Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 5, 1876, Page 9

LITERATURE. nn'l-x-lct Martincaw’s Travels in the East, Anna Dickingon's New Book; # A Poaying Investment.” Vers do Sooiete~--Politios and Polit- ioal Soience-~Eleotor= ‘al Reform, fow the People Live in Bible-Lands =--The Undeserved Good Char- acter of the Camels Tea and Coffee Cultivation in British India---The Vallisneria Spi- ralis. Exploration of Sumatra---A Tor- nado in Sweden---Draining the Zuyder Zee. —_— # LITERATURE, WARMIET MARTINEAU'S TRAVELS IN THE H EAST. EazaN Lier, TRZasnT aND Past. By Manwer AARTINEAU, | 1mu., pp. 494 A New Edation, Rtoston: Tloverts Brothers, Chicago: Jausen, Metiurg & Co. Prlee, 31, At tho aga of 73, Mies Martincau propates a now odition of & book of travol whick xhoe first put forth ot tho sgo of 46, 1t fs a strong testi- monial to the motlt of hor work that n demand for it shiould exist aftor it Las boon hefore tho public twenty-seven yoars, Dooks of thg class to shich it helonga aro npt to bo ephemoral, passiog out of sighit and of momory after a brief perfod of light morvico. 'Uhoy aro littlo more then chronicles of petsonal exporience, and re- cord Dnsty and suverticinl imoreesions, fit only for the, nnusemont of ompty hourd, Dut this Isondowed with vermanent qualitics ; foritin the product of thought, the ofupring of a vigor- ous, cultivated, anJ contomplative mind. Miss Martinenu began bor travels in the Erat in the yoar 1846. Blo was thon in tho maturity of her powers, o student of 1are osarueatners and sequirementy, and aiready tho anthor of va- rious works marked by unususl Lroadih and grasp of thought, ‘The annsly of Oriontallands had accupied much ot her attention, and, by ro- flection and research, sho was ready to derivo tho largest bonefit from = visit to sites of natu- ral nnd hiatorieal interost, Tho sorious and ou- lightened considoration uslie gave o avory object of importanco that came within ber notico is manifost In hor nazration, which iy laden with tho fruits of laborions nnd discriminatng study, ¢ 'The flyst Lialf of tho Look s 1illed with notes npon Egypt,—a country which hos moro attrac- tion for Mies Martinean than auy olber in tho Oriont, Tler observations upon ita lifo.in the paet aod tho presout form 3 valusble and en- fertaibing treatiso upon tho aoclient snd the madern racos that buve inhabited the Valloy of tho Nilo Foypt fa mot tho country [she remarks) to go to for tho recroation of travel. It in tow muggestive uud too mnloun-\lnf 10 bo mut but 10 thoapiric of stiady, One's Towers of observation_atnk uuder the porpetual ox- erclao of thought; aud the lighicst-earted voyagor, who kots fortls from, Gairo cager for new weenes and dags of frollc, comea back au aullgue, o cltizen of the wtrld of 0,000 years pga, kindred with the mummy, Notbing but largo Luowledga and sound hinbits of thouuht cun rave him from roturniuyg hioms per- plexed end Lorve down,—unless, fudeed, it bo fgnorapce eud lovily, A man wiao Koes to moot crocudlles, o fog Arabe, and et onrichyeggs, look g the monment an #0 muny atrange, ofd Mone-beaps, rod comes back # bored o ddeath with the Niln," ag wo wero told_wo shonld e, e turns Jci from Thehes, or {rom the First Cataract, perhipy without huvimg over son tue Cataract, when withit 5 nsfla of 4t aa i & cano I know; ond Lo pays his crow to work night and day to gat back to Cafro as fest s possible, 1Mo mny retuen goy aud unworn; ud 50 may tho true philosopher, to whom 10 tidin, of may in any sgo comn aunaA, who hiaa no_projudices 1o be painfully woaned from, aud an imaginition too strong to be overwhichined by myilery and the rush of & bosg of pew {dess, Iut, for alt tetween theso two extremes of levity and wisdom,x Nile voyage is as se- rlous a Inbor sa 4ho mind aud apinty can” be fuvolved fa; trlal evon to health and temper, such x8 14 Jittlo dreaml of on feaviug home. The labor and cara aro well bestowed, liowever: for the thoaghtful traveler ¢an herdly fafl of returulug from Kgypt 8 wiser, and, therefore, o Letter man, Of the absoibing interest with which Misa Martineau ivapected the antiquitios of Egypt, a etriliing instence is given in hor accouut of & vialt to the Grent Pyramid: ‘The mosk precious wrticles of properiy I had with 200 sbroad wery bwo ear-trumpets, beeaist, in case of let‘ldenthnm»culnrx fo them, Teould not supply tho 1 s7us unwliilng to catry my trumpet up tho mid,—knock!ng agaiost Lo stonea while I wanted iy hands for climbiug, 80 1 laft it below, in tho hande of o trusty Arab, When I joined my partyat 1he top, I never remembered my (rampet, nor did they ; anu wo talked as usual durlog tue forty minutes w0 woro thero, without my ever wisaing it. When I came down I never thought of {3 and I cxplored thy inslilo, canso out and junchicd, and still nover thought of my trumpot, t1ll, nt the end of threo hours i a balf from my parting with it, Tsaw it n the hauds of tho Arab, aud waa reminded of tho astoniching fact that I bad Lieard as well without It as with t, all hat tima. Buch a thing nover hapreucd befote, and yrabably never will againg and a strunjer prouf cuuld not Lo offervd of thu eugroaslug ntorest of o visit to the Pyramid, Oa turming back fiually from tho mighty mon- uments of an oxtinet nation, the Pyramids and tho Sphinx, Miss Martineau records thoso with other interesting retloctions: They teach us to bo modest aud patlent in regard to sur kilowiedgo of the ancient world, by shawing us (tiat, whnle wo havo been falking contidrntly of the 6,10) ycara of Livman existence, and about whowas who fu the crliest days, we Luve, in reality, known notbiug about i, They rcbuke us suficiestly in showing ns thaf, nt thal time, men wero lving Yery auch e’ wo do—witliout some knowls edgo tuat we have galnod, but in possca. 300 of powo ATty whifels we have ‘not, They confound us by thieir mite exhibitions of thelr iron toolaand seel armor, (helr great rapge of manufuctires, and tlielr feasta aud sports, 50 liko our own, In tlwir klitch ns, they decant wine by & ayphion, and strew their sweet caken withs_secds, atid pound tholr spicen fn o wortar, Ta the dra -r00in, thoy lonngo on choire lounges, and 1he ladics knit and net aaws o, and darn bettor than we can. 1 saw at Dr. Abtol's i yieco of mendlng left untintehed severai thousnd yosra uyo, wiileh any Englisbwoman might ba satished with or toud of, _ In (o nursery, the little girls had dolis,— ointed dolls, with Luueby biair und ‘loug oycs, s vur dolla” iave bluo eyes and Tuir tresues, And the Lubies 1, ot s waally Low-wow doge which yolp in oue Burserier, but Uttle wooden erocodiles with anappg I 1In the conntry, we ace the sgricultusiats tuking ¥ock; aud, In the tairus, the populatiou divided fute saates, sublect (o laws, and liviog under s tboosracy, loug before the supposcd 1mo of the Deluge, ‘Thers Is tnough here to teach i tomo lmility and patieuce about the trus history of the woeld, ' The mecond half of Miss Martinean's book coutaing, uuder tho goneral hoada of P'alestine sud Hor Faith, and Syris and Hor Fauh, the l;nulu of her further travel and study in the Enst, 'rhe whole work concludes with an vxplas bation of the reasous why the volumeo was writ« fen, which reasouy are in thomsolves 50 cogent, sud withal so roveal the mamspriug of tho Author's action, that it seoms worth white to ro- Produce them: The thoughtul travelor must havo somo knawledgo aud vome §di as which Lie could not Lave obtained at Yome, and which the generality of people st Lomo iannot obtain for thcniselves, Thesn L canuot, in Adeilty to himself and s follow-men, fguore or bur out of the wey of his convenlenca-aud ropose. it be derives froia his travels nolbiug bus picturesque 82d amusing Smpresslous,—hothing Lut mero pas- Hiae, Lo uses iike s child o most serlous and manlike privilege, ‘Theliumblest tLinker, the most difident quirer, may beashsmed to makoso muan & uso of 12 gractous an opportuuity, Moreover, ho will Lo Mrald of 80 solfieh and unduliful w lavily, e feols mh'llteudwlnréow) h‘ljn Towers, na ‘.,“,‘:" e -:ch v sud reflective facully as e + aud, again, b focla that, it ’ U o raunk apesk v whi fility, “Sieingtug togat ot 8) nd wi ulity, ringing