The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-09

| an" ~ "u'sLNalu Us continuance IN tne present
anomalous condition OF a1oils, that it seems
very long ago to take a mans testimony whica
was, nevertheless, only made so recently as last
autumn and winter.
--Messrs. Hurd & lIoughton have in press, and
VIII soon publish, a small volume of Essays
which promise 10 be Of great interest to the
leaders and admirers of Shakespeare Tho book
i5 entitled "Shakespeare's Delincations Of In.
sanity, Imbecility, and Sucide;' and is written
by DR.. A. o. Kellogg, Assistant Physician at the
State Lunatlc Asylum, Utica. N Y. Part lst
treats Of the IaSdHe,- Lear, Hamlet. Ophela.
etc. Part I'd treat of the l,nJecaes-Bottom.
Malvolo, PISTOL Bardolph Nym, Dogberry.
LaunCe, Calban, etc. Part 3D., of Suicide
Othello, etc. These Essays exhibit phase of
the intellectual character Of the great dramatist.
which has been little considered hitherto. and
one of great interest; and from the high en-
comiums bestowed upon them as they have ap-
pearPd from time to time in the American
journal OF Insanity" during the past few years,
we predict rich treat for the lovers of Shake
spearian literature, and large demand for the
book.
The second number of The Galary. which
Is enlarged sixteen pages, contains paper by
Miss Frances Power CObbe, on "The Fallacies
OF Memory;" the first of a series of articles by
Professor Blot on Cookery; paper by General
Cluserct on ''The Home of Victor Hugo with
two Illustrations; and papers by Mr.. Richard
Grant White, Mr. Edmund c. Stedman, Dr. w.
l.. Draper, John Esten Cooke, Rose Terry, and
the author OF Emily Chester besides the con-
tnuation Of the serial novels of ANTHONY Trol
lopc and Mrs. Edwards
An odd literary trial was recently brought
in England, the plaintiff being one Strous with
several initials the writer OF novel entitled
''The Old Ledger" and the defendants the
owners and editors of the Ahengunl who some
months since criticized the work in question.
pronouncing 1t 1.-The very worst attempt at
novel that has ever beeu penetrated" Slrous
employed Bow Street lawyer, who threw up
the case when the attorney for the DEFENDANTS
succeeded in reading extracts from "rhe Old
Ledger" Juror withdrawing for that purpose.
The AHeaU1nn is, of course, iubnlant, though in
quiet and mysterious way.
There has Just been published by Joel Nun.
sell, OF Albany, famous Tor the many curious
works he has printed, as well as their peculilr
typographical elegance monograph upon a
subject which ought to have some interest. The
author is John Meredith Read, Jr., son of Judge
Read, of this city. 1t is "a Historical In.
curry concerning Henry Hudson, his Friends.
Relatives, and Early Life, his connection with
the Muscovy Company, and Discovery Of Della
ware Bay" 1t was spoken as an address TO the
Historical Society of Delaware, in October. 1864
and has been published by the Society. The
life of Hudson has scarcely been written until
now.
MIR. George Augustus Sala has in press a COL
lection which he entities "Yankee Drolleries -
and which is made up of the most heterope.
neous materials "The Autocrat of the Breakfast
Table" lying CHEEK by iowl with Artemus Ward
and Major Jack Downing, while Hosea Bigelow
ietches up with Petroleum V. Nasby, Mr., Sala
acting as Snowman for the whole, Introducing
each IN turn to the mystlted British Lion, who
must by this time be in a state of idiocy from
over much feeding on American humor.
-Moritz Hartmann, one of the best of the
younger German poets, is rapidly taking posi-
ton among the novests. His latest produc.
tions, mach der Natur," three volumes of short
tales, and "Die letzten Tage zines Konigs.D a
graphic picture of the closing scenes in the
career OF Murat, are characterized by well-con.
structed plots and interesting situations, and are
written with grace and spirit
Mr.. David G. Francis of New York Is about
to publish what we cannot but think the most
important work of the kind ever reprinted in
this country, Mr.. J. Payne Golfers "Biblio,
graphical Account OF the Rarest Books in Eng
lish Literature
John G. SAKE has prepared a new volume of
poems, which is about being published. One of
the poems, entitled THE Mournex a ia Mode.n
has the following verse:--
Her robe had the hue of the rest
How nicely 1t fitted her shapeD
And the GRIEF that DdS heaUiRq her breast
Boiled oOer IN bHloacS of Grape.
Mr.. j. B. Kirker announces "The Outcast:
q Tale Of IrIsh Life by the late Colonel Michael