New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-22
LITERARY.

IN o of the most interesting announcements lately
cae is by If, ssrs Macmillan that they will publish
"Lives of the sheiidans by the Hon. Ms Norton;
,,,,elr tie lntcg, and most distinguished scion Of
dat gifted race which has produced IN every
rereratior, since her great-great grandfather DR.
TT onas Sheridan the friend Of Dean Swift, men OF
n.rl and rlelihood'-n fact that occurs in no other
fan y ard is the most remarkable instance OF the he
r,diary irartmis,ion Of genius of modern times. Inc
sane publishers announce another work OF nnnsnhi
r., mica Life Of William Blake the Artist and Po-
e." to lie coJiouty illustrated from his own designs
-" Health, Husbandry and IIandicraft," ia the al
,erltiye title Of Ms Matineaus new book, shortly 70
lie tublhled by Messrs. Bradbury & Evans
Tile UPPER clasees are about TO enjoy in England
their recuhar organ No. Of " The Draw ing Room
riletarte Review" IL to appear in the present week.
With a rare frHnlnesA and excusable modesty the
editor announces thar, like the " Evening Leaf" in
wlitl Goethe and Schiller wrote, it will combine high
literary ard scientific merit, with a few pardouabe
triyali,ies, and that nothing may be wanting, every
COW will he lowered with wrapper,
adori ed with beautiful frontisPiece by Phiz, and
iIustIeted in novel style" and all this for SIX
renee With mutt be Of the pardonabe tfivall-
ties" ALLUDED to.
Mr. Jol Augustus 81. John the father Of pre-
life race Of HeroteHr') announces the commencement
If work Of come pretensions the fret volume 81
which will shortly he Published by hessrs. Smith d
Elder tits Hstory of England" from the earliest
eriod TO our own times. Is main purpose il to ex-
Hill tie progress Of English civilization developed
in the action Of Government, and the condition OF the
reoIle; the advance of religion philosophy, science
and literature, and the expansion Of the vast colonial
system" II is expected TO form six volumes octave,
tie fst of Itch will bring down the narrative TO the
death Of William the Conqueror.
Tile coleci, Il political Ballads of the Seven
teetb and Eighteenth Centuries" edited by w. Wal
ker wilkins vols. post svo is among the latest pro-
dncroIs Of Nefsrs Longmans press IL comprises l2i
ballads dating from l6Il 10 1857, chnOnOlogically ar
ranged under each reign Charles l., Commonwealth,
&c. to George H.. They have been cleaned from old
unLnfcrirts, coiemrorary journals, and rare single
sheets ard brondsdes, many Of which are presumed to
lie unique. "Wben the King Enjoys His Own Again"
tthe oily gong DR.. johnson knew, 1.-The Protecting
Brewer" CROMWELL "Clarendon's House Warming"
IitutteIo,' 1.-THE Old Gray Mare Queen Annel,
% Tie Pretenders Flight and Lamentaton, and many
ether OF tho popular poems which reflect the current
,entineIt On tie political events and men of the day
are lere correctly printed and illustrated, with explain
stoy notices of the occurrences and audedto.
Tie eIest masters Of fiction have very different
tioDs Concerning their art In Sir Walter Scotts opin
ion III clef excellence of the title of a novel
that it should give clue To the contents OF the book,
and in this view he considered Iyanhoe" the most
successful Of all his attempts as it conveyed no intm-
lon Of the time place, persons, or country that the
story reluted to. lir. Thackersy, on the contrary,
Il inks il udicious to the novel which 20 be
fI tie next sixteen months the leading feature" of
tie Co,nk5H H0gaz,,eas 1.-THE Adventures of Philip,
On Lis way through the World, showing who Robbed
bin, who Helped him, and who Passed him by"
Tie lille Of DckeIs's Christmas Story for the extra
nrulerof All The Year Round is "A Message from
tie Sea-
M Theirs finds that the limits allotted for the COM
Fiction Of his History Of the Consulate and Empire
ale 100 nnuow for the proper development of his
tene ard that therefore, the entire work will be
tended to twenty volumes The eighteenth-published
thif mortEncudes d history of the first Restoration
ard the Congress Of Vienna IL will be followed by
nineteenth. devoted 10 the Imperial Island rule
Of Elba and the events which followed Napoleons
turn, and 10y a twentieth 10 be entitled, Waterloo
and st. Helena" The whole 10 appear in the
courfe of 1861.
The sixth edition of Sir Charles Bells work on
"1Le Hand iis Mechanism and Vital Endowments
az v,Icng design" with Illustrations is just puDsIed
| Ly Nr. Murray. As is well known, il was originally
written us Of The Bridgewater Treaties" when
that series was issued by Mr. Pickering; though the
fact now seems 10 lie ignored in the more recent
editions. The fate Of that series Of works splendid
monument Of eccentric liberaliy, is rather curious
Tie sale Of the whole series, both in England and
An erica where they repubshed by Messrs. Lea
& Banchard very large, hut of late years, by
tie accidents Of the publishing trade entire ret
they have become quite unatt.inable. Mr. Bonn has
included in Lis scientific library the treases Of Drs
Chalmers Kirby, Wbewel Prout, and Prof. Kidd
MessrS Routledge publish the geological; treaiises Of
Or. Bu,l land Mr. Murray that of Sir Charles Bell a.
m6niiontd above and DIR. Royetson Animal and Veg
etatle Physiology" seems to have been silently drop
Iod by every one, and is quite out Of print The Vol
unteer; Ninth Dridgewa Treatise of Mr.. Babbuge
is aso book, and that would well repay
reprint.
"A London bookseller, Hr. +. 8. Elia describes
with fac-smile, in his recent catalogue, choice
volume for oyers Of literary relics. Ii is the only book
Il at Lls occurred which be traced to the posesson
Of the poet Dryden, copy Of "Spensers Poetcal
Works folio, 1879, with alesta;ion the fy-eaf
in tie vile scrawl Of Jacob Tonson the well-known
publisher that The corrections made in this book are
OF Mr. Dryden's own handwriting J. Tossos." One
Of those notes, where Of The Faery Queen is
pointed out by the poet ground work for song on
St. Ceoilias Day" is of great interest. The price
asAtd for the volume ia f35.
The serial story must be at this moment the most
Profitable occupation Of literary men in England IA
Magazines Of a classes are adding il to their attrac.
tiCns. hiss ID. ii. MULCH, or as she prefers to be