togethe 52 a0d tobllig With Ll Deat cate, What Lo Edowsr b be muat say what be thioks on the toples of wolch Lix mind fa'full, I{ j8 o concern of his whethier what ha thinke 1s new; nor, in this relation, whetber it {sab- Stractly and absolutely true, When sll thinkers say frecly what Iu to them true, W shali kuow more of ab- steact and atdoluto truth’ thau we bLavo aver kuown ¥t 18 {8 no coucern of tho thoughtful travelos's ¥hethier whiat Lo says s familiat or siraugs, sgreealio #r unaccoptable, Lo the prejudiced or to the wise, Iis Suly concern 1s to keop hia #dulity to truth aud ‘mang Sa iy simply, aud, if be can, fearlosaly, what he L bearued and conclided, If Lo bo mlstaken, hls eiro Wil ba sl the less perulcious for being laid open ta Cure.tion, Jf he be riglt, there will be 80 much sce Svaalon, Le I Mttle or sauch, to the wisdom of ma Rind, Pitber way, bo will bivo dlicharged hls erraud; aud ¢ ia 80 Inportent to blw t have douy thas that he THE CHICAGO TRIBU! wili think hittla In compartron of how hia avowaly will Lo recelved by suy mau of any number of men, ANNA DICKINSON'S NEW BOOK AParnig Ixveststenr, Ty AXNA E. Dicrivanx, mo., bp, 120, foaten : Jamiea 1, Gsgood & Co, Exactly what Mies Dickiuson means to urge aa ¢ A Paying Investment,” it Ia & good doal of & puzzle to dotormina, 1o tha fleat soctions of hor oseay, the advantagos of compulsory ednoa« tion are stronuously advocatod ; a Jittlo Iater, tlo argument abruptly turnsupon trades-unlons, co-operation, snd the fndustrial tésintog of arti- saus ; furthor on agaln, the attantion 14 sudden- Iy trausforrod to tho necossity of the votor's gnarding and oxorcising his rights of citizen- 8hip § while, flually, the éntire discussion is cen- tred npon the duty of woman'a taking hold of man's work, and fintebing it up for him jn & proper shiape. Unitiug theso disconneoted parta Into a wholaas beat may bs douo, snd taxing Itberslly oue’s Yankes ‘facuily for guossing, wo hazard tho conolusion that tho " Payving Invest- mont " conslats in a scrupnions assumption, on tlio part of both man aod woman, of tha respon- aibilitios of tha citizen, ‘Tho nuthor is corroct in this proposition. All hor roadera will grauc the truth and force of it. Tuoy will also approciate the apposito 1deas, so far na they bavo Loon developed, with which 8ho Liaa trivon to domonstrato hor terms ; but thoy will also rogrot that sbo Lira not taken the poina to presont thoso ideas in coheront form, and 1 wieligible, not to say grammatical, Inn- puage. In_tho hocdless, slovenly mavner fn which Miss Dickinson has permitted horself ta deliver lier_opinlon#, slio hea done bierself, hor aubject, and her public, o great fnjustico.’ In- deed, wo poor a specimen of workmansnlp has #ho oxhitited that, had it not appoared 1 the 1Amo of a woman, and n woman of considerable roptite, it would scarcoly bo rogarded as dosors- ing a roviewor' attention, \7e can lmngine that, pronounced from the platform {n Misy Dickiuson's rich, plaintive votee, with tho telling oftects of flml’)‘ll!‘l and cadenco that ahe, as o practiced spenler, wonld b able to lend to it, thia identica)l ossay might paen for a stirring oratorical effort. It In oasy to sep where tho bappy hits would be made, and the rounds of applaune would come {n, But. in reading tho discoureo, surprise at its oxtromely fanlty constriction surpasses every othor foel- ing, “Though divided regalarly luto periods, o majority of the paragraphs are composed sim- plyarulnljolum\l clauges, having not & single verb to pive them snpport and connection. The finnl pasrago of the esany, cven, in which thoro in nomo ottempt at the impressivoiess of & por- ointion, signaily displava the same misetablo waut of complotencss. It is like building up a framework of ficali, and omitt.ag to utay 1t with a kpinal column, i Iiut Mins Dickinson's lapses in syntax are tao anifold to bo cnumerated, Weo can merely say of them that thev offer an unfortunato com- ment upon tho exhertation sho addresses lo women in hier closing chapter, whoroe she urges upon her sex tho duty of going out into tho world pnd joining bauda with tno men in the work the Isfter are doing ill or not doing at all. Ir wo may iako this eatplo of o digsertation upon politieal economy as & fair fllustration of wmn women will aczaroplish whou thoy under- tako tho work apportioned to men, tho candid mind must decido that womon would botter con- fino their ambition to the beat and wincst per- formance of the duties that lio within their dis- tingtive province. Men sod women uoroservedly recognizo the abilities Miss Dickinson has displayed upon the lecture-platform, and the service slio has, from that atation, rendered the caueo of juatics and right, Yet Liere acain slie afforda tho world au argumnent against bor own plen that women nbcutd fool called to go out into the world and share in the various arduous works of the op- posite sox. At an untimoly age, Bira Dickin- Eon's hiealth bas been broken, irremodiably it is to bo fearod, under tho strain of a vocation fitted to the vigor and enduratice of the man’s atrong- or nerve and framo. Moauwhile, ste has not Deen weightod with the burdons tlhat are jm- Tosed upou tho genorality of her sex. In view of thia nignificant expericuce, hiow can Misa Dick- inson ask womgan who, a8 wives, and mothers, und housckeepers, have full ous-half of the work and rispousibility of the worid alresly resting on their shoulders, to holp uplift the other balf ? As wo read lier pitiless domand that hor sisters abal) Liavo the rifim to voto, in order that thoy way share In such gigantic tasks a3 ** the diain- u[m of grent citiea: the duties of Loaras of Honlth; the education of children and youth; tho fostering of Science aud Art; the sappros- nion of vice and intemj.crauce ; the reforming of forms of justico ; tho roorgamzation of nyutoms of public charity and publis correction: tho supervision of homes for tho homoless and tho disablad, for the orphans and tho aged, for the deaf, the blind. the sick, tha incapable, the in- sano; the establishmont of justico in domestic relationa; a re-enactment of inws touchlug mar- risge, divorco, the guardinnsbip of childron,”— wo cannot ropress {ho feolingcry: Ohl have same merey ou your sex, Miss Dickinson! Do not crush them beiweon the uppor and nother millstones of public aud dormostia sorvice, but leava us our nainral guatdiane of the homo, of the health, the bappluoss, tho oducation, and the morality of men and.of childron, with their powors unenfosbled, their strength unsspped, and their womnl{ beauty uninipaired by tho harsh, cruel basdebips that must bs encountored in n contest in the arous with moan, VERS DE SOCIETE. Lewsunr-llovn Sknnis, VEDa Dz Socrete, Selected from Reccnt Authiors by Cuantys i, Jokes, 16mo,, pp. 401, New York: Menry Hlolt & Co. Chicsgo? Jansen, MeClurg & Co, Prico, $1.23, 1t givea one quite a start to sco the name of Watter Havage Landor set dosn emong tho writers of vers do sociele. Tho ussocistion s ao novel for an author sround whom babituaily cluetor in our minds i of atatoly, classic elo~ gauco and lordimess. Yet the airy trifies that ropresont him hore sbow that Lo is not out of place, but that ho adorns and diguifles this, a4 cvory other flold of eoffort, with & flue, in- describable grace. In tho entira colloction of that wear their protty, ploasing maoners with the piincoly etylo that eunobica the verses of Tandor, A good example of Lhis peculiar, inho- rent loftiness {s affordod jn tho daiuty little poom, **Under tuo Lindons '': Under the lindens 'ately sat Acouple, and no more, n chat: T wondored what they would bo at 3 Under tho lindens. 1 saw fonr eses and four lips mect: 1 beard the words, * How weet 1 Low aweet ad then the fairics given o treat Under the lindens ? 1 pondered long, ani could ot Lelk What daiuty picased thew Loth so well 3 Beer ! beew] wau it your Lydromel Under tho lindens 7 Tho last_two stanzas of the ploce entitled “Cho Ono Waite Iair " also exinbit tis oative characteriatio of tho poot with especisl faree ¢ Alsa ! audd T hove not ‘Tie ploarsnt lour forgot When ouo pert lady sud, #0 Landor! 