Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 2, 1873, Page 7

METROPOLITAN MODES. The Coming Winter to Bo a Social Failure. Stroot-Cestumes and Recoption-Gowns-- Amovican Silks Meoling with Frosh Favor, New and Exquisite Robes--Dccol- lotte Dresses Going Outs From Our Ouwn Correspondent, NEw Yonx, Oot, 30, 1878, Thote has been no panio in wenther, this yoar, whatover olso has happeued. < All wo Gothamites ‘go about ssying, *‘ Whatan autumn! Never was fts, like, eeon bofore.,” It appearsas if Nature desired to offer some beautiful compon- sition for the special woes man is just at pros- .ont enduring. Hard aa times. are, nobody can bo uttorly doprossed whon onch day is sucha mino of lfe and brightnees s the days of tho Inst oight wooks. The effoct of tho wonthor on the mind g too lightly rogarded. The state ‘of tho antmosphere is & porfect baromotor of some pereons’ spirita, Life ean't help scoming & doubtful boon in & northeusterly storm, Ofnll soasons, this is the most enticlog to pe- dostrians, especlally to tho shopping class, And thoy who can’t buy go out and look in tho win- dows, trying to make seelngas eatisfactory ns possossing, I think there isnot quite so clabor- ate tirlig on tho streot a8 1s commuion at this sea- 8on ; partly becaugo tho styles are simplo, and ‘partly becauso people sro saving thoir best clothes for some less ruinous purpose. A cortain sort of economy is bolng practiced among even tho opulent clneses,—not at all pinching, to bo suro, bLut enough to show which way tho pecuniary breozes are blowiog. Boclally spoaking, the winter is alrondy forecasted s a failure ; and mony womon of socioty are prepar- ing almost no ‘full tollettes, belioving that in- formal receptions and morning-weddlngs aro likely to bo the only entertainments glven. Everybody feols that thore are more important nnd romunerative investments of monoy than in bally at which nobody can dance, and in’ entor- tainmonts where half the guests aro unablo to discover thoir hoatess. STREET-COBTUMES and reception-drosses nro, therefore, the chiof clemonts of the now wardrobes, The former, thus far, are simplo, and, for the most part, formed of a eamecl's hair polonaise and silk skirt, Were uniformity of toilotte to produce & similar uniformity of thought and focling, the fair Manhettancse would be tho most sympa- thetio ond one-minded of their sox. They havo exchanged the national costumsof black sillk for snother of gray redingote and black potticoat. A strangor might {magine ho had stumbled upon soma secular eistorhood, if ho should pay any at- tention to the majority of fominine promena- dera, It isa thoroughly convenient and sensi- ble fasbion, though, and flrmiy fixed in publia esteem. To have but one suit easily disposcs of the question what to wenr, and loaves the wearer timo for othor mattera. An “invisible"-blue walking-dress struck tho writor's tumfif.\m other day,—its material » $3 Cheney el The akirt, cut after the go-called Fronch round-skirt modol, cleared tho ground nil round. About the bottom—continuing ita entire width— woro laid on, diagonally, alternate threo-inch overlapping folds of the sillk and velvet tho samo shado. Tho folds extondod cighteen inches from the hem. At tho head of the folds behind was o brond fold of the velvet, finished on the upper odge with & doublo cord of silk and volvet. The broad fold reached to thosenms of tha {front broadth, and the onds wers oconcealed by ‘wido rovers, which turned back, as if they were the fronts of an overskirt. Theso wera cordod doubly on the odge, and hold down by velvot buttons, Across tha front breadth wore narrow bauds, twico corded, oxtending the width of them between, from the tog of the {folds to tho balt. The basque had long, aquaro skirts behind, liko o drees-cont slirt, double oords for o fin{sh, and four large velvet buttons on each glirt on the edge next the_middo, front, it hnd two long, narrow tabs, similarly finished. 1t was double-breusted, too,~the lap slanting from the middle of the bolt to a point within an inch of the loft shoulder, A narrow, straight, slightly-flaring collar of valvet stood up in the neck, outside n rufile of fine lace, The sleevoa were, of coarso, coat-shape, with Iarge, square ouffs of volvet. - . AMERICAN SILES meet with new favor thiayoar. Now that wo must buy something that will last' and endure tolorably-bard usage, as well as nnmnflx‘fg that is pretty, their virtuos stand forth. ssgurance that thoy will do ns good servico the second soason a4 the firat is a §mz inducement ; for well wo know that their foreign xivals do nothivg of the kind. Generally spesking, it ia fortunate if tlux bear one wintor's troatment with credit. Although domestic silis have naver attained the lustre aud finish of {he European, etill Iarge improvowments havo beon made in thom within o brief while, and thoy are really hand- somo, though losa 50 than tlie French. i Bovoral Indies of high position in town are. carnestly considoring the subjoct of dispensing with im&mafl goods altogether for & time, and urging thoir sistors in all parts of the country to follow their lead. They rightly believe that much of the monetary strlnfi:cnoy would be re- lievod if the millions” of dollars ‘epent for dry Eoodu were kept in ofrculation hore, instend of oing turned into gold and shipped across the ocean. Lately ehown Ia raodost, and fne ‘enongh fo sut -ely shown i8 modest, and fine ‘enon, sul iho most fastidious. 1t 1a of wino-colorod ailk snd velvet, The demi-trained gkirt is scalloped entirely round tho bottom, and bound with {ho silk. A bins foldof the velvet, an inch-and-a~ ‘half wido, follows the scallops clogo to the bind- ing. On tho sido brendths, boginning at thobelt, are threo ‘bands of velvet, two inches wido, an their width apart. These bands aro carried nearly to the bottom, court-train shape, and end inhand« somorosottosof sillc audvolvet, The bands aroateo finighed with ftinge, the same color. Similar ‘bands, soven in number, are placed across tho tablier, ngrun-uhn o. The walst ia a eloovelces Jjacket of the velvet, with tight sloeves of tho gilk puffed lengthwise from shoulder to walst, This is handsome, and extremely becoming also, A plating of velvet lined with sillc finishes the nock. Iuffles of fine Valonciennes are worn in throat and eleevea ; and it ia almost nnnecessary to 0dd that & set of exquisito garneta are the or- naments . Nobody could call such a tollette extravagant ; and the offect is as rich as any I have scen this month. It is partly tho color, than which none is deeper or more satis- fying _tg the eye; and portly tho woman who Wears it. Ed sring for % brido. thougat to strong] weparing for u bride thou, slrongly roe Somblo the Tuokloss Quaon ot Boots, 1n alyuo: The materials are lilac silk and royal purple vele wet. A short potticont, just touching &e ground of the velvet, ia the baals of the costume, Over this is o long, sweeping skirt of the silk,—a band of velvet, an eighth of & yardin depth, fine ishing tho odge. This elirt 18 looped in gracos ¥ul plaits high on the left hips, and u‘ppunnfly eustaloed by narrow straps of veolvet, that hold » volvet handkarchiof . rotioule embroidered with seed-pearls, Tho walst Is cut in the ®mpross form, ehaping over tho hips not unlike a corset. is untrimmed and buttona bohind,—oach button boing composed of pearls, get in the slightest possiblo drame-work of gold. Tho sleaves are tight to the arm, with full @ufla of velvot at shoulder, elbow, and wrist, Tho neck {afinished by a very full plaiting of volvot, eilk-lined; m:fnlficuut ruflles of old Mechlin lace being the only filting complotion for this peculiar robe, 'Sovero su it is in its abence of rufiles and flounces, it con scarcoly bo considorod as an example of & narrow economy, A DEBUTANTE'S GOWN. A protty dress of eashmero and silk is the latest thing I havo soen for a debutante's dinner- dress, The potticont is of bluo silk, with & kilting half-n-yard deep, ‘The drogs, of white caghmore, _elightly trained, i looped up on both sldes, nnd drawn far buck, 8o as to give tho appearanco of n wriukled but rathor deop “-apron, A kachof blue twilled silk boglus in & bandsomo bow whero the skirt {s looped on