New-York tribune., 1878-03-05
LITERARY NOTES.

Victor IIugo's manuscript of "Hernanl,
with the auLos and the censors eTasures
was sold recently FOR $50 francs
Mr. SwiDburne is TO collect his publlsheo
md unpublished translation. OF FRANCOIS NliIon lIt rr,
volume, Eieh lie Will probably prefix critical s'uo'
Cd tnat poet
Il has been decided that there shall be no
separate publication Of Nj cobdens cGrr sP9ndencen F. h M
much - u viii he included by hI' Johh -doI4e! " -"
biography Of the deceased statesman.
A volume edited by Mr. y. D'Anvers, " He
-oes of south African Discovery something on the plan
o. Mr. Holt's publication Africa in which VIII be IN
cludedan account Of Mr. sianleys recent eAPIrduons
y announced Ia London The map whlca acconIaprs
the yo.nme gives the routes Of the various explorer
treated o.
A Pmladelplian, Mr. Thos. G. Gentry, has
Interested himself quarrelsome little fellow tue
house sparrow, the extent OF preparing monograph
his career home aud abroad. incladng Oi!Io no
sISRhS n aoqss s8%T@T; g o' Rem. HareanseT
PHILADELPHIA.
Here is an opportunity for Commissioner
L. Due The Prize essay on Tea Cultivation and Man
ufacure." boy Leutcuaui-C Colonel Edward Money which
won the Grant Gold Medal in India, hs. been revised
sd much enlarged and will be issued England A.
deui syo volume OF 200 pages Nth tables ana az
dend, upon the management of tea gardens ana Yea
Manufactures.
The first volume of "The Bible for Young
People" by Professor Oort Of Amsterdam, and Dr
Hooykaa-. Of Rotterdam. viii De Issued by Roberts
Bros In about a.woek II viii uclude the introdqciion
plete The Old. thiid vii! cover the New Iesia-
inent The authors. aim has been 10 eliminate the ms
tOFica from what they consier ile ythlcfI e.'4e"'s
Of the Bible
An important new weekly is announced III
London under the title OF The Stat II promises tables
snaysng and comparing the principal facts as to the
state Of raGe and he money market IN new ana com
pfenensye manner; thorough discussions on al nialIT
oi trade and Gnance and serle. OF papers on me Lr
rnt rates and cOudilons ~ profit IN tLe various uSCl
OF iOiustock enterprise, particularly Tah""y =
banks, insurance cpmPsuics, relegrophs. etc
The Rev. Lyman Abbott has begun III me
Christian Uron. under HE signature OF lAcus, sef1es
OF Letters from Ny Library" In the h~, he describes
his own VOrkng--Oom r. Cornw Huhson'
whore he does good part the editing Of TIE Christina
Union writes his sermons Tor TIE church OF when ne Is
vpuntcer pastOr gives the benefit oi his ItcraI!
know ledge 10 the wellkDO8n COrng al Library, mod
~ enterprise IN It's way Of which he IA pTc-!dclt ana
does thJu>aid and one 0JJd thn-s N IicFdf. anu
religious work. quite beyond mention. IhIs weeks iet-
ter wi give .cia" useful counsel "a nome HDIaI'es
library already spoken Of
The study of the habits of birds, though
really science Of sA order may also be easseda az one
o. the most pleasant forms Of recreation To meet the
wants of the many vino have undertaken this dechtiui
pursuit a book j. of preparation, which
T. 10 give in description OF the domestic life OF the
birds Of this country 10 contain pictures OF heir nests
and eggs; aud o. be ssue1 in twcntyfour parts, one
each month from Naturdl!sts Agency Salem, Mass
Mr. Zines, Ingersoll. writer of Ibis WORK, brings to
peculiar fitness, having are1hy pIo4uc.a ''Seial @
native BIRDS and being able al1D to pr sent ihe results
OF wide observations Al the Vest from his ahors a.
yorugist on ono ~ tae HARDEN -urycYs NJ InSeisnI
BEGAN with tie late Professor LOIiA Ag@-eiz, who taught
thai science must he learned from IatuIc rather tah
from boos follows that the works or our Younger
school of scientists 90 DC rich III ncw facts drawn
from personal observation