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: 4 B ? i . . - ‘' * THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1877—TWELVE PAGES. e was afllicted with feeblo health, and gradual- v witndrew from soclal Intercourse, secing very 1[ttle of hia fricnds tor a conslderable time be- fore hia desth. This event occurred In 1874, whicn the poet had attalued tho ripe nxe of 87, Inthevollection of personal sketehes Included In bis memoir, there Is an intereating anccdote related of Colerldge, in_flustration of his ex- cessive love of talk, * e hal come from High- Rota to London," relates Mr. Procter, **.for the solo purposo of consulting a friend about his son ilartley (‘our dear Hartiey'), towards whom hy _ecxpressed, and I have fio dount felt, much anklety. He arrived about 1 or 2 o'clock, In the midst of aconversation, which immedi- ately began to interest him. o struck into the middie of the talk very soon, and held the *ear of the housa' until dinncr made fts appear- nm.eh about 4 o'clock. Ho then talked all through the dinner, all the after- noon, sil the cyening, with scarcely & sluglo interruption, He expatinted on this subject and on that; he drew fine distinctlons; he made subtlo criticisms, 1o descended to ancedotes, historleal, logical, rhetori he dealt with laws medicine, and divinity, until, at last, 5 mioute- before 8 o'clock, the scrvant came In and an noutced that theIllzhgato staga wasat the cor- ner of the street, and was walting Lo covey Mr, Coleridge home. Coleridgs immediately started up, obifvlous of all time, and sald, in 8 hurred volee, *My dear Z., I wlll come to you some pletures & Co. _Chiengos fansen, Mctlurd & Co. 10mo,, s Price, $1. OUNT UARTERS. A love Srony. m thie **Cannfear of Blessington,” Three Engliel yalumen Corgleta fn One. Filladolghin: 7. I Teterson & 1liros. Chicago: Hadley Hr Co. 12 mo.. ' 500. Price, 81. MY RON'S WIPE. the Anthor of **Uaste," etc. Philadelphl et nd ars exccuted with extreme deil- cacy and preclslon. They have been sclected from myrind “sources, from old and preclous ~ MSS. and missals from the palntinga attl) vislblo on the walls of ancient temples und palaces, from raro cx- amples of the pletorial art belonging to differ- ent nages and nations, and fromn Hlustzated works of tho highest authority. Tho subjects represented aro domestie Interiors, figures fn- veated In tho costume of a1l grades of socfety, and farniture and_utenstls of cvcry date and description. The sevcral plates arc accompanied with notes explaining thelr origin, hilstory, and an&g}lfluuon‘ o completo work will embrace twenty anu ~-issucd ot intorvals of two montls,— om{nx in all six volumes of 400 five of which will be filled with cngravings, ahd one with letterpress. As an illustration of the dross and mannérs of the virious peoples who have Inhabited tho globe, the book will be ro- pleto with Interest and instruction; and, as un exbibitfon of superfine cugraviug In colors and en camieu, It will bo as valuable as attractive. LITERATURE. tlous were mada Ifferent staté of mind from that which suggested the fimt ntterance; and I was delighted when, long afterwards, [ met with . Cobbett's adyice: to know first what you want to say, and then say It {n the firat words that occur ou, .