New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-02
LITERARY.

A huef sketch of the late Madame de Lamar
s,. bos ms. been pnbisbed in Paris which tells tho
world something Of her Domestic life. II appears t9a'
sh ocued with her own nsnd all OF NJ de bainnr'ihes
works. except Lee Girondins." All ef the copy
supnled 70 tho printer Is In her hands she Kept t'e
post', own manuscript az a precious treasure WHEN
,he knew postority would value rs hissy az sho"'a
IIe wn,s tho poem "JocoiyB In large album when
he used for an acco1n,book Fbe diverse face oi the
leaves contained the accounts OF the iabosers IN DIS
yineyarls the covered with poetry A'cF
The poem wa completed. and negotiations with pup
Usher were carried TO q successful issue, Lanaru'o'
prinne 10 The album he mounted his horse 70 make
one Of his usual long excursions asked his VIC to send
u 10 the printer. She opened ", and seeog al hr"
nothing but the accounts Of tho laborers IN the Eiae
yard thought there must be soiBo mistake. Sho OK
oripod forher ara found the revere fase OF eTery
loaf contained "Jocolyn" Shc hnghed took the alhnm
70 nr secretary aud ssolaiey get TO work to copy tho
ooor, NJ de Ia-rn--lns thought ha work 10 tho pub
Isher's hands. uutl week afterward when, a. they
vere sitting down 20 breakfast abe gsys him the album
and the unbl0tted manuscript Of "Joeelyn" Tie poet
wa 30 deeply touched that he took pen and wrote the
tire, d.dcatory sircphes 70 Maria Anna Eliza. which
are 70 be found on the Erst page Of that work She
copied all OF " dc LamaItine's corrospondsnce she
Leaves greet lany letters sea.tercd in the hands OF
ieuds which N. DarSeud, IL is said. is collecting with
view 20 publication. They arc represented os written
with great talent
a still greater service was performed By the
wife Of Sir William Napier IN tao composition o. h''
great work on the "Hissory II the Peninsniar War"
In the "Iic" Of Sir William reeeEtl pnbshed In Lon
don We find an interesting aGson To hor admirable
ycal and ability WHEN tho immense MAS OF king
Josephs correspondence taken Mt Vtoria was placed
In NV hands wss dismqyed OF finding K 10 be hugo
collection of letters without order. and IN three Ian
susgrs one of which did not understand. Many,
also were In very Grabbed and negble characters. e
pecisly those Of Josepbs writing. which is nearly
a. difficult To ro ad On Nspoleons The most important
documents wrrc In cipher. and there was no key Des
palIng Of eny profitable examination Of these alqab'e
materials the thought crossed Of giving up the work
When my wife undertook fret 10 arrange the letters ny
dat4s and subacts NEXT Inets>s table OF reference
rarslating and epitnmiug the contoas OF oachi and
this without ncglectng for an instant the care aud edn
cation Of very large family. size effected In snch sim
pie and comprehensive manSr fhat Il was easy TO as
certain the cooDls OF asy letter and Icy hands on the
original document Ia few moments. She siso under
tooi N doepher the sooIet correspondence, aud b"s
Only succeeded tu, formed key 10 the whole. detect
Ing even die rns and stops and 20 accurately that
when in course II time The original key sas placed In
nv hands, there was nothing " learn. Having men
TONED this 20 the Duke Of Wellington. he seemed az
first increduous Observing must mean that she had
made out the contents OF -ttrs. Several persons
had done this him. he said but none bad ever made
out the nuIls or formed Key. adding. Il would have
given $4,000 any person who would have done that
for me In the Peninsula"
Strauss Leben Jesu" IL being translated
into French By himself EoT,er and DoIlflss, the ed
!iors Of the ,atc Revue Gormaniquo."
Tho France" announces that Prince Napo-
loon l. preparing work the history and writers Of
the Imperial family.
The French Institute has Just conferred the
Pix BordIn II. Tame for bis History OF Enslish
Literature"
Alphonse Karr is going 10 return TO Paris, Ia
order 10 again his journalistic functions odi
tor OF the Figaro"
An original manuscript in the handwriting Of
Madame do liantenon has recently boeu discovered at
Coen. containing rules FOR The Government, OF the cele
bfa;ed Institution ofst. Cyr.
Jean Reboul, tho baker-pOet Of hismes, died
IN that city on the tb OF May IN tho sIryeghh year
o. his age Tho az worthy smith. he received
but scaniy education and means % subsistence,
followed tie calling of baker when he oaoo to mans
estate selling bread in the morning and writing
IN the afternoon. lFe went TO Paris 10 publish vol
nme Of lis poems one Of which. "LAnge ct lEnf.Rt.
las Lost but little Of ia popularity and his return re-
eeved an ovation from the good people Of bis native
city NJ. Lsmartinc made him the subject Of one Of his
poems LA Genie dana lObseuritA" In 1913 the
" pogtc. ouyrlcr" ives elected member Of the Con-
si.ucnt Assembly for Card in 1850 bis Martyre Dc
Viva" was produced at the 0deon The City u Hismes
honorcd his remains with public funeral
The death Of NJ. Florentino, the celebrated
literary. musicel and dramatic critic Is announced
His talents were Of tho very highest order His great.
est achievement in literary way was trlnsation Of
Dsntos great poem which IL good the peculiari-
ties Of tho French language viii admit Of. /. pub
lishsd with Illustrations. by 6ustavo DoTd
The National Sciences have sustained q seri-
GUS loss In the death OF DR.. Rudolph Wagner OF GOLn
gen. He the successor q Blumenbach in the chair
Of Medicine 10 that University. lie had been an inya.
lid for some yoars. On the 9Th Of October 1867, at
Frankfort. n.the.MaiD no had attack Of paralysis
which affected his right side ard was severe a. TO con
no him 10 his bed for some time From this lness no
Appeared 10 DO slowly recovering bat akon OF by
a few weeks sickness and died on the 18th OF May
lie Vas born on the 20h Of june 1905 and consequently
was 50 years Of age His contributions TO science
numerous He was the German translator Of Prchards
work on "1he Natural History OF Man, In which ho
had o5adjutor or late yevrs he has devoted his chief
enton tho anatomy Of the BRAIN especially to de-
ternining lie weight and the form ofs conyolutions In
the cses ~ men eminent for Intellectual power His