Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 5, 1877, Page 1

The Chicago Dailp Teibwne, VOLUME XXXI. DAMAGED CLOTHING. FIRE!FIRE! CLOTHING Sghly Damaged by Wl =NOTE THE PRIGES-# Fire St Tormebe s at Fire Storo..uu.uie R i3 E\‘“lv.wul Casa eitlta (7 nty! “'Eg B,00 les! Al woulhcaln‘l te, light (1 'k Cheylo %};‘v Cheriot sulta (sack) Mix Chaviot suits (s 23,00 ol Uneriot nulls (frock and sackj 17.00 8,00 Tine fannel sults (93ck) 110t .venveer 14,00 7,00 Flne Bannel (a1l weol) saits (sacks,, 21.00 12.00 ‘Al wool basket sults (enckand frock) 10.00 8,00 Worcd Fuits Hght wolgh (Frocky.. 37.00 5.0 ‘opsted suits, light weight (froc! ":m .'l:DO o #60 t aterr 20 10 overcoata from to 3 T e nte from S22 wp 1o 84,60, Norsted coats, and best, from $0 10 812, Doys' sults (age from 3 to G), sbort pants, from $1 u nu'y" snits (age from 7 to 11), long pants, from $+ b lfi! o ‘uum (age from 12 to 16), long pants, from , 60 to 89, Toya' good pants, fram $1 up to $2.50. Boys’ vests, 76c, )(:{1'- vell.;. 76e. Call ana examine our stock, nnd satisfy youraelf that you can save 50 per cont in boylng at the FIRE STORE, 168 South Clarke-st. LIFE INSURANCE. WASH!E@E;N Insurance Co OF NEW YORK. SasBAy CTRUS CURTISS, Prest Assects, 85,250,000, $The very satlafactory conditlon of the Company fszttributable to the nanagrment of It affairs by able, prudent, anil honarable men. It gives mo pleatnro tostate that In & minnte and exaeting ine vesligatlon I find nothing to condemn, Lut, on the contrary, much to comizend,' J ~Extract from the report of Ton. John A. McCall, Jr., Deputy Bup't N, Y. Ins. Dep't, Jan, 23,1877, H, D. PENFIELD, Gonoral Agont, 148 LA SALLE-ST., Chlcaga, 111, "FOR RENT. DESIRABLE OFFICES IN THE TRIBUNE BUTLONG TO REINT. Applyto WM, C, DOW, Room 8 Tribune Building, LOUR MILL, Lompletely cquipped, Wentwartheay, and 8ixe tecntliest,, torent at ressunable rates. MORTGAGE LOANS. WALTER I, MATTOCHS 40 Dearborn-at, - DOCK On Grave-st., west 1w et front, . MUBLALRD, 240 South Water-ot, FINANCIAL. BANE, 105 CLARRST Loans Hegotfzted o [llinofs Farms, DIVIDENDS patd (n 3 a Ju B reaione i tho buik wd ot ot morer Y ot 378 intereat dividends once in three yoard, oy, Ciiecks Drafte Kecelved by Mallor Exbrew i ud Books ieturned. By JOSIAH M, REED, No. 0 Nessav-st, . Y,, b amounta as required, on IMPROVED ¢ PROPEIEY, wt HEGT IaT i, L CHICAGO Applicatious recetved and promptly attended to by 1. A, BURLBCT, 76 Itandolph-st. EDWARD L. BREWSTER, 101 Washington-gt., 5"‘1:\](’,:. lm\‘ud sells COMMENCIAL PAVER, LUCAL BONDS, UANB Ratea of ntcreat. BANKING HOUSE of LAZARTS SILVERHAR Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, Tias money toloanon Reat Estate, Produce, and Pro- “ialun, Cily B4 oy ¢ c 2 26 lnkel0y Fachanig T il s - m"p‘f:‘lll' T l-‘JIl 1t CRNT, d 1o make luans on {mproved business Ty e of ot oh 1est oo Ubmary; at 7 ber ceut, 103 Washington.at, Uoston: Eastern USINESS MENS UNIOF, ) OOLLESWJ“' 73 Doarborn-st. oo I0IAL PAPER, VrALL, 24 Fortland Bleck, MORTGAGE LOANS b fl‘l.l::‘e smc‘txuuul}qfa Lo it atuhts o aclentifio prine les, und Fleld Glasics, Telesc Scaved, Barumeters, & el il BITUATION BY A BUSI. DCs-Mman of twenty years' experience. U corre. sponeut, cashi T buoke keeper,'“Aupla sceurlsy. e SRR ontte, NTED-~To lease orbu perur Jub Printiug Olice E\ln 1a the x;f'm'-:"-u‘m‘x d PRINTER, DISSOLUFION NOTICES, DISSOLUTION., The copartnanshtp Yeretofors eatiting under th U‘lluc 0’“).‘5“\' PCU‘I TIS & CU., at .\s: wl‘flrm o«lv.“ :xphr:l fl: s day by lmftutic E. Cule GURTES will coutiuge thia Tuinber I Same pj Chlcagoy May 3, 1977, f raliroad hridge, for rent cheap; |, =~ - CLOTHING. We have got the reputa- tion, and we mean to Jkeep it, of selling the best Ready- made Clothing for JMen, Youth, Boys, and Children in this market, for we man= ufacture all the Clothing we scll, and ean show the larg- est and best nssortment of Ready=made Clothing west of New - York City, AND AT BOTTOM PRICES.,. We make no ouiside prices as leaders. All we ask iy for the public to call and look at our goods and prices be- fore purchasing, and judge for themselves of the quali- t} of the goods, make, and styles for our aim is to make up our goods in the best possibie style in every respect. Our goods are all shrunk before making up; nothing but sillk used In making. We warrant every article; if not satisfactory, money refunded. Pleces furnished for vepairing to ull partics who wisht kem. JAS. WILDE, Jr.,, & CO., Popular Clothiers, Cor. State & Madison-sts., Chicago. PIANOS AND OILGANS, GWiewkervng, Tprignt Pranos, Low Pricest Time Payments Reedds Temple of Nueie, 92 Von Buvewn Streek, Cveago, MATHUSHEK PIANOS! ‘With Equalising Scalo and Linoar Bridge. ‘The Mathushek Planos are now scknowledged by the hest judpes of music, in ail partaof ur coutry, "o b6 v other Ilanos made. (atatogue, containtng full explanation of tho Equal. Izing Beale and Lineor lirldge, sent fres upon applica« tion: no porson wishing to purchnsa & Piano should