The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-16 00:00:00

Standard Authors. Shilling Series.

" The Cotton Lord," by Herbert Glyn ; Adrian
L'Estrange, or" Moulded out of Faults" ; "Arrows
in the Dirk," by the author of "Said and Dine";
" The Eve of St. Mark," by Thomas Doubleday ;
" The White House by the Sea," by M_ Betham
Edmonds ; "My First Lesson," by the author of
" Charles Auchester, &a., &c. Smith, Elder, and
Company.

Messrs. Smith and Elder are bringing out in a
cheap form, a most excellent well-printed series of
the popular works of the " Standard Authors" of
the day. Many of the names above-mentioned will
be familiar to our readers, but the works are for the
most part sufficiently interesting to baar a secona
perusal.

Vladimir and Catherine ; or, Keiv in the year 1861.
An Historical Romance by a Thirty Years' Resi•
dent in Russia. One Vol., pp. 277. Chapman

and Hall.

This little book, besides the love story of Vladimir
and " the darling Catherine," gives us a glimpse,
and not the most favourable glimpse, of Russian men
and manners, as viewed by a dispassionate observer.
The style of the narrative is smart and lively, as may
be imagines from the following amusing receipt-for
the pronounciation of an unpronounceable name.
"To pronounce this name you must just softly
whistle, check it by sneezing, then a short cough,
and finish abruptly with sky ! What can be
easier ?" The result, let us say, for the benefit of
the obtuse, is—Patchifdsky

A Dark Night's Work. By Mrs. Gaskell. With
four Illustrations. New edition. Smith and

Elder.

The cheap edition of Mrs. Gaskell's enthralling
tale, " A Dark Night's Work," will be very welcome
to her many admirers. The sorely-tried Ellinor,
the faithful Dixon, and the unfortune author of the
dark work of that dark night—the " mistake" that
appeared to be a " crime," all afford vivid speci-
mens of the power and pathos which are so conspicu•
•us in all tha writings of the eloquent author of
" Mary Barton."

Long Ago and Now, By Frederick Young. One
Vol. Pp. 232. T. C. Newby.

This volume contains four very interesting lec-
tures, originally delivered before a country
audience. They are well worthy of publication, and
well adapted for popular reading rooms. The first
is on " Pompeii and Vesuvius," and contains, among
other things, an elaborate eccount of the sports of
the Amphitheatre "long ago." The second is on
"the British Empire in India;" the third is upon
" Cnivalry," with an enumeration of the different
orders of knighthood. The last, but not the least
interesting at the present day, is on " Garibaldi,"

Incidents in My Life. By D. D. Home. Second
Edition. One Vol., pp. 288. F, Pitman.

The incidents in the life or the vagities of the ima-
gination of Mr. Home, the spirit-medium, will be a
subject of curiosity to many. The publication of
such experiences in this matter-of -fact nineteenth
century is assuredly a matter of greater marvel
than any recorded in the days of witchcraft.

Shakspere's Knowledge and &de of the Bible. By
Charles Wordsworth, Bishop of St. Andrews.
Oae Vol. Pp. 301. Smith, Elder, and Co.
Of all the various tributes of homage and admi•
ration offered to the Great Poet at his Tercentenary
Jubilee, none can be compared to this evergreen
wreath laid upon his tomb by the Bishop of St.
Andrews. The right reverend prelate is proud
to class himself among the greatest ad-
mirers and truest appreciators of Shakspere, and
thus gracefully excuses himself for the public maul.
festation of his sentiments. " The Bible and
Shakspere," said one of the best and most esteemed
prelates that ever sat upon the English bench--Dr.
John Sharp, in the reign of Queen Au ne-46 The
Bible and Shakspere have made me Archbishop of
York." The Shakspere of Greek Come dy—Aris-
tophanes—is well known to have been tb e favourite
au: hor of the most celebrated preacher of the ancient
chureli, S. John Chrysostom, some time iutriarcia of
Constantinople. Under shelter of high and vene-
rated authorities such as these the pr esent writer
ventures to hope he may escape censure for allowing
his name to appear upon the title-page of this volume.
That our poet was well read in the) Book of
Nature, both as it is revecled in the external world
and in the human heart, every page of his works
bear testimony, that ho was also well acquainted
with the Book of Life, many passages from those
same writings as here very elaborate; y co; lected, ale°
testify. The book of Dr. Wordsworth„ le well worUIY
3f perusal, although many passages which he ad-
duces are hardly sufficiently similar to warrant their
introduction.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

LONDON, May 16.—Wind at Noon, E.lgE., light breeZa
and brilliant weather.
FALMOUTH„ May 15 Calm, with fog, Arrived--
Emend, from Smyrna.
QUEENSTOWN, May 15.—Arrived—kiii,, from Liverpool•
Experienced thick weather, left for H.tlifa.x, &c.
OFF PLYMOUTH, May 13,—Arrived-.,llumolino, from
Launceston.