The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-09
LITERARY.

| - IARIS-GUIDE, eulCeQ Dy Cne prlnclPal Luefuc
te,ars and Sauants of France and illustrated by tht
first artists. A large volume with twelve hun
dred pages Of text and over one hundred plates,
is to be published this month. This will be The
most colossal guide.book ever published, and will
in itself, be no mean contribution to the Paris Ex
position. Nearly one hundred and fifty of tho
most distinguished writer's of France are engaged
in the production of this work. Nothing is forgot
ten. It begins with the history of the city, which
department. is given to LOUIS BLANC, EUGENE Eel
IETAN, and ED. FouRNIER. Next come Scientific
and Literary Institutions, done" by RENAN, ST.
BEUvE, BERTHELoT and L1TTRE, each author hav-
ing special subject assigned to him !; that, Of
course, which is considered most congenlal. Ihe
several public schools of Paris have fourteen sa-
uants appointed to them, M1cHELEr, ito do" the
College Of France, and FERDINAND 'BERTH1ER the
school for deaf mutes two writer's to describe the
public libraries, and NJ. DEscHANEL to give an &C
count of it's learned societies The museums are
in the hands Of eight writer's tie monuments
have three; the palaces seven; the theatres
four, among whom the younger DUMAS, etc., etc.
Under the head of life in Paris" Madame G.
SAND is to contribute chapter on s'LG nature
Paris" JULES JANIN, q c,.apter on booksellers;
EMILE DE G1RARD1N, on the newspapers; ED. La
BouLAYE, on the political press; BERARD1, on the
foreign newspapers Of Paris, and FIRnuN D1DoT,
on printing in Paris.
Tho Promenades have eight portrayers, among
whom ca. PAUL DE KocK has Les Bouleuards
PopMaSres, and III. DE BANv1LE tbs Quarter
Latin.
The next department., however, will, perhaps, be
the most readable. Mademosel1e EMSSELHE RAI-
MoND gives the ssParis Fashions" Madame JuL1-
ETTE LANDER the provincials in Paris; M. BAn-
BERGER does the Germans, JOHN LEMo1NNE the
English, IsKANDER the Russians, CAARlEs Ed
MoND the Poles, and others the Italians and Span
iards. The Americans are to sit for their por-
trait; artist not named. P. BATAuLARD describes
the Bohemans Of Paris; JOLIET tells visitors how
to 1.-Two cheaply. ALPaoNsE KARR furnishes paper
on the flower market, WALRAs on tho popular
Banks, F1GUER describes the water Of PARIS,
SERVER tho gas. NADAR's part is 'Paris above
ground and below ground;;" and TExIER devotes
himself to tho perambulating merchants lies
petaes indusiries)-and so on an through. JULES
FAvRE and BEnRYER, two Of the first lawyers, tell
us about the public tribunals, and NELAToN about
the Hospitals. The Morgue, tho cemeteries, tho
prisons, the clergy, the envrons of the city,
nothing is forgotten.
Our readers will agree with us in regarding
Paris Guide as the most complete book OF its kind
ever projected by an enterprising publisher, and
calculated to give thorough insight into the life
of the city, even to us at distance who are unable
to 'sassist" at the Exposition.
GAyARRE's PHILIP II. has been well received all
over the country which in itself would not be re-
markable we're it not that N. GAYARRE is Louis
ianian. We hope, however, that this is sn augury
of q greater cathoicity Of feeling among American
liaeratears. The Eoening Post says:
It is somewhat singular fact that the reign of
Philip IT. Of Spain has beon more fully and truth
fully illustrated through the labors OF American
Mr.. Prescott and Mr. Motley have won high honors
in this field OF historical research, and have un-
doubtedly established the place Of Philip in his
tory. There may be new revelations and correc-
tions of minor errors, but in the main the unlovey
features Of the most cold-blooded Of despots, as
deEneated by these master hands, will be accepted
as true portrait.
