Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 10, 1875, Page 3

LITERATURE. SCIENTIFIC LONDON, qenTirta Loxnow, Dy Jlenxann M, Brorrm, lkxv.mu.. s din. New Yark s D, Apploton & Co, Though not originally written for tha American uklic, thia worlk gratofully Rupplica a want that }’xn l:;u; beon falt on this elde of tho Atlantle. In the litaratiro of Helénco, whicl {s daily in- croneing In dimonaiona and importance, theraara conatant nllupiors to the lloyal Hoclety, l.ha Rogal Inatitution, tho Royal Astronomical So- cioly, the Qeoprapbical Sociely, and to tho vyarious othor orgauizationa that nro dolng o groat and good work {n England in advanciog aud proteoting tho intorfiaty of Bcienco but thesa alluslons convoy to most of onr country- men teasingly vague ideas, fur tho reason that 80 Littlo {s definitely known of tio inatitutions to which thoy refer. ,Whoro to find a remady for this ignorhnco has ioretofore been au anneying puzzlo. Now, thanks to the bousficent thought of Mr. Deckior, the dosivad iuformation is pro- vided with all tho fullnoen and far more atiract- tvoncss than could rensonably bo oxpeetod, Mr. Beckor o adwirably qualified to write tho history of * Sclentific London.” Tlo sactny £0 hiavo heon simply an obsorvor. not 6 follosier of Scionco; atill, his comprehoneion of it aime, pursuits, and achiovemonts fa most fotelligent, o writes rathor a8 an experl ihan g o mere smateur, and his undorstandivg of the magnt- tudo of hiy subject {a broad and commanding. In several instances, notably in the account of tha luatitution of Civil Engineers, he has on- riched tho listory of n soclety with an fustruct- ivo review of tho branch of Scionco that tho Bocloty speclally fostora, In so doing hio bas sdded s festurs to his work that will greatly enhance ita value to studions readera. Mr. Decker’s mauner of conveying information also werits praise. 1t is 8o goulnl suimated, and familiar, that one cannot holp being cordial- Iy wou by it. It {s an ngreoable wurprio to find plonsure and profit thun closoly futerrovon in n ook that promises go much less of tho former than of tho latter in it title, Tho oldost of the sciontifie institntions of En- gland 18 tho Royal Soclely, which rofers Its urigin back to 1660. Tifteon years boforo thiy date, a fow {nquiring spirits wore in tho hiabit of meeting, for tho purposc of discusaing tho prab- loms of experimontal philosoply, at Dr. Geod- srd's lodgingn in Wood atrees, orut tho Dull'y Hend f'overn in Cheapaido; but tho times were too troublad at that poriod to encourage thoe or- ganization of a learnod body, snd the event was postponod nntil Charlos IL Lad boen some montus eestod on Lis throne, and a feeling of quiet was reatored to the Dritish rosim. Tlen, as the same Jittlo .company ef savonis was assembled one eovoniug,—it chanced tv bo Nov. 28, 1660,—at Grosham Colloge, to listen to s lecture ou cstronomy by CUnristo- pher Wron, they romuined after tho speaker. wn3 doue, and drow up & list of the names of those who solicitod membhorubip 1 a sucloty Lutving for its ubject tho extenwion of Lknowledga. Fifty-tivo nomes wero put down on tho catne logne, and, in the following March, Bir Robort Moroy was elected President of tho infant or- anization, Inu bttte moro than a year from 18 foundation the Bocioty was foriued intoa corporation by o Royal choreer, which wag amooded in 1663, sud again in 166Y, . King Charles preconted tho Bociety, in Angust of 1C08, with o silver mace, rienly gilt, and waighing 140 gunces gvolrdnpols. This maco is vosted with Royal suthonty, aud withaut ity presopes 1o sueetiog of tha Hocloty can be le- gally held, Tho **bauble” consists *“of a stum buodsomely chasod with a runniog pattorn of tho tlistle, terminated at the upper end by i wn-ahaped head, surmounted by a ctown, all, nud cross, 0w the head are embossed figutes of & rose, harp, thistle, and flear-de-lyy, va eaclt ride of which are tho lettors C, IL.” Que ut tho brightest luminarica that have patred tustre upon the brilhant career of tha 2oyal Boclety was Sir Isaao Nowton, who was clected o Fellow Jan. 11, 1672 (ot tho ago of 80), nud within & month communicated to tiio justitution big resmichios into the naturo of hyght. Loth the experimonts and concluzions of tle great philosopher sxcited bittor opposition ut home and abroad, and involved him in 8 Jha- Tussiug controversy, In 1686, tho firat volume «9f Nowton's * Philosophiic Naturalis Principia Mathemntica” was presonted to the Society, ‘whifel, unfortunatoly, wes too poor at the mo- ment to print the immortal work, Hulley, the astrunotner, gonoronsly undertuok the troublo wid o1pense of editing and publishing tho bool, ‘which wus, thorefore, brought cut ju tho courso of kix montbs, But now s unexpested danger threateved tho wuceess of the publication. Nowtou had become xo dwgusted with the contention aroused by lus viork tuat bo wea inchined to stppress the third k, ** Da Systomaln Juudl.” Jie doclared in 2 cciroypoudunce with Halloy s “Philosophy 18 wuch an impertineutly litigious lady that » man Liad as good bu engaged lu lawsuits 8 bave to do with ner. I found it ko formerly, and now 1 am o guoner come near hor again than phe i;ivofl mo warning,” Ho vicldod at Inst to Ifale uy's entreaties, and sllowod the publication of tho “IMinuipn” to be complotad. The entire work was writton m sbout a year aud o balf, Tuat ita salo was limitod we loarn fiom the fact that. {n 1642, when a sacond odition wes callod Tor, it wew considorod that 200 coglen would snf- fice. ‘Tho manuwcript of tho “Irincipla,” in Newtow's haud, remains among the choicost &ensures of the Royal Saciuty. Wo tind 1u tha aunals of the inatitntion that, about 1672 John Evolyn actod as ona of the See- retarios, and Leuwenhocek was rackoncd among its foreien vorrasponstonts 3 whilo, in 1031, Banis uol Poprs, tho ronowned gossip of bhix sge, was ebetod Prosdont, ‘ In 1647, the oxporimont of travsfasing the blood of a eheep futo Lhe veins of o man wis yorformed before the Raclety at Arundol tHouso, ‘Lwo yeare later, a model of Bavory's condeneing stoaul-enggine was exhibited at onv of tho meote dugs, tho inventor **showing his engiuo to ratan wator by tha force of tire.” In 1703, Nowton then belug Presldent, a proposition was suli- mwitted **concerning s newsiveited bost to Lo rowed with onts moved by heat.” The tollowing ear, at Lho death of Bir Godfroy Coplay, £100 ocamp veuted In the Savety, ani way employed striking a gold medal, valued at .L5,to bo awarded totho author of tho finest oxperimont of tha vear, ‘Tho puift of (his meaal ia tho Lighe et bonor et the dispokal of tha Sociozy, and Tor upward of a centucy 1t has rowarded the most bolnt discoverica made {n England and }E‘?l:‘; el. A;r‘mnq ‘-I]‘a il)l«dxlilt: B0 li‘rullklm, aly, Rumfor. Day, q Faraday, Liabig, sha Horechel, 1 Ao Laraday, The hoyll Hmlnry lng oceupled various dwo'le fugs dariog ity oxfatonco, but nuw L it hom: at Burliugtun Houso, the haudsome buildi n!mn.r;llu' from Burlington Gardena to Pic dilly.” It rocolves houss-room from tho Gov- erument, bat s otherwine a nolf-sunporting in- stitation. It lhaa a library of 85,000 volistnes, ud lolds weakly meutings from tlio third Thure: ny In Novamber to tho third ‘Fhursday in June: A record of the nicotings iu prosarved fu the an. nualoctayo “Lrocecdings,” and the bost vapery are priuted In tho quarto * Trunsactions,” a sce Fios now oxtending to 160 