Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 8, 1874, Page 9

T | | , y THE CHICAG® DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY IBRUARY 874 9 M PRACTICAL ABOLITIOHISH. he Origin of tae Underground 2 Railroad, some Notable Characters Connected with * Slave-Stealing.” The Threo Imprisoned Aboli- tionists. . None have beard without eeneation those in- q:inlianu of patriotism, bhaving uiteraace in scog OF MUBIC, which came forth from the exul- tations of the hour iu our lato contest with the plaveholders’ Rebellion,—such a8 the * AMarch trom Atlanta to the 8ea ;" ¢We Are Coming, Father Abrabam ;" “Tramp, Tramp;” *“John provn's Soul Goea Marchiog On ;" the * Jubi- lee,” ete. Suchas these are those songs of tho ople of which the aucient philosopher said, if he Lid the making of them ho cared not who psd the making Of their laws. Few have the patienco, if they have the capacity, to trace these strains back to their inspiring source. Atteched to wany of the compositions in e which had their origin from the impulse of the hour in tho late Yar, like the sbove, of which ¢ Jubilee” and * Shermau's March” sra striking sastances, is the name of WORK, 5 s soung man of Chicago, as the composer of the music, and occusionally, I think, of the.words also. He was tho composer of many very popu- lar airs which were brought out by Root & Cady during that time. There is nothing particularly sigoificant in the name, excepting indusiry; god perhaps it is not known to one in ten thou- gond of those who biave heard his music with goch delight, feeling that it struck a woundrous chord to stir doeply the humantheart,Ithat thero was anything about this young man’s history or experience that should give him tho inspira- tion, or make it A FITSESS ABOVE ALL TUINGS {hat he should have written just such music as fiis. And when once haviug heard one of these ongs; and been aroused from sound - slumber at miduight by the band playing it, and fecling it {hrill fhrough every fibre, and reading afterward the name of the autbor upon the printed music- gheet, it brought to mind the followiny series of events in the Listory of the great slavery agita- tion in the Northwest, aud made me denply real- fzo how strangely do cvents work out their own vindication, a1:d how approuvriately fit are the in- gtrumonts of use in the hands of the avenging Nemesis ! o This young Work is the gon of the elder of & ssungaished trio who figured largely on the pee of popular events from 1840 on for a uum- of years as the TUBEE IMPRISONED ABOLITIONISTS, Burr, Work, und Thompron,—wio, whilo citi sens of 1llinois, were captured on Mlizsowi seil, 1ud, for acts partly done in this State and at- Jempted to bo consummated in_Missouri, were “Iried, convicted, and sent to the Penitoutiary for life, for the crime of **slave-stealing.” There was sn old statnte Iaw of tho Jews, that, if a peréon stolo & man, and sold him, **or 1f e Le found on bis hunds,” he (the thicf) ehould sure- Irbe put to death. This law was supposed to bo repeated in all civilized countrics under common law, which protested & man’s right in himeelf as against kidnapping; and so the Aboiitionists interpreted it as a law that cut up Havery root and brancii, and po man could be etolen unless deprived of himself; in other words, of s liberty, or the right to himeelf. Tie slaveholding mossl codo interprated it to be 2 dead glot at all Abolitionists, and simedina special mauner at any person aiding_ or zbetting sslave to esczpe from his master. This helping another to frecdoin was by their code MAN-STEALING ; 10d €0 gensitive and sacred were rights of prop- exry in man Leld, that 1t waa considered & crimo of very great iurpitude, like & crimo sgainst pature. And g0 the statutes of the Slave States msde this act & crimo of the most odious char- reter, and punished it accordingly. This young Worlk wus probably a child of this event in bis father's lifo’; born ‘about the time of his imprisonment, so that it became an in- gredient of sorrow and retribation in his Mother's milk ; or somo yesrs later, efter his father’s release, for he was tho first one pardon- ed, when tho moral charaeter of tho act, the ‘martyrdom of the punishment, must hayo saok deep mto the seuls of both parents and becomo apart of their moral consticution. If sny per- s could be born with hatred to lavery, or bem for a specizl worlk to do against it, or with amission unfulfilled in Lis being, it would baa ¢4ild born of such parents under such circnm- stezces, Itis i A FEARFUL THING for any people if their erimes become the source of engendering & power to demand retribution! Soon after the b ning of the modern and finsl agitasion of the Slavery question by Lundy, Garrison, Leavitt, and others, abont 1830, oT ‘gome period in £ho early part of that docade, the goed Dr. David D. Nelson, suthor of that very popular and valuable book, ** Nelson on Infidel- 1ty (Le being a repentant slavehelder from Ten- nessee), together with the Rev. Moees Hunter,— alio, I beliovo, from the South,—camo to Adaing Conity, in this State, and on_the prairies, not far from tho blufls of tie Miskissippi, a mile or two from Quincy. £et up a college tor tho educa- tion of young men for the ministry, which they called the ‘MISSION INSTITUTE. It embraced some practical notions for the ednzation of young men destituts of means to Lelp themselves, and it _ehould be better known and appreciated thao it is, forit was eminently calculsted totrain np the young to be men of character and stamina,—such men a8 we’ have nced of more. ‘There was not muchof ~the cle- ment of the Yankee in this institution, made up 1 it was by men of Southern and Western sym- pathies, who loved liberty, who had an honesty of purpoge in life equal fo tho best of the lac: though they did not pretend they b tuked it from Plymouth Rock. The Anti-Slavery party, i early times, inthe Northwest, was mado up largely from fuch men, who had left the South to be freo from the curse that afflicted tho land, sud they wereless liablo to be caught and bamboozled infoamazp of ihe right or wrong of the matter b7 the nonscose of the sophistries and subtletics shich misled ko many of tho good people untiy m were lured on to the verge of national THTS TRIO OF ABOLITIONISTS, whose names were rung in one chain, wera £tudents of, or coupected with, the issouri In- elitute, under the tutorship of these twoun- compromising worthies, Nelson and Huuter. George Thompson, the younger, 3 person of eminent pieiy, great energy* and activity, who s probably tho inspiring genius of tho oc- sion, was ftudying for tho ministry. Joseph E.Durwas & man then past 89, and, if a stu- deat, had 2 less specific purpose in view. Alau- son Work, father of the musical composer, was 8 married men, snd flled a station as steward, or s poeition in aid of sustaining the busincss- affairs,of the Institute. They Wero from among the choiccat spirits, esteemed Dy all, sud meu Who ever governed their conduct by the Lighest principles, and lived, as they thought,in the fear of God. Tis Ingtitate was known in =il the adjoining Siave-States, and known as being run by npos- lates from Slavery ; and it was hated, and all its . Keompaniments, as widely 86 it was known. It ¥a8 regarded as