Davenport); and _Second Love_, a pleasant domestic
story, by an anonymous writer, (G. P. Putnam.)

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The Hakluyt Society, in London, has commenced its series of publications
with _Divers Voyages touching the Discovery of America and the Islands
adjacent_, collected and published by Richard Hakluyt, Prebendary of
Bristol, in the year 1582: edited, with notes and an introduction, by
John Winter Jones. The society should have many subscribers in this
country.

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Dr. MAYO has published a new book of tales, not unworthy of the author
of "Kaloolah" and "The Berber," under the title of "_Romance Dust from
the Historic Placers._" We shall give it attention hereafter. (Putnam.)

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MASANIELLO is suppressed at Berlin, as _Tell_ had been--not modern
imitations of those heroes, but the operas so called, by Rossini and
Auber. The Prussian Government, liberal as it was a few months ago in
professions, cannot stand the performance of operas!

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Mr. THACKERAY is to commence in London, about the middle of the present
month, a course of lectures embracing biographical reminiscences of some
of the comic writers of England during the eighteenth century.

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Mr. ALISON, the historian, has been chosen Rector of the University of
Glasgow, by the casting vote of Col. Mure, the historian of Greek
Literature, who occupied the same place before Macaulay.

The Fine Arts.

The engravings of the several Art-Unions of this country for the coming
year will be from excellent pictures. The American Art-Union will offer
its subscribers Mr. Woodville's _Mexican News_, engraved by Alfred
Jones; the Philadelphia Art-Union, Huntington's _Christiana and Her
Children_, by Andrews; and for the same purpose, Mr. Perkins, of Boston,
has allowed the New-England Art-Union to make use of his magnificent
picture of _Saul and the Witch of Endor_, painted by Alston, and
generally considered one of the finest historical productions of that
eminent artist. Each of the Unions, we believe, will also publish some
less important works for distribution or prizes.

The twenty-sixth exhibition of the _National Academy of Design_, has
commenced under favorable auspices. Upon the whole, the collection of
pictures is the best ever made by the society. We have no