volumes, - ‘Tha Socioty Lua foor medals at ite dixposal s Tao Coploy tnedal, fonnded iu 1731, the Jtumford modal in 1500, and two Ioyal nicdals inatituted by Goorge %l\ ‘d‘i“ 18{'.!5. i Lho "“hm nullnbnr of Fm’g\n - nding forelgn mombers (liwit ¥ lelfi'!"fi?l. 5 (iwitod to titty), Ie ‘as ‘Lhs hutls of the Socioty are adorned wi tw of {ts more distingulshied Fnllnwl:]:l‘l‘lnplael; Ly Loly, Kuclle, Revuolds, Luwrenco, mud vther groat artists, Among' tho worthies who down from tbe canvay upon tho doiugs of howr succossom may bo noted Copornicus, ifal ley, Nawton, Evelyu, Locke, Popys, Charlos 11 and Pringe Rupert, At $ho closo of the moet. ingw of the Bocioty, Mr, Decler relates that the Eollows *abandon'themselves to tea and sciun- o goasip,” 1n counection with the bhistory of this and otber Bocisties our auti:or meutiong :no sdjunct of ton-rooms o fraquontly we are 0d 3 “fuler that tho ecientitio uien of England 2roua much given (o (va aud small talk 88 are this cunveutional triboe of ald women, Lo loval lustitution owes itu cxintence in artto Hir Josaph Uauks, but In & greater du- Benjomin Thompwon, alierwards Count : Tl alief iatention of Count Hum- ford fu forming a new Sociaty was that of smol- lorating the condition ©0f Lhe poor,~a porposs for bLloh' Bo labored duriug mauy yaara of bia ©lotul life. The sonorma of tue rflm,rumenu o & for s two primo objecty i) dllhulocn u¥ tho knowlocyq of uvefal mochaniel {mprove- Lients, aud invtiuction ju the wpplication J: Ci= eatitlo discoverlos to the sdvancemo: .:M : i. »od manufactures in Eugland, Mll"hl7 l779‘ Luecting was hold ot LEB houne ur‘slr'Jme‘l.l Lunkg, and, 88 the resuls of jty doliborations, lrxu Iioyal Institution wae establishied, with fifiy Liombera eubscriblog 60 goineas June, 1501, the Bocioty had mcclvad‘:zllf#;rdnjz :.:Jt:..dl)a ‘l(u 'L“ll:‘flfl LoD, ity Jario streel had on d CBemiatry, Phyuics, 104 Mochamice 1.0y ouots 1n lu'd. dally loctores wero being dolivered, and 40 Lnatitution was in acte operstion, Couad Rumford weole to daughter as this presont sice in Albe- THE CHICAGO' TRIBUNE not only tho fashion, but tho rage,” and mentiony incidentally thut ho bad found & nics, abie mau for this placo as leeturor—Iinmpliroy Davy,” ¢ Tho firet 1nter- f Davy witlh Connt Rumfatd,” wagys Mr, Beeker, ** waa not vory agreeanlo to tho young chowmt, then In his 2%t year. Tho intouaely Juvenilo air of the candidatn, hin atwast provin. eind mannors, and o slight Corowall aceant, aul- ficed to rednce tho glacial Count to & lower tom= poraturo than usnal, With convideralio difienl- ty Davy obtained permiselon {0 givo o fow lora turos on tho properties of gaves. Tnis, how- over, was nuflicient. At tiso first lociure tho varia- ty and fnganious comhination of his ideas, and the fire, vivneity, clenrneas, and novelty with which they wera oxponudnd, enchanted tha fow wio cuntar to Jisten to the youny lecturer, fn whom they fontd nnited tho power of poetry, oratory, aud philosophy. Tho recond locturn wan exowded, and his courao way oblited to hn ramovod to the laro ninphithentre, whither hin fervid gouius, and in pamo degren his vouth nln'l ond Jooks, drow immenes widionees, 'Who adica were clharmed by the handsome younsg lecluter, and never tired of prasing the heanty of Lis oyes, whick they deelated were *mando for something besides poring over eruciblen.’ Davy was rppointed to tha Chair of Chemiatry in 1602, which ho fille until 1815, Hik st lec- turo was dehivored on April 9, 1812, A day sond- wicliod bottyeon two momentous ovenfs in hit life.—his olovation to kulghthood on the Sth, sud his marriago to Mrs, Apruce, o widow of largo fottune, on the 10th. ‘Fhe saimo year that Davy became connected with tho Institution, Dr.” Youny wou electod T'rofessor of Natural Phillosophy. ‘Fhis cminent ucholar was otio of the fow individuals who hava developed from an infant prodigy intu a beilhant aditlt, At tho aga of 2 1ir. Young ha:l stered Luo nrt of reading; at 4 ho couid ish and Latin pocinw, —of whicix. 1t Baid, i could not understand a word ; and st tho ue of 14 ho had learned Qreck, Latiu, Frouch, Itajiny, Hebrew, Persiun, gud Arabie. *On_reachmg man's cstata he a8 an aveomylimhed Lnguist, o brilliaut mathe- niatician, o bolavist, a vlaliful wnweian, o noat turnor, sud a daring ciscaw ridor.” Liko tho rest of tho world, Dr. Youns wag purpriead 2L the youthful appoaran bis col- luborator, Davy, and wrote of hin Hofsn vory agreeablo aud very lutelligent youny man, and we havo extremely juteresting counvoersn- tionn of nu ovening; s priucipal defect—as o phitosophier—tz, that hie does not smoke.” Anothor of tho distingaisbed lecturois of the Institution vag Daltou, of whiom Bubbaga gives an amusing aveedoto retative to e prexsentation at Court, Datton wan a Quakor, sud refieed Lo wear u #word, un indispensavlo appendare of otdina:y Cours drogs, Neither could ho wear thn rohio of a Docior of Civil Law, beciuss of ita coloz, vearlet being fortidden to Quakers. Yortunately, the truublesome Irofessor was colar-blind, aud the objectionablo garment was wrapped about him,’ whito no mentton was made to him of it flaming hue, Tha quiet Doctor hapyoued to take to tha gown, and actually vore it for several days iu the streoty, utterly uncon- seions of tho seusation hin brilliant appearanzo created. Dabbzge, who hal undertaken to pre- sont his friend ot Court, wag i groat anxiety ovor (he result, aud poor Dalton vias mady fo rebearra tho ccromony from begloning to end, Tindiug tho chances In favor of a fanr pas (n proponderate, Babbaga was in s droadful “iaking"” ou tbe eveutful day, but, contrnry to =pzetution. the King addressed & fow romarks to Dnlton, wiho replied nppropristoly, aud tho alareing ordeat was successfully over, During tho years 1801-'3-', the Rov. Syidnoy Stoith loctured bofore tho luetitution on maral pailosophy with groat eclat. Forty yoars lator the Iscturer sald of Limselr: *f did not Luow a word about moral philosoply, bui wanted £200 {o furnish my house, My muiccess wan pro- digious.” Lo this asit may, his sudionces wore large, and regulmly received the oloquent divine with unalfected cuthnsissn, At tho timo Davy vacaled the Chair of Chem- Istiy, the original pion of tho Iloya! Institution hnd oxporicuced an ontire alteration, and from o popular rchool of teclieal scienco it had_changed luto 8 pinco of inmtruction for tho higher claswes. Thy mantle of Davy fell upon Paradny, who, eomo dozen vears after tho retirement of his master, becamo Directar of 1he Laboratory, and in 18247 one of the regular Pro- feswors. Abtho present dag Prof, Tyndalt con- feys_senrcoly Jegw resown upnn the Bociety than did Davy and Faraday o thelr time. The Royal Iostitution lne, iu addition to its lecturnw, & model-room, o nwwspapor-roow, # reading-room, and a library of 40,600 volumoen. Tue cont of memberabip 18 5 puineas adimisyion feo nud & gulvcas nnnual asgesement, Heve rl coulres of aftarnoon lecturos are givon during onch woason, and an evening merting is hold eyery Friday. According to Mr. Decker, *'Phin weokly mosting i 2 wonderiul combination of selence and soclety, physioa and fashion, albeit once in a whilo a printer or photographer man- nges to_obtaln pesmigkion to dilate on tha oxcol- 1onco of his wares, snd to thusudvertiso hineelf, Nevertholoas, in'spite of zu oceasional drawbnek of this kiud, tho Fridov evening iectures ara of oufliclently high clasy 10 ploasa all but u