New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-27

ALL In The original ezs whore possibie. and with
She most carefully performed reduction, wbse this
wss inevitable. II wss then dste mined that the col
lection should rot be simply selection Of the more
important but sf oud embrace all that known and
acc.s.ible. And, thirdly, each group or division should
be given 20 far ar possble in chronological order.
Bot here CO ne another difficulty Ritschl tbs editor,
oou not visit all the places where the descriptions are
preserved ticking bis photographer with him. nor could
R.msn law tables precious gems, or the val Of q
Pomptan hone upon which some lover had scratched
verse in praise Of biz mitress be brought to Bonn,
there to be copied. They resorted TO very simple
o, ingenious plan. sheet OF soft, wet paper was
laid over the inscription and with brush carefully
. essed into the lines, where it was allowed to dy.
In this manner perfect facsimile obtained which
could be rolled up and sent to Bonn. In where
paper was not sufficiently pliabe msteria sheets OF
me- allie foil were used to which back Of wax was
given and then forwarded carefully packed ia cotton
To Obtain the inscriptions under the Arches OF the
bridge over the Tiber, scsodiDg WAS erected, for In
no csse was q mere drawing to be admitted as copy
for re Ii togrspter THUS the materials for the work
we tlowly amassed.
The riktt man for editor was found-Ritsohl II was
not 20 cay to 6pd tie artist But be- too was FONDA
youue man nance PeDnipg, who was engaged ss Ions
ego a. 1851, and set to work under the Immediate
direction snd supervision Of the Professor. No vsris
ii in Any RET pec vas sllo wed from the pies. Every
inperecion Of letter cracks in the stone, bronze, or
plaster tpots from rust or other cause-a is given
The result is magrifcent-96 folio pstes-the pags
little longer, but no, quite 80 wide page OF The
TRIBuSE-coniain all the Known Lain Inscriptions Of
the days of tie Repobc, preceded by % pages OF In
PRODUCTION end explanation beautifully printed on tns
came folio size.
Several Of the larger inscriptionssOms Of the law
tables for rstaooe occupy double folo, while upon
Other ages great number of the smsller are gwen.
In case Of the bronzes they given in bron1s color
ard the sunksn letiers are inflated by etching the
stone away from them in fact, they are not merely
inflated, but reproduced The object ia to give ths
scholar the inscriptions to study in bis own chamber
ard a. examined them, felt convinced that this end
ia fully attained.
The collection is divided into three groups: First,
the Interruptions ard legends from gems coins, &c
S,oudly, Roman lay tables; Thirdly, inscriptions
uton g one. e.. upon walls sarcophsgi, bulldogs,
&c. Mr.. Nsrquard Of the University Library, to
whom am indebted for the opportunity Of examining
the work, has given me a quantity OF interesting
notices upon these groups ard single patee; bat sup
pose ust Low Lincoln lie CT more importance at home
than al antiquity, and must keep them to myself
Tie volume is to s,pear, understand at new year.
Rtscbl gives all his labor, go that price will 10 set
by tie Academy barely sufficient to defrsy the cost
probably some $25 70 $50 of our money. Tne number
printed ia not large snd our libraries which wish to
secure the best printed copies must be on the ale t.
OF Prof. Riscbls edition OF Pautus, the third vol.
ume beginning with the Penulus, Will soon be through
the press.
Prof Heimsosth has new edition Of KSchy lus with
an extensive commentary, in press.
Prof Otto jain is busy with the printing OF Volume
IL of bis Juvepal, containing the commentary. lie
told that probably two three years will eispss
before be beeIs his critical and bios raphicsl work
UPON Beethoven which is 70 follow the Mozsrt aud
,erhsps be followed by similar work upon Haydn.
OF bic great meteorological work announced someysars
since hear nothing.
Prot. Scbopen has a new and critical edition OF
Tacitus's DidIogus de Or0tori6us in press.
Prof Schmidt Is engaged upon a discussion OF PindG
as poetic artist.
That noble veteran Welcker, who celebrated, last
year, the iftieih Anniversary Of his appointment as
rseulsr Professor lat GiesseD aud who has ben forty
one years here has in press the second part Of Vol III
of his Griechische G6tterlehre which, understand,
concludes ,be work. II ia masterpiece Of learning,
criticism, and style.
Prof Boeckirg while continuing his edition of Uric
yon Hutens works, is preparing an sbssrac. OF the
nan civil law, for the use Of both philoogss and
jurists
young phlologist, DR.. August Refsrscheid, has
just finished printing C.. Suetoni tranquil prefer
Cesarum hbr0s relique or the Fragments of Suston-
Mus excluding his welllnowr Lives of the Caesars
Svo., some 300 psget. The work has four divisions:
IiIri de viriS usribus reiquie containing prin
ciptl sources fer Roman literary history; Pr9torun
rehqne consisting Of end for the most psrs
hitherto unknown or unrecognzed fragments OF
encyclopedia work; and Ceterorum LiJrorum re-
hqui9 and, finally, Questiones SuetoHian9.
These fragments he has edited from manuscripts,
ard the order in which they are arranged is upon
grouncs which be has discussed in the Quest,oRe'.
The editors claim to novelty are that he has here for
the frat time, brought together mass of fragments
which he proves to be from the pen of Suetonias snc
that there fragments exhibit that writer in IA entirely
new light.
Sustopus hss hitherto been knorn merely as the
tograrber Of tse Caesars, bis other writings being
hold TO have been unimportsBt. Riferscheid, after
an examination Of al Latin and Greek vritres now
kI own of later date than Suetonius and after an
additional and very extensive examination Of the liter
AZURE of the middle ages decides that he SuesoDias
of the greatest encyclopedias Of antiquity;
and that, although wanting the phDoscphic depth Of
Aristotle and the moral greatness of Yarro, he i'll
ranks with than in the influence which his works OK.
erted upon literature down to the revival Of letters.
How far Reiaecbeid has established his positions is
question for scholars.
Appended to this work is a fragment containing q
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