Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 28, 1874, Page 3

LITERATURE. floliday Bookn, TOTES IN ENGLAND AND ITALY. By Mrs, Na- xmantxL HAWTHORNE, Lilusitated Edition, Square fvo,, pp. 640, Now York: G, P, Yutusnis Hons, Iri 2N THE HANGING OF Titl CRANE, Dy Ileany Wapswont#t Lonurkniow, With Ilustrations, 850, . Gh. Doston: Jumes L, Otgood & Co, ANONG T TREES, Dy Wiiror Custey Bry. AXT. Thustratod froi Decgua by JEnvts MOENTER. 2mo., bp. 3, Now York i, Iy Pulnam'e Sous, Frlce, $2.00, Books in sumptuous cditions ars eoming out thla year ently enough to sllow purchasors am- plo time fo mako their selections bofore tho Clristrusa bolls poal out aud Santa Claus Lng bogun bis annual rounds, Tho throo bofots us ara tho first fn tho matket, and are ns clogaut epoclmenn of tho publisbors’ oraft aa we can nslt or expect to sou, Messin, Putnam’s Sons hnve evinced fino taste 1n the solection of works on whick to oxpend the ombatlishments that lla within tho reeouree of artist aud artigan, Mra, [Mawthorue's * Notos in England nnd Italy "aro crowded with charming deaoriptions of tho famous eanmples of architec- turo, son’pturo, and painting, thatenvich thecitica of tho OId World, ‘Thio author looked upou these magiorpiocod with an artist’s ovo, and was as capablo of appreciating tholr bonuties as of de- Hueating thom. In trutt, sho had o gift for the rencil, tho samo us for tho pen, and with citbor fmplement could croate pictures of une usnal graco sud vigor. Her epporrunitics, Quiing the yoars Bho gont sbroad with her sccomplivhod husband, wore most favorable for thio study of the monumonts of gonius which ox- ‘fst in stone and on canvay, snd ditigently did shie jwprove them, Colhedinls and gallsries wore not visilod ina hurry, but deys and wooks wore snent in taking clear and cotrect {mpressions of thelr acparalo wonders. Thene imaprosaicny hove ‘beon reproduced with extinsrdinary power in er note-book, producing an efect upon the rexder wnly inferior to that of looking upon the original “objects themeelver. How perfoct n concoption. for instance, doea thix afliuent word-pisture cou- vey of Guido's well-known Beatvico Cenctt And now wn eat down beforo Bealrico Corel} &t Last, ut Inst | 12T S0 wany yeeis’ bopfng and wishing. s s mastorplecn which buttien viords. No copy, © graved or In ofin, glves tho romotest fden of it 1n the coplea ara raid eyelldy, wuil oliier mueroly extersat & t norrow, Ia theorgina, tuo uflujte deaolas tion, (Lo unfathomablo grief, aie nado ovidout turough SLoatliren of Lerfvet bewiity, ituout ono liuo of eare, or one aliadowr of oxperience,~tranalucent and pure 26 merblo. Latremess yonth, with yuitl's virgin iuno- cenvo nnd Jgnuratico of ull eritne,—:u oxprossuu 1 tug ©5¢8 an It they ucked, #Ob | What i fi—wial las Duppencd—bow em I huvolved 77 Never from any Jumun countenance looked out such rujn of hope, 307, i 1303 but thero 14 unconsciousne: atill, as 1f Rhe did not comprehend how or why sbe is crushod aud loat, Tho while, smooth brow 4 u throue of fu~ Suntine, oogolic purity, without a visible clovd or futrow of yadug yot A" wld, endlas deapelr Novers over ft, o loveiy escs, with no red nor swollen ' lids, tecms” yet 0 bnvs abed rivers of civelal tewra bzt bave left mo stain—no mora thun a deltgo of rafn stuju the adamantio urch of boaven, It 18 plafn thut the foiutaius ure ex- bauated, 4ud sho can ne looger obtadn uny salace from thifs outlel of grief. Thedolicate, oval liocks oro ot Sinshied nor ivid, but murble-paly, unaflected by (Le 2orrents tht lwvo Lailed ther, as If 1t were too bard an zgony to bo softened by tears, Tha mouth s uu- Rponkaily afectiv, Tho Xoeebud bym, Sweat end tenddr, ro parlod 0 ightly, vet with 10 ¢r¥, nor power foutler o word, Loug-pait words fn the misery thut Linn Lonfshod emiles forever fonm the bloowsiug fowel of hor manth, Night 13 gatheriug in hur eyes, and thio perfect faca fe turniug to stoue Witk this wefgut of yoiceless ngony. 540 In i spotless lily of L.y, trailed ‘over Lya scrpent, and wnalls to undotstand the ‘descerztion, yeu srriek with o fatal blight, Hor gaze nto the eyed of ml human Xind, se this parees 10 her oom, 18 pathotic beyond auy posstblitty of describiug, Une must see that backward 1ok o Luve tho loast idea € its power, o to kuow bow Gulilo Lius been abla ty express, without high or livid color, ur distoried linow, 'y leavy slindow, & morrow tlut hue doatrogod Lope, £nd Latfies tho comy rebenyjon of fta victn, If this Te b poriralt, nud it surcly is, then Buarrice Cencl 2t biavo been co froo from 'crimo an tua biszi Engel of Domzmichinos pleturo oplosite to ir, who fs Jaking in the + etiuence fucrsite,” Tna licavy £.1ds of the white turbau and wantle sro all in keop- Lig withs ber nuocenco sud fuvolved aud weighy woe, Tida cortulnly Gus of tho grestert works of mun, Oue cield lovk at it toroverand not tire, In its present rich and tastefnl drees, Alrs. Ilawthotne's volume 18 _most wortly to pass as ® token of reprid from rioud to fnend. ** Amony tho 1rus” 1s ono of tho noblest of Pryant's peoms, and abunnds in subjects for the rdiat's inspiratfon, \r. 3lcEntce bas caught the 8:hett points of theeo, and claborated thew into ® yerics of dolicate and diversitiod woodland- 22wes. The fpuio-pioce oa pavo 19 15 ovidently Fom nuother and cu uuskilled hand. Tho im- eraon the hed liesin =shattored condition, no Bombleuce of Lonos and muscles uniting the sovored mombers, ‘Mo gitt-Look from the Boston houso i a superd produciion. Tho poem is fresh from tho diaud of Longfollow, and will be read with inter- est. It portruva with many nico touches, char- »eceristio of the author, the growth of 2 houso- bold, from the “ Henging of the Crane,” on the night wlen the néwly-married palr began thelr aomestic lifo with o lLouns-warmlng, to ihg day whea tho golden-wedding ia celebrated, e The snciont brldegroom end the bride, Boreuely soiliug an the seoue, Behold, well plcased, on every aide Thelr form wud festares multiphed, Au th rellucion of 3 1 it - etwreen two burnlvbed mirrors gleams, O latnya Upon & Lridge st niglt 8.reteh on and on Leforo tho aight, Tl tho long vists endiesh serms, The prottiost passage in the poem containg tho portrait of o little einld Seated, T see the tyro again, Lut nct ulone: tiey entastaln A littls angel uunwire, With face o3 cound an is the maon A royal guiest with tlaxen lieir, Whic, throned upon bix lofty chiatr, Drums on the table with his apoon, Then Qrops it cureless au ti:e foor, To grusp at things unseon Lefore, Are thouo velestial manuers 1—thess The ways that win, the rts that pioase? Ab, yen! Coustler well the gueet, ‘And whatsou'or b does acemis best Ho ruloth by the right dlvive Of helpleasness, o Intely born 1n purlo chunivers of ihio uiorn, verdign over thee aud thine, Hy keth not 3 &nd yat thers les A couvursation iu his eyes ; iTho golden ailenca of tue Greok, ‘The gravest wisdom of tho wise, ‘ot spokeu fn langurge, but in looks ore legible thau printed books, As if is could but would nol epsak, Aud pow, O monarch asolute, Tty power e put to pruof ; Lot ot Resistloss, fathomless, aud slow, The nures cowmen rusthug like the ses, Aud pushes back thy chulr aud thee, Aud 40 goodenight 10 King Ginule] The toxt 1 illuutratod with cliarming designs, Which bave beon clegantly rendered Ly the en- giaver. ‘Lhe hyhtest Livex ara cut with perfact clearnong, oud evory dotnil is carofully finiched. It fk such nork as we aro not ofien treated to In an Ameilean publiesiion. ‘I'he authors of the donign are Migs Mary A, Hallock and Thomas Moran. The lettor-press sud buding of the bouit ore in harmony with tho supsiivr ovder of the Wllustiations, The Marringe-teintion,. FOR BETTER Ot RORSIS: A Jaox ron Soux Mex A4D ALL WoNEN, Ut JENXWE GUNKINGHAM CROLY {deunto June ), 10mo,, pp, 27, Hostou: Les & Ehepurd, Thero is a great deal of true wisdom, the pro- €act of sterhng comman-geasa and af ripo ex- yorience, in this littlo volume. It ls & discussion of tho mariage-rolation in its manifold boar- duga, by oue who has for muny years boen study- ing, from & high vautage-ground, tho socis! queations tnat vitally affeet ber gox, Mra, Croly {2 well known to tho great body of American