v A BREEDING NEST , of pestiferous Abolitionists, and the lives of its ansgers would bardly buve been safe in tho teigiboring Stato of Missourl. Tu the City of Quincy, at that time, was also s uest of citizen-Abolitionists; they who were Suilding np a Laberty party in politics, while the [nstituto was shaping the wnorals of the Church. Thete wero there among them s iell-known ¢haracter, Dr. Richord Esfi!s, a practitioner and tpacher of incendiarism, nnd the Rev. H. Foot 0d Sewell, practicets of righteonaness ; and, on the river-bank, two young men, running a lum- berng-mill, be the name of VauDorn, and they ¥ere men who were koown to bave mo ro- Ipect for persoms, aud would as soon bave pointed colored s s white man to tho North Btar, if ho desired to follow his fortuncs i that direction. Tho lombering-mill on the Tiver-bank, and its engine belching out steam; “the gpire of the Congregational Church; the tmoke curling up from the chimneys of the Mis- £ion Institute, werc &1l objects cléarly scen and 10 ba deeply cureed from the other side, a8 Honumputs of Abolition iniquity, by one class; :‘na s3en also by another class, less intolligent, § LAND-MARES OF FREEDOM. To the extent that by ope they were howled 3bout 5nd threatened, they were made objecta of {‘:‘1‘::? by ;'Efn t&.bar, and 5, desire to l;el pxa:ed Lo % 2cq) wee. And, as a resuls, the In- Atifate became the point of raide from the slave- -Underground Railroads. | may know where to look for them. holdors ; and the persons ard proj obnordots In the 'omn mmds Eoiett s e connivance of the citi; Jui wiglenco and desiruction. Hina ot Snihenio ith such a stato of feeling existing, inevita- bly the slaves fled acrocs. the: FivereSh ooon £wam across on planke or broken timber—to flee to therr friends they heard so much zboat from their masters. Thev did not find it necossary to eay, * Christian, will you send me back?” Tew ever wore coaxed or forced back. And thas originated ono of the main lines of the < UNDERGROUND RATLEOAD,— : it was the Quincy, Galesburg & Chicago, and not tho Chieago, Barlington & Quuucy of the p)re'scnz day. Owen Lovejoywas the ngent at Princeton, and & Director in general of the rond. We had another line, that terminetod also in Chicago, the St.’ Louie, Alton & Chicago, which was anterior to'tho pres- ent Uhicago, Alton & St. Louis. One of Ar. Lincoln's promincnt, clionts was station-master at Spriugfield. No aid had ever been offercd to get slaves to leave their mesters in tho Slave States. It hed como to be merely a question Shall we protect the fugitive who hns come for :h:isc:cr ‘u 1(:ur own doors;' or shall we turn caitor to humanity, and cast food bier {p ol dony the outeast food ‘pursuite,—the guining of Lis own liberty ? IT WAS IN 1840 % that ono of these three Abolitionists happened to bo upon the west sido of the Misginsippi River. There was espied a black man_skalking among the underbrush upon the river-baulk, end Lo Lesought the student to take hum across the rivor. 'This tho student told him he could not then safely do. But he promised that, if the Dlack man svould come, with certain otliers, to tho samme placo at a timo of night agreed npon, he would come with a boatand fotch them acrose, aud pluco them smong fricnds. Tho interview was witnessed by somo white persons on tho watch, tlo shrinking negro pumped dry, aud the plan revealed, and a plot et on foos Lo’ ensare the Abolitionists. At the appointed hour, the threo students wera seen to move to the hore with a boat. They were drawn into the trap, and not permitted to sce & Free State awain for many years, until tho voice of the world had de- manded their releaso, and they, one after another, were pardoned out and bonished from tho Stafo by tho Governor. Tlicy were taken to Palmyra in a mock-heroic procession, there contined in juil, in due time tried and convicted, and sentonced in course to i DIPRISONMENT. FOR LIFE: - During their imprisonment in the " county, they wore confined in tho lower coll of & log” jail,— like the Apostle, their feat made fast in chails, and. liko Paul aud Silus, thoy sang: praisos and glorified God. In n room abovo them wero con- fined horse-thieves, forgers, and murderezs, who mado mockery of their dovotion, and jeered thiem for their love of **niggers;” and, ~whilo the Abolitiouists prayed, the thieves plaved cards, and dropped dovn upon their devoted heads, Dowed in prayer, the cards with which they were wont to pass away the tedious hours whilo await~ ing the coming of tardy justice. ; 1t could not, of course, be kopt from the esrs of the negroes that the terriblo men whose feot wore mado fast in chains in tho lower cell, were there confined becauso they had offered to md the slave to ezcape from bis master,” They tim- idly, at irst, bus more boldly afterward, GATUELED AT NIGUT 10 tho grated window at the rear of tho log jai to hear what these {riends of tho “ niggers’ bad to_tell thewm. . They preached to them profitable and good abolition gospel, andthe gist of it waa, that thero was a lsud of freedom this sido of thie grave, and thst it was their duty to fleo 1o Canada. ‘Lhoy told them where 1t could bo found,; they gave them names ‘of friends into Whose hands it would be safo to cas: them- selves; aud upon the cards that had served the purpose of tuo thioves in the more comfortablo uartors above them, Loth for amusement und risiun, having split them in sheets, they drew Little ruaps of directions for fugitives 1o follow on first stepping their feov upon tho State of Tilinois, uutil they got wall upon the lin of the In thus way, bundreds, during their confinewent, reserved tho uecessary instroctions by whick they were_euabled in time tomake their escape. The exodua from slavery becamo ; MORE AND MORE GENERAL; the railrond lurgely inereased ita business ; and, at this end of the lice, Dr. Dyer and Philo Car— penter bad more to attend to than had been originally contracted for, and it had to be shared with Dr. Kennicott, Dan Davidson, Deacon Johnson, and others too numerous to mention. But s long story must bo shortened. The three Abolitionists went to Jefferson Peniten- tiary, of course, therc to break their tecth iu munching the hard corn of Missousi; Burr to crash his arm in the machinery for waking hemp cloth ; the trio to labor for the State, and to preach Abolitionism. by examplo and precept 25 much es possible; to pray constantly; to endure hardness with noble pluck; to hold the autbority of the State of Missouri asa vicicus compact with the powers of darimess, and to wound the heart and conzcionce of every por- tion of its decency, until the world pointed to the cxample to inquire, ALE THUSE MEN CEIMINALS ? The bstter of yom, you have put inside your prison walis! And.. from mera shume, they opeoed the prison-doors, first to Work, {0 go to the carc of his femily; then toBurr, fo go-out to shame still more the State by the oxhibition of his shattered hand, and the exposition of Lis prison-lite ; next, reluctantly and slowly, but at last. the 1ost tarbulent spirit of them all, George Thompson, was €os irce, after many years of captivity, to go 8s a mis- sionary to Africa,—afterward to preach, as he is now doing, to the lumbermon in the north of Michigan, Missouri nover