Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 17, 1874, Page 9

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATfIRDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1874---TWELVE PAGES. e e e ey e e LITERATURE. Admira) Footes MIFE OF ANDREW UULL FOOTE, REAR-ADMIRAL UNITED BTATES NAVY, Dy Jaugs Masoy Hop- With s Portralt and on_which it i8 hmmht to Lor aro dosp ond intopse o olr paturo, taking their strength and firo from the hor, voleantg boavt of thoir creator, Tho chiof par- sonaged’in Madimo Sand's novels aro voritablo roproductious of Ler body and brain. Thoy aro r1v, Professor in Yalo Collego, P etampod with her likkonoss, and ropeat her oxpo- Thinisstionay’ i pps (oo York: HMarpor & | HORERS 10y aro what 6ho hina boen, and thiuke and act o5 ebo bos dono, Each illustrate but singlo sido of her comples charactor,—hut o sop- arato sceno oit of lior ervutlo life-drams., All tho somanco and pnssion in all cheir lnes Iy but o a trangering from hor own 3 and still wo may bo- liovo thero aro depthsof feoling nud travsports of ardor, witin the range of hor knowlelge snd intuition, but are boyond oven Ler ability to portear on tho written poge, "T'ho story of *y Bistor Jonnnie™ Is in_ihe form of un nutabiography, belug teld by Lau- rent Dlolaa, tha lioro of "tho drama, Louront and his sister Jeannie are childion of o moun- tainoor who hay turned smuggler, but pursues hin mei',‘:\l businoss soerotly and without dotac- tion, Ilis goina ara snfliclont to evablo him to support his amiable wifo comfortebly, aud to ed- uoatoe bis children thoroughly. T.aurent recolves tho tratuing of o phyaiolan, und Jeannio dovelopn oxtraordinary talont as a musician. Both are I\oxanuzud of uncommon persouai charme und of ine intollizonco. Whoun Lauront has finishod his medical studios, aud is outho polut of choosing o flold for practico, ho meots an Tnglish noblemnn_in doclining ago and Itle Lioalth, who Is leading o sort of nomadic llfo, with his wifo and su oxtensivo ratinue. Sir Iiichard DBruduel bhas just loat the services of luy family phyriclan, aud, ploased with the nppearauce and attsiuments of Laue rent, otfers him the easy aud lucrative poaition. 1t i8 aceopted, and Sir Richerd and Laurcnt soon becomo atinened companione. Madam Braduel in as sceladed in hor habits ne au odatsquo, and naver is visiblo witbout hor husband. " Slo i3 yonog and bewntiful, but nntutored and uuso- phisticated, IHor nccont declares her & Pariciun, yeb hor 1ook and bosring aro thono of a Spaniurd. Lauront is s mnan of pure piinciples, and hoo- or, as wall as imstivet, forbid any eapoolul inter- eot m Holene, the wifo of lus patron, Bub Sir Rticliard is wuddenly called to tuo Ledsido of n dsing mivter, and leaves Halono-to bis caro nnd proteetion, Laurent koops rigidiy to his rolo as physiclan sud gunrdian; but Holeno, m_an hour of offusion, lusists on con- fidiug to him lor ushappy history. Bho is not thowifo of Bir Richard, but his “adopted dangbter. et villainous fathor vold hor fu her pirlivad to Slr Richard, who had chivalronsly dofendodhior when rho sougbt bhis protection from o vilo wrateh inte whoso power aho had been beirayed. Siv Richard had theuceforth bho- gtowed upon ber tha namo and respeot duo his wifo, but na ineuperable obstaclo pravented hig murrying her, Lo had ql\-cu hor o partial prowise, that, should {ho impodimont to tholr wuion over bo romoved, sho vheuld crsumo lo- gnlly tho title qud 1}1‘!\!1«:};95 which she now uumy by sufforance, 1loloue loved iir Richnrd with ardor, and pinod undor the unnatural re- striction of hor life, She now beeamu il through woparation trom him, aud Yaurent was coin- pelled to sttond ber cinnuly_. ‘he result nced vot bo indicated. \When Sir Richiard unexpect- cdly returned at nightfall, bo surpiised. Luurant making a mnd decluration of bis love, and IHe- leno oy madly responding to hin, Bir Riohprd ncnumuuf'y gave the couplo his Dleseing ; but Heleco continued afling, und grew incrensivgly restless, dledical couneil wes calipd in, who decided that the vohcinent emotions which the prosénco of Laurent oxelted were kil ing hor, ond that tho lovers must ho soparated icmporanly. Laurent roturncd to his howe, whoro he found his sistor Jeanule astonishingl! improved, with boauty aud accomplisimonts thal dazzled bim, Iu hor saciaty tho foverivh exclto~ snents of Ius lovo for Helene wore subducd and dicsipated, and, ronson returning toits throne, he felt ndesire to be rid of bis engagomont to ler and_to romsin pormnncml{ with hig {amily. Heleno rocovered from hor floeting infatuation us tions with Sir llichard, Witk tho death of Bir Richard’s sistor, the obstacle Lo bis marriuge was romoved, and srraugomonts wora wmada tor his Apeedy union with Holene, Lanront’s mothur and sistor woro bidden to tho wedding, When they roturned, they brought Laurant the strange tidings, that Helono iad eloped, on tho oyve of bor wedding, with the phyeiclan who bad sues cooded Laurent in the Baronot’s tousehold 5 and that Joannjo was tho (luuf;hhr of 8ir Richard,— the fruit of & youthful liniwon. Joanuio had been swaro irom childbood of tha nbseuco of rola- tionship butween uersell and Laurant, oud had rogarded bim for yoars e Ler beau-ideal, i vrotuerly affection Is soou transformed into that of o lover, and o blissful destivy1s sooured for ihe two, The etory rendw calmly fn this briof abstract, Tounded out and wrought up in Madamo Sanda’ impassioned narrative, it glows and palpitates with burnipg and pervading omotions, ~The veil is \\'it‘hdra‘m\ frt:]m overy lll‘)’ull, nud| ‘ilsu ifmoet seeret and sacred movoinents are rothlessly ve- ‘wore the repnlt of thin unwon, of Whom Lo K083 | voglo” Bngluh and American renders shrink Tho mont notable eervico which Tiout. Foote from this open exposure, but the spectacle is one porformed, prior to tho War, was in the sup- | it Which tho Frenohrun revels, pression of tho slave-trado on tho const of Af- yica. Ho was nesigaed to tho command of the brig Porey, ia 1640, and tor two years thereafter hunted alevors in the neighborhood of Awbrig pnd tho Conzo Rtiver with such zoal and notivi- £y that tho slave-trade on ths coast was thrown into a lansmishing atato, and contined fo a fow vessels beacing tho Serdinian flag. On bis re- tarn from tlas expedition Lient. Foote waa por- mitted to remnin four years ashore, which period ho aceupied In litevary labors, piving occasional lectures, and compoving o work entitied ** Af- rics snd the Awmerican Flnfi.“ 1t wao not untit he had besn nppolnted to tho chargo of the naval operations in the Weslern wators, on the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion, that Lleut,, now Capt., Footes qgualitics 28 6 naval commander were mude knowu to the conntry st largo. Provious to this, the opportunities in bis career for obtaining distine- tion wero fow, and_not of nutional importance. Tho enevey and sbility bo displayed iu creativga fioot of gunboats to ply on the Western rivers, and tho bravery and skill with which ho com- mendod it, in co-operation with the Woestern army, secured him tho grateful commendutions of tho Goverument uud the peoplv. Hiy Prilliant exploils in the capturo of Fort Honry and tho stormiog of Fort Donelson showed tha deeds of which Lo was capablo, and have not been forgotten by his ndmiring countrynien, A wound in tho foot, which hie recsived in tho ongngement (bofora Fort Doneleon, digabled the veteran, and _in the summor of 1862 com- polled him to resign his command of the Weat- ora flotilla, and repair to the soe-coast in the hopo of recovery. A treacherous amendment n his health decclvod him iuto tho bollof thut he snoitld bo ablo to give shill furtber sld to the Government in_quelling the Rtebellion, and he wus nppointed Lo tho command of the South At- Tantic squadron in Juno, 1663, Entering with characteristic zoal npon his new duties, ho st out for Now York to embark on tho Tusearors for tho scono of his inicnded operations. Bt bis fiecitious stronyth, sumuisted by ex- dtemont and sustained by an iudomitable wil suddenly puve way, and on the 1Gtn of Juun oftor a sboit, sharp’ illnces of ten days, he foll juto st deeamlens sloop which rounds the lita of every human baing. Prof, Floppin has_narrated tho lifo of Admiral Footo in o catm, judicial way, with & clonr undot- standing of tho nerit_of his churacter and the value of bis deods. 