The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-16

chafitS, uuu W BLOW tno necessity OF tunoly. TO
liefif they would accomplish any real good in our
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'~-' Y LITERARY 99FnA1s.'
Tho newBpnpor controversy over tho authorship
the poppo poPSl1n1r song Rock Me o Sleep
the Hon. 9: a Morse, Of. Ouorry Valoy, N. T.,
Sii which NJ ". pedd, ofN Y, ,prt6ta for him in q
ae IS unps ths Mr. hso
fifteen atanzas in 1867, and that selection Of ak
Of those Btanzas forms tho popular song, which
Italy anu Forwarded to Philadelphia WsTss
in lsGo, and they arc included in the volume Of her
=. Poems" published BY Teknor & Fiolds in 1885,
dispute, because ha has written others equally
good, and someof his uhpablishod MB. lis given
for tle.Ieader,s' own ronclnsi6nsa ~ ID alleged
that ho did wrlto the poem on the strength OF the
statcments Of sundry porsons, who say thoy heard
him readi it ash his own, two or three years before
hhG puGal,ed @ d Sr copy. These stateme9ts arc in
tho wrtors, and initials are only given to others
It is claimed, also -taut internal ovidcnce elbows
poems Of Mr.. Bale said to have been wilton four
years before Mrs. Akor's CHIN, show parallelisms
OF thought and style to tho poem in dispute; and
that Mr. Balls original draft with interlineations
could be produced: We presume Mrs. Aker's will
feel herself called up7n 10 answer this imp!ie /
charge of literary larceny. s1antaerse anfnts ca!is:
Mr.. W. Carow Hazlitt, who has done Rood work
in his,tme mostly ssSap editor Of reprints Of old
oi inSsh gSdaes ssosSs has s
dor tho title q emoiiis Of %am adziits with aa
pronounced interSsting In tho main. but YONG ono Of OF
come pp e she mark the boSnPhio4 portions
terest ua most are almost exclusively due to Hnz-
litts own correspopdence. Strange. to say, ho
ss npRIr e s ha
NJ Hazits intellect. or his nature. He is strictly
speaking, neither critic nor biographor but ons's
| some passages Of technical explanationI sESti
/ The subject Of Amusement nB q Forcd in Chris.
tan Training, is troated in four dscourses by tho
OF the au thor, whent the church has touched tho
cSnsorous spirit II has issued its s aeeretais ct is
creation, and prescribed penalties for engaging in
them while 1t has left alone tho broader relations
oftho question. Mr. Vincent tai ies more liberal
nnd comprehensive view Of the whole matter, and
contends thht the deYilis not necessarily at work
in neutrality-suspicious. game fblards
to call him, and NJ Philarete ohnsies, the Masarin
librarian arc bandynR letters in The late issues Of
sonne and I etse the
oi tho ~Dedicaiion" really was The last number
Of that Journal epntAils ono of Mr. Massey's mis-.
| signs himself Rector, in which that gentleman
conyicts II. Lhasles Of borrowing without achn ,wl.
edgement his Interpretation Of tho nop,ncs un,bra
! william! Hathaway, brother Of Bhakspearo's
Tho celebrated Yelverton case, which m ,de 80
much noisa in tho English courts few years sinco
forms @ aHortion Of tho materials Of Mr.. Cyrus ".
ReddfnRs new noSel,iJ'H Wifc and Not Wife,"
which was latSly published, and which may be
considered, until further notice, ae the last work
of this veteran author, who, SOME forty odd years
ago, was Gampbell's assistaht In editing the New
~oaS sse sbs M has
| oialy those which obtsined in tho caso OF Mrs.
Yelyortoa, THO lnst being the objects Of his scorn
%iIs i liz Or carl Ritter," BY W. /. Gage pub.
lshed BY Or arles scribner & Co., is an interesting
piece OF biography devoted to tho person i histo:
mont Beographers OF the age. J,Apart from bis Ia
bors IN hs speoia department. Of intellectual Eac.
tiyity his life presents an attractive example Of
profound, sonse Of religion, and the devotion. to
studtouB research; which distnEnishps 30 many
German scholars ef tho past ,ss2eration: Tho
tho social and domestic life Of Germany, and
though written IN looss and inaccurate style, It's
fsGsh and almost enthusiastic tone gives oer
faults Of literary execution. -Ylis mr.,
AParis correspondent writes thus OF LAnAnTNtR
and French books :rs!1b ~ u I
A pamphlet has just been. published entitled
IdH1ortfne Derant Opinion. It is lan apology and
eulogy of the ereat poet and politician become un
homme pauure ct IN paupre foTn,e. The well-in-
Judgment. hut Inlss their aim by the extravaganza
sGS seia
exhauatible oharttos, which would be more credit
able TO the careless poet 4 thoy had not been
is curious and characteristic one OF another sort
Of Lamnrtino's own furnishing: it'Chat voyage in
the East carried out indeed Eth sSp,ens
,ao nothing. had at that time about 80 oO0 hrancs
Noass sSd ltia hS Hp sSs IF ny "
valuable arms, costly carpets. Arabian horses,
Esstarn ssIIs I etc. . the smonnt Of about 10 0o0
years, was nearly $50, 600 franco. Now the sum Of
my expenses for those two years, Including
eoss
did not average 10000 francs. The result is that
this Journey, inste1d Of running me- left mo coar
Ing Talk ng Of books which keep, not Hnding
5@oiiSsSE;soEn @ SsEs Sbsof asss" Fl Eeneh hssfssast
Gle Of French Specialist, reporting on tho book,
printing, und paper department or tho Groat EI'
hibtion :" Our readers will appreciate the VOL u
lishera' products. II amounted ID lBG0-includins
repri1taA to 18, $50 works.u According TO the Gen
eral Catalogue Poetry, Belles Letters and Novel.
cal and reLlgiops writings there aEo about 26to e
n Aistory1 qe9graphy anu ;Voyak kes 1900 Of Suten
ieS ses lsSS Ge.o on SsSS G%nSto rioaituIs abeu
cravings. hthoRraphs, photo sfaphs. pIsrsS chafti
maps, music, et9-asliro for's Eain6 n % 900 O6l
a&es fban Il Y m me ds sS 10 2, French
Apsrb.ehs .os lSo Hc i saitss tlE ~, H. y Rz,sl.
Thth has inst appeared In ith{a country, Is he
arst oi the Tauohnitz collection OF Gorman an.
lish n9yelists-iG thus announced by q Paris Sab
"Cpileotlon Standard Authors, SoIillins
Mr. Eugene SthuyIG has undertaken tho trnn .
lstton Of the Russian novels OF Ivan TurpM,ef III,
hao ohoaen fpr ths nrat s.BafhGrS anf
Leypoldtf % Hoib Whose taopIaIon, MsS RuIstsSt