the right, 1s ourried Joocely round the ekirt, and tied on the loft; & epray of natural roses boin drawn through tho looso knot. The walst iu cul with long, soft poiuts, and corded with blue haga pointed neck and fraiso lined with hluo, an very oloso coat-slooves, with & double blue pufft ot tho top, and plaited rufiles lined with blue round the hand. * As 8 proper for a girl's dress, the ruches aro of Malines tulle, A “pearl cross on a blaok velvet ribbon {8 the only jewel, and & doltoate bunch of frosh roses and leaves olosos tho fraise on tho bosom, 0DDE AND EXDS. Nooktios aroundor n_ban. Like most things tlint havo done eepeolally good and falthful mot- vico, thoy sra to bo_ thrown aside without a thought, The fraises have usnrpod thoir placo, ond the nonrost approch to them la n clustor of long loops of inch-wido ribbon, with three flying onds, roaching almoat to tho kneos. Many girls now uso a bunch of natural flowers with thoir theatro-hnts, in_ placo of tho spray of ortificial blossoms 8o universally worn under tho rim. The okango 18 vory chisrming, and to sit noar a bovy of maidons s {Hm being in n sum- mor-garden, Fur-trimming on velvet promisos to boa fa- vorito nt{lu for closks, The fursof n grayish onsty—chinchills, ellver fox, oto.,—nore more highly xn?nrdmll than tho brown tinges. After the firat of tho soason,furs in genoral will, prob- :lbly. bo cheaper - than thoy have been for a long me. E Docollotto dressos will bo less worn the coming winter than for many yoars, Whatover diffor- onco of opinion respecting thom on the ground of modoesty, there can bo none on the scoro of health. Womon havo at last diacovered that they cannot wear low-necks in the dopth of winter with impunity, no mattor how warmly thoy aro wrappod, Twe or three ladies have diod hera recontly of Jung troublos, tho result of colds taken while driving Lome from partios. Beveral ladies proposo to give calico-partios in January; taking advantage of the provailing fooliug of oconomy to indulge their social pro- K‘mmmoa in & uniquo and inoxpensive manner, ‘ho supper is to conslst of apples, cider, and nuty; and no Iady is to bo recolved who doos uot adlioro strielly to calico, Funnerow, LITERATURE. £ Philosophical. The second volume of Dr. Frederick Usher- weg's ** History of Philosophy, from Thales to tho Preeont Time," haa been published by Serib- ner, Armatrong & Co. It is translated from tho German by Georgo 8. Morris, Profossor of Mod- orn Langunges in tho Univorsity of Michigan. Tho present * volume: troata of the History of Modorn Philosophy, There are additions by the translator, an nppendix on Euglish and Amerl- can Philosophy by President Portor, of Yalo, and an appondix on Italisn Philosophy by Vin- cenzo Batta, who was Professor, till lately, in the University of Turin. The History of Modorn Phi- 1gsophy is discussed by Dr. Ucberweg under three visions. o considors Modern Philosophy to mean- Philogophy since the discontinuance of the subservienoy to Theology which clisracter- 1zod it In its echolastic form, and ita threo divi- sions aro as follows: 1, The transitional period, beginning with the rencwal of Platonism ; 2, tha cpoch of _empiricism, dogmatism, and skopticism, from Bacon. and_Deslarloa to tho Enoyclopedists and Humo ; and, 8, tho epoch of tho Kantian oriticism, and of tho systoms jssu- h}]:F from it, from Xont till tho presont time. (Hadloy Bros., Ohlcngo.‘) ““ An Outlino Btudy of Man " is tho subject of & work bdv Marlk Horklnn. 1t places the body and mind in one systom, and, os hie states in his proface, it ““ gives o Iaw of construotion for the universo so_faras wo know it, by which the ‘whole, lm:mdinf( ‘man, i brought into ono sya- tom." It also *gives a law of conduct for man that growa out of the construction, and also a Iaw of limitation ihat enables us, as is shown in the author's othor worl, *The Law of Love,’ to carry the Inw of conduct into life.” * Mind and Body " i8 s work on an enlirely differont question, "by Alexsnder Bain, (Pub- lished by D, Appleton & Co.) It troats of tho theorios of their relation. The question, as Mr, Bain states it, is, What has mind to do with braiu-substance, white and gray ? Can any facts or laws rogarding the epirit of man bo gained thron?gh o scrutiny of norve-fibrea and nerve- ccells 7 It tho matter of tho brain were tha only substanco ‘that montal functions could bo attributed to, our knowledgo would help us fittle in luying down 1awa . of connection .botwoon mind and Lody. But such, Mr. Dain #ays, is not the fact, i ontiro bodily systom i in jutimate alliance with mental functions. Ho bogins at the outworks,— at tho organs of sonso nu% motion, with which the nervous systom communicates ; studies their oporation during lifo, and thelr intimate struc- ture ; in this way ho Boeks to find out how thoy act upon tho brain, and how tho brain reacts upon them, and thus compols the colls and fbres to digclose their meaning and purpose. (W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co., Chicago.) ERocent Novels, Benbner, Armstrong & Co, have reprinted from the third Tondon edition * The Blory of Waudoring Willio,” by tho author of “ Effic's Frionds " and *“ John Hatherton.” Holt & Willlams® * Lelsurc-Hour Sories” haa beon enriched by the publication of *A Pair of Bluo Eyes,” by T. Hardy, the graceful and popu- lar English novolist, and of “ Ingraban,” by Gustave Froytag, who necds no word of pralse or introduction. (W. B. Keen, Cocke & Co,, Chicago.) 4 Loyal Unto Death" is the titlo' of an English story reprinted by L. W. Carleton & Co. Tho London Atheneum spoke of this slory in this uncertain ,way: * Wo confess we havo ‘beon somewhat {luzlod by thie story. We nt one time thought it had beon written by the suthor of ‘Guy Livingstone,” at another b ¢Oulda,’ and at wnotherby ‘Whyte Molyille.' ¥ Again it save: “Boil down, together, 'Dh;by Grand,’ ‘Guy Livingstone,’ and ‘Under Two Flags,’ add a flavoring of good, moral maxims, and you have ‘Loyal Unto Death.'” (W.B. Koen, Cooke & Co., Chicago.) D, Apploton & Co, publish * Driven from the Path,” a novel, * edited " by Dr. Charles Bmart, Edvward Garrett, author of * Occupations of & Retired Lile,"iua writton a story ontitled “ Crooked Places,”, It is dodicated fo tho late Rev. Thomns Guthrie, whose friendship, the in- scription says, “ was o treasure on earth, and is now laid up a tronsure in Heaven,” (Hadley Bros,, Ohicago. *“What Oan She Do ?" is the suggestive title of a new story by the Rov. E. P. Rae, the popu- lar author ‘of “Bamriors Burned Away." The suthor says that, if ke were ¥ to dedicato this book, it would bo to those girla who resolve that they will not play the ronx role of Micawber,—their only chance for ife being ihat some one will ¢ turn up * whom they may burden with their !.\elg)lesu woight.” It is an affecting and powerful story of the trials and temptations of lone womanhood, ond touches, plainly and mmonux‘h‘ on a_subject | somewhat diffioult to troat,—* Tho ekoloton in the closet of society." (Hadley Bros., Chicago.) “ Tho Cumberstono Contest,” a thg of American domostic life, is published by Dodd Mead & Co. éflnd.lny Dros., Obicago,) Mra, Ann 8. Biophens, the author of books n;o nuxfiefigfiahg:d mulathi;g lau w'f“wl:ii l:oé.lmr story, o and Bondage,” published b; T, B. Peterson & Dros, Gy 4 —The dolightful storics which T. B, Aldrich has written for tho Atlantio Monthly have bcen ublishod in book-form by Osgood & Co., une er the title of ! Marjorie Daw and Other Poo- 1o.” Tho book contalns Marjorio Daw," * Miss Mehetabel's Son," ¢ Tho Friond of M Youth,"” “Mademoisalle Olgmpo Znbriakie," an sovoral othors,—nearly a dozoninall. (W. B. Kean, Cooke & Co,, Chicago.) s Perfodical Litcrature, Bt. Nicholas ia the title of a new children’s magazine, published by Scribner & Co., New York, and odited by Mra, Mary Mapes Dodge. Mrs, Dodge comes to bor task with ideas of her own. In the July Soribner's she said: Homotimasa I feel liko rushing through tho world with 4wo placards,—one Leld aloft in my right band, *Bo. ware of Ohildron’s Magazines ["—ths other foturished in my loft, “Chili's Magazine Wanted | A good ‘maguzino for tho little oncs was nover 80 much need- o4, and much iarm ia