LITERARY NEWS.

A " Handbook of the Constitution : being a summary of the Rise, Pro- gress, and Present State of the Laws of England," by Alfred P. Hens- man, B.A., Barrister-at-Law, is preparing for publication by Messrs. Longman and Co. Mr. Murray has in the press " Lectures on thi.History of the Eastern Church," by the Reverend A. P. Stanley ; " Sermons Addressed to a University Congregation," by the Reverend Robert Scott, D.D. ; and " The Seaboard and tho Down; or my Parish in the South," in INVo vo- lumes, by J. W. Warter, D.D.

The same publisher promises "Antique Gems their Origin, Use, and Value, as Interpreters of Ancient History, and as Illustrative of An.- cient Art," by the Reverend C. W. King, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ; and " Metallurgy : the Art of Extracting Metals from their Ores, and adapting them to various purposes of Manufacture " by Mr. Percy, Lecturer at the Government School of Mines.

Messrs. Atchley and Co., the architectural publishers of Great Russell Street, arc about to bring out a quarto on "Ancient Ironwork from the Thirteenth Century," by Edward Clarkson, Esq. It will contain about 120 examples, all of them taken from existing specimens.

It is stated that Lady Eastlake has undertaken to superintend the issue of Mrs. Jameson's volume of "The Life of Christ and John the Baptist," which was designed by the author to complete the series of " Legendary Art."

Messrs. Smith, Elder, and Co., are preparing for publication, by the end of the month, " Slavery Doomed ; or the Contest between Free and Slave-Labour in the United States," by Frederick Milne Edge, Esq. The book is dedicated, by permission, to Lord Brougham. A "History of the Fifty Years' Struggle of the Scottish Covenanters," by Mr. James Dodds, is announced as forthcoming by Mesars. Edmond- stone and Douglas, of Edinburgh.

" Arctic Adventure by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Date to the Last Expeditions in Search of Sir John Franklin," edited by Mr. Epee Sargent, has been published by Messrs. Brown and Taggard, New York.

The fifth volume of the " History of the Republic of the United States, as traced in the Writings of Alexander Hamilton and his Con- temporaries," by Mr. John C. Hamilton, has left the press of Messrs. D. Appleton and Co., New York.

The French Government has just nominated a special commission to propose arrangements for a final settlement of the question of literary property. The members arc M. de La Gueronniere, chairman, Messrs. Victor Foucher, Camille Doncet, Declercq, Tascherean, and Nisard, of the Academy.

Messrs. Michel Levy, freres, Paris, announce as forthcoming, "Rap-' port de la Morale et de la Politique," by Ch. De Remusat; "De l'indif- ferenee dans lea questions politiquee," by Jules de Lasterie ; and "La Question d'Orient depuis 1859," by M. Saint-Marc Girardin.

The same publishers have brought out this week the first volume of the "Oeuvres de Lord Macaulay," translated by M. Guillaume Guizot, son of the statesman and historian. The volume comprises "Easels his- toriques et biographiques."

An "Histoire de Nelson, d'apres lee depeches officiolles et sa corres- pondence particuliere," by M. E. D.Forgues, has just been published by Messrs. Charpentier and Co., Paris. Messrs. Didier and Co., Paris, announce a new " Histoire de la Res- tauration," in five volumes, by M. Alfred Nettement. The author is stated to have availed himself of new historical sources, in the papers of Messrs. De Blacas, of Vitrolles.

A "Dictionnaire historique des ordres de Chevalerie," by M. Gourdon de Genouillac ; and a "Revue de Dix Ana, 1850-1860," have been pub- blished by M. Dentu, Paris.

The teeth volume, for the year 1860, of the "Annuaire officiel des Chemins de Per," edited by M. Petit de Coupray, has been brought out by Messrs. Napoleon Chain and Co., Paris. This work, which is annually getting more extensive, the present volume containing above 600 pages, gives the current history of all the railways of Eu- rope.

A periodical publication of a novel kind has been started by Messrs. Hachette and Co., Paris. It is entitled, "Le Tour du Monde," and is to give reports of all contemporary voyages and travels of any import- ance. The editor, M. Edouard Chasten, is a distinguished savant and traveller.

The last number of the Revue des Deux Morales contains two rather in- teresting articles on England. One is, " L'Histoire de la Liberte Com- merciale en Angleterre," by M. Louis Reyband ; the other, "Les Poetes Comiques Anglais de la Restauration," by M. Taine.

A report published in the German papers states that the great national lottery, for the benefit of the Schiller Institution, has disposed, up to the present, of upwards of 350,000 tickets, at one thaler (about 38.) each. The drawing is to take place on the anniversary of the 10th of November this year. The two principal prizes of the lottery are a furnished free- hold house and garden, near Eisenach, given by the Duke of Saxe- Weimar ; and a cottage, likewise furnished, at Freiburg, on the river Seale, which formerly belonged to the celebrated Jahn, "the father of gymnastics." The latter place, most romantically situated, has been purchased from the funds of the Institution.