The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-04

library Of the late Ernest Renan at auc-
ton, and Madame Renan was preparins
the catalogue. The work has now been
DELAYED in consequence OF an offer hav-
ing been received from America 10 ouy
the library In its entirety. The conecuon
comprises 10000 volumes. and Is very rlch
in books bearing on religion. M. henah
also left a number Of manuscripts that
will be published in the course OK the
coming year.
The manuscript of "A Tale OF the
Ragged Mountains" by Edgar Allan
Poe, was sold recently at aucton oy
Bangs & Co., No. 739 Broadway, tosether
with the manuscript Of the poetic ana
prose works OF other American authors
The Poe manuscript was purchaser py
Dodd, Mead & Co., the publishers LOT
1926. Manuscripts by Grace GREENWOOD,
Harriet Beecher Stowe, T. P. Wills ana
Mayne Reid sold at prices ranging from
81 to SIS.
The Seminary is a new monthly peri
odicai. which first saw the light IN osp-
TENDER, published in, and devoted Almost
exclusively to, the interests or the ne"
Diocesan Seminary of st. Josephs, New
York. II is printed on excellent paper,
in clear. legible type, and has aireauy
given abundant evidence that II Will De
conducted I'm a spirit Of liberal and broad
minded tolerance. The editor is MT john
NIullaly. who has had some experience as
a journalist.
The local newspaper in Samoa, wnicn Is
said TO belong to the German Govern
ment, is beginning TO cldmor 1or II. IL
Steyenson's arrest as "a person VINO mcu-
dies with everything" This Is the result
of interfering with the politics Oh an
island which is practically under miiitary
rule. Mr.. Stevenson has been crlticisins
rather severely, in the Times, the German
mode of administration, In the nope VI
benefiting the islanders.
The Messrs. Macmillan & co. announce
that the recently completed editioh oI
Fosters Text Book of Physiology in four
narts is 70 be supplemented by the issue
Of an appendix on 1.-THE Chemical Basis
of the Animal Body" by A. Sheridan Lea,
Sc. D.. L. r. S. DR.. Lea Is lecturer on
physiology TO the University of Cam
bridge, England.
The November Wide Awake. just OUT,
has n charming and notably illustrated
article on Some British Castles oy
Oscar FAY Adams. 1t is well Illus
trated article on the Babies of the zoo
(the Central Park Menagere), by Alex
ander Black, and stirring HarVaru
College istory, "Hagain's Substitutes,
by Edith Robinson.
Mr.. Douglas will not only annotate the
work copiously, but he will also introduce
explanatory letters from some or the no
BILE and notable men and women VINO
were SCOTS contemporaries and corre-
spondents. The first of the two volumes
composing the work Will prooaply appear
early in the spring.
in will n
mediately a volume entitled More wild
Nature" by Mrs. Brightwen, a vice
president OF the Selborne Society. ana
author of "Wild Nature Won by Kind
ness" to which the present work Is
PENDANT. The volume is illustrated by
the author.
Messrs Richard Bentley & Son will
issue Immediately "Red-Letter Days OF
NV Life" by Mrs Andrew Crosse. con-
tanning "reminiscences and anecdotes OF
men and women of letters Of the middle
Of the present century, and of the scien-
tifc personages who founded the British
Association.
Among the articles to appear in the
forthcoming issues of the Religious Re
view of Reviews will be "Tennyson-ln
Memoriam," by Canon Fleming; Gross
ing the Bar" rendered into Latin verse
by Mr. Oswald A. Smith. and Ernest
Renan from a French PrOtestant's Point
Of View"
Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trench. Trubner
& Co. announce for immediate pubilca-
ton a fac simile Of the original English
edition Of 1.-The Kalender of Shepherds
Q5O6," with prolegomena, index. and
glossary by DR.. II. Oscar Sommer, the
editor of Malory's "Morte d'Arthur."
Mr.. Elliot Stock announces for imme-
date publication reprint from the En-
cyclopaedia on 1.-THE Properties OF
Things" by Bartholomew Anglicus. 1t
will be entitled Medieval Lore" and
will be edited by Mr.. Robert Steele with
a preface by William Morris.
Henry Irving's company have presented
him with a statuette of himself In the
character OF Matthias, as a graceful re-
hinder of the twenty-first anniversary
of the first production Of THE Bells"
The statuette is the work Of Onslow Ford.
The well-known emb ssed binding
which has distinguished BUnn's Libraries
from the earliest issues will be abandoned
with the new year in favor Of the new
style, which for some time has been OBJ
tainable as an alternative
General Lew Wallace Is taking great
interest I'm the Latin-American Republic
Series, published by Charles IL. Sergel d.
Co. He will probably write the volume
on Mexico after his present literary en-
gagements are fulfilled.
The Worthington Company of New
York, announce for immediate publication
in the International Library, Beyond
Atonement," by Marie Won Elmer Eschen-
bach, translated by Mary A. Robinson.
Messrs. Eden, Remington & Co. will
issue Immediately Masterpieces OF
Crime" by Mr.. Albert ID. Vandam. and
TOO Easily Jealous" by Mrs. II. q.
Russell.
"Paul's Prayers and Other Sermons"
is the title of new volume by the Rev.
Alexander Maclaren, shortly to be issued
by Messrs. Alexander & Shepherd.
1t is stated that Messrs. Macmillan e.
Co., London, have sold, during the past
twelve months, no fewer than $1,000 vol
umes Of books at net prices.
Mr.. George Meredith has been elected
president OF the Society OF Authors, in
succession to the late Lord Tennyson.
Dr. Stalkers Life Of Christ" has been
translated into Japanese, and his Life
Of st. John" into Spanish.
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