The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-05
FOREIGN LITERARY INTELLL
TENTE.

A complete edition Of Balwer,s novels
has been issued at Stuttgart, in German,
in one hundred and ten volumes. A new
edition Of Miss Yongc's tales is publish
ing in German, of which the "Hcir Of
Rcdclytlc" and the "Trials," both trans
lated by c. kolb, have already appeared.
Charles Rcade's "IIard Cash" has also
been translated into German by NJ. Scott,
and Miss Braddon's "llenry Dunbar" "
| and "Thc Doctors Wife" arc likewise
to appear shortly in German.
Very shortly, John Stuart Mill ard
Alfred Tcnnyson arc to be ballotcd for
as honorary members Of the Royaf So
cieiy Of Scotland.
Some curious old deeds and leases
have been discovered in the office of a
firm Of Birmingham solicitors, bearing
dates between 1873 and 1862, relating
to oproperN adjoining Shakspearc's house.
in Henley street, Stratford-upon-Avon,
two Of which bear the signature of John
Shakespeare, the father Of the poet, and
in several of which William Shakespeare
himself is mentioned as the owner of
property. These documents, for the
present, are deposited in the museum at
Stratford
A marble bust of the author Of cyan
ity Fair will shortly be placed close
behind the efiigy of Joseph Addison in
Westminster Abbey. Baron Marochetti,
an old friend Of the Thackeray family,
has undertaken the@aust.
No less than one hundred and eighty
thousand copies Of Mr. Dickens's Christ
mas number were disposed Of within
forty eight hours after publication, and
up to the Tuesday before Christmas two
hundred thousand copies in all had been
handed over the counter.
"Thon American Joe Miller" is the
title Of work to be issued in London.
The book, it is said, will contain the
Jokes Of President Lincoln, Major Long
bow" and Sam Slick.
The professors of the College de France
proceeded, a few days ago, to an cxami
nation of the claims of the candidates
for the Hebrew professorship left vacant
by the dismissal cf NJ Renan. Two
Israclitish gentlemen, NM. Munck and
luxembourg, were placed first and SC
cond on tho list of aspirants for tho
post.
Mr.. Anthony Trollope's Orley Farm :"
has been translated into German by \.
Krctzschmar; and Buckles /" "lIistory Of
Civilization in England" has also been
translated into German by A. Rugc.
A translation of lIo,ncr's Had is an
nounced, by Mr. w. Simcox, in hcxamc-
ter verse, in which the names Of deities
and heroes are given in the spelling of
the original, so far rs it has been found
possible.
Two new poems will be included in
the eight monthly parts of selections
shortly to be published from Mr.. Tenny-
sons works. One will be entitled "The
Captain" the other "To Mourncr."
The Poet Laureate CTennyson) lately
read "Maud" before a select and very
limited audience in London.
Mr.. Tcnnyson's "Enoch Arden" has
had an unusually extensive sale in South
Australia. Each leading bookseller at
Melbourne received large number of
copies of the volume, and sold the whole
within few hours after the arrival OF
the mail.
Sir Gardner Wilkinson, an old Harro-
yian, has presented his collection of
Egyptian antiquities to the Harrow
School Library.
A London publisher has reprinted, un-
der the common title of"The Nile Basin" )"
two papers hostile to Captain Spckc's
claims as a great Nilotic discoverer. The
first paper is Captain Burton's discourse,
read at the Royal Geographical Society,
in which he cssayed to prove that Tan
sanYika is the western lake Of Ptolcmy !;
the second paper is a review of Captain
Speke's journal" by Mr.. James
Mcqueen.