Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 14, 1873, Page 9

[E CHICAGO. DAILY 'CRIBUNI: 13 SUNDAY, DECEMBER ) FRANCE. ‘What the Late War with Germany Cost Her, Heor Notional Debt Increased $2,184,000,000. How She Raised tid Money for the Enormous German Yndemnitys The Government-Loans Nearly All Taken by Her Farmers, France the Most Self-Supporting Coun~ try in the World---Her Exz- ports and Imports, Thorongh Reorgantzation of Iier Armyses Iler Determination to Reconguer Alsaco and Lorraine, Contrast Betwoen the Lend-Systoms of Great Britain and France. Special Correspondence of The Chicaao Tribune, Tants, Nov, 22, 1873, Somothing like ten weoks ago, the last in- atallment of thelugoe German fluo was liquidated by Franco; and the st German regiment marched out of her torritoryou the 16th of Heptembor, 1873, and left tho Fiench people to thomuelves, aftor an occupation of nearly throe sears of tho enstern districts, which woro held a8 security for the payment of the so-called In- denmity. The promptitude with which the monoy was raised and paid hns chellenged the wouder aud admiration of all nations. Tho Gormaus intond- 2d {o nlict 5O ENORMOTS A FINE 83 to cripploand weaken Frauce for many years to come, and render hor unable, from sheor lscal oxbaustion, to attempt the vengeance which all Frenclimen have sworn to tako soonor or lator, The principal of the fine was five milliords of franes, or 81,000,000,000 in gold, with & por cent interost on tho unpaid installmonts. But this was not the wholo linbility of Trancoe on accouut of her unfortunato war. Tlere are to bo added tho ransom of Paris, which was $40,000,000, and tho expeusc of supporting tho Gorman forco loft In the occuplod territery until tho whole fine wns paid, The aggregnte sum of theso itoms, ivcluding tho ransom of Paris, was ©1,141,000,000; from which de- dnat €65,000,000 ns the purchase-money of tho raflroadain the oupturad provincos of Alsaco and Toorraine,—leaving to bo paid in bard cash $1,076,000,000, or noarly half the presont national dobt of tho United Stutes, Besides this enormous indemnity, the Frouch Goverument had to provide for its own expendi- tures in waging the war, and aftorward in crush- ing the Communo, M. Afagno, tho Ministor of Fiuance, in his recont report to tho Fronch Par- liament, atates the actual cost of waging tho war o $500,000,000, aud the loss of revenue in 1870, 11, "2, and 73, caused by the war, at $260,000,- 000. Tho national dobt lina been increased sinco July, 1870, much more than the Gorman indom- nity and the cost of remsistance, becaurs tho monoy bind to bo raised by tho sale of Londs at o hoavy discount. The bonds now form part of the nationnl debt, and druw & per cont utorost. ‘The money wus % ORTAINED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: * The first §160,000,000, subscribod for at the outbroak of the war, sold for nearly par. Tho 1ext was the Morgan loan of $100,000,000, nogo- tisted in England, when tho Gormans had erush- ed the French into the dust. Itsold for less than 80 per cent, and s costing 7 4-10 per cont on the money realized. Tho 1,000,000,000 Gor- man flue was raised by two netional subserip- tions, which realized nbout 83 per cent, making tho bonds cost 6 por cent on tho money ro- ceived, Then there were sevoral loans from TUE BANK OF FBANCE, aggregating $306,000,000, at 1 per cont, to be repuid in iustallments, or annuities, of $40,000,- QU por annum. The ronson for obtaining this immengo loan from the Bank at 80 low a rate of intereat should bo oxplained. The Government firet authorized the Bank to suspend specie-pay- mouta ; sccond, to increaso its notes to the emount of the loan ; third, the notes wero mado o legal-tender, recoivable by the Government for ull taxes and duties, and & legal-tender for the payment of dobts of all kinde. In consid- oration of thoso extraordinary privileges, tho Bauk agroed to charge tho Government only 1 por cont interest on tho notes loaned to it, to b repaid, as abovo atatod, in something less than elpht years, i Tiaforo tho war, tho Bank of France had 8825, 2350,000,000 0f notos in circulation, 300,000 to and beld in its voults $225,000,000 to $280,000,- 000 of coln for thoir redemptivn, Tho Banlk now has $146,000,000 of coin on band, and $600,- 000,000 of mnoten in ecirculation. ‘I'ho amount varles moro or less. The maximum lssuo of notes is 640,000,000, so that the full quantity ermitted by law is not at this time in civeulu- on. T huliovo thoro is o stipulation that, na fost as the Government repays its lonn to tho Bank, o like amount of notes ehall bo cancoled ; ond, o tho Qovorument has refuuded to tho Bank the flrat *annulty ® of £40,000,000, I sup- Pposo that accounts for the apparent coutraction of a like amount below the maximun Lmit. T'ho money borrowed to extinguish the Ger- man fine, and to dofray tho oxponads of the war, &nd loss of rovenue, amounted to 81,856,000,000, But o8 tho bonds sold, on which tho moucy was procured, only realized an uverago of B5 per cout of their face, the addition to tho bonded debt of Frauco is sovoral bundred millions more than that sum. As nearly as I can find out, tho INOREASE OF THE DENT 18 28 follows Bonde sold at aversge of 85 per cent to xeallzo amount of Gorman _fiue, $1,58,000,000 Borrowed {rom Bunk of Frauca. 1L 500,000,000 Bouds sold- to defray war oxpens lona of revenne..., & 690,000,000 Total increnss of the debt.... ..., ,$2,184,000,000 Interest thereou aunuully... 000,000 It is shown that thero bas beon udded to tho Pprovious debt of France a sum equal to tie pres- ‘out national debt of the Uniied Stutes, 'Fhe six months' war with Germany resulted in doub- ling tho national debt, adding noarly $100,000,000 4 yoar to the public taxes forever, and the loss of two fluo provinces, coulaluing 1,600,000 in- habitante; yet Iranco has withstood those enormous losses, and recovered hor strength with a rebound that is ASTONISUING 'T0 CONTEMPLATE, It {8 quite vrue thut the eost of the war, uside trom tho Giermau contlscation, was exponded within France, aud is not lost io the cupital of the nation, excopt to the oxtent that it ropresents l{»mpmty consumed und destroyed by tho war, But the Gorman finc, lovied on tho natlon ?nd ou Paris), amounting, with interest, to noarly §1,100,000,000, had to ho rafhod and wout out of the country,” A tho wholo zold und :um fiac‘f\" qimul:l(ll«:n in France, at tlmdthno 8ion of the war, wus supposed not to exceed £600,000,000, or & jittle mugxpmnn hoif tho iudomnity, how was ¥rauce sblo to hand g\ie& r:?mt?gfi)“fny'lm tmoflymm and o lml{i ,000, n coln ; for it wi i gold, Gvory frano of 167 e el HOW THE FEAT WAA ACCOMPLIAHED, In the first pluce—Whon tho Governmont bor— rowod from tho Bank of IFrauce 306,000,000, sud authorizod the Bunk to fusuu a liko ' smoun| of notes in additiou to its former circulation, it liberated ‘rom clrculation un onual umount of coln whic i was no longer required for tio trans- aotion of bueiuoss, aa Lhe uew notes perform ity funotions. Second—Tho Government not only mado the tes of tlo Bank s logul-tondor tor “everylhing, oluding iuteress on the national debt, and for dutics on imposts, but awthorized tho Lank to suspend specio-payments, T'ho effoct of thiu,| ch WA o euable this Dauk to uart with hale I shall try and explain itn maunl stock b ooin and bullion, nnd thio sot at Nborty 8160,000,000 horo old and mivor, Iaro, " thon, was a toublo fund of specls, amounting to £450.000,000,which could bospured without doranging tho finances of thoe natlon, and suflicient to_oxtingulsh moro thau 40 por cont of tho fino and interest thereon, Third—"Tho money waa procured by TUBLIO BUNKARIPTIONS, in two loane of about $640,000,000 each. Tho bonds fssuod aro caflod Itontes. In England thioy would bo cnlled Coneols. 