New-York tribune., 1867-03-08
LTTEHaRY ITEMS.

,,.. Muller has published Sanscrit
,..,o ,or beeinners written throushou' III O"' '"'
karf and Roman letteiS' -, :.
,rho German obituary of the last 10" "oeAo III
.,ndes tho celebrated traveller frihce s,1s a.
,S Who died on the Sd Of February, at Neu"leu IN
aud the popular historian, Director kOhi-
as seh Whose death his s7h year. took place at ao
yer, on the lst OF FeDru'i1' -
,,a French Institute has just lost another OF ITS
,ishea members NJ. Solomon Munek the translator
- asarmon,des NJ Munck has been blind Tor many
as but was able to continue his studies and was ap
SoiTed few years successor OF 1;6 M e M lance ~ M
kPnHMek M was German by birth, and jew
The literary community of Munich is going to lose
sna Of ts most distinguished members Prof Bodenstedt
e.s accented ON most favorable terms the management
tne DT ts as early as May next Duke George at the
sse time has conferred the hereditary nODhy OF the
buchy on the poet
The exc rand Duke of Tuscany has applied 10 the
italian Government for the restitution OF numerous Is
treasures iu the Pitt Palace which he claims as ms pr
vsta properv Among these Is the Madonna by Raphael
hnOwas the Dukes ono s n 'o Total sHe Of
w. TT-SsssSres claimed amounts TO two 1sjnionS steE
fhs Ss A' 's::ITs -s:..z7--ssss-z zs;r. as<Ss
We hear iron, Leirsic Of singular literary event,
novel Is said TO have been written by simple peasant
"a the yorarhe-g and its publication is close Nv na
xe novelist it is SAID has @ ss}1mSeSS ~ SoI9 ~ S psoSing an
snasai degree of edueaon and has been preyaleH, npU
hVe
GsrSet Il was only by accident that this hidden talent
Wss discovered
TAe 1thesqum publishes on interesting correspond
anoe on the site of the ancient Can0-inGallee Inc
question appears lie between the places caeu respect
lively Ketr and Khurbet Kama Inc evidence Rf0 o.
haced at present strongly in favor OF the Iotne Ia
ssvOqsy built on old fogndSions very y Soned to by
Rpassage in J0sePbiIs aud lies N the usf1et O &
tween Khurbet Kama and Nazareth there lay SepphoIs
Ehch as the Pnepai pa pace zee ~ S %a as that ioarney
The liable Talk" of The Guardian makes reference
~ enr,ous fact: II may be interesting TO Umver-
atty readers to that Milton was not only poet bnt
lexicOgrapher and that he made some contributions 20
NE Latin betSe~y ION y,dgs O DetonarS ~ pSbshed in
ISsS made Of Ms. collection in three large loo
Eo1rsp 'antbors Also the fourth edition OF Dr.. Adam
tAttletons Latin Dictionary, published IN los mas an & ae
Same MS of Milton These two dictionaries were the I'M
0date precursors of that of Ainsw9rth which - e'i-
baDtly based upon them although much improved
At a recent meeting of the Royal Geographical So
et letter was read which was supposed be the last
wTftten by NJ Jules Gerard, the "IloniHer and Airi-
can traveller who with bis death while on bis way
hOm West trca 10 gers via Jmbooctoo TWAS dateo
sno jaf Sc 10 a. IN the interior from sherbrO, On the
West Coast south of Sierra Leope ana was ad0csseu W.
SSh O Sdr sS Who had to the society
herard had met with che usual difficulties IN passing the
SarrCries he chiefs the coast, ana was az the
ine Of writing, staying with Bagon King Of inc Aasso
h1be The letter gave some nteIeSS des Ga dsSrbed
SsrY and cotton rs very abundant and price, the
y sSSSSsS be SS nSsss onpEeg aeorpc 10 ent Bell within
1mOnth Of the date Of the letter by the ugsetng OF
aADOe crossing the Jong River; but whether D aee
sent or the design OF the natives was not known with
sertainty at sherpro cc,zzEs ssScSz-'
German writer. Won Hook, has made American
nnanee tBe subject Of thick volume United States
sOnds have nowhere Europe been taken freely in
nennany and it is natural that investors should wish to
arn asmuch possible respecting their security The
Euthgril tell them much. not perhaps strictly relevant
illustrative of the great science OF finance In general
Etstes Bank vclssitudes Of the tariff struggle The
rapid vcissitudes Of the noneymArket during the
eoeDt Struggle confidence or sank with the for
tanes Of the Onion armies His conclusions are the
sholo highly favorable TO the stability of American
nnances while he does not dtssemble the existence Of
grounds for anxiety 1he work s brought down to the
seny been studied from day TO day with the closest
Intion
NJ dn Cbailu has published an account of his ser
aud voyage Africa suffers considerably from the
tact that the manuscripts which t shOnd have
n Loadoa Rcsies says: IN du Chailu has been
SRabled to confirm in their princpsl points the state
ents he previously made regarding the gorilla and sent
specimens Of this wonderful ape to England, which any
tbis country the poor ehmpanzee which pershed mis-
saby in the late fire at the Crystal Palace The portion
giy interesting snd may be studied with great ad9sn.
ssge His story about the native harp which made
~ vegetable bers OF those points Reenly dis
Euted but he has since sent Of these 10 England,
md one presented by Sir Roderie MnrchisOn to tho
koands may be produced from H. We cannot but rejoice
lhat NJ du Caigu has thus Yindieatod himself against
bhe aspereions that were cast his veraciy 80 much
~ that DT. Gray himself, who bis bcrest
teg0nis has generously acknowledged the worth OF his
volume And is almost impossible for regret the
satagcaism NJ da Chsu formerly met with, since II in
Raced him 10 return 70 AfUs aud 70 add much
b the store OF knowledge possessed OF the interesting
region through which he travelled NJ. du Challlu IN |
toged In what muss term Wild hope that he might
- able 20 penetrate from the west 10 OF
BE Ho and thereby dstsllnine whether there dc
eSig several Lakes not yet dScOS cred but which contrib
ale their quota 80 the waters VI the great river which
1Ows through Lgypt Though speke ard Grant reached
Ehe OF tins Nile from the cast and Baker from the
eorth there sin remaius KIND OF uncertainty seont the
naa settlement Of the question which - somewhat irI
{aiing Livingstone 70 slowly moving from the south 70
heterBine the drainage VI Burtons Tangauyika, which
ee trust he VIII accomplish, and there would then only
Feanain OF the feeders OF the Albert Ny8nza TO
ke discovered This ~ du CbHIlu hoped 70 accomplish
kuf as have seem bis project though grand in design
tasled in execution. lie has, however, done mncb. He
bas explored than four hundred miles OF region
which the most difficult th remained TO be opened
20 our knowledge, and cannot hut approve OF the
suits Of the eOnrage self reliance, ard perseverance,
which he showed VIXEN alone alnODg barbarians, His
yesoTd s the highest degree interesting % geOgaPheIs
and a0OlOgists ard VIII eSsicdy reieYe fbe minds "
Hose who thought him an impOst0T."