1am quite Bawildered with affrlgt | T uea (it quist now 1) a white hair on your hesd | ¥ Another, more benlgn, Drew out that hair of miine, Aud bs ber own dark Jinlr Tretended it wes found, ‘Yt one, and twirled i yound, . o , Falr 88 410 as, 4lio never wid 8o falr | The pooms embraced in this compilation are selectod oxcluaivoly from modern authors. Noos of them dnte back oarlier than our own century. Praed, Hood, Moore, Holmes, Thackersy, Locker, Calverly, Dobson, and Laudor contrib- uto the majority,—thd romaiuder bolug gatherod from mivcollaneoua sourcos, SMILES' WRITINGS, Tuutrr. By Hasmugts RMILES, Author of * Ohar- acter,” **Bell-Holp," etc. 13m0, - pp. 404, York® Harper & Jrotlers, Chicago: Mcclurg & Co. I'rce, $1.50, ‘I'ho bools by 3r. Hullea are neither original nor brillisut, yet they scrve excelleut uses. Thoy ato written for & practical purpose: to holp peo- ple to wiser alms and oporstions in daily liviug ; and, in thelr application to the needs of the multitnde, they emivently accomplish thelr ob- fect. ‘They make no great wtelleotual demands upon their resdors, but thoy are full of sonnd comnmon-scnse, which, in the maturial world, 4 roally the moat valuablo substauce one cau diaw from books, or posscss a4 & birth.right, Thoy also wbound iu bistorical illustratious which aro roploto with interost, Lheir authur 13 a faithful plodder. Whatever wark he undor- takes, ho performs wituout siinting auy labor tbat sy enbance ita profitablencss, ie ox- omplifies In Lis practica tho dootrines ho insfiliy, ‘Ihe homely virtues of iudustry, patience, bon- eaty, and rationality, mark the man as well ad Liis wiitiogst and thus the laiter Lave o doublo susluonce for good. X2 POLITICS AND ROLITIOAL SOIENCE, THE ANERIOAN BIATL AMD AMENIOAN HTATEVMEN. By WiLL1ax Givxe DIk, Pp,170. Loston: Estes & Liurlat. 1836, Tho author of this hook {s uoknown to fame, and will probably remaw wo, The book Itself buoyant, morry, piquaut sougs, thore are nona. conslata of a neries of flamboyant esenys, anch an the tutnrs of Bophomoren are obliged to rosd. We learn from them that Oliver Cromsell was “bloody pirate™ with & ** branded brow 1" and that thero Is & ** bitter star,” tho name of which “In called Federalism.” Anti-Federallsn ap- pearn to Mr, Dix, wo prosumo, 84 a sugar-coated moon, or cchisrine sun. Lhis unpleassnt nsttonomical = phengmenon s fallng, and ‘'apraeding Inrld, blasting terrors;” but the Poraon npott whot it falis is far mora fortunale than he who hine to resd Willlam Giles Dix's lucubrations, ELECTORAL REFORM. THE PROTECTION OF MAJONTTIRY, 1irs Quisey, Pp, 163, 1918, " Price, $1. This volumo connista of psnors originally pub- lisliod In Old and New, 'The czaay which gives it fta name ooouples abont one-third of it. Mr. Quiney rejects Mr, Hare's scheme of minority- reprasentation as unsuited fo this country ! Whatevor objections may be mado to It, this surely cannot bo, for it would probably work bottor boro than eleowhors. Ile pays no attene tion to ths Lialf-dozen other plana proposed, ono of which is in succeastul oporation in England sad Itiuols. ¥is own plan of electoral reform 18 to havo nominations made byn proliminary elaction, Thi¥ wauld meroly double tho traublo incidont to politics, and therofors the disinelina. tion and inability of tho tax-payers to fight the taz-oaters. SCIENTIFIC PAPERS BY AGASSIZ. JONTATL PHTLe Bonton ¢ Hoberts Drathers. Grovontcar Burtcis, Dy Louts Aosmiz. Hecond Betl 1mo., np, 220, Dostos James I, Usgood & Co, Prico, $1.15, Tn this voluma wo havo tha last of the sories of aclentific papers cantributed to the Atantic Monthdy Ly Prof. Agassiz. Tho titles aro: Glacial Period; The DParallel Roads of Glen Hoy, in cotland: Ico-Perlod in America: Ula- clal Phienomona in Maine ; and Phyaical Hiatory of the Valloy of tha Amazons. The charm which Prof. Agassiz's lucld and auimntod disser- tatious have for the genoral roader, it ls sue perflous now to defino, The popularity of his writings Lave mado them famiifar to all intelli~ weut persons, To tho scientiflo world, Agassiz's oxposition of the glacial theors, and of his hy- l\othouin of tha crention, will be intercsting as Liat of the ablest and mont iofluential of the opponoentu of the theorv of Evolution. LIGHT, Tik NATURE Of Liont: WIiTn A GENERAL AC- couxr o Pivsican Oprics, Hy, Dr, EUaEsE Yoxuzr, Professor of Yhysics in tho Univeraity of Frlangen, Ilustrated, - 13mo,, pp. 334 Now York: D, Appleton & Co, Price, $1. This monograph of the Internationnl Serles comos from tho Old-World Town of Erlaugen, ueighibor of unique Nuremberg, on tho Bavatian plain, The eubtile, intangble character of light renders thio populsrization of knowledge cancorning it oxtromely difiicuit. What light is, must necessatily seem so much & matter of spoculation, and not of positive proof, (o the ordinary studout, that anly the fesr amoug the intoliigent portiou of our population wul give timo to it study, -Tho dilferent. uubllec!n usually included in Optics aro tronted cloat{y and briol- ky, and the undulatory theory iu woll defonded, ‘I'homathematical proofaof difterent protlomssre not included in the toxt, but added for the uso of tho sciontlut, BUSINESS ARITHMETIO, THe DRYANT & BTRATTON DUSINERA-ARTTHMETIC. Rdited by I8, B, BrwanT, Prestdent of Chicago Bunl- neen College, Eu K, Wiitg, M, A,, and 0, G. Brow- xuy, M, A. Revised Edition, Bvo., pp, 601, " New York : Albert Masou, A comprahcysive and most usoful text-book for ndvanced studente, propared, as sl such books should be, by exporicnced teachors, with much care and labor, Part I, dofines and fllus- trates the science of Nuwbers, sod Part IL ox- plains the numerous aad complicatod forms of manoy-iransactious, tho understanding of which i8 8o imporativo to buminess-mon; both parts furpishing & reasonable number of probloms for the practicoof pupils, fitting tho student ns ‘woll as stady i ablo to do for actusal busiuess transuctiond. Part IIL contains useful intorest tabler, and much minute (nformation regarding forcign woucy, ote. .. . SERMONS, Eipau Tis Pravunt, By the Rey, WiLnras 3, TAv- vom, D. D., Minister of "the Droadwsy Tabernucle, Now York City, Author of *#Dayld, King of Israel, 1mo,, pp. 17, New York: Harper & Brothers, Chicago: - Junsan, MeClurg & Co, Price, $1.50, 'f'ye sermona which malko np this volume Lavo tho aucommou attributo of life. Ihoy were nnt manufactured, but created ; and thoy throb with the ardor of fecling poured into thew from tho spirit of thoir sutlor, . Productiovs baving this nature possesa sn immonses and ondlras power, for thoir vitality nevor diea, and, 80 long au thoy themselves aro proserved, thie eloctric principlo communicates 11a magnetism to tho human miud; Tho dogmas lnparted in the discoursed ara conservative, but the intlucuce of thess i socondary to that of tha broad and high murality they expouud, THE_SOUTH, Tis Corton_ BraTes, By Ciiannzs Nompuore, Pp. 113, New York: Appletoa &k Co, 1976, 3Mr. Nordhoft baws hore gachored the antertafn- ing and valuablo lottars which o ‘rrote to the Now York Hevald it the spriog and summer of 1875, We shiowed due appreciation of them at tho time by repristing maoy of them, Read i cojunction with Edward King's Scribner arsis clos; since republished 1n boolk-torm, they give & complete xkelch of wuctety and politics in the re- canstructed Bouth, BOOKS RECEIVED. THROSTLETAWATTE, By HSvsan Dlontry, Aunthor of “wAlloen Porpers 12mo., ppx 881, Phtladelpbia z 3. B, Lippincott & Co, : : MIGHELINE: A TaLz. Dy Madame EUGENT. DERVIER, Author of ** The Violots of Moutmartre,” eic, I fated Ly 3y, Oamxy Bnoox, Author of **Hunds -Fchbes tn Week-Duy Hourw¥ 12mo,, pp. 316, York ; E, P, Dution & Co, OWEN Guwiink'y GREAT Woi 1 A NovkL. By thio Au- thor of 3 Thefitory of Wanderiog Willle” Paper. New York : Harper & Drothera, Price, 50 cents. Viorun AXD Vaxquisnep : A Novzi, 1y Many Cecin Iar, Author of **Old Myddlaton's Money," te, 13- yor.' Now York: Uarpor & Brothers, Price, 50 ceuts, : Lrisunk-Tloun BEniks, Mew Dranzst For: A Noves, By Mra, Arkxanpes, Author of *The Wuaing O't," cte, 1fwo,, pp. 39D, Now York: Heury Holt & Co. Chicago s Jauson, lcClurg & Co. Prive, $1.33. Burronkn MIRACLIS: AX ALGUMENT FOR 1iti: HoNon OF CINIATIANITY AGAINST BUPERSIITION, AND ¥um 178 TaUTH AuAeT Unoieiee, By the flov, J. Bl Brcxiay, Faper. New York: Liurd & Houghton, Ustviv: A Novei. Dy Jawxs AN, Autlior of “Walter's Word," eto. “Puper, New York: Harper & Brolbore, ' Price, 50 cuts, PERIODICALS RECEIVED. 