dono by noarly sll thut aro pub- lished, In Englaud, espociaily, tho so-called juvonils perigilcals ara preciily what thoy ought mot fo Lo, n Germany, though bettor, they too often distract mensitive littlo souls with grotosquerie, Our maga- zines tmidly fl{l]i)l’nlc‘l the proper slandard in soms respocts, Lut fall far'short in others, We odit for the npproval of fathers and mothers, aud endeavor to moko thie child’s monthly a milk-aud-water varety of the adult’s periodical,” . But, in fuct, the child's mogaxine needa 0 be stronger, truor, bolder, more uncomproe mising than the othor, Her conviction she declared to be that tho: first number of S, Nicholas s o vory . succossful application of this ratlonal dootzine, It is illustrated in o very ploasing way by Miss Hallook, Sol Eylinge, Miss Ledyard, Sheppard, Btephons, Bollos, Board, andothers, 1ts randing-mattor'ls Lghtuomo, but freo from tho unploasing affectationy of juvonil- ity that distort the pagos of ®o many young. cople’s magazines, Itvontaing pooms by William nl{:m Brysut, Colia Thaxter, Lucy Larcom, and othors., Donald G, Mitoholl writos in his §|ennnt manner about *'Who Wrote the Arablau Nights," “I'he ocontents ‘in full are: ! Introduction,” 3, M, D,; “The Woodmau and the Bandal-Trec" g;uflm) William Culleu Bryant; ‘Bluo Cont y#," Yirginia O, Phabus; *Tommy Hopper's Oholoe " IUuntutod)l Taul Fort I * Little Jinglos" (Tluatrated); “‘An Old-Fashionod Hat; Olivo Thorne; “The %ebm " (Ilustrated) “B’ tho Ren.'" (Four Ilusirations), Noah Brooks" " THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, -NOVEMEER 2, 1873. 't Oh, Nol" 6Poom Tilustrated), M, M, D.} # Wiint the Worm Could and Did Do " (Illna- kntud? Margarot Eytingo; "l‘nuuuygernl’[lfl- cong,* M. T.; “/Grandmothior” (lllummlml), - slo Q: - 'In tho Tree-top” (Pooin), Lincy Lor- com; ““The Enolinnted P’rinco," Robocon I, Davis; “The Farallono Islandora” (two {llustrations), John Lowes; “ Tlormann, tho Dofondor of Ger- many," E, A, Bradin; *Whnt Might Hnyo Boen Exgnulml," Obaps, I, IT, III. (!lhmtmtuflz. Trank R, Btockton ; Anun's Holl," Lucrotia, ¥ Iinloy “An Indinn Mothor” (Ilusirated); ¢ Ya-Sok” Tllustrated), Mary G. Wingato; ** Willy by the rook" (Poomy), "M. M, D,; '*Little' Foll's Page” (with tlireo lllnuh‘nuonn)l “Which is Caught 2" glllunlml.nd 3 *AVinit toa Beo-hive" (Ilustrated), Annio Mooro; ** Under the Light- houno" (Poom), Calia Thaxtor; A Law That Could Not Bo Brolton,” (Illugtratod), J, 8, Btacy; ' Gorman Btory,” for translation l]lustmtnu‘ “Who Wrote thio Arablan Nights 7' Clara, Hancs Domld G. (Illustrated) s *Books for Young Pcoplo;" ** Jaok-in-the-Pulpit” (Illustrated) ; **Thoe Rid- dlo-Box" (Illustrated), 2 T'ho Southern Law Revlew for Ootobor haa tho following contenty: “English and Fronch Las ;" * Tho Linbility of Oarriors;" ** Dowor {n Quali« flod Feon;" ** Coustruotion ;" * Rulos Govumln“ it Coneervatory Proceodings in Loulsiana ““Altoration of Negotfable Instrumonts;” **Di- gest of English Lu\\‘-llup Holocted Di- rost of Btate-Roports ;' of United tatos Supremo-Cburt Doctsions;'" * Digost of Recont Unroported Docisions;" ** Recent Amor= lcan Decislous—in fully" ' * Book-Notices;" ENIOIE?';" “Chart of Bouthern Law-Reviow nion, Tho I'"hrenological Journal for Novembor Lins the following contonts : * The Rev. J. Blanch- ard, D, D., Prosident Whoaton University " (portrait) ; * Tho Woloh, or the Briton, tho In- splrational Rago ;" ** Our Immortality ;" “Ham- lot—A Psychological Btudy ;" ** Growth in Char- gotor and Honrt ;" ¢¢ Conversation About Facea® (Illustrated) ; ** Tho Enrollmont ~Ast—Remin- isconcos ;" ** Monoy—Ita Function aud Require- monta ;" ‘¢ Lottors from tho South—b ;" ** A lication of Art to Dross ;" * Lydin Bartlott Al- Jon ™ (portrait) ; * Wives ‘Who Ienpeok ;" ! Prison-Lifo in Prussis “ Address to Youn, Mon ;" ¢ ho Late Panio ;" * Promature Dovel- opment ;" * Tho Love of Naturg';" Nnthhlfi ow Undor tho Suu ;" * Bir Julius Benodict Hmrmxlt) 1 Y Literary Peddlors;” * Grace zconwood's Boar." . Literary Notes. Honry Holt & Co. announco that thoy have mado arrangoment with the author’s oxecutor to publish tho Autobiography of John Stuart Mill, ‘Tho book will be ready in Novombor. 'TChey also snnounco & uniform edition of Mill's Miscol- lancous Works. 2 ‘Tho minor writings of Mr, Grolo, the publica~ tion of which Mr. Murray announced some time ago, aro to bo oditod by Prof. Bain, of Aberdecn, who will *appond to them critical romarks on Mr, Groto's intelloctual cliaractor, writings, aud specches, Mr. H. yan Laun, the translator of M. Taine's ‘¢ History of Lnglish Litoiature,” is engaged on o vorsion of Mollers which will bo illustrated with thivty original otchings by foreign artists. Mr. Thurlow Woed has the firat volumo of hig autobiography ready for the pross. M, Thiers, it is stated, hos put to press the first pages of the work which ‘will give an ‘ac- count of his Prosidenoy. Louise Mubhibach lonves a work entitled ¢ Yon Koniggratz nach Chisolhurat,” in an unfinished state, Tho Rov. George Henslow haa writton & _book on “The Application of the Principles of Evolu- tion to Religion, " . Lord Houghton adds the following to tho long list of Biduey Bmith’s jokes: ** Of - Lord Macau-~ lay lie said thathe ‘not nul;r overflowed with learning, but stood in slops.’ " « 1t was rocently stated in England that Mr, Dis- raoli’s now novel, showing the dovelopments of Sooialism, was hoarly finished.- “The London Times is forry to learn that it is not even lmgun. Theudore Tilton has for several montha beon hara st work writing anovel. He hns comploted it nt Inst, and annouaced its publication in his Golden Age. Tho title is “ Tompest Tossod: A Love Story.” * ‘The Ban Francieco News-Zeller alludes to Mr. Joaquin Millor as ‘‘the long-haired, greasy howler of the Sierras,” and ridicules lis 'attompt to pres himsclf off upon the Enfillsh public 08 a Enx head-man nmoug the Modocs. A Modoo hief would hoxdly doign to eat out of the same digh with him, it says. Dr. Slrauss, suthor of tho * Lifo of Josus," writos to the editor of the Gegewart, of Berlin: #Sinco Inst spring I have suffored from n disense for which I have sought curo at Carlabad in vain, —a diseaso which phyeiciaus have declared incur- nble, nnd which has compelled mo this long tima to ceaso my literary labors, without the hope of evor being nblo to resume them,"” Tho library of the Khan of Kbiya is now in the Liands of tho Russians, aod a Mr. Kubn, an Oriental scholar, is oxamining it diligonily. The library contains forly historical mmmucri[‘vtu, among which ie o history of the Khans of Khiva. Ono M. de Lancloye 18 the author of a work entitled “Des Causce Actuellos do Guerre on Eum[:n, @t de I'Arbitrage,” in which he discusses tho chances of more grent European wars. He does not believe that peaco societios and arbitra- tion are going to eavo tho world, but predicts that, towards tho cnd of this contury, Europe will bo transformed iuto o rogular macisirom of war. An important worlk is boinfi ireuod h{, R. Clarke & Co, in Fislioer’s * Patent Reports," by William H. Fisher, law-partnor of the lato Commissioner, of Patents. This outerprise is to collect into two or more volumes all tho casea m!ntin? to gnlunts ewbraced fu the numerous roports of the uprems and Circuit Courts of tho United States since 1850. A now work may shortly bs expected from tho on of Bir Hnm}' Maino. It is called * The Early History of Institutions, Moro Partieularly ns INlustratod by tho Irish Brehon Law,” and will be published by Mr. Murray. The Cologno Gazelts says that M. Ronan's ublisher at Prague, Horr Steinhansor, ias pub- Flc]y declared Lis remorse for Lis share in_the publication of that author's books, At Herr teinhausor's roquent the declaration hes boen published in the Prague newapapeis. In Forguson's “* Rudo 8tone Monuments™ he undertakes a reconstruction of his great work on architecture, on which he is laboriously work- iog. The next volume to bo published will bo “The Modern History of Architeoture," in which tho publio buildings of tho United Btatos will, for the firet time, bo placed in comparison’ with thoso of other nations. A full report of the procdodings of the Evan- golical Allianco, with speochos and