New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-24
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-. plockvood e. Co. Of Edinburgh, In uniform
s.s he " Metaphysics" and under the super
-. N. same editors, Messrs. Manse and Veitch
Tnsv form two elegantly printed volumes, and have
ng been eagerly looked for the last contribution to
.o,e,ee that can be expected from one whom many
,s regard as the master philosophical mind Of the
soe, They will be reproduced in a somewhat less
hxuious form, in one volume, by Messrs Gould e.
Lincoln Of Boston.
.-"Seven Years Residence in the Grea. Deserts of
North America" by the Able Domenesh, is a work
thsi win many accounts command the attention of
The American antiquarian and chronological investi-
gator. The author is known TO literature by former
work On bis missionary labors in Texas, which
has been translated in London but not re-
printed in the United States independently Of
HE advantages derived from long personal in-
tercourse with native Indian tribes he presents in
this new wsrk copious digest of all that is known
on the subject and says: In this summary Of my la
borr and travels. have had the intention TO shed
little light on the question Of the origin of the Ameri
can people on the Indian tribes, and the nature of
the countries occupied by the tribes more less
sgel Of the aboriginal populations of the New World"
Te work lie copiOusy illustrated and forms two large
volumes, octave from the pubshng house of Msssrs.
hengman g. Co.
The Memoir of the Life and Writings of Bishop
Husd just published by the Rev. Francis Kilvsrt is
an acceptable addition to the literary history of Eng.
land during the last century though the Bishops opin
ion Of cotemporary wits and hterat is greatly modified
by his clerical position and it is unpleasant after
reading Thackerays estimate Of Fielding to meet with
q memorandum like this March, l751.-I diced
with Mr.. Allen" the Hum lie Allen of Pope Eyes
terday, when met Mr.. Fielding, poor, emscistsd,
rake, whose govt and inrmtiee have got the
better even Of his buoonery" imperfectly do liv.
ing men judge of each other. AS the friend of War
burto1 Bishop Hurd is better kno vn than by his own
merits though some unpublished characters great
OF Commonwealth times given in this volume snow
that as a writer he was possessed of vigorous and
able pen.
The namelese writer in The Atheneam who has
seeess to the unpublished Caryn correspondence of AL
exsnder Pope and his friends, and delights to vex the
eous of less fortunate editors with discoveries
drawn from to them inaccessible, is filling up
the period of lul in the publishing world by opening
the question-alwsys considered settled oHe-as to
whom the wsspish little poet meant by his famous
character Of "Atosss," for which Sarah Duchess of
Marlborough, was always supposed to have sat. The
claimant who is to succeed to her "bad einence is
Katharine, the widow Of John Sheffield, Duke of
daughter of King james H., famous for her extrava
>gancies and eecentrietes. A vast amount of docu-
mentary evidence ia brought forward to show the
peror application and prOpriey Of the character when
understood TO refer to her.
The new volume l4th) of Baron Bunsen's "Egypts
Place in Universal History is the eve Of publics
ton in the translation of Mr.. Cottre with the authors
concurrence and assistance and the fifth volume,
Il. - H., Me-
umes already published bring to a close the History
IN its technical chronological sense. wider and
more interesting range win be taken in the concluding
volumes. These embrace the portions of the general
subject which refer to the earliest pages of the worlds
history and the prehistoric ages, before Egypt ex-
isted az an inhabited country. In them the place of
Egypt will be sought aud established by reference to
the oinities of language to ancient cosmogenies and
tbeoeones aud the subsequent religious developments
which grew cut of them. So rapid has been the
progress Of discovery since the publication of Baron
Bupsens German original that the English translation
is substantially new work, embracing the results
Abe latest researches of Brugscb Marietta DE Ronge
and other distinguished Egyptian scholars.
=" Religion in the East; or, Sketches, Historical
and Doctrnal, Of all the Religious Denominations of
SYRIA, drawn from Original Sources" by the Rev. j.
Wortabet, is work announced by Messrs. Nisbet &
Co. Of peculiar interest at the present lime, and one
of which the position Of the writer, who is native
Syrian, assures satisfactory treatment. Mr. Wor-
tablet is now missionary Of the United Presbyterian
Church, Aleppo.
Two works of great value on classical art in its
higher relations will shortly appear. One is Daeda-
Aus; or the Causes and Principles Of the Excellence
Of Greek Sculpture" by Edward Falkner, editor Of
the Museum of Classical Antiquities, and Member of
the Archaeological Institutions of Rome and Berlin 1t
will form volume in royal octave Of rather unique
appearance the containing two medshons from
the ANTIQUE, and the work itsef beautifully illus
trsted with photographs and photographic en-
belhshments The other work is detail Of the ex-
plorstons in Asia Minor and the islands Of the Arch
i,s lago by Mr.. Newton, which brought 70 light the
remains Of that old Wonder Of the World, the
Aausole un Of Artemisia at Halcarnassus, and many
stler magnificent remains Of Greek art. This viii
Aho form one illustrated volume in royal octave,
though a more elaborate and expensive work in
folio is spoken Of az in preparation in which Justice is
10 lie done to these discoveries In the style Of the WELL
known Galleries Of Art" cOnsecrated 10 the
Museums Of the Louvre, Florence, Rome, &c.
The family of the Maybe VS. is that IN various
WAYS win leave name in English literature Though
Henry Mayhem is the best-known member Of it, from
HE bit in London Labor aud London Poor, he is
only one Of several brothers, all of great industry, who
have been for many years working for the public
amusement One of them-Edward Mayhem, who
makes speeiae of sporting matters, and combines
ssll with beth pencil and pen-has just brought out
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