1o has mnde no atlempt; By arta of rhetoric, to lieighten tho ImproAsion of either, but lins coulinod lumoelf to the ens denvor to couvey niruo idea of what manuer of 1040 ho was who suddeuly achieved, in tho mili- oty camupaign_of 1RG1- & Jesting wnd honora- blo renown. Much iuteresting history of the noval operations of the Weatern branch of qur army in thoso yeurs is necessarily involved in tho biozraphy of Admital Foote ; and 1oueh of his private snd ofiicial correspondence, throwing Jight mpon tho transactions of Loth army and navy, is hero published. The volune is n neat ‘Ape:illncn of tho eralt of printer, engraver, und binder. Admiral Footo was o manly, courteous, Chris- Ban gentloman; a brave, resoluto, and ofiiclent Micor; and, o every position in which Lo was \laced, performed his wholo duty, in accordancoe #ith » strict sonsp of honor and Intogrity, o ¥as not distinguisbed by any particularly brill- nt parts, but by o nobility, purity, end forco of character, that gave bim an clovated raok In tho estimation of all who know nod wero sapablo of judging Lim aud his achlovemonta. The valunblo servicos ho tondered his contry, in hor hour of supromo peril from u domoatio 1ud deadly foo, )iftod him into prominonco, aod mado tho history of hig ontacr assoutial to tho sompleto sccount of hor uwn sutferings and ex= perlonco, But the biography of tho soldior Is not more ukoful than Liie biography of thomai,— the moral lessons ovolved from Lo ouo being as important for tho Instruction of mankind as is tho example of horoio valor pnd gallantry ex- aibitod in tho othor. b Androw Hull Foote was born in Now Haven, Tonn., Sopt. 12, 1806, Iowas tho deycendant of s0 hionorable line of ancestora, who, sinco 1639, nd been reckoned among tho staunch citizens af Now England. 1He futhor, Samuel Augustus Foote, had boon Governor of Conuacticut snd Umted States Buuator, pud bad ob- Iainod soma consideration us one of tho leadors o Nepublican parky in tho memorable ycars i’;g!.:.\l':sml} egu.fl nndprlil& ‘L'no boy Androw was marked cbiefly, in lus youih, for a resolute spirit and & stubbors will, whichlad his father oneo to romusi that *'1Ho had succoeded protty well in cunlrul!mfl all his Loys, with tho excsp- tion of Androw; him alone b hiad only alteinpt- cd to quide.” Bat tho atorn dlscirlinu provaile ing in Puritan hounclolds had ite influcuce oven ou Andrew's unylolding nature, and ho giow to manhood with_ prinviples nurtared on truth and probity. and with manners tmetured with fnak- nees, gonuleness, and amiabllity. A slnglo anec- dote, called trom the reminiscences of his carly days, 18 worth relating, as it iudicatos the char- acter of tho future mun: Whtle bitk 8 weo bit of o ladl, Lio was one day leadling 1fs yonngsr brothor Augnstus, who was dreased In & yed frook, neroes n meadow whero thero was a large Merino ram. The buck, oxclted by thu red dross, chargod farlously upon tho little fellow. — Aude Dravely threw bimeelf {n Lho way, and recolved (lo uocks und this ho aid sovesal thues, untll they Lad veached the fones in & , 1lis brothor (tbe Iton, John A. Foolo, of Clev , 0., who fells the story) auys of the occurrcuce, that it was undoubledly the AXmlm'u jorstram fights Atun early oxe, Androw had exproseod o de- termiuation (o follow the sen, and dectared that, if praventei by parental nuLhurltfi from doifg 8o eooucr, he would cuter upon tholifo immeodintely wpon attaining the period of his matority. iy intontion was not thwarled, and in tho wintor of 1522, at the ngo of 16, ho pusscd from Weab Pownt, whero ho had beon at school a fow months, to the achoonor Gmmmle. whore, under Commander Gregory, ha teolk hia jutinl lessons in tho duties of o Jidahipman. His firut crwen wis amoug the Went Indin Islands, iu pursuit of irates, ond was aitended ‘by some perils and hardslips, ''he seaich for buceancers was gon- duoted in open bonts, nand tested the ukill cnd daring of men and oftirers, 111823 young Foote was transforred to the Densacoln, n vesael be- Tongivg to the Pacide Byuadron, and communded Ly Witiiam Carter, Mector Commoudant, AL the ond of tlweo years' servioo on tho Souths Amori- onn const, bo_ roturncd to Now Yorlr, aud suc- cessfully underiwent bLis exuminazion as Pusiod Midsbipman. e was immediutely sont off for waccond crufso in tho Weet Indin seas, in the gbip Natohez. T¢ was duting this voyaga that ho oxperiencod o chizngo of fecling on religious subjects, wnd camo to tho rexolution, as ha oxpressed it, that Hencoforth, under afl circumutancos, ho would act for God,” Thin resolution he firmly adberod {o through the remaiuder of his life, and on Jand or rea, on duty or ofl, lte bore huneclf liko o truc Christian liexo, Tho years iotorvoning between this evont and tha opeuing of tho War, in 1861, progont few striking incidonts to relleve ho rather monotonous earcer of o naval oflicer in tiwes of peace, In 1824, Alr. Footo o mar- ried to Miss Caroline Flagg, of Oheshire, Conn. In 1933 ho buried bio wife, who had boine him two chitleren, and left him an infant dnughter, about a yeav old. In 1831, ho received a cume micsion o8 Licatenant 3 and, in 1812, he took Yor hig second wifo Lis tecond cousin, Jliss Caro- Jino Auguatus Streot, of New Hnven, o lady of fino mind and_lovely charactor. ¥ive childron Educntion of Girls, TAE DUILDING OF A BRAIN. DLy Epwanp I, OuamsE, 8L, D, Author of “Six in Education” 12wme,, pp, 163, Boston: - Jumes It, Osgood & Co, "o tille of this volumo is somewhat mixlead- ing. Trom its purport ono would luok for an eseay on tho proper method of construeting, do- veloping, aud streugthening, the organ of the miud, and would bopo Tor such divect instructton on tho important tople a overy individual could utilize. But this justitlnble expoctation iy dise uppoiated. The ogssy is but au addition to tho suthor's argument, Iu o provious worl, in favor of Sex in Education. And the addition is no espeolal support to his posftion. 1t but roiter- ntes tho statomont, which no one donios, thut mnny American girls fail in health while attend- ing #chool dwing tho years botwedn 13 and 16, It does 510 prove tiat thoy eo fall eimply be- causo thoy o to school. As in hig provious work, Dr. Clarke continnes to ot tuking mto account, iv tracing the causes of invalidism in American sehool-girls, tho vast influence upon their health which their habits of drees, and Jomo and soclul Jife, exert, If, in- sterd of ndvocating o ehapge in tho regimen of rchools, ha would cdvise, for tho boneilt of girls, simpler dress, more sleop, more exerciss oub of doors, o plaiuer and moro nourlsing dict, and & ronunciation of what is called “socicty,” every rational and thinking woman would go with Lim heart and hand. Nono know ro weling educatod invalid women that it i3 not the brawm-work thoy have dove which s sapped their atrength and iimitod their nsofuluees, but v heodless disrogard of the sitplest spnitavy laws, gonerally emried to a futal resuit, during an ignoraut and unro- strained childhood, Dr, Clarko Lus done the women of America n great and timely servico in ereating o wide-spread agitation upon » question vitally concerning ihem. They will gradually conse to destroy thoir heelth and lives by tusking their browns as hard an tho boys do, while, at the enmo time, they abuse thelr phyelcal. framen, as tho hoys do not do, Ly unkealthinl modes of drnss, negloct of ox- ereige, and by aocinl oxcitemonts, [t is o wrong wey of liviug, xod not too much studylng, that is killing Amorican girls, and they mio slowly coming to o kuowledzo 6f the truth, Meantime, digenstion of thio mattor Ly sagncions porcons, whichever ido thoy advoeate, ends to cloar the general understanding, and hgsten the time when women will have ns sonud minds aod an rtrong bodles a3 tho mou, snd sn oqual clunco Tor edueation. ‘Feaching Langungces, UAUSERIFS AVEU MIS LILERES, Tar