readeis oy folicltous writer on practieal topics, withan uncommon faculty for conveying sage advica in her plessavt and pertinent communlea- tloxs. Dut those who aro acquainted with Lor aldlition only o8 they hiave boen shown in short rowspapor-articles will scarcoly Lo propared to find such depth and breadth of thought, and #uch frocdom of oxpression, as are exhiblted in tlds, tho thret litorary work of any considerable protension, we bellove, wlich sho has undey- takon, Mra, Croly Is thoroughly conservative in Ler views upon tho institution of marringe, Bhe oconsidora It 0a rightly regarded tha holiest ang most binding allianco betwveon man aud woman ; and that, when once consummatad, it should by held as indisvolublo, saving in exceptional caves of turpitude which render it imposstole for the parties to remain {n wodlock. Bho pronounce: Ecliishness tho root of all Its diecords. To the augertlon of wdividual rights, and the reso- 1ntion to scouro corsonal bappiucss, uho aseribes the difftoultics and miserios that ariso fxom in. conzruous and. disrupted unlons, % Whon chidren ate born and educated to consldor duty the first ovbjout of existonce, instoad of wolilsh gratiteation, we stiall hear vory Hittle of soclal evily, or the disordery incidont fo marrled lifo for onchs ono will think of othors befors himsalr, aud, with lusw of nalural pawsion wud appetito 1o o THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1874--TWELVE PAGES. oombat, will Joarn to Qlstinguish betwoen the truo and tha falso, and fiud inclination walk Innd and baud with {ho dicteles of rondon and eonsaienca,” Mta, Croly hsa hit upon tho exact truth in the matier. When two peopta come togathor in tho upine of mutual love aud rospect, with the con- sciousnces that lifo was maaat for duly, and not for {;lcnn\n‘n. and with tho undorstauding that, n tho close iutimacy bLotweon man nnd wifo, happiness will bo tho result of mutual forbour- anco and mutunl service ang soif-uncriilco, rather thau of mutual perfoctions, tho exporiono of wadded life, oven with thoxs who aio in many reapecty lucomuatible in taste, disposition, and education, Will bo rich in tha pwoetost aud purest Joyn of earlhly axistenco, Help ye one another, 1 the fujunetion whioh shoutd bo contiuual v 10 tho mind of & wornied couplo. It In tho purposo for which they shonld be juined in Insting bonds, aud, ateadlly adhored Lo, it will cail ous and cul- tivale lu bath the highost capncitics for una uoes and happiues: But it nouds lovg and right traluing before marriaza {8 entered 1uto, to insura its bheat 1o Bults, “Lhore must bo very two bafore thera can ba very ouo, as Jimorson says. Man and woman musc have dintinct ond decided chnracrors, in order that thero may be an oqual and harmo- nioun copartuorslup, Much sirass in leid upon tlne necessity by Mts. Croly, who dovotes sov- eral preliminary chapter to” & cousidoration of tuo methuds of tuought and practico that snould Lo requirad by both eexes in eatly lifo, to securo bappiuess in thelr rolutious to ool othor. Tho eseentinl qualifications for mar- tings, 88 entmornied by hor, ara hoalth, molf. relianes, judicnout, trath, conederation mud forbearuuco, and iuduutry, Individuals oudowed with Lhicso cardiual virtues aro fittod 1u tue beat Fuuulbla mauver for prolitable and contented ife, whother thev cnooso 1o spend It 1 celibacy or warmony, A sound inind fu a sound body, & Just ountidonce in ouo's own powers, nubiin of carefal obsotvation and right dwcernmont, of sincoricy and luywty, of charity and patience, and of futelligont aud eficlut netivity, turmsh forth man or womau for successtul efiort m any #plors of human life and lavor, It iy not tou tuueh to nek that tuese qualitieations should be poesessed by every candidsio for marringo, Un. der all ordrinry circumstnnces, it 18 posaible for the education of children to ba so conducted thnt, when an adult aga i3 reachied, thoy shall Linve nll thowe roquireients under firm aud full control, It 18 an end vorth the dibyont oxertion of paronts aud inatractors, and more and nioro roueraily, we may trust, as books lilie the pres. eut arc multiplied wud Leeded, will it bo capabio of reahzation. Miu, Croly spaska in open and undisguised honesty on avery point of lio: subject that comes urder direnyslon, Her words are plain, sud strong, and iuspiring ; but the importance of tor thieme, aud the caruesttioss of Ler purposc, Tully wurrant them. ‘Uhis pungency of hot style, audtha drift of hor teacluny, inay Le gathered Irom the toltowing random quotniion : The fudulgenco of appetite, the paasion for dress and display, the sacnifice of every truthful anmd momuniy cuusideration ut the shrine of fashion, now comiou niuong Awerlcan glrls of overy degree, iv full ¢£ (e waddent suguries for thy future, Wecutt bove 00 mothiers until Wwo can Lisve women who prize thoir wonisnkoud Leyoud fulse balr, cliaiked complexions, pluted " eyobrows, whice hends, und stuntod feet, Wo can lava ueither'wives nor siiothers until we havo wonten who think 1more of truth, hunor, aincority, sud thie purity of an untafuled Life, tu of Jevels and la e nousts, aud perzoual bty wude up of disgrace s, Bore thau this, we can_kuve no manbood worl the Rewe until we Brat bavo uirus sud pure womenbuod, capabie of ifyinyg {ta own Life, and sottg It=0lf agulust tha vices aud woakucasew common to the uge. 1t iu our soclal life which forms the heart of bu- mauity, aud ita boalthy o unently couition do- ternuica the siate of the rest of the systemn, Tas growing tendoucy to selfsiy fudulgenco of all kinds is usytcavug us worally aud phyelcsly, The breakin upOf houion, the substitution of bourding-boiias u eataurntife, pubito covruption, snd. waiik of gubie Lutegnty, are all svidences of it. Wowel can siem this tide’ of natioual fnlquity : they cali yrescrye In uur conntry Lhuse eleints Of £t oor, devatiowy yoraomal puvitg.und love ot s, which founded mado [t whas it 138 beew, Will they not do st O munt ft fulili tlie destiny of otlaer patious : 1w to greatuess, and aink 10 decay the abyss created by Its own Totleuussa? The young momui who read Uifs shull unswer, Deols for Children. TAE UAPFY HOUR; on, HOLibaT FANCIE AND Eveux-Day FaoTs FOn YoUXG ProPLr, With Many Illuatrations, Follo, pp, 419, New Yorke D, Ap- ploton & Co, Ti£ CHILD OF THE TIDE, By 3Mrs, Epwau D, Citexs, author of *Sally Wililams, tie Morutuit 6Ll eie, 12wo., pr, £12. Doston: Les & Snep- ard, WLISPERS FROM FAIRYLAND, Dy the Rt, Hon. L, H, KNatonsoLt~-Huoxsses, Al ¥,, Author of “ Mooauino,” * Queer Folk," ofc, 120, PP, iy New Yoik: D, Appleton & Oo, od | ARY, PARTINGTUN'S MOTHER GOOSE'S MEfd & DIES, Edited by UNoLE,WILLIS, Author of ¢ 80U | for Qe Darlluga” Papér. Yostou: 8. W. Tukb i a. - Literaturs for children has not_yet come tofa quito us oxtensive as that for adults, yet a loy portion of it is prepared with fully a8 muy1 care. AMany of our best authors are taxing their powors of invention to provide au abun- dapco of proao and choico reading for the voung. And this is as it should bo, If, 28 the most esperienced and judiclous educators - sfst, It I all-nnportant that thoe child should ro- colve the most enhightenod training in every do- partiaent of loaruing adapted to ils years, it is Also cxgoutisl that thoe booke placed under its eye, even for the purposs of amusemont, should be in every couse solock. A child refects o stupid book as quickly aa Its olders, If its taate e not vitiated by au scquaintanco with tenshy litorature, it will decide with correct judgment the worits of any work within its comprehiension; It inatinctively sseks the best, and onjoys It with the relish of a conuoizasur. 