fall 1o send for vne. Taylor & Farley Organs, New and Deautiful Destgn of Cases. PELTON & POMEROY, 229 & 231 State-St, Chicagn. . Hote Agenta for the Northwest. _KT"AGENTS WANTED IN KvERY TOWS, STEINWAY’S Grand, Sguare and Upright Pianog Were awarded tho lllfllll’.fi'!' HONORS at the Centens nial Kxhivition, viz.s TWO MEDALS and DIPLOMAS OF HHONOIE for **tio highest degree of excellence in all ! pl 0 other planu exbibitor Las dal, el uf Ionor, Lond, First tirand told Parls, 1807, Elrst rize Mo lal, xnibltion, 1833, An unlimited guarantes with every Piano, g2 liirated Catalogues, with Prid’ List, matied frec on appiication. LYO! State and Manr OQUEAN STEAMNSITIP, GENERAL TRANSATEANTIC CONPARY. ‘The mall steamers of this (:ommln{ between New York aud [tavre, catling st Plyinouth (4. 1) for tne Ianding of passengers, witl sall frow pler 42 N, 1., foot £ Morton-s of MOHONI LvERY WRDNRSDAY, ANOUK] Wed,, May 0, 2: T H, Dasis wfx""s”"}&:’ [ g A Ved. . ay o 14 . EICK Or PASRGE i G0k etidiing wikiess ™ .lll'j!.ll‘l: ;;"E‘—“lll Cabin, $100; Becund Cabln, $03; i Cabii e 0, (ncluding wine, bedding, end utcnsite. a :"};{‘,‘}'Stuumf LOVDON. “or “any Fitlway statio Firat Cauin, $00to $100, accondlog to_sccommoda- tlong second Cabin, #09; Third Canin, $33; Bteersge, #27, Including overything e, educed rates, avalladlo Heturn tickets, at v through Euglandor France, ntvaitiens narked thus * 4o Bot carry stecrago passca- web For pussage and fretabt snoly to LOUIS DE DEBIAN, Agent, 83 Uroadway, OF W, F. WIUTE: 67 Clarkest:s Nuchti for Chicagor North German Lloyd, Thosteamers of this Campany Wlll sall every Bate.. day from Tiremen Pier, foot of TUN-b IHubokuie Itutes uf pumago—Froni New York (o b London, Tavre, and liremien, Arst cabin, §11 cabln, ¥, guldy steersge, $30 curreney | Fo orpasigemiply o OELICHY & Y 3 N ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE, Tho General Trausatiaatic Company's 5 Deiweeh Raw Lorh auy aga Paniie, all Stennars 14, 15,3, wiilaall froim Pler No! 42 N iver, of AMorion-st., overy Wednealay, Villu do Purle, Duruiil, Wednesdiy, Auril 23, B0 p,om, For particulars adarces LOUIS Dl HEBTAN, A wawey, N. .o 0 W, ¥, WHITE, o7 Clar) Auent dor Great Western Steamship Line. From New York to Uriatol (England) direet. K fout CORNWALL o ‘hursday, May 9 BUMKNSET, uesdsy, Moy 13 Excuiaton tekoy :‘mu\x PALd Sicerass SoiAcaton 2t ABBLY 10 W, F, Clurke ¢ E_"m‘g“{muwf F.WIITE, 67 Clarkest, Alichizaa " STATE LINE. SUOW, LIVERPUOL, DUBLI NEW YOIE, ‘Agu.&u‘lbxuoalub. oL, STATE OF FENN ETATE OF B ApiEVAS . at, 800, 643 and $70, iing to s 1o it Sicieis, '_’uu T et oud Catta. $81, lctutn; e vt ¥ gty e 7il [\ YA ‘l gy 10R 1 iR New York aud Glasgoss BOLIVIA, May 5, 11 8. i, Blhlmm 16 e P erinvirato, 843 < “Kew York uud Londuns UTOPIA. May 1 10, ui. | AURTICALIA June2, pau Cablng €35, (o §70; Bteerage, 88, Draftatsucd for ahy amount at current rates. T WENDEISON BROTHERS. v Waahiugion-st. NATIONAL LINE OF STEAMSHIPS, i IH",};O\‘K to Queenstown and Liverpoul, 31, A) 25 11:30 s mh ¥T, Muy 3, 118, Db, ALy, ol SO | ECDAIY S Y B FOIl LONDON. GREECE, April 19, 9 8. m. | DENMARK, Apr24, 3 pm Tickets at reduced rates. Sleerage ticke 2, cur ucy, Drafts for £1 aud upwards ou G! 'M‘n’yfllfl 4 Freidia,Roply B 0 EATASA S e i INMAN BTEAMSHIP LINE, Carrytog the Malla betwyen EUROPIS AND AMERICA, FOr passge lfl)‘lx at Cu.lm.wfi'a n'n“:fc a2 Bouth Clarke - Chiicacu, NCIS C. o, Weate At S ratis oo Great Hrstain ac Irviag o Ask 'Se WAR s, First in the deld. and the best, 10223 fuches, o col- , 23 cents. Postage Prepald (o apy part of 1ho Price, 23 cents. Postage p \.p:‘. ‘N. Ji’gh& th Bt e on O N ANCICIEA My 10, 108 11 CALIFN LA My 2t 1 p i ndonderry. orag, $23- CIIICAGO, SBATURDAY, MAY 5, 1877—TWELVE PAGES, FUIR RSTORAGE, FURS! STORED! Ield, Leuter & Co. STATE & WASHINGTON-STS., Will store for the sum- mer all kinds of Furs at reasonable prices. — RaTOT Defles any Photographer in Chicago to accept the following challenge, and especlally one on Wabush-av., noted for lits cheap brand of Pictures, and Jor boasting that he has the newest {mprovements : “Permanent Challenge to the World.” Mr. Lombert offera a challenge of $1,000, or o reward of $300, 10 any party who, withe s aine: 2 Lambort’s Patented rmnunoi. 