New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-11
LITERARY.


historian Mr. j. L. Motley Of which no note Of prepara
ton has yet been sounded by the American publi.h.rs
IL is in continuation of his previous history and sea
titled "The United Netherlands, from the Death of
William the Silent, TO the Death of Olden Barnsveldt
with special view of the English and Dutch stsug-
gle against Spain, and detailed history of the origin
snd destruction of the Spanish Armada by J. L.
Motley, author Of "The Rise of the Dutch Republic"
1t will be seen from this that the writer's canvass s
enIareng with the progress Of his work. and we may
look for the story Of the "Invincible Armada mar.
rated in a spirit coDgenia to that which inspirsd
Macanlay immortal ballad on the subject. Mr.. Not
ley's former work was not guarded by,sny copyright
arrangement in England, and three or four practical
editions at various low prices, sale there. Az
the law is at present interpreted this can be prevented
by Simultaneous publication in the two countries
when the author is English resident for the time
being, and this probably accounts for the early az
nouncement of the book in London
There is a perfect rush Of information about the
much-decried Eighteenth Century, which il is tb
hisf delight of Mr. Thackeray and other satirsts vno
ssume high moral tone, 10 run do"n' Inc most
authentic and really valuable promised contribution
the better understanding Of that eventual peod M.
doubleday the Life Of the Right Hon. William ftt
with Extracts from bis unpublished Correspondents
and MS. Papers, by Earl Stanhope lord hahonl,'
vols and H., of which may be expected before Christ
mas. The Auckland Papers, lately discovered, and
illustrating the period will shortly appear In the
following shape: Memoirs and Correspondence Of
William, Fret Lord Auckland, including important
and interesting Letters of the Right Hon. William Pitt
Edmund Burke, Gibbon, Hume, Lords Sheffield,
Loughboroueh, North, Malmesbury, Carmarthen,
Charles Fox, Hon. Anthony Storer George Selwyns
witty correspondent, DR.. Manners Sutton, Arch
bishop of Canterbury, Josiah Wedgewood, and many
others, edited by the Right Hon. and Rev. Bishop Of
Bath and Wells I'D Lord Auckland with Portraits OF
the first Lord and Lady Auckland, from original pant
inps." vols Svo. Mr.. Bentley lie the publisher.
Lord Mahons Pitt will be issued by Mr. Murray, who
also announces the Diary and Correspondents of
Charles Abbott, Lord Colchester, Speaker Of the
House of Commons lSO2-lsl7, edited by HE son, the
present Lord Colchester.
The second part of the third volume Of the new
series of the publications Of the NewYork Historical
Society will shortly be issued and intended TO COM
prise general index TO the entire collections transae
tions and proceedings of the Society," afordng key
to important historical information scattered through
the fifteen volumes whchthey have brought out under
these various names 1t is prepared by the Librarian
Mr.. George Fl. Moore. .,
The Quarterly Review will shortly appear under
q new direction, as it is understood that the Rev.
Whitwen Edwin is about to retire from the editorial
chair Mr.. Ewins leadership has not been fortunate,
and the Quarterly has lost ground as literary and
political organ since the death of Lockhar The
plete breaking up of the old party organization Of
Wing and Tory and the progress of the weekly press
accounts for its minor importance in pctcal matters.
No one would think that the best way Of meeting
a hostile Reform bill was by seuing an extra number
Of the Quarterly as was done in 1881. Except an
occasional biographical sketch by Mr. John Forster of
some English worthy lin the Csravaggo style, all
black and wbite), there has been little of literary
interest Of late, the numbers of the Review being
made up of heavy country olergymen articles on
education, charities, condition of the poor, amateur
agriculture, and similar subjects. A singular want
of editorial tact is visible in IL present NUMBER which
is ssue of foolish arguments prove that Something's
is Buddhist monument; and among other discoveries,
the writer ravely assures that the Reformation in
the 18th century was reaction against the Buddhist
corruptions that the Celtic races had superinduced
upon genuine Christianity. The appearance of such
nonsense in respectable work is disgrace to En-
gsh scholarship and so regarded the continent
of Europe. ....
The sale of the so-called "Crownnshield Libra
ry,p from Boston, in London, was great pecuniary
success and does credit the business tact with which
it was arranged. copy of the voyages, known from
the name of the editor as the Collection of Hulsus,"
originally published in separate parts, in various Ian
gusges, in the came way with the more famous col
lection of De Bry, sold for f335 the large
paper copies Of DIR. Dibdin's works, brought re,
spectively Bibiomania," 60; :" Bibotheca Spencen-
lana" vols, f57; " photographed Decameron,
vols f2l l0s.; Library Companion" f3ss. Rem.
inicences Of Literary Life 2vols., 81 "Eorth-
ern Tour" vols, GA S. There were three copies
of the photographed Decameron in the SALE so that
Mr.. Crowpnsheld must have been rather an insstia-
BILE buyer. The copy of "Lord Bacons Advance.
ment of Learning with the Autograph and Ms. notice
of King Charles l., sold for f34; but it is decid.
eGy questionable whether it ever saw Boston, U.
81 and copy of Cations Chronicles of England"
1885, sold for ESQ. 1t is fair instance Of the value
of little knowledge and insight into books, that the
copy Of the " Advancement Of Learning just men,
toned had been turned out of the British Museum Ii
brary as a duplicate, and was most likely sold for
few shilipgs by some official ignorant of the value Of
the cabaistic interlneatons in the delicate Italian
hand, of the Martyr King.
Every reader Of Miss Burney's Diary and Letters
will remember Mrs. Deany, the pale, stately, hand
some, and kind old lady domestcatedat Windsor whose
company was one of the few mild reaxations from ousi
ness that the King George I'LL. indulgedn. Ukeevery
one else she, it seems kept diary unsuspeeted, We
may be cure by royalty at its easel, and we are now
pronfsed at an early day "Ths Autobiography
of Mary Granville, afterward Mrs. Delany, s''s'aeu
to the Court Of her Majesty Queen Charlotte WIN vs..
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