Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 22, 1876, Page 9

LITERATURE. John Quincy Adams® Diary, fromm 1838 to 1841. ' upgtonewall ¥ Jackson.--Alex- ander Hamilton and His Period. Florenos MoLondburgh's Sketohege— Fanoy-Work --- Books and Periodioals Received, Literary Matters at Madison, Wig,~-~ Noles About Books and Authors, Reminiseences of Lord Macaulay ¢ Talley- rand, Lord Jeffroy, Lady Nolland, Rogers, and Chantrey, Anne Boleyn’s Mother-«-Mr. James’ Art Collection-~-Ancient Coing-»« Milan Cathedral, The ¥lora Round About Chicago: The HMustard Fomily—Manufec- tare of Ioce. Wow Sceds Force Thelr Way Inte the Ground---Rtelics of tho Cave~ Dwellers---Liquid Cement, LITERATURE, JOMN QUINCY :DAM‘S. iMoms o lonN QuiNcY DA Coxrnisisa '}"OIIIIDNI or 118 DiAny rRost 1793 10 1848, Fde ited vy OnAnses Fnaxom Apans, Vol X, 8vo. v 646, Philadalpuix: 3. D, Lippincott & Co. Tho records coutsinod in the prosent inatall- ment of Mr. Adams' Diary begin with Juno 1, 1838, and closs with Aug. 80, 1841, Thoy afford a quite full account of tha procecdlufs of tho Tonse of Represantatives during this torm, and aro, therofore, valuablo as a contribution to the political history of tho nation. Tho mpectaclo which they oxhibit of tho continuous violent and disropntablo wrangling and stsife that provailed botween tho contending Inctions lu Congress at thls era is.not cheorful to contemplate, That men intrusted with tho solomn responeibility or promoting the welfara ot tholr country shonld’ degrade thelr opportunities into au occaston for the encounter of tho bittorest parly aud per- yonal animosities, is a fact humilindng to loyalty and to statesmanship, Buch passages as the following, which are by no means infrequent fo tho journal boforo us, a%lx an inefMMacoalds utain upon the page of our legislative annals : #0n returning 10 the Houro, I found Garrot Davis, of I{entucky, apoaking in renly t> Dr., Duncan, betwoon whom aud W. Cost Johnson -thera had boon an iuterchiange of epithots, as liar, sconndrel, and coward.” Tho succocdicg day the disgracoful ecouo wns ro-enucted: "“Mr. Wise took tho floor, but ylelded it to Dr. Don. ean and W. Cost Johnson ; aud it consisted of Iho mutual sssuranco of sach of them to tho ctler that ho was a liar, n scoundrel, & puppy, sod a coward ; upon which Wiso almost wrung bis bands 1 lamentation over the anti: Jsw," Btill apain, on the ensuing day, sesumed the floor, but yielded it to Duacan for a personsl oxplauation ; and theo came tho third interchange of the apithots of tiar, scoundral, wnd coward, botweon Duncan snd Johusoun upon which Wisa lamented tho bitior fruits ot the dueling law, and that there would be no fght. One of the few graplis paiagraphs ocouriing In this volume dollnoaten in tolling strukes the ieaturea and msoner of o typical fire-cator, Ur. Adams hod just conmcluded au addross Apropos to hils cliran.c presantation of a bundlo of petitions from Abolitionisia, whay, as ho ro- Istes, ** Dynum answered mo in a tempewt of fury, Bynum is a member of the Committeo, suda . pitfire Democrat, Hois & small, thin man, with & perpotual agony {u his face, & dark brow, alivid complosion, » Laggaid look, o ghastly smile, and, whon ho speatis, s face is distorted with convolsion, 1lis dlecourss fs one wulform Lrowlnf iuvective upon Fadoraliste, tho bank, .ocofocos, old wowmnon, and priests. But ho fsa Iavorito orator of tho pasty, Dinum was timo THE CIHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1876—-TWELVE PAGES, arter timo callea to ovdor Ly tho Breakor, of which he complalnea bitterly, but vonted ail tus yail. e speaks always in & menacing tono, and -pointed nt sue with his finger, and looked ns {f ;u vouxd oat o, tho shoto tigio ho'was kpeake 8" ‘Iho gloomy atmosphate invosting thia portion of tho Diary is 1n sowo moasurs a roflootion fram Mr., Adania’ own spirit, which was melan- tholy aud despondout to a painful degree. Nothe log Besmed tu givo hun pleasure, to rovive hiy faded Liopes, to coufor any comfurtable ssitsfaction upon lis discontonted mind, truo thero wnu plantiful cause for anziol o the political’ aspoct of the conntry bul, distrorsing 88 this might bo to an earnost, honeat, and loyal citizeu and statesman, 14 dacs not furnish sullicient ronson for tha nn- mingatod dojoction that afllicled Mr, Adatus, Tho real sourco of his haavy-lesrtoduess was more purely peraooal. Hw Tame and his popu- larity hisd not beon commonsurato with his sm- Lition, and ho nover for & moment forgob the bliter disappointment. It tinged every icoling with a sombre bue, It is romackable thai he never accords to any Individual concerned in pubhic affairs & genorous word of praise, All Alke are treated in a tault-tinding mannor that suggoats au suylous aud Jealons disposition. It Is uuploasant to regard an eminont aud an un- doubtedly upright man fu thu light ; but tho Iuminatiou is thrown by his own haud diract from tho reconsen of hid inner being, upon the motives that inspired hum ; and wo ean hut read these as thoy appoar, without |rofudics or pre- Poesoasion, Lo a couplo of extracts which wa take from tho ournal & ghmpsa is revealod of 3lr, Adauy’ es- imate of Limself aud also of his unsatad fond- oess for puntio life. Ion Decemver, 1819, bs tnakes this entry : ** I wrote to Mr, Jumes I Olis, at Now York, edwor of the Hrother Jon- @than, requesting bim to give uotice to the public that the publication 1n tbat paper of my Vislon was mado without my knowledge or conuout, and that 1 disclaimed ol the initial lottern of names 1n tho ules; cor- Tectiug tho dato of tho compasition of the . a, published as of 1793, but roally of 1780 or bhie firee pare of 1700 ; aud {nquiriog how, and from whom, he obtained tho manusciipt, It 18 Published ns o Illzmr{ curlcull{ in Clapp's Eventny Gazelte of thie st fust,, at Doston, It 3 fair apecimen of what I would have heen if could, Asapost I huve nover surpassed it. My summit lovel, os & stateamau, orator, phils hopher, and proser, fs of about the same clo- vation, have nothing to hive aflor me but 1ima beyoud my means, aud privciplos too pure for the ago in which I have lived.” 1o March, 1841, ho writos: 1 rocelved, two dasamnce,’ s lotter from a strangor, adyisivg We now to retirs from the world ; the vuly rea- fou for my postponiug which is, that Icannot afford it. "Thiere ju another, which 1 should haye much trouble to overcomo, buy which® would tacounter ; chat is, tho vacuity of occupation In which Iconld tako an interest. More than sizly yoars of incessant aclive intercourse with 1he world bas made polisical movoment to mo as much & neceannry of 1if6 as atmosphorio alr, Lhia 0 weaknoss of wy nature, which I bave futel- ot enough left to petcerve, but not euergy to toutrol, Aud thus, whilo & remoant of physlosl Pawer is laft to me to write and speak, the world ;:l}l;e;.iu from mo beforo X shall retise from the At the time of this st writlog, Mr, Adsms ¥iaa0 old man of 74, He haduerved his N by loog and tasthuily, snd bad beeu rewaldo Vith the higbeut houors it could bostow, Why Xaa ho not content with the memory of the dia- Im&n.hhld rommn- hio had successively held, 3nd happy in the consclousness of his pure prin- ciples, tha integrity of bis aims, the rospect of his countrymon, and the Lope of a alncere Chrlnllnn)' " "STONEWALL " JACKSON. .. ‘T03AS . JACRAON (“ SroNzwALL " ACRAON), Ity BAnAIl NICHOLAS RANDOLPsE, Atuthor of ** The Domentic Lifo of Thomas JoTerson.” With llustrsiions, 13mo,, pp. 