purcly selentifle audionce,” % Mr. Lecker givos mn cqually Intareating his~ of fourtocn difforant aciantifio iustitutions in London, and at anothor tima we shall ko {{xom him siotchoa of tho mozi prominent of 010, A FRENCH ROMANCE. THR TouAscr oF AN Loxgsr Wovax. By Vieron Caraburisz, Author of *frover sle, 1o, PG Lioston: Willlae I Gl & Co, It is with varsing emations that ono reads “Tho Romauce of nu Ilonest Woman"; for, whatever morits or demerits aru to be aseribed to tlie work on ncareful analyals, it is to be paid, at the vary loast, that it has power to rouse the " fealingn. The stylo Ia chisrming ; its beautics of graco and vivacity, ploasantry aud pictuaresques nesw, bewug sufliclont of Lhomsolves to euclisin tho reader. Wera the atory wouk and disappolnt- ing, which it is not, the delightful way in which it 1 told would go far to muko ona forgiva’ ull its defectu. . Tho *Tlouest Woman ” rolaten her own * Ro- manco" In a commuuization, made ufter thivty mionths of silence, tu hor ol fathor-confoscor, who Lasloft Franco to Jabor among tho Iu- dians, of Canada. AN tho ditleultion that usually attach to thin method of narration are vo skillfully avolded by the author that tho fact of Ity boing urod {8 scarculy appmient, ‘tho chargo of ogatism, which {8 almost inovitable, wlxll uot once bo made agamnst tha autobiogra- pher, . ¥ 14abol de Loanno Ia tho only child of & widowed father who i4 outicely abaorbed by a pasmsion for classleal nutiquitics, Adoring s duughler, he yet forjzets that hojuhonld attomd to her future, sud socludos hor with himaalf fn a chateau re- moto fron P'ariy, where ho can purenn hiy bo- Joved atudies without intormission, The duughe tor revigns the hopa of the plonsurcs snd ocous pations suiied to her youtl and raulk, aod con- forms choorfully to overy wish of hor indulgent, though gthoughtlossly-uelfish paps. * o han roolly an undoclable humor,” she witas, * though thoro is no ona fliter thaa he to minglo with mon, When ho cnco gots over his indo- lonco, lio in sgracable, pliant, talkative, entar- g withont offort into (o thoughts end conventlonalitios of othors, intoroste ed in overytbing, - and attracting young and old by the churm of hia facilo gayoty ana bis ready wit. At B, b@ was adored ; tho lawyers aud dowagers of tho town emnintivg osch other in callmg him au acoomplished tatkor and a consnmmate whist-playoy, 1o himsol! uned to conious, o8 ho want hums from those parties to which it was so difficult todray; bim,that ha * had not boon much borad ;* but, as saon as o was ot home, his mmd fel into its natural ruw, and he found onco moro salitudo preferable to ovury. thing ; and, whonover s visitor sung thoe boll, hio oued, lespiug from bis char, *Good lieaveny | thero fa the onumy.’ Aud when ho received an Invitation,~* What have I done to theso paopla, that thoy attack roy lappiners 27" A portiait of the danghter {s adroitly presonts od In a monolozie sddrossed Lo lvr Ly 2 vola- tilo Barunows, who hus euddenly invaded the sol- Hary nelxhbmhmd of tho Chatean dn osune “How could I evor huvo expected to find fn thero wrotchied woods a girl of 28 ke youz In vain 1 wuy to detine you. I give up the attempt. Brought up In tiio shado of » ir by & aavant 1n Iaw, anl . Jeeuit, what su RXtraoniniry com- poand is mado! You are neituer & Parinian nor & proviucial, You Lisvo not the j¢ ne suis quoi ; aud yol it s searcoly parceptible that you lack . Dovyon know what s the wauter? [ will wu.?ur that l“ ure aiy antine statuo, 2 Galatoa tud M, do Loanno bas dug you up lo one o) those frightful cellars, thac In wy complaisanca 1 cousanted to viuit, und wheto I rainod » drens, 8 supprb urgaudy, if you plosso, God bloes ali tle wntiquaries’ {n "France! Tell s, aro you ‘l"}“’ wuro of hoing alive > Could you wrear to ity I myself fanoy thot, if 4ye woman wero scratolied, the murblo would ba found beneath, Dou't be vexed. Ldo not mean to vay that you ura an avtlquity; but you aro classie, my baau. ty; aud the clagsio {# neithor old uor youug: it Lias no ago. Your walk, your glaoce, your gese twos, all are according to rule, sil move in mossure s nothing I excesaive, nothing is awsy; SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1875.—TWELVE PAGES. and that is what vetes mo, company vou on tha harp." Thio volaisla Lirronees munt, of eonrno, fmmn- diately int. 0 %0 find & nultabla i for tho beantiful [wabnl. Bho iuvites a nephow, fho Marquis dn Lostang, to viuit hor and attompt the capturo of the chasto, classteal Inauwa, *'Tha Marquia do Leatang, my nephow,” saya dho Baroness. dcreriblusg him, * i nnuparh fotlow, 42 vougn old, handsoma as an Apaflo, brave ny Artaban, an nubtle snd dingrect. as Princo Charm- g, whio owon a honsa i S’arm and a castle in Dauphing, Lett an orphan at the aze of 12 seat, iy bas passad fus youll in unbridied ex- citemonts, Thin bandsomo madenp, my dear, has had menv loves, ond [ fancy he has found none of thom very eritol, 1 have implored himn toptop. At tirst ha rojected tho idea: bal noon 2 gontle molanchnly gaized him: and not inng ago ho wrota mn thiat, if | could discover a wom- nu who did not roembla any of those ythom ho had known, ho could reatgn buarell, without a groat effort, to sacrifico bis liberty to hor, tn ad. dition, fie wante plenty of prineitlo; for Love lucos never marry any but dragons of virtua, Thero fs nothing in the picturn to vevolt the young girl, or sugzest to hiersolf o fathor that the blure man of the world s i any way unfit to umta with & virtuous, lovoly, sud sccom- plished woman. TTe has upent s o in dins- patiotn, and, now that ail plessures pall upan his {t fy grantod that ho muy roquico ‘in his be! purity and prizeiplo wineh o prrted withom hin youth. Lut he i distmguiehed tn Jook aud manbers bo bas cultivated tanton, and fortuno and titla s end in & month from his meoting with Isabel their unton ia blest by tho priest, Lnabel I8 ecstetie, foreho hos given ler hus- band a (rus‘tug woman's nffection. ‘Fhoe Marquis in aminblo ata” palitu—for the wpace of Lwo o thieo monthe. ‘Llhien mstrimony, liko all poat exy.ericnces, wearics hitniniolerably, andhiosecks relief in o renowed haison with o pretty widow, o direarded love of hig bacheloriwod, ' AL tha fiert proof af his intidelity, the wronged and in- dignant wifo domands a tutal reloss from her wmarital bonds, with the councassion that bifore the world ehe elall continuo to play the rols of (o Murcbiotiens do Lestang. fler demand i complied with by the Marquis wituonl a word of remonrtrancs or exculpatioa, and tho une fortunato pair onter upon the didleatt task of living awunder and ot togother in a rolitary chintean, where the unavoldabie circumstanzes of avery day caugn the choins of pscudo hberty und “real slavory to gull tho fechings sap- portahly. Tuder aeold nnd haughty demonnor Isabel succeeds in veiling the tenderness nba yel bears her fusthioes husband, whito he eaxily’ wears n carelosr habit over his courtnous indiMcrouce, Daring tho sammear montha Ly ehateat is fillad with — gay uesis, smoug whown are many hght gellants who warmly profess their admiration for Isabol: but’ with aproud graco b ropels them all, Finally u youne and ingonnona decole, who had doternsined to becown un fumalo of a mouastory of La Iam tempted to no- “Trappe, becomes enraplured with the ehnrms of tha stately Marchionoss, and sho, in ber louali- ness and ROrrow, BIrIVoR to rocinrocato his feel- ivgs, in the hope of aume faint diversion, ‘I'ie novelist linowa how to keop tho reedor in completo suspenen while this drama 18 i prog- reas, sud not until tho last scono is plaved suffery it to bo smspeciod_how the ovent will terminate. 