Lawsewy Taunsun, Principnd of tho’ French Dopartinent of (ho Sehool of Ilodern Langusges, Loston: Leo & Bheyurd, ‘e publication of this book by Leo & Shop- ard is Iu ansver to the renl necds of both teavh- ers and studenlo of the Trench Iangunge. In our modorn wwethuds of sludy, thers fa no mora pailietio wasto of time, nud strongth, aud wone oy, than in tho ueual routine of nequiring for- eign langunges, 'Thero ere too few even lveral- Iy-educeated peoplo whoso siudy huy given then wiat Hummorton rightly calls “the only trie oulture, which ought to atrougthen the fucnlty of thinking, and to pravide the materlul upon which that hoblo faculty moy oporate.” Trench and Cermun are taught to childron snd to kdults in the rame parrot-like mauner. Pho litile girt who would gludly loam to sny, 4 My wax dolly hing bluo oyes like mo "; nud the protty womnn of soolety who wonld enjoy tho nentonce, **Tho boauty of Iavge bluek n¥ou like or can- Goorge Yend®s Luut Novol. MY SISTER JEANNIE: A Nover, By Gronus Bamp, Tranelated from the French by 5. B, Cuocken, 16010, 3 P 4148, Mudame Dudovant’s 70 years have telien nothe fng from tho frushness and vigor of her intol- feal. Ifad “My Bister Joannis™ followed di rectly afler ** Andro," or “ Conauelo," tho crit~ fes would have notod no falling off in the mer- wolous powers of ita author, 'he geniua which, for iuvontion, Ineight, wud artistis expression, bas scarcoly bad a peor in this century, shows itself oqually strong and unrlvaled u the faculty of enduranco, 1t is nob the loswst wondor- gul of the wmeny wondorful events thut v hjeot” ot ron, bave distinguished tho career. of | MinO havo lheun tho sub g op," ara both taught with stupid pin to vous (eorgo Fand, that the ferility of lor | comeo0% Yoll af Kantonces, Ik thha 1 Have quor )!ou the bread of tho huker?” ana 8o through uany pagoa, od nauseant. Tha systcm of M, Leurenr docs away ontire- 1y with the tedlous methods too genorally in uno i onr sehiools, 1o modestly declines tho honor of Ity inventlon, saying, * 1 Tevo nol that gory it iy vory ald, for [t daten baek perhaps 10 Bvore- tow, gnd, vory sutoly, nt leunt to Jinboluis und Monteigne,”” o desoription given in tho ¢ In- troduction 1o the Terching of tho Living Tau- gungen’ fu very striking, and woll werth the thoughtful attention of thes (only tov soell) cluss of contciontiona teachors eiddressod by M, Janrour, Montalgne, when n child, foarnad Latin naturally, by practicing tha enmo niethad AL Laurour o tryhig to ulrodacs) but, when a limngiuation has boruo the deain of constant pro- P 'Juotion for npward of forty years, withuut ho. #raying any signs of weakness or exhaustion, 18 ua if this oxtraordinary woman wers deg- tined, a8 Jong as she lives, to continue an unom. |n1y 1w nature, exowpt from the montul, physl- ‘ml. end social laws which aro binding on tho frest of mankind ; freoto fullow tho uniquo and fkmperious rulo of Ler own bolng, and ta work jont, . without lat or hiudorauce, hor strango usd opptionsl deatiny. This last novel by Goorge Band, liko most that Ve gono beforn it, i n utudy of the patsion of wo i ons of fts mwyrlad phavos, Lho eubjests 4 uickly, and rosumed hoer rolee | youug man, be was sont to_collogo, and thore, thanks to grammars and dictionatics, ho wan 133!419 10 neatly forgot tho languago of Cmenr and icoro, > It must bo o roal onjoyment to mtudy with such an oarnont tenchor aa M. Lrmbort Lotirour ; and, after cavefully oxamining his book, ane docs not wondor nt (ho enthusiostic appreciation the profossors of Yala and Iarvard aro nover wenry of giving publicly to anr author’s genius for teachiug. Ono of his chiof recomwmendations to othier tenchoro is, * to nsk ovly carncst quou~ tlons, which will mako the clusa nttontive aud interested, Nothing is more contempiiblo oy niora frufless thon phrusss wihioh are onk phrages. They arc oven poworlees to tonch words,” 3L Lourour's thought sbout tho study of the grammar {6 identical with Herbert Bponcer's, who snys, **As grammar wes made sfter lane uago, §0 nu‘f;ht it to bo taught after langnago.” fmnulnu tho dolight of following the new method of conquoring the subjunctivo: *Wo have stud- fed this yesr tho subjunctivo in a volumo of Cuorgo Sand.” Altogathor, the doscription of {ho *Conversallons™ of tho clazs at Now liavon of tho tutors of Yalo fills ono with a pardousblo kind of onvy. Tho tlusl question of M. Lauronr's short En- glish_troatise, **Introduction to Teaching with- ont Grammar or Dictionary,”—-which sorvea ay an introduotory pamphlel to * Cawscrica aveo DMen Tlerey,"—soems to us snawerablo ouly in tho afirmativo: *‘Is it not cloar, then, that tha menna of learning tho words of a langungo is, not to thiuk about tham, but to produce ideas constantly, usivg for instrumonts only words of tho languzre one is studying 2" Wo wonld bog of teashors n caroful examinn- ton of AL, Lanrour's books aud, through its in- troduction_futo clauses generally, 1L seoms as it we might hopo that one I1ill of " Difficulty could be torn down in tho path of the carnest sfudent, ‘Mistortcnl Ouclines. OUTLINES O 'TJIE WORLD'S HISTORY, AN- OIENT, MEDIEVAL, AND MODERN; witst 8rz. C1AT RELATION To TnE HISTORY or CIVILIZATION AND THE Proonsts or Mawkiip, By Wibinax Bwixron, Author of #Cond:used iatory of tho United Sfates,” ebs, 12mo,, pp, 403, New York and Obleugos Ivison, Blakemnl, TeyliT & Cos The necessity felt amonpg students, of im- proved compendium of history, has led to tho publieation of soveral oxccliont works of the Lind within o recant bricf period. Tho presout is ong of the bost we havo had tho opportunity of oxamining. In a long oxperience fu tho olags-room, tho mutlor las determined tho neods sud tho capacities of the pupil, and obtuioed praotical hints {o guide him in tho selection and tio arraugomont of the mo-~ torials of n text-book. In oledionco to their promptings, ho hao introduced into his manual of tho workl's bistory the onmo motbod that hny provod so suoccessful in tho larger classic warky. Ialiag discarded tho system in common uso, of constructing o historical skeleton com- poned of duy facts, and chronclogieal data, In placo of this, ho has prosented & vivid genoral view of Lho justicutiona and the elvilization of the nations which bave had a prominent influenco on tho world's destiny, Llio fnformatlon which ho gives of every great people iy vitul and living, 1t captivates tho attention ani soizes hold of the miemory with a grasp not readily shakon of. Wo yeoommend the worlk to the geneval veader as n book of reforonce, and to schools as a valusble huudbook. Ancient Phallic Worships ANCIENT VAITIS EMBODIED IN ANCIENT NAMES; on, AN Arrearr 70 Tiacs THE RRL warous i, SACDED TS, ARD oLy Hit- BLEAE, OF CLRXTAIN' NATIONS, DY AN ‘SATERPIETL- TION OF TITE NAMES GIVEN T0 CIILUDLN sY DIIKST- 1Y AUTIORLLY, Ot ARSUNED B PRowiikrs, Krxas, AU Hienanont, By Tioxas Ixat, M. D, don), Consutting Physletan to tho Royul Iuden Livurpool, ote,, ote, Author of **F'reatire on Myl 0., ote. Two volumcy, Kvo., Pl 104 und 1,028, Now York: Asa XK. Butts & Co, o this trentisa on phallio worahip as practicod by tho aucleats, Dr. Inman has given tho study and resosrch of ten laborious years. 1l s learned aud exbaustive, and furnishes the ordl- nary studont of tho vceult subject under dlecus- slon all the information ho can covet. Tho first 172 pages of tho work aro occupied with a gou- oval account of the discoveriea regarding tho tenoty of anciond faiths, which have been re- vealed by & study of nwnes and_symnbols. Tho romaining spico in tho work iy given 1o a vaeab- ulary coutatning il rho projer names In the Old "'catamont, with many Aseyrian, Phanician, Cnr- thagenian, Egyptien, and Hindoo names, inter- mingled for purposes of companson. The iu- terpretations of the various torma in the eatn~ logue arc oficn expanded into cssays of couuld- erabla longth, whick abound in recondite Iavts of history and noval and iugenious theorios, Mools Recciveds NORWOOD ; an, VILLAGE-LIrE: 18 Nrw EXGELAXD. By Linsnz Wann Brscuen, With Tilustratious, mo,, pyr, 640, New York : J, B, Ford & Co. WEST LAWK, AND THE RECTOR OF ST, By Mre, Many J. Hownas, Author of o RR'S. st aud Suushine,” o 12wi0,, pp. 410, Now York : G, W, Carlot YATg LCUTURES ON PREACHING, By Huwny W&o Bevonr, Delivered beforo the Theologlesl Department of YolaCollege, ‘Uhird Berice, 13mo,, pu. 336, Now York 5 J, B, Ford & Co, EPOCHS OF HISTORY : Tir Trmrr Yeans' War, 16181648, By SAMUEL RAwzoN GAnDINED, Author of ¢ Nitary of Englund from the Acceseion of Jawcs 1. 