Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 7, 1873, Page 9

THE CURREHGY QUESTION. In \7hqt Hanner Can Wo Nako Our Paper- Monoy Equal to Gold ? But Two Practical Methods of Solving the Problem. Tho Tirst: Government-Redemptlon of Greenbacks in Coin, Bonds Belug Sold to Raise tho Gold, The Sccond: Xnterconvertibility of Greenbacks and Bonds. How a Proper Curroncy-Roform Would Furnlsh Us (ho Most Fericct Monetary Syslem Evor Possessad By Any ® Nation. Speetat Carrespondencs of The Chicago Tribine. Tanis, Nov, 10, 1873, Tho currency quostion will doubtloesly be tho leading top'c in Congress this winter, ns it is the chiel ono among tho people. Thero seems to ba o gronoral desiro for a resumption of specle payisents, or tha ndoption of some plan whoroby papor-money may bo made equal to gold in pur- chasing powor, and kopt thoro fn future, 1low this {4 to bo nccomplishod iy tho problem that puz:les tho wiso heads, sud canses such ou ju- finito varioty of plans sud opinions. The problem would beecome o very simplo and casy onc if thoe people and politiclaus wero willing that tho Goverumont should LETINE IT8 GREENBACKS, and leavo to privato capital the task of furnish- ing & gold and couverliblo currency, If Con- grezs sbould onact this wintor that groenbacks ghall bo converted into B per cont bonds, or oven luto 4 por couts, they wauld speedily disap- yoar from cireulation, and bauk-notos would ab oneo viso in value to the gold standard. Silver would come into cireulazion ma small chango, and potes and gold e therenfter of equal pur- shasing power,—at least so long aa the banks wera ablo to redoom their issues, and that would bo rlways, wlien there was no finnueial pauio or sudden call for largo amounts of coin. A bLeavy, suddon demaud on o fow New York banke would probnsly forco their suspebsion, just a8 o Loavy run by dopositors might exhaust their cash-means, ‘This ¥ WOULD FPHODUCE A TANIC, det troy confidenco, and cause both note-holders and dopositora to make a xun on other Now York bas:ks, forcing them futo suspension, Then the pauio would spread all over tho Union, and closo up all the bauks, just as Lhe late panio smong Now York depoitors forced all tho bauks in the Union into suspension, or 1uto n position where thoy bad to censo lending monoy and mccom- modating the publie, But, after the panic, tho ‘banks would again gonerally resume specio pay- ments in 8 more or less cripplod oondi- tion, and 8o continne until tho next pauic or convulsion in monotary matters. Such wa tho past oxperienco of specie-peying banks, aud such will Lo the futuro, as like causes pro- duce like cffects, Nobuuk can be prepared to withstand a double **run™ of note-holders and depository, “unless it keops in its vaults ocoin nearly equal to its notos in circulation, and ro- tains its deposits iustead of lonning them out; Tu otber words, it must stand idlo, end not loan either notes or deposits on time-paper. Tho ONLY ASOLUTELY SAFE DANK Is ot that class which issues no notes, and londe only its own capital, and loanz no do- posits excopt on call, mcoured by con- vertiblo stocks, such as Iedoral bonds. Dut tho busiuces classes would bardly bo satisfied with that description of bauking. In consider~ Ing the question of resumption, we must not slint our oyes to tho expericnca of tho past, or supposo that o repetition of vy old polioy will nct yiold a repetition of vld cxporience. . For ona reason or another, the genoral public ara NOT 1§ TAVOR OF DANISHING GRLENTACKR from circulation, but deziro and infeud to retain thora, No bill witl pass tho next Congress, nor thie noxt, retiring tho popular greenbacks from the money of accouut; and whatever plan may bo dovised for the improvemont and stability of the curreney, it must includoe tho reten~ tion and continuation of the legal-tendern sy o componout part of the currenc: I ghall not stop (o avgue this assertion, or adduco reasons for thinkiog 80, or combnt objectious {l:eroto, becwuuo it 18 useloss and unuecessary. It is necdless to wasto words on the inov- itable, 'I'bo grecubreks aro as certuin to remain In cireulatiou for yooru to como as that the Mis~ sissippi Rivor wili continuo to flow to the sea It evary member of Cougress was convincod in Lis minl thet greenbacks should bo funded into Londs aud rctired, they dure not enact & lnw do- ing it, no long rs tho mazses have not perceived the wisdom, advantage, and oxpodiency of the net. Congress will only dare to run coun- ter to public opluion “in salary-grabs and things of that kind, and t s quito cortain that they regret having “grabbed” ecithier forward or backward, and will not boe ept to ropeat it, during this gencration at lonet. 1 assumo, thereforo, thut the greceuncks aro destined to remnin in cirentation vor ¥ A CONSIDERADLE TIANS LONOER, for tbo simplo reason that the futmers are op- porod to buving tiem retired from cireulatiou ; that the mecnanics are opposed to it; that the Izborors are opposed to it; that Nationnl Bunks donos favorit; wud that tho merchaunts, tind- ergy sud railrond-compuuios do not ndvocate ity thorefore, tho politicians, in aud out of Congross, will opposo the mossury; 8o theio Is no use in mguing the watter furthor, s Vox Populi is not friendly to the proposition, Blatesmansinp consists in dealing with men and thiugs n they are, aud malding. vho bess of tho *eituution, Tho problem may bo stated thus: Given £400,000,000 of legal-tender notes (lucluding fractional u:)lesP\ and 935,000,000 of banuk- notes rcdagmable ju legal-tendurs, to resume specie payments without retiring the legal- tenders, ‘There have nevor been but TWO PRACTICAL METIHODS of #olving the proolom propused. 'Tho first I8 that adyocated by the late lorace Greoley, viz, ¢ for the Government o redesia tho greoubneks in coin ou presentation ut the Tremsury, aud, in order to fortify lisolf to that end, to sl bouds for gold as fast as coin wes called for, The sccond motbod v thot advoeated in Tug Cuicado 'I'mBUNE eoversl years ngo, viz.: to mako greenbacks convertiblo” into bonds on do- mand of tho holder, and Louds convertible into gracubucks &t tho snmo opticu. By thoe flrat motlhod, tho whole volume of the currency would be elovatod to the level of gold, and held there uteadily so long as the Govornment leoved able 1o redeem its grecnbucks on domand, by tho socond plan, the greeubacks, and nlso the bank-notos, would bo rawed to tho EXA0T MARKET-VALUE of tho TFodersl bouds into which the former was oxchengeable, If tho bonds were worth _ pur, the mnoles would aldo bo 3 If the Londs boro a premium 1 iho mwarket, 5o would the gresubreits, but uot tho bavk-noten, as the banks havethe option to redeam thera fu gold or legal-tondersy nad, if tho bonds gold Lelow par, 80 would the logal- tenders and bank-notoes Lo worth that much less thon Y“' 1t tho bonds soleoted for this convertible pur- pose wora 6 por cont gold bonds, such as tho 10-40s, they would clovate tho greonbacks to 99 100, us thoy limse Leen tegularly wellfng for that price iu the munvy-matkols of Burope and Amorlea for some years past; and tho luty panio aud prosont Bosiutn dopreanion in tho solling rico of il stacky and maorchnudice seem not to Envn porcoptibly af‘ected them; but, in tho fuco of tao onwin, when overything olso was tum- bling headlong, the 6 per conts (and G jer couts) of the Clovernmont stood finm, and the pold could ba got for them ot any iaomont in New York, London, Parls, Frankfort, or Berlin, al- mout at their faco; whilo tho 6-20 G per cent bonds stooit at & respeotable pramum. I would be difioult to conueive a saverer tost of their worth nad stability, It may, thon, rafuly bo taken for prautod, that, {1 tho groen- backs were exchungosblo into O per cont Kederal gold Louds, sud the bonda ra- exchangenblo iuto logal-toudors, tho Inttor would worth - par with - gold {n all ordinary tmes, aud, ja tio sovorost cow- merelnl rovulgion, would depreciato Lut 1 or 2 per cont at tho utmort § and, necersurily, the Na- tonal-Bank notes woull bo on n Jlovel wti preanbecks, or as nearly so ny they havo bLewh o far, thon, ua the purchasing npower of kuch & curroney {8 coneerned, thors would Lo LITILE TO COMILAL 0L, The importers conld always eell it to tho Drokers whon wanting gold with which to pay dutien, nt tho market prico of 5 por cont honds ; and, on thoy ure bought and sold and convart- iblo Into gold, in Great Dritain, Feance, Cor- many, Baigtiam, Holland, and {ho United Staton, at par or thereabout ab any and all times, 6o aluo would the converliblo greenbacks connmand oqunl amoualy of gold everywhero, “Llifs seheme for improving {he currency is ALTOOETHER TRY STIPLERT of any propused ; anybody can understand it That it wonld operate adimirably, can hardly bo nwuttor of doubt. It would not only seouro to tho paople a curroncy substansially o-unl to gold In value, but a flexiblo curreney, that would ox- pand and contrnct o rvequivad by the business- necoskilios of tho conntry. Thero novor would Do tons of millions of il monoy lyiug in {ho voults of banks, from May Lo Octobsr cach: year, neckiug any Lind of borrowers, aud lempting wpeculitors to embark in all sorts of lmzardous schemes, unneuling tha valuo of stocks, and promoting n gnmbling spirit in busiuesa, Au the Gavernment doos not redeom its noton on demand, according to the pledge on iheir face, it should, at the very least, pay intorest on thotn in this form whea domanded by tho hold- ers, Such o schomo of curroncy would rendor couvertiblo bonds n sort of mational suvings banlk, of absoluto sacutity, and nevor liable to panic or suspension. It may bo rad that eo large apart of the graoubucks would bo converted into bonds that thero would bo n SERIOUS BTIMXOENCY FOR CURNENOY. I do not think ko, because thero siill would bo the whole volume of bauk-notes; and eiivor wounld bo sbundant for ail small trans- actions; and gold would roiuforco tho bank-notes when currcacy was - Heaxca § nnd, bosides all these, tho convertible honds would lo largely used ny em’reucfi in alt tho larger transgctions, A bond would beequivalent to logal-tendor notes for its fuco und ourned in- torost, and bo taken in pnyment of any debt, or for any property, with avidity. They wonld sim- ply be another form of g acks, which would alivnys ba earning the liolders sometbivg whilo fu thielr possession; and for this reasou {hey would be oxtremely popular, sud, once intro- duced into general use, would probably nover bo disearded o disused 50 long an there was o boud of the notionnl debt outstanding and unro- deemiod, Tho greenbacks would bo usod in the ordinary trausactions, while tho bonds would fulfill such dutios ay bills of exchange. Aud right hero lot mo digroas to r.mark that, whilo greenbacks are redsomod by tho Governs mont &t no prico, but stand as TROTESTED, DISGHACED PAPER, they aro convertiblo into gold ab all timens 2t somo price. ‘Iho bavkera and brokers nlwayy atand 1cady to purchase them ab s * shavo." Waora it otherwise, thoy would soon be worth nothing. Tho gold-quotations in Now York each dny, or sevoral times o dav, simply mean that tho brokers, bLaukers, and monoy-jobbors aro paying the roported prices for greenbacks. Whou ol is quoted ab 103, 1t meain thab tho broliets aro buying greenbucky from {ho import- ors nt 92 2-3 conts on he dollar—paying that much gold therofor ; tho imporlers using the ol 0 pay tho dutios on their imported goods. %u tho valie of tho greenbucks is thus fixed by what the Now York brokers will I\;wn Tor Lhem cach day, i it any wonder that such valuo is sl- ways _ finctuating,—forover bobbing up and down? 'Wo-day thoy may bo 108; to-morrow, 115; noxt day, 1203 on Dlaek Fridays, at 100,— ‘neaning thnt o greonback i worth but €24 in gold on such days. i Tt would greatly simplify tho whole curronoy- quostion if tha public would boar in mind that grooubacku hovo only Lo valuo 83 monoy which tho Now Youk brokers will give for them in goid, From the day that Congross yepealed the law maiiug thom convartiblo into 5-20 honds (which waw in 1963-'4) until the prescnt timo, their valuo Lias been FIXED DY THE GOLD-BROKERS, and they havo been purebased by them for fon years, at o varying prico each duy; but whatover Was givon for them was in gold, and their pue- chasing-power was dotormined by whab Lhuxy wouldwell for in gold, This is the inovitablo fate of an _inconvertiblo or irredecmablo currency. If tho fssuors of it fail to redeom it on domand, it will bo sold to tho ourrency-specu~ lators, and will bo worth, as monoy, lm:ciuoly whnt thoso specwlators will givo for'it in coln. o havo auy value above thut of waste-papor, somebody must offer gold for it, aud its vatue will bo whatover por cent of gold those persons will give for it. 'Why Lhoy offor more for 1t ono day than anothor,—some “days giving ag bigh as. U3 per ceut and “on othor days ouly 75 or 62}¢,—I8 o socret I shall not attempt to divine, but treat it ns ono of thoro things which * o fellow can flud oat,” as Dundreary would say. Bat s currency whose volue as mouey in thus loft to chance, whim, speculation, and ‘" corner " operations of gold-gawmblors, is A NATIONAL DISGRACE and a commercial calutity, already endured five or pix vears longer than there wag any nocossity or.justificetion for it. The conduct of Congresn in ihe promises has boen both stupid snd cow- ardly. Tolurning now to the other, or ILEROIO METHOD OF REDENPTION Covgress can cnact timt ine Heerotary of tho I'rensury, after o day namcd —rny a year ahead of tho' data of tho bill—shall redeom all leeal-tender nates, on presontation ut tho New York Sub-Ticasury, at par in gold ; and, in order to onable him to do it, placo tho surplis coln in tho Treasury at his disposul, and, in addition therelo, say £:300,000,000 of B par cont gold bonds, with suthonty to scil for coin 6o many thereol 88 may bo needed to redeom greonbacke, It would bo tho wier coursv to malke half of them sterhng bonds, with iutorest payablo in London, ko that, in caso the gold- Drokers combized in Now York to purchines bonds at much Iess than par, they might be offered for sule by 'freasury-Agents in London, I'avis, or Borlin, wheto they would bo sure to fotch their Tuco-vihuo, or vory near it, nt all times ; and tho sales could ba made on tolegraph-order, thus defonting the Now Yok '*corner™ schomors, "T'ho redeomod greenbacks, of course, would HAVE TO DE PAID OUT AGAIN, otherwiso tha whole logal-tendor euirency would spocdily dieappoar from civeulation, snd tho bankisalono would bo left to furnish currency and face todomprion-music. Dut, as this is not what the public want, it wonld Lo uecessary to roissuo the greonbacks nesrly as fast ws thoy comainj and that ruises tho question, Iow could théy bo roissued ? For what would thoy bo paid out? Obviously for nothiug oxcopt in purehaco of bongs. ‘Uhe regular tevenues aro, and must be, sullicient to dolray the expenses of the Governmont, including tho intercst ou ho debt; otherwise it wonldndefinitely incrense, und thoreby impuir the public oredit, Tie Goveru- mont would Le obliged to purchinse bonds with its redeomed %mcubncku. As it could not forco the foroigu bolders to accept greonbacks for them without such a breach of fuith as would 1npuir 1ts erodit in seling b per cont Londs for gold, it wotthl be necengary to buy bonds at the markete price In greeabacke, In this way it is quite prob- uble that the Governmont would lose at times fs bigh 08 1 or 4 por acnt 1 the traukaction, for it would be selling b per cent bonds for gold ut some disconnt, and buying 6 per cont 5-2Us at a promium, becsuso paying for them, nat in coin, bu in legal-tonder. Aund the snino would be Lruo in buyiug 10-40 & per cont bouds. WIHAT THE ANNUAL LOBS to the Trossury would bo can only be a matter of guosy, but it could hardly Lo loss than wome millions o yenr, The aggregato amount of rooubacks that would Lo piesented to the Proawury iu the course of o