'The Marquis da Lestang revealstho faet more and moro plainly thata grosing love for hin wifo is working a total chauge in Lis naturo; yet, warned Ly the terrible disaprointmont of the past, Iualicl puts no trust in sny ovidenco of s affaction, ‘Lhe Marquia is dovoured with jeal- onay of hin wife's young lover, but ho is *‘a’'mau of honar” (1), and will, according to his promize, allow her tho liberty of action e buy biwegelf practiced, 1o surpriges Ieabel aud bis nval, 3L Doliln, in & quite accidental ioterview, that, however, has tho appearsnes of promeditatiou, and, oxerciaing tlie convummato coutrol over Lutunell for which lio is vemarkable, couvereain a tone of badi-' nago about tho impending calastropho that threateas destenction to nis own uopes and his wifo's bonor, He even rolates an appropriate anecdote un sereno tono of voleo. *f 1 kuow otly Lout othier peopla’s affairs ; I hadly uudorsiaud v own, Kewides, 1 tavo neon too much of the world to blame anybody, A patntor, A mau of tho ntmoss merit, was told one day, In a tregio tone, the moustious dutnils of a mou- strous parricide. ¢ 15 that not enongh to make Naturo shud- der ?' somo one aeked, s+ Oh I he raturncd coldly, * everylhing de- pends on the peint of viow.' ™ Tha incldont perfectly illustrates tho eharacter of M, do Lestang, Tisn ¢ Romnnca " endn 28 one wonld Lavo it. Tsabel remning an * bonest woman," and 1o Lentang, as thoroughly roformed as it ia in bis naturo to bo, {s agaiu accopted as her hus- and, ‘Ihie whole history of Franceis to bo read in any one of the popukar novels belonging to it lizeraturo, 'Pako tiuw for instance, or cua of tho novels of Uoorge Saud, Dumas, De Dalize, it tuatters not of what ablo writer, and iu tho tissuo of the tetion the causes of the tmagio careor of that parturhed country ars plaly shadowoed forth, It is not nocessary to point them out, Jivers clear eyn diecern thetn., Wo allnded in tho beginuiug to the simgular eharm of M, Chiurbulioz's Hitorary style. In ud- dition to thesmaples already guvon, hera {n ony of many pasiages of felicitous deseription that embelllsh bis writing ¢ “Juwas et tho oud of Juno: the heat was burniug, znd the woods and Helds nlopt. The widdlo of ths duv brings to ell Nature n kind of suspaurion of life, which ts tho trus sleep of Pan, There was nal a beath of air: neither branch nor blnda of grnus moved, Only the lo- custs wero hoard aounding thelr timbrols in tho topn of the oakis, Tnis sound wus now to mo; the flaulitess, blocdlosy Jocust annouuces the burning sammery of tho South; tho sun has choson it for its Lorald, Its ery, mounotouous as the humming of u hurdy-gurdy, buv still shtill snd stradent, is the tlerco war-cry of au impiacn- bilo hight which consumes and “dovours. Oune seema to bear the crackling of the burniag errth nud mr; it is tho trua sun-musie ; but 1 poviued to recognize in it the sound of wee, the loud, tuunatonous wail of my burinng grief. . . . x" the twiukliug of an'eye tho country changod its nuoect, thd light was gloomy, ' trecs tool: attitudes of sufiering,” Thore aro aluo “occasional sentonces, unox- pectod in the structuro of a Fronch novel, that a0 ud concigo and orummod with wisdom as the apothegms of Imorson. Witncss the follow- ing: . “1epont, and begin again; that is lifo,” * Wit wo lovo in things, father, that wo pat to thom,” T forever returncd to this conclnsion; that wo aro what wa aro, that wo depond an our char- actors, aud that tho hardest siavery s to fool outualves tho laveo of vur liberty,” APPLETON'S AMERICAN CYCLOPAIDIA, Thunks o the promptitude aud speod with which the Applotons have fisned the prosent editiou of the American Cycloprdia, tho public in enabled, at this date, to form a conclusion of tho seopo und general character of the workthoy bavo undertaken. There are alicady ten vol- umes ont, and six more, ta comyploto tho sories, wilt be forthooming at tha rate of ano overy two wonthis, Iuts falr eatimate of fts proportions and qualily i3 uot diflenit of formation, with tho greator portion of tho work already come ploted. 1t is, of canruo, ouo of tho most difi- cult things to dsteruvne exactly what butic ia wmost appropriato for euch n work, and, after that 1s fixed, to apply tho ruls of propor- tiona to tho subjects undor cansidaration, to mold them symmetrically, and to preservo tho rolative mportance of each, without falling into tho niatakes of lavish olaboration or ecuuty neglect. Tho number of volumen, #ixteen, eesmd to bo as vaat] a spaco ne it 18 posaible to compress the fn- formation into; and wixtcon volames donot take up, aftor all, too much room npon tho Nbrary- slholf, Tho volumes sro not too lmlky to bo exylly handlod, oither; mnd it wonld noom that, it e interior bora the wamo relation to the judi- clous mecasurement of the work, there would bs letlo lott ta complatn of, Of this there can bo but Lillls question. Whilo tho general jutantion I3 cloar of wostiug not a woid, sl of cone densilog wherever it is porviblo to do 1o, the full and genorous troatinant of ull tho miont interost- iug sublects will be fonud to leave nuthing uu- said that should bo wald. ‘Lo woleet from suol a work cspocial treatiues for oxamiuxtion would Lo to contiu ounsolf to & nrraw viow of tho undertaking, bue specisouu ay givo an idea of tho yanoral direction, Tal % wibject famliliar to onr readers, for lustance,~— Cliiewge. Ilore, in oo twelvo pages of beane tiful type, Is » history of tho city 1tuni the eur- liesl availabis wources, tablea to show fto indus- trien and mariz fta growsh, two SNZEAVINES 0X= hibitiug tha city before und after thu Groat Fire, and a complete wummary of thal iuteresting event, Its accuracy i unquestionod, wod tho anount of mfornation ptored ju thot shost treatieo surprivfoy, Ko of other familiar mnat~ torus of citios ko Ht. Loult, New York, and Cincionatl; of natins,—Englaud, Frauce, Hugsia, Gormany; of languages; of relipious beliafy ; of soonces ; of histozy; of biography ; of philorophy and Litersture. There does not appear to be any other aim In this grest uo- durtaking than to put beforo tho reader the grostest amouny of valuskle information in the rimplept possibio form e nnuatlost poa. #iblo compans, To thia end, elitorate deserips tonn 1ve way Lo Information by pictuses whoio porsible, and the e7e uud ear areuliko brought to boar upen tho study. Lo rtudent of the American Cycipmilia will noties, too, the fmpartiality with winch all sute Jectaury trested. Thera s wo effort ot finn writing for purtisan purposes. e dopacunonts ara nwder tie control of no litarary, relivious, or politinal weliool, Lhey afo axnmiued witk evole negs, —disenpxnd without bian, Thero s an urticln ont money, giving an ahio review of all theoricy of finunco, advoeating nno and eondemnning noue. Ho with thu_roilgloot Lanisd dinsusssa, The article on the Inauivition is not an apotoz bt & Instory, as free ay possiblo 1rom bins and tha articlo on Mothediens chaliougos thy eriticisin of no oppasing secly, Ton woric s nde Ited 1n no myirit of agereseive bLoliel or disbes lief, but with n ealm and dignified os.crminntion to couticiva tisn intcrenty of all wio raly upon it for intormation. "Tlat it M perfection. wo