New-York tribune., 1879-01-15
LITERARY NOTES.

Fanny Kemble's "Records of GTlhoou
is almost ready at Henry Holt Co.'S
One bookbinder alone in this city mas pouhu
10000 copies Of Tennysons works since the oeSnhi"S
Of last Autumn
loci Cooks "Holiday Tour in Europe"
recent book J. y. Lppincott CO.'S mas just oeo"
published In fourth edition. ~
Dean Stanley's Birmingham address on " Inc
Uistorica Aspect OF the United States is published III
Afaemillans Magazine for January
whistler VS.. Ruskin :" is the title of an
octave monograph, written by Mr.. Whistler bmseh'
which is announced for publication Immediately III Lon
don. e
The early numbers of the second volume OF
Mrs Martha j. Limbs "History of the City OF New
York are In press K. :. Barnes & Co.'S Inc hrs'
volume the history of the ctydown 10 tne year
IVA the second Will bring IT TO the present uui''
Another new edition of Mrs. Bro"hings
poems at James Mllers IL in press; It is pronSou iol
early IN March II will be redline book UNIFORM WIN
The new popular edition of TennySon' with ght euso'
aud an illuminated side stamp: hr; Nlier in''nuS u
publish Hoods poems In the same style
A volume of nine sermons on the relations
y, Christianity TO certain aspects modern thought by
the Rev Charles Shakespeare will be published ihis
month by Charles scrbner's Sons under the tilie d.
Paul at Athens" second and revised eui'on " HN
pouuced OF Dr. ShIeldss d" Final lhlIOsoph!'
Some of the pecuniary rewards of London
Journalism derive forcbe Illustration from the VIII oi
tbclate Mr. Johnstonc proprietor of The Standard Not
including property OF which ne possessed sonethh
tie will distributes about S200oOOO, much OF n wnon
must have been acquired nom the saIe oI MS P'N"'
newspaper
IL Is reported that the new pamphlet Wnlch
Count Arum is soon publish on the conflict between
the Vatican and the German Empire was written al the
instigaton of Catholic bishop who' having just re-
turned from Rome, took the opportunity to commnh-
cate IN Count Arnim the basis of understanding
which would be accepted by the Roman Church.
A new novel by Miss BraddOn, which Will
be her thirty-ourth work VIII be out In February IL
will have the title Vixen" Miss Braddon says her
lastnovel An Open Verdict" in The cheapform reached
the extraoI dnary Of 10000 copies in three months
and that the whole edition OF her Christmas Annual
amounting to 10000 copies was disposeu Vi IL 'H'0
weeks
The midwnter number of SCrlbners Monthy
q slightly DELAYED The article on The Tile Club at
Play" contains many cuts which have required great
care in printing and the portrait Of Ralph Waldo Emer-
son is said to have taken the time of an tngrayer Tor
over month For these reasons the increased SIZE oI
the number and the large orders received the publish
have been compelled to delay the uale oi ISSUE
from the 18th To the 17tE
In the "Memoir of Matthew Davenport
Hiu" the Recorder Of Birmingham, which Macmillan q
Co have just published, Is printed letter that ue
wrote TO his after the anonymous pubhca-
liOn OF one Of Lord BcaCOnshcids early novels In II
he saws: al been reading Vivian Grey 1t must
be written by Theodore Hook. 1t is very much Ike
Savings and Dongs the same disgusting heartless-
ness and cant about principle l never read book
which gave 50 thoroughly the Idea that ihe au'hor
was clever luhaiL'
The new edition of Frothinghams "Life of
Gernt smith," to be published at q. p. Putnam's
Sons will differ from the first in Omitng the authors
original conjecture, with regard to Mr. Smiths motives
In lining Knowledge OF thc plans OF John Brown
leaving the reader to form his conclusion. Mr..
Frotnngham 1t is authoritatvely said. still maintains
that Mr. Smith was thoroughly acquainted with John
Browns main project; but he admits the probability
that he In common with the general public supposed
different PROJECT entertained at Harper s Ferry.
Mr. Edmund Yates, Editor of The World
(Iondon), announces a literary venture in
'.monthly miscellany Of interesting and amusing ltcra-
turc" which Will be called Time. He promises that in
addition 10 the monthly mS'alments OF serial novel;
Tame viii contain short stories complete In themselves;
pJcms graphic sketches Of London scenes aud people,
"a literal transcript Of the lives Of English workers in
field and factory their homes and at their labor and
"a the great questions OF the day viii be- treated
romprehcnsvey. forcbly and mtelligibly." The first
number will appear March 20 and Will be for April
The library of the late Charles ). Hunt has
Just been caalOgued by Mr. George p Phes. and VIII
be sold at auction by Bangs Co., Monday afternoon,
January 20. 1t contains rare and valuable collection
OF works political economy, finance, currency and
banking There full of the very and eX
pensivc BulliOn Reports in fifteen volumes. a cory
Of the best and very edition OF the famous John
Laws Money and Trade Considered; with q Proposal
for Supplying the Nation with Money GLASGOW 1900,
Is IN the collection Nuns EngindS Treasure Oy For
Taign Trade, the Balance Of Forraien Trade Is
the Rule OF Treasure" is another rare and curious
book and still another Sir DIdCy NOrths Di,courses
upon Trade prime paly directed to the cases OF the
Interest Coynage, Clipping and Increase OF Money The
last book. first printed IL lG9l the earliest compre
henslvc treatise the English language political
economy. Whcn published 1t gave offence TO certain
men in high places, and an effort made to destroy
It, that for long period it supposed 10 be en-
tlrely lost. MI Hunts copy was from the E1lhulgh
edition of SD, Of which only small number were
printed The catalogue mas 3Ds titles, and many OF the
books choice editions Of standard works III general
literature.