New-York tribune., 1866-05-05
LITERARY ITEMS.
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Mr. T. b. Carpenters "Six Months at the Wh'e
House will be published by Hurd Ioughton early n may
r. will DO remembered that while Mr. Carpenter was plnthg
b, picture Of the reading of the Emancipation Proca
nation before the Cabinet" he was the guest OF Mr. Lincoln
n, tina White House and enjoyed constant Intercourse whhe
resaen as well rs tho various members Of the Cabinet The
,ke,hes which be has from time time published in the news
npo prove that he dgent of the opportunities
on afforded him. and his book is looked for with interest
Mr. James Miller has in press "What the Moon
Saw by Hans Christian Andersen with 50 illustrations by
The Dazel Brothers. Lizzie Lindon. and other stories
Illustrated and "a New Guide TO the Hudson River and
Guide TO the Central Park" each With illustrations by l.
Addison Richards
NJ Dooladv announces a reprint Of History ol
The Gypsies with specimens Of the Gypsy Language by
Waiter Simpsons edited with piefee Introduction ana notes
lad disquson the past present and future OF Gypsy
dom by James, Simson
Lawrence Kehoe, No. 145 Nassau-st, willpublish in
few days an edition in bue and gold Of Aubrey Dc Veres
? May Carols and Hymns and Poems"
The first volume of Mr.. A. W. Thayers long-ex
pscted Life Of Beethoven which the author hos oeen
engaged years. announced for publication in Berlin
Authorship seems at present to be the iashlonaDie
amusement at the Courts Of Europe Queen Victoria Is sau
10 have been time employed upon volume o essays
uhe Crown Prince Of Prussia writing history the E'ee
tora Princes OF Brandenbwg. The ex'King Of Greece Is
translatin the Tad and his father Louis the e1nE OF
Bavaria at Nice giving tho finishing touches to ne" vol
hme Of poems King John Of Saxony (PhaetheS mas JUST
pabshed the third and last volume of his German translation
the Dna Commeia Omar Pacha is writing the Lie oi
Alexander the Great.
The welknOwn London publisher, Mr.. Henry Bohn'
will shortly retire from business. lie will be succeeded by
Messrs Bell Daddy who about TO issue library edi
Lion Of Washington Iryngs works and complete eolee'
Lion of the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
AParis newspaper is issuing translation OF portions
bf Mr. Barnuus Humbugs Of the World" This Is fair
reading of one passage The oldest puff is the idea Of Buy
Warren the greatest backing manufacturer OF London he
pt-.i s' advertisement the Pyramids of Egypt the
best London bso'c Boy Warren. Aseverybody
Eaows and Barnum s the phrase it is Bay Warrens
backing the best 10 London
THE London Atheneum, in review Of Wheel
,rs Dictionary Of Noted Names Of Fiction, Mentions the
flowing particulars respecting the descendants OF Robert
aersoD the original of SCOTS cod Mortality which Will
De many readers "Old Paterson, whom Scott
yaw reyying inscriptions the omb of the COvenaniers
went America aud became the grandfather Of Paterson
whose widow married Marquis Wellesley The sisters Of
at Mrs Paterson married the Duke Of Leeds and Lord Star
ford The direct blood Of Old Mortality went ia another and
~ remarkable direction. Ills granddaughter. Miss Pater
pon the first wife Of Jerome Bonapare The marriage
was legally annuled and who sprang from It,
e great grandson of Old Mortality is the staff Of bis
pousin the Emperor Of the French
A Memoir and Selection from the Letters of james
Ewing LII some time LordpOyost OF Glasgow, and Mem
Der OF Parliament for that city, has lately been published In
Scotland In one Of his letters rom Rome MI E"4hs i'uAes
IN extraordinary bunGer which we hope is not fair peei'
men Of the literary culture Of Glasgow LIDS and members
m Parliament The Church OF San 0norio" e) be says
"cheAy known the buIapace Of the great poet Iasso
whore marked the simple but sufficient epitaph IOraa'
as,i the bones of TorQuatus Tassu Nothing more
Is necessary for The Gpor Of Dante which everybody IN Italy
reads who read it,"
Charles Scribner & Co. have nearly ready for pub
ication o Life of Benjamin Slliman M d.. IL d.. late
Professor Of Chemistry. Geology. and Mneraogy in Yale
College" BY Professor George p Fisheri patriotic Eo'
Guenee for Of schools by the late Mrs C. NJ Kirk
land and the Rev. John Marshs Temperance RecoleconS
Labors Defeats and Triumphs'