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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1876—TWELVE PAGES LITERATURE. “faniel Deronda,” Georgo El- fot's Last Movel. Bitterly-Hostilo Lifo of Tanfrey's ' y Napoleon I, A Juvenilo Story-—-Ilny-Fover-- Building-Construction, Flora Round About Chicago «-The Evening-Primxrose Family. Eastorn Persia=«-Its Physical Ge= ography and {ts Fauna. Habits of the Herring=---Interna- tional Congress of' Ameri- canists, Hot and Oold Yoars—An Intoxicating Grass—DBrief Boientifioc Notes, LITERATURE. ONDA. Ty G 1 s Enior. o X Voi. 11, Harpor's Library Edition. 10y 427, New York: Harper & Brothers. Vi The ellimax of power in the story of ¢ Danfel Devondn? was reached in the thist volute. There are no seenes i thy second rivaling In dramatic foree thoso In which Gwendolen mects Lyifa Glasher; in which Grandeourt nforms the woman whom he nbandons, of lier future fate; and where Gwendolen, at the close of her Lridal day, recelves the vasket of family dia- monds, with the venomous note that fatally poisons her peace. Inthe suceession of inct- dents which move on throueh the lntter half of the tale, thera frequently oceurs one of exclt- {ng Interest, yet none that work upon the sensl- bilitles with such masterful dominion us do those mentloned above, and quoted In our notlee of the earlier part of the work, The decline of energy dates from the marriage of Gwetnlo- len, up to which event ail the agencles employ- cd {n the deyelopment of the plot were man- aged with surpassing effect. After that deelsive tssue, which nuturally forms the culinlnatior. of n romance, there {8 a poreeptible diminution of strength, aud ulso of constructive art. Deronda, who hitherto has been kept much in the background, Is now brought-forward into the prominent place belonging to the hero of the drama; but bis figure lacks the piquant, pletur- esque attractiveness of Gwendolen’s. The talent of Georgo Ellot In portraying character achicves {ts most striking suceess In the delineation of women, IHer sketehies of men are far lees graphie In outline, color, und vitality. To the Inst, Gwendolen makes o much stronger de- mand than Deronda upon our sym- pathies; while, fn the same easure, Mirah interests us beyond Mordeenl, ulthough much greater paing are taken to render the Drother an [mpressive Individuality than are em- ployed with the sister. The reault fs the same with IInans Meyrick and the charming feminine members of his family, There s one sinzle ox- centlon to this rule prevailing lnall the dramatls persun introdueed fnto theaction, and that is in the case of Grandeourt, who s accond not even to Gwendolen fn the distinetness with which his depraved nature stands forth. A sadder fortune than that which befell noor Gwendolen was never apportioned to n woman in fiction and a ranker knave than Grandeourt never was con- Jured from the depths of o vivid hnaginstion. When the chapter closed, fu Vol L, upon Gwendolen, the bride, in the gllded prison to which Gramdveourt had conducted hery, with the baleful jewels,, dipped In the serpent’s virus by Lydin Glasher, seattered about her, and herself frizhts ened with hysteries by the horsible: doom shiute ting down upon her, the emotions of pity, anx- fety, und curioslty were stirred to the utmost, ‘i fmpending vatastrophe isexpected to be of the most, convulsive character, and the reader n breathless suspense for the solutlon of cumstunecs, ‘The expeetation meets with w chilling dissppointiment, for the next revolu- tion lu the scene advanees the time nearly tivo months; the boneymoon, with its ugitutions and adjustments, I8 atmonz the things of the past; amt ndeourt and Gwendolen are necepting the congratulations of; soclety with impertuchas le, Impenctruble serénity. A8 sumne entisfaction for cheated curlosity, thera s a brief retrospection in which the lofor- matlon iy aflorded ti iwendolen ** had burned Lydia Glasher's Ietter, with au instantsueous terror lest other eyes shonld see It, and had temaclousty concealed from Grandeourt that there was any other cause of her viotent hysterles than the excltement und Tatigne of the d: She hadd been urged Into an Implied falsehoor fDon't usk me—it wus my fecling nl everything—it wus the sudlden chutge from homel "The words of that letter kept repeating thomselyes, and hung on her couscloustess with the welght of a prophetic doom," Her falschond fnils to decelre the subtle Grandeourt, who divines that the vengeanee of 1 hetrnyed nnd fealous woraan hus striiek at tiie Tappliiess of big bride. For this, however, o earcs nothings ‘for © Why ghould s_gentleman whose other relations b 1ife ove carriedon withe ont tie lusury of ssmpath e feellig besupposed o require thist kiind of condiment”in domenstie Ifet "Wint ho feit chlelly was, that a change bad come over the conditions of Wis mastery, selieh, far from shakige it, might” establish It more thoroughly, Awd it was established.” Amd Gwendolen, bt the: spirit of a ligh-toned nature, “with all that gnawing trouble i her conscioustess, dad Lavdly for o moment dropped the sensethat 1t wits Ber part to bear Derself with dlznfty, and appear what fs calded appy. o« Wiatever lier husband might at Jast to he 1y hery shie meaut Lo wear thy yoke 80 ng not to L pltied.” he distressioe (Tair connected with the dia- terminuted In the followlng situution: enlng sevral weeke after the marrluge, the Grandeourts vere to dine at Brackenshaw Custle, Gwendolen hiad uld to herself that she would never weur these Hamondy: they Tad horeible words cling u2 rnd inasling about’them, as from wm, whose Tirered in the pertuthend wen e enne down dressed by her Winte, with on ¥ 4 strenk of gold and a pendant of emeralds, woicl Grandeourt had ghyen her, ronnd her neek, ud Jitle cmernld vtars in ier cars, Gramlcourt stoodwith bia back to the fire, and Juvked at hier an sheentered, e an yon like ™ she sald, spests fli: svas not without enjoyment minn of colng 1o DBrackenshaw Uaatle new (llgnites upon her, us wen whose uf- ra are vudly inolved will enjoy dining-ont 2o persony 1oy to b under @ pleasant wis- .\mum the o, " pnid € feanrt, felt wddenly uncomfortable, won- what was tonme, “8he was pol unprepared for yoino strugale tout thy diwnonds: bul eune 0 Mpivona "I wa secretly hating his but it when b gave the ilrst sign of S0l ivrey I st exclulmed, —the, pause Jants foz (Dl contil bar [L no longer, **tlow am L wlter myselfr™ **Pat o the diaronds, * sakl Grandeourt, look- 02 stralht ut her dih his narrow glance. Gwendolen puusd i her tuen, afrard of showing auy ciotlon, und feling that, neverthe there W04 some change fiher eyesay they met iy, it ahe waw- obllzerl toanswer, aud wald, as indifers 2 s ahie conld, *Oh! pleave not-—{ don't think dianionds suit me,” “*What you thinfhas nothlng (ado with it, " sulil Grandeourt, —lsnetu-voce Imperlousness seeming to hiave an’ evenle guictude aud finish, liko his *+1 wish ya to wear the dismonds, tay excumo g | Ilko these emeralds,” nld ndulen, frighteed iu spite of hier prepiration, Thut white huml ¢ bl which was tuching hiv whisker, wan capale, he funcied, of clinging Tound her neck andireatening o throttle hert fur Ber fear of Wi, migiug with the vacue forebods i of i reteiive calamity which hung abuut ber life. hud rencn o superstitions point. **Obfigze e by Gimg e your rewsun for uot wearing the duamads whei 1 derire 16" wald Graudevurt, Hin yes wero still ixed upon her, aud b fulf her ow eyes narrowiog under thew, &11F to shut out an atering pain, Of what ure was b retellion within ber? Bho conld way notbiug tht_ would not hurt her