363, Ihiladolphis : J. B, Lippincou & Co. Gen, Thoman J. Jackson was not tho groat man which this biographer doclaros him to havobesn, nor did bo acquire s famo that will bo fikely ta iminato tho comlng ages, ns alis hias most con- fidently predictod. He surpassed ordinary men tn soma striking and ofTect(va chnractaristics, and the doadly contost botweon the North and the Houth gave him the requialte opportunity to dise play theso characteristica In a most conaplenous and imposing mannor,. But, admirablo and use- ful, whou rightly directod, aa ara the trats which Uan, Jackaon possosand, thny are not sufficient ot themsolves to eudow a groat man, Deter- mination, courage, and rasolution are powarful qualitles, ‘They may accomplish mighty under- takinga: they are the chlct working forcen in Buman enterprines ; novertheless, highor attrie butes must bo uuitod with thom to produce that cotnbinatton of intolicctual facultiss whick would be rightiy denominated groat. QGen, Jackson had no apurk of genlus, and he bad no romackablo montal capacity, By dint of tho very hardesl apnlication daring his Cadete sliip, bo waa ablo to pase the finatl examination &t Wost Point. Deing askod by o relative bhow he managad to gol through, he roplied: ** Aunt, 1 wopt, and studled, and prayed.” Thls answor shows real grit, but not raal greatnecss, As a Protessor at tho Military Iuatitate at Loxington, Jackaou was & conactentious, but an uninspirod and uninteresting, fnstructor ; in society, he was accounted a dull companiou; and, fo religion, ha was & fonatic. Yo, fn tho soldiers’ camp and an tho field of battle, bis zoal, and firmuoas, sud pluck trausformed bim futo s tighticg horo, He was a brave soldlor, an officient commander, and a bulwark (s tho Southoru nrmy; but dis- passionate minds, movad by neithor personal nor partiann feoling, will not regard bim with exalted euthuainsm, A ‘Lhe mutbor has treated hor subject, which includes a roview of the iirat- yoara of our late civil atrife, in_n epirit that ie to bae eoriously daprecated. It s fustinet with soctioual projudico nud roncor. Its influcnce ia 1n all respecta injurious. 1t tenda to keep alivo, between her sytnpathizors and opposers, & Bentls mont of discord that shonld ba subduod and hid from aignt ; and 1t destroys oconfldonce 1o hor good consa aal judgment, and, therofore, in Lor cumpeloney ns 8 biograplier, Jackron was but 39 when b received hie doath- wound at Chancellorsyille, having boen bora fu January, 1824, Ho was loft au orphan whoy only G yonrs old, and bore througa cntldbood and youth tho trials and hardships of povert: sud of the privation of near famils-tics, homo was affordod bitn with an uncle fiving o Lowin County, Weatorn Yirginis, whom ho asnist- od ju tho labor of tilling & farm. The rolatives with whom hiy lot was cast wero kind to the lud, and did what thoy could to help him on In lifo. At the apo of 18, ho socurod admission to ‘Wosk Uolut, whioro ba waa a diligent und respect- od student. The voar after he gradnated with tho brovot raul of Becoud Licutonant of Artil- lory,—that s, in 1817,—ho Joined the army dis- patchod against Mazico, aud, by valorous cone duct, roge, before tho war was onded, to tho TaxLireo d posttion of Major. In 1851, ho resigued his placo 1o the army, ond accept- od the Chair of Nuatural Phitosoply and Artillory 'Lactiey io the Varginla Military In- #stituto ot Loxingtou, Four yeais later, on the socession of Virginia, ke maicled to Lichmond at tho head of n company enrolled in the Con- foderate sorvice. 1ls aftor carewr (s familtar to every roader. It wus that of o brave and reso- Iuts leader, and deapty endeared him to tho Southern pouvple, When bis losa was made kuown, there was unive:sal mourning amony them, for it was folt thatone of tho strong proy.aof the Confederacy had been withdrawn, ‘The story of lus last days s relatod by the biographer with much gonmno feellog, A slnglo oxtrace will indicate its pathoa, filhen Jucksou had received his death wound, throngh tho misdirectad firo of Lis own soldiers, "ho waa couvoyed from tho dold 10 au ambulance, which also bore Col. Orutetitold, who had received ball in the leg: *Dr McGuiro eat In tho tront part of {ho ambulancs, with his finger an the artory from4vhich the Geuoral's blood had flowed, to arrast tha blesding should it agaiu begin. The night was dack, and by the ligut of torches tho ambuianco moved™ slawly and carefully forward, _Once Col’ Cratchtiold gropnod, whoo Jackson ut oncs or- dorod tha ambulance to bo stopped, and askoed if vomothing could not ba done ta reltuva Col. Crawhiield, o hadt Kmvinuuly put his richt hand on Dr. MaGiuire’s hoad, and, ulhing it down, whisparald o lus ear and askad [ Col. Crutchfleld was davgerously wounded, Wheu answorod, *No,—only psiufully huet,’ bo ashl, *Iom glad it i8 no worse,' A fow mpments tuter, Col. Crutchfiald put the samo whisperad question about the Gonoral to tho Doctor, nnd, when told that he was vory seriously woungded, s groaned, and eried out, ‘O my Uod!® It was thig groan sud cry which tho Uoneral mis- took for un oxpresmon of physical sulferiug, aud which induced him to order the ambulance ta bs atopped.” . In Ler preface to the bloarapby, tho author givos curigucy to a popular orror in repesting tho claune, * Ho Wio titus may read,” This is supDosed to La a quotation from Beriptare, but the uriginal ghravo hus been strangely distorted by coroless wiiters. Orrectly renderod, the words of tho toxt are as follows: *‘Chat ho may run that vewdeth it ALEXANDER HAMILTO W, Lavr, uri\nuw 1AL 03, By Tons T. vy, 420 and Co.” Chicago: Ths p%y w0 3 Littlo, Prown arg & Co. Price, .50, It fs some twonty-five yoars sluce the son of Alosander Humtlton guva to the world u cole lection of the literary worka of hin father, which filed sovon octavo volnmes, Valaaole ns theso writings ara o4 an otosition of the gomus of thclr authaor, and of his Joug and arduous labors in the domam of politics, tlnance, and juris- prudence, they yot ars {oo bulky for the perusal of tho averagoe reader, who has really boon destituto of a watisfactory sourca from which to draw tho fucts counovted with the life of ono of tho loading statesmen bolouging to the first quarter of a contury of our national hiatory, To aupply the nood uf & popular biograpuy of Hauiljon, tho proseut work has beon prepared; and very successrully does it aocoraptish its ob- juct. Iu two volumes of muderato mwizo it coudenses a personal momoir of Iimmtlton, and & review of tho condition of our country during tho yoars when lio was at the frout in tho cone duct of its afintiw, aund lus olicial acts hada moiding inlluenco upon ita destiny, "Thore is o singular gcarcity of matorial for fill ing out tho lite of Hamilton in the nn:lf part of his gourse ; aud, indoed, throughout his years, tho {ucidents composiug his privuto oxpertonco kavo, for tho grester part, beou lost or wup- presscd. o was born on tho Istaud of Nevis, n tho Woat Indivs, Jau. 11, 1757, His fathor was a descendnut of tha famous Beoteh clan wlhioxe name o boro, wnd lini wother came from a family of Fronon Ilugueuots who tled from thoir nativo country ou tho revacation of tho Euict of Nantes, His mothor diod whon ho wos a more child, and, his father naving fallon tuto fluancial ditticultics, ho was cared for by rola- tives who lived at Hanta Cruz. When only n little movo theou 12 yoars old, bo was taken from school nnd putinto tho counting-house of an extonsive morchaut, Such romarkable