, 1870-10-09
LITERATURE,


s::eaes Dis= has plscld his ''Eook nt REM
iniss.Ecce il. tie lan4s Vt his publisher, AID |
expects 70 Lave il oMt by CEti-tnlAs.
-2.iAtuznr is .i,c fs.t poet ia tho market
after secat., lssing pnbllshed. in = thin shil
=tLc French Eepullic."
jean I1scloU, the roetcss, has teeu verv |
III It Dzoatstaiss, hcs :, WEu:e sLc reuaiued !
At las. acco2nts. Uel Etts, poem, =. Tho |
Mariners Cayt," Which 2he p.Gtsrs to any
thing she has ever written, has been received
b. her pub!ishers.
The 1xo LuEd1ed thousxn volumes de-
strcyed in the St1artonrg Library EBAY ba re-
placed, l.ut the msuuscrirts caunot- Tho
most celebrated Of these Mss. WAS the copy Of
considered su precious that its custodiana At
E:rasbou1g would cot allow il to be taken to
Paris. ard II. Wester, the sditoz OF tie Poll
orctlique, y a. foEred to so and study it in tho
St1ssbourc library Among tho other nAnu-
=ctiptr lost :te a number Of es1ly traus.ations
81 the E,aa and large and vAluab!e colloc-
totl Of pamphlets a1.l brusd-shessa relating
to the religious movement Of the sixteenth
century.
iii the French academy Of Science. there
vas discussion, couple mouths aso, upon
Alr. Dar"ins eeientitlc claims to scat in that
! oG.. sIessrs. de QuatrefaSes and Niue Ed
VIZ Is urged l.is claims OF tho aca3ruay. "
Dl:.rcta1d opposed tLen Mr. Darwin WAS
too btld: lie "aa not thorough naturalist,
lte wxs natse amateur. Auuil.sz Acadenlician
Insisted Nr. DafHina works were merely so
n2ny faizy ta.e- u. l.obin said: III we
eliminate fronl Nr- Datwin's wutss, Ill views
wAu=e truth and :a!eehood alike escape DEM
ursuatiou, An.l which. therefore. arc not
| within tie scope of scleGca, Lis ctsims ail be
rurnd to ie less than tloeo Which represent
the cI"azlv demonstrated scientific data intro-
| tueeI ty Iicir Eirchotf into sciepcs.'
Ii &c. Ills that the famous uorcIists, Erik
nann AID shatsisa. Es1r IoTu il the regiou
that Germany msArs to tako from France,
Just as Frarss :oAl it frum Germany, 200 soars
ago. Emile Errlmaun WIS born at pfalz-
Lug, in ISL. acc Alexandra Chat11an uea.
the same town. III 1876. Erckmann causa to
| Paris, i'll ISL TO study law. but Eaale little
way with it !, Caakrau WAS trst eiup1o. el in
u 1H1tiau elas7 naanufactoly. then set up ~ !
! teacher 81 If4i:Lurn. and came to Paris in
1859. It 1as theh the two becams friends
ND engaged ioin.Iy il literature. which ~
! E1cAmauu bad ALREADY tried alone. Lui ulst1c-
cerefu1ly. Ii Is ~t'l kuosn that About il also
AL A1ratiau.
The la:es, yuluucs is-uc,i iu tho English
terir. Of urtSles Lutks lave been ti,t . Lat-
ter bay lam 1,hlels' aud - Tho Llf. u John
SteEl:uE." with . tine Portrait. The volumes
leins ru;d separately. tho demand fur the
first yoIumc, contsiulng . Saztur lsesar,us.
il tnr csc1ser illau for any ether: i'll fact- it
has bud 10 be reprinted several times. This
Il i fact Which eh0ws WHO 2fe still the chief
resdei OF C.tls sle-tla young people an.1 tlo
! men ut enthusiasm aud AspiTAious to which
ii, his later tuoks To has douo bus httlu JUS
tlco. :. Sattor Kasa1tus' wAs tue first of his
lcoke published here
-1ha Eos,ou Commonwealth saya that the
ley. O. B. FrnthlnGham has accepted the
position Of eai.o1 OF TLeuaoEe lArker's un-
published works. and now io LAS iG halli the
Lectures Oh :. Historic A1ner,caus, n llcfl have
leen se long promised, tr.i !" hich have not yes
! res j. E.3tt, tESt1 1t
lec;nres on Washington FsAhlfin, Adams, Aud
JciIc1euu, wticl. were written by 31E. parAsr
shortly before his last llussa began. The
ntet three we're nearly completed, but the
.'IeEe!son' was lefs in 4 very imperfect
fo1m. Besides these, i. 10 ui4le1stool that his
dis.ynree. on Ncb.:es. John QUINCY Adams.