year for redowaption would probably not bo less” thau §200,000,000, aud anight bo twico thae s, All tio Nutioual Buuks would look to the Treasury for coin to the extonc of their wants; the importetd would go to it, or to tho banks, for golu. Y'wo or three untred milllons of coin would tayes to bo pro- vidod for popular uso, Millious of (ko wore ignommnt clarzen would hoard moro or lous i;uhl; notavly this would be the casoin the Bouth; snd the pro- ceny of nosorption would proceed until the conu- fiy was suitioiently saturated with tho precious motals, But, putting tho total transuctions in redomption of gieonbucks for all purposos, jn- cluding suddon calls by the Laropoan banks, at £ extrome fignro of, ny, $100,000,0001n a single {em' aud the losa tu disconnt on the salv of Londs for gold, and puichingo of honds for greou- backiyutl per eent each way,~thatis,eoliingbonds for Y iu gold, and buylvg tiom buck av 101 in groonbacky,—tho aggtegato loss would only bo 8,000,000 & year, or 20 cenls on oach iuhabltunt In° the Unlon, The people COULD BETTER APFORD TO PAY ton, or oven tiweuty, timos that sum por sunum, than continte Lo bo cursed by o fluctusting, de- woeinted currcney, Dut tho rersonablo proba- Lilnicu are, that the loss to the Tronsury In malutalning specie redemption would notuxcued, after tho fisut yenr, 1,000,000 or $2,000,000 per wnnitm; which 18 & mero Lugatelio, that should not be allowed to weigh sguinst the plan the “hoft" of & ferther, if it I8 dosirablo in ull othor respeots, Aftor coin-rodemption of greonbrcks was in- auguratod, it would bo ue louger neocssary to roqune gold for tariif-dutien; aud, if tho opticn were glven to the tako grsenbacka or ooin for Interest-coupons, Londholders to-| Ameriean hondholders, fneluding tho banks, would generally prefer the greanbacks, oo ac. count of eonvenience aud thacheupnons of traus- porintion by the cxpress-zompanios, aml tho #amo thing would bo true, ta soms axtont, with forolgn Londholdors, hecauko groenbacky would then elrenlnto at par anywhere IN BUROPE Ot THE WORLD, just an i the eane with Bauk of Lugland notos. A queation will naturally axido in the minds of readers, that, if the Govermment thus under- takes to redoom its notos In coin, what uso is thora for bnnk-notes, sceing that they aro re- doomed in grooabocks, aud that, in practieal effest, tho wholo burdon of redomption fulls on the Governmont? Why shonld not the bank- notes Lo retived, sud tho security-Londs bo re- tuined to the b , who could sall them to tho Govornment for graonbachs, and then bank an this nationnl currouey, without fenr of over being called on to redeetn thelr notos ? T confeas my innbllity to glve n satlsfactory ro- ply In tho negative to this quostion, and, after turning it ovor In avary Muht, coucedo tho poiut that tho proper policy wwould bo for tho JANK-NOTES TO DI BKTIRED, and greonbacks redeemnblo in gold issued in thefr atead, 8o long as the_greonbacks rematn irredoemuble, it would Lo bad policy to add to thoir volume, ns the effoct would inovilably bo fo doprecinto thom vory much moro than thoy are. 'lho brokery wonld pay far loss for greenbneks nat redoomod by tho tefuer if thero wero $760,000,000 of them atlont than if only €366,000,000 wora iting arouud loose, without » fathor Lo rocognizo his poor offspring, 1t is proxuuinblo that the banks would mako a serions objection to purendoring their cireu- Inting notos,—Lhat g, tho banka in tho rural dis- tricts, whero doposits aro comparatively H%{hl‘. The city banks would probably carc yory little atout it, as_circulation yiolds them but tittlo protit, oud, in tho event of resumptlon, might prova aloss, Dut it would not bo advisabie at tho outsct for tho Governmont to underlako to redeem any gresfer volumo of curroncy thon it Lins now afloat. Bottor try that experinont firat, and seo Liow it would work, While the plan hero sketched would furnish tho country will & eound spocis carronoy, having for its support the whole crodit and strongth of tho nation, 1T WOULD NOT PREVENT panies and _revulsions growing ont of slogl- watoring nnd stock-gumbling, aid confidenco-iu~ vostments in wild-cab smd moonshine entor- prises ; nor would it provent the paymont of in- torest on depositn betweon buuks, or interest on call-loans, which is roully tho snmo thluq; nor would it provont o glut of curroncy in the haniis® vpults fu tho dull soason, snd & atringency in tho active husiness pattof tho year, whontho crops aro going forward, because the quantity of tho currency would, at all sonsous of ihe year, Lo tho same, just as it I8 now. Roliof agninst thoso ovils, howovor, could be given by the Government consenting to exchanga bondo for grocubacks, and ro-ex- chango thom on demund. 'Thus, if tho Govern- ment would give the holdors of its notos the op- tion ar chioico to convarl them into coin or fi-rer cont bonds, and, at the same time, gave tho holders of bonds the privilego to aurrondor them in exchango for grecubncka, thon thera would Do secured to the country A FLEXIBLY GURRENCY, which would expand whon the business-needs of tho country roquired it, and contract whun thoro wora more notcs in civenlation than wero wanted, "I'his would be uniting the two plaus of currency- reform in hnrmonions action forthe public goud, and it would furneh tho Amariean peoplotho most portect monatary systomn evor nosse sed b{ any netion, Tho featura of thia plan which allows of the conversinn of tho idle, surptus currency intohonds Quring the dull part of iho yoar, would do moro to provent htock-gambling, rock- lass speoulations, and panics,” than xny and all others that havo ovor boem proposed. Tho currency » \WOULD RESEMDLE INDIA-RUBDER § it wonld eoxpand whon uccesssry; bub the tendency would slways bo in the other direction, which i# oxactly what tho conntry needs ; and, if wo had liad such p rystem adopted a fow years rgo, the Iate panic and coilapxo wonld not have hiappened, and o loss to the industrial interosts of hundreds of millions wwould Lisvo buen avolded, and all tho attendont evils averted. In the busy, active portions of tho yoar, when thore was an activo demand for money, tho bankers would send iu their stock of bonds, and oxchiango them for proonbacks. Ouo or two Tundred millions wonld probably be thrown into civeulation in Soptemlor or Ootobor, which would be withdrawn in Lhe following May and June, With thia safety-valve attacued to tho systom of grocuback-redomption, it ia difficult to imagine how s monotary pantc, followoed by a prostrating breakdown of industrial oporatione, could possibly oconr, But, if any ono A8 A BEFTER PLAN for the reform of tho currency, and tho futuro lienlth and safely of tho businces-interosts of tho country, let bim bring it forth, J. 3L prre i L e 5 A Woman Who Iins Muaintnined Si- Ience for Eivo Yearn. Denmark, Towa (Nov. ’)iz).'l,‘arrulwnddllu of the Keokuk ate e Wo ware ovartakon by dl‘rknmu lagt eveaing, while gtill distant (rom our Mu[l{)h\g place, Wo wore fortuunte, howaver, in fluding & refuge at & farmhonse, whoro thore was amplo scconumo- dation, and whero wo found a—* seusation.” "'ho family consisted of the huaband, wife, and sovornl childton, and n description af the father and chiidron might apply to any other farmer's fawily, but thers waas somethivg in tho appear- nnco of tho wifo which strongly attracted us. Shio moved (Pli:.'lzly ’bout prepativg tho ovening menl, and I mnoiiced that while the childron seemod to look to her for divectjon, conveyed by & look, or a scarcely perceptiblo ges- taro, no word passed botwoon Lhem, while thay telkod frealy with ono another. Wo won- dered whother sho wus deaf and dumb, But no, that could not be tho case, for whon her little, prattling, 4-yonr-old boy urged her to inke his yubber baby, and told ker **1¢ lad beon haviug a bundred snd freo teef, aud sic croups, aud a conple af fovers, and had a bad gold, and lio was afrald it was going to bo elck,” I abserved a faint, wintry smile dawn upon hor face, as sho stroked tholittlo fellow's sunny ourls, ~ So, of courso, sha could heat, ‘Wo were ontortained with groat kindness, and dopatted this moruiug as much puzzled as over regarding our quict Lioatoss, But a6 wo droveawsy wo were overlaken Ly ono of their neighbors, who gave us this explanation Bomo fiva yours ago the good woman had lost two childron by scariot fover, and she grioved corely, and would not be comforted. Whila in this ‘dospairing stato sho was porsuaded to at- tond n protractod moeting, Tho effoct upon lier mind was distressing. Sho folt that sho had committed tho unpardonable sin; that ‘“the words of hor mouth ~had not boeu i ncceptable in His pight,” and so sho vo- cordod o vow thet sho never sgain wonld ustor a syllablo, and sho never hLaa, For moro than five yorra sho has maintained unbroken silence, and the two youngor children hiave novor heard thoir mother's voice. Naigh- bors and friends have sought to convince her that ber rash vaw, made in a disoased stato of wind, waa not binding upon hor, but their ef- foria wero fruitless, and shoe gooa on hor quict way, leaving no dut[y‘ undone, but showing her love and Bymouu.