New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-26

Hunts new edition Of Dr. Urs's Dictionary Of Ar,s
Manufsctures al Mnes, enlarged to three volane..
with 1000 wood.cuts; Fairbairns Tree'ise On "val.
and Mil Work" vols; "Air and Wafer, as S,,i.
tary and Industrial Agents." by Dr.. Angus Smith, ADD
and new scientific book for young psople, The
Laboratory Of Chymical Wonders," By s.p.ma
Presse.
-ADtiqusries Of the present day may well echo tls
song Of sbakespeares Clown, pickaxe and spa'e,
spade for II s 10 these useful implements tia. the
great discoveries Of the present century are owing AZ
Nineveb, Babylon, Memphis aud Et, uristsrtify rhs
lat oonquests from dumb oblivion" as the vsriyes
Of PboniciaR civilization disclosed at Carthage thr,n
the recent researches defayed by the British Tsa,qry
the material products Of which, in the shsoe .coo,nr,
and mossics &C. have ar lived
in such quantities drive to their v,s end the cu
todians Of the national collections for ss.u Gan, ~
room 10 display them. The Official account ia p,.,s,o
for publication by Mr. BentIy, under tbs L. Car.
thsge and its Remains, being an sccoau Of excsvso,s
and researches on the site Of the PhOncisn metropolis,
and in other adjacent places conducted under tee a1
pces Of her M,jestys Government, by n. Davi,, win
nnmercu US fix illustrations"
One of the internecine ,quabbles tina; d,;orO ,hs
harmony Of publishers, Is nov in progress between
Messrs. Harpers and Msssrs. Ticknor & Zelda Ths
matter in dispute is new book by Cspt. Msybs Real
the unriyaled author Of books for boys, (which Of
ten indeed begue their ELDERS into perussl when Oucs
they are taken up, called odd Men," containing an
interesting glance at some Of the outof-the way types
of saysge life. Messrs. Tcknor made the purehass Of
the early sheets and sereotypes Of the cusn the 1saa
auue- but fore they cond issue the book they fpd
the market fprestaled by hasty mpressi IN a; yer
prce said TO have been manufactured at the grea; Cf
street factory in four days, 10 repayment Of soms
Gent erudge.
The earliest French newspaper dates from ths
wear 1851 when Renaudet began printing q weekly
journal, under the patronage Of Cardinal Ricbseu,
IN substitution for the previous MS. News Lot,srs
which were the only medium for the re'9rd Of
pacing events under the title Of Gazette DR. Frdao;
il continued TO 1889, formr l6l volumes Advertise
mepts were taken the rate Of sou per hne for thirty
lines and ssv, sous for any that number. Tie
London G0zette, still continued as the Governmsnt
official organ for the promulgation Of appointments,
&C.. is of Little later date, the first number b'og
i.sued in 665 after the restoration of Charles H. In
France, the political newspaper was an e11tic Of
stunted growth, but the contrary wac the case With
literary papers. In l672 spraDg up IL MercHre
Galont aft.rward called the Noareau Mercars, and
the Mercure de France. Under one nsme or smother
lasted till the year 1878 aud complete set comprises
the astounding and almost incredible number Of
1 7S2 yolumes, in l2mo and 8vo. IL is needless "a
add that copies are scarce. The first daily political
paper in Paris was the Journal de Paris or POrte d1
SER. commenced in l777, Is years after he irst
London daily newspaper, Tile DAILY ConraHt OF
which the fret number bears the date, Mach IL, 702.
The long expected edition of Alexander POpes
works, in which Mr.. Cooper and Peter Cunningham
were formerly engaged, and now in charge Of the
Rev. Whtwel Elwin, viii appear in separate vol.
umes VOL l. being just ready for publication from the
establishment Of Mr.. Murray, who also announces
book by Lord Carnarv,n on what the F.enen call
spjt Occasion, Reoollec.ions Of the Druses, with
Notes on their Religion
The new book of Signor Ruffui a1thor Of DR..
Antonini," is entitled Layinis, and proves 10 10 =
work Of fcton in the old orthodox STYLE OF three vol
umes post octave 1t will be brought ont IN Noven.
Der by Messrs. Smith s. Elder, who also ammo lnes
" A Volume Of FAIRY Tses" by Miss Prior Hons
Lee; Shakespeare and his Birthplace, by John X.
Wire with illustrated views by Linton; and Scrip
ture Lands, in connection with their History, with
Extract. from an Eastern Tour" BY the Rev. G. 5.
Drew.
Though the commercial prizes Of the opening e
Japan 10 the western world rest with America il Is 20
France mast look for the literary result. likely
follow and several important works the subject ara
now appearing at Paris. AS preliminary gale to
the exiant knowledge on the subject may he recon-.
meDded IL BiJhOgraphie JdpoHaise Of Mr.. Leon
Pages. It is catalogue Of the authors and books re-.
latiDg TO Japan which have been published from the
sixteenth century to the present time, and comprise
hs of about 200 works with frequent critical notes.
and full photographed descriptions. The same gen
tlsman lie publishing Translation amended and on
lsrged, of the Grammar Of the japanese Language,
originally written by NJ Donker Curtius, Datsh Resi-
dent in japan, and DR. Holman, Jspatese Professor al
Leyden. The great Japanese Dictionary Of the Jesuit
missionaries, printed AZ Nagssaki, 1903 with sxpa-
nstions in Portuguese is also in course Of publication
in Psrf, translated into French, with type cast eI-
pessy for the Ja portion, which ID also given is
Roman letters 1t will form an elegant volume in ina.
perisl octave Of from 800 TO 900 pages and be COM
plet,d in the courie Of 1861.
DIR. Rimbault, the muscal antiquarian, hzs
Just published book that has attractions be-
yond the profession more Immediately concerned
with it. 1t is "Tbe Pisno-Foae lie Origin,
Progress, and Construction; with Historical Ae.
count of the Instruments of the same Class which
preceded it, and Selection of Compositions FOR then,
by the Ancient Masters AL who are interested n
knowing how the uncouth "Clayichord " the " yir-
gipal' beloved by Queen Elizabeth, the "SpinDett,
and the Hapsichord' were gradually developed uto
that tremendous sneine Of socal oppression, the mod
emu anoore i'll nd process fully elucdsed with
abundance of lively snecdote, in this work. There u
nothing mythical about the full development Of this TO-