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Hk CHICAGO TRIBUNE! SALURDA,, NOVEMBER 18, 1876-—-TWELVE PAGES. _ ‘= TITERATURE. Weiss’ Essays on Shak- gpearean Characters. Dr. 9 Southern Side of the An- gorsonville-Prison Hor- rors. Th olicism and Pagan Sentiment Ce ate Ilistory of Our "Planet, ' ip Gilbert Hamerton-—Popular ai Libraries in France, Tho (uinea-Worm-—Russian Nataralists--- Hygieno of Plants, LITERATURE. AKSPEANEAN ISSAYS, anor, "ANDSHAKSPEARE, ‘twenvz Es- Ls hy dons Wates, 12 mo., pp. 428, Boston: rte rothers. Price, The stutents ofShakspeare and of human na- re, and the lovers of subtle thought strongly svored with Individuality, and conveyed in a ch eensuuus, and poctic diction, will find a rive of enjoyment ia this collection of essflys, aye oat of the twelve come under the first two dauses of the geuernt title, and treat reapect- irely of The Cause of Liughter”; of “ Wit, Irony, Humor 175 aud of certain of the mirth- rovoklng characters In the plays of the great dramatist, as Dogberry, Touchstone, Falstaff, the Porter in “Macbeth,” the Clown in Twelfth Night,” and the Foo! In Lear.!* The remaining essays fall exclusively under the yead of “Shakspeare,” aud consist of skillful and scholarly analyses of a half-avore or more of the promuent men and women in the ‘mmortal ery of the poct’s creatlon. ‘Among them all, the dissertation on “ Ham- Jet will bo the promptest to {nyite attention, ‘The subject Is s0 eniginatical, so tantalizing, andro fascinating, that cvery cultivated mind dren to speculating upon the problems of Na- toreand Philosophy has, at one time or an- oliver, tried to pluck out thahcart of its mystery. The text has been construed into an endlcss sarlety of readings, and a morcor less ingenious solution has becn founded upon cach one of them, Yet ft hus retnalned for Mr. Welss to produce a quite novel uterpretation, or at least one that bas not before obtained especial prom- inence. The idea has hitherto generally prevailed that thenoble Dane was elther really mad, or that hefelgned to be 80; and the invention has been mainly exercised upon the query as tothe propor tlon In his behavior of the actual to the almu- fated frenzy. Mr. Weiss takes the bold post- ton that Haintet never lost bis sanity, nor tried foplaythe lunatle; und that ail his strange, ine coherent words and actions had their origin in pure frony’. By ali of this resource of over-refined and Neslized minds, he nvtually saved hia wits from demngement when he discovered how falec, and rontradictory, and disappointing were all men and things about him; when, bya rude shock, hissenses opened to the revelation of the rot- tennees of Denmark. ‘Shakspeare,’? declares the author, "has not represented any of his nature and well-conatructed natures as capable of being overthrown by passion tho most exi- gent, or events the most hieartrending. They yevserve thelr sanity to suffer, as ull creat souls nutdeto make us worship them with tears, fo Hamlet, belog Incapable of madness, and lited above the necexalty of felentug It, gives to ererthing the complexion of the news wiiteh has revolted Lis moral sense,—that fs, the King, jie tnile, ls not what he seems; his mother’s lus- band dors not nuptne to be amurderer. ‘The Etate of Denmark fs rotten with this irony. No wonder that hfs brain took on the color of the leaf on whitch It fed?” The period in the play which proyes the turn- ing-point In Mamnslet’s Leniper— Wicd chances iisfirm aud gentle tone to the bitter scorn of aate~is fixed by Mr. Wolrs on the morning alter the apparition of his father. “The tine anlaction of the piece allow us to suppose {lat he suon went from the outh-taking to visit Ophelta, Siurully, be turned from that bluod- kess and trcezing visitation to see Myo heaving foadear bosom, and reddening in Hps which he Jabluve's liberty to tonch. . . . Hs love for Ophelia was the most inasteriug fmpulau of Ms MMe: ft stretched Hke a broad, rich domatn, ¢own to which he cume from’ the shadowy pe of lis private thought, to Sng hineeff athe nuchecked sunshine, and revel in the Hmpid bath of feellng.'* Tt was this visit which Ophelia deseriied to her father, relating low lamlet came in disheveled dreas, And with a look #0 piteous fn purport, {rit be bad been loosed out of hell ‘To speuk of horrors. The Interview falled to give lim the comfort had looked furs the terrible intelligence whieh had reached him through ghostly iuter- Yentlon welghed too heavil ‘pon his soul, over- powering even the influence of Opbellats tender Sympathy; and he departed from ber presence Eruping in the very midnight of despalr, Hi ith Me head over bis shonider turned, le svem't to find his way without Ils eves; or out of doors ho went withont thelr help, And, to the lunt, bonded thelr light on me, At nowy asks Mr. Weiss, “What other ool could a sout with such'a eceret for {ta ae spread for entertafnment? ‘Too strongly ait aud level to bo cracked with the enrtli- L uf maducsa; too awfully overclouded tagiarkle with te tate of wit; teu, daunted faldened with thy thought of a deur father ‘ rgutorfal flames to break into the gentality A ior—all his mirth lost of late, thera 13 eee «00 inethod of reHef, ty the milud droge ralned to live with diesemblers and mn oganee toa ghost, but ts dissemble nee th un tony as ruthless and sweeping as tk crime. He “saves his wits, which might b ala Justify suspictonand go alt Ulstrausht, dagtsclously assuming that love, marrloge, toa honorable things, and ‘frlundship alone Issutee and that he who-banters them pitts not unet he looks {ato Ophelia's gravo “eetrns to hia native habit of {utense wiser As he there discovers Nuture’s mns- Toxe of frouy, in hiding, tn the Hylng and tists Optetia, tho siguitication at death, he enh fe t the counterfelt lie has worn ga lun, et ees wu et At a ce which parts vel heget feeling of is ature: ears one OPhella: forty thansand broth Contd nat? : por ioree ns a rag ith thelr ‘quantity of love, ee enous explanation of the conduct of Haatee _ sufllclendy clever to preter than s the pluy In the light of Its sugges- lu Is resolution of th Ic ie character of Ladi meatal Mr Welss is equally orivinal. | He the wine a theory held by Mrs. Sidduns, that Re iflig Scottish ‘Thane was blue-eyed iH lisa With a small frame and a dell- tues enn jatlons She was nelther coarse, tet at tous, nor bloodthiraty; but, m= [a y tie sula motive of a lave. for being, which her whole tye ‘aude swiftly seizes tho opportu. lug ht enly and unexpectedly presented, of mat Mtoahelsht he had jong yearned to tue he o, The