New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-15

.nJ ,n,,, nj. Instructions on this IhcraTy WORN VIII
r.n,nuc IN hia office of editor aud literary executor 10
labor for ia completion according 20 ,n' Pun .a'
J",n and in the ,prit communicated b, his father
m, ,h, mart relating 10 the war IN Spain aud whieh
h, Marshal had nearly finished in his lifetime VIII "'
for an extremely interesting course oi rrnhns c"aV
mi 10 tho Just published Mcm"irs aad Cor'sPond'r &c
al King Joseph where that qucrulous monarch :" IRE
lucntly aud bitterly o"Wp'"hs W 0o"'' ' ~ '
Gcnctals ~, -,
pr. Vcron published the long delayed third volume
# his Memoirs last Saturday. lie might as well
have burned IL. II does not sell and T" 'Iot worth
reading Yet have read il from end t@snd, drawn
am Inv tho hone which his capital hcadln a., and swell
inc vromises constantly excite, aud wbich MS co""
plarvs his nor srqWgr and his twice foid thics cor"
sianty disappoint His first volume was entcr'i'i,hs.
II had very little Of his own varied experience VI u "
he seen hut many of the anccdo,'s "'rc a,'as'S
som, ot Che plattpdcs admirable Tor th'r u"'""
,us aLsuiait, The second was duller. just pc'""So
il Was the second. In II, however, ne promise. Us
third that could not fail 10 he u oil interest," AZ '"s'
Rvs I, come 10 his own experience; MS ih'ina'c
Wv We" - ,rs =, in men of letter and with artists,
T. I;s ,n,litv of editor of the Rcrnr OF iaris ana
MANAGER of the Grand Opera In the chapters oh we
E,r,,,r of Paris you would LOOK TOT personal as' i
.L,,cl,s snecdotcs-ior something o thc manners hiu
Intellectual habits of the contributors Ia that perl0d
cal-aud vou would look in vain. The Doctor speaks
~ Cnsn and Viemain NJ greater length than he does
of ANY other Of literary mark Cousin and Nliie-
main did not write for the Rer,ec OF Paris. Inc Doc
for volunteers his opinions on their literary ana ih'e
lertunl character. The Doctors opinions are wcar-
some and worthless on nearly all subjects except din
ueIs and hygiene, when they are simply wearlsOme
In one Of his chapters of former volume, where ne
cnlarges on the attractions and advantages oil HE III
Paris Restaurant the Doctor attempts wit ana SPEAKS
of the various kinds OF fools he has met there whole
fools hall fools quarter oos'-quorum pals tn,, he
might well have added. Nearly half of this volume Is
taken up with his memoirs as Opera Manager NO
body expected high musical criticism from LOUIS
VeTon but the town on the gu r'ce some OF mere
curiosity and some of anxiety for ndiscreet
of life behind the People SAID, the DOCTOR
not a Wit. nor q philosophical observer bur ne must
have seen and known curious things during those years
Of Opera management; he need only piuhdcr IL ou' ~
make lis book interesting. But though ne Is OIL! III
differently discreet and toerably decent ne mas mdde
L;s cLanter on the Opera as dali as sermons. The
vohme closes with the customary promise OF an inter,
estinq successor which Will contain his pohucai anu
persopal sourenr OF men and events uhder 'ne ihoh
archy of July Put 10 faith ID 1t. Inc opening sen
toncc of volume third is the only one worth quoting III
te hook VET is So no thanks to the stupidity OF Dr. ",
hut only as striking Illustration OF that hereditary
oualit, Of the BOurbons. The heading OF the chap'eI
on the whole the best chapter OF the books me
E,yoiAtion Of JuIp: it commences thus: " When the
:, or1nuonces of July were resolved upon, Saturday
"the oath. King Charles went to hunt III the re-
"served Park OF st. Cloud
The book really best worth noticing and buying that
hive seen III q long time is new cheap edition oil
Rabelais works. They are all contained ID one large
octave volume, printed, it is true III unworhy shl,
though clear type and given to you for only seven ana
half francs The literary part OF Its editing is com
netenty done by bibophe Jacob and others, whose
valuable notes help somewhat to the understanding OF
