New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-08
LITERARY NOTES

,Che aale of Edwin AInOld's " Light OF Asla
mas eeu 10 600 copies In the original Boston ohaon'
Haxvthorue,s works will soon be puDhsheo
sa a t;,obe Edition by HOuGhton, M'hlin q CO. HheS
viii comprise in that form six volumes. ~,
THE forthcoming volume in Mrs. Oliphants
series of " Foreign Classics tor Eughsh Reauers 10
Ceryantes" Mrs. Oltphant herself the autnor VI "
II VIII be the tenth Volume OF the ser1es-
LiupineoH for June will contain new poem
nv Mr. LOngfelIow. Its title Is "Od 81. DavloS
at Radnor" and an illustration Of this church VIII 90
with It, The Atlantic for June will also have eonrlDu
ton from Mr. LougelOw. the subject of which is Tic
Poet aud his Songs"
The life of Rowland Hill by the Rev. YER
NON T. Charleswurth, which published some wears
aeo In England has been addedto the Standard series
eff. K Funk Co. The book has not been repFiute"
here tin yoli has been sent %SI Six others
1rm Of their edition OF knlEn's N4NH
are to come. ,.1.:,
new handbook of pottery and porcelain
giving history of arts from the earnest
nearly ready from R. WOrthington's' It's autnor Is
Holder II. wesiropp. who Is known IRON MS naluDOoA
NJ archaeology and his manual Of the precious stones
srb,s new work il embellished with numerous ustra-
tons and 10 designed useful guide to amateurs ana
collectors generally. II gives compete Ss VI a s
marks of the welEnoTn ds VI
porcelain. and has Vauaole lnoe1'
Among the first books which Will bear the
name of Houghton, Mfln Co. will be several volumes
of LOuefelow. Ultima Thule" new book OF poems.
will In first: the " Tales u n Nhysluc iuh
.upoar for the first time in volume by themselves anu
there will be a new edition OF "The Golden Legeno'
h,e the new numbers Of the subscription edition OF the
complete poetiea works will OF course come from tnesc
publisbers Longfeow OF the earliest authors
n the Iis az Mr. William D. TieknOr the founder OF TINS
celebrated house Possibly he was the very earliest Tor
chen Mr. Ticknor was In the firm Of Allen q 11ekhor
Nh IonCfellow's first volume "Copias de haut que;
~ q very rare book made its appearance Win tber
fmnrint This was in 1S33-one year after Mr. IIckhor
hesan 70 sell books III Boston, ana snort ne D'Ioe nc
embarked regularly In the business OF phDShus Intn'
Among the rareP American books there are
four or five volumes containing the proceedingsat Ia
mons evolutionary trials which every collector REALIZES
he shoud have but few collectors get Tney are the
Arnold Andre Lee and St. Clair trials. Some OF them
have been reprinted but In few the reprints are
"a rare as the originals In the late Brney sale three
of these trials all first editions. turned up-he AZURE
the Lee and the St. Clair The first brought S4O ana inc
two others $50 each During the present week copies Oh
Of these trials have been sold at of city book
auction rooms They were the Arnold and The Lee Inc
Arnold brought $685. and the Lee 5. Tie Briney copy
of the Lee trial was the original edition. The copy s"ld
this week was dated eleven years later but II IS eN-
sre,,elv scarce for all that The Arnold was the firS
addition That circumstances have everything TO 40 WIN
fhe uicrs of books III an auc.lOp room i dg
fiese Instances Moreover, II so happened tnaL Mr.
I1rinev had two copies Of the Andre tflaI Inc, ohe
which brought $40 had the autograph OF tho Plesiueh'
OF Congress, Samuel Huntington, WI. pr scnteu tnc
book to ROGER ShermaD. The othcrwhlch was IN herS
nncut condition. but, OF cOulse, lacked Inc autoGlaIn
fetebed only $17