New-York tribune., 1867-10-04

AGAINST her: but very likely the thing sells all the
better for the scandal Another letter Is lI'hl,"
to-day 10 remind the public sat former novel; pun
lisl,cd under Miss Biaddons name as The Dog @i@r Tor
Wife" was borrowed from NJ. teydean. VINO caiieu
it Nadine BOrary. ,.o,,-
Postmaster to have pty on us who aIe eAlies IRON
the happy landf The great object f life III Lonuoh
j. to got letters land, OF course. newsral"is' hoih
America We ought 10 have them III ii Gays-s"ihtr.
times i'm ten The New. York POst-Oice makes us whlt
thirteen Sir. Wakcman If lac be thc oHendeil I's y
curous talent in choosing slow ships nc ina', M ul
August 81 were dspatched-no, dispatch is not ,he
word they were sent-by the Fulton, ana I'neh' u
London September l3. The mails OF Stlteinbtt .
were sent bv the Gormania and were dIslIinn,eu in
London September 20. II they had been sent by me
lnnInn SHIPS leaving the same day, thfy wnnid nave
been received about So hours sooner. believe there
is a system 10y which the mails are dIyidtd oeswerh
thc different lines sailing from New-lOrk on Satur.
DAYS but that is matter III which the pnhc are no
Interested What they have right TO expect Is 'nt
the ails shall be put on board the f'stest siaP'
slowest that cro.s the Atlantic. III TINS mattrr
Is in the control of the NewYork office, the remedy
clerks will teli Mr. WakeInan which are the fast
steamers. The delay is often more vexato'is on ,ne
Continent than here. Ii has happened thai the SAY
urylay mails for Paris IIavre and for Berlin VA ,,
the mails of the following Wedn' sday VIA Ensiaid
Lad been received. This is very serious 'aitrt 70
merchants and little Of the spare time OF the De-
pariment might well he employed IN aIIaigng nc
service. 1t would 10 scarcely less NallaOe nooh lo
the mercantile public if the Cuhaiders would nave
coa enough to pat their ships IN New oIk hafDoT
on Tuesdays. One two oi the fastest 90 'is oW'
int the rule is the other way merchant o,leb, 10
lp. able TO answer his letters 10y the "Wednesday
steamers and the round correspondence, betweeh
London and New-York need not consume but lhlce
weeks, making reasonable allowance Tor Storms
and other causes of delay. The post-Oiice anthoi-
ties in either country ought 10 require INC doh'ely
of mails within these iimlis
Ii is singular that there is not in England or Amer
lea a complete and uniform edition OF Ihackeiay.
None has ever been published lou may
buy Dickens complete in n great variety oi
shapes-none of them quite so good as II sh"ui Dc
but still "a deceit edition may be had. here is ono
edition of ThackeIay in eight or nine volumes, un-
form in shape the Typography of which varies IN rzo
and i'm degrees of badness, and which is, beside M
perfect. The Ilarpers i'll New-York began toielahy
printed edition some years ago. but went no iiiithtr
than the issue of Vanity Fair. Messrs smith ~
Elder, who know how to produce very eiesalt
books now announce that they will soon publish y
collection of Thackerays works Wich they are en-.
dcavoring to make complete, andwmchwill appear ift
us hope in dress Worthyof him who Wis one oI ,'!e
few great masters of English prose OF whom tLls
country can boast. Mcssrs Smith u Elder invite
persons who may have unpublished manuscripts OF
lhackeray to send them for examination by tho
editor of the forthcoming edition. Amerlca may
have one or two to contribute He had colEtspOh'!-
ents there: aud remember having seen n lew SOU
veuirs Of his pencil given to American fnends,quito
good enongh - take their place among tho nlusti'i-
lions OF his works. u W. D.