8till, & close watch wuct be meintmned by those In charge to pro- veut its contact with poor and weak books, for Tear of their terrible contamination. Supervis. ion shonld extend also over tho numbor of booka composiug tko juvenlla library, * Mucl, bus ot mauy,” I8 u goldeu rule for’the youthful as well an the mature reador. A fow chioico vo'~ umnos will content a chud butter than a multituda of indiYerent ones. It will rond over and over, and over agaln, a book which captivates its fan. oy, and be jast as leenly delightod with tho twentieth porusal ou with the first. ‘Lhis affords a pleaswnt confirmation of Leals' fine gaving, A thing of boawty iw o jov forever”” It fa as if Nature tsught the nuperverted mind thav what 18 worth haviog at 21l is worth Loldinz securoly. The effcct of this ropeated readivg of n good book upon a child io very noticenble, 1t will incorporateinto its thoughte and its Ianzungo tue beautiesof both whick Liave boen exhibived by tle favorite author, ‘Che bost-trained fne tellact hiava ncquirod thewr disciphue by an approximately-cxiinustive siudy of whatover suljects have eugnged theirattention, aund thie discipline canoat be cummonced too early, Its foundation i to be laid evon in the reading which outertains the loinurs hours of little ones. Aftor theya prolatory romaris, it s agreeable to add that tho several books which head this notive are worthy of commandation. The first in provided uhpecially for holiday-tcs, and is insuod In o costly stylo, to muit plothorie purses. It embraces a vwried and woll-chosen collection of stones, wkeiches, and poems, all copiously ilustrated, 'The editor Las wurked wuh the objoct to make tha book Iontructive sy well as mmusing, and accordingly thoro ia a prodominance of “stories from the wreat volumo of matural history, relatod ina simple aad popular atyle, The piotures, whioh are a mavked feature, arg, iu the main, fair. A tew are nut 1 good drawing, aud some others wre Lime-worn, Il Child of the Tide " Is a story based npon tact. It is pathetic 1 incident, chaste in style, aud couveys an clovated moral in o dolicate o weauner that the rendor will by deeply,impressed by it, withons discovering that a losson in othica was the wiitor’s first intontion. Alr, Kuatehbull-Iluzeszon fs quite famous, among the little folks of both Amorica snd En- glaud, for his cbarnung ftairy-stovien. o in ,lngu‘arly mgenious in this department of ro- mances, which roully ia 8 diffioutt one. 1'hs pres- eut volume, ecicbracing sovon diferent faisy- :‘Alm\ muy be relicd upon a4 among the baat of ta clasd, A copy of " Mothor Gonse’s Molodiea " bolonpa ‘n overy oursery. It would beasoruol to banish it as the Chrisimas atockiogs from the chimnoy- corner. Its mervy Jinglos lull the Uirod toddliog, sootho tho hurt, and beguile tho restless oncs, 'Thoy are an unfailing aud inestimablo scurce of amuncment in baby's kingdom, The edition bo- fore us coutaiue’ all tha atlginal ruymes of AMothor Goose, with manv othicia of n simllar charactar, It alwo includes dirootions for illus- trating them by pantomiume aud tableaux, theie- by growly Inerosming Lhoir nowera of sutartain. ment, Musio Rot to wovoral of the melodies complate the attractiona of the }xtun work, * Life LITTLE CLASSIO3, (ted by ROIGITTXR JOHNEON, LIFE, Fourth Volunie, 160, vp, 208, Doston Jemes R, Ougood & Co, Price $1, ‘Wo ara inclined to pronounca this the choloast of the yolumes yot published I this series, Porliaps bocausa it opons with that exquisito story, unsurparac fn our lsngusgo, *Iaband His I lends;" sud conrinuos with ** A Romauce of Resl Life," by William D. Howells; #The FLuok of Roaring Camp,” by Brot Lartay ** vid Bwan," by Nathaniel Hawtlhorne ™ 7Y Bachelor'a Ravongs,” by Donald G. Mitcdioll; and conclnden with {he brief casaye, * Drejam Children,” * Westinstor Abbey,” * The Puri- taus,” ava ¢ aotlynbuf." by Oharlen Lainb, Addison, Macaulay, aud Abralism Lincoln, Tho colluction cantuins fifteon ploces, snd & b otter one was never broughu togothor, 3 Ixastint'y & Sophismus.? BOPIISMS OI PROTECTION, By (lie lute M, FAED- ENI0 BARTIAT, Moiber of the Iostitute of 7 taure, Trapslated from the Paris Nditou of 1803, ~ With Irefac by Honace Wirrk, 10mio., pp, 3 Now Yorks Q. I\ Tutuam & Sons, Prico$t, ‘o morit of thin admirablo work on I olitical Feconomy {8 80 widoly recognized that v need but calt attontion to tho appaenrance of? n now edition, It i publishied under the nus ices of the Free-Trade Leagho, who offor it rit cost- prica In arder to socura it tho largest ciraalation, Wo would suggont that the book, which i1 a8 ani~ mated and ontertaining #g it is instructiv.a, would boapeat gift from n gentleman to Lis ladv- friends, 1t is the very manaal for the |joginuer %0 uav In studylug Economical Sclonca, A Kfonschold Bncyclopedin, THE [OME-GUIDE: A CoMPrxmiuy o1t Usprut INFunMALION PENTAINING 7O EvERY Biaaxou oF DonwaTio AND SuGIAL EcoNoxy, With IS umorous Titwniration, Edited su L Compied by Thioxan 1L, GLenN, Bvo,, pp, 623, Chiesgo: The Bowrly Com: pany, dn olmost evory housohold there a"o oppor- tunities for this Auide to do good stnvico, It i & vort of Encyclopedia of practical facts and Bints whioh sto io dmlydomand in theexigencies of homo-life. Uscful information upon tho wholo 1anpe of toples included In domestic oconomy muy be gloaned from its contonts. ‘Iho editor hag had the wisdom to, nEply to the best nourcos for his matorials, And hing con- densad aud arranged thom with discuetion. fTaota Kecelveds SPIRITUAL VICTORY: on, THOUGHLR UPON Tmx Ilasen Onnivrian Lirs, Dy WILLIALE W, PAz1oN, 18mo., pp. 11, Dusion: Cougregatlvrial Pubdshing Sucloty, THE PARACLETE : AN E4*AY OX THE PERRONALITY AND MiNtamy oF THR 1oLy Gnosw, witn Sous MEFRRENCE TO CUDMENT Dinouwsis 80, 1P, 403, New York: Scviluer, Arnustro Co, THE PUDDLEFORD TAIERS; on, LKluMons or Tnr WeaT, Sy M, I, ey, With Origlsul Dlustru- tons,’ 130,," pp. 9%, Toston : Lete & Shepard, Ferlodicaly ftoceivenls Fdinburg Reviewo — October (lho Laonard 8coit Puvheling Compasy, Now York). Con- tonta: * Sohamliorst;” *The Book of Car- lnvuraaki " “Engnsh Fugitive g8 aud Lyries; " ** Cersua of Fiance in 187:7; " ** Comote and Moteory;"” * Convoea fon, Partiament, and the Prayer-Dook;" *Tha Gresadinr Guards ;" * Renan's Autichrist;” “Tho Juitrual of Mr. Charles Qrovillo;” *Tho Scssin and tho Mhwntry.” Penn” Monthly for December (I'hllulnlgl;ln}‘ Caontents: * Outhues of Phronola “Bell ler's Journal;" * Some Recent Help he Study of Shakspearo;” * What Wouald Tyudall Bo At 7" “ Iraining-Schools for Nusses ;" **7,ho Prophot,"” St. Nicholas for Decomber (Sedibner & Co., New York). Fullol matter intorawting to chil- dren, and brautifully nlustrated. Norfluonstern Review for Noveinbor (R. R. Deaiden, Philadelplia and Chicagor. Northestern .flgazilu for Decouaber (Streot, Whito & Bawen, Clitoaga). Gom of the West for Novomber (Chicago). ( _I\;m‘scry for Decomber (John L. Bhoroy, Bos- on). JMedical Investizalor for Novomber (Chicago). Demorest's Aiyror of Fashion 1br Decambor (Not York). American HNlustrated Home Monzhly for De- comber (Cinciunats). Liternry Ktems, Misn Alcott ia bard at work on hor new story. —Aunouncemont ia made of 3 uow novel by the suthor of ** Guv Livingstone ™ —.Lord Hougliton 18 onguged on & new odition of Keats. —Gladstone's papors on Ilomer are to be pub- tished by the Macmilinvg in a Littls volume, ~—3liss Jeun Inrclow mill coutribute n uow ato- 1y to Good TWords for 1876, Tio kitlown, * Fased to Bs 'res.” —An onterprising oltizen of Burlington in witinge the life of Brizham Youngy in anticipa- tion of his ensly demise. —3. Ronan hrs brought out & mew worl, *La Miesion do Ihewuice,” bolng an account of the soiontific rosoarches 1n Syria in 1460~'61, —Prof. Ruskin's noxt locturcs on Art at Ox- ford, will be on tae School of Klowenco and the Paint of Giotta, ~—Tho vext early English publitvatione to bo re~ issued, with cu{\mun noteg, in London, will boSir Jolin Mandovilla's ' Cravols 7 and Gowor's ** Lo- otical Works.” : —(es. **Baldy” Smith hos nnidortaken, with the approval of tho Comto de Par, the tiansla- tion sud aunotation of his ** Historia de la Guerre Civile in Amoriqua.” ) -- A7 oflicial order from the Trvkish Miniater of Pulico forbids nowapapor-hawloers to cry the contents of the journals thoy sai, as they fro- quently falsify thom, —A new volume from Goil Hamilton In noarly ready at tho Harpers’. Under tlw titieof ** Nur- sery Nooninzs,” it doals withs ohildroo, little and big, including “* tho naids of the vation.” —An Amatican firm baving adverlised for eale book jurporting to Lo sricten by tio Princes Alice of Hotso, it is donied on anthority that she wroto any book or is engaged iu Ariting any. —The " fivat volume of the loug-oxpected blography of the Lrince Conwort, on which . ‘Theodore Martin is ongngod, mmay be expocted before Christmps. —* Progresaive Petticoats; or, Dromsed to Doatli: An Autobiography of a Married Man," is & satirieal work by Uonzressmaag Robort B. Roosavelt, soon to ba published by Carleton. ~—Thore is to bo & complctely new edition of Bosworth's Anglo-Saxon dictienaty, wholly re- writton snd illustrated by quotatious'and transia- tionA of passazos. ~—1t iy statod that sinco tha publication in book form, loss than eighteon months svo, of Will Carlwton's * Warm-Ballads,” nearly 40,000 copies of the voluma Liayve bean printed and fold by the Messrs, Hurper, - ~Tie cloventl volumoof the worls of Charles Sumner 18 nosr being prepared for the press, ‘The whols number of yolumes will bo fonrteon or fiftean, and it will be » yerr or more befors tho whole aet will be printad —Printing Mrs, Stowe's * True Story of Lady Byron's Lifa" cost the Atlantic Mlonfaly a_gron: ouny subscribare, one roport saye 9,0001 It was the worst biunder thut sither the suthor or tho wagazine hau syer wado,.