4 Gentlle ONLY has the right of making Pholographs by these Pat- enls, Samples can be seen at ths Studios, 103 STATE-ST. “coaL. Govered Coal---Clean and Dry. PENNSYLVANIA COAL CO. PITTSTON (0A CARGO, 2 Z CAR LOAD, o BSINGLE TON. TERMS CABH., 2 WASHINGTON-ST. INDIANA-ST. IRIDGE. I 8. VAN INGEN, Bup't, BRACKEBUSH, DICKSON & CO, MAIN OFFICE—No. 1 W, Randolph-st., MINERS AND SHIPPENS OF GOALAND COKE Youghiogheny Gas Coal, Indiana Block Coal, Indiana Bitumino Speelal pricen made to Jarge con T KID GLOVEN, GENTLEMEN'S KID GLOVES. Flek, Clark & Flagg's Heavy nnd Light Weight, Plaln and Embroldercd Backe; one und two But. THiE, BEST IN TIE UNITED STATES, FOR BALE AT THE PARIS KID GLOVE DEPOR Main Office. Dock...... Conl. STATIC PANTALOONS, PANTALOONS, TO ORDER, $7, $8, %9, and $10. All Gouds at the Lowest Prices. JOHN B. HALL & CO.,, Tatlors, 130 Dearborn-st. Great Western Railway. v inspaction of tho Suspension Trldge across the Niagera River, uf which due notlcs Laa been glveu to il public, baving been complelod by threa comipetent engineers, wlo utizulmousty recuminend tho resuinp: tluh of padweuger tnitlo. this Company Low glve notica that, 0o wnd after the 33th of “Aprll Justant, thelr pase scuger tralos will agaln bo run via Suspension Bridge. I, BROUGHTON, Genoral Manager, Hamliton, Or¥ERAL Orrices, _Masurzox, April 2o 1uT7. To Editors i Punlisters, Duplicato Elostrotype Plates of the Mapin to-day’s Tribune, MOLD. ED FROM THE ORIGINAL, oan be had upon application to RAND, MoNALLY & CO., Map Engravers and Publishers, 77 and 79 Madison- st., Chicago, BLAcKING, TUSEBE EHEOLDBINS “GLYCERINE POLISH BLAGKING.” AND MANTELS. E)“[}.R.A E”S & SLATE MANTELS = T H.PROBOSCO & CO., NO. 803 BTATE.ST. CHILDREN'S SUITS. i S b S S e A NUTTING KILT SUITS. The *'ode" Kilte and ** Derbe” Rilta we are show. 1ni 10 the teade this sesson are the tastlest garments of the kind ever uffered in Coleago. Wo ritend s apecial invitatign to Mothers to cal rxamine these styles, eveu if they do not whh to purchasc, CHILDREN'S Short Pant Suits. For Boys under 11 years of aze we have in s varlety of shapes, ranging in price from $2.73 (0 810, Our | tle salia, with Veata, 'we commead o the Boys’ 8P CIAL NOTICE, 3 SCHOOL BOYS’ SUILTS. Our Schonl Bays' Btock of Sults s very large. We have alined o get pertect-fiing garments here, ser- Veeable yools, And plesaing shapes. The large saies re liaving with our Nulta, st from §7 to $1, 8 tho approval we could &sk £or liere, SPRING OVERGOATS FOR BUSINESS MEN BUSINESS SUTTS, PRICES ARE DOWNt DOWN ! DOWY 112 FURNISHING GOODS Tietatiing at Importers* Prices.- NUTTING, G.0.0.CLOTAIER, 184 & 186 STATE-ST,, OFPP. PALMER HOUSE. NEW P UBLICATIONS. “PUBLISHED THIS DAY, JERICHO SBERIES, NO. 3, Brief Honors: A ROMANCE OF *THE GREAT DIVIDABLE. This {s & clever and entertaining story of «aity life, and a part of tho scene is entirely new {n fiction, being an inside view of large lito insuranco companioes. It cannot fall to bo very popular, as the story itself is lively and woll told, while the subject of which it treats and the abuses it exposos aro oxoiting just now sotive publia curiosity, Bound in Dlack and Red, and uniform with** The Jericho Road,™ Price, ?L . For nalg by 1l bookscllors, or mailed prepald on receipt of prico Ly tho publishers, JANSEN, NWCLURG & CO., 117 & 110 Btato.at., Chioago. NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. May-June, 1877, L'l‘lw American Constitution, MORTIN, Benator IL Rgvelationa of Euronean Diplomecy. ARL ILIND, urn Ar;s‘r_h-m Cowley. WiLrrax Coirzx By 1V, African Explorers (with msps), Lavnzsce VA V. Noul nnd Nubstance. Tioxas JiTcoock. VI Tjie Reintlone of Debt and Jomey. LLIZUK WHIGHT, VIL Hprelet Martineas. CLARKE, ¢ VIIL The b 5N lvfllg‘eh Refloxions. A Jarawzsz Tiave Jaxzs FaxEMax ouress of Palnting fn America. ITOR, X, Kecent Prokre XI. Contomporary viewsof wany Ne n Plyslcal Science. trature, locludiog Re- ooks. Price, 81, Yearly Nubseription, 95, 11by all Uookscllers and News Dealers, Hent, Post-alds O Tocelot of Brics Lyuthe Fubilssere JAMES R, 0SG00D & 00,, Boston. IZEMOVALS, REMOVAL. - Haviug Icased the centrally located and commodious Htoro of the {’nunu Men's Christian Association, Nos. 148 and 180 Madison-st.,, wo trust that, with a larger stook and increased faoilitios, we shall bo batter able to sorve our frionds, who will tind 8 most complate line of Bund? Hchool Literature and Requisites, in addition to our largo varioty of Evangelical Publics. tions, F. H. REVELL, BOOKNSELLER, Publisher of Evnnienenl Literature and Bunday Bchool Supnplis 148 & 150 Madison-st,, Chicago. MRS. E. G. COCK, M. D., . Removed from Palmer Housc May 1 to 243 Michigan-av., Detweeu Harrison-at. and Hubbard-court, Chicago, At Home from © to 11 a, m, At Otlice, 104 State-at.’ (Dr, Wilbur's), from 11 a0, 01, m. REMOV.ATL. ‘We have removrd to our oew and spacious quarters, Nos, 16 and 17 Market-st., ‘Whers wa_shal gost ucomlnntni o sl knr the grudesof FLOUL st loww: ket quotatlous. ME! W, NIEDERT & CO. MISOELLANEOUS, A eyt et Newspaper Bargain, e MLy Wlare may bs obtatned by Addressing TIIE STATESMAN, Mureball, Mich. The bost Cooking Rango on_earth 18 the ‘ New Empross,’ sold by DALTON, 192 Btato-st. e o CCHLORR NBW FIRDM. GOODMAN, GALLOWAY & CO., NO, 87 FIFTU AVENUE, Ageuts for the Gulde' Patent Stesm MHeating and tlailug sptaratus. biiaice for all Lluda of sieaia & furuGlied on spplication. T TEHOSE MOTES Hor furnituro can be axterminated by spplys fl-’?:'-flfl."