exec- utive suility did tue boy discover, that, beforo hio was 14, the ontire chargo of lns employer's business was for a time intrustod to im. " His isiaate for ® muercantilo carcor was so decided, and big louging for an education 80 mtensy, that Hunlly, ln 1772, bo was pormitted to avail him- golt of what fucilities for learning the Awarican Coloulos affordod, For ouo {cnr bo siudiod (n a wiummar-school in Lhizatothtown, N, J., and tuen ontered mnfl’n Callego, " He had arrived i tho Colosies iu tho begin. ning of thoir struggles with the mother-couniry, aud the exciting Econea occurring about him firod his soul with sympathy for tho woaker and opproasod party. At a Uonvention of the patri- ots, neld In the fiolds of Now York iu 1774, moved by tho euthusiasmn of tho moment, ho defivored” & speech which, by its logical argu- mont and bnilhant rhetono, communded the attention and applauso of tho audionce, Ho wos st the tmo a stight, -youthful-looking Iad of 17. When the Convention of Now York suthorlzed tus raising of & compauy of ar- titlery, tho pasition of Captain wus given to Llame ilton} aud ko admirably did he execute lis duties In this capacity that ho was soon arter ap- pointed to tho stalt of Gen. Washington, with thorank of Lieutenaut-Coloucl, Ho hore dis- playod such angacity thal it was not tong oro he was sokuowladged ‘a8 Washiuglon's ** priucipal sud mosy confldential Aide-te-Camp.” Nine mouths after Lia elevation to this place, ko at- taiued Lla 1nsjority, But 1t i not our purposs to attempt even su outline of Hamilton's private or public life. The distinguished pact ho playod (u the affairs of our country duting the most suxious pazied of ta oz:alanco shonld bo fawilinr tn detall to every American citizen. Ths pagos ol the volumas bolora us afford tho roquisite opportunity for wutudylng his caroer, whoro it is lail tdowy with s brosd and impartial hond, 1t is prosented in ounnaction with the hi tory of the publio ovents with which Iiamil- ton was {naeparably ideatifiod ; with & careful acconut of thn organization of the now Uov- ernment, of ths establishmant of the flrat Na- tioanl Bank, of tho Jixclso and the Alint, of tho mizolon of Genet, of the Whiaky Insurrection, of our farelgn ralations, and of the Administra- ton of tho eldor Adams, ‘Tleso subjects aro deall with In a calin and unbisued spint, and form a neceasary baockground for a contetnpla~ tivn of tho figure of lamilton. Taken by them- solvas, thav alao futnieb an intoresting version of the courso of yolitical atfairs dnring a term of above twanty-flvo years, SKETCHES BY FLORENCE M'LANDBURGH, Tur Avtonator EAN: aND UTHER Baeioiire, Dy FrongNcKk MelaNDBURGIL 1200, Dpe 242 Chie cagot Jansea, BleClurg & Co, Price, § ‘Thore is an uncomuon talent exhibited in thona skeiches,—s talent of such declded grasp snd vigor that it ls doubtful if it might not properly be styled goniue. It certninly s a trus Ilnepiration, It is not of the order that can be acquirod voluntanly by resolute and persistont cultivation. 1t {s of a higlior orlgin, proclaiming ilaolf aa auch by ita full, and lofty, and {mpog- aloned betring. . ‘I'he firat two of the sketchos—"The Automs- ton Ear* and ** Tho P'aths of the Hes "—are of stogular power, Although tho othors partake of thelr quatity, tlicse creato a desper improasion bacauso of thejr groater olaboration and more suatsined strength, All the pieces, both long and sbort, ara chsracterized by vivid fwagina. tion, peculisr afllucnce of imager: d graphie description. A passage or two, takon at random {rom ons of the minor articlos, affurds & “fair samplo of thelr fluent and fervid diction : . At dawp, 1 saw the tmid Hght creop up along the 1, aud walt and brighten untl It sct on emilazoned ndard in the sky; end below, far out, covered with the ponp uf the rintg auv, the distant Lillows elasbied their blood-red atiteids. At noom, I saw tho mid-day raciance, falling through tuo alr tn torrents of aplen- dor, Hoat far sud uear, chaugiug into gorgeous mosa- fcs upon tho sea, At night, Isaw the long line of miglty cliiTa upon the sllent Canadian shore reach out their gant shadows torough the dusk of evening, that, slowly, noftly, gatherad juto i twilight swosler than tho luininous Lazo of & dream, . . 4 Ae the ixte Spriug opsned, Winter even then did not yleld ita supromnacy” without 8 fierce contest—the_say- &ge storma from tue North—~tho ice broke, The hugo cakes, driftiug nbout, slowly, gradually, wore theni- ;clfll' away, sud tho wind dropped M juvellus of rost, 1 was not afrald, for the moon had reached its full, nud would o up ovon as tho last halo of thy departiug day wtaa tading from the weat, Out of tho water 1 saw it come. An chormous globo of maroen fire, it sat upon the horizon aud atsined the lako with 1ts magen- tarays, Fatigued and oxhausted, 1 think I must have slopt; for, when uest 1 louked, hright and yelluw, it wan swuag ligh up ju tho sky, shedding through the alr a splendor 1iko peari, Ward-pictures like these, avounding iu the firat book of n young nuthor, are full of promiso, Thoy Indicate's fortile fanov and a capious vo- cabulary,—two vuluable possessions for n writer. And yoi they suggest a word of warning. 1'le toudoucy ta theiorieal decoration ust bo care- fuily guarded. 1t18mo easy to encumbor the style with eoxcessive oruament, and render it heavy, it not positively ridlculous. It ia better to orr an the side of plain than of flortd writiug. Tho firat twes, but the oiher sickeus. Tho hint is oue to which DMiss JcLand- burgh's attoution should be polnted. And, whilo in the way of oriticism, it wmay bo added that, iu tho work of one who has such signal ability, thero ahould bo wo faulliness lu tho phraseology. The sentences sbould flow smoothly, and the words Le accumiely chonen, Tho blemishos of this naturs are fow in tho skotchos under notice, soussting chicfly of an occasioual rougbness and obscurity caused by ioversion, and of the misuse of the auxiliarics will and would. Theso are, perhaps, tritling errors 3 and it Is only because the suthor clauns beraelf eapablo of doing so woll tuat we sak of ber in evely lustance a fnishied performauce, As Lias already boen said, she has tine gifts, which’ como by matural ondowmsnt; and tuo those sbould Lo jowned the graces of a poliskiod style, which are {0 bo gatned through stwily. 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Houguton & Co., Bos. ton), Contenta: ' Ditvate Theatricais,” XI11L-XV, (Concluslon), by W, D. itowella; » Tha Ktielive and 141 Court," by Uhaties Hale ; A Viait 1u & Certain Ol Gentloman,” by T, B, Abricas “ Tho Mudnoss of QGeorge 111, by Hezekish Butterworth ; * Litees of the Romsutio 8chiool,” by I, H, Boy. 4 0ld Womay's Gosstp,” l;ym-.. Rembta; #+ Aftor tho Battle of tha Wilderneds,” by Rachel Hois ue; * Modical Fashious, by Edward Spencer ; For the Last Thue,” by Hudu Fletcher ; * Tue Old Poot and It Wife,' Harrie Prescott Spollord § ** Dooy by C. I, Woudman; * The Autictau Ly Hose Perry Cooks: ' Four 0'Giocks,” T i Edgar Yawaett] usioj** ¢ Educas ribner & Co., Now 0 0f William Fonn 1 g; * Tus True Lo- How ' Blall We Bpell eduda,” by AR o thon.,'t Scribner's Mosazing for Bay (! York), Contents: * Portral (lusirated), br ¥rank cabiontss * (1usirated) ; hiek-sp-rets Numo?" by' 3, 11, Gilmore; * Siging Robes, by Margarot J, Lreaton: ¢ Fhilip Notn's ¥rtgnds, of Bhow your Puasports,’ Chiaps. X11-XI1V, (Tllustisted), by Edward Evereit Hale, v aty Face by baul M, Hayne; « datinel