'I'horo beiug no timo fixad for their rodemption, thoy nre tuter- minablo Londs, aud can only bo oxtinguished by being purchased fu the opon mnrket for what~ over tho holdors aro willing to nccopt for thom. "Thoy draw & Yor cent iterest, and woro sold to tho higheat bidders, and roalized all round abont 8Y {mr cent,—Dbeginning at 80, rnd advanclug to 0 hieforo tho loans wera cloned, mlv‘mu-lh-'l'hn wholo subseription was talion by o FATMELS, BIOPKELIERS, AND RANRERH, the latter purchasing on pecnlation for a rigo and then rosolling to the furmors, 'L'he gren bulk of these Rentes have found thelr way into tho pockets of tha Freach farmers. It wns found, whon the temptation waa placad bofora thom, 'that nearly every farmier in Franco hud o secrot hoard of qold “Nopoleons” and G-Irane sllvor coins, of the existenco of which thera was o suspicion, but of the fact or amount littlo was known. Tho common people of I'rance rarely doposit thoir monoy in savings- Vvauks anywhoio excopt in an oarthen “erock iu the ground, But evory Frenchiman, no matter what his poli- tica or 1eligion,—whothor ho bo u Royalist, n Re- publican, or a Communist ; o Catholic,n Protost- ant, or & Bkdptic,—hns ahsolute coufidence in tho solvency of his Government, and i willing to loan Lis Inst franc, shirt, or pair of sabots, ‘Tho subseriptions for tho nationnl loan to libor- ato Franco from tho oceupntion of the bated nnd abliorrod L'Allemugne (Germau), amounted to FOUR OR FIVE TIMEY tho aum roquired ; und, ot all places whoro tho books woro opeued to rccoive proposala for Rontos, thoro wore gront crowds, much excita- mont and contention, and o Ecramuling rush first to reach the books. Tor twenty-fomr hours in advanco of the timo for opening them, lang lincs of women held their places, rogurd less of rain or bogl, wind or weathor, und fpa- ticatly waited for tho signul for the proscssion to move upnn the books and mako their offer- ings of 80 many hundred or thousaud francs ouch ; for, in making those subscriptions, tho womon manungod the businoss, os_ thoy do pietty much overy otber businees in' France,—the men slanding belplowsly idlo, aud wacehing thoir spousos with that fooling which the INFERIOR HAS FOR TIE SUPERIOR, Fifth—1t was demonstratod by tho result of tho offerings, and tho frcts tbat_ enmo to light, that the Frouch farmers alone had more gold and silvor hoarded away and secreted m un- known #pots than would suftive to_dischnrge tho whole German fino aud tho cost of tha war be- sides, * It hud long beon o mystory what lind be- como of the stoudy stronm of the precious niotals which, for tho lnst fitty or sixty yomrs, had poured into I'rance, Somo enid they had been re-oxported in the shapo of jowalry, gilding, and ornaments; and others Lad wuguilied tho amonnt of coin in cirewlation and in tho banks. But tho truth {8, the Fronch &lonsnnlr_v and shop-keapors, and mechanics had hoarded iv by the hundiells, and porhaps thoubhnds, of millions, The women of France hold tho pumsc-stringn. Thoy aro shurp and eco- nomical boyond ~ Amorican coception, industrious to s dogreoot which American women hovo no 1dan, oloso, saving, stingy, and acquisi- tive. Blowly. day by dny, montii by month, and year by yoar, the eclo surplus saviiigs oud solf- donlals of ook good dame and her family go on accumnlating aud incrousing, and are_caretully converted iuto the iudestructiblo precious met- aly, and or olgs BURIED 1N TOX GROUSND, or bid in the wall of tho cottage, eud kept thoro with all tho secrotiveness of Free-Ausonty. Only on occasions of marriages or purchase of land {8 any part of those hoards aver touched. Tor tho former, a cortain swount comes forth from its hiding-plude to pay the stipulalod mar- rlago-dowry of the dunghtor or fortune givon thoson ; nid then tha uonoy only soos the doy~ Light for a day, for tho now owners instantly lay it uway, and begin_tho Iabor of manijed bfo to enrn mouoy, 8avo it, and add it to tho patrimo- uiulshonrds, Siath—2Yrance 1s the . JMONT HELF-SUFTONTING NATION in Europe or the world. Ier exports always ox- coed Ler imports lnigoly, and this balanos 18 exucted In tho procious metals, sud not in raw matorials, a3 in Gueat Britain, ’aris is the fashionnble eapital of the world, tho Empross of fonnledom; and to ler shrino they como or #ond thoeir offerings from all the nations of the carth, Puiis gots tho foshions and chenges them at ploasure, and as oflen as ihe changen of the moon or the direction of the winds, All that is costly, usoless, tlimsy, and flamingin the female wardrobo and toilet, is waoufactured in Franco, aud sold in Paris to tho world's buttortlies ; while the fop element of tho masculino porsuasion are also provided with their stunning styles of dress by the Ironch; oud the whole champagne-driuking fraternity l)m'clnma their costly carbonio acid and eider in ranco, France imports NO BREADSTUFTS OR MEATH, except & lirtlo st long intervals when her crops aro uliort, 08 happens to bo the case this yonr ; but nearly ulways sho bus o surplns 6f whont, Leof, aud mfitton, which is exported across the chnnnel to England, whera it tinds & ready mar- ket abhigh prices. France imports levs sugar or molagses than sho oxports, oxcept froin her own colonies, Blie producos enormous quanti- titica of sugnr and molusses from the beot-1oot,— enongh for domestic consumption, and & surplus to export. France imports 10 Ak, excopt in tho raw stute, and producos most of tho raw matecinl withm her own borders, and then munufactures it into & thoueand forms of fubries and tissucs, and eells 100,000,000 or £200,000,000 worth of it to all tho fomalek of the world, after supply- ing her own very modorate aud sparing con- snmption; France manufuctures tho grout bulk of lier own irgu, nnd nearly everything made therefrom in the form of stecl and iron iwm- plomonts, railioad-tracks, engiues, ehips, cto. Whilo the coal-mersures of Fraueo are scant, &ho monnges to avoid uportation from England to any great extont. Tho domostic fuel of France i8 wood, burned with au economy tjnt makos ono shiver on u cold day. Trecs are A8 CAREFULLY PLANTED AND GROWN in Franca os boats or wheat, or uuy othor. pro- duct, Fianca grows neurly ail the wool ro- quired for domestic conemuiption snd export, in the shape of cloths, cxcopt cerlain comss varieties nsed to mix with tho native fine flecces, and purcliased cheaply in Australia and South Amorics, in exchango for gimeracks and toilot articles. Tho Fronch produce their own hiquors,—wines uand braudy,—and oxport tons of millions of dollara’ worth to other nations, (They drink no whislry and but Jittle beer ; they call the formor Amerienn poison, and the latter nnsty Germun sonp, and voither of them flt for the huiuan stomach.) Tho skin of every beast and four-footed ani- mul is converted into leuther, 'fhoy utilize tho hidos of all the horses, usmee, mules, cattlo, calves, deor, shoop, Jambs, gonts, kids, 3 1608, DOGS, CATS, RATH, {oxes, wolves, rabbits, aud other animals, wild or domostic, and.sell tho products to all the world in the shape of Fronch ealf and kid boots and shoes, and moroeco weur, and gloves by tho nililion yross. They muke spaving uso of ihoso articles for themselves, but wenr wooden shoos, nioro generully than anything olso, through the rurnl distriots aud smong the poorer elasses of tho oitios und towns, Tho imports of ¥rance consist ALMOBT WIOLLY of yaw matoriule, purchased to ba converted into fabris, melnly for exportation abrond, except tobaued, which I8 a Governmont-monopoly, and ig sold at an cuormous profit, whoreby n very Iarge rovenue is derived, ‘Tho chief articles of import are raw cottou from Ameries and cotton yarn from England, raw and floss