{;'w'fuu Blatast. Bend poatel 234 & LITERATURE. Letters of Elizabeth Barrett v Browning. Travel and Explor'ntions in the Land of the Incas, Prof. Mathews’ *‘Hours with Men and Books**---A Religious Change. . Notable American Women-—A Novel and a Comedy, The City of Lima, Peru- Ing LicensesessArt Gossip. Rhyme= Flora Round About Chicago---The Pink Family---Penguins: * Jack Woggin."” LITERATURE. ELIZABETIT BARRETT BROWNING, LETTERS OF ELIZABETH DARRETT BROWN. ING, ADDRESSED TO RICHARD HENGIST HORNE. With & Proface and 3 Anp ITexny 8tonnann. THE BOUK_ 0 E Bankerr Browxixa, 4mo, New York: James Miller, Chicago: p. 226, &Co. “Trice, $2.50, Hhise, Meclurg The mcquaintance between Ellzabeth Barrett Browning and the poet and prose-writer, R. H. Horne, began in 1839 with a note from the former fuclosing a poem, aud asking a frank opinlon whether it deserved to rank aa poetry or as merc verse. The merit of the plece was unequivocal, and, on heing forwarded to Col- burn's New Monthly, it was Immediately pub- llshied 1n that perdodical. Mr. Horne was at thls time followiug the career of aman of letters in London: He was a versatile writer, and pro- duced books on diverse subjects nnd in varled styles, with what was currently considered a8 sigoal ability, Hia repute was of very bricf duratlon, and at the present hour his most ambitious work, an eplc entitled *Orlon," is known to very few even by name. ‘That he was possessed of genlus thero is no doubt, although it falled to express ftsclf in ways which strongly appealed to the popular taste. The service wileh he rendered Miss Barrett, lngiving her generous advice nnd encourage- ment, and aldIng her to briug some of her carly poems to the notice of the public, laid the foun- dation of wwarm friendship, which was sus~ tained by a frequent correspondence, extending over a perfod of many years. The letters frum Miss Bdrrett, to tho number of sixty-cight, have now been published by Mr, Horne, with s commentary of notes by himsclf, supplying tho information necessary to thelr completo inter- pretation. The first in the collection bears tho date of Nov. 20, 1630; aud the last, save oue, was written after her marrlage and re- moval to Ttaly, Iu 18(6. Durlog sll this term the correspondents never saw cach other face to faco.. Miss Barrett was a fec- ble invalld, contlned almost wholly to the seclu- slon of a sick-room, and’ able tomeet only the' members of hier family nud two or three in- tlmate fricnds from outslde, But the corrcepondence nover lacgulshed, and, on the slde of Miss Barrett, was conducted with remarkable spirit and animation. As much freshiness, and vigor, and playfulnees of thought permeated ber letters, as though she had caugat her fnspiration from direct contact with the stirring forces of nature and of soclal life. A vivid and subtle inacoation, nourished d strengthened by great and varfed readlng, ood hier lnstead of the actual and the practic which make up so much ot ordinary experience. Prostrate on acouch, trom which” for months togethier shie could not e lifted without falnt- ing, her mind was perpetually at work, wi sharpened faculties, penetrating tho mysteri and coloring the proble that pre- sent themselves fn cudless ceesslon — to the hunan understunding, The circumstances seemed cruel which environed her, shutting her away from so much that is coveted by the world, and making themsclves felt as fimita- tlons to her uatlve power; yet they were In some respects undoubtedly kind, piving addi- tionat Keenness tolier spiritual jusight, and en- avlime ber to view things without the glamour of bins and rwjudlunum which s apt to ob- scure thesoul's vislon, Her letters afford many gliinpses (nto the In- ner llfe of the writer, revealing its extremo qulet, varied chiefly by the books she perused, the opinfons shie formed upon them and thelr authors, and the pocins she wrote from tlne to thue. We have had nothlue which bas thrown so much light upon the real sclf of the poet, 18 uo blography s been iven us, and thesc are the first selections from her corre- spoudence that have been permltted to seo the day. Thellterary tastes and the personal pree difections of Miss Barrett aro continually be- trayed In frank and unrestralved utterinces, She was hersell most Joyal to [riendship, and, therefure, confided her thoughts freely to ane who was united with her in tho bonds of Intel- lectual sympathy, ‘The style of ber prose bears a strong )keness o her poetry, The same bolduess aud brlll- faney of conception, and pecullur, ynwonted turns uf expression, give a pungent, stimulat- Ing flavor to one 8s to the other, Beattered through the letters are many frarments of critl- elsmy usmn literature nud character, which show her to have been a master {n the art of analysl There I8 o temptation tu quote frequently frol these pussages, which are of exceeding interest, Here 18 o representative extruct, from o com- parison between Dicliens and Victor Huyo: **Bluce, twour three years ago, [ went rogulurly through all the romances of the grifted French- man, my admirtion for our_countryman has paled down paler and paler. The fuct §s. that we have nosuch romauce-writer as Victor Huio, ~~let us