New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-20

,Sc FIRST Napoleon who held him in great esteem
- ,be last. A new volume soon to appear IRON
Gcbelets brilliant pen Of his History Of France.
ISome page. have been already published giving some
curious details sorcery and the witches oaooa'n
a, nrarced celebrated and persecuted in the seven
teenth century. The suggestive theorlzng OF the
.,bor IN the witches Sabbath vastly more curious
and interesting than the details OF facts According
q, him they are 10 be considered ~ popular III
.tituton. " a positive, though somewhat duIno ana
inarticulate as Carlyle would phrase Ito Whom'
AZ rhctorican and historian, Michelet bears III many
respects striking ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ana So
c.I;stc protest against the ogarchic oppression IN
der which the people groaned. Guzot's Memoirs
or. IN prepsration; the title il Ia be-: Mtmotres
nov, s,y,is PI,siOire de mon Temps. They are
already sold Ia publisher here for 100, 900 frames
S;.u Goo So are We sure OF the four volumes,
which. if honestly written, the exMiuister's con
science and Louis Napoleon permitting, VIII be
the best reading in contemporary history that we can
look for till time breaks the seal of Taleyrandt
Memoirs. OF these last by the way, il is rumcred
that the autograph Ms. is meager and of no extra
ordinary interest but that competent hands are al
ready occupied in writing an appendix OF much
larger volume and less discreet than the papers ieit
BY the willy diplomat. LHsstore az GoHcerne-
rent Parlemeniaire en- France, Tine History OF the
Parliamentary Government in France from lcl4 to
Is4s il written q. is in press by another OF the
dc Uauranne. Ii was be who said at public din
ner in LAO, almost prOphctcally The representa-
Give government can be preserved only by large
land thorough-gOng reforms" be was sent to
Vincennes at the time of the coup detat, and after
ward temporarily exled He has political expe-
rience enough, motive enough and literary ability
enough to make his book instructive and readable.
The first volume, soon TO be followed by three
others of the literary and political. writings OF Ar
an for
biographical memoir these volumes are chiefly made
up of Carols articles which appeared the National
newspaper, between the years 1880 the date OF ITS
foundation by Theirs and Mgnet, and 1886, the date
of his death in duel with Emile Girardn. Csrrel
,r0s the National newspaper His leaders, not as
records of facts and events but as the very lie ana
breath of political pOlemics, are an important cOntrl-
button TO the history Of party and party passion for
the period during which they appeared, and daily
stirred the French world.
In natural science and mental philosophy we have:
T4Enfe SCientifque Il fadusrieHe OF Louis FIguler.
This il Yearbook of inventions and new progress
siye facts in science mostly in science applied To tho
arts of life have had occasion, when speaking OF
NJ Figuers earlier works, to observe that he has the
rare faculty of explaining without dllatlDg lie Skill
fully APPLIES his scientific attainnents to raising up
the general reader to the level Of Ineligible com
pr.bensjon rather than to writing down his theme.
This yearly record is to be continued annually.
With more imagination, more taking style ana some
what extrayagant hOpeflhncss Victor Mcuner writes
his 1pOstodt Scicntfqae. Something OF the charac-
ter of This little volume, and Of those which are an
nounced 10 succeed it, may be guessed from such
titles as Reconstruction Mat6rieue de Ia Soctett,
L Anorchie Scientifque, etc. NJ. Meunier asks all
moral and social reform from advancing SCIENCE.
But he asks no more than he expects. Ihere Is
nothing gross in his generous faith Ill materialsln
His enthusiasm cheers and elevates rather than mis-
,l,.t,. 81 rain a
progressst and optimis he is of the largest catho
Gcty receives hopefully all new things without too
much contempt for the past. His grestest merit
perhaps is that he sets the reader to thinking, hop
Inc and striving for the best in the future. The
1Hnales de Chinio Ct de Physique is periodical
publication of grayer import than the aboVe-nen-
Toned works. 1t is conducted by Dumas and other
eminent men of science, and contains, beside the
chronicle Of the French scientific movement Il
go, Of what Is done III Ike KIND abroad.
In mental and moral philosophy, we have;
Maine de Bisan His Thoughts and predatory
biographical sketch by Ernest Neryilel. In press,
and soon to be published, a new edition OF Cousins
Lectures-deliyered in lcl9-on the Scotch Phlloso-
piers, with new PREDATORY pages of high interest to
all admirers of Reid and his co-workers, among
whom Jouffray, Cousins own disciple, has honora-
HE mention La Libert6 du Conscience. This last
work of Jules Simon is the rcediting oftour lectures
delivered by him in Belgium. Though in large part
an historical presentation of the relations between
religion. philosophy and statute law or custom III
France the ethical teaching of this volume is as
high, as pure and as eoquently persuasive as IN the
Deroir and La Religion Nature1e of the same
author Let us also add to the infinite credit OF
Frenchmen in this age of mOney-maklDg material
ism and ola skcptcism more complete than that OF
which Votaire was the witty mouthpiece, not the
originator that it has numerous readers and ad-
mirers. There is, doubtless, touch OF political
r -. Al I'll. lilo ri " HIGH.
minded man of letters in or out of France to-day, 10
in the opposition. Any utterance OF generous
OF independent thought in print, receives from the
present condition OF things something oil the Zesu oi
a political pamphlet. Witness, not to 60 turther,
the last historical works of Guizot, Theirs, VILE
main. de TOcqueville. And yet 1t Is OF literary
race like this that Master Abbott pretends to say
there was none who dared to write the truth re-
spectng the first Napoleon for fear of being excluded
from the soirees OF Louis Philippe. Why is there
not this day an historical writer III France above the
mark of the Rev. Abbott, who would permit himself
to be presented at the Tulercs OF a certain sig
nifcance is an Essay on the Life and Works OF
Claiming with preface by Remusat
In fiction, we have numberless volumes and feull-
letons. Next to Edmond Abouts pleasant stories, of
which spoke month ago, the novel that has created
most sensation is one modelled after the least
plary characteristics of BaZac, entitled MADAME
Boeary. In minute depicting of material objects
and OF the litteness of provincial life, the author
has produced a sufficiently wearisOme and faithful
imitation But it is imitation. The inspiration of
the masters genius is wanting; the morality or
rather immortality is irredeemsbly bad. The book
and author were tried for their nsughtness before
civil trbunal-and not condemned. This has helped
on their nCtorety.
Of books of travel, fox which, on the whole, the
French are not famous, We have an unusual num-
ber grand work with numerous charts, illustrative
mates and drawings Of a journey continued through