hesie tate vory sariously to sy s bat thatitin o wor of euperlazive azcellenco cannot Lo gainbaid. printivg proea in rather eppsiling numbers, thern muat needs bo much chiel and ittle gond wheat among such worke, Tiut now aud agein theru comes a plece o genuino hiterars worl, where the style is not sluvenly, the eontiment noither mawkish nor false, thn chareeter not misty improbabilitien or grotesqun caricatures, and tho plot not 8 puzzle or a feilure, Huch 8 bock iy “Tor tha Kinz's Duwm' Iv iy a churming story, charmingly told, Well- drawn fizares, skotchod with & firm band aud feminine delicacy of appreciation of character, para along n Btrosm of limpid parrative, A good, simple stylo, free from mechanical tricks und goriah ornament, I8 86 rare that il scame something born with tho writer, and perlected by incessant study. Read o page from Thasieray and then ono from some of our wovelisls who ure very popular aud wiihel vers foor wril ‘Ihe tormer lingers In your mind lilte tho vision of a fair faco, but the lutter leaves an unpleas. ant tasto in the mouth of those who seo in style ona of thoe lighest instrumentsof human art an:l cxpreegion. ‘Tho author of “For tLho Rine's Duen " writes with much of that beauty and light we have inour mind. She posuesses tho raragift of tolling a story woll aud mminly, Wo dwell on this feature of the work, ay it fa reaily of sue premo import ; for tho beet thouzhis are el but valuelesa to o person who has not tho act of ex- pression,’ If the matter in roully goud, and the mrutier hopelessly bad, the law Iy, tuat somo ous nho posresses tho nower of enrrest sud beentiful expressicn will aprropricte the former, ead make {t his own by adoption and cumumon conrent. "I'lis book has themerit of befug comparatively short. It doew uot contain irrelevant (disquisi- tions upon freo will, argumenta for wonian'’s tights, or Jabored econver-atons between proay squires and radical alists regard- g pauperivm, It hos no mutter that is not par- tineot to the etory, There in a scholarly flnmh aboat it which in shown in good work, aid thera i & hterary fragrance inthe singuiur(z hajpy matloos which adon (he chaptets. *‘¥or the King's Does " does not Reem t0 bo modeled on the desperation schjool of novels, or on the rumby-pamoy order whero diluted amall talk in spread throngh three voinmoy of i wearisono and very hormless twadd) hay just enough of the heroic and romautic to make it intercstiny, aud not mueh more than many wake a measure of acquamtangoe with in life, Tho seene of the novel i8 laid in Saik, ovuo of tho English Chanvel slands, The timo 14 1782, when Georro 1L was on the thrope, and when runtioy winugeled laces nud brandy from Frenco ta Eugland by tho way of theso islauds was o catling bath profitablo and perilous. The reve- o ofticors werd netivo, and thio islandars were mogtty all smugglers, holding advanced 1deas on frao trade; o that troublo and advesturn wese viio ou the fsluud, A smugelng adventurs ju tha pivot on which the ptory turns, ‘I'he hero is o manly fellow,—not -n miracle of wit, or kuperlatively fakcinuting, but ho looks real, and leaves & good impression ou you, By way of inciicot, thers is n wmurder and marriage, thero Is vtio Young man I dangor of helug hanged Tor & ciimo ho ddnot comnut, and an old villain who committed it in dunger of escaping punishmont, ull totiibution finally overtskes bim st the sconn of his crime, in & pertectly probablo mavuer, Thero in & lady reading, at the mouth of s eive. tho * Viear of Walkoticld,” on jts first publicstion, till the rising tido surronnds her, and then she is rescued by the soneiblo conduct of o fisher-girl. Wo are introduced to tho nlecs of tho Seigneur of the julnnd,—a lady who s witty, aud pretiy, and engngingly candid in ‘ber worldli- nesn; and to her friond Amice, Leromno of the novel, who Is esrnest and an idoulst, ‘I'ho bero is u naval oflicer employed v the sup- pression of smugshing ; and Lo Thas in time to solve tho problomy whothar a man ehould enri- {flca work gnd duty for tho lovo of a womau, The solution for afl timo iain tho Inst lines of Lavelace’s * To Leucustea, on Going to tho At the Soigncurio we weot what I8 cal)- Wera,” cd good society ; and, at the nte-house nud iu tha finhor's cottage, vhnt I, o suppose, by ray of contrast, called roal ifo, The most origins) and artivtio couception in that of Jeanne, a young tisher-gizl, who {8 almoat dumb, and in whom an apparont want of sanity blossatms into intalligeace and eelf-saeritico at the touch of landness, The story maintaing its interest thronghout, Beactored throngh it ure happy touchen of char- acter like tho following : *I'Iio Hoigneur was not hard honrted; but, asit Is with wowe oogy-tem- pered fooplo, bis_good-nuture saened to bo tho vary roason toy hin not helping auy oun,” It is unraisfactory to mako extrazta from a book of this kind, but wo canuot forbear makine ono an lusl ng the bLeanty of tho author's stylo. Hho iy npoakiug of the sinking of the * Noyal Georyo,"” on which tho horo had obtained a com- wisuion : “¢Om the 22th of August, s tho * Royal Goorgo’ lay at eane fn Portzmouth Hartor, reeling uider a nudden breeze, with 1,100 souls ou bourd, el s3nk in sight of tho Lioitwes of the town, As mld-day, amid the sound of dauciun xud rejoreng on hes decks, the mysterious tealed orders of fate were openat, aud the * Royel Ueorga’ mut ber doow, and paesed into tho reatm “of shaduse, All England ravg witl that vad etary, Tueru ot 1 poacetiil firmebde slere It wan Dot Lkt with Tie conchus, sk they rollod futo tho mor- ket-plices of coutry-lowns, brought the hosvy tafuzyy or poatho; dropred §t 3@ they rode throngh rouoto places; nud ft was passed from 2unatl to paouth, with saduces greater than (£ the pezilant itp bod ‘pershiad undor French puns, One who romcinbered tha day has told vis hoy the beile ware tulled fu the town, &na tho ships in Portamouth Tlaibor boro thefe flags at Lalf-ast, nnd Low il Engund mourned the gallaot Kempenfelt ond his 8.0 aen 3 snud an Edgllad poet wrolo a disgo over them thnt will livoas loug nu Lnglish pride, pod gaantry, end tenderausd, reman (n Eoglish Ilafll:." ILLINOIS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. TRANSACTIONS OF THY ILLINOIS BTATE HORTICULTTR. AL BOUIETY 3OR IS4, Edited by the Sucrgtuty, O, 1, discuwita, Normol, 1, Now Horles—Vol, Vitl, Cadcagos Published by the soclety, anenctions holewith presented contain tho proceedings of the ninctcouth annusl meol- ing of the Stats Morticuliural tincivty, held at DPooria, Dec. 8, 9, 10, and 11; alga the proceed- ings of the Morticultural Hoclety of Northers 1l- linoln, of the Alton Iforticultural Hociely, tho Waramw, tho Galesburg, aud other local Hortle cultursl Societios, during tha year 1874 Intboso unfted proceedings ure included evseys and div- cusnions vpou various subjocts eonnectad with practicel and scientitio Horticulture, As an ap- pendix to the volume, the very ablo and ueoful * lgport ou the Noxioas and Dencticial Insccts of the Stato of Illinols,” by Dr. William Lo Baron, State Entomoligast,'ls added. In looktng over thin work, which every ono concernea in the fruit-growing inturcsts of the Stato must examlue wilh atluntion, wo are re- newedly impressod with tho vital impartauca co the Lortleulturint of & knowledgo of entomology and botiny, chemistry nwl moteorotogy, lu rouding the dlecussiony of thio dilfztent Suciotics, 11 too mauy casea