« » Thave always made sure of what" meant to say, and then written it down with- out csre ur Anxlety,~glancing at it again nn"l{ to see If any words were owmlitted or repeated, and not sltering a aln;iln phrase in & whole work, 1mention this beeauss I think I per- celvo that great mischicl arfacs from the notion that botching in the second place will compen eatc fér carclessncss fn the first, 1 think I percelve that confusion of thought, and cloudi- ness uflttlxncub u;m Il? atyle, nu' wm'luml or aggravate faulty preposscasions In regard to the M!fllm’l of writing for the psls. The mero saving of iime and Iabor fn my own case may be regarded 28 nu fnconslderable addition to my term of iife. Bome modification to this doctrine there must of course be, In accordance with the strength or weakness of the natural faculty of cxpression by language; but I speak as strong- 1y aa 1 have just done, boczuse I have no reason to believe that the natural sptitude was par- tleularly strong in myself, ¥ belieys that such focllity as I have enjoyed has keen mainly ow- Ing 10 my unconaclous Drcylmlu? discipline; and espevially in the practice of {ranslation P! it Riverside, s A pretty species, which would ornament ;n‘v plessure-grounds. It is In bloom (o 5 o 8mall Honegsuckle (L. parviflora, var. Dour- 1sssil), fe common st Glencoe, also at Glbson's. Btation, on the Michizgan Central Raflroad, and; at Pine Statlon and Milct's, on the Michigan guumem Rallroad. It blossums in May and ane, . Specimens of the Bush-Ioneysuckle (Dler- yilla trifida) occur at Iiyde Park and Iinsdale. The Japanesc shrub known to us under the name of Wiegela, and bearing an abundance of large pinkish blossoms in the spring or carly summer, belongs to this genns. The Diervills furnishes flowers for the garlands of June, The Horse-Gentian (Triosteum perfoliatum), coarso {n aspcet as in name, s a native of the woodlands at Riverside sud Ca'umet. The plant has a rank growth, and the small, purplish flow- ers mako very littla display In ths 'axils of tho nmple leaves, June ls the month in which to look for {t, The Common Elder (Bambucus Canadensis) apreads out jts broad cymes of fine white blossoma n the same montb, Ever(yl.mdy kuows the plant by its sweet-scented fluwers and its turplo berries. The latter arc manu- factured into wine, are sometimes used in puddings and ples. The brulsed leaves of the Eldcr are fetid, and_tuclr julce Is emetlc and drastic-purgative, Tle plant {s not common ‘John Crow,’ or ¢Carrlon-Flawer, puteid stench it cxhales. This flower Is one of the largest known. The taba or bowl, about & ‘foot long as it hangs from tho: vines, makes's very good Imitation of the Datchman's chind » pipe; but'the mouth of the bowl turns foryard, and expands eight or ten Inches in diameter, and from the lower edge of this dangles s slender tafl, about a foot tong. he > whole flower s agumd green and purple, ke a discased liver. Notwithstanding its vilo odor and uncanny look, it Is the most interesting of - flowers, The tube is divided Into three cham- bers hy constrictions and valves farnished with backward-pofnting bristles, the whole forming a trebly-guarded fiy-trap. The outer chamber nlone glves ont the carrion-odor; ‘attracted by which “fnsccts enter, and, finding themsclves ° dectlved, try to cscape, but the long, re- curved Uristtes which llna . the walls cntangle them when they turn back, . but favor thelr progress ~ through the - second trap, and fnto tho second chamber be- ond., Finally they find thelr way, through tho . ird And Tast trap, into the third chamber, and hero you will tind’ small fiies and _beetles by dozena, {[ you open the blooming flowers, Now, * what i the objce* of this ovilontcontrivancel 'The flower Is not insectivorous. Tho entrapped Insecta are always found slive and {n good con- “The Life of Bryan Waller