New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-28

= tho recent meeting Of the British Association az ox
ford Il il dated in last November and contains the
Ist,s, communication received by Government 'rom
the great traveller It details the progress OF the ex
p ring party up the Valley Of the river Shire to iS
sou,ce "in the green waters Of the great LAKE Ne
passa." Curious particulars respecting the various
tribes encountered are gven one passage may De ex
| ,raeted az not without a moral nearer home "The
| upper.lp ring of the women gives them revtlting
| appearance, though il is universally worn. They are
inserted in puncture in the lip, and are very large;
one we measured caused the lip to proecs two inches
beyond the tip of the nose and when the lady smiled
tie contraction of the muscle elevated il over the
ayes - "Wby do the women wear these thingsP the
venerable chief Chemisendi was asked. Evidently
surprised at such stupid question, he replied for
| beauty They are the only beautiful things women
have; men have boards, women have none what
kind of a person would she be without her ring
| rpehele0 She would net be woman at al, with
mouth like n,an and no beard"
The sale of the English edition Of " Adam Bsde,"
~ published in various sizes by Meesrs Blackwood Is
quoted at 600 copies. We presume 20 OoO s the least
number that has been dispersed Of the Eew-fork re
print and very likely many more.
An important accession to the list Of works on
scientific voyages of discovery and exploration VIII be
made by the appearance of the publication commem-
Grating the "Voyage Of the Navarra," the fngats
employed by the Austrian Government IN the circum'
navigation of the globe. She was accompanied oy
full corps of scientific men numbering many eminent
names), paturaists, artists &c; and the Ameri'aa
officers who came in contact with the expedition on
the eastern sea- speak in the highest terms OF the
hoyouehpess and order Of investigation dis layed in
natural icience ethnology, &c. An EnglAh ed ion
in preraration. TO appear simultaneously with the
German 1t has been intrused TO Messrs. Saunders a.
Otley, and i'll be embeIlished with 400 beautiful steel
and wood sngrayings The same mode OF publication
in duplicate Of the two Languages, will be employed In
the work describing the researc les OF the
Brothers Schlaneenweit in Central Asia, now
in preparation at the expense OF the Prus-
alan Government and the late English East India
Company. Ii is of immense extent and will fill nine
ouarto volumes profussly illustrated. Messrs Tribner
& Co. will issue the English edition. A collection OF
the Speeches in Parliament and Miscellaneous Writ
ings" of the late Hon. Henry Drummend is announced
1t will form two volumes octave and be published by
Messrs. Bosworth & Harrison. Mr. Drnmmonds po-
stion in the House of Commons renders collection OF
this nature desirable though it will convey little idea
of the immense mental activity and energy which that
remarkable threw into the pursuit OF the yarons
objects Which engaged his attention. Of late years the
exposition and defense of the doctrines of the lrvngte
or Apostolic Catholic Church." was his favorle
theme, and the magnificent cathedral OF the sect IN
Garden square, London, owes TO him the CHIEF OF lts
splendors. At one time Genealogy was his hobby.
The two folio volumes Of History OF Noble British
Families published by him, are conspicuous for rich
ness and lavish establishment above any Production
OF the British press. Had the plan been pursued on
the same scale, England might have had work wor-
thy to be placed along eide of Count Lettas Noble
Fsmilie, of Italy," but even man OF Mr.. Drum
monds colossal fortune might shrink from executing
such a project siDgle-handed; and the incomplete
work remains costly monument of the authors taste,
and liberality in gratifyingit.
What MIs. Cowden Clarke so successfully accom-
plisb.d for Shakespeare has been performed for NIL
ton bentah the burning sky of India, and the Com
plse Concordance to the Poetical Works of Milton,
by g. l.. Pfendergast esq, in noble quarto OF 40
pages is the result Of the labor of love, which GER
tainly no sordd expectation Of profit could have
tempted or would repay. II costa to import about
Sl4.
There seems really no end TO the labors Of that
herculean writer, Horace Walpole, whose chief de-
light was painfully to Disguise his real industry
under an sfectaon Of dletante dleness. Nearly fifty
good sized octave volumes filed with the part
of his writings and correspondence which has been
given to the public and it is well known other large
portions are in exis DIR. Doran hss just med
toned bis examination of Horace Wapole Com
morplace Book" lately intrusted to him. 1t con-
tains collection Of all the scandal,us stories in crcu-
ation in society," carefully and neatly written out and
fitted for the press if the of its contents did not
preclude it from that destination. A more welcome
addition to our stores of literary history will UNI
doubtedy be derived from Mtfordiana," or Recol.
ections of the late Rev. John Milford" MSS in Sd
volumes, to be cold at the closing sale of his library
In the hauds Of competent editor must furnish ma
terial for delightful publication. unique Curiosity
is included in the came sale-s Letter, by way of
Valentine, from Dryden the poet to his Fair C,ssn,"
lady, whose existence thus alphabetically an
nouDced, is, We believe, fact for his bograph-
ers.
-Messrs. J B. Lppincott & Co., of Philadelphia, are
about to publish work which will be received with
much interest II consists of the occasional produc-
tons Of the late Richard Rush, chiefly in private let
ters to various persons written at ntsrvals during his
long eyentful career. As contribution to the political
history of present century both here and abroad,
and sketch of the social life of the period the
work must be Of great value.