— Chirstian Reatsler. —Mr. Fieldd is engaged on o second serion of ‘* Yosterdayn witn Autliors,”to inotade rominis- cences of ltogera, Lotgh 1unt, Barry Cornwall, \¥alter Bavape Landor, DoQuincoy, Charles Sumner, and other nion of note, —Uhe publishers bave ueed up over 14,000 ponndn of linted paper In printing Theodoro Tiltow’s now novel, *‘Tompest ‘Vomsed,” and it has been printing almost coustantly sinco ita tirst publivation four months since. —The Westminster feview says that * the un- happy roviower who, in tho pazes of the Safur~ day Leeview, proolnimed wm his natice of ¢ Adam Bodo ' that (icorge Iilot ®as a country curate, must h:\va oftes ropoutod of his unfortuuate guess,” ~—3ir. Emorson's coltection of bls favorito poom will be publissed Ly Osgood shortly, un- der the title of **Parnpssus.” Ihs soloctiony will hiave wome rogard to the rank of suthors. aud will be accompanied wich brief critical no- ticos of tha English poots, ~—The Khediva of Lgynt is searching the mosques and monasterios of his do:minious for menukctipts ta form a hibrary vt Ceiro. 1o v suid 1o bave obiained thirty diffeiont manu- seripts of tho Koran, and ninong thea one com- puted to boe 1,160 years old, —Amabg the Harpury' most important enter- prines in ** A Dietlonwry of Roligious Knowledge, for Popular and Profowsional Use,” which will compriue full Information on Diblical, thoolng- ical, aud ecclesisstical subjects, with soveral hundred mapa aud illuatrations, Tho work will bo edited by tho Rov, Lyman Abbott, with the co-oporation of the Rev, T, J. Conant, D, D. 16 will numbor over 1,000 pagos, —The catalogus of Barry Cornwall's llbrary, which in to bs gold by Moestrs, Puitick & Simp- a0, will xunounco a cony of the spurious Bhel- foy lottors which My, Hobert Drowning edited aud 8o promptly suppresued when he found ont bis mistuko, 'y copy is o prosentation ous to *B, W, Procter from lobort BDrowning.” There is ul2o & capy of Barry Cornwalls * English Bougk," and other small poomn, preseuted to " Lelgh Hant, wmith the kind rogavds of the ane thore.” A manusenapt note adds : *'Fho pooms and linea which oro marked this book wore warked by Leigh Muut, nho thon returnad it to ma, and I gave him auother copy,—B, W, I There Is, tou, a copy of the “ Borrows of Wer- ther,” with the autogzraphy “31, W.” (Mary Woll- ntoneoralt), and tho following NS, nota by Basit Montagu i “*Talon from tho librar; l.\{ ury Wollstoneeraft Godwiu, & uhort tune befors her donth, to be presorved as a wemorinl of my re~ spect and estowm for ber, Sundey moruing, Bopt, 10, 1707, 8 o'olock,—T, M. On a copy of Mys, Cowdon Olarko's Concordanca to Bhsks #pauso, tho fullowlng manusoript note acours at tho aud of the profuco s * Mury Cowdon Claske. *Tlis may e gutlier Loaey froum the wesds, Aud 1nako » niopal of thie Devll hiiaaelf, ~—Note omittad &b the partloular request of ths printer” SPARKS OF SCIENCE, GAB ¥OR ILLUMIXATING PURTOsRS, Qas dintilled from conl was firat usod for il minating purposes, in England, in 1792, Tor more than a contury provious, tho attention of sclentifie mon hiad beon dirocted to the streams of inflaminable air thet isaue from wolls and mines fn coal-dlstricts, and communications on thio aubject had boen from timo Lo timo road bo- foro the Rosal Socloty of Loudoa, Doau of Kildare made public some experiments Ly which ho bad distilled gas from coal; but it was not until fifty yeara after thst theides of usfug this gos for the production of artificial light dawnod upon the bumsn mind, Iu 1792, Mr. Willlom Blurdoch manufsctured gsa with which ho lighted lis houso and oficos ab Red- ruth, In Corowsll. 8ix yeara after, ho Hehtod tho manufactory of Mesers. Bolton & Walt, at Sohoj and, In 1805 the cotton mills'of Mexora, Philliv & Loo, af Salford, In the jownal of ¢ ‘Iravals {n Englaud, Holland, and Seotlnnd,” the authior states that, on July 4, 1805, ho stopped in Pleeadilly to ses * nn object of womo curtonily,” which he deucribes as fol- Jows : Ao ingenlous apothecary and chomist han contrived to lght hisglopin a very bLonuti- ful mauner, by menns of tho juflammable gas obtaned from fossil coal. Tt is tha samo thing with tho thnrmnlnm%, of which you hove Lea much in Americe, Every now thing by which monay can be made is, of course, kept eecrot in Loundou, 88 well as everyshers olse, I took the liberty, howover, of uslung tho owuer of the ahap lo permit we to aes his apravatus, e ro- fused ot firat ¢ but, on my sasuring him X wae notna commoreial or trading man, aud wan_gclus utad suloly by curiosity, Lo consentod, and touk mo down colinr,” In 1807, all Mall waa liehted by Mr. Windaor; and, in 1810, tho Gna Compauy of London ob. tained thoir chartar. In 1413, David Mealvile, ot Nowport, and Winelow Lowis, of Duston, ob- tained & patont for the United Staten of an ime proved gas-lamp for hghunf mannfactorzes, mills, mivee, thostres, &o., with gan produced from coal. T'his nyetem of Ulumiuatioi, proba~ bly brought from England, was tntroducen by thio patentoos, in_the sanio vear, to 3 bullding in Newport, I L, Into tho cotton factury of 8oth Demiy, at Watertown, Maus., and 1nto the Woneoutt faclory, nomr Mill Bridge. Bubge- uently tho Arlowright Ml was lighted under thete patent; but, from carelass management, the gusometer exploded, the building was de- stroyod, and a night watchman killed. Tins nc- cldent prevauted Lho succosa of Lha eaterpriss of DMessro. Molvillo oud Lowis, and gan was not sgun used 1n tho Umted Btates for lightivg purposes until 1817, whew the Providence Gwe (ilmlnpguy procuted u charter for lumnazing that city, THE APPLE. The =applo, which is valued above sl other fruits of Northorn climatos, is the doscendant of tho wild crab-tree, which is found very genorally in the Tomperate Zona of both hemisphoros, It 1s mentioned io the Bible, by Horodotus, and by Pliny, the lattor of whom enumerates twenty va- tioties that wero cultivated I bis timo, It wae 1 oxtensive uso by tho Romane, and was proba- bly introduced by thewm into England, After tho cstublishment of Christianity, wo find that the monks planted largo orchards, and rendered tho fruit common throughout the island. It was brought to New Engiand by the early sottlers, aud_orchards were set ont by the coloniats and tho Ind.ans 1n all the origiual Statea, The apple 18 now ous of tue most widoly-diffused of froft-trecs, but 1t succeeds L-3t In coolor yarts of tha Temperata Zoano. It accura in Arabfa, Persin, tho West Indies, and on the Mediterrancan; but, in thoss countries, the ftuit is small and inferior. Tt roncaes ila groat- eab perfee:ion in tho Umted Btates, whoro moro tuan o mmllion of acres are oceupled with or- chards, 'he yelue of the crop in 1870 was over €47,000,000, Largo qnantitios of applos are ox- parted trom thua count:y to Buglaud, Ching, aud tho Last Indies, ‘Lba ay.plo-treo f8 hardy and long Hved. The Dbast artiticial varioties remmiu in good bearing condition from filty to oighiy years, In New Eugland many specimens still yield fiuit whichare «nown to bo neatly 200 yoars old. In England it I8 grown eltuer ns a standard trco, so oypulior, or u wall tieo, ana is variously trained, It i» usually gmatsod on crab-stocks, or somotimes on Lawthori-steols and introdoced into Ledgos, Trees are frequently dwarfed by using a low va- viowy called tho Paradiso applo forastock. When reduced to tho size of n ourraut or gooseborry buah, those dwarfed treoy will otton Loar abuod- antly. The wood of tho apple-treo i8 hard, durnblo, suod fine-grained. Ahe fruit yields malie ucid, winch iw used for medicival ™ pur- posoa. DRAZIL-XTTE, This well-knowa finlt 18 fhe product of tho DRerthollclia excelea, n majestic troe growing in tho forosts on tha Upper Amazons and In tho northern parts of Brazil. Tho nuts are inclosed in s round, woody capanle, or scol-case, almost 08 largo ne a man's hend, This capaulo Is very heavy and hard, roquiring a stout blow from n slodge-hammor Lo bioak it, It will be soon that, whew auch enormous fruits aro riponing and fall- ing to tho ground, it becomes dangerous to walk undor tho treea that bear them. 