Procter (* Barry Corn= wall*). Pri 4 fas T, B. Petorson & Bros. Chl. diey Bros: & Co. 1% mo., pp. 437. yo: Price, 81, TIE RAIL OF BEACONSFIELD. Ty Kicro- Lax Fioan Davis. Toronto: Relford liros, Chi- €aga: ifadley liros & Co. Taper, 25 cents, A TEXT-HOOK OF HARMONY:'Fou mus Use oy Bcnoors axp Brupents. DBy Citantrs En- wanb 1onarLxy. . Now York: [iarper & Bros. Chieago: Hadley Bros. & Co.,- and Jansen, Mcllarg & Co, Till; DASTONNAIS: A TALE 0P THE ANERICAX InvAnIOX OF CANADA N 1776-'70, 1y Joux L. rraince, Toronto: Delford Bros, Chicaga: Hadley liros, & Co, Price, 81,60, D RLD. By Cirasitzs Dickzsn. Herbert Spencer’s Prinéiples of Soctology—British North America. AVID COPPERFI Boston: Ilurd & lloughton. Chlcsgo: MHadley Bros & Co. Tlistorleal Costumes-~The Fletch- er Prizo-Essay for 1877-- Adrlondack Marray. — PERIODICALS RECEIVED. UARPER'S MAGAZINE fofJuno (1farper & Droth- ore, New York), Contenta: ** Contempornry Art In termany,* by 8, (i, W, BenJamin (with twen! llustrations s ** A Dreamland City "' (a Poem), by Mrs. Frances L. Mace; ** The Androscaygin Laki by Edward Ahbott (with nineteen !lfus- Arations); **The Niebelungen Lay.'* by Leda M. Behoonmaker (with eight illustrutions by ¥red- THEFLETCIER PRIZE-ESSAY, 1877, THE CHILDREN OF LIGIT. DBy the Rov. Frice, $1.50, 2 3 Ry B3 By a provision in the will of the late Dr. Fletcher, of Boston, the Trustees of Dartmouth How Authors Do Their Worke- Cuzoo, in Peru-—Literary other day, and talk to you about our dear Hart- from varlous languoges, . . ..And agals, ditfon,—no dead ones In_any of the chambers. r to rotton i n b erickayy ** Bromas of, My Father' 8in,™ by I, - hercabouts, but is found along the lake-shore [ h t 3 and Art Notes, loys He vl aulo fomotten, bl soly A1 | g aro ensbicd to offe once in bxo gearsa | 3. ackmoret V1L Fosts, els Siatil (& ttar sseing tho mustweripts or Srootabcetsof | ESL ot Riteof ity and i rerside, . | reac” i which sl oseoin b, gora enraptured audience.” prizo of 8500 for the best cssny on the duty of | Fosm), by Wiliar Glbeons 1 ¥he Wheeler Suc. | win qualified to say that the most marked man- | | Tho Sweet Viburnm (Viburnum Leatago)fs | organs, reema to have been especlally o e et won to a frlondship with | Chrlatians to cxert an netlve rellglous fofluonce | felvan ioidsn bY Wiiliam Ak Ridetng (with | eciate of thelr day are precicly those whose | named ss dninhabitant o Glencoe, but is rarcly | trived for thelr comfort and convenlenice, Tt Godwin, whom he calls * very cold, very scillsh, calculating,”—adding, " His ph owpb{. such as It was, never - generated pity or gZratl- tude. His symnpathies, sud gencrositics, and Mberal qualifies showed themselyes only In priut. o+ ... I Lave known several persona who wero intimate with him, none of whom ever pretended to endue him with a single good quality. . , . Andyot thils man hasin Iis study compiled fne rhotorieal eentences, which Flors Round About OChicago: The Honeysuckle and Gin~ . geng Families. scen _cren there, Its cyncs are open in Maj and June. The Arrow-Wood (V. Dentatam) fs commou at Riverside and Glencve. The Maple- Leaved Arrow-Wood (V. acerifolium) is among the rare g{m(en growing at Glencoe. The Cranberry-Tree (V. Opulus), so-called hecausa its frult Is somctimes ured as a substitute for cranbeities, abounds at Graceland. It fs o largo -hru{r, opening Its cymes somewhat Jater than the preceding species, which blossom in upon the soclety about them. The prize for has been declared in favor of the essny writton by the Rev. Witllam . Farls, and named above, The author