worse thuu wubmlslon, Miirnlng slowly and covering 4salf ogaln, akio wul siowly 80 kur dreesing: room, AR she reached-ont for the dlamond ovcirred 1o her that her anwillingneas to them might have sirendy ralacd a auspicion in Grandeourt that she had nome knowledge nbout them which lie tiad not given her, She tancled that by eyes slinwed u dellght n ‘torturing hee. How could she be defiant? Bho had nothing to asy that would touch hin, --nothing hut what woll give Wi a more painfal grasp on her consclous: e, Wite delighta fn making the dogs and hores anaily that be hall hia pledanre dn calting thet Tk, "whe aald Lo oraelf, ae s ogened the Jewel- easo with a shiveriny senqation. ** 1t will come }n De wo with ine and 1 ahall quatl, What eluo n thers for me? ' Dwill not eay to the world, y ! e wasabout to ring for her mald, when sho heard the door open behind her, 1L was Grand. O rani sk one to fasten them, ™ ho said, 1 d her. O ot amwwar, bt almply stoad atil, leav- {ng him 10 tako vnt the oraaments and fasten thom ar hewould, Doubtless he biad been used to fasten thent on somie one elde, WILH a Ditter sort of ear. canu agalnst oeself, Gwendalen thought, ** What a privliege thix v, 1o have robbed another woman W L\What, maken you so cold?™ alil Grandeonrt, ey |’.‘u e tencd the last oarring. * Dray, put olenty of furs on. 1 hate to wes 8 woman coming Inta a_rovn lovking frozen. If you aro to Aobens na & beide at all, apjicar decently.™ i arital apeccl was ot exactly peranasive, Lt 1t tanchoi the guick of Giwenidalen's pride and furcedd her o rally, ‘The words of the bad dream Conetled nbout the dramonds still, but only for he e thors they were brillinnts that auited her fectly, and Grandcourt Inwardly observed that sho anawered to th reln. A quiet, havd, inflexible tyranny like this excreled Gver unt's every Impulse that yearned foward freedom and rebelled against the plti- Jess despotlsin, Dit sllently, but relentlessly, into Gwendolen's soul, — Seldom did she de- seend to remunstrate with her ruthless master, and never did she betray to the outer world the manacles thut perpetually fretted and gall her. Bug to Deronda, whose strong, uprlght, temfer nature hal attracted and “coutrolied hers from thelr frst contact at the gaming- tuble I Leubrony, she turned in her despair for help and consolatlon. 1ls sympathies were deeply touched by the sufferings of the youny aud beautilul woittan, whose errors were tie sult of fznorance and the perversity of cireun- stances 23 mrchas of her own witlful scltishnuess ; yaa more dangerous intereat was lvruclu\lcd by his affection fur Miruby the lovely Jewess, Grandenurt, quickly discovered the sfight and lnmocent relatfon with Derondu, which was giv- Ing sone comfort to his wite, and set himself to thwart every chance that might favor speech be- tween them. As a Jast resort, e touk her off yachting with him on the Mediterranean, aud Blow weeks of captivity In a floating prison fol- lowed fn shugizish suceession, . What womder that thoughts of sulelde and murder strove with each otier In the brain of the wretched viethn, until she was_really wild with their frenzyving sugecstionst She is finally released from lier ternble bondage st the mo- tnent when it seemed most Intolorable, by Grandeourt’s meeting a sudden, yet all oo casy, death by drowning, As Defore, in this new attltude “of her tragle fate, she relies upon Deronda for advice, lunklugi to him, witl the ingennovusness and lack of forecast of a child, for the dircction none bui he wio knew the #ueret of her past misery could s0 well give her, Y1t §s only by remembering the scarching angulsh which bod changed the aspect of the orld for him, that we ean understand ber be- havior to Deronda,—the unreflecting openngss —nay, the ln?mrumuzc pleading—with which shie expressed ler dependonce on him, Cousld- crations such as would have filted the minds of ndifferent spectators could not oceur to her, any more {han if flames had been mounting around her, and she hat flung herself [nto his ed urms and elung about “bis neck that he might ecarry her fnto gafety, . . . She crled ns the chlld erfes whose little feet bave fallen backward,—cried to he taken by the hand, lest aho shoutd lose hersell, 'The ery plerced Deron- da. Wit positlon conld have beew ore difil- cylt for a man full of tenderuess, yet with clear foreslght 1" So prevecupled has Gwendolen been with lier palnful troubles, and so fsoluted has been her ife, that the Lnowledge of Deronda’s ussocla- tion with Miral, of the tate revelution that he Isof Jewlsh parentage, and of his approashing marriage, does not como to her nutdl he brings the tidings himself, In this, which §3 to be thelr partiog Interview, after receiving the tirat two items of intelligence, Gwendolen asks— In a low, measured voice, aa If sho were only thinking aloud in preparation for future speech— Vutean you murry " ' Yes," said Deronds, olso §n o low vaice, **1 i golns tu marey. " At firat there “was no change in Gwendolen'a attitude: vhe only begau to treimbia visibly, then she looked befors her with dilated eyes, s at something lying in front of her, Lill ahe stretched Jher arma out strafght, and crie Voice: I sadd I should he forsaken, cruel woman, And t aw furaaken, " Deronda’s anguish wus {ntoleruble, e could not belp hmself, e seized ber outstretehed hunds und heid them together, and kuelt ot her feet, She was the victim of hls happiness. Iam eruzl, too, [ am crnel, ™ ho repeated, with @ sort of groau, looking np ut her implorintly, L4 presence and touch seemed (o dispel some harrible Vislon, and shie met his upwanl “look of rorrow with eometling like the return of con- rclonsnesm after fainting. Then whe dwelt on it witis that growing pathetic moverment of the brow which sccompanfos the revival of some tender recollection. ‘T'he look of sorrow brought back wi reamed novery far-oft mument,—the frst time she hud ever seen i, In the Jibrary at the Abbey, Sobs rose, and great tears fell fuat. Deronda would not let her lands go,—held them #tilt within one of his,—and himself pressed her haudkerchiof agninst ler eyes, She submltted ke a lalf-soothed child, ‘making an eifort 1o penk, whieh was hindered by struggling sobs. At Tunt wtie encceoded i saying, brokenly: *+ | snid—1 naid-—It stionkl bu better—Detter with me——for having known you."* 11l eyes, tno, were larger with tears. Sho wrested one of lier lunds from s, uyd veturned il action, prewstize his tears away, i *+Wa slintl not be r\ullu purted,’ ho sald; ** T will try to write you always, when I can;and yon will answer?™ 1lg walted till she aaid, In o whisper, **Iwill 1 hall be more with you than 1 used to be," Derondu suld, with gentle urgency, releasing her Tande, and rising from hiv kneaing pusture. we had been much together before, we should bave fult our diffecences more, sud veemed to get farther apart, Now wecan pertiups never see each other agains bt our minds may got nearer,® tiwendolen waid nothilug, but rose too, aatomnatic- ally. Hler withered Took of grief, such o4 the Enn often thines on when the blinds sre drawn-up nfter the burlal of 1ifo's joy, made him hato hiv own words, They seeme:d to have the hardnews of eany consolation 1 them, She felt that he was poinz, and that nothing could hinder it. The #nse of It was like a dreadful whisper in her eur, which dulled all other consctousness; and she had not known that whe was rialng., Deronda could not apeale ognin, 1o thonght that they mupt part fnslfeuce; but it wus ditficylt vu toward the partin il ahe Jooked at him u kort of intention cyed, which helped He advanced to put out hix hand silently, ithin it, sne said 1 laboring w ety very good to me, [ have des 1 will tey—try to Jve, 1 ahall What goud have I been? Only with a winothered I havebecna w him, and, when she lnh} placed hern whut her mind had he: You hnvo b served nothing, think of you. haem. Dow't let me be harm to you, 1t shall Lo the Letter for me—"" fhe could not finish, 1t was unt that she waes sobbing, hut that the Intenso ¢fort with which she #polke made her tou tremulowy, ‘flic burden of that diffleult rectitnde toward him was o wolght ber frame toltered under, Bho bent forward Lo kiss his cheek, and be kissed hers. 