sont a moro faithful missronary to heathen or Clristian thau sle then sent from hor prison-walls. A son of Worlk composes the songs that thrill the heart and nerve tie arm that at last STRIKES SLAVEEY DEAD. The uncompromising >oses Huater, who trained tuese men to the rare, intlexible intey- 1ity of John Brown, while tho Abolitionists were vai in the grasp of Missouri justice, came to Chicego in feeble health, and with but few {ri=uds to sympathizo and aid bhim (for Christian friends then wero scarce). Ho died and was buried in the Chicago cematery. A monument was tallied of to b raised above his hend; but Dot a stone marks the place of his rest, ' Only Dr. Dyer can now tell where his bones lie. It ot alresdy covered in tho grecdy Laste to make this sscrcd repository of the dead a plegsure- park for the unroflecting liviag, then, in the name of decency, LET THEM BE REMOVED, and placed where o few who havo hoard of him Are not the bones, even, of tuck £ man worth preserving ? Here is & hint for Dr. Dyer to point out the spot, and to our reconstructed *brother-man” to do the more noble thing of erecting a suitable monument to his memors. Have thoy yet in- Yested snywhere in such stock of gratitude ? Did Missouri find it s moro profitable job to imprison these threo Abolitioniats than Virginia found it to hang Johu Brovm? Z. LASTMAN. piibsin s . Gustave 2orce Eémund About in the London Athenaeum, L'Eepagne of Barou Ch. Davillier is tho wortby pendau of the “*Romo™ of M. Prancis Wever, The book of M. Davillier is enriched by 800 engravings, after_designa by Gustave Dore. Yoa mow Dore. He is at least as popularin Tondon us in peris. To me, who have naver Jost sight of him eince he was scrawling his first skotches on exercise books at the Col- Jege Cbarlemagne, thesa illustrations of Spein peom among his best productions, among thoso in which be is absolutely himself. Ithas beon at orco the good and the evil fortune of this Btrange genius to have succeeded too soon. Ho \¥as scill e rhetorique when Philipon, the pub- Jiaher, brought ous his first work, aud album of caricatures of the labors of Hercules. Tho pub- Tio found in it such cleverness, such good humor, and such astonishivg facility with the pencil, that they adopted the child—and one sarw, in- credible’ prodizy, an artist of 17 earning his Yiead, From tho moment of his debut, Doro had nothing but_succoss, sud suocess of moro thsn ono_gort, for mature hus been bountiful to him. He played the violin like & laureate of the Conservatoire ; ho sang with o beautifal fenorino voice in uch 3 Wiy as to deserve tho applaueo of Rossini; ho was a3 grest an sthlote us the most _muscular undergfaduate of His genial and loyal While bis private life wins_universal csteem. Oxford or Cambridge. character disarmed enr;, under his mother's roof wins stee In ono word, over sinco his 25th year, bis life, Bpique in its cliaracter, hus been one long tri- g, cheored by an mcesssnt toil, hapey, easy, e worlant de- source. We Frenchmen are Siyled eapricious, et wo have never tired of bis S3tha; wo bave novor cven shown oursolves intisted; and wo lave never found thab the nthor produces enongh. Publiskers of prints, journals, of Dooks, Lave not for ome moment ceasod piaguing Lim. I havo sean him over and over again tinish & design on _wood whilo the T ishor's messenger wa3 waiting at the door. g‘ho ‘misfortune is that this rupid production under pressure ever 8incé he began his carcer Bas not left him time to complete the studies D e make groat masters. The public expected other things of bim than marvelous sketches. Fitoy 1nd him under an injunctios, €0 10 sy, to ey taro vnstor and moro finished works, but have not left him the timo necessary. This is By T profer hia living snd spariling _studies of Spain to_tho large auga in the Dante and Dible, whers we don's find Michael Angelo or Dors sither, the ‘mest landable of all sometimes of atoms of the sume kind, a8 In LITERATURE. ‘The Xnternaticnal Scientific Scrics. THE NEW CHEMISTRY.. By Josiau I', Cooxe, Jz., Profeazor of Chemistry in Harvard University. New York : D. Apoleton & Co, So great s rovolation bas taken place in the scionce of Chemistry, almost within the presoat goneration, that men deem themselves justified in upeaking of it in its present condition 13 the “Now Chemistry.” A8 in Botany the matiral system has displaced the srtificial system of Linneus, so the modern theory of atoms and molecules seems fair to place the scicuce of Chemistry upon a surer foundation than it has hitherto occupicd, and, through a nomenclaturo at onco simple and natural, to replace the tem- porary expedicnts for reproaanting the action of the various elements upon each otber. Tho work of Prof. Cooko is dovoted to a presenfation of the recent discoveries regarding the ultimate composition of matter, the means_used to de- termino the size, weight, and arrangement of the molecules and atoms, aud the lawa which govern ‘their action. Tho rcsults of a vast number of experiments, the principles which they are con- sidered to have proved, and the further theories they already indicate as probable, are condensed into a popular, and interesting ncoount, with ‘mucl: less of technicality than would bo daemed posgible, and fully within the power of the jn- telligent, though mon-scicntific, roader to,] comprehend. Lest tho infinits littleness of the objects with which ho deals sohuld scem to carry with them tho prejudice that our efforts to reduco tliem to tho domain of fact should be thouglt a dream of tho fancy, he obsorves that, at the other extreme, wo have the scionco of Astronomy,which messures enormous Qistances, and determines facts of weight aud magnitade which aro no less removed from tho ordmary comprebension than these invisible and--save through _oxperimont and reason—in- apprecisble molceules. ‘A cubic inch of water changed to steam ex- panda to a cubic foot. Two suppositions avo possible to mccount for this: one, that tho water is merely diffused—thinncd, as it were— through this space ; another, that it consists’ of & certain number of defivite particles, which the applicazion of heat sepurstes toa greater dis- tauco from each other. Submitted to the test of exporiment, tho lattor scoms the only possiblo explanation. The fectof interstices in solids in likewise shown, 85 i the cage of the passaze of n beam of light through glass, Curipus and delicate experiments upou soxp-bubbles reveal the fact that a limit is reached beyond which co- Tesion is impossible, and this limit i3 the thick- ness of & single molecule, which, roughly esti- mated, is one five-hundred-millionth of an inch. A lump of sugar may be divided in a moriar to particles of . miuuteness etill further, by dissolving in water. & division is reached beyond tbat of moro mechanical ~divison, Dbut the qualities are still preserved, and, ou evaporating the water, it is still sugar, Heanco tho chemist's definition of & molecule : he small- est particle of a substance in which its qualilics iuliere. But, Ly chemical means this sugar can be resolved into clsrcoal snd water, and the water into oxygen aud hydrogon. Stiil further. | oven these aud other elementary substances can be divided into two or moro atoms: aud, finally, in an atom of hydrogen, wo have the ¢mallest mass of mattér khown to scienco. 