Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 19, 1874, Page 3

LITERATURE. 'TALIS FOR OUILDRRN, YR Maw ¢ THE MoON, ANv OTngn Proruw, By T . IuryonD. - Bquare 12mo, pp. 340 York] 3. D, Rora & do, L n0s P 310, New Tox FLOWER-TEOPLE. Dy Mre, Honaor ManN, Hew and tiovisad Jiitlon, Tiustiatod by Mris Gr ¥, Latunor, B vt 4 A et T ool phary 1o, ppy (1R, Boslea Breaiang LIcryeasss, Dy OumistixA RoAseTfL. With Pletures Thoreof by Antun Jluaites, 14mo,, pp. 90 Doston: Roborta Drothors. P, GnaNtT & Co.; on, Pantwrosiira: A Slory for tho Loya Who ' Mesn Buafuoso,” DBy Gonox L. Oainzr, 10mo, pp. 2L Baton: Roborts Lroil T, W. Rayntond is unmistakably Rosaltor V. Raymond, Ph, D., United States Commlssionor of Mining Btatfatica ; for wo dosery, in thls vol- uma of juvenila storios, the same commaudiug talonts, fino culturo, nnd rare gift of langusge, that mako tho Roports on the mining industrion of thoBtates and Torritories of tho Kocky Moun- tnios an intelloctual treat to all futorestod in their subject-matter. It {8 not ofton that & miud tratned in the sovero sohool of exact soloneo pro- morvos its natural froehnoss sud buoyaney, its love of mirth and humor aud of amusemont, fn flights of tho imagination ; and, when wa do find such a one, the surprise is a dolightful ono, Ar. Raymond ia that rara avis, s eavan oqually at home and happy in making up budgots of atatis- tica on abatruso nnd tedious affairs, and invont- ing fiction for tho amussmeont of litlo pooplo, His volumo of storios—~n Ohristmas-gift to tho young folkn—is eharming in ovory way, Bpark- ling, humorous, clover in coucoption and eon- struction, and skilfully imparting the wisost los- oo, it is the perfection of » book for children from 7 to 70 yoars of nge, Itis drossed, ns o gift-book should bo, fu s rich suit of musiin, trimmed lavidhly with gold. “Tho Flower-Peoplo,” by Mrs, Horaco Mann, bas, from its first npporrance, enjoyed mn ene viablo roputation, 1t ombracos s seriea of six- tecn stories, in each of which somo boautiful rop- xesontativo of tho Joral kingdom relates its bis- toryin o mast augaging wanuer. By this mathod n two-fold purposo 18 accomplished, and youny roadais aro affordod a considerable amount of {ustraetion in Ioteny, along with unalloyed en- tortuinment in & ploasant varrstive. ‘Lhio soft, pretty picturcs adorniug tho book ars the reoult of somo stvle of photographic procoes. Christina Rosciti's hittlo volume deoorves hearty praise with tho rest. Tho writor sits amid ncompany of young pivls, and, while thoy ply tho noedle, nmuses (hom with tales of fairy-land, Which, we do not nroed to uay, aro admirablo pro- cuets of the imagination. Thero ts also an in- rinuating moral peoping out from behind iho {inagery of overy ouo of thom, which adds un os- tantinl quality fo their value. When' sucli_writers as Nossiter W. Raymond, Lire. Horaco Maun, and Christing Rossetti dedi- t.to their talents €0 tho servico of young people, Low gratofully should both pareuts and ebildron tealizo tho favor, +But thera is still another book to be put in this ligt. 1o suthor, Goorge L. Chanoy, is a strangor to us; but, as n writer of Juveniles, he bins proved himsolf, in this single effort, wortly to atand on o level with thoso aliondy mentioned, Binco Miny Alcott began hor series for children, Lhis la tho firat book wo have soen that we could unresorvedly say wss equal ro tho best of hers. It has quite ber racy, rollieking style, aund is thoroughly jolly. Indod, wo don’s miod eaylug that It 18 % bully ;" for thatis oxactly low tho Yooy 8 will deseriba fu when they havo road it, 1But we sholl stand asids for a {6 momonts, and let the book speak for iteolf, Inan sccount of the doings of tho firm of Bubble, Burat & Co., thove is & description of privata theatricals got up by tho company, which ruus as follaws: Ecous, Darn-chambor, ‘lime, Holiday Aftar- noont THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATBRDAY DECEMBER 14, 187 rnsnulnd tho poot. Timnde him happy e an nnoosnt, unconecions child, throngh a Tong lifo of povarty and disappointment, No troublo conld pormanently disturd tho’ serenity of his mind 3 and, whon frionds failed, tho apirits com- plaisnntly miniatorad to him, and noothod evory Bonwo of Ulesntisfaction, A touching exprossion of tho cboarful, contentod nature of the man ia containod in tho sincors Invocation hs onco ut- tured in his old ago toa lovely little pirl: ** May God mako this world to you, my child, as bonu- titul a6 it baa boon to mo!” Aud this was the riohest blassing lie could ask for another, who had himuolf recolved In scantiont monsuro the jofl. aud rowarda ardinacily prized hy mankind, iako died in 1827, confldont to tho last that 1l hoe accomplistied T art wan owing lo tho ine apiration of the spirita constantly about bim, nnd that, therofore, 1t could but "bo true an noble worlk, It wan, indoed, much of it noblo work, adinired and honorod by thoao beat capa- ble of approciating tho purest nit; but thore was minglod with it no little that was grotosquo, and vaguo, and incomprehonsible, When Blako wag about 30 yonrs of age hio published a volume of “Bouga of lunoconce and Lxperience,” in- cluding alxty-oight lyrics, many of thoe beat of which bad boen composed bolwoon his 12th and 20th yoar. ‘Those pooms, swhich aro now rogard. cd with much moro esteom than In Blalo'y life. time, Wordaworth sald wero tho productions of **grent but undoublodly inssno genius," Iako wan too poor to bring out any more of Dbis veraco by tho ususl mathod, but ko wrota a vast doal, leaving at hlauanlhy it ia gaid by the nutbor of *AModorn Palutors,” not less than » bundrod MS, volumes, I'rom time to timo, bo- Blewly the curtain roeo, and, having been adjuated, expoed to full view the harrowing epectaclo of Will: $am Tell ahooting st an applo on the kosd of his funo- cont son, The Liaughty Gesslor stood by, enjoying the eport. Bubble took tho part of Toll, and Fred was tho “ protty, harmloss boy,” 1le looked the churactor chorringly, holding up his head, on which & big Daldwin applo rosted ateadlly, and looking into hiv ther's faco with & smiling confidenco In his ekill, ‘hore was uo roason why Do should not, The appls was only ulx inchies from the end of tho croes-bow, nd it saomed 5o i nothing could well be aafer thad Lio Loy's hend under thesu circumstances, Fortngately, thie stigo would mot aliow any grester distanco: but, 1€ (L e, Fred would not, 1o culy coneentod t0 talid Lo jurt of Teil's son on condition of having the archer st a Derfactly safe noarncss, Under theea conditions, even- tha audienca felt no anxlety about tho result, ' If the ppls had beon stuck ou the end of tho arrow, it could not Liavo seemed o much aurer thing than 1t aid to mortal sight, Lut thero's muny & 31ip botween othor thinks than tlie sup and tho ip ; for {nstauce, butween an artow and an fople i Inclies off. And when tho drawn bow wingud, aud the arrow went, thore wad roal surprisc, and 1n¢mentary terror, ot tho effect produced upon young Toll. Rubbing'lls scalp, whenco the Daldwin ad fdllen to tho floor, tho young Mope fl bagen to address father any. thing but complimentary terms. s begged to know if ha could hit an elophant o foot off, and asked what i timo lie meant by aliooiug Lo (op of bis head off ' These inquirles, put {n su_injured nnd Luligueat tone, and enforced by a drop of blood on Fred's Torehead, mudo the elder Tell Lulf-mad .tnd balt-sorzy, 1le 'and Gesalor fustantly examined tho wound togather, in tho mosk friondly mauner; but, Buding it only o alight scrateh, triud {o resuma ‘thelt Tormer atred, snd Jooked daggors at each other, But 1t vonid not 4o Tho Lragedy wes 0 roal to bs sa- joyed. As this notice is intended especially for our foung venders, wo shall givo thoso of thowmn who may nckneo tho book one more smack of itu spicy flavor : Mattl:aw was driviog s tandem-tesm one day, Bue replinluy was leader, and one of (he Muds wan bo- hind, Naw, if suything is mora tryiug to thu patience than ou turlle, it I two turties, he chancus of botl ngrecing 10 go {n the eame divection are ouly equaled 1Y (ho thances of their bold being willing 10 go at ali ol tho & mo thne, A lond of suud of oxtra sizo was to 13 delfvored willin ten minutea ot Rich & Co/s sand- yard, abont 3 feet distant. Tro minutes’ timo was alwayn given for atarting, ofter