New-York tribune., 1867-08-09
LITERARY ITEMS.

Several eminent arch8OlOgists now in Paris
are endeavorlng to establish international Arcn%o,
logical Society The scheme is likely TO be successful anu
ths proposed regulations have been approved yea Dy se
IN the principal European capitals
The Paris correspondent of The Publishers
pSrc4ldT writes:
onr publishers have treated tho Universal Exhibition
eo6Ie GsnieV never mass the court which is devoted
10 them without sigh as see lts Darrehhess' anu Pt
here handsome stall bearing Messrs Jeknor tlelos
sscntcheOn, and filed with the 5Se0dd W2Iks on & % re
catalogue, in the several editions IN Wen I'S f rcen
published while on Oaken table covered VIII stod
velvet lie complete sets IN numbers OF Ine % m Eannd
on Messrs. ID. Appleton Co.'S eatai9sue,, " MossTs ~
HaTIers p16hcrN0s N 1l "g TSDi0cott & Co.'S issues or
the muluiriOus works which teen lron P.slS, =, % -,
yvaste m YOU ask What service would such an eXhib
tion prove to transatlantic pnblshersf answer no
yerng The parable Of the sower should he medtated
by every man in business, Tor the sOwef anu me aSr
scr alike. Some advertisements are heeessIy & UsS
but those which do take root bring forth huhdFed
fold There is NO telling whose eyes may De 2IacIeo ~
exhibition made IN palace thrOhSed ny all e WI IA VA
Besides there arc great many Americans IN PARIS ana
many students from all paris OF the world VINO Wouu
see the publications for the first time, and become con-
Sant purchasers Again, is the honor gained by recog
milton as the most eminent American bO0kpnDlSner 70
be considered worthless lay stress upon p4DusncIs
exhibiting an their works, because it is absolutely neces
sary in great fair like universal exhibition, that the
contributions should be large enough 10 attract ana
tain attention Sending one book to show OF TINS sort
ls like inserting advertisement III newspaper 10
make am impression, must advertise constantly
Messrs d. Appleton Co contribute one copy OF thelr
EncycOpGda," in neat oak one foot high by is
inches long Nobody as il stands on counter III
the American court apd represents in the most made
auae manner the position and transactions OF that rl
HE only indication given OF Messrs. Tcknor hleids
existence Is a TennysOn which think can Discover
Through the glass of Messrs. II. o. HOughtOn Co. OF
Cambridge among specimens of their printing No oIeE
publishers in United States give token OF their Taae
exeeut Messrs g. Merriam co. OF sprtnghold Mass
who conribute Webster's DictOnary," and MeSsrs
Brewer TilestOn Of Boston, who send their W9rces-
iers Dictionary" could not repress slnlle as saw
these two rivals lie side by SIDE, aud rememDeTed now
beTce a war had been wRged between them Mr \, IS.
Kneass r OF Philadelphia, and the Perkins Institute IoT
she Blind Boston, send quite an interesting coeCtloh OF
books for the of persons whose sight has failed then
Indiana Illinois, and Missouri send public documents
bound in law calf but they scattered about the Amer
lcan courts MI Nicholas BTOughtOn r, OF Boston, con
tributes very handsome collection of specimens OF PRINT
ing executed for the American Tract Society But as
whole the exhibition of American books fails to convey
70 tie world Just idea OF the capital enterprise energy
success and skill Of American publishers, ana OF lhe
number and talents of American authors The newspa-
Der press Is entirely unrepresented land what IN estate
81 tie republic that Is in America % neither are our Pc
rotlcas to be seen in the exhibition This is lamenia-
ble III lessons the influence Of the nation II lowers the
Opted States standing abroad II strengthens the I'M
preston existing the Continent that we have no tel
ktuFe and few books and are absolutely uepehueht Oh
Europe for our ideas and our reading