Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 24, 1877, Page 9

» THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1877—TWELVE PAGES. . 0 the m:rlnv%nl Nowers, and sucking the honcy through this, snrtead of reaching it by tho month of the flower, where they must nearly fn- eyitably nld in the process ‘of fertilization, When ‘humble-bees hava set the examplo of hitlng fntoa nectary from the outside, hive-tices arc quick to mitate them, and often: a whole field of plants of a certaln apeciea will be served In this way, ftfs a nuicker method in the end 10 suck honey throngh an srtificial hole in the flawer, and Darwin suggests that the been which stop Lo citt the orifica may sacrifico thelr time for the suka of the reat of tho eommnnu{. 1t 1s supposcd that the firat plants w 'rh ap- ared upon the carth were cryptogamlie, and hat, whon flower-bearing species were ilevel- oped, before the existence of Insects, they de- nded upon the wind for croes-fertilization. Many spevies stili continuetobe fertlilzed nalnly by this azency, and these, as a whole, stand in alower grada than the plants fertilfzed by in- socts, The amount of polien produced by wind- fertilized or ancmophilous plants, as they are of the Worm; the Poct to the Earth- rity of Soul: the Falls; the Pyrencan LITERATURE. vlidunls who have received from thelr progeni- mrd»;l" by Mary Treat (with ten fllustrationa): | “The tors an inheritance of unsound health, infirm ++ A fammer Crulee Among the Athintic ded Jth thirteen [llustration: : . Harlzan: the wilis, and unbalanced minds. Rearcd amid | Sang ogine Garden,» hy EllzahoihSgiart o} the Comet: Change of Harlzan: thy ! tuart Petyst | (izoupof Fdgile; Alithe Pastand Al the Future; wholesome surroundings, In accordanro with | ** O1d Wiley.t a stors, by John Faten Corke o ot ond Time: tho Plagues’ Elegy; the T % the laws of hyglenc and the principlen of anen- | (vith threeiitastratlons) i THE O for W ne | Little Onna; Aboves the Mountains; tiic Tem- Hightened and: philanthropte. civhization, the | Sotchs”, & MOt Lt aeaist v (wvith tle; to Man: Abgse.” il Sk evil tendencies of these unfortunata persons lasirations): ** Uncls Zcke's Conscience, _There Is, however, a Prologue, ca o afMicted from birth with a dianstrous fegacy, story (with two ilinstentions) ¢ ** Tho Kain Vislon out’ of which this Book has arlsen. might (na great measure becounteracted. It 18 oem; *¢A Woman Iater, ' Part X.i ot The [ flere, as elsawhere throuzhout the work, thera easfer and cheaper for the 8tate to prevent unllc Librarics of the Unilted &1atenc’ = Vain | are traces of the infiucnce of Dante upon the crime than Lo punish_It, but as yet the [deafsa | Waiting, n.m'm-.,b! fi,'“"r" onriea Marstun: | author: bat thie Iatter han afmed at reaching the navel one, Py only fn theory lins Its practica- Marrled ¥ Gy AL hy Reheeea Hnrding | ploomy grandenr, not the sharp distinctnoas of 1! o show thee woman, —knav:cst, Xewrs, that, — Shown thee an goddess too returns to her parents, liko a whipped dog, when she has no bread tocat. When all the'ocorlo- mics arc spent, when everything is gone to the pawnbrokery when Lautier has well-nigh de- voured the family, hothrows It away liko a snck- e orange; lo vaulshes and roes somewhere clse ta find n new preg. Coupenu, 1o pass rap- idly to the end, dies in a hospital from delidum tremens; (Gervalse becomed a pauper, lives on charity, trics everything in vainy and finally dies of starvation in a’corner. I'have not much sympathy for what ts catlod: popular literature, but this specimen oxceeds anything of the kind [ lave ever read. Eugens® . Bue nttempted to palntethe © Mrsteries of Paris,”” and studied tlic manncrs of the danger- -’ ons clnssca: but in his work the oworier, tha' | °. eanallie,~ara not everything: he pgives us also great lndies and Princea fn disgulse. In the ** Assominole™ there ia not aven s mentlon of & gentleman ur of agentlewoman, We arc fairly - plunged fo the great occan of poverty and of. Thongh man be darkened hy the high kinz's power, Abars oy hend J-hnre mRE® orITL R hnsver 1o With boughs of elm and bongha of holly green; 1 Jove the meadnws, woods, the nnfettered alr, Nezra, Phyllodosis. ainl the fair. Darwin on Fertilization of Plants == Wilson's ** Slave-Power.” Ninston Adrertiser. The battle-plece, ¥ Lo Cimetiero d'Eslan,” is told by Hugo's Uncle Louis to his ncphows in the garden. Eylau was fought In winter, in a rcluuz fmowstorm. On the eve of the battle harefooted children, otd men and women, werg huerying from the plain. Hugo's Colanel posts bim in the cemetery with 120 men, with orders to dle there, but to dle as slowly as postible—to mako his men last out till 8 o'clock § he can. 'rlm‘( sleep In tho antw, without supper or breakfast, and next day the flzht takes place. fireat snowflakes arc nflllnfi. and the smoke from 600 guns hangs over the field. Never once in the day do they scc 121 encmy ora Hfll;’pun- ing column, por can they guess how the battlo e & T bility been settled, }:’l‘ ':::m! Sg::}u nl‘:;c’"l!r‘»enk’abnl“'ah": fifffi{m’{ thouzht and Imaze, of the Tuscan poet. The Fi 'Tho statistics contained in the pamphlct be- | Flame o T oniad Sutstancen by | versification i frequently marked by intentional fore us, giving the hlnwrylhraug“:.uvcnl fgen- Jame and the Comb, Snlistances, hy erations of o family of notorious criminals, are caleulated to move the public to & renewed con- sideration of the wiscst methods of dealing with its worthless, burdensome, and mischicy- ous clnsses, . It Is'a slckening recort of vice and misery, hut usctul tu fxing the aticntion upon flngfllflm most puzzilng snd presslug soclal The Life and Writings of St. John the Apostle. John W, Denper (with efzht flluxtrations); | roughness, - Only when Yictor Hugo falls upon Vittoria é:olonna,” & poem, by Henry W. | aaulct idylilc theme dowe fnd an Incomparabla I3 or, My Pather's8lns* by | sweelness and harmony. For thls reasom, in ‘ Lorna Doone, " ¢t Alice Lar- | translating the introductory plcture, we prefer neriffe. " n poem: V' Editor's | {o retain the orfzinal measire, and drop the Editors, Iotery Record: | rpeme, which Is Jcss 2 loss to French herole ’.‘f%"\{mr.- ";g‘fi:"’!:‘ ‘u:& verse, owing 10 the repetitions which the Jan- seyen filnstrations). Sargery-—-Electricity and Teleg- raphy---Roman Trium- a sprinkler on tho leaves. 1'be garrison is thinned ns the day wears on. * We ure only forty," says the Captain once. ' * Thirty,” growls the old flerpeant at the next luophole, In correction. Hugo's arm Is broken, the dark has come, but :l':n fight goes biindly on In the gloom and oW, age aliows, The following * vislon ™ japut misery; we h 1 - virates. called, 18 enormous, as thero must bgn great | problems of the age. . WIDE-AWAKE for Aptll (D. Lothrop & Co., Forth an the argument of the work: i8 goinz ur what part they are taking fn it It Sirnets of ChlamameotrewWa mover Togko 18 i :flulc d"\‘h'" %m%!m{rt. ‘Man persons have ob- i DI I’.‘&’.}::“"xi“"““i‘,“'r Erontiplecs, e b | 1 hisd 3 drogmtt the Walior }'::ulzz i Jnle M. s s bnmeh{ou:ml :Ilnku-"lcr "ll';,cmjcnlles. Jaundry-shop, with its hot furnaco and Its fetid- . A 3 " Deawn ', T, Merrllts cared, —of Iy X - i 5 4 tszem“: i,fi:;,‘;hcfi".,‘f’;fi,‘,’,',}.,"{,;“‘,",‘}“,,’,',‘.’.