all wos rosdy. The 4wo turtios uat Immovablv for two minuies und thirty seconds. Really, thero was more motion In the load of £and thea inthem ; for soms of §t fell off by mmpleforcs of gratitation, Anybody who lisd nover sect turtle anfght hisve doubled which woy tho team was expectod 0 draw. It aecined an oven_chinnce whetbor tho sand would carry thio turtlea or the turtles thosand, Two tainuten and thirty seconds by Mattuow Word' axcited Dcart-beats, and at leogth tho shininig nosa of Bucopii- slus_opoesrs beyond the shell ; then his frackied 1 then two suaky eyes tlien tho long, leuder nosk, N could toil when o fost came, but there thioy ‘wete at last ; and, with & heave-ho, tho Snappor givonstart. DUt not 'so old Muddy, Thera be ast, slt up In & house ntudy, a8 f there woreno busfnesa i thio world but to Lide’ ono's Lead ond think, Matt lougrd Lo hit Lim, But what fs theuso? Xo turtie evor nioved at o Ulow, Bimpson wes for poldog Mim Lelind ; but Matt was 1o fool, altlough Lo wau guite erucl eriough ta do it It ¢ would do any gaod, “fry him with Lead-crumb, Matt, said Fred, “pivve all you kuow about it, Grant,” sald Matt, # Turiles alot chickony, ' 4 yuess clover would folch him," said Tom Smith, grinntl at bis own suggestion, o, uo,” said Jiminy ; oy 1k filos, ore'sono, Mati; ' and, with a quick suaich of B band, he caughit s iy th around the oatiyg-hatise, Biatt doigood 1o tey, the 1y, Nolding it Lefore old Muddy's month on tho and’ of & stick; but Muddy liked Iive gamo, and wouldn't come out for snything in sa, ** No go!” sald Prince, atopplng on his way to the barn, t9 watch the fun, * Why don't you try a spruce- r m plaster, Matthew ? Put it right on abead, aml it'll draw your whole team straight along, Warrauted | Lsatin' aliora 1 10 a word, the tandom~team waa s failure, and Matt h:lfllly favoup “the attempt to A1l his order with 080 turtlog,” VILLIAM BLAKE'S PORTIOAL WORKS, THE PORTIOAL WoRks oy WILLLAM BLAEE, LYRICAL ASD Misciaiaxeous, Edited, nith o Trofatory Blemolr, by WiLtiadt MicnaEl ROJSTTI 16mio., P2 84, Bastau: Loberts Brothors, Ono of the mout romurkablo of tho eccontrio pono of ganius was William Dlako, tho poet, do- aigner, and engraver. o wus born in London I 1757, and in his early youth gave proof of an sxtraordinary talont for the arta of drawing ond poetry. Asoarly, too, he gavo ovidence of o singularly vislonary tum of miud, whioh, in aftor-lifo, grined him tho titlo of ** Crazy Blako," evon by those who mudo the kindeat allowauce for liia unaccountable vagarios, in thene dayp, the poot who should declore with simple faith that tho souls of Lia doparted friends, and of the great ot the world's past his- tory, camo back to encourage and tuapire bim, retidoring thomsclves plainly visibls to hiy ranto- ¥ial sonse, would bo clanasd with tho great mul- Htude of Bpiritualiste, and no special remark mada upon his not-uncommon doluslon, But Blake was horn ninety yoara bafars the Raches. ter rappiogs had mede men familisr with tho iden that ghoata still inbabit the oarth, andsoma. times Indulgo s penchant for communicating vith apirita fn the flooh, Therefore, whon the fanclful poot gravely forbedo & friond to occupy w oortain ohair, bocause Lot wea just then uitting there, or ketched diligautly, for hours, whentho vision was on him, upon wolrd, shadowy heads, atudying oll tho while tho faco of Mosos, Danto, Homer, Milton, or eome other aupust personzgo who, he said, waw sitting for u portenit, sud wiiom La saw oloarly na fn Ifo In tho vacant apnca bafors him,)t Is not singuler that the world skeptioally shwok {te head and pronouncsd hlo wade Dot i, wan & awaal eud graclous madnass (hab ing donlituts of tho meaus of printing them, DBlako would ongruvn o volumo of his songs, in- torwoaving with tho toxt original illostrations, and, by tho solo Lolp of his loving, bolloving wifo, completo all tho processes necessary to presont it in porfect book-skape. o ho lived on, mausging to keep above actual doatitution, by hack-work at engraving, Lho salo of o water~ color drawiug or of o copy of his pooms, which, in everything but tho manufacturo of tho papor, wan the work of his own brain and hand, supplo- monted by tho labor of hig wife, whom Lo edu- L'ull?d and influencod till she wao but s second self. In 1863, o biography of Dlake, with solections from his pootry, was published by . Gilchrint; and, since thon, through o eritical cssay by Mr. Swinburne, and prifited portions of lis pootry, tho roal charactor of his gonius has beon ro- yonled, Tho prosont edition of his works is tho firat which has hoon %\‘nn to tho Amotican reador. It includes tho Pootical Skotches, Songa of Innoconce and Experlence, Thol, "Tirlol, and various miscollancous poems culled from tho M8, volumen. Tho momoir introducing them presouts a careful aud geninl uualysis of tho poot's achiovoments and charactor. Iu style it strikingly rovembles tho wriling of Dante G, Roesottd, tho paintor, and a brother of the editor, The book is reudered complete by a portirait of Mr. Bloke, ROVELS. A ¥orraony Coxorusion, By W, D, Howzres, Author of # Venetian Life,” *Thelr Wodding-Jouruey,” ste, 12mo,, pp, 205, Boston: James it Oegood & Co, s Two Wives, By Many OLEMMER Astxs, Anthor of *A Memorial of Alico and Phwbs Cary,” etc, Yimo,, pp, 685, Now York: IHurd & Houghton, Mr, Howalls liss givon us nnother of hiy deli- clous compositions, Call it & novel, romanco, whatevor you pleaso : it remaing, undor any name, o pura proso-poom, W 1o 1nore earo to analyzo its constituents, or defino its charcter, than we akiould if the theme wero actuslly arranged in matre, Thoreis n subtle, indelinable grace porvad- ing tho wholo thing, —plot, porsonm, details, and diction,—~that completely captivatos tho fanocy, and rendors us oblivious or indifferont to faulis, if thoro be any such marring the perfection of tho work. In fact,did violations of probability in the conduct of the narrative etare us diroctly in the faco, we should rather rolich thom then otheririse, na affording the mors couspicuous ex- amplos of tho author’s poculiar art of investing evory acone and clreumatance with some special boanty. Is thero a glamour on the oyo, making things in fact or in fancy scem moro trus, more lovoly, than thoy reslly sra? Who would have it wipod away that doformity might bo known to bo do- formity, or faluchood oven oxposod in ita natural ughnoss? No, rathor let us bs deluded in un- important things, 12 5o ba wo grin the infinite comfort of bellevivg snd admiring, where, oluo, woro the light thrown on, wo should flud far less charm or merit than we had puepected. Thus wo shall not inapect closoly the mechenism by which Mr. Xow- olls produces his charming offocis, Leave that to cold-blooded critics, who would tear a rose in picces to discover ité anatomy or tho so- oret of ita fragrauce. The tiile, ** A LFaregono Conclasion,” secems utterly unwenning boforo reading the baok ; theu it nesumes an apt signiicance. When two youug pooplo of opposite soxod, with hoarts dis ongaged, and atiractive persons, aro thrown wmuch together under propitious circumstances, it may bo accounted a foregono conclusion thni they wall fall in lovo with each other. And ko thoy do in Mr, Howelle' ntory, DBut, unbappily, thaere ara three youug peapia in this case,—twa gontlomen and a lady,—and, a¢ the last, ono of the masculine &ux-der must necos- earily bo saorificed. Who unfortunate ono is _tonlly tho tnore winming of tho two, and gets strong hold of the render's sympathios; and, when big lifo pays the forfeit of a too fervent atlachment, there is o siucere mourner in oyery iodividual who has followod i welancholy bistorv. Wo abstain from any fur- ther hint rogardiag tho story, save that it s lo- cated in Voutce, and that whoovor would onjoya pleasuro akin to a visit in porson to thut famed old city, tho beantiful Brdo of the Adriatio, should go zlong with 3fr, Howells in this mugin- ury teip of bis dovisiug. ‘Thoro is too nmck by balf of *His Two Wives." Not that we objecl to s man's_ marry- iug twice, if ho bave the iuclination, and can do 50 logally, nor to tho novelist maling uso of such & circumsatanco us tho pivot oo which to hingo his stratagoms. Our stricturo rofors axclusively to the 1oordinato longth to which the bistory of tho affair has been drawn ouv in tho present