New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-29
LITERARY.


rublsipg trade-tbe toks being more particularly Of
Tbs, literary cls,s WI icb has made spec'ot by
mi. home. Mess,s Hsrpers have in press sev-ra CT
the ,a,,e hooks of travel tbas have appeared 10 En-
LAND dor;ne The sst sss,on-ss Capt. BartOus tx
,lorat on OF East africa and Advisors "Amoor
| River" Meesrs Appletops have nearly 'esdy their
lop nounc.d b. suufal edition Of Shakespeare ed
tied by Mrs Cowden Clarke and seversl other books
Of an ornamental character. A hopeful feeling with
regard to future prospects Of bupin'ss Is clearly Die.
cerD,be through the ~bole trade, after the ethsrgy
witch q aracepred the Summer months.
DIR. Comuirg &c new work has been secured by
MessIs. Rodd & Carlton, who will issue i. 10 uniform
style with bis Great Tribuaticn to which indeed il
il connected by it, subject mater. II Is entitled Re-
demptioD Draaeth Nigh; or, The Great Preparation"
and Ill include rhe sermons lately d,livered with
80 much eclat at the French Protestant CHspe the
"Oisoire, at Paris-" The Future Of she Earth, and
"Tle Fu'ure of England" Whatever may be thought
of DIR. CommiDes tbeori's his own sincerity in their
belief manifest as the nesr approach Of the tins be
now fixes for the cynsummaiion OF all things-l867-
will soon expt rimenislly xst their truth.
The ssngunary scenes lately enacted IN syriahsve
caused inquiry for books the Dfuses, andths region
they ini sbit Mr. David UIqubats new work, "The
Lebanon al ID ts Life: History and Diary" will
probably contain materials Of valoe as the suhor indie
peLdebt Of HE devotion 10 few peculiar cotcheis, has
III occasionally thorough ard peculiar intimacy with
many little known phses % Eastern fe. Afer clam
orir for Lord Palmer hssd in charger Tor
many yesIs in ann ont # Parliament the ground of
bis taitorous sub-erv.n cy 70 Russia Mr. Urquhart
has NOT lately been heard Of 10 literature AGA has DE-
yot. il ene rpee win Considerable to the
tuna iz,tion of that Old travellers marvel the Tarksl
bath in England. lie will live in history as the
Dsoud Bey" Who first stirred up the Circas+ins to
COZ Ger ed ttots against the Rusesps though later
traveller Asserts thst tt grand matt nal standard or
Asg Of green silk which he presented with imposi'
ceremonies tothe conederated tribes subsequently
Sc. figuring in The share Of pair Of wide Turkish
trowsers on fair Circas,ian the wife Of Que of the
chiefs.
Tie txbsus i've " History Of the French Periodical
Press by NJ Eugene bstid has exceeded its promised
limits 1t wae to be completed in four volumes, bat
the fifth ha just appeared devoted to tie journals and
journalists coeu porary viii the French Revoiu 100,
from whose labors indeed the history of the period
must be written, but to au Acquaintance with whom
the u eseDt work is the first Trustworthy guide
The Epgl sh appear to be turning their attention
little to military history, branch Of literature that
has al ways been exceedingly deficient 10 our language
With the one solitary exception of Col Napiers great
work Lieut. Gen Sir Edward Cart has furnished an
excellent manual for tire professional or general reaoer
in his "AnI ais of the Was Of the Egbteeath Century,
which in five email volumes, divided foe separa.s sale
if desired accorcng the dates of the wars presents
careful aud luminous digest of the great military oc-
cu,,epces OF the eventual hundred years l70O-lSo,
accompanied with maps and plane, and at mo6erat
price. Two other work. pa taking mere Of pictorial
air. are 10 progress: Medals Of the B ii-h Amy,
and How IL were Won" by Thomas Carer, author
Of Curiotities of Wsr with fac-siuies of the dec
orations; ard Tire Colors of the British Army,
comprising the Standards Gudons and Flags of every
K. giment in Her Msjettys Service, with Descriptive
Text BY Il. +. McNsir.' The latter work is in-
tended to comprise 1876 pses printed in Tors, silver
and gold, and will form splendid volume.
The quasi copyright Arrangement which exists In
the absence of potitNe statutory enactment for tho
benefit Ct American authors in England will be taken
advantage tf by Mr.. Emerson, whose new work " On
the Conduct of Life ia announced TO appear in Lon
don stimuli with It's American issue 10 an edition
in bich tie author will be interested br ught out by
Messrs Smith & Elder of COrnhil.
The abuses of public printing, so fertile theme
for newspaper declamai ion in this country are not
totally unbrown in Euglst d--the sum voted in the
present ses sion for 81 sonery, Printing and Binding
for the two Houses Of PaIlian ent" being EI5J, rs,
or more thsn one on ald calf of dollars; and for
this money nothing ia p odpced but ordinary and very
dull looking Blue Books, thst serve merely as raw
steral for lea ling articles in the papers instead Of
the pretty pictures Of landscapes and natural iStory
pleDtfully scattered in our Mexican Boundary and
Pacific Rsilrosd Reports Moet of the English Gov
eminent Departments are now called for ANIMAL
Report and Ire chance Of getting INFO print a. the
public expense bas led to degree Of verbage in these
documents that has already become crying evil.
TIE new book by Gracs and Philip Wharton
sim usted by the success Of The Queens Of Sccisy0
is to be called wits snd Beaux of Society," and will
appear in uniform style with the former work. Illus
trated by PHI. the contents range over all the
prominent nsmes Of tie vi and beaux from George
| Villiers, Duke of Buckle gbsm, to "Sydney Smith,
| ~ the Holland House set"au irreverent way of
characer1irg the kaJitutS of that Elzabeihan man.
sion of hoee possessors scolo aid that He should
BIZ rs, py TO 90 TO He'll With Lord Holland but nothiog
would in5uce bin, 10 accompany to Heaven her Lady
| ship
The friends of Dr. J. Addison Alexander will be
| glad TO hear that two volumes of his Literary Re-
views are row 10 press, and will shortly BIO pub
| lished by C. Scribner-" Notes on New Testament
Lit nature AID Church History" aud "Exegeticd
Disco urses !" each in volume, 2mo Also, from the
| pen of his brother, DIR. James w. Alexander,
Thoughts on Preaching" aud Discourses Oh
Faith" two works of tie same size from his postum
m, us pagers may be expected.
Sensation novels by ladies seem to have fairly
gone rouDdlhe world Marian; or, TIE Light of some
Ones Home tale Of Australian Bush-Lifs, by Maud
Jeanne Franc" ia announced in London rs marks-