New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-09
LITERARY.

and Social States" The range Of topics In
the discussion il wide and important and they are to
be developed in philosophical order. The plan opens
with statement of first principles the basis and limits
of knowledge The great principles Of biology are
then treated the laws and conditions of life, organize
ton and growth. Psychology, or tho connections 81
mind and life with comp-ahsasgean scientbe trea-
men. of he laws Of mental evolution, then follow
These views prelsr @ an snsly,S Of the psisc lcs OF
sociology, the lass # social .so~ b lac evol1'ion Of
government, general and local. secular and rssour,
the philosophy of manners and the phenomena of in
dustry, with survey Of mans intellectual aesthetic
and moral progress. The series concludes with the
principles of morality its data and inductons the con-
ditiops and theory Of right living the principles OF
private conduct and public polty the limitations Of
bnman actions, and the establishment Of rights. The
treatment of the subjects is intended not to be exhaus
tive bu. TO eucdate and establish first principles it
will be executed in the light of larger scientific
erudtion than has heretofore been brought TO bear
upon this class of topics. For the accomplishment OF
such task there is perhaps other wrier living 80
ably prepared Mr. Spencers views are not only pro-
found and original bat are presented in style Of
remarkable clearness few writer's having 50 mastery
a command of all the resources of exposition. The
subscription to meet Publishing expenses. They will
take the form Of quarterly octave parts loo 10 10
pages price 62 cents each part or 81 90 post free to
annual subscribers. The scheme contemplaes thirty
three parts, making niue volumes. The subscription
list is well commenced, already embracing many OF
the ables names in England France and this country
Circulars may be had of Tieknor & Fields, Boston,
who will receive subscriptions. The work is to be
published in London.
An edition of one of the books that never grow
old, Bishop Buffers Analogy of Religion has just
been brought out under the charge of DIR. Fitzgerald,
Bishop OF Cork IL is in many respects superior TO any
former impression as an edition for the library, or
Students use, containing carefully prepared life OF
the author collation. of the first edition (which shows
how attentive Butler to the point on which be is
generally considered TO be most deicient-clearness
and precision of style) explanatory notes, and a
copious index Of so pages. Messrs Tegg & Co. are
the publishers.
Mr.. Murray has in press and will publish during
the present year. Franois Bacon, Lord Chancellor OF
FDe and being an inquiry into his Life and Character
based on Letters and Documents hitherto unpublished.
BY Hepworth Dixon" This work, though new in from
and in will contain the Substance Of some arti
ces which attracted much attention whenthey appeared
in The AtheHGum in January last of which periodical
it is well known Mr. Dixon is the acting editor. In
him " the great Chancellor of Human Nature" finds
an energetic defender against the charges that have
generally passed current since the weight OF Macauays
name has given them sanction.
The coincidence Of the author Of Friends in
Council becoming Clerk of the Privy Council lie too
curious not TO be noticed The smoluments OF the poet
are said to be double those attached TO the Professor
ship of Modern History at Cambridge which Mr. Ar
thur Helps declined in favor of his friend the Rev. u
Kingsley, and as an introduction to the public service
is one of the most desirable Offices in the gift of the
Crow H. Anotheraitera may be mentioned as lately
in receipt of honors. Prof Greasy Of Uniyersity Col
leee has fought his last decisive battle in literature
and now appears Sir E. j. Greasy Chief Justice Of
Ceylon. There ia but one opinion TO the wisdom OF
appointments of this class and they show the growing
importance of the really governing classes' OF ma
ton-those who form and influence its opinions by lit
erary toll.
The success of Miss COuters book, "0ur Farm
of -Four Aeres," promises to insugurate new class
of Hterature-the domestic agricultural school. The
ZANE authoress follows up her first success with
From Haytime to Hopping, Tale" and A
Ny Cows, and Half an Acre of Pasture"
One Of the most distinguished of Irish public men,
Isaac Butt formerly Professor Of Political Economy
in the University of Dublin, announces sterling
historical work, "The History Of Italy, from the
Abdicaiion of Napoleon l., with Introductory Refer
ences to that of Earlier Times" Volumes and III will
shortly be issued by Messrs. Chapman g. Hall. The
well-known political opinions of which Mr.. Butt has
always been one Of the strongest champions, will
probabably make bis work dstasteful to the party now
beating up for recruits in the cause Of the Papal
Sovereignty.
The many valuable books III their various depart
ments written and published by William Cobbett, who
probably Including bis periodical Register con-
sumed more paper and printing than any other En-
esb author, have until recently been published by his
family and being kept out of the ordinary trade chan
nels were difficult to procure. They have now passed
into the hands of Messrs. Griffin & Co., and will IN
future be more readily accessible. They include ID
famous "Grammars," English and French, Works on
Husbandry, and Woodland Culture The Currency,
Rural Rides and Tours in England, and other books,
which the authors hearty, vigorous English will ill.,
fably keep alive apart from the useful information
they convey.
The distinguished ethnologist, Dr. Latham, has
Just read paper at the Royal Society Of Literature on
the famous old legend Of Havelok, the Dane' His
object was to show the connection of the story with
the Ango-Saxon epic poem of Beo wulf in which he
traces relation 10 the romance of Hayelok, edited
by Sir Frederic Madden for the Roxburgh Club. Few
romantic legends firmly localized az this every in
habitant of the town Of Great Grimsby 10 Lincolnshire
believing that it was built by, and derives its name
from Crime, the fisherman, who rescued Havelok, the
foundlir g, grandson of the King Of Denmark and the
recurrence of the name in the neighborhood in
the person of the gallant Indian General of the late
rebellion is curious instance of the long peIpetpaton