New-York tribune., 1879-03-26
LITERARY NOTES.

The Ne,c- York Fireside Companion revlves
Che nan Of international copyright first proposed p
Mr. John Eldorkin in 1872 BY this every reprin'er Vi
foreign books would be required to pay h1ed per cent
m the sales OF such books to the authors, the pt
OF reprinting remaining. as at present open 10 all INV
Tyreside Companion argues that such an arranecn'"
would secure sufficient compensation to the an'hoIF
the only persons NOT Am, ricans, whose interessU u
sired 70 nroect while leaving the business OF puOhsnhg
on the basis which IL has always occupied so gte'y "
the public advantage The entire Feasibility Gi 9 m ,CGt
OF dealing with the matter is already es Nv ra
nerimen and no further argument Is required 10 pIoGo
now entirely applicable It Is 20 eAstng a bil
ubsiantiav covering this plan nOm TIE Library N'
mittse Of the Senate
The catalogue of the very remarkable dfa-
matte library OF j. H. " Arnold, long IN press is JUS
mt and Is a handsome specimen OF catalogue WORK II
has wide margins and edges, and there are nearly
400 paces in il aud 465 titles The most important OF
the many unique and curious books contained IN tHe
collection is the Morrell copy Of FrancSs Ola New
York" The original single volume OF Franclss "ofA
has been extended TO nine by the insertion OF 2ooo auo
rraphs portraits and views and more than that number
OF newspaper cuttings, carefully inaid when heces
sary IL contains autographs and letters oi
all the mayors Of New-YorS, from Thomas Wl'e"
u665) to A. Oakey Hall. Four pages Of the cataGgue
& arr 5Sa ae ep bn w added To- thc original work There
copies OF Mrs Brdys LIE OF $40 nlrG, V to
Robinson Crusoe," Boccaccios "Dtcsmeron," the the
pupriuis Progress" SAake>p peare, NaltOh'S AIgI'i
Don Qnixote." " The Arabian Nights and fie dltGs
Novels many Of them IL proo' CONDITION, WINE S tmS
other hs been extended from Sinai gutt" ~ ,h tnnT
from volume to three ana l9Ilale ~ r sr,ncis
tion of GOO plates, embracing the choiccsI -
OF the arust. Under tie word " "shakcspeaie tnere
are just one hundred titles under Byron" twsn5y L
six aud under Mathews" seventeen Ine saie I T pS
gips April l6-thrce weeks from today-at CLINTON hai'
and there will ne TWO sessions daily
The ascent of the tower of an old village
church in a southern county Of Eugand s described III
O mInuts and refreshing way by the author OF " via
Lie in Southern County" who prefers to let his pane
be unknown. One enters it by n narrow nastudded
door and to ascend the wpdiDg geOmetrcal stone STAR
case easy. for the arrow-sis are choked win
cobwebs ard the dust OF The FAINT, hutterng
sound that comes from above ia the Jackdaws IN the
bery who beat the in their confined space JUST as
the staripgs and swallows in the hugo old chmneys OF
country houses make a similar murmuring noise before
they settle As continues the ascent the duh tcK OF
the old clock audible and CRATES with vibrations
AS though the frame of the antique works had become
tremulous with Tho stone steps where thSy are
Sy the passage of feet during the centuries, and
as one still higher there are tle SUCKS am
jsckdaw's nests above while higher up the steps are
literally covered WITH them. Stepping OUT AZ lsst o NO
the belfry. must be careful how ne treaus iOL '
flooring worm-eaten and here and there the plauhs
loose streak Of sunlight enters frCh m an oIeHus %
dow with low inquring Dqzz; OUTSIDE theLt , ~
chatterng OF sparrOws ana t oT ciNTer
Upon tue light breeze comes me sweet soent o ~
and of mown with perhaps Tho lauehter oI nay
their work and idlng by the way. Re6erts brothers
viii have the American edition of this book ready about
April l. go
The semi-annual trade-sale of books will
berin at Clinton Hall a week from Monday. The cata-
logue is lust out. HOughon, Osgood Co., Will oner
200 copies OF their editions OF Uncle Toms
Cabin" and 80 sets Mrs. Stoves novels; o00 copies
OF the SIX volumes Of Joseph Cooks Boston Lectures
being so copies OF book 10O copies Of the Fam
y Library of British Poetry" 200 copies Of each OF
the three Bodley Books :" 1000 copies Of "Tcnny-
sOu" In the editions OF which they sold 5000 ut the
Fall sale and 455 copies in other editions, including
200 OF the Diamond 465 copies OF LoncfeIl"w III V"-
rons editions; SETS only Of the Riverside Poets ana
100 copies of The Lady of the ArOostOOk" H. WORTH
ington contributes twenty pages to the cata-
logue and will offer 100 copies of the Handy
volume Waverlcy." 20 of Tanes English Literature"
O. Of the Doe Raboais," GO Of Boccaccio IN three
editions; 10 each of his editions OF % MoheFe. and
Of the works Of Henry ngsley, $50 Of TeGnvson IN
J. B. LppincOt Co Will send 225 copies OF Worcesers
Dictionary" in editions smaller t9an the ouGIto .
Of the Ouida novels l6 sets OF Bnlwers novels ana
number OF school books James Miller Will contribute
500 copies OF Mrs. BrOwniug's Poems" in seven e1
lions including two new just out he has 94
titles in the catalogue. Macmillan Co VIII sell 1nly
Yonse's, and few Others. Little, Brown & Co. wili
offer two COPIES only of the "Encyelop@da
125 OF Bancroit's History OF the United States"
Lives" Six hundred aud fifty - C19tteTboxes VIII
be- sold by Estes Lauria l25 OF the Beaconshcd car
toous and 100 "Ienuysons.| e.; /. PuJnams sons
ffth edition. IL % Professor Tylers History OF Amer
can Literature" few sets IL several editions OF
Irvns's works. aud IL of Bayard Tay loTs WORKS com
ulete. besides 80 copies of single volumes Roberts
Brothers offer 25 copies Of Hamertons Turner 90 OF
Ml.s Ncott's Under The Lilac~," and 90 OF II. lis
"Ncly's Silver Mine -; 10 sets Of the "NO Name Sc
rcs" and 500 copies gnOr Mona dinls Niece" The
Scrbners have fOTty-siX pages IN the catalogue Two
hundred copies are contributed Of Jules Vcrnes WQAs,
50 Of GladstOnes " GiemnGs," 80 sets OF the SAYS
Souc Series. and 25 OF the BucA-l}rac; 100 Of Mr.
Surnctt's "surly I'm" 1C0 of Edward EggCsious
Roxy" and 80 OF Maliock's New Paul aud Virginia"
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