uct once secompilaed, her Rtropert heart sickens and falnts at the She ts haunted by the memories of ee Consclence, Heroically she strives Had he Teinore und sustain the couruge of, rll wh filtering, Steps she hus setin the path Mong to decay, once entered, he ewittly runs or cunt beds of murder she could not concelve Aetiupose jlate. But she sinks undur the task he tutegetty “ae Ue moment of wild tuypulse; Sot uke hearted unaeee wav eutalle the fate co? AtEUes Mr. Wetss, woul vi miafte ot u “female butcher of tiie meteor Youly rete such aa Ludy Mucbeth {a com- tothe presenter She would ave marched Rot hve fg with feu pace by her husband's side, Urthe terillen by the way, brufsed aud killed i rile ‘onvictlon’ that: her love bad In- nd awtul of dgoms upon him for caplet tushy unsexcd herself, It te a wasted, Het H Which the author. draws of the b keep ae ring woman furelug ber. spirits Se treet on the eveding of the rhe ways, between the Mnes d, how the overtaxed woman i ulthough the Exhaustion so Is too faint to i Shon she cUpLea He v0 ital bit 4 her that love it Orta cheer, and her only th woh . thought ts to ye bapelely he bas begun cl 1 tle rite “i rm Uture, wralist Which she hus no 104 couteudlog, to regain thy old moor- ing-ground whence they cut loore and allowed An tiuseen current to elute the stim bark. Nelther enrlosity nor self-intercat ean rouse hor when Macheth iuentions that he lias etranze things: hr head which le means to carry te per- forimanes. “* Yon tack the season of all natures, sleep,” {8 all her tired nature hns left to say. “Ther fortitide just cked berout toreach the gracious action that dinmissed the pueats, as she wished * A Kind good night to all!) Yes, good night to all,—to us also. She gatns the shelter of her chamber; then she entirely disnp- pears from the actlon of the tragedy, to sieken in seclusion with the consclousness that her fatal love has purveyed ancvessive murdersto her household." We lave had spave but to hint at the author's arguments; yet this bare outline, towether with the extracts exh{biting his subtie manner of reasoning, will sullice to send our reader to his book to gain. a perfect conception of Iifs interesting theories. ; The essays on * Women and Men," on" Por- tin,” Helonn,” “Ophella, and others of Shakspearo’s heroinea, are adinirableexpositions of hitman nature, and. show a rare Ineight Into the obscura depths of the female heart. The author must have something of the sect’s power of divination to be able to diactose with ao much fine accuracy Ue secret moods and motives of women, which the diffogence of sex effectually conceals. from the understanding of ordinary men. Indefining tier Hmitatfons as well os her pecultarittes, lifa Iberal comprehension docs her ample justice; and, In noting her capacities and ne ielencies, he often accords her generous ad- vice. The striking flcures of speech with which Mr, Welss adda force and beauty te lls diction, de- seryen moinent’s illustration, and this cannot be hetter doue than by the display of two or three examples: * When the heart pronotnces strongly, its mean- {ng 1g sure to gather In the countenance, and lend ww caniuct the purple of victary, ‘The verse has the high instep af a woman who can be haughty enough to crash the blossoms of thia new, surprising scotiment, ‘Thus the lips which an oath had sealed molt apart inthe frat kiss, and bor heart, like a fuld ruby, rushes through. In the middle notes almost everything that 1s worth having in ‘music 1 to be fonnid. Hehind those burs, the melodies which can be domesticated under mun's coof and by hiahearthalde are patlent- Jy walting to be Jed forth and be Installed, ANDERSONVILLE. THE SOUTHERN SIDEjon, Anvensonvintr Pars oN: Conri.en puom Orriciat Documents. Dy Ranpoien Stevenson, M, D., Furmerly Sur- eon in the Army of the Confederate States of Atmerlea, Chief Surgeon of the Confederate Btotes Milltary Prison Hoepltale, Andersonville, Ga. TouktHtn with AN EXAMINATION 07 THR Winz Tau; 4 Costraimon ov Tite Montatity i NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN Prieoxs; RaMans ON THE Excuanax BDunzau, etc. AN APPEN+ mx, Sowa THe Nusnen ov Parsuxrgns tuat Dinky at ANDENSONVILLE, AND THE CAUSES OF Deati; Crasstriep Lists op ALL Taat Dig 1x Stockany AND Hosritat, gtc., BTC, Bro., pp. 468. Baltlinore: ‘Trumbull Brothers. Price, 83, Notwithstanding its suspicious title and tts painful and exciting contents, this book is to be welcomed a3 a valuable contribution to the an- nals of the Jate clyil couflict. ‘The story of that contest ean nefther be just nor complete until we haye from both sides the most minute and yeraclous testimony that can be procured. Ouv of the most important, as It fs the most distressing, portions of the ovcount relates to the history of Andersonyillo Prison; and here wo have the atatements, in part composed of ofllcial documents, of one of the surgeons in command of that stockade. It ls written from the’Southern point of view, and in that splrit of ylotent and uncompromising partisanship which led the Pro-Slayery portion of our population to. make war agaluat the Unton; yet the evidence of unquestionable authority which it contains is most gerviceable, It corroborates the witness of the wretched captives confined in the military slaughter-pen at Andersonville, who survived to tell the tale of their sufferings, and supplements their story with graphic details of thelr un- matched and appailing migery. Surgeon J. H. White, for a time chief of the medical corps un duty ot the prison, reported to Gen. Winder, Aug. 0, 1864: ho prisuncrs aro without barracke or tents. Thirty thonsand inen sro densely crowded to- getiet, sholtared only by blankets and low Lovely lensely und irregulurly arranged, preventing free elrculation, pngunucring foul ond noxious vapora, and precluding cuy eystem of police; tho men are expored during the day to the raya of the kun and es aloe atnight, and manyare unprotected duriug the rama, |, The rations consist of one-third-pound of bacon and a quurter-pound meal. Tho meal Is unbolted, and, when baked, the bread is coarse snd irritating, producing discases of the organs of the digeative syatem (Oiarrhes aud dysentery), The absenco of wees Able diet has prodaced avurvy to an alarming extem, . 