Lipp,ncott d ca publish "Lifo- oi John
Fitch" which Is offered for the seeming p0rpose Of
diverting a portion OF FuItons famo the adapteN
n
MADE, inquisitvc people will still wonder. n Fitch
did 40 mucn on the Delaware before 1907, Why Fuk
tou, only q hundred mics away, shoaid have SO asa
| tonished intch gent New Yorxors by hts success W.