opens his disscriation with an acknowledgement of the coldness and indiffer- ence of thu great malority of Christians with regard to the faith = which they pro- fess' and {ts exteasion amoug = man- kind. There are about manuscripts show most crasures, and thelr prouf-sheets must alterutions, A Im‘uem wwpic of conversation, Mirs Mar- Uneau tells vs, betiween hersel and lier friends, was the diverse tethods of dolog their work. With almost all of them she differed nbout the tine of beginning h the mwrning. Her habit was Lo sit Uown asearlyas7 or ?ml!-mn. and write without Interruption until 2 {n the after- noon. Duriug these hours she preferred to be M. Towle (with threo lllustmtions by Samuel Colman) Moses Clymor's Business, by Marc. E. Cook (wlth two Wflustrstions): ** An Order a Poem), by Fannlo R. Tobinson; 44 J3ras’ Nosts,” by H, D, Minot (with five {l- lustrations) s **The Profersorn Victim" (s 8tuey), by Mes, Frank McCarthys; ** Pugular Ex- eltion of Some Sclentiic Experiments,” Vart o by Dr, Jolin W. Draper (with six illastra. \hmll): ‘' A Woman-ilater,™ Part XII. spacfous, unincumbered with bristles, except:’ . Just about the entrance, whero @ perfect forest of them renders cscape into the preceding chamber finpossible: and, moreover, about the floral organs an _sbundance of nectar supplics them with food. There fsa fine stumbling- blosk in the way of the Lellcser In the laws of cross-fertllization, As Prof, Gray wounld say, this plant secma to be founded on the planof *How not to do it.’ _ Bkepties have volnted tri- 2. { for 3 Camet Gross=Fertilization of Flowers==s Plant-Experiments==+Par~ .. Quite contrary to her practico was that of Buuthey and Sliss Edgworth, who did thefr writing in the midst of tue family, in the com- mon sitting-roow. The latter subjected her work 1o Jaborious reviston, somctimes lcmllnfi copy W the printer which had been mo alteres that notbing of the original remained. ** Mrs. Ople wrote slowly,” says Miss Martineay, ** and ‘amidat & strennous excltement of lier sensibill- creeds,—that thelr conduct {s not such as to distingufsh them from the worldly, or to win adhercuts to the religlon of Jesus,—is regret- fully aud reprovingly asserted by the writer; and exhortations and admonltions to tho recro. an toues aro adminfstered by hin in a splrit of profound carnestncss and gravity. The body, of tho essay is divided into flve parts, treating respectively of Christian Begiu- completely dusting ‘themsclves and its walls with the yellow ns. Tha mfimaur: surfaco, " tov, had “long been fertillzed, s lobes had closed, ond, havine performed its office, the fatil was withering away. The fact of self- ertilization in this plant scemed proved. Ni ture, however, does not disclose all her s creta on the first inspection, and a moro care- ful study of this flower in all ita stages will . “ BARRY CORNWALL.? * pRYAN WALLER TROCTER (DARRY CORN- WALL), AN ACTOBIOGRAPHICAL ~FRAGHENT snD DBIOURAPNICAL NOTES, WITH PxmsoNal SKEICUZS OF CONTENPORARIES, .UNFUBLISHED Lrnics, AXD Lerfens Oor LITERARY FAiEXDs, Toston: Koberts Bros. cmni'n'. Jansen, UcClarg & Co. 12mo,, pp. 800, Price, $2. A pleasant memolr of Barry Cornwall has b n - Chaeles eades ** A Tear™ (a Poem), by Uarriet strangers have becp ready to Lelieve flowed . e e it s Cncti . (s Norenr “eon: | alon and undisturbes by intrasfons of any | June. Itls from thisspocies that the Snowball | umphantly to the' Aristolachia ns. & plant thenogenesis, g e e e aianyy oot | 0 peommunicants fn the * churclice ot | - (eiceit, "BANECL yiowiiomo: ® Ldliory Sany | ort. Sho usually compfeted ton or Ywaly | 1 derived, which, with tho ‘utmost lnnnult{.ph-s- him like ono of those cold, Intellcetual domons | press overy commubity with s stamp of god- | Az ™ Bdiwre Yiecordy' *t Kalt- | pages of msnuseriptat each siitinw, bt, whon | e had like to have forgotien the Snowberry | provided for Insurine et or close fertlilzation, of whot wo read in ¥rench aud German storles, | Ficas, wers they but carpost. enongh in Ghelr | 955 tifie dlecords™ **lditor's’ Iistorical | writing the “ History of the Peace, {Srmphorsarpie racemaris) As¢ smong tic | They had opened flowers In full bloom, found EYTERATURE, ghu como upon carth todo good tono one aud | belicf to proctico L well as profess It. That | ABSEETONS" e ot (D Appletin -m:\.l Ix;:‘q\gmilluuxl deal of rescarch ;&rfi:fi:fi-‘ common 3: fi:::“"{:mi ,{,fiw'c'r: tuo athers {mul::llx' f;;fl.hl pnél:‘n, llmd mch impris- . ¢ . 9 arm Lo many.' X ¢ D vy N com cd only seyen pages. C " ' | 01 ncets skipping alon, he inner chamber, - Hr. Be Oubucey tmpressed Mr. Procter sty they-fall fo make thelr lives accord with their | * & Co., Now York). Contentr: Frontlsplece—1l- | oMb y seven pages 4 c Inaty m, Ly C. B. lcinhart, to “*Chorry Ripet" **Tho llarbor and Commerce of New Yotk," Flrat Papor (with nine filustrations), by Willlam H, Ridelng; **Tho War Witn tho Tark- omans, ™ fron the ¥rench of Comtsde Gobineau; **My Grape-Vino ** (a Poom), by Mary E, Bra leyi ¢ Hunor's Slave " (a Bliort Story), by AL, K, followed h{ snowy berrles, which remaln on the stems unttl winter. It grows wild Iu various Northern States. ‘The membera of tho Caprifoliaces are mainly restdcied to the northern parts of Furope, Asia, and America. A few strayinto the Tropics, but they arc little known in the Southern Hem- isphere. Of the Ginseng Family (Arallacex) we have 1ttle moro favorably. X did not ke him, says, *and I do not admire thoso cssays of his with which 1 am bestacquainted. . . . These ar, in my oplnlon, ofton poor and withoud merdt, I do not know any Instance, in the writings of an_nuthor of note, comprehending 80 much pc-lmtfi‘. sztznalon. and imperti- nence. They are all divergence. Even fo tho splenctic parts Lie cannot aahere to his subject, . tles. She liked teying the effect of her tales uj only two representatives. Tho Wild Sarsapa- | show that its wonderful inachinery §s contrived een pleced togetber in & sort of mosaic pat- bfn st reeedo 80 somo opinlon of his oW < :é(l; :h.u“&'r}l'\fl?fi‘:ha g.’.‘.' Lll;: Kn:wh. ge, ”‘,1: h’,1 cn"mci T eads | on hearers b“M_BJ Ilfi:y s i “': rm-h (Aralls nludluuuT) l-lwpeélnbclo met wrlg solely for securing cross-fertilization through tern out ot bits of autoblography, reminlscen- | which has no conncction with the matter in ot an Cirlf s Lt A Soein), Iy Conatance Bonl- | member my mother and sister coming home | ik the woods In our vicinit$: st Glencoe, and | the sgency of Inscets, and ‘that it eannot. fer- cesof noted men of lotters, sud extracts trom | Land, or he refers to somo clusslcal or German ADIRONDAGK MURRAY. Fho Marchignoss of Murder,® | with swollen cca sud tendersplrlis after spond; Gibson's Btation, and -Rivrside. Its umbels | tilize {tsclfe In fact, the anthiers and stizma In.; v Hene! Browifo; +*Wine ™ (s Poom), by ddgur Fawcett; **Relgu of Poetry, Art, and Eloguence, In Blorencs, " by Geargo . Towle; **Doctor Pajot™ (a Short 'lorfl. by mmccg. w br author for the sake of exhibiting his learning or gencral knowledge, ilis style, therefore, be- comes wearisome, (nconsequant, and