addresscs complete, under the editorship of Dr, Phnlif Behatt, will be published by Harpor & Broa, I will probably make an octavo of at lenst 1,000 agea. B assell, Pettor & Galpin will sliortly publish “Notable Bhipwrecks," contalning popularly- told narratives of all tho romarkable shipwrecks « that bave occurred, from the wreck of the old Royal Goorgo to the loss of the City of Wash- ington, last July. + G. P, Putnam's Sons have nearly ready for ublication Haydn's ‘' Dictionary of Dates,” by Ben]nmin Vincent: the fourtoenth edition, ro- vised, enlarged and brought down to August, 18785 to which is added au ** Amerlcan Bupplo~ ment and Blographioal Index," propared by G. P, Putnam, A. M. One largo 8vo. voluma of ovor 1,200 pages, Mr, Georgo Smith has just discovered the fragments o? an anclont Assyrian cannon, from tho Babylonian copy of ths much contested oanon of Berosus wns unquestionably derived. The importance of this relio to ohronologists can scarcely be over-estimated, Prof, Ohristliob'a paper on ** Modern Infideli- ty,” which was porhapy the fincat of all thoso road bofore the Alllance, is to bo published in & soparato volume immediately by the Harpors, with portrait and memoir of its author, Drot Harto is at work again, e Is busy at a Ohristmas story for Seribner's: *“How Old Man Plunkot Went Home,” of which part of the M8, I8 alroady in tho printor's houds; and has com- ploted one of the longost of his dialoot pooms, Bid to bo vory charaotoriatie, dolivate, and ton- dor: ‘' Luko—In Colorado Park—1878," which will appear in the Decambor Seribner, Tourguoneff, the famous Russian novelia, is eald tobo quite broken down by recont mia- fortunes. %vumn a yoar his wife and only dnufimur have diod; by the failuro of his Parisian banker most of his earnings have hoon swept awny ; and a nephow to whom he was grently attackiod, and who was groatly Indebtod to Iim, has boen sent to prison for outragoous felonics, The poor novalist writes very littlo now ; as ho 8ays his stories, reflecting his own hoart, aro too gombro, Tho Saturday Revlew pronounces its oritical {ud’gmsut of Nr, Beward's funthummm Dbool, + Wrayals Round tho World,” thua + * If we bind expocted loss from tho baok we should probably hove cousidered it o favorabla spocimen of Amer- loan bookis of travel, Noltuor himeolf nor his companions appear to hnve made any offective use of their poculiar opportunitios of obsorvas tlnn.h Thex‘)oumeynd, 88 Amoricans mostly do, a hurry, The vohorable Fronch statosman Guizot has Just comploted his 80tk year, and now in his old Bgo passos_hie timo in literary pursuits,’ His lome is at Van Jecher, and here he rises at 6’ inthewmoruing, and works st teholl; “Tho Btory of Tom Gip | Littlo Ohlldron” until broakfnst, Thon ho takes awalk in his garden, attondod by his ohildron nud grandobildron, and in the aftornoon ho writos again, passing the evening tn soclal en- I Ox . Frotbinghim has fciahed o # L Mr. 0. B, Frothingham has flnished tho o of Thoodoro I'arker,” snd tho M8, {a in the printor's banda, 1t will make an actave volimo of somo 600 pagos. Mr. Trothinglinm lns hnd nocess to & mnss of matotind that Mr, Wolss did not koo, and, in the ton yonra that have elapsed eince tho apponarance of " hils worl, passions linve cooled and prejudices have died asay, and it s onsfor to appreciato tho charnotor of the man aud the significanco of his lifo, .Gen, Josoph E. Jolnston will E“bllah shortly a'work upon the Iate War, in which he will ro- viow tho ovonta which imniodiatoly precedod hin romoval from tho command of tho armios which woro opposod_to Gon, Bhorman fn-Goorgla and Tonnosoo, It will bo an ootavo volume, om- bellishad with portrnits of distinguished ofticors nlud maps of vorious sconcs of miltary opora- tiona, Michaol Angelo's family having died out this onr, thoir papors havo becomo the proporty of ha Ttalian Governmont, and all tho commonta- tors on tho gront man's pamtiugs, slatues, and pooms aro antleipating a rare treat from thoir publication. I'rof, Milsuesl has beon ontrusted with tho duty of oditing thom, and the fourth contenary colobration of tlio mnestro’s birthday (March 6, 1876) hns beou fixed for the day of thoir appoaranco. Phillp Gilbert Mamorton 18 89 yoara of ago. iln booits, which have bxunghl lilm both monoy and fame, are ' Thoughts About Art," * A Pain- tor'a Camp 1n tho Highlands,” * T'ha Intolleotual Lifo," ¥ Loch Awo and Othor Poems,” and a valuablo work on tho art of olching, Ile wna art critio of tho Saturday Rericw for soveral years, His monthly periodica), tho Porifolio, ia vory usoful to.art-students, and is .especinlly strong on etching ilnstrations. ploco by Dulzao, boaring tho deseriptive titlo of “Tragedio Bourgeolso," lins beon discoy- ored and }s soon produced at ono of tho Pas thontros, but not until it has beon subjected to somae such process of rovision and condousation 88 both *¢ La Maratro” and **Moreadot " had to pass through boforo they were considered fit for roprosentation, It e snid to contain more dra- matio sconos than are to bo found in any othor of Balzao's works for the stago, One poculiar trait in the character of tho Poot Lauroate s his unusunl shrinking from activo lifo pud public view, Tho world knows little of his lifo—it kmows him by his poems, It has ovi- dontly been Mr. Tonnysou's desire to cscapo ob- sorvation, and he succeeds in doing so vory thorongnly. Fow strangors gain sccost to him, and copeoquently many ill-natured stories havo boon nlm\&ntod ot his oxpenso, Ong ancodoto, however, not particulatly ill-natured, will beat ropeating, A woll known Prince of the Houso of Brunswick naturally familiar with Mr. Tennvson’a shrinkiog Libits, yot suxlous to pay bis respocta to the poot, In tho neighborhood of whoss home in_tho Islo of Wight ho_found himgolf, made n call unsccompauied and strictly incognifo. A ago como to thodoor: *“Who shall Ieay?” *The Princo of Wales,” was tho roply. Where- upon the o, putting bia right thumb to bis nose, playfully observed, ‘' Ial yos ; Princo of Wales. Wa kuow s trick worth two of that!" and slammed tho poot’s door in his Royal High- noes’ faco. 2 A first installment has just nppunmd in Lon- don of_a work which Mr. Harbort Speucer onti- tlos * Dorcriptive Boclology,” and which conslsts of groups of soclological facts which 3r. Bpencor has clossified and arrauged. It js to Lo published also in Amorica, but, will not appear thero for gomo timo, The work is dedieated *To my American Friends, fu recognition of the enconr- ngemont I have roceivod from thoir onrly-shown and long-continued intorest in My Works,” No- ‘body who knows Mr, Sponcor and has heard him talk on such mattors will doubt tho sincerity or tho warmth of foeling ho thua gracofully ox- rosses, for Mr. Spencer’s popularity in tho %nitM Statos has buon more oxtensive than in Ingland. That hio himself has beon gratified by the numbor of his readors across tho Atlantio 18 abundantly proved by this dedication. The Athencum annnouuces that ono of the mysteries of Bhakepoare's lifa is at longth solved. The solution has boen found in a unique sories of documents, the discovery of which by Mr. Halliwoll was made kuown soma time sinco. These docaments included lists of the original propriotors aud sharers of tho two thoatros with which Shukspoare was connected, Ilis nomo is not in those lists. Mr. Halliwoll has now givon the toxts of tho passages in which Shakspearo is montioned, and which Lo considers far more in- toresting éhan anything of tho kind yot brought to light. "“The” sons of James Burbagoe aro spesking in an_ aflidnvit. They fell us that, after relnquishing their theatrical spoculns tions in Shoreditch, thoy ‘bnilt tho Globo with summes of money taken up at intorost, which lsy boavy on us many yeeros, aod to our- golvos weo joynod thosa. deserveing men, Shakepore, ‘Homings, Condall, Dhillipy, end others, partnors In the profitles of that thoy call the Houso.' As to tho DBiackirinrs, thoy say, +Our fathor purchnscd it at oxtromo rates, aud mado it into o play-houso with great charge and troble, which after was leased out to ono Livans, that firat sett up tho boyos commonly called tho Queones Majesties Children of the Chappoll j— In processo of time, tho boyes growing up to beo mon, it was considored that houso would beo fitt for oureelves, and soo purchased the lonse re- muining from Evans with our monoy, nd %lnced mon playors which wore Homings, Con- dall, Bhakspearo, and Richard Burbego.' 