, 1870-07-03

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LITERATURE.
Strauss is about to publish his life Of VOL
1a:sc.
Herman Melville, the anthor Of "Trpee,"
ho'3s position III the New York Custom,
Hor,se,
"A new historical paper on the tattlc Of
W.tfsloo lag recently been published bs the
Prince dc II Tour AuverSuc, lite French Miu-
iete- ut the Court Of st. James.
The first number Of tue RerMs CeEi2ue
has just apEcarcd-its contents all devoted to
The illustration Of the language, mythology,
and general literature Of the various families
Of the Celtic tsce. sOnc paper shows :hc ex-
isscnce OF Celtic god. whose attribute is
hammer: another traces the spiral 70 common
in Irish MSS. back 10 the Aryans tefoye thei,.
separation; another shows the influence Of
Irish on French and German schools Of illuu-
inatio1,, Nc., &c.
course Of publication 9 descriptive inventory
OF sple,,diA collection Of historic documents,
.,es;nnin: With the diplomas Of the Alcruvins-
,an Kings, dating from Clo.aire II. {G25),
mostly written upon raryrOs' paper, their
names signed in full later, Charlemagne snl-
ttitutcd kind Of monogram. among these
records are preserved tho household &C .ouuts
of st. I.onie, inscribed on fourteen tablets Of
wood oycr1aid with black wax, the writing ae
fresi, ae when first traced, letters Of Charles
v. Francis l., Queen Cathacine. ono Of them
ilstifsipe the massacre OF st. bartholomew,
the will Of Louis XVI, etc etc.
The aow of Anthony Tsollope's novels is
about to receive temporary check. He is
going Eoon to Ausuralia, to visit his Bon, who
ss a prosperous shecr-fa1ncr there. and he
expects to bo gono Year and d half. OF
corlrse he will not write all the time while alb
sent, though he will have new book about
The colony when he returns
published fse-eiuilcs by the plotochronolith
process Of Burns manuscripts Of Tam o
Shansct" and '''T1,e Lament OF Mary, Queen
Of Scots" They have the great advantage
over ordinary fc-similes in being absolutely
perfect. not subject to ordinary errors Of re-
are inevitable; bns literally fac-siui1es every
dot, spot and mark Of the dragging Of the
pen on the rather rough paper Biirns used,-
every blot, and even the signs that ho used
sand to al'=cr' the ink, 80 Tint the MSS. h,s
curious Grannlatcd spl'casancc,-a1e hero:
cI"sr-a complete transcript, doubtless, that
wldrh was sctst I" the printer. Lcttcr-p.ess
rtrics of :l,e p0erne are attached, anl brief
fs'ila1uctiou by Nr. tfoy Thomas. ..
Tho National As:s*iation for Publishing
Literary a1,. Musical Works for tho D.ial, il
r::spd letters, havo lust completed compci-
t':a::s If American lit.r.ta.e. Il: is a work Of
H.; .aycs, and executed in i very lauls,ne
oLsr Wo TT +, NO: a;:cs'stio, as snnen ID an
MARK C:ircssl School CT Na=ic." n,4ks
| similar tn these ar. very expensive IL l,-int,
aid. tllr demand Icing ii.ni'.L tn the t.lia1,
bcoE 1''lislnrs filr' no inducements 10 i--',e
tf:cnl from their presses. Tie WORKS put forth
''y this association arc. fusnishe at tic actual
| digent circumstances Receiving them without
| charge. Subscriptions an1 lcsacct provide
the meals through wlaic. this useful work il
| contaminated
| The Springfield Rpa1'iran says: at is
! many long day siucc VIC saw 60 optautAsiols
| 4 sample OF Newspaper criticism ~ the New
York Times furnishes in its four-olutnn no.
tice Of Nrynni's 1{e1ner- The writer cites Iua-
! lagos in Freurll, German, Greek. Latin. aud
Italian, and aaurls lsis columns with tic names
ef Aristotle, Goethe. Tasss, ve1tIre, Milton,
Eoilcau. Madame paeier, lIobbes, yosa,
c'sarosti, chaI l1a,4, Bnt,nsan.., I,oucharlon,
Pope, Il 3Ilte-lloudanl, Matthew Arnold
ttonti. Swlaburllc. Longinus, lhtaule, Scliuei-
der, 1.u1il rics, DuEas ,Iosstbell, 11eroaotua,
heats, CAaucsT, Brantont, and Damn,
quoted 10 identity tic cezt;,s Of Venus
vii, tbseas,-baui' Ml,i,h was the Oly,npian
! substitute for 'palpitatorr.'. II is a good
thing 10 have 30 mlcl, learning on tap. rea u
| t. flow out at a moments wnrili,1g. Eut wo
don't scc tAat Ir. bryan: is the better fur it
all"
Tho New York MraM Of the 9Th SAYS :
"WitEin Fix weeks Of their publication Of
'Letl,air tho 11cs.rs. Appleton sold tifty-two
!lo:s and copies Of Tia; novel. Tho sale l.,
England in the sumo period Was sfz thousand
cofits, This great difference in number docs
| JJlrhY tfl-4
il. :he return or in the number OF rtaLers'
HIRE tic different ediiloos were eold nj QUO
aud two dollars per copy, wl,ie in England
| tie prize was seven dollars and lalf, On
either side tho atlantic, therefore, the reaJing
public laid down nearly the same suu, for the
qualification Of it's intellectual t1stes. Here
fifty thousand copies may Represent hundred
or hundred and fifty thousand readers but
in Eng1snd, where tie circulating libraries or
large scale systcmatize the repeated use Of
al 10 b. aesucia:cl with tho number u copies
sol1- II Is certainly very much greater. 1t Is
likely, However, that tie distinguished states.
r.an whose history involves 20 much tlat VT
peculiarly regarl III the American idea bad
u.crc readers here than in his own country.
