New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-22
LITERARY NOTES.

fne Index Society, of England, is about to
print manual OF Indexes and Indexing which VIII give
examples of not to do it, well as models OF INC
best methods. ,
The number of works deposited IN the
English libraries entitled to copyrighted issues was III
1877. 279 books in 1874 volumes 192O palnpie'S'
6,e77 parts OF periodicals, and 439 pieces VI '"
ITO the Comet" is the title under when
Edward Roth completes his translation OF Jules Verne
"Hector servadac" Of which his first part was called
To the SUM-" Claxton, Remsen ~ haueIhnGeF h"'o IL
nearly ready.
Mr.. A. II. SpOfford, in a recent paper, brings
10 light some the extraordinary bunders of aucon
catalogues Great xsuminer Etchings etc; was
Ftchings in Colorado" not long since appeared
The volume announced by j. b. Lppncott
Co.. "RecOllectiOns OF Two Distinguished PERSONS
derives its chief interest from the fact that the person
spoken of the Marduise de Boissy is no oter n t
Countess GuiccOli, Of ByrOnc notOilety. MISS ni1 ~
d. Smith the writer. who personal M dy
asserts that the relations between the poe anu ' '
were purely Platonic.
A novelty In the way of " symposium or
coloony, is announced by ID. Lothrop q Co.. Boston
III a story called From Different siandpomts, nna ,
up Of alternate letters from TWO IA ~ PsnsW who
write respectively in the characters OF c3nno SaS
wholesome young woman anu ptIquu, pseU ot CON
who at last properly overcome oy the person VI GULL
mon sense.
g Mr.. ]. G.. BrevoOrt prints in the June issue
NJ The Maqosire OF American History paper on Early
spanish and Portuguese Coinage in America when
will be followed by second paper illustrated win
plates OF the metallic pieces Of Mexico before tne cor
W ondon by Rev Dr. Charles W. Baird valuable as
xpainn2 the of historical research IN that city
Ofarchiyes.
Professor Hiram Corson, of Cornell, who is
Entrusted with the task of the final editing OF the Gos
sarial Concordance to Chaueers Works preparing
collecting material for history OF the Engush
Of the fourteenth century The works o. % 0a
pauH(
of the work which will also demand survey OF the pre-
yiOus literature from Anglo-SaGon uhles
The Christian Union will reprint IN one Oh
its pocket extras the admirable papers on " How 10
Spend the Summer: where to 60; how to go; now 10
save money" which have appeared IN us eO.nnns Dr
Howard Crosby opens the little book with paper on
Pelpatecs and the eyeTivey CAL Ha abnse Ibn
can't co. telling them GLOW 10 stay al nome WIlnou'
grumblng" OF the good thngS maTy Of Snort
frps about New-York." Among the e0ntfibutors are
Donald G. Mitchell, Helen Hunt, W. H. ii. Murray anu
the Rev. Lyman Abbott
Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett is not yet
through the misery the ghoty temperance of dead
and gone books "Miss Crespigny." another OF those
early love stories whose is legion, Just an
nounced for volume issue from Philadelphia Mr. John
Uabberton is another sufferer. NUMBER OF his short
stories collected last year into subscription VOL
ume under the title Of Some Folks quite without MS
knowledge, until 1t too late to do anything nut
make the best OF it, and now the same book makes ts
appearance cheaper shape at the BOOKSTORES ndef e
new title of Little Guzzy, and other stories M:
Habberton must be somewhat perplexed observer vi
his own literary career-he never KNOWS "hat he may
not have done next
Praise from Germany of American scholar
ship In philosophy is praise indeed. The G0ttnGen
Gelehre Anzeige the oldest learned periodical in Ger
many has discriminating and friendly review of Dr.
shieldss work. 1.-THE Final Philosophy" from the pen
of Dr. Disterdeck, COnsisTia President in Hanover,
who says: If it be somewhat unexpected to hear
from North American scholar such views, which leave
FAR out of sight low sandp of materOfact for
this reason the study OF the WORK DeIOe US oIs az
author makes a thoroughly pure impression upon the
reader since though should find occasion Tor
extended doub' and dissent must still be delighted,
not only by his distinguished learning, his cOmprehen
siye clear Judgment and his exact eXp0story method,
but also by his devOutness and warmth OF feeling l Is,
moreover of peculiar interest that just now the
problem Of this work should have been attackedn
America and particularly by author, who Gevotes
portion Of his treatise TO the indications that the Western
hemisphere, well the present age, could alone
fulfil the conditions OF the Final Philosophy"