be a3 autl-Gullle us we please; and autl- Ualllcism 15 the merest alfectation ut this hour of the duy, upon which ail the burning-glasses of Freneli grenlus appear to Lo concentrated, ‘The fwdel{cacy and want of elemental norality make auother side of the question; but the genius 14 Just as undenisble to moe as the sub would be iu Italy. (eorge Bana, for ‘fnstunce, {3 the greatest female genius the world ever saw [at this perlod Qeorge Ellut hiad not appeared |, —at Jeast since Bavptiu, who hroke off 8 frugment of her soul to bu guessed by, as creation did by its f And George Band, it 18 remariable, liko her prototype, bas suffercd bLer senses to leayen bher soul,—to. permeato it through and through, aud ‘make a scusual soul of it. 8uo s a wonderful woman, ang, I hope, rishig lutu o purer atmosphers by llng very strength of her wing, Aud then Halzae, Eugens Bue, even Soulics and the grade lower,—we cangot wish them to be popular In Englaud, for vbvious reasous, but itls wmeluncholy to look round sud sec no such bloom of fntel- lectual glory on our own literature, iu shutting our doors ayalnst theirs.' We have apuken of Miss Barrett's (sho wus Miss Barrett all through these lum:r-l wide reading, sud of this she rewarks herselfs ©f read without principle. I bave asort of unlty, fudeed, but ft smalgawmates fostesd of selectiogy—ido you understand! When I had read tho Ilebrew Bible, from Genesis to Malachi, rigbe through, aud was uever stopped by the Chaldee,—and thuoGreek pouts, und Plato, Fight through trom end to end,=1 passed as thoroughly through the fluod uf 81l possible and fmposalble Biitlsh und furelgn novels aad ro- mauces, with sllees of metaphysics lald thick between the sorrows of the multltudinous Celes- tiuas. It 1s ouly useful knowledgeand the mul-, tiplication-tabls I mever tried burd at. Aud now—and owl Is this matter of cxultation) Algg, nol Dol boast of 1wy umuivorousness of readiog, ¢ven apart from the romasces! Cer- tatuly nol—never, except in joke. It's against my theories aud ratlocinations, which take upon themselves to assert that wo all gonerally err by reading teo much, aud out of proportion to what °| rematns ut kuehum(lv’ - we think. 1should be wiser, I 2m perauaded, if I had not read half as much,—should have had n!mnfier and letter-excreised, facultics, and thould stand higher fn my own appreciation. ‘Tte fact fs, that the ne pluz witra of intellectual indolence is this reading of books. It comes next to what the Amerjeans cail * whittling.’ " In Beptember, 1845, Mlss Barrott gives u hint of the yrospect which had opened before her of a marrisgs with Mr. Browning,—a marriage which was opposed by her family, and which ber father never forgave. Dolet me hear from you, dear Mr, Horne,” she exclalms, **and aulckly, as my foot s fn the alr, batanced on the probability of a departure from Eneland for sume land of the sun yet in the clouds,— Italy perhaps, Madelra_posaibly,—~there to fin- ish my recovery, or rather to prevent my yearly rechuie In the wlntry cold: so let me hear from {ou guickly, . . . If1 go to Italy, it will be y sea, and high authorities nmong the doctors absoluts restoration In conse- quence of it and I myself have great coura; and hope when T do not look nd m) ufi" I have been drinking life at the sun nlythls summer (and fhat Is why the fountalns of it have scemed 80 dry to you and the rest of the world); but, thougl fn improved hesith and courage, 1 am sometimes o very Jacques for mclnm}m‘ . and zo moralizing hito a thousand similes hall the uzes of the day." Later she saya: * If you could see what a tangle my thoughts are In, you wonld smile.’” And next'there is a letter from Mr. Browning, dated Plaa, whither b has borne his bride. OF her he writes in & epirit of utter contentment: 4 One of these days we shall meet agatn, never fear, and then you shall see mv_ wife, your old friend, and hear from her what I have often heard from her. . . . She s getting better every d:f.-—uronzer. better wonderfully, and beyoud ali our hopes.” With onc or two more numbers, written at long intervals, the letters cnd. llow charming theentire collection fs, tho passages we Lave given plainly show, A volume, printed uniforin with the * Let- !en‘:' contains a couple of cuuya entitled “The Book of the Poets,"” and * The Greek Christian Poeta" — PERU., PERU: IXcinzsTs or TRAVEL AND EXTLORATION 1% THE LAXp or Tik Ixcas, Dy E, Ggorar Squizn, M, A, P. 8, A, Late énilml aum Commissioner to Peru, Au 3, " ete. With Illustrations, New York: Harper Lros. Chlcago: Jnasen, McClarg & Co, 8vo,, Pp. GO0, Price, 83, At tho conclusion of his dutles as United States Commissioner to Peru,—at what date the reader {8 not fuformed,—Mr. Bquigr m- proved & long-coveted opportunity tv explore the ruins of the ancicnt civlilzation of the Inca Emplre. These futeresting rematns of & once rich and powerful but now extinct natlon, thickly scattered within the territory subject to their dominfon, form the