'The pute, or more properly the sceas, are packed closely to- gother m the eapsule,—from sixteon to twonty boing contelnod in ench ono. They are exported from Para wod Freuch Guiana. On account of the abunaance of oil 1n them, thoy aro palatable ouly when fiesh, tho oil growing raucid with age. ‘e natives expross this oil, which 18 yielded fn largo qusutides, sud uve it for burning. Noaily alliod to the Bertholiefia tho Le- ceythis oilaris, u tree of siill gieator beight,—n- deed, one of the most gigantic in the Brazillan foresls. It is callod by tho nativos the Sapucaga irco, and tho capaules'in which its vecds are - priwoncd ore named monkey’s Drikklug-Cups. Thesa capsules are of u russet color, and have & civeulac hole a: tha tog, into which & uatural lid lits porfectly, When the nuls sve ripe, the lid loosung, and the Lieavy cup falls crasbing to the ground, snd its seeds ars gcatcorod in every di- rection; to be for the most part consumed by wild animals, From this cause the nuts of the Lecytlis avo fose nbundnot 1z markot thau those of the Berthollelia, alihougl they aro deemed muen more delleate. The amply cups of the Lecyinis are used like the calabach, for domestic purposos, ‘Ihe Larvest of the wuts of tho Ker- tholictia occurs lu Juug. THE AILANTIUS, The ailantbus is a tres possessing many valo- able qualities, It is beautiful in form, poble in stature,—attaining » height in its native country, Chiny, of somotimos 800 foat,—rapid of growth, Lardy of constitution, und yiolding s Ane-grained, patiny wood, admirably smted for cabinot-mak- ing. In addition to those advautageous propor- tes, tha tsee Lias atrong modicinal virtues. The powdered bark of the root {4 an officient remedy in oasos of dysontory, aud is in high esteom for this uso iv China and Japan. Notwithatauding thia unusual combination of desirable charactor- {sticy, the ailauthus is In disgrace throughout the country on account of tho disagroeable odor of its male blosoms. Tho sovso of amell s, above all the roet, & fastidioun antocrat, ond will not tolerato offevaes, Tho Allanthus Is called, in the home of its birth, the Thoe of Haavon: but it suroly did not bring from that quarter tho 1ank, disgustiog, ofiluvium which {5 exhales from its showy flower-cinstors, 'The roflued nostrils of tho City of Waubington wore s0 altroutod I‘Aly tho tree iu yoars past, that an act wae passed by Congresd which in otfeot buniubed it from tho precinots of the town. An np?roprl.’lflfln was made for the District of Columbis upon coudition that no Ailanthus shonla thoreafter be planted in tho Capitul City, It ie & pity that, for one unploasant trait, ex- hibited for but a briof puriod sonuatly, 80 fine & tree should suffor condemustion. 1t wight ot lonst Lo cultlvated in pinces remoto from human habitations, sud ito good quulitien utihized, Itis excellontly adupted to Westorn praries, 1o which i:i quick grum{: and valuable timber recommeond : ST OF POISONS IN AGRICULTURK, At tho meeting of the Philadolphia Academy of Bolences, which closed Nov, §, Dr, Le Conto eallod tho attontion of his collaaguoes to tho Rreat danger arising from the common vso of Paris or Hehwoinfurth green by agriculiuristy, 'Lhe eubstance is composod of arsonioand acotate of copper,~two polsony that act with groat on~ ergy on plants and aplaale, It ja used in enor- mons quantities in the Wont for Lbe desiruction of tho Colurado potato-beotlo,~drurgistsin avery town ordering it by the ton to wupply tho do- mand, It 1e keattered upon tha Joaves of tho pinuta which it i» desived to protect, and, sa they havo no onpacity for absorbing it, it speedily finda it way fo tho Hoil. Ae the raveges of the potato-bug extend over a groat surfaco, and contloue from year to year, it {a ouly a question of timo” how soon the sofl will be #0 polsoned by it aa to prevent tho growth of all ‘yogatation, -Dr, Le Conte protested agalust tho carolesunsss with which s daugerous wmutorial bad baan pisced ku the Laady ot & large miss af tioe In 1799, tho, cducated mon, who ‘looked only to . the dentrio- ton of Innccts injuitioun to agrioulture, with no yogard to ulterior tonsequonces, 1lo robuked Governmont with cOnritlorable soverity for nog- leating to pay heed ta the predictions mado by entomologiate mawy yoara ago, of tho ravages that might bo expeditod of tho potato-bug, if ofil- clont moasures wevo nat laken to stop lts fie oreaun. An interosting dliicussion followed the roadi) of br, Lo Comaqn paper, in which all agroed w(‘l‘.fi the position takon py tho writor, Piof. Silliman montloned several Lustances whoro human lifohad oo saerificod by i caroloss e of Parls groon, Prof, Aloxander spoke of woll-ostablishied onges whero 1ta_omplayusons sa a soloring for wall-pa- per hiad rosuited fu, tho poisoniug of poople, who felt tho offect after sittlng & lmlghcmr in & room hung with such pupor, :fir. Mitcholl put forth the sugrastion, that tho soil on which Paria green Lad hoen slrown might impart & polson- ous effect tolplanl':s before rofuslog to yield fta products, avd tha tho plants so eToctod would act injurionsly upon the Luman system. 'Ibo ueo of strychning;in corn-flelds to kill crows wos roforred to by 8. wnombor, who considored that the offect of this most {ndestructible potsun might be doleteriimg to vogolation. Piof, Silli- man cited & caso in Mussachunetts whers tha fames from & cop per-work injured the surround- iug forests aud gyns-lnnds, ‘Ine discussion iu- clided the use af - anuline dyes for coloring jei- lios and confecthonory, aud concluded with a rosolution (oappoint & committes to investigte and roport upon he ke of poisons upon "‘f" 1ablon or otlhieruige for tho dostruction of fu- socts, aud alao in the ornamentation of articles of faad, coloring of paper, cte,, ete. ANTIFICIAL BUTTER, The invention of artificinl butter is ascribed to an adept In: France named Mourioz. Ths process by whinh he was gulded to the in- voution ia o8 followa: Having placed everal wmilehcows on o striot diot, thelr woight was quickly reduced, togather with tho quantity of milk they gavo. Tho milk, howevor, always contained butler. Mlonrioz belloved this to be produced from tho fat of tho animal, which, camied into the circulation, was doprived of its stearlne Ly regpiratory combustion, and fur- miwhed §t8 oleo-margario to the udder, whero, under tho infinouce of the mammary popain, it wan changed 1t 0 buttor, Acting upon this hint, Monniez succceded in transforming beef-suet into & fat fusibl2 at uoarly tho sama tomperatnro oy buttor, and having an “agrecable flavor. ‘Tho mothod, given in~ detml, which hns since boon purauod ivi tho arcifielsl production of the ariele, is thisys The fat of newly-slnughtered beaf, of the peit quality, I8 ground botween two ovlinders, whou ca it falld inta s deop vat, boatod by steam, aud ¢ ontaluing, for every 1,000 kilo- grawmes of fal:, 800 kilogrammes of water, and ouo kvogramury of Fotmum carbouate, besides two sheop's or pigs stomache m smwll pieces, Tho temperatirto ts then raiued to 45 dog. Cent., and the maos anrofully atitred. AL the ond of two bours the {at all riges to tho surface, It s thou let off int o another vat, heated on o water- bnth to 80 or 411 dog. Cont., and 2 per cent of sen- ¥alt nddod to ficilitate the depuration. Iu the course of two bhours it becomes clear, and pre- seuts a {ino vuilow color aud the odor of freshiy- churned butters, " Having boen carefully cooled, it Is cut into c1kes, packed in linon, and placea undor & bydrauilic pross, aud then sepntated into Lo nowily oqu £l parts, ¥iz.: etearioe aud hquer oloo-margarines ‘Lhe tearine is used formaking cundlos, ALABKA. Mr. Willism 11, Dall recontly communioatnd a paper to tho § 1n Franciaco Acadomy of Scicuces, in which ho p1 vsented some observations regard. 