'These important evidences contsadict all rocont theo- ries and opinions respeoting Shakspoarc's busi- ncss connection with the thoatres.” Tho most complete account of the history and geography of Khiva that has yob appeared has just beon published in a brochuro from tho Gor- man press at 8t Potorsburg, by Horr Lerch, who bimsolf has formorly mado s closo porsoual acquaintanco with the' country. From brief reviow of it by Arminiua Vambery, wo learn that the Oriontal historianas of mddluksinr—l\.mhmu, of couruo, chicfly—hnve never bofore been ran- oacked to such good effect as concerns this Khaoate. Tho former condition of the groat onsls which the Amu-Daris forms in & much greator desert,—and Khiva, or Kharezm, is this onsia and nothing moro,—hna nover boen so clearly followed out. Herr Lerch undortakes, “smong other parts of his task, to disprove the thoory of Rawlinson na to the former drying-up of tho Aral ; but his roviewer judges that ko Lore fails. The Iattor Klrt of the lustory is greatly sbbroviated, but this is a diroct consoquence of tho absence of any proper records during a ]wrlod of constant potty commotiona and revo- utions. Tha prosont abjook poverty of tho Khanate, and its patent causes—tho unruliness of tho Uzbega and tho raids of the Turcomans —are olearly, though shortly, explained by Herr Lorol, Rodorich Bonodix, the familiar dramotist whom Gormany has just lost, appears to buve been un enrnost student of Shakspearo, but i a eonBo very opposita to that in which meny distinguished writers of lis, conu- try "havo beon such. All the leisure he conld .eparo from his constant work for the ‘slage—and tho forty odd dramas he producod must have taxed his timo, as well a8 powers, soveroly—seems to have been glven to carof: criticism of our great poot's works, and tho ro- sult hns como to his excoutors in_the shapo of & MB. volumo, recently completed, ‘‘Against Shakspoaromania,"—a “title w[\l«h of itsolf dis- closes tho object of the writor. Thoso who have privately viewed its pages, which are to appear ghortly ~ from Cotta’s publishing house, at Btuttgord, stats that it goes over the wholo body of Bhakspeare’s works, and ‘examincs thom in dotail with the expross object of proving to the author's countrymen, out of the mouth of the immortal tragedian himself, how wrong Lho; are, a8 well as iow unpatriotic, to rato the Bar of Avon abovo the two Giauts of Woimar, e Lias no patience with the favorito doscription of the formor's supremaoy by his German admirers as the “ unaitained and unattainable Bovoreignty of Poots;” and tho work undoriakes, from actual comparison of passages, to prove Schillor aud Gootlio at loast tho equal of tho worshiped foroignor, Paor Bonedix lived just to completo Lis eolf-get tox, though not to givo it to the world ; and, were ho yet living to roply, we would only eay to him”what wo say uow, that tastos aro hardly matters for sot argument, and it {a not wo in England who have caused Gor- mans voluntarily to bestow on our poot the Kingship of the literature of all tino,—TPall Matl Budget. T TS MISMATED COUPLES. Matrimony docs not change human charactor toany great extont, it suy; and, whon two poraona of ossentially antagonistio noture are unfortunately united in its bonds, it is only by the exerolto of natural forbearauce that thoy can hopo to live togethor in poaco and unity. In- tolloct, therefore, should nevor mate with im- beollity, nor principle with immorahty, nor purity with grossnoss, No good evor comes of such unions; yet they take plnco every day. Passion blinds tho judgment in thoso cases, and, whon the love-lamp goos out and the ordiuary duylight looke iy, ono of tho couple, at least, is suro to stand aghast at the rentition whioh It rovoals. , T'he most foolish (hing that & fool can do is to ‘marry & Lighly.-gified woman, His vanity (for oll wesk men are vain) is sure take firo at the b **History for by ) digogvary, whioh will aoon ko forqed upop him ‘tively from in spito of his ptupldity, that his wife 18 hin sue perior,. It hoia of a brutal nature, ho will en- denyor to sholtor his natural inforfority behind his mnrdtal authority, and taunt and tortitro tho oot bolng who, Ly Tight of nind, if not by Inw, 8 his superior, 1If, on tho contrary, ho falls helplersly into the position of o depondont, and submits quiotly to Bo gulded and governod by the stronger nnturo to which Lo has bound him- #olf, ho will nlmrly Lo piticd and desplsed. In olther caso ho will'havo causo to regret that ho marriod abovo his intolloctual dogree; and tho Indy, that sho stoopod to cunrlnur. Moro unfortunato still nro those misunlona in which bnsoness iu mado the yokofellow of vir- tue. Love, or anything approaching to it, ia im- poseibla in such contingencies, Who respocts whatis gross and sensual 7~ Who can_fool any offeation for what is vilo and mean? Not all the marrisge-yows that ovor woro made beforo o priest or deacon can compol tho bLenrt to an al- legianco 8o monstrous, Nor is the low-gouled man, mismated with o lofty-minded, pure-hoart- ed womnan, much loss misorablo than she. 1o is not cnpablo, indoed, of tho anguish™ to which lhor shamoe and consclousnces of dogradation continunlly subject hor; but, _according to lis cwrish nnturo, ho suffers. It has been well sald of such a man, that ho becomos wrotched whon tho iden dawns upon him that the womau who doos his bidding ond submits to his humors is his suxiorlar and ought to bo his lord ; that she can think of & thousand thoughts boyond the. powor of his muddiad brain ‘; hat in’ tho hoad on the pillow opposite to iim la o thousand foolings, mental mystorics, latont scorns and robelltons, whoreof he only dimly porcolves tho eoxistonco ns thoy look fur- hor oyes; tropsures of love doomed’ to perish withont o Land to gathor thom; sweet fancios and images of benuty that might grow and unfold themsalves into flowers § Dright wit, that might glitter like dinmonda could-it bo brought into tho sun; and the tyrant In ponscasion crushos tho outbronk of all thosa, drives thom back into tho dungoon ond darknons, aud ovon thon chafes at tho thought that his sworn bondwoman {8 robellious,—his wrolched pubject undutiful and refractory at heart, if not in deed. ) P 0Oit10Aq0, Oct, 30, 1673, A BUFFALO-FIGHT. From the Kanaas Mapazine. Appearances indicated that this shaggy old follow had boen mnking & very good fight of it for sovernl days. I daropny that in iho main- tenanco of his social status ho had gonoe buok into the hord and stared at his descendants, und pawed and gronned, ns much as fitty times. Tho long hair upon his huge neclk was tanglod and pulled until tufts of it lung loose and un- kompt. The outer fibres of is hugo black horns huog in filaments and eplintors, IIis wicked Ht~ tlo oyos had a reddish glare, and his beard was limp and froth-webt boneath his chin. Nor wos this oll. Bundry long, obliquo, hairless lines appeared on his flauk, and ko put his loft forofoot down tenderly, vory likely romembering, at tho spmo time, & square jounco ho had got yostorday on tho shoulder from somo strong- neckoed youngster that had taken it upon Limsel? to whip his father. He stood o littlo upon tho outslirts now, his head towards me, protending to et grass. It was 88 nico herbage as o bull, whose teeth woro probably none of the very boet, could wish— tho firat toudor growth of tho oarly spring, But still ho did not secwm to enjoy ik, At in- torvals of n minute or so ho would look round quiokly over his shomlder and groan, snd stand thinking, and then protend to eat ognin, To this disiressful pantomimo tho ton thousand shaggy grazors paid not the least attention. They wero busy. I could bear: them croppiug the grass, a8 I Iy there, with & continuous rasping sound. It was only too evidont that of all those cows whom ho bad so ofton combod iuto curliness with his long touguo of sunny mornings, and led and lieraed and fought for; of nll the littte, stupid, hump-backod, stump-tailed calves, his