Literary And Antiquarian Gossip.

Muses . "Argentine , and other Poems , " is the work to which we allude , and Shirley Wynne is its highly gifted author . This , his first published collection of poems , has been received with almost unexampled press enconiums ; and certainly its intrinsic merits warrant all the praise which has been bestowed upon it . The living light of a master mind beams through every line of the brilliant poem which gives title to the book , and the shorter productions are radiant with exquisite imagery , elegantl y expressed . We hope to be favoured with further flights of Shirley Wynne ' s fervid fancy .

Du Manner ' s trenchant pictorial satires on society in Punch are attracting universal notice , and may serve to scotch many of the popular errors of the period . It appears that someone recently took the talented artist to task on the subject , and asked him if he were not afraid of being attacked in some of the society journals . " Not I , " said . Du Mattrier ; "I can always draw and defend myself . "

Society , a journal of fact , fiction , and fashion , edited by Mr . George W . Plant , is a wonderful weekly pennyworth . The lover of gossip may find in its attractive pages quite as much well-written information anent the movements of the beau monde as is given in the more expensive , and sometimes more objectionable , issues of the so-called society journals .

The Yorkshire Inventor and , Manufacturer is the newest thing in trade journals . It bids fair to become an all-round success . Mr . W . E . Fox is the editor . In the report of the English Dialect Society for 1879 it was announced that Mr . 0 . H . Poole , of Pailton , Rugby , had undertaken the preparation of a " Glossary of Staffordshire Dialectical Words . " Mr . Poole has now completed his self-imposed task , and the glossary may be had on application to the author .

The Rev . J . Edward Vatix , M . A ., and Mr . J . T . Micklethwaite , F . S . A ., are engaged in the production of a work dealing with " Church Folk-lore . " Philanthropy is not yet dead ; the milk of human kindness has not yet dried up ; there is still a spark of real human friendship left , at least in the heart of George Smith , the author of " Gipsy Life . " This is his new work and present enterprise , in which he heroically sacrifices self to emancipate this wandering

race from its sad state of degradation and ignorance . All praise to the truehearted man and his noble work ; the canal population blesses him , so will the gipsies . May he meet with equal success . Though alone , his influence is powerful , and only requires means to make it more so . The book , " Gipsy Life , " is a collection of articles and illustrations ou the subject , which have already appeared in the Graphic and Illustrated London News—a sufficient guarantee for their worth . We hope that all who have 3 s . 6 d . to spare will purchase the volume , and thus aid the cause of the gipsies .

"Short Notes on Painswick" is the title of an important topographical work which Mr . U . J . Davis , an erudite Gloucester antiquary , has in the press . The volume will extend to upwards of 300 pages , and will be illustrated with numerous lithographed views , maps , plans , fac-similes of autographs , etc . Much hitherto unpublished information will be presented in . the book . The study of geography forms an important part in the curriculum of

every school and college , but the text-books used are often very meagre in information ; and , were they not supplemented by the lectures of the teachers , our knowled ge of this important subject would be exceedingly scant . We do not , however , carry away from the lecture-room as a permanent stock of information the instructions of the lecturer , and outside there are few books of a popular kind that can be used for reference or as agreeable reading . We therefore observe with pleasure that the enterprising publishing house of Messrs . Sampson , Low , and Co . are doing something to remedy this evil by the pubic