sill, wool, timbor, coal, coil'ce, tea, and tobaceo, 'THE UALANGE OF TRADE derived from foroign commiorce, botweon 1850 nnd 1800, svoraged $70,000,000 por aunum, Bince then it haw uvorugad $100,000,000, T'his {3 ex- alnsivo of the profita mado on gaods sold ut 1otall to the multitudes of foreignors, including Amor- icans, who swarm over France, und tho profity made ou commorce which the tublos of mporty And ux})‘m'm never atate or indicato, Tho Euglish lonn the larger part of thuir nob prolita on foroign trudo to the Varlous nations of the world ; that is, they put thoir money out ou intrast whota thoy can got the best sconrity pnd bigghiest rate of usenco, 'The I'ronch loan abrond oomparatively littlo of their surplus onpital, ‘Ihe ‘xlmt‘lbull tendenoy I8 to fuvest It ut howe or honrd 1t. n Ithink It has now been oxplalned Low {he Trouoh wovo ablo to paro noarly $1,100,000,000 in coln Lo pay off tho Clorman flaio i twd-und-o- half years, without impoverishmout, or even serious invonvenience. Ihemarck thought he had futlloted n wound on Frunca that wouid wenken and enfeebloher fordecndos to come, Pm thoblow 11A8 No pRobucED ¥ tho anticipatod fatal offocts, The mouney la padd § the torritory is lborated. France Is frce, Powerful, ana Lurning for roveuge, The pride of the nation has beon hastonod § egotlsm hny roceived n torrible fall § vanity hiaa boou pricled new campreliauds lior own Btreuth and resonrces withont bliud exaggoration, and :}xusu of lior enowy without stupidly underrating i, ivory dollar of tho debt of Pranco, which now oxcoeds that of Greal Britaly, is hold at homo, fn tho hands of hor own citizons, 'I'ho Rontes nrn difftased all ovor (he uation, Almost vyory favimor owns somo of thom, and honrds thom with the samo tonneity with which ho clings to his gold Napolcons., Tho * Morgan lonn " of £100,000,000, taken by the Engheh to help the Frouch out of their troublon, hing"all_becn bought 1ip, and ia now held {u Francs, It s truo tho war han ificronued taxon by 25 por vont, aud diminiabied rovonuo in tho proportion tho two captured proviuces of Alanco and Lorraine boro to_tho whale natlon ; but this loss can ba borne. Bofora the war, tho nocesrary rovenno of Irance wors something Toss than 100,000,000 por annum; the {axes now produce £870,000,000, nnd thero i sbil a do- tleiency of nearly 36,000,000 to ba provided by additionsl {nxes, Ono-hnlf of tho total vevenua is required to pay interost on the onormous dabt; Lut, as tho Rontes aro owned and held by most of the tax-payors, it Is much the samo o8 talting money out of one pocket and putting it into tho othor. One would supposo that, with this ndditton of noarly $10,000,000 n yoar to the annusl budgot, tho Frouch Administiation o WOULD INAUGURATE ECONOMY 3 rotrench al overy poiut, by entting off thousands of sinccuro officos, discharging surplus om- ployes, aud, above nll, by roducing the srmy to wpeaco-footing, But nothing of tho kind tins hoow done or propused, Thero are_on the pave volla of the nrmy fo-duy moro than 600,000 armed men, stationed in garrisons all over flrn:npu and Algerin, of whom' 80,000 sorrison Davis, and 65,000 aro kopt in Algoria. ‘The cont of tho War- Dapartmant for 1873 will be $90,000,000, and of tho Navy-Dopariment 231,000,000, —wnnkiug to- #ethor 121,000,000 as tho cost of tho stauding army and navy in tuno of profound poace. THE PRUSSIAN MILITARY AYSTEM liay been adonted, to mauke overy man over 20 years of age serve four yems in the setive army 5 thon thoy are seut to tho rosorve of tho active urmy for five yoara;, then to the territorial army for~ five yonra; then luto the reservo of the tovritoiinl army for six yoenws longer,—makipg twonty ~yoars' aetive or: pussive sorvice. - No substitulea aro now accopted, and no bounty is paid. Tho object i to have avory man in Frauco ovor b feol high and 11t for sorvico, betwoen tho ngos of- 20 aud 40, on the army-rolls ne disciplined soldiers, rendy for offeurive or dofonsive uporations.,Tho Irouch caleulato that, in n tew veers, thoy will be able to placo in tho field 1,600,000 men for offensive action, and have _another 1,600,000 1 rosorvon, doing gnn'lsnu-dut{. and standing ready to fill up the gaps mado I the runks of the my operafiug in the field. Ouo :‘l)mu;;ht 500108 to auimu:o tho enlire population: CONQUER DACK ALEACE AND LORRAINE, the mext {ime they go to war with Germany, and peradventire to recover the indemnity oxtorted from thew, with intorest thorcou. I+ is doubt- fulif therd is u Freneh man or woman, boy or s;n—l‘ now living in Prance, bnt oxpoots aud be- liovos that the lost provinees will evontually bo rocovered,~—must bo recovered at all hnzards ‘Lirey caleulato on the continued love and afice: tion” of the pooplo of thuse proviuces for TFrance; rud tiey count ou their activa nssist- anco to throw off’ * the German yoke™ when the proper time comes. This is the muin 1eawon for Frauce onduriug tho heavy cost of support: ing 600,000 men i arms, aud submitting wit out o murmur to the inexorable military con- seription system. 'I'he armiy has boen ENTIIELY REORGANIZED sinco tha conclusion of tho war, ‘I'he worthloss oficors have, been woeded out; o stricter divei- phine has been introduced; and the muster-rolly no longer boar tho mames of flofi- tious soidiors, with official bummers draw- wg psy and ratious’ for thoso imug- innry watriors, as wns tho case under tho luto Ei The Gormon system of tactics and comoinations ts beiny carefully studind by tho ligght of their lata_disustrons oxporience, The I‘!mlonn] Gnora of Parls is_disbandoed, and tho whole population disnrmed, so that thore muy bo o future fire-in-the-rear from tho un- whot mombors of the lato Commune organiza- tion, whiclrpillaged Paris and burnt o part of it, 1 short, oversthing i bomy dona which secrs possible’ to nrm, disciplive, wud propare tho nation for the NEXT STRUGGLE WITI THE GERMANE, for the recovory of the dfsmembered provinees, Plio Fionc say that Dismarck aud Moltke, and other great leaders, will dis bofore loug, as thoy aro o mon ; and that Germuny will anfor npon the next war inflated yith vanity and pride, half- proparad and half-marshaled, s Franco wos in 1870, which will result in o serics of defeals and humilistions. Thigmay or may not La the ¢aso : but ong_thing is certuin, thai'the fghting wit- nessed duriug the lnte wr waa : " AMEUE CIILD'S PLAY compnrod with the tighling that will be done in tho next war by France, who will enter upon it with tho fires of & voleano burning in Ler bronst. All that rago and hatred, added to valor and discipline, _can accomplish, with bo achioved. If Tranco is Dbosten mnext timo, it will bo in despito of the most carcful and_porfoct propavation, nud_alter hor mightiost offorts havo Loen oxhausted, Tunvo spokon of tho wondorful caso with which the pooplo of L'rance raised Lho money to Tiquidato tuo Gorman **indommity,” and givon some explauations thereof ; but there remaine 0aa reson not yob named, which should not bo omitted. Tho bulk of the munefl was contribut- ed by tho Freuch farwors, and thoy were able to subseribo 1t becauso » THEY OWNED THE LAND {hoy cultivate, aud pay no rems to n landed wristocracy, ench ag that which monopolizes the land of Great Brituin and Ircland, ‘L'lie monsy which tho British and Irish farmors have to pay to tho landlovds, the Freuch hold in their pos- sesaion, and wero nble to loan it to the Goveru- ment in the day of neod. Supposo the Germuny nd invaded Great Britain and conquered it, and thon exncted a ransom of soveral hundred mill- jons of pounds sterling in_gold,—how much of tho monoy could tho English aud Irish tenut- lln]rms?s Luwva subscribed and paid to liberate the slan . HCARCELY A 'SOVLREIGN, for the gimplo reason that thoy have not got it to give, Tho