New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-22
LITERARY.

this eonntYy, and We 3utnof mas taken advantage OF
visit 10 England to prepare copyright Eng isb
edition revised with additional matter which has just
been brought out by Messrs Trubner & CO. with
.v.ry prospect Of It's meeting with a,ge demand.
ne three leading literary In ENGLAND at this
p.pt, Dickens Toscksray, and Sir L, Bulwer LyttoD,
,re al ysry much interested in the spiritual manifesto
sop,. &c 70 which the book relates. Dckens's fire.
o~spt esty and i'm patient ausons TO the subject show
he prominence in bis mind while Thsctsray, to judge
from the prominent position given In the Cornhiu
Mseaxiuso for August to the article Stranger than
Feticu must be DESTROYS for its investigation. Both
tAs.a have expressed 10 Mr. Owen their raii
s.a,ion Al the tone and spirit Of his book. Mr. Owen
ill bs accompanied on his homeward voyage TO this
eouptsy by Robert Chambers of the world-renowned
firm of VIM. g. r. Chambers Of Edinburgh. Inde-
reuseuty OF his services to the cause Of public enlght
snmsnt and the diffusion Of kno Sle6ge In this
ton Mr. R Chambers has specisl claims Of his own as
anao Of science which will fail TO meet with cor
dial recognition in America His work on Ancient
Sea Margins has stamped him Of the most accom-
phshsd practical geolgsts Of the age, and though 1t
might not be to seek TO raise too suddenly,
Abe vail which conceas the incognito author of ives
tiaes Creation" il may be safely asserted that
mSpy man has been hung less evidence than there
ia TO connect with it the of oar expected visitor
Mr.. Dollaert's new work on South America is en-
titled "Ant,qusran chronological ald other Researches
on New. G anada, Ecuador, Peru, and Chill and %
.s,vstions ON the Iucari and Pre-. ncaral Monuments
of the Peruvian Nations" 1t is valuable contriou-
ton TO knowledge Of the subject, derived from ma
tersls acquired in two visits to the Southern CONT
nept The relics of the abogines, and the remarkable
phasss of AIT viibe among them were objects OF his
specal sttsntion during very successful exploration
of the fsmous Huacas, or asciept graves at Ho and
africa The collection of sBeient pottery, idols, cotton
and wooden Clothes &C., made by Mr.. Boeart is now
in the British Museum. He raw golien images and
figures in the possession Of native, but they are
rarely found though in the very land Of tie precious
metals and in no quantity that viii bear the least COM
psrison with the discoveries forher NORTH at Chrqui.
Mr. BOllaers work is just published in London by
Tfdbnec g. Co.
-Mssrs. Rudd and Carleton have in active prepar-
ssion editions of the first English translaions OF
Michel,ts famous books, which have breathed ne "
HE into the study Of Natural History. " The Bird
(LOiseouJ, and " The Insect" (LIHscte). They are
from the sklful hand Of DR.. j. w. Palmer, to whom
H. Micbelets Love- and " Woman were indebted
for their presentable English dress "a matter OF nc
small dscacy and effected, strange to say to the per
feet satisfaction Of the author The forthcoming work
arc smepable to none of the objections sometimes urged
NOtA-SASN
the highest results of scientific investigation wi the
brightest and tenderest traits of Imagination, which
proves that if NJ Micbset were not Of the first
hisoriaps he would be of the great poets of the
nineteenth century. he has family connection with
America his father in-aw residing for long time 10
Louisiana, where he was naturali1ed citizen, and
mar led Southern lady. Before be left the country
he emaDcpaed all his slaves Similarity of sentiment
made him the confidential friend Of Toussaint 0uver
ture and an iutres ing account of bic ia given
in the introduction to L Oiseau.
1.-THE Character of Christ is the title of small
and elegantly printed volume about to be published by
C. ScribDer, from the pen Of DR.. Horace Bushnell.
1t forms q portion Of his Nature and the Super.
natural but is complete treatise in ITSELF and has
been much admired that its production in a separate
form will crafty many who desire unexcePtionabe
little volume for presents, &c. A substantial new
work on Christian Nurture by DR.. Bushnell, will
also shortly appear, his former book that subject
being so much altered and enlarged to bear little
semblaI CO to the forthcoming treatise.
Mr.. Thomas Ewbank has jus printed for private
distribution paper read by him before the American
Pathological Society, in an enlarged form, entitled,
Inorganic Forces ordained 10 supersede Human
Slavery" As the prodpct;o of an acute and original
thinker, this pSnynlet has attra ted much attention
pied by subjects of grave mood. According to re-
port. he il engaged on a work, "Thres Years Resi-
dence at Washington OF "reminiscences of Men and
Matters in the Patent Office" which will be pretty
sure not to want readers.
DR. Andrew Wynters new book, "Curiosities Of
Civilization presents attractive table OF contents
that will probably be selected for reprDtng by some
of our publishers The Articles comprising it have
ostly appeared in The Quarterly and Edioburgh Re-
views and will be remembered as among the most
amusing portions Of these more erudts than entertain
ing micellaniss. They treat of Advertisements
"Food and is Authorizations" Crate" "Lunatic
AsyIums," "Shpwrecks," "Fires and Fire lnsur-
ance," "Ths Police and he Thieves, Mortality in
Trades and Professions &c.
Noting, perhaps, gives a stronger idea OF the
state Of civilization in Ireland than the fact lately as
eerained that there exist at present about seventy
towDs-eOntainrg from 600 10 25,O 900 inhabitants
without booksellers shop and stranger still, that six
whole counties are found without either q publisher,
bookseller, or circulating library. In Scotland, the
number Of booksellers as compared to Ireland, in the
proportion Of the population, is nine TO one
A curious instance Of the dangers which the pa
pers Of distinguished men are exposed TO- in the lapse
Of yesIs has been revived through recent inquiry.
No lo ger ago u an the year 1887, the manuscripts Of
Bjshoo Burnett including his large cole 3ons Of orgi
nal documents letEers OF the Reormers &c and other
material for his histories of the Reformation ia En-
gland and OF his Own Time, had descended to the
pos.es,ion Of the represen alive of his family, then
respectable tailor in London, who actually compsioed
IL II burhig Nv