4. The drinking-water Is obtained from springs rettlod on the hanks of tho stream, and from weld, and, to some extent, from the stream. ‘Phe water obtafned from the stream {# untit for tise, containe ing waony impurities from the bakery aud cook- hutee, “Nome of the camp of the garrlaon are situated on this rtroam, the surface-dralnage from which emptics Into this alream before passing Chroush the stockado, ‘I'he supply from tho springs near the stream fy a little brackish, but better than the stream. A large nuniber of wella have beon dug inthe prison, aifording water of an excellent quallty, 2. 2 Thowe who have been prisoncra fora long thac are badly supplied with clothing, and but few of them have a change, in Convoy liwned of which they are, for the most part, very filthy, Dr. Stevenson, the successor of Dr. White in command of the medical force, reported Sept. 16, 1864: 'The etockado (in the ehape of a parallelogram) Incindes twenty-seven acres of ground, con- widerable stream of water eel through Jt, runs ning ina westward direction, In thle space of ground frum 310, 0U0 to 40, 000 prisonert have been crowded, With no protection whatever from the ‘burning rays of the sun, except such ae could be inade with blankets or dirt hovele. Along the banks of tho stream the ground is quite bogey, gn ater iy constantly oozing frum tho low anka. «ee From 3,000 to 4,000 sick and wounded mon are Inside the stockude, . . . At present writing only four medical ofiicera ore on duty; whereas, to tahe proper care of the wickand wounded, there should be not less than twenty-five eflicient medical officers coustuntly on daty (n thegtockude, . ou. Under the prevent regiine hundreds dio in the stockade, andare buried, whuwe names and dlecoses: MIE MNRNOWN. 6 4 ee ‘Lhe hospital fa situated near the southwest cor- ner uf the stockade, covering about five acres of ground, inclused by afrall bourd fence... . . On the Houthweut side of the inclosuse ts‘. swamp about 300 feet wide; and on the northwest uldy iv the stream which flows through the wtockude, ‘The banks being very low and subject to overflow, from these swWathps urive putrid exhalations, at “Wines almost tueupportable, 6... From 1,800 to 2,600 patients are crowded Into this apace. Tenta of a very inferlor palit: arg the only ta peatuetlon, pe tol bol emporary bunks ‘ore ed in most of them, by driving forke Into the ground, and placing small pules or bourda to lie out“ greut number of patients are compelled fo Ne on the ground, . . . The cooking aorfungements aro very defic! two large kettles, erected on 9 furance, ore neatly al] the utensils that are ined. ‘The bread is of tha most inticalthy character, belong wade of course, unboljted curn-meal. Tn explaining the causes of the terrible mor- tality that prevailed among the unhappy prison: erg, Dr, Stevenson says, In allusion to thelr dict, that, belng unaccustumed to the usu of corn- meal, when the captives came to be contlued tu it exclusively, an uncouquerable loathing uften proverted thelr cating iu: Those who wero vo disgusted with thie form of food that Ae had no apatite to partake of It, ex- ceptin quantities ineulicient to aupply the waete Of tlusues, were, of course, tn the condition of men slowly starving, . 5. fu this state, the muscular strencth was rapidly diminished, the thaues wasted, and the thin, ekeleton-Hku forme jhoved about with the appearaucu of utterextaustlon and dejection, ‘The mental condition connected with long coufinewent, with the most miserable surroundings, uns with no hope fur the future, also depressed alt the nervous and vital actions, aod was capeclally active in destroying the appetite, The elects of mental depression, und of defective nutrition, were manifested not only tu the slow, feeble motlons of the wasted, skeleton-Hke forms, but ulso tn euch lethargy, Uetlessnese, aud torpor of the wental faculties, us rendered those unfortu. nate men oblivious aud fudlicrent to thelr adlicted condition. {n wony caves, even of the waren apparent sutleriug und dirtress, invtead of showln; apy anxiety to communicate the cuuses of their distress, oF to relate tl ind thelr longiigs for thelr hames aud their fricpds oud rela- tlyes, they lay Ina Metleas, lethargic, uncompla’ ing vtate, taking no notice elther of thelr own dla. treaved condition, or of tho gigantic mass of human mlaery by which they were surrounded. Noth: fog appalled und deprossed me vo much as their silent, uucomplaining misery, ‘These extracts, let it bo Lorne in inind, aro ‘from the reports made on the spot by the sur- geous tu charce of the prison; aud they omit toony details recorded, which are too ghustly to be repeated, After reading the candid vonfca- sion which Dr, Stevenson mate to his superior oficera of the frightful condition of the prisou- ers, the nid Js not {nn wood tu accept his de- feuse of their treatment by the South, nor his assertion that the bluine rested wholly upon the ange Bureau of the North, Nor will the cquivoval testlinuny he brings forward to show thut, in the military prisons containing Coufed- eruts soldiers, the sulfering exceeded that of the Andersonville stockade, be trusted. ‘The olllctal reports of the Unlon ofllcers must be act agulnat those of the Confederate army; und Dr, Steven- son furnishes none. Phe evidence of his official documents we recelye,—Its purport bas been seen,—but that of his rancorous and passiunate rhetorfe miuat gu for what (t ie worth, CATHOLICISM AND PAGANISM, CONTEMPORARY EVOLUTION: An Eanay ow AT Soctan CHANugs, Ry St. Guo Ins, pp. Bab. New York: D. Ape pleton & Ca, ‘The argument presented tn this caray [5 In- teresting asa candid expression of the opinions of aman whose vision thas been broadened by extensive aud exact aclentiicenlture, and whose intelligence yleltls the most zealous and unques- tioning faith to the dogmas of the Roman- Catholic Church, In cortain departments of Natural IMstory his wotd fs accepted among the learned in England os an authority; In questions pertatning to rel{glous, clvil, and social affairs, his views are regarded by those outslde of his sect as subject to fatal distortion through the Influence of a despotle creed. But Mt te as a representative of the more enlightened portion of thebo:ly of Catholics that he epeaks } in the present volume, and inthis charncter it is worth while to hear what he has to say, Tho inquiry which Mr, Mivart. undertakes to dispose of relates to the ultimate effect upon Christianity of the revival of the Pagan sent ment, which, beglaning with the thirteenth century, is continuing its uninterrupted prog- rees through the tut era. Tlie use of the tern Cliristianity he Umita strictly to the Catholfe Church,—Pratestontisn: betng declared by him a negative factorIn the sum of forces which have marie an jmpress on the work’; or, tranting it some ttle effect, tt