merchants, manufacturors, and bankers would have beon obligod to raise the woney. Of ull the dobtof Euglaud, but themeross fraction is Lold by the touant-farmers, and riot ashilling of ft by tho lnboring serfu; whorous, in Franco, tho farmors uud :ouunon peoplo hold nearly the whole of tho bonds representiog tho, uational debt, That shows the difference in the' effect of tho two_s¥stoms of land tenure in o light that ruquimn no furthor commont or clucidation, ‘Uhe English systom divides tho pooplo into threo classos : first,nan oligarchy of # fow thousand bioated land-monopolists : second, 200,000 tonunt-furners, who Lave hard worl to pay rents, tuxes, and hive of luborors; third, 1,000,000 ; SERP-FAMILIES, utterly .without property, mouney, cducation, Lnowledge, political rights, or anyibing olso not enjoyad by bioasts of burden, ©ho Frouch sys- tom produicen 5,000,000 ndopoudont, prosperous yeoton, uvery ono owning the farm ho culti- vates, who cun talio Lis rost under his own #hade-tree, and oat the grapes und driuk tho wine of lis own production ; und, when his conntry is in tronble, ho bus o son’ willng Lo fight for it, aud o bag of gold which ko can gparo and s willing to” contribute towards the cost of tis war, Now, which s tho bLottor system for the national good, {u time of peace or in time of poril? J. A, e JA curious Naturalist, Whe New Havon Fresd holdy itself rosponsible for tho truth of the following ¢ “ Mr. Mendell, of 8t Touis, Mo, who has Loen for the last fow duys stayving with some friouds n this vity, ban @ most. siugular fove for Ingoct-lifo, and nn intimate knowledvo of {ho eharacter wnd tomper of soveral membors of tho insoct fwmily, which he corries abont with Lim for tho purposs of diversion und study, In ono of hiv puckots My, Meudell bus domontiented n colony of small brown ants, trained in their i tolligonco to do somo surprising things, vill pluco a pieco of pugar upon & table nud retivo a S pucos from i, lien, by omo munlpulation which his indnatrlous pots mularstand o luowe ing of, he peruttades them to come out and maieh in’ Indinu tllo down tho log of his prutuloons, norows tho flooy, up tho leg of 'tho tablo, until thoy resell tno sugar, Tho unts will, aftor cnch ono has aupplied itself with o tiny grain of the sweot commadity, tako up the line of march on n return (rip to My, Meudell’s ]mukul into which Lhuy will euter, oseh one with ta londs of wwouts, Mo sumo foutloman hiw alyo fu his collootion of insect pots o dozon or more of s;ruun bugs,Ywith blacle stripes iunning uround tholr bodies, und which, ke suys, are pacaliar inhubitants of u upecies of aeacla treo, Thoso bugs will, ata motion of* thelr mustor's linger, go through somo romarkuble acrobalie puitarmances, walking first on tholr hind legs and aftorwirds on their fora Joge, the hinder part of their hodios being olovatod, thelr only word of commnud, 4o to speak, oing giveu by the moton of thelr tealnor's fingor. Mr. Mondell hus for somo yoars found great plossure in do- voting hiy letsnre howrs to pursnity of the kind in\mlv‘:al-.nunuauml, aud ought cerlainly to writo s ol LITERATURE. 3 Music. - THE GLORY: A CouLioTion or New Muatd yon BINOWNG OLARSES, DIUSIOAL CONVENTIONA, AND Quoms, By Gronak T, loor, Otielnnabls’ Juln Qlinreh & Chlcayos Jtool & Tewlw, No, 263 Btato ptreef d Guorge F, Noot & Bouw, No, 100 Blato atrec ) This fs tho Inst of some Lhirty or forty vol- 1imos of muefeal works from tho same author. Siuco Ity publication 1t Las alroady attained o wido populnrity, and ¢ will doubtloms mereaso tho woll-cutablished reputation of Mr. Root. His muslo, not to esy his books, aro ueatterod all over tho Continent, Thoy aro found in the cholrs of the finoat nnd. tho largest congrogations, Enst and West ; wo have found thom nmong« tho mountaing of Golorado, overywhoro in Cali- fornin and Oregon, and in tho cabius of Utnly and Washington Tdrritories. Nob only has his musio blessed and cheered ovory nook aud cor- ner in Ameries, but it bas crossed tho ocesn, aud wa aro credibly informed that it Is sung In churehds nnd conforonce meotings in England more thau thnt of auy other lving author, And, wherover our miksionuries lnve gone, *The Bhining Bhore and other goms of Mr, Root's musle aro sung by the wuntivo Chris. tinng, snd you may hear it in almost al) tho - writton lauguages of the world, Borrowing and modifying somewhat Wobster's graud thought in relation’to the mertial music of Engluud, it may bo truly said that, bogiuning whorover you will, ou Sabbath morning, some humble soul may be found sivging * he Bhin~ ing Shore ;" and auother cntcmuY up the ro- fram, hour by hour, with tho sun in bia conrse, sings of **Tho Shinjug Shioro,” till tho Wholo world 1 beltad with tais brigh, heaveuly song of_ono of our mout valued nud worthy citizons, Mr. Root has not confinod himself to church- music, His ** Hazol Dell " and * Rosalie," and mmany other songs, bave a wido populatity. But, during tho War of tho Itchellion, Lili nonlc, pairiotic musio boenmo of nationel valuo and importance. ‘Ihe couulry owes him o ubit o! gratitndo for “Phe Battle-Oryof Freedom,” ** Wramp,Tramp,” * The Vucuut Char,” # Just After tho Buttle," und othior stirriug pleces, which it never can repay. "Tnoy thrilled tho souls of our people i .- eotings and in country school-housos; they ‘made cheerful the lonely, tedious wmarch, and thoy fired tho hearts of our soldiors to plant tho Stars aud Stripes i trivmph abovo the clouds on Lockonut Monutain, Wo leave to tho historiau of the futuro to solve the question, whother any man really did moie to put down the Rebollion {hun Georgo 1. Root, Aud bero the question may bo asked, whethor Geurgo I Root is a grout musician, Nobody pretends to rauk him amony the grand old com posers of (ko past. Ho clums no such place. 1o iy too modéut and too wise for that. ITs aim is to toach the poople,—tho wholo people. 1lle wriles ‘such musie us will instruct and Lless thom,—music that will make them bappior and hotter, Itis.not always what is ‘scientifically fnd mechunically tho best muxic that can have the widest popularity, or thut does the most good. Oporas with sweot, simple nirs, that the audionce cau eppreciate und undorstund, now take with the people, aud always will, muel better than the lighest style of classic music, Ylotow's *Martha " will be acted o huudred times to Deothoven's * Fidalio” onco. 8o will Aubor's “Tra Disvolo” and Balfo's “Dobownu Gi,” and though havder, Gouuod's % Fansl;” whilo_ Wugnor's music und “Tho Prophet” of Meyerveor reguire o Theodore 'Thomas to rendur them to eudiences of sdporior musical culture, and to make thom at ull tolornblo to tho masses of the peopie. Tho * Mersinh” and the ** Ureation™ will always be sung on great musicnl occasions ; whils it cun searcoly bo” doubted thut George . Ruot’s music will ulso bo sung iv the church aud tho prayer-meciing till tho oud of time, 1aving said thus much about Mr. Roeot's musie, our readers would probably like to know som thing about tho man porscually, Born in Shei- field, Mass,, a litlo more thun fifly years ago, Lo hw lilorally worked his way up to tho ouvia- blo position witich Lo now enjoys, In 1845, Lo went to Now York oy *a singing-mnster.” Tho old musical heads thoro ratior sncored st tho temority of tho Yuukeo stripling” coming there without their foave or roguest. For four yeais ho toiled on, spending his lewure hours in porfectivg Limsulf us bass; Mrs, Georgo I agsoprano; his slstor, now Mra, Quim- ley, of Ornuge, N. J., nwallo; and his brother Towner, now oo of our bost-kuowa citizons, as touor, Di this timo tloy had masterod-porfectly some of tho most diliculy sud beautiful quar- tottos fuen known to tho musical public; sud the President of the Phitharmonic—perlinps it was Lo of tho Academy—so fur doffed his lofty diguity ug to accept an invitation to n private rvehearsal. 