LITERARY NEWS.

Messrs. Smith, Elder and Co. have in the press the fifth and conclu- ding volume of Mr. Ruskin's "Modern Painters " ; a translation into English verse of "The Book of Job," by the Earl of Winchelsea ; and a new series of stories in verse, by Mrs. Sewell, authoress of "Homely Ballads."

Messrs. Longman and Co. announce as forthcoming, "The Veracity of the Book of Genesis, with the Life and Character of the inspired Historian," by the Reverend William H. Hoare, author of Bode- siastical Iistory" ; and "Chemistry of the Sea shore," by the author of "Chemistry of Creation."

Mr. Murray promises a series of "Lives of Eminent British Poets from Chaucer to Wordsworth," by the Reverend Whitwell Elwin, editor of the Quarterly Review; and some more of his well-known "Hand- books," among them a "Handbook of Paris and its Environs," and a "Handbook of the Southern Cathedrals of England."

A reprint of the famous first edition of Shakespeare's Plays, printed in 1623 by Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, is in preparation by Mr. L. Booth, of Regent Street. The work is to be—line for line, and word for word—strictly in accord with the old folio possessing besides care-

fully executed Tac-similes of all the original folio, ornamenta- tions, as well as a fac-airaile of the Droeshout portrait on the title-page of the original edition.

The Cambridge University Press is preparing the fourth volume of the "Catalogue of the Manuscripts preserved in the Library of the Uni- versity of Cambridge," edited by the Syndics of the establishment ; and a volume of " Prefationes ad Editiones prineipes Auctorum classicorum," edited by Mr. Beriah Botfield, M.P.

The Morning Chronicle states that Lord Talbot de Malahide is prepa- ring a monograph of the Talbot family, something on the plan of Lord Lindsay's "Lives of the Lindsays."

Messrs. Levy, fares, Paris, announce as forthcoming, a work in two volumes by Prince A. de Broglie, entitled "Questions de Religion et de Libe;te ; ' and also a work by M. Nicholas, on the religious doctrines of the Jews during the two centuries preceding the Christian era.

M. Arsene Houssaye's long-expected historical work. "Mademoiselle de la Valliere et Madame de Montespan : etudes sur fa Cour de Louis XIV.," has just been issued by Plon, Paris. The volume is described as containing a large number of hitherto unpublished documents.

The first volume of a new edition of Baron de Bazancourrs official re- lation, "La Campagne d'Italie," was issued a few days ago. It con- tains numerous additional documents, furnished by the Minister of War, relative to the campaign. The second volume, which is to be still more augmented, and nearly one-third of which is to be filled with the descrip- tion of the battle of Sdferino, is to appear in a fortnight.

A curious antiquarian work has just been published at Paris, under the title, "Paris au treizieme Siècle, traduit librement de rallemand, de Springer, avec introduction et notes par un membre de redilite de Pans." The work contains a quaint description of ancient Paris, somewhat in the style of Paul Hentzner. M. Victor Foucher, a member of the Mu- nicipal Council, is understood to be the editor.

The eighth volume of the " Memoires du Prince Eugene," comprising the Russian campaign of 1813, has appeared. The ninth is promised for the middle of February, and the tenth and concluding volume for the middle of March next.

M. Flourens, author of the " Histoire des Travaux et des Idees de But- ton," has just added a kind of supplement to the work, under the title, "Des Manuscrits de Buffin." It contains a lively sketch of the "vie intime " of the celebrated natural philosopher. M. H. Baudrillart, professor at the College, of France has published a volume of " Rapporta de la Morale et de rEconomie POlitique ; " and M. Emile Ricard, a political economist of Marseilles, a " Theorie de l'impflt." The latter work, advocates a perfect equality of taxation for all members of the community, without regard to rank, fortune, or income.

M. Ferdinand de Lesseps, who has just returned to France, in com- pany with M. de Thouvenel, the new French Minister of Foreign Affairs, is preparing for the press a brochure, in which he is to explain the actual position of the Isthmus of Suez Canal scheme.

Numerous pamphlets on the Italian question continue to appear in Paris. The most notable published within the last few days are, " L'Italie, l'Allemagne, et le Congres," by M. Martin d'Oisy; "L'Italie devant le Congres," by M. Ernest Rasetti ; " Venise, complement de la Question Italienne," by Count Duhamel, Member of the Corps Legislatif; and " Reflexions sur la Brochure, le Pape et le Congres," by Prince Trouhetskoi, Russian Councillor of State. The last two of these bro- chures are rumoured to be semi-official.

Herr von Gonzenbach, one of the members of the Swiss Government, has published, in German, a volume entitled "Switzerland and Savoy, con- sidered in their Relations of Neutrality," which is creating considerable sensation. The work advocates a cession of part of Savoy to the Helve- tian Republic, in case of incorporation of the rest with France.

"From Darmstadt to Hindostan : Adventures of a Wandering Mu- sician on his Journey through Arabia to Lahore," is the title of a volume published at Darmstadt. The author is M. Albert Anton, a teacher of music in the grand duchy of Hesse.

A curious discovery of old Anglo-Saxon literature has been made in the King's Library at Copenhagen. Two parchment sheets of octavo size, hitherto used as book-covers, were found to contain Anglo-Saxon poetry, dating as far back as the end of the ninth century. The con- tents, referring to the valiant deeds of King Diedrich, are highly valu- able in a philological point of view.

According to the Ministerial Gazette of Public Instruction, published at St. Petersburg, the productions of Russian literature during the year 1858 amounted to 1577 original works, 284 translations, and 165 periodi- cal publications. The number of books imported into Russia during the same period from abroad amounted to 1,614,874 volumes, being 10112 more than in the year 1857.