1ng the altituile of Mount St. Elins, in Alaskn. Tha is showsa by his examinations to bo the lighost pent cia tho North Amorican Continont, haviug an altittudo of at least 19,000 feet. The doterminations wore made by trisngulations up- on tuo bogo, n nd are yot to be vorified by tho nc- nnl ascont. Mr. Dail also roportad an fnmenso ghacier discovisred by bim, & few milea north of Cape Fairwos.chor, It hags flow of from @ to 6 miles in widtly, and extonds inland bayond the reach of visio n, & distance of cortainly 'S0 miles. Allusion was t aada in the paper totlis late dis- cuvery in thor Inland of Four Moontainu of a numboer of Alisutian mummies. Tho bodios wera sitply evitce, ntod nnd staffod with grasy, dried wrapped {v fuys and grass matting, snd socure in n wator-pi:oof covering of apal-hida, Thaey wora thought to bo 100 years old, BRAIN-WOKERS, Poople who work only with their brains noed mora fool thim thosa who work only with their hands. Mental labor causes a greator wasto of tiasue than miscular tofl. According to & care- ful estimate, throe hours' hord study wears out Lho body mona than o whole day of work ab the auvil or on 'the fasm, As tho Cormaus eay, * Without ph.osphorus, no thought,” The con- sumption of thot cesonial ingredient of tho truiu increas ey in proportion to the amount of labor yequire d of tho orgau of chought, A cal- culation uf ta wear of tho brain fs made by an oxawination of the sal's wn the hquid secretiovs. 1In order to piatain the action of tho brain, oue- Afth of tho klood is Bone to it, though its average weight is ouidy one-fort'oth of the wholo body. Tins fact alewe quan to show that brain-workers —sutudotits a nd literary mon—sbouid bave more %nu battor food thun meclanics aud farmcla- orors, sRDOES, Phitadelpisia has zhroady one of the widest bridges in thiu world, aud a sccond iu in procoss of construotion. Tho firat, the Girard avenuo bridge, Las .a width of 100 feot, and in used by faot-paaseniyers and earrieges, The sccond, so be put over ‘Richmond street by the Philadalphin & Readivg JRailroad, wili havo s span of 64 foot, & width of 1205 faet, and cacry eiglteon tracks. The brige has been completed by tho Phoonix- vitle Bridge . Company, but bas not yet baen put n position. Tha szme Company_bave receutly buwilt an iroin bridge over the Saco Riverat Bidde- ford, Ms., which was ready for traflio mithin forty days #'rom tho dato of the order, at which time tho irou lay in tho form’ of Yudull«_:»bnr. Tais bridgey, fovmed upon the principlo of inter- changeabla parts aud pin conuaoctions, bias turee spans of 14 8 feot each, nud two sprus of 100 feet oach, and ¢ ost about §40,000, TN STXRLET. On the USth of Scptomber the Inhsbitants of the Bright on Aquarium were incroased by the accosslon of nine litls atorlets, ahich arrivod from St. .Pelorsburg in tho stemmer Diine, They weriy cantured in tho Vo'ga Iuver, aud transporterd in the well of n boat to St Potors- burg, a die tance of 1,400 miles. The sterlotia s sinall spocies of auurgeon (Acolpenser Rutlienus), measuring, when full grown, only 8 foet. It is peculis¢ to tho Black aud Casnian Seas aud thoir trivn tarien, sud is particularly esteamed in Lusasia for tho dolicnov of Its logh, and for the caviaro—u. dninty resorved excluaivoly for tho roval tav le—which is obtained from it. The introductivin of the storlet tnto American waters has beeo ywoposed, and tlicre in a posaibility wo may yot ke it in our markotn nlong with the culilvated. trouc, oyster, nw ualmon, TUE ZEORA, A mucosssful gitompt has beon mado by the Acclimati zation Rooloty of Parls to domesticats the zebra, which is naturally oneof tho most vicious a11d untamable of animats, Tho oxpori- ‘ment wedibegun in 1872, and at firet pronilsed Nttlo eatlsfsotion. DBat, aftor the animals had boon for:i time asxoctated with horses, thoy bo- came moie docilo, aud gradually submitied to control, 'Chey now have bacomo accustomed to tha Linrneigs, snd work steudily and woll, Tho Hociety 11nnounces a8 the conclusive romlt of thoir exporument, that tho zebra, 1f kindly trent- ed, can e uaofuliy employed a8 n diaught ani- al, hay Ing graat vigor end ondurance, It ia n nativo ¢ tho mountainons regious of Bouth Afrion, [ohaiating in small hordn the most secluded spots. It occupios a nosition botweon tho borw e und thoe ass, bub with chiavacteristica allywg its moye closely to the latcor smumal, NEW BPECIES OF DIRDS, Mr, William 1L, Ilonshaw, ihe ornithologint eonneet ed with Lieut. Whoolot's partyof ox- ploration, raporte tha discovery within the Hmlits of tho Ulnited Btatos, of n largo hnmming-bird, ZEngenca fulgens, bitherto known only in Moxico, and of t he Setopha picla, or L-nlntnd fly-oatchor, “Cho reg:lon explorod during the present year wan in tho routhorn part of Arizona aud in Now Mozxico, Mr, Honvhaw has added, in the course of soviiral succoosive seasony, & conslderablo numbertof now apacies of birds to tho fauna of Amorlun, Eomo #ix or ofght spooles have baen Krucumd this Bummer, a fow of whiok were un- nown. to science, aud othors have beos found onlyin dexico. ——— e A Long Hoxvebnoleitides Liou b, Zubowltz, an Austrian oficor, who un- dertoak: for & wiger to vda on his own bovse from “Vienna to Yarin in fiftoon duys, acoom- }Illnlmlfl biu fent Nov. 0, arriving st tho Placo du Troue sbiortly hofore 10. But for o elight'ncoi- dont 0 his horse, which Is of Hungurinn broed and of ' averago eize, ho would have arrived a day soono t. ‘e horwe did not apperr exhausted by its lang ourna:. About 800 porsous, some of w‘m had bots dependiog on the aveut, Lisd as. a 10 wilnaxs the Livatensots arrdr. FAMILIAR TALK. LIPE TN EXGLAND IN TuE “000D OLD TOMFS," Nothing Is known of the stylo'of d>mestio nr- chiteoture that provailed in Englavd during the reign of tho Baxons, Throughout tho Dark Ages, tho housos of the nobls and tho obacure woro bullt of wood and mud, and thatohed with straw, At tho time of tho Norman Conquest, ‘Winchastor wns tho Capital of Knglaud, and tho richost city in the Kingdom. It consiatod of slxteon atroots of low and olosely-crowdod huts, and jts businoss and teados wero carriod on In opon hooths or hutchios. London was at thin timo a smrll and mean town, with low wooden tonomonts borderng lte thoroughfares. For sovoral conturios after, thore f8 no rocord of etone houses rising on Its streets. 'Tho mansion of tho Norman noblo was probably superior to that of thoe Baxon Thane, yot it was constructed of wood, aud dofonded by palisades aud gates, aud & watcletower mupported by s monud of carth, The ‘*bharonial hall, fn which tho groat Lord kept Lis state, stood by itself in the court-yard, s slngle, largo apactmnont inolosed by four wallo, with sometimes a row of columns runuing through tho contre to support the roof. ‘Thiy rude structura was littla bettor than o barn, “gorving o tho dav-time for the patrinrelial hos- pitality of the owner, aua forming at uight o, gort of atablo for bis sorvants, to whose rude ac- comuwodation the 1aster’s was not much superior in tho adjofniug chambor, Tho fire was kindled In the contra of tho floor, and tho amoke made ita way out at tho door (which was large suongh to allow a mau o ride 1), a¢ the windows, or at tho eaves of tho thateh ; and sometimes by an oponing for the purposo, immediately over the tite. ‘Lo Lord or Priuce sud bis *hearth-mou,' ~—a pignificaut torm for frionds and counciilors,— &t by the same firo nt wmch {ueir repast was cuoked : aud at niuht thoy slopt jo his solar or chamber,—a custom lony continged in Frauce, whero, oven in the fourteonth century, the