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Ad- vertisements should be handed in at that place. FIRE ANNIVERSARY NUMBER FIRE ANNIVERSARY NUMBER! FIRE ZNNIVERSARY NUMBER ! Theeale of the double Fire Anniversary Number etill continues at THE TRIBUNE Counting Room, 15 Canal-st. OVER SIXTY THOUSAND! OVER SIXTY THOUSAND! - OVERSIXTY THOUSAND! . Copleshave been called for. All orders can now be sup- plied. Tt will not be issued in pamphlet form. TRIBUNE C @he @hieage Tribume, Sunday Morning, October 20, 1872. HBORSE-RAILWAYS AND OMNIBUSES. The Common Council is besieged by scores of Individuals asking the use of the streets and evenues for horse-railways. The Council should be elowto act on this subject. We want no ‘more monopolies, and & horse-railway is of ne- cessity amonopoly. Ithasa peculiar road-way which isin opposition to comumon right; it is absolute on this road-way, compelling other teams to turn out, all of whieh is also opposed tocommonright. The horse-railway companiesal- readyin existence have, in addition to thestreets . upon which they now operate, & vested right to lay tracks upon other streets. Looked on as 8n investment of capital, the horse-railway com- panies are profitable ; looked at as corporations seeking to oblige and accommodate the public, tkey do not depart from the general rule of mo- nopolies, whichis to get the largest possible sum of money for the least possible service. The inade- quecy of the horse-railways, and their slowness in giving the people the means of ireneporta- tion, led to the starting of omnibus lines. We do not suppose there is & city inthe couniry which supports omnibus lines o well s Chi- cago. A pecnliarity of the Chicago omni- bus business is that vehicles run in competition with the cars, along the same streets, or in parallel streots. Their business is limited orly by their capacity "o carry passengers. On all the West Side lines of horse-railways, omnibuses rifn along side of | the cars, and Gaall the business they can ac- commodate. Two-thirds of the population of the Hlinois. He can relieve its horrors by the | description of the peace he'made with the Iili- nois Indians, ratified by the latter by emesring their new sllies’ feet with bear’s grease. La- . Salle's chasacter can be sharply sketched by the story of his journey down the Tilinois, the next year, when he was beset by murderous foes, and yet busied himself in taking ecientific notes of the great comet that was throwing New and Old England into spasms of ‘fear, lest the vengeance of the Tiord was nearat hand. If our imaginary author chooses to follow the great explorer, in 1682, beyond the limits of the State, he will find, not far to the south, tribes of Indiana living in mud-built houses and worshiping the sun, Their clothes, their pottery, their weapons, lie in a thoueand mounds. The excavation of any one of them twould tell a story that only meeds to be rendered into words in order to be read far and wide, Sage reflections can be made on the fact that Illinois {farmers in 1700 suffered, like their descendants, from high freight-tariffs. The cost of transport- ing wheat through ZLaPorte to Detroit, and thence to the Jesuit Missions that fringed the lakes, or to Quebec, was enormous. Hence it issnid New Orleans was founded in 1717, as a ehipping depot for the teeming crops of South- ernIilinois. What more pathetic storycan one wish than that of the founding of St. Louis? The Old French war ended in 1763 with the ces- sion to England by France of all her territory east of the Mississippi. At tho samo time, the TFrench possessions west of the River were se- cretely transferred toSpain. The dwellers in the century-old town of Cahokia could not brook the thought of becoming sabject to * perfidions Albion.” Although deserted by France, they clung to their ancient allegiance. They crossed the river, and, in 1764, St. Louis began to exist. And then, after four years of fancied security under the fleurs-de-lis, the duped colonists saw a detachment of Span- ish troops taking formal possession of the great empire of Louisians, in the name of His Most Catholic Majesty, Charles IIL. of Spain, by right of the secret treaty made five years before. Going back half s century, we find that John Law's Companyof the West, incorporated at Paris in 1717, sent ont several expeditions to find its E1 Dorado on the Mississippi, one of which, if we may believe unwritten and written tradi- tion, reached Southern Illinois. It is eaid to bave carried 500 negroes from San Domingo to Cairo, and tohave setthem atwork digging trenches for gold in the Cairo Peninsula. In our Southern counties, supposed traces of these gup- posed trenches are still pointed out. The story of the importation of the San Domingo blacks is rendered more probable by the fact that the Natchez Indians, when conguered in 1728, were gold into slavery in 8an Domingo. This augurs the existence of a trade between the island and the shores of the great river before. Passing over nearly two centuries, we find the Chicago now reside west of the river, and there [ white man driving buffalo and Indisn over the should be #large increase of the means of travel. ‘The horse-railweys are confessedly inadequate, nor will they increase their carrying capacity.and the number of their tracks, soasto accommo- dste the people. So long 2s they can carry an sverage load, each trip, each way, of sixty pas- gengers, employing but two horses, one car, one driver, and one conductor, they will not put on more cars, or establish new lines to relieve the crowds on the presentlines of travel. Before the ity sells ont irrecoverably any more strects’ &nd avenues for horse-railways, let.there be a general invitation to omnibuses to penetrate all paris of the city, run on all streets, and give an opportunity to the public to ride. There is goom in the West Division for a dozen additional lines of omnibuses, all of which would soon be srowded. P On the Sonth Side there is one:.main trunk sailway on State street; another trank is to be 1aid on Clark street; the use of Michigan and “Wabash avenues for horse railways is prohibited by law or by contract. These two horse-railways connect at Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and. Twen- ty-second streets with four branch railways run- ning south, sontheast, and sonthwest. Ought there be any more streets given mp to horse-railvays in the South Division, g0 long =as the few remaining streets and avenmes cen be used for omnibuses? Let us hold on to the possession of onr streets At least until such time as the existing railway fines, and the omnibuses which can be put on, actually prove to be inadequate. If the city will decide to have no more horse-railways, at present, there will be an immediate increase of omni- bus lines ; the latter not running alone on a few streetg, but on all streets; not owned by one men or company, but by as mnny'men'und com- ‘Panies as may desire to engage in the business. Let these gentlemen who want to accomodate the