\i y looks and uatg, but naver by o word. Hoy busbaud treats bLor with tho tondoiest consideration, and evidontly loves aud rospocts hor, —_— Capt. Junclkls Bodye. On Sunday, tho 24 just,, sovernl teams Joaded with Government atores, froma Fort Klamath, arvived at Rosoburg, Oregon, aud unloaded at the dopot of the Oregon & California railroad, Bhortly after, one of tho leameters went to tho ofico of tho Plaiudealer, and privately invited tho editor to walk with him to tho dopot. ®ho oditor wont, and this is what he sayd o suw and hoard: * Whon we arrved thero hio poiuted Lo u caslk, which, on close fnspoeotion, proved to be nothing moro than s common whisky barrel, markod ¢ Bucloty of Noturs) History, Wasning- ton, D, 0" Wa then wanted to know what wus the mennm%nl this, whon our friond iuformed us that the barrel contained nothing loss thau the body of tho Modog chiof, preserved iu upir- ita, and was being shippod this way ontensibly na CGovernmeut storon, Lo provout™ conunent Ly newspapors and Lho publ i goneral, Our in- formant then proceaded to give the whole story, os Lo was present ut the execution, and hnd ro- mained at Fort Kinmath from cho time tho In- dinns wero hung until he Jeft for Roseburg with Iua toam aud horriblo froight, It appears thut Juck's body was never buriod aftor tho hoad wau sovored from tho trunk. In faot, if it had not Loon for tho superstitions roars of the Indians concernlvg their doad relutives, which cauno thom to vory often risk their livos in timo of war to earry Lhelr sluin from tho field of battle, and apprehonsions eutortained un to bow iy would Lo voceived h{ the publie mind, the body would ne~ have been burled, As it wau, the Modoo chief only rested In Lis grave about 10 or 12 Lours. It was dug up wbout miduight on the duy ho was hung, by soldiers dotalod for that purposs, who_#iilod up the grave wnd left it es chou{(h t hind novor boen disturbed, ‘Thoe body wastt {mmedintely carried to tho furt aud the head taken off and put up for ghipmont east. A fow duys aftor this tho remaindor of tho body wau placed fu the burel, au nlroudy stated, and stast- ol for tho bumo olty for which the hoad way in- tendod, We hinvo reason to beliove tho story as told us fs true in vyery partioular,” wntter malelgliee rautte willsrons- ndon utd usen, See cannyn which mnko up the volumo bofora us wero firat published n the Novrth Irit- dsh Review. In tho fivst ensay,—** Plays and (ho Puritans,"—tho writer combats what Is supposed to ho Distorieal fact by thoso who havo not studiod cavefully the subject: thal the Puritans woro tho invetorato opposers, not only of all yplags wud play-ncting, but of nrt i all fts dopartmonts, Thut ey did opposo thontres and shows, o admitted; but Mr. Kingstey proves that tho stago had become the delineator of debauchory nud - crimo in ita worst form ; that, borrowing its plots nnd ity charactora from the basest productions of Ttalian Iiteratnro, tho play-houses incited tho Muglish people to adopt tho worst habils of tho countrion from which thoso plays camo; nnd hence nol only the Purltans, but all ood men, wora forcod to condommn the uttor Heontiousness that Lad be- come tho characteriatio of tho English stago, To prove this, ho. quotes tuo opinions of Ben Jonson and other greal names in the literatura of that vuriud, aud givos o pynopaiy of tha lond- ing incidents, vo faxras decency will pormit, of wovoral of tho most popular plays of tho time. Even immortal Shalksponro is not fieo from tho taint of thango in which he lved; aud, in his ¢nio, the very passages whieh tho Puritans con. domned aro tuose which oro now expuuged bo- foro hix plays uio putupon the stugo. Theso im- puritics are what the I'uritens hated, and ustly, Mr. Kingsloy contends. Ifo claimg that ot only tho poetfeal and histrionie art of Iinglond Lind become thoroughly base and corrupt, but art, in neatly all ito depaitments, wan mado Lo fvcite and pampor the lowest vices. It is beennso o Puritans led in thoso wars and terrible scenes tlnt struck down those vicos of tho conrt and too many of its adlhioronls, that thoy havo been charged with the odium of op- posing all art, whilo thoy shoply dunonuced—if you Jlearo, destroyed—ivhut good men in that and ull otbor ngos must condetmn. Somo may nseort that all tho art and tha poot- 1y of that day, good and bad, belonged to tho Hoynlists, Tho author replios: Thoro aro thoso who bellove John Bunyan, conaider- el ghmply asan_attlst, Lo bo the greatest’” drumatic author whom Exgland Las koen sinco Shakspuare; and there Noger, too, in tho lbraries oud the caro of men, words of ono Joln Milton, Lo was o tlgl bater of the boautiful mcroly bucatsy it was heathen sad Popjul 3 no_more, indeed, Wero many hig edutcated wud bighly-born gentlemen of the Long Pare lament; oro vaa Cromwell ihinself, who 13 rald to hava preserved for tho uation Raplisul'a cartoons uud Andrea Munbignu's trinnph when Charles! pic- fures wero rold, Jilton Liad steeped Lin whola soul fn rotiance, Ho had felt the Leauty aud glory of the chivalrous Middls Age as deoply 88 Shakspoavo bim- 80lf 3 bolind ws much clasnical lore oa anyOxford ped 1o foit to hik Liestt's core (for Lo sung it, and, i€ 1w b it folt 1, o would only hiavo written i) the mugnin. cence und worth of realiy high art, of Lho drama When it was worthy of man aut of itselfs Of georgeous tragedy, Trenenting "Thebes! ot Polops'iine, Or tho tule of 'Troy divine, Or wiiat, though rare, of laler sgo, Enuobleld bath the burkin'd stago, No poot, perhings, shows wider and truer aympathy with every form of the really beautiful fu art, usture, sud bistory ; and yet o was u Taritan, . . . . Tng ouly Jucting poet of thut generation wes & Purtan 3 one who, 31 116 did hot write dramas for sport, ut least acted dranias in earnest, "o following oxtraet, though rather lovg, will bo read with interest, for it docuthe Old Paritaus simple justico; nothing moro, 140 tho matter of dross and of manuers, the Paritan riumph baw Leen complete, Even thelr worat cue. mics liav como over to their sido, and the whirligg of “Fime s brought ubout its revengo, NMost of fhelr canons of tuste Lave becamo thoso of oll Enghnd, iigh-Civurchimen, who still call thom Roundhewls and Oroppo:t-Evrs, go about rounder headed ud closer-cropt than they ever went. ‘They Leld it moro ratioual 1o cut the Lair to a comfortabio longtlc thiau to weer etfemlonto curls down tho back, We vt otirs much shorter than they over did, Thay Beld (with (he Spantards, then tho fiucst gentlemen iy the world) that sud—that ls dark—color, nbovo nll black, wero tho fittest for nll stately nd exrnest gen- tlomen, Wo afl, from the Tractarlan 4o (he Anytning. arlan, ore exactly of tho sune opinion, ‘hy held that 'laco, perfumes, aud Jowelry on 4 men aro merks of unmonly