Conroy, X111, XVIL., by Bret Uarte; ** 17 Love B e hi.lobu G, Baxe; * Bowdoln College " (lllustraied), by Gearge Thowaa Packard; % Ths DeFoe Family in America® (lllustrated), Ly Mary B, lrcland; % Hoarlog with the Eyos " (Illus- trated), by Jawes Ricoardson; * John Guttenberg ® (Illustratod), by Thoodore L DeVinue; * The Wod- ding st Ogden Faim, by Georgo E Wariag, Jr.; S uive by Stary Lo Titiers + Revolutiouary Lai ters, F1lth Puper, Johu Fenno:V (couclusivn, by John Vauce Cleay; * Bome Experiments tn Co-Upera- tton " First Faper, by Charies Bari **1a Couteur des bois,” by Anble T, Howells; * The Twa Greets iugs," by Bayard Tayior: % My Lirthright " by A s, B, ), B, Tuts; ¢ Topics of s Time;™ ¥ The Qld Ine Actusl Situation of the Charch,” by the lhv': 4 “Home and Haviety s orld'n B y (Sholdon X e, New Yor, Tlayern and Piayddoacs Ta it by 5 moy Jonn "Lhorubiry’ * Tia Widow,' Ly W. 1, A& Patitan, by Marcus 8, Garey 7 XIIL, XIV,, XV, aiid Conception, ' by Hiysr Wan thn Hattle of Bull by (an, G, A, Custer; Mythalogy:” *Remembrance” by John Aaty; » Hachara' , !y The 1, O “Tin Fearfal Litde Mad," by’ ‘Panng Bacrow 4 Hosch-Comiers, at'to Do with Them,” by Jdames fenray Hoch lin Pramt of tha Doifar,” by Alert Khodea; A * (rom the French of Pedro Antonin da Al , by I of dleey,” by Junius Menn Brow: Lost Art,” 1y Michard Grant Whitor Hon™ b 3 4 Drift-{Voad," by Platlp Current Litera- Critura anad Brazasltian . Goae @ rey for - any § hule," by the Editor, e for Sav (J. B, Lippincott % * Tha Centiry=[te ott's Hag: Philiadolplls), Coutents Fruita and Its Festival : Part of the Exhibitiou * (Iiustrated) i + Hantinaple,” §, (IHustrated), Ly el Hallvlof the Bell-Tawor. by ¥ *Herlin and Vienna,* by H “Trie Atoncment of Leam Dundas,” Part IX,, by E, Lynn Linton: “ Roce-Morals," by Hidney #An0Id Houto and Its Story," (Tiluntrated), by K. *The Watcli: An Old Man's Btory,” by Ivan "Torirguensfl s ** Tranaiations fram Hoitio by Emnue faxary atiers from Aauth Africs, by 'Tha Lte of Geor, Potter'a Amerscan Monthiy for May (John T Potter & Co,, Philadelphin), Contenta he [fistoric Butlde ing3 of America & XVIL—Tle Kinzto Hou gou" by Bonson I, Losting, Ll D & listcey an L ntntseencen of the Phiadniphin Navy-Vard, Fifth Japer, by Henry M, Vi * Algernon Siiiney, by 8, It, ‘Beott § * Wher pendence Wea Writl Btaten Teland,"” by Witlizm A. Whitehead ; * Chicl:e Morseln for ifirtorical Epdcuires ;" % The Mamacro of Ward'n Tlouse, Westcoester County, New York, by Chnrles Prser s * Wooed and Marrler Nonchetto Curey: " The Silent Witass mund Yates Meimorand re Morgan _Hart 5 tporition Memaranda,” for May (Catholic Fublication House, Thie Itoot of Gur Recent 4 Charita Miv, enclis Loglicau o Kolo ™ (sonnct) b:g{" “ The Churel llerty ;" Easter io Bl I'ster's, Tlome, 157! * The Eternal Years,” IV, ; “lacred Epignaphy ;* * Sunshine " (poetry; Publications, &t. Nichwaa for May (Seribosr k Ca., New York), this number {s t, 2nd the Cotnte ‘Thoman By n i"story, ©Tua Cat ! tranaiated ftom the Erench Ly Aldrich, nud ltnsirsted wita sile houettes Ly Hopiius, Among the otler stizactions oro Mra, Oliphaut’s eecoud paper ou * Windaur Costle:™ Sunan Coolldge's *Tallk with girla” on “eady for Europe;” tho coutinuation of Nosh Hooke’ Loy-Emigrants;” ¢ The Kivg of the llob Viedygoblins,” & poemn by laura E. Richards; +3Mny-Day 10 Doots, by Abby Marton Diuss and “Littlo Housckaeper's Fage,” by Murlon Hstland, "Chiero nrc, in all, 3 Llustra.tona, Hecord o7 the V'rgr—>ay number (G, W. Carleton & Co., New York), This ina new m lieation having commenced with the pril Tiae cditor I Frauk Boure, author Of ke lie: bellion-Record.” Labrary-Tabie foi Apvil (leary L. Tliaton & Co,, New ork). Aeriin Buoaetier for April 15 (Ametlean Nowa Cotujiany, New Yurk). LITERARY MATTERS AT MADISON, WIS, Syestat Corresoncene of I'he Cnieago Tribune, Mapisoy, ‘Wis.. Aptil 20.—Mrs, Ole Lull, of this oity,—who, by tho way, intéuded to sail for Europe to join bor husband befors now, but bas Deon provented by her mothier's il bealth,—lns boen trausiating a Norse novel, **‘The Pilot and Hia Wife," which wili be aoon publisbed by &, C. Griggs & Co,, of *ycur city ; and JMry, Bull hay ancther worle well advanead. Another lady hore is at work on a tranzlation of a Fronch story of Lamartino's, Atwood & Cnlver aro abont pub- Jisbiog s siirring history of our Wiscousin War- Jagle, **Old Abs,” by tke kev. J. D. Barrott, of Shoboygaw, who has cullected with great care tho facis and fncidents ju tie birtory of this re~ markable hird, and worlied thew up fo an inter- cstiug manuer, As the bird is going tothe Cen- tennial Exposition, and alwaye attracts & good deal of attension when ho avpears away from home, 1t xpected that hua Instory will seli largoly ; and 1t 18 propesed therofrom to raisy & pational fund for oruithologicnl sciebeq and xrt, the form of investunent of whioh will'dgpend on ita amount. It 1 claimed that Madison has baen the birth-place of moro books than any city in the Wout oxcopt Chicag LITERAPY NOTES. T. B. Peterson & Brother apnounce a new novel by Mrs. Southworth, ' Tha life of the Inte Sonator Grimos will ho published by D. Applelon & Co. during tho ‘moath, ** America Discoverrd by the Wolsh in 1176 A, Dy, isthe titlo of & book by the Rev.B. I. Buwen, whicl J. B. Lippinoott will pubiish, The lant volume of tha **Ametican Cyclopedia * faip yreea., The ontire work is raid to have cout upward of £450,000, exclusiva of paper, printing, oud binding. Various litorary articles by the late William B. Reod will socn ba publishied iu a voluwe on- titled * Momories of Fawiliar Books,” accom- pavied by a memoir odited by Manlon Marble. 'The late Johu Forster's ** Life of Dean Swifs," it s now discovered, had not advanced beyond the first volumo, whicis was publishod a short time ago, and the work will remain comploie. «It bias beon decided that the proroeed London atatns of Lord Lyron shall bo of Sicilisn marbio; and permisalon wHl bie rought. it i satd. to erece it in Qroen Yark, facing tho houss in Piceadilly in which Byron lived for gome years, and wrote sotno of his earlier poema. The Deutsche Rundachau ia_gaivg to publish the correspondence batwoon Schillar and Priuco Clrintian of Hchlenwig-Holstem-Augustenburg, ‘The letters of the noet sre muid to coutain 1he nucieus of the famous leticrs on education, ote,, already included in bis works, A collection of manuscripts and autograph lotters loft by Thomny lloora will be wold in London ehortly, It includos the ori-tiual manu- scriptaof tho * lipicurouu 'and * Lallah Rookh,” snd tho last letter writton by Nyron to Moore from Missolonghi, about & mouth betora his death, B The articles by 3. T.. Simonin ou lis travels in the United States, origiasly published in the Revuedes Deuz Mondes, and which thea aitiacied 80 muck attention, have now made their reap penrauce iu & hundsome volnme with thu titie of “ Lo Monde Americain i Sonvonirs de mes Yoy~ sgesaux Etats Umn” A manureript copy of tha Koran, copied by tho Caliph Osman, the third after the Propliet Mo- hammed, is tu the Imporial Library ot St Poters- burg, It forinod & part of tue hinary of damar- oaud, i8 1,200 years old, aud Lears traces of the blood that eparted on ita pages whon Osman wea slahbed white roading it. Dr. B. wells Williams, of Peking. has ra tly publishod tho concluding portions of his * Nylla- e Dictionary of tho Cinsene Lauguage,” an tm- wennso work, 0o which Lio has besu eugaged for forty yoara. 