instancs. Thore must bo uncoai- plon vigor and power in & story to sustaiu it tlu-mx;{;l nearly 600 pages. And this, if tho truth Lo uaid, tho uovol under notico quito fails of do- ing, Tho aotion is clogged with descriptive possages jutroduced ot overy possible oppor- tunity, which, though readable in themselvon and in their approprinte placo, woar out the pa- tionco whon the mind iy 1ntont on the movemont of adrams. A multitude of unuecessary dotaits, too, cumbor the narrativo and wosken its intor- ost, Then tho subject is too mubjective. Wo aro madn coustantly to focl thativ is tho writor'y wolf who i talking to us through (he mouths of ber various charactors, ‘Chio art of makini thess indopondont, spontaucons, aud originsl, is laci- tng. ‘Lhoy aro all more or less obvious roflec: tions of their author, sud are like a company of wsx figures, copies of tho wamo model, but dreesed in divorse garnents, and tryiug to paos themuolves off for distinet personagos. The re. sult is & monotonous and tiresomo display of idontical sontiments and manners. Afra. Amed in n vivacious aud facile writer, with o faculty for graphic description, which sho, however, too often suftieru to tempt her into diffusenens snd exuggoratiou. Theso last blom- ished are eospoowlly mouicoablo In a work having the magnitude of & noyel, 'There ia wothiug moro distressing than belng oloyed with honey, or with superiluous snd ecutatic adjec- tiyos, THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE, HOENZA OF TUZ AGH; OF, CONUEQUENGES INSOLVED I Sopkny Tihovant. ' Dy Hessr O, PRDDEB, 12mo,, pp, 176, New York: Aua K. Butta & Co, The key-note to tbis work ie etruck in the fol- lowing passago, closiug tho chaptor on * Anclont TFaith and Moral Culturo™; Altuough the presant ago 8 characterized by a graals or (rodluous of fealing Hiz tho tuat, aud wlthough it indicutos very strougly A returu tutho Grecln spirit, whicl sougui for benuty everywhere, we ure, also, vory powerfully iufiueuced by thuss conditions of Tigld mornlity Which Christiaulty bas dewonstrsted to by ‘boyond s doubt tho wifeguurd of uatious and indlvid- uule, 10 onoucuee, the ulin of cul(ure i8 necesoarily to disapute muny sbsuvdities which now exe iat under the guise of thcological dogmes ; but, in an- othor and ptil} woro important soude, ita objoct fa to elevale our views of Qod sud Mun, t enlargo (ho Lorizou of our fntullectust life, aud thus to st na gradually Inta s higher condition of conaclousness and nobiee exintence, In tho traasition, what matters 1t ¢ sowma of our pet theories and long-chorished dag- 1nan aro proved untonable 7 1n the niidst of thja over- changing panormna, thers niust always remain ono auprome aud fundamaentul act, viz, 3 Lirror v norlal, aud eaunot live forever § truth s fmmortul, sud can= notdle, . o o L' u yeoot axient, ¢ geems wunzvoldablo that s very It portion of our timo whonid he spent in unlearn= tng $ho osvors of tha yant, ‘Chla fu trua of natioas and a o Jean than of tndividuald and taelr brief period of eistenc, Yot, true 3t it Iv, it 14 alvo ovident, on a careful exaimiuation, that thore is x busutiful luw of coutinuity controlliug nud Lurvading the general brogeesa of to lumiai rata. Divcuuraglug a5 the conitions may koein_to sunia of s, it will alwaya be fouid, $h o jony vum, thut sl uotuntions of thouyht all graations of intellict, all rerolutions o tie warld of wind, ura but g0 uany contrimktionn of tho guv- Hina sud hupartant teuth espresuod by Faseal: ¢ Ha. ity fa but & tan wiko lives perpatuslly and learns conlinnully,» I'ho buok is to ba reckoned among that increas- Ing claus of wourks which endsavor to Lnterpred tho spirft of tho ago, and to show that, in the raging, and to somo nlarming, strifo botweon Belence and Thoology, though tha latter: may go down, genuino religion, which conulatu In wor~ ship of tho truo and sspiration for tho good, must inovitably survive, It is not one of tho most brilliant attempts of the kiud, but, as far saits Influonco oxtonds, it will sorve s usoful purposo, Tho author brings to hls task conaid- erablo rosoarch, and n capacity for investignting questions without prejudice. ~ i froedom from Dian and narrow-mindedness inspires contidence snd givon his words welght. Ths nawubor of akeptice, willing and unwilling, 18 ognatautly inoressing. It fa for them that works of this sort havo a ministry. 'Thore in mlng n doubting and tronblod soul, whose faith In Chriatiznity has boon sbattored by contact with the provalent theorics of Sclenco and Phi- losophy, who yot long for an_sssuranco that thoro {8 a Goil aud a future, and that it js not on aot of imbecilily to bow tho Liead in prayer when Lhera fn noodd of avinflux of peace and patience. To wuch, the calm ronsoning of writern like tho Prnunnt one is full of comfort. It can inspiro 1opo and boliof, and urge to continned sting- {zllng with the powern of evil, when tho toneh- ngs of rigid consorvatiam would hiave no effoct. THREL BOOKS OF POILMS, Acnost Tnx ks, AnD Otuen Poxms, Dy Tromas B. Ontanp. 8uuaro 10mo., pp. 66, Price, $1. Chl- cagot Jansen, MeClurg & Co. Porsts oF Tie fanat axn Firpminz, Dy EgaeneJ, 1iALr, Author of A Winter Night,” otc,, etc, lusteatet, Svo. pr 14 Prico, $1.75. "Oulcago s Jansan, McClurg 3 OLD-TIMR VICTURES AND Bnzaves or Ruvue, Iy Bexaanie B, ‘Tavvon, Autbor of “World vn Wheels,” ete. ‘Fourth Edition, Tiiustrsto, Siuare 12mo, pp. 184, Chicago: §, G. Wrlggs & Co, Our Chicago publishors contributo thess three handsomo volumes to the already-plothoric col- laction of Loliday-booke that glow, in tho pride of gay bindings and gilded odges, on tho shelves nod countors of tho book-merchants, irresistibly tompting tho gonerous-mindod to lavish oxpond- ftures, In extercasl appesrance, Wo may ag- sort, with justifinblo prido, that these products ot Lho Obiesgo press will hear a favorable com- parison with the 1nost tastoful publications {sanod this sonson. The firsl ono of the triad isn dainty little book, inclosiug four poems by n Cbleago burd who has never befors swopt hislyre in presenco of tlte public, Tho Initial poom, which gives titlo to tho volume, i8 gracefully introduced bya fow lines explaining the timo and motive of its origin, from which wo quote: “Tho ses, asa picturo of lifo, Lias beon celobrated by tho poetic thonght of oll ages; and the author will, thero- fore, bardly hopo to offer much that ia new in tho followingz veracs. His only oxcuso for so worn a thowmo fg, that tho world still loves tha icturo; and that oach genoration can, at ost, but resot the old jowels of the past.” Thore is promive in tho sentiment and thio Janguayo of this prefaco, which pleusantly disposos Lhie reador toward tho singer. In tho first, a8 in tho remnining picces of tho col- lectivn,—which oro entitlod, respectivoly, ** The Sovon Bloepers,” ** A Legeud ot St. Joun,” and “Tho Bloseod' Vale,"—the suthor, displnys a warm {maginution aud a copious uso of mutaphor, He has, morgovor, a fina oxr for meioay,—his lines being rhythmical in messuro aud tunoful in thoir flow. “2'ho poems aro neatly not on a pink-tinted page, adornod with woell-cut bead and tail piecos, and onvoloped in oxcoedingly protiy covers. “I'ho publishoers have been wincly guided in thoir deoision 10 put the poems of B. &% ‘Taylor ioto o Loliday garb. This writer is growing moro and more o favorite with tha pooply, as ths con- stantly-1ncraasing saleof his boos toatifien, nud thero must "bo a lurge circle of admirers who will rejoico at the opportmuity to pro- curo his pootical works [n a8 suporicr edition. As we have horotofore called attention to tho beauties of Mr. ‘W'aylor's verse, it 4 but neces- oary nuw to commont upon the style in which thoy aro presented. Lho volume rotains its oig- sond gizo, but the pages are ombollished with s red lino, gilt odgos, and numorous illustrations ; whilo tho covers aro ornumonted with » neat de sign stamped in gold. In all respcots, the odie tion doos eredit to poet and publisher. THE HUMAN VOIOR. TRE VoIo® I SPraxing, Translated from the Ger- mau of EMMA SEILER, member of tho Awmorican Thilosophicat Socisty, aud_suthor uf “ ‘Ihe Voice in Bluglog.” By W. I, Punskes, D. Do Mombéz of tha Auerican Philosoplical Socicty, 13mo., pp. 164, Fhiladelphia ¢ J, B, Lipplucott & Co, Tho slgually-ablo charaster of AMadam Seiler's treatisa ou ** Tho Voicoin