The Warwickshire Herald. — 1885-08-01 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

LITERARY JOTTING.  Mr. Frederic Harrison is preparing for publicatis n a volinne composed of the essays and rerii•ws of a purely literary characier which he Ii ui contributed to magazines and quarterlis during the last 20 years. - - •  Mr.Thorold Itogers,M. L has completed the history of a British citiz3h to which reference was made some time ago. Ile traces the suczessive Win; by which citizenship, as now uuderstood, waa ultimately secured ia this country, and de,scribes its rimlits aid duties...  • Mr. \Vivified D. Selby has nearly complete! his collection of inateria!s for a work ,va Vie Norfolk muniments in the Pubic Record o!lice. Mr. Selby's volume will be planned ou the same principle as his two volumes of Lancashire and Cheshire records issued by the R crl S:iciety. Mr. Lncien Wulf jo engaged on a work upon obi Jewish families in Enghind. which will relate at length the histories and traditions of all the importmit Jewish faniilios in this country, as well as of many obscure families p ,ssessing interesting histories or remarkable genealogies. Under the title of "The Murder of Amy Robsart a Brief for the Pr,secution," Mr. Wsltcr nye will issue immediately a brochure in which troll light is poured upon the connection of Qneen Elizvbeth with this tragedy. The book will be published by Mr. Elliot Stock.  A List•iry of Toryiim, from the formation of Mr. Pitt's first Ministry in 1783 to the (loath of Lord Beaconsfield in 1881, by Mr. T. E. Kebbol, the edit r of lord Beaconsfield's speeches, will ho published in the course of the autumn by Messrs. W. 11. Allen and Co.  The Very Ileverend Doan Carrington is translating and editing a selection from the poems of Victor Hugo. Presently the little volume will be published by Mr. Walter Scott. Eneyclopre li,iduak:iig is still a rage ninon; the litosai of 11:rinany. Scarcely a mouth passes without a voluminous work of some kind being anoounced or as having teen taken in hand. The latest work of this kind is an " Allgemeine Natuikunde"—naturni history in its br radest sense—which will fill seven or eight volumes, three being devoted to "The History of the Earth," two to " Plant-Life mid Mao," and three to "Ethnology." The work will be issued by the 11,blio3raPhisc1mes Institut of Leipsic. _Dr. John Chapman, editor of the Westminste r  has jest re. turn'etito the printers a treatise, entitled "Cholera Curable : a Demonstiation of the Causes, Non-Ciintagiousness, and Successful Treatmoat of the Disease," Some of the subjects dealt with are : " Ti.eories concerning cholera; the eseeiiCal nature of cholera; the remote, predisposing, alit exciting cause of cholera; the prevention and avoidance of the disease; directions for treatment ; public . declaration in the Paris School of ',Medicine that cholera is • disease of the nervous system, and that the neurcedynamic trestnicnt of it is successful," itc. Meters. J. and A. Churchill are to be the publishers. "The Life and Works of Giordano lil-uno " are announced as in preparation by Messr4. Triibner and CO. In the inunimenturoom of the Fairfax family at Newton Kyine there were several boxes in which has been buried for many scores of years the life'tory of a man who had played an active part in his generation. He had seen much service, and had held honourable positions both afl.iat and ashore. That man was Robert Fairfax of Stceton, vice admiral, alderman, and member for York, 16G-17. The chronicle of his life has now been arranged by Mr. Clement R. Markhsm, and will be published by Messrs. Macmillan and Co. early next week.  The same punishers have just ready "Essays and Miscellaneull wcitings of Yore Henry,Lord Hobart," edited with a biographical sketch by Mary, Lady Hobart. The le. ters and minutes on Indian questions have been arranged by Mr. Carmichael, late member of the Council of Madras, and secretary to the Council of India under Lord Holeart's Administration. Mr. Henry Cotton, of the Bengal Civil Service, who is now at home on leave, has occup:ed himself with writing a book entitled "New India; or India in Transition." The following are the subjects of some of the chapters: The Political Crisis, the S.icial and Moral Crisis, Native Opinion and Aspirations, the Increased Bitterness of Race Feeling, A lininistrative Reform, Political Reconstruction, the Religious Te-,, denciea of India. The Hindu Joint Family Syster:. will be discussed in an appendix.