1t is noodless to add that he wus surprised ond dolighted,’ They ware invited to sing befora tho Suciety, " nud won the highest appianse. From that timo the Root Quartatte " hud_an Lonorod placo wmong the lendimg musiciaus of New Youk, We could namo a geutlo- man who heard that same quartette sing some of thowo vory plocos a fow wooks ago, and ho nsgures us that bo was then the ncarst Hoaven ho ever oxpects ta bo in this world. ce 1859 Mr. Root has made his home in this city, baving attonded musical conventious at tho West sovesal yeurs provious. - Boforo the fira ho lud earned u comfortable compotenco; but, alus ] that grent calaunty swopt it ull awey, Liko most of our poople he kuows not the word ¢ 1ail,” and Lo is now at work hard and cheor- fully us ovor.- Ilis family—brothors and nistors —id n largo one, and a¥ are musicians, Around his own board are o li‘oofuy unumber of gons aud danghters. Two of his sonw, Fred and suother, nlready give promuse of vory bigh musical nt- tninments, As ‘ono, whoso labors bave seal- fored fur ond wide, all over the land, blessings 8o varied, vo rich and o onduriug, our wholo }mopln will unite their bost wishes for his long life, unalloyed happmess, and abunduut prosooerity. Wo add that the words of “Bhining Shore wore wriltou by tho Iato Dr. Nelson, of St, Louis, tho authop of tho “‘Cnure and Curo of Iufidel- ity;" go that beautiful hymn aud the musio aro both Western productions, v More Musics CHURCH WELCOML: A COLLECTION oF New Mu- 10 ¥OR OHOMW, CLAGHES, AND CONVENTIONS, Ly W. O, Pewwiss, New York: Willlam A, Toud & Co. Chicago: Root & Lowis, No, 262 Stute streot. Wo liwvo looked over this work with intorest, Dosides tho usual pages of iustruction, we tind first & fine collection of glees aud eongs for social gatherings, followed by u large amount of new church music, and ulso some of the old standord piocos ueed iu ull our churches, 'Tho Look has already beon cireulated widely for tho supply of our winter singing-schools, and the eall for it will iucrearo as it merits are bettor uudorstood, Mcssrs, Root & Lewis are propared to supply all orders promptly. 3 The Atmospheres WHE ATMOSPHERE. Timuslyted from the Frouoh of Oauiaa: YFraspanor, New York: Harper & rothers, Thin work, already in fragmentary passagos and caroful xoviews of its originul toxt antici~ puted in notice, s u travslation aud abridgmont of M, Flummarion’s “*L'Atmosplers,” publishod in Paris in 1872, The translation has boen made by O, B, Pitman, and the task of editing—os tho prefaco states, not u light ouo—Lias boon aecoms plished by Jnwmes Glaivhor, Superintendont of the Magnotical nnd Aleteorologlcul Departmient of the Royal Bocioty ut Greenwich, In form, the volumo is an vlogaut erown oetavo of 460 pugos, illustrated with 10 chromo-lithographs,—with but twa excoptions partioularly excellent onos,— and 86 wood-vuts, Thu subjoot of tho Atmosphere, wonderful aud interosting @8 it is to those who have their beiug in itw vitel sir, I8 fuily treated in varions relations, clagsitlod—with numorous minor clavs~ sificatlons—uuder tho general title of six books I Our Planct aud its Yital Fluid, IL Light and tho Optieal Phonomena of the Alr, IIL, Tompor IV, Tho Wind, V. Wator, Clonds, Ruin. VI Elcetrleity, ‘Thunder-Storms, sud Lightolng, fu this lnst division tho moat interesting chap- ters ocour, beeauso tho olucidations they contuin rre of o moro novel naturc than thoso whicl Belonco hoy with loss dillienlty approhonded or _oxplored. Itn specifieations includo tull mud Celenr information, o, most ro- cont selontiflo dato, of * Eleetricity wpon the Zarth and in tho Atmosphero; Ilec- trie Gandition of the Torrostrinl (iobo; Discoy- ary of Atmosphieris Bloctrlcity t Lxporfmonts of Otto do Guorielo, Wull, Noljor, Franiiin, Roms, Richmann, Soussuro, Lo.; Rlectriity of thu Hull, of tho Clouds, of tho Air; Formation of Thun- der Btoyms ; Lightolug and Chunder; The Snnt Libno Pires, Juck o' Luvterns, nud Aurota Bore- uliv, Tho Dlustrations fu this part of thevonme avo vory exclting; they ropresunt, uloso nfter tho experlments of Irinklin und Romus, “Rich. wanb, of B, Potorwburg, Struok by Lightning During an Bleowrleal Experhinout,” ™ Hurvestors Kilted by Lightning,”—n gronp of cight who, enjoving thelr mooftdny ropast undor a- maplo-tres woro Lilled by ouo stroke of lightning, and who™ ‘et a8 if potrified in tho oxnct position in which death surprisod thems" A Curlous Freak of Light- ning,"—rolling u ball of fivo ncross tio kitelion- floor of a houso In Salagunc, I'ranco; **Bt, Elmo Tiro ovor tho H\ll\'u of Notre Damo, Parls s an “* Aurora Boroalls Saon at I'avis Mnir 19, 1608 ;" —glving n view of city and sky, in chromo- lithoaraph ; * An Aurora Borealis over the Polar Boai" another, whorled in_logarithmic ourves, sean *“at Bpltzborgon,” Jauuary, 1839; and, lastly, n still nsore wondorful affect vistblo In the smno month and year at 8pitzborgel “Throughout tha whola worlk tho huid expian- atory fext is accompnnind by atatistical tables, mnuy of which are of gréat sclentifle valuo. From thoso Intorosting te popular outlosity, wo oxtract the folllowing table of the highost Bpots of carth inbabited by man : Vineyurd of Antisana (E Tho Town of Patosi (B The Town of eru (Pern), o Townof Omro (Bativii) ‘Tlio Townof La Par (Bolivia). “‘Tho birds, of courso, tingos, aftor miding to this iablo ono of thé highest mountains in the world, *‘reprosent the population of the vory highest altitudes, In. tho Andes tho condor, in tho Alps the eaglo and wvulture, hover above the topmast peals,” Certain kinds of buttorflios nscond still high- or. “In my acrlal voyagoes,” this fuscinating chapter on ® Acronantieal Asconts " conclndes, * I iavo mot with buttorllios at holghts to which tho birds of onr latitude do not ascend, and at moro than 9,800 feot aboye the ground, Dr.J, D, Hooker noticed somo at Monut Momny, st au altitudo of moxe than 17,701 feot.” Such in the #ealo of animal lifo fu theso Alniue Zones, whero tho fanug Fradually hocomen soarcor, fipally pilvim; way to solitude and desolation, Bogbilll {hio Iniit stago of vegotauion, boyond tho oxtrermo raglon attained by the inscct and mummiters, all beeonies silent and uninhabited ; yot the aiv is wtill full of mlcmuco&xlc nnimnleldun, which the wind raisos up liko dust, and which are dissom- inated to un unkuown height." Feet, Tho Buddhlst clofstor of Haule (Thibet), 16,692 Ciolsters on the aldes of the [thualaya,.14,764 to 10,404 ‘Tho Past-Houzoof Apo (Peru),.... . 1,877 o Pont-Houso of Aucomnrco (Peruj.. 14,200 Tho Villago of Tacors (Vorn), . . 19,601 ‘o Town of Calamurea (Bolivin). 