Singlog” has pre- pared the readors of that work to welcome cor- dially 8 now vssny from tho same suthor on a kindred topic. Wilth the ulmost pationco and thoroughness of study and expeniment, Madam Soilor hay fitted herzelf for oxplaining tho meeh- anism and the functions of tho veeal organs, Bbe ling gono to tho vory foundation of the subject, and, accomplishing what has novor beon sttompted beforo, hias clucidatad thonatural lsws upon which all the sounds gf the buman voica are basod. JIer work is manly scientific in its chisractor, being devoted almost wholly to o winute und complete explanation of tho methoda by which the action of tho voice in spcaking sbould bo rogulatod, It diffors from ordinary works on eloeution by paying littlo at- toution to tho modulatiou of “the voice, and to tho particular boautivs of cxpresrion. Tho chiof object hold in viow is to exhubit the lawson which melody, fullness, distinctness, and rench of voico depond, oy, when these aro onco pore foctly undorstood and resolutely put in practico, the ert of corvect and Dboautiful vocalization is epredily attained. Tha work will bo regarded with antisfaction by thoss who would not merely acquire the super- flcial gracea of olucution, but would, by diut of upaparing study, learn how to uso their voicon naturallyand rightly,—thoreby avoiding uunscos- mary wear of the organs, ulcerated throats, and iutlamed trachoio, and 2cquiring un habituslly alogant and socurato style of epeslwg, SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. TR Live Avn Tiies oF Sz Piucte Smxer, New and lensed Editiou, with Iudos, ete, 1o, pp 280, Now York: J.D, Yord & Co. W0 bave Lorowith o neat cdition of & work which wes oniglonlly published In 1858, The book 18 valuable, not only for it well-deineatod por- trait of Sidnoy, but forits comprohensive picture of tho ngo in which he lived. History hus rop- resonted Sir Philip as the most boautiful orna- mentof Quoen Elizaboth's roign; touss Hor Majesty’s own wards, as ** tho jowel of hor do- miuions ; * but, conapicuona ss Lia always appaars awong tho brilliaut throng of his contewpora. vie, it ia ever In public, surrounded by o courtly, circlo, that ho is visible. Of his private lifo wo catech briet and lofres quont glimpses, Of personal auccdotas, almont nouo Liave como down to ug, suvo that exquisite slory of tho horo's unsoltishaeys, whou, struclk with death on tho tiold of battle, aud covauming withh thivst, he gontly took uniested from hin owa parctied lips thoe procious cup of cold wator, ond, bunding 1t to a dylug soldier besido bim, whoto oyen aloue could oxpress tho paluful long- iny; for some higuid to slalto tho bitruing fovor, sanctified tho suorifice with tho shupla words, - *Phy necepsity is greator than minel” Eut the presont nuthor bas supplied tho de- fleionoy in tho momornils of Biduoy, in a great dogree, by furnishing careful dotaila of ail the pubhic oyentu with waich be swas connsoted, and malting it clour what part bo 1ok, aud how lio sequitted bimeolf, Tho stately siylo of the writor is in tine keoping with tho atatoly subjoct of themomoir, Thoags of Siduey wins b ago of pedantry, when, i miannors and couversution, al remnnu ot high degrov atrovo to nmintain thelr diguity at o forcod aud unuatuial slevation, ESSAYS BY THI RSV, DR. HOPKING, Brazmara AND DeAusy: Discussions ror Youna M. by Mank Uiy, D. D, New York: Dodd & Mead, The graduatos of Willlama Oollege will at once recognize, in the nineteon essoys of tho venos- able ox-Prosident of that inatitution, his Bacoau- lerato sermonw. Thoy aro unaccompaniod by tho toxts; but they contain tho subatance of his discusslons at- the Comwencomonte for many years, Tho thinking pub- le, nud ocspecinlly ' tho pautors and mambers of what aro gonerally known o8 tho or- thodox churches, will givo the volumo w cordiel waolcomo, L'roubly no bool of it size contuing o moro practical or a beller compoudivm of Christian cthics applicd to tho dutics of lifo, or @ greator varlety of facts rud principlos, all B- Iuatrased In tho graplio stylo of tho autlor, No abgtract of theso discoursos will be nocded to ate tract the atlontion of thoso who are ot all famil. iar with the iustructions or the books of Dr, Hopklu, TOR GIRTS, Tarxs Wity Cinus, By Avsusis Lanwzn, 10mo,, pp. 049, New Yorks Nelvou & Phlllipd, Out of & loving regard for young gitly, and » norfoun Intorest In thelr woll-dolvg, lLus this volumo origluated, Xtlsa meries of shord leo- tures, talks, or sermons, on some of tho topien that most affoot the usofuluoss and bappinors— bleasadnens were tho bettor term—of glrl-lifo. Thoy are ernest, sonsiblo, practical ; abounding In tho mort of ndvico a wino and judiclous mother would jmpart to Lor daughtors, Thoro 18 no particular charm in tho style to giva them popularity, but their wholesomo teaching will commend them to tho earnost-minded. ‘The following oxtract, takon at random from tho tatk * About Hiome-Making," may bo taken a8 o fair samplo of thomatier nud mannor of tha cotiro work : A homo s iol 20 langible & thin oA o somelimes think it s, It §s not & houss il with comfortable, or oven clogant, furnituro, It f8 tho unitod_loving npiit of tha poopla who liva in tho houso, Withou: thia apirit of loving unity thora s no homo, thougl thera may bo n convenlont aud handsoma sholter that oon by that name,—n placo to cat and slesp in, to_ re. cosve company In, and In which to eshibit fina élothes, Tlome I8 linrmony. 1t 1s thla X would beg you to learn hiow (o croste, DOOKS RRORIVED, ‘Tur Boox or Jou:; A Rhythmlical Version, with In. troduction and Annotaflons, by Drof,’ Taviwun Lewts, LLD. A Commentury by OTTO ZOOULER, D, D., Frofessor of Thoology at Griefawald ; Trans: Iatsd from the German, with Additions, by T'rof, T J. Evaxs, 1, D., Late Thoologdcal Beminary, Clucine Hati, O, Togoliier witha Qeneral Introdaction 10 the boctical Books, by Puttte Bouorr, 8vo,, pp, 033, Now York: Berfbuer, Armstrong & Co, Gop 1N lusaw Tuovenz; or, I v & Sl Traced in Litorature, Anclont 'sad o) 5 3 i ‘Timo of Biehop Butler. Wit & Closing Cha) 5 ) the Moral Byalom, wid sn Engile rviiogi frum Bpencer to Butler, By I, I, GiLLETT, feasor of Political Belenco Iu ‘the University of if" City of Now York, Author of “Lifo and 7imes of Jolin Huss,"otc. ' 1n two volumes. 8vo., ppe 83 New York ¢ Scribuer & Armatrong, Exrosrrouy Notzs oX T Boox or Josnui, By lowanp Onostiy, Pastor of tho Fonrth-Avenuo Iresbyterish Clinccl, Now York, and Ghancallor of 1o Uilverity of New York, 1%mo,, pp, 936, New York: Robert Coates & rothors, * Eating For Brursatn: A Book Comprislng: 1— Tan Seloncs of Eating, 2—Receipta for Wholesome Cookery, 3—Roceipis for Wholesome Driuks, d— Answerx to Ever-ocutring Questions, Dy AL, L, loLAnoox, M, D, Editor of the Herald of Heaith Alded by Numerous Competent Assistznta, 12mo., ¥p. 167, Now York: Wood & Holbraok, BOIRNOK OF BUNADILITY (INTELLIOENOE) OR_ Btsrin EnpsenT oF Soun; aud the Spirit of Lifo aud Origin of Spectes, and Natural Caugo cf {he Cou- stancy of Each Spocionto Jis Typs, By Sonn Nai- s0 HsiTu, 12310, pp. 268, Dhitsdeiphing J, B. Lipplucott & Co, Auzusy Lzaves : Pooms by 8, Cortisow, Becond Editfon, 19ni0,, pp. 111, London : Samnpson Low, Marston, Low & Searlc, PERIODICALS RECRIVED, Tuternational Review for January-Fabruary, 1876 (Now York aud Chicago: A.8, Barnes & Co.). Tha firat numbor of tho ducond volume of tho Internationalmaintsins tho decoroualy-heavy tono which has marked tho magazino from the slart, Tho publishers invito contributions from tho young men of tho country. Thoy corfainly need a littte sparklo in thelr pages, befora the lattor can bo comparod with thosa of the stand- ard English quarterlics and mouthlies. The Westminster Review, \bo Forlnightly, and the Contemporary, all troat of what might bo called heavy thomes ; but thoy bandlo thom with s Mghtuess aud a brillaney which the Inlernational lacks. Tho latter, nevertholess, 18 somothing of 8 crodit to American literaturo. "The opening articlo of tho curront numberisby Prof. James Al. Hart, on *Viouns and the Cen- tennial” 1t is a well-writtou account of an old themo, valuablo moro for ite dotuils about tho Ceutennial than for nuvthing else. Ltis out of place in tho Iulernational, but would make a good Bunday sitpploment for a Pliladelphia papor, rrof. August Vogel, Liobig's