The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-07-04
The Daily N ewS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1866.
LATE PUBLICATIONS.

MAJOR JACK DowNIHo's LErrEns-VAN EvRIE, HoR
TON Co. Now York, havo treated our old friend' the
Major to new suit of his favoritc pepper ana salt
jeans In other Words thoy havo repuoished these let
ters
During tho war; wo every now and then got glimpse
of those humorous sketches of "Linkn and tho War;
t only MS friendly paper containing would make Its
vav through the blockade But hero have tho whole
series in q nice yolume,-the same adorned with a
Ifeliko counterfeit Of the Majors good humored phiz
Major Jack Downing Is q 6ne specimen of American
humor not second TO Judge HALYDuRToN; has
been recognized such in Europe whore ttcse etters
have been repubshed aud extensively read.
we commend tho Major and his Jonhoumie to all our
friends.
BILL ARP so.called-A Side Show OF tho Southern
War. "Im good Union man, so.caled; but I'll bet
Dixie long as I've got dollar" illustrated by NJ
A. SULLIVAN. Metropolitan Record Office, New York,
1866.
This the title OF work that scarcely needs in.
PRODUCTION. No In the United States is better
known than BILL Arr. He, of nl the many murderers
of "the Queens English" seems to have succeeded
striking the keynote to tho eIConfederate SOL
ders heart His quaint and dro sayings quoted at
every Hreside-"familiar household words"
CHARLES II. SMITH Is the real name Of "BILL ARP.
called" Mr.. M. NJ. QUINN has kindly sent copy,
and informed that he has large supply of them
on hand. Whoever may desire cutivating more inti-
copy at once, know the rush viii be tre-
mendous
THE NATIONAL QUARTERLY REVIEW, edited by Ed
WARD L. SEARS 4. NJ, LID. Published In New York.
The June number has como to hand. Contents l..
Socrates and his Philosophy q The saturnan System
3. Heine and his Works. 4. Why tho Opera Fails In
New York. g. Buddhism and its Influence. O. The
South American Republic. z. Greek Tragic Drama
sophocles 8. Partisan Reconstruction. o. Notices and
Criticisms
1t will be perceived from the foregoing that the Na.
tona makes some pretentions to cultivation of the
higher fields of literature. We have only had time to
read two three of the articles These did not impress
very favorably with the ability of the writer's. The
article Partisan Reconstruction ''ptches' into the
Radicals. The paper HE1NE's life and works falls
far short of what such essay ought to be-
perhaps the most difficult all German authors be
properly understood by foreigner. he cannot be
transated for very often the pth and point s in the
language tscf In this paper he is by means pro-
perly appreciated. This Review Is too heavy for the
unlearned and lacks depth to meet the demand of
sons of culture. .. '. ....,.
The ATLANTIC MONTHLY for July has reached u.s. The
table of contents Is follows The Case George Ded
low; On Translaing the Divina Commedia; Tho Great
Doctor-Part l; The Retreat from Lenoir's aud the
Siege OF Knoxvie; Released; Friedrich Ruckert Pas
sages from H.wthornes Note Book-Part VII; To j. D.
Physical History of the Valley of the Amazons; A
Bundle Of Bonesi An Rnglishman in Normandy; Aunt
Judy; The Chimney Corner of 1s66-Part VII; Griffith
Gaunt, Jeaiousy-Part VIII; Indian Medicine; The
Death OF Slavery, by wM. CULLEN BRYANT; Reviews and
Literary Notices.
We have not had time yet to give the foregoing
an attentive perusal, but will give readers the
following sonnet, by LoNGFELLow, who is shortly
publish hia version of DANTE's great epic:
ON TRANsLATING THE DIvINA coMMEDIA.
enter, and see thee in the gloom
OF the long aisles, o, poet saturnineI
And strive to make my stops keep pace with thin
The air is filed with some unknown perfume;
The congregation of the dead make room
For thee to pass; the votive tapers shine
Like rocks that haunt Ravenna's groves Of pine
The lowering echoes fly from tomb to tomb.
From the confessionals here arise
Rehearssls Of forgotten tragedies, 49,.
And lamentations from the cryp,s below;
And then voice celestial that begins
With the pathetic words, "Although your sins
As scarlet be-" and ends with Gas the snow"