'I'bodictionary contaius 53,000 oa- amplos and phirasoa, grouped umdor 10,094 nr- tlelen, tho nutbor of sepsiate churactors given boing 12,657 Tho concluding portion of the ** Life of Palmerston,” coverlug the years 1846 to 1865, Tety untinished by Lord Dalliug, Liay anposied two volumes, euited by Lvalyn Asblev, M. But tho Athencun toifa us that **thoy form no lifo of tho gay old man we used toseo trotting amartly down the hill in Piccadilly, or briskly quizzmg and debatng fu the Hoaso of Com- nuons.” Yrot, eorye Stophiens, of Copenbagen, hopes to publish 10 May a pamphiet on 1hie wteresting rulned monoiltl lately exhumed in Swodon, which was rased In memory of moun one of whom fell fizhting undor Farl Sivard againat Slucbotl. Thid inouumout is, sayo the Protessur, tha vory oldeat documons loft ua ecnuccted with tho obsciuto histury of Bhakspears's hero. A chromotyps of the monolith accompauy the pam phitet. . A wnrine “Pllgrno's Progrean™ has been writtew by Mr. Duncan Mucgroror, and pub- liuned by the Cartcra. 1t i ontit'ed *:1he Murinor's Progross : ur, Capt. Chrisisu's Yoy ageinthe Good Bhip *Glad idings’ to tho Promised Land." In it aur old friond, Christisn, bocomes the Captain of & vessel, aud navigates bia vensel snd ita pasiongars throzh many dangers and perils to tho * lules of Eternal Re« demption.” The Boaton Tyanacript says that *Saptimius Felton Is not, as somo sup|:0s0, the work e« ferred to in Louglellow's exqniviie potwy on Hawthorne," a4 **the tale Lalf dove." Tlng wai the ** Dolliver Romauce,” which peopla gon- erally undorstood Hawthorne was eugagod ou wlien bis doath camo suddenlv. It was uos then kuown, even by his intimato trionds, that e had written * Septimius Foitou,” which way discov- ered afterward anoug bis manuseripts. A now book Lins just been published in Lon- dou by the Aworican Priucess Aguos of Salme Salm, widow of P’rince Felix of Salta-Salm, who, aftor worviog in our civil war and as Chief of Biadl unaer the Ewperor Maximiliag in Mexico, . wen Lillod at tho head of his regimant of the V'riswian Guards at tho battlo of Gravolutta, fn 1970, Tha P'rincoss Agues was a Miss Lo 3 of Marylsnd, sod Ler hook, shick iu tled * Ten Ynara of My Life," 1a sald to be both livo- Iy sud intoresting, Mr. George Bmith, of tha British Museum, laft Copatsutinoplo on Wedneaday weols, by the Irench sleamer fur Bmyrna, whence ho will pro- ceed to Aloxandrotia (the port of Aleppo), and thioncs overiand by way of Damascus to Bagdad. Aftar & short atay in Bagdad, he will, eaya the Lecant lerall, continue hin journay to Mesopo- tnmia to resums his expioiation of the aite of tha royal palace at Nineveh, ‘Ihe iirman of the Yorto gives Mr. Smith suthority Lo couduct his expiorations for a period of two yoars, Spenklug of tho Iate honors to Xeats, (ho poct. Louduu correspondont writee : ** Of Iate years bia farun han tipened muich io England, and his nuemn ara read, 1 should say, quite as much ny Byron's, They have f."‘" boen putting s seulpt- ured medaltion over Lis grave in the Protestant comotary at Komo ; end now Sir Viocent Eyro nroponel to rales funds for a bust of him, to bo put. it the Dean and Chapter will permit it. in Wentminster Atbey, among the rculptured gronp of Lngland’a ponla, Certninly he descrven it au well au moel of this marble compauy." Hra, Milior, widow of Iluzu Miiler, died at Assynt. Sutietlaudahire, on the 13th of Marcii, attho ags of 04, Mer maiden namo was Lydia Frarer, and ohe wrote weve;al books under tho nam de plume of Harriet Myrtle At the time of tho disruption of the Scoitishh Establishment thio publisbed a novel entitied * Pansages in the Lifo of an Euglish Heirens," in which the viows of ths * Non-Intrusion " party were advoeated, Bho also wrota a book for voung pacple with the title of ** Cats and Doga," tovk un active part in oditing bor husband’a works after Lus death, and gave much aesistance to ilr. Petar Bavue in the praparation of b & biography of Ler hus- band, ‘Tho Americau contingert in hajlss-lattres in the great arlin cirenlaung library is as follows: I' B. Aldrich, two worka; 11 W, "Deecher, ona (* Norwood ") ; Lmerssn BLennctt. five s Brocke den Brown, twoi Alice Cary, ota; Sylvanus Cobb, two; J, Eaten Cooxo threa: Cooper, thirty- onoi Miss Cummine, four; 19TEOD, OLD (** Dio Fubrung des Lebenn ‘' Fanny Fern," ono: Dret lHarte. thres: Hawthorbe. two (** Blithedale," ** Das Sisbeu Gicbet-1{aus ** [‘Ach: 1olraes, one (**Elio Venner™): Longfollow, threa: Irving, ovo; Poe, two; Mirs Hedgwick, ono; Mrx, Houthwith, twolve (61 vols.); Mis, A. 8. Stevhons. eighs (26 vola.) ; Mra, Htowe, {ive: Dayard Laylor, two (** Haonah Thuretun,” ** Keunelt"); Miss Warner, eight ; N. 1 Wiilis, one (** Komische Uezclichten ") ; Thoodora Wiu- throp, ono. As ropresenting nli uther vranches of literaturo, wo oncounter : Bancroft, thice vol- numea of lis tustory ; Sumuo! DBowler, one; J. ors Browne, one; I, C. Carev, oug; J. W, Draper, twoi Irving, two (**Gaanada” and #*Washington”) ; Dr, Kane, ono; Proacott, one; DBayurd Taylor, tw —_— FAMILIAR TALXK. LORD MACAULAY, When Lord Macaulay had achieved celebrity, which bo did at an ocsrly ago by the publication of the very first of his essays in the Ldinburg Kevicw, ho forthsith became o favered guert atall of the louses in Loudon beet worll entering, and met, in & continual ronnd of Lreakfawts, and diopners, snd evening-entertainments, most of ihe conspicuous personnges who mingled in fashionable aud cultivated sucicty, In his let- tors printod in the first volume of bis biogranhy, hie has left many epirited and intereating sketchen of the omiuont wen and women who chiefly ai- tracted bim; and from this collection of pore traits we exiract the several following, Describ- ing tho compauy at a dinner at Holland Houss, Lo nt ons timo writes : ** In tho evening, Lord John Ruescll came; and, soon after, old Tallogrand. 1 bad seen Talleyrand invery largo partier, but bad pover Leen near enoligh to bear & 'word that L enid. I now had the pleasure of llsteming for an hour and n half to bia conversation. IHo is certatnly tho greatest curiosity that I ever feil in with, Iy head s sank down between {wo high sbouldeis.” Ouo of Lis feet is hidoousiy distorted. His face is0s palo as that of a corpao, aud wrinklod to a frighliul degree. IMin eves Lave an edd, glassy stare, quito peculiar to thom. His halr, thickly powdersd and poma- tumed, baugs down his shoulders ou eacl: tide as ptraight 2 & pound of toliow candles, Jils conversstion, however, soon makes yvou forpet lus ugliness aud fofirmities. Thoro 18 & poign- auey withont offort in ali that ho says, which remindn mo o fittle of tha chsacier which the wits of Johinson's eircle give of Veauclerk. . . Ile told nevernl storivs about tho goltical men of France; not of Aoy great value in them- solves, bat his way of tolling thom was Loyoud il yraise,—concive, Lointod, and delicatoly sae tirfcal, When ho tiad departod, I could ot help breaking out into admiration of ks taleat for | reluting anecdotes, Lady Ilolland said bo had boon cousidered for nearly forty vears s tho beat teller of & story fu Lurope, and that thers was coriatnly no one like bim 1n that respeet.” When hie wns & young man of 29, ha pad a vinit to Edinburg, ‘and was for a thme onterained fu_tho tonu-mansion of Lord dofirey. This Lrilliant tan fascinated thé Euglish essayist by Lis nway charmivg waity of mied and character, whici were oxbibired fu their bost light, we may belleve. in the presence of one whon their owner recagnized &8 an intellectual peor and & moss agreoatle: companion, The porirait Macaulny drow of Lod Jollvey roproecuted Lim in is most gracious mood, when it wua a purs giatiti- cation 1o contemplato the manofl geutus and of aflcction. “1ls las twents faces,” writos Macaulay, * almost a3 much unhko cach other as mv Jatii- ot's to My Wilburforce's, and ialinttaly more unlike each other than those of near relatives often ure, . . Wlen absolutely quiescent, --reading o paper, or Leating convereation in which he takes no interest,—his countenanco sliows no indieation whatever of intetleccual en- porivlily ot auy kiud, Iut, as soou ns lo 18 in- teronted und opens his eyes upon you, the ctange is liko nagic. Therois s 1lash in bis glance, 3 violent contortion in his frown, an ex- quiste humor 1w his nosr, and o swectneas and brilhaney to bin suulo, boyoud anvihing chat I evor witueased. A pereon who had scen hun in ouly onv state would not know him w snother, ‘For he hus not, ke Urougham, marked fea- tures which, {u nll moods of 1nind, remain uuale tered, 'I'ha mere outhnae of hig fuce in inmgaitle cant. 