,lat Uncle TOMS Caliu.s within the saue
period 3f.er publication, had not sold 80 large
In the papers il tic case instituted by lfr.
TruIys"u aud ,1essss. Strahan t Co.. publish
crs. III the Court ef Sessions. EliAb1rGl, to
!; s,vtr .isnlas.s frcru a1r, kohett Forester
II hwttl st1te:. Glasgow. t'ae Of the bookscl'
"; against .,s1J.n iucE1tct w.lH recently gra@s'
-, s:r.;..irs tl:-r, fre Il, selling copies u Mr.
+,,rssr'': ~,rk ,it.tsd III feteiS. toaa.s:rs,
: / sta:el .l:7t tIr. Tennyeon i. the pro
c:i,tcy Of the ecC,ri.h: OF tie whole Of LIZ
> teal wosks, snd is entered H. such IL S:a-
| ii ,l:~,e' Hall. The other pLrauers. Nessts
...cxan,!er S:raban 4 Co., carrying o.. bus.ae:
r. uAl:-Lers it LONDON and Edinburgh, havt
..Y!ni:et,, ty agreement with Mr.. Tenay son,
t." :uir sau exclusive right to ptiu, anil pub
IL! tic works within tic British dominion:
FIR five years, from The lst Of Janut-y. ts59
the wEolc u which works we're first composed
written and printed within the United King
Ior,. 1t il then allcSol that. in violation o.
} the Law OF copyaght, and OF the rights OF tht
r,.reucys in the works, - the defender, in tht
months Of December, 1869, snd January All
I February. 1870, imported, or caused to be i'm
ported, inte this country for a.le ,ot hire, cope:
" the works reprinted in place out Of thu
Er;sish lominious, OF knowingly sold, publish
, esl or exposed them to sale within biz ptsce o
, business. 1t is stated that the reprints wer
|; printed in the United Stater, and publi-he,
, i,ere BY Fields, Osgood & Co.. Boston Th
, ! luzsuer4 ray that they have suffered pccuni,E
loss and damage by the defenders conduct, II
copyright tr tho works being property .
+ very great value. The damages arc laid =
, $50.
-saia is starting new magazine in London
10 oo called E.glG,sd in cu' Si'4tee7.tt Etztury
SID has Threatened to prosecute jou=aM fo
i saying it was to be only me1ium fos advel
i :ia,ns in disguise. .Aa.oas the contributor
| vii! IL Sutherland Edwards, j. c. Parkinson
l Nr. Discv, Mr. Hentx, ctt.
Tho rictuEet, en- cravings, aud other OF
) iec:s Of sst that belonged to Alz. Dickens, a.
: eo<su 70 20 under the hsmmcE Of Christie
. Manson. His library has bcca left entire
| l:s eldest son, His manuscripts and pape1
: arr 1t present in the haads of his executors
! Mr.. Forster and Miss HoGasth. 4 portion {
d ;tc original manuscript OF ''O1ises Tvi=t,
wtich i:1=t appeared ii Ecn:ly's Miscellany.
> still in Atr. Een.ley's possession, ac1 shou1
fte5 sses9ss Is IS 81 = h si '1s sas
q contains Dr.. Johnson'a "1Eene." s,e1ne
: .+Seutirncntal Journey and SO many 9th.
!. Interesting specimens Of the handwriting {
= great autlors. The English medical ion1ns
q speak Of the curious fact That Dickens d
q sription Of hectic, il - ''Olvcr Twist" II
e found il way into more than one -.snlas
= work. in both medicine and sorgery-l Miller
d PRINCIPLES Of Surgery, Dr.. Atkina Fra
d ticc Of Mealicinc," and several American u
g French books); that he anticipated the chg
!. cal researches OF u Dax, Rsoea. and HAS
o lings Jackson, on the connection Of taSl
i: hemiplegia with asph4sia {yiae - Dosobey AZ
ii sen" for the last illness of Mrs Skew1on
II and that his description Of epilepsy IN v al
10 Nilding. md Of moral and mental insanity
or characters too numerous to mention, she
h she kAcd OF master. The only story u
u Dickens ever wrote for an American pubh::
ry tion was HUNTED Down. which
er wro,c Tor Dounef's LedJer. 4 conte1
lie rola1y finds \ singular coineiden
Id u tLc fact that neither Scot:. Ihackeray \
l. Dickens ever wro:e play. Bat It il not II
b. ~ fa1 as Dickens VAS concerned: ne We
r. not only the forgotten opsrs, The VII.
= ) Conuetic,~ which has been mentioned IN