The New York herald., 1878-11-03

after every qualification has been made-this book
VIII be priced by the poets own select admirers
priceless treasure.
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.
Dr. Hollands summer residence Is painted olive
green anu Indian rcd.
Joaquin Miller now appears about town with short
hair aud unpoe,ic ulster. He sliil clings the
SLOUGH hat, however.
william winters sketches OF England win appear
| IN November.
Rand, McNally Il Co have just issued railroad
and county map OF tho United states and Canada
ceived through Alexander A. Grant The map Is
100x5S inches, with scale OF an inch to thirty-two
miles. It's the first map on gcometrical projection
issued since :ne war; and shows clearly every town
OF the smallest size, every railroad and county line
and Is tho most complete map ever issued by this
| nrm. II was made u cost of nearly $40, 600.
| Art and Society IS the namo OF a new periodical
which describes itself as "a weekly Journal for The
bedunonde.n
ask Months in Ascension" Is the title OF un
sccnti account Of successful scientac expedition
written by mrs. Gill, who accompanied her husband
last year on his travels
Professor Sseleys s'ifs of Stein" will appear
1t treats OF German history between the death of
Frederick the Great and the French Revolution Of
$780,
Mr. Gallearea is In England, engaged upon a work
'srhs Pope and the King"
Mr. +. Lcyholdt OF the FubIishers Weekly, has CON-
pleted his "Amercan Catalogue" which brings into
uxtapostion Tor the Hrst time The works and editions
Of authors whose books were previously to DO found
only BY trcsomc hunting through many catalogues.
The main volume 300 pages aud includes 600
entries, making valuable r. book. There
fifty five Browns entered as authors, Of whom six
simple Johns, Distinguished by place but lhere
| Tohn Rrnr nj fiinhur Uh and
y. D. Alice seems to be the iavorite name In fiction,
fty-seven titles beginning with that word. Over
sixty editions or adaptations OF Bunyan's "Pigrm's
Progresg entered, with transations In eight Ian
guages and fifty of De Foes Robinson Crusoe."
or Dickens works there less than twenty
| editions, besides those OF hts individual bookA
The chair OF Greek in Queens College, Belfast is
vacant by tho resignation Of DR.. Mcdonald, who
tires through failing health.
"Lsgends OF the Morrow" iS the title Of q vol
ume OF poems by Dr.. T. g. Haks.
Three OF Mr.. Smiss' Dooss are to be Published In
Hindustani.
Mossrs Chapman l. Hall's Christmas Annual in.
cludes among its contributors +. c. Burnaud, John
Holingshead, Sir Horny Pottnger, Hawley Smart and
Violet Fame
An English edition Of tho Due De Broghe's new
work. "I.e du Roi," which embraces secret
orrssponacnco Of LOUIS XIV. with his various dplo-
Peter Galpin.
sThe Dramatic List: Record OF the Psrforma ances
of Living Actors and Actresses OF the British Stage"
by G. A. Pascoe, Is announced in London BY Messrs.
Hardwicks Bosue.
Theodore Cuyler's "Pointsd Papers for the Chris
tian l.fe' viii be published BY Holder l. Stoughton
London
Professor Muller, OF Tdbneen, has In press 'Life
OF Moitke, 1S00-lS7S"
ID thio rtt- tlw h>A
parrots aud Monkeys" book tor the young
Henry Holt Il Co. have published ssThe Studio
Arts by Elizabeth W. Johnson, one OF their hand
books 1t is INTENDED as help 10 those who wish
outside knowledge OF and introduction not
system.
Mrs. Augusta J. Evans Wilson, the author OF
'Beuiah" Is now In this city a visit to her friend,
Mrs Commodore Vanderbilt. Mrs. Wilson is one OF
the writersto whom literature is remunerative. She
has paid Sl00. 900 by her publisher George w.
Carleton
A forthcoming book on Greece, by Levi Sergeant
Is In Cassels press, under The title OF Nsw Greece;
Political, Social aud Domestic"
Pott, Young l. Co, New York, have In press .sTne
Koran; Its Composition ana Teachings" edited by
he eminent Orientalist, Sir Edmund Muir.
Under the head OF .Publisners' Priority Claimsn
the New York Publishers Weekly reprints from the
Commercial Advertiser many announcements OF Eng.
Ish reprints proposed be issued by American pub
lishers II is difficult TO what '.prioriiy, can
thus be secured, in absence oi all copyright what
ever, and especially when as often happens, several
rival publishers the samo book NJ the
timc.
Tho librarian of he state Library at Albany makes
vigorous protest against Gothic and other fan
forms oil lettering books the back, which make u
puzzle and consumption Of time TO decipher them.
Mr. smiles has new book In press entitled Life
OF Scotch Geoioast," being tha, oil Robert Baker.
A little less than million dollars worth OF books
| wsro exported from Great Britain In 1877.
There about sixty histories OF England, but
| every year ADDS to the number Among others, the
Lon mans have In press Mr Spencer walpoe's ellis
tory OF England from the Conclusion Of the War oil
| 1916"
Mrs Fanny Kemblc Buffers iorthcomi ing book,
"Records Of Ny GirIhood, Ia announced by bentley,
| oil LONDON
| The English translation OF Professor Duncker's
History Of Antiquity has reached the volume.
| .Travcis In SYRIA" by DR.. and Nine. Heller,
translated from the German Is book iull Of interest
| and attraction.
Al the late conference oil the British Library Asso.
cation tho members grappied with the question OF a
general catalogue Of English literature, but nothing
practical as to methods OF carrying out this grand
| scheme evolved.
Mr.. Gaapyat. u lively Italian who has written
4 much about Italy, has In press book Pope Plus
TX and Victor Emmanuel. entitled "Tho Pope and
| tho King.n
/ life OF General Moitke, from 1900 10 1873 by
Professor Mnllcr OF Tubingen, will be published
| In German aud English.
N. Baudriart Ia publishing In Paris ''History Of
Luxury" private and public, from antiquity TO mod
| crn tines
/ The battle OF the monetary standards stI agtatcs
France. The last word on tho subject rs u. Dabo's
"Theorie Plan dun Etaisn lnvarabie do Vaicur."
| Emile Chevacr Is writing Tor L6vy's Library OF
Fiction Series OF Dramas OF North America" the last
| OF which is entitled ola File oe Piraten
| Thomas Carlyle Is now very busy on his autobi-
ograpby.
| '.Canada Under the Administration Of Lord Dui.