's Magursne for Fobrusry (Harpet & Brotliers New Yurk). Tho issusof this namber was_ delsyed ‘uutll the 1t fuut., 1n Order to produoce (he firat book of Goarge Lljotwhew sarlal novel " Dantel Dot cwhleh witl of conrse, b roselad it goneral - Haroee! tualatug contents af th magazine aro o Genosl- 0gY, ba e+ Gonfesatons of & Candidate by Pork tCrayon: * YVaumsr Collego™ by Anu O, Dracke Waurth's A Novel!" by Jullan Hawihormo; * sages from the Lite of Dr, John Tadd,” by Georgo Cary Egglaton; *1s the Valve of Utricularia Housltive 1" by Mra, Mary Treat; “ Alexander Jumsiton Slepheus,” by i, W, Cleveland era vnow,” by Will Wallave Tiarngys Poor ey Aun,” by ltose Terry Cool * The First Contury of the Repnbile—Hiztocath l‘lYe ~—American Lite ature,” Part L, by Ddwin P. Whipplos My Georgle,” by Menriotta H, Holdicl 3+ Faith,” by Zadel B, Daddington : * Tha Legend of tho Organ- Baflder/" by Julia 0. it Dorr; ¥ Editorlal Depart- menty. ¥, 31, Co &, Revine and Saddath Magazine for Junuary (Ruwiih & Gratiaw, Indivnapolis), Jaterary Wartd for February (8, 14, Crocker, Boaton), “nierican Hookseller for ¥ab, ¥ (Amotican Nows Coue patsy, Now York). (rm for February (Pege, Taylor & Co,, Fort Wayne, I 1) Amorlban Naturatist for February (11, O, Houghton & Ca., oston), . 3 Voled'af lagnirg for Februsry (Jolin W, Deowen, Cbl- cago wnd New York). Repvtlio far February (Republis Publishing Company, Washingtou, D. C1, “Noithe Zattett's Lirim,y Ape~Current numbers (Littell & Gay, Boston Apnletona’ Journal—Uurrent numbers (D, Apploton & Co., New York), AN_INTERNATIONAL TALE, The New York Tribune has beguu the pub- lcation in ita semi-weelly and weekly editions of a story, furolebed it by Charles Reade, and edited by him, but written and sent to him by a young Anerican writer, who waa moved therata by thie English novehst's letters on luternational copyright, printed in the Tribune some montha sgo. In forwarding thls Amerioan-born but Writish-nurtured wtory to tha Tribune, Mr. Roade oxplaloy the mattorss foilows: ** Amanget the corravnaudeuts elicited by my leftors sre youug Amorican wiiters, who contlrm my views, One of thow sssures wma Lo hias msuy etories in M. which no Awencan publisher will look at, be- cauge they are not Englsh. e weut me oue, 1 tuund 10 it the faulte of a novice.—redundan. cy, waut of akill, etc. 1 but nevartheless wome good stuff, & moderate cuompass. Acoord- {vgly, I bavo worked a Jittle ou this story, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1876—TWELVE PAGES exelsing hiere, putting In there, and pointing the | wholn thing a bit. It is now, I think, as good or better than most of tha light stories published in Euglsh poriodicals, and not no stale. 1 will sond this atory out to yon, aud should be glad to nes It publirhad {u the Tribune, The conditionn aro; 1. That it shall bo nsbiered in by afew pref- atory words by me, telling its history. 2. That the American author’s nato shall bo placed be- foro mino a4 joint author, 8, Tho price, £-— sterling " [payabie to the Americah author], Of tbia intarnational literary production (which In also to sppesr simultapecusly in the Jilustraled London )c'rwn). tho Tribune obasrves: It has somo abvious dofcots, but they are not serions, sl even wero they much preater, the little in- ternational tala would still Le weil worth atten- tion ns tho reeult of au ominont Britlah srriter's offarta to socurs Justico. not only for Limeolf, but for his Amernean brathren." FRENCH LITERATURE. N A Into Paris lotter Lo the New York Eeening Post saya : Taine's second volume of tha * On- gins of Contemporary Franca " (e promisod for voxt week. It treata of tho Revolution, and is looked forward to with constornation by good Republicans. Among the other important an- nouncemonts for the near future aroa new ro- manco by Turgenlafl, whio s beau greatly over- worklug himwelt hore thie winter (the title of i1t 18 not yot made publio); tho second volumo of the now and wonderfully-odited odition of tho worke of Philareta Chaalen, the distinguished cntle aod psychologist : the third volumo of Odillon Barrot's memnirs (mora's the pity), con- taiuing tho history of hin ministry ; the “* Gran- dour and Decline ot France," by Emilo.do Girar- din (tho name of the author {a suflicient to do- seribe the work); Laferricre's Memoira; a now noval by Alfoyea Dandet, suthor of * Young Tramont and O1d Rialer ;** und tho first volumo of n now anf'luxurious edition cf the works of Alfred do Mussst, from tho well-known house of Lomerre. Claude Jaumiua' book on * The United Btates of To-Day,"” whick is an attack on ropublican toatitutions fu America. ls at lagt ro- coiving the chinatisemont it doserves at the haude of many liboral critics, “ THARATOPSIS," ‘The Bt. Loula Jepublican publisbes a letter written by Wilism Cullou Dryant, twonty-one years ngo, to s college youtis, now a promiuent lawyor in (hat city, fu which the poet, answering Lis youlbful admirer’a inquiry regarding the suggestion and composiiion of thy poem entl- tlod **Thanatopsis,” sald: **1 caonot give yon sy Information of the occasion which suggest- od to my wind the idea of my poom of *TlLana~ topeis’ It was written when I was 17 or 1§ yenrs old—I bave uot now at band tho mamoran- ume which would enable wme to be precise—and I beheva it way compoeed fn my solltary ram- bles fu tho woode, AR it was first committed to paper it_bogau with tho haif-lino— Yot a fow doys and theo "—aud endad wizh the boginuiog of uothor litio with the words: + And make their bed with tliee,! ‘The reat of the poem, the jntroduction and the cleae, were oddod some vosrs eftorwards, in 1821, when [ published s little collection of my poowa at Cambridge.” LITERARY NOTES. Henri Rochofort is writing s history of New Caledonfa, “ Agges’ Ears " in tho namo of s forthcoming novel by Edgar Fawcett, A Distory of the Rotbachilds, written by one of the family, is 1o appear in Paris, aud will contain somo lettars of Napoleon, hithorto unpublisbied. + Pocms, Esnays, ‘aud Speechies” will be the titlo under thich the writings of tho King of Hwodon, now belng trauslated, will appear in English. ‘ ‘The Rtov, J, 8. C. Abbot will add anotuer ulog- raphy—probably ono of Frauklin—ta comploto his seties of ** American Ploncors aud Patriots,” fu twelve volumes, . Edmond About has decided to vialt America next summer, it ia repaited, for the purpose of turnlehivg Fronch people with Fronch viows of our inatitutiony, Borthold Auorbach, the youugor, a bookasller At Btuttgert, has published his * Iuveluntary ‘Travols" (1o German Ieise wider Willen), with ilusteations Ly Gustave Dore. Tho German critics say it Is charming. The late Vinrcount Amborley had complotod bo- fore hia death s work on whick ho had been en- gagod for many years, sud which las already beon announced for pablication in Bogland un- der tho titlo of **An Aualysis of Religion.” Mr, Kinguland, of the London Telegraph, ano of the clover writers Wwho so narrowly escapnd trouble in conuection with the rovoriing of the Vou Arnim affalr, fntends to make n book out of his oxperiencesdn tho United Btatos dutiug tho Centsuulal year. The forthroming book of ‘‘Discoveries at Ephosur,” by J. T, Wood, will, it iy said, almost eqnal in intorest tho zreat work of Dr, Schlie- munn ou ‘Froy, It 18 & narrative of eleven yoara' axcavations on tho sito of tha groat ‘Temple of Dinns, sud wil have profuse illustrations, Dr, 1. G, Hoelemann han published at Loipsic & curious book, entitlod ** Ihe Ileden des Batan i der Hailigen Schnft —that s, *Tuo Dle- coursos of Sutau in ibo Holy Seriptura,” The apsectica of Hatau citedn tho Old ‘Tostament ara discussed, tirst, exegotically; secondly, com- paratively ; thirdly, pr atically ; foartuly, rho- torically. Horman Melvillo writes an follows to the New Yark World: ** Perinit ma through your columns to maka a dieavanal, I, B, Potsrson & Droth- ers, of Philadelphia, inciudo in s lata list of their publications *Tho Refugoe; by Herman Mol- vitle.” I have uever writteu muy worl by that title. In councction with that title Peterson Brothors emyploy my nsine without authority, and nm.wnh-laudmg: ‘% remonstrunce cooveyed to them long ago.” Ars. Charlos Ringsloy, who Is editing tho Loctute " of bor Liusband, his [sst work, hes arrauged far tho aitmultancous publication of tha book i Lhls country sud Lneland. Ity dedica- tlon will be: “To Cyrus Field, J. A, C. Gray, aud all thoss whao welcomed my husband to their couutry, sud through whose generous kinducss Lo was-casvlod iu tho lant yoar of Ll life to ro- alize tho drewm of his youth by tho sight oot ouly of the Eastern States and citios, but of tho Jur Wost, Liro Rocky Mouutains, and tho Yosoni- ite Valloy," g #The nino etandard masterpieces of imagina~ tive litorature,” no we are uformed, are fo publishied 1 alarze ociavo volums of about 1,100 pages, by J. B. Yord & Co., of Now York, ‘Theso masterp.oces are introducad by Alrs. I . Stowe fu o eulogiatio prafaco. 