letters. From Brazil there is a letter of the
Archbishop of Bahia only. The addresses from Australia and Oceanica are
from the Archbishop of Sidney, and the Bishops of Melbourne and
Auckland.

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The History, Condition and Prospects of Hayti, have been largely and
ably discussed lately in the Paris _Revue des Deux Mondes_, and in the
New York _Tribune_. Of an article in the former publication, the first
thirty-three pages form an able survey of the history of Hayti since its
independence, and of the rule of Emperor Soulouque. Nowhere is there, in
the same compass, more of authentic information and acute remark upon
the subject.

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UNDER the title of _L'Architecture du Cinquieme au Seizieme Siecle et
les Arts qui en dependent_, M. JULES GAILHABAUD is now producing at
Paris a work of high value to the architect and antiquary. Many years
spent in travels and special studies, and an extensive collection of
interesting documents, qualify him beyond all contemporaries for such an
undertaking. He treats not merely the architecture of the middle ages,
but sculpture, mural painting, painting on glass, mosaic work, bronzes,
iron work, the furniture of churches, &c. The book is to be published in
fifteen parts, quarto, with engravings on steel, or colored lithographs.
Eight parts are already published, containing remarkable specimens of
the Carlovingian, Roman, and _Renaissance_ architecture, a Templars'
church, Moorish buildings, &c. The whole, when finished, will cost, at
Paris, from sixty to one hundred dollars, according to the kind of paper
on which the engravings are printed.

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AMONG the periodical publications of Italy, the _Rivista Italiana_, a
monthly review issued at Turin, occupies a high place. Its list of
writers includes Mancini, Balbo, d'Ayala, Carracciolo, Farini, &c.
Subjects of the first importance are treated with marked ability in its
pages. Its political tendencies are toward constitutional monarchy.

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A correspondent of the _Athenaeum_ says that an extraordinary and
valuable collection of letters illustrative of the life, writings and
character of the poet Pope has just "turned unexpectedly up,"--and has
been secured by Mr. John Wilson Croker for his new edition of the poet's
works. The collection consists of a series of letters addressed by