'The expiession 18 everything ; and such power wud variety of expression L naver saw in any boman o countensuco: nut even in thst of the most colebrat. ed nctors, . . . ‘The voice und dulivery of Jetroy resemblo Iiis face, Ho posbusses coue siderable power of mimicry, aud rarely tells a story witbout- imitating sovoral different ao- ccats, llipfamiliar tone, hia declamatory tona, aud Lis pathiclic tone are quite diffurent things, Bometimen Scotch prodominates in bis pro- nunciation ; sometimed it s imperceptible, Bowchimea bis utterance fs snappish and quick to tha last degron; somotimes it is 1emariablo for rotundity and metlowness, I can easily con- coive that two people who had sven i on diferent dave nught dispute abont him ws tho tiwvolers in the {able disputed about the chameloon, e 0 ono thin b far we L observad, ha iy al- ways tho sawe ; aud that 1 the warmta of hia domestio aftections. Nelther Mr. Wobertozes wor uiy uuclo Babimgton comes up to lum n thia texpoct, L'ue low of Lue kinduesa la quite inoxtaustible, Not lva unnates passos without some fond expresaion Or curossing gesture to hus wifo or dsugliter, Ile hoa fited up & study for buuiself, but he nover goca into it, Law- papers, reviows, whatever ho hay to write, ho writos tn tho drawlug-room or in his wife's boudair, When ha goes to othor parta of the couutry ou a retainer, o takes thei in the care piage with im. I do not woudor that he should bo a goud husband, for his wife is & vory swisblo womun. But I was surprised to vce & man #0 koon and sarcastio, vo much of o + pourtug humself out with such simplici- ty and tenderness in allsorts of affuctionslo nondeuse, Through one wholo Jourvey to Puith, ho Lept up a sort of mock quarrcl with his daughter; “attacked her about novel-rewing, Isughied her foto & pet, kissed her out of it, and luughed her iuto it wgnin, Bhe sud her mother solutely ldolize Luw, sndldo not wonder at it At lolland Houss, the cantio of tho hest no- ciaty of London, Macaulay wus always recelved with especial courteay. Indecd, ho was ouo of the very fuw gentlomen whom Lady Iiollaud lu- variably touk patas to couciliste. Of this lady, whio for many years reigned a veritable queen in tho Euglish wetropolis, Macaulay says: *Suo 18 cortainly & woman of conslderablo talents gnd groat Litarary acquirements, 'W'o me sho wae ex- cuspively gracious ; yet there s a Liaughtinesy iu her courtosy which, eveu aftor all that I heard of her, surprised me. Tho conturiou did not keep Lls woldiors in better order that sha keops ber gucats, 1t s to one, - go. sod bogosth; au to auother, * Do thia,’ and it is done, *King tha tetl, Mr. Mdcaulay ;" * Lay doswn that screen, Lord Russell, —you will spotiits' *Mr, Allen, take a candls, and abow Mr. Cradock; the pioture of Bonaparte.,” Lord Hufltnd. is, oo she other ! nll kindness, mumplicite, aod vivacity, Ho hand, alked very woll, both oo pohitics and on litora- When Macaulsy had necepted tho appointment to the Yunreme Council in Indin, Lady Holiand WAH very reluctant tojoss from thedistinguishod circles that frequontod her houso a guost who adaed wo suct to thelr brilliancy. o foolinga over the ovant wero thus described by Alacaulay inn communication 1o bi¢ sisteri *“IThad a most extraordinary scone with Lady Moltand, 11 vha had besn as young and _handsome a8 shis was thitty years agn, she would have turned my head. Shn wasquite nyaterical about my go- e ; paid me wich complimenta ns 1 cannot re- paat: criecd: raved: callad ma dear, dear Ma- cattiay, *Youaro macndced to your family. 1 aee b all. You are too good to dr m. They are alwaga making a tool of yau ; last seslon about tho slaves; and now sunding you to Indis.' I always do my heat to keep my temper with Lady Holland, for three roascns: becsuso alie ia a noman; hecause eho is very unhappy to hor bealth, and b the circuistances of hor position 3 aud Lecasse ens Loa m real hivdness for e, But at last she #ni{ sumething about you, This wne too much, ard I mas heginning 1o answer ber in a voice tembling with euzer, when sho breke out sgain ¢ <f your pardon, Fiay forgive me, doar Macaufay, 1 waas very importinent, I know sou will forgive me. " Nobody haw such a tem- per ae you. [ hava maid so a Lundrod times, 1 #8id 80 to Allen ouly this morning, T am suro you will bear with my weakness, 1 rball novar #ee you ugain.’ And sho erted, and 1 cooled for it sould have been to vufl little purpose to Lo sugry with her. I hear that it is not to me alone tat alio runa onin this way. $ho atorma at tho Mintetera for lotting mo go. 1 was told that, at ona dinner, alie became mo violent that ere Lord Hoiland, whoso temper. whatever his wife may sy, is much cooler than mine, could not command bimself, aud broke out: * Don't tatk niich nongonse, my Ledy. What, the dovil] can ‘o tall a gentloman who has a claim upon us tliat ho must loee his only chance of gotting an indepeadenco {o ordonthiat he may como aud talk to you in au evening 2’ " ROGERS AND CHANTREY. The home of Ilogers, the banker-poet of Lon- dou, was noted for the elegauce and artiatio beauty of ity furniture and decorations. Ita owner was a man of wealth and taste, and hap- plly his roflucd ideas could find embodiment in the articles and ornamenta which surrotnded him. Macanlay, who was in the habit of dash- ing off postipy lettera for the amusemont of a favorite sister, wiites ono day, aficr a breakfast with Rogers: *What o delightful honse it fal It looks out 03 the Green Tark just at the most vleasant pol The furnituro has been eolects ed with delicney of taste wuite ubique, Its salue does not depera on faenion, but must Le tho same while the fiuo arla are held In any etteem, In the dimng-room, for example, the chimnev-piecea rro carved by Ilaxman into the most beautiful Grocian forms. The hook-case is paivted by Stothnrd, o bis vory beat mannor, wilth groups from Chaucer, Sbakspeare, snd Buceazcio. Tho pictures are not numeraus, but overy ono ts excollent. In tho dining-room, thero oro aleo some hoautiful pamntings, But tho threo most remarkable objeats fu thet Toum arc, L think, a caet of Pope taken after death by Roubilino; a noble modet fo terra-cotta by Michasl Avgelo, from which Lo afterward made one of Lis finest stataes,~that of Loreuza de Medici: sua, lastly, a mabogany table on which stands an antique vase, **Wheo Cbentrey dined with Regors. somo timo ago, ho took particular potice of the vass aud the table on which it stands, aod asked llogers who mado the tablo. ‘A common car- veuter,” smd Itogors. *Do you remember the making of 1t #* raid Chantroy. ‘Certainly,’ said Hogery. in somo surpriss, ‘I was in tho room w] it was tinished with tho chiso), and gave tho workman dicections about placiog it.' * Yes,' said Cliontrey, * I was the carponter. I romem- ber the room well, aud all tho circumatances.’ A curious story, I think,—honorable both to the talent which rased Coantroy and tho magnanim- ity whick kopt bim from being ssbamed of what be bad been.” To apprecinte this sncedote of the Euglish sculptor, ono should know rometliug of kus caerly lustory, Ilo was the eon of a poor carpen- tor who died when the hoy was 12 vears old, leaving bim and hie motbor fn humbfle circum- stancey, Iloiland relatos, in hts * Momorials," that for a time'tho Iad * drove an oss dally, with nilk-barrelg, between Norton and Sleilield." He mounged to gain a littlo educstion by attend- lug At odd timesa *littls lone-side “kchool.” When Lo wss 16 years old, hio was apprenticed fcr vevon yoeis to o carver and gilder, and dur- ing thiy tetm displayed tho aptitude for carviug aud eculpiure that foreshadowed his future cureer. His first modeling in clay <as dona by tading casts of thofucas of bis fcBuw-appren- tices, which Lo alterwards worked joto vory respectubie specimens of portraiture. When he became of sgo, ho was released from Lia ap- rcuticeahip, although two yesars yol romalnod Enlom tho expiration of the stipulated period. To 1802, ho worked at bis trudeaa s journey- msn in botl Dublin and London, aud itis probas bly 8 this period that Le carsed {be moliogany toblo 1u Regora’ diniug-reoni, About the same time he began to prepare himuelf for a higher ordor of waik, by studsing at tho Rosal Acade- ‘my. Nollekiws, & Yo.lmx sculptor of repute at that day, generonsly gave the uascent ortist sub- #tantial encoursgement io advice and assistance, Cuautrey Decsmio o momoer of the Iioysl Academv in 1818, and tho following yoar vinited Italy. Ha noverrose abovo tha ratk uf & por- trait-geuiptor, but in this departmont of art ho executed o wnltitude of works of ment. Ho ox- celled in securiug s truthtul hkenoss of bis sub- }ucl‘ and his eorvicea wero In such demand that 10 coquired a considerablo fortnue. Faoie aud the honor of Kutghthood were added to his otber successes, and when o died, iu 1441, ho stood proudiy on a levelin the woclal ‘scale far above that where Lo was sec ot bus ontrance upon manbood, ‘1 he aueedoto which Macanlay repeated raveals the lenest, manlv nature of the arust, sud shuws that lo bad a right sense of tho values of piace und of talent, ANNE BOLEYN'S MOTHER, A dobato is [n Progicss in the colunine of the Athengum upon tho question whother tbe mother of Anue Boloyn waa lving at tho time of the uniou of tbe latter with the King. Mr. Drower, iu his rocout ablo **Introduction ” to the Stato papars of tho reign of Heory VILL,, proceeds upou the suppoeition that the flrst and only wife of Bir Thomas Holevo, tho Lady Llizaboth, survlved her daupblor, and that sha sauctioned tho wooiug und the marriage of Anuo by Kiug Honry, Upon this new reading of an evont in bistory, Mr. J. Hopworth Dixon malkes & savage onslaught, calling Mr. Brower, uot onco, but ropentedly, to account for his ignorauco of the fact that Anhne Holeyn lost her motber in eatly childhood. 3fr, Janics Galrdnor, athorough student of English annals, then taken up the cudygols, and, by abundant referenca to old and autharitative M88., appesra to prove that Mr. Brower's statements wera founded upon un- denblo truth, 1t bas beer zetted by some wmodern writera that Lady abotl Boloyu med i 1512, of pu- orporal fover, r. Galrduor ways: *1 pur- anod my inquities on thus subect till they led ne (o consult some AMNS, in the College of Atma. I there found cortain pedigrens by which it appearcd, not that tho Ludy Elizabeth Boleyn, but thet her swtur_Muricl (who wos marriod first to Johin _Groy, Viscount Liale, and afters wurda to Sir Thomas Koyvett), died in child-bod at 1 o'clock s, m, on tho 1ith of Decambor, 1512, and that Lady Elizaveth Bolevn, iustead of dy- ing also iu childbed on that very day,attended hor sister's fuuers), And, furthasr, I found in an aucient 48, numberel I.J, at folio 105, the following piece of information, which I think affords pretty eufliciont ovidence that Anne Boleyn'a stop-mothar is a mych, seoing that hor own mothor, Lady Lhzabeth Howsrd, survived her unLappy daugliter's executivn by ucarly two whole yeurs s ¢ Anno Dominj 1537, 32 H. 8, Wonyaday, the 11§ of Aprell, at th' abbot of Redinges place in Loudon, dyed Elozoboth lato Couutesss of Wyltshero, dsughter to 'Thomas duke of Norfl’, with [sic] whoso eutrayles wers takon out and butyed accordingle; and tho corps was apycod and corevd with all other thureto pper- tenvnge vlter her ostat aud dogres, where sha romaynod (51 Eonday uoxt, tho vijil of —, ia the after none. 'I'iere was pioparyd s barge cavered with blacke with a white crosse, gar- nyashed with schoochouns of ber arms, wheroin sto wag caryed to Lambhothe snd there was buryed right houerable nceurdiuge to hier estato sud dogroo. MR. JARVES' ART-COLLEGTION. r. Jumes Jackeou Jurvus, the well-known art- writer, who s 8¢ presunt residing In Florence, Italy, bns oua of the flness private art-collec~ tions of paintings in that rich old elty, It boasts of a geuuine picture by Leonardo da Yincl; onme by his famous pupll, Beruadiuo Luiot ; suother by (Horgious; and, finally, oue by Salvator Rosa. The ezamples of Da Viocl aud Luini are both Madonnes, and sre sald to be beautiful apecimens of the beat. manner of {helr authors, The plcture of Giorglons is » portrait of Maleteats, tho Goyernor of Rimini mho, In the presence of the Iady ot i love, listena to & Larangus from & pligrim ex+ Lorting him to mond his evil ways. The work is m marvel of coloring, **It agema, ™ nays an enthusiastio writer, ** axeonted with potioded gems,” rather than with the ordinary plgments employod by ¢ho paintor, ‘The picture from thie hand of Salvator Roea in & battle-plece, full of strengih and action, Of the Enghah schiool, Mr. Jarven hae, among other representas tives. & life-slzo hiead of Christ, by Diske, the Doot-painter, who In now enjorlug & due appra. ciation that was denied during bin lifetime, In his ate work on Japsuees Art, Mr. Jarver made mantfon of soveral excellout examples in bie own possession. At In eard that hua ooilection of u::nufimluuu and uniqua works I8 extsnaive and valualla, ANCIENT carns, A larga sale of aucient coins recently tood placo In London, which netted neatly £20,000, ‘The greater part of the specimena wore included {6 tho famous cabiuot of Mr. Wiadgate, Sora of tho enormoun prices raalized are enumerated in the following catalogue: ™A farthing of Tobort Drucs brought £300; s half-St.