The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-04

EOre1gm Literary Items.
The autograph signature of Voltaire to
lotter in another hand was recently sold in
Paris for twelve francs.
"A work on 'Pictorial Effect in Photo
graphy" will soon appear in England. The
subject is of Importance.
1t has been announced that the Hon.
Edward Thistleton believes he has discovered
the real Junius by means of an expert in
handwriting, and intends to lay the evidence
before the public.
The reign of Satan upon earth is not so
clearly over as some persons imagine. We
notice that periodical has been started which
advocates keeping up wars as o means Of
training men to be heroes.
The Leigh Hunt Memorial, the gratuitous
work of Mr.. j. Durham, A. r. A., was
recently uncovered at Kensal Green.
selection of Leigh Hunts best papers will be
published in cheap form, in honor of the
occasion
The Bishop of Sura has published
bulky historical Memoir on the origin, nature
and constitutional developments of his
Church, to be submitted to the Gcumenical
Council The Bishop reviews the councils of
the past, and lays down the rights of the
Pope and Bishops.
"A fac-simile, from the rare original, small
folio of Cations Statutes of Henry VII,
1889" the earliest printed book of English
laws, is among Mr.. Camden Hotten's publi-
cations. 1t is edited with notes and an in
PRODUCTION, by Mr.. John Rae. It should be
placed alongside of Bacons Life of the
King"
"A fragment of translation of the Md
summer NtghfS Dredm by Burger, has been
printed by NJ Bernays in the first number of
the AqcAtg FIR L5ttGrdturgeSchjchte Oeipsic,
Teubner), the quarterly continuation of the
former annual Jahrbuch fur L5tterGtuT
1eschichte The translation, according to the
In,sys &c, &c aha ota TO- III 70
the poets fame, OF to make us regret that he
did not complete his work.
An autobiography of Edward Wortley
Montagu" son of Lady Mary, is among the an
nouncements for the autumn. Westminster boy,
sweep, Spanish muleteer, student, author, NJ:
p, Papist and finally Mohammedan, and all
within two-and-forty years, the subject is of the
greatest interest We should like, however, to
have, as in the case of the promised biography
of Flora Macdonald explicit details as to the
documents on which the work is founded. At
present, the public Gas regards the Montagu
biography is kept completely in the dark.
The London AthenguHl says:-''A new
series of the Breitmann Ballads may be soon
expected. The principal poem is Hans
Breitmann in Church, and is based on fact
Mr.. Robert Craig, an excellent actor, has
been giving readings from the Ballads in the
United states.
We are glad to see that Mr.. Craig is getting
a European reputation, but this special piece
to him.
The London Aheneum says: - Photo
graphic portraits are likely to become as
cheap as pippins-two or three penny. We
have seen mechanical photographs" printed
with printers ink. They are necessarily as
permanent as a printed text, and SO easy of
production that twelve thousand may be pro-
duced from a single plate in one day They
may be printed on any sort of paper, and
with any width of margin. 1t is complete
revolution.
Mr.. b. Brogden Orridge has been busy
among the Corporation and parochial records
to good purpose. One result viii be in a
volume, to be published by subscription, by
Mr. Hotten entitled ''The City Friends of
Shakespeare, with some account of John
Sadler and Richard Quincy, Druggists and
Grocers of Bucklersbury, and their Descend
ants Sadler and Quincy migrated from
Stratford-on-Avon about the year 1600 the
one being the near relative of Judith Shake
speares godfather and the other her hus-
bands brother. This matter comes from the
parish books of ST. Stephens, Walbrook.
Mr. William Michael Rosetti's new edi-
ton of Shelley's works will contain, among
other unpublished pieces large portions of a
''Tragedy of Charles the First" The ''Ado.
nais" will be corrected from the original
edition published at Pisa, which removes al
least one important misreading from the re-
CSiNcu ohO "'c3 Va oU"hAo Avs
and has
Lost Echo sits amid the voiceless mountains,
And will no more reply to winds or fountains,
Since she can mimic not his lips, more dear
Than those for whose disdain she pined away
Into shadow Of all sounds
Mr.. Rosettis life of the poet will also con
tain fresh particulars, collected from private
sources, and from long unpublished CORE
spondence of Shelleys in private hands. We
hear now that the book will not be ready be-
fore Christmas.
French literature is showing some activi
ty. M. Claretie announces his "Vie Moderne
au Theatre" The "Hommes ct Livres" Of
NJ Merlet will be found, we expect, to be
continuation of the moral and literary essays
Portraits dHier ct d'Auj hui A more
solid volume is promised in the ''Histoire dt
la Literature Grecque, by NJ. Burnouf. No
less attractive is the announcement of M
Feuillet de Conches' fifth volume of unpub
lished letters and documents referring tC
Louis the Sixteenth, Marie Antolnette ant
Madame Elizabeth The Memoirs o
Berlioz' addresses itself to general as wei
as a musical public; for the composer is to b'
seen there in his slippers But the mos
amusing of all will be a book which we las
week simply hoped might be, but which tn,
ChrQniQue Unf0erSeye now assures us is forth
coming, g,-the biography of the Marquis d
Boissy, by his widow, the Countess Guiccioli
The CHqOaique photographs the hero in sin
ole line as ''Un camin de Paris en- habit d,