has been merely one of the Influences Hasteuug. the process of Christian disintegration. The fneresstuy epread of Paganism for un indefinite period to come fs considercd by hin as a rttonal forecast fron the present sttitnds of things, It fs admitted, and all [ta consequences calinly estimated. ‘The worst that may result from the full develop. ment of the workings of aclentifie, philozopiile, and esthetle evolution fa reckoned In the cake Jatlon; and yet fs looked upon without dismay, andthe tinal and complete triumph of the Catholic Church bs confidently predl:ted, The causes which will secure the re lish- ity are: First, the reaction or Inter ret In againat the resent naturallatl: movement, and turn back he pohular tide toward the old tuevcracy onily, the education of the people in Selence and Philosophy will bring them tanta closer cone nection with the clergy, and enabie them to judge with an enlizhtened intelligence of te uirity, aud Mberallty, and authority of the Cin ny and, thus tivested of prejudice and alarm, they will readily come under [te control again, Thirdly, the ‘effect upon the Chureh Atself of the prevailing Pagan sentiment has } been to strengthen its organization, to give pre= elsion and dlatinctness to ita doginas, to perfect unanimity fn the faith and alms of Its followers, and to increase the eilleienes of Its governmg pores, While loging its hakd ‘pnd poralt- fes, it has been constantly ca! mie Souettaial sway, and, by the stimulus of opposition, tt has devaloped vigor, discipline, and ardor, and pre- pared Itself for the right maintenance of the uprenmacy it is herexfter to attain, In unfolding bis argument, Mr. Mivart fs) in the mam, cool fn his manner,—galning for hts opinions the respect belunging to them asthe utterances of nn honest Catholic; but occa: slonally passion gets the better of courtcsy, and. he {ndulges in the use of bitter words, Callln Bismarcl, Gartbaldi, and Victor Emmanuel “obecene creatures of rapine,” and“ unelean vultures and hyenas,” may gratify personal spite, but It docs not ndd wefglt to te author's assertions, nor inercaseconfidence fn the charita- ble epirit of the Chureh he worships. 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At mast, only the esscullal points of the subject can be introduced; and these, to afford a con- nected and compreheusive idea of the whole, must be graphically presented, and so ekill- fully linked together that the gaps which must. frequently oceur shall be 60 distributed, and their existenve so indicated, that a true per spective shill be properly preserved. Itisa task demanding complete mastery of the theme, skill in maintaining syminetry while diminish- ing its. proportions, talent for writIng a lucid narrutlye, and ample time. - Prof, Gunning gives sufficient evidence of posseaslne the first s\ualltentioty, Uls furniliari- y with the facts of the earth's history is that of one tralued to repeat them from meniory and in chronological scqtence, to. sult the Purporcs, of the popular lecturer on Natural Selence. 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PHILIY GILBERT MAMERTON, The books of the genlal and entertaining art- writer, Philip Gilbert Tamerton, buve had a nrge circulation among the reading public of America, and have wou fur thelr author a feel- ng of very friendly interest. This {s naturally attended with a curiosity concerning the person- al Listory of the writer, and espoclaily regarding: the clreumstances which lave stinulated lis Mterary and srtlstic proelivities, The Jnterna- tional Heview contains an extended sketch of the man and of his books and pletures, evideutly written by one whose suurces of {nfurmation are authentic, To gratify our own readers, the ue vount Is condensed into the following para- graphes Mr. Hamerton fs of nn old and honorable En- gilsh family, several members of whom have been knighted for aceds of pecullar distinction, ‘The rematns of the ancient ‘castle-ball oecu- pled by his carly ancestors still stand {1 Cruyen, —a ruin venerable with tha cld of many centu- lea. The remainder of the estates belonging tu the fumily were conflscated {nu the tlue of Henry VILL, ln requital for tho treason of Sir Stephen Humerton, the then lead of the house. Vhilip Gilbert, the Jast eminent scion of the Hamertone, was born near Shaw, Lancashire, tu 1834, His mother divd coon after hia birth, and le was given to the care of two maiden sisters of his father, who watched over his childhood with tender solfeltude. His father, a sullcitor by profess{on and a man of good mind, died when I’bifip was a boy of 10. The residence of the orphan was then transferred to Hollins, the beautiful estate of his grandfather, near Burm ley, ond the responsibility of Lis training was fntrusted to his father's elder sister, The boy lad alrcady developed a taste for both Jiterature and paluting, and his future yovation was thus early foreshadowed. Before Ils father's death he had made good progress iu English studies and In the acquirement of the French language, Latin was begun at the age of five and a half; but, in this and Greek, the boy advanced very slowly, Indeed, his diatiky of the classica amounted to positive aversion. Yet, by dint of steady drill, ie was brought up to the standard demanded for admission to Oxford. Despite tho long-laid plan, he was destined never to receive na university education; for, at tho period of his student-life, the gates of the two great schools of En- gland—Oxford aud Cambrldge—opened ony to those who would sign the Tuirty-nine Articles of the Eetablished Church. Young Mamerton could not consclentiausly conform tu the ro- Guiteinguts and for this reason the scheme for a Nberul education wus abundoued, Ile now re- solved to devote himself to urt, and at the we of 19 went up to London to study with a land- seape-patuter, one Mr, Petull. Artand literature about equally divided attention fur the ensuing two years. In 1835 puliighed w volume af pucins, Wtustrated by stx- cou Wood-ets of his own dealgning. ‘he bouk thas bad, fi all, a sale of about copies; but the writer, at n mature uge, has remarked of its contenty: “On the whole, they were rather studics ia poetry than real posis.” Prior to their fasuc, Mr. Ilntnerton bad tried bls band ut varloua styles of didactle prose.. When stil o youth of 16, he bad contributed to the Jatorle “Qimes v sericea of urticlespon ‘Rome in 18493" and, the year after, had published a treatiaa on Heraldry, which possessed slender clans to ao Uce. Having uttaiued his majority ta 1555, he his he went to Parts