New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-02
3getp11ork daily Gribaae
IfTERAR I.

Tho lite Of Cations Printing -Offoe, IN West
Urste, Lac lately been cleared away fif the erection
Of enJld MOTEL in the haH Of which ''a'ue OF Tie
Grst Engf,h printer vii be placed. Some remnant.
Of the cd building remained MI few years siuce,
wien hey fen down r'm very age Great pam. were
taken 10 TIE excavations to discover some Of the pru-
era tyues which might be EXPECTED TO be scattered
about, hut without success Cations pres- was under
tie shadow Of WestmiIster Abbey, aud the Improve
nenss in that nei, hborbood have brought the oc~Ay
20 notice after a long obscurfy
-suono the novelties OF the season nov preparing
h,ns Partisan publishers are 10 less than five differ
a., ,f,;crs Of "Tbe Iaiaton Of Christ, By Thomas
Keups and we hear from a city bookseller tnat the
cal for handsome COPPER OF this very book, written
four centuries ago By q nameless monk iii tue obscu-
rtv cf LIS coister-for its authorship !, matter Of
doubt--was quite rena kab!s last week IL New-iork
Tile FIRST volume Of an extc -sive WORK, The An
tIopology Of tie U1ciyilized Race by Prof. WmE
Of Marburg has just appeared at Leipsie. Starting
from The results of thorough examination Of Man as
he appears in natural rtate IN the various regions OF
the globe the author argues for the unity Of The sPe
cies and consders it proved by the like conditions OF
development that everywhere found 70 prevail.
A memoir Of the /" Life Of AIRY Schsfer," the
painter il announced by Mrs. Grote The wife Of the
banker and historian Of Greece IL viii 10 an inter
citing contribution to Art Biography.
Leslie, elegantly illustrated volGme on "Sir
Jothua Reynolds and his Works was left at his death
in "a stae 80 far advanced To admit IF is publication,
which may be expected in tie Spring
The old printing ana publishing frm Of J. Nichols
& Son will shortly disappear from The commercial
world. They are the hereditary suc1ea5on OF tie
learned printer" William Bowyer, and me business
has continued unnorrupte1y for over $50 years The
servces Of Mr. j. -. Nichols 70 English h.erature, as
the compiler Of the Literary Anecdotes Of the 18th
Century" and the editor, for than half CEN
tury Of " The GeHtlelnans Magazine are known 10
all The entire remaining stock of these works, and
the other publications Of the firm, will be brought to
The hammer by Messrs. S0;heby during the present
season. The Gen,lemaB's Magazine the current
,cries was transferred three four years since TO
Messrs Parker Of Oxford in whose hands ts antigua
rian reputation has not suffered, though It's literary
articles have lost the prominence given them during
the eoitorfhip Of tie Rev. John Milford who was fOr
year, it, conductor
The possible appearance Of a now religious daily
ourr al started by a proprietary company, on the
limited iabiity" PLAN named 1he D'ai and intended
10 dispute VI SiS iiS1H w" ~ @~N''
Times is engaging the attention Of the public in En-
gland TIE choice of the staff Of i,s establishment has
been meter Of much deibersion Both printer and
editor have recently been determined onthe former
Mr. John Tails Of London, of great energy, the
,u.ees.ful founder Of the London Printing and Publish
ing Company known by their agency in New-iork.
The name of the editor is withheld for the present. but
be is said % be a Scotehmau, and person OF weight
ami influence with the religious public
The system of competitive examinations for The
filing vacant empoyments in The civil service OF Great
Britain is uDqut sonably leading to coftr study OF
the great authors of Eogllsh literature, whose works
form test Of progress in study The Rev. j Hunter
publishes for the special of students Of ghf"aog
for the middleclass examinations edition OF Snake
speare's Henry WILL" with Commentary, Puapg
Notes ANALYSIS of Sentences, &c. and an edition ot
julius Caesar, with similar apparatus Of comGent by
Prot. @. L. Craik, has lsiely appeared.
Tie monthly mag ao'ae, Titan, il, ia announced BY
the publishers, Messr,. Hogg, will eiose with the eur
r,pt number completing the 29th volume. 1t has been
Known TO some extent in this country the organ
Mr. Gi,fIlsD and other Scotch writers Of n steader
class but has never enjoyed transatlantic circulation
of av consequence 1t is than likely that others
of the old established magazines viii disaI pear before
lbe rivalry Of the new chilling periodicals.
The new volumes published by the Camden Soci-
ETY. reste to the great conflict Of the l5td Century,
and compree Narratives OF The Day OF the Reforml
loD consisting chiefly of papers from the MSS Of john
Foxe, the MartyIolcgiss, and Life Of foXe,"
by Mr.. j. G. Ncb>Is combined with the Literary ana
Biblicgrapboal history Of the Book Of Martyrs
-Taucbpitz, the famous publisher Of I'eipsic, is
on visit to England With most Of the English authors
Of the day bis relations have been OF so liberal
kind, that il is needless to say be is well received The
pevsparers chronicle the fact OF his recently wishing
Sir f. Bulwer Lytton at his Ehzabethan Hall, kneb-
worth, in HeItiorishire. lie has just added Mrs.
Stowe. Minister'S WooiDg" az the 49lth Volume Of
his copyright collection Of British authors.
Two publications of great interest, ON early Amer
can discoveries, have just appeared at Munich.
Atlas relating TO the History OF the Discovery OF
AmeIss," comprising fac-similcs Of thirteen maps OF
the 18Th and 10Th centuries hitherto unknown, and
lately discovered in the Royal Library of Munich.
They are worthy Of Spanish and Portuguese early
payis:Qrs and comprise delneations OF the American
coast on the Pacific and Atlantic shores. The editors
Of tie work are Profs. Spinner and kunstmann, and
George Nj. Thomas. The lelterpress is an Iistor-
cal Narrative of Voyages by Prof. Kunstnann, who
has also published in connection with the Atlas The
Log Book Of q ship belonging 10 the Third Expedition
OF ST. Francis Drske, in 1886 and edited by Mr.
Thoms. One hundred eoPies only OF the two works
are printed.
A little work is announced rs having reached II
fourth edition in London on speciality interesting TO
all Travellers is 1.-The American Strangers Guide 70
LONDON and Liverpool; hi Table, or How TO Dine and
order Dinner. and where to Avoid Dining simi-
lar manual for New-York wonld be happy hat for tie