Kiug sometlmen distingurshed favored courtiory by in- viting thom, ons or more, to &bare bis bed, or wlocp In tho name apartment.” ‘T1o floor of this lordly mansion was of earth, and boro tho name of ** mnrsu,”—Aa term sug- geativo of its gonerally moist and filthy coudi- tion, At oue ¢nd of the hall was a dala raised & utep for (he proper elevation of the mastor aud hio poors above the muititudo of his servanta and rotafnein. Tho tables wero fixed fn tho groupd, or on treatles, aud Lhosents woro simply bonclios,—that on the dais baing vecasionaly of atone, nad ornamented with paint and };Hdlm{. Paving tiles came into use in the 10ign of IHeury TIL, {1 tue lastor part of the thirteonth contuiy; but the dwellings of tho commonalty still ro- tained their mud tloors or pavement of rough stone. In ordinarv houseliolds, one ecup of horn or wwood getved for the usa of the entire family, who ate fiom tho samo dieh; and, at tho toblos of 105alty, one trouchier was often wharod by the King and Qason. Earthonwars had not como {uto uso o late a3 Lhe firtconth contury, and domestic utensils wero mado almust axclu- sivoly of wood, Bpoons and aups woro fashious od of Liorn, excopt whero gold or silver could be afforded. A fow glass eups bod Loen introduced by tho Venotion tiado befors 1500, Bpoous and knives were in sullicient pleuty, hut foixs wero raro, When Edward I died, in 1807, among his possassions vero six silver forks and ono of gold. At oue time, when this King sufforod a robbery of a portton of his treasurcs, thero wera enumeraled, nmoog the articles lost, **a groxt pitchor with stones, and a oup with teot, a caso of silver, with gold spoons, besidos spice- dighos,” ete.; but no forks were mentioned in tho list, In addition to the great ‘‘hall,” which con- atintod the chief building 10 grand, es- (ablishinout, thore wore small and ' mep. azato houses standing within tho spaco incloged by palisades, Theeo contamed tho oflicos, tho kitchen, the Iader, the granory, ote.; all datinct, like the Lhuts of tha nogro house-goryants that used to gucround the man. ofon of o Southern planter. Thoy were con- neoted by passages and wooden galleries, angd their nutnber gave evidenco of the wealth and powoer of tne ownor. It wus the boast of ouo of the Norman Quoons that she could go from ber chinmber to her cliapnl dry-sbod, Tho ettend- auta of tho mastor of » castallum, or hall, woro lodged in tho single great aparlment, which answered for dming-room, assewbly- room, snd dormitory. Its indiscrimiuate use-| for tho lattor purpose was tho sourco of much Immorality, which is c3lobrated in tho sougs aud ttorics of the time. o tho twelfth cenlury, the practico of adding & solar or bod-room to tho main hall came gradually into fasbion. This consistod of a less pretontious buildiug, atanding st oue ond of the all, but baving no communication with it. The butlding was divided into two stories,—the under one being used as & cellar or storeroom, and tho unper ono, reached by an outsido stairway, o8 a chamber. ~ Lor several centuries, oven in Royal houges, this was the_ouly woll-appointed bod- roaw, and waa rexorted to, like tha salon of the presont dav, for all social purposes. It was white in their solar, sitting on tho bed-side, aurrounded by their Court, that, in 1287, Edward L and Queon Elesnor experienced s barrow escapo from a thunder-stroko during & terrific atarm. Provions to the thirteonth century, glass win- dows wore conflued to chuschos. Tho aportures for tho admission of air aud light were, in the bost rasidencos, clusod by wouden shuttors, lat- tices, nad fonestrals, The shutters bung from tho top of tho window, snd, opening outard, and supportod by a prop from Lolow, acted 29 au awning to carry off the water whon it rainaed. During the fourtoenth contury, the use of glass row niore commion, aud the upper part of win- fiu\vein balls and chambers woroe gluzed, while tho lowor part continued to b closod with shut- tora, All the glass camo from Flanders, and wag of o poor qunlity, very rough, andof a ecen hito, 1t way leaded togothor in small pioces for use in windows, and there windaws wors consid- ored #o precious that, down to Queon Elizabeth's timo, thoy were iaken out and packed away sntaly whenever a Lord and his famuly loft thew ball for n briof absence. An for interior appointments, the private louces of evory degree wers furvished with thesa in poor and ecanty measuro, Many walls wero vlustored on tho ineide, aud kept crupulously olean by tho frequont application of whitewssli, Hangings of an inferior description may havo curtained windowa and sorved a8 scroons, bul tepentry in not mentioned uutil about 1400, The colobrated Bayenx tapestry, wronght by Quoon Matide and Ler Iadies, was not futandoed for bangings, but to take the place of paintmm. Wheu tho tanestiv of Arras aproared, nonr 1850, iv was hung on tentor-hooks againsl the rough wal), and taken down upon every romoval; foi beds, hanglags, and other furniture, wers trans- ported with vho owners, Carved furniture came into fashion In tho fiftecnth century, but pre- sonted no variety or oxcolleneo of munuiasturs r‘.:utli‘l‘ the lutter part of the rolga of Queon Eliza- i TOE MOSCOW FOUNDLING NOBPITAL, Wo owe to a paperin Lippincot? the following particulars with regard Lo the great Foundling Hospitel in Moscow : Thara ara two priucipal stitucions of tho kind in Russia,—ous in 8t Potoruburg, and tha other—tho largost in tho world—in Aoscow, The Intter houso was tounded 110 years ago, ud is conductod on tho most humane and libersl priveiplos, It hason an averago 1,000 infauts inits wards, who aro attended by a8 mavy nurees, Tho number of infaots roccived m 1869 was 11,140 ; in 1870, 10,661 ; and in 1871, 10,760, Nearly balf of those atrive on the day of their birth, aud tho, rest beforo thoy have complotod their first weok, Thoy nre rotainod In the hospitul six weeks,—if thoir lfe chould last so long,—uand then ure sont Into the country to qivo with the famitiea of farmers. At o prover ago thoy aro taught somo useful trade, ond at 21 aro disobarged from' oflicial eare. In 1670 thera wero dwalling in tho rural districts of Moscow 82,083 of thess assistod foundlings, In 1871, 8,164 moro were sont out from the hos. pital, and 166 were received from another dis- trict,—~moking & total of 40,413, Of thuse, 0,413 died during the yenr; 1,824 wore dis- churyred, baving attuned tho nge of 21,—~leaving 82,170 ut tho closo of 71, Tho mortality amone the infants in the hos- pital 18 very great. Of tho 11,914 foundlmgs yo- eatved durlug 1869, 2,420 died undor § wooss old. In 1808 tho doatbs entounted to 30 porcent; in 1869, to 95 per cent s and in 1870, to 25 por cont. “ Evory day n hatt-dozon or mors littlo bodies are put Into littlo woodon boxes aud consigned to the onrth, A fow tormul words aro mutterod over them by tho privat, the attending phyatcian rubs tha numbera of the depaviod onos off his slate, tho muiron ordors the littlo boda to o mado afroely, aud the insticution yoes on ns usual, No loving’ hund udjusta tho tiny shroud, no pious tears badew tho lifelees littlo body, o mother's rayory wscend (o walt the lmiocont woul to henvan, A lano i it and blown out, and all is Qarkneqs a8 beforo,” A pariisl eaune for thiw mortality 4 _found In the frct that 48 per cent of the fouudlings aro itlegitimato, In this connoction it muy bo stated thut the ciireo of Infantivido la almost vuknown u Ruesin, The sanltary arrangements in the lmnpuu} aro quito parfeu l“l‘h: ulldlny'ln yopt : v ) p 3 e ————— thora Ia one for ovory ohild, are faithfal. Gnod Lrown broad and goat's milk 18 the faro proviled in abundauco for tao nures. ‘Cl onlldren have plonty of room oud fresh air. Thero are im~ proved nppllances for rearing tho faablo, axvel- lont modiaal attondanco, » wall-bestowed pune- macy, and o liberal provision of mouey, Saull e “mortality contintes, furnishing a stroug Arguwent sgatnst the Communintio thoory, TWUASIAN BCANDAL. In the long winter-oveniugs that aro now upon us, Lhero froquently aocur vacaut apaces whicl can bo most agreoably filled by games that will am180 & sgoinl circlo of any dimanslons, To thone who enjoy tiua apocies