to farther hia knowledge of patnt- ing and of the Frenet Kterature. The succeeding two years werk years of Wise couragement and de: ne tor ir neither de. partinent of work to Mr. Hamerton tad devoted bhneelf nad i tle a satisfactory suse e Inthe autumn of 1%, the Lappy thought strict bin ef perinanently mdopthng tent-life fia order the better to proseente bis studies and sketches froin Nature. ‘The (den was carried out onthe moors dividbys Lancashire from York- shire; and, in the following year, the experience was repeated during it sojourn of five qupnths Mr. 1 wear Lach Awe, in Seotland, In 1859, Hatnerton was tarred to an accouplts French luly, Mile. Eugenie Gindriez, whose ae quatntanee he had formed durlig his residence For three years nfter this event, he inads his home or ‘the Island in Loch Awe. Leaying this © ttand-farm In 1561, he removed to France, dwelling for s thine In bens, a sriall efty on the Yonne, and tn 1883 taking a country. house near the town of Autan, where he still remains, The books by which Mr. Hamerton laid the foundation of” bis Hterary repute were the © Palnter's Camp! and “Thoughts About Art,’ pmllahied togetuer In the 1862. These 6s, brought lim, beaides a considerable name, ap pications from prominent Enulich muraiziues: lor contributions to thelr ealumne. Darin three years he served asthe nrt-critls of the Londoit Saturday Keviex, In 1985, he gave to the world his studies of “ERtehers and Eteh- ings,"—a costly work, {Hustrated with original etchings. It was uot stercutyped, and: the edl- tlon was soon exhausted. It has since been fa- sued in plainerstyle, Jn 1960, “ Wenderhulme," a story of Laneaalire unit Yorkelive, was pnb Mshed, but_met with Title ts Anew and much abridged edition of the novel lins lately been produced. A year later, Mr. Hamerton founded the /ortyollo, an art-perlodieal whieh has vouquered for ttself necttled place in peel- udleal Hrerature, Jn the p3 ea of this magazine have apy several of hfs latest works, as The Un River,” Chapters on _Antinals, The Sylvan Year.” ‘the “Lite of Turuer,” now runnlig through the numbers, will be reprinted in book-form early next year, A Lore buok, entitled “Hurry “Blount,” was published tn 1875; and, within the present year, that pleasant oketch of he French at home, nated Round House: Notes of Rural Life tn France in and War. ‘The best known of all Mr. Huwnerton’s works, the “Intellectual Life, was Issued in 1873, It hus heen twelve thes re- printed, and hasasteady sale fu England and America, Although Mr. Hamerton lins made such dili- gent ureof the pen. his brush dias not been fdle, aud he has exhibited oil-patntings ju many ‘ofthe public galleries In England and Paris. He hax also given much tine to etching, for which he hes an especial fondness. [tis aa an author, however, but he lus fonni success. Of the daily life of Mr. Haterton, the writer to whom we ure already ev much indebted says, hia habits are extremely quictand regular. “Ve fongally employs the carly hours of the moru- ing for iitcrary cumposition, and reserves sev- eral of the best and lightest hours of the day for Peaciieat art. Towards evening be has angther iterary gitting, after which he drives with his family, He has wisely given up sll Hterary work’at night. Onee {uo while, for the sake of reercation, be takes u run to Paris, or Londun, or Switzertund; but even these visits are turned to good avcount, atid amid ¢: erclée he pleks up a good many grains of know edge. His republican avmpathles are very strong; and le has watched the polltleal events of Europe and America with profonnd interest and « strong faith in the growth of Mberal principles and fustitutious, Mr. Jamerton’s Beueral appearance js aingularly attra person he fs well-formed and athletic, with a noble head, regular features, uw clear and pene trating eye, and aflne beard, which is worn full, The type of lis features is decidedly Amerteun, rather than English, and his countenance is strongly suggestive of that of (ivorge Mae- donald, if, Sndeed, it cannot be sald to resemble the latter.” —— FRENCID POPULAR LIBRARIES. -France owes to the philanthropy of one of its bourgeois, M. Girard, an institution that is working efficiently for the dissemination of knowledgeamong the peasantry and the laboring clnsees. ‘This active friend of the people knew Inearly Hfe the bitterness uf struggling with poverty; but, by energy and perseverance, ralsed himself to a position where he could com- mand facilities for Intellectual fmproyement, Ife became a falthtul attendant upon the Iect- ures of the Consezvatury of Arts and Trades, and, grateful fur the benefits thus received, longed to spread them among hls countrymen who Were indigent and fguorant, as he had once been, Out of this ardent desire grew the idea of = establishing = society = which should have for {ts object the forma- thon and eneouragement of poptlar Hbraries, The plan received the approval of a number of Uterary and fuiluentlal oun, wha joined in the organfzation of the Suclete rank pour la Propagation des Bictivtheques Popuiatves, By an active and judlewas method of admin- istration, the Franklin Suciety bas been ioutra- muntal 1 laying the foundation of many popu- Tar libraries, in widening the sphere of useful- ness of others already beyun, and in stimulating a desire for reading “among a peasantry notable for ilteracy und slugyish habits of mind. aly cared vn "and two Frencunien in three can read, oud one of these must spelt lis ‘way along the printed page; hence the Mbrarles [utended for the use of the com- mon people uiuat be simply written and most cautiously chosen, ‘To aid dibrarians in their ditleult reh fur appropriate works, the Su- elety appointed u committee of twelve to make a cotaluue uf select books, which should be at. once plain, wholesome, and fustructive. ‘The list was published tn 1537, and contained the names of 853 works, supply the need for bouks of the right character In Science, History, and Fiction, authors were Induced to write fur the direct purpose, until the demund wus satls- OO According to the American Library Journal, to whieh we owe an acknowledgment for: the above Cetails, thers were In France, in April, 1944, 773 popular Hbrurice, 265 of watch had been created by inunicipatities, and [03 by private persons, The majority of these libraries we: more or less fudebted to the aid and diluence: of the Franklin Society. And still, after all its effort, there remalned fourteen out of the elghty-six departments Into which Franeg 1s dl- vided, destitute of books tor the use