New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-09
LITERARY NOTES.

Mrs Wistar is at work on q translation
from the German of Adoph streckfuss-" Too Rich
Mrs. Southworth's fOrty-fourth volume Is
announced by T. T. Peterson Brothers-"The Phantom
Wedding"
Edward Everett Hales new book, =" What
Career ." is to fora companion volume TO that whole
some book for young people, " How To DO IL
A new volume in the "EpOchs of History "
series, The Beginning Of the Middle Ages" by Dean
Church, is in press by ScribDer Armstrong d Co.
The new novels in the Harper brown-paper
series will be Young Musgravc" by Mrs. Ohphant anu
"a Jewel OF q Girl" by the auih0r OF "Qucehie'
A. S. Barnes g. Co. call attention to Edward
D. Mansfeld's history Of Tie MexicoTcSan War;,
which, with other books they now ofer at . sIec'"
price rs bearing upon the present Mexican dicnity'
A volume by Mr. Charles Francis Adams,
IT, on Railroads and Railroad QUESTION: Is In press
nv p Putnom,s Sons II comprises discussions OF
"The Genesis of the system" EhiIlOau Accluch's'
and " The Railroad Problem"
Harper g. Brothers will shortly add to their
UaIfhour series short stories by wilke Collins, "My
Ialys Money!" and f. W. Robinson Poor Ieph; ana
four essays 10y Macauay, on the Earl OF Chaiam VII
liam Pitt, Samuel Johnson and Hampton ana Bufleigh
volume of sermons by Charles Kingsley
"Au-sants Day" and other sermons including th ina
before his DEATH which particularly referred to IN his
memoirs, will shortly be published by octlonef' AIN"
strong q Co
Scri5ney's Monthly has hit upon another new
idea The February issue will be "Midwintcr num-
ber" its cover spashed with snow, and the tame Oh con
tents pushed out OF sight TO make way for blazing nfe
on the hearth upon which peep IN pretty ranE OF
nowbirds The number viii contain iuiIpaSe iGn,s
piece a portrait OF Abraham Lincoln. by wyatt Ea'on
engraved in remarkable reproduction OF Mr.. EatOhs
style by Cole. III" picture Is faced with sonnet on
Lincoln by Mr. slodard seeing the picture, he offered
20 write poem 10 accompany H. ana on Chrismis Day,
taking refuge al the Century Club. fulfilled hiS promise
ID Il sonnet remarkably strong for occasional VERSE
among other features OF the number VIII be paper on
"a California Mining Camp in which the article as wei
rs the Illustrations 10y Mrs. HGl0ck Footc who taxes
u the pen easily the pencil IN describing hGr al
West home: illustrated article on " Recent Chnich
CoIlorn Rnnk Of Dstiu.mishcd Men" bv Chas. +.
TDwng: more o. Mr.. StOcktOn's " Ruddor Grange an
snrdtics; paper by John BurrOughe; aud poems ny
Dr. Holland MIR. Glider, Professor Boyesen' Charles
De Kay MI stOddard and others Dr. Holland writes 81
church debts, uphoding the knnb,Il movement. vi
will be printed
General Francis A. Walkers important work
OH Money" which will he issued by Henry Holt K Co
next week. to about coo pages under the three
divisions of Metallic Money "Inconvertible Paper
Money" Convertible Paper Money" This classica-
ton suggests of The leading points the hook az en-
eral Walker drops entirely the use OF the wofd cIi'H
cy:' as lie says In n lively preface which Nl hctiIy
MANY into reading the book against their intention:
After carrying that word around Tor twenty years
have IN the present work rid myself Of nc incubus ana
have experienced somewhat The same eeu$ oi Ieci -
did tie Ancient Mariner when the dead BODY OF te ~
batross dropped from me neck ana esapic"r' ~, ,
nator in exchange for the inappropriate and iniseadg
term measure value" The position that ne thbts
in current matters suggested 10y his quotations oi Tie
astronomer C0eincuss say . - ;ns
evils by which Kingdoms prlhciphnuts ana requires
ara wont To decline these four III my JUDGEMENT,
most baefu civil strife pesillencc, seliItY o ne SOU
and corruption of the COM and Of the words OF the
great English statesmen VINO SAD 10 hls men.
currency, it would be asuId 10 scnd mo circulation any
coinage" The substaLce Of General "aik,r BOOK
was originally delivered by him as Lectures at the Johns
Hopkins University.