of entertainmont,— and almost all find it at times a convenfent ro« source,—~wo would sugpest, not ouly for the sport it sffords, but for the losson it (eachos, a game called **Russian Boandal.” In thisa atory Is ropeated in aceret by ono playor Lo anotber, untll it has passed around the wholo eirclo. Waen It has roachod the luet playor, it in repoate od aloud, and compared with th 1 oriainal version, from whict it will Lo touid to Lave 5o mmch chauged as to bo uttorly unrocognizable, Tho fun 18 180lized in noling the transtormation it Lixs undergons, "It will not only Lave bocomn ludicrously matmed and d storted, but_ it will often have recaived the mons fantastle sdditions of nvmmsXx duvuuld, pames, dutos, places, eto,, which each player’ will uvor that ho obiulued trom ha player before him, 'Theso enavges, which Liavo %0 distigured tho story, nro not, o course, thoe rasnlt of tutention, but of hoodloss vess and misapprobenuion : snd show how un- mmdful the average world is of accuracy in thooght and in wiatemont; how carclewsly it catchos at an idea, iguorant or {udiforent nhother a half impreasion or o wrong imression it guined of it, aud equally mutistied £ 10pro- duce 1t 1n & porvorted conditiou. Honce comes tho groat bulk of tho gowoip that is aflons, It arises thiough a process like that carriod on tn ** Ruesian Seandal," of thougutions repeutiona of & story whicl, simpls and tnrlulana iu tho be- giunl.g, becomes in tho ond a falso and mon— Hitrous thing, and 1o ouo s couscious of aiding in the vrimual transformation. TIOUCICAULL'S PLAYS. Mr. Bouolcault, tho most successful play- wTight of the day, Is tho autlior of upwards of 400 dramus, e bogau at the enrly nge of 19,— ** Loudon Assurauce * boing his fist, as it is his moat popular, composition. Harper's Weekly is tha authority for the following list of tug favorito plays, with tho numbor of timos thoy lave Leon performod. and the profits realized : ** The Colleen Bawn ” has beon prescutod 3,100 Umes; “Tondon Assursuce” 2,900; “Tha Streats of Now Yorl," 2,860; * Arrali-na- Togue," 2,400; “The Corsican Drothers,” 2,200 ; * Tho Octoroon,” 1,800; * Don Ciesar do Bazan," 1,700; “Rip Van Wiukle," 1,400 ‘*Used Up," 1,350; “Gild Heads and Youog Hearts,” 1,205 *The Witlow Copue,” 1,110; “ Formoss,” 1,100; **Jossio Drown," 820; *T,ad Astray,” 493, Othors of Lis plags Liave ad B ruo of from 100 to 1,000 ~niphta, ‘Lho total sumber of all the porformancos is es timated ot 560,000, Aasurning that the receipts of oach Forlurmuncu averaged ¥500. the puolia vave paid $25,000,000 to wituess these worls, The asmount of eontertainment deiived from them, each interested porson may employ him- solf in imagiming, Tho vrolits of ** L surancy,” when first ¢ Br- den Thaatte," wera $120,000. ‘Tho protts of ‘**The Colleon Bawn " wvnoro $200,000 in one yoar; tho profiis of * Arzah-na-Pojue,” S180,- 000, " Tho yross recolp:s of “ Lod Astray ' last year, at the Union-Squaro Thoutro, amounted to, 164,000, of which $80.000 was profits, On m%:«]n four piaces the theatyes have cioared above ,000. COLLZGIATE DEGREZS TO WOMEN, Denofactions amounting to £8,238,141 were made to universitios and colleges in the Unjied Btates i the year 1873, In tho samo yoar up- ward of 464 dogreos wero given to women in in- stitutions which afford them & liberal education, Of theso dogress, 76 wore givon in Tonnesses, 52 {n Goorgis, 37 in Kontuoky, 27 in Alabawma, 39 in Migsissippl, 16 in Toxas, 16 lo Sonth Carolins, 6 in North Carolina, 21n Louisiana, 62iu Ohio, above 40 by Vassar College 1n Now York, aud 88 in tho othor Northorn Statos. PHILOSOPHICAL SIHPKINS. Jobn Bimpking sat on a counter high 1n bis master's shop b n crowdsd strssd Seisbig bo 22, wils vacanl ove, And Toosely daugled lis Scie feot, ! Wuat to Blmpkine were dry goods then; What the sucantre of Cloul AL tapay” As}io drzamed Lia drosm of Drimeeval men Aud Darwiu's views of A sncieitt upe # Atomn and worlds and molocules Tiatled by fu a maze withs Lobbin sad $wisty Megalosatirus, neurotls, and apools, The moral law aud the Owuingen schist, eations mighty, of grave import, Q‘éuma i (wsved {5 Bis. Sybiny Gratven Bejonce, roligion, aquirt sud rolort, Cotton aud sufediluviin cain, Hs ronderod of many a brachiopod, Anthropold capars and etafuy tricks, Aud ho doubted whellier thsre was » God, And whothor tho boss would closs st iz, Customers came and customers went, Yot Bimpkins sat {n o study brown Never an var L0 onie ko leut, Nevar displayed & “ hund'me dawn,® Pondering still of sciencs rare, Streamy of stars and the toilky way, Floceull in the tadl of the Bear, And whether the Hebrow * yam " meant “ day,» At evo, when tho day of toll wae dane, Tho boes called Jobn to s aido sud sald * Philosoply Ul nover do Lero, Wy Kol You bafu't no 80rs of & buulncss bead, “ You'ro botunced, my son,” ITo bfed Lim awsy, Yet poudered siill of the brachinpod 3 Yet he sighed, “ It is Just os sue scicutlets ey, 1 alwoys kuow tast thero wusnt no God 1% 0 men, my brothors, Just think wlat you do When you turn the Loud of o {aflor's ulark Apd go ind givo bl a cosmc clew, "Whon fustodd of that ke shoild wind kis work, For tho wise should know whaiit la that wing “Tue atrife in thix dreary world of Wog,= Cosmio philosoply or pins, Evolutiou or ealea, —New York Grapine. S e Py Iow James Lick, of CaPifornia, Made Rt Grewt Corinaes From the Sew York 'ribune, James Lick 1w a nstivo of Fiodericksbarg, Pa., who learned tho trade of planc-making in Philas doeiphisa, in tho early years of thin contury. Hav~ iny a tasto for ndventure, which nas with bim nat incompatiblo with groat. indusry and thrirt, vo wout to South Amoriea, whoro be paxsed several yoara_ongaged 1n guy business which offored, sometimes making planos, somotimes dealiug in furs, but always gotting aliend, When tho Mex- jcan war throw Csliforoia into our bauds, and the 1mmored discoverics of old oxcited such ine tereat among Amerieans on the Pacifio_Coast, Mr, Lick resolved o seek his fortune in El Do« rado. Hin businens in Pora waa relontlessly pnce riticed, and Lo starled for Bun [Francisco Bay with §30,000 i casly, tho avails of propersy worth twico that sum. There woio very fow of tue ocarly enugiants who liad any ouch sum of monoy, nd atill fowor who had uich & hoad-placo a v curried oo tho aquare shoulders of the Ponnssl- vauis praco-makor. Ho bouslt a lot and a largo adove honso o the northeant cornor of Mont- gomery nnd Jaenson btreets, to koop his gafe full of doublvons in, and then bogan to look about Lim., Ho saw that & great town was kure to Fro\v up on those vand-uills, and he Jost no timo 0 selecting and buyiug tho most elixiblo posi- tionn in tho future city, ‘I'his wae in 1848, when thoro was only o strageling viitugo theto, and tho prices wliich Mr, Lick pald “wore usually above tho warket of the timo. Mo wanted ovly chiolco lots aud socure titlos. tlo kept hik owa counsel, and for yours aftorwards, when tho vig- ofouy young city was sproading out on every hand, thero wors many vacaut lots and blocks oconnying the biest sitnations whoso ownorship wab & miystory to ovory one ozcopt tho gulod spoculator. —_— —The best modorn example of the complote disappearauca of & book s ,mrl-n‘u afforded by Wirha Shadows of tha Clonds,” o volumo of short storios, Jamos Anthony Froude's firsl work, pubtished n 1547, It isnot only out of urint, bue out of every public library in Londoa, ‘nwludlngtlmurumh Musoum. 1w it was npie itod away from that would he an {uteiowtiug quostion for doteotivos, It has buon udvoriivo: for in London, with no rosponse, ' Everv publi Jibiary aud every autlquo bookstors in New Yori and oston has beon” soarched {n vain, —Om dosler in rate books iu Now York has two dozet wtandivg orders for it, but bas uover boou ubl, to Al s siuglo one, It s eaid that Alr. Iroudt wpent nearly all ho possessed iu unuinf la_tht first odition, aud suppressing Lho book. \Wha conld have boou lus wotive it would Iy intoresting to know. We helwve 1t wat U0k this haok, bnt Fathor ik Nomesls o Falth,” which, cost him his followship Oxtord, thongh both were condomned by the Universlty aulborities, Tho * Newoas ol ‘F‘nu}a': L’ now ou'l. ol print, but copies vemw 1