Dr.. Claiming, an. fuw otlezr, wi1h appear
in the book. II will b. published by uur1cs
u. Fuller, OF BOSTON. Nj. Parker lett great
14auy unpuhiislcd papers, and We presume
yulUnle-of sernont-wLich Was prepared for
The rtess BY Nr. Pazlsr himself, a fsw months
before his 1eA.1-
The Lunduc lU.saRuH. SAYS: Pardon
these lageo Of Edwin brood iu search uf
Ally sigu tlat hight 10 found os tho iapend-
ing ala.iuw. The utno.t reward III unch
search takes the fuEm Of coincidence; but We
nust utt conclude that there il personal ap-
rlication in it: Perhaps the most remarkable
4 Night With Da.llte," which tie writer
we tellcye, did not live to Sue iu print, c1
ceit ~ \ proof It occurs where Jasra,
crosses the chu1clyard BY night, On tis WAY
TO Du1dles. picking his course among grave
stoueu, monuments, stony lumber, AID marble
~ preparation fot some coming denizen oi
tl,e Silent City Tho two jousueymen h1vt
left their two great SAWS sticking il theis
bio cks Of atous; aud two skeleton journey.
neu uIt OF tie Dacce Of DeAth might be
! pT1 ~ HhHG Of hair H1l.4tfn fnrTu q
scnsry-toxes. ABOUT to slash away at cutting
out the grave-stonea OF the next two people
1crsile ed to die in Clois;erlam. Likely
: enough, the tao think little OF tLAt no,s
being alive aud perhaps merry. Curious te
} make guess At tho two, or sag At one oa
tie two."
| The Springfield, Maze, Republican says
- It in cur sad duty to ANNOUNCE the death
st Ninchenaon, last week, Of N1d. a. 9
/ Wakefield, st the age Of 3d. Mrs Wakefield
J ican ty her maiden Lame OF Nancy W. Priest
~Lo, ten or twelve yeats ago, was fre4ueu
! contributor Of poetry to our columns, md VA.
{ the aothor Of that beautiful aud touching
poem, Over the River which WAS copiet
r iutO ucasly eresS paper III tile country, aud Ia
frequently Leon published snce. Thousl
) many Of the other PRODUCTIONS OF M1s. Wake
!, | Eeldt = pen possessed much excellence, Owe
a tie Liver had quite al exceptional merit
. End seems TO have been produced i
1
q E.yer repeated. Looking back over on
tilss, we see that tho poem wns fret rr;n,e,
y in August, 1857 when nipH Priest was 2
: EeaTe old, aud = testIent OF ffius1aie, y. Il,
/. ! and though she las never rruuuccd als
!. thiEg good tince. it IL not too much to M
= that Over the River atous il hufiirieut I
i give lstr al enduring name in the anu7l4 O
i -iInet1r1n literature Mrr. Wakefield l.aves
y | nusbard aud tao little children to mourn he
L 'oe-, aud thousands OF persona in all parts Q
,ritI lua% ~ f3ArI I.Snf3 tn0
y wi.h the seEse Of personal bereavement
a Wuuld tia; Ne could know her thoughts Q
4 the otler side Of that tiTet OF which sh
!. xlote tLi1teeI years ago, and whether OF &c
j !. sha has mtt and known those Of whom sh
y SAID:
= ".So:ueuaere know, on :he unseen shore.
q TneJ watch, acL bees.n, and wait for 1ls. -
. A correspondent of toses and Qlerie
g field Of tho present campaign attained earl
- celebrity Us the headquarters Of t5pogr1ph,
> Aatz Vas one OF the nrst towns which prs
=. t,eed the art OF printing, and the ancisl
- works which came from it, press arc very ri
~ ~ raerous. Etrasbourg IL inserted to have bes
Z although 20 dated book Is e1tant Of IN eazl
y year than li7l. To1l il to be noted ~ Il
place It which one OF the frst nttomp:s
"a ttcreotyr Ing Was made. Tha Sedan edition
~ compete with the Elzevirs in the eztimatie
y. " Of book collectors. and are besutifu1 example
- :. Of minute typography. kell was the ultima
ae resting place Of BssEez7 typs, with whlt
s ". Beaunarcha,s printed an addi;ion Of ye
-. taires works On blue paper for King Frederic
" Of Truesia, who laboced rnder weakness
= the eyes" 1t Rheims zrd Tesdun pr!ntit
-, was carried On II Al early date, and tie lstt
:, place has spec;al interest ~ having been Il
=, place where the English psiso1ezs who wc
= detsined By Napoleon !. p1ia.et. with his pc
,i ,n mission, an edition Of the English Eook
a ~
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