New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-16
LITERARY NOTES.

This weeks Harpe's Weesly contains me po'-
trait of the murdered Gar
Major serpa Pint0s book of travels, How
.ros,sd Afriea.p is in press at J. B. Lippincott q
Co's
II il said that Harper g. Brothers will prepare an
.nsnx at once for second edition OF their cloth
volume of Thomas Carlyle's "reminiscences"
The first volume in G. P. Putnam's Sons Library
a, popular Information will be " The History OF the
Free Trade Movement in England" by Augustus
Mongr.dien. It will be ready next week.
Mr.. Arturo Cuyas, Editor Of the Spanish paper La
IIumaaera de Nora York, has translated MI Wlilian
Winters poem, Rue" into the CataOnlan olaiect
and gwen 1t place in recent issue OF MS journal
The remarkable powers and attainments OF the
deaf. dumb and blind girl. Laura Dewey Bridgnan'
have been the cause of much curiosity ana interest
book descriptive of her life and education by her
old acquaintance and instructor, Mrs. Mary ). Lam
sou, is in press at HoughtOn, Mitiin o. Cos.
The demand for American books is steadily grow
ing in England, and is much greater than is c0'h-
monty supposed. In evidence may be cited the ID
r,dental fact that in the last two years Charles
Sorihrors Sons nave sold more editions of American
books to English publishers than they have bought
in England.
The Society of Political Education, through its
nnbshers q. p Putnam's Sons, shows great activity
in issuing economic books. Three important works
in hand are "What is Bank" by Edward Atkin-
son, of Boston; "The Usury Question" comprising
the essays of Jeremy Bentham and John calvin,
with asummary of the results of the usury laws Oh
the United States. by David A. Wells; aud claSsi-
fed photography of all books relating 10 pohucai
science This last will include material prepared
Inv Professor Sumner, of Yale. David A. Wells h L.
Dugdale and George Haven Putnam, and list OF
rad bv ~.
In the past fifteen years Henry Holt & Co. have
examined above thousand manuscript novels, and
have found among them only two that they were
willing to publish The first was Democracy" the
secret of the authorship being we'll kept that to
this day even the publishers themselves do not
know to whom they are indebted for the book. The
business arrangements between publisher and au-
thor were made through an agent, The second
American novel accepted by them will soon appear
in the Leisure Hour Series, and is called "A Lazy
Mans Work" The author is Miss Frances Camp
hell Sparhawk, Of Auburndale, Mass. 1t is New
England story.
A little book of something over 100 pages called
1.-THE Art of Furnishing Rational and Esthetlc
Principles" is ready at Henry Holt " Co.'s, and
many thousand householders, with the 1st OF May
staring them in the face should be only too glad to
lake counsel with it, The author is Mr. II. j..
ia
subject have reached two editions in England In
The first half of the book he describes the effect OF
tones and materials in wall decoration for the diff
ferent rooms of house. and in the second part the
matter of furniture is treated in tho same order.
His suggestions are applicable to any style. and
10 not necessarily involve great expense in realizing
them.
"Chips from the White House." compiled by Jere-
miah Chaplin Cd. Lothrop g. Co.. is book of
unusual interest notwithstanding that many OF Its
selections are familiar to general readers 1t is made
up of extracts from the speeches. conversations,
diaries and letters of the twenty Presidents OF the
United States and contains only what good citizens
ought to he familiar with. The arrangement is good
and the form convenient for reference. Naturally
lions share of the space is devoted to the last three
Presidents, including General Garfield. Lncoins
sixty pages seem small limits for him when we OBJ
serve that James Buchanan, preceding him, has
three pages, poorly filled at that. General Garfield
appears to great advantage, and the following ex-
tract shows that in choosing q civilian to preside
over the War Department he has acted in ac-
cordance with views expressed IN 1873:
THE Secretary of War is a civil officer; one OF
the consti tutiona advisers Of the President; bis
civil executive to direct and control military Affairs,
and conduct army administrations for the President
This was clearly understood in our early
history and it worthy Of note that our most emf
nent Secretaries of War have been civilians" etc.
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