New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-12

unable TO prevent many passages from wearing the
appearance Of burlesQue. St Stephens Is work
Of more classic purpose, and aims to give succinct
sketches of the principal Parliamentary Orators from
sbe Civil Wars to the Death of Sir Robert Peel. Ma
oaulay is thus introduced
-" First the speaker drew
The bold broad front, paed 70 the scholars hue,
Vim on the Hoor he sets his solid stand;
Rare is bis gesture scarcely moves hand
Fun and deep-nouthed a. from cave profound
Comes his fnil u;teIsnee with one eurst Of sound
Save when II splts into strange wild KEY,
Like Kissing winds that struggle to be zee"
And again:
perhaps pres; an orator was neer
So little Of an scor-half the care
Had ai;sd hi sh. beyond all liz i nTsJ Te1eh
In the three tes,s-he taught he charmed he moved"
As deliberate view Of Aacauay by Bulwer,
these lines have value far beyond what they could
claim as poetry.
Mr.. Haniwell, the indefatigable Shakespeare
editor. announces some interesting results of late
professional rummage among the old booksellers Of
Holland. Though his hopes of finding any rare E2-
gsh acquisitions disappointed he found striking
evidence OF The wide and early diffusion which Shake
eares plays had met with in that country andsecured
an old Dutch tragedy of " Romeo and Juliet, printed
in Amsterdam in black letter. in 1881; play founded
OF the story of Much Ado About Nothing" printed
in 1913, and other pieces which show the ground
hngs were deghting in the dramas and stories which
he dramatized al the time, in England and in
Holland.
Two volumes Of Sermons" by the late DIR. j.
Addison Alexander will be published by c. Scribner
next week They are expected with much interest by
the numerous readers of his Commentaries, and
tbe rst productions of his of the homlec class that
have been printed 1t understood that the library of
Dr. Addison Alexander Will be secured for the Theo
logical Seminary at Princeton-the institution whose
best interests promoted by his services through
rany years, and in the very shadow Of whose walls
be hbored and died.
That Purgatorio Of authors-the search for a
publsher--woud be shom of half its difficulties were
every writer as clear and candid in the enunciation of
bis views as the inserter Of the following advertise
nent now 10 be found in the London journals:
"Wanted publisher for The Bazaar poem with
notes about 40 pages the object Of which is TO Illus
raie and Ieprehend the homogeneous and mschieyous
effect Of fancy fairs in connection with religious OBJ
iects ANY person willing to accept and publish this
essay at his own risk, and for his own profit may
address line TO Y. T. NJ, sc. AS the grievance
CONF planned Of is not totally unknown here, X I. N.
had better try the transatlantic market, should his lib
sral prefer IA; Of acceptance at home.
Tile Few work Of Miss Johnson whose Peasant
Life il Germany" was so successful in raising the ire
Of our TeUtonic brethren, is now III press in London,
and wil be issued by hessrs. Low, Son & Co. IL is
entitled The Cottages of the Alps; or, Life and Man.
ners Of Switzerland" forming two elegant volumes,
sznbellished with the Of the Cantons. Messrs.
Low g. Co. scem to have at command the services of
complete corps of literary ladies', announcing at the
Hme time Mrs. Gaskells new book, Right at
Lat and Other Tales" III Fursidis or, The Happy
Valley" by Miss Cummins published here by Nessrs.
fickuorj; and new book, not yet made public,
ty Mrs. H. Beecber Stowe. The same houses an
rounceinerts Of Wilkie Collins's Woman in White"
complete with its bewidering mystery dsclosed and
Mr. Kingdoms Cruise Of the Froc," almost pass UNI
Loticeo
DR. Tullocb, Principal Of st. Andrews, is continu-
hg d. series of books commenced by his Leaders
Ct lie Reformation" Tie volume shortly to be ssned
b. Messrs Blackwood is English PufiIinism and its
LEADER and the men selected TO illustrate the phe
toinena Of that " iron time, are Cromwell, Milton,
Baxter and Bunyan.
The AutoJiograPbical "reminiscences" of c. r.
Lslie the American artist with extracts from his
dependence and apreparatory memoir by Tom Taylor,
CO.. are asou, to be published by Mr. Murray. The
bilic0luli NuIiDtT ~ luC NadHtN'il 'NN'i'" WIN
ins an anteipstory notice with extracts which show
tRhat indeed was self-evident that the work must
le one Of the greatest interest. Within the last fort
night Leslies collection Of pictures, drawings &C.,
have been dispersed by aucOnin London. Atleat one
weli-known American amateur was present, and no
doubt many choice specimens were secured for our
private galleries. The two large pictures painted by
Lsie for Mr. Brunei the civil engineer and Shakes-
pare Room, Henry the With discovering himself |
bWolsey at the Ball, and Queen Katharine and |
Griffith, which called the best works Of his latter
yrs, and have not been engraved were recently sold
n London for about $ 600, more than double the |
Ir.oe paid tie artist a few years since.
-Another artst's biography is announced, "Tle
LIE Of Sir Martin Archer Shee," President Of the
Royal Academy by his son, 81. A. Shee, barrster-at-
law. SIR Martin, whose Rhymes on Art won the
lsise agord Byron, welded the pen to more purpose
laf tie Iencl, though 10 his own surprise perhaps
iswas PLACED undeseryedly in the chair Of Reynolds
and Wee. lii intimate connection with the oelebr-
les Of t!e day ,GOs furnish materials for readable
book.
N. Lainaitne has another project on foot for
WHAT called, when less respectable parties are in
"sS8on missing tie wind" This time it is bis