New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-03-09
LITERARY ITEMS.

n. Lonis Blanc writes 10 London journal
cpinp that he is net the person bearing his name VINO
was convicted before Sir r. Garden OF smuggling
tobacco ~ Louis Blanc adds that he does not SoA0'
Mrs. Golden is preparing matters In connec-
ton With her husbands papers, with view 10 their pup
heation including collection Of his letters on several
splocts which engrOssed his political life commencing
urobaby with those national edueaton IN Whoh ne
toh "a deem an interest the early part of his career
AND on behalf Of which he again fully purposed 10 aoor
had ne lived
Every now and then hints have been dropped
about collection Of contemporary letters by william -
Earl Grey Lord BrOughan which the last nance hoD
lord was about to publish IL is stated hat tne
noatiOn may be Indefinitely postponed 9G6 and the
difference having arisen between ms aon and
preparation " the yolumlIous documents ." 49,
Several ladies and gentlemen known TOT tneil
labors An the cause Of female education, have pau ioI
proposal 70 found womeps College between LonuoH
and Cambridge where all the regular ImSeisy s.,itS
are 60 be carried with the addition o. tnose
women tie teachers being both men ana Women as Tue
ease may require but the college anth0rlcs WOSu OILY
10000 Yin be enough TO bulld coileSe ~ vGa' 10
stndents and Mrs BOdchOD heads the SUBSCRIPTION isl
with 4i,ooO
IT. b. Peterson g. Brothers announce the pub
Heaton OF Guy Mannerng" by Sir Walter Scott BENG
the fourth volume OF an entire edition OF the IA
verley Novels in course OF publication by them emu
lied "Petersons Cheap Edition for the Million OF the
Wayerey Novels" which will be completed IN 70 weeKy
volumes at 20 ceuts each, or 70 I0f the
nnt everywhere receipt of price. -" kenhw0i,tlh,
"IyanhOe," and "Waverley," are also publshed is -
probably cheapest edition OF the Waverey NOVELS ever
issued.
Orange Judd & Co. announce that they nave
fnl PREPARATION from advance sheets furnished Dy
the author and will shortly issue reprint OF Mr.
Darwin's long promised work entitled The Nar9,
ton of Animals and Plants Under DomesticAu93l
Ita importance TO agTieulturists, breeders, sclen-
tic men, and the general reader, VIII DC seen
by its scope rs indicated IN the contents p0eSc ps
Domestic Rabbits; Domestic Pigeons Fowls, DnsAS,
GOese. Peacock, Turkey, Guinea Fowl, canary bIu )
Gold Fish; Hive Bees; silk Moths; Cultivated Flahts
Cereal. and Culinary Plants; Fruits Ornamental Trees,
Flowers Bud Variation; Inheritance keVersOh OF aa-
vsm, Crossing On the Good Effects OF crossing, anu On
Tie Evil Effects OF Close interviewing; Selections
Causes Of Variability, Laws OF Variation etc. ETC. Illus
tEated.
The QondOn) Saturday Reriew CURLY notices
several recent American publications as follows; VI
poetry and fiction the supply is this month unusually
large but contains work Of very remarkable interest
Lieutenant Col Patterns Voices OF the Border are ave
rage such as many man mas written ia lIe
y of an active sndiOus life, not devoid OF spirit ana
wanting in occasional touches OF real poetry Out
never rising the level which verses become tue
pOems Miss Carys little above the standard
0f ordinary hymn-bOOks, and somewhat turther DeiOW
that Of such few hymns as men can remember ana ENJOY
"Ttan AgOnistes" Is much such work as one might
expect from double ttlethe WOrk OF man VINO mas
mistaken frenzy for fire, and violence Tor Ygor lem
pie House" and "Vanquished," novels OF the Amen
ype-a type certainly distinct from the English Det
Just prone 10 mediOo1ty which renders the reviewer
task little less than mpossiblty. American ehdIen
fortunate IN this respect than their eluers me
books fiction spec ally written for them are generally
lively and sensible and, so far as onr observation goes
contain smaller proportion OF false sentiment ana ser
uOnziug than CsAtlantic writers mothers think II
necessary inuSe into the mental diet of children On
the Wing" and RainbOws for Children" are apparently
ordinary specimens OF tins class none the less wholesome
that there has been attempt 70 render them dsageea
bly, moral