New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-19

much that of ga plum pudding all plums;" but an M
,erestng volume for casual reading is unquestonably
produced.
r,o ;r,,n.,o collation., be,,vcen the various coun-
,rs Of the North If Eurore during the middle ages,
or;sro from tho aIpervadno presence Of the North"
men arc W, illustrated in an edition by Prof MuncI
% ina, nnblisbed in Norway, Of the old
! g (,Isono,o 90 ,Le Jso Of Man and the Hebrides.
T, contains cu,ious and ample calculation OF the
Runic remains and inscriptions of these regions from
all accessible sources, even from the library OF tho
Vatican 10 which the writer has had access 80 late
M the XVIII Century, these apparently integral
uarts Of Great Britain, enthusiastically subject to
| The Archbishop Trondhiem, in Norway and are much
richer in Rinic inscriptions than the mothercountry
| Tho ,o, ,vork If Mr. Adolphus Trollope il not a
| ,;,,. r;,;,oo Stro,.; might lead one IN
N ut u;..ar,, 90 ,ho nat DAYS If the Old
| V' .I;c.a :, ,bo strro,,Iea conse.
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| 4ueh' vi w -, ~ y{,uL co,,rr,
Meoici r"lnny ~ f'O.'"e1 ah..oonod ~, b;s
IS tho ,,,ea, events of the present of
'.,;ah r., 49, 70 IRE Atleronm win furnish
W." =, a,ooos.;,o historical pouirers of the
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me-, "s'. % ,;,o,arv r,oror,v and the
IN
''FaPioiN'i,ns M, ,ne, ,a,, Of corvr;cb.
taionana IN tho e.tats of the late Mr.. ID. Bogue.
nd ,ve,l.kno1vn hook "Men of the Time. /"
.aJ hv the ouct;opeer to produce profit of ESQ per
mo, Nth ro LARGER offer for the copyright than
coSo ona VOC borobt in AZ the same sale "The
-oV' "n' hrouob, for rho copvright
ii L. GAO and "Winke's En-
az ;, H. oo,,iobt s,ereo,vnes and 1877
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| In adoition 70 tne Au'ooiosi"pi"'". i',r''"'
cences' OF Z. X. Leslie, the WORK OH WING" nc was
SO long engaged, is fortunately let IN state OF or
wardness, and will speedily be brought onl by hr'
Murray. lis title is 1.-THE Life OF Sir Joshua Reynolds
with Notices Of Hogarth, Wilson, Gansoorougo' ana
other Artists, his Contemporaries w. IL LeSie' 10
form VIII De Snah quartz anu
WIN NC 'i'i'''' =, ,ho voIoue ,vas
taste Ill aH' AS 'no P''PA'"'''' - ''o
aoor Oh Io'e WIN "D', P'' a.
dehghtiui correction Vi .,e -
on these great masters oi 'no 1ns"'" '''''' '""'
looked Tor.
Messrs. Little & Brown are printing an elegant
edition of the collection Of Old Ballads prepared
Prof. Childs, for their series OF Aiulno iVVsSi ~
small octave. to range with Dir. Grant Whites
Shakespeare and the other recent elegant Boston
editions Of Carlyle, Disrael, &c. 1t is rumored that
,b et com,eia edition of Chaucer will be the fruit
50 p,of CbIdss vial, 10 England where he has been
a;l;oennv onn,oved in antonarian researches among
ho Ih,.r;os nf Tho two Universities and the British
Nuse,m II will he as much TO the credit Of American
Eterv enterrr a. 70 the DISGRACE Of English supine-
noes If the first critical edition of the father of English
noerv sbou see the LIGHT ON this side of the Atlantic
ca,cIv ANYTHING has been done for his elucidation
gico ,bo labors Of Tvrvbitt. now nearly q century
o,o and tbev were confined 70 norton merely of his
wr;t;nos A correct text. modelled on the rariorum
editions of the ancient classics formed from collection
of the best MSS and old copies by competent scholar
with appropriate notes and commentaries, would in
the present taste for old English literature, be solid
| basis for a prolonged lease of literary fame
60 careful was Con WASHINGTON in all business
orsoctions Lot !, "a rare ~ find any Of his letters
unrecorded in HIS own books and private memoranda
J1. il the case with the correspondence lately printed
from the Eden poers." 1t proves to have already
apreared in Mr.. Srarkss collection Such is probably
not so. however. with a letter Just sold in London,
among collection of autographs, for els 10s 1t
dates from an early period Of his life, when he was
nIalern in the service of the Colonial Government.
1t is addressed to the Governor of Virginia, and relates
0 proposed resignation of his command for want of
sufficient pay He says: have constitution hardy
enough to encounter and undergo the most severe
rails, aud, fiatter myself, resolution enough TO
faca hat maj