New-York tribune., 1867-04-24
LITERARY ITEMS.

An extended Memoir Of The late JaIaes Ferguson,
tLe rsltaneht philosopher and astronomer by E. Hendei
soD, LII D., Is IN press IN iondoD
Prof. Maslvig, Of Copenhagen. is engaged ON an
s,liiioD of Creros "De Fnibus BOlorUm ct Maiorun,
which viii appear TINS year.
The forthcoming number of Mr.. Herbert Spencer :
philosophical work viii complete the second ana iha
volume OF his principles Of biology" II may re ooheu
Ter In the cOuree OF week
Five volumes have now appeared of the issue ol tne
1amOas literary history of France, begun by 'he
tines Of St. Maur aud continued in these days 0y a ne
aTy committee that in the Hth volume bas onS "
ip way into the fourteenth century
Mr. j. Payne Collier is engaged in preparins 'or 'no
yr,ss a reprint OF Engands ParDassus first 'ssueu III
abe vear 1roO The work consists Of more than 900 pages
and contains The contributions of not fewer man MY
poets of tho reign Of Elizabeth Deeloe' man! ~ V'
mOus authors.
OfM Taines recent Travels in Italy" The M'af-
,aoy Repie,c says: "M Tame has one advantage over
Madame de IsiaJl. and even over Goethe himself
hoar Of considerable classical attanmcnts Ne versed
ip the literary and social history OF Imperial meue'a
and modern rtaly, be has at command fund OF know
edge Which, whether in illustration or speculation per-
its him 10 take wider horizon IN has view thah was
attanab by lis predecessors Tame has all ,e eIer
with that variety OF color that graphic SOMETIMES gIo
tesque force which more proper 10 Engish pens tha
10 tbo measured Academic MAJ neF HIpIO'Su W
tastes lie is eloquent. full of 6f%O never dy OF ttous
hard nttCf IN controversy hfdStCA ~
ram and Tacy diOn According TO Strict French theory
is literary art is of too romantic and spasmOde tpe
NE produces verbal formulas and combinations such a
sew FrcHchmen have stumbled ON before Bn tis snOu
srake his writings acceptable in England where
reh wide room is given TO the eXuOeFance ana eccehi
cities Of individual style. Then NJ Taneh pIuacs ol
scenery fulfil nearly the English nGtsn UI Hde'uSte
cscrntve writing than those OF any other Frchcn a-
thor of the time without the fog and phantaSmasOrla
of NJ. de Lamartine, they are more masGune anu iS
vivid Than the descriptions of Henan. IL NJ Tame ha
been painter and his work on canvas had Teileeeu
the DeenaTities Of his work Onpaper, he NOllu aNeeN
hiited broad and sunptuOus manner Ol 9!ua1 anu
Paul VerOnese. But while he has feeling i0r ilnes,
masses and ooOrs he IL keen observer OF the more
minute circumstances Of architectural landscape ana It
ospbelic effect Moreover, his sketches are gehera
fTayeTsed 10y vein Of phosOphic analysis and sugges-
fion which Is always ingenious and FASCINATING often m
struetive and true, which gives them ales0al interest,"
that cannot attach 10 descriptions where the Innu ouy
pays the part Of mirror, and reflects nothing bt mere
adjective images author reader The descriptions
shave all the dehcacy OF BernHrdn 81: f!elie WIN u
breadth Of foreign TO the author OF fau anu VII
Huja" Engieh writer's will not come up TO TINS marx
nntn they have esehewed the affecting Jarg9n INTRO
suced by Mr. Rpskip, which forms the vocabulary vi
modern word painting"