New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-19

probably is one MAJ f,;cly conclude from Delphine
GAYS opportunities Of seeing and frCn-whlch Is
vastly mere important in the case-ber faeu'iy o'
seeing Paris as il was in those years. AS woman
OF society. g. Wit snd as poet che held high raDk
that sle held II amid tie competition Gnd c1ti-
cism Of Paris. is pretty strong proof that she
Ge' rvod IT, Tlo.e who seek other proof viii hnd
il in the regrets Of Ter acquaintance IN the poems
ard plays abe Les LEI. Us, erd IN TINS book Of
which speak II is ctscription OF Paris so IL
was; bot Paris &c j. vss ten years ago, is 10 es-
ssnials the Paris OF ;c-d.y-apd where the Tea
lures OF past aDt present dlfer, the comparison
IL as interesting ss cOtempOfsneous deilEeatlon
venture to say that the book is more to be relied
CT as well ss mere entertaining than most works
On Paris by foreign writer's Of later date BY the
way. lei me correct here an error OF one OF my
recent letters: Alfred d'Ambert is the real name
OF not the pscudoDym as fnnoied, of Partisan
CoCkney who wrote the amusing, coxcombical
IlapeTie PGrisitRHe Eiats UHis.
In grayer literature We have this month another
volume of Micbelet's History Of France, Les
Gutrrts de Ia Religion; the Memories ct Journal dc
I AlJe Ltditu, On the Life and Works of Bos-
suet published, fer the inst tine from Ledieu's
Dsnuss Iipt with notes, etc; This work Is highly
lsudatOIy of Bcssuet az might be expected from
Lis Iri lie secretary butts interesting and, taken
with large grains OF ALLOWANCE, valuable coDtrl-
button to the religious history of the times
Diponst and ex Project; This history begins
with 1850, and has reached, with the close of the
second volume, the affair of Strssbourg it is con-
seryatiye, inclined toward the power that 49, but
totally impartial AID interesting L Oscar,
little volume BY Michelei, the historian; This 10
net contribution Of great value to the science OF
orniiholCgy, nor calculated to raise Mlchelersrep
utation as d writer or thin ser but still book
that most wTiters and tbini RS would be proud to
have produeed containing such talk and th'ughts
about birds and oInlthologsts, and such glimPses
Of Nchelet's life and character presented IN such
language that once begun, JOu read fast on to the
end, and let reprOving criticism lag behindl.
Among reprints, notice ss extraordinary i've
rev ediicns of tie celebrated Memoirs Of the Duke
de Saint Simon. The commencement OF two OF
The Sc editions il already OH sale. One of them, IN
octeyo form, good paper and clear type, will b.
completed in 20 volumes, and cost 40 francs; the
other, BY the same publisher, Is In larger form,
double -cOumDed page, with GOO illustrations OF
come merit, and W cost, complete, but ~ francs
Another publisher adyertises three editions as
about to sppcar. ranging in price from 800 francs
to "a, according to form, quality, and style OF
paper and print. Between these rival booksellers
there is curious quarrel. One of them, Hachette,
clams the sole right to publish the Memoirs OIL
St Simon, because he has bought IL of the present
Duke 81. Simon, who possesses the orglnal manu-
script of his ancestor. Tho other claims full right
to publisb, on the ground that the MenOlrs are
long since become cummCn property as Is proved
by tie fact that eight separate editions o. them
Lave been printed between 1854 and lo4J.
Baehe,te calls upon the present Duke to maintain
Lin in his right: the Duke commences suit
against the rival bookseller. The whole matter
viii soon come before the courts, whose decision
on this case of literary property, hundred years
OLD, will be worth attending to. While very
cheap new edition of Rosseau's and Voltalfe's
whole works is in course Of publication. an er.
1urea'ed edition of the Steele de Louis KY and OF
CHARLES XII il published for the use of schools,
under the patronage of Government -,
Amyot's elegant edition Of the works OF the
most successful author Of the day, Napoleon ILL.,
is ow completed in tour handsome volumes.
The Asscmbl.t Rationale promises translation
ofFanny Ferns Ruth nall" IN It's feulllcton.