10 the Dlsgrace ot Justico Gope, otz, 12100, P, ai7, New Yurk: Scribuer, Armstrong & Co, NATURE SER LE TRANSIT OF VENUS, B Grouar: Fouves, B. A, Professor of Natural Phi- Touopby. u_tho Andersoulan Univeraity, Glasgow, 1m0, pp, 90, \With Numerous Tilustrutions, Lon- 1o siad Nw Yorlr: Staceuillun & Co. 80 YAIR, TALSE; om, “Poumquot? DLy Toarxs Ciraverty, Translated from the French Dby G, 0, Viouew, 12mo., pp. M8, New York: G. W, Carleton & Co. A FATAL PASKION § of, " GEnrsxnt.” By ORARLE Die Brussnp. Travsluled from tho Forly-first Parls Edition by O, Vivgui, 12mo., pp. 561, Now York: U, W, Carleton & Co. TESTED; oz, Hore)s FRurmon: AX's CONSTANCY, By CELIA K, GARDNER, *glolen Wators,” vie, 13mo,, P . W. Carlcton & Co, OASYL AS ICE, PURE A8 BNOW, A, Novit, Dy rs, M, €, Disraun, 12no, pp. 462 Phiisael- phias Tortor & Coates, : SYLVIA'S CHOICE: A Novir. By Gronaiava M. b/ auther of “Mildred,"” etc. Paper, Now Tarper & Drothers, ANovrr. Ty Mrs. OLIPHANT, + Harpor & Brothers, A Stony or Woat- Author of . New York: '8 ILLUST) Harper & Brothers, T A LOVE.SONG, Good night! T linve Lo say good night To sucly o host of beerless things | @ood niglit unto that fiagile Linnd, ANl queenty with It wefht of Goud night to four, uplifted eyes, tiaod night to ehestnnit bralda of hatr, Gond wight unto (o perteet month, And nll tho sweatnens nonticd therd,— “Ihe snowvy hand detalns me, thow 101 linve 10 guy good night ajsain | Bt thers will come a tme, my love, ‘Wheu, {[ I road our slazs nrl?m, 1 ehialf not linger by 1his porch With my adicus, 'THl then, good night! Yout whih tho tio were now ¥ And I, Yau do uot blush to wish it s0? Yo would have blushed youriclf to death o 0w 50 MUICh U Year 10~ ‘What, both theee suowy hands? ab, then 1l have to say good nfght ugainl =Thonas Lailey Aldfich. Gl rmho ol American Explovations in Ohina. Prom the China (Londan) Telearanh, Sept, 14, Tho United, Blates etoamer Ashuelot, Cont- ‘mander Matthows, returnod to Shanghai on tho 218t of July, after a cruiso of over a month in tho wators of tho Yang-tsze, above ITankow. ‘Tho Auhuelot left Shavghal on the 12th of Tuue, voysged up the mver for a distance of 1,000 miten, or more thau 360 miles ahove Iane Kow, anil considerably above thu point hitherto renchied by forelgn vensols. After having anchored at Ichang, whera core- moulal viuits wero exchangad batween tho ofil- cors and tho laontai ruid other diynitaries from the city, & party from tho ship went overland on an osploring oxpodition and et with tho groatesl Jandnews and cond Fueling everywhore, ‘Tho axcursion extonded over soversl days, and aftor tho roturn of the party steamn was ruiwed and the Ashuelot ten up Lo the gorgos of tho Yung tazo, Atono time the crovids about tha ohiy woro 8o groat, and_hecume so inconvenlent o thowe on board, that It beeamo necessary for the Taoutai to iksuo a notitieation to prevent any furtiior annoysncn3, AL suother siage of thio Aubuelot’s progrenms (ha nesorablagoe nlonyg tho hauks of the river wes camputed at G0,U00 ta GU,u00, imenso vumburs having ropsived to Telisng from the districts around to #eo tho oxe teaordinury visitor, "Whe Asliuclot reports that a6 fur as sho had reached water wis found tiv to Hoat any stemner or ton BIip visititg the connt, Kho uldo yaports portions of the cuuniry abuve Heukow as very wmuch inunduted, —Cayoner Bavsott, of Peoknlill, is borherad fer aneo i his Jif, " Tha problon hey buen yro gentod to hioy, iF & mun is murdoered by Jud Livod mnu, whonld hio, tho Coroner, render » vordict of n jidlled by bus own haud i = SPARKS OF SCIENCE. TITE TRANSIT OF VENUA. Althongh, roughly speaking, two traneits of Vonus ocouir in o centrry, only four havo thus far heen noted by astronomers. Tho first of thosn took place in 1031, and was predicted Ly Kopler, but not obeorved. ‘The socond, in 163, waos predicted and observed by Joromiah Horrax, a curato of tho Village of 1lovle, near Liverpool, who was much devoted to astronomical pursuits, Hie observations have hoen of great valuo fn porfacting the tables of Vonus, 'The-third tranglt, in 1761, was predictod by Ifalley, snd obsorved by varlons astronomers, Whe fourth transit, occwring in 1769, was tho subjeot of gonoral obsorvation among tho students of tho- beayens. ‘Cho Lransits of Vonus occur in palrs, 08 it wero, with an interval of oight yoars be- twoon the two. Tha plenomenon will bo re- ponted in Decomlcr of the prosont your, and agafu in 1882, Tor the obgorvation of tho nenrly-approsching transit, very oxtonsive proparations have beon madg by sovoral nattons. Tho Dritieh Govern- went baa soit oxpeditions Lo nine dilforont sta- tlons. Two of theso aro Jocated on Xerguolon's Iuland, i the Antaretio Ocoau,—ona ul Christ- mas Hatbor, i Lhe vorth, nnd anc fu the soutl, of the ialand ; thico statlons are eltusted 1 the Sondwich Islands,—oue at Houolulu, one on tho Tslund of Hasalf, and ono on the lstand of Kauni, eometines called Atoof 3 two stations aro in Lgypt,—ono at Aloxandrin und ono at Cairo ; whilo ona etation is nlaced at: Chirlstchurch, Now Zealand, and oue at Rodrignez. In addition to thees expeditions, which aro amply equipped with instruments and appliances of overy re- :lulm:l gort, thero is aprivate expodition, un- lor the Anttonomer Roval's direction, nt Thebes, and one sont by tho Indian Governmont, whieh will probably work at astation uear Roorkee. Ticaldes thews, ho ohscrvatorlen at Madras, Capo of (lood Hope, Melbonrne, and Sydnoy, will ne- complish nll that is posstblo fu aid of tho deaired sosults; and the Government of Now Bouth Walos lius provided for obuervationa i Ause tralia, 'Tho sbove-mentloned expeditions are sustained at the expenso of tho Dritielh Govern- mont 5 bub still anstbor has hoon propared,—a purely privato enterpriso,—tho resulty of shicl ero to Lo reckoned to the credit of Grent Dritain, Lord Lindsny will take up hia position ab Mauriting, with the best-cquipped party ever provided for by a single {ndividual. flis instru- ments aro of the maat porfect deseription, end {l‘u will utilizo all tho different modos of obzorva- on. Ao Germany send out expeditions to Chofoo, Korguelen Islaud, tho Auckland Inlands, Snwii- ting, and Tapphan, ‘Cho Gorman obscrvors. un- der the divection of Dr. Anwers, will rely chielly n¥0u the_heliomatric methiod of cbsorvation.. ‘ho Russians dispatch twonty-vix oxpodition which will work principally af stations In Silosi: Tho stations at.Knzeo, Nicolaif, Chockof, Odes- na, and Mogcow will also bo utilized. Tho ex- ponse_of tho Ttusalan expeditions will Lo de- frayed by Governmont: and AL Otzo Struro hna chorgo of thom all. Tho Fronch will ocoupy first-clags stations ot Yokohama, Peking, Now Amstordamn or 8t. Paul's, and Campboll lsland and _scoondary stations at Tiontsiu, Bagon, mon, aud probably Nukahiva, m tho Marquesas. ‘Their obseryors will rely wainly on the photo- graphic mcthod. The Fronch Govarnont has votod §00,0u0 frauce iu support of the onter- prige. ¥ Tho Umted Statoa has granted 150,080 for tho object, and senda expeditions, composca of five arsont each, to tho foll§wing eight stations : \Yladinostock, Biberin, Prof. A. Hull, U. 8. N,, iu chargo; Nagnuski, Japan, under )r. G, David- son, United States Corst Burvey: Pekiv, Ohina, Trof. dames C. Watson; Crozol's Islaud, South Tudian Ocean, Capt. Raymond, U. B. A.; Ker- muolen's Island, Lientenant-Commander George P, Ryan, U, 8. N.j ‘Hobert Town, Tasmanis, Prof. W. N. Harknens, U. 8, N.: Naw Zocland, Prot, C. H., Poters; Chatbam Island, Bouth Pa- citio, Mr. Edwin 8mith, Unitod Stales Coant- Surv ‘Lhe Italinus send out three expedi- tious ; and the Duteh one,—to tho Islaud of Bourbon, or Rounicu. Thus ho co ng traneit will be observed nt sbout ssvonty-five stations, ab many of which thoro will bo o largo number of instruments. ‘Fho total expensa of the expeditions will range Lotween $750.000 and 31,000,000, 'Who astro- nomieal ndvantages which nro expectod to bo gained by thexo observatiousare animprovemont of tho Lunar theory, and n rcml()\wunnut of Ltho tables of Venus. Tho collateral isaucs will ho an accurate determination of the longitudo of mnny points op the globe, an increasod knowl- adggo of tho metoorologs of the earth, and a vast amonnt of information regarding the natural history of romote nnd nlmost unknown regions, whera different stutions aro placod. Natuvalisty will accompany many of the expeditions, and much js expeeted from Lheir researches, ospe- cially on Kerguelon’s Island and Roidriguoz. 