public with new horse-railways, start lines of omnibuses. They can then.run on any street they choose without ruining streets or damag- ing private propert; TWO CENTURIES OF . ILLINOIS. It is strange that no great romance has ever peen founded on the history of Illinoie. Long- fellow's Evangeline ought, it seems, to have drawn the attention of some ready pen to the rich storo of material hidden in that history, and Parkman’s volumes should surely have taught American suthors f.hntj;hera were themes in it, enough and to spare. There is LaSalle's heroic journey, in 1670, around the great lakes to the site of Chicago, his crossing to the DesPlaines, ‘his voyage down the Tlinois. For the sske of ‘his daring disregard of dangersby field and flood, from savage beast and more savage man, we can pardon this fling at the Chicago River, engraved on his map of 1672: “The largest vesséls can come to this place [Chicago] from the outlet of Lake Erie, where it discharges into LakeFronte- pac [Ontario] ; and from fiis marsh into which they can enter, there is onlya distance of 3 thou- sand paces to the River La Divine [DesPlaines], which can lead them to the River Colbert [Mis~ sissippi], and thence to the Gulf of Mexico.” Thére is, again, Marquette's voyage down the Mississippi, in June, 1673,—that voyage from which he brought back such marvelous tales of the great river,and slmost as marvelonssketches of the devils he had found painted on the lmcka near the present site of Alton, and which ended in his journey up the Illinois and his portage to Chicago, then, according to Franguelin’s map, an Indian village of eighty houses, with the un- couth name of Cheaguomeinsu. But this author- Missiesippi. Then we have the State of Illinoia. The era of internal improvements, when about the whole State was divided into town-lots, and every lot had o firat-class railroad (on paper) connecting it with all other eligible lots, afforda a curious study of mortel folly. The exodusof the Mormons from Missouri, their march into TlLaois, their sacred city of Nauvoo, the riots, the battles, the murder of the prophet Joo Smith, the final journey from the Mississippi to the Great Salt Lake,—these form but an epi- sode in the stirring history of the State. Even within the last decade there has been much material. War-time is always story-time. “Happy the nation that has no history,” some one has eaid. Happy the novelist who finds a na- tion with a great, but analmost forgotten, history. Here, from 1672 to 1870, are two centuries full of stirring deeds. Almost every year of the two hundred would yield to the American Sir Walter Beott—if any such there be—a romgnce that ‘would ensure his fame. EHOUSEEKEEPERS AND SERVANTS. The mysteries and miseries of the servant- irl'question are sufiiciently obvious to all house- without repeating the painful details. Thay have reached a pitch of desperation which tequfres canses to bo sought rather than conse- quences to be expleined. When, in every house- hold, it is & matter of extreme doubt whether the ‘housekeeper has any rights which the servent is bound to respect, then it is certainly time for thoughtful people to investigate the reasons therefor. Hitherto it has become the custom to lsy the blame at the door of the eervant. The housekeeperhas considered herself the aggrieved party, the martyr upon whom these afflictions have been gent for some inscrutable purpose. As sho wraps herself in her mantle of patience and bears her sufferings with what courage she may, she never drdfms that she, herself, may be responsible, in part, for the pure cussedness ” of the servants. And yeb is not this the case? Will not this servant-girl problem yet be eolved by the educstion of the housewife ? At preeent, it seems to. be”taken for granted that every woman cen minage & housebold; that, without any education, she has a knowl- edge of cookery, can take cere of and repair clothes, keep the domestic sccounts with pru- denge and economy, prevent leaks in the kitchen department, rear children, and do the duties of the sick room. It is difiicult to see, however, why this should be assumed. Take the girls of the rising generation. How many mothers are competent to instruct them in these duties; or, if they are competent, -how many take the trouble to do so? In what school can the young girl learn suything of household duties? What advantages do bonrding houses and hotels, where 80 many young women spend their days, offer for domestic education ? It is certain that the female sex is naturally adapted to housework, bub the natursl adapte- tion is of very little consequence withoutac- companying education to give it practical shape and working. Notwithstanding this fact, and that other prime fact, that, in marrying, a man expects to find a home, with. awomsn atthe head of it capablo of tsking charge of.it, no systematic effort has yet Deen made to give woman the education necessary to fit ker for the duties of a home. Among the middle classes there are women to be found who take to house- keeping meturally, ' and these: either do mot need servants, or, if they have them, kave good ones. The daughtersof the ity may perhaps be doubtful. It cannot bo de- laboring classes, meny of whom are destied to nged that it makes the *R. Chekagon” flow into | be sérvants, of course never have any education. the Tliinois. Or our romancer can weave into The daughters of the wealthy classes are equally bis £tory the settloment of Kaskaskia and Ch: | unfortunate, and are never educated to be hokis, in 1678 can picture the reckless French honsekeepers. The result is, that when these wanderers, as savage 28 the savages among whom they lived : ca led, careless of all law, zors affirmed, 8 new 8qUAW every doy. gan tell” the tragic tale of LaSalle's march, two clagses meet in the relation of mistress and o sketch the wild life they [ servant, the ignorance of the one takes ihe form “taking,” so their detrac~ " He | form of constant complaint and helpless misery. of domineering impertinence, and the other the Ignorance above steirs is inevitably accompanied female advocates of Woman’s Rights in this country have mever taken of this important fact, and demanded thab women shall be allowed the privilego - of learning how tocookas well ashow to vote. Admitting that women ought to vote, which has the clearer right to vote, the woman who can cook or the womsan who can't? It is absolutely impossible to ignore the fact that the woman must administer the household. We are willing to give in our adherence to the rights of woman, 80 far as to admit that a woman who can show that she isa thrifty, ekilful, and economical bousekeeper shall and ought to have the right to vote. But, on the other hand, & woman who can’t show thig oughtnot to be allowed to vote. The household must take preference over the elective franchise. The duties of the honsehold come with each rising of the sun. Dinners must be cooked three hundred and sixty-five timesa year. Voting only comes once in one, two, or three years. Man cannot provide the money for the household and run it too, although it would probably astonish the female sex if it were known how meny men are first-class cooks and housekeepers. The leaders of the Woman's Rights Reform in England are ehrewder, more practical, and long- sighted than their sisters in Americs, They are ag persistent as the latter thatwoman shall have the right to vote, but with this demand they couple- the condition that woman shall have some practical knowledge of the duties which peculiarly belong to herses. To carry out this ides, mechanics’ institutes have been estab- lished at various placesin Englend, to which young women, 2s well 28 young men, are ad- mitted. Inone of these institutes, Miss Jows- bury lectured to o class of young women, and recently she gave them the following questions to answer: . 