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


Mr.. Layard Z" whose researches and discoveries
in Italian Churches scarcely less conspicuou, o.
less successful than those TO which he first owed As
fame in the Mounds Of ASsyra" lin the words Of TIE
Saturday Repiep contributes to the Arundel Society
beautifully printed and illustrated account Of the
FIRE scoes OF Pinturiccho in the Church OF st. Maria
Maggiore a. Spelo, in the Apenuines; large chrsms
lhic plates of which have also been sued to tie NOM
bers. The Arundel Society-somew sifectslly
named after the Earl of Arundel-last Of the great
family of Fkalan, the most distinguished counissssr
Of his day. and collector of the Arandslian Marbles
Is devoted to the illustration of early Christian
and Pre-Raphsete art Daring ten years existence q
has produced beautiful works by Fra Angelica, Peru
gino, Giotto with his Life by Rankin, &c y, engraved
by Gtuner and other eminen. artists. Il has lately
adopted the improvements in color printing and hs1el
large acknowledgements plates the best way Of
conveying the effect of the stored walls Of ,hs
cid Umbrian and Tuscan Churches, where the neglect,
I'd works Of the great early painfully studied
amid desolat on and approaching ruin by the Art pill
grim.
Fifteen thousand was the number printed "a Grst
edition Of the American reprint Of "The Mil %
TIE Foss and the sale has been quite equal 10 tho
ticpstion CT the trade.
Of Chemistry" revise and rewritten, 90 a. 70 be
eOurant Of the latest discoveries with special
application to the wants Of manufacturers Il -.
nourced by MesHs Losgman, in uniform style win
the same authors Dictionary Of Arts, Manufsctarss
ard Mines" recently produced in q revised snA
enlarged form, by them. The preparation Of the ed-
ton is intrus.ed to Mr. Henry Watts, editor Of thu
"Journalo the Chemical Society" Dr. Ures CAsmi.
n L. 4
manual If this character is sure TO meet with grest
suceess
The new number Of TIE Edinburgh Rs,icw
contains elaborate article on tho Shakespeare
Collier Controversy. The writer accepts the atsrus-
tive complimentary to NJ Golfers integrity iaa
to bis intellect these samples ofthe in which
he Is spoken of will show. :" BE scarcely ever gvess
detailed account of anything without blunder. Hs
scarcely tells the story twice without vans-
tio1s, of moro or less Importance. He o,vioasly
quotes from memory on occasions where the exact
wording IL Of Importance, and bis memory is constantly
wrong. Even his vindcatons Of himself are rendered
unsatisfactory, by his apparent incspabiliy Of gaP-
ping in vigorous and effective way With the charges
against him." So much for Mr.. Golfers friends d
important, however, to keep 10 mind that the real
question in dispute u the gsnuinesess and au.Asa-
ITCHY of certain Ms. documents, and that 10
personal charges have been brought sgaisa
Mr.. Collier by the impugners Of thess manuscripts.
Ii HE friends choose to raise collateral issues of per-
sonal nature, their own discretion 10 to blame wAsa
they reduced TO the Of similar phrases to hsss
quoted above in bis defense. II IN rumored that tAe
forthcoming Quarterly Rerier will take the oPPs-
site side, and fairly settle the whole question.
MIR. Luke Burke, editor OF the EhsoeSe~
Jornal periodical whose premature decssse caused
blank in current literature that has not been nlisd !"
the present time. has Just commenced new mssSns'
entitled The Future, Q Journal Of independent q"
search and criticism Of toe Physical and Hist"rssA
Sciences. The contents Of No. |, now before ~, sei
l. The True Place Of Man in the Animal Scale IL
Primeval Earope-topic the First, Greeee ana 10y
older than Egypt. III. Darwin on Species ~. i
Adsmts Man. 1t VIII be seen the range OF tao'u'
large and they are treated with corresponding
dom and research. The price s almost nominal ''~e
I'd. for the monthly number Of 10 pages, no. A~
TIubner & Co. Of London are the publishers
M. Cousin has torn hi psslf swsy from TOE o'u1'
OF Madame de- LougusviIle and the fair eoenAn''e
the Fronde and resumed the grsves functions wu@'
wen him high zane in philosophy, oy inc eo~Ps"o,
Of his first collected e3iion Of the Wn hs' "
Abelsrd" The works OF thus founder OF TIE seno's"
philosophy mot forgetting bis Letters arc ''us
rendered accessible the student and NJ COUSIN rs
drawn attention N his preface to the fact tns'
(for whom he rendered the ne service ior"~v'
who was the destroyer Of the system, sPraOs nv.
same Province aud neishborhood- BntAay-'nss ~
du~d It's originator.
Three volumes Of the great Imperial Cous'''0s