4 Al) gubstances are colloctions of molecules, aud in theso molecules their qualitios inkere. What s truo of tho substance is truo of the molecule. Themolecule is an aggregato of atoms, ‘clementary substances ; sometimes of atoms of different kinds, as in compound substances. Tlie molecules are destructible, while the atoms are indestructible ; and chemical chizngo consists in the production of now molccules by the ro- arrengement of former oncs. Such, then, are our conceptiocns of tho conmstitution of sub- stances.” To most pereons, the terms “atom™ and ¢ molecule” are syoomymous, represeuting 2n indcfinito 1dea of minutenoss. It will bo seen, from the definition given, how errcncous is thia concaption ; and, furthermore, a clear ides will be obtainod s to their relation. The bearing of these discoveries on the nomenclaturo of Chem- istry i3 discussed, and the reasons givon for the change,—showing that, while the stomic weights of tho hew system are the weights of xeal quan- titios of maiter, tho combining numbers of the old system were cortain cmpirical proportions. Detiniteness of structure, as feen in crystalliza- tion, Lms long been a familiar fact; and the great problem at which modern chemists sre orking is, that overy molecule has a definite structure. It not only consists of a definite kind and a defrite number of atows, but theso atems aro arranged or grouped togeiber in a definile order. In some casea this is deemed already golved, as, for iustance, the molecule of mitro- glycerine. It would require too much gpace to how the reasoning by which this fact is reached, but a few items of iuterest may be given. The differenca in the explosion of gunpowder and nitro-glycerine js explnined by the fact of their composition. In gunpowder, the carbon and oxvgen atoms belong to difforent molecules ; in mnitro-glycerine, to tho same molecule. In pow- der, thereforo, the union of the oxygen and csr- bon can take place only on the surfaco at first, then toward the centre; this action, although very sudden, yet consumes time; in nitra-glsce- rine, the combustion is internal, and eseontially instantancons. Hence (in part) the explanation of the enormous energy of nitro-glycerine over gunpowder. . In no division of the scienco Is the value of the new method more forcibly shown than in that of orgunic compounds. Almost unknown tothe old chemistry, presumod to have been sustoined by what was called _the ** vital prinei- ple,” and exclusivoly the product of orgenisms, the number has enormously increased within twenty-tive years, and a very large nmmbor have been artificially prepared. ** The chemist.” says Prof. Cooke, * s never succecded in forming a singlo organic coll, and the wholo process of its growth and development is_entirely beyond the rango of his knowledge ; but he has every roa- son to expect that, in the no_distant future, he will bo able to prepare, in his Inboratory, both {the material of which that ceil is fashioned, and the various products with which it becomos filled during life.” This volume is the first contribution of en American author to the Iaternational Series, and, beyond supplylug s much-ncoded link in our kmowledge of the recent progress of Chem- jatry, will compare favorably with the volumes alresdy pablished. Waslter Savage Landor. CAMEOS SELECTED FROM THE WORKS OF WAL- TER SAVAGL LANDOIL. By L. C. STamux und T. B. Atpmcu, With an introduction. Doston: Jazaes 1t. Oegood & Co. Publishers and editors havo berowith per- formed » gracious service for the poetic and the scholarly ; but, by the world at large, it will scarcely bo eppreciated. Walter Savage Landor does not speak to tho people, He had no eym- pailiy with them when living, and very little ‘with any of his kind. He belonged to the clas- sical ages, and was out of place in the pineteenth century, He was s Roman in spirit, and an autocrat by nature, and overy tie and obligation that bound him to his fellow-mon was baughtily disregarded. He scorned social and civil rela- tiors, and, raehly rupturing them all, lived aloce, “Jike a lion in his lair, an exile in & foreign land, disowned and decricd by his countrsmen ; his genius unackuowledged, lis humors harshly judged, and his lonctiness nncompensated. It was a sad fate, but self-sought and proudly Dorne, with no weak lsmentations, and 0o effort at cheering or changing it. e B 'As he isoiated his being, #o he did his geniu: end it was a limited :mdlgncodmat, in ‘l\ifi ife- time, recognized the reach and grasp of Lis in- telleét, his wonderful command of gt and the Lotin tongue, and the splendor of bis rhetoric. Soutliey—the one friend to whom Eandor ‘clung with fervor and tenacity—used to declare thab Do was the only man in England who had resd GebBir, until he discovered that DeQuincey had done the same. -When the poem was publiehed, Landor proclsimed, in the preface, tha if ten men wers found to admire it, hoe should be satisfied. With such coutempt for popular applause, there was no danger of his receiving it. t since, by his death, all p Eonni aotagonisme bave been removed, Lan- dor'a worls have been srowing in public estima- tion, acd their exact valuo is gainlug acknowl- edgment. Upon his proso his fame must chiefly rest, and yet there are noblo aitributes of his Poetry, which will continne to challenge admira- tion, and many of his lines will not goon be for- otten. . 5% his little collection of * Camecos” will do something toward secaring a wide recognition of fho teautics of Landor’s verse. Thor Bave been picked up from tho midst of his prose and po- Btical compositions, wherever Le carelessly dropped them, loftily profossing indiference to thelr fate. Cold, clear-cut, polished, and fin- ished, their art is more manifest than their feel- ing, "And still thero aro numerous verses which camo direct from Landor's heart, and so touch ours, His passionatelove for flowers wes one of his [peonliar traits, and, developed with characteristio waywardness, asaumed & curious interest. Ho \\flil“;i bends:'rar the blossoms in his garden with intense davotion, but seldom placked one. The eingular veneration with which ko regarded them is expredsed with exquisite grace ina few lincs from tho * Fzesulan 1dyl,” the gem of all Lus poems : And it is, and ever was, my wish and way To let alf slowers live frecly, aud all die ¥heneler their Genjus Lida ter souls dspart Among their Kindred in their nalive place. T nover plack the rose; the violet’s hesd - Tath shaken with my breath upoa its bank, And not reproached me; theever-sacred cup Of the pure lily hath bebween my hands Felt eafe, unsoiled, nor lost ono grain of gold. « Roge Aylmer " hns been tho most popular of all Landor's lyrica. Mooy bave found sn ex- traordinary charm in it, and erratic Charles T.amb once wrote, * I lived upon it for weeks.” Tts elght lincs are perfect in their conatruction, and move wiih a smooth and even flow ; but it owes its sabtle attraction 38 much to the enthu- ginsm of the admirer as to tho geniusof the author. It evadea tho perceptionof a cool “in- tolligence. e will lot our readers tryto find it : RMOSE AYLMER. Ab; what avails the scentered race | A1, what tho form divine ! Wha! every