‘;‘L a Die "', b LG Pk et A: O e el et eptheens that come thick as dropt from that garden- | atmosphere; or the low hrandy-shop, with fts o THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF 8T, JOIIN, ]l’(’ Hunt," T Awgs M, Macoosatp, D. D., Princeton, {pacm), by barrels of aleohol, its greasy tables. The world 0 which (iervalre moves Is 'a sort of Inferno, I and M. Zola scems to say to us, ‘*Lasciute ogm 3 speranza vofch'entrate,)” ST All these workIngmen have nlcknames; the; 1 all speak argot; they all detest thelr employers) they all swear; they all_hate tho very name of relirlon, and look with horror on the priest as well ason the police. Thoy read the newspa~ pers, and are all great politiclans; but they are not roclalists, In the old sense of the word, and this ts, In my cyes, one of the curjous characters istica of our working population, In the year i 1818 there were a great many soclallstic achoolsy 3l some followed X'mndnon&. tome Salnt-Simon, b 1y ' {poem | ahei Stnart Fiolpa (o filus, | An efldce with tho Joundolmulivier, e 1S rations hy . B, Jlumphrey) s **The Easter ac! joop-holes starred w! ey gl Yerseh, W a0 Il b ey | Foaval, "lv 'T: Kemion Perkinns +*Child Marisn oyes, ’ finos P40, New York: Scribner, Armatrong | Abroad: IV.~An Usicrowned” Emprees, by | And evolatlons of all monatrone groups e i Huey b, & Co. Fe 8 | Wil Honpd e lonaioniarans | Lo st ot okl B e e While the sheets of this work were passing | F o Pemrriment' ? s ortham) | Onened the o timen, 3 that pasacs by. Instances are cited whero basketfuls of pol- len, chiefly of thageonifers and grasses, have been awept to the decks of vessels near the North-Amerfcan coast, Prof. Riley, tho State Entomologist of Missouri, relaies that he has seen the ground In the vicinity of 8t. Louls ycllow with the pollen ‘of the glne, vhich thers was good reason to ellcye had heen transported Irom the pines forests 400 miles to the south. Wind-fertilized plants generally bear flowers of scparate sexcs, either on the samo plant or on distinct plants. Nagali believes this 1o have been the condition of the carliest and lowest members of the veg- ctable kingdom. Whero “the male and female flowcrs are on distinct plants, cross- fertilizatlon {s Insured; and this may be tho reason, Darwin suggests, why 8o man trecs and shrubs aro thus copstructed. Thefr long life ennbles them tho better to sustaina possibio fatlure of impregnation in any Eeasans and, also, the advantsge of cross-lertilization tends to promote a sturdy and enduring growth. 1t has been remarked that annuals rarely have the scxes separated on distinct plants. Darwin belfeves that the benefl of cross-fer- tilization depends on_ the plants which are crossed having been subjected during rrevloun Eenerations to somewhat different conditions, as of soll, climate, ete.,—very slight diffcrences producing decided results, This conclusion har- monizes with tho fact that a cross between ant mals which have been subjected to slightl diffcrent conditions provesbeneficlal, »Why ft {8 heneficial that the sexual . clements should ba differestiated to acertaln extent, and why, if the ditferentiation be carricd stil further, In- ury follows," still remains a mystery challeng- ng continucd Inveatization. ‘*Itisan cxtraor- dingry fact,” says Mr. Darwin, “thai, witl many specics, flowers fertilized with thelr own policn arg elther absolutaly of insome degres steriles f fertillzed with “pollen from another flower on the same plant,’ they aro some- times, though rarcly, -a little moro fertile; If fertilized_ with polien from ~another tnd- viduat or varlefy from the esamo specics, they are fully fertife; but, I with pollen from a dlstinct epecles, they aro sterile fn all possible degrees, until utter sterdll- l{h reached, We thus have a long scries witl absolute sterllity at the two cnds,—at ono cnd duo to tho soxual clements not having been suf- Victor Hugo’s New Poem: “The Legend of the Ages.” 's_Experiment” (poem), by . E.3 | Vaults where the happy rat, the powerinl, augh the press, its autlior, the pastor of tho ' Lattlo 8y rigain nnmlu!“7 ™"ly Fenn Shiriey Cf‘n:nnemnhycllmcpll:r{nm!td. Inceyse-drank, Sheang o/ : : d, (lllullll!lul;l 55, amma’ ring Story” (poem), | Interiors of Jaxper, porphyry, Roid; 3 ¢ i + " i Lreshitoria cmml; 1 N;’m'o"' ard tnthe | BYE. . hfuntrationys ** (uinvelasct Ulrin,® | OF crnwned with tawers o wheal-care, every aga calfed, at tho age of 78, to his reward nthe | Chapter X,, XF.. and XIL by tophla May (lus= | Was there, ad sphlnz o'er its enlgma hents 1ife boyond. A sketeh of his character, and an tration by Miss L. B, Humphm)‘f' A Story Ite- | Each atage wilh rome vazuc animation abowed, outline of the purpose and plan of the cssay told (pocm), by Anns_Emclie Paulison (tinil- | Far rsing into eliadow, —ae an armed host Tustrations)s **Thee Nichtat Lower Ediy," by | Were, with ita leader, muddenly, petrided, embraced fn the prescnt volume, sra furnlshed | g, . 8, iforton, (Wlnstration by ¥ T, Mettll): | In act (o ttarm by excalarl the Slght, uction, written he Rey. Dr, *'Young ((me)'s Night-Thonzhts™ (poem), by | The mass thus fioated s a clond that rolls3 intho intr ) ¥ e t England. Laura E. Richarda (four_illoncttes by Helon | A wall it wav, and then n multlindes owedn; ol SHERRC, Marla Tindar s "Goodfor Nothing 1olls," Part | Tho marblo held the sceptre and tho sword, In constructing the blography of Bt. John | If., Chap. V ol Ly Eila Farman (Illustration)s | The dust lamented and the dull clay bled, from the very scanty materials left by history R Tove-Le " by Mre, Sara L. Darten (H1- | The stones that feil disclosed the human form. and tradiion, Dr. Macdonald hus exorclsed the | - Wricilon by Mty L., B, jflumphreyit \\Zhy | dan. whl i unkuann i cqn b most painstaking examination of all Up the Steeple, " by n?;n 11, Eckerson (flus- | And diverse, hoinz, sniverse, heat there, mources of information, and, with the trations by Jesslo Cortis): *'The Adventures of | And destiny, hiack thread the tomh winds off. oo amd Sugdcstions of fact ond [ Milllardes Teterkin Pane, " IV, by John iirown- | Bomctimen the lighinings on this livid plang reason thius carefully gathered, bas produced a Jolin (three fllustrations by ‘L. Mopkine); | Flashing, made million faces tudflenl{ leam. B mad complot necount of the lifeand | 4 banghter ana 1 1l =Sweeplng thoCarpet, by | I s tho Nauch thereehich we call fhe All, = dol t *the beloved Apostie,’ from his hirth Mra. Helen Tracy “Mye *Which hitty to | The Kinga, the wada, th glory, and thy law, lolngs of ¢ belo! i 18 Keep" (puem), by M, F. (full-page {liustration): | And generations duwn the aze-strcam bornes his d t Eph d hi 3 I r 7 Alonnd. Piion, o Society ‘of ¥ Ticlpers: * | And, as I looked, continued withont eod o de- Awako Tangled Ruote,” by KitClinton: ** Nunds: The blograpliy necessarily includes much con- Beheol Concert Esercine,’” by May Monle: ‘The superetition, acience, historr, temporancous history of theJewish race, aml of Slartor-Pastimes,™ by !]rr. Lucla Charo Bell: | An a black colonnade Is lost to view, the ltoman nation to which they were at this % 'ort-Nftice Departments **Musie [nnder the | This wall, compoecd of s} that crambics, timo subject, In the course of the portraiture, ;t":cn:“ Islon of Dr. Eben Toutjec}: Nobin Red- | Moss gloomy, scarped, and formless. WWhere It 5 : was AL TLARE, oty o | SR UCIOLAS for Aurh Srher, & Co N | Dngo¥ ot romehers o Saclaome s, ropriate sharo of the author's -aitentlon. Cinds ock, ™ i) = he author looks ! y upon confuslon, T ioie foot-nates throughout the buok referto | s, 'S, Clocke v 1o Gy Feme i | and sccs that It s a mixture of all haman thinge, thenuthorin consultedy s supplement the | tocdon: il Broring L Tbies Sang? | Sttt et anetia ™ i o thein ext Wl al o bits ol 0 on, ring, " Part 1. nm (Fonrins- y 2 abundance of tc:m:l'uvlnfa. lffl’"cldl (rulm srmm ::.;l oln: 3 IICQ.!’:I}B'M. kulcxi:," French lul'[zl:rv‘fur ‘.‘.