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The name o, Hersps" Win b heartily welcomed

70 literature. IL roappeue 10 tbe perseu u inc son
Of The postess, Mr.. Chsile, Hem n., who has
collected, in volume entitled Catholic Italy its In
sti'utions and Ssnctusries. Part l., Rome aud the
Papal States, the papers contributed by him to various
English periodicals dorIg a reedeGcs ia ally The
volume lie spoken Of with high praise, exhibiting
refined and delicate taste (which may safely be assumed
ard hereditary quslities and Ia written with 90 much
imparsliiy that it is impossible to guess the religious
tenets of the writer.
Mr.. Joel Munsell of Albany, to whom American
history owes 80 much for the preservation OF its mate
ris's, proposes to pubi,h volume, the subject oil
which III sound staD to msny readers. tits
Hand Book of American Gepealogy, prepared BY VIM.
H. Wbitmore. eso of the Ne England Genesc gical
Socstv and destined 10 contain descriptive catalogue
Of the works published on that subject in the United
states These already amount TO more than l5O ds-
tpc, works on family history many of them already
rors and valuable aud wanting in the largest libraries.
I, will form one volume, small Ito pice 81 so. The
number printed will be confined strictly to that of the
actual subscribers.
DR. s. T. Bloomfield has Just Published a volume
of" Critical Annotatops Additional and Supplements
w. on the New Testament intended to accompany the
ninth edition Of bis " Greek Testament and English
Notes." published five years since. The annotations
In that work are more of an explanatory character,
and the addition of this new volume brings the student
up to the high standard Of critical accuracy demanded
by the advanced scholarship of the day. Thrty-6ve
years have elapsed since the publication of DR. Bloom
fields fret work on the Greek Testsneut-the Digest
or Recensio Synopteca" of Commentaries, in eight
large volumes. This is now scarce book, but the
results are all presented with the additional light Of
later studies in the new book.
The new volume Of NM. IDIOTS BibliOtleca
GrGca ia devoted to the fragments OF the Greek phi
ltsophers whose scattered literary remains have been
collected with pious care, and edited with exem-
plsry industry, accuracy, and learning, by Germsn
scholar, Dr. Mullach The Greek type displays the
usual excel ence Of the SERIES the Latin translation of
the original being given in parallel columns, with
copious apparatus of notes, prolegomens, etc.
-Napoeon tera ure IL still on the increase. Prince
Piene Napoleon BoDaparte appears again in author
ship, as the translator of Corsican legend, "Sam
preso of which he had formerly published the Italian
original A collection of Speeches, Messages, and
Proclamation" of the Emperor Napoleon during the
years Is $780, is alec promised by him.
Philosophical readers will be glad to hear of the
comple ion of Sir YIN. Hamiton's edition Of "Dr.
Thomas Reds Works" TIE m ALL portion was pub
lished several years since but in incomplete FORM
the editors apnotaons breaking off in the middle OF
sentence. The continually and sequel of the sup
Elementary dissertations the preface in'ceS, &C., are
now promised by the publishers, Maclschlan & Stew
aIt Of Edinburgh.
Though sectioralism is to be avoided in politics.
its effect in literature may be productive of good, IL it
tend. to Increase the estimation aud quicken the appre
citation Of home tslent-and several works are an
pourced based upon this foundation. Thus in Ohio we
find anpounced "Tfe Poets Of the Wes'" anew col
ction with biographies and critical notices, &c by
VIM Coggesball, to be published by Messrs. Follet
Foster & Co. of Columbusi and Messrs. Derby &
Ja kson promise "women of the South distinguished
in Literature" an elegant volume with portraits on
steel Of Madame Le Vert, Marian Harland, Mrs. Anna
Corn Richie (NIowatt, and Miss Evsns-nOt the
dweller in the dreary Yorkshire worlds but she Of
the sunny " land of Beulah."
The new volume of the "Cyclopedis Of Arts and
Sciences" forming the concluding division Of THE
English Cyclopedia is the 9Th Of that section, and
includes many articles of unusual interest, "Lan-
guage," by Prof. Kay of University College, London;
Logic" by Prof De Morgan Mummy, and " Ma
n lena ice" by Samuel Birch of the British Museum,
and Libraries" by Thomas Watts Of the same insti
tuition. Tbi, last is worthy of more than a passing
notice. Mr. Wats's requirements az phiologist are
equalled only by the mo 'esy which has hitherto pre-
vented him from appearing author. Every Euro
pean Lar guage and literature is familiar to him fact
tested daily at the new Reading Room Of the Museum
where he occupies the central poi in Of universal
referee and guide in all literary dilsumas being
atle to answer all inquirers, leach in their
tongue. Bei6e an interesting and discriminating
account of the existing Libraries Europe the articles
contain suggestions for the formation Of Public
Libraries, and survey of the peculiarities of the
various Iteraiures of modern Europe ldica'ing their
c6acte'itics ano the proportionse place they should
occupy in universal collection.