foppishoess aud vanity, 80 bold tho finont goutlemen d Enztund now, Lhiy thought it aquatly sbsurd and sinful for o men to carry bt dncumc on fs back, and bedlzen himeolf ont In rods, blues, and_greons, vibbons, knots, aul wlashien, and triplo, quadruple Dedalian rufls, buil npon fron and timber, which Lave wore wiches in them for pride than London Bridge for uso, o, if wo et aueh n ruffed and rufilod worthy aa_used to swaggor by dozans up aud down Paul's Walk, not Enowing Liow to got & dinnor, much leas to pay his tailor, sisoult Jook upon hini na firatly a fool, and secondly a awindler ; while, if wo met uu old Purltan, wo sbould comsider him o man gracefully snd pleturcaquely drest, but withal in tho most perfoct Bobricty of good tanta ; and, when to discoverad (s wa probably shonld), over and above, that the harlu- quin covaller hal o box of malya aud a Pair of dico in omo pocket, and a pack of cards nud o few yawnbrokers' dupli- catea In (he others; thind hls thoughts woro allogotiier of citizens' wives and thelr too eary victtie; and that hie could uot upen his mouth withont o dozen cathu; then wo saonld considor tho Daritan (even though he did ?un(usexlpmro somowhat through his nosc) as tho gentleman, nud the Cowrtier 23 u moot offentive Fpecimen Of the *snob trivmphant," gloryiug in his shame, Tho wicturo {8 nob oums, wor even tho Puriten's, It s Bishop lall's, Dishop Enriet; it in Beaumant’s, Fleteher's, Joneow's Buakspeare’s,—thy S{clmo which overy drainatiut, us well t satirlst, bua rawn of tho gullaut of tho Seventecuth Century, No ona can_read (hoto whiters honeatly without “sosing fhat the Puritan, snd not tho Cavalior, couception of what aBritish gentlemnn ohould be, 1s the oo accepled by tho whole nation ot this day, 'Tho principles of tho Puritaus, no less than thoir simplivity iu dress and mannors, now Invgely control the legislation and the national Yifo in Enghnd and in this country. Their sturdy morality aud unflinehing patriotism form tho groundwork of all modern progress. Tho fieat condomny Crodit Mobilier stoals, salary- grabs, and ofijcinl uurthou, nvory\vimro‘. it Duty Pwoed in prison, ond sterbly domands 'the punishment of tho eriminal of high and of low degree ; whilo Amorican patriotm, deoply im- Dbued with tho spirit of tho old Puritans, calm aud stern in the faco of tho most gigantic robellion Lnown o history, Lnockn tho shackles from 4,000,000 of slaves, and carrios tho Stars and Stripes in triumpl from the Ohio totho Gul¢ of Moxico, Bkopticiam tnay sucer and rasenlity may scoll, but the principles of the ol Roundhieads give to our modern civitization its noblest tiiumphs and its surest hopes for the future welfare of the reco, ‘“ Woo worth the day whon it shall be otherwise, (OF tho eseays on Sir Walter Raleigh and ITis Time, and Froude, we have no room to speais, ‘o Arst is specially oxcellent. The 'Treaty ol Washington. THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON: Its Ne 110N, 0, 11y Canen Cusnisu, Ne er & Brothers, Chicago: Junson, MeGlurg & Co, ‘Flio Troaty of Wanhington, the eottlomont of all questions under it, and the payment of the award by Great Dritaln, mark ono of the moat lmportant ovonta in the history of the world. It is oneof tho grandest results of tho powor of our Cluistian civillzation, It shows tlint, whero that powor can work out its legitimato rosulis, it can leep tho peaco between tho nations. It will Lo ranked with Magns Chbarin and the Doclaration of Indepondenco. It moved forward lnrgely the indox of progross on tho dial-plato of Time. Buch being the ostimato which Iistory will unquostionubly mako of the Trcaty of Washing- ton, overy fact in rolation to it should bo care- fully rocorded. Culeb Cushing has, therefure, dono a mast fmporlant servico to his country and to mankind in propming tho work boforo us, From its incoption lio waa poerfeotly convorsant, us ona of the coun- ol for our Qovernment, with all the facts and {yrhmh)lnn which outored into tho Yroaty, and e results roached ab Gomeva; amd the ue- connt ho hns given ug sooms to ombraco a conciso stutemont of about wll that tho world neods Lo know 1n rogard to this gre est trinmph of Hin tonohiugs who proclulmed “Popce on earth and good will townrd men," T'ho Tronty itselt, and &w award, are publishied in full, Commoats on onch scotion, and n synopsis of the argumouts on eithor #ido, nro giveu; and the formu by which o vonoliafon waa rorobied, A briof skotoh of the hves of tho msmbers who negotinted the 'L'roaty, and of tho Arbitrators, snd of their quulilications for tho work pusigned them, forms o very interosting chaptor of the volumo, Tho work will flad o placo fu overy gentloman's, aud certaiuly In overy slatesman's, library, Legnl, DISSELL'S REPORTS: Oangs ANAURD AND DETER- MINED 1N Cruouse AND Disriior Counss ox a0E UNITED BIATSS POR 118 BEVENTH JUDIOIAL Owoorr, By Jodrau H, Bisucey, of the Cuftigo Dar, Odliolal’ Ropurier, Gallagiwn & Co, 1873, 3 Yole, ‘Lhin rories, of which two volumos aro already published, and the thinl now in pross, comprivon the fmportant deolslony of the United States Qourts for the Statos of Ilinow, Indiaua, and Wiacongin, The Hon, John McLeau, while ono of tho Justioes of tho United Biates Buprome Court, boing allotted to this Clreult, proparod tho decistonss duting his day and published thom in six volumos, which hear his name, Sinco his death, in 161, vothfig had beon dono towerd presorving the deelsioru in o permanont form until Mr. Bissell's appolntment, althongh there lind Loen much impotlant Ntgatlon ; aud these volumes show that many of tho questiony do- chded woro of groat Intetest, not eroly to lnw- yoir, bul to tho businoss commuaity, Tlio stylo of the ook iy oxcellont,—far Bupr- rlor to mont of tho lnw-books publisliad by ult{l’u Enstorn or Weetern housen ; and there ara none of thoso book-makiug devices for making n lllile fo n great ways which Liave cansed so much dis~ n«nntlumuon among many of tho members of the ar, One notleenblo featuro of _tho hook is tho nu- morous reforencos by the Napotter to eases in other courts on similar quostions,—a foature which can but bo of great valuo nud convonionce to tho practicing Inwyor. Thoro nro cited in these two volumoy about 5,000 cases,—belug moio, we beliove, than in any roporty horotolore published, nud Ay wmany ay appesr oven iu the mora olnborato text-books. T'ho publishors announce that this sorles will Yo rogutarly contlnued, ombracing all the do- oisiunn of goneral Intercst aud valto within tho Cireuit. Thiey havo cortainly sparod no paius or exponue in the propsration or priuting of this worl ; and the Bar {8 covtainly to bo cougratu- Iatod In the fact that tho ducisions of thair Court onn bo o handsomely presented in books which are outirely of Chicago production, Amoug tho Iator docisions wo uotico s numbor on bank- niptey questionn, wome of which—like In re Joslyn, Inrs Kahley, In re Inight, Campbell, Aasignee, nud Lraders’ National Dank—havo already become londing cases in tho courts, Wo also nolica two mterosting copyright canes, with il ettulivay of nuthoriiies, aud several on tho rights and liabilities of common carrlera, ra OOGITATIONES VE3P ;4 EVENING. TroucnTa® Looki DRAMas, DPEN-Errions, Yorys, By Usicus, F, I, Iollbery, Chlcago, Dacewmber, 1873, Somobody handod us this volumo—quito n formidable affair—with o request that wo nolico it Lutwo fear tho loss Lunat Is said about the Book the botter for tho publishers. Whoever Unlens may be, ho will bo very likely to rauic himself nmuni{ that large class of mortals whom the world sndly fails to appreciate. "Uuko us n wpecimen, on pago 85, the opouing lmecs of #he Judgmeut-Bar,"—n vory solomn subject, surely : Once upon a time, at a sabla midnight's core, Iwas Lorno on awifiext wings to the Siypian shore, Was fLa dreain 7 DId ny soul 8oar fosta 1 don't wot 7 Perchunce my spirivs vesturo did ut thal bourss trot, M'J.