'Fhero wiil probably bo o disputo about the firse four of the tictions—> The Ilgrim's Progross,” ab- ingou Crisoo,” ** The Vicar of Wakeflold,"” and tho **Voyayos of Lomuel Gulliver;” nor about the supplomoutary threa talosn from Forster's tranalation of the “*Arebian Nights,” ‘Tho oth- are choaen are ** Faul and Virginin, Picctoln,™ + Undine,” ** Vathel,"” and Mme. Coitin's ** Eliz- abeth, or the Exiles of Biboria.” Tho Iate Goorge Tioknor, the historian of fpanish literaturu, whoso hifo [s soon to by pub. Malied 10 Boston, sp.ent much of Lis life abroad. nud in Europe, as well ns at homo, was intimats with many of the celobritics of his time. lo kept very full journals of his esporiences and obuervations, datlug back to his oarly scquainte ance with Heott, Byron, nogon. nud other fa- wmous literary people. 'Tho 3oston Glob: vays o taek of putting tuis rich matirial in form for publication waa bogun by Mr, Ceorge B, Ihllard, and, whoa he was incapacitated to pro- ceed with it by {1iness, it was taken np by Misy Auns ‘Licknor, danchter of the subject of the forticoming volumes, snd her inother, who have buen fayored with more or lows of tho advice aud judgment of Mr. Hillard," ‘Fne poisistonce with which the public, inclnd. fug & hoat of writors who know Dettor, call the lnumu(‘lFrcuuh critla of our time Heur Tao is womowhat curious, and baving ourselvos permit- ted the oryor to appear in thewe columud moure thau with full knowledge of the fact thas M. Tuine’s Christian oawme is Hippolyte Adolpho, aud never was Honri, at all, we havo been at pome palus to solve the mystory ot the origin of the blunder whioh it secms nobody cau ospapa. 1t sppours that by some inmdyertence M. Tuine’s nawa was priuted Houl on tho title pages of tho early Awmorlean editions of his worke, put- Jinlied by Mensts, Houry flolt & Co., of thls city, and thus many pervous learnod to thiok of it as tHonrl befors they knew that he wau lippolyte Adolphe,—XNew York Evening Post. Ar. Emerson's new book s thus eriticisod by the London Athenwtni: **1uhis Istest produe- tion, Mr, nierson 18 a8 crubbed, as eutortain- iug, aud oy *cock-sure’ as whon Lie tiret utartied thy Phi Leta Knp[u Hocloty with his paradoxea on the relatious of mau to the umverse, or when with Margaret Fuller ho lald tho foundstions of what at ouo time seemod likoly to boanow school af wetaphiyeical epeculation, Quite cbar- acteristio ara tho viows and tho tisstatemouis advauced, the entire work being that of » man who looks thiough colotod spectavios and secs nothing excopt fu thelr light. T'o the admirers of mysticinm and rhoi)nody the naw buo's will be welcome. 1s ia deicfent, howover, 1u tho com- o mon senes shich, oo the principlo, wo suppos, of Tacitus, *omna ignotum pro m:gmum;' is averywhere laaded through 118 pages.’ i il FAMILIAR TALK, 9 BIBLE LANDS, * From Van Lennep's ** Ilible Lands," wo gathe or the following {nterceting factat In tropical and asmi-tropical countrien of uneven rurface, Uke much of Western Ania, wheu pormanent hiomes sro built, much care munt be given to the foundstionsof the houso, or the copiona showers of the raluy sesmon, though not injuring the sun-dried bricks of which the walla aro formed, will gather in Irresistible streams, and undermine, and even carry away, the buiidings. 1f expected to endure. all habita- tions and public edifices sre erocted upon olo- vatod rocks, or solidly butlt tetrsces or plat- forms, The form of the dwelling s plainly sug- Restod by the tent, which waa tho first sholter of the juhabitantd of Oriental lands, and is still the homa of their numerous romsntic tribes, Thia tont ts not, like thomo of our North Amorican Indians, of a somewhat comical form, with & main teut-pole In the centre; but oblong in ahape,—tho hlack or dark-brown gost's hair ctoth which forms the covering being uphold by wooden posts, placed in rows. Thenn posts vary i namber, but usually nina are used, arranged In threo rows; aod the contro row 8 often hung with hair-cioth, or with mats formed of roeds, dividing tho tent into two spartmeants. Tho tops of Orlental Loures being flat, like tho hair-cloth roof of tho tont, are available for many putposes of use and ploasure, and aro quite sclidly buiit. They nro formed of & close framework of wood, upon which are placod mats or thuck layeraof furze or heatuor, which secure- ly support the mmass of clsy, a foot in dopth, which {8 placed upon them, and which is Dbealen nutit compact. This is rolled to prevent leaking wheu tho heavy, but infrequent, rmins descend; and sometimos the root fs further protectad by » uscful coment of clay and oil, Tbis roof being gonerally supnorted by trecs, Instead of pillars of mason-work, the beight of the building de- ponda u‘mn the fength of timber available. Tuo poplar ia cultivated for this use, though {he cypress and stouo-pino are alro thns employed. {auy of the houses of the East consiat of but one or two rooms; but, whero the means of tho ownor allow, or Lis tasto desires, & number "of apartments are bwift continusously asround sn oblong noroofed court, Homo ‘of tlcse rooms ars used as stors housts, kitcheos, aud even as atables; but the 1oain apartmonts, used as dwelling-roows, are uniform in con- niruction and furnishinga. Oblong in shapo, the tloor is divided iuto two parta; the one most dis- tant from tho ontrance beiug 8 square, raised G or 8 luches above tho remainder, aud furnished with o divan on its turoo sides, o of the New World sacrifice much of the interior comfort and beauty of our homes to a fancied necessity for regularity upon the outeide; but tho Orfontal does not hesitato to present to tho strest s dead wall, varied only, if lis con- venianco requires, by ~ ao occasion- alffelevated, latslccd window; reserving for interior comfoit and decoration the thought and exponso dovotod (o his bome. Tho court is gonorally a plensant place, tha centre of the nome-life. It is often rottily paved ; cooled by fountain or tank ; ainamonted with flowers or flowering-shrubg, of no great variety, but prized for bright colors or aweet fragranco; the whole rhaded by orange, loman, or citron treos. Hero i the mouth of 1be well or cspacions cistern of tho Liouse, Bo essentinl to tha Lealth and com- fort of the poopla of sarm climes. The en- tranco door, or gate of the residence, opeos in- o this court: and tho priocips! spartmeut, or recoption-reom, {8 opposite iho ontrance, st tho farther end of the court, com- manding, from its entiraly agm front, a vlow of tho agrecable inclosure. In the haudsomer Linuses, pillared verandabhs border the rooms opouing bpan the two Iouger sidosof the court, ngndlu;: and sheltering the inmazes, who are ex- ccamvely fond of out-of-door life. Tho rich liavo usnally s garden atlachod to their lomos, aud the unlatticed windows of the house opon upon this garden and the court-yard. Glase, not beiug manufactured in the country, is not much uged, except in the seaporis; and tho Ierge win- dows, placed clorad togother, aud often extending across the eutire sldo of a 100m, ars closed with rolid anutters of walnut-wood. fastened ou tho {osido with an iron book, Theso