New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-28

A., Tr,s,;sl Library. have had occaslon o'en W
,ruly 10 DIR. Behrnauer for booSs, ana sas"S'
,rn,i Of his one day, in relation 10 tue ou'dn
dir Was 10 nv ear a whole volume o, 'o.'.n ,..,
As bit of curious statistics, should nAc ~
-. =, many of THE TRiBUNE's hall milhon VI
a1,,s tiere are TO whom the names oi Saiadin,
'rs,rsrlepc. and Solyman the Magnncen'' are ios
,ords of magic. To me they are; and tue insn1Iyn
m saladin's name led TO the inquiries 'he 'es"''
of which / am now emoodying. ,r,,s.
Pebru,uer's first publication was German trans
Iation Of the old Oriental romance, Inc rory
Viyiersn - work well known, believe, 10 O'ieu-
taGsts This was published by ieaoher, LcpA-s,
IssI. He is now preparing an edihon oi 'aie ne, 20
uo,l in The orirnal, with glossary ana notes. 10
Le DnbE,Led by Brockhaus of Leipzig III looo'
II Will form large eyo volumes OF over Sgo pages
In lsrs he in connection with A. L. berlic
fp.rlits.h) published the first number OF Gae"H
ta, S,tb,sLe Gesckiekie" (SOurces ior the hls'oiy
-cf Seryial. a country in which, believe, our own
distinguished au,hOress, Mrs. Robinson, was tue
tirst to awaken an interest IN western EuioPr, "
ber' coll, etiOn of its songs and poetry iheSe
=. s.c,sIIau;, are extracts from Turkish writers,
r,,,ted IN the original. with two translations-One
n German, one in Scrvian. The first number Y
yo Frapz go: Vieuna), contains history OF tue
hattie an the River MaEezZa, IN the iouTteenth cen
turv under Murad l., extracted from lurAisn
Lisio,ian of The fifteenth century The second
number, now in preparation, is TO contain IN ac-
count of the battle OF Angora, IN the orglna rer-
sian text, with German and Servlan trahsiati0nS' on,
e,cerrted from the " "Zdferndme OF VIC
tory-a biography OF Imur the tartar Nia"ie''
lane). ,,,,.,,,,
Piobably some of the readers of The TRIBUNE
have seen an old English history of Tamerlane,
rrblitLed a hundred years ago or more. ihis was
bad translation OF very imperfect and incorrect
old French translation OF the "ZcfeTHame; An
edition Of the work entire, already partially pre-
ua1cd. Of course in the original, but with German
trai slation notes, &c, from manuscripts III cna
ard London, has been determined upon by Dr.
B,Luaucr; TO appear believe also in Leipzig. 1t
will not be out, probably, before 1861 or o2.
A work edited by him, now passing through the
pr,ss ia in Arabe-1he Book of the two Gardens
of News OF THE two Governments-tae IN small
capitals, as if all other princes and potentates ana
movers were nothing in comparison with tneni--
lat is biographies Of the two great Suitans OF the
age OF The CIusaGes, ,Nuraddin and Saadin (Salanad
ir-the Welfare OF Religion. e. Queen Veto
ras Catholic title " Protector Of the Faith). The
autlor of this work was Shafiitan-some sort OF
religious party title, B. tells ne-Abu Shamah,
who vroie in the thirteenth century IL IS
pleasant fact TO ne that the work is appearing rst
IN the ftuiiItton of an Arabic newspaper published
at B,,nut. in the land once Saladns, the type be-
ING aiteIwald used TO print it in book form. The
manuscripts from which this first printed edition OF
the work is prepared by DR.. Is. are in the libraries
al Leydtn and Copenhagen. Eight sheets are al
ready through the press. IL you wish 10 suDscrloe
for the BeyIout new spaper you can write to khalll
Eieudi AlLLuIi, editor aud publisher OF the Hade-
kGt al AktG1-Garden of News. When published
in bt Ok form, it is TO have German translation,
notes, &C.
A Memoir, prepared by DR.. B. for the Journal
Asiot,que, Of Parls, must by this time be in print
1t is upon the Police System OF the A'abs Per
slams, ard Turks in the time of the Mameluke Sui
tane, about the thirteenth century with particular
reieIerce to the Office OF the Muhtasib-stil exist
ing III ludia.
Muhtasib. corruptly Mshtissub. A superin-
"terd,nt of Markets and Police: an officer ap-
"Iointed TO take cognzance of improper behavior,
" as of ndecency, drunkenness, gambling; also OF
+" tie sale OF intoxicating drugs and liquors, and OF
"ialse weights and measure" says Wilson, in
his GLOSSARY of Judicial, &C., terms of British
India"
lie substance of DIR. BIS Memoir is drawn from
the Annabr6wi, manuscripts III Vienna and IN the
ReiaJ an Library, purchased IN Damascus for LeiP-
zig, aud the Alakvah MS in the BOdelan library
at Oxford.
VIII not somebody give us this Memoir in English
as an aid TO understanding the Arabian Nights, if
C1 10 better purposei 1t will have special value,
IS throwing lew light upon the advanced state OF
civil ard social pOity among those splendid Sara
oeus, at an epoch wien in Europe society was just
emertiI ifcm state hardly better than chaos; and
OF the very time when the lshmaeltes, or Assasslns
wee in tie hight OF their power; as passage In
the Vienna ADrabrawi Ms. expressly states.
In the great collection of MSS. which yon Ham.
ner mace tor lis history of the Ottoman Empire,
aud which is how in the Imperial Library at Wen
ma, is a superb folio of the finest yellum, exqus-
iek written and Ornamented, the contents OF which
are the daily journals of the campaigns of S0ly
n. an the Magnificent. Ii is possible that this is
tie ouly copy Of The MS; but if so, how could
hammer have gained possession OF iti Yet, IN an
er to al inquiry The subject, Ahmed Djewdet
LfeEdi Imperial HistOriOgrapher at Constantine
Die, wrote under date of August Is, 1853 that no
cory was known TO him there. 1t is hardly to be
SUI po.ed, however that these journals should not
le found someu heie in the Turkish archives.
In 1879, the Emperor Ferdinand pressed John
Zupolya WHO had been crowned King of Hungary,
20 land that the latter begged the assistance OF
Sobnau the Magnificent (Sulaiman ll). The Sui
tan raised an amy OF 1900 men, marched to Han
gary reinstated Lapoya, and then proceeded to in-
Sest Vienna but the extremely wet and rainy
forced him ut length TO retire. The journal Of this
ean aien was printed at the Imperial Press, in the
original with German translation, last year, by DR..
EehIpauer, as a present TO the Pathological Con-
Rl,ss which met ia Vienna. Dr. Ii. 3 translation
lbeirg again translated) begins thus:
Survey Of The stations of the victorious army,
which tie ,ame made upon its march under the COM
maid OF the mighty Psdisbab, his Majesty Salsiman
GCd tie uIlnted strengthen bs helper Upon that
nGI,h, CunIg winch II once ana again came To Oten,
TO IcstIsn Tie accuised Ferdinand and then beseged
tie fortress Vienna, met the German Emperor and
King III zen ar took away several fortresses Of the
lLLGels AID pluIdeied and took booty in most
Of tie TegioLs aid countries.
"On Tie Ranladan ii. e., May 10, 1929:
"kCLcly. day the Sutan's Majesty left Con-
,aIfiI a ID LaI py 10 Iepin hIs march, Encamped at