“"'d‘ ltnu v{'vlnlrcd ;;fim&{ {;: ;(;‘1!:1 nt‘l':lull; lhee:';;n r- inslation, . _Chapman urtea- i0 Vi i e D o e e oeaneons i | dont: -Fourty Nooth Daats A thing becomes yazua and obsctire, exeept that 81, John, numecrois maps, ond & coplous Index, | Afist (Two, Mlattrstions by Ly - Ucakingti ) therd ls o palo glimmaring asof dawn, telng sut i vty cpenla aulary 10 b isrnk of | oy Sy e s Ln”genis | QS o PP B e e ' 2 urtinl; ** Ninmidated xin, ' nAn v — Coolice (Llnatrated Titloys < April _Snow | scription of the mpression produced by this N 3 ) et (dated G Apsil, pimezmors Awp, serzanapiy: | ek i vy S it e | R e o L E CITY AND A . | and the Tablet," by H. P. llustration 3 m(fl‘&vllll.ml!y (lmnnz”llll.aPn:ugc%.wwnhhn- Casper Deane and the ‘L‘llmambu.'; ’l'hl'n Look, ‘tis ahel's tearful relle left, — lullrnllnnl& flm"chw' mb.'l Now fi'nrkt na: y rlk Il\llm(gnt]lonfi%’. Ill'ihefi::'«”: z‘?x’"’:’.‘"‘“fi“i’"“""“"cé'L‘K‘f'.'v‘““’ . Clu o Stars {n T chard A, 01 exll, cars, Rac| s 0. Aelon % e CHIsian daeeh AeCIEly (Fuu liustrations: by ANthon): " G0 WHL" | proua, f:mruuy. s o of alstant realmie, From tho' examination which wouse bocn | o ATl IO Pl et iaaions | Firom sctereds Iy A vale i able to give this book, weo should regard It nsa | Lr'E, B, L il l;sril,rrl:n)n(!nu(sl:'t:out I{l,!fl:;m Tho Ilaman Epic, harat, Immense, u.m—mvmh - Lrooks (Sevcn Ilustra- | ye whole work s as curfonsly mixed as the Jocts which aro named fu Its title. It aimsto | {ions)s, “pliane fiottentih, the Fiddler,® by | jnoreaients of thils procm, It resounds with “ 1’Assommoir,” a Renlistic French Novel of tho Most 'Revoltlng Type. At last My dr::lum«;vflmwd tharoll, ¢*flogne, is it fear non st 4 l'm'rfl‘nnzty," #ald the child, A moment and the pla Felt an it were n rhinck, and sndden rang azaln 'Toa cry that went np even tn the Rloomy #ky, « + o+ Sudden the fring ceased, the night scemed Jess black to be, And they cried ** Vietory ! and I erled **Victory1"” And I percelved some 1fzhta approaching -usg to- ward these, Dlecdfug, 1 drapged mysell apon my hands and nees, And I said to myself, ** Let's sce how these things arol then llddcll," *Fall in, there!" and counted up my men. “*Proscot!” the Sergeant eald. **Present!” the drummer cried, 1raw m'y"(.'nlnnd conte, with his aword hy his side, **Say, by whom has the Sgut been wont™ to him § nswered he, The snow all around was bathed with red, And he weat on, *“That's you, Hugo, 1 hear and rec **§t1e,"" ‘‘}ow many arc you left olive herer* **Threel" somc Cabet, rome were Phalansterians, soma Posltivists. The workingmen had no dealre bus to reconstruct soclety on fomo equitable hasis— i lhg{khml theorics, doctrines. Now, If M, Zols A {e right, they have nothing but appotites; uxe; fecl a sort of fiendish hatred of the classes whic! scs8 capital § they have Jost all falth {n polit= jcal or aven sozinlistle theortes. They arc Ree pubdlicans, but merely beeatse the Renublic al- ways bezan in France with a rebellion, and rehelllon gives them what thoy desiro—a sort of holldny, an orgie, bacchanalin. ¥ ‘Therc Is mucli in the houk of A, Zola that can * only have heenobserved de résu; the wildost aud coarsest Imazination could hardly eoicelvesaine of the characters and the scenes of * L' Assom- moir.”" 8till, It would probably be very unjust to judge the population of our faubourgs by hisplcture: 1 this Is tho peaple, Fh-o uss Rine or an Emperor.' But [ caunot,belleve that it fethe people; it vnly deseribes well the worst lmn of the population, the fractlon—alas! very v arge—trhich tnok part in the Communo—the . men who are, g0 to_&pcak, the scum of the eapis b tal. ‘Tho terrible antmallsm and materialism ol : this class can probably only be found whera the = highest civilization dourishes, since “Les ex-. = tremes sc touchient,” as the French proverb says. - The most advanced culture requires v manure; you will find in o city ike Paris,along. ' | side of the most - admirable ~purity ' and the most extraordinary combinations . of utclloztunl - and moral _perfection, ¥ the lowest types of bestlalits. Thedefect of Al Zoln's book, 1n my opinfon, 1s in tho abscnee of conlrasts, ‘n its monotony. “Ce n'est pas Ihablt qui_foit lo moine,” says onother French proverb. We find everv day in the world fn ' which we move, amidst thebest-cducated people,, « men “who arc morally as low as Coupeauor. - The Cheyenne Indians — Terrible Ordeal Endured by Would- Be Braves, Turtle=Eggs === Skunk-Bites === Protective Mimicry-«=Ants ==sStone Rivers. ‘The plagne, wo. hangur. Iznorance, . LITERATURE. . FERTILIZATION OF PLANTS, THE EFFECTS OF CROSS AND S8ELP FERTILI- EATION IN THE VEGETADLE KINGDOM. “{Y Cuantxs Danwix, M. A., F. R. §,, etc, 12mo., ‘pp. 482, New York: D, Applelon & Co. Chiczgo: Hadlcy Bros. & Co. IPI'II:D. 2. In 1703, the German naturalist,C. K. 8prengel, Bret called the attentlon of botanists to the sub- fect of tho cross-fortilization of flowers, In & re- msrkable book entitled *The Becret of Nature Displayed,” The most important discovery proclaimed by the author was that of the asscn- tlal part which tnsects take In the fertilization of msny specles of plants. Bprengel's revela- tlons wero mob succceded by any further notable devclopments until Dar- win vublished, in 1857, his observations upon the fertilization of the kidney-bean; and, three years later, s work *On the Contrivance ‘The best of the poems Lased on recent events in Framco s the following, * Guerro Clyile.” On the aay of the decheance of 1570 a mob of the risen people, compascd evidently of the worst of tlie faubourien, have selzed an obnox- {ous serjent de ville and arc hustling him away to shoot fim, when his little Loy of 6 breaks through the crowd to him. Calm and stoical, he warmed The two cold tittls hands In his rough breast, and llmlfl;‘ e ml‘:\_l l:n the child, **Yon know where to find ator™ **Qur reighbor!" **Yes; gotoher.” *‘Youare cominz, too?* **1 witl go by and by.** **Iwon't ro withont you.** *\Why not?™" ¢+ Because these men will et you," ‘Then the man Below lhlu breath sald fo the chief of that dark clant *4 Lot zo my collar; take me gently by the hand, And 1 will vend the child away. {od understand, Then you can shoot me—round the comcer of the comprehensivo and valuable Lreatise on the sub- flcfently differentlated, and at tho other end to 1 Hinstrations hy Author)? Etroet, — Lautlers thelr decoratlons, their dress, thefr by Which British and Forelgn Orchids | their h{flnF been differentiated fn too great a | present an extended and accurnto summaryof [+ God finu ™ (Pocimyy by dnfia & Tt oers | cries, tortures, and agonics, eome Keey aud | Elsewhere Zwhersler, you will," Then grafly | mapncrs, do nob decelvo us: wo gee thoviilain - - Are Fertilized by Ineccts, Bloce the | degree, or in some pecullar manner. . . 1t | the progress of tho seleace and the art of clee- 44y Neliio Wannot Paputar,” by Conetance werful, some unpleasantly constrainel; but KA under all the velis of civilization, We canrecog-, 1a cqually Inconcelvable why some Individuals of the same_spccles should bo sterile, whilst others are fully fertile with thelr own pollens + + . and why the ludividuals of some specics should bo even more fortllo with pollen from a dlstinct species than with theirown pollen, And 80 it {8 with many other facts, which arc go ob- I?‘l’l? Il'l'l'. weo stand fn awe beforo tho myatery ol {A Tae sgriculturist will bo ableto profit by some of the concluaions at which Mr, Darwin has ar- rived fn these studies. Among other things, he ‘may learn that m;lv- will be improved by “sow- ing seed procduced In a different locality, fn alter- nate rows, with aced of the samo sort grown on tho spot. The Intercrossing of the two stocks by this means will result In" a far botter yleld than whore all tho sced lias_been ratsed under the same conditions. ‘Tho breeder of stock 8 told that the pairing of animalswhichare closcly related may bo practiced with excellent rosults, provided the lndividuals haye been ralsod on distant and dlflemutl{-auunwd farms, whoreby the difforences in thelr constitution have becn increasod and the likencascs lesscncd. As some lants suffer more than others from closo inter« recding, 8a It no doubt is with somo anlmnals. In both cascs tho offect is deterivration of gen- “eral vigor, including fertllity, with no nceessary lozs of excellence of form. Like tho previous two or three books of Mr. Marion _(Iliustration): *- Curlous Customa of | hetween them we come upoi clear, Joyous, and triclly and telegraphy from thoir inception o Egyer, by, Olivo 'Tiorno (¥wo. Hinstrations; | exqulsite stralns of soug. The apchlng hymn: thelr present advanced position. The review of.