'Then they looked st "each other for an fu- stant with clusped hands, und he turned away., On the morntng of his marrisge, Deronda re- celved a letter contalulug these words: Do not think sorrowfully of mo on your wed- dlnu-dnf. | have rememuered your words, —{hat 1 may liva to be onc of the bést of womeis, Wh ko others plad that they were bors. 1 do not i; see how that can be, lut you know better than 3 L ever come 4 iU will be because you lielped me. 1 only thought of wyself, aud | mids you grieve, It liurts me how (u think of your riof. You must not grieve any more for me, it % botter—it shall be better—with me becuuso | Bave known you, GWENDOLEN (IRANDCOURT, As in the previous notice, we have taken note of Gwendolew's part by the story malnly, It is the prowminent and ubsorblig vne, and there Is HOL 6pites Lo atteinpt wu outline of any otbers, With' Grundeourt “burled under the waves, and Mordeeal dead of eousumption, Deronda aud Mirah wedded, the chiet personazes are conclu- sively disposed of. - Liut un unvertainty renulis ahout the desting of most of the minor char- acters, Which Is uneatisfactory. Rex, the Doy- lover of Gwondolen, Hans Meyrick and hls eq- gaging slsters, and the fathier of Miral, are atluwed L drop out of the way, with o careless isregard o1 the luterest that way have been fult in thelr tinul scttlement, This, with other marks of weakuess, mar the fulsh of the work, and campel one, {n the end, to say that % Danjel Deronda™ 18 a powerful and u brilllant novel, but less even In quality, and less olevated in jtg Inter passages, than the lnmmlw of the earller half, und tho proved ability of the sutbor, gave one the right to expect. THE GIHEA;(‘ ’;\'APQ{L‘EONv THE IISTORY OF NAPOLEON THE FIRST By P Laxeney. Yob 1L 8vo,, LIIL ws, London: Macmillun & Co, ~ Price, 33,50, Inoneunvarylngtone of acrimony, Mr, Lanfrey pursucs fu this volumehis searching review of tho motives and conduct of the fuunder of the First Eupire of France, The monotony of the strain welxlis heavily on the spirits, for, keen s may be the nslght dlsplayed, glgantic s moy be the wronge unvelled, deserved as suay uppear muny ol the bitterest denunciations, snd fmposing as iy be the fmpassioned language in which the stern srrufgnment {8 conveyed, fts unrelieved severity ereates o feellng of wearisome depres- slon. Nupoleon was, perbups, us wicked us ae g weas pifted; but 1t Is contrary to reason to poss that all his tralts were unmitigatedly in- fernal, Ho wan not slinply n dinbolical splrit nearnate. There were some human fnstinets 1n his nature that Hnked him with the specles to which hils mother helonged, It M. Lunfrey, in theexe of hisahhorrence, denfer Napoleon every attribute that elevates manhiml nhove the devil or the brate. ‘True, in cold and ehary wanls, e adinits the genius of the great military leader on oceasions when it . hins achleved o victory too brilliant and amnzing to be decried; yet, In everything clae, ho deplets the man as n prodigy of vice and rascality. The portrait Is too villainous to be nceepted. It offends almost cqually with those in which Napoleon Is painted ns an angel of Iight, Its power must be ncknowledged, but its want of unalloyed truth disquicts confidence, Nevers theless, 1t is instructive Lo contemplate, Studled in_comparlson und contrust with the blug- raphles — which nre in the opposite direction,, and which have hod a strong infinence In - misleading the world’s Jude- ment of su_abnormal and bewildering char- acter, this history of M. Lunfrey's affurds - purtaut ussistunce toward u just and rational coneeption of the personage who leaped, by n successlon of nalnumllu{: maneuvres, fron a Captalniey In-the Freneh ariy to the dictator nlnr of luropes and who, by as surprising a serlos of infatunted movemnents, fell from his leld{ h(‘l}(lll to thelow level of w felon ban- shed for Jife to a renote, dreary, penal fsland, ftgives forcible, authorltative Teddings of the crowded and complleated events that composed the most startling and duzzling corcer that hus been run in the course of many centuries; und, were [t but more teiperate In-spirit, according with the judiclal calmness demanded of the his- torlan, 1ts effect would be, In n great degree, Cnll\‘luulluf. i ‘T'e perlod covered by the present (nstaliment of the histury extends from the campaigns of Pultush and . Exlan, In 1508 and 1807, to the unlon of Holland with the Empire, in 1310, In these few pregonit years were embraced the invasion of Portugal,” the dethronement of aoverelzns of Spali, the futerview of Tilsit, suppression of the Tribunute, the second c Y turc of Vienng, the removal of Pope Plus Vi, from Rome, the divoree from Josephine, and the marriage with Marle Loutse, The attention of the writer 15 fixed nlmost exelusively upon the military and_political movements of the LEmperor,~the affairs of the Court und of the people of France, and the private life of Na- holean, belng passed-by in sHence or with the alilest altusions. Still, despite the faults and omissions which detract from fts merit and Ita suceess in pro- duclug conyictlon, the narrative §a fuscinating. It s recited with intense feeling and with much oratorical skill, und earries the Interest alomg without flaggingz. It must also be eald, In Jus- tice to the author, that he presents n formidn- ble nrray of evidences, cited principalls from the correspondence of Nulmlwm. to support his rig- orous verdict upon the Emperur's public acts, A slngle eketeh of the person and manners of Bunaparte I8 introduced in the progress of the volume; and for {ta inherent interest, ns also for the exhibition it gives of theatyle of the author, it Is put before onr readers. It Is taken when Napoleun was at the age of 33, and oceurs In the account of the lvterview of Tilsit, when Aloxander and Napoleon fur the first. time met to scttle dlefinitively their mutual relations: When nlght came [writes M, Lu my,. the two Emperore ehnt themselves up to treat of their af- falrs togetber. Alexanider appeared delighted at this familiarity with the hero of so many terribile exploits, 'Thiw soverclen, who was only 8 yeurs of ‘nge, posseszed, with o noble and benavolent ex- cosfon of countenance, the distinsaishod mun- of o gentleman of the end of the eighteenth e tint has aince disappented, —In ense wik infted with a lofty bearlng perhapx never be found again. T'o this perfect courteny of manners and langinge lie Juined the careless gracefulness of the Enstel natlone, the almost nine retinement and fiexl- Dbillty which_glve vo great a charm fo the Slave character. Nothing certaiuly could furm n more complete contrast to- Napuleon at this perlod of his career, Urave, reserved, und sllent as ho was at the thme af hisdebut, he, now that he hed no longer to fmposc any resteaiut upon himsclf, epuko very loud and uscd many geaturos, lie exprcated the most decided and abolute opinfons with ex- treme volubility, and with an clugnence which he T ereated for himself, that