New-York tribune., 1879-09-15
LITERARY NOTES.
,,;or into Creek of NJ. Zola's "EAs'

autobiography which has been lying IN Ms. i'' 80,
years. No announcement OF It's puohc"''o" ""' '
been made. \,
NJ Henri We'll. eminent in France as clas-
st., scholar has lust made known to the trench
Academy the discovery by himself Of unediten i'E-
uent. from Euripides .Eschyus and probably fS"siP
F,cene Schuvler's Life of Peter the Great
has ucen secured for publication in Scfbner a"c 'ne
fst in.tament is announced 20 appear IN 'he '"nu"'
runrcr Richard Whi,eing has just returned 20 i"is
from Rnsss material collected hy hm Tor 'nuSi"
tions la accompany Mr.. Schuy tiers Worh-
Mr.. CARLYLE has derived so much benefit
from hi. recent visit u his native Dumfressro that he
,,s -,in 10 coutem piatc the writing Of trust~or-
Inv record of hi, fc Nh. Froude 70 help him. WIN
rnauy Of the biographies that have appeared he = "o
~ all satisfied complete Autobiography ny SariSr,
worthy of MS career AMI o NJ genus ~
On Ia Tor his admirers but FOR the world oil letters ="
large. splendid contribution TO the literary "'''' "
Tie century.
Mr.. Swectser's ARTISTS Biographies COM
prsing the lives Of fifteen artists. IN ~ many Volumes
are announced for issue I'm ave volumes. with twelve
heliotvpe Illustrations each Voume viii contain
lives ot Raphael Leonardo and Michael Anee!oi N"une
IL lives Of Titan. Guido and Claude Lorraine Volume
Ill ves Of sir Joshua Reynolds, Turner and lindsecr
Whine ~ liy.s If D0rrr. Rembrandt and Van ayeS,
Volume V. lives OF Fra Angelica MufHo "uu ""s"-
ins'on ANston.
The English weekhes have recently reviewed
at length and for the most part favorably Miss Jennie
7 Yours's The Ceramic Art" The Academy says IL is
on the whole very credltablc 10 ia" author ana I"
America. wheaoe &, mes. II is more comprehensive
ihsn any Of Kind yet published, ana s "eSlt
art arlnugemeut could scarcely bc mproved ana me
Afenauai taat IL is the best and handiest WORN oi It's
kind for opu AZ use II l. marked by more research
ava critical acunrn than some recent pui.o,,,r puoi.or,,
ItiIc of much higher pretcns "a, yel4 GO, l ~
fart notice . printed The Lp"dOn ART JoW a.
W. Adds Wright, in his ConoanuS," the
new volume Macmillan Co.'S series "i select Sh"h'
,iearc plays. hoi' that nis play had no political Ger
euee To suppose hat u mad is 20 suppose tnA' e""he
s,eorc Ike Defoe was political pamphlcteeri ai'd II
there Is tnius more than another which m-rhs the
contrast wee the great d~ams,ist and other writers
Of bis tmc Mr. Wright thinks Is his singular reucehce
with Iegaid 20 contemporary events. "lIo lived ano
tf,l,,, nm was MOI of iher aud it might even viii
,rest,r trnfh ne said oi lim HIS soul like star
nuc dwot apuII than oi Milton whose u,st Nris "'i'
Soeut in Inc ncat anu tuunoi. OF political strlic.'
\ new volume of "Storics for Boys" by
wcknowu -toly-eler Air. Rosster W. RaS mond, Is IN
pres et F,r,s Howard H.htI's The house have IN
Igeiaiation 81 new Juvenile by M,ss Laura Edmouds.
