New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-05

Documents inedlts tires des Archives et oes nipnv
tteques Romaines," there has Appeared az home WIZ
OF considerable importance to art ALTHOUGH IL co'o'
period of only seven years in the reign OF Pope Paul.
said to be rich in quaint information ana 10 prove
documents that Paul was not opposed 10 ,ne tr RE
sance, and that he had III fact II great NV ~,
arts, and encouraged them by every means I'D h'
New editions are announced as IN press ny
Nelson & Phillips OF DR.. Hurst's Outline OF Cnurch
History" and Outline of Bible History" The former
work has been thoroughly revised additional yates
have been added TO the Patrstc Period and the plates
of q considerable part of the modern PERIOD nave poen
cancelled The parts which relate TO current cnuieh
history TO missions, and to ecclesiastical M hnn
supplied with full index. The new euiton VI &C. CO.
Outline OF Bible History" Will also have an mueA ioi
the first time.
a Fools Errand," the new anonymous
pove ahout the South seems intent being read In
every nart of the country In the Boston fire, tue uc
etruction of bound volumes and the damage OF snces
by water has put back some 5000 copies mat Manu.
Avery Co. had in process of manufacture Bn' IN Spo
of this edition will be ready this week. ana fosus
Howard Hubert, the publishers, hope then 10 ca'ch w
with their orders THIS they have not been aole ye' "
do since the volume came In Washington IL Is az
tracing special attention and is selling by hOusanus
every Week. Toe PRESIDENT report say Member of
Congress knows the book.
The first instalment of Eugene Schuylers
work on Peter the Great Will appear in Ario"~ iof
February portrait of Peter will be given as the
frontispiece of the number while other illustrations
will go with the reading matter This work promises
to be leading Of seribHer for many months 10
come In February will also he gwen full and auhor
tative account with much new matter OF Mr.. Edison
electric light. Francis X. Upton. Mr.. Edson's matae-
matcan and assistant. has prepared It, MIS- buFhet
new story Louisiana" will b. gin in the same number
Tue publication OF this number OWING 10 the large eu
ton (2J0O0 cOpies) Will be delayed u"tI ie" u"S
later than the usual day OF issue
Early in the present year. G.. 7. Putnams
Sons Will begin the publication OF an entirely new eur
ton of the wor.;s of Washington irving 1t VIII De
known as the GeofIey Crayon Edition., and is TO De
published in monthly volumes by subscription AT the
nrice of So so per volume. The first volume viii be
D." Knickerbocker's History OF NewYork" Mr.. Charles
Dudley Warner has written as an Introduction 10 Tue "hoo
work an essay Irving, which Will 80 with the "hhcA
erbOcker" and be also published small volume Dy
itself for the convenience persons who IS other
editions and desire TO have the essay New eeeuo!pe
plates will be made for the edion, ana neM vera
Illustrations designed by . Church. Detlues se'ei
steel plates, will emoellish IT,
There is talk in London of q circulating IL
brary in opposition to Nudes and TO be called the
'Grosveuor Library" Ii will be established near the
Grosvenor Gallery, and besides lending out books VIII
contain readn grOoms and other ACCOMMODATIONS 1or us
subscribers. Circulating libraries have obtained IN
England 10 enormous proportions. Nobody nowadays
buys new books himself When popular book mas
come out Nude alone takes from 600 10 1000 copies
and after his subscribers have read them they find their
way into the libraries OF the smaller towns People
take out the new books, read them and then forget
them Emersons rule TO but famed books now
a-days Is ignored NOne however, but famed DOCKS ana
books that lizey have permanent value seem 10
be bought except by the libraries
Escott's England" which was ready for
publication month ago and has been held over to es
cape the engulfng tide OF holiday books will be ready
at Henry Holt & Co.'S in few days. 1t is work
Of real value and usefulness England people and
nation. and gives information about that country
which impossible to hud elsewhere u so convenient
and interesting form. The Saturday Rerfe1 has pro-
nounced II amasslve achievement" Mr.. j. ID. Champ
lin Jr, who prepared the admirable "Young Folks Cy
clopadla recently published and now in its third cd
ton has edited another work for young people which is
called 1.-THE Child's Catechsm OF Common Things"
This also tho Messrs Holt will have ready soon. while
third work which they have hand for early issue Is
Popular Ron ances of the Middle Ages" by Sir George
W Cox and Eustace Hinton Jones.