1. State the best method of using up bones and scraps of mest and bread, “ 42, Would you prefer to use an earthen vessel, ora tin or ron pot, tosetin your oven oron thehob, to stew any scraps of meat, bones and bread that you may have, and state tho advantago of keeping such a stock- pot continually going. £ 3, How would you lay out ten shillings in the town if you had a sick husband, and four children too young to worlk; orhow, if you lived in the country, with o small gurden, would youlsy aut seven shillings and sixpeace under the same circumstances? “4, Saggest o savory and economical dinner fora ’husband and wife, and five children, «5. Suggest some savory aud economical supper for o husband coming home after a hard day’s work, 6, How would you ventilate a sick room so thata patient would not take a chill 7 9, How would you cleanse & room in which a pa- {fent had scarlet fever? ® 8. How would you make bread 2 ‘How many young women of the period, in this country, are competent to answer thesé ques- tions, with sny degreo of intelligence? How many women are sble to snswer them atall? And yet they lie at the very foundation of house- keeping. As far as woman’s rights are con- cerned, we should be willing to allow any woman to vote who could answer them satisfactorily and could put them into practice. As far as honsekeeping is concerned, the woman who can anawer them will not long be troubled with bad servants. e At lnst the spot where equal and exact justice is administered, and where the quality of mercy is not strained, has been discovered. The local- ityisthe rural district of Galicis, in Austris, where the modern forms of law, jury abuses, and judicial corruptions kave not yet penetrated. The csse was that of & man who broughta charge of levity of conduct against his wife, who had been somewhat indiscreet with a third party, who bore the character of a gay deceiver. The Magistrate heard the case, and promptly sentenced the indiscreet woman to receive eleven blows, and to pay the Court two gallons of schnapps for the trouble she had cansed it. The injured husband was eentenced to six blows, on the ground that if he had looked after his wife properly she would not have been indis- creet, no trouble wonld have occurred, and the Court would not have keen bothered with his domestic broils. As the woman had no money, it WAS further ordered that he should pay the costs, and hand over the two gallons of schnapps. The gay de- ceiver was the luckiest one of the lot, as nobody could find him, and he therefore escaped pun- ishment. The decision of the learned Galitian Judge, while it may seem very primitive in form, is remarkably sensible in fact, and if the spirit of it were infused into the Judicial decisions, in some of our more enlightened communities, we should bave fewer injured husbands running every day to the courts with their petty griev- ances, fewer divorces granted, and fewer of the digraceful domestic developments which are g0 frequently eet forth in the columns of the daily journals, The Galatian Judge, if he be not & second Daniel come fo judgment, is &t least a very sensiblo fellow. i A writer in one of the November magazines is willing to make the American peoplo perfectly henlthy. All thet they havetodoisto follow hig directions, Brealfast is to be taken in two instalments, st 8and 11 o'clock. The deceptive potato, with its 75 per cent of water, is to be no longer planted, but supplanted by the dioscorea Japonica of China. Weare 21l to sleep in gingle beds; we are all to breathe pure air; we zroall to live out of doors far more than wedo. It is eaid that since Nepoleon's improvement of Paris ‘made life in the open air & pleasure, tho aversge duration of life there is greater by ten years. ‘The great trouble with all these schemes for pro- moting mnational health is that it would be neceseary for - the npation to do nothing - except take care of its bLeslth. Still, there are many valuable suggestions in these schemes. They all dilate on the benefits of ventilation, and very fightly. But few of our public halls are decently ventilated, and riot one out of ten thousand private houses is built with the least regard to. this matter. This lack of good air is the only cxcuse for the bad health of American women. Their puny paleness is oth- erwise, as Froude says in the woes of the Irish, « ontirely their own fsult.” They, by being at home, have an opportunpity to take care of them- sclves which is denied to their husbands and brothers. They wilfully neglect it, and their sin finds them out. A man whose home consists of one ortwo rooms in & crowded, non-ventilated, ill-odorous tenement-house will not stay at home during bis only leisure time,—Sunday. In summer, he may go to the public park. In winter, he must stayindoors. A church has few, if any, attrac- tions for him, If there isno public library, he inovitably gravitates toward the warm, cheery saloon, where he can pass the day with boon- companions at the cost of only his money and his manhood. A warm, cheery reading-room, furnishing, free of chargo, its papers, books, and magazines to everybody who chooses to enter, will often keep him from the saloon. -Is not Beecher's Christianity, which would throw wide- open, on Sunday of all days, the reading-room doors, wiser, better, more religious than that which would shut the doors and make the saloon the only alternative of the poor maf, whose pride forbids that he should thrust himsel? into & fashionable church ? The Atlantic for November criticises ot length, in its monthly editorial on Art, the architecture of the New Chicago. The great use of ironin the first stories of large blocks, and the distress~ ing manner in which our galvanized iron cor- nices plunge into the eky, are somewhat sharply rebuked. The general tone of the criticism is, however, very favorable. The stone work, with the exception of the faces that grin from our walls, i8 praised for original and artistic design. gn the winter of 1679, from the site of South | by incompetence and impadence below staira. ¥end, BeIosh & PIRIE in white with bulialo bonos, to It has alyays seemed strange to us thatthe The Néw Chicago is, the