New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-17
LITERARY ITEMS,

MI Edward G. Towne, q prominent clergyman
Of the radical school in the vicinity OF Boston INTENDS 10
enter the field as a lecturer during the coming season
One the principal subjects which he proposes 10 e"'
a. The Lesson of American Manhood ahorueu ny 'ne
character Of John Brown He takes the ground that e
brave Old Abotons who proved his sincerity on the
0aows was the prophet Of uDcomprOmising manhood OF
radical morality and III this hight he hoius nm up aS
man has obtained an envabe reputation as an earnest
and profound thinker, and speaker OF unusual pow d
Shoneh he has departed from the old routine IN RELIGION
and politics his tendencies are 70 Mo1sord Mass
The Social Science Review" it Is aDnOuhceu'
has been temporarily discontinued, and the subscription
money paid in advance will be refunded by tne puoshe
We understand that arrangements are IN progress W
sumo the publication Of this Pe GGnra IhSrse 81 Mr.
hamilton Wilcox, OF this city, one OF the leadlng cOhllU
utOrs 10 the former seres!Oi the WORK
The Family Pen" is the name of a good
book showing something Of the lives and WORK OF isaac
baylor and other Taylors OF Ongar'
Miss Harriet Marion Thackeray, a daughter
Of the eminent novelist has been married to Mr. ese
Stephen OF the Inner Temple second son OF the late s
James stephen.
The Asiatic Society of Bengal have trans
ferred their museum including antiquities, natural MS
tory and mneralogy, to the Government OF India VINO
are building handsome house IN which TO lodge the
valuable collections OF the BbOecd Ihdlcd "a numbers
were published last year, ~ being IN Persian, one IN
Arabic, in sanskrt, and one translation from sahs'
into English
The learned world of WuTtemberg is repre-
sented at tho Paris Exhibition by book which not only
rary but which exists only in tins one copy the work
Of dingent and clever young scholar, Dr. Eung MIRA
rian AZ the University Of TibDgen book in foho
called "Golasa" and containing the Ritual baptsnial
1ongs and direes of the Mandaans. According TO the
descriptive catalogue il is the first oTnal Mandn teht
which has been published. As no movable types OF ls
language existed til now, the editor was Obliged 10 auto
Graph the whole work. The hand,eans, also cdutu
Bablans disciples of ST. John, form sect winch eAl
only in the small number of about SEQ men, az the lower
Eunhraes and Tigris They have their own fesOn the
own sacred books their own language ana wrltng Sha
acters MandRan language IL fast dying out ana WI
derstood perhaps only by the high priest OF the Sect anu
by a Sabian scholar.
John Anster, Ii. d., the first translator OF
Faust" into English, who lately died in Dublin was
member of the Irish bar never pracced In 1887 he
received an appointment small value from the Earl Of
Carlisle that of Registrar Of the Court of Admiralty,
Regus Professor OF Civil Law in Trinity College, Dublin
He wrote poems when undergraduate Fragments Oh
his translation of the first part OF Fanst appeeu III
BaektoOOds MG0ayfe for June, 1920 and according 10
notice publshedin 1892 Immediately attiacleu nc
attention of Goethe The extracts were reprinted iuuy
Al England and America and encouraged him TO com
plete translation, which appeared as Whole III $50
In 1887 he published a volume OF poetry naucu
'Xenioa" which contained, among other pieces fIlZs
Ode on the death of the Princess Charlotte, whch hau
procured for him gold medal Dr AnsteT IN aer years
was considerable prose contributor 10 leadng maya
zines The second part of Faust" by him, which ap
peared only few years ago has been considered nOt III
feriOT translation, TO the first though from tne eh
aeter of the poem it did not attract anything Ike the
same attention.