New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-25

pounced IN England, but without sny ePecucahon Va
size price, il is probably only just d'termneo
Oh. Dr. schmitz of the Edinburgh High School, Is en-
gagged to furnish Introduction, and the translation
undertaken with the sanction Of the author VINO VIII
forward for bis latest corrsctions-w be made ey
the Rev. Z. S. Davies.
-Acoordingt to plan lately introduced Messrs Baugs,
Merwin & Co., the literary auctioneers, will ofer at
private ssle Aug g. at the prices attached TO the
articles in the catalogue very curious COLLECTION Oh
Autograph Letters and Documents, both American
and English, but chiefly remarkable in the former de-
partmeIt for many rare specimens that VIII not oe
long In realizing the sums at which they are held.
The two highest priced articles are an autograoh line
and signature of Gen. Joseph Warren the Martyr OF
Bunker Hill and letter Of Gen Washington to Gen.
George Clinton dated at {" Headquarters Morristown,
March 81 W. These are each valued at $50. Toere
is sarcastic and threatening letter of Benedict Arnold
to British officer who had treated him with insult,
priced S.. A bond with seal and autograph OF Col.
Ethan Allen, $40. A long letter of Col Joseph Brant
Thayendanega to Gov. Clinton, $l5 with many others
of equal interest.
The Oldest purely bookseling periodical in En-
gland Bents Monthly Literary Advertiser has just
expired Of hamilton after existence nearly sixty
years. leaving "The Publishers Circular" issued
twice month by Low g. Co. of Ludgate Hill, the
only recognized general organ of the English publish
ing trade
1t is confidently reported that the Of Mr..
Edwin in the editorial chair of the "Quarterly Re-
view" is can erudite gentleman from the North "a
Mr.. MACPHERSON The announcement has rather
apocryphal sound rumor lie silent the qualifica
tons or by-gone experiences of any such person.
L.
of the EBAY Psam-Book," the first book printed in
British America, at Cambridge Mass and which did
not appear at the sale lately held in London comprs
ing portion of his library has been sold tbs asserted
not to the British Museum, but to private collector
in England, for one hundred and fifty guineas. When
advertised with the rest Of the Library in Boston be-
fore Il collection disposed of entire, several bids
as high as $500 were received, and it would, most
likely, have brought quite much in this country as
the realized in England.
Mr.. Atkinson's beautifully illustrated volume on
the AmoOr River and Country, lately Issued in Lon
don fills void 10 all libraries respecting portion of
the earhs surface now daily coming within the circle
of civilized ideas and associations. The very recent
nature of the Russian acquisitions snce 1854, and the
ease with which they have been made lie feature that
strikes the reader forciby. Mr.. Atkinson considers
that the Russian views Of conquest of the great island
Saghslen, in the Japanese seas, are equally certain
of completion and as it furnishes excellent COAL the
materials for steam navy on the Pacific will be
at once secured. BY departure from the usual re-
strictve practice the whole Amoor country will be
opened next year to private enterprise, for the ex-
ploraton and working of its mineral treaslres-an
opportunity that will surely not be neglected by the
pioneers of the western slope of our Continent
A clergyman in England the Rev. John Hunter,
employed in educational matters, adyertses a work
that should certainly be reprinted and distributed gra-
tuitousy among their correspondents by the newspaper
editors of the United States II is The Art of Prscis
Writing: being an Introduction TO the Writings of
Precs OF DgeSts applicable TO Narratives of Facts
or Historical Events, Evidence Correspondence, Off
cal Documents, and General Composition, with nu-
merous examples aud exercises" The difficulty of
getting plain tale told is hardly realized till the
experiment is made. Sometimes, indeed, mother wit
will supply the place Of art in the instance given by
Mr. Dunlop in his book on the Hymmalayas, whelea
freak of cruelty ia a mischievous elephant was thus
notified to him by the village SC ibe:
"This morning the elephant OF Major R by sudden mo-
ton Of sneut and foot k old Instant fear fall
Wv Your most Obedient servant"
That mans common sense might redeem a whole
circumlution office.
"A valuable history of " German National Liter'-
ture" has ut been published by Prof Wilnar Of Mar
burg 1t is written with true patriotic feeling bringing
out the characteristics which may be called peculiarly
matte nal in opposition to those shared with Germany
by other population Of kindred birth and culture. 1t
extends from the earliest rthstorc times to the death
of Goethe since which time the abundant richness of
recent literature almost defes classification till van
tage ground of distance is gained for its survey.