virtue, every grace ! ‘Rose Aylmcr, all were Lhiae, Roso Aylmer, whom these wakeful eyes May treep, but never sce, £ night of temories and of sighs 1 consecrate to thee. spiritaalism. STARTLING FACTS IN MODEBN SPIRITUALISAM. By M. B, WoLrE, AL D, Cincinnatl, Theo title of this volume is repellant. There is an offensive odor of sensationalism about it. So much arrant imposture has encumbered and de- graded the phenomens of modern Spiritualism that the sober mind instinctively fortifies itself for an encounter with bumbug whenever the subject is prosented. The flashy binding, too, with its troop of symbolical figures resplendent in gilt, increases tho feelng of distaste. But, passing these mattors by as of no appreciablo waight, wo open tho book with tho single desiro of discovering what it nctually has to- say that is worth any one's while to hear. Itis written in a frec, blufl, off-hand way, by one who is ovidently no bigot, nofool, no kuave, and, if a dupe, o sincerels-honest one. He is not an expert at book-making, nor a man of o nice refinerent, and often violates good taste aud propriety by bis blunt manners and familiar lognacity. And yot we rather like him the better forit. Thereis no disguise of the real men, and wo feel tho more confident that we can trust bim, whilo Lis Lively colloquial cota- munications maiutain the interest where greater dignity und polish would very likely fail. The narration is exclusively of the author’s personal experience in the investigation of the phenomena’ of Spiritualiem. 1tis abundantly snl’)purmd by undeniable sutbority, audis certainly extraor- dinary and impress So early as 1844, whilo a student of medicine at Ebenabury, Pa., Dr. Wolfe's attention fwes called to the sudden occurrence of strange ‘manifestations in the house of a poor and illiter- ate farmer. They consiated in tho antic and riotous movements of indiscriminato articies of farnitare, and were produced by the unaccount- ablo intluence of a timid, frightened child of 12. A good deal of excitement was created, and the disturbanco was popularly ascribed to witcl- craft. Time passed -ond the matter was for- gotten, until in 1850 2n sccount of, the “Roches- ter rappings” recalled it to tho Doctor's memory, and tho similiarity of this to the earlier phenomena struck him forciblv. His cariosity was roueed, and he bezan experiments at tablo- tipping, with_very succeesful results. As tho so-called Spiritual manifestations multiplicd about Lim, he gave time and carcful thought to their investigation. Finally, to octtle the ques- tion of their genuinehess in his own mind, he fovk up his residence for several months with the celebrated writing medium, Mr. J, V. Mansficld, of Chelses, Masa. Hore follows a curious and apparently autheatic account of & series of wonderfnl manifestations which bo there wiinessed. ‘T'hey were so con- vincing in their nature as to restors to Dr. Wolte o faith in the Spintuzl world which had loug been lost to him. This end reached, ho gave up all further iuterest in the phonomeus of Spiritualism, aud went abous Lis business. Bct, in 1869, he chanced to witness an exhibi tion of the remarkablo mediumistic endowment of Ars. Mary J. Hollis, of Kentucky, and the old interest was revived. During tue eusnin; four years, he expcnded Tuiimited pains an means to test the reality of tho communications made turough Ler powers; and, toafford the public the saiue opportunity, a history of this cxperienco fills the mejor portion of his book. A8 wo before hinted, it is diffuse. Many of the professed communications provoke ridicule ; and vet, throwing out all that is puerile, enough re- Imains to elicit wonder and respect. Not Dol Like doubting Thomas, this age has no faith e cept in its eensed, snd we must cach see, and hear, and Landle for ourselves, in order to trust. The most striking feature of the plonomens described is the materialization of spirt-foring and faces,—we uso the curreut phrase for tle spectacle. There may bo_nothing new iu these marvels to those familiar with' the physical demonstrations of Spiritualiem, but they are none tho less “etartling facts.” They have been witnessed by too many souud and sober minds for their occurrence to be doubted. The ouly question is: Are thay matcriul or spiritual ? Thus fur it has been useless for Scionce to pros- ecute the inquiry. 1t is batiled by the mysters, and tle ekeptical world asks: Cui bouo? But there are multitudos of yearning souls to whom it would bo us a realization of Heavon itself if one of their dead conld come back and prove that there is a life beyond tho gruve. Fallen from Virtuc. HESTER MORLEY'S PROMISE. By Hxsma STRE:- 7ox. New York: Dodd & Mead. Hesba Stretton is a writer of uncommon talent, and this last worl eho hag produced deserves & first position among works of the sccond rate. Its plot is cloverly managed; its incidonts, though sometimes artificial, aro worked up with intense dramatic effect; the characters arc firmly delineated, and tho uarrative is picturesque. With this combination of merits, it Daturally follows that tho reader’s attention is pleasantly cugaged, aod wo may sdd thet many of the scenes are so profoundly pathetic that stroug nervo is requisite to prevent an absolute betray- al into tears. i But there is somewhat above amusement in the story. There is 2 moral purposo evident in its evolution, and it succeeds in inculeating s powerful though very painful lesson. It deals with that most dolicate, yet vital topic, tho fall of woman from virtue, and the possibility of her restitution. It has made use of noideal con- structions, but seis forth with terriblo trath the awful consequences, extending boyond the indi- vidual to tho family aad the commuuity, of the crimo against chaost Unlike *The New Jlag- dalen,” of Wilkie Collins, the eriing woman io the present caso is allowed no hope of human perdon, though Ler lapeo from integrity wes brief, committed in youth, and under circum- stances of extreme trial. From tho day that ber #fn is disclosed until the hour of bLer death, the implacability of the world's condomuation 1s rigidly sustained, Tho husband she bad wronged, with a ghestly mockery itaprintiog a kiss oa her dyiug lips, declares, indeed, that he forgives her As fuily as God forgives!” but, in the zeto breath, acknowledges that he wenld not have her life prolooged. Purified as he knows her to Do by 5cars of penitence and atonement, and loving her, 28 be atill confesscs, with yearning tenderness, governed 2{ the tune-honored pre- judices e can never take her bask to the shelter of bis name and homs. Her partner in crime is mads to' saffer, but with the vast differenco of truth in the dezree of retribution. Society and friends receive him with extended arms-as soon ss he_is ready to ro- turn from ways of evil. He ‘receives that ready forgivencss and restoration to confidencoand re- spect which is habitnally accorded to Lis sex. Yet by one icdividual in'the story is the impar- tial judgment of Christ meted out. Hester Mor- ley,—dzaghter of him who was betrayed, the in- nocent victim of the ruin which fell on bis house- Lold,—in tho sencity of her inocenco snd ler loyalty to justice, regards tho sin of the man and woman 23 the same, forgives both freely the wrong they have bitterly repented, and bestows on tho desolate, hopeless outcast the comfort of ber love and consolation witiiout reserse. This ia the point on which the story hinges. We leave the.reader to judge how strongly, sod with what useful effect, it i8 supported. 