New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-27
LITERARY ITEMS.
English

R.erce F. Masterman, the young Enghsh
oon ,,bo was a compauion OF Porter C. Bliss In con-
onemept in Paraguay on charge OF conspiracy "slo
Lopez ara % s at demand Of Admiral Davis mas
pnblished IN London q volume relating his P0A7
porences
In .Jobnson's Dictionary there Is ouIlo" .
error which says the compiler Of Joh"so"'d""' So
- Ho.,co5 7. occnrs I'm the definition OF the Vero
sTo an and pervades every edition hitherto, even tn
Of Todd Asses are ye that sit In Judgment ''"r =
,a1 The verse in Bible Of course ruhS We're
tnt rue On reverence for the Scriptures too wei
Known TO allow Of the snpposltlon 'nas no % might sun
noe that me Intended here express by anticipation the
low estimate which he formed OF contemporary 0'"''
The Gasetta di Venesia has the Following
Gin the month of last the Director OF the hoyai
,obves Of Venice received from the Imperial Library OF
x,,o ,he manuscripts belonging 70 this city. These
documents had been sent In 1885, 1887, and 1872 from
t.,, 70 the Austrian capital and the catalogue had
been pnblshed by the Chevaler Thomas Gar IN the
sr6ir Isforcd Idldni Series l. Florence, Veussenx,
isI Some OF them we're not included In the list rs the
Cheyalier had been unable TO examine them Inc Aus
nsdr t a. consented 10 restore these latter which have
lust arrived Among them are eighteen volumes OF the
IA i5g these records contain very valuable information
relative the secret policy Of the Republic and the high
police Of Its Government"
In a recent number of the Rerue DIES Deax
zfondes there is a curious article by GuiEot "spru-
historian and statesman tells how when he was young
man, his faith in Christianity revved-strange to
aayby the study of GbbOn bookseller having formed
sbe u aSd u that the work be
Entrusted 10 NJ GuiZOt who undertook It in conjunction
with Mdle Meulan, the lady who afterward the
rst Madame Guzot and who charged herself with the
revision Of the translation while Guizot devoted himself
70 Taon ON the text Of the suhSr These notes
are be found in the late English editions of Dean Mil
says NJ. Guzot, which NJ snard believed TO be we'll
founded that the fret volume Of this history had been
The OF NJ Leclerc de Sepchenes his Cabinet Score
sa and that the Prince on coming 70 the chapters re-
sh9 under the influence OF ops SGt@e ana sa HSs
study OF the early of Christianity TO which NJ Gu
got was compelled for the purpose Of his annotaons I'M
pressed him not only with the moral aud social grandeur
Of Christianity but the difficulty of explaining it by
purely human forces and causes
There is every reason to believe that the
'preparer OF the tooceebrated NewtOnPasca letters
has ut length been discovered man arrested In
Paris the other day charge Of forgery and appear
anees point strongly 70 the conclusion that he is the orig
OF the letters Of Pascal OF Newton and Of Calico
the first appearance OF which created 30 mneh excite
England every had long been convinced OF the sp9
robustness Of these papers; but IN nm France a NJ
the belief that they were genuine, in spite
81 S T baTd 70 0 ESsaS MY
Henri Martin Faugere and Leverrier IN France Only
sciences, NJ Chases again declared his belief IN the
Kenueness Of the documents produced by him. although
he still declined give any clue 10 their origin 1t would
that after this meeting much pressure was put ON
~. Cbases disclose the nameof the man who bad
brought him papers that he length gave way. In
formation sought for as to the occupation OF
che person named. 1t found that he was an as
sdias student in the readngroOm Of the Biblotheque
Imperfale, and that there striking coincidence
Between his researches in the library and the appearance
Of new documents bearing the NewtonPascal conro
verSy He was also shown 10 be in the habit OF fire.
ouentinR the MSS department and RtudyinR the hand
writing OF Calico Pascal, Ge-in fact, the suspicion
against him became so strong that NJ Chasles himself
applied for warrant against his purveyor of MSS who
WAS have said. arrested on charge OF forgery on
FRIDAY last NJ Chases, II is said paid more than 10000
francs for these documents.