wo fud 8 provailing ignutauco of theso scivncos loading to remurky wigely antray in tho prectice of thelr industry, aud choaling thom of the ruceess for which tfley tolt with pramewartny patienco sud yesolution, Were cach Individuel " nndertaking ibis or any other bruteh of Awifculture, tu yrovido biowelf with olementary toxt-baoks fu the ueiences uentiou- ed, gud, cfter suastoring thelr contents, were o otudy the hnbits of the yegetahle and sninal lito with which ha Las to do, that the tima aul 1aoney inve: suits had heou moyt wisoly exp 16 £ad £ 820 mon wha havo spent rears in the cultura of tho woll and the growth of fruir, groping belplegaly in tha dark tor the causes of their short crops, when o lutle time judiciously devotod t0 entowolugy knd hotauy would, n th wmujority of justencos, have pointed out tho sources of that mumfortnne, sund provided thew with o buro defeuso. Experience, nuless it ha tho experisuce of the trmued student, will not avall a man hike education,—that educatiou thst bias dovolopod bis observation and usderstand- ing and juformed bis judgment. Farmors may ansp thalr Sogers as Bolencs, but L s of Sclenca they mugt learn ot to fizht sucressfully the yiad foes that ravago their fioldn aua pr Until men havo fal 216 5ot (00 old 1 Requira any e edgn 3 then lot oven 1hoo wio havs provwi during fong; service st the plow aud the prouing- Laife, dolav no longer to senrcih bunks and pauers for the light which ecience alona can throw on the hahita of insects and planta, on tho conrtitnents of Bnils, and the plienvinsus of climate and atmosplirre. 144 well for the future prospoety of Agrient- ture in Hfinoa that the children (n its schouls aro beiug instructed fn tho natural seienced. . AHN ENOLISH DICTIONARY. Tur 1ok DICTIONARY 0¥ Tir LNGList TaN- EIYMOLOGICAL, JXPLANATORT, A%ty 150- ceina, [lutrated by SO0 Encravings on Wool. %m0, pp, 32, Beaton: F-tes & Laurint, For #chonl-ngen in England, whera ity arutems of orthograpby aud orthoupy agreo with the ne- knowledged standards, this dictionary s26mg well adapted, its deflnitions are full and elesr, its vocalmlary meets the ordinary requirements of tha etudout. and v stymology it poes to tho longth of giving ono root~form of eacli primitivo word, ‘Tha spprndices, coustdering the ecope of .the work. ero copious and valnalle, Yet, Lowover pumerous aud prounounced nre tho merits of the lexicon, the propriety of Intro- ducing it into American schuold 18 ques- tlonable. Weo bavo already two conflicting methods of npelling and pronunciation in tha rival dictionacies of Wobster and Worzeszer, Iamentably confuring onr written and vocal Boocch s and it wuld o deplorable to adwit » third devcordunt authority to multi vur Babal of toneuss, There thould be a sui- ¢lo etandard Amnerican dictionary, to whieh all vehiclars might reler their orthography and or- thoapy withiout appesl, and by n conformuuce to which thair degroeo of calture in thetr nativa languago nuzht be ngdly tested, As wo mav not bopn for this in the “pear future, we tuay Lopa tuat en Enelish distioaary, with radical pe- cnliarities of spelling aud pronunciazions, will nok como ta dinpute thio sscendency vishour own lestcogiaphers, YEAR DOOK. 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Young Fotks' Monthly for April (il N, I\ Lowis, Chicago). American Iuilder for April (New Yorl), American Hustrated Home Monthly for Apsil (Cimeluvats). Chicago Teacher for April (Jolin W, Drown), Jiterary World for Apnl (8. It. Crocker, Bos. ton). Jlinois Schoohnasier for April (Cook & Hawett, Western Laper, 1), for April (8t. Louis), . Awmerican Bookscllers® Gurde for April (Amerie ean News Company, New York), Current numbers of Liltell's Living Age (Lit- toll & day, Boston); and of Appitons’ Journal (D. Appléton & Co., New York), il lias CHANGES 1N THE POSTAL LAW. Eiforts of the Lxproms-Companics §n Waaiungtot. New Yonx, April 5.—To the Editor of the Xew York Tribune: When ex-Sonator Rumsoy 44 rinca to explain,™ bo would Letter toll the factn or keep lils weat. Last Novewber, 1 happened to meot in the P’os:-Ofiice Dopartment at Wash- Ingten ono of the principal contractors for trane- porting maile in Arizonn and in other Westorn ‘Lerritories, sud be told nio of au intorviow with Postmastor-Cioneral Juwell, froa which be had Just como, 3fr, Jowell suid that a delegfation of exprogs-menagers, among whon were the man- agera of the Adams Express Company, bad just bosn compleining that tho low rato of postage ou morchizndive wus takivg nway thoir small- package business, and that large dry-goods liouscs wore loadiug down tho malls with logiti- maty oxpress-wattor, * ITe asked mo if I falt it on my routes, Iroplied that I vresumod pevplo on tha frontier would clalm that right ss n fuir offuet Lo tlie frao dolivery which was afforded fo tho groat citios, and I thought it would bo » jubt clatoy, vapecially as it would not eoxt the Gove ernment anvthing, suid woull prove to be o burden Lo the cuntisctora,’ Atter the Franking bl pasy nout conjractor saud to e, our four yoors' conttaots last vejuter, wo undoe- wtood perfectly tho Iaw under which wo wore bidding, We know wo wuro liablo to earry wer- chandiso packanon npto 4 povnds in weight ot half tho rate tinco tixed, and we nwda our prica erpoinl. Wo know, too, thera would Lo i nasters but by tho re-enactment ot tho Frouking law we aro lowdod u hundred thoes heuvier with boobs thau we wunld beve Luen with puckagen, No oatter! Vo ure ready to ¥ o muily fuat s wo contracted todo. 1f rond wante to add to aur weight, edditional Pay uust enme with ie," 1 kuow that muuy of the prominont exprees. men cf the couutry wero in Wasniugton, for [ taw tvm thore, “Thet thov attended to thin alterslion of the postage rate, 1 am cqually stito, for Luaw them in thu Post-Otico Depart- weusUnd kesrd the precadivgs futorview ra}nlud within fteen minutes ufter 1t ocwurred. Bub thut not & sloglo rapresvotalive of an vspress company spproached the Commiites, Lior any mambes of fl. 1 am not 8o suzes '« W FAMILIAR TALK. | EARLY THEATRES IN LOMDORN, The first licsnred theatro in the City of T.on. don wan the Bluck{riars, 8o ealled from itn being lozated in tho preeinee formorly occuptod by the Order or sl or Dominlean Friars. In 1270 tha monanters of thesa monks wasramoved from olborn to sin diatrict between Ludgato Sl usudthe River Thawes, aud hero wore otected a maunatery, chureh, and & manelon of stone, from the Tower of Montfichet and from part of tho city wall. The | rociuet was spacious cnough to coutain many sliops Lesides tha eeclesestical buildings, and was surrousdod by a wall having four gaten. Edxarl T, and Quean Bleanor wero generaus patrony of Whs new convent, tho King giving over tu its keeping hia clinttors aod ree- whilo many of tho nokility dwell ou its do- mai Numerous historical associntions ars connset- od with the church. Here,in 1522, Charlea V. was lodged during his visit to Houry VIIL; and i iora, bwo years Ialer, the famous Ilack Parlia- | ment Legan ita alttings. It wan here, too, that | the trial of Queen Katharino took place, and tho proud svoman awept from the Court after refus- gz, with lmporlous mien, to acinowledge tha nuthority of Ler Judges, Finally, it was heio that the Yarliament asrombled which deposed tho haughty Wolsey, and lald hira lavel with the dust. When Heory VIII, dissolved the mopas- ¢ tories fu Lis roalm, Blackrriats fell with the rent, and