New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-05
LITERARY NOTES.

General Henry b. Carringtons paper in Inc Mae.
sine Of american History for May. ON Laraye'Vo'
Virginia Campaign" has been reprinted IN pam
phlct.
"Ecce Spiritus" is the title of an anonymous ooos
which will be ready short y at George H. E"', o 81
is expected to make great SUI III 'no'i0s"
circles as Ecce Homo did fifteen years ago.
The first hook to hear the imprint of The Century
Companv formerly Scribner g. Co.. is new compi-
Iation by the Rev. Dr. Charles S. Robinson EMIT cd
Selections for Responsive Readings for use in Pub
lie Worship.
Macmillan & Co. have issued classified sup
plement to the catalogue of their publications..
which includes the works issued by the Oxford Clar-
cndon Press and the Cambridge University Press, Oh
which they the special agents in America.
The Manchester Guardian learns that, owing to the
engagements of DIR. Dasent the publication OF HIS
life of the late Mr. ]. T. Delane, the famous editor
of The London Times is likely to be almost indefi-
nitely postponed. At the present moment oniy about
sixth of the MS of the work is in the hands OF the
printers. 1t is SAID that the Importance, from
political point of view, of the letters which the
book will contain has been moderated rather than
exaggerated.
On Friday next Harper e. Brothers will issue Mr..
II. p. Johnston's history of THE Yorktown Cam
paign," which is illustrated by maps and engravings
from historical paintings The work will help to
satisfy the public craving for information which is
stimulated by the approaching celebration. 1t is a
compliment to Mr.. JOhnstons familiarity with the
scene of Corpwals's surrender, and of his mastery
of the authorities the subject, that his counsel
has been followed in locating the camps the
old sites of the militia from the various States that
were represented by troops at the siege of York
town.
A good deal has been said of late among educated
German Americans about the decline of German cul
ture in this country. There is said to be less interest
than formerly in German literature and less pride in
keeping the language of the Fatherand free from
corruptions No doubt there is reason for the COM
plants often made in our German newspapers and
by intelligent German critics. but now and then
there may be found excellent material for an argu
ent the other SIDE Here for instance, fresh from
the press of Charles Schmidt of No. "a Duane-st.,
New-YOrk, is the first number Of handsome thirty
six-page scientific weekly called Wissensck0ftliche
Wocheabatter fir Gebildete alter Stdnde Scientific
Weekly Leaves for the Cultivated of all Classesl,
pares favorably with any similar periodical
published IN the English language. The
titles of its articles follows:
"Man and His Natural Destiny" The Moral Edu-
cation of Youth in Schools and at Home" The
Deterioration of American Politics." Agricultural
Questions in the United States" The Indian Prob
lem" 1.-THE Excavations in Pompeii," "The
Esthetic Influence of the Vegetable Kingdom on
Man." and North Pole Researches" There be-
sides departments for Scientific News, Popular Med-
cine. Education, Ethnology. Statistics, etc.