these giant tests Of giant mind But thc new ana
chief feature of this best edition OF haDeais Is inc cA
uIauatory commentary of NJ Dora commentary
made up of lU4 engraved illustrations so alive with
the bosterous, registering, rolhcking humor the pod
and the wild satire the exuberant animal sprits' 'he
hearty unrestianed fun the unbOunded extra dSdh-
yas tie euzzing and gOrang Of Rabelas creatonS-so
marked in every line with the RabeiaIsIan spirit that II
we had not dates to help our judgment one might sup
nose the book TO have been suggested by the ehgIa'
ines instead Of the engraylnes beng suSges'ed Dy te
book. Bearing i'll mind as OF course you WILL ulc
different nature Of the literary works can best con-
v,v to Won An idea of the extraordinary merit o these
Illustrations bv assuring yOn that the! are 10 the LIVES
of Pantapruel and Gargantua what heslchs outlines
orc Ia aust Nor is their excellence limited 10 an
Illustration, better than any within cXplana''ons, ol
Robelasian lumor While Radicals own genius
seems TO have guided the artists pencil Ill deliheat
the features If his percentages the mtsc en- scene
NAV SO speak, shows NJ. bore to be scrupuiously
careful and approaching student OF the COSTUME anu
.Ioyr all of the urban architecture of the Middle Ages
Aucien Theatre Francois g vols. l6no., price OF
each ; francsO This is the title Of q collection OF hity
Farccs soties (fooeries y Buresque Sermons, Moral
tiles &C. the beginning of the French drama, reprinted
from on extremely valuable and rare collection Pieser'
edin the British Museum Apart from their ray ner-
III, bch IRE not be Wanted and from their value as
specimens of old French they have another and more
serious interest as contribution to the documentary
history of Freuch national character, OF which the
acted drama has been and to so great degree b0tn
tie educator and exponent. Succeeding Volumes I'M
der the same general title that heads this paragraph
are TO contain the most remarkable dramat. produc-
tops of French authors down to the time of Cornele
Coming TO the moderns again, | notice in the book
sbons two separate TRANSACTIONS OF Capt Mayne keld
Scalp Hunters One of them was first published IN
the ieuilleton of La Presse. They both sell wen;
Next to romances whose scene laid IN their oeoVeu
Paris none better suit the French than those whose
scene is laid in some antipodes OF Paris The Parsans
love before all things to talk of themselves and read OF
themselves That comes of their vanity, which Is not
ouality peculiar to them, DR.. NerOn might say IN
+ his profound way They love next best 10 near
son ethinr about people utterly unlike themselves; the
less civilized according TO the Paris standard, Tue
more interesting That comes OF their curiosity, and
of their vanity too which is always nattered Dy tue
comrarison They are not remarkably we'll Informed
about America either seal -huntiDg or eastern parts OF
il One of the most amusing books, Tor all American
that has appeared in print is little treatise on Amer
lean women BY n. Beleganique. Nj. Belleganque
lived in New-lort n "a cheap French boarding use
for some months; since his return 10 Paris he sets him
self I'D for profound observer ard sale generaler Oh
American matters men and women, and politics. he
means 10 HARM is not wanting IN esprit and, as said
for an American reader, writes anusngly. just no"
that is since the issue Of yesterdays evening jour
nals-the Parsans are smiling over the evoutons o
tie Fairy Light Guard not performed the other day
in the Park
Historic de rImprimere. History OF Printing.
vols Iemo. Each four irancs.) This work Is com
piled by Paul Dupont and director his father
was before him. OF one OF the largest printing establish
ments in Paris Ii is as the author modestly says,
rather collection Of materials for history than itsel
history of the greatest art Of civilization. 1t is full
of curious matter about printers, authors, publishers
beck sales etc. etc. Twenty pages of the second vol