of the peo ple, [tts the intention that the work of multl- plying Wbraries shall couthue untl euch of thu 3H,000 communes in France shall be provided with one. ‘the reports of the Mhrarlangs show a great pauelty of readers. In one ease there are but ve or six readers n week; fn another, 125 vole umes are cirvulatel (in nine months; ina third, 129 aro taken out inthe courae of a year. In several communes the experiment hus been tried. of stinuluting au interest In books by courses of lectures, —the lectures blag imadd up of ex- tracta fruiu sume pleasine work, with acvou- pa ying explanations to asslat the uneducated intelligence, “The attempt has been do with oan) encouraging == measure success, = The = subscriptiun tu the popular libraries isoften onty penny Amonth: therefore their income is scanty and their growth, very slow. ‘Thu Franklin 3 fa by uno means a wealthy organization, and ts obliged to be yery cautlous fy the distribution of Its charities; yet {t freely distributes {te catalogues, together with advies nnd beth in the purctagy of books at reduced rates, It alsu frequently donates a package of books, souprishii usually twenty volumes, which, being cholee fu every way, dre regarded us a precivus benefaction, CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, The American Muslonary gives statistics from the report of the California Chinese Misston, which deciares that, during theyear ending with August, 1876, the cost of the mission has been $5,897. An avernge of seveutcen teachers have becn constantly employes nd the number of Chittamea who have given evidence of cuuver- siun ig not less than 115. Besides these, the number who profess to bave left ul the worstup of. itols, through the dasluence of Christan toazhing, is upwand of 11, Theso results of nilgsionary-labor amoug the heathen on our western coast, are rightly {regarded a3 yery en- couraging, SPARKS OF SCIENCE, TE GUINEA-WORS, One of tho ugly parasitic worms that find a congental home in the fleshof men and animals fa the Marla medicusls, popularly called tho Guinca-worm, 1¢ is indigenous in certain hot countrics, asin Abyssinia, Upper Exypt, Son- egal, and other parts of Africa; India, Persia, Central Asia, and the Istand of Curacoa. ‘The only specinicus that have yet been {dontified were {impregnated femates; but it fs suppused that the little Tank-worms of India ure the larval form of the Filaria, The adult antmatis slender and cylndeival, of an opaque, iilk-white color, about one-ninth of an fuchin diameter, and from six inches to four feet in length. Tho mauuer in which the worm enters the buman body is not known; but tho probability is, that, while still very young and minute, it penetrates the skin, It is related by Carter that Mfty school-childrou in Bumbay went to bathe fn certain pond, and twenty-one of ths number afterward suffered from the parasite, some of them being attacked by fuur or five. Natives, who are in the habit of going barefoot aul of frequently entering the water, are more subjet to fis uttacks than are Europeans, After entering the body, the paraaite remains {inbedded tn the tisstte, ina more or Jess quien cent condition, until tt has fully matured, which taker from eight weeke ta-two te Itthen Approaches the surface, creating by ita presence wt ulcer, which breaks spoutancously in & few days. Through the opening thus made, the worm, if undlaturbed, will eject {te young, As two of three {nehes of the anterior end now protrude, the parasite can be easily drawn out by pulling Bently on the end, and winding st around satall stick, oro litte roll of linen, ‘The process of extractfon {s a protracted one, ae only a sinall portion of the wormt can be drawn out daily. It is necessary tu ure great care not to tear the animal, as any art left in the flesh fs apt to induce violent in- qanumalion, fever, and other injurivus symp- OU, ' ‘The Gulnea-worm oftenest occurs in the lecs t, although f: hinx been found In the era of the mesentery behind the conjtmetina of the eye. ated by one medical authority that, in 172 cath, It uppeured 12 times in the’ fect, thirty- three ties In the legs, even times In the thivsh, twice In the hands, sud. twice eleewhere. 4s ingny os fifty worms have heen ree ported in on siudle person, Sometimes the sever and pain ovcasiue.ed by its presence fs very severe. It has eveu beew known to result in death, On the other hand, tt occasionally in- duces no particularly tropleasant symptoms, The Guinea-worm ts .wmong the pests familiar to the anelonts, It hos been argued that the “tery serpents” whic: plagued the Israelites duriig thelr sojourn ‘tn the wilderness wers uone other thau these j-arasites, which, fu break: dng out, cause po much heat and anguish. ‘They: ure indigenous tothe ¢entral and eastern por- tlon of Arabia Petriea; and it is thought that, whlle traversing this dit trict, the Israelites may have been attacked by- them, and, from Igno- rouce of the proper i reatment, suffered the Kreat mortality that {6s nentioned In the Script- ures as happening withi«a the region. —— RUSSIAN Ni TURALISTS. Russa has ns yet no ob ganized National Asso- (ation for the Adyane ement of Science, like those of Great Britaln wad the United States; but every yeur {ts naturi sts convene together for the reading of papera and the discussion of sclentific topics. Before each meeting a permit Inns to be obtained from. the Czur, who settles the rules of the meeting, and the sum of inoney to be allowed for its va wivus expenses. The fifth cnuual mecting was held at Warsaw, be- gluning Sept. 12, 1870, and lasting nine days. There were about 300 tm .turalists present, and among them were very few foreigners. The mecting was divided into ten sections,—those of Scientific Medicine and «(Chemistry being par- tleutarly full, At the publi: sessions a sumber of interesting lectures were delivered. Among the propositions witich receh zed strong auppur was that of Prof. Wagner, tu establish o ological station ca the Sifovetzky Islands, which ie in the White Sea; and of SE Grimm, apkiug the help of the Naval Depastinent for dredijngs In the Black Sea. On the occasion of a visit of some of the nat- urallsta to the Deaf and Dumb Lustitute at Warraw, Prof, Poplovdiy delivered a tecture on the Causes of Deaf-Martenver, tracing tliem to the defective constitution of parents and to marriages between near relatives. At the clos- ing ueethig a paper way read on the aubject of Tusanity, In_whieh the sughor showed by sta- listles that TU per cent of the insune could be cured If subjected to treatment