The herald., 1897-05-02
"shays' Rebellion" which arose

from it.
The first volumes Of the new illustra-
ted edition of Francis Parkman's His
tories will be published by the same
house in May. The edition is to be Inn
tied one, and will be printed from en-
tirely new type. 1t will be in twenty
medium Svo volumes, and will be superb
ly illustrated with 120 photo-gravurel
plates made by Messrs. Boussod, Vala-
don & Co., consisting chiefly of authentic
portraits and contemporary prints, with
Ia number Of original illustrations by
Howard Pyle, B. West Clinedinst, Thule
de Thulstrup, De Cost Smith, Frederic
Remington, F. de Myrbach, and! other
noted artists.
Scott's "Ivanhoe" and Bulwer Lyt-
toms 1.-THE Last Of the Barone" are the
latest additions to the excellent illus
trated English library" Imported by
Putnams.)
Professor F. H. Storer's Agriculture
in Some of It's Relations With Chemis-
try is published by Messrs Charles
scribner's Sons in a new Seventh ed1-
tion," revised and enlarged. The work
occupies three large volumes, and Is is
sued at very moderate price.
"A WC1COAAC dOuAIAOlA " lAlC OCoutAOA
little "Temple Classics (Macmillan,) is
a new edition of Florio's tranelat tion of
the Essays" Of Montaigne, revised and
edited by Mr.. A. r. Waller. The edition
will be in six volumes, the first Of which
is now ready. The second part Of NAL
ory's "Morte dArthur" has also been
published in the same series.
Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons now
publish the novels Of Mr.. Harold Fred
eric in a new and uniform fve-volume
edition. The set includes 1.-THE Damna-
tion of Theron Ware" 1.-THE Lawton
Girl" "Seth's Brothers Wife," "In the
Valley" and "In the Sixties" To the
latter volume, which seems to come first
in the series, Mr.. Frederic contributes
an interesting preface, telling how he
came to be novelist, and throwing some
interesting side-lights upon his literary
career.
The series of "Handbooks of English
Literature" (Macmillian), edited by Prof.
Hales, now includes, besides DR.. Gar
nett's 1.-THE Age of Dryden and Mr..
Dennis 1.-THE Age Of Pope" a third vol-
ume by Prof. c. H. Herford, entitled
"The Age of Wadsworth." When the
five additional volumes already an
nounced shall have been written, we shall
have in the series as whole practi-
cally continuous history Of English lit
erature.
A new Encyclopedia Of American
Biography" is in preparation under the
management of the American Publish-
ers association of Chicago. It Is to b.
in single volume, compactly written
and printed, and aims at greater compre-
hensiveness than has been attained by
any similar work; in fact, 1t is intended
to include appropriate notices of all
persons who have risen to any consid-
erable degree Of prominence Current
biography. e., notices of persons stlll
living-will, we infer from the prospec-
tus, have the lions share OF the space.
The work is under the editorial charge
of Mr.. Thomas w. Herringshaw, and il
expected to appear in the fall of 1888.
General Grant" is the title of a vols
ume in the Great Commanders series,
which will be published shortly by D.
Appleton & Co. The author, General
James Grant Wilson, has had exceptional
opportunities for knowledge of General
Grants military career. An acquaint-
ance begun at Cairo, in the summer Of
1861, was continued for almost quarter
|of century. In addition to this, Gem
eral Wilson has had the advantage Of
consulting war diary containing many
interesting conversations and Incidents
of his service under General Grant IN
the Vicksburg campaign and in the west.
The Athenaeum says that the life oc
the late Lord Tennyson by his son has
gone to press, but will not be published
until next October; then In two volumea
full Of concentrated material"
Mr.. stopford A. Broolges next liter
arg work. in which he will have thu col
frycntinusa a. &c., ~ -3-S-1 z ' ~