was confiscatod to the Crowin A portion of the church was remodaled and fitted for parocki- ol uee, but the whole was destroyed by tho great fire of 1666, ! Intho reignof Fdsaxd VI, the authoritias | ordered tho removal of 2l tha King's rosels aud maxques from Warwick Houne, Hfolborn, to * the Iate divsolved houseof Biackfriary, London.” The Players thus removed fitted up a hiouso for their accommodation Su tho vita of Lo monastery, walking o considorablo ontlay for srenery aud maciinery. Tho Lnsss waa, lLowover, not le- converled inta a theatro uotil 1576, when Lizabeth, who was citremely foud of the drama, gave it the sanction of n icense, At the bead of the company vlaymg on its stage was James Barbage, whuse gon Lichard was atterwards sesnclaied with Khainpeare, and obtained » lantiog fame as tun onwinal tepreaentative of Hamiot atd Jiche ard 111, Atbough eafs from molestation_ from tho eny nuthonities in their new home at Biack- {riars, tho actors were Ly 10 means welcon 1o ths commuvity of tistocralic and pariianie peotle amoug whom they had come. Tivre was a yrroat deal of cam[hiut mado by the citzeny in tho vicimty, of the noito and distuibanco in- troduced suto their quict locality by the aclors and their compauious,but to no offect, The Loure was well wustaiod by the putiunage of fashicn uud nobility, It was conetructed for uso fn winter.—tho company which occupied it at that eason play- ing at the Glubo dunug tho sutumer, Yho ar- ravgemant of tho house waa line that of en inn=vard, after which all the early theatres wato modeled, The anclant inng were builk around an open court-yurd, ond slong each story In- terually tau s gallery, upon which the doors and windows of the guesi-rooms opeved. F many years theso fnu-ynrds wero the choos places “of exhibition for'strolling plavers : aud the iumates of the bouse wirhing to witnews the perforuianza bizd bus Lo Ktep out into thn wallesies, wlick comuuanled the entize keene ¢l the paav. The convenieucs of thie frra tho style of iternal srelisee- in modern theatras, ment puzpes! posed that be yluyed the parts of the Ghost in lfamlet,” andof oid Avam tn “An You Like In” 1u 1506, the theutre war rebuilt; rnd, in 1618, it was leosed to Edward Alleyn. In 1631, tha parish petitioned Land tor the removal of tiin players, whoso presetice Was r grievance Lo all Blackfrintg. *“Thoe shopkeepers atiim thot #tuils by tho coaches and peouto wweepiug on- ward to the playhoune; that 1he concarso s #o ereat, tho inLabitants are uuabio to tako corl 1nto their housed while it continues 1o get throuzh Ludgato to th waser 15 jus poreable ; and, if a tizo break out, Heaven help t thrcugh sich mobs of men and vehiclos 2" “T'he petitton declares bow pobular was old DBluckfrines, but it cld not succeed tu gedting tho bonee wupproksed. In 163 it wan led by itw proprictors, tho trothers Lurtmpe. for s vearly rent of £50, Itw career cleead in 1635, when it eare was one of the joint own- | inrs, aud upon its stags it epe | wheir goods expored to sala e swopt off their | sem, how can suceor be brought to the shiferers | obecura theatres that flourished for a timein cotnpany with the othor housen tn Tankside, . The old Cockpit Thoatre wan located in Bt Gles-in-the-Fields, and owoed (s namo to tho fact of its having boon aitorod from a cockpit into n playhouss, 1t was deairoyed by tho ol diora In 1642, and was robuilt by thodes, 8ir \ Devenant, with Betterton and Kynaston 1o hi compauy, oceupied tho house until 1662, Tha Curtaiu, which stood at Holywell, s montionod in 1577, 1t was placed nesr tho Priory of Kt. Jolin Baptist, and {4 supposod to have got its nama from its boing tho first thoatre to nse the curtalnin front of tho aiaze, Tha Forlano Thentra wae built for Philip Henalowo and Wil fam Altoyn, and wau aponod fu 1601, It was & aquarg wouden edifice, and cost £1,320. It was Lurnt in 1621, aud waa relmit on a ciroular plan, of brlck, and tiled, The Louso stand on tho east #ido of Colding-lane, without Cripplerato, It I conjocturod Ly Malono that #'Tlie” Thes- fre,” bullt in 1576, v.rathn * first bullding srectad in or nenr tha metrop s puiposely for sconio cxtubitiona,” John Stockwood mantioned it 1o a sermon defivored ab St Yau's Cross, in 1579, a4 “ the gorjeous playinz-placa crectod in tho fieida,” Tha * gorgoous ™ hausa was construetod of wood ou thorite of the Ptiory of S, John Bape tist, nt Iolysell, Shorediteh, [t wan taken down in L and tho wand removed to Banksido for sebnilding the Globe, The hall or yefectory of the Wintefriars Monnnatory waa fitted up for a theatron 1586, In 1613, it wan InZen down, aud but seanty records romain of ils hutory, [t haa been eaid that 23 many an twelve theatras wers in aperation in the City of London &t ouo tima whila Elizalieth was ou’ the throns, and the It in probabiy 2 un Ly counting in the ruds plavhouse ot Nozingtan-on-Butts, which, for a brief wlitla in tha carly history of the regular drawa, wag used for sccuie representations, e SHINLEY AND HER KITTENS, I ko a it pinl 2% nesther il nar burly; B t9 Just an + bntter, A """f (Xt 0 hed quicn early; Bomctiune ehe's il of fun, At somottines she ts surly, 3t o mattee how who f, ¢t & rharming litho girly, At alie bns a pratiy Juat listen 1—it s Slurley, ho wweare a crfmeon bonil And Hitile erfuson nuctens, Bl s dreadful reated at dugs, L And very foud of Eftten 3 eighher boy cama ta thitage b a list, P'vo ot for Shisley itth cat § fond of this one, bt Tl bring another, For wa hiava g2t three tortolna ahotls, Aud onw 1 Blio wix vory giad 1o et it, Aud danced about with Jo, Al maid,—+ O, yen, bilniir nozzor one, You goodest, niceat Loy I When elie 2ot twn, thte oy mald Wan payues of the gay, And sy tetch tollk Fhe gave (o thom, “Ihiey fatier grew cacls day, it rolfed sround Like putt balls In cunniny kittens' ) Au:] which was ) ts or gitl, "T'was [roity hard fo sy, Her slster Susin 3td one day,— W T kittes’ names ? In your place, “Clut I should cali oue Janes,™ 1 a'all not call ono kitty Jameat i3 one, with tail 5o nifm, And stripes all ranning ovar it 14is nammo i Dandy Tim Aud iy one T bave in 10y lap, 1 don’t knaw, but T finks 1ty suclh o pretty one, 1 den 1 nae kit Capon Jinks [ 0%, Shirley, thoto are ugly nsroca t Wiy dou't you call ono Nell — You know that ia tho b1l nato— Aud catl the otber Bellt™ Tuede tat aro mine, not vonrs} 1% natnie ‘a1 bufe mgself, An' Dwin' you wouldn't bover e P Bald the ludepoudent 6lf, 5 3t ball khe plased with kits meery mateh 3 A, atil eolled Thn fooin around, thie ball to cateh 3 b they all grow tred'af this, lay dowu on tha tloor, A every cae fell fast nuloop, Before the open door ] Tii# first to srake was Cantaln Jinks, And be was full of tricky Bo whien he ¥nw the otl Lilte jurt e« wtill 08 bnicks, Tie pounred npon oot Daidy Jhn One Ave wun taken down, it dweliing-houses bilt upon the ground, AL prekont tho site Is_occupiod by tho elegant oditlca Ayothesars's Hall. Actors and theatren mulliphied rapials during Ehzabeth's roign, and, at tha timo Shakspears began hiy career ju Loadon, thera wern core tamly flve pullic plavucuses. ‘This was hap ton years after the Koyal licenss was accorded to Biackiniais, viz.: in 1650, The most celobrated of ol the theatres at this dato was_tho Globo, of which Shnkspeare hecame oua of the fifteen vhoreloldera 1 1589, Tho company plasing bero and at tho Dlacke friars wag one of tho most respectablo and proas parous io tho city, The Globe was situated on the river's bauk, tn the eoatbern subueb of the enpital,—a locality chostn pi aecesvibla by weter. b E0 it WAy aut o the Jurisdioti rporation of Loadon, which, then iufceted with Puritaniam, used all its puwer to deetroy tho profoesion of the nctor, Tuo Ginhe was o much larger edifico than the Diackfriare, 1t waw buli ol woud, iu tha form of an octagon, and was_opan to the wengber, oscepting the stage, that wag covered wlih a thatehed roof, Wuo murd of Bpectators were crowded in the pit or xard; tho middlo cless oc- eupied the galleries ; and tha lndies prosent, if thero wero any, ovetpied the rooms or boxes un- der tho gallerics, or had feate on tho stage, ‘Lo musiciang wose perched up in a lofty galtery over tho rcens, The enrtatn opened perpendicn- larly in the middle, instead of boing rolled up a3 nowndays; _whilo smaller curtaive wero used, when necded, to divido the stego inte kavornl apartments, Thw prico of adairvion to tho theatres was wmall, sud o howse briuging £10 waa corsidercd psofitotlo, Fho ploys were given in tho ufternooi.