The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-07
LITERARY ITEMS.

Ihe greatest lyric poet OF the present time, in
Germany, Herr FREDERIo RUcKERT, died recently,
aged vaeHenty-e years, at his estate near the
town Of Coburg. Besides his poetic talent, he
was clever SCHOLAR in Oriental languages, and
translated several poetical works. He left his
papers, MSS, etc, with-his son HEINRICH Ruck-
EnT, Professor Of History in the University of
Breslau, who is his literary executor 1t is tn-
rderstood that there il but-litte poetry. among
these remains, R5oKERr during tho latter years of
his life having cultivated science rather than the
Muses. He had great love for comparative phi
lology, and, it is thought, has written good
deal on that subject. ,s.... -. ,..,r ,,"
A literary rarity has just been published at
Dresden The secretary Of the Royal Library
a Turkish book, the title OF which is "Kanuna-
man, written by order Of the Sultan Mahmud ~.
It contains statistics Of the Turkish empirein the
seventeenth century. T. ;''' - 80 ...'
late chief Of the ST. simonians, will shortly be-
published In Paris, under the title of ttIe Credit
Intellectual! 1t proposes the introduction of
ton Of intellectual works similar to that ap-
piled to industrial undertakings, such as railways,
canals, &c. -. .=, ~ 80 - -,
Text Society in London, has reached the sum Of
ESQ. The editor requires a thousand year for
carrying out his scheme for the preservation of
the upedited remains OF ancient Hndoo literature.
. fresh volume Of transIations from an almost un-
Magyar poet. =, ~" ns;.' J. IL. ~
A Acorrespondent OF the London Examiner writes
that an interesting discovery has just been made
in AN ancient and long neglected library In the
west Of England. It is . ffagmeptary manuscript
~, Which Shows that on the OCCASION of some early
and destructive murrain, q day Of fasting and PEN
snce was ordered, just as in our nineteenth cen
Agreed that th4 nIQ0na for m
tional aims many attributed it especially to the
ain OF free inquiry.
There is an eleemosynary institution in London
which extends o helping hand to persons Of al
professions who, choose to become members.
The annual reports OF this charity furnish kind
which attend the liberal professions In England
twSg rants ioE feiief aere made, ofShioh ten were
graphy nine for scientific s men " and artists n seven
for contributors to periodical lteratlre,. two to
medical 1tqdentss spd fopr to poets. The drains
dR$ hssS o% sha ssh rh9
paars, therefore, that historical and biographical
studiss bring aansn t9 beggs1y in England sooner
pay" better than might be supposed, and that
poetry ia Improbable. ,.sGn.G Iull. ''.it t..jig
4 Rhiph Waldo Enefaon. the American essayyss,
has hublished Since 1883 tsI literary Ethics" ~
oration; Nature, an ESSAY; thef..DiaI," nags-
aS we lectures; the 4rss ana second SERIES s
his .Essays," lectures on the "New England Re-
formers,%, the; 'Youhg American !" Negro Emah-
aiphton, and tha 'tWest Indies;' ALSO lectures on
sSwed dehhorg,n "Nappleop," and other subjeGta; o
volume entitled ttRepresentative Men," the tsMe-'
GSshsS condues of sna h..
Also contributed largely to American periodicals.
H. A Latin Journal Ia, Paris, win be literary cu.
riosity, eauai 70 the Chinese Journal announced
under the title Of Apis Romano - >t.'i
nMr. Frederick Huth, the yeIlsknown. London
late, Mr. George panielp, library The celebrated
psinted between the years 1859 and 1897 for 4750
Is about to reprint them in single volume, "a his
Icontribution to- the members Of the .Philobiblon
Society, lEpd that! the impression will be very
hnaiteaa and only for private distribution. &Iere
import to our collection Of old EnRlish
poetry psn scarcely be imagined, .whilst to tho
student OF English Philoiogy the book will haTa q
vai1e beyond ell price. y f,r .ui4., . '.I-,,,,
IA Conatantinople prper says that two antigua
ries, 10 making excavations In Syria, have discov-
cred Jewish habi entire, theeconstruction
Chrstian' era. Its rooms are furnished after the
thsn tys bnnEs of Hoses, the Psalns Of David,
ssaa another book containing Hebrew poetry, com.
pleteiy unknown,7i .s,, a; %.
sicilisn archeologiss, signor Cavsliari, Is su-
perintending the excavations recommended ON the
streets have already been discovered. il The glass
utensils found during these excavations, many OF
which have Greek Inscriptions, are now In the mu.
Baum n6 pAl6rmOs ~: l II -,t.: .