The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-03 00:00:00

Latest Literary Intelligence.

The Edition of the British Poets, published by ges9l:„gq.
Little, Brown, and Co„ of Boston, has now reached
volumes, the works of Burns in three volumes, being the
last addition. This edition for extent, uniformity, and
cheapness, has never been equalled ; it embraces all the
best poets from Spenser to Wordsworth, with Lives,
Portraits, &c. Johnson's celebrated collection contained
only 75 volumes, and Mr. Pickering's "Aldine Poets'' onlY
reached 53 volumes. Of this edition Messrs. Little, Brown,
and Co. have sold 500,000 volumes.
Mr. Tennyson's new volume, we hear, is likely to appear
before Chr!stmas.
Mr. Tupper's "Proverbial Philosophy" Notes?
in a cheap people's edition by Messrs. atchard and Co.,
this month. will be published
H

The Parthenon expired on Saturday last.
"A Tour in Tartanland," by Cuthbert Bede, is an.
nouneed by Mr. Bentley.
Miss Yonge's "History and Derivation of Christian Names," which has been steadily advertised for more than;
a year past, will make its appearance in two volumes 011"
month or next.
A Life of William H. Prescott, the historian, by bislifec;
long friend, Mr. Geurge Ticknor, is now in the Press' •
all
will be published by Messrs. Ticknor and Fields, of s
One edition will be in largo quarto and finelyoston
illuotraar Y
Mr. Charles Swain has a new volume of poems ne
ready.
ted.

The Right Hon. Wm. Keogh, one of the judges °-f the
Court of Common Pleas in Ireland, is engaged on a history
of Ireland from the Union.
Mrs. Howitt has a now juvenile work nearly readY:+.
enti led "The Poet's Children," which Mr. A. W. Benue"
will publish.

MESSRS. LONGMAN AND MESSRS. BLACKWOOD.'
—These eminent publishers will, (according to WY
Critic for June, just published) in a few days take posses
sion of the handsome block of buildings which they hate
erected in Paternoster-row, on the site of their old preinis""
partially destroyed by are two years ago. From the cor101;
of Warwick-lane the whole frontage can be seen at
glance, and we cannot but regret that so much beauty j 9
lost in so confined a situation. The style is the ltenia';
sauce, and the façade is executed in Portland stone. (10,
Longman's
the keystone of the arch of the central entrance to 1\113(315fg
premises is an allegorical group, represeatj"..
Literature supported by the Arts, Sciences, and Edttc
tion; on the spandrels are the Ship and the Swan, 01,-;cro
have been trade signs of these premises since the great 'lO
of London. Above and below these are carved
"er
emblems of Wisdom, Wit, and Eloquence; the 1°,,,,,
tympanum contains the monogram of Messrs.
man's firm, surrounded by emblematical foligb",f
The central entrance is ornamented. with cllVcl
columns of polished granite. The thistle is introdt'',/;,
in the capitals on the premises of the publishers of Pate,
wood's Magazine. The floors of Yfessrs. Longmans.
raises throughout are carried upon wrought-iron Der the
and cast-iron columns, tna caps of the columns
ground and the one-pair stories being enriched
,"oel
foliage executed in hcnmered iron. The entrance Lll' -co,
inner hall are to 1)4 paved with encaustic tiles, and the '71:04
relive parts of the walls executed in polished Scagig,
with polished oak for the doors and other juineCo sv o
the
The principal
seti.siddlteeaNdsvi ritfcrooharrseeernflei:estatcluotyfe stone,lrtiirgeahnrtsi
fieae transfer
doifna
prevent
oehovetdehsnleat
bvwcaa
attbwoisiteosi
ere
or,:si
itot. I:toeciltiaa;
tsLbiivft floorstehsri
The greater part of the stories are vir3._o3,
Tyhe hot water, and are ventilated by the syphon ventilat'
Finsbury-place South; the builders, Messrs. AshbyDawont a
architects are Messrs. Griffith and Henry
Horner,
D.
TUE MURDER OF A WIFE IN THE CITY---- A.ci on
Yesterday morning Mr. Humphreys regnille city'
inqu2st at the Durham Arms Tavern, Murray-street,
road, on the body of Mrs. Hannah Webb, aged 40,;: of
is alleged, met her death in consequence of the 1, i I
corn
co
her husband, James Webb. The husband was i
cooe'
for trial on Monday on the capital charge. and en
n° 0{
be.
quence of his having been committed he c0.,:ht,c.,,0
brought up at the inquest, much to the diss,vlthiich
ra"vereii
the coroner. At the close of the evidence, I
le
repeated the facts already known, the jury
Webb, 111)
returned
verdict of " Wilful murder" against James
whtilcle accusedth in N
coronermewad6oatocu. t his warrant for the detente
of h