sre closed at night, and duriug the dayin tho coldest sud warmeat wastler, and when the raiu would other- wine beat in, Between these largs windows aud the colling aro smaller ones of arnsmental shape, sometime sct with glags, oftouer of oiled or strong paper, or whito cloth, Thesc, in Asia Minor, ‘furnish light when tho large sbute ters aro closed, while, in E 'ygt. 3 fur~ nish ventilation. Rooms. resclied by staircases 1 the coutt, aro often built over the main re. coption-room, also ovor tho front gatewav; tho Intter having windaws to overlook the iife of tho street, and admit tho cool breeze. Neariy all of Wentern Asin 18 refresbiod duriog the snmmer- moutlia by the sea-breozes which blow durlug the. day, and are felt far in tho interior. In Palesting and Asia Miuor, the upper part of tho houso i used, drring tho wacmest westh- er, tlhie entiro family, and called tho **sum- mer-house "; whito tha lower sud less wsiry rooms aro called the ** wintor-hiouse,” and ocen- pled during tho cooler season; but, in Egyet, and cometimes in othor sections, tho wome on of tho family have exclusive occupancy of tha two upper stories, wiiich, like all the abid- {ug-places of women in the East, are guarded by rereens from the obeervatfon of fuqunitive ayea, ‘Tue gardons of the Last are essentially vego- tablo gardens, whore are raised boans, pens, boeta, turnips, carrots, radishes, tho okra, the ogu-plant, the tomato, lottuce, parsloy, mint, and fruits ond horbe. Tho gourd ls & favorits vine, for its growth 8 rapid, its inrge leaves ptivo o nolcome shnde, aod (ts prettily-shaped fruits sorve many usofal purposos. Lentils, cabbages, oujous, aud garlio aro s uccessary part of evaiy gardou ; and, by irrigation, manuring, aud & wuccession of crups, s small pleco of ground ia made lo contribute_vory Iargely to_the eupport of tho bouschold. Rose-bushies aud otber tlow- eriug shrubs are allowed to gruw wherever they will hot interforo with the useful vegotables, In theso rose-bushes lives aud sings tho sweot- voicad nightingale. ‘Tho small, reddish-brown thrush bulds ite noat safely, the charming mel: ody of its Bong preserving it from liarm duiing its atay, which, =8 it is s migratory bird, lasts ooly from __early spring until tho month of June, FEveiry liouse Liss ita small back door 3 this leads into the ganlon, where therois one; andin the garden-wall 16 ulson door, which opens upon a lawn, or leads directly to the flolds. Under tho tycaniy and smisrule of Weatorn Asis, these pasanges sorvaauimportant use for an cecape from creditors from thopolics, a mob, or more dangerous enemies who comoe to rob or murder. Tho frout entrance is usually as handsomo as the wealth of the osner will al- low, eoxcept in the Lousea of Clrstinas, who aro not allowed to make suy display. T Muslim gateway, lofty uud handsomely or- namented, and furnished with carved beuches, perves sy a Joungiug blacoe to the servants of the ostablislunent, and 18 evon a favorte seat with thoir master aud bie smests, Tho double doors of the gate often atand open ali dey, and are sometimes the sceno of comedy or of tragody when some poor victim of tho despotic polico distances his porsuers aud 8prings through a gatoway, bolng often belped Ly tha inhzbitants of tho bLouso to escapo by way of the fint roofs sud back doors. Ot courso ths freo exposura of the fnner court, resulting from tho open doors, {4 not nllowod oxcopt in_the, huixay uiod by tho males of the hausehold gnlz; mon of wealth occapying twu housas, conunuuvicatinge by a door,~the flucr of the twa habitatious bu- ing ocoupied py the women, and ity strect en- trapce being socurely closed. "Iho domea roof, which wo oo in represantas tions of Jorusalew and other Mastoru cities of tho prasont’ day, i8 comparativety modern, and bas nuyer supplauted tho tiat roof, prefurred by the Oriental for his homo, Tifwde 1oofd Mo ter- 8708, Whoso differont hoights aro easty clunbud; aud tho roof of one house ofton joius thuso of tho neighboring ones, 8o Lhat it is endy to pass upou thows from one part of the city to anotbior. Tuo fow inhubitants of Aloppo who cscaped tho great earthquake of 1812 chauced to peracive the daugor when o tho bowse-tops, aud, Loow- fuig the perilu of tho narrow strvots, ted from rool to roof, antil they roached :the safo flolds antside the city, 'Tho roofs mie often protocted from observation by a low parapet of masoury, or bigh lattice-work,—tho latter being, as com- mou with uy, sple slats of Wood crossing oach other disgonally at right angles. Tlo roof ynd iy parapots aro much used for tho wrowth of tlowers in pots and boxos, Tho favorito double marzigold of gayest buo, tho carnations of every varioty, the fragrant sweet buml, and wany aromatio herbs, as woll a8 tha blossomn of bulbaus planty, adorn 1n succession this garden i the air, In mauy parts of the Orient, the fuml: upon tho houso during cho suminer-mghis while, throughiont tho day, the auy, mnny placo'is found very conveniont for ull huusehald oporations which require tho sun’s hoeat. Tlure, oo, the curioud BUger 10 KAZE OU any ABHIR OT distaut hght, sud tho pious wook boll- tade In praver; whils, mi tho swsller villages, sltusted, 4 {8 common, uvon & bl sido, shie owncss of fiocks, keep & watchful oyo v W'enp from tholr braezy roof npon their hords feediug ontha nlaina below, The rich have sometimen a “ summor honee " in A ~haded part of tho gar- den, ra well ns I the mere distast vinesard or orchard, which lies nesr the city for protection, ‘Tl poor, who have often hut a single room, aleep and cook much ous aof doors. ‘Lhieir faw honrehold goods conrist of woma chieap enokin; ntensils, #oma coarss carprts and mats, 8 their simpls bedding. For cooking, they make A mde firoplaco by arranging threo stonos apainst tho ouier ‘wall of their little homo ! and, at night, wrap jhomsatves lightly and nleep soundly in the Akm authmer air of the ntreet of publlo squard. I'ho houses of tho rich are adornod with elegant pavements and wain scotings, alcoves ani pilasters of alabaster and marble, elaboratoly carved. In Damascus, which realizes our idoal Oriental oity, romo single apsitmants have hiag expeaded upon their ornamentation tho extravazant rum of #10,0)0, TLike the famons Alhambra of Hpaln, mauny baantitul houses in the Faut are or- uamented with gypwom, in localitios whoro that mincraf fy found. ‘I'ie greatsst amount of decoration {u placed npon the ceiting, which is gorgouusly colored, vormition baing much Iiked for the purpase, and tho effects producod being often oxtremely nloasant. Tho plastered walls aro ornamented sith paintings of fruits, or flowers, or Tamous bildings, repreacntatinns of animal forms belng forbidden in Mnelim houees, though the pafaces of the Buah of Por- nis have their wails adorned by Pantings of Latfle-sconcs, Inscriptions in” polden letters form n pretty bordering below the celling, and sentences from the Koran taks the placo of eassl-pictiras upon the walln of the followera of Mohammed; while the Jewa mako the same uae of pausagea from tho Hebrgw law, Thé living-apartmeuts of these coatly hous o havo handsome pillars and arches marking tha division of the ralsed portion of the roim from tho smaller and lower portion. The divanina permunent framo of wood. about a yard {n width and » foot in height, supporting mattresses of wool when most comfortable, but sometimes Laving those of coareer materials, Those are cavered with cioth or shawlg more or leas handsomo, froquently of tho great- est poseible valne, being of the brightest colora, enriched with gold and “miver embrolderies and fringes. Large, noft cusbions, enriched with elegant nocdieworle by the Indies of the house- hold, are placed upon the divan atits ends and corners, Bmallor cushions upon the floor lean against the divan, aud, with a rug or mattress, form s favorite soat, Mats and the carpeta of the famous Oriental' loomu are placed on tho floor. The peoplo of tha East, accustomed from jufancy to resting oo their divans, aud mats, find our custom of sitting a8 uacomforta ble as we rogard thelrs ; , 1f accopting & chair in foreign travel, soon abandon it to rest them- eelves on the floors, Chaira