was full of fangina- tlon, of ylow, and of fire, but thut wis uneguul and incolierent, None knew better thun he huw 10 be hy turns tiatierfuz and buperious, fusinuat- fug end haughty, But he had no woderation; wiifchover chiatacter I assumed he asanimed com- pletely, asi nun aceustormed o dozzle, to subdie, 1o be slways acting, He consequently emily be- cume pompous when he wanted to be dignined, and vulgar when he wanted 10 be simple, —ofteh Introducing a harlequin's thrick in the midst of a tirnde_after almn. There wue, no doubl, o powerful sediction in bl lunzunge; but it wis 2 kind of armed apeech, which iade his inter- tocutor wusplelous, wad overwhelmed withoat perduuding hiw, . natural vivlence as Leteayed nt every Instunt by veheme W ! tleniation und Lasty expressione, Wit he wanted 112 had nouo of the coulness, tho gnily, of u man who iv mster of ‘who may plainly wiiat he means, auil who fa duo toothers, . . Meneral, tary, represents ifm an pulling the cars of his fmerlocutors, sometimes hard enoneh to rauke the blood flow: givine them o slap on the n #ltting down on their knee, "hes aclonencen were marks of wpecia Tiindness with bim, aud men of the highest ranl were prond of aucl tokens of favor, , Ax 1o bis budy, the fatiznes of war lud strenzthencd Itis Irou constitution, and given him u stoutness bordering on_embonpoint, | Napoleon acknowl- edged LAt e was never better than during this hard causpaign, in which ke often rade thitty Teugues u duy over the mow. 'The agitations of wir may be ‘azid to have hecome needfal to his ceeity far hi< hentth, and, insome sort the fndbpensable aliment of that Immeree aee tIvIfy which was the his nature. e lterally lbved what wouhl have kitled othere, War gave him both eleep und appetite, ‘This ennpalen of Poland, in which he Liadd fost 50,000 men, had only been healthy exer ciae for him; and he brought back from it a nost tourlahing appeasunce, "This rude health had Anmewhat spollt that efilgy on an_antlgue medal, which had romained graven on the imugination afuce tho ltaliun wars; it had given welcht to u hody which formerly seemed ta lie consumed hy the Hro of his genfus; hut the extraordinary rest- leaunces of biy Inquisitive and peneteating eye, the fuceaunnt uncasiness of the whole person, le- trayed the internal agitation of hix anxious mind, A preat deal of the Corsicun still remained in femperament, redominant characteristle of G e ey Tndor his appearance of good-nature, oo, and liia feline gracefulness of manner when he wished 10 appear hlm]. waa i the old harshuess and fn- wurmountable misteust of the fslander always on his guard acainat his encmles. 1t was unotlced that, duting the nincteon duys that the Emperors spent tovetlier, In the midat of efusions of the tenderest Criendahlp, Alexander took Lin meals every day with Napoleon, but Nupoleon never once broke bread with him, The temper of mind with which M. Lanfre; habitually regurds the subject of hls history Is well displayed fn the followlng comments” on the reverses which the French arms sustainged in Portugal and Spafn, fn the month of August, 8032 Topulsed befors Valencla and bofore Sura. usaa, crushed rather than beaten at ylen and Vimlero, driven-ont of the whols Peninsula, us far an the Eben, hie hind behield his arms disgraced in o conntry which had no urganizatlon and wo army, by a poople whose mllitary forces he ulterly o spised, aud whase whule territory hw nlready ocer i, ' Phat fwton which he had complotely s It were, by wurprise, had made u il nmovement, and all had eraubled at one blow, The stroke evon redched the henrs of the Emplro; what wan it, 1n fact, but o long serien of nurprisea? Thix defeat, which ought to have been wo palutul to his pride, ‘haw been called an explation. Let'us learn to think and to_kpeak Jke men, and not to mix adulation even with blame, Every lea af justice i profaned by thowy who say that Nupo- leon was punished becaite he siznally fulled in one of the most wicked enterprises whicha erowned villain over endeavored tu carry out, Nof the shedding of 40 much lnnocent blood: su many fum- flley sncrificed; a0 muny mothers reduced ta de- spuir; so many inofen<dve men driven fur yeurs to r without scruple; sa many crimes con. ed, committed, ungt perafeted-in with such cool remeditation, sre not so cusily expiated; nnd the engthened inactivity of 5t. tlelena wad In itself nothing but an duslguiGeant punishment when com- Dured with the enorinity of the celne, * Let s not Hamu punisiment when speakinz of this man; or, it we do, let ue place Man bulaly in o rank Inferlor to the rest of mankind; und, in'that case, wo slisll onty be doing Justles o vursclses by thinking that we are beings of an Inferlor nature, mude to be forever tho prey and playthings of o' fow privileged mousters. “The first two volumes of M. Lunfrey's worlc were glven to English readers fu 1870 and "0, Judging frem the lapse of time between thely pnbhcuuun and that of the present volume, it will Lo some years before the series §s coms pleted. A JUVENILE STDII\;‘. 2 Y v Eniny HUNTINGTON e Asthor of ot oy Tuds i Forchig. **Hifghways snd lledges.” Square 12wo.,Tp. 174, Chicago: 8. C Uitlggs & Cu. Years ago the Little Corporal spread-about among a multitude of readers thy kuowledige that Mrs, Emlly Huntington Miller posecssed a rare talentas o writer of juvenllo Hterature, Btories, sketches, poems, towed with equal fucllity from her pon; aud all hud s chiarm of spontancity, of Hfo-likeness, and of trug insight, that made them peculiarly seceptable to minds of every gradu of maturity. Sincw tho magazine, of which sho was for mauy years the vditor, has Leen merged In the St Nicholas, Mrs. Mlller's coutributions to tho sstertainuent of Mitls folks huve not been so constant us before; yet weensional papery show that sho hus lost nong of her old uptneds for the kind of work of which shie has done s wuch snd so well, 8 C. Griggs & . huve uuw u press ouc of most suceessful of her effort history, r, bright, anid spley chaptera, of the mis- chievous capers that a fittle four-year-old, with alively brain and an Innocent heart, perform with th | unconsclonsness of the wrongs inkes chillren's pranks the seolded and langhed-at in the The record I so teue tn nature that (b re Nke o veritable sectfon out of nshme younker's 1ife. (L will dellxht every boy and girl, and every mother tos, who will fiud T iL that mast desicable acquisition to nursery-amusements, ahook that ean bo read over ‘and over again, to sult the In- satinto appetites of youthful Masteners, and yoet never tleken Lthe reader with any weakness or nonsense in ita compositio HAY-FEVER, ATTUMNAT CATARRIN (MAY-FEVER)., With Iurtrative Maps. iy Monntnl, Wenas, M. 1., Late Hersey Peofessar- Adjunct of the Theo. ry and Practice’of Mediclne in Harvard Cniversl. 