New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-22

oh OF what he intended Du O whf be mao prcPureu
elaborate materials for gad to say his posthnmons
works may be no less valuable than those when
have already appc red Great parts OF the
special History Of Civilization exist ready for puoca
ton and bis common place books. with their Immensely
varied. yet methodcily arranged extracts VIII iorm
the most curious interesting and valuable coecon Oh
materials that has, probably over yet been published a.
the work Of single English studcnt and their pubca.
ton will DO according to his own Intention In case Oh
the nor. completion Of his work Three years nave
now elapsed since the historans death; but no an
nouncement whatever hos appeared a. TO the pnoica'
ton according to his own intention Of bis posthumous
works. Nc doubt few words In your columns will
call forth m explanation Of this seeming delay
At last the Dictionary Of Old 1celandic"
that Dr. Dasent has been many years thinking OF
preparing from Mr. Clcasbys papers. is in a fair way
to be finished. An accomplished Icelandic scholar
Gutbrande, the OF Vigfus whom We should sur
namize as Mr.. G.. yignsson has been engaged by the
delegates Of the Oxford University Press to supply the
authorities from Lagos. &C.. waiting to Justify the
words and meanings already set down for the Dction-
airy. II Ia hoped that two years will enable Mr. Wig
sson to accomplish his task aud then the long expected
Dictionary will be produced.
An illustrated edition Of "Sam Slick, the
Clockmaser," with cluc1itory notes by the author.
will be published in the Autumn by Mr. Bentley
hlr. Mcguire, NJ. F., has just issued cheap
edition of his Biography OF Father Mathew.
Thomas Hood, the son of the famous humor-
is has become the editor Il Fun" the weekly paper
published in London as a rival to Punch"
The proposed weekly journal TO be called
"Our Neigbbor" Is merged Ia the " Round Table. y
which Will be revived by its original projectors and ed
tors, Msssrs. II. l.. & G.. II. sveetser. with such
improvements AS experience and friendly suggestions
have made evident"
The publisher Of the Philadelphia "Home
Weekly" offers premiums amounting TO fifteen hundred
dollars for FIVE original tales. Tor the best OF which the
artAor II TO receive one thousand dollars
The famous traveller, Charles Waterton, esq,
known as the man WHO rode an alligator to
death" died at lis residence in England on
the twenty.siI,h OF May, at the ago Of eighythree
He wss raoy writer ard became popular when
he first appeared before the public author OF ander
ipgs in south America the North est Of the United
States and the Antilles In tho years l-ls-lsL nuns
book which has prompted many ,odng naturalist toeh
plore tie unknown wiids Of the New World he gave
sithfa account Of diana and parts OF Brazil which at
that time had scarcely been rodien by tue foot OF
European traveller. lie subsequently contributed well.
written articles 10 varions periodicals. especially to
those conducted bv the late Mr.. London and, We be-
o,e cacs, D. the tine lis DEATH he sent occasional
contributions 10 the ',nrdeuers Chronicle Some Of
these xcse repablshcd under the title Of Essays on
Natural History chiefly Ornitholoyy. and 10 t5em he
appended a pOIrIait aid hamuroasly written snto-
biography. WatertoDs writings relate his observations
4 urt1 "a.
do,es about them. Bu Tire y,.y thing that made him
an cacellef; ehronc,er of animal ife--his raoHesS-
disqualified HIN fun producing such monographs on
genera or whole tribes II animals, We are wont "a
get from the pen 0. GIay oven. Sclaior, aud oiher
les'iing naturalist.
| A leading Publishing house in Chicago has
,old $40 sets Of 1.-THE New American Cyclopndia
making nearly % 90 volumes the commencement
Of tho wnr prices. The same house has sold
200 the Ency clopia britannica at $50 each
lO0cO copies ~ Tonn,sons - noch Arden" and an
incacuabc amount Of school books Oas Of is- ori"r'
various educational pubhcs. ions
| Mr. j. H. Bartlett. author of the Dictionary
~ Americsn.sms," h,1 IN the pres quarto volume
which. undsr tie TIE o. TIE Literature 9th Rebel
lon " n contain c'taioruc Of all the known book
aud paInp lets printed uroe and tho United States
which relate the Rebellion. We believe the number
Of such public be little. T. 81 ALL short OF 900
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