4 Em, T VERSES. Dy H.IL, Author of * Bits_of Talk ” and of Travel.™ Boston : Roberts Brothers, It is but two or three- years since u skeich of foreign travel, dated st Rome, and signed with the initisls ** H. H.," was printed in the 4tantio Afonthly. The signatare wasnew. This was the first time it had appeared among the magazines. The spirit of tho sketch was as novel as the signature. It was singularly bright, and free, and gay, with s captivating dash of courage, meitle, and ventare. It made a mark not to be effaced. It was followed by others of the same fresh and nimble air; and who is “ H. " ? be- came the carions query ; and the surety that the latters stood for a vigorous, brilliant, and orig- inal genius was established. Following bard upon this, bits of pootry bear- ing traifs of unmistakable power, and with the same initiala attachoed, began to circalate in the periodicals and newspapers. As true au inspira- tion was visiblo in_these as Liad sppeared in the previous prose. By and by the poems were 2atbered into a littla volume, and sent out under the modest title, “Verses, by IL IL" Their popularity was great ard deserved, and thus sud- denly has leaped to o' lofty place in American literature a writer who was, threo short years ago, silent and unknown. A new edition of the “Verses ™ has recently been iesuad, which adds something like feity new pieces to the first col- loction. Although the versification is skillfnl, and there are manifest constant felicitous arts of constric- tion, it i3 the sentiment in the poetry of * II. IL” which strikes decpest. It lreathes from the heert of a solitary, severely-afilicted woman, but is unalterably patient, submiseive, hopeful, and brave. Thero is nothing kickly, weak, or morbid tainting it. It isthe distilled essence of Christian faith and devotion, and carrics strength and ccmfort to every tried and doubting spirit. TFrom out the collection we chwoose, for its Dbrev-, ity. a smglo poem which, like many ui other, frames 8 portrait of the sad, stout-hoarted author: IN TIME OF FAMINE, # Spo Lias 0o Leart, thoy szid, and turned away. Then, stung 50 that T wished my words might be Two-edged swords, I auswered, low :— 4 Have yo Not read how once, when famine held” tierce sway 1In Lyaiz, and men died day by day Of hungdr, there were found breve souls whoss gles Scarco lud their pangs, who zaid, * Now we Can eat Lut once ix 140 da; Such ganies ou thicse days W Tiust we forget our pain.’ Long years of farine, and to t The trumgats, 1ipes, and balis whi, To-day, and Little dreama that of such wos They first wero born, # That woman's 1ifo Timow Ias been all famine. Murk now, if ye dare, To hiear her brave, £ad lsughter in tho air.” 1t hes boen whispered that “ Saxe Holma” is but another psendonym for H. H. ; znd that the remurkably intense and individual stories bearing tho former signature, which excited so much at- tention us thoy lately uppcared in Scribmer’s, were really written by the suthor of theso “Vorses,” Helon Hunt, Tho rumor is pleusic ble. There aro evidences of the ssme strone. subtle batld in the poetry and the fiction ; and it is likelier that ono mauy-eided and fertilo in- tallect created both, than that two of & kindred and equally-bigh order ehould haso dswnod upou us at once. Essnys of Cherles IKingsley. PROSE-IDYLS, NEW AXD OLD. By the Bev. Cianirs KIxOSLEY, Canon of Westminster, Loa- don: Maemilan & Co. Of tho half-dozen essays comprieing this volume, four may be counted 23 0ld,—one Lay-. ing oppeared in Fraser's Mayazine in 1849, two in 1858, and one in 1867. The remainder, bear- ing no date, are to bo accepted as New. As their name indicates, all take ome phate of Nature for their theme, and chant her praizes in efffluent language. The disciples of Izask Walton will find 2 good deal to their liking in ¢ The Chalk-Stresm Studies,” although much of :the diecourse is strictly pertinent to their English locality. Trout2nd * flies,” how- ever, are common to all countries, and the love of angling has an interest for the sportsman that is never oxhausted. The word-painting in A Charm of Birds” is, some of it, in Mr. Kingsbury's best menner; yet fow can enter into his fine enthusiasms over bird-songs and the concomitant beauties of fleld andjforest in springtime. Icis only tho devout student of Nature who can understoud thai his warm and oxubcrant spoech is not s mere ehapsody. There are snatches of history, poetry, and scicnce, intorsporsed thickly in all these 1dsls ; for tho writer hus been o wide and busy gleancr in the fields of knowledge, and he is-fond of euriching bis subjects with rclevant scraps of information frown every Bource Open to him. Better xtill, o loves to introduce; whenever aj propriate, 2 fragment of pure philosophy, like tho following, which closes bis talk abont ** My Winter-Gardea: As for doing fine things, my friend, with you, I éve learned o belicve that 1 am mot £ct to do Sno tlings, smply because I am mot mble to do them ; and, a8 for aceing fino things. with you, I bave Jearned_to'sce the sight,—as well an to do the Zuty,— which Lies near:st me ; 2ud to comfort mysell Witli the funcy that, if T muke good use of my eyts and Lruin u this life, I sball see,~if it Le of any use to 1l the 00 tiings or, perbaps, fiver sull in the 1ife to come. Bit, if not—What mwatter ¢ In zuy life, ineny state, lowever simple or humblo, there will Dbe clways eufucient to ocoupy Minute Fhilosopher ; aud, if & man bo Lusy, aud Lusy about his duiy, what morc docs he require for time or cternity? IRecreations in Popular Sciences THE GEOLOGY OF THE STARS, By Pmor. WiN- ‘cirzrt, of tho University ef Michigan. Doston : Estes & Lauriat, This little work is tho seventh in Estes & Lauriat’s series of Half-Hour Recreations in Popular Science.” It suthor, Prof. Winchell, while not professing to disclose any now facts in ecience, has grouped in s happy way the leading ideas in the chain of thought upon the process of evolution from chaotic gas to' the extinction of organic life. Ho gives the following 2s the Euo- cesgive stages, most of which ‘hate kmown ex- amples at the prosent time ‘in the visiblo heavens : Gaseity : Matter intenacly heated, and only imper- fectly luininois ; 38 in the central portion of the &n- nular nebu'a in Lyrs. Normal nebulerity : Minute incandescent particles in & gaseous medium. Spectrum of ome to threc bright lines. Ezumples in some of the irresolvable nebule, Fire-mist : Spectrum of bright Lincs on s faint, con- tinuous spectrum ; s in tac nebula in Dreco. ‘The primary nuclear atage : Bright lincs on & con- tinuous spectrum, Examples in tho planetary and spiral nobule, Secondery nuclear stage: Spectrum continuous; tlie pofat of transition from brigit lies to dark linea; 25 in some resolvable noble. Sirian etage : Atmosplere of great depth and ten- &lon, with decided nucleus, Spectrum of broad dark lines ; as in white stare, bsorbent lines of natural breadth ; Arcturan stage as in yellow