I may be permitted to add, that Messrs L. & Co., in view of their well-known previous position, could hardly have expected the trade of the country to change at their suggestion its matured judgment, and its expressed will, in order to obtain the co-operation of the house of Lippincott & Co. That which had proved acceptable to all the leading houses of the country, and which had been heartily or cheerfully indorsed by very nearly all the trade, might surely be considered as worthy of confidence and support. The plan submitted, and rejected by them, represented a capital of millions of dollars. It was not the plan of a party or of a clique, but it bore the indorsement of all the oldest, the most sagacious, and the most intelligent, as well as of the youngest and more humble members of the trade in the three great cities. Never in the history of the trade has there been a movement which was indorsed with such unanimity. And yet Messrs. L. & Co. would seem to require that all this should go for noth ing, and that all the work of convention, assembly, and committee should be gone over on a changed basis, in order to secure their tardy and reluctant co-operation.

Now, in saying this, I do not desire to raise a controversy with my old friends Messrs. L. & Co. I believe in the right of private judgment, and in their abstract right to assume any attitude on this question that may seem best to them. As one who has had, and still has, a deep interest in the reform movement, who has come very largely in contact with all branches of the trade, I might except to Messrs. L. & Co.'s suggestions in their letter of April 19th, that some of those who have been actively engaged in it have been governed by unworthy motives, but I will let it pass. It should be stated, moreover, that more time has been spent in conference and correspondence in the effort to induce Messrs. L. & Co. to identify themselves with the reform movement, than was required to secure the co-operation of the entire trade of the cities of New-York, Boston, and Philadelphia. That the effort was in no wise successful is a matter of great regret.

Nevertheless, the reform is not dead; it simply waits. In the mean time, let none of its friends and advocates be discouraged. Those who have it in charge here have labored diligently, and they mean to continue their work. Let it be remembered how very near they came to a complete success, and that the responsibility for the present delay and seeming failure is not with them.

A. D. F. R.

BOOKS RECEIVED.

HOME SKETCHES IN FRANCE, AND OTHER PAPERS, by the late Mrs. Henry M. Field. (G. P. Putnam's Sons.) The brilliant and distinguished woman, the writer of these sketches, has but recently been missed from New-York society, of which she was for many years one of the brightest ornaments. Her death occurred just two months ago, and called forth from the press and from friends some of the most touching tributes to her talents and worth that have ever been penned. These her husband has gathered together, with his wife's sketches of social and literary life in France, already known as contributions to periodical literature, and made into one handsome volume for the

convenience of friends and the gratification of the public generally. The papers which will attract the most attention and be most universally read are those on George Eliot and Mrs. Charles, the author of "The Schönberg-Cotta Family," which are found at the close of the volume. 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

BRIC-A-BRAC SERIES: PERSONAL REMINISCENCES BY CORNELIA KNIGHT AND THOMAS RAIKES, edited by Richard Henry Stoddard. (Scribner, Armstrong & Co.) Miss Cornelia Knight, Lady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales," was a highly cultivated and accomplished maiden lady, who mixed for a number of years in very distinguished society both in England and upon the Continent. She numbered the Nelsons and Hamiltons among her acquaintances, and had the opportunity of observing the beginning of Nelson's mad infatuation for Lady Hamilton. In her attendance upon the Princess Charlotte, she became the unconscious depository of many court secrets and scandals which she faithfully recorded in her diary. Her reminiscences are thus, in a manner, supplementary to the "Greville Memoirs." She knew besides, Johnson and Goldsmith, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Burke, and many other celebrities of her day. Mr. Thomas Raikes was the son of a rich London merchant, with a strong love for social and literary life, who made the best of his opportunities, and kept a diary from 1831-1847, in which he minutely recorded the details of his association with every one of any mark at all. Mr. Stoddard speaks of his "voluminous and scrappy writing," the names of which no one even hears of at the present day. Stoddard, with his usual discernment, has given us just the cream of these two gossips' bulky diaries, completing a most attractive little volume for this popular series. Sq. 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

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LITTLE CLASSICS, edited by Rossiter Johnson. & Co.) This volume contains "Little Briggs Vol. Eleventh: HEROISM. (James R. Osgood and I," by Fitz-Hugh Ludlow; "Ray," by Harriet Prescott Spofford; Three November "The FortyDays," by Benjamin F. Taylor; Seven Ronins," by A. Bertram Mitford, A Chance Child," by Isabella Mayo; "A Leaf in the Storm," by Louisa De la Ramé. 24mo, cloth, $1.