within a few months after the appearceice of the disease, while those who werg not t eated until the mal- aly was of two yearns! stan dlug were generally incurable, The next meeting-will cor rrene at St. Peters- burg, and will take the mame of Meeting of Naturalists and Peysictan 4? Meanwhile, ac cording to the usual cust on, the lectures and longer eres read at the previous ineeting will be publighed iu ove or two volumes. « — HYGIENE OF 1PLANTS. An article in the America Naturalist on the “Hygiene of Plants * commends the wholesome effect of crowing vegetation: In Iving-rooms, It asserts with reason that, if forests purify the alr about them,u group of ;plants inthe house will dothe same, It remarks that “ Many guse- ous aod other substances effect aniinals and plants fn a siinitar manner; 1md, in many eases, gu atinosphere in wolch one will not thrive is hurtful te theother. Many { njurlous gases that are too often found In ourdw ellings effect planta even more recdily than they do mun, so that, to avertain extent, planta becc me tests of the alr we breathe; and, whenft fs founet that plants will not grow fn a zoom Tyecause of gas from chandelier or furnace, it is aiarely tric that such Tous ure tintlt for man’s uceupatum, and that they cannot be used without certain’.njury tothe health. In greenhouses. where a huge humber of plants ure shut up ina small amo wit of ate, itis true that the amount of carbonic acid ts, ht, less than outside. # lorists, whe spend much of their time in greeolre-uses, are as a class untattally healthy; rind sometimes these people sleep for weeks in tle greend use, with hot the icart evil elfeet. P bysictans who have had much experfenve amoney florists have unl- formly testified to thelr ger eral robeistncas, It ia also o well known fuct tl mt asthia ithe persons often tind great relief us 13 ebtet a green house and breathe {ts alr: even those whose complaint prevents comfortable rest elsewhere inl tetle orno trouble in steeping tii a green- Ouse, " FISH-CATCHING SPIDER. The American Natura‘ ist prints the following singular anecdote, furnished bya aorrespond- ents “Just before tac Inte War,’ says the writer, “Iwas at Col, Oakley Bynuz 's spring, in Lawrence County, Alabaina, near Zhe Town of Courtland, where £ saw a school of minnows playlng Inthe sunsb'no near the edo of the water, All at once a.apider as lurge ag the end of my finger dropped down among tliem from atree hanging over the epring. The spider selzed one of the minnows near (ne haid. The Neh thus scized was about threo tucks long. As soon as it was setzed by its captor, it swam around swiftly in the water, and frequently dived to the bottom; yet the — apfder held on to ft. Finally, it came to tho top, turned upon its back, wid died. It seemed to have been bitten or wourded on the Jack of the neck, near where the brea folus. Wien the fish was dead, tho spider moved off wit It to the share. The Hib of the tree from which the spider must have fallen was betwoen ten and fifteen fect above the water, Its success shows that ft had the judgygent of u practical engl- ner. -— BIG SPIDERS, ‘The sands of the-steppes of Central Asia aro the ablding-place uf many specica of loathsome and polsonous “ey ceping things. Mr, Sehuy- ler speaks of a ‘vhalanire (Solpuga uraneoides), oue of the long-lugped spiders known popularly as the Harvestinan, or the Grandfather-Gray- beard, which hus Tong hair, “sand, when wall ing, secms ua large o8 ono'a two fats." This formiduble best fs given to biting when {rritated, oud with Its jaws makes four Httle hules-in the flesh. The bite fa pol- ronons, though not deadly. Its victim feels at tlrat no more discomfort than from the ating of 4 gat; but, aftera time, the puln spreads over the whole budy, and fy acoumpanied with fever und groat exhaustion. A Chinese ofticer Btu in Dis travele iu ‘Turkistun, that the body of tho kirgest Solpuyas ts thu nize of a but teruut; aud that of the smaller ones, of 4 wal- nut. Spiders of such dhacuslons, with thelr big, hatry bodies Hfted un on long, stout legs, tuust be as frightful an adversary as one would bo ikely to encounter in uny experience amid the haunts of wild autinal CALIVORNIA CARPET-MOTH, The Amertcan Journal of Micruscopy deseribes a pestiferous tnecct which fs as destructive to carpets as the cluthes-moth. It ts a sniall beetle known to science as the Anthrenus lepldus, and in popular parlance ts culled the “California Carpet-Moth." Its deprodatiuns arc not continod tothe State from which {t takes Its common name, but extend frum the Pacific States to those on the Aticntle coast, It ls Uo larva of thu beetle which fs to bu dreaded, ‘This fg. small, halry grub, which feeds oy woolen stuifs, ‘The Insect paxscs through the fupa state before casting off {ts larval form, omurging from tho pee vasu snd the skin of the larva ut the same nie. ‘There are a half-dozen species of tho An- threnus in thls country, several of which are noted for thelr ravages in the cabinets and mu- soums of thy naturalist. The beuties tly about early in apring, ob which time they lay their eggs. Benzlng and carbolie acid are reco. mended us preventives of thelr attacks, BIE NOTES, 3 Baron Von Nolkeu has returned to Germany frou Colombia, where he has been studylug the Lepidoptera of the country. His collections n« elude 10,000 of the larger butterilice aud moths, and inaty of the smaller ones. ‘The Science Loan Exhibition tn London hag heen so successful that the time for closing has been postponed, and the evening lecturcs In connection with it uro to be recommenced, Ats Inte mecting of the Parts Academy of Sclence, M. Batblari reported freal observations upon the Phyluxera of the vine and of the on! The new facts show a great resemblance be- tween the two In their habits and tho phenome- na of their reproduction. A single plantation of the Eucalyptus, be tween Los Angeles and Auabetia, in California, has 80,0) trees on 140 neres. About 30,000 of the trees are frum nine to twelve fect hiph. Tho sale of the Enealyptus in Cailfornia during the fast sewson has been larger thay ever hetore, The price has decreased, but the demand re- suains steady. Among the mountains of the ‘Tinn-ehan range, bordering the valley of the Zerupalur Iver in Turkestan, there isu _Ittle lake, the Iskender Kul, at a height of 6,770 feet above the aca. It fs six niles in elrvumferency, end Se surrounded with inust pieturesque scenery. ‘Ta only species of tah Inlinbiting its waters Is the Barbus fluviatilis, which ta notible for {tz palaom- ous rou. ‘There grows