14851 o) Tlammarlon con- The Pyronces. A _TOUR THROUGI! THE PYRENEES, Dy Hie. roryri: AvoLrne TAINE, Author of " A History of fsh Literature,” ¢ Travels fu Italy,” ete, Ilus- by Guszav Dore, New York: Houry lfolt ‘f'o posaces the complete works of Taine lias becomo a detormination with all sualyiical studouts of Art and ndmirers of sumptuous line and color. Within the past fow years, no other writer has doue 8o much tomoldartistic thought. It i this lavish portrayer and creative eritic who upbuilds & clonr philusopby amid the richest imagory, and dofinos ita sovero outlines against n background of splondor. Hardly loss carnest is the desivo to Linvo, as an intimato rocourse, some work of Doro. For, notwithstanding the would-bo avvibiladon of this mnster -by Ruskin, ho has kindlod the imongination of the age. A book that combinon two such desirable possessions as bappily a8 thoy are combined in the * Tonr Through the Pyrencen "—the test, Taino; the illustration, Doro—is trobly welcomo. It i one of tho bonutiful offeringa of the senson. The volumo 8 & squaro octavo, bound, in its costliost form, In moracco, and, in its least cost- ly, in that style which was insugurated In the Leisure-Hour Serics, only more richly ; its cov- era aro of polished linen of n marble-gray tint, ormamented with black sud gold, and its pages display the entin ymoothness and fihe typo that fastilions tasto requires. . Tho illustrations aro 625 in number,—nalmost all of them by Dore, and in his best and most intellectual stylo. They posecss—and evon in potite goms—amplo hinta of that broad and in- tengo chiaroscuro and balancing of contrasting hues whage brilliant oxamplo has inspired a new echool. Tu illustrations of storme, or of legenda of the supernatural, thore js that informing of Nature with the buman expression of tho gro- tesquo, pathetic, or wspiring, occasfonnlly intro- duced by Turner in his romantio studics, but which; i Dorc's mway, by takon an..origic onl ond wuggestiyo phase, There ~aro plentifidl contributions of humorous cari- cature: oad scattored among the pleturcs of ncenory, nnd ovents, and muunors, thero aro portraita of historic people who enter 8 dramntis personto the text : Jeanne d’Alhort, Houry 1V,, Margaret of Navarre, Voltaire, Sully, Froigsart, Mile. doBogur, Beothovon, snd others, ‘I'ho test is characloristio of the piquant, rich- ly-colorad, aud magnetic style ulrumlfi ‘well known. Tho tour 1" described infour books : Tho Const ; The Valley,of Ossau ; The Valley of Luz ; Bugneres and Luchon, Thesp_books are iundivided to include chapters upon Bordoauy ; Royan ; Les Landas; Bovonne ; Biarritz ; Snint Jean-de-Luz; Lax ; Orthez; Pau; Eanx-Bon- nes; Eaus-Chandes ; The Inbabitants; Luz ; Saint-Sauveur; Barreges ; Cauterots; Saiut-Savin; Gavarnio; The Borgonz; Tho Pie du Midi ; Plants ond animals; From Suez to Buquores-do-logorra; The People ; Uhe Road to Bugueres-de-Luchou ; Luchou ; and "Toulouse. : The translution is by T, SnfTord Fiske, and it wall preserves tho opigremmntic poriods and chromatic adjectives of Taino. The descriptions aro not rubbed of color ; und tho humorous pas- soges which abound in the serving up to the render of * Bcoplu * gonerally, ud travolers in partioular, have not’ lont their vivid offervos- cence, The humorous passages, tho historic logends, and eritiques of character, are too long to quote. Oneiutoresting bar of desoription must suflice for o mentionivg * fiuis.” It accompunies an exquisite miniature, by Dore, of Bordeaux ¢ ‘Lhe noxt ovening, n frosh Bea-breozo hus brought ng toBordenus, Thu cnormoua clty heaps ity monu- ‘mental housea along {he rizer-lko bastions; tho red sky s embattled by thewr copiug, Thoy on ot hand, tho bridgo on tho other, protect with & double line the port, whera tho vesicly are. erowded togathor Ifke tlock of wulls; thoa graceful hulls, those taperiug masts, thodo sufls swollen or fiosting, weavo tho uby- riuth 'of thelr movuments und forms upon the mag- niticent purplo of tho suneot, The sun sinks down into tio it uf tho river anibuets it ll ablazot tho Dluck vigglug, tho rannd billls, stand out against itw contlagration, und look like jowels of jot sut in gold, A Picture of LiYe in the Netherlands, THE BURGOMASTER'S FAMILY; on WrAL axp WOE 1§ A LinTLe Wonen, By CUMSTINE MUL- i, Tranelutod from tho Dutel by Sir Jous Snaw Levpvne, Now York : Seribuer, Armstrong & Co, The writer whoso nom de plumo is *Chris- tino Muller " has, sinco tho flattering recoption of this worl m her owu country, becomo known a8 Madame vou Wulsoe, 8 resident of Brummon, in Gildortand, Her fatbor was o physieian ia the medical de- partment of the army of the Netherluuds ; and, uutil sho was 12 yoars old, tho daughter lived in various towns where Lo was stationed. Aftor that timo her resitonce was fu Amsterdam, whera, as an accomplished young ludy, sho entered much_1to soclety, uatil her fathor's illness re- quired o removal to Bremmeun, where she met aud married M. vou Wulsoo, Giffed with estraordinary powers of obsorva- tion und ponetration, the authoress Lrings Into hedbook tuo taithrnl and pletuvesquo detail of {ifo in tho Netborlands,, She deseribes ordinary charaeter with lively’ and humorons gsense of luman weakuess und absurdity ; and, in entor- itng doeply into tho lives of hot hioroes aud horo- ines, who eoro somowhat above the ordinary staudard of their kiudred, sha finds materinls for Lior novel, of puthos, und action, and tragedy. One_cliaractor of 'the bouk it strikingly orlg- innl,—that of the hountiful, inolated, aund f” idolized Coline; snd Lmmic, the tiue ioroing, who inspiros two men to ucts of mag- nnnimity, draws into hor lifo's love-slory & phase Br‘a’:xpnriancu that hus not been familinrized iu jotion. Altogethor, the bool: is ono of thosa of which tho readler does not luse a word., Andits denoue- mout incorporates o senbitiont that pussos through the durk valloy of tho shadow of Daonth beforo 1L comes to light, no less it seoms in the quiot home-life of the Nothorlands thau horo In onr exciting duys of Ameriea, ¢ God makos i crériuros Luppy ; but in His own way, and not in theirs,” . ‘he Primoevnl World, TIHE QIILDINOD OF THE WORLD: A StrLe ACCOUNY O MAN IN EARLY Tings, 1y Ebwann Orobp, ¥, I 8, London st Now York: Mucmillan & Co, ' Ollewgo's Junson, McClurg & Co, Wo have soldotb, if over, scon so mugh renlly valuablo icformation iu ralation to tho enrly his- tory of tho ruco ws wo find in this book, “Tt bogiuy with tho ourtlost time of man's nppeatance on iho onrth. ‘The fivat part of tho work Is devoted 10 his necessitles, and the modes by which they woro at fivsl provided for, Il tooln, as shown by tho rolied of tho Btons axo; lbs dwollings ; ke of wotals 5 laggago, writing, ete,, cte., havo all a bifot notice. "Lho Tatter part of the work ik dovatod to mea's botiefs, with n short acconnt of objeets sud Yorms of his worship, Wo quote " the following sspiration for llouven and “by somo great-sonlod Aryan thousands of yonrs ngo 'y Whers Uiers n etornal Ifglit, in tho world where the suu in placed, in that fiminortal, fmperishablo world, pluge me, O Bufun, i Where King Dalvosvata roigns, where the secrot floco of ilcaven iy whero thoro mighty wators aro, horo make me fmortal, Whero lifo is frou, in tho Third Ieavon of Tleavons, whero the worl o radinrt, thero mako mo iminors Where wialica and dealres nre, whore tho place of the bright sun 18, where thero fa’ freedom aud delight, thero mnke me immortal, ‘Whera there is bnppiness and delight, where oy and plessure reside, where the aesires of our desirea aro obtained, thoro mnka mo {mmortal, This and othor quotations are from very old Bruhmin books, hut the suthior showa no dlspo- sition to lfiuarn tho anclent rocords nor the {m- mortal truths of the Christian Seriptures, The facts and lustrations of tho book are gathorod from all sources. Ktorlos. BAXL JIOLW'S BTORIES, Now York : Scribmer, Wel- ford & o, 1t ts difloult to analyzo the acknowledged charm of theso stories, which have appearcd from timo to timo in Seribner's Monthly ; and now include, in their Look-form, * Draxy Mil- ler's Dowry;" *Ths, Elder's Wife," sequel to * Draxy Miller's Dowry ;" * Whosa Wifo Is 8ho?" o One-Logged Dancors ;" * How One Wom- an Kopt Hor Husband ;" and * Esther Wynne's -Love-Letters,” = Denling with topics that necossitate much worldly knowledge, the manner of treatmont is 80 osgontially unworldly’that- wo must consider Ll\:e nuthor one whols “iu the world, butnot of it.” This coutrast of materinl and disposition devoelops itsolf in the most prominont characters of tho succcssive tales ; especially in_that marked individuality, tho character of Draxy Millor, at onco modest and bold, museulinely strong, and fomininely tender. The most con- nmore anelysis of cbarnctor ocenrs in tho story “ How Ono Woman Kopt Hor Husband ;" and tho most wiuning psychological Interest cliugs to_ the M{ctch—punslhly drawn from life— * Whoso Wifo Was She ?" + Many swoot littlo pnoms are intermingled with tho proso; smong them—rorming a part of the Italinn-aconoried ** One-Leggod Dancers '—is THE ANGEL OF PAIN, Angal of Paiu, T thiuk thy faco ‘Wil be, in nll the heaven) i’ H)lunu, Tho awectest faco thut T ahall uce, o swifteat faco to amilo on me, All other Angels faint and tiro ; oy wearfos sud foraukea deriro: Hopo falters faco to fuca with I dies bocauso It canuot. wait ; And Love guta short each loving day, Because ond biearts cannot obey That subtiest law which measures bliss Tiy what {tfs content to inles, Lt thou, ol loving, faithful Patn, Hated, reproackied, rolected, elatn, Dost unly closer clfug, and blesa Tu sweeter, uirouger stondfastness, Dear, patiout Augel, to thinoe own Phou coment, aud art nover known, Till, Jate 1n Rome lone, twillght-twiflght yiace, Y iTho Hght of thy trunstigured favo Suddeu shines out, and speechless the; Kulow thoy Luva whlked with Chrtst all dsg, A Mumorous Iayl. BUZZA-BUZZ; on, THE BEES, Translted from the German of WiLHELM DBuson I'{ TIEZRRIAR WAT= xrne, With the Origiusl German Tllustrattons, and ‘Twenty-elght Origiunl Deaigns by Park Bonjsmin, New York: Ifonry Holt & Co. A gift-book of the laugli-provoking kind, prot- tily bouud in bronze-color, stamped with black and gold. ‘The author of this humorous idyl of the Bees is known to American readers by his story of “Max and Muurice,” and by tho roputation which ho has gainod abroad by his designs for the Fliegende Dlatler, tho Gorman, Punch, The rhyme, which tells a tale of the tonder pasgion, i¢ profusely illustruted by colored dusigns—two at least on every pago, excepting in cases whore tho whole pagae is dovoted to pic- ture, a8 tho processiounl Bunzza-Buzz of the froutispieco, and tho ** Helter-skelter, there they go.”" Tho captious of the chapters, and the varlous portraits of Honey-Lovets in their pro- dieaments of hap and misbap, will afford mueh amusement to people who have an eye for the ridiculous. ® ‘ThoCary Sisters. ~DALLADS FOR LITTLE FOLK, By Au1oz and PRGDE Cany, Editod by Miny CrmuMen Axus, New York: Hurd & Hougnton, A duintily-bound octavo volume; pictured, exteriorly and Interiorly, wilh skotches of birds and butterflies, grasecs and fowors, aud abound- ing in descriptions of country childron and coun- try things, The title-pago-ilinstracion takes its subject from * Griselds Goose,” the longest of the ballads, 4 Tho introduction by Mra, Ames alludes with much tondorness to the sistors, who were 80 bo- loved, aud who wero tho friends of littlo children, o volume contains slsty pogms, tirts.thron of which ato by Alico,- and the remaidor by Phabo Cary. It will doubtloss be choson a8 a Merry Christmas and Happy Now. Your gift for ihe littio onos by thoso who clierish the namos that give u personal value to its contents, Ste Paul. THE CIARACTER OF BT, PAUL, By J, 8. Hew- sox, D, D., Dean of Chester, Now York: Dodd & Moad, Cbieago: Jausen, McClurg & Co, We nced not toll onr roligious readers that this worlk is from tho pon of one of England’s most ablo divines. Tho different traits in tho charactor of St. Paul are discussed, in flvo loo- tures, with marked ability, Inthe last lecturo, Lhis conrnge aud perseverance ure brought out in o strong light,-and held up epecially as an oxam- plo which all Christians shonld omalato. 8o, in act, aro some speclel tralts noticed in’ each of tho proceding loctures. It will do any ono good to read Dean Howson's book. Lavw, HILL'S PRODATE GUIDE; JURISDIOTION AND PRACTIOR 18 COUNTY OURIH ACCONDING TO_ TUE STATUTER AND DEAISIONS IN THE STATE OF ILlt- xotf, By Epwann+d, IieL, Chicago: E, B, Aly- orH, Nu, 93 Waslington streot, 'This is o conciso and valunble work,—exactly the thiug for gentlemen of the logal profession to have on their tables for convenient referonco. it is alao’s guide for oxecutors, administrators, guardians, and consorvators, in the managomont and sottlemout of estates, It has just boen issued, and, of course, containg the latest {nfor- mation on the subjects of which it treats, Theological. THE QUESTION OF HELL: AN EsiaY 1§ New One THODOXY, Ly a Puritan, New Haven: Wilion & Co. Culcago: W, B, Kven, Cooko & Co, In this little book tho author—whoever *“Puri- tan"” may bo—discussos tho old question of the existouco of a placo of torment for soula after desth, with great acute- nogs and forco. As might be expected, ho com- bats the orthodox view vigoronsly; but it may rensonably be coutended that very iuuu, if any- thing, now can bo suid on either sido of the question, Legal IRefexences, . AN ALPHADETICAL INDES, SiowmNa PARALLEL TELZUENOLS TO T, BRVENAL CANKS 1N TUE ILL1- NOIK REVORTS BUIWEQUENITLY REVISKD, MODIFIED, EXPLAINED, APTROVED, O MAINTAINED Ny THE Burngate Counr or Tutivow: From Dreeso o tho K7th Volumo Inclueivo of 4o Tioports, By Gronax R, WELDING, Cliicayo: E, 1, Myors & Co,, No, 03 Washingion streot. Tho title-page, copied above, will give all our logal rendors an nceurato kuowledge of the cous tonts of this book, Thoy will at once kuow and appreciato ité value, Epistolary. LUOY MARIA, By Mao, Ansv Montox Diaz, With linstrations, Vostou:' Jumen 1, 0sgoud & Co, Ohi- cagos W, B, Keen, Cuoko & Co, The author has thrown her obgorvations on Soulety, aud all sorts of subjeots, in tho form of lottors. ‘The stylo is easy nud tluwing, aud tho sentimontd of the lettors wo have beon ablo to look ovor ure good. Wo vonturo to vommend ic to tho attention of our young readers. For the Boys and Girls. GILES' MINORITY ; on, SoRNes AT T Rep Hovsr, a7 O'ReiLLy. Hoston : Hoberts Broths W, 13, Keeu, Cooke & Co, . Books for childron como to our table almost without number. The young peoplo seom to be in no dangor of having nothing to read, The book beforo na+s a colloation of interesting and amusing tales, told in attivotivo utylo. Perlodicals Itocciveds Gem of the West for Decomber, O, Aug, Hayie land, Clileago, Volce of Magonry for Decembor. John Q. W. Laitey, Chicago, Northwestern Rediow for November, R, R. Déurden, Cliiewo, Ladies' Own Magazine for Doecombor., M, O, Bland & Co., Chicago, immortulity, whiol, the kuthor soys, was writien Wisounain Zumberman for December, The Wiscongin Lumberman Publishing Company, Milwaukeo. Ulicago Teaclier for Decombor, Mahony, Ohicago, Anmierican e Journal tor Decomber, W. F. Qlarke, Chicago, 1 - Young Folks' Journal for Docombor., Lulens Bistors, Brinton, I'a. American Booksellors' Quide for Docomber. Amoricau News Uompany, Now York, Joromiak Liternry Notos. Irolnnd s ' Urof the Chaldeoes,"~s0 Mre, An- nfi,\mm sayy, oud takes o wholo book to say i in, —Prof. Goorge Rawlingon {8 about completin, his grent historical work by a volumo entitles ‘ The Hevouth Groat Orlontal Monarchy, or & History of tho Sassanlans," —Blanchard Jewrold is troveling abont the conlinent nt work on his forthooming Lifo of Napoleon IIL, of which tho flrst volumoe (s to ap- pear in Janunry, —Ir. Joliu Visko, of Harvard Colloge, is now in London. A work of his entitlod * Oulines of Cosmic hilosophy, based on tho Doctrine of Evolution,” is soon to appoar. ~Tio fieat edition of ‘Mill's Autoblography,” fimmisuug of 3,000 volwmos, was nulfi in mix nys, —It was not becanso thoey had rend Mark Twain that tho: Y. M. G, A, of Colchestor, Eugland, Eluond his books on Lhio Indox oxpurgatorius, but ecause of the horriblo comio illuatrations on the cover, —8tanforth, of London, 18 to publish ** Ashanti and What Wo Know of It,” by Vico-Admiral Y. . —Rojeoted contributors form so largo a clusa in England that thoy support two magaziues, whose sngos contain nothing that hag not boon declined by tha oditors of otlior poriodicals. —Ruskin's latost lecturon oro u sorios of wsix on wool and motul engraving, under tho char- ncterinllcully ‘Yum icuous title of ** Arindne Florontina,” 1o ls iseuing {hem ono by one, with profusio oxplanutions and apologies. —Itin told of tho lats Mra. Juuct Ilamilton, tho Beotch poetoss and cssayist, that she could not rend, and that abo dictaled all her compost- tions to her huaband, who was a shoomakor, ~—A largo part of tho secoud voluna of Boechs or's “Life of Josus the Clrist™ isin typo, and Lic I hiard ot wark upon itk complotion, although it will not bo issned until spring, . 