'T'he Taiter island is one of tho very fow in mid-ozosn which have nat rawed by veleame ageney, and i thereforo particularly intoresting to tho nntural- int. It has already yielded to Scieuco the re- mains of somo oxtinet birds, Tha Royal Socloty af Enyland has sppointed o goologiat, » bota- nist, and 8 naturalist Lo accompauy tha oxpedi- tion to this poiut, Although tho traneit of Vo- nus occurs Dec. 8 of the preaent year, 8o vast an amount of work must bo aflerward accomplished for the actunl reduction of tho obacrvations, that the complote and final yesults ny to our dis-~ tance from tho sun cannot Lo hopsd for Leiora tho year 1876, At each of the Dritish stations tho obsorvers will reminin al least threo months to dotermine tho longitudes. We are indabted for thewo partiulara to Irof, Goorgo T'orbey’ recent little work, entitled * ITho Trausit of Venus,” TOOR-WOnMS, In foreign countries hooks are infested with & greal variety of beoties, mites, and caterpillurs, which digfignre and destroy them; but, in Ameriea, librariea have thus far suffered com- puratively littls from tho depredations of in secty, aud thoso buve boen limired to & fow specics. Sevoral boring-beotles, bolongivg to the family Pliide, have o tendency to guaw bools ns well a8 furniture, clothiug, pictures, ete. 'Ihey genorally conflue their oporations to lenther-coverad volumnes, although ¢hoy are somotimes feund in those bouud in cloth, They b= hore galleries along in the leather, under tho | purface,—accasionally penetrating throngh to the outside, In Homor's Intraduction toibliogra- phy, thers Is mention of tho worlk of oue of theee beetles, which ecut through twenty-soven Jargo quartos in Ro straight a line that the owner wasable to pass o string thrangh tho gallery thus formed, and suspeud the enlire sories of volumes. The species of Ptinide which moleal books aro the Plinus brunncus, the Anobium paniceum, and JAatriatum. Ttis i tho lowest atate that theso 1nsects commit thewr ravagos, Whon the ppecles of Anobium havo passcid through their various stares and omoerged as Liotlos, (hoy have tho popular nawe of tho Doenth-Noieh or Death- Wick, from the ticking noisp minde by them, aud unp&maud Dby tho superatitions to bo u warn- ing of deuth in tho houso, 30x, IT. Doubladay stutos that 4 the beetle produces the loud tick- ingz sound by raising itself npon it lega as high as It can, and then etriling tho head and under part of ihe thorax _agnlnst the #ubstanco upon which it is standing, gonorally fivo or six times in succesvion; and 1t ulways chooses u wnbataunce which produccs tho most sound, Tt is.ovidontly a csll-noto from ono in- dividual to another, as you vory raraly hoar ono up without ite being hmuediatoly aniwered by another,” Tho larvin af tho Asnobiun apin sill- on cocoons, into which they weive thoe purticles of dust they have mmde. Tho larva of the Ltinue is yollowieh-whilo, hairy, and wiz-legged. Dr. Henry Shimer relates that lio han taken them from books, end placed them in swmwll vins, whan thoy would hetake themselves (o the corla, sod therd live and foed two or turao months, T'ho inkest matures in April ur May. Among book-worms _ars to he mention- od iwo specics of Psodiw. Tho tlst of these is the fropos divinaloriud, comne wmonly elled #hook-lowse;” nad he nocond 18 the S'sncus domeslicus, pu importation from Jiurope. Anothor hook-pest isthe common Yermito or White Ant (ZLernies jlavipes), ‘Chree or four youra ago It way found thas muny of tho Lioaks pud public documents in the: vaults of tho Capitol fn Springsield wers utterly roinod by tho poawinga of soms animul, which proved to e the Whita Aut. "Phe cuttings tbrough the booku wero Inrge and irreguley, aud, added to their injury, tho lenves wero dlveolored by the exero- ient of the tusects, In the St, Louls Mereantlte thorois nlarge buok on exhibition, whioh hus boen mnrred fn ko muannor by the Wormites, Hmmboldt fells ns that, in Lqulavctial Ameriea, whero the Termita ahoundd, it Is ox- ceodingly rare to find papers or hooks that go back 1tty or sixby yourd, Somcthnen the Jarvs of the Coddliug 2loth, which infeats the* applo, will accidontatly gain geears Lo a libeary, nod do conxiderubly dumut;u v enteriigs tho Yaoks et wonn tho hack and the Jewyes, aid gronwhig out o placa m which to spin tn eoeoon, Other buok-cnomies which nre niens tioned 1y entomolugiels nve the eaterpilor of tho anglass prayuinilis, which herun hooks by epinnhig wabd o tholr bindimgs, and tho mite Coludug evyulifug, wileh enbwho nasto intho bind- ing, But, of all bookeworiy, the Cockroach Will do ns much infury in as littlo timoias any othor post known, Il gnawa tho anrfaco of munlin- eovared volumos, ani witl ?n(cllly sprinkle thom all ovor with blotchion, giv “fix them tho appear- anca of a violont omrtlm\ of the smoNt-pox. The attack in fatal, for tho books aro minde &0 un- ell;;htz‘y that uo ono would ever nftev hiavo them abon Dr. 8himer recommonded tho practico of bak- ing volumes to rid them of book-worms, —~taling onro 1ot to hent them sufficiontly to hurn the leathor brittlo. i niso ndvizcn‘yumng nfostad buols into n water-tight box, and immersing tho wholo in bolling waler long_enongh to hioat tha bools to nour 212 degreca Fahrenheit, I (his <oen not answar, acosting of coryoaivesublimate, Inidd on with a brsh, wiil probably rid baoks of thelr inscot-ravagors. WIBK OF THE LEVEL OF GNEAT HALT LARS, Tho Utah Uining Journal gives somo inler- cativg particulars with rgard to tho gradual tiso of tho lovel of Greab Salt Lake. In 1847, when the valley was first mottled, the leval of tho lako waa from 12 to 14 fect lowor thanit is now, Up to 1852, thora was 10 noticeablochango in tho Iake ; but, from that timo to 1836, thore wan observed » gradunl riso of abont 6 foet from tho level of 1847. Krom 1866 to 1801, the levol subsided again until it was 2 feet lower thon in 18562, nnd tho aren of tho luko waa contrpcted to nbout throo-fonrths ita extent in thatyenr, Irom the spring of 1861, thero was again o rise, until tho lake had, in 1808, increnscd its surfaco to over oo and 8 half what it was in 1861, and hiad rigen 12 feot above its lowest luvel. Slnce 1859, tho fluctuations in the loval have con- tinucd, but hevo not exceeded 2 foet, and tha tondoncy s boen, on tho wholo, toward s deady rine, .It i stated that the hamidity of the at- mosphore snnuelly incroares as tho nros of cul- tivation becomes greater, and, as a consequonco, the evaporalion dimmishes. Tho mountain- streams aro aleo enlarging, Thousands of acros of furming, meadow, snd pasturo luuds lLave ‘Doon submorged nlong the eastory and uorthorn ihores of tho lako : and many squarc miles of vauablo Jandy, etill oceupied” by agrionituriuty, witl ho fnundaled i tho luko rises but & fow inches abova the lovel of the past five yoars, A monament has been placed near the shore of the lake, to indicata tho fluctuatious of its lovel, This will bo walched with deep anxloty, 28 ju- portant interosts are st stake. PRESERVING GRATRS. A method of proserving grapes for months, from sutumn until the following summer even, Tins beon otlginates in Uranco, and put into ox- tenaive practice, Tho yrapes are kept on the vino wntil tho firat frosts appear. They aro then eut with s portion of the stem oxtonding two or threo knots bolow the bunch, and two wbove it, ‘I'ho upper ond is then covored with wax, to provont the evaporation of the liquids contnined in tho veins of the wood; and, after removing all the nusound grapes, the lowor end of tho stem is ingerted in & emall, clongated bottle, filled with wator, ond having a bit of charconl at the bottom. Tho spaco botween the stem and tho tightly-titting cork throngh which it passes, is filled with wax. 