f the volumes of the _Grenville Papers_, just published
in London, the author says:

"With respect to the letters addressed to Mr. Grenville by the
author of 'Junius,' which will be printed in the concluding
volumes of this correspondence, it will be sufficient to say
for the present, that there is not a particle of truth in all
the absurd tales that have been invented, as to their
preservation or discovery. In the proper place I shall have an
opportunity of explaining that there was no mystery attaching
to them, beyond the anonymous nature of the author's
communication."

This is rather unfavorable, as far as it goes, to the hypothesis of
Lyttelton's having been the author. It throws us back upon Sir David
Brewster's claim in behalf of Mr. Maclean. Upon that theory, probably,
the archives of London House could throw some light. It may be
mentioned, with reference to this subject that the _Grenville Papers_ go
far to substantiate Lord Shelburne's title to the designation of
_Malagrida_.

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We find in the _Athenaeum_ an account of a curious case, having
considerable interest for the lovers of old Italian literature, which
has just been decided by the Sacred Council in Rome.

"About seventeen years ago the Count Alberti, then a
sub-lieutenant in the Roman army, announced to the world, that
he had in his possession, many of the unpublished papers of
TORQUATO TASSO, written with the poet's own hand; and also a
large collection of documents, throwing new light on certain
passages of his career,--particularly on those, which up to
that time, had been considered the most mysterious and
disputable--his first connection with Alphonse d'Este, the
proud Duke of Ferrara, and the real causes of his imprisonment
and liberation. Of course, the world was somewhat skeptical as
to the truth of this announcement; and Alberti either could not
or would not satisfy the doubts of the unbelieving by a plain
statement of how, when, and by what means these precious papers
came into his possession. Four years later, however, Candido
Mazzaroni, a bookseller of Ancona, purchased a portion of them
for publication,--and they were given to the world under the
title of _Interesting Documents on the Entrance of Torquato
Tasso into the service of Alphonse d'Este, Duke of Ferr