4 Maleoln” is tho titlo of ‘Georgo Macdon» ald's new story, which will bo commonced in the Junuary Lippincoll's. ~-A book that lus venerable claima to atton- tion I annonnced among tho English **now” booke: *ho Romantic Ilistory of Sukyt DBuddhe ; travulated from the Yanserit into CLi uoo, by Djnannkula (A, D. 600), nud from the Ohineso into Euplish,” ~—The most noticoable production of tho yonr in Franco In the “ Book of Poctic Lanrels Strewn Upon the Grave of Lheopbile Gantiar,” by nome 169 living writors—French, Enyglish, aud Ger- mau, Mr. Swinburue contributes kix pooms, twa of which ave in French, —When the menuscript of Carlyle’s * Sartoy Rounttus” was put into Mr. Mill's hnnds, ha thonght slightly of it. o says: “I did mot, howover, deem mysclf © compotont judge of Curlglo. I felt thut ho was o poot and that } wag not ; that ho was & man of " intuition, which [ was not, and that a8 such ho not only saw many things long befora me which I could” only, when they wero pointed out to me, hobblo after aud prove, but that it was highly probablo ha could see many things which wore not visiblo to me even aftor they woro poiuted out.” —T'ha ** tirst series " of Georgo llunry Lowoes’ worlt on ¢ T'robloms of Life and Mind ¥ g just rendy in England, undor tho titlo of * he Touudations of n Croed.” In jt tho nuthor en- deavors to establish the crecd of a philosophy founded on the Knowablo, to the uttor oxclusion of what he considers tho Unlmowabie; =+ Tho Inforior Sex " 14 tho subject and the sub-title of o now uovel by o Cinciunati lnwyor, to be publinbied by Leo & Shepard. If it's o fair question, to which sox doos the wman of law ros fer? 'Tho first titlo of tho book i ** Mrs. Ar- mington's ‘Ward,” and tho author is D, Thow Wrigbt. —Doun Piatt, of the Washington Capital, med- itates the publixhing of his lettors from Lurope tho post sunmer m a volame, ‘Lhoro never wero any llke them, and the publisher who could combine thexe in a volumo with those of Watter- #on, of tho Louisvile Courier-Jowrnal, would eitiier loso his churaclor or make his fortuno, porkiups both.—Springfield Republican. ~—Thoe Springflald Lepublican gives tho follow- ing catimato of magazino circulations : Jarper claimg, and no doubt hos, a circulation of 185,000 copios, Godey's Lady's Book circulutos moro than 100,000 copies, mostly at the South and West, while Lipnincolt is variously set down a8 cirouiating from 5,000 to 8,000 copiea only. Ol and New probably cquals theso izuras, tho Gal- azy goes up parhiaps to 15,000 or 20,000, and the Allantic gomething highor, while Scribner haa a utondy salo of some 50,000 eopies, —A vory curious and valuablo contribution to Amorican history is about to be made in n work which J, W. Bouton will publish, sud wlich wos roparod from MSY. proservod in the State Paper epartmont of IHer Mnjesty's Public Rec- ord Oflico, ILngland, under tho oditorship of John Oamdon Ilotten. It contaius “origingl liats of emigrauts, roligious ez~ ilos, = politicl robols, serving-men _sold for & torm of years, apprentices, children stolou, maidens pressed, nud others who went rrom Great Britain to the Amoricau plantations, 1600-1700, with their ages, the localities whero they formarly lived in tho ‘mothor country, tho namos of tha ship in which thoy emberked, and other interesting particulurs,” —Now, that Willinm Lol aud his clan aro dis- posed of end wo have all confessed to being mythtaken on that acore, cometh tho Hon. Auran CGoodrich, United States Ministor to Bolgium, to toll us tuat Chyistopher Commbus wasn't really his name, and that ho wasu't whot wo thought him, aud that hodidn’t discover what ho or some- body elso hos protonded. Mr. Goodrich has boen devoting tho leisurs of his sevon yoars in Europe to the oxemination of documonts and othier ovidonce on thiy subjoct, aud Lo Lias sne- coeded in convincing himwolf thoroughly thut tho popular oginion a8 to tho porson commonly known us O. C. Iu altogother wrong, ThoApplor tons aro to givo bim an_opportumty early woxt sear to convine the public also, Some Odd dents of a Letter of Iyron’s, Tho following Jotter of Lord Dyron, s corre- spondont ot the Athencum says, lus novdr beon published bofore : “Dras, April 12, 1622, “Dran W Why dou’t you take a turm in Italy # I should bo dolighted to soe you ugaiu, which is fur nioro than I shall aver say or fecl for your ixland, or anything therein. Thoy com- plain of my ubusing England, my matlior conutry —a stop-dame, Itukeil. I'mado outa list tho other duy of all the thinge and persons I have beou compared to. It boging with Alciblades, but it euds with the Swiss f;lrm(uss. o tho Polish dwurf~—I forgot which. I have now to add an- otlior description, sormonized by Parson Stylos, dopicting mo as ‘s denaturalized being, who, haviug drained tho cup of sin to its bitterest dregs, 18 resolved to show that he is no longer human oven iu his frailtios, but a cool, uncons cornod Goud.” That's damuably caol—that's flat —paradn! Wall, I hopo thit uighbor-loving divine's holy rago will not pul you ia bodily fear of being caunibalized by such. au ogre as tha suthor of suudry blasphemous works—should you crous the Alps. A ig for all their clamor— Como oue, come all'—we will fight it ont. ‘When 1 once tako you in Liand, it will be dillicult for mo not *{o make sport for tho Phillstines.” Now we look upon oumselves n!'unmulhiuxf, ohl follow with eome pith—how we could lay it on! 1 think I soc them wincing under the thong, tho pompous poltroons, Sunburn me if T don't tan thelr assos’ ‘skins for thom, As to what I Liave anid about you, nover aund; it was only bohind your back, sud'uudor thoso lngitimate circum- btauceu, why, even our bowt frionds canuot ox~ poct us to bpare thom. Iray reply; uowsare worth monoy. Boliove me, plwayk, yours very afleetiovately, YRON, ™ Now in Distnoli’s ** Venotla,” Lord Cudurcis, who roprasents Dyron, huw the followlug con’ vegution with Herbort, who Ia Shelley 1 ' Now [s not it tho most wondorful thing in tho world that vou aud I havs met 7" said Ca- durels. “ Now I look npon onruolves o gomo= thing Miko, ohl Yollows with somo pith in them, By Jove! if wo only joincd togotler how we could ley it on! Crack, crack, crack! Ithink Teee tliem wincing under tho thong, tho pompous politeons ! If you kuew how they belsved to mol” Cadurels continyes : “* Imnde out n list the other day of all the argons and thungs I huve been compared to. It oging, well, with Aleibindos, Lut it euds nith tho Bwiss giantess or tho Plish dwart, L forget whivh.' ™ Cadurcis says ngain : “4Aud thon thoy complain of my nh“slnfi Englund', wy mothor-country—a step-dumo, take it.' " 1t is plain that Dieracli has soon this letter, or that tho lotter itscll is one of the curious forgorios of Byvon mado by the porson calling himsolf Georgo Gordon, Uordon elaimod Lo Lo Byrou's son, and it will bo romembored thut tho forgetion avravtad groat attoution nbout 1852, Gordon sy have mido it ul) Irom Digracll's story; or uomnum{y olwo_might have done so, for thit muttor, Tho handwiitlug nppears to be Byron's, “I'his lottor Lias beon In tho posuossion of Honry A, Bright for twonty yeara, Ho gnt it fromn friend who beliovos thint he bought it bu 1843,