LITERARY NEWS.

A new work from the pen of Mr. George Borrow, author of "La vengro," is announced by Mr. Murray, under the title, " The Sleeping Bard ; or, Visithis of the World, Death, and Hell, translated from the Cambrian British of Elis Wyn."

Messrs. Blackwood and Sons have in the press "Lectures on the His- tory of the Church of Scotland," by the late Iteverend John Lee, Prin- cipal of Edinburgh 17niversity ; "Lectures on Logic," by Sir Wm. Hamilton, Bart., edited by the Reverend H. L. Mansel and Sohn Veitch, M.A.; and "English Puritanism and its Leaders: Cromwell, Milton, Baxter, and Bunyan," by Professor Tulloch, author of "Leaders of the Reformation."

A volume of "Jacobite Ballads of Scotland ; being the 'Songs and Ballads of the Adherents of the House of Stuart," with an introduction and notes, by Charles Mackay, LL.D., is announced as forthcoming by Messrs. R. Griffin and Co.

The same publishers promise "The Life, Writings and Travels of

Baron Humboldt," by George Barclay; " The History of the Re- formation in Scotland," by Dr. Peter orimer, with a series of land- scape illustrations by Birket Foster.

The fifth and concluding volume of Mr. Ruskin's "Modern Painters," and the third and fourth volumes of the new and revised edition of the "History of Venice," by W. Carew Hazlitt, will be published by Mesas. Smith, Elder and Co., in the course of the present month.

A work entitled " Woman and Civilization," by S. Phillips Day -" and a "Manual of the Civil Service, and Guide to the Civil Service Ex- aminations," by Edward Walford, M.A., are announced as forthcoming by Messrs. Longman and Co.

A second series of " Curiosities of Natural History," by Francis Buck- land; and a volume of "Art Impressions of Dresden, Berlin, and An- twerp," by Mr. Wm. Noy Wilkins, author of " Letters on Connoisseur- ship," are in course of preparation by Mr. Bentley. Dean Ramsay's " Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character," pub- lished by Edmonstone, Edinburgh, is undergoing further revision and enlargement at the author's hands, and a new edition is expected to be ready within a month.

The first volume of Mr. Parke Godwin's "History of France," has been published by Messrs. Harper and Co., New York. It is intended to be completed in four volumes. The same publishers have in the press, "The Three Pines : being the third volume of Rainbow and Lucky," by Jacob Abbot. A translation of Charles Dickens's " Tale of Two Cities " is to ap- pear in the feuilleton of Le Pays, the semi-official journal of the French Government. The version is to be entitled " A Paris eta Londres," and is stated to be " specialement faite pour le Pays, Journal de l'Em- pire."

The two concluding volumes (the sixteenth and seventeenth) of M. Henri Martin's " Histoire de France " have just been issued by Fume, Paris. They describe events up to the end of 1789, the first outbreak of the great Revolution.

, Two new works on the Italian question, both by ex-Presidents of the French Chamber of Deputies, have this week appeared in Paris. One is " Rome devant l'Europe," by M. Sauzet, President of the Cham- ber under Louis Philippe ; the other, " Les Libertes de l'Eglise Galli- cane," with an appendix, entitled " L'Abus des Excommunications et la Question Romaine," by M. Dupin, the present Senator. Among other books by distinguished authors, which have this week been published at Paris, are "Une Reforme Administrative on Afrique;" by Prince A. de Broglie ; and " Quelques Mots sur les Tendances du- Temps Present," by the Marquis de Dreux-Breze. The last-named volume is looked upon as a kind of manifesto of the Legitimist party.

Messrs. Hachette and Co., Paris, have just published a new His- toire de Jeanne d' Arc," by M. Wallon, of the Institut ; and " La Cor- respondence Inedite de Buffon " edited, with numerous notes and anno- tations, by M. Nadault de Buffon, great-grandson of the celebrated philo- sopher.

A work entitled " Dix Annees de la Cour de Georges II., 1727-37," by Vicomte de Ludre-Frollois, and a " Vie de la Grande-Duchesse Ste- phanie de Bade," by Vicomte Hellen de Barreme, have appeared at the Librairie Nouvelle of Bourdilliat and Co., Paris.

M. About's new book, " La Carte d'Europe," which is creating great sensation at the present moment, has been discovered to be no original at all, but merely a reprint of some of the author's former articles in the feuilleton of the Opinion .Nationale, published under the title " Lettres d'un Bon Jenne Homme a sa Cousine Madeleine."

The poetical competition of our Burns centenary has just found an echo in a similar literary contest in Toulouse, organized by the Imperial Society of the Jeux Floraux. In reply to an advertisement by this Society, no less than 489 poems, many of them of considerable length, were sent in for competition. The prize was awarded to an ode, " La Poesie et le Siecle," composed by M. L. Valery—a tax-gatherer.

ORLEANS HOUSE LIBRARY.—An interesting ceremony took place on Saturday last, at Orleans House, Twickenham, the seat of H.R.H. the Due D'Aumale, namely, the laying the foundation-stone of a new Library, which is destined for the valuable collection of books made-by the late M. Cigoigne. This gentleman was gifted with a fancy for book collecting, and lent him- self with great energy and spirit to his life-long task, taking every oppor- tunity that offered itself of securing the rarest books and manuscripts. At his death, M. Cigoigne left a wish that the first offer for the whole collection should be made to the Due D'Aumale, who instantly closed with it, and the library was removed from Paris to Twickenham. Some idea of the importance attached to M. Cigoigne's collection may be gathered from the fact that it was valued at 375,000 francs, or about 15,0001., at which price it was bought by his Royal Highness, and it now forms a moat valuable addition to the Duke's own library. The foundation-stone of the new building, which is detached from the residence, was laid by the Duchess d'Aumale, in the pre- sence of a small, but select circle assembled for the occasion. A parchment, containing some account of the library, enclosed in a bottle, was deposited in a space prepared for its reception. The ceremony was performed by the Duchess with a silver trowel presented by the contractors, the eminent en- gineers of the St. Pancras Ironworks. The designs for the building were made by Monsieur Duben, who was formerly charged with the restoration of the Louvre; the style being'that of the Renaissance.—Critic.