2!, ete,, ete, Hvo,, p New York: Hurd Houghton, Price, & Dr. Wyman treats the late form of Haye Fever, which begins in the month of August, as n disease entirely distinet from the eardy forin, popularly known as #Rose' or “June ol In this position he is decidedly opposed to Dr. George M. Beard, & medical writer who, In alate able diseertation on thisobscure malady, strong- Iy sustalns the oplnjon that the attacks of sum- mer catarrh, whethier occurring eatly ur late in the season, munifest § lentfeal symitoms, and are to be rewarded ns exhibitions of th ime dlscase, and subjected to shinilar tre: it Dr. Wyman, himself a vietim of the ajl- ment, describes with great particularity the loen) amd constitutional symploms of Antwnual Catarrh, fts annunl course, geographic and chorographie relation: 1ses, dinguosls, prog- nosls, nnd treatment, s statements are fortl- fled with a Jarge number of illustrative cascs, and throw much lght upon the natural history of the malrdy, “Fables of cases, and of heights of villages and hotel 5 showing the arens of the United States ns yeu exemnpt from Hay-Fever, add to the uscinlness of the bok, BUILDING CONSTRUCTIO I This Is the second volume of a serfes of text- books of Bullding-Construction, which are pre- pared primarily for the nse of students at Bouth Kensington, England, but which are ad- mirably adapted to the needs of all puplls in this department of Mechunies. They have re- ceived the highest connnendation froin the acl- ence and fndustrial fournals of Great Britain, under whose uotice they ave come on thelr first appearance from the press, The 4 Notes " are elear, comprehensive, nnd prac illustrations are abut I, and the t und excellent, HOOKS R IVED. PHEDE, JUNJOR: A Last CugoNterr or Can- Lisuronp, I Mre, OLtpitast, Author of LINGPO! **Chronleles of Carlingford,™ . Price 60 cents, New York: Iurper & Iirothe THE S OF GOVERNME TION W SANT ftion, By JosEri A DT Preskdent of State Norina] School, Albany. N. 3. te. 12m0., pp. S04, New York: Shelion & 3 CONMON SEN I ¢ the Use of Families and Normal ses, and of Punile in District, I Granunar Schools. Dy M, It A, Author of **The U of Money,“ete, 12ma., p Authors” Publisiiing Comp: SCHEYICISI AND TIIE & 3 DELAWAT on, Finer STEPS 13 PoriTican LEVERNON, and Fanctions . 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The aspect of the herd s coarse nnd rugged,—~its still, strafght stems sliowing nelther beautiful outling nor graceful pllaney; yet the soft tint of the largze, straw-colored blogsoms fs pleasunt to loak upun, and contrivutes a grateful churm to our native vegetation, The Glnothera biennls, which uncloses its flowers ot nichtfall, 8 » com- mon species, but the varlety Cruelata {s purely loeal, ocenring chlefly at Riverside. The &, rhombipetals grows on the sand-hllls ot Miller’s Statlon and Michlgan City; umd the &, frufi- cusa, ewlled Bundrops, becnuse 1ts tlowers open In the sunshine, Is found in the flelde west of Riverside, (&, pumble Is rare In this vicinity, thered at Gibson's Statfon. or's Nightshade (Clree Lutetiana) refers the cool hmunts of the woodlunds, where ts racemes of smull white blossoms expand in midsumer. The plant {5 small and unatiract- Ivey—quite belylng the promise of its preten- tious title, Tt fuhabits the wouds nt Riverside une Calumet. The wand-like spiles of the (Qunera blennds will be very 1lkely found amonz the trophies of the dilizent herbalist who col- Teets at Ltiverside and Hyde Park in the month but the hope of happening upon the st he very falut, ws but o slngle rincipal botanlsts, 1 at Maywood. ‘The genus Epllubium 13 poorly represented in our flora, The £ pabitec, Var, lineare, grows near tho like-shore ut Hyde Park coloratum with the snme ifrequen at Glencos and 1iyde Park, The Falee Loo steife (Zudiciyla alternljalia) veenes rarely i the copses southivest of Calumets the L. polycarpu han o seanty growth in the ditches at Riverslde and Glencoe: and the L. palustris, or Water- Purslane, st Graccland. ‘Fhese are all that the Chicago tlora can t of the Onagracew, or Evening-Primrose Family, which Inelides u total of whout 450 specles, They are most abundant in South Anerlat, and nmuf are natives of India und Europe, The small uumber found fn Afriea are muinly contined to the Cape, and to the genus Jussica Inother parts of the Continent, The Ordor 18 of little service to mankiud, suve in the gratilleation it rives to the sense of beauty. 'The common svening-Lrimrose has b cultivated for the suke of its edible roots, umd sev Brazilfan members of the family afford black and yellow =5 os. )l! for nothing elec, however, the Orderis to be gratefully remembered for giving us the ex- quisite Fuchslas, which are umons the most highly-prized of our exutics, They sre pecullar ta Ameriea, their home belug in the Tropleal portions of our conthuent and i the proviuces of South Amerfea. i thelr nntive soil some #pecies uttain an enormous slze, becoming al- miost tree-like fn hablt; others are climbers, unid all wre distingnlshed for the abundance and heauty of their blossoms. The Unagracee also gives us our haudsome Clarkias, which come from Oregon aud Callfornia, and various specles of showy rose and mrplwl‘uwcred Primroses, whileh grow wild in Mexico, Arkunsas, and the Pacitle Btatea, e EASTERN PPERSTA, A valuable work upon ‘Eastern Persia,” contajulug an account of the journeys of the Perslan Boundary Commisslon, Las been re- cently published In London and reyiewed at length in Nature. The miaslon whose results ure thus recorded was begun under the charge of 8ir . Goldemlid, in 1570, and concluded in 1572, The irst volume of the work contams o full history of the misslo, and a description of the physieal geography of Versin, The second volume fs devoted to the geolozy und zoology of the country, which wers carefully studied by Ar, Bluinfurd, the naturaltst seeompanying the minsio Tn a belef parag aphi the author out- Itnes the marked features bn the topography of the reglon: of n number of desert fons of from about 1,090 t from each ani rangies of Wilje. for th Most pArE deatitnt. of vezetation, —agrlchlturs being only possibie whees water can he obtained from aprings, or the wmull streama which dercend from tae hlxher ranges to lose thameolves in the varioun deserts of the inte. rlor, Along the nouthern coast of the Caspian Sea Ina damp reglon, covercd with dense forest; and the weateen plopes of the Zogros Moantains are alen wouded, though less thickly than the northern slopen of the Elburg, ‘The Zngroe belt of wood- Jand extends eouth to the nelghborhood of Shiraz, where, from the prevalence of s speriesof onk, the fract Is often spoken of as the Ouk:Forest. This tract Is crosscd on the road from Shiraz to Bushire, bt it docs not estend much farther to the routhe cant. ‘There are, however, In the roken country vxtending along the shores of the Perstun Gulf and Indian Ocean, and forming part of Foer, Latistan, ond laluchtetan, a fow p?n ns and valleys which eupport a rather thin forest,—the trees hefng dif- ferent from e of the Znzros and Shiraz forests, and_ conalting chlefly of Tropical forms, umong wWhich tamarisk snd mimosa are conspleious. "Fhese comparatively fertlle tracte are. however, scldom met with, —the greater part of the country belng as Latren ns the Perslan highlands. Mr. Blainford finds distinct zoologleal reglons corresponding with the different physjcal condl- tlons of the country. First, on the highlands the nature of the fauna iy Palearctic, although types characteristic of the deserts of North Af- rleaand Central Asinare included. Second, in the forest-clad provinees along the Caspian Sca the faunu 1s alntost fdentieal with that of Sontheast. ern Europe, Nevertheless, the Tiger, the Deer (Cervens Caspius), and the Pit-Viper Sllylw) are amony the animals noterl. Third, the waoded elopes of the Zauros, running northwesterly from Shirsz, afford the Lion and seme other Toeal species. Fourth, in the eastern portlon of the Tigels plain the fauna is nearly identical with that of g and, th, the tract hordering the Perafan Gull contains Indian or Indu-African furms alnost altowether, ‘The Jist of anitnale embraced In the fauna, a3 enumerated by Mr. Blainford, contalns 59 spe- cles of mamnials, 553 of birde, @2 of reptifes, and 9 of mmphibfa. A peentiarity of the fauna nuticed by bim Is the pallor of the coloring compared with ullied