daulhter of the la,e Ju.sc EdmOnds, "A Foois
brand" announced "a "by one OF the fools IL Is
story life aHd adventures ~ Northern settler III one
o the southern States ana Will be ready IN september
Inrrc are many persons viii be glad 10 learn that
memoir of the Ia, d. John II. aymond. president OF
Vasslr College, bearing especially ON his Influence IN
Educational matter. IA p5epaia'ien at ne h1nds "i
ha Ohio. Mr.. Lloyd solics The use Of letters nom
lcr father, which nay be stut 10 the care of toG-,
lorarI Hubert, aud Vii "e well cared ioi al con
fclcu'iuusA returned
That old juvenile flvorte known in general
n "Cuaitei box" hut seon iu many forms ana with
many variations of the name. comes 0ut this year III
H. Wor,hnl,o ,ons iu entirely NV book o. 200 PAGES
with ihoeraphc cover and novel pictures on the cover
nan- ana hc nrst fy le,f 10 has the ttle Chatter
box Junior" special offer Of 1t Will be made at the
Trade sale Wednesday, nO fewer than 900 copies be-
Ing announced. OF other "thdticrboAes' there are
large invoices from the came publishers. making total
pi 5000. Mr NOtthngton's invoices Of several ind-
yi.ui boo ks are ho largest in the slc They include,
besides The Chaterh xcs" 5000 copies OF Tcnnyson's
,'ah,, & .,,i,i lTi-frr, ~ tne Bible" There arc
dcAt ,cdition- OF IchuysOu's works included III the
toOo copies.
The tone OF the book business is better this
Tul than ~ has been FOR many seasons past II any
u,ing were waning to show real l. the confidence
IN an PROV ement he found in the catalogue of
,hetrsle -alc which berius at Clinton Hal Wedues
day II f. several years since fl bus been 50 large
either iu tie number o TIE invoices tho number OF the
titles or iic quantities on'ref. AGENTS I'm th, Western
country sent back early reports oi uucApcci, sue
c.s4,nc tAc ruOl .-hris o. 10 them
4 recent seasons. TIC Pubisters weekly 10 lis special
t,t ytafs. This number oi ne Weokly comprises
,t.r 100 parct and 9u article Wlth 70 pf4uts on tht
announcement. OF publishers hls tmsty-one Closely
Irutei poses.
An American edition of Edwin Anold's
remarkable pocI The iArit of ASIA" which was To-
Gently rouood al length ;hiS paper n preparation
al Roberto B.oihttss Boston. Jean Ingc!ow's new
Io,cl al thi. house. sarah &c Bcreugor." w Is he
we'd increase reputation iicad} wide l. is lust
nt and tho house a -o announce new editions Of hcr
OF The s.eligs aud Fsted 60 De Free" Mss Al
cots new s,ory Is called J.mmys Cruise IN the Pima
fore" IL - illustrated by pictorial sketches OF the
rronent characters IN the juvenile prescntaion OF
Ills famous opera The book by II. H." rs styled
"lcttcrs From A Cat" and is " published by her n.s.
loT The benefit OF ni cate ana the anus men ~
l.lc chidf, u." hurau Cooldgcs STORY ], ENehrght'
er.tfy familiar T. those lt0c folks WHO see 81 AichO
io6S iorm.
Edmondo de Amicis, who has already been
Introduced 10 this Iu1c his Studies OF Paris" has
written a book ON Morocco" which Italian artist
la illustrated after reafy three years OF labor, and
translafio the italian Is iu preparation az
Cosscn Peter GGpl's. II is promisec that the book
shan bc I'm oycrl way worthy contribution To the list
OF sumptuOu books Of travel Tlis finn now issuing
A. lGao volumes, OF which There vii he eight ten,
The commentary tho Bible by Eloott. which has
nircaGy been published Quarto. Three OF the small
volumes are now They have also ia preparation
series Of six character ekctchcs from Dickens. which
d rc nut up iu portfolio. Their list OF Juvenile books
4, very large and varied and includes several entirely
isW Wor - sud many old ones IN new binding Their
"lte FO Is Picture Gallery Is no" III lie tweny-sAth
thousand
A new feature Of the present era Of cheap
books has ooen worked by establishment in this
citv known as the American Book Exchange. II
started place where old books could be bought sold
md exchanged and made It's nrst Important venture
H. the publishing business by Drasne out an edition Of
Chambers's Encyclcpe IA Of English Literature" In
fight 'uuo volumes, at price certainly within the
reach of any body wiling 10 pay anything al
al for a book. Of THIS woik was said months
nco thai 100 OOJ copies had been sold. Then followed
cheap editions OF "Kohn," d" Bunyan," 4" "Josephus,"
o Don Quxotc and 4Esop's Fables" Now the mana
Ger has "a preparation LIBRARY oi Universal Knowl
edge" beuc reprint Of Chsmbers's "Encyclor9dia"
win American additions, which VIII cOmtUet twenty
,o.uIncs, Two volumes 10 appear each month. As II
there were not "Macauarf" enough already In tic