Atlantic rays, archi- tecturally our most interesting city.” cognizance ; THE MAGAZINES. THE ATLANTIC, 2 Inthe Allantic Monlhly~for November, the Poet at the Breskfast-Tablo approaches the end of his talkativo repast. Very few.of the thous- ands of adiirers that Dr. Holmes won by the unique and charming humor of the Autocrat at the Breakfast-Tablo, which was supplemented by the Professor at the same table, do not regret that he should have followed in & similar vein with this Intter effort, of which we might think better if we had not first read the others. Harriet Prescott Spofford, Rose Terry, F. Logie Robertson, Celia Thaxter, and Louisa Bushnell c.ontrihuta the poetry of the month. There is one short story, ¢ A Dinner-Party,”"— 80 clever that it is too short,—in which 2 learned burglar, an impossible combination of culinary culture with depredatory skill, and detectives of imposible acutenoss, are the chief characters. James Parton combines his ¢ Life of Jeffer- son" with a chapter entitled * Jofferson's Re- turn from France in 1789;" in which he tells bow much his five years' residence in Paris had done to make him a syift, cool, adroit, thorough- Iy-trained Minister, and to rid him, by contact withpeople like Lafayette, the Duke of Dorset, Madame de Stael, Baron Grimm, of his colanial notions and habits. Jefferson was in Paris at the supreme moment of the Revolation of 1789, ond Parton gives an interasting sketch "of the scenes Jefferson witnessed, in some of which he was indirectly participant. The srticle leaves him in 57 Maiden lane, New. York, where he be- gan, on his return, to attack the accumulated business of his office of Secretary o f State. ‘Thesecond, and concluding portion of Guest’s Confession,” by H. James, Jr., and the * Comedy of Terrors,” are the continued stories. Professor John Fiske's ‘' Primeval Ghost World” is very realable paper on the gonesis of myths, in which he solves popular supersti- tions and myths by referring them back to the mental process by which the original mythe maler speaks of nataral objects as if they were animated persons; as, for instance, some of the Genii of tho Arabian Nights are shown.to be water-spouts or _whirling simoons. Professor Fiske has made, in mythology at large, anin- vestigation similar in purpose to that under- taken more minutely by Karl Blind in Germanic mythology. “A Prodigal in Tahite™ gives the not very thrilling adventares of a scape-graco in the Gar- den of the Pacific, the recital of which is the thin coating with which the hungry reader is induced to assimilate much interésting information con- cerning life in that island. Reviews in the ususl admirable style of the Attantic,—in which, by the way, Morley's *: Vol- taire” is styled 'the most importsnt English literary work of the year,—comménts on Art, Music, and Politics, close this excellent number. _— « THE GALAXY. The Galary, contains several pleasant short stories of which *Saved from the Mormons ¥ witl attruct most attention. Seven collections of verses are given ; among them, one by T. Buchanan Read, which is not above Read’s standard; and one by an enony~ mous writer, who is judicious enough to send his ““Sunrise on the Alps” forth without a pat- ronymic. The heevy articles are -Albert Rhodes’ *The Dutch at Home,” which is tolerably weighty, like ity subject; DeForest’s ‘ Gregory VIL, King of Kings,” on whom he places the respon- sibility of a hundred battles, and the loss of two million lives; M. E. W. 8.’s ““Venice,” a town with which magazine readers are somewhat familiar; and Carl Benson's * Publishers and Authors,” which i8 the shortest and heaviest of i Two essays of real interest are : ‘¢ Are Amer- icans Less Heslthy than Europeans ?” by S. G. by Junius Henri Browne. Mr. Young thinks that the Americans are less healthy, as a people, than Europeans ; in fact, he considers us “ ex- ceptionally unhealthy.” Europeans, in the mat- ter of sleeping, heating, lighting, drsinage, food, exereise, and recreation, are shown to be far su- perior to their degenerste cis-Atlantic brothren. But the principal reason for our weakness is the peculiar unhealthiness of American women. One of the causes of this is the premature age at which they become wives and mothers. Ger- man physicians, he says, agree that women do not attain their full growth umtil after 20 years of ago, and German phygicians are. infallible suthorities, as every one knows, on the constitutions of American women. An- other cause of the physical imbecility of Ameri- can femininity is, that American women ars in the hebit, in the morning, of attiring themselves in white skirts, which, of course, render prome- nades and exercise out of the question. Al- though a careless writer, Mr. Young givés & very interesting paper ; and, if his account of the care which English ladies take of their physical health encotrage only o fow of our city-nurtured women, who keep indoors to save their complexions, to seek a greater beauty in open-air exercise, he will be forgiven the cruelty with which he has dispelled our fervent belief that wo were -not only the biggest, but the healthiest nation on the footstool. Junius Henri Browne, who, while & war-corre- spondent, saw about a dozen men die, every day, shows conclusively that Death has no terrors for the dying. Poisons produce stupor, which passes into oblivion. To be killed outright by s gun-shot wound is ezsy. Death by falling from 2 height is unattended by a single throe. *0f falls of this kind, I bavo had my chare,” says Mr. Browne. Freezing to death is positively pleasant ; and Frenchmen, in gesrch of amuse- ment, are known to be hebitually hanging them- selves,—carcful instructions being given to their valets as to the precise moment for cutting them down to provent the final estinction of the vital spark. Nobody but Mr. Browne. would have dared to put tho rider of the “Pale Horse” on the plensant and sociabie footing of a rather de- sirable visitor. His paper is exceedingly well written, abounds in dpt illustration and vivid reminiscence, and is convinecing as far s it con- cerns the dissolution of, ss Artemus Ward used to say, “‘any other man.” E THE .NORTH AMERICAN. The North American Review for Ociober begins with the last part of Karl Hillebrand's paper on *‘Herder.” His preceding chepter brought Herder down to his meeting with Merch in 1770, and this chapter begins the re- cital of his precipitate betrothal to Caroline, and the quarrels, reconciliations, recriminations, and apologies in which Herder, through one’of Germany’s greatest geninses,” kept himself and Caroline unceasingly involved, very much after the fashion of ordinary men. Herder’s life, like his nature, was & curious mixture. Hillebrand gives, in rapid narretive style, an analysis of the contradictory element of character that mede him an impossible friend to men like Schiller, Niebuhr, and Wieland, and almost o Goethe,— all of whom would gladly have -preserved their affection for him. Of the literary and contro- versial work that