New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-10
LITERARY.

time There is already some talk about memoir
of Washington Irving, with selections from his cor
respondence while abroad which il said to be very
copious and Of the highest Interest," but the event
which has given rse to the idea is yet too recent for
ANYTHING TO he determined in the matter. Goodly
/ volumes on American history, Mr.. Frank Moores
/ "Diary of the American Revolution Mr.. Partons
/ Life Of jackson" and DIR. Hopkins on the Puritan
! Times are among the most noticeable original works
now brought ont, and show the prevalence Of taste
| which publishers are prompt TO cater for. The fine
series of volumes constituting the editions issued within
a few years of the writings Of Washington, Hamilton,
/ Adams, jefferson, Franklin, Calhoun, and Webster,
make noble appearance on the shelves of foreign
Libraries where they are eagerly sought for, and are
recognized with pardonabe exultaton by the Amerl-
can traveller who then feels that the best monument OF
an author or statesman is credable edition Of his
works
-Messrs. Ticknor & Fields are now the publishers
! Of the writings Of Ralph Waldo Emerson They an
nounce for early appearance bis new work-"The
Conduct Of Life in uniform style with his former
publications, to form one volume. limo.
The mysterious regions Of Central America, which
Stephens was unable TO penetrate, have yielded mp
their secrets TO the enterprise Of French saysnt,
NJ. Mirelet who has lately completed scientific
exploration of the country around Lake Peen, aud the
neighboring regions of Yueatan, Vera Paz, &c, not
before visited or described by white siuce the
time Of Cortez. His work, entitled Iza or Travels
in the Unexplored Regions of Central America, is in
preparation snd will shortly be issued. 1t ia translated
by Mrs E. G.. Squer and will be accompanied by map
and illustrations from the original, which has never
been publshe+, but privately printed in Paris as
scientific report the Society from which the expedi-
ton emanated.
Mr.. Il. H. Horne, at one time a well-bnown and
copious writer whose naue of frequent occurrence
as the author of Orion" reappears, after long
silence with Australian Facts and Prospects" new
book Just announced Mr. Homes career at the an
podes has been prosperous, and he writes him
self Commander of the Gold Escort" Commissioner
of Crown Lands, Territorial Magistrate" &c, a
string of titles enough excite the envy of his quon
dam BRETHREN the stay athome members Of the London
"Press-Gang."
Some remark has been excited by the announce
ment in the beautiful illustrated edition Of The Mer
chant of Venice" that 10 qualify gft-book for
families few lines Of the original have been omitted
There is but one opinion to the righteousness of
these unauthorized tamperngs with classic texts in
this country; though from the temperance Of MIR.
Bowdlers abors in new edition, published by Long
MANS in one shilling numbers, it would seem that the
day of "Famly Shakespeares" is not yet over in
England.
The new life of the poet Campbell by his friend
and associate in the +" New Monthly Magazine" Cyrus
Reddng has revived attention TO the remuneration he
derived from his literary laboIs Though it is true that
as a young man and unknown author, he sold the
copyright Of " The Pleasures of Hope for about
ESQ yet from the voluntary iberality of hispublshers
-
for every thousand copies that they printed and also
the privilege of issuing an expensive subscription
edition entirely for his own emoument, making his
gains altogether "a 500 for poem Of 100 lines
The "Specimens of the English Poets were edited,
by previous agreement with John Murray, for $780,
AT the conclusion of the work the publisher of his
accord doubled the sum. Yet Campbell the man
who at a literary dinner gave the health of Bonaparte
/" because he shot a bookseller palm Of VIENNA.
The censorship Of the press is unusually active iu
Paris Of late. Among the books just suppressed and
consequently in every ones hands, are Democracy"
! by Eueune vacherot; War Against England" a
very truculent producton) by Louis Jourdani Count
Montaembert's "Pius TX. and France in 1919
and 1852" and Pamphlet by the never-tiring
! Em de Girardin.
The late Mr.. W. w. Turner Librarian Of the Pat
ent Office, Washington, whose recent loss is depored
BY his friends has left little under his own name 10
testify to his requirements, all his acknowledged
writings being contained in the Transactions of the
American chronological and Oriental Societies. SO
high, however, was his reputation hnguist, that
scarcely pathological work has appeared of late with
out his advice cooperation being solicited The Sc
mite languages were bis peculiar province and Nori
| heimers Hebrew Grammar the best ever published,
now very scarce) owes to him large portion of It's
| excellence. He the compiler Of the Latin Die
tionary known as Andrews Lexicon" and had the
arranging and superintendent Of the works Indian
Languages issued by the Smithsonian Institution
Rigss's Dacotah Grammar and Dictionary. While in
central position at Washington, his assiduy in the
collection of materials for the calculation of the Indian
dialects from all the delegations which visited the cap
iial was wesriess and he had made great progress
toward a general view Of the whole family. 1t is
hoped that among his papers much may be foand on
this interesting subject to justify publication.
Mr.. Darwn's new work on the "0rigin Of Species,
by of Natural Selections or, The Preservation
Of Favored Races 10 the Struggle for Life, is exciting
great attention. aud threatens to revive the discussions
formerly raised by the Vestiges Of Creation" The
title viii give notion of the tendency of his views
They lead distrust of the idea of the imuutabiy
ofseciesi and indeed he says 81 believe that animals
have descended from, at most, only four five pro-
genors-and plants from An equal lesser number.
Analogy world lead one step further, namely:
That al animals and plants have descended from some
ole prototype" Readers of his delightful book,
"yoyageof Naturalist, viii recognize in this new
work his power as writer, whatever may be the