species of Europe. ‘There are no representatives of the Orders Quadru- mauts, Proboscidea, Hyraconsea, and Edentata, Amont the Rodentia several new species huve been discovered, including o Squtrrel, a Dor- muonse, a Mouse, two Jumpiag-Rabbits, a Ger- bon, and a Hare. Bats are limited Among Insectivores, 8 now_Hedgel o seribed; of Canidiy, & new Fox (Vulpes I'er- sicas); and of the Mustelide, the Pale Badges (Meles Canercenn). Among the new birdsare named 8 Woodpeeker (iens zancti-folunnis), a Robin (Erythacus hyreants), a Warbler (Syinl ruleacens), a Nuthateh (Sitta rupicola), two Fit Parus phebrotus wod 1% Fersicus), and a Juy tarrulus hyreanns). There are also many fresh specles of reptiles, No crocodiles are Kuown to oceur, and their absence {8 acconnted-for by the variable supply of water in the rivers, which are small. Mr. Blainford does not attempt to pgive the geology of Persin complete. but adds his vl- gcrvations on the rucks tu those alrvady made by former explorers. THE HERRING. The Meteorological Sovlety of Scotland has, fnthe course of its obscrvations, lately devel- opedd soime nportant Information regarding the habits of the Herrinz. From the testimony gatherdd, it appears that this fish prefers a low tewperature; and where the waters are eoldest, i the vicinity of its haunts, there it occurs n thegreatestabundance, Forinstance,* Thetem- perature of the sea off the enst const of Seotland, from the middle of Augzust to the close of the Bshlug season, wis continuously and consider- ably hizher In 1875 than In 18743 and the cateh of herrings was considerably and contlnously lower during 157 than durine the sane period Agali, when the temperature of the surface of the water fs hizh, it bus been noted that the herrlugs ure found in deep waters, Also, on the day after o thunder-storm, the take of hcrrlu‘,:x nuy be relied upon ws good; **hut, on the following day, few, it any, fish are caneht over that part. uf’ the coast, unless af the cztreme verye of « doep part of (he aea, us 11 the flsh were retreating thither,' Experiments with reganl to the effects of temperatire upon the fizheries have been pros- ceuted by the Duteli, the Norwegions, and the Geran: ‘The Director of the German See- warte has reached the conelusion that northwest. winds are the best for large catehes: ti northerly winde are better thun_souther westerly than easterlyy also, that mod strong winds are more fuvorable for fishing than wilin weather, and that light winds sod «tifl breezes ure equally unipropitious, CONGRESS OF AMERICANISTS. The flret gession of the Intermationul Con- gress of Americanists beld its sittings at Naney inJuly, 1575, The object of this assoclation is the advance of ethnographical, lHugubstic, and historicul studics relating to the twa Ame: eapecially during the period prior tothe yuyng of Christopher Columbus, During the four daysof its flrst session, n large number of papers were read by both French and forcian wmembers, and these have now heen fssued i two volumes, From an examination of the re- sulls of the fnltial meeting, veviewerin Nafure coneludes that the Internutions] Coneress of ists hias not d 1 to further the purpose for which it was ortzanlzed. Most of the papers contributed were hypith extreme degree, and, withougli’ inge nlsh few ar; Is the proot which I8 alwayas wauting,” as one of the French memsbers pithily vemarked fn critl- clsine the worth of the thcories brought for- ward. Stil}, all the efforts produced” do not resolve into mere gucsswur‘\'. Anong the ‘\kpt‘l’é of real value i eluckiating the early history of Amerien were those treating of mi- sie n Anmeriea before the discovery of Columbus: of the discoverles of the Purtuguese in Amerieas a compariaon between the Basque snd the Aneriean lanruages: the origin of the primi- tive dvillzation o the New World; and the authropology of the Antilles. The second meet- Ing of the Congress takes place at Luxembourg, In September, 1877, 10T AND COLD YEARS, At amecting of the Physieal and Natural His- tory Soclety of Geneva,Switzerlnnd, Prof. Planta- nmourgave s resumeof the resuits of the meteoro- logleal observations madent Geueva during the pust fifty years. An important conclusion to which the vuservations Jead Is, that there I3 no regular perfodicity in the suceession of hot and colil years. A cold year may he followed by cold year, amd vice versa. Nor do the sensons show any variutlon harmontzing with the re- currenee of the solur spot. The mean temper- ature during the last fifteen vears hus been higher than in the previous thirty-five years, Between 1820 and 1895 there were seven warm v aud between 1535 und twenty-twa cold years und four 3 while in the lust fifte have heen thirteen warm vears and two cold ones, I the hatfcentury there have been four- teen very cold years, twelve cold, ten warm, and fourteen very warn years, AN INTOXICATING GRASS, Dr. Asa Gray records fu the Awmerican Jour- nal of Science the discovery of a new specles of grass, whose julees have an tncbrinting elfect, 1t gerows fn Mongolia, aud Lelongs Lo the genng Stipa, The speclnens examined were Lrought from tho Alachlan Mountains Ly 4 Roman-Catholic missionary, whose horees were disabled, ‘o, In other words, were made drunk, by feeding upon it This i not the only specles of intoxicating Gruss known to Belence. A % Dronk™ or Drank tiruss hus been found inths Duteh colony in South Afrlea, which possesses similar properties, The Mongol. rto counteriact the ef- feets of the nItl NOTES, The University of Upsala, Bweden, will cele- brate the 400th anniversary of Ita toundation, In Beptember, 1597, Late futelligence from Prof, C. F. llmL Di- rector of the Geological Survey of Vrazil, un- nounces that e Is ubout to send o division of his corps to survey the Amuzonfan couutsy, conneetion with theexplorations now In progress slongthe coast and fu the south and centra) purtlons of Brazil, The ralnfatl I Northeastern Switzerland slnce last February hus been unprecedentedly heavy. Up to Junis 14 it lnd amounted 10 45,67 fuches,—nearly two luches more than the ao- nusl rafufult “of Zurlch, In one twenty-four hours, beginning st 8 p, ., June B, 124 Juches of ratn fell,—a lllmllll'fi' exceeding the greatest monthly fall shice 1503, Preparations for the Internatlonal French Ex- hibitlon of 1573 sre ulready besun ln Paris, M. Kruntz, the Director, hus estublished his oflices at the Patus de Uludustrie, and sixteen puplls ol the School of Fiue Arts are vsecuting build- | 1 1 Winnly 1 Ing-plans under his supervision. The work of coratruction on the Chanp de Mars will scon be under way. It In atated by Mr. R. Bell, in his report on ology of Lake Winnipew, that the Cana- cifle Ilnflwny.‘!urw? ohtained, by a serles el cnrried all the way from the ight for Luke Winnl; IR of 710 feet ea-level: for St Martin's Lake, of 737 t; for Lake Manitoba, of T32feet: for Lukea wir and Cedar, of 770 feet; and for of the Woords, of 1,043 feet. It 18 stated (n the Rulletin Iebdoma- duire of the Sclentific Assoclation of France, that Dr. Grzygmala, of Podolla, in East Rueela, has cured above a hundred suc- cesslve enses of hydrophobian with the leaves of Xanthium Spinosum, or Cockle-bur, & common plant of the Composite Order, The treatinent consista of 934 grafna of the powdered 1eaf of the Xanthium, miven three times o day far three weeks, bewluning as soon as possible after the patlent lius been bitten, and before the symutuims of hydrophobin have oppeared. Theculture of coffeo In Cayenne, which was once a profitable Industry, s reported by the English Conaul to be now entirely abandoned. The variety cultivated was Mucha, for which the cnumr{ I3 especially adanted. The trees still thrive in a wild stute, thousands of then being interapersed In the forests of the habitable part of the calony. They attain a_helght of fifieen orsixteen feet, and a circumference, o few fect from the ground, of thirty inches, The follage is rich, but they bear no “flowers. They appear ,‘_‘]' ‘lm ':imm from fnsccts, and may yit be re- clalined, s —— TO MiSS B. W., OF IACKSONVILI.E.