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

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The influence of Mr. Darwin's book on species
is making itself felt in every branch of scence.
A new book by Professor Dresser Of the Gov
eminent Science and Art Museum, at Kensington,
slows It's tendency in botany: Unity in Variety, as
deduccd from the Vegetable Kingdom An attempt at
developing that oneness which is discoverable in the
habits mode of growth, and principle of construction
of all Plants" In volume, Svo, with 300 engrav
in2s wood.
Tie MAY number of "The Cornhill Magazine"
contains moroccan copied in another place. by Wash
ington Irving written in the Deepdene Album" no
doubt during visit to that classic seat of Thomas
Hope the author of Anastasius, or his son, the pre-
sent Ii. T. Hope, esq., with a story, "The Outcast
Mother by f. l. Bronte, and roundeay paper
"On Ribbons" by the editor.
1.-TWO GAYS De1ore the great Igut, anu III sho
middle Of a busy session Of Parliament The London
Times gives up eight ten of It's columns 10 review
Of M. Remains great work on the Semitic Languagesand
People. The article ID entitled "Semitic Monothesm,'
and is mastery attack on N. Remains Cardinal pro-
position, that the Semitic races distinguished
from the other families of mankind by "Monoheis-
tic instinct which specially fitted them for the preser-
Walton and PRONUNCIATION of the doctrine Of the Divine
IL. ls..1.
asserting must be Professor Max Muller concludes,
after brilliant argument that cannot be alluded to
without mutilaton, that the Semitic and Aryan
tons were alike in their primitive intuitiOns-that the
transparent genealogical structure Of the Semitic
tongues prevented those usrg them, from yielding to
the NEUROLOGICAL tendencies fostered by the meta
phorc, imrersonaing phraseology Of the Aryan
langgages-tlat in Semiticsm the polyheistic creed
took the form of belief in national gods-in god
chosen by Lis people his people had been chosen by
bim-and that with our present knowledge the center
Of belief in the one Supreme God must be sought in
Abraham, in whom unite the three great lines Of
MonotIeistic tradition, the Jewish, the Christian,
! and tie Hohamc dan. NJ. Remains last work in
tnua;ion of his Semitic studies translation Of
| the Book Of job, lately published in Paris
The English journals make merry over the blum
ocfr OF f6Lci 10 just DfOuEl.t
the especial benefit of a monster band of chorsters,
who to assist mammoth musical festival al the
| Crystal Palace. One example may suffice; " The
East End is occupied by tie great Colonial Fortunes,
and is situated along tie shore Of the Thames and is
interfec,ed par les docks dc Whitehall" &c 1t is
certainly curious Il at hours distance merely should
be the OF such mutual ignorance prevails be-
tween tie two countries. In stan and elaborate
publication Ike the Bogropbie q, e Of Messrs
Didot, it is impossible to find the names of two
three English books given without the same number
Of ridiculous nisprnts bnders, and this, too in
city where a daily English newspaper has been printed
for nearly fifty years. Nor English books totally
free from the reproaoh though the balance of COR
rectness is certainly in their favor.
The Fifty-second Regiment lOxfordshre Light
Infantry has found a chroncler in Capt Morrison,
whore elegant volume of its " History is just pub
shed by Bentley AS the SOD dispatched to Boston
70 strengthen Cages army fought at Lexington and
Bunker Hill, and remained in America till 1873, much
interesting matter, and and curious anec-
does relating to the Revolutionary War; are necessa-
rily brought forward
The warm praise bestowed upon Worcesters Die
tionary by the photographers of Great Britain has
created such a demand for the work there that the
Trent publishers Of London, Messrs. Sampson Low &
Co.. have sent out an order for 10, 900 copies.