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LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.

[FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. j

(No. XI.)

GREEK LITERATURE.—The great college at
Chios, which has increased so as to become a
kind of European University, continues to flou-
rish in spite of all obstacles. The number of
students amounts to 476, a considerable number
of whom are natives of the Peleponnesus, Cepha-
lonia, and the islands of the Archipelago. It is
remarkable that two youths from the interior of
North America have come to Chios to study the
language of Homer. Mr. Varvoti, one of the
richest Greek merchants, has presented 30,000
francs to the college, together with a number of
books purchased at Paris.
LITHOGRAPHY.—A society has been formed
at Munich for the imitation of Oriental MSS.
The object is, by means of Lithography, to mul-
tiply copies of the best works which are extant
in the Turkish, Arabic, Persian, and Tartar
tongues; and to dispose of them in the East by
the port of Trieste. The cabals of those, whose
business it is to write MSS., and the different
ornaments with which the Turks and Arabs
adorn their writings, have been obstacles to this
design hitherto ; but, by the aid of lithography,
the difficulty it is thought may be overcome.
Thus the cheapness of that mode of engraving
will contribute to spread, to an unlimited extent,
the treasures of the East.

EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY.--Count Roman-
zow, has again fitted out two new ,expeditions
for the discovery and investigation of unknown
countries. One of the expeditions is to endea-
vour to travel along the solid ice on the coast of
Tschutksi from Asia to America ; the other to
ascend one of the rivers on the North-west coast,
in order to penetrate the unknown space which
is between Icy Cape and Mackenzie's River.

ANTIQUITIES IN FRANCE.--The Academy of
Inscriptions and Belles Lettres at Paris has insti-
tuted three prizes of five hundred francks each,
which are to be adjudged annually to the authors
of the three best dissertations on national anti-
quities. They hope thus to excite greater atten-
tion to this branch in archaeology, relating to
their own country, and to encourage those who
engage in studies, calculated to throw so much
light upon its history, both political and moral.
TENERANI.—The name of this sculptor will be
more generally known throughout Europe than
it is at present. He is a native of Carrara; was
first a pupil of Canova, and subsequently of the
no leSs celebrated Thorvalsden. The exquisite
figure of Psyche, which he has produced, would
alone suffice to stamp his reputation, displaying
as it does powers that promise a rich maturity of
genius. This statue has been greatly admired
at Rome, and in the opinion of some connoisseurs
it possesses greater purity, simplicity, and beauty,
than are to be found in any of the works of the
two eminent men, his instructors in the art..