chief source of our knowledge of one of the oldest and most highly cultivated of the aboriginal races of America. No written records were left behind them, but their vast architectural monuments, which have defied the destructive agencles of tlme and of tha elements, testify to the intclligence, the {ogennlty, and the industry of the peoples living under the government of the Inucas, The vestives of temples and tomba hint of thelr religion; the cities, and fortlfications, and palacee, still imposing fo the midst of decay, reveal much of their civil and soclal organtza- tlon; the rufus of reservoirs and aqueducts, terraces and havging gardens, attest their care- ful and assiduous pursuit of agriculture; and the extensive system of highways, and bridges, and fombas or resting-places, spreadine a net- work over the Emplre, show thelr well-planned and cherished meaus of inter-comtnunication, ‘The study of these aboriginal monuments has o fascinatlon for native and foreign antiquarics und men of selence, but none bave attempted thelr elucidation with- more enthusias, learn- ing, and patience than the author of this latcat sccount of thelr condition aud significance, For @ year and a balf Mr. Squicr was actively em- ployed in travels and fnvestigations in’the most [oteresting of these flelds of quiry- His researches were flrat prosecut- ed among the rulns of Grand Chimu, Pacha. camac, aud CoJamaquilla, and o the valleys of Suuts, Nepens, Casma, and less known poluts fucluded fu the const-region, From the port of Ariea lie pessed over the Cordillern futo Bo- 1tviy, vistting the remarkable ruins of Tiahuon- ueo} ond thence proceeded to Lake Tficaca and its sncred Istunds, fained os the spot where thy Incas, the chlldren of the Sun, frst set foot upen our planet. From Titleacn ho pursued his way to Cuzco, the Capltal ot the andent Empire, where sev- eral months were occupied in - expeditions ex- tending in various directions within a circuit of a bundred miles. At the concluslon of explora- tfons {n this protitle region, Mr, Bquler dirceted his course to the northwest, following the old Inea road to Quito for o portion of the way,— crossing the head-waters of the Auazon, and the lotty wountain ran; ying between Cuzeo and Liina, At the lutter’ pluce nis investiga. tions were begun, and there they terminated.” Mr. Squice was equipped i his expeditions with the compass and measuring-line, the pen- il .and photographic apparatus; and, at every slte visited, mude use of “thess fustruincnts to securc aceurate measurements and representa- tlons of the principal structures. The frult of this provision was' u collection of hundreds of plans, sections, vlevations, sketches, and photo- graphin, A cotisiderublo cabinict of objcets of urt and industry was also added to the large Lody of historfeul material accumulated In the prugress of the explorutions, As a result of Lis survoy, or of'* ¢ Nlcars, r. 8quler has been led to thu oplnion that the population ot the eutire [nca Empire, comprisine Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, did not exceed 10,000,000 or 13,000, 000, The people dwullln’( on the coast were marked by characteristics—determined by physfcal conditions—measurably difering roin those which distingulshed the inhubitants of the Slerra, These dls. tinctive tralts are apparcut in thelr archi- teeture, which was necessurily molded to suit the circumstances of their social and political e, Occupylng o lasd destitute of thnber, rurely visited by rains, and with a mlild an cquable cllmate, their houses of the humbler surt were undoubtedly of o Mizht und perishe able character, bullt probably, as at the present day, of interlaced weeds plastered with mud; wiille thelr more fmportant ceditlees were con- structed of stone, and covered with tlat roofs. In the mountain icts, where rains were abundant, and _the clmate, owing to o high altitude, was often_severe, und where thinber, obtaiued from the foreats ou the western slopes aud fron the stalks of the sgave, was wore plentitul, the architecture assumed certain new uspects, sulted to the peculiar demands of sur- rounding nuture. The diffurences in the sltun- tion of thess two divisions of the peo- pla unnuestivuably nfluenced thelr religion as well ws their hablts of living; aud those who dwelt within slght aud hearivk of the scu, worshiped Virgcocha, th divinity ot the occans and they who Inhabited the high table-lands of the Hlerra, invoked the heneficent power of the Bun, the source of the light and heut upuh which existenco visibly dupended., Mr. Squler Letleves that his survey bas yleld- «d indisputable evidences of a rude clvilization untedatiug that of the lucas. 