Literary Intelligence [pp. 708-722]

Literary Intelligence.
New York Trade Sale amounted to nearly $100,000, and the
whole sale probably reached half a million.
The third and fourth volumes of "Macaulay's History" are
on the eve of publication; it is also said that he is about to
attempt a novel.
The books and MSS. of the poet Gray were lately sold for
the sum of ~1034 7s.
Horace Greely's "Glances at Europe" is in press by Dewitt
& Davenport, and it is said that immense orders for them have
been already received.
Putnam announces a new Spanish and a new French Dictionary, uniform with Adler's German Dictionary.
The 16th, 17th, and 18th vols. of the works of "Frederick the
Great," have just been published at Berlin. They are occupied
with correspondence. There are 4000 letters written by him,
two-thirds in French, and the remainder in German, chiefly on
military topics addressed to his Generals. They belong to the
State Archives, and this edition was undertaken by the King
at his own expense. The sale of Autographs in England and
France is enormous. A great many are doubtless stolen: a
Catalogue of the thefts of this sort from public libraries of
France was lately published in Paris, which states the number
lost during the last fourteen years to have been 58,000.
Twenty-six hundred of Walpole's letters have been published, and it is thought that there are many more yet.
An unpublished Correspondence between Charles I. and his
confidential servant, Capt. Titus, (author of "Killing no Murder," written against Cromwell,) was bought at auction lately
by the British Museum.
"Schleswig Holstein in 1850," by I. Venedy, is an interesting
contribution to contemporary history.
A new exposition of "The Prince," by Machiavelli, has
appeared from the pen of Theo. Mundt. He thinks that it has
had an influence on the late revolutions in Europe, and that
"The Prince" will be again the text-book of despots.
It is said that this year's crop of German novels exceeds all
bounds.
Jonghaus of Darmstadt has published a collection of hitherto
unprinted documents of the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, and relating to the history of the Monastery of Arnsburg. It is said that antiquarians were never more energetic
in the scrutiny of the ancient hoards of medieval times.
Goethe's racy correspondence with Prof. Zahn, while the latter was excavating at Pompeii, has lately been discovered at
Naples, and will be soon published.
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