‘nkunnol.hnrupuclmon, from “Courting,” pago 4 Oh, Jolin,” sald Jane, * you naughty boy, You'll brewk my heart 1€ you don't wiop Wit Kate, sud Maud, utidd Rose ko toy ‘ot sey iy Lioart how '6s Leaving uj +0l, Junc1” wafd John, you Jeslous girl, T love theo Jate and 1 lovs e early§ “Paouggh my heatt i8 & liurp of u thgusand strings, Yot real Jove for thoe it siugs,” After taking breath, wo quote as follows from the dyenn ¢ Horauls.” On page 338 Lo puis o song into tho mouths of the darlings. We quote & versn: Tor us, 0, Thou Elernal Giver, Toot un tloat (rantly ou Wualtl's river; Give us bwo-ddged touguen Lo get wy'n witlt thos inalo delicioua roguea Aud, if they give us pleuty of gold, Witih sy uresses of colors buld, And let us tlic na we usod of old, Wes givo thvm kisson uiany-old. Tho bright aud Liappy dsy I8 coming When wo with bloounng eneeks are winning Lo race of progros, munkind'a weal, For which to-night wo ufix our contmon soal, Thore, nor, who says Olicago dow't sport & poot,—une Uhicus, whoover ho ay bo? Weehall inflict upon onr rosders but two more versen, from ** Love's May," page 40 ¢ I T um right, I think you once wero bables § 1 moau yout wio uro now men and lulies, What wis it tlat et you at your duwn of morn Al Stwas s niothors 1ovs 1 Lae haart bora, Whila on your downy cotich you were usleop, Angels ou tip-toe kissed your cherry lips, But now yon nra on ths tap of the ladier § Litcls whiter bius como—craation is cold 3 Bat, ev’u fn Ulu's winter, love is man's stronghold, Withh the meresso of nge it grawa the brighler ; Lova's tirs burny thun mild, ko u gorgoous sunsot, Aud, Hio fts purplo glow, poluts husvenward,. Alter all those quotations, the author ‘surcly caunot claim that we misropresont him, Wo simply ndd o request to the publsher that he wonlid leave out Chitazo n8 tho plucs of pub- lication, Chicago has rocoversd from the Groat I'ire ; but sho conld uot endure tho pub- hcarln.‘nn of thin book, ‘Thut woald Lo asking too uch, 'The Unive THE UNIVERSE; on, Taz 14 T0ix INFISTTELY LiTsie, Uy . Correapouding AMwsmber of the Iustitute of Fruuce, Divectar of (aa Museum of Rouen, Wit ait Intros duetion Ly ArNoLn GUYoT, Professar, ete,, N Hall, Princotou, N, J. Wity 343 York : Seriner, Armstrong & Co. In tho power to grasp the most important facto,—the really cagential oloments of all sci- onev,—and to describo thom iu language roadily understood by the non-profcssivnal roader, iho TFrench savaota far oxcel those of any oiher nation. Lho work boforo us is convincing proof of tho fact above stated. TFor its compro- Lionsive grouping togother of tho most intereat- ing habite of insects, Ashes, birds, and animals ; of their modes of living ; building their habita- tions ; moaus of locomation ; the genius—por- haps wo should call it instinct—and tasto they wmanifost ; and o thensand and ono things in rogard Lo animal life, tho book contains by far thio most remarkablo collection of facts we ro- membor to have keen issucd from tho press, Tho vegelablo kingdom ulso comes in for s inrgo whiro of attention, aud the acknowledgod facts in goolozy aud sytronomy aro ulso clearly and correctly siated. And then tho book abounds in a woalth nnd o beauty of iliustration which reflects the highost crodit upon the pab- lishers, While tho work is mainly designed for non-professional readors, scientista will bo glad to biavo it, for it will cairy them nbove the strict tochnical rules of their specialtion, and show thom the boauty and the glory of thie works of tho Croator. Wo know ol no work whore so mueh real knowledge is condenecd inta #o smatl & BpACO, OF ONO WO can mure xtrougly rocom- mend paronts {o put inte the hands of thoir childron, It should adorn, as 6 cataluly will inytraet, ovory household that will dv thomselves the ploasuro Lo read it. Christinaty, CHRISTIANITY flE NG OF MANHOOD, iy tho Rev, BL. T, Savaor, tuator of the Thivd Un Euh\uuhnmu, cago, Lostou : Noyes, Lishnes ™ ¥ This is a book of which our city may woll be prond. It has beon received with great approba- tinn by tho entire religions puvlic. Boma of tho leading religious journals complsin that the author does not go quito far enough in basing his conclusions on what they regard ns Evangols ical doetrine ; but all bear choorful testimony as to tho teal valuo of tho bool, 1t is commorded specially to all who havo doubts as to the enno- bling cifects of Clristianity upon individual charaoter, Of it the Rtev. I'rof. David Swing, of one city, Eays: The volump cntitled, * Christianity the Sclence of Munkind,” T have fust read with ou uuusual pleasure, Tn all tho'calloges of the lind thero sre dopartmonts of “apdied Chemistry™ wud *Applled Machanlcn,” Mr, Bavago Liaw, by Lis boolt, awakoued tho suspicion that perbaps Curistianity nesdd a now sludy In the form of un applied roligion, With real piwer and bauuty mingled, Me, Savago leads the reader along trough bia shop of thouiht, und convinces ns that Christianity 13 only n dilferant nama for Manbood, Mra, Samicin tolds ¢ Chepstiaity i o mout beautitul civiization,” To tho #amo coucluslon this book will load tho thoughtful roader, Gardoning for Young Follks. WORK, PLAY, AND PROFIT ; on, GARDENING FOn que Youxa Yo A Hrouy rou lovs AND Ginws, By AnNa M, Myps, With Ilustrations, Thilsdelyphia s J, B, Lippincott & Co, Clilcago: Juuzo, McClurg & Co, "This Iy o beautiful and interosting littlo book It glves tho history of the gardoning-oporations’ of o famlly of boys and girls for tho season, snd shows how & very large amount of information muy be gained by thoin while cultivating a vor: mnall peco of ground. The amount of knowl- odgo paronts may lmpart in a min glo seagon to their childron, of” tho growth and the habita of Ph\nm, ol birds, fngoots, and a thousaund othor hings, while at the samo timo Lhey greotly pro- mota tholr hewlth aud happinoss, s woll illus- teated 1 this litile bouk, For tho Sad and tho Sorrowing, GONE DEFORE: A MANUAL 0F CONKOLATION YOR TitE: BSUZAVED, AND A WELL OF HYMPATHY FOR TUE HURROWING, FULLD FhoM MANY SoUnoE, By HENUY Bou sitaars, Vhlladelphis: 4, B, Lipplu’ cott & O, Chicugo Jannen, MeClurg & Co, Thinis n collcotion of the fluost passages in tha English lungusge, sclected from = reat varinty of authord iu proeo and pootry,— ut! of them udaptod Lo moot somn wunt of asoul digtroseod, Almost overy phineo of sorrow can hera find somo words of comfort,—something that will bind up the Lrokon hast aud give tho upirlt poneo, Wo cna think of 1o move appro- priato i;m toa friond whose sonl In torn with anguish for the departod,~for thoso that huvo **gono beore,” 16 will by found o mintuteriug angol, rently nnpiring mibmission to thoe witl of i **who dootlt all things well” Atnien. FIVE WELKS IN A BALLOON: on, Toumirrs Axp DISCOVERIES IN AFRICA Y TR LNGLISHMEN, Toy Jutss Vouxe, Transisted by WItnias Laoz- JARD, . With 89 Ttluslralions. Lnston's James It Usggood & Co, Uirlengo: Al tho Liouksallors, I'he publishors havo rent ua advauce-shoota of thiscurions and {nteronting book, It i in somo respecty o watiro ou tho difforent roports of African discovory, The lucidents avo, of course, purely imaginary, but they aro, nover- theless, true to naturo; that is, tho doseriptions of antmals are trua to (hair naluro, and thoir at- tucks aud contosta aro described just as they woulil not undor similar circumstances. = Tho author shows bimsolf perfectly fawfliar with alt that 18 known of Afriea, aud, réaching all parts of the conttuent, an ho makes hia travelors do, by n balloon, e was at liborty to fntroduco auch Beencry and such facts as pitltad bis pire- pose, It should he #aid, also, that the modos of filling and mauaging the balloon are such us acronauts employ iu thelr povilous journoys i 80 that readers can got much information of tho ntmosphere, and of the continent of Africa, Hs clnnto, topography, vegotnblo and animal pro- ductions, trom this book, It is written in the snmne Btylo sy the othor works of Mr, Verne: * Uudor tho Sea," ‘' Tho Contro of tha Latth,” * Hearch