—the urunl Lour of eom- mencement being $oelock. A flag Loisted st the suzmit of tie theatvo wnnounced to the peoply that the hour far epeming had arrived, aud iz remaincd fiouing duntug tho performie ance. The pieco began with threa flonrishes of a triwpot, aud, a6 the thivd sonnding, the pro- loguo was declaiwed, On oriinery occasions, the stag was strowed with rushes; nud heco. on stools brought for their accanunodation, sat the gentlewen of faehion ‘who patrouized the play, Ve are told that in 159, when *itichard IL" had a lome anil aplondid run nt the Ulobe,~much to Lillzabet’s dincoptunt,— Lurt Lssex, with Lis companious, Lut'and and :lvutbmm{-tun. way o constant viiitor of e hiuge. Alia fallowens “tilled tho pit of tho thes- tre, whers tlaud and Sosdampton ate daily seon, and where Bhalispesic's company, iu tho groat play of Lichard 1, bave, for woto than o year, bech fonding tho public aye with pictures of the depostion of Kings.” "Notwithstunding “thoeo weeties of Shakspenre's pluy dieturn izaootk's droams,” (Lo perfurmance of thu Led, royea by firo b 1615, —the" Aamen beiug kindled in“tha tliatehed rout cove: it the stuge, by a wal fro: s firod dnrinsgt the performenco of the payof * Heary VEHL Bir Houry Watton, writing July 6, 1613, following mccount of tuws acclduut Now, 1o Int matters of stats sloap, 1 will cutariatn vou ad tho preseut with what happencd thid week at Danksido, The Kivy's plavers hud & men play [y calla:d *All is Lrae," m})rmnutm picees of° the of Livnry i ¥at forth with muclipomp aud majerty, W, Ring Henry makiing o mask ot the Cardinal Wolrey's houso, mid certalu cannoens being dhot off at his eutry, somo of tho haber, of otlier stul?, wuerowith one of thau was stoppid, did Jghit on tho ehatch, whera, hesng thotught ae tirat but an jdle smokie, uug their vyeu haing more astentive to tho show, it klled inwardiy, rad van round Itho o tram, cousumiog, in leas tisn an hour, the whinlo buutks to the very gronm Lo Waat Ll futat poriod of Luat vilious tabrio, wherain vet nothing did porish but weod aud struv, nwl i fow_ forrakien clocks: only one mun hud bis Vrsechios rat on fire, that would porhaps luvo Lroilsd ban, 3¢ he bad not, by tho beuotis of provident wit, put it oot Wit a Lottlaof sle.” Tho play of * flenry VILL" bad at tirst a donblo sl but tho * Al s Tine" wos moon dropped, Jozving the name as it now stande, Ihe CGlobs way rebullt the fullowing years but, Reter tho wtpprarnion of tho theatres in 104818 iy not mentioned in the annuls of tho stagoe, Thoro wers soveral theatred on tho Bunkside in Southw in the neighuorburd of tho Globe, Tho vldent ot them all was tha Cireus, origimally Linlt, in 1520, for exhibitions of bull-batting and bear-baitiog, b wun sfterwards usad £or o pere formancs of puppets, aud for tho reprencntation of rugulir playd. Accordinyg to Dekker, Bou Jonson was gt ouo tinw an eolor at this bonso, ‘The Hops was n thoatru used both for beare baiting and a9 o playbousn. jn 1614, Ben Jon. sou's *Bartholomew Fair®” was firat acted on isastage. ‘The Huso, sud the Bwan, wore two breatwe it waw | i Aud rolled bt o'er and o'er, T ried ot thoy timbled oug Throukh the widopen dooz, Thn nofeo {hey made awoke the mald, Tetare s ap wik doan, d Tubbed her noss, A wonid not Join $ho rout,— 8ie suarled fer fice and thouyilt she'd cry, Tut énvlid with a pout, Sue fold hor tronbl to mamrus, And wicn gool-natired e Tonard Cag tab ks aud Danidy Jim An ronnd aud round they Sew, Tl o then 1greed ] Avd b o1l st Liow, Your Shirley got o scratéh | KLe from tha carpet sprang in haate, With 1igre Ler tratne did thiver ; Bnstehad oty Fittens by the neck And ctartd Tor i river t Al wrien wlio rozehed tan river brink She prave 2HgrY fCPRIIN, Then Hited them shove her head Aud dropged then in the stream, Thoy b vot Fink: na yor might (hioke iz waler rai $0 fd Lo ecw them horne along, puny 1o the last, When they wers gone quite out of eight, Sito cutin back o the Low And yst down fu Ler ittle clalz, And kept still as » mouse, Boon Susle came and ald to ler, *+Whers are your kittens, Sairley 2% Blie enewered Boi, bit staniped her footy Aud lvokod down croa aud surly, Then mamema exmie sod avied tho same Her lap Lenan o gaiver,— 42y wav piich awtal vy Late 1 frew ' i 2o wiver," 40 Bhitley, cht'd," hier mamma sakly 4 giow could you be 5o bad 1 Bl wbionk e Gangled curls and @ *Tausa 1 was dwedful mad ¢ 44 Yauea 1o~ o vory nanghty gird, And Tabiali tel papn, Wht do you think Be'il esy to you e O uoltiu tnuch, mumma, “ ho'il pay Lika dis,” chio sald, Lo o curl e BIELtY yauked * Youtso nu awiul wicked Hitle o Ho liow you st be spsuked § Hoou papa came, and {n hin ar Hu s two dripping kittens, And sald 1 Suirley, Yon tid thist= ‘o 1 have fu ur puittens, v Btk Iy Ing ou the Fiver hauk, Juit' wuere you el (ke over § At thiero wete Lrints whera litila boots lad trawpled dows thu uover ! Up apirang the child Ja eaaar bista ‘Aud Erowlit er criwnon hood 3 T dein b ru way on," she sald, Tataitwe tat bo dod | Au? whon D' gt yon'il surry bay A uinof Yo witlcrs, Fuir 110 way oi) In 10 woods, Au' payto Lebll dle,” Pupe patt Biteles in tho enun, id o tiey Wero quite drisd § o Lddca 1 il ot 00, whe haid, o attenis didia’t dfod 1 o Ball thankn to you," said Lier paps, # iy ¥ thoy wera uedsly dsad H 'l Du'er Bavu Beel} vour pets af Hiud §4 et boen fur Pred 3 Co Hn waded |u the wator decp, And lroughit the kittaus ou And all 1ho toys tpog the han Cinered lun with wesry whoutd Now taku your kitiens, Bttle girl, And veo you tret them woll, + Or § siil havo Lo give tuem Luth Fo liltlo uister Nell,¥ ‘Then Sbirley took her prett; pety AU kisatd thets o 7t wcd wor, S1'1 ot be Lad sgaan,” shesd, b Nor dwown you uby wored d L will diy you lots of wilk, A vk as you tan stuff § AN T will miaio Yo stioes of An' you s'ail have a i { Bo. now L'l put you in you' bed, 0auso wo tnus's dit up carly 3 Now enddla down you tile besd, Aud may *dood-uighitto Shuley 1® =Mry, Joennie 1% Hasen Lacis ain the Foung Folbe' Sloathly, —————— fufoly aiddon, Quizand (Cul,) News, T'ho melnest wan §n this city lvos on Jackson sirest, tlo cuts tho accounts of thu Beeclier scaudal out of the paper every morning and Dides thom inthe Bible, to keop bia wifo sud wothor-ic-law from reading them. Iia eays “Thoy nover look fn_that book," and be tolhs them W The dog chavs the paper full of