successor st du- pich, oulogizes the work of his great predecessor con smoro, and wisely takes only sevon Imgnu to do ft ju. Tho third article s o roview, by Dr Jamos D. Miles, af tho oftort of fthe Ausociution for (Lo Reformn and Coditicationof the Law of Nations, 1t bas & littlo too much of Dr. Miles in it, but 19 wmore thun rendablo. Trof. Angelo do Gubor- vatis, who, wo are glnd to see, Lins been socured by tho Keviets, contributes an excellens study of tho university-ayatems in Italy, His scathing picturo of the way 1u which degroes are couter- red, and of tho resulte of n multiplicity of col- legos, should be read carofully in Onlo, aud, in fact, throughout a country which calls evory sehool = colloge, and studs tho [and with lh'ugfliug uoctarian * universitics,” The Ifon. T. M. Couloy, of Michigan University, uses 81 largo pagea in on ablo attowpt to show that tho Ruiodo Island and Arkaumas casos, nud the Supremo Uourt decisions, huvo settled thac tho action of tho P'resident and Congress in re- ward 10 tho legality of & Stato Govorninent 18 not subject to judicial raviow, and that s decision by tho propor Hiate hibuual of tho logality of & claim to the Gubornatorinl Chair is nur sabjeet to roviow by tho autherties at Washiugton. T'hess two poiots are sowowbat contradictory, Dr. McCosh tries to anmbilste Tyndall, in the closing articlo, The religious prejudices of tuo reader will probably decido whather lio does uo or not. The cusay iy, of courso, stamped strongly with McCosk., It iy o8 good and au bad 23 must of the doughty theologian's work. The booi- roviows are, as usual, oxcellent, espocially tha ouo on rocent Italinn publications, 'Lhiy is, wo prosume, by Prof. Do Gubesnatis. Tlis numbor of the Infernational is much o~ forior to too last. Wo tiust it s not a fair sampls of tho recond valume. Allantic Monthly for January (II. . Houghton & Co,, Doston), Contouts : ~ ** Roderick Hud- son.—I. lowland,” by Heory James, Jr.; “The Virginis Campaign of John Brown— I. is Yoars of Lveparation,” by I, B. Sanborn ; * Autumn Daysin Wemor—X." by Bay- ard Taylar; * Futz Reutor,” by T. 8, Yerry ; ** Wilhelmina," by Coustangs Ionimoro Wool- son; ** Touckung Vimtants from a Higher Lifc— A Chaptor_of Autobiography,” by Robert Dale Owon; *OId Tunes on tho Missisuippie, by Mavk 'Cwaiu; *Tho Amoricanized Europon, Ly Oliver Wendell Qolmos ; ** Our Post-Olilcay, by Gurdiner J, Hovberd, Pontry: **Tho O Iridgo at Florouce,” and ** Charlen Sumuer,” by Heary W. Longfollow ; Woman's Word," l‘? Llizebeth Btuart Pholps; * Lost at Sea,” by T B. Aldrich ; “*Ruchant by MMra, 8. M. B, Pi- att; *Growil and Age,” by R. I, Btoddard. J}m-per‘s Magazine for January l(Hm-por & Drothers, Now York). Contouts: *Tha Aucient Ciwy" (concluded), by Constance Fonimare Wool- aon; *Two Bicetches,” by Ruth Dana ; * Georze D, Prootice," by Juniua Ilenri Drowne; **Rape of the Gamp," (conlinuod), by C. Walsh Ma- son ; ** Tho Firep Contury of tho opublio (‘Third Paper.)—Mechanieal Progress™ (continued), by Edward H. Knight; **Ismailia,” by S. 8. Conant ; “Tho Story of tuo Thrac Bears,” from *‘ Tuo Doctor; *“A Modorn Lohengrin," Ly Virginia W. Johnron. “Tho Republican Movemont iu Europs" (Fiftoenth Pnr»r) by Emilio Castolar; A Galn Night in Russla,” by Thowman W, Knox; *'‘he Mau Who Wus Like Shakapeare,” by Will- iam Dlack, Pootry: “I'he Childron's Night," by Zudol Bowes Buddington; **Tho Rivals,” by Tichard Henry Ktoddnrd; **A Cry from tho Shore,” 2ud ** Lovo's Imagination,” by Nelly AL Hutehinson. Galazy for Junuary (Sholdon & Co,, New York). Contants: +Toeah: A Woman of Fash- fon " (continued), by Mrs. Annio Edwards: “The Thoutre Francais," by Albert Rhodes; **Too Lato," hy Ltaso Torry Cooke; **Tho War- lack of Windbags," by Junine Hourl Browno: “A Noraemau's Pilgrimage,” (continued), by Mjahnar Mjorth Boyowons *The Nativo lacos of America;" *Under tho Roof With Homo; " “Whoro 1t Endod." by A, I O.; * What is tho Maller? I Anythlnf: tho Matler 2 by Licbard , Kimball; A Tuguo lu Cavon For," by Diohard Grant White, Popiry: *‘River Lil- {ea,” by I\ W. Bourdillon; * November in the Marshos,” by Chearles Dawson Shanly; Corinna Canfesion," by Howard Glyudon 3 * Southward,” by Willism W. Morlaud; ** With Words, Lsmeralds Boylo; ““Snow Droams," G. P, Lathrop, The publishers of Galary avnounco thet **During the coming year n sorics of ayticles {s promised by prominont Houthernora, glving the Cunfederato sido of tho Waur from it wilitery and logislative ntand- points, L'rof. H. If, Boyescn will ¢ atory ealled **A Norsonina's Pilgrimago.” Albort Ruodos will bave n sorios of - porsonal sketchion of leading Europesn stateumen. Justin McCar- thy ond Mru, Edwarda will ehoh bave soriel sto- ries during tho cooung year. Hichard Grant White will bave musfea) disoussions, cto." Lippincolt's Magazina for Jasmary (4, 15, Lip- placott & Co., Pliladelphin). Coutents: **'Cia New lypariou—From Puria ta hlnrla by Way of tho Rbino. XIX—Tying up tho_Clews” (con- uhldn(l), by Edwnrd Straban; * Following the Tiber "—I.; ** A Night at Cockhoolat Catle,” by tho author of * Blindpita"; * The Losden Ar- row," by Edward . Bruco; *Malcoln " (cop- eludod), by Qaurge Macdauald; *The ftago in Italy,” by R, Davey ; *Thrse Foathors” ‘(cou- tnuadl), by by Willinin Tlagl ; ¢ Ou_tho Via San Hasllio,” by Borl Marbla; *The Parsees,” by TFaunio Ropor Fendgo. Pootry 1 **'the Paradoz,” Uy Cliclotta 1%, Hatau; +Tvo Mircore.* by I A, Tillard; * A Clivistaias Hyma," by Thomus Bu- chinnsa Road, Overland Monthly for Docembar (Joha 1II, Qurnmoy & Co,, Ban Franciveo), Contenta: # Violots and Viu‘lut Slrin[id " Yert IL, by Hlina E. A, Kinnun; ¥ Commorclal Corporationn,” by B B, Tuylorg 'ho Origan of Minoral Cual® by A, Jaquith; *'The “Cabin at Phwfaoltd “Tord" by = Heuy " King i Jalin Htnart 3111 and Alra, Taylor'’ by Mio, 8, D, l{eushaw; ‘'Buacklefost Ham,\" by J W ;] throwa the walls of that whera it occirs, TWELVE PAGES. 3 Gally; **Btudies in the Blerra- XI._ Formn- tion of Bollo,” by John Muir; *The Californin Indiaus—No. XIIT, 'The Patweens,” by SBtephon TPowors ; * Daucrolt's Natlve Itncen,” by J. Ross Browno; * Jobn Dobore,” by Walt, AL Fisher, Pootry: 'In Bautn ~ Marla—Torcello,” b Jonquln Miller; * Novarro,” by _Charles U{ Shion s ** A Myth of Fantauy and’ First Lovo,” by B, It. Bill. FIRE-PROOYF BUILDINGS, ‘What the Hon. George P. Mnarsh Says Abont tho Safety of Itallnn Edifices =Why tho italinns Are Not Troubled with Fires. #rom the New York T'imes, Tho fotlowing statemnents ah to tho mothods of firo-proof construotion cmploved by the Italians Liave boen communicated by tho Ilon, George P. Marsh, Uniled Statos Envoy Extraordipary at Romo, to a frlend In this city, and by the congont of tha writer are herowith givon to tho publio: FIRE-PROOF CONSTNUCTION IN ITALY. Deatructive firos somatimes ogeur in Italy in. megnzines and other buildings where great quan- titles of combustiblo matoriala aro storod, and alao In woodon structures, in the raro cases in which such are built ; but In stone ar briok pri- ‘vate houges or othor buildiogs, the fire ia almost alwaya confined within tha™ walis of the houso whoro it origiuates, aud, tho party walls und othor outside walls being ~ thick, it raroly communicates to adjacant “buildinga ru'x ovor- havo never witnossed or heard of thoe sproading of a fire in any of tho many Italian towns I am fa. millar with, Tho houso in which T lived many yoars at Floroneo, and which {a still oceupied by my family in the summer months, is known to havo been an old houso 460 years ago, and most of tho fow ariginal timbera " employoed in 1Y, in- oluding ovon tha rafters, romnin ot only un- burnod, but sound and servicenblo. I give a de- seription of its conatruction, and this is, with oc- casionzl variations, the goneral typo of the old and subntantial dwollingo of Florenco and most othior 1talian townu, ‘Tho outor watls are of rubble masonry, and vory thick, They are not lined with furring or othormise, and {ho plastering in applicd dl- rootly to the lunor surfaco, In many of tho bottor clnas of Italinn housea o liniug, or rather # thin detached wall, of brick—I havo soen such in rooma moro than 20 feet high of brick laid odgowise, ond only 2 inches thick within tho inoer eurfaco of tho outor wall to roceive the plastering. 