Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE , AND ART .

Among forthcoming publications , is a new work by Mr . David Lh-quharfc , entitled " The Lebanon and its Life : a History and a Diary ; " and another contribution to the history of the Indian mutiny . — " The Punjaub ancl Delhi in 1857 , " by the Eev . J . Cave Brown , Chaplain of the Punjaub Moveable Column . It is represented to be a narrative of the measures by which the Punjaub was saved and Delhi recovered during the great Anglo-Indian convulsion .

A new sporting work is nearly ready for publication , to be entitled "The Dead Shot ; or , Sportsman ' s Complete Guide : a Treatise on the use of the Gun ; with rudimentary ancl finishing Lessons in tho Art of Shooting Game with unerring precision ; Pigeon-shooting , Dog-breaking , " & c . By Marksman . It will aim at containing more practical information on the art of shooting than most other works upon the subject .

Messrs . Longman will publish m October a new work , entitled " Disdains ; or , the Causes and Principles of the Excellence of Greek Sculpture , " by Mr . Edward Falkener , Member of the Academy of Bologna , and of the Archceological Institutes of Rome and Berlin . At the same time will appear a new edition of the " Museum of Classical Antiquities , " containing a series of thirty - live essays on ancient art , by various writers , edited by Mr .

Falkener , and , like " Dffidalus , " amply illustrated . The announcements for tho October include " Our Exemplars , Poor and Rich ; " a series of biographical sketches of men and women who have , by an extraordinary use of their opportunities , benefitted their fellow-creatures . This attractive work is edited by Mr . Recorder Hill , and Lord Brougham writes a preface for it . The same publishers announce " Hope Evermore ; or , Something to Do : " ti tale of the rnesred schools .

A new work is preparing for immediate publication , entitled "Traits of Character , being Twenty-five Years' Literary and Personal Recollections , by a Contemporary . " Mr . Beutly announces a new novel by the author of " Simplicity and Fascination , " to be entitled " Gladys the Reaper . " The late Mr . 11 . Brough ' s lively novel , " Miss Brown , " has been

published in a collective form from the Welcome Guest . Mr . Wilkic Collins's "Woman in White , " has just been added b y Tauelmitz , of Leipzig , to his copyright of English classics . The Prince Pierre-Napoleon Bonaparte appears again in authorship , as the translator into French ofaCorsican legend ( " Sampiera" ) which he had formerly published in Italian . A collection has appeared of the " Speeches , Messages , and Proclamations of the Emperor Napoleon , during the years 18-10-60 . "

The first part has been published of a " Golden Book" of Prance , commencing a bioghraphical history of the Legion of Honour since the creation of the order . M . Victor Hugo's great epic novel , " Les Miserablcs , " may , we hear , lie soon expected . Prom Germany there is little or nothing to ' report , unless it be a rumour that Count Gyulai , tbe unsuccessful Austrian generalissimo of the late Italian war , is devoting his enforced leisure to the composition of his memoirs .

Ihe names of Mr . Tennyson , the poet laureate , Mr . Monckton Millies , the poet M . P ., Mr . Stirling , the biographer of the last days of Charles V ., Mr . Tom Taylor , of dramatic and Fundi , celebrity , Mr . Spedding , the editor of Bacon , Mr . Hughes , the author of " Tom Brown , " figure in the list of subscribers to the address congratulating the Eev . Mr . Maurice on his appointment to the

incumbency of Oxford Chapel , Marylebone . Dr . I ' aiidinel retires from the librarianship of the Bodleian with a pension for life of £ 200 a year . Mr . Coxe , the learned and active assistant librarian , will , it can scarcely | be doubted , suceeeel to the vacant office .

A handsome edifice of white marble , designed with much architectuaal taste , is to be opened in Broadyway , New York , in October next , as an Institute of Fine Arts . Internally it is sub-divided into galleries fifty feet by thirty , lighte d warmed ancl ventilated , after the plan of Sheepshanks , Vernon , and Turner galleries at South Kensington , each of which is to be appropriated to a separate school of painting or sculpture . Tho cost of this undertaking is estimated

at 200 , 000 dollars . The claims of Natural History are , moreover , being duly recognised in the same busy city , 500 , 000 dollars having been devoted to the establishment of a Zoological Garden in the Central Park .

The National Gallery was closed to the public on Monday week , until further notice , for alterations . It is customary for the Gallery to be closed at this season of the year for six weeks ' vacation ; but from the extensive nature ofthe alterations about to be effected , the re-opening will be deferred beyond the customary period in October .

The Aihencpum says ; we hear that the Duke of Somerset and the Lords Commissioners ofthe Admiralty have purchased the splendid model of Blake , designed by Mr . Baily , with a view to its being Xilaced in Greenwich Hospital . But why a model ? Why not have it in bronze or marble ? The fame of Robert Blake is breaking through the clouds . Just two centuries ago his bones were dug

from their magnificent tomb in Westminster Abbey and cast into a pit , no man knows where . But genius , virtue , daring , and success , are things not easily forgotten—Lyme and Taunton , Portland and Santa Cruz , are names ivhich the world cannot afford " to let die . " Sooner or later there comes a time for justice . Blake's time has come . His life has been restored to literature . His bust has been

set up in the Shire Hall of Taunton , the scene of one of his most splendid deeds . A portrait—a spurious one , ive grieve to say—has been placed in the Town Hall of Bridgewater , the place of his birth . The action , which began , with a private individual , then extended to the county of Somersetshire , has now invaded the Admiralty , ancl will , undoubtedly , next year invade the House of Commons .

The Duke of Somerset has done a very wise thing in securing for Greenwich this noble work of Art . We trust he will not be content to preserve it in the clay . Next session it is intended to propose a vote to the House of Commons for a national statue . There can be no doubt of the popularity of such a vote . England will have forgotten herself when she ceases to remember with pride and ardour the founder of her navy , the conciueror of Tromp .

A monument on a magnificent scale to Luther is to be erected at Worms . It is from a design by the sculptor Rietsehel . " On a base of forty feet in diameter , in the form of the battlements of a castle—an idea suggested to the artist by Luther ' s hymn , " Bin feste Burg ist nnsei- Gott "—the colossal bronze effigy of Luther is surrounded by statues of Melancthon and Reuchlin , ancl the Princes of Saxony and Hesse , his proctectors ; while , close to the

statue of Luther , leaning on tho pedestal , are placed his predecessors in the work of reformation , Wyclifte and Huss , Petar Woldo and Savonarola . The whole sum required for this monument is £ 17 , 000 , of which £ 12 , 000 has heen already collected , during the last three or four years , from almost all parts of the globe .

The Painted Hall at Greenwich has received au accession to its memorials of England ' s naval triumphs—triumjihs which now read fabulous as they grow remote—in tho late Sir Wm . Allan's " Nelson boarding the San Josef" in tho action of St . Vincent . It has been presented by Jlr . II . C . Blackburn .

At Amsterdam again , on the 30 th October , will be sold a fine cabinet of works native to the soil—the collection of old Dutch pictures , drawings , and engravings of the late Daniel Hoof't . It includes some fine portraits in the school of minute finish ; one of Gerard Dow , by himself ; one of a lady by that master ' s best pupil , Van Mieris ; two full-lcnght ? by another pupil , Peter Van Slingelandt .