| one by Q. F. Darncs): ¢*lis Utrn Master.' n1"1,g Earth," s one of _these; and we givea tho stops by whicl the lattee has heea brought | Chapter XVI, XVIL XVIIL, XIN, by J. T, | few of the beat stapzas, in the form and metre forward in both the OId World and the New, is | Trowbrideo (Two. lilustrations by’ Relnlart)t | of tho origin very complete, and must e ot great practical ll;l:\f‘e::‘t‘fl'"l};‘:}fl':‘f;:;[h;‘?::fl klfl‘:?h';;}l'{n dohn | 0 o Farth!—to the Dawa where God s ecent ACEpICe., N RO0 O i et ment—flow to Make s Bird-tiouse,” by C. . L. | o Tofosers, and nocs e Doy fifees brights hibiting tho varied apparatus which has been fu Jon): **The Lotter-Box " (INustra- Tory ”ng k’fififé&,‘ nlleth’llcd e usa in cyery atage of the development of the | ton): **Tho itiddle.-Box " (Tro lllnsiratlons), ‘0 the blne :x ,l - unexhingtod, p :filcx.:m?}flc nr: and, v;llh“mu clear hl:uerinm«; Bctmux‘r‘in' ‘q(?fiwué,x' ‘l:ruAprll (Seribner & Such prodigul morn! jght! ustrations, they render the comprel hcusion o 0., New York), onten! & ) o Tlinstrated), by Howard I'yl the sttbject & comparatively casy matter. Llnm o drh b; o . & Ttons A THp to. oo Motk It BIBLIOGRAPIIY, ca). by Thanee . Hichanison; TIR BEST READING. A CrassiriEp Drntion- TATNY yon Last Rerenexce. Edited by Frneo 1), Punxixe. Pltieenth Hdition, Hoviscd, En- Jarged, and_Entirely Jtowritten, Continued to August, 1870, with tho Addition of Beleet Lists of tho Dest French, German, Spanish, and Ital- fsn Literature, New York: «. P% l'utnam’s Sons. Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Co. 12mo. Price, 81,75, Tho fact that thls manuml hns reached its fitteenth edition Is prime evidenco of ita value, Inits presentamended and enlargold form its uscfulnces Is greatly Increased. The lat of En- gilsh and American books Is very, full, and so classified that any volume sought can be very readily found. ‘Tho placa of publication and appearancs of the latter work, many students of Nature have been engaged In nveatigating the sccrets of tho fertilization of ploats, and much valuable light has been thrown upon the {nviting subject. Mr. Darwin bas given more or less time to experiments in this direction during tho last thirty-seven years. An [nteresting scctlon of his work on * Animals and Plants under Domestication,” gave many curfous results of his observations, and thebook now befors us statos the evidences gained by elven years' study of the question with particu- r reterence to tho effects of cloae Interbrecd- 1ng, and to other polats connccted with tho sub- fuct of heredity, A The bulk of this Iast volume is devoted ton dotafled account of the cxperiments practiced with plants, and of tho testimony on various polants which these have afforded. Every one who knows anything of Mr. Darwin's methods of study will underatand how cautiously his Juvestigations were conducted, and with what scrupulous palna and honesty thelr rroducu wero noted. — Tho popular reader will be satls- fled to resign to the practical botanist on ox- amioation of this portion of the book, and give cxclusiva hoed to {ho final chapters, which sum 1d; **So be't! The leader, and he left I|I-1prlmner hall free. Then raid the father: ***T:s of my free will, you soe, That with these gentlemen, my friends, Tgo. Do good, Gol" Im:ll tho child upralscd to whero hls father stoo His face, and wen!, content, reasrured, withouten nize the cruel ezolst under soft words, the llar under honorable professlons, the coward under 28 the military untform. The sanie may be saldof: 1 the workingmen: the blouse does not cover, only the hearts of rufflans, of drunkanis. Tho | - moralist would delight in finding in the humble ouprier virtues worthy of admiration and of adoratlon. M. Zola, it §s truc, delincates:. vaguely- a goud, on unselfish worklozinan— o only one, & blacksmith, who is timidly fa. - Tove with the unfortunate Gurvalsc: but he appeara very acl1oin, and thenolsc of his honest. haminer {s fost in the chiorusof fools, of scamps, of idiots, of beasta of both gexes, who form tho principal actors of hia paluful drama, - I have (it this novel ns 1 should havo " gone oot of a : ll(uez‘l!n:-mflm: and I have dreathed tho fresh- Y alr of one of Lamartine's: **Mcditatlons.” v “L'Assommofr’t lelt fnme an Improssion of anger and dlsgust; and atill Ieconlt not heip » thinking of it and meditating ovor it. What did ¢ the puthor mean! I ho'a frieni of the ImEIe, % or an enemy - of republican_Institutions an such works do any good? What will become of e n zenemtion which s fed upon such aliteratury, it this litcrature has noother obje:t than to & photograph 1ife and vice! 1 confess that I can- . not unswer these questions. H FAMILIAR TALK. onT. 'We havolt tootirrolvesatntesent. 1K mehere, To the sictors said the man; ** Where would you that 1 gue"' And in lg_ul. crowd, where #t'll the battle mattered O'er ovesy ono & mighty shudder seemed {0 come, Rnd it ons volce 10 Bl the people crled, !'Go . hume!" 2 g 50 L ARSOMMOLIY Parie torvespandence New York Natlon, Tho mind of M. Zola eannot be called a poetl- catone. Ife belonges to the realistic school, and his new work, * L'Assommolr,' pretends to be a photograph of the manners o the Iarlslan vopulation of the fanbourgs. Tho story, as o, story, is very simple, but 1 fecl ainbarrassud to tell ftin its shnphclty—it s sorevolting. 1 must, however, make un effort and try tomako bb presentable. A young woman in tho country is debauched ond taken to Parls by a man - named Lautier, - Gervalse (such s the name of SR | i e 3 L3 s 0l v " | Earth shows ihe harvest, thongh she hides tho gold, ! iaincle: | X5 dn tho fytng revruns i e o ‘ L ); by Gieorse . Waring, Jr. 3 | Bends a : R * Tozn Fots fourte In shadow, while on hills above ++Some Amariean dposting Yioze™ taedted’, faurts In stacam bile o T aatratgan by AT s NESaeCin il Rl . ustralec o 13 | vy r W Wiy | Bhepaye to each hindne, to Day Night's hours, wilprih ™ by Joba linrrongliar {vebaton Ly | FTIE tho Dy, the hoehato rocks, (ralts fowers; Planta~ (lilustrated), by Sophia I ilcrricks | . Bhe fecdoll all eho doth creates +A ltose Sonz," hyh(d'..m llenry Stoddard; | When men aro donbiful, truats in hor tha treo,— + 0oy and Tablen, etee, . (1ntratedy, by |0 swect coniparieon, shaming Deeting, Clargnce Cook: ;'ll))nh ot oy Window, ot Sfor: ONature, boly, great! v traled), by Fugeno Schuyler; . y T o Cradle nf Adam and of Japhet slin, T e e}, | And then thotr tomb: alig ordered Tyro to be, Marcla's Fottune,™ briathagino 1 | | Now shiorn ;«r&mgl‘r: candof bl here Lo ot by oL T cabiaot | Wherover Man spake—snd tha sifence came, — + Culture and Proge < Tho loud cicala slnge, -lirac’ ey Sy Darwin, this lnst {s less aitractive totho genoral 4 orks" *+ I the herotno) has two cbilds but Lautier 13 FENNE [ up the discoverd nde, and the concluals rice aro appended o the titlo of cach work, ns s Vol. NI, And why? Toaqmet all wwho sicep in dnst, herolno) has two cbildren, autier THE CHEYENNES, - i 0 which they Tiavo led, i op :‘,‘c"x‘r‘i&m‘fifi.’}.’nfii‘: :n‘:;:l:rr:vfi:'r thtlfi\' ::','.‘,:‘13 Theo m"kr algnifying its rank among other R lnn“‘%h:hlonlg Co, And whyt - lecauso m!‘lxk.