New-York tribune., 1867-10-18
LITERARY ITEMS.

Col Churchill has published life OF Abdel
- hitch tnorpb rather turgid and showing traces
Of the ies Bosea'q is fairly readable Sa
az ali events, a vivid picture OF lle Bie"' 0ii''
The entire correspondence relating 10 tle at
,ntcd foundation Of the Mexican Empire and its ian
a, ,snropnced 70 be published by Duncker HanDl9 M at
TaZg who also announce three more volumes VI 'ne
Emperor Maximilian's memoirs and essays
Sir John Bowring writes to a contemporary
stating that Byron's album, which sent by hin 10
Huckna 40 years since, to be shown as rene
Of the poet has disappeared and II Is iesIeo n"S
feomously abstracted and been taken 10 America
The Early English Text Society has issued
.he first part OF The Vision Of concerning Piers fo"
man OF William Langland under the able editorsp oi
the Rev. Walter W. skeat The work is to be compe'eu III
four volumes The same society has also issued 9hoT
volume, "Manipuus Vocabulorum Thy ,nn9 AL u' nub
hshed In 1870 This has been edited by Mr. H. B Mie"|
hey and is the first Thyming dictionary lh 'ne ee
Clark g. Co., publishers of Chicago, have In
nress and will issue in few days, new Work py 'uus
Gale OF Wisconsin entitled Upper Mississippi vi h''
al Sketches OF the Mound Builders, the Indian tiDcsi
d tb Proess Of Cyiization Northwest from
Se0o 10 1861 The book has been written hier ~, dr,
American documents and will present the 1hulah s'oiJ
In o new and authentic ught
Suavi Fffendi of Constantnople, distih-
wushed Turkish sdrai viii shortly publish III lhat cy
work which Will be sort Of encyclopedia, containing
and West the names OF all the works IN Oflehta anu
European languages of any consequence on history mSu M
eine poetry literature astr 0nOmy ana lhe aIs anu ''
views held by each author
The Pascal Newton controversy may now DC
presumed AZ an end. The alleged original letters are
sbvously spurious Sir David Brewster having requested
and received from NJ Chases some OF the notes OF sr
fssac Newton for the purpose OF being compared WIN
Ais undoubted handwriting and signature has no hest
tOn In g-First: That they are not IN ms manu-
writing; SecOnd That the handWiung mas nhs no
blance to his and Third That the forger never
apecinens either Of his handwriting or signature Inc
Earls OF Maeceshed and Portsmouth, who possess spec
mems OF NewtOn5 handwriting both declare NOT meISy
that the letters forwarded by NJ. Chasles are Iogele
but that they are hand which bears no TesenpaiGe
70 that Of the great philosopher. Nor Is this alt MI
White Assistant Secretary TO the Royal Society mas uls
severed that three out Of the five alleged specimens o
Eewtons handwriting were rerbdtIm copies OF isoateu
passages occurring in the French translation OF nree
letters originally written by Newton IN Engfsh. Iney
were first translated for compilation OF NeWtohlHhh
BY NJ Desmaiseaux The forger, not aware that Sew
Ton always wrote in English or Latin COPIED out OF M
Deemaiseauxs compilation a French version OF these
English letters adding we presume dates ana addresses
suitable to his design The fourth document alleged 10
be In Newtons handwriting is neither more nor iess thh
sRhtly Rarbed transcript from French translation OF
two sentences in DR.. Samuel Clarkesworks