and stoole of sim- plo construction are sometimes soen in tho East, but alwasa in publio placea. Whore wood can be uned as fucl, the houss has & kitchen with a broadchimney, withiv whoro Dase is o conveniont range of stone or brick, for cooking ; and, iu all the sitting-rooms used in cold weather, there iy a fireplace, generally op- posite the door, interrupting the divan, In othar sections, whoro fucl is scarce, the meth- of warmiug and cooking, though more novol to us, ace siso more glmole and less com- fortable and convenfent, When wood is used, in city fireplaces, it is supported by one andiron § aud, fn eimpler villaga hiouses, is placed eroct upon the flgor of the fireplace leaning sgainat the wall. Chareoal is much Iiked, especiaily for cooking. When uscd to 'warm & room, it is placed on & high dish of earthonware, or a more elogant chating-dishh of Lrass or copper, sups ported by & stand 2 feot in height, of tho same matorial; sud, being well lighted in the open alr, sarves to modify the temporature when in- troduced into the spartment. The preparaf¥n ana transportation of charcoal furmish much occapation to many parts of thoe Kast, Tho cooking utensils are much like our own, sauce- pans, gridirous, otc., in sbape, but always mado of tho bewt copper, which 18 obtained, and Lins been from the carliest known times, from minea near tho Euphtates, io Armonis. Erver; house, howsver poor, muat have its haud-mill for prinding wheat¥and most kitchens have sleo mortare and pestlos of motsl or stone, alko 1argo elialiow copper paos of different kizes, aud kettloa and coffee-pots. There ara the imported china coffes-cups, 8o much smsller than we are accastomed to uso, and Jittto plates, with spoous to mstch thom, of gold, or Hilver, or baser matals, for tho favorits uwoot- meaty. In the sitting-room of the head of the tiouss, thero arg pipes and nargilehs in the al. cove; aud, in thaapartments of tho women, per- fume censera of gold or silver filigree, ot with preclous stouow, and rose-wator bottles of elo- uant shapo and tho eamo precioua mate- risls, Thers =are mauy Rreat earthen jate for wafer aud varions preparations of food. Tucee lotter aro kept in the locked storo-room ; aud the lady of the houso- hold prides hersell on the quautity aud quality of her provisions, and fu kkiliful ia the prepara- tion of paatry and swoctmeats. Tho Orienta) cooxing is much more olaborats, and their dishes much more hizhly seasonnd, than oura of tho West, But hittle moat iv used, aud then is often chipped verv fine, and 1v only intouded to flaver tho numervus vogetables or frmits, with a muitiplicity of which it 1s mixed, Not ouly tho vegetables of the garden aro prized, but moeny wild herbs, Houps, thickened by long sunmering over the tiro, ara much esteu, even for breakisst; but bresd is really the stafl of life in the East, aud it uame ia a evnonsm for foud. Two meals are common with Oricutals,—thoe early breakfaet, sud tho moro abundant supper at the closo of tho day. At noon I3 eaton & luncheon of breal and fruits, either fresh or dried. 3oals are sorved upan emall tablcs placed hy the divan, a crumb-cloth boing tirst Jphmd upon the fleor,—it being coumidored winful to waste the crumbs of bread which might fall, and which are carefully thrown to bivds or beasta when the crumb-cloth is romosed. The national dish of uilaw, the mauner of eating, the subse- guent waghing of Lands, and thenss of tho nargilet, ot long pipe, ars familiar to all ros-lems. . ‘T'ho garments of the people of Eastern landa are geuerallv hittlo chauged by the lapso of time, and are, when coatly, handed down ss hoir- looms. Tho Perufana and tho Turks have yials od to the decrees of fashion in minor detaile for manv years, without, however, giviug up tho floalug garments whicli add 8o’ much (v the gruce of {lgure and motion amoung Oriental na- tiona, When Bultan Maloud IL, father of Abdul-Aziz, exclisnged tho costume of his sul. diers for ono resembling those of Europeaus, tho graco and mafesty of msny of his army di- vinjons woro clianged to stiffneas, if not to ludi- cronsuess, ¥o crooked were the logs of his sol- diers, owing to thelr *hoing 8o muck in tho ead- dto, and therr habit of aquatting upon the ground wheo Iu repose. THE CAMEL, Wo are accustomed to regard thoxamol as one of tho tmost patient aud docile of bossts,—lav- fog received tho impression from tho general testimony of Esstern travelors, DBut Misa Mar- tinean doclares this opinion to be nnfounded, givh.g the renl facts of the casy In tha following langusge : 3 thuught them then, ae T thiuk them now, after a lony acyuautance with thew, tho lust ugresable Vraten I know, Nuthing eau be ngifer, unless it be the outtich, which 18 ludicrously like the camcl, in form, qut, wid expression uf face, The patieuce of tho camel, wo celabrated in bookv, 18 what 1 never bad tho [losaure of seeinge Ho fmpatlest o Wt 5 da et now,—-growliug, {roauing, and fretiing wheuever asked to do or bear nu(mlul: lwklur. ou such oecuelol Af 1t longed to Dite, if ouly it dared. Its maligusnt exp ton of lace s luit fn pletures ; but [t may by scen wheneover oae looka for i, Tho mingled exprension of upite, fe Icbaners in thie ucg of tho_cumel aiwsys gove mo the i1y rosvln of fin belug, or feeling fiself, a damned suimal, 1 wonder some of the oid painters of ifell 41 102 put o camel fnto their foreground, and tuske & trsditions{ embdlem of it, 1 I8 trao the Arsb loves Lix own cantel, Kioses ity lipn, hugs its neck, cals it hin darltng an'l hin Jowel, and deciaes o Joves it ex« nctly a4 o Inven lis Oldeat sous but it doos nut aphear thet any man‘s affoction extends beyond his own par- uicular gumel, which i fruly, foF L wrvicos, st ibes: Hnistid Teasaro to hinv. Ha fs moved to kick and CHrs ny but the domestic membur of the spezicd, 8 o woitld be by tlie perversenens ana upite of any other ll-empered creature, 'Flo one virtue of tho camel in ita ability to work without watar: but, of the doaert, 1 burdly thiuk any rider would exchange the willing, tutelligent, snd proud service of thehores for that of the camel, which objecta lo everything, and will da uo service but uader the compulaion of s gy feurs, SPARKS OF SCIENCE. TEA AND COFFEE. 1t i saidtbag the amount of tea and coffos an- nually cousumed i the United Btates averages 43¢ pounds of voffes and 1% pounds of toa for every wan, WOl i chi In tho Neth- erlands, tha consumption of tes is about in the wawe praportion. lu Balgium, the smount of potl tes sud coffes s 162y pounds per head; in Nussis, it is 152 pounds § in Grost Britain, 03¢ poands; Frauce, 43¢ ; Italy, 13{; aund Bpain, i pound. From this statemont 1t is seen that the M4t PIORPETONS ronutii~g Aro the greatest cou- sutmare of thess cowmodities, Of lito yeurs, Givoas Britain Las deawn o large quantity of Ler tea aud coffea from her ludinn dependencied, Coffeo iiss boen enltivated iu sho eastorn portious of Indis for u great lovgtu of time, bub Is only within the and boe- ! i past twenly years that the prodact liau boen a msatier of perions attention. The principal plautations are in Mysore and smid the Noilgherry-Hilla, at ao elavation of 8,000 or - 1 4,000 feot abave tho levol of tho eoa, whars the { elimate in well-ndnptod to tho grawth of the rofTec-plaut, and is, alsa, quite favorable to the hoalth of Iuropeaus. In 1842, coffes totha valae (‘xf L1‘S.nl.';"l\dwu exported from British Indis; in 852 it had mdvaoced to £84.800; In .Elfiv.zxfilflbivln'ilibn mz.’l%.c'..sao.lxw. 1003 A varioiy of tha tea-pladt (ZThea grows wiid 1o Assam, Exmlng tmu:;'wul! feot i Lioigbt, This fact was discovered in 1923 by & Beotclhiman named Bobert Bruce, Tha fol- lowing sear, some hundrada of tho plants were sent from Hadlya to Calonits ; but the ides of originating an induatry by the enltivation of the plant was not entertalned until Lord William Bentinck appoioted a committoe in 1832 Lo deter- mins its practicability. Government narseries wero oatablislied ; and, in 1837, 33,000 Ibs of Les wero exported thence to England. In 1853, 760,000 iha wora expoited. Bince then gardens have heon Isid out by private inatviduals in Assam, Cachoe, Silhot. nod Darghecling; sod nurderiey have bean eatabiished In m’u&fnprr Proviuces, where, Lowever, tha quantity of tes an yet produced {3 comparatively small, As in China, the tea-plant In Iodia thrives bost fn & light, porons lonm, which s sbundant. 