own oft- spring, there was not ono who did not wish himn Hapoasd of necorling to bufTaly. doktiny, oF Who cared how soon Lis last fight with tho coyotes waa over, and his monumental skull left stand- Ing upon its jogged base on the bleak hill-top, with #carco 8o much as a thigl-bone or a tuft of brown lair by way of obituary, But this old ono waa still a buffalo and n bull, and o iopt auoptitiously galting noarer and nearer to the ragged bordor of the herd, Presontly a calf came towntds him slowly and in on invoustigatory sort of way, its littlo black noso- wot and wrinkled, its littlo brown flanky distendod with fullnops, and ths white milk- froth de})undixlg in long threads from its mouth. Gradually and slowly hie wont up to his fathor, and the two had 1““ touched nosos amicably when tho niothor also took it into lier head to be friondly, and cuno too. Then came anothor cow, and onothior, and prosonly quito a little wing of the herd had gathored there, and the battered old warrior looked around him com- lacontly, This Lind of thing had doubtless Euppnrmd 50 often tlat I wonder ho did not seom to think of tho repult, but he didnot. He might have known that ho lid arrived at that 130 whon tho young bloods of the hord would not look complacontly uyon his hoary gal- lantrics, Ho wns simply laying the plans for anothor fight, and tho trouble began in the very midst of Lis contont. A follow sa big s tho old ono must have seon this eocinl gathering from somo distance, eud threw out cortain intimations of lis ap- l)rnnch by little pufls of dust which flow high m 1o air abova the crowd, and by ominous short- ings and lugubrious groans. The old ono stop- ed chewing witha fireen mouthful betweon his ips, and listoned, 'Tho cows looked round with tho complacont oxprossion which aeemed to sny that the fight wae none of theirs, and crowded off upon either sido, and vory goon tho antago- nists’ stood facing oach othor, Tho old boy straightened out his wls&nf a tail to a line with his back, gathored his four black hoofs together, arched his spino, and placed his nose closo to the sod, shaking his huge hoad s thongh hie wishod to eatisfy himsolf fnally of its freodom from any entanglomont which would hindor him from juat tossing that ambitious youngster over his back and breaking him in two. 'he other camo slowly, twisting bis tail from side to side in semicirclos which™ woro vurfi doliberato aud grand for so small an organ, o took pains to make it distinctly appear that every hair he wore was aogry, Ilis cyos rolled in ‘constantly in- cronsing redness. Ilis blaok, sharp liorns were encrastod with earth gathorod whilo hohadboon tearing the sod in ecstasy of valor, His nostrila were distonded, and no ‘halted in his slow ad- ‘vanco to toaa the broken sod high over his shoul- dory with his pawing, Hewas, In a natural way, » tacticlan, Ho mado flauk’ movomonts, and turned his uhufif;y sides, first one and thon the othor, toward his huge antagonist, But this by-play of battle only hindored the {inal onsot,—thoy by no monns intended to take it ont invaporing, The challenger advanced within some four foct, gemnfi angrier and an- grlor as bo came, Suddouly thora ~was o orash which had jn it somothing” Homerlo, One rat- tling onset of that kind leaves one in no doubt a8 to why tho short, sirong horns of the buffa- loos have & splintored appearance at the apices. Thon thore was a long, ~steady push, in which every tondon of the lmio Dbodies was strained to tho uttormoat. Thon thoro was a strategic eas- ing off, thon a suddon, gladintorial thruat, which ressed the huge hoads to the ground in an oven alanco of strength. Noithor boast dared relax o musclo or rotreat an inch, for fonr of that fatal uhnl(}u upon the flauk, or_ that dangerous twist of tho neck, which mesns dofeat. And now the cows roturncd and looked compla~ contly on, and the very calves bogan to shuke thoir heads in tho firs€ vague instinot of com- Dbatlveness inspired by tho battlo of the bulls, And the young lordlings of tho hord distonded thoir nostrils aud oloyated their tails, but for- boro any interforenco, It was a duol n l'ou- tranco, A momentary rolaxation of the tre- mendous strain only resuited in the elhaggy Lioads coming together again with a dull thump, and o renewal of tho dogged pushing which might have moved a froight train, It was s mattor of luugs and endurance, and tho white froth began to drop in long, tenacious strings from their lips, and the red oyes to fi"“ dim] through what seomed clots of blogd. I coul hear the labored breathing where I lay, and soo the tendons stand out aorogs tho thighy and along the thick neoks, But this dord ot of strength could not last nl- ways, Ivery momont of timo wae tolling disas- trously upon the shorter wind and doosying awrength of the old crusador, who stlll fought for tho loves of his youth, His foot slippod, and the inlelligonce of this slight disaster seomod to roach his antagonist quickor than a flash of light, No gladintor ever urgod his ad- vantaga more suddenly, Thero was a huge lunge, a sound of horns uuflplug upon each oth- or, n spring forward, and tho horn of flmgonn 3 or bull had mldnnmklug upward stroke throug! his autagonist’s flank, Tho fight now bLecame brisk, Again and -ginln tho old ono turned and tried to mako tho old stand of head to hend, and a8 often his more activo antagonist oaught him bohind tho shouldor wufi the ro acuto koon msonso of agony .of defentin his eyo, and tho blood trlv,Eupx . is an imponsibility. from the long wounds In _Lis flanks, o atill ro- fusod to bo conquored, With fatling strongth and limba which rofusad any longer to sorve Lim, Lo finally stood at_bay, with opon mouth and hanglng fonguo, unablo to fight and dis- dnining “to” rotroal, 1lia antsgonist prshed him, and Lo yiolded doggodly, 1lo mads no attompt to Bhiold hi flank, and _pltifally ondured all that camo, 'The_ariginal plan of non-interforenca woa abandoned, nns tho young lords gathorod around bim, and snorted ond shoolk their hoade, and gave him an ocon- slonal ‘"? In tho riba by way of oxprossing tholr contempt for him., Tho cows camo and annffod at him, and indulged in apitoful fominino buts and walked away, Their mannor implied that thoy lind alwnys rogarded him as a dieagroonblo old mnft, nud thoy were glad ho finally under- slood their heartfolt seutimonts in regard to him, Through all this the old follow stood nnresigt- ing, whippod, but stlll obstinato. thoy allloft him to himuelf, and tho herd wan- dored furthor away, Ho did not even look aronnd ; ho was probably forcod at lnat to accopt hin sontonco of banishmont, and go aud live as long n8 Lo conld alone, and fight bis last ight with the coyoton, nnd dlo. But that calf camo out to soe him again, I say tha! calt, beeauso it soomed to mo the snmo that had brought on this lnst unfilnnsnntnozs, though for that mattor thoy are all alike, The calf came nnd arched jts back and pawed, and clovatod its nino-inch tail in front of him, and avo him to undoratand by the plainest kind of anguago that it hold iteclf In roadinoss to give him o most tortihle drubblng, if Lo had not al- rondy had enongh. It was comioal to sco him imitato tho netions of Lis seniors, whils the poor old bull did not g0 muoh ag look at him, But his calfship was inclined to push mattors, and finally mado a pnss which plnoed his foolish head with n considerablo {hump sgainst tho soft part of the old man’s nogo. Then ho stood o momont with tho air of laving hurt himaelf s littlo, and toddlod off to his mothor. The old ono did not movo an Inch, and soomed hardly to notico this babyish peraeontion. But I sugpeet it broko his hoart. Io wandered, 1imj ing and slowly, down toward the sodge, and I Jay there forgaftul of the long army muslot ho- sido mo, rogrotting that thero had boon no ono olso thero bot with_daring the battlo, or to stand up liko a man and confirm this story aftor- wards, 'Tho snn roso high over tho prairio, tho wind voered, thoro wns o sudden panio, and tho, herd vanished boyond the hills, loaving me to” plod baolt to camp, pars L e MY LADY-LOVE. Oh 1 whon T #eo the rosa's brenat Now-opcacd {o {ho ardont alr, 1t 'minds mo of & chealk {mpressod Wilh falror tints