New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-25

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desire TO Rad SIR Waiter cotts poetry that urged me
to learn the English language have reAa several OF
Tie beet poets IN EDsiih, Iilian French, and i<'ns
but all appear 10 me 10 write toe uta. Az Arasp yes
saws al be wishes 10 say 10 a few words; his peessys
burning witt strong psssion: he nearest 70 Is =
Pores Eloisa ard Aeelard" .as srest
The Crowniushield Library has 10, ye. been
forwarded 80 England. So numerous and urgent ars
he appicat:ons for books totally rvspective OF any
price that may he put upon them, that the purchasers
agent has written 10 London 10 inquire whether 'e's
bibographieai feryor cannot be rsted and The ooss
oftanshpnent and duties ssved. Eight hnndred sos
lars IL said to have been offered for the bayss'e
Psalm Book the rst book printed in Britssh AmercA-
A curious history attaches 20 another copy OF uss
hook. now In a New-YorS collection. 1t was bought
At the sale Of the lie Mr. Pickering stock IN Laaon'
lied up " III ten or twelve other old versions 1.-The
Psalms, in a lot for Isl sterling, or ~ So On exam-
nation the precious volume 20 nearly perfect 'hss
he ms rtion OF leaf supplied from another Imperfect
opv in the collection of Boston gentleman, restored
IN pristine completeness and placed in Is PREF
en-, positicn for a sum not teu than $5oo Even this
high price il seems, Is now transcribed.
--Messgs Bailliere Brothers of New-Ycrk have done
good work IN collecting the varoas writings OF Ihees
Say on the Entomology OF the United States, IN ona
volume under the editorship of DIR. Leeonte Say
will DC rene mbered the student 10 devoted " sc-
ence who lived for wears twelve Gems DAY, and
felt the interruption of eating much that he used IN
wish be had hole in his side in which % pack away,
once month or &C. .he food requisite for his nourish-
nent." Since bis DEATH in 1884, bis scientific fps
and the demand for his works have been continually
rising.
SIR philip Sidneys Miscellaneous Works, edited
by Gray, are announced for republication by TO.
Durham OF Boston. Mr.. Burnham Is well known ~
the largest dealer in secondhand books IN New-En
gland and no man has had better opportunities for feel
ing the pulse of public taste. The edition followed APP
reared at Oxford in 1899 and has been long out Of
print. It contains 1.-The Defense of Pocsy,' Son
nets, and al Sidney's works except the Arcadia
The publishing business Of the late Mr.. Edward
Moxon il is announced will be continued in his family
Mr.. Moxon was poet himself and euiphstscaliy the
friend and publisher of poets and il is gratifyingto
know that he did not suffer IA man OF business BY
his sympathy with lelature. The steady profits ars-
ing from the sale Of Rogers Campbell, Hood, Tepny-
son, Wordsworth Keats, and Charles Lamb, were
sufficient TO overbasnce the losses caused by some un-
fortunate enterprises as Dyce's Library Edition OF
beaumont and Fletcher in eleven volumes, on which
e3oOO was rrereyably sunk; the illd1irssed esi-
ton of Tenpysous works that accorded so little with
public taste that 5000 copies were sold TO Aessrs-
Rontedge at less than oneird the Publishing price.
The same firm has purchased the series OF one volume
editions of the old DFamatists and Poets, which
have already had wide circulation in this country,
and sre destined at the reduced price, TO be sIt
| further difiused.
! --Messrs Appetons publishing announcements are
mainly confined TO reprints and include several works
| of importance. Dawson, the nauralsts, new book
on " The origin OF Species;"a much-wanted work ON
Practical Metsllurgy," by Or. Percy; new edition.
Of " Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and
Mines thoroughly revised TO the present date; and
| the work Of Rawnson on "T The Historical Evidence
of Recorded Religion" published in London by Mr..
Murray. e,t1
Great activity has lately prevailed IN Tnrksh htes-
atnre The eleventh part Of CheiTullah EHendis ME-
tory Of the Ottoman Empire has Just appeared in Con-
stantinople each part containing sketch OF Sultan,
and the last one that Of Soyman One of the earlier
volumes which originally sold for about Is piastsrs,
now brings 100 pasters t44). The second edition Of
the tint volume of Jevdet Efendis history Of Modern
Turkey until 1892, is selling rapidly. The Tmkish
transIaion of Tabers universal history 1885, which
originally cost 100 piasters, recently imported from
Egypt at the price Of 800 piasters ..,.sss.ss
of Hadji Chalfas great biographical work, 70
well known in Europe by FlGgels edition, 600 copies
recently ordered from Egypt a; 600 pisaers each
Ten editions Of the great Arab bstorosrapbicai work
by Ibn Chaldun the Oriental honesqueu have recent
" appeared in Egypt, and in Constantnope were
lately published an edition of the Pro!egoneHa and
biographies Of Charles Kill, Talleyrand Wellington,
| Palmerston, Metteruich, Nesselrode SC.
OF Mordtmann's Siege and Conquest Of Conssanii-
nople two modern Greek and Italian transIsiion
were recently published in Athens. '' "
--OsInan Ragib Eaendi has Published in Constanti-
nople collection Of select official documents entlsed
- Tok(et al Sfznsehat"1 literally, scleet Rhetorical
Specimensl. From Crcassian says the author has
raised himself by his ability to the poet Of Secretary Of
Hall Rifat Pasha, Turkish dplonlstist and sta;es-
man, brother-n-sw Of the reigning Sultan who bed
March 4, 1856. The work contains most Of the hese
public papers emsnatng from HALLS pen during h'-
| tenure Of Office. a..4t
-Rauf Bey, son Of Rifat Pasha, who ofieiated ~
Secretary Of the Council Of State, has also lately pub
Hshed under the title Of Aeari Riat Paskd, honn-
ments OF Rifat Pasha in Constantinople collection a
bis fathers writings comprising wide range offufk-
ish public affairs and curious essayon European
politics.
--Messrs. Sheldon a. Co., are 20 hereafter b. TIE
publishers Of Pres. Wsylands Intellectual Phioro-
pby" and his " Life vi Judson." They are also 10
! publish the Rev. ii. W. Beechers Life Thoughts"
Jacob Abbotts RolIo Books, Of which ~ 900 vols
have been sold within the a.t four years, and tho
Sunny Side Series," vois embracing Psai Cray
| tons Work. The same firm have 10 press few
novel BY Paul Crsytop, the frss volume Of new
l H., Ia..l Abhr,t en1 veltifte of The