1t s tmpossible to u;m-u‘y the cra fn which the earliest struct. ures stll surviving in Perw had their orlgin but Mr. Squler compare al existing n Enclaud, Denmark, aud and asscrts that the. difference 18 ve: between the oldest monuments of the und of the Western Hembsphores. WAl that can now be salely safd,” he re- marks, ** s, that thesc monuments are'old, very old; but how old, we cannot, ut least at pres- cut, ascertuin. Ana, turther, there s no valid evidence thut, within ay »urlod kuown to hu- man records, the progenitora of the Peruviuns reached thelr country from abroad, or thet tueir clvilization was fimparted to thewmn by any other ruce, Evenitit be nssuined that the wiole hu- man farnily sprung from a single palr, aud that their orfiriual seat was {u tho highlands of Ar- wenla, whence they have overspread the ;fl‘ulu:. still it remalng true that the periud of thelr ad: vent (u Peru sutedates s humau reconl.” The narvative o Mr. Bquler's explorations is very entertalolug, e li an antmated und lucld writer, aud makes his descriptious both compre- heusive and fotelligible, An abundance of gnod eugruviuge eurich bis volume, which is aval- bl contribution o tho listory of anclent Peru. PROF: MATIIEWS' LAST BOOK. HOQURS WITH MEN AND BUOOKS. Br Wiiriax Matuzws, LL. Chicago: 8. C. Griggs & Co. 12mo., vp. $84. Price, $2. It we except that very popular book, *“Get- ting on In the World,"—and the exceptlon is hesitatingly grunted,—Dr, Mathews bas ot pro- ducdd g more delightful volume than the one before us I8 le composed of vasaye with & &b~ in- 1 PRICE FIVE CENTS. versity of titles, cach competing in atiractive- ness with its fcllows, and varying in length—to sult the mood and the apare moments of the reader—from thecondensed article, packed with | pith and marrow, and crammed Into four or five pages, to the protracted dissertation, equaily weighty In every sentence, and refusing to be compressed Into less spuce than afourthora fifth part of a duodeeimo. ‘The respect. for Dr. Mathews' qualifications for nuthorship Increascs with cvery work ke publishes. He Is eending forth a book anauaily, and there Is no sign of ehaustlon, of depletion even, of the wellsprings of wisdom and léarn- ing from which he dmws. The truth fs, he did ot begin to write until his mind was filled with - an fmmense store of erudition years of dll(finut acquirement from the ripes acholars and thinkers of all time. The best books in many tongues have been made to yicld to him thelr treasures, and thesc hie lids, by skillful proceases, melted up and _molded over fnto new ani beautiful shapes, entirely his own. Thg power of sclectlon from the richest mines of thought, and of reorganizing In fresh combi- nations and with original graces the gathered roducts, has scldom been sa opulcntly cx- ibited, 2 There s o poctical cast to Dr. Mathews' writings, which gives themn prominent value. It conduces to their popularity as much as, and terhinps more than, docs_ their aflluent thought or eluquent diction. Tt Is a singnlar fact that one wjose lifc has been kpent in mevere closct-study, whose cyes have been {wnwlunlly poring on buoks, has yet noted Wwith fine discrimiuation the sort of equipment common men ticed to fit themn best for the work of the world: the kind of education of brain, aud hieart, and hand, that has the closest adaptation to the requirements of every-day. life. The short lrcndses in the present collee- tion on Mural Grahomlsm, Strengih and Health, The Morality of Gond lelnlf. Writing for the Press, Working by Rule, aud Homillcs on Early , Rislug, are tull of shrewd and sensibie observa- tion that the masses appreciate gud profit by, Overagainst thesoare the essays on Thomas De Quincey, RobertSouth,Clinrles 11, 8purgeon, ‘The Jlluslons of History, ‘cte., ete., which fur- nish especlal delectation for the scholarly. Like the volumes by the eame author that have preceded it this{s o model of the book- maker's art. » A RELIGIOUS CITANGE, FROM TRADITIONAL TO RA' ont, Tix WAY 1CAME Prox B ined by lan CURIFTIANITY, AXD ton: Raberts Bros, Chicag * Co. 10mo., pp. 810, Vrice, The history here given of o Em;l's bitter fifct with doubts and temptations, In its passago from an unquestioning acquiescence In an ortho- dox creed toa settled bellef in the doctrines of a liberal system of faith, is charucterized by a teeling so profound as to be pathetic. It has cost the earnest, scnsitive nature of the author somuchpol toleave the chlrch in which hewas reared and fn which he first officlated 28 & minlster, and to enter one diractly opvosed to it In teaching, that he bas evideutly published the reasons actuating his course s much for the sake of the retef it would afford his own suppressed emotions,as for the influence it nught have upon such as are groping In the path he has succeeatully traveled. 