New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-27
LITERARY NOTES.

Claude Lorraine is the subject of the new
volume of Mr. sveetser's Artist Biographies"
DispauperSation is the term used AS
title tor popular treatise Poor-law cvs ana theh
remedies. los J r. Pret! man, announced ~ l-hRi"hu
The En.liti expectation OF books amounted,
on, , 40 10 o9i coo fraScs-an increase over
the pgecyG.gC wear in both countries.
DR.. Holland has finished a poem extending
e. five " six pages % ScribHeys Moniy when is likely
from IT'S subject and treatment TO attract considerable
attention when it appears iii number VI TIE magazine
some mOutl hence
IL is understood that the new house OF
Hochcn Osood & Goa in consolidating their list, viii
offer for sale the day preceding the regular spring
trade sale the first III April, runhet OF palts
8nd rt.nds Of editions Of books issued By one 0 the
amaigamatinG houses.
Longmans & Co., London, are about to pub
Th Hlyran I@tters revised selection o. core spond
ence from, the Ivlian provinces Of Bosnia Herzegovina
Montenegro, Albania, Dalmata. Croatia, ana S;aNoh.,
addressed To Tie Manchester guardian dUi'NS the year
1872. by Arthur J. Evans.
By arrangement with Messrs. Macmillan, the
proposed American edition of Iarrar's - Eternal Hope
WI not be issued by lhem and the edit on OF l. Dut
ton & Co. VIII be TIE only in the American market
w;h the exception OF Individual COPIES o! ING 'il,l
priced English edition TIE house iy3rs ne ln,eI'3lS
Of book buyers by putting the book at the exceptionally
low pIl,e OF 81.
Miss Warner has ready a new book for Sum
dy-school reading. in winch she pleasantly reWrtcs te
story Of The Kingdom OF Judah It was originally
intended as an accompaniment 10 the international sun
eavscbool lessons for the frat part 1873 which deal
chiefly with this subject bat viii he presented on
st. merits. book OF general ana permanent hie 81
especially interesting however TO those who nave
already STUDIED TIC lessons referred 20.
Mr.. L. i. FreemanS Historical Course for
Schools" reaches its seventh volume European Colo
mes by T. Payne. This has NOT sufficient importance
rs schoolbook here he reprinted in 4 is country as
the oncrs been, but. treating especially OF ire
South American states Including Braz : an q" the m
land colonies brings together the facts ~ dIaruth
or history hitherto not III very aCce.'lplc siiapS
milan Co bring over copies OF 'Ati lhEhNh 'ul""'
Nr. T. Stciger announces for early pubhca-
ton three nc, catalogue enterprises Of Importance;
Classified Descr ptve Catalogue OF American, British,
German French and other Foreign Publications Oh Id
ucation and General Phlloocy together Win orkN OF
Text-books steieer's Educational Directory y Cat
nloeuc OF Collegiate ana Private Educational ln>u-
icctod List If American Publication with Expolory
Notices for the Guidance of Book-huycrs"
The readers of those pleasant books by Aug.
J. c. Hare, "Wulks Rome" "Days ncar Rome
"Ctes OF Northern and Central italy" and "Wandrr-
ings in SPAIN will be GlaI to know that returning to
England he has doing its capital what had
wei D." the capital of the world London
furnishes exceptional opportunity for book on the pan
his Roman work aSscciang with specific places quo,
taons from the books which nave referred 10 them nd
"Walks IN London announced ny MosSr'. Routedge
will be of peculiar interest There Will he mildred IL
Illustrations.
If English publishers could now be persuaded
to deal fairly by American authors as American pub
fishers treat English writer's literary of the day
would be much richer than they are. The payments Of
one American house to leading English author on Il
single book have reached OoO0 and the eading
houses here Row aim pay English authors-not only
the leading ones, but the Geueraty3 fair equivalent OF
what they would pay here copyright. On the other
hand small honorarium, 500 at the most. is pracl-
cey the LIMIT of English payments IN ms country even
for books that sell abroad by the ten thousand ana
leading American author, whose many books are favor
aud widely selling abroad safes tndt ms returns
from England nave never reached total of 600