New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-18

VII have gres poPohrny vbdUN NC H~e
gusge . read and spokes-nrs n hs sssn0J w
ssspsct, even hsa n England.
The mascuine novelits are comparatively qae'
At preeert Disrseh, however, . said 10 have q D.
fDished new sstrical romance Of Poh1ca me- =
which his successful Antagonist PAmefstoo- vii ngure
largely Lord Protocol The eternal and unfsasued
G. p. T. james has another story in the press- Mr..
tombstone the uneucceteful candidate for The PSbs-
mentary representation Of Downpatrck, a 1nsh
borough, has written Q novel called "Sxhnhsde,"
which s spt eddy to sppea-. 1t is political and sociL
in lie subject The authoref Rochester" story of
the "Japs Eyre school, also .haz new wosk Of fe-
ton in the press.
-"Friends in Bohemia, ~ sstirical novel, which
was to have been published Ast Autumn, 10 " N the
press a, last. Edward Witty, the author, Is ooe OF
the rising school Of Radical sad Progress Young Ea-
CHAMBERS. His father Ar. NJ J. Witty, who CON-
eDced bis literary in 1926 81 author Of Tales
Of Iish Life and editor Of The LoHdos ssd Droaa
Magazine, u editor and proprietor of TIE Leer-
pool Journal one Of the best provincial news
papers IN England bold and liberal In It's
politics, and crowded with news. The esdeet son,
Edward, was vel educated, and among other accom-
plishmen.s has such perfect knowledge Of shorthand
writing that on repairing to London, be Immediately
obtained permanent situation as Parliamentary re-
porter on Of the morning papers, which he retains.
He also has been the London Correspondent OF bus
fathers Journal and these letters attracted 30 much
attention that when The Leader Ia London weekly
sss established, he was invited to contribute. Al
1.-THE Stranger in Parliament, he made running com
mens week after week on what was done and said II
tie Legislature by leading men Of all parties, frequently
Introducing graphic personal sketches of those whose
conduct he touched on. In 1854 appeared "PoiihoA
Portras written to expose the governmental system
of Great Britain consisting Of those personal sketches
each paper being the attempted portrait OF an ndi
"yidual representing class within the governing
| "clsss.' Drawn with 9 very free and bold pencil
thete portraits are extremely clever They include
lard certsinly do rot fstter) Prince Albert, Aber
deem, Clarendon, Argyll Carlisle, Stratford de Rad
chffe Hardnge Derby Graham, Shaftesbury, Hen
r, Lepnox, Pslmerston, LsnsGowne, John Russell snC
bis brother Bedford, Stanley, Benjamin Hall, the
DIXIE of Cambridge and the Prince OF Wales. Th'
manner in which Mr. Witty strips Presense Is admir-
able. The whole man is brought up 10 the following
sentence: "a fixed impression in the British mnc
"is, that the Eor of Shsftesbury is msn who is a.
"wsys thinking about the Pope, who has muffie II
bis nose ar great surface Of white in the region Of
"tbe eye and throat" So, too, when he described
the DuLe OF Argyla as "a young man who never had
yoxth,' belonging to class with light hair and san
complexion, who "were rising young men o.
s s.-,... ard will be rifDg young men at fifty;
p.,mer,,o,'. 10, te as so answer, not to propose
Ous,.ioo,:" or Prince Abe,. as having "a policy -
namely to advance the Coburs family Mr. Whit;
has already written many nossiettes anonymously, il
various magazines, and has some experience there
fore, in what many novests are wsntIDg-trs condus
| Of HCy.
- Apropos of Msgazines is it not curious that th'
five Magazines publi'hed in London should be tn
property of two individualsl Fro:1's and The Gen
| tlemans belong to Mr. Parker the publisher, wbI'
| the Nt1c Mosthly. Btntley's Miscellany. and Airs
rorth, belong to W. H. AiDsworh, the novelist, who
coptriye. TO keep them stopshingly dull Ofthe new
| periodicals. The Train, and the National Mdga-iR
| alone keep their beads above water. The former II
publsbed in Edinburgh and has large circulation
| the latter, edited by Westlahd Marston and Johr
Saunders (drama,i.ts both, is the property Of join
| stock company, s,ocated under the Limited Lsbli
| ties Partnership Act.
Anew critical Journal Of character between TIL.
Literary Ga.ene and The AtkeRaun, is announced by
Scotch publisher, under the title of The Ed,Hburgl
Weekly Reritr liza price will be SIX cents-or fourth
less than is charged for its London competitors. IL il
strange enough that though Edinburgh very literary
no nt,l critical publication has yet succeeded there
The Edinburgh Week = Journal, very brilliant aut
abe periodical struggled through two years 1880 anC
1891, and its rival, Tie Edinburgh Literary Gazette
was yet more shot-lved. TaHs Magazine,
monthly, has ceased to be Scottish, being now edteC
and published in London, and on is last legs, more
over, from ,heer nanty.