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similar qsestioss 70 be- answered, ofhsnd In shr,s.
hours sitting by the candidates for hs cv ssrvi,e IN
Hindostan, No. 8. "wsere were scisns, Crommyos.
Myrcinss Nsupsctus, Cyzicus Arderiecs, Megslop,,A
Dyrracbiam, Coryphasum Sratos, Agylla, Acaathss.
Donscps, Arbels, Ncopohs-msution sny eissua-
stance connected with them, thai gave then an in
porance OF any period Of hiztOry, with whca you are
acquainted surely poser for a hot July afternoon
The apparently insane examiner mus. be Silent part
in the great Dctionsry6rm Of VIM. Smith, Phi. Dr.
g. Co he Of the many Lexicons-by which slsas
these more than SphiDx;an rides can be read.
"A remarkable instances Of the risiog appreciation Of
an author was afforded by the recent sale In London
of collection Of the works Of Daniel Defoe Il cen.
prised about one hundred Of bis screess pie,ss %
Magic, Travels Adventure, Political Pamphlets, sai
temporary tracts Of many Of which scarcely another
COPY could be found. 1t was bound up ia 70 voIanss
of various Sizes ard brough! the extraordinary price Of
fi3I, OF more than 1000.
The fourth volume of Rawlinsons new annotated
edition of "Herodotus7 is jus; Issued in London CON.
pleting that great classical work. with fu inSsx
st of authors and editions quoted and their spSzraias
The third volume of Messrs. Applesons reprint has
lately appeared and they will lose no time in preseatng
the finished book to American students. Uahl sons
new Layards and Lepsiuses come forward win
discoveries Of equal Importance to those which nave
mmortalizsd their names IA thing scarcely 10 be ex-
pected in our generaon nothing can affect the vars
of this great treasurehouse Of information respecting
the ancient world.
Lord Carlisle relates characteristic instance Of
Mscaulays readiness in apt quotation from the stores
of his vast memory They were together in literary
circle when Lady Morgan was indulging in some
Al Itafal Qflo
the discussion of fatal accident arising by the fall Of
some houses in Tottenham Court Road which was
said by the Edinburgh Review to have suggested the
catastrophe of {" LiaIs Doritt). While the converse
ton was going on Macauay whispered 70 his oou-
panion:
Here falling hous.s thunder your head
And here female Atheist talks you dead"
a coupIet from Dr. Johnsons London" in initatica
Of the Third Satire of Juvenal.
DIR. Whewell has completed the remolding Of bis
"Pbiosophy of the indicative Sciences" by the publ
cation of the third part, entitled "The Philosophy Of
Discovery the other two portions of the work being
"Hstory of Scientific Idess," 2 vols, and "Novsm
Organum ReH0Uatum," / VOL forming, with his
History, beautiful little set of seven volumes Of
I2mo size large portion Of the Philosophy of Dis
covery is new matter relating 10 the late phases Of
philosophical thought, and containing chapters on
Messrs. j. Stuart, Mill, Mansel, Maurice, &c, and
severe structures the positive school of Come, with
whom, as the champion Of Theory, DR.. Whewel has
irreconcilable differences. Messrs. Appleton g. Co.
will probably issue these works completion to their
edition of the " History IN vols. $780,
-"The Life of Edward Malone, just pubiishedby
Smith g. Elder is great treat to students OF the itera
ture of the Georgian Era; many interesting traits Of
johnson, Reynolds, Garrick, Baretti, Pope, Wsrbur
ton &C., are scattered through the correspondence and
memoranda of the Shakespeare commentator-aa eu,i
nentIy respectable man, with every advantage Of
wealth. leisure and position who yet failed TO make
any distinguishing name in literature, and ia most
known to the present generation of readers as the
Sapient Trouble Tomb" (of Charles Lamb, whose
unspariDg whtewash brush obhterated the lively
natural colors of the Stratord Egy of Shakespeare.
Like every else Malone had his theory Of Junius,
and shows cause" how Mr. Samuel Dyer of the Lite
rary Club may have been the author, in connexon
with Edmund and Richard Burke.
--Messrs. Bradbury & Evans, who have been 90
select and fortunate in their issues Chiefly confined TO
authors of the " Punch circle, Douglas Jerrod
Beckett Thackersy, and William Ssrtees, the sporting
novests and historians of Jerocks Jaunts), announce
three new works which, from such source prob
bly, of some interest. The Autobiography of an
Italian Rebel" by G. Riccisrd; from the italian BY
Miss M. N. Smith. "The Tin Box: A Story Of the
Last Century from the escrtoire Of the lste Samuel
Scobel, Clerk; edited by G. W., aud "The Roman
Republic: Review of some of the Salient Points ia is
History" by Horace Moule. All to sppeE in the
present month.
The great work of Prof. Cockerel, r. A., on Gre
clan Architecture is announced for speedy publication
by Mr.. John Weale. 1t includes Exquisite iustra~
tive plates from costly drawings made by the most
eminent artists of the Temple of Jupiter PAnheenius
at Egins, and Of Apollo Epicurus, at Basse, near
Thgallis in Arcadia" in one imperial folio volume.
1t is more than thirty years since this work was
first announced, and its appearance has been awaited
with anxiety necessary TO complete our thorough
knowledge of the highest remains of Greean classical
art. Mr.. Cockerel among the earlies! explorers
of this field and Of the party who discovered the
scuptured Freze at each Of the above named temples.
The Egna marbles, through the remismeSs of toe En-
gsh agent, were secured by the King of Bavaria and
are now the chief ornament of the Glyptothek at Mu-
nch the Phigalean series ia in the sculpture gallery
of the British Museum.
The fast young ladies, the two Misses Dunlop, who
made the public the conAdants of their adventures in
"a Timely Retreat from Bengal" are now, through
Mr.. Bentley, going to acquaint us SHOW lthey) We
Spent the Autumn of 1852" The Unprotected Fee
male in Norway and Sicily profers no new disclosures
for the present season. is to be hoped has "sOwed
her wild oats and settled down to the more cOpgen
cares of domestic life.
Great excitement is now existing In France among
liberal men of letters as to the probable fate of Vol
taire's literary relics. Through his niece Che hrt
legAee and the Marquis de yistte the entire personal
e ol,o Il