Herderdid, Hillebrand speaks only casnally, and devotes the paper mainly to the incidents ‘of his married life; his various clerical settlements,—notably that at Weimar, which Goetbe procured for him; the curious development of his character, and his personal acquaintances. In “The Germanic World o, Gods,” Karl Blind describes ““in large lines tpe religious views of the German nations,” not only on the ‘mere plea of the political conceptions and rich folk-lore of Teutonic mythology, but on sc- count of the intimate connection he s found between its narratives and those of the Hebrew Scriptures. Another object the author avows i8 to dispel many of the current superstitions, nob by calling them ‘“rubbieh or nonsense,” but by gcientific treatment, showing them to be the remnents of o decayed raligious syatem. Mr. W. D, Howells, in the article entitled, #Niccoline’s Anti-Papal Tragedy,” gives a brief sketch of the oocurrences of Italian history which preceded and *account” for the tragic bent of Niccoline's political writings, Brief Young ; and ““The King of Terrors Discrowned,” ‘| mention is made of his earlier dramas, ¢ Nebu- chadnezzar,” * Lodovico il Moro,” ¢ Giovanni da Prooida ;" snd a very full account given of his great political and anti-Papaltragedy, ¢ Arnaldo da Brescis,” written to combat the Bingular illu- sion of the Ttalians, about 1837, that their free- dom and unity were {o be accomplished through aliberal and patriotic Pope. In this tragedy, Niceoline pours out all the life-long hatred and distrust he felt for the temporal power of the Popes. 1r. Howells gives metrical translations of the leading passages of each act, so that the whole scope of the drama may be easily seen fromhis article. - ¢ American Novels,” by T. S. Perry, is the shortest and brightest, though not the most nu-~ tritious, article in ihe North American this monti. DMr. Perry discusses the conditions that must be satisfied by the Great American Novel, for which wo have waited'so vainly, and almost asapprehensively, as for Plantamour’s comet. He is dissatisfied with DeForest, and makes ter- Fible havoc with rs. Stowe's last two novels of society,—* Pink and White Tyranny,” and My Wifc and I.” As for Dr. Holmes' novels, he doubts if we can call them novels ; and, in Henry Ward Beecher's “ Norwood,” he finds only ‘ the humorous Yankee admirably given.” ~ Southern novels are *thunder-storms in print,” and illus- trate the “influence of hot”climates upon the tastes of writers.” Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, in his essay entitled ““Kristofer Janson and the Reform of the Nor- wegian Language,” portrays the operation, in Norway, of the tendency to nationalization, which has been & marked feature of - recent Eu- ropean politics, and the resistance of the Norwe- gion Reform party to the efforta of the Scandi- navian party, who aimed to unite'the three Scan~ dinavian nations under one Government, and to replace the old Norse by the Danish dialect. In* defence of the old Norse, Osmund Vinge, who died in 1870, and Ivar Ansen, who porformed the difficult task of forming out of-chaotic elements & lexicon and grammer, preceded Janson. Janson’s latest work is “Sigmund Bresbeson,” & poetical version of the well-lmown old “Farey-inga Saga” (the Saga of the Force-Islanders), in which the poetry i8 subservient to his purpose of resus- citating the Norse literature, and enlightening the great mass of the people, who live in & state of ignorance and servitude. The last paper, entitled * The Political Cam- paign of 1872,” is anonymous, While admitting that, in such transgresgions as the promotion of some bad men to offios, and the deposition of Sumnor, Motle7, Cox, and Wells, the President govo ground for dissatisfoction, the writer be- lieves that, according to the party records, Gen- eral Grant is one of the most popular Presidents this country ever had. After an account of the origin of the defection in the Republican ranks, a foll smlysis is given of the con- duct of the Democratic party, which was “dead, but pot gone.” Its coalition with the Liberal Republicans is styled an attempt at “translation.” We are near the close of an era of political agitation; after it, comes that of re- formatory and financial discussion. Our present Administration i8 said to be, if neither perfect nor signally brilliant, st least 80 successfal as to be dull. 4 The reviews of recent works, which end the number, will, to most readers, be its most valu- able pages. . “Kinsgleigh Wedgwood’s Dictionary of Eng- lish Etymology” is characterizédas the work of an eager partisen of the mimetic or imitative theory of the origin of language. % “The Histories of Livy,” edited by Thomas Chase, is commended ss the work of & sound classical scholar. “Voltaire,” by John Morley, is said to be the work of an advocate; not of an advocate in the worst sense, but of one.secing how Voliaire has suffered from the malignity of the attackson him, and longing to set him right with the world. The book is commended “*for its earnestness, its impartiality of aim, and its freedom from ill- temper and fanaticism.” **Goodbye, Sweethsart,” by Rhoda Broughton, the reviewer says, has ‘““no genius, little inven- tion, but a shrewd observation of modern man- ners and motives, comic humor, and a good deal of wit, or ‘ what passes for wit.'” A very long and eritical notice is- givemr of “ Heiprich Ewald's History of Israel,” translat- ed from the German. Ewald is & populat his- torian. Besides a special power of historical appreciation, he has remarkable minuteness of philological learning. Very many characteristic ,and suggestive extracts are given to illustrate ‘the matter and manner of his great work.” The opinion is expressed that Ewald's view will have o great influence upon American students of the Bible, leading the *‘ Orthodox™ fo respect his- torical science, and the *‘ Liberals ” to show more liberality than is yet to be found among them ; and that it will lead to the recognition of the fact of Divine Revelation having been made over the entire world. The “ Dictionary of American Biography,” by Francis. 