Literary Notes

A biography of James Freeman Clarke wil] soon be published by Hougbton, Mifflin A Co., comprising an autobiogand extracte írom nis dairy and corréspondence, Uno achapteronDr. Clarke 's anti-slavery work by Rev. Samuel May, a brief contribution by Colonel Higginson, the whole edited and supplementetl by Edward Everett Hale. It will contain a fine portrait of Dr. Clarke. Housrhton, Mifflin & Co. will shortly briug out a new edition, at a reduced price, of Prof. Langley's remarkable book on "The New Astronomy," which, both in the text and illustrations, is peculiarly attractive.