The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-23
LITERARY ITEMS.
The following coup a'aeQ Of the latest French
itarature, We abridge from the London Saturday

NJ Hainta Rauye's Nouyeax Lundis keep ur
their interest Classical literature contributes 1ts
.fulI share to the seventh volume, and the two ar
teles on the Greek anthology prove that IN! tne ele
AMONGST the treasures Of ancient civilization ano
In the midst Of the inspirations Of French genus
: Corneille's LIE Cid is the subject Of four papers:
Alfred de Vigny, Journal dun foege, 1y M. -, L.
shonid dnot have BEEN inflicted on the:Public: -
a. jail has undertaken great task in his Die
tionaire Critique de Geographic ct O. Hstoire, IN
tended to correct all the blunders with which hls
: tories, both general and special abound This
work Ia said to be very amusing 40. indeed, are
Also the five folios Of Boyle on the same class Of
SUBJECTS, Most OF the articles are Of disclrsive
character one anecdote leads to another.
N. Saint Marc Girardin appears once more be-
foro the public. His new work, La Fontaine ct les
Fabul;stes, like his Cours de Litterature Dramat-
nue. is the substance of lectures delivered by hun
at the Sorbonne, and it WILL no doubt, meet with
similar success. La Fontaine forms the main topic
lists of ancient and modern times. and we thus
PASS from Greece to India, from India to Rome, i'll
: the most agreeable snd entertaining manner:
Bossuess orateur.-A critical Essay. on the Ser.
mons Of Bossuet is the title Of atnew work by T.,
sGandar. Nearly 200 Sermons bearing the name oi
Bossuet sppear in the collected series Of his works
yet we know for certainty that he only published
seven himself we may thus conjecture what
doubts attach to the gentinaness Of the rest. NJ.
Gandar gives in an interesting preface the ms
tory OF tEe MSS. of the Bishop disconrses. - =
Recits dune seur; Souvenirs De famille, Sby
Madame sGtayens is cne of "a comparatively new
class Of zworks, which have, suddenly Obtained
!. very great popularity in Franco, Yfs the semi-
reigious,s semi biographical volumes, describing 6
the highest phases OF Christian life amongst Ro-
man Cath ics and giving the experience Of per-
sons under strong impressions Of piety. The de-
lightful aItobiographies Of Maurice and Eugeme
de Guerinl lare examples OF this style. sistcr
whose character is here portrayed with much ieel-
ing and genuine simplicity, is Mndue, AexRndr1na
{ fAlopena daughter Of wellknown diplomat
8 protestant by birth, and, in every sense Of tho
word, an accomplished person: Herlifeis aseries
of affections. She, abiuring the Protestant: fatth
FeFea to ne nsM edition # to
letters addressed by Madame Roland to her two
schooheloHs, Sophie and Henriette Cannet, from
! ITO to 17e1.. @.i.s
i Under thetitle Of ssIife and Work at the Great
Z Pyramid, during the months Of January, Febru-
nassa fss ana ssess a p ssS yh R s%yh
absut to publish three formidable volumes, on his
strange theory that the Great Pyramid was it-
tended bysits sprimeval designer to preserve tho
memory Of 2 system Of weights and measures for
At lecture on ssThe English Bible" by Mr. Dale,
delivered at Moston, the lecturer exhibited two
valuable and curious relics, VIZ: q copy Of Tndafs
Bible, which had been in the Antrobus family sfpr
above three hundred years.. and q copy OF tho
"Breeches Bible, which was formerly the property
Of the Rev. John Wesley, was saved from the fro
at Epworth, at the same time that Wesley was
rescued and WIS given by him to his niece, who
was Observation-Disclosures Of the wife Of the lecturer.
Schille.'s sLay of the Bel" was represented in a
series Of tatseair uiuants at grand soiree given
by the Prince Royal OF Prussia in honor OF the
Count Of Flanders. ,5sysss
The Archbishop Of Westminster is about to
publish the late oharge cf the Bishop Of Orleans
on ssAtheism and Social Peril with preface by
himself on "Rationahs.a in England"
The new story OF Mrs. Edwards, the author Of
"Archie Lowell entitled 'Steven Lawrence, Yec.
the Galaxy. It is printed from the authors adj
vance manuscript.
A correspondent Of the Leeds Mercury says that
Thomas Carlyle is getting better and stronger
every week ut Mentone, where he is staylng with
friends, and adds Perhaps we may have yet an
other book from him, Of a very interesting semi
biographical kind"
The Apii. number Of the Gentleman's Magazine
will contain I;ls commencement Of startling noy-
city, considering the stad character Of that period
icat, in the shape Of novel entitled ''Mademoi-
selle Mathilde, in which DR.. Johnson will figure,
together with other literary celebrities Of the
period.
Dr.. Cumming Of ssThe Great Tribulation" and
other dneful theological works, was letely black
balled at the Atheneum Club in London, where he
was up for election, by very large majority OF it's
members. The good Doctor believes in ths speedy
dissolution Of things, yet he refused q few years
ago to rent the house he was occupying except Oh
q atoleraby long lease.
A literary duel was recently fought at Vonico,
the combatants being Lieutenant Colonel Manin
and Professor Giuseppe Volo, and the ctglse a
biography by tho latter Of. Daniel Manin, which
&hof Spsy, g
his father: The learned professor received o
wound in the right hand at the first assault, ard
the affair ended the seconds refusing to allow the
combat to proceed. -
William Tell has received his ~assport-uised by
Mr. 8. Barring Gonld, NJ. A.-and has gone 10 ion
the gentle Pocahontas in the regions Of historical
fable. MIR. Gould, an English antiquaria scholar
who wrote his s'Curious Myths Of the Middle
Ages" to perform The painful duty" as he terms
it, Of dispelng the pop ular belief in the string
story of VI liam Tell, is the man who pricks the
popular bubble.
At recent business meeting Of the Cambridge
Union, England, it was proposed to exclude Mr.
Swinburne's poetry from the list OF books recon-
mended for purchase by the Library Committee
LARGE majority, that the offending volume OF
volumes should not be withdrawn from the list.
Mr.. Swinburne's last poem, IN ode on the Insur-
rcction in Gambia, is advertised to appear in tho
March number Of the Fortnightly Review, which
has not yet reached this country.
MIR. Gould, utterly disregardful of the propro-
ties of historic tradition, declares that the story of
Tell has been repeated with variations q eyer since
the eleventh century. The original Tell was
Morse s hero, he was myth Of tho Farce Islands,
he was an English, o Finnish, and a Persian per
son: in short, the legendary Swiss is only faint
Iceland Switzerland and 2famar
tersions OF the same story in countries remote
as well as antecedent in date Mr. Gould rests his
theory that William Tell is not an historical char
acter.
Hope FOB PocR BoYs.-Linnars, founder Of a
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