The New York herald., 1864-09-04
Literary Enttiiigracc,

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Literary Enieiiigeaec.
Massss. Derby Miller. Of this city, have published ia
BOOK form all tho goucral orders issncd by the War Do
rer,mcnt sSase the commencement Of .ho These
orders which Of historic aad legal interest have
never haloro within tho reach Of any one
ia 4 collective shape ostsido OF tho War Depart
mea, aud having been thus reproduced, will be
Of great value as a WORK OF reference The orders
have all bccn arranged chronoloyicay In two octave
volumes and compete index is attached to each vol
ums Mossrs Derby s. Miller the publishers OF Mr.
Iarkes successful work, sGoneral Grans AMI his Cam
| paigns"
| Mr. D. Van Nosisand. o2 Broaiway has Just issued,
! under ,hs i,ie OF iosoons Handbook OF the U. s.
Navy very useal and Interesting vouae, containing
tho namss class disnsons, names Of builders, &c. Of
every vessel which has been borne on tbs navy register
since April 1861 with Of the principal events
! c,rarc.ed with tho history of eaca vossel The
| ,as s.ori,y Of the datcs AMI the narrative por-
! tious OF tho work have beem complied from
| .he Official reports OF the Navy Department,
| the remainder having been taken from q very
largo and carefully selected ass OF material ia the aos
session Of tho author. Naval olcsrs ana others who
have seen the handbook speak ii n, hghe. torms OF IT,
ire Hon. Secretary OF ths Navy who pevuscd portion
OF tho advance sheots sys"Ihe plan Of the book Is,
| / think, good one. Tho WORK will be uss.
with navy and his experience il naval matters,
sufcer, guarantee o. the reliability Of tho matter
tanet in work, No naval officer seaman. any
Interested in naya! affairs should be w,ifu. copy.
is snrounced in ths IRISH journals that new, cheap
volume G. National Bsads, ed.tsd by Mr. Ralph variam
oni 10 published shilling, is il press. It
embrace: ssecsioos from ballads, household song
and The popular poefy I. ifsiaal 1. can bs ordered
from III. j. b K,rker Of Broadway.
\ An inaovation, slight ia Itself but w6l,h Ia .ow
years may reyoa,onlz, the outward Appearance OF
rent literature has recently besu male England in the
bhda5 of books Three hundred ysins ags oook 8
issei from tas press in ps skin aud calf, century
later shecpskn emp ,yed lnd towards the close o.
tae lat century Dacn paper bslfds protected books
they issued from the press Daragho pas thirty years
clol has sesa the FaYorite mslera but tnis has in
creased In price, own; 10 the American war TIA:
eaiersug Eash afn Laa conceived the idea OF form
ieg aaper ssbsance haYa, all ihs strcn,t and er
bsg cloth 10 tsse its place on tho outside OF books
Tbs substance appears 10 receive gt Impressions with
the isliectuess OF morocco and, It be washed
With soap aud water when dirty /, may be sIrniseI that
hereafter the phrase "musty li'era,ure VII az into
dsu, issai that It's cos. will be so.ne.iag ike oae
| hslf OF tho present price Of omboss,d cloth.
gcsslDpng letter from Paris says of the younger Du
mai"He has taken the misscagras3 Of his lag: play
deep 10 Aaat; although his father tod him, 'Aloxandrc
il Is yoarbes work and worst piece lie caaco,let bis
contract with Mossrs. bel Levy Frcres refuses
have IT printed They e give him one thousand
dollars or tho lrs. cdton lilo dsciarei, in lotcr
Which has appearct in the a'wspapcss taa, to VII
wr 80 thar play.
Ths Mqsenms aud Galleries Of spaiuo ia the title Of
inposan. "Ca;aoyGe dsailie ct riisonnc" Of the
paintings, sculp'fos, aad objects o. art be me, with
in all the ncpal galleries OF that country, which has
recently baea Published Ia Paris 1t give rsrlcaars OF
the petare1 In the private well the public galleries
| Amos; Uniform With ~ similar work upon the Italian
Galleries end siuseum has beea prepared. rhey pub
| l.shed by Mons. Rcnoaard.
! a gentleman namoi co.cby has sent tho following sin.
1 gula- Communication to London newspaper
whilst arranging some papers for Mrs. Ryvos, pre.
ragltory 7 her case coming on in November next n the
Probate Court. accidentally found among other manu-
scripts, the following
ha Gaan s4 ssfsy ass danger sa c s, D 81 amS'
wmoi may Be- subject ID the continuasa TIC letters
sscaD nT: q orsp ,nS ss s so f
Also there was paper note or me mcnorandnm written on
teaf iu, pocceboog, or what appears to have been
pockctbooN leaf
I consentthal Dr. wilmo, may my letters OF philo
Jur,a, J. DuNNrNG.
The fore, ,ong seems 10 authc .cate The ari'ce tho
sub eel OF ''Junius in the Pduorrma for November,
1919. which read by gentlemen at tho British
Museum cw mouths sirce II Is asserted, nlsc in this
magazine aa, Mr. woodali, the printer recognized the
nstials ~. W. the author OF Junusy' snd that ne
aso received d gr,tuty from Lord warwick order to
uaeei the exrens,s for printing
A short time since, spoke Of en- intention on tho
part or the British Legislature TO bring forward next
sion a Copyright bill more carefully compiled than that
recently introduced, with such singular ilsucasss, by
Mr. Black OF Eiiasurg. Tho London bookseller re-
marks respecting tlis--'In tic early part OF The
sion 10 Will be remembered that Mr.. BACK brought 10
s for the consolidation OF tho law of copyright few
copies only were printed for select circulation and was
considered SO faulty that the honorable member asked
permission to withdraw IT, After ts withdrawai DO In.
,rodrcea a second bill winch the technical language
ot,ho House termed copyrsh, NO. q BIN As THIS
was considered by the House TO 30 simply consoi
daticn Of the old acts, passed the early
stages and was referred to scoct committee where
the greater portion claimed by the Solicitor of Gus
TOMS Mr. r. j. iauei IS his work. and some alterations
Of inc existing laws woro found to bave bcsn introduced
without notices o., whom large and small papcr copies
ar booka are published, n IL compulsory to seud
large paper cory 10 tho British Museum, while small
naper copes nay be sent TO tho other braros but BY
the new act publishers would be compelled TO send largo
paper copies to aiL ghe committee, therefore, wisely
adopted the Following rcpoa:-"Tha,, considering the
duncuty ana complication Of tho Inquiry involved in
tnso, your comnaitcc not prepared 10 recommend
any amendment consolidation o ths la OF copyrights
without afosmatssn which, NJ this sdvnpced period Of
the sessIen IS s hardly practicable 10 acquire Your
committee therefore, recommend that fu<hce AZ
empA be made ~ prsant towards legislation this sub
ec but the whole question bs referred 10 select
,mt In a