The New York herald., 1879-09-29

excellent. and chiefly from the Same blocks a. .
those which some time ago accompanied IN articls
in Harper's Magazine on the painter. -
LITERARY cHlT-CHAT.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett cries aloud for In.
aernational copyright. a..
Mrs. E. d. L. N. Southworth has written constantly
since she was fifteen years old. Chi bono2
The October number of the Popular Science A0nthlv
keeps apace with all that is new in it's particular
walk.
L. G.. seluin, author Of o popular volume of Black
Forest legends. is relative Of the late Parepa-
Rosa.
disqualification Of the life of Admiral Farragut by
his son. announced by D. Appleton Co.. is post !
poned until November /.
Nine. Modjeska. the distinguished actress has
translated Ruskin's Modern Painters into Polish,
and her translation will be published in Warsaw this
fall.
Macmillan & CO. publish tho "Chidren's Treas
ury OF Bible stores." by Mrs. Herman Gaskoin.
edited, with preface. by the Rev. G. +. Maclear.
Part l. relates to the Old Testament.
"Mr. Phillips Goneness." by tho Danbury Ness
man. is published by Lee & Shepard. There are
flashes of Mr.. Baiey's humor through the book. but
on tho whole we prefer his sketches. He is out Of
his element in sentimental roles. ef n1il..s.
The latest addition to the Scribners' "Epochs of
sulla.' by A. H. Beesly. While acknowledging his
obligations to tho histories Of Messrs. Long and
Mommsen. Mr.. Beesly says that he has consulted
the original authorities and always drawn his own
conclusions. s eaf j.. .sso
Mr.. J. W. Bouton's announcements are principally
of handsome, illustrated books, including Parts Isj
and II. of the Ecler; the Musoe Artstique ct Lit,
teraire," cheap weekly reprint of L'At without
the etched plates; new edition of Owen Jones'
Grammar of Ornament;" second and concluding
volume Of Planch6s "Costume; Part VIII. OF
Racinet's Costume Historique;" "Rowlandson. the
Caricaturis. with copious illustrations after his
designs. . olEef- .a ilsa f.Tsa
D. Appleton Co. have in press an American novel,
OF which they have great hope. The title is Manch.
and the explanation of this singular name is found
in this extract from the book ~ IS a.
I'm most as bad of for name as am about q
daddy aud NANNY. Granny calls me Cub. and that
means young bear. and tothers calls me Mancns
and that means as bad" .asa t.40- 81
.Manch? What does 1t mean?"
says my father is Comanche Injun-a brave that
was hung shot some time other for taking
scalps. They call me Comanche from him-Manch
for short you know. Do look like an Ipjun9' rso.
Harper & Bros. have attractive list OF new
books, among which "rhe Civil Service Of Great
Britain" by Dorman B. Eaton; cart in America"
by s. G. w. Benjamin and '.Tyrol and the Skies Of
the Alps. by Colonel George L. waring. Jr. both Of
which have appeared in part in Hdrpers Magazine;
'.The Land Of the Midnight Sum-" being Paul Du
Chaillus travels in Scandinavia. fully illustrated;
John Addington Symonds' ''Studies of the Greek
Poets;" Peter Bayne's Lessons From My Masters
Carlyle. Tennyson and Ruskin." and the Comte du
Moncel's ''The Telephone the Mcrophone and the
Photograph"
Mr. T. II. Stoddard, who is styled tho ''prince Of
prefaceists." has prepared the new edition Of DR..
Doran's works for A. G. Armstrong Son. This
edition will contain o memoir of DR.. Doran by Mr..
stoddard, who has brought tho "Annals Of tho
Stage" down to Macreadv. Doran left of at Kean.
Mr.. stoddard has neglected poetry for prose this
summer. and has. besides the foregoing. written .
preface for tho ''wt and Wisdom of Sydney Smith,"
and Edwards "History and Poetry OF Finger
Rings" which has been out Of print for some time.
Dr. William NJ. Taylor. Of the broadway Taberna
Gle. has prefaced new introduction for Andersona
Ladies Of the Covenant" which A. c. Armstrong h
Son will publish. Tho same firm will publish Q
new edition OF DR.. Mackonzie's 'Bits OF Blarney"a
book of Irish anecdote. and Mary Cowden Clarke's
''Girlhood of Shakospeares Heroines."
book. just published in Boston by the
author. Mr.. J. Story Thompson Frohock. and en-
titled ''Substantialism or. Philosophy Of Knowl-
edge" shows tho superiority OF Boston to New York
in very conclusive way. Mr.. ]. Story. &C., by the
light of his own unaided intellect has produced q
book far greater than that put forth by Superinten
dent Kiddle with the assistance Of unnumbered
spirits. There is nothing in tho Kiddle book "a
good as this:-
The earth and its atmosphere consist Of the atmos
pheric departments of It's successively developed
stratal worlds stratlhcations, which prior
past, past aud present reckoning from altitude
centreward, but present, first future and second
future regards our atmospheric metaphysical
progress, wo perceived that human inspiration in
cudcs not only tho lated and acted OF their
present commensas but 1t also includes those Of all
our predecessors to those higher and brighter
worlds toward which we arc progressing In virtue
of their continuous descent as the superbases OF
the less mature thought germs Indigenous to our
lower plano OF sense-perception within less mature
world of sensible forms.
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition Of Slavery In the
United States BY Charles Godfrey LELAND u. +. Put
mans Sons, publishers. New York.
The Maintenance Of Health. A medical work for lay
readers. by j. Miner Fothergill. NJ ID. g. r. Putnans
Sons, publishers.
The Fall OF the Acmo An historical drama in four acts
uy Profegsor Ernncis NonM. U. Il. futnams SOn0 pun