1y sapplied with heat and molsture. Freshly- cieared foreat-lands tnrnish the most advantage- ous conditions,—tha moil being rich snd atroog, and the scattering trees, purposely spared by tho ax, providing ahado and retiring molsturs. Tho plapt dods not reach matarity until the sev- enth yoar, aithough the fleaves may be pincked in the fourth, or even the third, sear of f{ta gronth, Under cultivation, the treo doen mot attain » height of above5ors feet, In the eatly yonrs of tes-cullure in Assam thore wora neldom more than thres pluokings sl lowed anvually,—the firat, and what was conside ered tho best, occurrlog fu June, Bat now, where heat and molsiure sre plentiful, from oight to ten ' leaf-barvesta” froquontly taks place in a single season ; and the m ntheflnfil are found quite aqual in value to tho first. The average yield of an acre of tes-plant in fall: bearlog 15 rockoned at 400 pounds. The product is novor adulteratod in India, This trick of tho tradesman {8 performod after tho export haai renched forelgn lands. Tuo quality of the Ase #sm ton 18 strong and pungent; heaoce the leaf s mixed with Inferior Chips teas to bring ug thelr price. The valus of the tea axported front India in 1812 was £17.244; in 1852, £69,220; in %1!‘3. {CXIM‘EZIE' l:id' In }]572. £1,492,188. The imports in England for the year ending July 81, 1875, was 11,597,000 1o, Eaelral VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS, Amung the most wondorful manifestations of organic lite in plaots is the aquatis Vallisneria Spiralis of tho botanists, its common name bo- ing tape or eol-grass. Italong, thin, aad ribbone liko leaves ara not unfamiliar to the dwellers by the slower-moving rivers of our Atlantio slope audthetranquil watersof Franco aad Lialy,' Liike tho willow aud the date-palm, ite two kinds of flowers, nocossary to the production of sced, are borno upon soparafo planis,—the pistils being fouud in one, snd tho stamens in the other. The curions mannor in which tho pollen of the lat ter organ is deposited upon tho former, thus fortitizing the embryonic ueed contained in the pistits, makes tho lLitle plant a favorite in aquaris, when it ie possible to obtain botkx pistillats and staminato speeimens ; thoagh the formor, which is comton, {8 also valned because the circulation of its fluids can be se clearly scon in tho leaves, Tho peduncle, or flowsrs stom, of tho pistillate or fomale plant, is very long, but coifed at the base of tho loaves, st tha bed of ths stream,—each stom besring but one of tho small petaled flowers, cich of which g ioclosed in a tiny epathe, or nnwrapping loaf. The stamioato or male flowars have ver shiort aters, and graw jn dense clasters, —eac| clastor being surrounded by s closed transparent spatho, At that stage in the growth of tha plant whou the focundation of the seed should take placo, tho coiled stems supporting the flow=s of the fomale plant untwist, and slsq grow i1 length, rasing tho tlowers to the surface of tho water, on whieh they thon float. The flowers of the malo plant at this time burst thais fnclosing spathio, &nd, soparsting themsalves from thotr conical stem, rize closed, haviog tho appearanco of littlo whits poarls, and, opentug on the sarface of tho siug- gish atroamn, shed their pollen upon the female tlowe! Aftor roceiving the fortitizing pollen, the thread-like flower-stem of tng scod-Learing plant contracta spirally, convoying the seod versel to thie bottom of Lo water to ripen, ‘Ihe stem of tho femalo flower attains s lenpth of trom 2 to 4 feet. accordiug to the depth of the wnter. ‘Tho American Naturalist for Februe ary reports ux{xenmnnu, described at the Linomau Bocioty of Londoun, counected with tha growths of tlis coiled stem, 'The re- muity of theso oxperiments seom to show thst this growth 18 tho most rapid oceurring fn th vegetablo kingdom, reachiug tho rate of 12 inch. ee in twenty-four hours,—the greatest activity occurning in tho termioal portion noarest ths flower. 1t was also thore stated tnat, when tha plstiliate lower chiancos to receive no polien. it does not descend to the bottom of tho water, bos remaing floating and open 1pon the surfuce, for days, and even weoks, aa if waiting for tha fructifyiug pollon. EXPLORATION OF SUMATRA. The Googravhical Society of Amsterdam, we learn through Nalure, {s proparing to send an expedition to Sumatra for the purpose of ex- ploring that unkuown portion of tho Island em~ braced in the territory of the Djambi. The ex- pedition will at first aepatato in two partios,— one of which will sscend the Djsmbi; and the otler, startiug from DPadong, on tho oppasite coast of the ialand, will cross the mountsin-chaln betwoon the volcauaes of ‘Palang snd Indrapoora, aod endeavor to effect & juuction with the otor divieion by following somo one of the tributazics of the Djambl until the main river is reachied. This object buoing accompliahed, the expodition will attempt a detailed survey of va- rions branclies of the Djambi, as the Bangit, the Teboo, thie Taba, aud the Tembeet. The region drained by tuess wator-courses has never boen visited by Europeans, and the accounts given by the natives of its baauty aud fertility oxcite & good deal of {flomm. expectation, In 1869, Vsu Aphuyzen, thy Resldent of Palembong, aacanded thio Djambi for & cousld- erablo distance, makiug, on lua roturn, & {avor- able report of the appearanca of the country and tuo amisble disposition of the inhabisants. He found the Djambl navigablo a tar as Lis survey extonded, and inxlo the discovary of neveral jin- portant tributaries. It [s upon Lis report, the only autlentic ono exissiog, that tho Amwtor- dam Hoclety bases ita plau of exploration. The Sultan of Djambi haa wiguided bis willngneas to Liuve tho expedition penotrato bis domains ; and, moreover, has offered tho services of his son-in~ Lawv a4 n member of the body of explorory, It In ealculnted that the expenvo of the expe~ dition, conducted on the most economical plan, will swount to 2,000 guiueas, whick sum witl be raised by private subscription ; after which an appeal will vo made for 8 Government subsidy. | Tho staft of the expedition will comprixe, it is ex~ pected, a naturalist,e botanist, w geographer, and & linguist ; aud it is boped that the colleos ; tions madw in the sovorsl dopartments of natnrad biusory will be of great aclontific value. A SWEDISH TORNADO. In the ** Transactious ™ of the Royal Baclety of Beisuces st Upsal, Prof. Hildebrand HUde~ Lraudasou hns published an accouut, fllustrated with & carefully-dravn map, of a torasdo which occurred noar Hallabergs, Bwedeu, Aug. 18, 1876, From the doecription given, the storm seems ta Lavo manifested pheuomona clovely rosembling those characterizivg the whitlminds of our own continent, In o forest-area of 1,000 feet iu length by 000 foot in breadth, 1,000 large Pinw-trees (Finus abies) were totaily destroyed, —tho larger number belug torn up from the roots, and the remainder, mtanding on the margin of tho siorm, being suspped across, After leaving tho forost, the whi d chinnged 118 course from N. N. £ to N, E,, and weot on in thiv diroction uprooting trees, leveling solid buildings, sud carrying the fragments often & distanco of meuy wiles, Dr, udebraudsson convludes, from his study of the phevcomiona of this toruado, ti:at there wore two forces united in the work of destruction,—oue beiug directed towards the contre of the wtorm, aud the other iu the line of 14 courus. DRAINING THE ZUYDER ZEE. The Dutch Giovernment have accepted s plan for draping tho Zuydoer Zeo, Tho sres to be drained |s eatimatod at 769 square miles. Allu- s10n was mado to this coutemplatea pro}a:t in our llnhs articlo describiugfthe draluage of Haar- tem Lake. A THIBETAN JOURNA A voluminous journal, kept by Father Dealde- i, who rosided and traveled in Thibet (n the ears 1y part of the eighiteenth ocsntury,” has recensly been divcoversd. @ **find™ ia of much Later- ext to geographical science.