than gatlior thoro, And when I 800 tho summor-tido Reflect tho hoavens that areh abovo, ‘Then Memaory recalls besido "Thino az1ro oycs, my lady-love, Thy lips I ace whoro rubles glow Thy tresacs in tho woven gold ; Thy bosom in tho drifted Aoy, As whilo, 8 puro,—alos | 03 cold, Thon bo not crucl, tor dony Thy favor to my fond doapair; No longer bid me hopoloss sigh} But, Indy, bo as kind as fair, CuanLes NonLE GREGORY, = e SCIENCE AND RELIGION. Map1sox, Wis,, Oct, 20, 1873, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune Bm: In your daily issue of tho 25th isa vory interesting articlo entitled * Religion and Boienco.” In common with the writer, I have not nccopted tho assumption of soientiftc man, that tho sun is an immense burning mass of the naturo of heat that comes from an ordinary fire, whether tho combustion proceeds from wood, coal, or gases. Wo all know that a sereon of any sort interposod betwoen o heated stove or open fire and our bodios mitigates to somo extont tho effcct of the heat ; whorens, in tho case of the sun’s rays, it is woll known that a contrary effeot is oxporionced. If we should enter a room the sides aud roof of which wero composed ontirely or largo punes of glass, on n bright, sunny (but othorwise cold) ‘wintor's day, we should find the temperature inside this room much Tighor than the tomporature outside, To intor- poso a lnrgo pano of glass botwoon a glowing 1iro and our bodics would have an entirely diffor- ent offect. The intonso heat obtained from the concentration of the sun's rays by an ordinary lens is anothor illugtration of tho peculinritiéa of the sun's hoat. I bave no doubt that somo scientific individual will demoustrate, by quoting nomo oxperimental illustrations, that heat from ordinary combus- tion 43 tho samo kind “of heat e8 tho suo-rays. Woe have read somae sccount of tho concontration of heat by reflection from sundry mirrors ; but tho hent obtained from tho sun's rays, sfier passing {hrough the window-pane or lens, is an cntirely difforont sort of hent, and, to_my unscientiiic mind, i{s only comparablo to ordinary Leat after it Lins passod the same test ; which i all know Thero is no concontration of heat {n tho sui's raya in passing through & common pane of glass ; it stands as a fact that, at tho least, tho pnne of glaas does not intor- pose any obstaclo to the warmth of tho sun- rays, whoreas it doos intorpose an obstacle to tho pgnsngo of the roys of hoat from an ordi- nary fire. Your correspondent remarks: '* Atall times, astronomers have, with fow oxceptions, inst-ad of being led by tho light and truths of thoology to establish the truths of scienco, sought, by tfie (supposed) truths of sclonco, to overthraw thoso of theology; or, when this could not be dono, they have, with many roservations and groab caution in expression, admitted that the truths of sclence, aftor all, were in harmony with thoso of thoology, and tuat, by and through confirma- tlon, conviction gainod more strongth and cor- roboration.” 1 do not exaotly understand low an sstrono- mer can be Ied entirely by thelight and truths of theology. We know of no_theological authority for asserting that tho carth is a globe, or that the earth revolves around tho sun. Many cen- turies intervened bofore it was discovered thnt it was nocessary for the oarth to stand still, and not the sun,.that Joshua might comploto the Frent slaughtor of tho Amorites. A high theo- ogleal suthorityin the Romish Ohurch—the Pope —~came very near extinguishing Galileo becaunse ho aseerted that tho earth was o globe and ro- yolved around tho sun. We do not claim that it is an impossibility or an improbability that the Boriptural translations may have lod to this Booming error ; yet 1c is a fnct that the discovery of tho rotundity of the ecarth's surface was in no wise brought about by rovealed theology. The reyealed theology of tho New Testament, contained in tho bth, Gth, and Tth chaptors o 8t, Matthow, aro simplo and comprehensive to tho dullest mind, and, in my opinion, are ample for all purposos of snlvation, and will never confliot with the truths of science, Wa do not o:geet to find thoologians &peuulnfivu or scholastic) in entiro accord with seientiats or sstronomers, The latter class have for conta- rios battlod with tyrannical aund ambitious theo- loglenl Erulntuu, and it i but natural they slould be led into extromes from this long-os~ tablished enmity., Thers is some *‘common- sonse " existing among thoso acientists, as woll ns among tho unloarned; and it teaches thom (a8 woll as millions of sympathizers) tuat I)ro!osaom of divinity (who, I presume, are thoo- oglans in every sense); as & rule, aro more busily engaged in sprwjlng donominationalism than the eimplo dootrines of Jesus Chriat; and that the performanco of our moral duties are too often walved for the hollow observauce of ritos ond ceremonios that have nothing whatever to do with the salyation of tho soul, ~ Our thoologi- cal friends aro thus found to be “"“'Efi'( t] o iply-~ world over, for soctarian precodenca; m I tho rollgions soots untll Chriatinnity 1 prse- tioally disorganizod. Tt is truly & sorrowful thing to see Christlan people make their religlon & hollow protenwo ; quarreling about non-ossentinl things, aud ig- noring tho fact that aalvation rests on simplo falth in and following Jesus Olrist, Good men, the world over, have recognized this fact, and tho - Imposaibillly of roconolling the Jargon of oreeds and opinions, aud have, therofore, quietly and unostontatiously done’ their good deeds’; bave endeavorod to deal justly and honorably with all men ; to live upright and virtuous lives; and, whon the timo came for parting carfhly tlos, calmly ¥(nldeu to tho inex- orable, with an unfalioring trust in tho mercles of tho Redoemer, 8 It solentists and natronomors Liave so uniform- H atirrod up the wrath and hostility ot the igologinng a8 appears to bo tho case, tho oute sido world mny({sh profit by the antugonism, and wish & godspoed to the right; but fhu man is blind indeed who cannot see that the power of the prieathood ia broken; that.the coming wan will do muoh of s own thinkiug, o faras it may appoar to rest on the foundation of Nature and Reason ; and that a religion bosed upon & practical observance of tho eimple requirements of tho roliglon of Jesus, and a consoquent moral and upright life, will tako tho place of a moro profession which tesches that a religlous life may bo distinot from a moral ono,—the formor mora easeniial than the latter ; and that an out- ward avowal of certaln ayticles of faith ia an eagentinl to salyation, 8, Gradually ' Recruit Thelr Companiecs. Trom the Pall Mall Gazetls, In tho months of August and Soptember, ' manpgors—operatio and theatrical—scour Eue! ropo {o recriait thoir companies, it is an ex« ciling and busy sonson to those who manage operns, for tho competition aftor tenors and/ prime donne has reached such a point of koen« noas that cleotioneerlng 8 mild In compnrison, Tn tho good old days tho Atrgglo goncrally 1y, bolwoen tho manngers of the London operas and ihoso of tho Itullan houso in Paris; but for tho Inat fifteon yenra Paris hns boon nowhore in the running. * Its rosources woro too amall to allow of it monsuring pursos with London; 80 it foll into the habit of “lotting London try the’ now slugers flist, engaging them afterward, whon they were successos, for th winter monthe Deforo tha English senson oponed. On tho other hand, eapitals which formorly nover thonght of biring lending singers until thoy had gradunted in Parle or London, now enter the market on purs vuculnurm i nod Bt Dotersburg, - New Yorl, Vienun, Rio do Jansiro, and oven Oalro bid againgt caoh othor a8 best thoy can by dint of oraft and guineas. The most conspiouous result of the now sys- tom—n result which, howaver, will only be fully apparent in & fow yeara—is tho steady dotoriora~ tion {n tho quality of singors ; for a new tenor or rimn donna of promiec is no sooner signaled I‘hnn he or she is ponnced upon sud car- rlod off boforo the volco haa had time to acquiro, stylo or powor. Honco failures innumerable.! Tfin tonor caught too youug and sob to sing for . high wages in 5 monstor houso yelps bhis voica