The New York herald., 1879-12-26
LITERARY CHIT-CHAr.

Georg Ebers.
DOnahoe's Magazine for January has portrait of
Mr.. c. 8. Parnel the leader of the Irish people In
the land agitation
The Italian ex-Minister. Signor Bonghi. has been
employing his enforced leisure by translsting tho
entire works Of Plato into italian.
Miss L. Penney has prepared No. of Readings
and Rscitstions" suitable for schools and temper
ance organizations, which the National Temperance
Society publish.
The Oriental Church Magazine for December. Of
which Rev. Nicholas Bjerring is editor. has tart
article ON "English Rule in Cyprus" among other
interesting papers.
Captain Burton's "History of the Sword" is nearly
really The study Of the question is intended to be
exhaustive. for Captain Burton has inspected slmost
every great collection OF swords in Europe.
american Ballads" by Thomas Dunn English.
have been added to the Harpers Half-hour Series.
How many remember that DR.. English wrote:-
Don't you remember Alice Ben Bolt,
Sweet Alice whose hair o brown
"a History of Redding. Conn.," will be issued rext
month by Mr. Charles Burr Todd. Nearly one-third
of the book is devoted to . sketch Of Joel Barlow
the poet and statesman. who was native Of Red,
ding.
"The illustrated Catholic Family Annual for 1880"
Catholic Publication Society Company of Nov
York;. with its oh ureh calendars copous ecclesiss.
DlORr0pn1c8l notes.
makes early appearance.
Mr. John G. Bell writes to say that one of the sons
OF the late Charles Dickens. Francis Dickens IL an
Inspector in the Canadian Northwest Mounted Polcs
and is now stationed at Fort Walsh. where he has
been for the past four years.
On the 20th Of January next will be published IA
Rome tho nrst number Of Mt,aervd new English
monthly magazine, which tho conductors promise
to make cosmopolitan in tone. and for which they
anticipate welcome among tho widely scattered
English communities throughout the worldl ~.
An account of NJ J. Dupuis' journey up the Red
River tthe Song-koI of Tonquin in 1S72-7s. which
has OF Late caused considerable discussion in some
French periodicals. has been published (Paris Chal-
lamel part Of the transactions OF the Soci6M
Indo-Chinoiso.
The Russian authorities are contemplating the
publication of geological map OF the Caucasus and
Transcaucasa, the scale of !: 2.10O. 900. which
IL to gvo details to the localities where naphtha
minerals &C., are found. large staff Of geologists
is employed in examining the country for this pur
pose.
Messrs. B. Bentley s. Son have in the press Dc.
scrption of ladys visit to the less known portions
of the Great Dominion, giving sketches Of social
lfe sporting ana agricultural prospects. and travel
ling facilities in those comparatively unknown
regions. It will be issued Immediately under the
Lady Dufferin. tss
The AMenrum having nodded thus honestly a.
mits the act--'A correspondents has pointed out 4
palpabe mistake in notice of tho late Mr.. De-
lane. Sir Robert Peers letter written, not In
1S46 but when he retired from Office in 1886. and
therefore was written before Mr.. Delane's con.
nection with the Times began" Stl 1t was quese
mistake for English literary paper.
A translation Of the Talmud is . desideratum, and
1t will interest students to know that new Jewish
paper. the American HeJreU OF this city. is pub
fishing weekly Q translation Of the book ON
'.Idolary." by Rabbi de sola Mendes. The difacul-
tics in the way of translator here very great.
The Talmudic dialect is difficult its form of express
SION syncopatod and besides this the closest famil.
iarity with Jewish Jurisprudence history ana
archaeology required.
w. bouton announces o life Of Rowlandson,
tho caricaturst. with selection from his works. By
Joseph GREGG. diirays biographet. The work CON.
tans 400 illustrations and is published In two hand
some volumes. Rowlandson owes q large part Of
his fame to his illustrations of 'Dr. Syntax" and
his designs to '.The Dance of Death" The author
of this work shows that ho was moro than carica-
trst and that his influence upon the society Of his
time was considerable. He was the spoiled pet' Of
o coterio which included goodly proportion Of the
cIeverest of his day in art. literature and the
drama.
"Onc of His Schoolmates" writes the HHRALD TO
say that DR.. Gerhard Uhlhorn the learned author Of
"The Conflict between Christianity and Paganism."
has his titlo Of Abbot from the Stiff Loccum, the
seminary for young Protestant cergynen over which
he presides. This aware of. but IL may be
interesting to learn, in correspondents words,
that the income of tho Abbot of Loccum such. Ii
about 81. 900 year, the best and almost only sino-
cure for clergyinen in Hanover. DR.. Uhlhorn has
merit. he being the of worthy shoemaker Of
Osnaburg. westphalia."
The Celtic Monthly seems to be prosperng. for IN
its December number IL comes out with new dress
OF type and aud handsomely designed cover.
Its contents have Q Christmas flavor in appropriate
poetical garlands and prose romances, which Will
ronder 1t acceptable to its Irsh-American readers.
while solid pabulum is furnished in liz regu.
lar departments. That magazine devoted to the
Celts Of Ireland should succeed should not be ~
wonderful that has hitherto boon wanting
many efforts In tho safne field. We may note as
the Same time that DonoAoe's Adgasie, published In
Boston. appears to bo doing we'll also.
In the forthcoming volume of Prince Motternich'e
memoirs a novel light is thrown on the origin and
motive of the Holy Alliance. Ho describes It as
"hish sounding nullity." and says that Il was 'sim
ply tho outcome of pictistc mood OF the Emperor
Alexander" Hc adds that It was mot an institution
for the suppression of popular rights for the pro-
motion Of absolution and tyranny" ''Out Of mix4
ture of religious and politically liberal clements"
says Mcttornich. "the dca OF 1t developed under
the influence of Madame " Kondcmor and Herr ".
Bcrgasso." His estimates Of Napoleon and the En-
peror Alexander arc the reverse of fattoring. Tie
latter is described wonderful mixture Of manly
endowment and feminine weaknssses." and the
former wo arc told neither good nor badp
ScriJners for January is particularly good and
varied number. Two Instructive articles. with
plentiful iilustrations--one the United States
Lfo-saving Ssrvice. by j. H. Merrymsn. and anothor
American and ammunition. by william q.
Church. The series Of 'succoss with Small Fruits"
takes as 70 ''strawberres" very tempting and any
thing but small In the woodcuts. young Artists'
Life in New York." illustrated by Virtuosi, is
lixelv naner- Parsnnnl "Reminiscences furnished