‘ FLA Suggested by Her Portratt, Softly awaying, ax in meadows _ Swaye the raceful lily-bell; Bhiyly drooping. as the violet Droops in verdant, fairy deil: niz bnck a smali head prondly, Til) the weslth of litterin hair Floate nround her, winbeams mocking, Stands u malden lily-lair. Bnrete of song from red Hips lightly Thril) the lat ningSummer's eve, i}l around her fays scem thronin Welrd. myaterious apeils to wedve And vach naive and vraceful feature, Lvery pretts pose and atart, ¥ irchi. conuettish dimple, Ind web o trap my heart, Now, with zrace serens and stately, Jlavzhity eyes and placid lips, Ara Queen moves heside me, Every dimple in eclipse; And her tunes are low and lquid, Fraucht with sweetness, vet so chill That, thouzh 1 love and Jonz to ¢lasp Ker. Oh! 1 darc not touch Queen Lily. Dare not tonch her! Stately graces, Mock decorum flung astde, A'clowing rone in vivid heaitty, Queen of every flower heside, Soft eyes pluncing, dimples préplng Throuzli the blush of downy cheek, Arch lign sniling—though 1 love ier More than life, T dare not epeak. Softly awaving, 35 In mealows Swaye the zraceful lily-bell; Bhyly drooping, ae the violet Iroops in mbushed fairy-del Ewaye abe [o my ** heart's high level, e to m{ ** low eatate, " And I clasp her, pleading dunibly, *+Oniy thin 1 ek of Fate," £o the vlrlon fades: no lover Standa beslde the malden fair; Only Auntic's eyex nre wondering At tlie glory of her hair: Only Auntie’s exex, prophetie, See the hour that Fuon inust. come When the lover's eyes magnetic Lure the malden Trom her hume., Cntcauo, Augurt, 187! Mauore A, Corems e p— TO LOVE, TO FORGET, AND TO DIE. By the popuioua Iand on the loncrome sen, L.0! these were the gifts af the yoda to men— Three miserable gifta, and only three: ‘f'o love, 10 furget, to die—and then? Tolove {n pert] and In bltter-sweet patn, And then, forzotten, lie down and dic One mouent of kui. whole reasons of rain, Then night is rolléd to the door of the sky. ‘Talave? Tonit at her fect and to weep: To climb to her fa hide your lncn?n her hatr; To nestle you there 1ike a habe in ita slee And, o0, like a babe, to belleve—~It cul bere. Tolove? “Tixtosuffer. **Lic close to my breast, Like a fajr ship in Laven, O darling,* 1etled, *Your round orms, outreaching 16 heaven for rest, Make wignal to death." , , . Death came, und love died, To l’or.!l'lfl To forget, mount horse and clutch mword, Tuke enip and make safl to the lce-prisoned coan, Wrlte books and presch lies; rango lands; or go wa Aggive full of gold, and buy wines—and drink cos: Then dle: and die carslng, and call It a prayer! In earth hut u top—~0 bo-god's delight, Ta e spun for his pleawure while wai's despatr Hreakout ke a wail of the dasaned through the * night? Sit down In the darkneas and weep swith o On the eige of the worlil, So lave lfen dead, And the carth sod the slcy, and the sky and the nese Seen sliutting togetiicr ts a book that s read. Yet what bave we learucd? We lughed with de- wh 1n the morning at school, and kept toging with al Time's #illy plagthings. Now, wearled ere night, We must cry for dark-mother, ber cradle the pall. ~Joaguin Miller in the Galaxy e e FIRST LOVE. Dy the Aowing rivers. by the running streama, By.thens lel e wander even In my dreams: Let we hear them murmur gently ‘an they flow; Liy them Jet we slumber, dreaming as they go,— Dreaming of the mountaln, dreaming of the plain, Dreaining of the valley aud the golden grain, Drenming of the cottage In the sbady nuok, Drenwiug of the cattle drinking ut the brook; Dreamitng o the meadowhaypy, bapny they Qut upon the green-ewvard bitey iaking huy, Out upou the green-sward toiling in the sum, Watcliuz for the ralu-fulls ero tie hay Is won; Dreaming of the orchard, dreamin2 of the grove Where the Littie b rdies sing their little loves, Where the hitthe biediea carol all the day, Where the Hitle children love to romp and play; the Poet revels, rovels with dolight, n2 Inepiration from the Muse's lighty— Drinking bu=piration, blesfully ho we Thouglts of Winsouie bewuty, Nuture's e melodivs; Where ho lov When the de thorn, Where ho loves to wander [u the eventide, When the day s dyiug, when the day bus died. o wander In the early morn, ~drops sparkle frosh oo every When the sun ls glowing, glowing in the W When thoughts are ttowing, flowing in thelr by \\‘henl b l:l thoughta are purest, when he doth Ue- 10l Far awuy the dying day, his cannot be foretold, This s just tho plcture which I long have sought, Whls b Just tho” pleture” fur Wiich 1 long luvo wrought, This Is just thu plcture which yet I hope to see, Not In wy dreuus or slumbers, but In reality, All the toils and hardships of a Peasant's life, Loug I've wished to sbare them—wunly (s fts atrife, — All the toils and hnnhhlpll that I might enjoy. Nnture tu hier loveliness: Lloved her when u boy, Cutvaww, August, 1876, Jusern D, ‘TuRNex, TWO SONNETS ON GREATNESS, JONN TALBOT, EAILL OF SHREWSLURY, Strange lrony! Four hundred yeurs tuve fled Shice Glory cradled un ber sirou kuce Aud wreaihied with blussowy of the ambroslal Lreu The dolerons weight of that unconsclous head, Four "hulml‘;td years since Mistory, couquests ushied, Stampud that aname the great should bear alone; Since all the triumph of the fight was hushed "l the heroie pomp of sculatured stouss Is this indeed thio same Hlustrions head The wexton balauces in huroy band? Whist luve we hereY Stray chips, u tangled thread, Steuws, whreide of books; and here, wier auzewd device And duuntless feat of enterprise wero planned, A uest—aud iu th nest threv suckling mlcey 1. THE I“INI“ UV‘N?IHSI"“‘)‘. 1d / What hand ancestral foiged the c gol e thia taad with Toyalty? What w wwords K ed his imperinl afege? What vassal hordes u:u'fim'nln L iy tteadnrohonset NuNAL LATows ot Thetr vutland tributa to thle wuzerain's feot? Wilat aapect it W hat platicta ruled uts lot? He, wilth bhe preaching Thine the Paracleto, Zmagined ao man liced that knew kim not! Valn foul t—no vinnewed scroll, no blazoned plate, Nowtorlud arch records thy bigh eatato; Nu stane eftizial, aubtly-carven ring, Nor_cotu plekied from » deathy’ clali: *+ Lot thiu s that Tithonous loved of Famo— TuT VENCATAPADING Hauiun, KiNe 1" — IWltlan Canton b Templs Lsur, ead can pro- NASDBY. Military Interference in the Intep est of a Free Vote, He Protests Agalnst Such an Ouse rage upon the Corners, And Tells How ““We" Had Prepared to Protect the ‘' Niggers.” Tho Bringing-Back of Boss Tweed & Trick to Overthrow ¢¢ Tilden and Reform,” Toledo Iade, qunumr X-Rosos, Wicir 18 1% Tne STATR ov Kentucky, Sept. 9, 1870.