New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
LITERARY YcT@S.

Mr. Collier has reprinted privately NO "l ne"
.,{es of MiscellaIeOus Tracts of the EhLabethah
1eriod The work, "Porimdcs the blacksmlth,. - py
HobeTt Green, and Is one Of bis latest piodUcuois
Mr. DufFus Hardy, Dcputy-koeper of the Records
~ been examining tho municipal records OF Dnhh"'
tb view 10 the publication Of al that are likely 10
throw hight On the history, commerce aud manufactures
al Ireland III Outi 'hhVs'
Moxon & Co. have issued vOlume Of hoou
Comic Poems edited by Samuel Lucas with Ii'"'I vs
Thomas Hood the younger" The editorial ""fN' Uy -I-
lucas is somewhat Of mystery. ThcPrei'ce - Nl''
sCn like, and sufficient.
Dean Stanley will it is said, bring forward S'ue
evidence m his " Memorials OF Westminster Aoo'S,
establish What has often been disP"Vco, VIZ, '"' -
sIomwcl rs body was actually dcpos''u )" ,ba nruc,i
Henry Nilths chapel ho"
Vault.
.,,oo, tho svor1ps Of guide-boolls to Fari' Which
.rc coming out may be- mentioned Biac" Nulce ~
Psrs international ENihtonof 1856 ASST ; H,"'uo
- Paris what TO See, and How 10 e ~ d ,Ln In
Nbaf m Pans lsO7"-and Gulde TO 'aiIs ahH ; ne III
tSrnatonaI Exhibition, containing asketchmap ei I"''S'
The compiler of the Handbook for Readers ut
,he British Museum" iNir Nclols) hss I'm preparation
series Of rcferencebc books on woidrnns "'ef INC s'
English masters. Part J., which is nearly ready Is 10 ne
devoted TO elementary, n'ratory, ana 9eSlflNHe H ~
Eqace and comprise prGseoloncai muck 10 'i0
whole of Goldsmiths Vicar Of Wakefield
Uisa sign of the tines thst the I2Iilahs are ne
GINNING o nav greater attention to the lcee literature
Of Germany than hitherto heen then won't TIE pro
factons of several modern German loetg have lafg late
g. above all the nuse of Ferdinand FreliiSath when
seems To exercise the greatest attraction oN,t ,f @
mind The translation uf some Of his most ccleDl'Ieo
poems, by sisnor p. G. Magl, Is Vei: well done
Ali HaISer Bey, chief translator of the Great Coun-
ell who last year produced twO small dramas IN Turkish
S ' has is, rcmnoSed new piece in thPee acts
Turkish verse, under the tle 81 " Inc fItnSss >ou GU
aSecdy It's plot is Of the epoch Of semirami% That
queen hgures in IT, and IN true IHIa,sn p"c''"i s9 10
NyaTr of
The loss which the archives at Venice sustained
through the death Of Count Croamo Automo Dandoo
has been repaired by the appointment in his stead OF
distinguished professor Of histoucai eranrei WnUIo
ABen; he and TOmmaso Gar the new Dlecioi , "envI,
of the NeDetaan afchlyes, I l"te tpcvp The
immense Vaiue Of the state papers or Venice TOT te
coInmlstom Of an impartial history OF European politics.
On tie authority of her wise and Sagacous dPohds'N
A scheme has been laid before the Academy Of
Sciences of Paris 10y VI Frenzy OF that Academy of en-
couragng the cultivation Of the abstract sciences ana III
Au,,nc nersons 10 attach themselves permanently to
seieutifC pursuits With this view. 10 is proposed th3t
sixty places shall be created iy me Minister oi f9Ohc
INSTRUCTION for persons exclusively devolns themselves
10 the mathematical. physical and natural sciences.
There are he three degrees Of classes those pcoss
10 the third class 10 receive 2eO francs per annh 10
second 1900 francs and TO the first 6O0 francs Ihe
privilege Of presenting candidates for nomination Is 10 Dc
A discussion has taken place in England on the
question as 70 who he considered The originator OF
the volunteer movement The honoris generally assigned
so Mr. TennysOn OF his famous verses FORM
form rifemen form" Rut another claimant has ap-
reared in Col Richards the author of volume of poems
Which appeared some months ago ana the Laureate
seems yielded the point Tor we fead hat nc h.s
eiRpifed TO Capt. Bertrand Payne commanding te All
M1ddlesPx V. A. honorable Secretary OF the Rehaids
Volunteer Testimonial Fund. his intention 10 become
sabscrber and has written to Col Richards himself a,
follows: "FarungfOrd, EreShWater Isle OF iSHl apr
Iq-I most heartily congratulate you on y0rr haNls ocef
able 10 do much for country and nope tha You
will not abOTs until ~ Is the law oI lt
land that every man child in shall be trained to The ust
of have the honor 10 ne yours IatfuuL! y lin
k1sON.'
The AtbraGHm notices DR.. Samsons Elements OF
ArtCrtcism" as follOwsE " A book onethird the size
would have been sufficient FOR general purposes Toose
however who devote themselves adeny enough 10 Art
there for thought IN tins book IT must
he admitted however that such ardent persons are qle
likely laugh their friends extraordinary bldtS
this book rs mmoderatey ambitious ana fas 10 mt the
happy medium That might at once serve general ana par
fieular students Conceive the astOnlSmncnt OI one
among the latter class at the following summary
of tbe merits of Sir T. Iandsecy: the most admired o
English Landscape painters, following Turner however
10 probably Iandseer.' Dr. Samson is evidently ac
ouainted with works Of Sir Edwin. yet styles tha
painter and associates MN Win lnf
utT Again might well ne amazed AT The
aptitude his teacher to cOntOund the exercise OF h
tachnical Of artistic expression with tat o Art ~
menta Operat which alone the latter as lis inter
lectnai value hs confusion frequently but not con
Ftantly obvious, and nowhere more palnluLy eNdei
than where author treats Of photography as Pm
Art and as afordng field for the elnplOymen or th
highest genius and the ampest culture This IS
startling assertion cmbOdying more than the autDO
Ves the OF engraving. The converse 10 ms ap
p@ars frequent looking Art ~. peculiarly
Initiative and reproductive; its greater or less successes
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