Mrs. Lyman AbboU, wife of the succcfsor ...

Mrs. Lyman AbboU, wife of the succcfsor t Ilenry Ward Buecher iis pastor of Plymouth Church, is to hecoine one of the etlltors of The L.uiies' Home Journul, on September lt next. "Vengeunee is Mine," by Daniel üane, piomises to be the most lalked of novel of the year. It is by au iinknown author, mul (me of whoni the Cassell l'ublislniin Company, New York, had never heard muil lliey received liis iiianuscript. Tho story i.s sensational, but s somethinj; more, lor it has great orijímallty and power. A striking cover bearing a de i{ii .-ymbollc of the contents of the book will at once attract the eye. Chauncey M. Depew has received au tiutorrapli leiler trom thu Prtnc of Wales, acknowledjfing tho receipt nf his '"ürations and after dinner Speeches, " recently pnbllshed by tho Cassell Puhlish■injt Company, New York. The l'rince expreises his thanks warmly and indlCütes his belief that a perusal of the book will assi.-t hiin ifreatly in hls work of preparing the niiuieroiis adilreses he is called upon to di-liver on ceremonial occasions. At the time of General Fiémont's deatli hc was engticred upon the manuscript of a paper forthe CentiiryVs forthcoming series on the California Gold Hunters. It was to be entitled "Findlns; Paths to California," and was not only to deal with the several exploringexpeditions, but to nárrate the writer's intimate conuection with the evenU which led to the conquest and occupation of the territory. The work will be promptly continued by Mis. Vtémont. A tirst draft of the articie had been made, and the subject had heen so recently and closely discussed by General and Mrs. Fiémont that she will have no trouhli' In completinr the manuscript, for which she had already written an introdnetion. as well as a supplement describnu; her lifc Mt Monterey in 1849. A fine portrait of General Frétnont f rom a daïiieireotype of '49 or '50 will appear in tiie September number of th: Uenturv, nlonjj with portraits ot Commodores Sloat and Stock ton, "Duke" Gwin, and Governor Iiiirnt-tt, in an articie giving account of "How California Caine into the Union."