New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-22
LITERARY ITEMS.

Tie energetic publishers Of "Les Mserables,"
NM. Laoroix yerboecken of Brussels Leipsic' and
Paris have got into trouble. After the death of NJ
Proudbon his manuscripts and library were sold by ms
executors Some Of tie MSS together with annotated
books were purchased by Victor Hugo's publishers.
Proudhons Bible-full o. marginal notes.-the firm In
question determined to publish; and now it Is an
nonrod from Paris that the publishers along with Pou
part Davyc the printer have been condemned by the
Correctional Tribunal of the Seine for issuing work
which was ian outrage against public morals" NJ.
Lacroir has been sentenced to one years nprison-
ment NJ yerboeokon has to pay l5oof and the printer
70 undergo three months Imprisonment and pay fine
OF 9ooE As However the publishers reside mostly in
Brussels the imprisonment viii most probably not DO
endured although the fines must be paid.
An interesting volume of African exploration
Il announced in Germany compiled from the papers of
the late Wilhelm Won Harnier. who visited Africa in
lsCO and confined his explorations chiefly to the coun
tries between Charum and Zanzibar The title Is
Reise am Obereu Nil" and the book. with preface
bv Dr. A. Petermann, will form an elegant quarto vol
une. illustrated with twenty-seyen eooTed plates
Another important addition to geographical knowl
edge announced nearly ready IN FIVE large octave
volumes under tie title Of Die Y0ksT des Gstchen
Maurenbrechers four Lectures on England at
tho period Of the Reformation in German will shortly
be published at Dusseldorf The separate titles are J.
Henry VIII; o Edward VI and Mary Tudor; g. Mary
Stuart in Scotland; and 4, Queen Elizabeth
Another hitch is stated to have occurred in
the progress Of tie second volume Of the Life OF
Caesar" further cancels and alterations having been
decided upon by the French Emperor Il will contain
ue War with the Gauls Report further says that the
Emperor IL also examining Napoleon's Memoirs. to
selec. those portions which be published in the
edition which Is to appear the occasion OF tue Tx
hibition Of 1867.
The new volume of the Napoleon Correspond
ence shows that the Emperor wayercdin his love
of books After a day OF 10 little mental toll and po
cal anxiety at Sch5nbrun, he sits quietly down In the
evening TO write long letter to his librarian at Paris
on several matters of detail all Of which full ofin'
terest to book collectors.
The original manuscript Of Humboldts
"Cosmos has Just been presented to the Emperor
Napoleon by NJ Buschmann. Royal Librarian, and
member of the Berlin Scientific Academy. This very
valuable collection consisted OF FIVE immense volumes
IN onarto containing the corrected sheets from which
the first edition Of the work was struck at Baron
Georges de Collas printing office at Stuttgart. The
Emperor has sent tho Ms 10 the Imperial Library as
he conceives that so valuable gift ought not to remain
in any private collection.
The first number of new Illustrated
Literary and photographed Review under the title
Of 1.-THE Bookworm," has made its appearance In
London.
The subscription list for the English edition
Of Gustaye Dores famous Bible illustrations has been
an extraordinary one The first impression has been
almost entirely absorbed and the booksellers Of London
alone put down their names for nearly 600 copies.
The CT ondon) "Ahqneu,n" occasionally inter-
mits its fppant and shallow uncritical comments on
American books. recent number Of that journal has
the following on the whole, not unhandsome notice o.
one Of our welknown poets, Mr.. I. b. Aidrich:
II is some years since we have met with an Amer
lean poet so rich in achievement and promise as Mr.
Aldrich. In his opening poem, Judith there are
traces of Mr. Tennybons manner, but they disappear
as we proceed in the volume Indeed judith, though
the most ambitions effort in the selection, by mo-
means the most successful The incidents OF the tale
are well told and the paiqus so TO speak ofJudHh Is
extraordinarily presented but the depths Of her ma
ure are not sounded the conflict OF motives and the
sefdeyoon which trumphs In the end are too vaguely
set forth. We do not, a. yet find in Mr.. Adrch the
sustained moral beauty Of Longfellow; but he has.
without imitation a. much force and mnuteness OF de-
scrpton a his predecessor and almost ~ much music
The author Of this volume 10 addition to that small
band Of American poets which 10 80 slowly 'esSs0sssd