New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-06-12
Books and BoOk-lIaking in LondOn-Re prints
Of American WOrk- -IrfernntiOnni t0pS-
Night-Ilenry n.selI. am, MrIshI, &C.

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LoxpoS My 70 1871
You are probably aware that this is no, the sea
sou ior Literature. Few new works are pub.ished
now. the attention Of The literary and fashionable
world being TUNED from Books 10 the Opera 70
Parties 70 the Races 70 the Exhibitions. The
leading publishers DO. however coutrive TO ger oat
NOW and then new work, or an old work in a lev
dress
Among the important and valuable publications
Of the month is Mr. PRIscorTs new Historical
work entitled The Conquest OF Peru IL Is ele-
gsntly got up in two thick octave volumes with
maps and plates The price IS thirty-two shillinss
sterling. Mr Bentley the publisher. has been very
expeditions in getting this work out for your cor
resoopdept was entrusted with the manuscript Ga
the 9th Of April ct Boston- The voyage oy packet
ship was made in twenty days The work v as
delivered into Mr. Beniey's hands on the Joth AZ
and on Saturday last. the 18th, the whole ediiioa
was ready for the public.
To show you the great popularity Of Mr. PRES
COTS works. ! may mention that a third edition
OF bis Conquest Of Mexico has been called for
and fourth edition Of bis Ferdinand and Isabel
I a." The leading literary journals have not yet
had time 70 notice The Conquest Of Peru
LEON Husr has collected his stray writings,
consisting Of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Me
rnoir. and has made selection from them, which
smitt Elder Co. have just published In two &C
tsvo volumes. under the title Of Men, Women and
Books" The price OF this work is five dollars
Hunt contributes, every week, a chapter under
the title Of &" The Streets Of London TO the LoH'
don Aflas They are gossping andvery amusing
papers and have helped the journal in which they
appear very much. The lest chapter contains an
attack upon American booksellers generally, and
Wiley & Putnam in particular. The attack was
suggested 70 Leigh Hunt when be was writing
about Waterloo Place, where their shop was stu
ated-though they have now removed 70 Paternos-
ter Row. The reason Of the attack Is the conduct
Of American booksellers to English authors, whose
works are eprinted without any copyright IN TACT
it is second edition OF Dickens. Hunt is annoyed
that there is no international Law to protect Eng
lish writers but these writers forget that 10 many
cases America has made their fame, without any
aid from their own countrymen.
The volume Of Poems published in neat and
elegant style, by Messs. VIM. D Ticknor & Co
of Boston, entitled "The Songs Of Our Land" by
MARY f. HEWITT, has found its way to England,
and to the tables Of the critics. 1t is gently crit
cised. and in some instances high praise is award
ed to our American poetess. | present a criticism
from the Spectator Of the sth. d" Mrs Hewitt's
land is America and some Of these poems are
Of the national or patriotic kind the others extend
to Europe, or are topics which are common 70
all minds bat occasional is the character OF the
collection. The model Of Mrs. Hewitt is Mrs. He
mans and our American poetess has much Of that
popular writer's grace Of thought end fuency Of
versifcation, with q similar deficiency Of strength
and appropriate character
Chapman q Brothers have republished a vol.
ume OF poems by RALPH WALDO EMERsoS. The
book is rather favorably noticed. The Examiner
gives the following criticism:
"Mr Emersons verse is distinguished By the same
lively of the beautiful and liberal appreciation
OF the good. as his prose IL s characterized Ia no
less degree by another Of bis peculiaites strainng
after the trsncendens IN thought and sentiment sgaut
the natural bent OF bis genius Nature meant Mr.. En-.
erson for straightforward oommon-sense man, end
he strives per jas Hefas 10 be darky mystical and
preposterousy unntel gibe. In another respect his
vershcstion appears 20 be achieved rrd MtHgud The
structure OF his ssnzss often suggests doubt 20 the
accuracy of bis tor rythmical melody 10 many OF
bis lines the emphasis il would be placed with
view to bring out the meaning of the passage ard the
emphasis II must be placed TO render the line mer
cal are sadly irrecOBcilcsbe. We have strong a
conviction thst Mr. Emerson il thinker Of a superior
class and mbued with infinite dolicscy of sentiment /
that earnestly wish 10 sec him write book In his
own natural language Our cstegories of poetry are
liberal and wide embracing many specimens which the
more fastidous would reject But there arc come 81
Mr. Emersons conceits sDd expression which We really
cannot consent 10 pack a~sy IN any Of them witness
his description Of a peNsant-
with heart OF cat and eyes Of bug.
Dull victim Of bis pipe aud mug ~
and his apostrophe 10 a bet
Yellow breeched philosopher 3"
The subjec, Of International Copyright IS now
and then referred 10 in the London journals The
Times is quite rabid, and, with a feeling Of morti
fcation and disgust it learns that Messrs. Wiley /
& Putnam, OF NewYork, will publish Immediately |
a Biography of Jeremy Taylor by WILLsoTT-
The Times says that, with 10 copyright to pay
for, a cheap reprint Of Mr. WILLnoTr's work will /
circulate through every district Of the States and
though he may rejoice that the high character and
exemplary virtues Of one Of the best of England's
Bishops are thus made known TO thousands he
must have all the sweetness Of temper OF his hero
ii he can view with complacency-the large profits
which the American publishers making at the
expense of his labor and tasteful scholarship"
Mr.. Colburn is preparing for immediate publ
cation Rev. Mr. COBBOLDs new work called
Zenon the Martyr also the tenth volume Of
AoSEs srHcKLANDs Lives of the Queens Of
England together with HUGHEss Revelations
of Portugal and biological Recreations by
BRoDcRP.
The interesting and beautiful work entitled
Homes and Haunts Of the British Poets by Will
LIAM HowITr, has met with a rapid sale, and Mr.
Bentley. the publisher has just issued q second
thousand
MAcGREGoRs elaborate work The Progress OF
America, does not receive much praise from the
reviewers, notwithstanding three thousand quarto
pages stare them in the face The Spectator thus
disposes Of this mammoth publication;
As history this design is perhaps large for one
mans undertaking and In some unnecessary The
discovery OF America and its conquest by the spssds
has been exhibited by Robertson In a msnner which
seems 10 distance al approach any wishes for
fuller details. there Washington lrying's COLUMBUS
and Prescotts MIie0 Bancroft has exhibited the rise
ana progress OF the United during their colonial
existence part of South America has been treated by
Souhey and the history OF every particular settlement
varying ability though that Of the Spanish possessions
In South America may not b. accessible 70 the Eng
sh reader The stories Of the sdven,urers aud navss