New-York tribune., 1866-11-30

N the Coy,yi,y du Dmanche and by appearing therein
brouebt upon that excellent weekly newspaper the
administrative verdict Of sHs per eot The themes oi
The letters are the prominent questions of French
foreign and domestic policy that interested men tins
vear Some additional papers look back 20 the Dan
ish Polish, Italian and Mexican questions. Apart
from the interest that American reader may well
feel in many Of these subjects, the purely literary
treatment of them under the pressing difficulties con-
stanty imposed by the elastic and niquitOus law on
the press by such passed master Of rhetorical fence
as NJ. Paradol is makes of this volume q curious ana
interesting textbook for the study OF the HtsSe oil tne
French catalogue The independent spirit OF the po-
ltcal publcist and the surprising skill OF the cum
ming writer are most remarkable in the original preface
TO the book Such an arrowy nee0le-sharp enuque Oh
the Napoeonc regime has not been printed IN france
during the last fifteen years Minister having Ieau
il the other day. directed the attention of the Emperor
to it; the question came up u! Q Calumet msetigg'
What shall be d0nei Suppress the bOOki Punish
the authorl His Majesty had practical sense enough
to answer: /" No. Were this attack on the Gov
enment (it patiently ISL there laws Tor the case
that should be let have their course but Is per-
sonal attack on me (aso patent), and so iet pass,
(' DOriaous tranquilly) which they were Napole0hs
very words, as | can report them on, i9r "Onuef:
really good authority" '-.
Two Volumes of French translation Of Henri
Heine's Correspondence Insdite viii be very welcome
70 those who cannot obtain or READ tne uermah
original This first series extends from lolO the De,
ginning of his public literary life, to lo15; hnai
volume will give his private letters dating from that
period to 1656. Forty of the letters in this collection
are addressed to the writer's early and intimate trlend
Moser and reveal qualities of hearty gentleness ana
goodness which grateful relief 10 the prght anu
burning daylight Of persiflage and sarcasm with
which his works abound. ,
The first number of Lafontaines Fables with Dor6's
iustratonsson SALE Judging from these two and from
others that have been shown in anticipation o publ
cation, it no venture to say that as illustrations
they are far superior to most OF the wood engraVhgs
interleaved IN the sO-called DOIe Bible. Inc me-
dium in which Mr. Dore lives and works, is so entire
lv different from the medium IN which Moses ana tne
Prophets and the Christ lived and did that he should
succeed in growing apt illustrations to then NE anu
work. If / coud venture to speak to the narrower
artistic question in the case should say that these
illustrations are superior to most of those IN the oe
Bible on the score Of invention and sentiment iher
mechanical execution is excellent, ana tne PIi0e -
wonderfully cheap. The retail price Oh hprdi'on oi
10 pages in small folio always containing one Occa'
siOnally two full page wood engravlngs, beside aOuh
dant ornamental work at the head and tail OF each Ia
bic. is but ten sous. The whole work will be COM
pleted in about sixty numbers, costing at most not
more than six dollars in gold.
The Jeunesse de Catherine de MedioiS is not merely
translation of Yon ReHmORfs work, but vauably an
notated and otherwise improved new edition. by AT.
mand Baschet, whose long reading in the reports OF
the Venetian ambassadors and cognate studies make
him exceptionally competent to his editorial once
n DO0k OF no literary NOIlni Dut iuli VI
Gus personal gossipng about Partisan celebrities IS
the Iadscretions ParsenHes made up Of series OF ar
tcles originally printed in the ErtHemeHt newspaper
by Adrian Marx. They tell as much as a clever, I'M
pndent visitor, who frankly presented himseli as
reporter was sanered to and learn at the Iueres'
at Rothschilds, at Rosa Bonheurs ateher, ETC.
must cut short this imperfect list of new books:
To leave you with pleasant taste in the mouth, l
announce Les Odeurs de Paris, by Louis Veuilot the
some time very able and brutal chief editor OF the late
Monde newspaper, the mastery, weh-playeu iouH !i
sounding organ Of the ultramontane party IL will
be vigorous, fearless slashing attack on the Lires
and Tanes on the freethinkers and the houghtless,
on much that is good and much that is bad in the
characteristics of modern Paris. Old badnesses ven
cradle abominations will probably be lauded. For
the rest you may guess the nature Of Les OdsuTs de
Paris from the antitheca title Of the authors earlier
book Les PdIfumes de Rome. This too, will furnish
fine study for masculine French. II mere mastery
of the Language were a title to it, Louis Yeuillot
would have been an academician long ago.