in Texas, andthe resion weet pod north, n sinall, thorny, knotty tree (tlvarutda glandulosa), bel ousoic to the order Leguminosae, und calted the Mesquite tree. Its brateles jiela abundantly a gum which fen ood sult ute for gum-Arable, During tho past reur, 12,000 pounds of this gum have been tliered in Bexar County, and as much more between that and the east. ‘The Frenclt Botanical Soclety inaugurated an exhibition of inushrooma, at Paria, Oct. 23., It was the plan to bring together speciinens of every apecics of mushrooms, elther in a fresh or dry atate, toyether with bouks, drawhige, or en ErAvints, bearing upon the subject, During the eluht days of the exhibition, there were to be Acetures upon inycologys and excursions in the vielnity of Paris. Varluus questions regard! the growth, structure, and charactoriatles 0! mushroom were provided for discussion by the Soctety. The Bulicin of the Belgian Academy contains an claborate report by MM. Montigny: on re- searches upon the connection between the scintil- lation of the stars ond the yurlations in the weather. The report !s based upon 1,820 obser yations mado ou seventy stars during 230 days. The sum of the report Is, that the acintillatfon Juvariably increases with the approach and oc currence of rain. It is, on au average, stronger in winter than in sunimer; and in all seasons {increases one or two days before the arrival of tolst weather, and decreases immediately after the raln bas ceased. It also increnses during strong winds, and with theapproach of baromet- rie depressions. From this it appears that a study of tlic scintillation of thestars Is of tm- portance iu metcrological investigations. THE LAKE-SAILOR. Fall many a acene of peril wild The eailor af the Lakes mast know,— ‘Hin salle oft fann'd by breezes mild, ‘Yet often stt® with hall and snow, When wintry clonds obscure the sun, Ani the Serce tempest gathers fast, is dangerons vayage once begun, He epresds his canvas to the blast. Chicazo teft, the fav'ringbreeze Fills with ita blessing'every nail; ls bark. carcering o'er the scan, Flies like an eagle with the gale. Tut the long night draws on pace, And mist and darkness veil the skies; The cold rain freezes on hig face, As through the storm his vessel flies, “Tis no boy's play to trin the nail, Along that fce-bound, barren «trand, ‘When wildly blows the Narthern gale, Andon the lee-beam Iles the land. On snch a night, in ench a storm, ‘The ship Milwaukee here wna ost, And, Whittemore, the ifeters form On Michigan’s-cude wave wastost. On, on, the storm-tonsed vensel flea, ind how che passea by the ypot Where the fil-tated Neptoye Her, = ‘A tale of horror nat forgot. Each headland has its fata) tate Of hipweeek, hardship, ant of death, Where, in the fleree and wintry gale, Sunte gallunt vonls gave up their breatt, And now the reanian’s ea-er Is strain’d, while he, on Prays but to ace, amd tH South Manitou or Sleep Bs 3 Bear. It elears—the JizkLon Manitou: , : ‘Whey epread thelr canvas with a cheer. With glndvome hearts thelr eoure pureuas ‘Tis daylight, and the wky Ja clear. But night cones Coreting on again Ty the Nov'weat there hangs 3 bauk; And now they bond thelr eyes to gain The stimniring Hight of Wablehank, For rocks are eeattor'd far aud wide, as nearer t ¢ Polnt they draw; Aud dangers irk on every elde, Throughout the Ktrults of Mackinaw. ‘Now o'er bine Muron's crystal wave Vivier close-reef4 the vous) files; Wild Saginaw the xeoman braves, Thy snow fast falllnz Crom the ‘Naught can be acen shove, around, Hut hfe btind course he must puranes ‘One Ftands with ready lead to xonnst, ‘And watchfulneus pervades the crew, And hark! the soundings by the Jead— ‘Anda half four,” the Iendamian crice ‘he shouls—the ehonle—land dend ahead! ** Hard cown your helm!" and round she filets **Brace up the yarda! Haul aft the shecta! Danger and sliipwreck He before!” ‘The billows foo the veesol mecta, Smbay'd on the Canadian shore, aceon attends th seaman brave, — he long, Jong night of danger's past; Hie gallant veutel cleavna thawater And through the Rapids glides ay last. Cuicaue, November, 1876, Cart. Bax, ~ MY LOVE, All day tong the sun had been shining Over the river, and valicy, and hills; Soft-whispering breezes came up from the sonth- ward, ‘Tossing the wild flowers, and rippling tho rill Then easalwe lengthened, and soft, hazy aun- ight Bathed the warm Earth in ite lat crimeon light; Tyrilight descended evening clotod ureter Earth had thrown round her the mantle of Night, Laat by myaclf, all alone, in thoatillness, Watching the atar-path of Hgnt "\hwart the sky; Tho river flowed past, with Ite low, weary mur- mur Tearlug Jta burden of foam-flakes fast by. Then, on the hfsh of the night all sround me, Fell tis ound of a foutstep I knew, ah! toe wells And I found that my heart-throbe beat Hime tothelr musle, Whispering a story my lips dared not tell, . T aat there again,{that same night, in the stare Along; and the river waa murniariog atitl; ‘Tho pale mildnight-uiooh wae juak shedding’ ita rae ty Adawn tho dark aldo of the far dlatant bit, 1 baw all and ticurd ally as though "twerea dream, Ia'tho soft, mellow’ light coming down fro above, And my heart wan all f0)l of a rapture exquisite, Fort had that night iny first leavou tn ioves mt Sweet words had boen spoken in soft, lowered noe, And cach to the other our accrats revealed; Aud pally though LE loved hin the fondest and My heart's real affection from him I concentud. Tn quick, earnest words, be told me ble hifg; Iwas checkered with joy, ee tamptation, aad grief, And, naw that all that was dead with the pat, dna woman's trug love bia huart sought rellef, Oar cond-bys weru spoken in sorrawtn! tonce, And our ‘eyes sought cach other fn devp, carats yaz0; For wu knew that the dawn of the oncomlug more row Would part our two lives for many Jong days. ‘The days, weeks, and months drog their weary way through, ad my poo cart grows sick with hope long od For I have not bad one word of romembrance From bln whom my beart's drat affection bas sthrred. fad dowuid Oppresa me, my heart almost breaks, Aud tho thought luoma before me, that be fy un true} . But tulsa fond heartis loth to vollevo. And f ray Goud wy sorrow be kept from Earth's view. fe Ue Kxoxus, Ia. ee THE WORLD. “\Tow sweet fe Life!" sho sung? “Pho World te fair, and Lam young. low can they tell or Death—Dospalrr’ She song, and fuly smiled at care. Only 5 woman's oace pure face, Now deeply stamped with muny a trace ‘Of Nugerlug vhome and deep dlvgrace; And once the World to but was Julr/, Garva, lL, Nov. 1, QW