1n the course of hils narration, Mr. Griffin dls- cusses the evolution of churci-history, the aue thenticity of the Beriptures, and the doctrine aud divinity of Christ. The more personal part of his relation describes the early religious fn- fluenees under which hie was bred, “the state of unrest In which his mind was for a time dis- tracted, the temptations to conceal his changy of oplnfon and still remain in the church with which he was connected, and his tinal rest and satistaction fn the open profession of a faith which gave room for the free conslderation of every inquiry which might arise recanding the sanctity of religivus tenets and traditions. NOTABLE AMERICAN WOMEN. WORTIIY WOMEN OF OUR FIRST CENTURY. Editdd by Mrv. 0. J. Wisten and Mise Aoxzs Inwix, Philadelphia: . B, Lippincott & Co. Chlcago: Mladley Ifros, & Co. Hvo., pp. U28, ;. ‘This volume !s late fruit of the Centennal, 1t was planned by the managersof the Women's Departinent, with tho {ntentlon that it should coutain o series of brief biographies of repre- sentative women from each of the States; but tho olm was found to be fmpracticable. It in- volsed an amount of work for which thero proved to be nelther ndequate materials, nor sultable Inborers with the uecessary lelsure to devoteto . The scheme was, therefore, con- tructed, and only uow haas bLeen brought to u partial conclusion, Nevertheless, although its {ntended propor- tions have been greatly curtailed, the work [s valuable, It embroces the 1ives of u halt<lozen Americun women who have retlected honor upon their sex and thelr country by thelr virtues and thefr conduet. They were i the highest sense Ssworthy women”, and thefr examplo offers s Pvccluux subject 'for the study of those who ollow after them In the passugo of time. The sketches are coutributed by different authors, who have in each caso presented thelr subject I an entertalning mauner. ‘The list of wmenioirs and writers (s as follows: Virginia, Mrs, T, My Randolph Sclrlcn duughter of Thomas Jeffurson), hi‘\l 3 B. M. Randolphi; New York, Mrs, Philip Schy by Miss Susan Fenlmore Cooper; Massuchu . Samuel Ripley, by Mlas Elizabeth Hoar Hampshre, by Mrs. Francls ‘islo; South Carolina, Mrs, Rebecen Motte, by a lady of South Carolinas Penusylvaula, Deborah Logan, by Mra. Owen J. Wistar, ‘A NOVEL, THAT LASS o' Lowstz's, Ny Fraxcrs Hobasox lunyerr, Ilustrated by ALyreo FRepenicKs. New Yurk: Armstrong & (o, Chlesco: Hudley Lrog, & Co. and Jansen, McClurg & Co, 12 mo., ppe 200, Price, $1.50. ‘Thu author of this novel has a talent for vivid portralture, Joan Lowrle is an uncommonly strong character, conveylng fu every movement au fmpression of herole cournge, steadfastuess, and resolution. 8ho is only a poor collier's Qaughter, tolllug dally from childhood at tns coarse, hard work performed by women at the mouth of the pit; yet the regal qualities of her uature givo to her bearing the alrpf o queen. Buch striking individualities are rarelymet with in renl Nfo, yet there is nothing fu the action of Joau which coutlicts with onc’s sense of truth, Many 8 1nss us noble as she may have existed Iy simllar circumstances at least 1t does us good to belleve it very possible, und fn tils conetats the charm of the book, Other personages searcely less engaglng aro grouped about Jout,—i lover, of superlor rank, who s worthy of heriand fricnds, the curate aud the rector's daughter, who do not suffer in compurison with bher, Much of the colloquy {s in the Lancushire dia- lect, and hard to get along with, yet the roader bears patfently with the trial, ahinost forgetting it, {u fuct, fn tho fusciuation of the story. A LIFE-INSURANCE ROMANCE. BRIEF HONORS: A RoMANCE ur THE (uEaT Diwvivants, Chicage: Jausen, McClurg & Co. Bquare 10mo., po. 218, Price, $1. ‘The object of this romance (s to expose the fraudulent manner {n which many life-lusurance companies bave been conducted. Late develop- ments in the history of a nuuber of theso cor- porations show that there Is very little exarger- ation in the secount of the workings o the Great Dividable, Theruo is really quite as much _truth us flction wrought futo tbe narratlve. It will survou useful purpose by luclting people to rreater eangion when minded to luvest property hx ouy of these Institutions. A COMEDY, oUT OF THE QHBS’HON A Coxxor. Dy W. D, Howsrrs, Boston: James R. Osgood & Co, Chicsgo: Badley Bros, & Co, 18mo., pp. 184, ‘This experiment which Mr, Howells bas pro- -Jected In the lue of the drana is of u duinty and delicate charutter, It portrays s romauce fu fashionablo lifv, yet uvolves a youny eirl whoso truinlig Lus uot becu so artifleial’ a3 to destroy the sincerity and inzenuousness of Nature. She 1s indeed so fnely organized that custows and conventionalitles cannot pervert her, andina .cruclal test she adberes to the dictates of sound aod culightened reason. The sccues us g wholo areso cloverly wauvaged that thelightest of them which oceur between two or three representas tlyes of the ** ¢irl of the perlod,” are plyuant), auwusing. The weakest portiou fs that whi shouid bo the strongest, where the incldests culmioate fu the tiret uct. Mr. Charles Belllug- Lam {3 » geutleman of acknowledged uttractive- ucss, but be §s ut fault fu the ungraclous part wsalgned 10 blo of defending the fwully digut- ty.. 1t is a pity be fa not given somotblng to do and say that would bugmmnl with hiy really 24 y P i t ( i i