New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-01

book il equally deplorsbls. In literature Mr.. Asyv~A
Dixon 10 we'll known 10 occupy most important Dsss.
tion He Is the editor Of literary Journal; and yeaaa
writer's with double Wow Of both obtaining favor sal
cutyating tho graces Of style. will naturally tam u
him a. their model They will be tempted u imtsts
rhetoric which IL not painting. bot coarse daubine
which, aiming to be picturesque is only theatrical aAl
which. when striving TO be graceful IL simply mere.
tricous. 1t seems hard saying, but II 10 the truth.
Mr.. Dixon once wrote the most foolish Of books upon
the greatest Of and has written the vulgsret
upon the most sacred Of subjects"
In 1854 the Emperor Of the French sent n.
T.. Miller. librarian 10 the Corps LegisatiI on an IN.
porng expedition into the East, to search the honnstn
libraries. particularly tho Of Mount Athos for Ia.
edited ancient manuscripts. NJ Miller has just fur.
nished his report and among the Of bie
discoveries be mentions History OF the events saIso
quent TO the taking Of Constantnople-ths AL a
Sinope 1rebixonde. &C.. by CrobUlus an unpubushSd
volume Of the Byzantine Historians; beautiful nsnu.
script Of the mathematical writings Of Hero Alexas.
drnus and manuscript Of the fifteenth century Of tee
Geographic OF Ptoemy with maps similar TO these q
the codcx Of Mount Athos Most Of the works In tn
Libraries are Of religious natlre-commentsric On the
Bible liturges psaters, fathers Of the Church, "a.
However, beside these he enunerates On eosesiastsj
history in ten books I've only Of which are noticed b
Photius; unpublished letters and opuscula OF Pas.ius
prose psraphrase of the HJieutos OF Oppisa; EseyS
Fables, containing still unpublished, the compls
appearing to Lave Lad complete collection Of thoes
Babrius ct hand; chrestomatLia from Homees
Sophoc.es and Eurpides Of the tenth century. euroa
proving that at that date the number OF sys OF ~
two latter the same az now; some ineefted hao
ments Of Elan; fragments Of ancient grEnrnarisna
particularly OF Photius, Eusathius, and Didynns d
Alexandria; an epit0me Of Zenodorss De LngA
Homeros; curous treatise in Greek by Suetonius. a
nicknames and their origin; Aristophanss By sastino
DO Verbs vitandis; ard last but by 10 means least
importance +, collection Of grammatical esseryationa
preserving by way Of citation, lost fragments
EsclyIua Sophocles. EGripdes, PindaS, Alcmani&
Arcbilochus Antimschus and many others.
Concernngthe Dante festival, acorrespondsn(
in Florence writes London journal that TO AZ -
pearance it will no q very grand affair indeed. iAe
number Of populations expected is very great rom ~
parts Of Europe Every Italian city 10 saxsons 70 ~
represented by somebody or something IN par'icsass
Perugia sends four codiei In Milan the very BIND an
at work on golden crown TO be laid at Tho Let u We
divine poet weekly paper entitled 9iornsss a.
Centenaro is TO be issued the organ o! sSs sesfva
uatil it is finished 1t seons to be Lot very nniiEe
Notes and Queries with dash OF Once WEEK
or the Leisure Hour In II"
Among the new issues from tho prolific pres
Of Carleton which announced as nearly ready. w
rotice All original novel entitled Looking Around" b
the popular American writer. Mr.. A. s. Roe; tAirA
series Of 'Orpheus c. Kerrs Papers," and reprint q
"wylder's Ham, b, Sheridan lie Fanu-