Now comes Mr.. Gayarre, to supplement the work
self Of Spanish descent and well known BY. bis
faithful history of Louisiana his book ls entitled
to favorable reception, which is also assured by
the encomiu1ns of Mr. Bancroft in an Introductory
letter to the public. The reader will be the fur
ther concGated by .Lo modest pretensions of the
authors predatory note. He presents his work .'as
an historical essay in it's exhibition Of results,
while 1t really conveys to the reader the most no
ticeab.e facts upon which the various conclusions
are established" He thus entirely disarms criti-
cism in the form Of comparison with the elaborate
histories to which We have alluded.
Mr. GAYARRE has now ready history Of Ken
lucky, in three volumes.
There is no longer room to hope that The Reader
escaped the fate which our London correspondent
predicted two or three weeks since; three mails
have come without bringing copy; besides, The
b sR 5 T e ggs s ns its Sssay ypss Ei aEa res o
American authors. The taasg pas which seems to
have beon fatal to The Readers pretty well known.
The last issue contained q savage review OF DR..
Johnsons preface to his Dictionary, which it sup
posed to be by the new editor, DR.. Latham, and
concluded its remarks upon it by saying: 'We do
not wish to kick q man who is down, but we 20
beg Messrs. Longman to cancel this authors pre-
face and substitute one for it which will do little
more justice to Johnsons work, and put the pre-
sent editors in it's proper pla"e, as tar as they Like
believe, has noted a coincidence which gives addi-
tlonal zest to the blunder, although an eclectic
weekly has, more Suo, had among its Foreign
Notes, as # written for itself. paragraph from
the same number of The Reader, in which that
petrated upon The Pail Mall Gazette, concluding
with the remark: ''The Pail Mall querulousy says,
How should we know any better? How, indeed,
except that editors supposed to keep their eyes
open! I" 1t is crusfto laugh ut friend ID the
hour Of his msfortune but the joke is so rare that
ready, and cannot fail to do so when the first NOR
tifcation has been assauged. Meanwhile, VIC
heartily regret the domise Of Tho Reader.
New or forthcoming English books worthy Of
mention arr History Of Irish Periodical Litera-
ture, by r. Madden;-England and Christendon,
by Archbishop Manning; The Oxford Reformers OF
1893, by Frederick Scebohm; Memoirs OF the Life
and Reign Of King George the Third, BY J, Heno-
age Jesse; MIR. Burton's History OF Scotland, Vols.
Month in Russia During the Marriage Of the
Czarowltch, by Edward Dicey; Mr.: Du Chaillu's
Journey to Ashango Land; From Waterloo to tho
Peninsula, by G. A. Sala; Life in French Chateau,
by Hubert =. Fl. Jerningham;-several volumes OF
poems by w. C. Bennett; also novels by A. b. Lo
Geyt, Mrs. Wood (whonl Mrs. Henry Wood is I'M
PEELED to statc is not she), Mrs. Davenport,
Heraclitus Grey, Mrs Z. Lynn Lynton, Percy
Fitzgerald, Oswald Boyle, Hesba Stretton (author
of The Travelling Postofice in Mugby Junction),
Charles Clarke.
Among the noteworthy articles in the February
number Of the English magazines are: In Frazers,
The Purpose and the President Of the United
States, by NJ. D. Conway, and q posthumous paper
by Mr.. Buckle on The Reign Of Elizabeth; in The
Cornhill, the conclusion OF Miss Thackeray's 1--WE
observe religious weekly spells her fathers name
"Thackary") Village On the Cliff, which is already
repubIshed in New York; in Coburn's Monthly,
Mexican Provinces OF the Union; in Bsntley's Mis-
cellany, The Shenandoah Valley after the War; in
Temple Bar, With Joe Manton in Missouri. in
Macmillan's, Alexander Smith; in The Sunday
Magazine, two articles, not pathological, by Dean
Afford; and in The Fortnightly Review, second
article on The Church of England by the Fiscount
AmRee whom Ihe FeToT En
n. Louis Blanc, in Februar.7, 1865 sold to NJ. Le-