‘xhemlu‘muut v -not fond of work, and the small menoge falls | - When Catlin wrote of the North American Mr. Daryin baa obtained sbundant proot that | of Evolution and tha orlzinator of tho theory of | books by the ssms sushor, sud smani the mass 1 AT e mg s Yot be sgoken thon, ‘{nto o statc of miscry, The druma opens when | Indiaus, the tribe of_ Cheyennes, dwelling west 1+ ! tho majority of plants are benefited by cross- fertilization,—that {8, by having thelr sced-germs fructified by pollen from other plants, or at leaat from other flowers on. tlic samo plant. ]\lln‘{ specics will pot bear sccd unless thoy are fertilized by pollen from other fowers; and, again, mauy specles contioun fertile and luxu- ant, although for genorations the flowers ro- cejye none but thelr own ‘)ollun. Thero is an infinite diversity in the habits of plants in this respect; nevertheless, it {s conclusively shown that, In the greater number of cases, the aced {s more plentiful, and tho sccdlings are stronger when cross-fertilization has boen cffected, ‘The means by which crosa-fertiilzation {8 nc- complished aro: firat, fnsects of tho orders of Hymenopters, Lopidoptera, and Dipters, and, in somo parts of the world, bi second, tue wind; and, third, with somsaquatic lphmu, cur- rents of water. ‘The conspicuousa colors and the odors of . flowers scrvo to attract insccis which visit them to feed upon thelr atorcs of polien and of nectar, Sprengel, Darwin, and othiers, suppose that not only tho bright colors, but the stripes and marks on flowers, cxiat for the pur- pose of guiding inaccts to tha ncctary. Not a few flowers aro both conspicuous and odor- iferous, White i the most common colar, and 1 the moat oftcn assoctated with fragrance. Of red flowers only 8.8 percent smell aweetly, while of whits oncs 14.8 per cent are sweet-scented, of books of its class. Persons desiring ald in the selection of books for rerding or for pur- chase will find the catalogue most scrvico- able. Following the llsts of hooks are a serics of conclss commients on maethods of reading, seleution of boolks, vt cte ‘The book i cdlted by Mr. F. B. Perkin tho Boston Public Library, assisted by Mr. George Haven Putvam, Laatler putsina trunk all that Gervalse and himsell stlll possces, gocs away with the trunk, and abandons Gervalae with her two little ones. Gervalss fs o woman of conrage, o good laundress: she can worle, and does work bravely. Tler splirit Leeomes a subject of admiration for a zinqueur (@ man who sulders zine plates) nanicd Coupcans ho offers to marry lierand tomlopt the two abandoncd children, Hhofs deaf to his proposition for a long time, but fnalty she says * Vea,” out of goo I-nature more than love. Thls couple of ouvriers, both fard workers, flourish so much that Gervalse rucceeds in geteing a lunndey of her own, and they hoth hare savings; they are happy, the arc prosperous, So iar therc I8 nothing repul- slve in the story; and there are some touching, some comical, eptsodes In this trst part. Tho account of the wedding of the zlnqueur Coupeay and of ticrvalse 18 as amusing us a ploco ot the Palals Rogal, Thero arc some dlsgusting parts also, which gerve ns a preparation for the sce- oud part of the book. Gervalse flnds the wom- an with whom Lautier, her first lover, ranaway, In a lagndry-bost on the river; tho twwo women tight lke cannibals, and Gervalse flugs her rival with her battoir, amidst tho applause of all the washerwomen, Iut what snall I say of the second part of the by Justin McCart} After tho silont vanishing of men flrg-(u Wulrv; gies ._\l ||'|t ‘?ufiy. Tho world's mystecious soug. ur Cai o l'?('(?}xmi-:‘\'\"]yny."sn‘f Farth's friendn azo harvestment when evaning falls YWiine Tavo Worlds, " Ly Ebce $lopkius; | Bt fain would free her dark-porizon.walls solser St Luke oy Constance ennors | v, L0 U 8GR ATAL Trams, ow, et ua fare ol e e 11,y | Anl in the farmer's hand, retarning tere, t, Lambert's oalk" by ‘The plowshara-grmor glows. . 1R ' . - ard Grant White: **A m:‘uy\“\':‘-‘fiafi.ls}' b,",'flf";d Incessant, transient blossoma bear hier sodt Stockton; ** On licing llorn Away from Home," ’rhctv:newr hreatho the least complaint to Gods s Munson Coan: **The [Ifomo of My haste lliles, vines that ripen free. py I, W, Bourdiilon: **Tho Kouth, lier | The shiverinz myrtles nover sond a cry Needs," by J. Curry: | ¥rom winda profane up to the saceea sky, L by Phillp Gullibe Scientlile ‘To move with innocent plea. Plince .dl. “¢Current Literature ‘.\nlmh:.‘." i 'nlm '“""““h&‘i‘f'"w'?" ul“ “f"::flp‘f‘wm—l'r'mlih b Lo Bl oa long—cal The Eple of the Worm." It CATIOLICWORLD for April Catbolic Publication | aimply catonds hrough to Whols unlverso th 1 v | fmage of Edgar A. Poc's *Tho Conqueror of the Bioux, between the Hlack HIlla and thoe Rocky Mountalns, numbered . abaut 4,000 souls; but they have since dwindled to about 2,000 Tley arc onc of the most cxclusive tribesof our aborigines, and have thus far avolded, ns, . far o8 posslble, contact with other tribes and A with tho Mexicans, a8 also intermarriages with o the whites. They have likewlso endeavored to " ubstain from traffic with the whisky-sclicrs, and thus to guord themsclves from tho most de- moralizing vice which has been Introduced amoang savages by thelr civillzed brothers. 5 Catlin says of the Cheyenncs; *“There is po finer race of wnen than these In North America, and nono superior fn stature, excepting the Osages,—there being scarcely a man {n tho tribe, full-grown, who s less thon aix fect in height. They aro undoubtedly - the richest In horses of any tribo on the continent, living in the country, eas b they do, where great herds of wild horses ara ‘ grazing on the prairics,which they catch in great ' numbers, and send to the Sfoux, Mandans, and othes tribes, 08 well as to the fur-traders, These « peoplo are a most desperate set of horsemen, Natural Sclection. Tha book, being confined to facts relating to a singlo quull n In one dopart~ ment of Natural Belence, neccesarily appeals to a somewhat liniited closs, viz,: those who have a special Interest in Botany and cujoy o minute study of {ts most puzzling questions. TUE SLAVE-POWER IN AMERICA. I{ISTORY OF TIE RISE AND FALL OF TUE SLAVE-POWER IN AMENICA. By Hexur Witsox, Vol Il 8 vo. pp. 774, James R. Ongood & Co. Chicaga: Hadley Liros. &Ca, Prics, 3. It Is ¢ natter of congratulation that, at the time of the death of Vico-Presidont Wilson, the third and last volume of his great work record- Ing the “ History of the Rlsc and Fall of tho Blave-Power " waa so far advanced toward com- pletion that {t was comparatively an ocasy task for anothier to carry it through to the end In the method and splrit In which {t had been planned. ‘When tho palsy of death had fallen ypon the historlan most of the chapters, we sre told, wera already written, and the materials for the remainder bad been brought together. Tho duty of fAnlshing tho work was very properly assigned 1o tho assistant of Mr, Wilson, the Rey. Bamuol Hunt, who bad alded him from the begiuning SURGERY. CONTRIDUTIONS TO OPERATIVE SURGERY AND BURGICAL PATHOLOUY, By J. M. Canxociax, M. D., Formerly Professor of Sur- In tho Now Yotk Medical Coliege, Burgeon. Fodmier to the State's Lmizrante’ Hospical, 1850-'7, otc. _With llustrations Drawn from Noture, 4to, Néw York: Hornor & Bros. Chie cago: Jansen, McClurg & Co. . The work,of wbich we have hero Parts I, &nd 11, will bo fssucd In n scrial form,—cach number to sppoar quarterly, and contain fromn thirty-two to forty-cicht pages of letter-pross, _with fllustrations of the cases described, drawn from nature. The Inltial number contains an Introductory Address on the Btudy of Bulences Elephantiasls Arabum of the Lower Extromity Huceesainliy Treatod by Ligaturcof the Femoral Artery, with other casca; Elepbaniiasis Arabum of tho Hoad, Face, and Neck, ‘Treated Suceess- Tonse, New tmk:. nte m }r:'fl“,';‘.f"‘:"':,'} “j-.-,,,',{}.