The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-03-24
LITERARY cHIT-CHAT.

LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.
Modern English fiction Of the best kind plumes
itself its retcence
Colonel I. W. Higglnson and his bride will pass
the summer ct Newport.
The name of John G. whittier heads the list of the
Shoe Club connected with the Five Points Mission.
.Honore de Bazac's Letters" with memoir Of his
sister, M,ne dc Survle. have been imported by ]. b.
Lppincott Co.
Lewis american Sportsman which has been out
of print for some time. has been reissued by J. b.
Lippncott Co.
'Montcalm and the Conquest of New France" is
the title Of Francis Parkman's next volume which
LATHE. Brown Co. win publish.
Mr. Atkinson is preparing for publication o selec-
ton from the letters addressed to him by Miss Mar
tineau during long series Of years.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. president of the Town and
County Club. vino has been In Europe for the past
three years. Ii expected at Newport this summer.
Mrs. Mark Pattison. author Of the Renaissance
Art in France. Ii the wife Of Dr. Psttson Master Of
Lincoln College, Oxford. and author of the Life of
Casaubon."
It is said Of the late Richard H. Dana that he never
courtcd the society Of strangers. but of in the
try or At the seaside among plain people he the
most accessible of men.
In Mr.. Ruskin's notes Turner'S drawings.
Gently issued In London. thoro f. much autobio-
graphical matter relating to tho snthors draw
ings and studies In art.
1t IL said that the Eari of Carnarvon has prepared
In the intervals Of leisure from Official aud other
duties. translation of the ''Agamcmon" of Eschy-
lus. which win be published worry shortly by Mr..
Murray.
writer In the Atanhe calls for hero who does
not smoke. II would be hard to find heroine for
such hero The average girl Of the period likes to
Of good cigar.
.'The Merry Tales Of Che Wise Men OF Gotham" to
DO edited with illustrative notes and Introductory
essay English Noodlodom." by Mr.. W. J. Thorn.
Fs.A.. has been accepted by the English Folk Lore
Society for publication.
Mr. William II. o'Donovsn. the sculptor. will ap-
pear IN author In the May number Of Haryer's
Monthly. This will not be Mr.. O'Donovans first ap-
pearance In the paths of literature. - he is the
author Of several popular stories.
Mr.. Giadstonc's works on Homer" are now ap-
pearing in modern Greek IN the form OF Jcuiuetos
Of the Clio newspaper at Athens. Mr.. Lecky's two
volumes of England in the Eighteenth Century
have been translated into German.
now novel by Elzcy Hay. entitled q Mere Ad-
venture" is announced. This young lady lost all
her money during the war and is using her pen
means of raising sufficient sum to regain the old
homestead in the South. It is pleasant to record
that her efforts are meeting with deserved success
Tho readers of Miss Octavia HilPs book "our
Common Land may be interested TO learn that since
the beginning of the present year the Kyrle Society
has formed committee with tho special object OF
carrying out her views with regard to the preserva
ton of "spacc for tho People,. both in large towns
and in rural places.
When Richard Grant White was In London no
waited upon at his lodgings by q rudy English
girl by the name Of Emma. One day no became pro.
voked at something he had done and exclaimed. II