PAUL MASSIE, by Justin McCarthy. (Sheldon & Co.) The success which this novel met with in England when first published, was due altogether to its own merits, as it appeared anonymously. It is now issued for the first time over the author's signature: his great popularity in this country is sufficient to win for it instant recognition, even if it were devoid of any very great worth; but it is not; it is a remarkably good novel, of the sensational school somewhat, but forcible and striking in plot, and with some very original delineations of character. Paul Massie himself and Madame de Luca stand out prominently as no ordinary creations. The foreign refugees are photographs from life, with their wild eyes and gestures, their shabbiness, and their general impracticability. 12mo, cloth, $1.50; pap., $1.

DOLORES, by Mrs. Forrester. (J. B. Lippincott & Co.) The pretty heroine of this novel is a little English girl, brought up in the old town of Rouen, and possessing a fatal resemblance

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to Greuze's picture of La Cruche Cassée. striking beauty rivets the attention of Sir Guy Wentworth, an amateur artist traveling through Normandy, who straightway wants to paint her picture, and with whom of course she falls in love. This is but the opening scene to a succession of love entanglements, happy and unhappy, through which Dolores passes, and by which some very clever sketches of English society and English characters are given. One of the best novels out. 12mo, cloth, $1.75. LEISURE-DAY RHYMES, by John Godfrey Saxe. James R. Osgood & Co.) As charm ing a collection of short poems as the admirers of Mr. Saxe need wish to read. We think they will find among them some of the best things he has ever written. They include under " Leisure-day Rhymes," verses grave and gay on all subjects; under "Fables and Fairy Tales" is the largest selection, in Saxe's well-known style, bright, witty, and rhythmical. Translations and Paraphrases," and Epigrams," conclude the collection, which presents, we believe, every thing Mr. Saxe has written since his publication of "Fables and Legends of Many Countries." | 12mo, cloth, $2.

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THE DEFENSE OF GUENEVERE, and other Poems, by William Morris. (Roberts Brothers.) The title-page tells us that this vo lume of poems was reprinted in London, without alteration, from the edition of 1858. Since these poems first appeared, the author has attained a reputation he may well be proud of; but no one can overlook the promise plainly indicated in these, his first efforts. The versification is exquisite, and the treatment of the themes simple and tender, and the imagery full of warmth and rich coloring. The subjects of the poems are almost all taken from the legends of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. 12mo, cloth, $2.

Mr.

FUSANG; OR, THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, by Charles G. Leland. (J. W. Bouton.) Leland presents here a translation of the memoirs of Professor Carl Friedrich Neumann, in which is embodied, taken from the Chinese, "The Narrative of Hoei-Shin," a Buddhist monk or missionary, who lived in the fifth century, and about the year 499, A.D., returning from a long journey in the East, gave an account of an unknown land which he had discovered, and which he called Fusang," from a plant he found growing in great profusion (the great cactus, it is supposed), which slightly resembled the Chinese plant "Fusang." The country he reached is now, by many confirmatory proofs, supposed to have been MexiCO. Mr. Leland has gathered together a num. ber of interesting papers bearing upon the subject, also relating to American antiquities, with a résumé of the latest discussions of Fusang, by the advocates and opponents of the narrative of Hoei-Shin. 12mo, cloth, $1.75.

THE UNSEEN UNIVERSE. (Macmillan & Co.) To show to the best of the author's ability that the presumed incompatibility between science and religion does not exist, is the avowed aim of this work. The writer would reconcile the discoveries in science with the orthodox belief in the soul's immortality, and to sustain his ground has massed a quantity of material, the arguments of some of the brightest minds in science and religion. Svo, cloth, $1.

