The herald., 1896-11-22

letters Of Lord Byron, edited by w. e.
Henley. It is to be completed in twelve
volumes, of which the letters, diaries,
controversies, speeches, ETC., will be con-
tanned in four, and the verse in eight
volumes Of medium size with portraits.
Announcement Is also made that Miss
Sherwood's new book, which was at first
advertised under the title, An Expert
ment in Egoism, is renamed, A Puritan
Bohemia.
The same firm publishes novel book
under the striking title of A Book of
Scoundrels, by Mr. Charles Whibbey.
The Century company has just issued
lithograph in color of an American
flag, 21x29 inches, having on its stripes
the names of the thirteen original states
in the order of their entering the union,
and on the stars the name of each OF the
fortyf1ve states, with the date of its re-
ception in the union. 1t will be sold at
a low price to schools.
The old and famous publishing house
of Harper & Bros. has been changed
into stock company, with capital OF
100000. This step has been taken sim
ply for convenience and for the better
protection of the interests of those con-
cerned. The firm name will not be
changed, nor will any outside capital be
taken in. All the stock is in the hands
of the Harper family.
Mr.. William Doxey of San Francisco
will have ready early in November
Tales of Languedoc: Being Folklore
Stories of the South of France, by Sam
Uel Jacques Brun, assistant professor
of French. Leland Stanford Junior uni
versity. With an Introduction by Har-
riet w. Preston, and upwards of forty
charming illustration by Ernest Peix-
otto.
The literary journals Of London have,
as a rule, never contained illustrations,
but one Of the oldest, The Academy, is
about to adopt the practice of printing
small cuts in its text. The paper passes
in November to a new proprietor, ana
Mr.. Cotton, the present editor. Will be
succeeded by Mr.. Lewis Hind, formerly
editor of the Pail Mall Budget.
A prize of ESQ. to be called the Welby
Prize, is offered for the best treatise up
on 1.-The causes of the present obscurity
and confusion In psychological and phil
osophical terminology, and the dire2'
tions In which we may hope for efficient
practical remedy" Competition is open
to those who, previously to October J.
1895, have passed the examinations quail
flying for a degree at some European or
American university, and the essays
must be sent in within year from that
date. They must be written in English,
French or German, and must contain at
least $4,000 words. Further details may
be obtained of Prof. E. B. kitchener of
forward manuscripts from the United
States.
The Story Of the Saracens and. the
Story Of Rome, both by Mr.. Arthur Gill
man, in the series Stories of the Nations,
have been translated into the Gujerati
dialect, and published therein, the GU
jerati dialect being one of the languages
of the Bombay presidency The Story of
Bohemia just added to this series as its
forty-fifth volume, will be followed by
the Story Of Canada, and that in turn
by the Story Of the Balkan States.
Among the acquisitions last year of the
British Museum were the original MSS.
OF unpublished writings of Gibbon,
which will form, when published by Mr..
Murray, three volumes. The six drafts
of the autobiography will be printed ver
batim as one volume; the other two Will
contain letters from Gibbon to his father,
stepmother, Lord Sheffield, and other
friends.
The Round Robin Reading club, "de-
signed for the promotion of systematic
study Of literature" has issued a neat
pamphlet giving details of the plan ana
work Of the organization. Copies may
be had by addressing Miss Louise Stock
ton, director, 4213 Chester avenue, Phil
adelphia.
Lucas Malet, a daughter of Charles
Kingsley and the wife of the present
rector of Clovelly, England has written
a new novel. which will shortly be pub
lished by Herbert S. Stone g. Co., under
the title of The Carissima.
Seeley & Co. of London will publish
this winter, saysthe Academy, memoir
of Philip Gilbert Hamerton, consisting
of an autobiography for his first twenty