The herald., 1896-08-23
BILE; but 1t is a good piece of enterprise,
and the volume will have a ready sale.
LITER AIRY NOTES

BILE; but it is a good piece of enterprise.
and the volume will have a ready sale.
LITERARY NOTES.
| He was a callow youth, fresh from
| college, and as he was supposed to know
| 1t all. he was considered an acquisition
| in the retail department of a well-lSnown
| book store in New York. His first en-
counter, however. with customer
shook the confidence of his proud en-
ployers A young lady stepped up to
him and asked to see Pepys' Diary.
I'VE don't keep them" said the youth
blandly, but we have the Excelsior -
Extremes meet and the salesman in this
same book store who wrote down an or
der for the Thoughts of Markus 'O'Reli-
us could scarcely boast of a college edu-
cation. He was u college-bred youth.
however. but unacquainted with the
ways of business. who when asked.if he
had seen Bullinger's Guide lying about.
replied, NO" then refiectively, II can't
say remember having seen it in stock"
The Bookman
The Macmillan company announce
The Life of Richard Golden. written by
John Morley, TO be published in the
autumn. After a brief narrative of Cob
den's early life, of his commercial and
mental progress, and of his early travels.
ts'tSiitiOii 10 given " HIS lie III
Manchester and the long fight against
the corn laws, which first gave him
lame His life in parliament, his cor
respondence with Sir Robert Peel. and
later with Mr. Bright and other public
men. together with his own intimate
knoWledge of all that was of most i'm
portance in English history during a half
century which saw the Crimean war. the
indian mutiny and the American civil
war. furnish rich material for BIZ
oGraphy which must be interesting even
Ill less capable hands than the authors
Mr. Charles Johnston of the Bengal
civil service has made little volume of
selections From the Upanishads (Mosh-
er) which will be welcomed by amateur
Orientalists. They contain the very es-
sence of Indian philosophy as embodied
in its deepest books.
In the series of Periods of European
History (Macmillan), of which Mr.. Ar
thur Hassall is the general editor. three
OF the eight volumes projected have been
Tor some time published, and the editor
himself now contributes the fourth, TAX
ing for his subject the period 1715-17S9.
and calling his volume The Balance of
Power. The history of Europe in the
eighteenth century is at best "a tangled
SMELL, anu MT HaSSall has been unuS-
ually successful in his effort to bring or
der out of the seeming chaos.
Here is an anecdote of CHRISTOPHER
North. said to be inedit: A lady admir-
er had just complimented Kit upon his
noble head frontal development. etc,
when he rather staggered her by reply |
ing: True. madam; in our village there |
was only one head bigger than mine. |
and that was the village idiots"
NJ. S. c. Griggs. the oldest general
publisher in Chicago, has retired from
business on account of failing health.
lis entire stock being sold to Messrs
scott, F'oresman & Co. Mr. Griggs had
,een engaged in the book business in
chicago for nearly half a century
Mr.. w. J. Jordan has severed his con-
lection with Current Literature, and
viii devote himself to the completion of
ordan Guide to Poetry and Prose, an
hdex OF the chief English anthologies.