New-York tribune., 1868-04-08
LITERARY ITEMS.

The Hon J. T. HeadIey has been engaged
uriag the past winter upon Life Of Gen Grant winch
which will soon be issued by Messrs T. b. 1re" W. VI
this city.
A new novel is announced rs III press eRtl-
sged Wind and whIlwind" by the Rev. Thom' "hte'
ram's MaEazine" has made him famous as saVOty
preacher and pungeht WHICH,
"Life ia the Argentine Republic in the days
of the Tyrants or Civilization and Barbarism from
the Spanish OF Col sarmients Minister to the DmTea M
ffates wifi a Biographical sketch OF the author by MIR
Mary Mann, is announced for publication by Hnrd q
HoughtOn, New-fork
Messrs. Carleton q Co. have in press book
entitled Behind the Scenes" by Mrs Elizabeth keckley'
qusdroon who, In the d9ys OF serfdoD was seye, a
pacity Although the duties OF slave were S"a1
or less onercus Il spItars She found Le 10
Having the advantage OF living for some the ~ n 9
Family OF Jefferson Davis and subsequently WIN naT ~
ahe gte President Lincoln IL IL fair 10 infer tha woman
of her acute perceptions learned much 10y Uniy %
Etical nature, and o the secret c1stoIns and
many phases of southern society Mrs. Keeey m yb e eopo
OF the opportgDes thus ahofdeu heI III 'ne ''NF
stion OF q" Be hind the Scenes.
]. B. Lippipcott s. Co. announce that lhey
will sbortly issne "The Autobiography OF bepaiinn
Franklin edited by the Hon. John BigeoW' rom 'no
original manuscript for the FIRST time ~
full and Just As it came from the hanu ol s
nuthor lThe manner in which our late munster W
possessiCu or TINS Vdluipio "~'VbhN - ~
detailed in the Introduction; , -,
"Itto well known that Franklin prepared so much OF
.bo celebrated Memoirs Of his life as was orgJnay lu
dd for publication mainly at the solicitation OF oAe oI
nis ,oet cherished friends in FranceM e NellaI1 then
Mavor OF Passy Toward the close OF the year 1852 ne
eDed 10 this gentleman copy Of all thus skeCch tht vas
Tben flushed the Doctors DEATH his papers lncll
sn0 the original manuscript passed into the haDuS on one
of his graidSons william, Temple Franklin WHO
faok 10 preDare an edition OF the life ana WrlInRs oI s
crandfaiher for publishing house IN LONDON. - A..
For the greater convenience OF tne primer IL VIC
sreDaratiOn OF this edOnsO the tradition III tn
Teiard famlly-Wilam Temple Franklin excbanged the
s,3cnaJ autogrspb with Mrs le Nelald, then WidOW,
Tor her copy OF the Memoirs and thus the autograph
.,assed ont Of the Franklin family. $50 .,f,,
Al the death OF the widow le Nenaru, hls Hanuc ~
fassed 10 her daughter; and dt her deatn III lo ~ W
ate the property O her cousin, NJ de SenafinOl WIGS
gToudon n p de Senam0nt, transferred u 10 ihS on
~ oGtb o January 1851 with several other VI
FrouLliD which had descended 20 him with the manu-
rint Among them were the famous pastel p0rtat OF
Frankn by DupicSss when he presented 10 NJ le NSii
hard n number Of letters TO NJ le NelIard IRON IT
Praukliu and from his CraudsOns, William Temple FRANK
nm and BENJAMIN franklin Baehc together WIN anlhuo
Outline OF the topics of ms Memoirs brought down 10 lhe
Termination of his mission 70 France ,...,
avaicd myself Of my earliest leisure 10 supJect inc
Memoirs to careful collation. with the edition Whch hi
appeared London in 1871, and was the hrs ana Oy
edition that purpOrtcd 10 have been printed r0
The manuscript The results OF this collation. revealed t
curious fact that more than twelve hundred separate ana
fiuct changes had made IN the text ana what IS
more remarkable, that the last eight pages OF the manu-
srp which are second IN value To no Other eight pages
OF tho work. were omitted entirely"