8. Drake, is said to contain 10,000 names, selected with excellent discretion, and brought down to the present day. The re- viewer has used the work daily since its appear- ance, and has found it accurate, fall, and fresh ; and has come to consider it one of the indispen- sablo tools of the library. * «Paine's Physiology of the Souland Instinct” is considered controversial.. Its cardinal state- ment is said to be, that the ultimate results of anthropology, physioldgy, and natural science, if pursued in -perfect freedom, will be destruc- tive of Christisnfaith; and “ the volume is in closa accordance and analogy with the soundest thought, and the most healthy sentiment of the last generation,” and * is valuable only for its moterials, not for the way they are’ put to- gether.” § “Lange's Handbook of Roman Antiquities” iaa Constitutional history of Rome, arranged by epochs, with the historical and sntiqueriin matter under separate headings. It is upon the most extensive and expansive scale, and has the merit of grent clearness of stylo and_srgument. The fourth_volume’ of * The Decline of the Roman Republic,” by George Long, i8 pro- nounced a failure 28 o history, bat of high value as a series of antiquarian discussions. Of “ Fly-Leaves," by O. 8. Calverly, it is said that a_more captivating collection of vers-de sociefe has rarely been offered us. A deplorable outrage has recently been com- mitted in the Astor Library of New York. One of the persons admitted, in accordance with the generous cnstom of the Trustees, to a seat with- in the alcoves, and to freo access to'nll the books, ‘has committed the triple crime of cutting out of rare magazine en article, which he rewrote as his own, and then sold as -original to thé pub- lishers of another magazine. Happily such des- ecration is infrequent. No such instance has occurred beforein the Astor Library, and the report of the Librarian of the Boston Public Li- brary shows that books may be allowed to circu- late gratuitously among the people, without malicious, destruction or theft. The remedy adopted by the Trustees to prevent the recur. rence of such mishaps, is rather singular. Every alcove-réader is to be-required to enter in & little pass-book the title of every work he con- sults. In this way.the books, it is thought, can De watched. - But this is no safe-guard at all. Apy person Who would matilate s ‘book, which is freely . put -at his gervice, would not hesitate to omit fo record in ‘his pass-book the title of any work he had thus jinjured. Some honest resder, following him, nob nuliciniifl:e mutilation, and recording the volume on his pass-book, would be lisble tobe charged with the offence committed by his pre- decessor. The experience of the British Muse- um and tho Art G there i8 10 absolute prevention of such outragea. Despite the sharpest surveillance, there will be occasionallya knife thrust through some valuable ainting, as recently happened to the Royal Gal- ery at-Dresden, or leayes out-‘from some pre-" cious volume, Choice must be made between two evils ;-either to excludesthe public from these refining resorts, or to submit to some such eries of Europe shows that occasionsl depredation. The latter is the losser- evil, and it is found that with grester freedom there comes greater self-respect and regard for the rights of others, 5 -Mr. Buckstone, .The event of the week was the “after the ‘matinee yesterday. AMUSEMENT REVIEW. THE DRAMA. The weather was delightfal the past week, and the evenings especially cloudless and serene; but comparatively few people, however, were thereby tempted to the theatres. Theaudiences were entirely disproportioned to the atiractions offered, every theatre in the city showing many empty seats, The patronage“was pretty equally distributed” between comedy, burlesque, and emotional drama, neither being able fo claim any special advantage. This week the amuse- ‘ment season will be really upon us, although not at ita-height. With another handsome theatre added to the list already rather extended, 10 one need go abroad to be amused, and strang- ers temporarily in the city may hope tobe as rarely entertained as in any city of the country outside of New York. The * burnt district ” is daily becoming easier of access to the pedestrian, and all mansgers may hope, even this season, for afairshare of public favor and support. Next winter no théatrical proprietor, or minstrel or variety manager, need ¢ ask odda” of anyone. Chicago is not likely to loge her prestige in the amusement world, and her citizens are not like~ 1y to forsake their old loves. With the comple- tion of her splendid dramstic temples, and Ler magnificent hotels, Chicago will be a truly de- lightfal place of transient abode for the traveller, and not only the metropolis, but the Mecca of the West. M'VICKER'S THEATRE. . Mr. McVicker has yln{ed his company in ele- gant comedy since our last notice. The plays gelected were *‘ Leap Year,” and *‘Married Life,” both of which had been for several weeks inrehearsal. In both, thecompany were fairly Tepresented, the acting was of even excelionce, end the scemery good, slthough' show- ing no mew product’ of the scenic artist’s pencil. All “of the theaires: have ex- cellent exterior sets, but there are very fow really nest interiors. Tho imitations of wall pa- per are generally coarse and inelegant, and the colors are tawdry, and’ often ill-chosen. With- out professing any profonnd knowledge of stage tachicalities, we would venture the opinion that this is & defect that might be easily mended. Of the two comedies mentioned, ~we think ¢ Leap Year” to be the best as regards real in- herent merit, although the other appeals more to popular taste and yrejndme, and has drawn the best houses. * Leap Year” has more of the Bgixit of genuine comedy, as we like toseeit; ! Mm'rieg Life” istoo_ much like a protracte farce, which causes laughter merely on account of its ludicrous situations. ‘‘Married Life” is sufficiently amusing and kaleidoscopi through in a satisfactory manner ever d.im.ry players and slipshod acting; “ Leap Yeur” requires more definite conception of char- acter, real conscientious ncting, and the artistic working up of casual points of interest. Both are cbaracteristic emanations from the pen of and both are fi of and ludicrous sug- gestion. In Lesp Yeer” mearly every character has somo distinet trait, ‘or pat eccentricity, that assists to give it perma~ nence in the memory ; in ‘ Married Life” there are only one or two personages that are essen- tislly different from other people. _The charac- tersin theone play are _out of ordinary every- day esperience, and their actions zre a fit sub- ject of study; in the other }lflay we see only or- dinary, common-place” people, “acting oddly and grotesquely becanse pussessed of certain human wealknesses, and because of untoward cireum- stances. Mr. O'Neil played Walker in one pieco, and M. Younghusband in the other. His act- ing had the "characteristics that we have previ- ously specified, and developed no new phases. MY, McVicker played successively the roles of 2r. Dimple” and AMr. Dove. The first: is more within the sphere of elegant comedy arts, and was well interpreted throughout, the ;umorons element being worked up into avery laughable finale. Perhaps the simple character of the confiding Dimple was_too highly colored, and the rich humor at the close exaggerated to the verge of burlesque, but these Isults, if faults they were, had nq disagreeable predomi- nance. Mr. Langgan—by the way, the or- thog ;hy of this gentleman’s name ever be set&? ?