‘"'mfi;;';,',s‘.’ Satan iy | Worm” The incaning s too abvlous ta need o ix Monf vntalle Nariachkin,® *+Up the | explanation: but, In soile of its being sn com- Niles H Lettersof o Young Irith Woman ulu ller | monplace, Victor Huy, n'humndu 1t tresh ngain Riaters” ' Preabylerlan Infldelity In Scotland:®® | by somc now and aring viriations. We will *Jiow Tercy Ihingham Uonzht’ 1 T * | nuote four of the most striking stanzass plutlon and the Copernlean Theor. Qod hiaving made nia worm, I make yon—smoke. y Walf from the Ureat Exhibitlon. . Philadelph . e 1N Eniinh Tenie In lulpu Thoagh ln\'i‘y‘l‘\:x}nmaleueuflnmlmmmyolro\e. & ', N0 less, ‘Tennyson os 8 Dramatiets" % Anglics Lave in the heart, stars tn ihe 1ivid space, —~ 773" **The Aalic of the Talms," | God le:lln«-.&—mlklnl vacant thus 'J':tplnce.— 18775 W Néw Publicattons, LITTELL'S LIY 1Nt AGE—Cutrent numbers (Lit- Atk aiehl JORE Rrltcigeial oy, 3 tell & Uoy, Doston), Sinco the atas lames, man wonld be wrong to teach ! 1 rried 1 Moat flow d d on twilight or night fully by Ligaturc of Both Coinion Carotid Ar- M. SAN BOOKS! ER 1 Amerls ol 5 work! After a short period of happiness tha | and warrlors also, having ca on an almoat. ,‘l,‘,‘:c.,‘}",‘:fi’}‘,‘;{',‘,'fi;““,‘? :mu thetr fio‘rflfm. in its proparation, and was thoroughly acqualnt- tcrl{s;’ ltufi‘l‘nrh on_the Ligation of the Com- Acufin.‘l{%v\n‘ c{:mpanym w \!:lrk‘)-‘ b A0 et | rmat s !:;:l:t"ml- vfil:::.“"“‘ Fachs Coupeau menage §8 dootned toa u‘lr oa of mis- | unceasing wor with the Pawnces and Blackfect i '"X{f l;‘dfi‘“ evfiulng. 1 o l"‘ with "lt“h Idchh .nl(:‘ atms Bu( the :\lltl:’ur, :;ul inon Immk u("vilmt I"u‘:lmnml ‘\rm{.’ n:%lc.,"fit:. ——— :\L,'m,, |‘h. ‘bt neith tho ,‘..,:,b\, slab, 110§ ’w‘Z’:'}“?‘Ei uf?'\llmn,}xa Xn:l,:ul:m\cx J“meu‘l“l‘:l!::: ;:‘;'i from time out of mind." g : ordina; ers arc 80 far open when n | In sym with them. 8o capal has Mr. | Two -page fllustrations accompuny the - Y NECDOTES, to, at once, tar within tho sl C! 3 ki 1 o . ¥ cm, but, by belog so constructed, they 8l | geyolving upon him, that one does not discoyer parti i Aneciotes," published by Rhodes & McClure, | To gnaw yon star ls not mars fongh to me + | count of the etfect of th el stk orof | suthority of the mother, or to ang correctlon’ liahls to a great lost of pollon, from tho Wash- | qyery g taices up tho vart of marrator, until, 4 . ¥ et L L RO e 1 : 7 i ing of rain as well as from [)ollcn—enumz Insccts. EPFOCHS OF ANCIENT IISTORY. of this ¢ity, has been fssued. Tho bhook has | Than hflnflnlflmpuonvhlnlue lelly s the habits of tdlcness which bo contracts, tho [ from the fathor, but grow up to mashood in the J ¢ Vlic <0 sale, 1p thu saya that fall; dismist he hi iredd for his da York, i Tq provide agalnst {njury from this loss, much towapd tho close, & certaln diminutlon In the HE ROMAN TRIUMVIRATES, Dy CianLr Leen revised, and is meeting with o large sale, " b B t he has acquired for ngerous Worky | most unrestrained license, Tho only example moro pollen 18 produmdr’tbnn is necded to for- | fervor and vitality of tho stylo betrays thatsa T e D Do oan of Eiy, With a Map. b ;{;,'“flfl.’mfi:‘;&:: e, fl:?n.'\’.‘éfii can save andths positive fear with whicl it inapires him. .,‘m(.\, thoy aro taught to admio .nd’ hm:“gp s i tllize tho flower. A blossom of the Dandelion | new hand, and ono less atrongly nerved by ex- | 10mo., pp. Row Yories 1 Bedlhmet, Anire VICTOR LUGO!S NEW POLM. The constellations all. Hte besomes lndulent, Ineg, and Rually he Jeinks. | Guat of the b t thelr tribe, wh T i will produco 243,600 grains of pollen, and & | wypino memories of the past, has med th atrong Chicago: liadley Yros, & Co. New York Tribune. T}m woman struggles fl?n.l with destiny; sho | that of the braves of elr tribe, who are hon- }'hmn{‘ mhnwmln-. It has been estimated et sm ch 8r, Witson a nsue.;\; dm'“" ¢ | Prico, 81, ‘Wo havo recelved, by the last European mall, | The starr) lh‘l& high In the ether-sea. would prefer good to evil; she fa naturally hon- | ored’in proportion to thelr display of feats of at, in the lowers > of the Witaria, therv aro 7,000 grains of pallen for every ovule, A singla flower of the Jiibiscus wil) produce 4,803 pollen- gralns, whercas only sixty are needed to fertile ze all the ovules, Insects bear tha pollen ad- hering to thelr boales, from flower to flower, over at distances, Frequent instances aro recorded of thelr thus carrylog it a halt a mile, Darwin naserts, with more positivencss than I1s usual to_him, that we owo the beauty and the odor of flowers to tho existence of wsccts, yarlous modificationa in thelr structure hoalso belicvea to have becn developed for tho solc m‘rmne of attracting theso winged visitors, It been proved that largo and l‘WWK flowers aremuch moro frequently visitcd by insects than arc small, tnconspleuocus ones; hence thes 1ast are complotely sclf-fertile. As it 48 highl . probable thiat showy flowers have had their cof- ors and slze developed for the guldance of in- secte, Darwln queries §f fnconspicuous flowers have also undergouc s change in order to avold the visits of ijusects, or it thoy have merely rctalned their primitive coudition. In elther case hie considers it unlike- ly that they have been, or will continue to be, subjected fo sell-fert!lization for a Jong seriea of ¥cnumlnn-. Were they not occasioually eross- fertilized, and benefited by the process, ho thinks theywoufd ‘probably become permanently closed, 80 a8 altogether to prevent cross-fertllization, * The fact that bees gathering honey, and in- sects feeding on pollen, confing themsclyes as long aa they can to flowers of the same spocics, favors tho cross-fertilization of plants, ™ Aris- totlo moticed this fact 2,000 " veare ago, and modern obscrvers have confirmed "It by findiog that bive and humble-bees gen- rally keep to one specics of flowers In & garden or fleld, until all in turn have been visited, The reason of this is probably to save time, as the {nscet, having once loarned how to stand fn the beat pasitiou on the fuwer, and just whcre and how lar to fnsert its proboscis, can work faster by visiting the same specles than when continu- h{cthmfl"' As to the number of flowers which beaa vlalt (n a given time, Darwin has ob- served that In exactly ono minute s humble-bes ‘visited twenty-four fowcrs of the Linaria cym- rés; another visited in the samc time twenty-two flowers of tho Symphoricarpus vacemosa; aund a third, sevcnteen fowers on two plants of o D¢ est} she works Tiku a slave, and chieer(ully, too, Her husband s to her an object of pity at Orst, He_ drinks wino before he drinks braudy, and ho has “le vin almable.” 1t cantiot bo de- nled that there 18 much power In thedeseriptlon of the gradual debasement of the unfortunato driuker. We ace him sink stowly, liku a drown- fog maay tho progress of his brutality, the ex. thiction of wll his hetter feclings, *lio growth of bls repulsive scnsunlism, are described with o curfous power. But tho cuso of the drunkard Is, after all, u very common uno; his history can o written beforehaud, like the history of an uadruped or reptile. What is more extraordl- nary and tuore origingl is the gradual debase- meiit of the herviny, (ervaise, ~ From an artl tie polut of view (there can beart ju the most loathsome subject), this part of *L'Assom- malr ' js the most curlous, Gervalae, so {ull of courage at firet, so naturally good and honest, becomus In the cnd tho victim of fatal clrcutns stances,—the laziness of her hushand, who press upon her snd drinks all her savings, the wretehed company sho fs obliged to sce, the bad fustincts which form her only atmos- phere, She gets disgusted with everything,— with her husband, whia is most contemptible of men,—with the hmuy of her husband, cou- posed of the worst people, Bhe fs tired of work, tired