New-York tribune., 1871-01-14
ABROAD.

The announcements of foreign publications
the present month include several works Of consder
bic interest TO readers in this country, OF which Will
doubtless the light in an American reprint Among
the most noteworthy, may mention new edition "i
The Works Of AeIander Pope edited 10y the Rev. Whit
well Elwn of which the first volume has been recently
issued containing part Of the Poctical Works which
are to be completed in -Four Volumes The prose
Work" are to he comprised in One Volume, and the
Correspondence" in One Volume making Ten Volumes
whole edition. Ii includes several hundred letters
not hitherto published. and other new materials collected
in part 10y the late Mr. Croker The editor has been Occu
pied for long Of years in preparing the work. and
his elaborate Introduction 10 the first volume of the
Correspondence is full Of interesting facts IN regard
10 the literary history Of the age hut reflects e honor
treachery and almost incredible petty mennesses, are
sci forth in a strong hight.
The autobiography of Lord Broughdm is an
nounced as nearly ready for publication by Blackwood
The AthenRum sets down the word mag
netic" as "a "fancifu and not commcnaaDle AmeTi-
canism."
The conclusion of the History Of the Tower Of
London, by Hepworth Dixon, is in press, and VIII be
published soon
A new work entitled Memoirs Of 81. Andre,C
Sundays by A. h II Boyd, the Country Pdrson," is in
preparation.
The Play Ground Of Europe. by Leslie Ste
phen, is the title OF promised monograph Oh Alpine
Excursions
A translation of Comte's positive Politics"
by Frederick Harrison Professor Deesy Dr. Concreye.
and other prominent disciples Of The Positive school IN
London, Is proposed
An inscription, supposed to be Runic, has
been found al the opening of tunulus estate
County LOuth, Ireland.
The poet, Robert Buchanan, has in the press
lyrical drama entitled Napoleon Faicn the scene Of
which is laid in the castle Of WihemshJhe, after the
surrender OF Scudn
The memoir of II. W. Loneicllow by ROs-
sett in the illustrated English edition Of his Works, II
said tn be "wisey critical and worthy Of the pen Of ore
accustomed to deal with poets OF the cabeI OF NoId
worth and Shelley"
A Shakespearian Grammar, by +. a. Abbott,
Head Master the City London school has just been
published in London. II undertakes compare tho
difference between Eli2abethan and modern English,
with view 10 lhe lusuauoh oI inc IespecuNo iOi VI
the language.
The first number of a new Art Quarterly,
called The SacriS under the editorship of the Rev. 5
BarngG Goud is to make its appearance this month
and ecclesiastical ari generally.
The inscriptions found on Easter Island
which have been supposed to present of the lost
tribes of Israel have been decphered by Professor lux
ley, who finds in them impressions from molds used ny
the POynesiaus in printing patterns Oh the tdpd CLOTH
the ancient dress Of Tahiti.
A volume of memorials Of the late Charles
Boner, author Of pleasant work on " "Chanos Hunt
ing" among the Alps. j. announced for publication
letters written to Mr. Boner by Miss Milford, extending
several years, and with many characteristic sayings
about friends and cOtempOraIles.
Six new ballads by Charles 6, Leland, with
the title Of Hans Breitudan Uhidn have recently
been published in London, and viii soon Dc issued IN Phil
adelpha by r. b. Peterson Brothers. The brief tract
by the author Frdace AisGoe nut Lorraine, pub
lshed after the breaking out OF the war has been
very favOraby received abroad and shows that our
popular cOuntrym il something more than faceous
A brief memoir of Beethoven by Elliott
Crane has been published In London, chiefly compiled
from the previous biographies by SCHNEIDER, es. Wege
lar Marx and dstin guished c0untryman Mr. Alex
ander W. Thayer whose work on Beethoven has obtained
the rank of standard authority IN Germany, although
the publication Of English edition has been delayed by
the i'll health of the author.
Among other works Of interest in press in
London are The Great Duel It's True Meaning and In
fenL by William RahbOne Gregg Letters on The Var by
Mommsen, Strauss. Max Miller and Carlyle; WdikS IL,
Rome by Augustus j. G. Hare; new work hv 4. A.
Proctor entitled The sun; Ruer. Light, FiTe. ana Lire
of ne fanciGrg System IcrJ,e tale by W. stewart
french author OF the graphic sketches entitled Re
alities OF Irish Life
Since the commencement OF the war, the Ger
man press has shared the depression Of other branches OF
business in that country and has brought out but
naratiyev few publications Of Importance, with the ex-