New-York tribune., 1867-09-06
LITERARY ITEMS.

A letter of three pages from Jonathan Swiit
% Sir william Temple. petitionng for testimohas 20 GIT
sbIo him enter into hcy orders was a'ey sou III LON
ton for as
Mr. John Stuart Mill has had conferred upon
hin the hIghest honoTs the disposal OF the law Acuty
Of the University Of Halle The same faculty refused
nko honor to Count Bismarck though when student he
natriculatod ia law
Doctor BGckh, the learned Hellenist lately
seeen,ed has left rich library to the Berlin University
The death Of this gentleman leaves vacant the honorary
ChauceIorship OF the Order Of Ment for Sciences anu
Arts This post occupied In the htst pace p9, ~ 10
Won Humboldt. then by savigny ana before D"'A" -
the painter Cornelius. o
Two more volumes Of the literary remains ol
Frederick Rdckert have lately appeared tle one d,
FRANKFORT, the other at Lepsc The hrst' Leuei unu
spriiche" is from his store OF lyrics anu Veo
sayings verse the second Is entirely s 80 ~ TSp
h,fon. containing Of some OF he iuys VI
crtus tie Birds of Aristophanes, and the s"Aanal"
Of Kaldasa
The Germans publish Shakespeare Year
book Of which the second volume has lately appeared
under the edtorship Of F. Bodensedt II contains yan
able critical papers by Lindner, Vschner Dr. lnGeby
and Delns: a record by otto Devrient OF ms fathers
management OF the Carsruhe Thoater; while conn sums
q the year.
Aldo ManuziO, the famous printer OF the
Adae editions Of classics says the Idte OF Florence
-left very incomplete memorials Of his own life Lately
Armand Baschct had the good fortune to discover
Of GonzagO a number Of ManuZO's letters which throw
al interesting cht upon his biography Ihey nave st
been published 10y ". Antonio Antoneuo, "a venetian
printer, in style Of winch the old Aldne himself would
not be ashamed"
The death is announced of Dr. Costello, which
has Just taken place m Paris The deceased gentleman
was native Of Ireland. having been born near Dublin III
the year 1900 Dr Costello formerly proprietor OF the
wye House Asylum Cor the Insane brentfOd ana t
foT his valuable PAPERS On the Reform and Management
OF Lumatic AsyluIns" He was great cOn.rIDuJtoI t 20
medical literature and the author OF sev3rai wU hi ~
sreat celebrity his day, bat that when mas sle ms
naIne a permanent distinction is the "0yelol@"" VI
Practical Surgery" -ss
4 Sixteen dollars were lately obtained, at
literary sale in London for letter nom William CoWper,
Me poet In which he writes cit great thing indeed
70 be poet and docs happen 70 more than one man
an century Churchill. the great Churchill deserved
The name Of poet; such natural unorced ehislOns OI
Of shakesncarc" At present, Churchill scarcely ranks
among the thrdclasS poets though his place Is among
tLe second class satrlsts.
The AthcnGHBl, which since Mr. Hepworth
Dmons visit to this country often speaks justly ana
generously OF American books. has highly favorable
notice of Bayard Taylor's Colorado" Those who
have Travelled with Mr. BayaTd Taylor already know with
what he reprOduces the landscape over Whcn ne
drives these pages the pfdfles are maue 10 lNe'
Ne see the long swell of the rising upland over wnc the
bufaloes roam dry sandy ravnes in which the rattle
snakes glide the lunches of Wild sage under wno tne
wolf turks and the prairic-hens cuck, the countless
6ocks OF golden flowers and the tender green OF the
sweet bunch grass. We in his pages the strong ou
ioCt train the emglant's corral, the sunDurnt miner
coming home from the mountains, the vicious party W
road agents Here meet the jew peddleT tne bNaItb
Tanchan the daring trapper each in ms Dlg DOots anu
his slOuch hat aud with his revolver ana bs D0Wle khe
handy i'm his strong eathern belt Under his hearty de-
tcrpOn To love this virgin country anu 'hese
rough squatters and teamstcrs."