stara, ‘Solir stage: Incipieat varisbility, tlie photosphero being reduced in depta suficicatly to permit tho for- mation of spots ; =8 ju the sun. Variablo stage: Approsching total liquefaction hence Jarge spot-formations, causing variablo light ; ag & Mira. Liqu trum Tucrastive steg siage: A molten globe, with continuous spec- s some star-clustors. Incipient darkening; os the red stare, Eruptive stage: A crust formed, which collapscs at inter ing occasfonal outburats’ of light; a8 in the tomporary stars. ‘Saturncu tage: The ring condition. Jovian stago: Dense vaporous atmosphere, with ‘protophytic life, . “ferrestrial stago: hase. Martial stoge: Encroaching cold. Decline of the orgenic phaec, . Fmar stage: Extinction of life, and final Fefrigera- 4109, with absorption of ocean and air. Continuation of tho organic Eaglish Grammar. HADLEY'S STHIES ENGLIST GRAMMAR : AX Ap- VA Counsz oF Lessoxs IN LANGUAGE. By 3fany V. Lex, Teacher in Ainnessta State Normal Schiool, £nd Hima HADLEY, author of * Leysons in Language.” ‘Tho first of this series of lessonsin language, byits estreme simplicity and carefully-gvaded movement, has obtained tho wanction of ex- pericnced educztors, and trumplantly borno the test of use in tho echoolroom. This second number carries tho lastruction into tho techni- clities of grammar, whick are the mozt difiicult tlings in the world to rid of s forbidding aspect. Tho task has been accomplished with a success that is surprising to one who used to thumb tho manuals of by-gone years, which gave no more sense and pleasure to tho rules governing lzo- guage than could be got from the rattle of dry boues. All thatis chapged now, and here we recognize the old skeletons actnmally invested with flesh and galvanized into life. The student of this little giammur will bave better concep- tion of the abstruse nature of the knowledge he “iu Lelped to, it is so invitmgly presented, nud made 5o casy to bis comprehension. Tho system sdopted is tho objcct-mettod, which calls out Hhio pupil’s facultics of observation and " rosson, and enconrages bim on by the perpetusl roward of ducernicy now facts through bis own pene- fration. The work may be confidently commend- edto teachers as tho best text-book which has et been preparod for beginners in tho ecience of grammar. Loivel’s ¢ Conrtin?.?? THE COURTIN'. By Jaxes Nussesi Lowzit. T- Iustrated by WiNsLOw Hoxze, Boston: James B. 0Osgovd & Co. The publishers exercised a wise choice when they selected ** The Couztin’™ for the text of an jlluminated volume. It is perhsps tne best known and most admired of all ths many good and admirabie things 1ts accomplished and ver- satile author has written. It exquisito point, and wit, and fecling touch the popular heart, and commend it universally. But the artist has not been able to illustrate the poe:. Helas not canght the character or the circumstance which the lines so graphically delineate. Tho poetry, tho pathos, the strength and simplicity, of the Yapkeo nattre have escaped him. ~ With- out knowing his antecedents, one would be guro ho is unfamiliar with the life sad spirit of New Ingland. Something of his ill success may bo owing to the style of wit he has undertaien,— tho silhonetto, which, limited to mere outline, severoly tests the power of the aranghtsmsn. 'The publishers have doue thoir part well. European Sketches. PEN-PICTURES OF EUROYE. Dy ELIZARETI PEAKE. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, The lady who has hera had the presumption to underiako a serics of pen-sketches of Europe quickly sbows her unfitoess for tho task. An overweening vauity, and s singular obtuseness to propriety, have led her to give publicity to & ‘mass of minute andinsignificant personaldetails, ‘mennt only for the oyes of friends. A little cal- ture and observation toach us that nosw-a-days one-kalf the world go abroad to photograph Eu- rope for themscives ; and the other kalf, whostay 2t homa, know it nearly as well throngh themulti- tudeof books of travel, in which keecu-sighted a0d deft-kanded tourists have pictured over and over 2gain every sceno and exporience ordinarily cncounterad on the groat bighways of Europs. 1t is a wonderfully-gifted person that can, at tho present day, bring back anything freah from & summer's trip ncross the seas, for the general roeder. Tho book is lsvishly illustrated with boautiful full-page engravings. Flistorical Esnyss HISTORICAL ESSAYS. By Epwamp A. FREDM: 3. A, Hou. D, C. L., Late Fellow of Trinity Oxford. Second Ssrics, York: Macmiliau & Co. The ossays in {lus collection were written as reviews, and first ssw the light in different Br ls. They have undergone consid- on to fit them for thair prasent per- manent form,—all portions which could not lay claim to lasting value being carefully excised. Nearly tho whole number—nino—relate to tho earlicr periods of Greek and Romau history. Tho Historians of Athens, The Athemian Dem- ocracs, Alexauder the Great, Mommeen’s History of Rome, and Tho Flavian Cwsars, nre among their titlea. Mr. Freeman is studiously prepared on the subjects ho treats, and writes with weight aud clearness. Ho not only helps us to a betier un- derstanding of the historians under criticiam, but also contritutes to our knowledge of the epochs and the nations which they have de- peribed. His book will be reckoned nmong the aids to scholars of clagsical tendencies. London and New Angling. THE FISHING TOURIST: AucLem's GUIDE AXD Tererryce-Boox. By Cmamwrs Ilstrocs, Sccre- tary of the * Blooming Grova Park Associa tion.” New York: Harper and Brothera. There i8 & wonderful fascination in field- sports. It is like that which the devotces of natural science feel, rousing all the fire, and energy, and nobility of their pature. It is con- tact with the fresh, healthful, vitalizing ele- ments of earth, air, and sky, that explains it That which is simplest and puest in humanity responds to their intluences and rises to the sur- face. Yor the time being ‘manis inspired and ennobled, and becomes as a little child, or asa refinod and regenerated spirit. Honest enthu- sissma aro slways clovating, and those which aro awakencd Ly out-door studies and pastimies are tho most generous, expausive, and wholcsome. We love Kit North for hie ardent, peetic, and tender uttorances; but we love him more for his grand manliness, that was doveloped by active and dovoted companionship with Nature, by the days and nights be epent in her solitades, by the toilsome tramps he took to roach her favorito fast- nesses, and the tremendous_fatigue Le joyonsly incarred to secure the diversions she had in store for him. And soof all who, like him. find their most, congenial snd compenseting picasures in ecarching_ into the mysteries and pursuit of the fife abounding in wood, aud plain, and stream. 