LITERARY AND TRADE NEWS. TRAVELERS should be delighted to learn that a new edition of Mr. Howells's charming story of "Their Wedding Journey" through Canada, is to be issued by Osgood in the handy "Saunterer's" style, uniform with "A Chance Ac quaintance," which is the vade mecum of travelers up the Saguenay. Among other books to be published immediately is one by Dr. Dio Lewis, who argues Prohibition a Failure," and insists that only moral efforts avail against intemperance; the eleventh volume of "Little

Classics," "Heroism;" Mr. Saxe's "LeisureDay Rhymes," and Dr. Ames' "Sex in Industry," already referred to.

D. LOTHROP & Co. call our attention to the fact that both the Messrs. Scribner and our

selves are in error in speaking of their edition of Tholuck's "Hours of Christian Devotion" as the first issued in this country. The work has been in their catalogue since 1870, when it was published by them.

PORTER & COATES have published "Miscel laneous Poems: Stories for Children, The Warden's Tale, and Three Eras in a Life," by "Moreton," originally issued for private circulation. The nom de plume was found to be that of a lady well known in Philadelphia society, Mrs. C. J. Moore, and another edition was called for. The poems are said to be beautiful in sentiment and tasteful in expression.

THE "Manual of Homœopathic Veterinary Medicine," of Boericke & Tafel, has had so marked a success that a second edition is called for, which is an enlargement and improvement of the first. It is written so as to be available to farmers, farriers, and others who have no knowledge of medical terms or processes, and its purchase may be recommended to all owners of live-stock as a measure of economy. The third volume of Dr. Allen's "Materia Medica"

is in press.

'My Dearest Foe" is the clever title Mrs. Alexander has selected for her new novel, which will be the serial in Temple Bar, and has been secured by Henry Holt & Co. for the "Leisure Hour Series." "Mr. Smith," one of the latest of these popular volumes, has proved so successful that it is already out of print. A new edition is being hurried through the press.

MESSRS. DODD & MEAD have moved into their new and elegant store, 751 Broadway, next to Schaus's, and close to the trade centre. It is very beautiful in its decorations, which are by Marcotte & Co., who have caught admirably the tone proper to a bookstore. The walls are in a delicate sage green, with which the maroon of the shelving and tables combines in an exceedingly fine effect; the ceiling is in a rich cream color, bordered in a beautiful and rich design. It is to the window designs, however, that the attention of lovers of the beautiful should be especially drawn ; these are gems of this class of work. The sides and ceiling of the window are finished in fresco, on the same groundwork as in the body of the store, but with very rich designs in gold and colors ornamenting the panels and top. Dodd & Mead keep a handsome stock of books in their retail store; their large basement below is devoted to their own publications at wholesale, and at the rear of the ground-floor are the

offices of the firm, and the Sunday-school department, with a large collection of these books, and pleasant facilities for choosing. This house is very tasteful in its enterprises, and issues the prettiest cards we have seen; Prang's book- | marks, with the imprint of the firm in gold, being the latest. Dodd & Mead have earned an excellent reputation in the trade, such as few so young houses have been able to boast.

F. B. PATTERSON announces a book on the interesting subject of journalism. It is by a journalist of experience, Mr. C. F. Wingate, formerly city editor of the Mail, and now editor of the several journals of which Mr. Howard Lockwood is publisher, and is largely in the shape of interviews with leading journalists.

MR. DISRAELI was waited upon as Prime Minister, May 10th, by a deputation of authors, including Blanchard Jerrold, Tom Taylor, Charles Reade, Charles Dickens, G. A. Sala, Miss Braddon, Mrs. Wood, and others, to obtain his views as to international copyright

action. Mr. Edw. Jenkins, as spokesman, "pointed to the appropriation and mutilation of the works of British authors by the book publishers of the United States, and asked if some remedy could not be found for the grievances." Mr. Disraeli replied that the subject had already come before the Government on the question whether a revision of the copyright law in regard to dramas was desirable. The Government would give the matter full attention, but a royal commission would be better than a committee of the House of Commons,

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