'Ihis inner wall {5 stiffoned and bound with tho contro wall Ly an_oceasional sin~ glo bricl, and iy, of courag, continuously hound with it around tho oponings, A hottor mothod of stiffoning and binding would bs with ehort atrips of hoop iron, which might also bo wsed adveotageously ot thocornors and exposed placos, Buch linings aro vory nearly as div and o warm ag woodon framing, ~ All the partition walls, oven of small chambors and closots, aro of stona or brick, and tho door aud window capings aro of stone. Tho staircaren are all wholly of stono, (In cheap conettuctions ofton vith treads of tiles Jatd in o sogmont of annreh.) It is obyious that, in this modo of construction, thero is abso- lutely no combustible conneection botween story and htory, uud, cousoquently, a fire ean com- municatn from opo story to anothor only by the broaking down of tho floor, Tho floors ara eithor vaulted with brick, the crown of tho vault, including the tilo floor- ing resting on it, mnot oxceeding 4 or G inches in thicknena, even in aroom 80 (et aquare, or they are of timber, bonrd, tilas, and mortar thns laid, Across tho room, at distances of 8 and aven 10 feot in the cloar, arc laid pine and fir timbers of 10x16 inches, reaching from wall to wall, To the nides of theso tim- bers, from 4 ta 0 inches bolow the upper surface, aro spiked molded plank, and on thiero planks aro laid joiats of Jxt Inches, or in the large raows I speal: of, 4x9 inch scantling, the uppor surfaco of tha joisls being flush wilh that of tho timbora. The joiste aro from 10 to 12 inches apart, and betweon the ends of each pair strips of board aro nalled to tho timbers to keep tho joists in place, but thoro ia no morticing in the frame-worlk of tho floor. On tho joistn in Inid o flooring of 1}{-inch plenk, about a foot wido, with a nerrow strip of thin stufl nailed along the joints om tho under side, On thia flooring-tiles aro Iaia in mortar, and ovor tho tiles, usually, but not always, & thin coating of slucco. The undor aido of the floor- ing 18 loft oxposed. (Sometimes lathivg of strips of wood, wicker-woils, or wire-netting, in used to recrivo plastering, boing socured to the under surfacs of tho jolets; and very often painted cloth strotched on a frams secured to the under surface of tho joists 15 usod a8 a col- ing.) It i ovidently noxt to impossible that SI!L‘}I o flooring should take fire, or evon be sot on firo. 8o far the Italian_method of building might bo omployed in the United States at a little ad- vanco on the cost of our common tindor-box mothod of conetruction, and with littlo or no in- convenieneo or disadyantege. The only difliculty I can seo in obtaining com- r)ctu macurity ugaiust tho spread of fires with us ies tn the roof, which, perhaps, eould not in onr clunato b constructed ufter the Italinn fasbion, though it ia by no means cloar Lhnt this method wonld not anwwor, In tho house £ yefor to the principnl partitions of stono or brick are earvried up to the roof, nnd, where they occur, answor the purposo of prineipal rafters, Tha woodon principal rafters aro of fir wood, 10 by 10 inchina in eetion, aod reach from the wall-plato to the ridge-pole, which s o stick of 6 by 10inches, The prinoipal yaftors aro from 10"to 14 feet aport. On tho principal raftors aro laid crosss timbera or joists of & by 10 inchos, about 4 foot apart, and on theso tho rafters proper, of 2 by 834, or, in nomo places, 3 by 8 or 8 by 4 scant- ling, 11 inches apart, more or loss, 1o tho cloar, Spikes or unils nro occasionally used to hold the frame of the roof togother, but thera ia no motieing, On theso rafters there is vo boarding, but instead are laid inoh-thick flat tiles, 6x13 inchos, nnd on thess, pau-tiles in mortar. This roof is ws light as ovdinary Amerienn roofs, bub what_rains, followed by heavy frosts, would do to it ¥ cannat say. Still, tilea are used overywhora in Northern Europo, and why not with nu? or why may we not use alute instoad of tiles, without or instead of roof- boarding, as in Italy? A 1oof of this construc- tion will certataly not tako firo from sparks or fron auy ordinary expoaunre, and it would bo a hard mattor to sot it on fire. 'Pho cornicos and moldings onght to baof prossed brick; but evon it they ura of wood, the roof would not be very wuch sxposed by thom, The weight of such a tilod voof wonld bo ne groat s that of wnost suov-falls, and probably with a foot or foot and p-half of wot srow such & frame might not bo sirong enough; but in cities gnow is, and overywhore ought to bo, cloaned oft by some mechanical means, G, P, ML — e THE OLD DRIDGE AT FLORENCE. Taddeo Gaddi buflt me, Iam old; *" Fivo centurlea old. T plant niy foot of atons Ugon Lha Atuo, u St. Michaal'1 awa Wi planted on the diagon. Kold by fold Bincath me, as it steuggicv, 1 bebold Tt glistening seales, Twico haih it overihrowa My kmdred aud companions, 3e aloo 1t moveth uot, but 16 by e controlled. 1 can rumember when the Medicl Were tiiven from Florenco; louger rtill ago 'he tiusl warw of Ghibiclling und Quelf, Tloreneo udorne mio with her lewelry ¢ And when I think that 2ficlisal Angolo Tiath Juaued un mo, 1 glory In mysulf, —Henry IV, Longfellown the Atiantic for January. o e g gy Buperstition in Parive ‘Tho Paris correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph writea to that journsl: “You often bear it said that magle, witcheraft, and such auporstitions, no longer survive hore, I wouid not deny thut for & whilo they bacatao torpid, Lutof late tho breath of lifo” hna roturued to them, What wondor, when millions go on_tho pilgrituge and mirucnious curou are duily reported? At tho trial of the now biidgo ut Burcuncs, two duva sluco, accusations of witch. craft woro lnunchod apuinsg an old idiot wornan, The Zousve Jacob, whoso [ame you may dimly remomber, is atill at work, emiug copsumption with o glance, and sotting paralytio old women to run & race, {lo has two or Lhirow disciples, or rivaly, who all do o rattling _trado, Then thero are sorcorers simple, In Paris, at tila dny, money can ba made on no larger capital than fm- pudatico and coffos-grounds. - Atong professury of tho art ranks Lho good woman of the Ituo do Challlot, Alchemista wro Lo be discoverod vy thiowo who Jaok, Thorais ono la tho Kue du Bovros, who has sinsples for every complining, phyuical ar morul, And thenthe prophets! By tho Odeon fuu will fiud M, Ledos, who dispeusey at ouco with odlo Mk, coffoa-grounds, and Lerbs Y‘lthumd under influonce of this or that, 3L .c0os Just soats you opposite his dosk, lo ou nil ovor, and proceeds to prophesy, “Thea {hamlu Eduond, tho oraclo of tho Quurtior Dreds. Edoiond goein for stuffed owls, and otocodiles, end robea of volvet withs devil's de- vicos on them, 1ol nots high-olass huibug, but he maken a desperate lot of woney, Thia man way tho fivst lermib ab Alubille ; « prudont philasoplior, ba saved hie ili-rotten coppors, and n duo Lime moved to (ho quarier Notre Dams den Liorotied, aud fram thonco to ono of {lie most arfutooratio streets off tho Champa Elyuocs, Thore ho veceives bis clients from 1 to 4 p, In o pointed eap und & tinsoled girdle, On hiy card iy priutod, 238 crost, wn srrow pointing dowaward, wilh n creavent on Ity tip, and_w newt ov othor reptile nllmbm{; up tho sbaft, In aswarm of stats appears the iatlior unmyse terlous namo * Kdmond.' Ho muok for ths ab. wence of suporstiiion amony modern Franol," SPARKS OF SCIENCE, AN IMPLNDING OYSTER-FAMINT, The English nowepapers unita in a dolorous wail over an imponding oyster-fumine. It scoms that both tho natural snd artificlal oyater-beds on tho English const havo boen ‘*‘dredged lo donth” by their avariclous owners, and tho con- Hoquenco ¢, that this deliclons molluek has grown alarmingly searco and exponsive, Only tho moat plothorlo purses can now afford tho luxury, and thero Is o prospoct that, In no long timo, gold ituolf will bo powerless to procure the troat, for tho reason that It is not to bo bad. Tho natural oyster-bnnke In tho Frith of Forth usad to ba 8o productive hat oysters wore sold In Ndiuburg at tho rato of 10 ponco por 120. Now, thore, as olsowhoro in Great Britalo, thoy cost 8 ponce apieco, Tho bods Liave beon #o re- duced by ovor-fishing that the present yiold ls ouly o fourth of what it was forly yoars ago. Only soven yonra back, the oyster-fsherics in tho Cunnuel Islands employed 200 boats and smacks, and tho annual