into shreds in half a yoar; whilo the prima-don-' no, having doveloped into o firat-class sercechor,, vanishes in disgraco and incurably hoarse. ‘This was not tho onsa whon oporatio nursorios oxisted, to which managors resorted, as garden~ ers do to bot-houses, watching the fruit mature vlowly., Tho thoeatres in the smnll Ducal Courts! of Germany, producod good singors as rogu- latly and ‘a8 guroly ns eunshine and rain_do pgrapes; so did tho little operas nt Parms, Modens, and Floronco, and those two_richest among consorvatorics. the Beala at Milan and tbo San Carlo at Nnples. Nelthor was it always easy to coax away favorite: peorformors from theso cities, i In Germany & Court chamberlain had gonere ally to bo nogotinted with, If tho singer wero a man,~gay,s good bass,—he would bo tied down by some stupendous ongagoment—tionty years, with the prospoct of a poneion and docoration nbthoend; it o Indy, she would bo tho mors anatle ‘sponss of tho Duko -himsolt or his rothor, ond these distinguished personnges would mako n fass which it would necd tho in- tervontion of tho foreign mansger's Minister to .smooth away. Occasionally a manager had to make a very speady oxit from tho city whenco ho Dhad tried to boguile a morganatic soprano,. and it wns ono of _thoso improsarii who, to re< ‘vengo himsolf for being ordered to quit & dimin« utive prinocipality within 24 hours, answered,| “Oh, cortainlyl it won't tako minutes.” In Italy tho obstacles wore moro democratio than in Germany, for asinger who was thor-' oughly popular led such s pleasant lifo of it us to fool’ littlo inclination to go clsewhore. A prima donoa at ihe Ban Carlo was known ond beloved by all tho lazzaroni. BSho re- coived deputntions and public presonta on her birthday, waa choered and universally bowed to when sho appoared in tho streots. If sho woreill the matter bocame a State con- corn, aud there wasno_ond to tho rojoicings and affectionately familiar rejoloings that groot- od her return to healtls. It was much the same with o favorite tenor, who ranked- in somo ro- speots a8 o public charactor; for if an insurrec- tion occurred in one of tho cities undoer Austrian rule, or at Noples against tho Bonbas, it was not to o professional spouter that the excited popu~ Ince wont to get their courage roused, but to the pet singer, who, climbing a stone in the market- Ince, would break out into a revolutionary fl mn to make tho vory walls _chorus, owovor, both in Gormany and Italy, a_thoronghly enterprising and clover Brite ish mannger would_generally ovorride diffioul- tlos, though tho inducements he Lold out wera not eimilar in tho two countrics. Gorman singors argued tho wholo matter financially, balancing tholr prosont comfort and sccure ine coma agninst the risk of failure and consequent inability to return home on their old footing— oll of which reasonings bad to be combated with allurements hoavy ond sterling. _Itallans, less ‘merconary, could bo onticed to London by the prospoct of_glory; besides which, politics ofton camo_to tho rescue, for a prima donns whom it would haye required reckloss thousands to on- ngo for Russia or Berlin would travel to Covent &sdon tor half iho monoy, simply bocauso the English were liked in the Peninsula. All this has much altered now, and senti- ment plays s vory small part in operatic engaga ments, A good voico has its market value, and, liko other traneportablo commoditios, it goes to big oities, beeause it i8 thore only that the best rices can be had. Most of the Gormon and talinn prices who wero such lavish patrons of singing are gone, and tho musical corporations wlxlchqmve arigon in their stend cannot afford to omulato thoir gonorosity ; whence a paragon - singer in & small town has grown to boas grent o rarity na a bottlo of authentic Johanuisberg in & country inn. Some of tho Continental mue nicipalitios, lLowever, battlo desperately to maintain ~ an eofficiont company, ~and tho local theatro forma s much bigger itom in thelr rate-budgots than either draing or schools. But theraaro tiorce dobates to be borno; for ‘municipalitios, like mora important assomblies, have thoir u‘{hpnsilllon parties, evor zoalous for economy and criticism. These vestry reformera onvil at ench voto; they inveigh against the ex- congive snlaries of tho porformors, declare the soonery to bn ruinous, move smeondmonta tosub- stitute choap gas for elactrio light, to reduce the number of chorists, to mako the costumes in “ William Toll" do duty in the * Huguenots" and ¢ Foust,” ond, of cowrse, drag in tho workingmon, whose foolings are out- raged when a ballet-dancor has two paire of new sstin shoos in ono weok. Morcover, chargos of jobbory aro proforred right and left, 28 must inovitably be tho caso when Bome singer with more beauty than talont is seen to got all the beat parts ; and the upshot is that tho the« atre, which should bo ruled despotically by s managoer responsible only to his patron or the publio, booomes a fighting-ground on which overy vostry slumperling tries his young tuska and tonguo. Dut then, when the. budzoet has been at length voted, with or without amend- ments, comes_tho hardest calamity of all; for some night tho foll rumor gots about that s forelgn manager has put up at tho chiof hotel, The Mayor connot gend his beadle, ns the Dulke usod to do his Aide-de-Camp, and invite tho stranger to depart. Alnsl welive in hu- mane times, and the Town Council are {ain to sigh rosignedly on hearing that their pot singor is going to desort them. I’urhngs tho_Msyor call ,ng tll;a {nitl:]le‘ss 1t;ma—u‘ II‘t 0B lu?l{—t'lfilxd appeals to her good feolings, 1Io urgoes that the ol\vn Council vgvem kind and liboral to ber; that America and Egypt are far off; that she would do bolter to take o few yoars' mora training on a small stago o as to got her voice in tull bloom; and he solemnly uttors these patornal aphorisms: ‘*All that glitters is not gold,” “'Dho rolling Btono gathers no moss,” + Old frionds aro the trucef,” and so forth. . But this ia chaff with which not even the youngoet of vocal birds can bo caught. Distance counts for nothing when a fifldun bridge is set _to span it, and tho idoa thatlong praotico is needed to make perfoct is ouo that went out of date with stage-coachies. For all this, 'tho man- agor who had discovered what he concoives to bo & pear], doos not find mattors much smoother for hYm than the Mayor docs. Just as ab pic- turo sales, thore ara men who dog connoisseurs and outbid thom on tho moro chanco of making & good bargnin out of any painting thoy have fancied, #o o kuowing managor is frequently fol= lowed by a wholo troop of agonts who are very dotectives in keocnness, nnd run & singor, who was mobody yeatorday, up to & promium inloss than s weok, Truly diplomatio stute- neas is necossary to counteract thoso manmuyres and to draw & singor illlubiguluia troaty bofore hig or her hoad gots filled with unduo concols nd rapaclty. But oyen whon tho engagement i engrossod end sealod, thoro ara artistos who will Isugh tho wholo thing to scorn, and go off with tho Aitsk nlu&blddnr who presents himsolf, To Do sure, ho law {8 thero to rondor justice to overy man ; but an action brought in Italy to recover dam- ages against an nctross who hay signed for Lon- don and #niled away to tho Drazi's, is au ontor- priso offerlng more risks than attractions, Once upon a timo oxtradition was protty common in theatical matiers, and runawsy actors and actreases from ono’ Btate wora ofton sant_back across tho froutlor by a friondly neighbor, Thus, in 1690, tho Yronch Ambassador in Venico ob. taluod that = wholo company who had broken ongngemonts in Franco should be reshipped uus:r cscort ; and somo_yonrs later tho Itslisn Opora troupe who had eloped from Parid to La l'l%: e for higher gnlms, wore cowtoously restored by iha Dutol to Louls XV. Unfortunately, this specios of intornational ciyility was found to liavo ity inconyeniencos, and & MANGEOr 031 NOW only roly on himself—that is, on his pwigo and his plausibility, That is why a successful man- agor wag onco ioard to compare star-hunting to flahing for cels with n sllk net and golden hooks—. with this difference, that the water eols were tix | loss elippory, a