, 1870-09-25

The Russian Government has iuss obtsiasd
/ manuscript Of the frat copy Of tho Kozan,
drawn up by the CAliph Omar
Frederick Saunders. author Of ''Es!sd for
the SOLITARY and Salad for the Soc Il, hAs
"Er .ntcgs With the Sacred Poets"
M Victor Hugo has. il is ssid, finished
An historical comedy, entitled s'Aadarna do
Maintenou.
.-,lr. Arthur skstch1ey is to s.art =
Gaasfip fa.a.s papss III London called Mrs. 8'o''"*
London SoeiFy has passed out OF the
hands Of Nr. James Hoeg into those Of Mr.,
E.chaEa Bentley. thepub!irher of Temple Bar
AT, Henry blackburn, the author Of illus
tsated Looks on Span md Normandy, will b.
the new editor OF the io1ner mag ,Z1ne.
,--Accorliug to German au,hority. the first
daily IN the world va. the F1anktoft Journal,
El,rh WAS founded by wenoH Enmel, in
-Mrs- Harriet Beecher Stove win publish
| new juvenile book this fall
"A Hartford drm have in proc .ss OF publ
| cation work By Professor 4. J. Scheul, for
ner]y foreign editor of the New York Trib-
uaet on The French And German War Of
1870; 1ta Caueea, Resources OF the Two
Countries, Military aud Naval OHcers," etc.
Herr Meyer, B German prblishar, m
nocrcca eeveral hanslations of AnericAn au-
.sers a. TO appear: fi5rt N "Americ.n An.
/ There ia said to be scazr<ly auv Germaa better
acquainted with our literature
Mark Lannon's notes On tho origin aud
hiasosy Of Pssneh har., It is said, been found,
and are to be pubsished; Lie Of its editor
also.
| Tho frrt printed book vas oouy Of tha
Bible, contai1.ing 1.2s2 pages, in Two volumes
Of the eighteen cupies now kuowl., four ate
on parchment. Two OF these arc N England
{one in The Greenyille collection}, one is N
the Roy 81 Library at Berlin, and one in Patis-
Or the fourteen remaining s2ecamans, ten are
II England. three IN the lib1a1tes Of Oxford,
Edinburgh. and Lot d>'n- A patchmea: copy il
worth el.50U gold.
We lea1n from the CAristian Union that
lleation t.s \ Hartford honse, 4 family Bible,
which IL to ct tntsin. beside an Introduction
9srm Lir Yen, 1 dictionary OF the Bible,
'o:.cnsasEre, ard o.l1ez matter. intended to
aid the n ade1 IN making mp his own cnmuen-
:A1A nu tie sacred Scriptures IL he stuI1es
tEtm. The work promises to he the mott
complete family Bible tssued in this country
The London Bookseller gives ono OF two
examples CT the declito IN value Of books
quite as remarkable ~ SONG OF the inssAnces
OF An enormous appreciation in raro copies.
Elshop Gib1ons IS PreserTatson from Popexy,'
= few xean ago. used to sell for {65 or $40,
now il tiEds few purchasers 1t S4.35- Ham
mcnd's- works, which formerly commanded
$40. are now offered 1t -
Tho es~rlaetirg Topper has published ,
new volume Of vef~e-, H. which he gives his
religious views. in feeble rhsmc. The AE.p-
HsHm >A4x Of it: '"We onte thought that
the eIitics had dealt too haEshly with Mr. Tup-
per. aEd prrr< cuteA him eitter tecau-a they
ct;,ld not H,.detriaud linn, or from Jealousy
OF his signal rucctss. We have now been dis
Ct cha1te3~ Sach Wearisona twsd'te as this
'Crced. Etcctefu, We have not been doomed
| to read for m.ny veazs. 1t il beneath SO: iou2
criticism; and the etranee.t litessrv phenom-
enon Of our times il that it should have d
wide cirrle Of readers who fail to see ita fec
hIencts and 1ulnesb-"
"A new illustrated magazine, to be called
Nrlb,ssT's Monthly, IL announced By Charles
, | S+ rituer i Co., commencing with the Noycna
, land. PusMatn's Magazine will be discon
tipued after the Su,emher number, whicl
, | completes the sixth volume OF the secont
: eeflcs. and will be merged III the monthly nos
, announced. Hours at Honte. hetetofore pul,
lished by c. scridneE t Co. it il Understood
!, will aleo te absorbed By the new magazine
-Ya1o College, says the 3ntson, has, ",
trl:t, made ; very valuable acqustion-in,
, deed, We can hardly think OF ous Of its kline
more valuab1e-in the pnrshase, for the OK.
library Of tie 1ate Professor Ran, OF Hei1si
te1g. II contains i.iU1 volumes, aud 2,00l
PAMPHLETS, al on .politieo-ec"uoa,icai sub
iecta, and We doubt II there arc many. If auy
hetter collections in this Geld In Europe
, there IS certainly rothinK ike it here, aud il
, will furnish students Of economical science il
:. America, With facilities they hs- never hat
before. Tie College has tale: -4phed, clos
ing with the o1e1 OF the Protessor'e repre-
, eentasives, and it is to be hoped has NO
. been anticipated.
"A fellow named e. T. Lawtl, in England
claims tn have written, many yeara besor,
Hood published them, The well-knoen lines
+ entitled Is Morning Medisas;ons," and begin
. niuG, Let Taylor preach upon \ morning
breezy" He supports his claim by send
ing to the A1aenGuni 50 his own original draft,
which has nearly twice as many lines II the
published poem: and even indicates how the
theft must hare occurred, bF ssying that hi
sent the piece to Punch while Hood was coz
nected with the paper Hood first published
. the poem in the Amaranta, in 1889, and Pune
Was not started till ISL, and 30 Mr. Lowthl
impudent claim tumble. to the ground B,
the way, Sidney Smith used to tell Of n. !
neighbor who was 1;mly convinced that Ii,
hundred and fourth PEa1m vsa plagiarism
upon devotional competition Of his oHn.