1t is on tho sunniest side of their nature that we Jook when we contemplate them here,—on their hng&ieal, {freest, and most generous moods. ‘Halloch, in this last contributionto thelit- erature of piscatorial eports, displays the nsual ‘buoyant, cxultant, and contagious enthusizsm. He has had ap experience of twonty-six years in the art ho exaits, and haa practiced it in all ac- cessible resorts in America. Ho has made a study of tho science as well as the art of fishing, aad now exposes the fruits of his matured knowl- edgo for the benefit and enjoyment of such as arc knit with him in 2 sympathy of tastes. He opiens kis book with a treatise on the natural his- tory of the Salmonide, and concludes it with a full and interesting description of the various regions in the United States, Nova Scotia, New- foundland, Canada, etc., where trout and salmon- fighing may be successfally followed. Instruc- tions for the outfit of the fisherman are not omitted, nor such other particular information 25 may be useful. Miss Alcott’s Tales for Little Folls, AUNT JO'S SCRAP-BAG. Vol IIL CUPID 4xD Ciiow-Ciiow, xc. By Loutsa 3. Arcorr. Boston: Roberts Brotliers Every new book Miss Alcott sends out, be it a novel, o serios of sketches, or notes of travel, is certain to have a pungent, spicy flavor, relished by the general taste. 'The present is a collection of briof tales, told with the view of interesting little folks, but with an irresistible charm that catehes tho ear of grown children. Inthe open- ing story, which gives title to the volume, the writer seizes the occasion to deal some adroib hits at various foibles of the hot-headed women- agitators. Mfiss Alcott is evidently sano on tho Jexed questions concerning her 6ox, and, though earnest for all the reforms that Srflmih_e real im- rovement in true directions, indulges in 5 good- umored laugh at the violence that would clatch man by the throat apd demand woman's rights or bis life. Duties take theprecedenco of rights in Mies Aleott’s estimation, and a brave devo- tion to these has secured her s harvest of the best fruits of life. Mrs. Moulton’s Storics for Children. BED-TIME STORIES, By Louisk CHANDLER MovrToN, With illustrations Ly ADDIR LEDTALD. Boston: Roberts Drothers. Tho business of constructing juvenile litera- tare has attained such extent and importance 1n theso last years that rearly all our popaisr suthors have been tempted fo try their pens at it. Indecd,pot a fewof them aro chiefly oc- cupied in tho work of sustainmg it; and, if we would not miss gome of the mest pleasing little gems they hava finished in prose and verse, wo must look over their contributions to tho children's book-ghelves. 3rs. Louiso Chandler Afculton bas earned a wido reputation as tho Lritliant literary correspondent of a prominent Now York journal, but she baa never written ansthing which will so touch the hearts of Ler admirers 8s the littlo volume under notice. m the dedication, 1n_four preLty stanzas. wo fer that the stories were first iuvented to suuse the last sweet hour before bed-time of her own fair-baired darling, and, as sn after thought, were shared with otber mothers and their littlo_ones, They are nnasually clovated in style and seotiment. If a fault can be found, itis that their toue is too ‘tombre, Pathos hadows all of them, and there is danger of sending tender-hearted readers to bed in tears. A Table-Rook. SUMMER-ETCHINGS IN COLORADO. Dy ELIZA Gazitorsr. lutroduction by GRACE GREZNWOOD, New York: G. P. Puluam’s Sous. The skoveis & handsome table-book, intend- ed, 5s all such articles are, rather for ornament than for valuable uses. The etchings,—tran- gcripts of ecencry in the Rocky Mouutains,— of which there are twenty-two, full-page, give Littlo notion of their origioal merit, Leiug badly reproduced by the engraver. Their remarkablo Tonture is opprossive skica, bearing hoavily down on overburdened mountaius. Tho letter-presd llustrations are good examples of tho fluout aco of a caltiveted lady's converzation. In all Particulars that _pertain to_the publisher's art, the volume is richly snd tastefully ed. Torap Lessonse . o 4 3 S R T e e York: Eobert Carter & Drotiers. The pame of Dr. Newtop, who for twenty vears has been preaching to children and “* mak- fog books of the eermoxs.” i8 & passport to tm- mediate favor. To say that the presest volume i characteristic, is its best introduction. Tho eimplicity, tho loviog spirit, the overflowing fand of anecdote, that made “ Bible Wonders ™" aad Naturo's Wonders” favorites of the hild's librars, are recognized fully in theeo ZLeavea. The Bible is compared to a Treo of Lifo, aud its loaves of besling are spplied to Lying, Covetousness, Idleness, Pride, Evil Qonscience, and Quarrels. They are leszons, tco, of Obedicnce, Patience, and Faithfcluess. Among the innumersblo stories told in_illustra- tion of good precept, the following occurs tader the leat for curing Lyini Alittle newsboy, to ell hia_papers, told alie. The ‘matter caie up for couversstion in a class in Sunday- Schiool, “Would you tell a e for threa cent'?s” ssked a teacher of ono of Ler boys. ‘“No, ma'am,” 22~ swered Dick very promptly. *For a dollar#” * No, ma'am.” + Fo a thousand doilare2” Hero Dick wad steggored. A thousand Gollars looked like sucha very bigsum, Oh! whzt lots of things he could buy with 3 thousand dollara! While bowas thinking about iz, and traing up hus mind whether it would pay to tell 3 lie for s tho j Lekiad him cried out, 4 No, ma'an, o . Now mark this Loy’s answer, and do not forgat it. - Be- cause, ma'am,” said Le, * the lie sticks. When 1tte thousand_doliars are all goue, =nd the good things Eougat with them are all gone, the Lis is there all iha sawe.” Job. THE ADGUMENT OF THE BOOK OF JOB TY- FOLDE] VILLAM IDisey GREes, DD, Pro- Tessor in Princvion Thevlogical Sewminars. Now York : Itctert Cartes & Brothera, ‘A comprebensive viow of the Book of Jab, do- signed to exhibit its plan by an analysis of its contents. It is studied without referecce to sge or authorship, but simply 18 an inspired book of consolation. The happincss of Job; his tempter; his af- fliction; his frionds; his triumphs; and the answer of the Lord “out of the whirlwind,” are in tum considered ; 2ud lastly the placo held by this history of a life in the scheme of Toly Seriptare. “ No book of the ible,” eays tho suthor in his summary of the viriues of this anciont story of Trialand Triumph, *siands apart Ly itself, or can be fully understood if 1t i8 ouly ‘studied separately and in its isolation. Itis a part of & graduslly-unfolded rovelation. 1t belongs to a well-ordered system. It is a iiok in a chain. It is 3 membor of au organisa. It is what it is, not for itsolf alono ; it has bean shaped with referenco to tho position that it i3 to ocenpy, sud the function it has to perform in the plan of tho whote. A Nursery Text-Bool. INFANT DIET. Dy A.Jacosy, M. D., Professor of Disenscs of Children, Collegs of Phyeiciaus aud Surgoons, Now York. ' Now York: G, 2. Putnam't An cssay read before the Public Health As- sociation of New York, to communicate the result of Dr. Jacobi's obseivation criticslly directed to the feeding of infants; and cou- cluding with & fow briof and iatelligiblo rules hat ehonld be understood and practiced by nurses and mothers. Theso rules aro given under three divisions, relating to periods of infant Jifo both in health ood sickness; and are, in themselves, sufiiciently useful and ex- plicit to recommend the littlo voluma of which they form but a mivor part to an adoption as & nursery text-book. A Uniqae Volume. CHE MOTHER'S REGISTER : From the French of ¥rof, J. B. Fousageives, New York: G.P. 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