of Parls, tircd of her low, dirty sur- youndings, tred of litc. Sho falls Aally'into & sort of apathy, Her own husband briugs back to her her first lover, Lautler, whom he meets babitually in tho drinking-shups of the quarter. Lautler 4 well dressed, he has soft manuers, bo docs not swear; he fa a shrewd and cold villuin, who makes his uflnF ot tho cxpense of his friends, male or female, He soon juakes him- scif at home fu the Coupeau family, He is use- ful; hic offcrs to_puy for his board; he euts at the table where he van mcet Al children, and aflects & sentimentality which s uot lo his heart.. Alas! can I go sny further, and must [ uuravel the laat horear of this work. Gervalse, degraded {n her own eyes, s now like a body without a soul. 8ho lives, as it were, from day to day, and often talks to ons of her neighbors, an undertaker, and wishes ho could tako her to her grave and give her rest. Her husbaud becomes ncrz dn{ ‘more revolting und miors brutal; he lives but for his drink and for the foyous comrades who go with him from one from the author himsclf, an carly cony of Victor | Bust el 't‘r:» ek l!":l l?x t_:"l‘:’l:la ("hlnz whallbe; Hugo's new pocm, La Legende des Sieclea—'*Tho | o ruin: Sirins, touched by mo, decay, Legendof tha Ages.” It is p‘ublhhcu In two | Asthe -m';l,m‘:‘: llr;n:n lgr‘x:lc; B:;Iv;'y octavo volumes, contaluing, in all, 714 poges, or 4 about 10,000 lines of verse, Coming from an w:‘;';"‘.’l{',',g:‘ f:'fi:“}f“ "(?:";“:’{,' ‘L‘,"’l‘fl;,',‘:fll.“ ;fl[‘: suthorwho has alrcady passcd his 75Lh birthe | gro gwenty-twa o number, beglnniig with Or- day, aud who announces, on tho back of thess | phicus nmr ending with Andre Chenler. Bome volumes, threa mors new works,—* A Poem: | of tha short poems fu this group are very strik- The At of Belng Grandfather,” ta be pub- | 08 Take the following o a speciment lished In May, 18775 *The Eistory of tho Crimo sOLONDE, dodt of tho Second of Decomber, to bo published in | ¢ flém }§.‘J‘§-§’,28|':, e Janse supaamear - October, 19773 and “Foetry: The Completo [ Lliram, my architect, and Charos, myright-handed, Lyro™ (Toute la Lyre), to ba published in Feb | - St hero beaida aio dreaai. ruary, 1878,—thoy give evidence of a phenvines | o0 uq a trowel, ono as sward, was ;,lm" nal productiveness, an activity ol creativo intel- “l |§| n:;m N“A’n. ’:::;lh‘::‘“:l :I;:' l-:‘lg‘:ll:ellullnl fect, which fur surpasses anything told usof | My breathmounts 3 r us vel Sophocles o the Persian Baadf, Nay, theonogen- | Tha@ Libysa whirlwinds wysll; tence of proface to this ** I{czend of the Axfin," m{g -tmrlll;‘:‘n n:; ll:clk ,n_ (.Eh.‘,:‘ x:‘: -fll}:’- 'llx.l‘-m, y 2l jow 3 n %‘:fi -::ho': 3?:{1, :’: . y °--"T“.f.§"w:,'},' hen et | o ke ot wach Bigh Heaves and thelr abysses, the chem‘k‘ of ihe Ages will be shortly pub- | A Judgebut Solomon, Jished, provided that the ond of the author ducs N not ukg place tyfore shoend of the work.” X %:L‘:..‘:‘,'.'.‘.}f‘.’i.‘.‘:}‘r.dff&" ]rl:l'l?::‘ {u‘ fi;’feuu . Therefore, tbis great colloction of eple frag- | AgKing, I béar down mortals with the glory, ments 12 not "L\ completol But, In fact, the And with 1ho gloom, as pricst. conception of tho work, and a portivn of its conteuts, are already twcntyr years old. In 1853, | Mino was of fostals and of cups the vislon, Victor flugo published *The Legend of tho The Anger weiling Mens T el then, i Aues ™ fo 1wo volumes,—not the presont poewn, | And war. and chaziota, clarions, and collislon but ono entirely Sluniar tn desig. In Bl prot- Ot horscs and of mea, aco thercto ho fu Lo hal ‘was the firsl U part of atrilogy, of wiich the two succeeding S T T e e e parts would boentitled ** Tho End of Batan" |.yet, though I be miore mighty than tho toses and * Jod." Tho publication at *that tiine, | * Inmoous of May are swoel, madono great impression, beyond the cirle of tho suthor's devoted followers. It Is cvident | Take from me sceptro with the bright gold laden, st ho pan f e whols work s b o | U7 ot S St S0 Y 0V S, m ed since then; but wo have only, at v pru{nt, to deal with what ho Dow offers to the | ¥7om out ay heart fta lovel world. rgin pures! Sl t Legend of the Ages® fa oren a better | M52R8 potaks the love, QTLEARIES fHustration of the singular development of the | More than from out the darkness of tho forest ‘lul&xlor't‘ ‘uinlu‘t: tlm;‘l:h A;u‘fcmlpmn‘a wn{\&; n;u . Tho song-birds minstreley ! oading idea is to paint tho struggle of tho bu- man race with superstition, kiogly oppression, | | Billl more satlsfactocy is thls,wheren thoentira a1t other wocd of tho Pust and Presebts I & | fresdom of tho yoov's maginailon s charactcr- serics of detached plctures drawn frow ali lands | 1z0d by an exquisitc grace: and all ages. But lvis Tuw tmpossible to guess MOS m ‘The preparation of this fourth uumber of the serics of books parrating the history of Greeco and Rome at successive cpochs, has been fn- trusted to tho able author who has, in » nutnber of standard works, cxhibited his profound fa- miliarity with tho §ife of tho ltoman Emplre. 'The two Triumvirates, of Cmsar, Pompeius, and Crasetis, nnd of Octavius, Antonjus, aud Lepi- dus, forin the subject of this work, nud are treated according to the clear and compact method which {s "tho leading characterlatic of ,tho “Epochs of Anclent Hlstory." od, ‘The closing volume continucs p&u history from tho clectfon of Abraham Liucoln to tho Presidency of the United Btates, in Novenber, 1660, to ‘tho passage of the amendatory acts of the Civll Rignts bill, in 1878, It Includes In its scope the most momentous years n tho lifc of our nation,—thoss fi which tho War of the Bebelllon was fought and decid- td, and in which tho scccalog Statesa wero brought back into tho Unlou, and the position of the nc%m asa citizen-of the Unfted States was defin{tely acttled. Tho deep {ntercst of the story, which” enchalned evcrg reader of the firat two" volumes, remalns unabated through this. Itis founded,ina majority of the dml\mm. upon the proccedings of Congrese; and cxtracts from the debutes held in both Houses touching questions relating to slavery, and vhowing the vpinions and dispusition uf leading Benators and Repreacntatives,aru_ skillfully woven inta its structure, The toxt adheres in every part closely to the theme, never departing from it to deal with the most tempting, yet allen, lncl- denta of tho eventful time, Altogether it adds s nost impressivo chroniclc to the history of our country and to the history of human maturc. It reviews the workings of ono of tho most potont {nstitu- tlons ever {ncorporatsd into tho polity of a ely- {lized people, and treats it with thestornreproba- tlon felt by just and uncompromising minds in- clined to philanthropy and unbiased b Bob fey. And stiil tho cvident abhorrence in which itls held by the writer is rigidly kept within becoming bounds, the feelings of a partisan not belng alfowed to misconstruo facts, ortodescond o tho arts aud devices of speclal pleading, Mr. Wilson discloses in tho tense, impussioned tune of his writing, more than {n any cholee and col- oring of statcments, the profound antagonism ta alavery which was o marked feature of his politieal life. His volce is that of oue Whoso soul has ever thrilied to tho wrongs and sotrows of the oppressed bondsman, while his spcech is that of one who strives with a mighty will to con- ve! ‘y pure truth {n words of calmness aud moder- ation befitting the subject and the vccasion. His work s a noble monuwent to bis memory, and will catablish his name lu the estecin of bl countrymen., hysical prowess, and of tho traita of cunning, hett, and ferucity, Col. It. 1. Dodge says of tho Chicyenne youth: * From the dawn uf n- telifzenc his own will fs bis_law, Thero {s no right and no wrong to him, Nosofteningstorica ot good little boys arv pourcd