New-York tribune., 1879-01-27
LITERARY NOTES.

NOW ono-vOlumc edition of Montalgnes
.rssays" is ready at MI. L. WorthngtonS' IL Is
th,ck royal octave with uncut edges
Nv editions of Lewis SergCants New
c,oece and Professor Mouitous History OF the Eng
Ish B,be" are ANNOUNCED at Cassel, fctter " N"'-
The only manuscript of work 10y Charles
r,;,~s t,a exists IN this country Is believed to be
tbot ~ d" Onr Mutual Friend" 1t Is owned pS MI
Gcorre W, Chiids. of Philadelphia.
Charles and Mary Limbs "lalcs from
Shakespeare" has Just been published in The "oucn
Treasury series at Nacu.ian & Co.'S II is pi'"''"
on extra paper with The cices ley uncut mas "Ho"'
pee and is b.uuj Ia light oiac cloth r
Professor George L. Fishers work ON ne
B,gnu.nss ~ Ciustisnity" il noticed ~ I'o's>l
Eariack of Lep,c IN late naAb'r oil Tue I"'''"'''
Zc.htu1 Tie standpoint oi the auih"rI Is V""'"'''
rs conservative, bai his indImeh's arc P, ~.
II, " sober tcnpcratc and nee from paili mp -.
Is said 10 nave invest gated The d@cnmrh'alN MI
with ndcrcudcn' ard Z" haNe lnauT ~ ~ tho boas /. DE
scrbcd rs slnP.eHnt aiUacI'' ~
Farly IN the Spring Harper x Brothers VIII
nunen q work called " From Egypt 1" I"eSu'' ~
,hc ROY L.. Rdytc,t, Prc~ldrat OF Dartmouth ''" t'
I, be an octave book of so pages. This house H'
inst publisAed biographies Of Hume ana GOLDSMITH III
-. .. ENGLISH Men ~ Letters" series. IAo Oou-
smith" was written by william Black Iae next Mons
T., tins series VII p'abdb'y hc Burns ana 'u.,
'Cbr new e,,,tlol oi IIum.'S History Of EuGaud
hnr'dr nm t.,y wccks in style uniform with the ahd-
some MAc.uaN. wiiCh came ont duihE 'Ae n"ii"'S'
A new magazine of current foreign hlcra-
turc Is begun tls month under the tte Ihe A'"'"y
Nago-iac T.c first number. which Is luNt oul e"u'H
lo5 raccs and among the articles in 1t are hc"'r1 a.
Pr,ctor's supposed Changes in the Moon' ana l.
adoinhls Trollopc's Homes AID llaWts oI tle Ital
Poets" Itwil be published monthly, and during TIC
wear will contain about tnri as muCh matter a.
INN. and faur-hf,hs a.. much a. me LCfc" ilv
sr,,sn E,ok Exchange OF No - BcckmaHst, are
the publishers. go -
The cnrrcnt number of Macmillan 4 co..
ouartrly catalogue an attractive list OF ne" OooHS'
some Of them Lot already announced Dean C"ulch VI
S. PluI's London. mas written an Essay on DAME
which FMS firm h.. iu>t issued IN 12uo volume with
h;s translation of Dsuto's " DE Mon2rcha' Natthe"
Arnold's new volume. winch Ac calls "NiXed Essays
is lust ready. sir Joseph Hookals" Morocco ana 'he
Great Atlas a sUmutuous octave, rich Win hiu'u"
tions has been received from the London house ana
Inc same is truo of Watcrtous " WlndernGs ia South
America" which makes comp'nlon volume T." %lr
Joseph HoohcIs book u ST e OF printing @ ana u oinU,iS
as wc;l as u subject. Nj. Frederick Martin S'5it =
mans Year Book" revised tor The present year, VIII De
Ioady IN few days.
The works OF Darwin are more popular III
Germany il said, for the purposes of university ed"
cation than in Great Britain. Tie theory Of natural
selection has taken firm root IN the intellectual Soh o.
GERMANY ana by many thousand educated people "t
That country DIrWIns name Is held IN a much honor as
that OF a1y great philosopher IN their oNn land lac
works OF Professor owen also are greatly esteemed III
Germany. ia many "a Nc universities tHtf arc uecO -
Textbooks having been TRANSLATED into HIsh-Dntch BY
scientific men OF learning AMI rcpuc. IL is m3rhei
Testimonial 10 This reverence for Darwin and owen tDdt
he Berlin Acsio0y OF sciences should have 1lSi eeGeu
tn"m dHaWuCu~.y 60 mcmACIShp' am lH"I tHC ,i N
lcrcI should have promptly conhim Tue SI'SlI IN, iI
society %" severely critical and exclusive "o I
sayauts Europe. Few Ln--hnen are nc eAb'1 o' M it.
Carlyle, almost alou" among MS ' i2 ~ M
laors IN achaf ot German Literature and history -A.c"
himself place among tuc>5 ulrty Nh'hto Ol A4'
Science and Literature
In Great Britain. last year, no fewer than
t3li books published, Of which $3.50 were
entirely nr works ana jSl new editions Of old ones
An average of nearly seventeen novels or 0t1eF "O'hS
OF fiction was published every Wceh making to'aI ol
SO for the yca, This caaS o books IA The largest IN
tbc list; theme is the Theological cass which num-
bera -3o But new editions Of novels were almost as
uumcrons ~ the novels Themselves while Of works on
theological subjects hardy third went beyond tle
nIst it is curious and Impressive fact that fiction
should thus get the better Of theology. The tine was
very recent when Theology led in the race In the large
caaIocu of tie British Museum the vast majority OF
titles are those of books thai ueat OF +. hgl"n a't
~ $40 IurllSn wrler, on "DNluily.' Whno ncAC III
uumucr are writer's of uOctry, vino Mahe toiai ot
before urton" is reached with itS st of only 2217.
Mrotc in Full.s. aud these figures Ia contrast win
those for ;h" past wear afford striAins suggestion OF
IL, iutcilcctu1i changes OF people.
\ second instlimcnt Of books from the IL
bray of Charles Dickens has just bccurocciycd at sD
ucl & Wcfgii's. There arc tvouty-se zen titles, and
nearly all Of the books were presentation copies from
The authors John Forster gave his DEBATES On uie
Grand trance" with Tie inaciiItioo, Charles
Dickens irol1 his affect friend john Forster - ana las
Arrest Of the Five Members WIKI. Charles Dcf'rS
from his old and an.ct fIichd JOIN Forster" When
Tauchard Icrrols Life cl lis father Douglas Jerroid
was nm ,lslcd ~ sent copy with the inscription, To
CHARLES Diccn, c7g the f,s perfect cJpyof the Lie
ofhis dear friend" George L0t gave copy Of TIE NJ"
very scarce three volume octave edition d@'~ OF