harvest was 4,630,000 gollone, Now, tho crop amounts to but 78,000 gallonn, end {s gathored by tho crows of 28 bosts. I'he somo process of exhaustion ia going on in France. At Cancalo, twonty-soven yoars ngo, tho droages brought in, with little trouble, o cropof 71,000,000 oysters. To-day, they can securo but onc-sovontioth of that amount. Pana bas, for o long time, depended upon tho arti- ficial hiordors of Arcachon, Marcnnes, the Islo do Ra, and athor placoes, for its supply of bivalven; but theso mon uro also killlug ‘l‘hn gooso that Inys tho goldon cgg, by drawing too heavily utpon thoir stock, It is'only a question of tima how svon tha oyster will bo wholly run out fu TFranco. A fow months ago, M, Frank Buckland rataed a lamentablo ory over tho wasto in American oyator-fisharios, —predicting, if thoro wera uot o wisor econoiny practiced, oar beds would bo pre- maturoly oxhausted. Thore was abundant rea- son for his warhing, and Americon oystermon should givoat dug hoed ; but, from present ap- poarancos, bo fnd other udopt naturnlists peed toturn their entiro attontion to the restoration of tho productive forcos of the Impoverisbod ZEnglieh oystor-banks, ¥ THI OAMFLLIA AND TEA-PLANT, The bosutiful Camollis, thet daiuty royal ox- otlo, exguisite in texture, form, and color, but utterly wanting ‘n fragranco,—tho soul of a flower,—jnclosely W the Ten-plant (Then). The two belong .3 family, and only a alight differenco in .ctiro of thair flowers rofors them to different yonera. The flower of tho Camellia in its nativo stato Las but five petals. 'The multiplication of theso organs is due to cultivation, aud, though it embraces tho Lennty of tho flower in the florist's oyes, it {s ro- garded as a monstrous porvorsion of Naturs by the botanist. Liko tho Camollin, the blossom of the Tea-plant has five potals, and is large in nizo, o puro white, and vory fragrant. Lha wild sbrub grows to the hoight of 20 to 80 feet; bus, in o atato of cultivation, it sttains an oltitudo of but b or 6 feet, Tho Then grafta yeadsly on the Camel- lin, and has been thus vyropagated and planted at Anjeu, In the south of France, The plantation has cucceeded well as regards climato, for the Thea, though a sub-tropical plant, will bear the heat of a torrid zono, sud will also ac- commodato ityelf to cold winters. Tho trecs aro now ton yenrs old, aro producing an abutidance of 6e0d, und should bo yielding & profitabla crop of loxves, But just thoro is the hitch. It as yot has boen Ympossiblo to make good tea from tho plaots. An infusion of tho leaves haw no resem. blanco n flnvor to the Chinese toa, Tho prob- lom thin fact presents for eciontists to rosolvo i, whother there is o radieal alteration in tho es- sontial princinlos of the plant, owing to change of chimato and conditions of growth, or whether thiero 18 somo socrot iu the proparation of tea yot unknown to Buropeans. A Fronch “chemist, M, Menlore, is invostigating the cavo, Ha findu gallic, and oxallic acid, bosidos, some in the Anjou plunts ; but haa not yet con- cludod hus exporimonts, INSECT-OATCHING PLANTS, The interoating facts lately ascortalned with reapoct to thte hatite of insoct-eating plantu have induced among naturalists a closer oxamiuation of kindred tendencies wherein their existonco bas beon hinted iu the construction or the oir- cumstances of any specios of the vegotable king- dom. At tho Decomber meoting of the St, Louis | Academy, Prof. Riley, Blate Entomologint, ex- bhibited somo flowers of the Physianthus allens, aspecies of the Asclepilacce or Milk-weods, which had eaptured a number of sphinx-moths (Diclephila lincata) by their tonzues. In this i;lmxe. 23 1n mauy of tho Asclopldaceas, tha stigma 3 curiously refloxed and clolt. Thus, wheu in- sectn thrust therr tongues juto the fowers in sosrch of honoy, it often hbnppens thst the intruding momber peastrates one of there clofts, and ite owner fluds it impossible- to draw it out ngain, In sbort, ha is eaught in o trap, and must dopart leaving his tongue, that aswontial organ of his existonce, be- hind him, or stay with it sud porish, Lither way itgeamu death to thwo hapless prisoner. Ina larygs number of eases, Mr. Riloy found that in- #eets choso to wrench themsalves away, lenving tho Ii,ps of their fongues, laidon with iuoir spoil of pollen, in tho mwigerabln jaws or clotts of the stigmas. These torn aud broken limbs, remain. ing in thateoth of tho flowers, furnish quilo as convincing ovidence o? their murdorous inton- tiona as would Lhe prosonce of the entira bodies of thoir captives, ‘Tha quoation now remaimng for nuturaliats to eolvo 1, How do the Insects ouught by tho Asclepidaceas, or Milk-woeds, iu- nro Lo tho benofit of tho plauts ? In Lurope, it hing been discovered that tho common Oleandor catobos insects in the sano manner. Whab pur- posa in tho economy of the plant do theso cap- tures sorve? That is the quory next in order. THE WHALE-FISHERY. The Pall Mall Gazelle gives somo statistica on the whale-fishory, which, though limited to England, sorve toindicate tho dectino of this in- dustry smong nll nations. In 1814, 143 English ebips wore ongaged in whaling, with o result of the capture of 1,081 *fish," and tho produco of 19,408 tous of oll. As ou example of * the lack™ of tho fishery, it is montioned that one ship camo home **clean,” another obtained but cne fish, whilst a third captured forty. In 1824, the Britlsh whaling floct Liad dropped to 111 vessels, and tho number of fish takon wee 701, In 1834, the number of whalers was reduced to 76; in 1844, to 92, ‘Tho tako of fish this last year amounted to 126, yiolding 2,000 tons of o1l and 49 tooy of whalohone, In 1854, tho Dritish whalers numbered 53, and tho catch wee 97 whales, Tho firat record of the caotura of soala by English vosacla oceurs in 1841, when the Potorherd bonta pulled 19,180, Soal-o1l wna at that timae worth frota 3165 to 3200 por ton. In 1844 tho capturo of 48 neals Is ro- cordod 5 in 1254, of 59,301, Duriuig il Innt twenty years the whale flahory has still furthor declined,—not, na tho Gazette urges, on rocount of tho invontion of gns bub booanso of the ;i'runt geareity of whales 1 tho oxcessivo peril of the occupstion. The Qreenland whilo 1s almost entivoly exterminut- ed, and other specica have bLeon so reduced in numbors o4 to make their capture an unprofita- Dble adventure, while no industry of tho een is so fraught with disastor to those ougagod in it, OSTRICH-BRELDING, The success which Lns nltended the efforts to oultivate tho ostrich in South Africa has led to the eetablighwent of ostrioh-breoding farms in Algeris, aud in somo of the countries of South Ameriea, The mothod pursuod in rulsing the ostrich Is substantially as followa: When tho Dbirds aro 8 yonrs old, they aro placod in pairs, in soparato flelds, and their eggs aro hutched in tho natural way, or by meaus of incubators prepared for the purposs, Through tho precautions tukon, most of tho egys excludo their chicls, Tbo yonng birds aro fod on grass, lucorn,—n spa- cies of por,—und othor vegotablo mattors, snd sholtored at night. The pruduet of onch pair of bivds will averaga tweoty chickous, and theso muy bo plucked when 18 montbs old, Easrher then that. their feathors ara of little valuo, Good ostrich-feathors will bring &t wholoanle about §200 por pound, 1f tho birds aro well lept, and allowed ptenty of alr aud exerclae, therr fonthora aro of good quality; bue groal care must be oxorcived or hnir plumage will bo iuterlor to thnt of the wild birds., Tho prico of Gemonth-old birdo fs from $150 to S176 apieco ; the prico of breeding birds iy 8G25 per pairy winlo the valuo of ench year's plucking of & yaung bird iy 86, A DOU-AND-OAT BTORY. A communicasion in the American Naturalist cortiflus to tho folluwlug extrsordinary state- mont: Mr, John Dowuing, of Hartford, Conn., owny o fomale solter, wnich has ot borne oft- apring for ahove Lhireo years, ller lust liltor ocomyprleed six pups, ous of whivh slis was allow- od to rotaln foralx months, Tvermmncs thal porlod ehe has boon confined nlons ; in the day- 1imo, in n close ynrd, nud at night, n the house. About two nonths ago, o vory young kitton was brought into the housshold, and the dog, which had proviousty exhibited a docided avorsion to caty, was obsoryed to follow the littlo ereature obout with much appsrent