for tha Castaways,” and soveral others, all of which are enjoying an immouse popularity BOHE our younger readert, Xlornces TNE GLOBE EDITION OF THE WORKS OF 1OR- ACE : RENDERED INTO ENGLIAR Paosk: With In- troitiiction, > iyuin, Notoe, BLte,, Ete. By Prof, Jases LoNsuaLe, Osford ond King'a Gollege, Lon- don, aml Sanutn Lek, Lecturer, Fie., Christs Soliege, Cambrldgo, Now York and London : Mace mflfan & Co. Cuieago: Juusou, AcClnr; Wa uced hardly say to our non-clageical readors that Horaea was cosifossodly ono of the graatest poots that ovor lived. Indced, In hia specinl dopartment, Odos, Sotires, and Epistles, he ranks firab in Roman literaturo; and, in the judgmont of many, ho has no suporlor, and {t is claimed, oven, that e haa no oqual, in &ny ngo ot country, Botluo ns it may, Enelish rondurs wil give this translation 2 cordial welcome. Whils following tho toxt closely, aud giving (ho exact menning as noar as may be, tho whole is roudered into olear, Loautiful English, llence, thuso unnequalnted with Latin can now enjoy tho wit, tlho sarcasm, and tho noble, patriotic soutimentu of ong of tho world's greatest poots. Comparative Anatomy. THE COMPAKATIVE ANATOMY OF DOMESTI- CATED ANIMALS, By A, CiAuveay, Professor In the Lyons Veterinury 8iool—~1Trausiated and Edied hy Ukonce FLusiNo, Volerfuary Surgeon of tho Ttoyal Bugineors, With 450 Illustritions, New York : D, Appleion & Co, Chlcago: W, B. Keon, Couke & Co. . Wo Lave looked over this volume with great interost, and, to our uuprofeasionzl oyes, thero seoms nothing more to bo dasired in o work on the subjoct of which it troats. Tho descriptions ato 80 plain, and the hlustrations are so numerous and - good, that any ono of ordinary iotellizence can underataud any of tho ‘organs of animals, Dan, of course, comes in for » comparieon; sud though, of courue, tho work is unot intonded to suporsode books specinlly dovoted to him, ono can leern that **Wo aro fearfully and wonderfully mads " fiowm this voluma. Spocislly doos it slow us our rolazions to other mammiforouns animals, The wotk is of standard valuo on this subject. Cliarles TPenno Floifmamns THE POLEMS OF CHARLES FENNO IOFFMAN, Culloctod snd editaid Ly hix Nephow, Lowano Fe: %o Hovpuan, Philadoiphin: Lorlor & Coates, Cuicago : W, I, Keon, Guoks & Co, Our litorary readors need not bo told that Hoffiman has inacribed his namo amongs the bost of Awerica's poets. His nophew has done s good work in giving us so beautiful an edition of lis works, His * Jlonterey,” ¢ Rosalio Claro,” aud © Sparkling and Bright " aro known in almost every housahold in tholaud. Aud whore con you find n more beautiful poom thau the *Bob-O-Liukum,” and & dozen oth- et that might bo uwmed? Willin Cullen Biyant congratulates tho oditor on the oom})lu— tion of his work, aud meutious Hoffman a4 hav- {ng heon amongt Lis bost and most appreciative friends. Suvely pootry that M, Bryant approves noeds no words of favorable oritioism from us, For Sporismens AMERICAN GAME, IN 1T8 SEASONS, By Hexny WiLLIAM JIEupEnT, Illustrated froim Hatiire by the Author, New York : Goorgo B, Woodward, Orunge Judd & Co, Chicago: Juusen, McCurg & Co, This book stirs up every proponsity for field- sports within the reader. Che illustrations of gamae-antmals, birds, and fish, are beautsful. Tho veason in which to take thom ; their habits and Babitat ; the arts by which their natural fustinets caabo outwitted and ovorcomo ; vivid descrip- tions of hunting ecenes ; the paraphernalin nee- ossary to lifo in tho woods; in foct, aull that tho sportsman nceds to know is hero accurataly deseribed by mn oxpert who know practicatly of what e wrote. Wa naod not commend tho ook to thooo who ave foud of flold-sports, Thay will take to it naturally. Literature and Art. STUDIES IN THE INSTORY OF THE RENATS- BAN By Warrcn 11, Paten, Professor;Ox- ford, ke, London and New York: Macmillzu & Co. Chfeago : Junren, MeClurg & Co, ‘Ihe author dotines Honnissanco in ite firat ap- plication to mean tho great rovival of claesical antiquity in the fiftoenth century. Now it has o more general meaning,—uot only roferring to tho oarnest pursuit of ihe beautiful und tho in- tellectual in the art and the litoraturo of tho ¢ past, but divining new sources of it, new expa- ricnces, now snhducta of pootry, bew forma of art.”” The boolk dealsmainly with tho great men and tho wonderful revival of {ntellectual lifo in tha fiftcenth century, and, as such, commonds {eolf to_the attention of all thoso who aro fv- terostod in {bo bistory of art snd literature in hat romarkablo periad. Philosophy, THINKERS AND THINKING, By J, F, GARRETSON, 3L, D. (*Jolm Darby "), Flilludelnhin : J, B, Lipplu- cott & Co, Clicago: Jansen, MeClurg & Co. Dr. Garroteon throws himsclf buok into one comer of Ihe sofa and talke (writen) of phi- losophy and thinkers in oll ages. Hia atyle Ia plain, and lis languago is ensily undoratood, but his subjocts of disensslon embraco tho highost themes that over have cccupied the human mind. Bocrates, Anstotlo, Plato, Dascartes Bpinoza, Lircon, aud reoron of others, with their lnndinL: thoughts and_opinions, all coms in for remarks and disouscion, Iv {8 & work Lya thinker for thinkers. i tire of it. Inforior roaders will scon On tho Amazons THE CAMPING-OUT S8ERIES : ON THE AMAZON; o, ‘Fite Gruiee or TR * Raduien," Tllustrated, By'C, A, SreruEss, Yostou : Jumes R, Osgood & Co, Chicagos W, 13, Keen, Cooko & Co, This work I specially adapted to our young people, Tha suthor desoribos a trip np the Aw- azon River, embracing skotches of tho country and its productions, of tho people and thelr ‘mannora and customs, and a thousand thinga in tho freo and easy stylo to ploose tho boys and filrlx. Tn it they will ind & great amount of tnowlodge of tho valloy of tho largest and giandost rivor in tho world, Kenelm Chiflingly. We noticod this work of Lytton o few woeks ago, As an evidenco of its populatity, wo have now two othor editions, larger, with bettor print, and, of roureo, more ploasant to road tho ono publishod by the Marpers, Now York, from Jaunsen, McClurg & Co; and tho vther by Lipgiucatt & Ca,, of Philadalphls, from W. B. Koon, Cooke & Co. Lippincott pro- poses to publikh some tweuty-four volumes of uhwor's novels uniform with tha oue before us, "The edition cannot fail to Lo popular, as the spacimen bofors uA la jssued in beautiful style. Floturich TIE ROSE OF DISSEN THCI ZHOUUKKE, scholtites '18: A Nover, By Hen- Tranalatod by Jamed J, D, TugNon, New York: Sbeldou & Co, Chicago: W, Ui, Keen, Ovoke & Ovo, Zpehokko lias tho roputation of being one of Germuny’s bost writors of flotlon, The traus- lator han rondored the story Iuto beautiful Bn- glish, and the publlshers hisve dona their part well, Tho bouk ia commended to onr readera &8 aspeclmen of German light literaturo, A Novel, ESTER: A Noviy, Hueldou & Co, Dy Mre, Enwanve, Olfeagas W, I, Keon, Wo bavanot had time to examine this book mufiiciontly to pass upon ts wmorits, It scomm 10 be well written, aud the writar Las cerialuly achieved an enviablo reputation smong modern writorn of fletion, . Goographicnds BUEILER'S IAND-ATLAY OF ‘CHUE ULOBE: To Ustlnt of 90 Colorod Maps Engraved on_Copper— Tollo ize, Chiengo ¢ Edward Bueller, 871 Wabash Avenuo, Tho two numbors of this splendid work now bafors un onch contain throo of tho best maps that have fullen under our observation, Tha mountaina and vatloya of tho difforont countries are mndo at onco plain to the oyo by tho most dalicato traciugs ; and tho colotings indieating tho boundarios of dilforont Siatos and nations aro distinet and bosutitul. 