—played Sir Solothon Solus and Mr. Ad- dle. Tt is not pleasant to find fault with £o ele- gant an actor s Mr. Lmini:, but if he could manage to introduce into his acting mare gra~ dations of force, -vigor, light and shade, tone and menner; if he would introduce more by- play, endoceasionally spreed his action over a eater surface, it would be more satisfactory. ’i'rha Iadies during the weekplayed génerally well, and were cordially received by successiveaudien- ces. Mra. Allen was effective as Afrs. 0'Leary. Mrs. Myers acted the role of Afrs. Flowerdew with becoming grace snd sweet dignity, al- though a little force and intensity seemed to be. wanting in the graver scenes. Other details of both plays were xccegtubl sttended to. “*Sara- toga” will be reproduced this week at the re- ‘quest of many persons vho wWere not able to be preserit when it was on the stage. before. Next Weoliwe are to have Moggie Mitchell in “Jane Eyre,” and after her a succession of brilliant stars, smong whom will be Booth, Charlotte Cushinan, Sothern, and Jane Coombs, who is an elegant lady, if not the greatest comedienne with whom we are acquainte ACADENT OF MUSIC. The week at the Academy has been notable for the eppesrance of Miss Ada Gray, an sctress of many years® experience upon the stage, and re- cently “transferred to the firmament of stars. Shois s lady of haadsome appeazance, graceful stago menner, and, possessed of considerable dramatic skill and vigor. To these excellent dalities is superadded the ownership of one of o Boscat venirobes fom by any ladE now upon the boards. On Mondsy night ‘Xrou-Frou” wes given, Miss Gray acting Gilberte, The emo- tional element in_the play was well g;rh-Ayed, and when we consider that the actress had never played the part before, and never seen it played but once, it must be acknowledged that she ac- quitted herself well. The piece is not included” in ° her repertory, but was introduced at the desire of others. , the preentation of the. new play written es?eclslly or Miss Gray, ond called ** Whese Wife?” It was played for the first timo on Wednesday avemnf: and withdrawn tis a drama not tobe witnessed by any unbiased spectator with- out many conflicting emotions. After the first act, whgh drags its slow length along, com- pletely bewildering the moralist who naver su osed peoplo conld be so utterlyand irremediably End, the dialogue has some vigor, although it iz too much dilated. _All the personages are excel~ lent conversationalists, but never know when to cease talking. Many jokes are introduced, most of which are 5o dnil that they might, in minstrel urlance, bo sppropriately classed as “gags.” %ut it is the characters and situations which amaze - the- beholder and confound .the eritic. Signs of crndity are everywhere apparent. In the first_place, no sister was ever so utterly vile and heartless ss ZLouise, without there meaning, point, & was & kingdom or some great stake tobo played for. That any young lady should leave her home and return “undisguised in five years, not expecting to be recognized, is incred- ible. That she should meet her sister, the old servants, her brother, and even her first hus- band, and deceive them all in regard to her iden- tity, even for an instant, is not within the bounds of possibility. Five years cannot pro- duce so great a tranéformation in any person. These are the two principal points that striko the casual spectator 2s .transcendm'i belief, but there sre other incidents of the plot that strengthen the prevnihnlfilnmpr_assiyn of unreal- ity. - But all picces of California origin incline to the “‘protean,” why, it is difficult to determine. “Whose Wife” contuiaifl & faint imitation of the protean character in guise of a personage called Sardy Caper (played by Mr. Padgett), whose action seems to have little purpose, ‘He is the good angel of the piece. Indisguises, usolessly assumed it would seem, because so easily penetrated, be_pursues the wandering heroine, Goldie, thinking her still alive, and, in the most awkward and blundering manner pos- gible, assists in brmgmf_ an intelligent result out of dramatic chaos. Like all the other people introduced, Sardy does nothing that the specta- tor would na ly expect. Theseus in the Iabyrinth faintly represents the heroine in the intricate mazes of the plot. The dramatist finally cuts the Gordian knot of all the diffical- ties with poison—an Irish way of doing it, or saying it, but very effectnal. More things are wrought bxr poison than the unsophisticated observer dreams of. Yet the iy, With el its defects and strange inennsis&ndfls, has some exceHent features, and several strong eituations.. The bringing of the two sisters, with their widely different characteristics, an ends, and aims, together under the same roof, the succossive ‘meetings of Goldie with her old friends and relatives, the struggle over the child, the various interviews in the house and -to close the season. -Wabash avenue and Twenty-secon travesty it, probably, bécause he did not see his wey to asatisfactory illustration of so crude s conception. Mr. Maynard was haspy in his ren- dering of the venerable old gentleman, Major Ferrell, who has been wheedled into marrying a young and beautiful wife. In this play, Misa Kaio Fletcher, late of Boston, made her first appearance as tho bad sister, & characicr thab hardly affords = test of her powers. She made s {favorable impreszion ag having a good gnsence, anda é;ene familiarity “-n.g stage business. Miss Gray satisfied the requirements of the part of the heroine so.far as could be determined in the present state of newness of the play. The conception is, however, new to ke, and will have to -ba rounded, finished, and completed, as the e3igencies ofthestage and her own taste and dit ‘retions shall finy 3 decide. Mrs. Chanfrau, s good actress, anda charming lady, comes this seek to the Academy, with the prestige of good 3uccess in Eastern cities. Her principal pieceis a new -version of * East Lynne,” which has rezeived the approval of the critics elsewhere, and we presumo will be equally successful in Chicigo. AIEEN'S THEATRE. 3 Only fair audiences have attended AMr. A’ken’s Theatre since the advent of the Qates party. The place has had its share of the public patron- age, which hag been nowhers, in excess, ahid the auditors have been of the best social material that the cityaffords. We have already spoken of the company at some length, and in_terms of preise. It has several excellent people, and is genorally under a superior state of discipline. Ars. Oates is too well known in Chicago to need . our commendstion. There i3 no brighter, live lier, or more versatile American actress i the burlesque business, and she is far from desti- tuto of vocal ability. The last quality is subsi- diary in burlesque opers, but bas its value, Mr. Crane i8 still with the troupe, an actor of infle nite jest, and having & voice not finpleasant ta listen to in concerted music. 