The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-09-23
Literary Gossip.

Tho Harpers have issued the sixteenth edition
Of Major Niehols's "Story of the Great March," It
contains General Sherman's own corrections OF
his official reports contained i'll the Appendix
ono of the emendations making serious differ
enco in the sense OF an important passage, where
the words General Government" were misprintcd
General Grant, in the earlier editions. A vou-
minous report from General Easton, Quartcrmas-
ter-Gencral of Sherman's army, and full index,
have also been added.
A. X. Loring, of Boston, has issued fresh war
story, entitled Stantlish the plot of which is To-
Called in Boston. 1t is n readable book.
Martin T. Tupper writes to the London Attic
nfeun q protest against literary forserics, in
stancing poem entitled portrait of Puscyite,"
to which his name was fraudulently attached. He
adds o. paragraph which contains pun:
s'Now, your equity Will take notice that this is
not tho common case of parody; no one i'll his
cheerful form of advertisement; and for one re-
turn humble thanks to dear old Punch, and his
younger brother Fun, for many of theres q new
joke for thcm) vituperation; I'm used to it, and
take it rs good-nature, though perhaps not always
so intended"
The London Athennum observes that "crtics
have long been Mt war as to the power of the hand
to battle the power Of sight, by work almost in
tnitely minute. Optical work is exceedingly deli
cate, thousandth part Of an inch being quite a
considerable space. Mr.. Ruskn asserted, and Mr..
Kingsley proved, That Turner's dots and lines were
finer than the finest work done upon such lenses
as those of Lord Rosse's telescope By-and-by the
sun may be able to distance even the artists pen
Gil in producing small and yet perfect work: A
friend has sent to lib from Melbourne copyo OF the
Colonial Land Act OF leG5, done Ill the phOtoGra-
phic department of the Land Office in that city, so
minute as to be scarcely visible to tho eye, tho
whole fty-two pages, folio, being printed on bit
of paper about the size of bank-notc. This
dainty production is the work of MIR. Moone."
MIR. H. W. Frickcr has just published in London
volume of poems which he calls "a Quarter of
Century," giving the odd reason for choosing
this title that he s'has been acquainted with the
gentleman to- whom it is dedicated for five-and-
twenty years"
posed by the French Government. M. Duruy,
Minister Of Public instruction, recently took oc-
casion, while addressing the professors and pupils
OF the schools OF Paris and Versailles, at the an
nual distribution Of prizes, to announce that the
cation should have place beside those of art and
industry at the coming Universal Exhibition. "I
warn you, then, future laureates OF the general
competition of 1867" said NJ. Duruy, "that your
works, whatever they may be, will be sent to the
committee of the Universal Exhibition. If Ger
many, England, ITALY, and other powers will fol-
low our example, and on-like conditions, we shall
see who is in best course" And further on the
Minister added: .. -. :
tWhilo the immense edifice is being erected
which is to cncase all themarvels of industry the
Emperor desires to sec another temple raised by
able hands for the genius Of France. The sciences,
arts and letters, recounting their progress and his
theories they have produced, what ideas they
have given birth to, what facts they have dis
covered Or explained, what new forms Of lima gina
tion or Of art they have produced-in q word,
what France has thought, set side by side with
what she has done, will be noble exhibition, full
Use for the future; for the future leans on the past
IN order to raise itself higher, and can only make
inc most OF the support by thoroughly under
standing it. II other nations .yill initiate our
material show, and have the same happy conse-