'Cho bottles, with tholr contents, zro then placed on shalves in o dry room, ns closo togother as thoy can canven- iuntly stand. CITY VH, COUNTRY TEMPERATURE. M. Fines hos determined, by recent investige- tlons, that the menn annual tomporature in tho lnlm‘lor}nr o city is decidodly highor than in tho country around. Io the fell and winter, tho maxinnm temperatures arg gomewhat lower in the city than in the country; but, io the spring and summor, thoy aro soraowhat bighor. On clear nights the differonco_in tho minimum tom- poratures in tho city and the country rsesas iigh ne 1814 dog. Falwonheit, The extromos in {emperative arc also greater in the country than in tho city,—tho nunual average differenco bo- tween the maximum and wimmum towperatures Leing considorably Inrger. . ONLY A GLOVE. 1t in only & glove, Ted, a Indy's glove ;= ‘Tt hae Tt bn Lo desk wheto T found it Tox tweuty loug years, but tho freshueas of love ‘And tho glory of youth cling arouud it, Yez, there comes, Ted, whonever T sce that glove, A'vision of munic anl dancing, And agatu, fu my mind, the eyeuof a dovo Into mine oro teuderly gisncing. 3 And T clasp onco again In thia hand of mine ‘It glove and 1o nofe hand within ¢ § And 1 feel in the waltz, through the glare and the «hine, That it tLrobs Hke a new-caught nnet, 1 fecl ber ambrosial Lraoth on wy cheel, Tdkic the neent of tho linden-bloxsom And I know that she loven (though slie does not speak) Ty the rise ond fall of her hozum, Well, T went to tio Indics In 60, Ted Aud—and— ' ush | ' tho brands-and-water, Why, whel 1 came buck #lio was dead—ahe was dead § Alld—1 marsied Robinson's daughter, Just hand me a light sud a fresh cigar; 1t s footish to keepr eueh a tokets, Whon the girl who gavo it in sleeplug afar 1n uland where the rest is unbroken, —Iigaro. —_—— he Book Ageut and the German "Kallor. From the Detroit Free Presa He was tall, and solemn, end diguified. One would have thought him a Roman Senator, on his wny to makea mpcech on finauce, but ho wasn't— singularly enough, he wasn't, He was a book agent, I{o wore alinen duster, and hia Lrow wns furrowed with mnany care-lines, as if Tio had been obliged to tumbloont of bed every other night of his life to doee & sick child, 1le called into a tailor shop on_Rundolph streat, re- moved his hat, took his ¢ Lives of Eminent Philosophers™ Irom its cambric bagand ap- pronched the tailor with: ©*1'd lika to have you look at this rare work."” “ I haf no time,” replied tho tailor. 1t i work which overy thinking man should delight to peruso," continnod the ngont. “Z0?" wnid the tuilor, * Yey, it is n work_on which n great deal of deop thought has been expended, aud is pro- nounced by such mon as Woudell Phillips to be & work without a rival in motlarn litorature,” + Mulkes anybody laugh wheu ho zees it?" asked tho tailor. 4 No, my fricud, this is o deop, profound work, co L havo airendy said. It deals with such characteis ns ‘Cacoeritng, Hoeritos, and Plato, anil Ralph Waldo Emersou, Tf you desire a work on which tho most eminent author of our day hau epent years of study aud reseorch, you can {ind nothing to compare with this.” * Does it slpeak about how to gleun clozo 7" anxiously usked the man of the goose. . * My fiiond, tbis is no roceipt book, but an emincut work on philasophy, s I have told you. Years wore conaumeil in preparing this volume for the prees, sud nono but the clewrost mind could lave graspod the subjects herotu din- enssed, 1T yon doelro food for deep meditation, youhave it heve.”” “Docs dik pook sty sumding aboul dor I'rus- slan War 2" askced the tailor ag bo threaded hig necdle, & +3ly friond, this is not an every-day book, but o work on puilosophy,—u wark which will soon bo in the hands of overy profountd thinker in tho country, What iu tho url ot philosoply? "I'his book telis you. Who wore und who ere our philogophera? “Lurn to theso pages for r reply. As I snid bofore, I don't soo how you ean do withont it.” “Und ho dou't I:af anydings about somo fuu ok ?" inquired tho tuilor, as the buok wos held out to hinw. “ My friond, must T apain inform you that this is not su ephemerel work,~not o colleotion of nouneous trash,—hut & yare, doop work on pbilos- ophy. Iore, fco tho name of the author. That nznia alone, sir, should Lo proof onough to yowr mind that tho work canuot bo surpassed for pro- fundity of thought. ~ Why, slr, Gorrit Smith tes- tifloy to the grostness of this volume!™ “ I nat knows My, Belimidt,—{ make no cloze mit biw,” returncd the tallor, In n doubting [ volca, “i'hen you will lot me lnave your placo with- out having pecured your nming to this volume! I enunob hehovo it! Doliold whnt researcht "Purn theso leayes and soo those goms of richost thought | Ahl if we uul;i lind sueh minds snd could wiold such a pen! But wo ¢au read, and iu & mensiuo wo can ho like hilm, Every family should buvo this noble work, T.et 1ao put your nanie down ; the book is only &13," 4 Zwelve dollar for der paok! Zwolve dollar, undt ho has neddings sbout der war, und po fau Iu him, or sy noddings how to glean cloze! What yon tale mo for, mister ? G right away mit dat pook or £ ealt dor bolico and haf you Touked up pooty quick " b YR T W 0da Striko, Of all strikes, tho oddest s thai of 800 men employed in cotlsin_collierics ut Durhew, Ea- trland, wha conncetedly tloow down their touls a fow weolks ago, und domanded of tho owlers water to drink and decont housew ta dwell in. ‘Fhoy complufned thet they woro In dirtiness sud fheir familios In mckuons for the want of water to drink und vook with, and thut, o8 avts of Pare liament hind uo oitect, thoy thought it high time to weq whut could hedono by abwonting thoum- elvea fram worli, und rofugiug to pay reut, We do not yot leara tho resuit, FAMILIAR TALK. - MIBTORIOAL RINGS. Among the truasures of tho Ditish Musoom is the signet-riug of Mary Queon of Scots. Inside tho circlol Is s monogram formed,of the lotters I nud A., tha M, standiug for Mary, end the A. for Daruloy, wha, on his marriage, wag croated Duke of Albany, Bir Ienry Ellls is of tho opin- {on tlnt (s was the nuptial ring of Queen Mary. I'ho Nov, Lord John ‘Thynno, who Is descended froms Lady Francls Doverous, tho daughter of Tiasox, has fu his possession & ring which is sup- nored to bo tho ono that Quesn Llizaboth guvo to the Barl of Essox, and which he sent hor brek from his prisou-cell by tho Counteas of Notting- ham, who failed to delivor it, The ring holds su onyx on whieh is cub tho head of the Queen, It 16 eald that Queon Lhizabuth's corontion-ring vk filed ot hor fingor just before her deatl, tho tlesh hnvlu{; rown ovor ik, Aubroy relates that Queon Blizaboth had s double ring von- taulug tyvo dinmouds, whioh m%nlhur formod a hoart, Shosont one hall to Mary Qacenof Scots, in tokon of friendship, and Mary roturned it when ehe took rofuge in England. “Wheu the North Gato Tlouds on Bedtord Bridge wns taken down In 1765, o beautiful gold ring was found amony the rulny, It bears the initinis J. B., sud is engraved with a death’s boad aud the miotto * Memenfo mori As John Bunyan was imprige ouedin the North Gato Houwo, thero i s likelihood that tho riug was his. The signot-ring of Caser Buorgln, whict was exhibited at o tneating of the Lrittsh Archealogical Asmoolation, a few years 0o, i of enameled gold, with the date 1603, and ihe motto, ** Fays re;iuz doys avein que pourra.” In thefront 8 box islet in, which by *“ Borgia ongraved ou it, encirclod with thowords, ' Corne num una wia,” Witiin this ring, it Is enid, Rorgin earried the poison whick ho dropped into the wine of his unsuspecting guests. Ilanuibal algo carricd poison in aring, aud drank tho fatul draught bimaelf when dark despair scttled down