New-York tribune., 1867-06-10
LITERARY ITEMS.


The Rev. Alexander J. D. DOrsey B. D., OF corpus
roti Cueoe cambridge is candidate for the froies-
6orship Of Poetry al OAI'i"
Tho cicrt6 volume which VI. Guizot has Just pun
lsbed ofl. Memoirs. is most important as TeRius A,o
own charactc and not little so indeed as me M
ofnlsin history. 10 contains eucoation lie
~. two points, one tLe -','0.a'.Oh OI 1"i'' '"'
/, n.sh AauaSts
Atthe last meeting of the Pathological So-'o's
Prof Godstucker meufoneG curious iSc' WIN
to o., word Iq poem to Dee sum-" & ~ namely Igya
,uustcal ulauu,cri,ts the same W0ld 90 Gu tisi Tne
,0 fbt i, meaning s in French ana i.is silrit
word loy0 las NOT yct Io'hu ''' ""'
GLOSSARY. ,,.. ,,c
o.I' -,lis, ballads lvc. from which Percy go'' win
d,o-,rce of his own making the pest oi MS n
has lately appeared in London sr eIt snn,e King
a6e FOR the accuracy OF the text aL ,"y car6
apfbnr notes the eucdatons which accompany vgon %
piece are usually by MI. H@1TS Lac dontes the interest
adds TO the bulls but more lnu. Uoior nf readers
and use of the book to the great IalOr3 i vi i"ds
The volmue now issued gives Ine iOun @ ~ sir ia,
and among many other I9inanees S"uG orca1 Ifeccs
WAYNE" Arhdr and Merlin beside ne 5 ora q. IeI
lke ths POEMS ON The Earls OH ChosteF anu ics
Field" The whole publication vii occufy lUrI & one o1
namely three OF Ballads and ROmanoes, VIII oHo "
Loose and Humorous Songs.
The Saturday Rerido notices some recent american
publications as follows: The Criterion e te tio CIV,
nv Mr. Henry Tuckerman 10 a series Of essays OF d Qu'y
lar higher than that of the usual magazine arucle'
and resembling in style and matter those OF Haziltt anu
ms cotempOraries, rather than me Ilmser PA in
F..rW
sonc pertinent observations and amusing aheS1oTSs "a
various professions and phases Ol sOc! nc MI ~
crInan is a master Of the English language anu tno
nury Of his style rather than any ahectaiou Sl
manncrisIns, gives 10 his essays a ht|oI "H'01' i
VI OF past generation oI WllVers
Mr.. Ncer's "Solitudes of Nature and of Man IS
volume whose general conception and form may p'oo%O
have been suggested by the Anatomy OF Meiahchoy'
but IL is in no sense an imitation Of that unvaled Wol
IL displays much original thought as wen as ilS9 S
amount of varied rcudlng contains many seslIo i
sngaestive rce ctiOis many WeFchOstl anu dPPVN''O
oUotetOns ana interesting iacts ana % 80
historical and pGlCd, which serve rs dpI anu 90
fr,u tre of thoughts which are OeI sItIA
ing and generally IuciOus. 10 is not eNdcty Hs'' -
n Is agreeable aG instructive reading, ana may loss'y
obtain "A more tA.tu tpAemcIa rclute ana lOp""4i'''
The Elements of Art Criticism IS a treatise ol
more than elementary scope subject in when most
of rs are more or c, interested and on which many are
consciously icnor or impcrfecty informed some p9i
mons al least OF the present volume rcdte 20 VIC
meus OF drawing ud painting, and may repay tc
Tor his trouble even lie fal fully 10 comQehC"u i'S
more ambitious teachings.
Among the scientific works the Report OF the
smithsonanusttUtonf for 1865 and the annual otscieh
fife Discovery edited by Mr. Kueesud deserve notice
forvarl tbe ur0rc, Of science during heycar OF cch
ical inventions and Improvements, ui lAc d'IlS
and discoveries n an the different hranches OF Hiuiai
Science Of the books published on these ana Aut '
iccts aud II fbe yc, of eminent scientific men VINO nave
sied 6lrug ,Lc last twelve months Ihe NOuhe Is sun!
one ana he type close, though tOeraby clear auu III
rder 10 bring wtli the requisite compass so laISe PS
Ofmater it is necessary tidt eath III Ntulol VI e.
esreciv the loss uoraut less interesting shOuu NC
eucciucty treated. lat nevertheless inc amount Vi III
formation concentrated IN SO sl&I spare lS l WOl
derful and renders the AUnua exceedingly NaIu"Oio "
all who are interested M science.