New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-21

prize poem in blank verse, "Timbuctoo This conrA
Of about $50 lines and for wonder has escaped re-
publication.
MIR. Walter Thornbury edvertses in The Afhen1-
nm that be ii feel deeply Obliged to any friend oil
the psnter, j. M. w. Tu ner, who will furnish nun
with any unpublished letter. notice of prices, or other
material that nav be u.efGl for the Biography on
which he is at presept engaged There little in the
of Mr. Tbornbury as al author To point MIN out
as t peyson for the task beyond the fact that he
for some years "Art Critic" for The 4tteneum, and
!, rtou,r.s courage TO undertake in face f what may
he expected fir m a grearer hand. Mr.. Ruskn says, in
his pewly published volume, turner's Life is TO be
written by biograpber who will l believe spare no
pains in collecting the few scattered records which exist
Of career 30 me seDtfu and secluded will not antic
patio bis pclu-ioDs but if Trey pear to me just will
e. deavor afterward far as it msy be in my power,
to confirm and illustrate them, aud if unjust to show
in bat degree" In another place be sadly sums up
the painters career: "With no sweet home for his
childhood friendess in youth loveless in ma lhood
and hopeless in death, Turner was what Dante nigh
have b. en- without the Jelo ort, without Beatrice
and without HIM who gave them all and took them
all away
The days of heroiDes not passed. Here s
weak wonar confronting the whole imposing body of
Law ard lawyers, and appealing to he public for
sympathy in the following announcement, which ap-
p.s' the Enslsh literary papers 'Tbe Lady and the
Lawyers; or, Honesty is the best Policy. This book,
which hss crea'ed remarkable sensation smonf the
legal couraterDity and which gives such insight
into their professional practices. is published by,
al may be had Of, the autbOIess, Anna TDker /nSe
De Burgh) Price 1916" Mark the parenthesis.
~ , 10. II. yai
" blood bss done tall. pebtian Mrs.. Toker might
suffer in silence but a lady born De Burgh knows
better what is due TO herself.
Mr.. Mafsey's History of England in the reign
of &c rye ILL.," referred to last week is just out and
,be volume 10 question third hiss many attractions for
American readers. The narrative commences in the
year 1880 and includes the capture of Yorktown and
the surrender of Lord CORVALLIS to General Wash
ipgton. On mucn discussed question, Mr.. Massey
takes the aide least popular in England and maintains
that the execution Of Major Andre fully justified
upon settled grounds principles of public law.
Much stress a. laid at the ,ime upon the fact that
Andre admitted that be did not land under flag Of
truce. But, whether be did, or did not make this
admiesi, seems immatenal. g. To maintain says
Mr. Massey, that flag of truce which is Intended
ony fer those comnu ications between hostile forces
fare requre can be available to cover such transac
ton AZ that which AIde came ~edly to regotiae,
il a moekeIy and an absurdi'y." The same argument
applies TO the safe conduct received from Arnold,
whose treason att. sted by the papers fouod Andre,
PROFESSIONALLY Ivalids ed the psss The fact of the
off. nder being an officer il treated aggavation
of the offepse. Tbe AdjutaptG neral Of the British
Amy was 10 common spy" and the writer's conclu-
49, IS ,ba ic
lsbed.
The immense literary and artsiic treasures yet re-
manning in that inexhaustibe country, Italy were well
exemplifed by 'ton sale of Messrs. SOtheby
& Wilkins, n. ON June 20, of small consignment OF
books and manuscripts the properly of au old Italian
family f'om Rome brought to the hammer on account
Of troublous times The number Of lots was $40
only AMI two or three packing cases would have held
the whole, yet high was the quality Of the articles
that the proceeds Of the sale amounted 10 t4,l let
or more than go coo. Among the printed books were
several rare works ea'ly American discovery.
Tire folio wing of the prices: Toe Frencnser-
sion of "CapiaiD Frobsbers Voyages" (much scarcer
than the Enlh.h original, 1907, Els To- Americ'
Vespptii QuattuOr kovigationes, Lyons 1907, tS;
Bqessant b. era Relatione dalcnne Mssioni de +. r.
della Campdgaia d. Gesu Nella MORA FraHeia:
Macerara 653 lore of the 1ar.si books known
on Canada 60 10; fHsutdrum Mund' Choro-
grapiia. collection Of l3l col9red maps Of the
fit. en,b century fi3 The ilIumina ed manu-
scripts were, however the gems Of the collection
sud realized corresponding prices Lect'onarium ct
Oyotlonibus Festorum EccieSie Romano, magnih-
cent manuscript, filled with ilumiUaions and borders
of the richest character from Count Cisoguara cab
net f204; a Geruan MS, The Fables of Bidpai,"
executed as brics gift for the celeb ied MAJ garet Of
Austria. 6aushte of the Emperor Maxim ilian, Oh her
beir,tba to the Dauptn of France, vi i32 beaaliul
drawings, by Isral Won M.cheln, E280 a fine Ms. of
DAME, La Dipind Commedid Q645 from the Albani
collection, G65. While Oh this suhj-ct, we may men
ion Il at the in-trared copy Of Boy dels Shakes
peare formerly dstcribed, in as volumes, was
bpccked down for ei95-th. Purchasers name is not
given
Mr.. Gyms Redding, the great authority in vnous
matters in proves tie opportunity oe ed by the reduc-
tion of the import duties in England by publishing
welcome little work French Wines and Vineyards,
srd How 10 End Them thoroughly practical guide
TO impexters and consumers
"A new American suth'ress, Sophia May Eckley,
VITO tas published in London work on the East
The Oldest Of the Old World is yet unknown 70
fame ID Der country The critics speak well OF it as
an ef, GIVE narrative written in lady like spi aud
among o,her scenes, recouptiug the voyage up the
Nile with large party OF anes, i'll boat called the
T,nsy with the rag Of the and stripes displayed