on him. Pope Alexander VI, (Dorgla) earried Joion i 8 koy-iing such as tho old Romaus wore, When tho doom of one of Lis friends way sealed, be but requestad the favor that o cusket nhould ba unlooked for bim with thiaving, Aw the lock worked liard, the pressure on tho koy causod & coucealed pin to rmjenb and infict n poikonous prick. Ringw with lkeys attached havo been commoan, tho koys being intended to open valunble caslets, Ono of the most singular rings an montion had o watoh in the basa, which oonld bosowaound that it wonld cauto a “in to priok tho wearor at auy hour desired. Tiord Lousborough owne o Jowish marringe-ring which is ezquisitely wronght in gold fllugras aud richly enameled, nud hears on tho top o minluture house fluicha in overy extornal. ILLGMINATED MISSALE, One of tho most exquieite illuminated Miesals in the world ia in tho library of the Tisbon Academy of Sciences. It formorly belonged to tho suppresscd Couvent of Josus, and was tho work of Eatowns Goucnlves Noto, Abbot of Serom, in Portugal, and afterwards Chaplain tc Don Joas danuel, Bishop of Vizen. The oxe- cution of tho work occupled Cloncalves twelvo yeara ; and on ite complation, in 1632, Yo gave it aw a tokon of gratitudo to the Blshop of Vizen, the founder of the Jeauit Convent, By this last it wns ptaced in the library whore it now romatna, Tho book is a Pontiflcal Misscl, such ns is used at o Dishop's Masa. It s folio wsize, aud s adorued .with elevon = pictures, dinwn with the pon, and henutifully colored. "Thoy represout tha Adoration of the Shophordr, the Wies Mou of tho Kast, tho Lasi Sapper, Calvary, the Keaurrection, Descont of the Holy Ghost, Arsumption, Scourging ut the Pillar, Christ Diwputivg with the Dactors, and Our Lody Recviviog the Child Jesus ; and are 8aid to bo models of composition, and of correct perspective. In nddition to thuse plates, there Ara numerous viguotion and capitatlotters, which are elogant in design aud oxecution. Critica es- toum the work equal to the celobralod Missal oxeented by Juvenal des Urainos, aud kept in the Library of Paris, The late Thomas Toone of~ fored 1.000 guincss for tho baok, sud & Parik house profiered .£2,500 for it ; but it is not to bo bought. Three years ago, however, pormission waa givon to the'fian of Mncia & Co,, of Paris, to copy the Bissnl by the chromo-lithographic process, and the work i8 now for advanced. Neorly all the crowned hentds at the Art-Acade- 1nics in Europe liave ordered copies. M. DEE'S XAOLC KON, There {8 rhown, in the Biitish Musemn, Lon- don, u pinl-tinted glaes ball, about 3}¢ inches in dinmeter, which onco piayed a conspicuous part in n groat hietorical event of the reventeenth contury. It s the magic mirror of Dr. Dee, and hins the credit of having revealed the Gunpow- dor-Plot. Its otiginal ownor was a famons as- trologer and mathematician, who flourished in the reign of Elizaboth, He was boin in 1627, and was educated at St. John's College, Cam- Lridge. After a residenco of rome years at tho Univeraity of Louvain _and the College of Rheims, he returned to England, and, aceord- ing to Lilly, entered the rervico of Quecn Eliza- bothns » spy. Mo virited vorions Continental Conrts, ostensibly as an ustrologer, pro- tending to have tho powor tu raise and communs with spivits, but in_roality, under this covor, transucting important businoss u4 an intelligoncor. In 1576, the mob, helieviug that ho was in league with tho Devil, attncked nis country-residence, and dastroyed bie instru- ments aud lia largo and cnut}ly library. Ilo was in extreme poverty when ha died, in 1608, at tho ago of 81, Mis writings, principally of & scien- tiflo characier, were very numorou, snd many of thom, still in manuscrint, aro preeerved in the Cottonian and other collections. ~ 1t was so wide- 1y helieved, at the timo, that ks magic mirror was instrmnental in discovoring the Gunposwder- Tlot, thut tho stntement found 1ts way into the English Lrayor-Buoks, In one edition, printod Ly Daslott, in 1737, thers is o picturo of tho mir- ror_disclosing tno facts. ‘Chie Jato Commander Richard James dorrizon was al one time in pos- sotuion of the celebrated mirvor. NIRD-OHOBTS. T'he author of n late English book on * Birds, Their Cuges and Koop," relutos a curions story falling under her obscrvation, which would judi- cato that Licds have ghosts, und that these some- timen voturn from the land of shedos to haunt and frighteu tho living. A fomalo canary be- Ionging to the writor was talen sickand died ono summer, while nestiug, The bird was humanely baried, tnd its swrviving mate removed to a frosh eage. Mlerntimo tho brooding-cege, which liad Leou the sceno of destl, wes thoroughly cleansed and purified, and put away for suother sesson. When brought iuto use, however, the following #privg, the birds put into it manifested the utmost foar sud distress, nnd wounld not bo comforted. They would struggle nniulull{' to got out through the door and bars, and, who compelled to remain, would Luddle cloee to- gother, tromulous and oxcited, and continue to mopo and moury, 1o matter how bright (he sun shona, nor what clxerful measures their mis. tress Look to reatore Lhelr happinoss, Tise ex- l)m‘imant was tried of inducing varioue canarios 0 inhabit the dwolling conteatedly, but in vain. Tiunlly, foreigu birds, which had nat Leen in tho houso at tho tima of the deall, and could nob buvo hourd of the ovent frow tho connien pres- ont, wore introduced into it, Buk tho renult was Ale sawmo, I'hoy conld not endura life iu thal cage, and 1z had at Jast to bo abendoned. It mas laun{ed, avd thers wes 1o peavo, no hap) 88, lxunlnihlu for the poor littlo birds confined witi- n it "THE VIRSI EXQLISH 60NG SET 0 MUSIC, The London Musical " Workd is amhority for tho statement that the following song jnthe firat one In the English languago thyt was sct to music. It way written about the yesr 1300, and was diseaversd among the Hurlelon maunscripts now in tho British Musoum : ¥ AVFROACH 0f SUMMER, Summer is feconien i, Bhudn slug enven, Groveth fed, sud blowelh med, And springoth the wdo nu, slug cucou, Awe leteth ofter lamb, Rliouth after ealve o 3 Bullus sterteth, buck verteth § Ouieey, cuech, ‘Mure Blugs eubeu s Wel stugaa tho encen, 4 Ne swlk thou nuwer nu, g cucet uu, Bing ouceu, A literal prosa version, modernized, manp | thus: Buammor is coming, Loudly sing, etelaoy rowoth feed, and blawoth inead, and springotiy the wood now, FEwa bleatath after lnmb, loweth cow attoroally bullock startoth, huek verlothy— 1. ¢, harboreth among the ferna }’merrllyalux, | euckoo! Well singest thou, ecuckoo, nor censn to uing now, Hiuy, cuckoo, now; sing, euckoo! CHTME IN INLLAND AND MASSACHURETTH. Pwenty yoars sgo, 8lr Willlam Crofton estabe lished In Troland o wiso and humane systom of convict treatmont, which hns had w moat benofl- cont effeot onorluie in that country.s In Janunry, 1634, with o population liltio yising ef 6,000,000, tho mumbor of convicts sontonced ror the highar grades of crimo was about 4,000, or ouo In overy a 1,500 inhabitants. In Germany, 1874, gonulntluu ranging hetwean y&,flnu?ohowl?n; 4,000,000, tho ounvicts numbor anly 1,136, or littlo morothan one in 5,000, Convietinas tor h.mh m'lmnl averaged, 1864-'66, #10 por vonr, whorcas now, thoy ave less than 236 por yvoar. Thoy ara ovea fewer than in AMnesachusettn, which, with o nopulation of 1,600,000, will nond 250 convicls thisveor to Charlestown Prison. At this rate,the criminnlity of Massnchusettn i 60 per cent grontor than in Irclaud, In Now York it is probably double thut of Ireland, Tihe commits mentd to tho Mussachuscity Stuto Prisan will this vear doublo thoso of 1864, whilo tho wholo uumber of prisonora s usbout donbla what it wwas ton yonrs ego. Thon thero woro 851 prisonors in the Ponitentiary, 85 of whom wern sentencod for life. Now “thero aro shove 070 rigonery, 68 of whom aro conflned for Hfe, “Ix;rlsgpt‘l:]cv;l; ten ;efin«. \thI-\ID crimo has uoulxlo:![I ation of Massnchusotts he but-80 per cont. LA e ———— MICHAEL WILLIAM BALFE, A Neglected Genjus—Tardy FRonors- Balie’s Oporas—-Inglish Opera in Rondon—Pest nous ‘rrinmph-The Balte Statue at Prury Lancs Lomdon (Sept. 20) Corrcopondence of the Hoston Pogh Tardy honor has heen paid to the momory and warks of tho only groat English-spenking com. Doser, by tho inanguration of n statuo of Michael Williaw Tialfo in the large vestibulo of Drury Lnuo Theutro, Balfo was allowod to live aud die neglected, if not wholly unvecognizad, by his own follow-subjects, Tven aftor his death hud put on ond forover to tho composition of lyrieal productions,—than which there are nono awoobe er, tm‘mgl_n #omo may bemoro profound, extant— tho Englislt would, perhaps, have speadily for- gotten him had o not had a posthumons triumph upon those boards which mbitrats operatio fame for all Europo—tho Paris Opera. Fashionable tenors in West Lind drawing-rooms wonld have coutinned to warble, no doubt, **'Fhon you'li ro- member mwe," snd amstour soprani (o lsp “ X dreamed tont I dwelt inmarble halld;” bat 1 sne- pect that no opern of Dalfo's would have bosn Yentared upon for the stago by Mr, Iinpleson or v, Gyo. Yet thera rl:nllf' seoms to have beon no good rongon why Balfo ehould not louy ogo have b}cumaamco&ulzofl clussiv inlvrical scomposition. Wy o should not have bioen fotod and fionizeq by London society, and why the upper ton rhould not have flocked to liston to *‘I'io Bolemisn Girl™ aud “'Tho Rokn of Cnotiln™ at Covent Guarden ot Drury Lana. Baife, indeed, wrote Tunny oporns, mott of which aro now pronounced fo linyo been cruwded with molody avd really * wweet sentiment, Mo compased, within thirky Years, *];.tnllo do“Bevills” and **Ls Puita «‘l‘ A\nour. ‘Lea Quatro L'ila WAmyon,” and The Sioge of ocketle,” “Tho Bohomian Girl™ and (by **Bonduwsn,” * The Maid of Honor™ and “Satanclla," “ifho Paiitan's Daughter " and * Tho Arnoror of Nnutes," *Roso of Case tle” and ¥ Binncho do Nevers,” ¢ Falstall” and “Ihe Talisnao.” Born fo_bublin in 1608, bo died in Hortfordshiro in 1870, 1lo bogan his musfcalearcoraua violinet and pinnist, and early in Iife wont to Italy, whero ho studiod mwusio al Milnu and Rowmno, ~As & otudont ut Milan ho was coutemporary with Verdi. Hia hfo, profession- ally, was a long stragglo to vouch the operatic ranle to which o buew that his gonins ontitled him, Some recognition, indeod, he did receive. Hls oporay wera prodyced with tolerable smo- cecy at St. Petersburg dud in Paris, and oven in Da Scala at Milan, But in Loudon thoy foll de- plorably fint upon cold discouragoment, \ha hins forgotten how thot eplendid follow, William Harrison, nud: his bright littlo wifo, Louisa fyu?u, strove to make the nalive compouser popu- 53 Toor Harrivon, indesd, may b said fo hove macrifced Dis Hfa ta this etfort; for it was tho invari- able disuppointment which greeted his ove attorapt that wore upon his stalwart framo ani drove him fach byiuch toan early grave, All attempls to introduco English opera into London have failed, although here was a homo gonius ready tofuraish it withabundant wealth of roman- ticond tender momory. Itremnined for Parig first to recognize au opora of Balfo whish should Do worthy to rank with those of Verdi and Iol- lini, Donizetti, and Auber; and oven there the nsic of “The Talisman” had to be set to Ital- tun words, and tho opors Itaelf Italinnized to 1) Talismano," bofore il could win the sulvos of the moest eritical of operatio sudionces, 4 threa years alter poor ‘o hraatlied hig lnnt. down Tu Houfordeinre, i 3 "Lalismano™ wax put on tha buards of Covent Garden, and ho had n posthumous triurapb, ample, indeed, for famo, but too lato for Lis generoits eud smbitious Licart to enjoy. Balfo certainly had many por- sonu| faults. "Io was sausitive, and oxtravagank, and_improvideut; like mauy favous menr of the Irisls race—much like Goldsmith and Sheri- dan~he could not keep his mouey when he got_it, and he preforred short-hved joys two u life-long competence. Yet there is vory much that wad lovabla in thia wholo-souled Irish master of tho musical urt. Iiis personal ap- pearanco and wanuer was most atbtractive, Al 60 he was o handsowe, shmost imposing man, with o largo clear biue ove, which sparkled often with roguish merriment, & prominout nose, full lips, aud woll-harmonized fentures. Ho was genial, opon, goclal, too social by balf. o was fond of anecdote and ploasure, & wayward child of gening, impulsivo, & very wartn friond, and 2 mont sympathotic companion. The story of hig daughter's marrinfu with Sir John Cramptos who was_former Minister at Washington, an waes politely bowed out of that {Capital by our Secrotary_of Btste, and who was afterwards English” Envoy st 8t. Petersburg aud thoen af Madrid, ia no yet fovgotten, SirJobn becams ennmored of Miss Balfo ab the Russian Capital, and cspoused hor, but it was a most un- bappy union, aud whilo Siv Joln was in Spaw his landsome wifu got a divorco. Ealfe, finding not much enconzzgoment {o stay at homa in England, epent most of the time during hie later yenrs on the Continent, where his recogni-. tion was niore Hattoring to his vauity, 1t was a happy thought to crect a memorinl ta Ialfe in Drury Luue, whero Sheridan, Garrick, Couke, Kemble, nnd othors nro already commem- orated ; ana 1t was & bright idea that this momo- rial should ho in the shape of a statno, to atand 1u tho great vostibulo of the historis thentre. ‘Thers i o cortrin propriety in tho marble Balfe standing at tho ontrauca of a bouso s¢ otten devoted to tho lyric drama, and welcoming generation after pencration of Lritish audicnces, e, indeed, is a wor- thy uebor to the dalights within, - Dion Bouci- cuault took the loading part in gotting the subs Roriptions and currying the projoect throngh ; and 8 there was no Britieh muster of tho sister arbof senlpture who could ba trusted to oapy the fea tores and form of the composcr--for sinca Ioloy’s death there is not o slugle Dritish sendp~ tor of emiuence—the work was contided to & talented young Belgian named Malempro. Ilig success Ling been complete, ‘I'lio atatuo in o very floe one, seven feot higl; and . ths friends of Balfo ave delightad to recoguite o wiriking liko- uess in he beautifully chiseled fuco, The ose, too, ia elegunt and characteristio of tha mon in his more scrions momonis, u:on?h it Lns moro dipnity and grace thau Balle usually exhibited. He is manding with the mauuscript of an opers in his hund, while in ths other he Liolds » pen; and from the position of his heud ho seoms to ba trying tucateb and com- slefo an ‘air that i floating imperfect In his Lvnln. Tho elosk wbich hat? fella from his shouldor is remarkablo 0s an_admirablo piece of senlptuced oxecution. I'io statne way inanguzated quietly the other dav by Sir Michael Qvsta, tho lozder of Covent Qarden orchestra, in presounce of a vumber of promineut profea~ sionul mueicians and othors, among whom ware Santloy, Sals, Hollingaled, 1Halliday, Chatterton, Clappell, Lovd Alfred Yaget, and Bir George Armitago, " —_—— THE FUCHSIA. Within the mountain ladge we sat At olght, and watehed ino elanted snow Blown neadlong over hill und woor, Aud heard, from dell und tarn bhelow, Whu loosencd torveuts thundering elow, *Twus such a night as drowns tho stars, Aud blols $uo meen from ont the sky; Wa could nat sea our favorito larcl, Yet heard it ravo inceesuntly, As the whits whirlwinds drifted by, ©ad thouphts were ueur ; wo might not bar ‘Pheir Atern Intrusion from tho deori Till you roso meokly, ki in hand, And, from s fRuLE cluanber, bota A ook renowned by ses aud klore, Ani, o3 you g it open, 1o} Betmean tho ploturod Icutlols layem Emlaloicd by pracesses of Fimo— "A ¢16 of nizicy b fuoliix epray, 1 guthicred ony glad Lotlday. , suddenly fhe chamber changody T et i suury o Wi} Oten wore wo peoed b arden=oathy With even feot und evon minid— 1t red spray ku your Uuly coudnod, ‘Tho clatus troublod by the porat, Fhe slidaw round sRo dial maved ; \ 1 kpow thie, though L mnrked {Lem paty For 1 had spuken, wiroproved, And, dwosuulle, kuew ikt £ was love@ Bweet wifo! when fulla a dsrier ufght, May pono purs flower of iy, i I tho velumo of tha soul, \ irlug ek, aer Wte torauintod urey ¥ (Lc3Y 8 Pears 19 Yort —=Clyanders' Jowinah A Sl \