1Miss Kate Frazier nlso sings rensonebly well, Mr. Drew has a good_baritone voico under tolerable culture, Nothing in the musical line has been prettier than the charming quartette, “From the Moun- tains snd the Hills” sung by Mrs, Oates, Miss Frazier, and Messrs. Drake and Crane. In the concluding. scenes of “ Fore tanio” there were also introduced many new and Tively airs, some of them sung for the first time in the city. ‘“Fortunio” has been mountedytith care, and played with all rogard to minor brrles- que_effects. The theatre improves' upon -ac- quaintance. It hasbeen comfortably warmed, and with its artistic and dramatic attractions, proved itself to be & really charming place of re. gort. The bill for the coming week will be “The Prima Donna of & Night,” one of Offonbich’s pleasantest o;:exem-.s, with the farce ““ An Alarm. 1ng Sacrifice” for four nights, and *The Flower Gul of Paris” until 8 week closes, The first must =not be confounded with the burletta of the sime name so often given in Chicago. Mrs. Ostes will probably close her brief engegement this week, a facd ‘which patrons of this theatre willdo well to bear in mind. 5 HOOLEY'S OFERA HOUSE. Tir, Hooley’s handsome little theatre stands at last, finished, and ready for public inspection. Tt will 'be opened tg-morrow night, asalrendyan. nounced, by the Abbot-Kiralfy Pantomime and. Ballet troupe, with the' ¢ Thre¢' Hunchbacks,” to which will be added many minor ate tractions. The theatre should be filled out of compliment to the_enterprise shown by Mr. Hooley, to say nothing of the entertainment_ of= fered, which we presume will be excellent of ita kind, and well deserving the attention of thosq seelking amusement. » . T mrm‘i OAIE]}:A xousg. @ Programme o irgton, Cotton & Kem» ‘ble’s Minstrels for this week is one of the richee{ of the season. It embraces several entirely new acts, interspersed with sweet ballads, comie re« frains, and orchestral selections. Arlington plays & banjo solo, and, together with the other popular comedians, appears in several congenial perts. The success of this band of sable ex- ‘Dlorers into the heart of the ‘‘burnt district” continues unebated. 3 JIAC EVOY'S HIDERNICON. MacEvoy’s New Hibernicon, at the Halsted Street Opera House, continues to attract largq and appreciative audiences. The performance embraces panoramic views of the principal citiea and historic localities of the Emerald ), comia and sentimental songs, and witty sayings. Tha paintings are well mounted, aad it is said by those who have travelled in Ireland that they are remarkably true to nature. Tho Hibernicon will remain during the week. " music. . The musical record of the city for the lash ‘week contains little of interest. The echoes of the Thomas concerts still linger, undistarbed by any other sounds, and for & fow weeks to coma the lull will not be disturbed by anything but ama. teur concerts. The first event of importance will be the Patti-Merio concerts, which will be given commencing Nov. 16. Then there will be an~ other gap until Dec. 2, when Rubinstein and ‘Wiemiawsky appear, then another until Februa~ ry, when Thomas returns, znd then ‘another un~ til May, when the Jarrett-Maretzek troupe comea The intervals betweep these dates will be filled with smatenr concerta and entertainments by travelling -troupes; in- cluding the Aimee Opera Bouffe party; which has been completely reorganized. For the pres- ent week there is little to notice. The principal sttraction will be i THE ENOPFEL CONCERT. Mr. G. C. Knopfel has improved the oppor- tunity in the presentIull. of concerts by profes- sional artists, to arrange for another of his pleasant musical entertainments, which takes place at the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church on Tuesday evening, Oct. 23. Alr. Enopfel's concerts during the yesr since the fire have been among the most successful which have ever marked our musical record, and everythin indicates that the one under announcement mE be no exception to the rale. The programme will be as follows: 2amT 1. Overture to # Rienzi,". Afr. Falk (organ) , Mlessrs. ists), and orchestra. 2, “Excelsior ” duct. .. & B J?Bs Huirt‘lzr‘lfnnda‘lr. Sloan. o1 . Serenade, for organ, violin and pisno.... ..Gaun Hessrs. Falk Heyer, and Enopfil 4, Ballad—*Dare I Tell 27, .. Wimmerstedt 5. Solof txambonzun’chhxgunn bligat Belka . Solofor , with organ. obligato....... AMessrs. Braun and Knopfel. ‘PART GECOND. 6. “The Flower Gizl,” Atis. 3ies Ha 7. Largo from Sonato op. organ, violin, a0d DTG ... ... -...... Mesars. Flagler, Meyer and Knopfel. 8, Ave MAHBIN Fuvvrontrenieireensene Z , ‘and double quartetle, oven, Solo Soprano (iss Haatreiter) ith organ and orchestra accompaniment: 9. Rhapsodies HODGTOISES. .ovvvvseererereanas Fo 2fr. Ledochoiraki, 3 10, March and Chorus, from * Tannhauser,” (o5 m“o’,? -Wagner, s The entire list of amateurs who will assist in carrying out this programme is as follows :. Miss Xens Hastreiter and Mrs. Apnie Frencis (so- gvmoa), Miss Ella White and Miss Eate Van ordragen (contraltos), Messrs. Gates, Otis, Ranney, and Bird (tenors), Messrs. Goldsmith and Hale graritunes), Mossrs. Sloan and Bowen (basgos), Mr. Falk (organ), Mr. Meyer (violin), and Messrs, Ledochowski and Flagler (piano). THE TURNER HALL CONCERT. The regular Turner Hall Concert will be given this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, with the following programme: 1. March—*In Love I Think of Thee”. 2. Concert Overture, 3, Waltz—Village § i< 4. Potpourrie—* Musical Charivari *. 5. “Andante Rondo”—Solo for bassoon. (Performed by E. Ulrici). 6. Finale from “Fidelio™..................Beethoven 7. Overture—¢* Merry Wives of Windsor”. ... .. Nicola 8. Potpourrie from “The Grand Duchesse”, Offentach 9. Quadrille—* The Seasons . -.Stransg L 1k, thumul“l; l}gmm will give ouis Falk, the well-known organist, wil another of his recitals this afternoon st the ‘Third Unitarizn Church, corner f Monroe and Laflin streets, commencing &t 3 o'clock, with the Tollowing programm 2 1. Offertoir inD 2. Lsudsmus, B Hiza F. Good: o, freommerey " b | Communion, 48 TS ias 5. Selections from Norma. .. 6. 2’0di oh Modi, from Lu 7. Overture, *Massaniello,”. THE VARIAN CONCERTS. The concerts of Madame C. Varian, who hag appeared in our cvacert rooms on several occa~ sions, will be given st Céntral corner of street, on the evenings of Thurzday and Saturday, Oct. 24 and 26, and on Saturday afterncon. She wilt garden, all afford an opportunity for the display of varied and intense feeling. There is much obout the play that is well conceived, and here end there is s touch of skilful execution. Nothing could be more sensationzl, in tho Brad- don sense of the ferm, than “Whose Wife.” With greater literary ability, tho author might have contended with that lady in her own field, | and he may yet become a-deft playwright with Ppractice mg carefal &chooling. Something might be made of the part of Sardy Capers. Mr, Padget, in his rendering, geemed tQ be assisted by Signor Francesco_Bartolini, whi has supg in the Nilsson and Parepa concen troupes, and & Polish pianist, )Ir. J. doZielinali THE APOLLO CLUB. The Apolle Musical Club, of Chieago, has leased, of the Germania Mwennerchoy, the latter’s leasent and convenient rooms on the corner of Welle and Randolph street, and will hereafter maet there for rehearsal. The club is nowina yrnxg;mus condition, aud will soon make itself well known in this cifs. LS