—Thero Is dismay In the Cross-Roads, 8cnee we hed the direce tions of Atturncy-General Taft red to us, threate enin the cmployment uy troops in the Southern States about cleckshun-time, we feel that all hope uv freedom Is gone, aud that we mite jest ez well git out our cholne, and go tu clankin uy em, first ez last. When the Cross-Roads can't run fts eleckshuns in its own way, ther ain’t no more freedom, Freedom is throttled, and of shic don’t shreck now sbie isa tuffer old virgln than I ever give her credit for bein, What is the necessity uy sending troops down here on eleeskhun-day? To vertect the niggers? Can't we pertect eml Shan't we lev the gusrdin uv the ballot-hox, and won't we ses that everybody votes wich we conslder entitled to the ballott This fs an outrage wich Is well calkelatid to unsettle the devoshen uv me and ssutier Gavitt to the Goverinent, To snow how onnecessary this interferonce Is, I will state that we hed already made full aud amole premarashens for u poeceful and quict elickshun, We hed organlzed the white itizens uv the Corners luto o wuard to preserve the purity uy the ballot-box, s to see that no disturblu clemence come fn. Uy courso we clooded from the arrangement Vollock, Bigler, and the two carpet-baggers who hey & wagot- factory here, wich they bilt 10 yeurs ogo, and wich hez disturbed us ever sence, ez they are both Republikins. We hed taken un Involie uy the shot-zuns In the naberbood, and had de- taled var quickest and most akkerit shots to yuose em, und hed matters so urranged that ther coodn’t he no disturbance at the polls, Our methed wuz slmple and rtatesmanlike—I orlginatid it. Thut fignorance mite not be ple: el ez an excouse, we notlfied all the nirgers witlin the limit uv this precinet, that, to pre- veut trouble, they must not come to the polls or attempt to vote; that, ef they would Leep Kecrdully ut bome ull thatday, they wood not e molestid or harmed; but that, ef they attemptid tovote or inuny way Interfere withh the eleck= shun, trubble wood inevitubly ensoo. We also, In the intrest of peece, lied men detaled to stand ol eech road to stop ull nigeers wich shood pre- Roum to nove toward the village that duy, with strict instruckehens, e they persistid fn comin, to_premptly blow the top uv ther heds off. # Peece ut all hazurds," wuz our determinashens In the precinet below us, they wiz not so cun- eervative, To'present trubble on eleckshun- duy, they determined to Kill the heft uv e bes fure; aud very any uv our peuple insisted thut that wuz the beat method, but I'refoozed to do it. L am naterally conservative und yieldin, To shiow how much we desire pedee, 1 will stute that we hev two niggers ot the Corners wich profess Dimocrisy, They hang around Baseomn’s, nud we hev toterated em, for they uct ez neerly ez we do ez s possible for niggers. ‘They dusired to vote, and Deckin Pogram wuz in fivoer of Jettin uv e, Our citlzens protestid, “It's estublishin o precedent,” sed Issaker Gavitt: “ef oue nigger votes, why not alli— aud, when u “nigier votes, the Hood-gates Is broken down." | “But,” sed I, “kin we afford to lose them two votes for Tllden und Reform i “Ef we keep them out, und need them two votes, can't you and I, In the Iuterest uv Re- torm, vote tivice 1 sed fssaker, Aud so, ruther than vilate a principle, we bey exclouded Dimocratle votes. This ouehit to be eatlefactory to the Govern- nient. The niggers know very well that the site uv oue uv ¢ in a state uv freedom, pertik- elurl?' ef he hez boots on Which liev 1o holes in em, {8 espeshelly aggravatin to the proud Caw- cawshen, his svoperior, whose Loots are not water-prool. - Issaker Gavitt rewarkt, with teers n-streemin down his cheeks: “El ury nigger should'come Into the Corners on eleckshun-day, s ridin uv his own mule, while I, hls svoperfor, atn oblecged to cowmo M;A‘)'t, it wood drive me to the verre uy mad- nls, And every nigger knows that, when Issaker {s druy to the verge uv mudnia ut o nigger, and hez his shot-gun bundy, that pigger 18 Very apt ta beecome a colored ungel, Why, then, tan't they keep ont uy Issaker's wayi ~ Why do theso ntcrior beins goad us to despérashun with thelr mutles, und_boots, aud other clozed Why do they provoke us{ Knowin as well ez they do that their presence frritates us, why do they inzist on showin thelrselves on eleckshun-duys, when we are tugetlier In sich numbera! L'v course, of the military comes here to per- teet these nferlor buebng, the Corners will sutler o luss uy all fts preparashens for keepln the peed Our shot-guns will remane unused. The powder and buckshot we biey bought will be ded stock on pur hands till the millitary are removed; and, wat 18 worse, there will be that sullen feelin wich hangs upon all men who hev thelr dearest hopes crushed. And then suppose that, under the perteck- shun_uy these bloo-Kotid hirelins, the nigrers ghpod all vote, and shonld elect Republican offlshls! Buppose them nlezers, under kiver uy Fedrel muskl Lal shaod lose that disereshun wich o shot-gun lnspires, and shuod presvom to challenge sich ounaturalized ' voters ez we ginerally bring up to swell our majorities for moral effect, und compel us to res Jeet 'em ! And suppose that, by this tyrauny, they shood carry thls precinet, and git a volee In things! Suppose they shood git power to levy taxes for township aud moonissipal purposes, and, guided by Polloek, Blzler, and the carpets bagrers, should compel usto pay taxes, und do work on the rond and sfeh! i short, sup- ose that the power should pnss out uy our finmlu and into theirn! The Corners shudders when it contemplutes sich o possiblility. Iwarn the minyuns uy power at Washington uot to trifie with us. 'We want no Fedrel sol- Jers here—wo saw enufl uv them some years a0, We have uccc[‘uhl thesityovatlon—dfscon tent is dungerous fua Republic. We may be crushed, but—remember Polund! Uy course we shief hold a meetin to pertest agin this outrage. The Corners wlluz holds a meetin when its aroused. Bascom lkes ft. Becoz, when we meot to pertest agin any de- nyin uv our rite to control the unigger, the citi- zens get excitld, and In their forgetfuluis uctllly pay for thelr drinks; the cltizens like I6 beeoz it glves them an excoos for histing in ce ez they otherwlae wood. Whenever they take a drink on sich oceasions, they feel that they hev dlscharged a patrlotlc dvoty, A mure patriotic people T uever lived upon, =~ Wa sbel iass a serfes uv stinging resoulooshens, und [hen waft in dignified silence to see ef our pro- test wllllbc diregarded. In the nterest uv peeee, 1 hope not, e O etorEUN V. N, 180V, Reformer, I §,—I notis that Tweed I8 capehiered. EL the Dlmocrisy uv Noo York ever permit him to come off uv u ship alive, they are {deots, Mer- elfut llevins! the tdee uy his bein brot back to tell wat he knows uy Rings, with Tilden ez a Reform candidate! Whenover a Dimocratic statesiman gits thro with steelin, he ought, for the sake uv his survivors, to be inmelitly Kilted “The bringin back uv Tweed s & Republikin trick, It is takin & mean advantage uv our Re- form candidate. Ef Willymn hez the stubs of bis chieck-book abiout his person, Tilden 15 & loss wan, AH, DINNA PUT ME OFF. An Answer to Claribel's ** We'd Detier Bids a Wee™ 1 ken yer folk arc failln’, lass, ut, gin ye'll Lk’ my hame, T'll bu to them a second son, An' gle them baith » Lawe, My byra fa iled wi' gud fat kine, ‘An’ grist o'erflows my trough. Bay, lasste, will yo wed we auw? b, dinna put me o When they gied us their biessin’, Beksy An’ suid we niight be cried, 4 “Twas Lliat their Ises a loein® frien’ Should has when they bad died; The ither luds n' thelr wives, An’ st my waltin' wcoff; Bay, lavsle, will ye wod me now? 'Ah, diuna put o ol | 1'I1 be to them a duteous son, “Fo ye & husbund kind; B Ye mun: ne mwe gin 1urge, Fur 1 mun vpeak iny mind; To keu their duughler lius 8 hame When they earth's clay ahsll oy Wil make ho uuld Tolk bappler; Sae, dinta # . AMarcorx TAyLom ———— Tiiden's Incomu-Taxz, ' Rurlingion Huwkevs A nnide old refurmer nauel en High hopus on the canvass wea buildin!, But they brought vul sowe facta Coucerntuy his taz, That yosdt the vld buunier and killed 'ule H £