into his attentive cars at his mother's knee. No dread of punish- ment restrains him from any sct that boyish L fun or fury may prompt. . . , Mis cariicat boyish meinory Is probably a dance of rojolcing over tho aculps of strangcrs, all of whom ho'ls taught to regard as cncmics. Tha lessons of his mother awakens only a desire to take his face as soon ns possible In fight or foray. Tho Rntrucllon of his father {s only such as fs calcu- : lated to fit him best to act s prominent part fn Y the chase, In theft, and In murler. At the age of 12 or 13, the Indian boy thirsta for opportunitics to begin Is carcer as & wars rlor, and to sigualize his conduct in tho cyes of - the older men of his tribe. Acconding to Col, 1 Dodge, the most crucl acts of rapine and blood- y shed aro committed by bands of youths from 13 B {0 16 years old, who rown the plalns In quest of adyeiitures suited to thelr “savago codo of chivalry. While out on theso predatory cxcur- slons, cach inciplent warrior *‘is patlent, for X thne 1 nothing to hln; never homc-sick, be- cauae all places aro equally his home. His cye becaines keen for vvery mark on earth, ortree, ) nr blade of grass; and ho puts in practice all ko 3 i 1 P T BOOKS RECEIVED. ERNE FLEMING, A Novsi. By Mrs. OATUER: 168 A, WARRIRLD, Author of “The louschold of Nouverfe,” cte, 1:2mo., pp. 424, Philadel- hia: T, B, Poterson & Hros, Chlcago; Hadley jros. & Co. Price, $1.75, TIE STEWARD, Wilh Jliustrative Engraviogs. By Hxyur Cockrod, Author of **The Fatal Mar. flagen " etc. Bro., pp 213 Phlladelpbiat 1. Polerson & Brod. " Chicago: Sindiey bitos. & ‘a, Price, $1. TIE WHITE CROSS AND DOVE OF PEARLS. By the Authoress of ‘!Bellna's Blory," olc., els. .y pp. 488. New Yorki T. Y. Croweil. Chblcago: IHadloylirog, & Co. Prico, 1,50, X-1-Y=Z; ox, THE SLEEPING PREACHBR OF NOWTIL ALABAMA. * CoNTAINING AX ACCOUNT or Most Woxosurul MEXTAL - PUENONENA, etc. By tho Rar, G. W, Mrrousti. Prioted {t&rm :honAu!.,lz;a'r. Pg;nwfl\;urkz‘ W. C. Buwith, TIE n‘flufs"zg:um'g; "1;.., iy 156 oF yux Lonn, Vi . D, 8q, Yimar, ey Chidago: olaee: ¥ TUE GULUEN BUTTERFLY. A Novae. liy the Authar of ** Ready-Money Mortihoy. Paper. Now York: Harper & iros. Chicsgo: Hadloy Bros. & Co. Price, §1.23, ALEXANDERBAMILTON.' A HistomcarBruoy, Hy the Hop. Gronak Suzxa, Chiel Justice of the Marine Court. Paper. New York: Hurd & Houghton. Chlcago: 1ladley Dros, & Co. —— PERIODICALS RECEIVED. ATLANTIC MONTHLY for April (1. O. Ioagh- ton & Co., Boston,) Contanis: +*A Dritish O~ cerIn "loston in 1775;" '*The of the Daoube,” by John Flske; *'Thoe Dying Rose t Wy It 1. wioddard s as heard frown the clders around the camp-fires, as to how to conceal his trail, or hido his camp, or of the best method of npproach Lo, or attack upou, an unsuspecting cuciny, Virtue, morat {ty, gencrosity, boror, aro wonds not nniy abso- il tutely without stzntticanco to him, but are not ¢ accurately transtatablo fnto the Iudlan languago i of tho plaing.” . On the ceturn to tho lodge of ono of theso parties of youthful robbers and slayers, the fu- dividusls among them who have suceeeed in . their resuluts cudcavor to outwit some cnemy, and havebrougit back trophics to bear wituuss ol tha victory, sre admitted to thy genersl couudil 3 of warrlors aud chiefs, thero to”recount thelr 3 oxperienves, and plead thele clabin to underza the ordeal through which they muat pass to the coveted position of o brave, "1f, by thelr vwu arts of persuasion, cked out by the testimony afforded by their compauions, tho right of Initistion {nlu tho runks of thu warrlors ls Gronious Cox~ —_— CRIMINAL HEREDITY, cnry even tho Indiun's wer of stolial i Tuxn STUDiEs or Canunats, By i..L. fortitude, Tho graplilc ~ descriptlon of jj 4} B Clus. it .3 4 Wratlal v Batba yo, O Nymphs, ia the cool forest-springst ssommolr Lo anoth wmmoir is one of tho | cstablished, the aspirants arc put through 1) hinjum. Wit Jameadr i 2N g what law culded him 1o his sclection of sub- 4 0 Nyt aswmolr to another (aswimimo N ! ; - TIHE JUKES." A 8ru) Cutug, PAursm- +0ld Womsn's Gosaly, " XXI., by Francus Anuo - | Althoug the thickes with dull voices rings, be b X . Lautler sue- torturl; trial walch severel Leols ¥ et e Tl tho sy | 1ow, Dienani, A Brypy ix Cuinx, PAUrEE | | emutas oA Bailad of tho Freuch Flest—Oc: g'fi";pbgg‘{l‘"x:,’;m,m‘m‘“‘{; nok tho olhe | | And In s rocks be eaic's nest dnds plate, #anc ameg of e brandvatioph, | Lt e i Y ! Lo cecda, alwuve uuder pretense of belnfi usclul‘ in i . & Dymble-beea; i ninotecn minutes overy fowcr | TAYE SRS O BR by Keaitg b cither willfully' distort. history o overlook tho | AvAeRSTE IpTdsl Ly virh gathorias koo getting one of the roums of the fawlly for him- D, N v Pak of 'ttio Question.—Comedy,” V., VL., by W, D. arknuss, and will yicld 1o :oom 5 : g ‘e Ne Islted twice; ) X o 3 encral ress . by H d the A ' Y Self: hio pays his board snd his rent, or ruther | this barbarous rite which Co). Dodge has given 5 L o et ik | - M D-, Bavare.. Rew Yok g b Howelia{ *Dickens’ Aucrlcau"Notg by K. | BRSSCR], BINree), Otiud Ceolation ‘of M| Fomuis Heeews guice: Faye that s wilh pay, but ho pover docs. -Ibis | fn his Plaine of the Ureat Veun & aso fates 1 filn\ler l{)xl’lb a hnn«z;nucliglng bee, visited 81X | The subject of heredity as it relates to the a.um a:nmul.“':‘ytu h“*hoc.lgxl};l‘&“i.u A ud g lgn‘m ttmu::hlu. (.l:m.mgu \w wgdg— ;.uuh‘e::-s.‘gmn. flgqlm s h:uu“ it hu::hln; x.i‘" is :t homl\.:ono:c .lax;dfiur{inlfi':ugwg ::ag:zuwdc«rvo rupeatiog without conden- Kk . wchanical Dictiopary;® ** Ul eal of q visdow, | Transparent, throu, 0 10} rent ] uso; the rest can be i i i e O . e Daeaie” satt: | Derpetuation of crime, pauperism, aud discase, O . ' Tho Conribators’ | leaves o blitor afver-tase tn sha outh of tha’ | . Ab scuo dislagucs wi e e aeYate 16 scated. o returus to ber | * 4 The candidato for lultiation {s taken by hia : 1 1s one which all who have to do with the classes that 01} our prisons and almshouscs should thoughtfully cxamine. The rescarches of medical men go to show that the de- graded and depraved, raoks of & com- munjty aze lygely composed of ‘Lndk mated that every one of jts 250 flowera must bavebeen visited by humble-bees thirty times ln 2 single day. Under circumatances [ike these flowers can’hardly cscaps croas-fertilization. lm beu‘ 'jomcmn{.- rl:lu the blossows of :}wlr aw without returning any compensation. Hagiblecbees baye o teick of bitlog » hols in by Mr. B. cchy Club;" " Croolo Lover's Song," worda by - ader. Goastps & bive with flowers uj o leas, — iy *gcisole Loneta, Bonky e+ - égn;;_, rhescare, ‘r:,tf';gg:,,g* dhe cllteen | G Tethe schot—whal the wanderiag bec? nn < New York). Contenta: ** Furnituro and Ita Deco- Banished Kings: Between Lions and Kiuga: the , when thog batbeat, starry aplendor falle, New York), Couteata: 't Furnitute sudlie Dece! | Banianod CId} Welf, Warder of Osbar; Warn: | Eosate ome, o thets with vigus (a7 e dita sg:xm (with twenty-one Illustrations); ** ka. | ings and Chastisementa; the Beven Wonders of ‘And beaaty's balducss ever must imbue, phapt's St. Coclia," & postm; **Our Femiliar | tho World.” [Hero the first valumg eudg.] | Inebades whoze cye of ardcut foub pors pow, first lover, as an animal returns to the rude and violent master who con feed bin as well a4 beat bim. Vice and misery, which go together, soon bocome the absolutd tyrauts of this wretched household, With such examplos it fanot to bo wondered {f the duughter turus out to be a common prostituty, aad 1€ she Quly | father, or ncarest mals relative, to a secludad © 0 apot outside tho precincts of the um':6 here, ¢ alter some religloys ceremonics have becn urst 41 transacted, the youth is stripped to thoakin, i A broad-bladed kulfe then passed turough the pectoral muscles, 80 83ty wake . twa_ Yertical luclsfous, sbout twy