LITERARY NEWS.

Messrs. Longman and Co. announce a work in four volumes quarto, with maps and plans, published "By Authority," and entitled "The Siege of Sebastopol : Journal of the Operations of the Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery, and Royal Naval Brigade, 1854-65."

Messrs. Day and Son have in the press a great illustrated work by Robert F. M`Nair, Esq., Librarian to the Army and Navy Club, entitled "The Colours of the British Army." It will be issued in fortnightly parts, and give, with appropriate historical description, portraits of the standards, flags, and guidons of every regiment, printed in colours and gold and silver. Mr. Skeet announces for next week, " Travels in Morocco," a pos- thumous work by the celebrated African traveller, tho late James Richardson. It is to be "edited by his Widow," and will be in two volumes, with numerous illustrations.

Messrs. Rivingtons have nearly ready a work by Dr. Kaye, late Bishop of Lincoln, called Some Account of the Church of Christ during the First Three Centuries, as illustrated from the Writings of Eusebius."

A " Cambridge Scrap Book," containing, in a pictorial form, a report on the Manners, Customs, and Pastimes of the University of Cambridge, is in the press of Messrs. Macmillan and Co.

Two new novels, with a singular similarity of title, are announced at the same time by Mr. Bentley and Mr. William Tinsley. The first is " Undercurrents Overlooked," by the author of " Flemish Interiors " - and the second, " Undercurrents, by Mr. Vane St. John, the youngest member of the well-known family of writers.

A new " History of the County of Durham," illustrated by engravings of the most curious specimens of ancient architecture in the county, is preparing for the press. The author of this work is Charles Butterworth, Esq., of Mainsworth.

The Publisher? Circular states that a new periodical "apparently aiming at a paper answering to the Spectator" is about to be established at Madras, under the title "All India." It is to be published twice a month, and to comprise chiefly articles on Indian topics.

Several interesting works have lately appeared at New York. Among them are the first volume of a great "History of the Puritans," by Samuel Hopkins ; "Representative Men of the New Testament," by Dr. Baldwin ; "Life among the Poor," by the Reverend S. B. Halliday; "Highways, of Travel," by Mrs. Sweat; and "Life in Tuscany," by Mrs. Crawford.

A rather curious book, characteristic of the American mind of our day, is announced by Messrs. Lippincott and Co.' New York. It is "Footfalls on the Boundary of another World," by Robert Dale Owen, and is to treat of all those things between heaven and earth which are not dreamt of in our philosophy.

A new volume of M. Thiers' Histoire du Consulat et de rEmpire," is announced at Paris. The work had come to an apparent standstill for the last two years ; but it is now stated that the four last volumes will succeed each other at short intervals, so that the whole shall be completed before the end of 1860.

The " Souvenirs de Madame Recamier," lately published by Levy, Paris, have had such an extraordinary success that they are followed al- ready by a host of announcements of the same kind. Most of these are mere compilations, but there is one noticeable book among them, " La Vie et les Pensees de Madame de Svetchine," edited by Count de Fal- loux, the well-known Legitimist nobleman. The work is to appear in the course of this month.

Michel Levy freres have just published an interesting historical work, based on original researches, called " Les Juifs en France, en Italie, et en Espagne." The author is M. J. Bedarride, one of the Judges of the Imperial Court of Montpelier.

The great book of the week in Paris is a brochure by M. Debrauz, entitled "La Paix de Villafranca et les Conferences de Zurich," which gives most curious and seemingly trustworthy details about late political events. The author is distinguished by another book which made a sen- sation in its time, the " History of the Congress of Paris."

A Russian nobleman, Count Dmitry Tolstoy, has published at Brus- sels an interesting little book on German affairs, entitled " lJne Voix d'Allemagne." It advocates the leadership of Prussia in the strongest terms.

A new monthly review, after the model of the Revue des deux ifondes, has been established at Geneva. It is called "Revue internationale." The proprietors and contributors are said to be a number of French writers of distinction, living at Paris, who are seeking a vent for political opinions which they dare not express at home. The anniversary of the birth of Friedrich von Schiller is about being celebrated by the Germans on a scale of grandeur which will probably surpass our late festival in honour of Robert Burns. Among the multi- tudinous literary productions brought forward by the event, there is one at least which deserves attention, viz., a collection of letters of the poet and his friends in his early years, forming a complete family correspon- dence, highly illustrative of Schiller's character. The work is published under the superintendence of his only living daughter, Countess Emilie von Gleichen-Russwurm.

A volume of Deutsche Forschungen (German Researches) consisting of newly discovered historical facts concerning the beginning of the Mo- narchy of the Ancient Goths, from the pen of Professor R. Kopke, has just been published by Weidman]; Berlin. " On Tuesday," says the Ayrshire Express, " the Reverend Mr. Waddell, of Girvan, read from his own pulpit a poetical tragedy, of which he is the author, entitled King Saul,' illustrating the power of madness, superstition, and jealousy combined. It is a five-act tragedy, adhering throughout to the narrative as it appears in Holy Writ, and containing on every page delineations of character, and fine dramatic taste, which would not disgrace the pen of the greatest dramatists."

A correspondent supplies us with the following impromptu by the late Daniel O'Connell, which he believes has not before appeared in print. It was occasioned by an attack made on O'Connell, in the House, by three colonels—Pereeval, Verner, and Sibthorpe. " Three colonels, in three different counties born, Sligo, Armagh, and Lincoln did adorn. The first of them in ignorance surpassed, The next in impudence, in both the last. The force of nature could no farther go ; To beard the third, she shaved the other two."