-Andrew of Robort IIL, (very raro), $240; & half-teaterin gold of Queen Mary brought 875; a onfque lon of Queen Mary, atrnck in 1559, with the crown aud arms of Scotland between two cinquo-folls, bronght 8535: a thistle-doilar of the same Yuoen. of 1578, $105; and a -union,’ strnck afler the accossion of King Jamoa VI, to the Engliel Crown, brought 75, MILAN CATHEDRAL. A History of Milan Cathedral, to be complete in four large quarto volumes, is among Lhy forthcoming works announced at sidlsn, Thi hook will contain a carefully-edited sortos of thi origmal chiapters, annals, and otlier documents conuected with the Cathediol, trom its founda. tion iu 1336, wndor Glovanui Galonzzo, to the presont time, Much interesting information will doubtless be embraced in the volumo, g, SPARKS OF SCIENCE. THE FLORA ROUND AHOUT CHICAGO--THF MUSTARD FAMILY. There laa homely little weed growing nunte voreally in corners and wasto piaces, which probably is familiar ta every eve, nnd yot by most bias nevor received a distinet recoguition, becauss it is wo fusigmficant and unattraotive. Novertheloss, with the lierbalist who Is studying tho flors of » rogion, this elendor, struggling vegetable will not escape notiee or a placo o his colleotion as & distinct and thereforo important individual. Tho Buephord's Purse (capsella bursa-pastoris) In one of the very first plants to epring up ond burat into blozsom when the snow has uncovered the ground ; buta 1t flowers are never sought for ornamcntal purposes, Thioy almost domand s microscops to bo rendered visiblo, and cortainly their different parts can. not be eatisfactorily examined without the nid of & magaifying glass, Tho root-leaves of the plant lie neatly flat upon the ground, in & sort of rosetts, aud are loug and carrow, and toothod or pinnatified. Ths ercct stomms rising from the centro bear arrow-shaped leaves along the base, aud aro torminatod with a racems of small white flowers, whicls are succeeded by seed-pods o1 pouches, whose shepo~ilat and triangular— suggests a purso or bag, and honce the name of the plant. Tho Shepherd's Purzo ushera In the large tribe of the Cruciferc, or Mustard Family, many of whose membors are very useful, as food-plants, or iu medicine, and a few of which aro nsed for docoration {n gardene, Among tho former we may enumeorate the Cabbage, Canliflowoer, Broc- coli, Colewort, Turnip, Rape, a gl Creas, Horao-Radish, Bcurvy-Grass, Mustard, and Sen- Kalo; and ranging with the latter are tho Bwoot Alyssum, Honesty Wallilowor. Stock, aud Rockot. Ove of tho most singular snocies inciuded 1u tho order s tho Rows of Jericho (anastatica hierochuntia), an annual wing wild in the denerts of Egypt, Arabia, 8yria, and other parts of the Enst. 1t fs 3 small, bushy herb, not ox- ceeding 6 fnches in beight. 1t bas fino, white flowera, and, after theso have withered and the leaves have fallen, the rigid branches all carva- i taward thie centre, until tho whole plant hay tha form of o round ball. Its roots aro theu oasily dotachied from tho roil, aud the thing be. comiug the sport of the wind is blown about iy & haphazard way over the desert waates, If 1l bnppens to be tossed into the wator by the wild suirits of the air, who kick it around as & foot-ball, its branches directly ox- pand, and the pods opew, .letting out the imprisoned socds. When the plant is gathercd bofore it bins fully driod, it rotaina ita curlong hygromotric property for years, expanding itg bianches when exposed to momture, and cone tracting them agnin when subject to droupht. As n ustural consequence, this paculiar facuity has given rise to many marvolous stories about the Itose of Jericno. 'Ouo of thene declares thak the plant first bloswomed on Christmas-Eve, in bonor of the birth of the Savior; nnd that it reruainod oxpauded until Esster, Lo pay homage to s resurrection. It is called from thia legoud the Itass of she Virgin, and aiso tho Resurrection-Flowar. Tlo botanical name of the Mustard Family—- Crucifors, or Crucifere—~is taken from the cross. liko arrangomont of the petals of the flowors. Thero is & remarkublo uniformity in the form an:d colors of tho bloasoms thraughout the order, Almost without excoption these bave four sepalg, four petals, aud six stamens; and they are genorally disposod fn racemes, and sre usu. ally yellow or white, or, in rare tastances, pur plo.” The fruit {s a pud, called n technical lans Kuage & silique, orsilicule ; and the Joaves aro not placed oppost ut arive ono oftor auother ou tho stom,—that is, they oro altornate, The membera of tho family aro readily known by thowe woll-marked traits, but it is not casy to da- termine tho diffuzent spoaies. ludeed, the Cru- cifura aro about the hardest plants to clasaify that young hotanisin are aps to fall in with, A universal chavacteristio of the family in a pungeunt, or acrid, juico, which possessea an aoti- scorbutio xud stimulant quatity. ‘I'his quality seems to depend on a volatila vit that 18 present in varlous dogroes in the different spocics, and often in difteront parts of tha same plant, The tamily embraces somewhere betwesn 1,600 and 2,000°species, Vory fow are found in thetrapics a considerable numbor inhabit she frigid zoa and thie remainder oceur In tempersto regions, T'ho Continent of Europe is & favorite babitat for tho ordsr, many more species being native thore than m uny vthor ares of the samo aize on the globe. Ciray describes soventy soacies in hia tlura of the Northern H'ates east of the Mia- mEaippt and L'ref, Babcock mesotious only four. teen 1 catalogua of plants growtng round about Chicago, In the woods west and south of the city, the Dentarra laciniata, or Peppor-Root, 18 very carly in blossom, following closs upon tha Hepatica. 1t is 8 protty plant,—the sitnplo stem support- lug three jrregulaily.cut leavea ln a whotl, snd tormivated by & raceme ot pnlmpm}wla OFf DOAr- {y-white flowors, 'ho little tubers forming the .foot-stock have o pleasantly-pungent favor., Much rosembhing the Denfuird 18 the Cardamina rhomboiden sud var, purpuren which grow in tho woods north and west, 1ho stom-loaves of tho Cardamine, or Spring-Ciess, are ovate, or elmost s cnnlnze. atd somewhat angled or toothed, The tlowors in the O, rhomboiden aro white, and in tho var, purpuren are purple. Later in tho season, the Water-Cress, Naslur- tiwm ofllcinale, and the N, Armorica, may occa- sionally be scou in pools and wator-courses north of the city, The Nock-Croma (Arabis Iy~ rata), whicli tlowera from Aprli to Jul ‘{. is found in the oak-openings aud gravelly banks at lyde Park and southeastward, Tho A. dentala, A. leerigala, and A. Ludoviciana msy be gathored in tho wooda at Rverside. The Lraba Carolinin accura rarely south of Calumet, Twa spocios of the wild P’epporgraus, the Lepidium Virginicum sud L. mtermedium, grow everywhere in ssndy soil. Thev are two of the commonest and losut iuteresting of weeds, Hoth have much of tho aspoct aod taste of tho ouitivated specios which le usod for salads, Iu July and September, along tho lake-shioro, tho Amerlcan Bos-lockes E,L'fl’.‘llfl Amniericana), which complotes the list of rucifora fu the Chicsgo tiora, comes into bloom., It §s & wido-branctiog herb, with purphish flows o1s and ileshy pods, sud the otherwise unmis- takable attributes of the Mustard Family, MANUFACTURE OF ICE, A now {avention for the manufacture of ice & desaribed snd highly commended iu Nature, In 18 the creation of a young aud iugeofous Gene- voso physiclet, . Ruoul Pictet, Aftors satis- factory examination of the properties of & series of volatile liquids, it was found by AL Dictet that suiphurous anbydride, 802 furaished the s sentinl qualities for the cheap and safo produo- tion of ice. ‘The machine contrived for the ap~ plication of this lquid to the purpose zequired, in thus briefly descrived ; A cylindriceal tubular coppor boiler bze a Jeugth of 3 metros and a dismoter of 35 ceatl- motres ; 150 tubes of 16 willimetrea traverss ita ontlre length, ana ato solderod by {héir extremi: ties to the two ends, This first boller Ls the . . =