e Carmona, a native of the town of
Priego, and the other, by Juan Coles, a native of Zafra.
Garcellasso published his work, at an early period, in
Spanish. It has been translated into French, but never into
English. The copy in our hands is entitled 'Histoire de la
Conquete de la Floride ou relation de ce qui s'est passe
dans la decouverte de ce pais, par Ferdinand De Soto,
Composee en Espagnol, par L'Inca Garcellasso de la Vega, et
traduite en Francois, par St. Pierre Richelet, en deux
tomes; a Leide: 1731.'

"I have still another journal, and the last one, of the
expedition of De Soto. It was written by Biedma, who
accompanied De Soto, as his commissary. The journal is
entitled 'Relation de ce qui arriva pendant le voyage du
Captaine Soto, et details sur la nature du pas qu'il
parcourut; par Luis Hernandez de Biedma,' contained in a
volume entitled 'Recuil de Pieces sur la Floride,' one of a
series of 'Voyages et memoires originaux pour servir a la
L'Histoire de la Recouverte de L'Amerique publies pour la
premier fois en Francois; par H. Ternaux-Compans. Paris:
1841.'

"In Biedma there is an interesting letter written by De
Soto, while he was at Tampa Bay, in Florida, which was
addressed to some town authorities in Cuba. The journal of
Biedma is much less in detail than those of the Portuguese
Gentleman and Garcellasso, but agrees with them in the
relation of the most important occurrences.

"Our own accomplished writer, and earliest pioneer in
Alabama history--Alexander B. Meck, of Mobile--has furnished
a condensed, but well written and graphic account of De
Soto's expedition, contained in a monthly magazine, entitled
'The Southern,' Tuscaloosa, 1839. He is correct as to the
direction assumed by the Spaniards, over our soil, as well
as to the character of that extraordinary conquest."

We shall recur to the work on receiving the second volume.

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LORD CAMPBELL, (who is himself a somewhat voluminous author, in history
and general literature,) has reversed the decision of Baron Rolfe, given
last year, and has decided that foreigners _first publishing_ in England
are entitled to copyright. He declared that the act of Anne for the
encouragement of learning was furthered by allowing a copyright to
aliens who fi