New-York tribune., 1867-03-07
LITERARY ITEMS.

~ mon arc candidates for election TO the Nor.u
Parliament Among these we poIiee , Se GS''
PTof MOmnisen, the hh'Oil@" "' -
80. aud admirers of Leopold Won hahkc
~ lo,,sto on The Goth Of February, inc lhueui
,rv of the hstorians receiving ihe noiy' g oo U
eoctor's degree which took place "t inc e'"i9 e VI
.n. Austrian Government have prohibited the sale
- and ordered the police TO SEIZE new WoIk Wioh Has
coared undcr the title Of Twelve Champions OF he'o
ntonv containing the biographies OF Robert j. bnm A"4
Ernd Malzini Count Cayour Louis bahc' ana o'''cis
Arss Martineau is ropintng for private circulation
.,oong her own friends and the friends OF the fanyes
most nearly concerned, her memoirs OF the late Lord
Canning and the late Lord Elgn from once b9et aha m
IRe Daay Ners respectively. The ltue WORK ~ 10 po
called "k British Friendships" It is nll OF [emIiSee1Grs nee
only Of India, but also oi the as Whe ., .,1 M i
great men the late Lord DahOusle were All at OAIoIu
teGether.
Al the end of 1867, according 70 new copyright
law passed some years snce by the German Diet ana
agreed TO by all the separate Governments, all copyright
which had up to that time been prolonged by speeu
privileges and becomes public proReaycr RaTycr and
works OF Schiller Goethe Wieland, Herder h0lh'I
many other German classics that have p 70 do Porshe
year been the copyright OF certain m bhed nv any e
and already the announcements Oi chc"P i'I''"
ing advertised
The Si6oGs subscription for statue OF loi''lo ~
he erected In public place in Paris does not appear -
No thorea Inv authority On the contrary the adhesion
of several prefecora journals in the provinces S' -
deDcetha the proposal # not quite IA la,%lS t me Moyor
~ 5oast StiOnsH H0Here near iayre (apd al Mayors
ana now go NhiF ~ hnsef and his son-half frame
being the maximum recciVabe-ahu al tnc IN
presses hope the statue may oe hgh eioug. ~, 10
throw lis shadow not only all France, but the ehIo
world.
Its stated that the new French press laws VIII re-
init IN increased liberties for printers and pnhhSheTs
The printers Of newspapers appear tocensidef tt eS
stand very much need Of some amelioraueh OIL 'len
condition They have met and drawn mp a petition
tzhieh they intend to present TO the Senate In TINS
Gocment" saws the Liberte they reduce Their prefer
ing imuuny in oil cases simply ask not to be put cut OF
the pale OF the common law not to be treated NOR
oroasy than assassns and robbers ana not 10 E % uS
prved Of the benefit Of extcnuang circumstances Ie
solicit cessation Of their pccm9Iy ISSpGas0ds d %l,
authors. Lastly they ask TO be respOSble ohy
of writers arising either from their desire 10 remain Hn m
known or from their offering sufficient security for
the payment OF the fines incurred IL Motuu app, -,
is stated will simply require printers ana puolSheis 20
make declaration Of their place Of res{sPGe esq me ana 9a
stamp viii be reduced to three centimes.
Mr. John Stuart Mill was inaugurated as Rector OF
st. Andrews University the lst inst. He delivered
Tong and interesting address which was very well re-
Oeved. IL review Of the whole territory OF the
higher education endnculed cordial defense Of cassi-
Sal culture minus the versemaking), on the ground that
% estimate words what they arethe counters rep
sesenting thought-you must know Ultimately ely 2tned t
0arficIar languages and heratures are OF SuGh curious
perfection such artistic completeness Mr. MiI eHcaGeG
none of the great cuiyatng studies from the university
Gnrricnlum pleading not only for classics
iogc ethcsrather historically tAn qoshaCsi! tau m &
Experimental science, and phys0ogy, bnI tNSn @ lo
ecclesiastical history from an undogm2tie pom point o. vow ,
nresso n al ne S n mind Of tbe most sensitive scepbAes,
casting fbcrs INTO every banch ol human cuituIe'
and yet shrinking every side from the assertion OF t-
mate principles The definite, gradually spring
ing into shape out Of the ndefiniteEthat Is Mr NILS ~
conception OF almost every branch or huInarKnOWiedSe
Mr.. Henry Crabb Robinson, one of the earliest and
most devoted Of Goethes English admirers he had made
tho great poets acquaintance early in the century, az
eIDar) one Of the coerie Of Colerdge, the attached
friend OF Lamb died I'm his ninety year. at his
residence, on Monday Feb. l. He was a man of%sreat
force of purpose and general vgor Of character He
probably the last survivor among the TRENDS OF 3SeIhe
worth sOuthey, COledge. Charles Lamb, ana All hat
eminent Rny sSnoG 81 Eamnnd He 8as enddd for the
bar but he did not begin to practice untl
Sorrespohdent @ He was intimately connected with the
late Mr. Walter, and was special correspondent OF ne
Having independence, ne did not continue at the Bar
end for more than tary years NE NEE eG es saShe6 m
bis kindness of heart and attracee by his power OF con
SeIsatlon ana Innd OF KnOWeqgSh e s Ts g If @ vas
passed His Sunday breakfast parties and his bachelor
bis hospitality, filling some Of the most amusing hours
Their lives He was grandy intolerant OF any literary
depreciation ofIamb symptom OF moral disease aud
tpi Sen%vitv No one stood mn for bis friends more
kbly, generously, and constantly or assaled what ne
Thought worthy OF censure with more open and cordial
blows In literature the value Of his Judgment
chiefly this-tbat he brought character Of much
than the usual strength OF considerable hulnor and
pf absolute naturnes 10 bear upon subjects which are
pften treated with the msnnerisTa and nesse Of sensi
bty. Mr. Robinson for more than thirty years an
sctive member Of the Council of University College.
Here he was, long his permitted the connecting
ilnk between the COanel and the Professors He pre-
served his faculties bis memory and his power of apply
Ing It, almost TO the last For years he was nirn
nwaknl I'm this there much recovery In the
tsst years of his life friend who during theat Summer
helped him in rearTangng his library found that the wofk
went very slowly every book had It's history ana sug
gested ts aneedotes Cnt thIee oa!s oeioIe Ms
he fit to open on subject on that day the loss OF
strength Oceasioned by slight attack OF sciatica began
10 show itself with decided effect lie became un
eonseious, and passed away Monday evening WIN
hardly any suffering. Mr.. Robinson wrote very ttle
HIS tractwas the subject OF his friend CarksO
IN q controversy in which the Bishop OF oxford ana
Dfhers part He will be well remembered as long asa
those alive who enjoyed his conversations but unless
the diary which II s understood that he left should be pub
shed he will be forgotten This ought not TO be;
for he a Of mark not only by bis own talents,
but by the connection Of his and life with the
eareer Of very large number OF his celebrated coten