1t fu to be corploted in thirty numbotn, 1o bo {esued monthly, Another Juveniles D' AND Q'8; on, 'THs: QuEnTion o PuTTNe Teaxe Ty CanrorteM, Yousar., London and Now York: Maamillan & Co, Chicago: Jannou, MeCluryy & Co. ‘Chin In anothior of the author's charming httle books for ohildron. L'rom the numbor of works of Lhis kind recontly placed wpon our table, it would appoar Lhat our little friends witl have plenty of bools to rend. Tha une butore ut woema to bo worthy of Llioir atlention, For the Childvon, TROTTY'S WEDDING-TOUR AND BTORY-BOOK. By Cuizanerit Sruare Pucses, Soston : faniea 3‘,101500d & Co, Cialeugo: W, D, Ken, Cooke & I'ho anthor of * Gates Afar™ occupien an one viablo place In American iiterature, The book bofore us is full of clinrming stovios for chitldren, writlen in Mis« Phelps' bost style. It iw just tho thing for s holiday gifs to the littlo vues, The Voide, , TIE VOICE, AND HOW TO USE IT. DAz, Doston : Jdames R, Osgood cago: W. B, Kven, Gvoko & Co. A littlo worl which we commond to those who study music, The instruction is Lhrown into the shapo of a dinloguo belwoen teacher aml puvil, and lonce objections nro answnred, au knowledge is imparted in an uttractivo form, By W, 1T, & Co, Cul Snered Songs. TIE BONG SERVICE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE. Dy , T, MERRILL, Organist of the Fimt M. E Church, Chlesgo: Mitchicock & Walden. A very neat littlo book, containing n collection of our most popular chuseh-nusio for the family circlo and the confercuca-raom. ‘I'ha hyms ara E\:ull solected, and will suit all classes of Chris- iano, A Story for the Voung. THE RUNAWAY: A Stony roit 1nk Youna, Ty the author of * A, Jerninginm’s Journal,” Lo don and New York: Maemillun & Co, Clucagot Jancon, McClurg & Co. A story of an adventurous young lady who ran away and was socreted by another, Tbe author has managod to tell a rathor eurlons and somes whet improbable storyin a very fascinating suyle, J. Fenimorn Cooper. TIHE WATEIWITCIL; on, Tne SRiNMER OF THE SFAs: A Tatr By J, Feximonr Coovkr, New York: D. Appleton & Co. Ouseago : W, I, Ruon, Cuoke & Co. b Ouo of the author's best-known sen-talea, It only neod be ndded that the publishers have Insued the work in beantiful stsls, to form o part of a now odition of Covpor's worky, - Feriodivaln, Tho publishors of Lullell's Living Aga (Littell & Ony, Boston), in their annouucement for 1874, tmalio tho following tatomonts : Among tbe cininont authom Intely represonted n ita agen are Frof, Max Muller, Trof, 'Fyndall, Prof, Hix- ey, Lord Lytton { itz Ranter, ‘the popnlar Geiman novelist, 3 M, Lyckmanu-Chutrian, tha distin- guished French writers, Tvan Turguenioir, (lo eminont Tuunvian author, Mre, Oliphant, Dr. W, I, Carpenter, Aies Thackomy, Gliaries Kingeliy, ¥rof. I, A, Proctor, Miss Alulooh, Matthow Arnoid, Jean Ingeluw, Goorgd MucDonald, Froude, Gladotone, aud mauy othera, A new gorles wan begun Jan, 1, 1673, which _aiready enibracen sorial and short storics by noted Euglish Fronch, Gorman, and. Tucslen authors, viz.: Lor Lytton,’ Erelmann-Cuatrian, Yritz Renter, Ivan ‘Tir gueniefl, Mra, Oliplant, Mvd, Pavr, author of © Doro- Ty Fox," Miss Mucquold, author of ‘I “Plackeray, Julla Kavauagh, ete, Aud coming year, ns herclofore, besides tho el by tho lesuliig oroign uttiiors, will Lo g amount, unapproschicd by auy other perlodical, of the Deut literary aud sefeutitl matter of Lue day, from the poun of tho sbove-named, sud many otber uble Living contributors to cursent Literature, DBrittan's Journal of Spiritual Science: Quar~ tarly, M. D. Drittan, Hditor. Rocoived from tha Roligio-Thilosophical House, corner Adaias stroot sad Fifth avouue, Clicago, £ 1’1l‘l.\n Penn Monthly for Decombor, Philadel phis. 3 Wood's Houschold Magazine for December. B. E. Shutes, New York and Nowburgl, N, Y. Tho Sunday-School Teacher for December, Aday, Blackmor & Lyon Publinhing Compeny, Chicago. Phrenological Journal for Decomber, Sansuel R, Walls, New York. "ho Home Grange for November. St. Louis. Nalional Dee Journal for November. Dirs, Ellou 8, 'l.‘uypcl', Des Molues, Ia. he Book-Buyer for November. Beribner, Wolford & Arnumirong, New York. Kiterary Ktems, Jolin Morloy, tho aditor of the Fortnightly Re- wiew, hias & new work on “'Ihe Strugglo for Na- tignal Education.” It fa stated that ope of Emorson Bannott's highly sonsationnl storis, * Prairio Flower," hud 501d to the extont of 100,000 cupies. 2 II Stoddart, tho poct, Liss revised and bronght down to the provent tima Griswold's T'emale Poots of America," which will Lo pub- lisbed bofore the holidays by James Miller, Col. Claronce Prenticd bud » volumo of the pocme of his Iather, Goorgo D. Prontice, in prflmnuon at tho tima of hiy fatul nceidout. Trothiogham's ** L of ‘Lhoeodort o on which ho bay been closely ongaged all throngh tno summer, is now in the hauds ol tho puvfiuhm (Oagood), and may bo sxpocted bofora tho widdle of tho wintar. Mr. James T\, Fiolds' now lestura is on * Nov- olists and Fis n,” from Buayau and De Tote down. Mr, Fields thiuks that tho world could not now, well got along without works of fietion, and, though sumo of the old wuiters were borod othors were good, lofty, and grand. Bir Waltet Brott ho calls o tolescops, microscopo, uud Laloidoscopo, all in ona; but Bulwor i *unsound fieh,"” whoso writings duserve con demnation. + V'rench Humorists from tho Twoelfth Cen. tary,” by W. Bosant, und * Frouch Hociety from tho Y¥roude to_ths Rovelutiun,” wro snnonuced in England, With thede, tho * Frouch Ilome Lifo," lo be jsaned by tho Applotons, and thoe W [Tiatory of Fronch Litorature," from tho Lij» pincotts, wo shull be ablo to know something about that country. o only uniform edition of J. Stuart Mill's ‘mucollzr.cous worka s that djm!t put iuto thape by Leory Holt & Co. Bewidea publishing tho + sutobivgraphy,” this louse bought the platon and rights of othors of ~ his hooki frum_tho_various American publisners, sud iuclude in the set the four —volumes of * Dissoriations and Discusrioss," the two of the ** Kxamivation of Sir Williaw Hamilton's Philosophy,” and tho one on * Cumuto's Posi- tivo Philosophy,” originally publisied by W. V. Spoticor, and lafor by Luo & Shopard ; tho *Con- pidorations on Reprosentativa Government,™ is- sucd by tho Harpors ¢ uud, in ono volumw, {he works ** On Liberty (Ongoudn), and on *Tho Subjection of Wonien," (Appletous), ench voluma at $2,25, oxcopt tho Compto, which is at 1,50, 'his includes all Mill's coliected workr, oxocept ho “Bystew of Logie," still published Ly the Harpors; and the ** Priuciplos of Political Lcon- omy,” by the Appletons, The Bnglish edilon io i 01l Bl es and sizes, wo Ueliove, ouly the sovoral volumes of the Dissertation boing in liky style,—New York Mail. Mz, Grante White, in his last linguistic article, presonts s literary question for decivion in w somoewhatenovel mannor, Lo Lisving, iu** Words and Their Usen,” FI\‘BII it aw bis opiviun that, sinco tho dnys of Shakepearo and the King James translation of the Liblw, the Huglish lan- g‘x:ngn has undorgone no great chougo, und that tho additions to it Lave been ‘“liitle cxcopt now words for now tbingn," Dr, MHall sald, Dinutly, that **such cowld not bo the opinivn ot ono who had smven sttention to the develop- ment_of Luglish in modorn timos," s addod that verbw, adjectlves, and advervs Liad sinco the time in quastion come inwo our lau- guago *by thousands.” Whoroupon Mr. Wuito, naming tweuty of tha most ewmiuont, Jmpulnr volumlnaus, aud charactoristic writers of thio o Lundrad years, Goldumith, Burko, Cabilott, blill Muonulay, ielps, Ruekin, Georgo Bliot, wsud Prollops, prowo writers, sud Geny, Cownary Wordsworth, Sonthuy, Byron, Keat, Sheliey, Tonuyaon, Browning, wud Moics, poots, offure that if Dr. il shull produce from tho writlngs of (hewo ropresens tatiya modarn suthors, not thuaeands —bud 1,000 distinot words which wore uot used by the coutompuraries of Blu'peare and of the tianu- Jators of tho Kinyg Jumos Bille, or by thelr pre- dcovssors, and which Bio NOL tho namel of new things, * his publishors shall pay £1,000 to Dr, 1ialt or to any bouovolont inaiitution he may goloat,” An authors have proveibially no duflars to thraw away, AMr. Qrant Whito must have folt Lis pouition boforo makiug this vary sare of ro%uuhlou. Tho questlon in one of wuch in- evost in the hiatory of the English lauguage