friendlincss and solicltude, Four woeks nfter the introduction of the kitton to her acquaintanco, tho dog wna found Lo bo rogularly suvkling it, and has sinco continued to do #o. Tho four posturior mamumnm ara slightly tamoflad, but tho antorior onos show no slgny of distonsfon, Upon gontlo pressuro, an nbundant flow of mitk 1s obtalned, howevor, from all the mammm altke, Tho kitten thrives heartily, showing that the milk is & normal so- cretion, 'Tho selter manifosts towards hor adopted offapring all tho tondornessof a mothor, and tho two Aeem to Lo wholly unaware thad thoro is anything odd or unnatural in their mus tual rolations, - MARUTAOTURING 10R, M. C. Tellicr has invonted » frigorific machine for tho maunnfacture of ice, a description of which liag beon reportod to the Fronch Acadomy Sclencas. Whe agent employed iz methylio otlior, and the appnratus cousists of rofrigebas tor made like o kottlo, air and wator tight, and travorsed by a multitude of tubes, A pump driven tho water through tho tubos, whoace It follginto o rescrvolr, and is distributod to all the vesmols whore tho frigorifio action is to bo produced, donger for reatoring tho ether vaporizod in the rofrigorator to ita liquld form, completo the machinory. Tho ,agout for tho transmission of cold is a kolution of cilorldo of culeium, When in_oporation, ths othor, poured in s liquid statq into tho refrigorator, horrows tho calorio of th( solucion to bocoms a gan agaiy, then passosintg tho condonnor, which' is_surrounded with cons tinued fresl supplies of wator. In the com denser, tho ciher roturns to the liquid atato, nod £008 brok to the refrigorator to ropeat ity courso. Mennwhilo tho chloride golution in tho rofrigera: tor, belngs cooled Ly having glven up its calotl to tho cther, is disiributed” wlierever ico Is to bt produced, and in thou re-collected In a roservoil dividod Into compartménts, Whence it returna te tho refrigerator. T TURRING-FISTIERY, The take of herrings on tho northoastors const 0f Scotland tins last sosson is sot down af 800,000,000 Dost of tho curod fish go to tha North Gorman and Daltio ports, to be consumed Ly German pensants and emancipatad Rueelay eorfa, Alrendy 600,000 barrels havo been sbipped to thomo yogular market-places. The Heotch horring-fishory is situatod on ono of tho most dangerous consta in the world, as the North Bea ia capecialt; stormy, and there ara faw safa bors bort aloug Enatern ootland, Yo it i said that, with all tho bardships and porils the Gohermen are compeliod to undergo, thoy are a thriving aud happy race, and show an ngzregato of mor- tality much lower han that of many compara- tively-safo trades, £8, for instanco, that of the magon. Irom the 40 miles of seabonard in Absre droushiro, 1,900 hosts ara sent to tho Asheries, 800 of which heil from Fragerburg alono, OALOIUM-IODATE, 1t hos boen sscortained by L. Lonatadt, that calcium-todato possossos romarkablo antlseptia properties, presorving albumenaad athor readily« decomponing substances fresh for monthm, with the use of but & amall quantity of tho salt, The raucidity of cured herrivgs may be corroctod by Boaling in water in order to wash out tho salt, and then immersing them In a solution of fodate. Unanlted butter will keop swwoot three waeks in o solutivn of Lhe iodate, and rancid butter be con- sidorably improved by liko trentment, Taken into tho stomach, tho notion of the salt is like that of n tonic,~inorcssing tho n{)po!lw and strengtbening the system. "It is also likely 1o ho ugoful fn infectivus digonses, ‘Toothache from cariea is groatly Lonefited by its use; whilo o incipient attack of typhoid faver wos cured by o dose of ubout one and one-half gralug. ORIGIN OF TYPHOID FEVER, A controvarsy s to the anigin of typhoid fe ver is held by varlous mon of aclenco in the columna of Lho London Zimes. Dr. Lioncl Bealo takes tho position that fever-gorma will not be developed from flith, The influeuce of bad air arjsing from dofective ' verage, the vicinity of foul wmattors, cte., ote., " to propars the bumon systorm for the inv:sion of fovor germu when imported, and to .dnder it frvora- ble to their growth and muliiptication. When the body is porfactly healthy and strong, it iw ablo to resint successfulty tho action of fevor- gorms ; but, when it Is disordercd and weak- ened through continued liviog i disrogard of sanitary laws, it is ready to full a victim to dls~ oase the genoration of fovor-pofeon, ‘he deduction in porfoctly cloar: Leep tho air and water pure a3 a fundamental precaution ayaius ell dincases. LOBSTER-CULTURE, In Juno, 1873, 100 large fomulo lobatora with oggs wero gent from the Eastorn States to tha Pucifio const, for tho purpore of attempting thoir colonization in tho Bay of San Franclsco Seven lobsters survived tho journey, and wore cant into tho bny. -Latoly fiftcon or twenty young lobaters have been cnught by a Chineas fisborman while throwing Iis not for abrimps; which ehows that the attempt at stocking the bay with tho lobator is hikely to prove successful. AN AQUARIUM.OAR. The Zuglish Mechanic states that ons of tho Transatlantio steamors is Leing fifted with an aquarinm-car for tho transportation of livo flsh, ‘The cnterprise is undertaken with tho view of importing some of the bost specics of American fish, aud attempting their ncciimatization in En- gland. In return, some of the moro valuable Eug;huh fish will bo introduced into Amerlay wators, —_— HAND IN HAND. Tho path of trio lavo, fa it clear And vusy ta be toind ? Leads it to wildorneskos dreat Or Into gardeti-ground? In wintor's cold tnd summer's heak T ouly knaw 'tis sweet Wheit wo care nnught for wastber, You and I together, To wander band {n band 1nto Love's land. Tho would notlove? Though eynies ‘That all tho world grows old, That hoearta &0 pawsionste to-day “To-torraw wiay b cold,— Ob, never ieod ths bitiuy tongusg 1 ouly kuow wu'cs youug, And Tt with Tuse autirig, Tho ono thiug worth dvalring, Wo wander baud fu Laud Iuto Lova's land, ~Tinaley's Maguzine, —_——— A Painter’s Romaneces The Washington Nalional Xepublican piven the following rowmance in the hfo of Walter Ins gally, the puinter, who died recontly: * Quile onrly iulife Lo fell whon he was poor in lova with a Now Hampslire girl, the daughter of & wall-to-do farmer. Bho wus roally the balle of Sauborton, and had rathor lolly idens of tha kind of wan sho would ke to marry, Hisat- tackment waa veciprocated, and they were en. goged, Still, on the lady's part tho aifoction wak 10l 8o dnop-ueatod as it might have beon, and besides her choica was opposed by Lier parents, They conld not seoin the humble paintor—a man destived to bave Kings spiritual sud Kings tomporal mmnfi boforo his onsel— a man worthy of their danghtor's hand ‘The vesult of it was tho ongagomont was broken off, and Ingalle warriod anothor lady. Hor first uffianced also_marriod. Lach of thom bud cbildron—sho o daughtor and ho o sonm, After they hind grown up thoy met—tho won and dunghtor—in the Ciescont Clty. Strangoly enough, so iutricato, doticate, and bozutiful ard the nvenues of love that thoy, too, foll into tha embruca of tho tender passion, and, aftor o whort conrtship, waro enganed bo marned. Twenty-iive - yoars lofora to Chint thoir fathor and motber hnd been similarly hound, nnd, liko them, thoy for woma ciusa broko off the engagemant ns thoir paronts Lsd dono bofore them. In thamoantime Mr. Ingulls hed buyied his wifo, and, hupponing to meet this daughtorof bis firet botrothad, a mitnal aectioy sprauy up bolwean them, andthoy ware marriad, Thera wae, porhaps, guite forty years ditfurenco ix thoir ngos, but thers navor was n iruer wartlago. 10is love and_regard wora infinito. Hor dove. tlon and tondor care woro bheantiful. Sbo war his obild, hohor fathor, Tl wus tho oak, she tho vine. Ho tho koystona of thouteh, whe ite lovely curve, Tio Lthe power, and sho the beauty of u)ife that wos all graco, affection, and piaty, 1Mo had boen dead only thres weokn, when shs Jeft earth to Join him In Heavon. From thoday of hls loss shio rofused to bo comforted, ot griof wae too deop for tears, and words of con- Bolation wore unheoded, One ovoning vhe ro. tired for the night upparently in good health Bho complained nelilior of pain nor aslokuens, ‘Ii“n‘l L the moruing sho was slouo-doad 14 har ol A nompralnlou-{mmy, and » cone P | |