parenthetl- cal to su offensive degree. . . . Mr. Dy the correspondence of tho poct, llnked to- gether with blographleal notes contributed by o frend, The memolr thus framed forms an ap- expand In May or June, The 8plkenard (A. race- tnosa), whith blossoms In July, has been found at Thatchor's. There are onfy six specics of this order in the States east of the Mississippl, any flower are never open at the same time. The mystery ls explained when we cxamine tho flowera that have blossome and are withering: the trap s open and the lusects all flowon, Fach of . {ng an evening with dlrs, Ople, to hear S Temper,' which she read in o most overpowering way. Wlien they gaw it in_print, thoy could -nmfy belieyo it was tha saine story, Her handwrit- ADVENTURES IN TIIE WILDERNESS; on, CAMP-LIPE 1X TUR ADILONDACKR, DY WiLLtax *H, 1L Munway. With Iilustrstions. Doston: Leo & Bhopard. Chicago: lsdloy Uros, & Co. riate and satlsfactory portrait of a genial tincey was certalnly an able man; and he was, 5 200, Harding Dayis; **The ¥chool for Scandal fuig was execrable, for smallucss and frregular- | A0d the whole number in all parts of the world | tho threo co trictions, which were at first so Pver and an smiabloman, During his long e T auimirud by thos (0 whons | ABIRONDRCH TALES. By W. M. 1L Munnar, -,'.;,3,;',:*“;;’}3}&"{,;; sorty o Twenty” @ | figo " rregular- | o mount, to about 160 5 narrow 88 only to@dmit of n small Insect push- fe of 87 yoars Barry Corhwall was tho contem- | he uncovered his_inore amlabls quatitics, Bt | A DA K Masie-tall Hormone," etc. Dose | oaniaBerue ' by Alfred D. Btreots o Editor's | Aliss Bronto's first monuscrlpt was written fn | The orler Includes tre shrups, and herbs, lnF its way between the hairs. {8 now gapin; Heof 603 this eaposition dia not take place (n Bondon, | ton: 'Thu_Golden ftule Publishing Company. | Tablo™; ** tlook Noticen. " a small Look, of oft & folded o d stands closo to the Umbellifere,which it re- | widely opcn, and all the Uristles so wilte porary of soveral generations of ‘eminent i 2 s | Oleago: Tanmon, - McClurg & Co. 12mo, ATEARTC HOSERLA for 3 0. Hought o 1 olded paper wbich waa | 00 100 Smaay respects. It 18 weattered [ and faccid os to offer mo fmpediment flenty men, and - the persowal frind gfi?u‘t““‘-tfimlm'ww&m h:xl;:‘t'l,nnnl{cmu. Wa Shie nr-m' "hor g . s PP k.cfi.:rumugi. cnnm?er o] c(rlul‘.‘".“ n'z:':fm?;: held very near lier eycs. ns shic was cxtremely pet over the earth, from the Arctic to the Tropfeal regions. Tho wpecles abound fn sn aromatie principle. The_Glnseng-root from China Is well known to commerce. It Is greatly esteemedd as a stimulant [n its pative land. The rice-paper used by the Chincse Is prepured from the Aralia p&grll& a plaut of this order, Among the clite in Chill, Mr. Darwin found a abort-sighted. A sceond copy was slways made with cxtreme care, Mrs. Somerville was also pear-sighted, and wrote with her paper Jaid on a nvleco of card-boant held close to thecyes. Her abstraction during tho proccss of composition wus so grest that the loudest by Mariain Douglaa; **The 1y talking in her presence falled to impress her mount. lL—’l"n%“An‘e‘g.t."' by'Charies Pran mind or interrupt, the traln .of thqught, Miss to thelr escape. Now, turning to & bud Just bursting into flower, we find the bristles Tigid and the trap set. The stigma [a now wide- 1y opened and ready to recelve pollen. but thean- thers tightly closed, and thelr pollen quite green. Each flower has, then, a “doublg dul to perform: first, to eatch insccts whici haye been Mberated by some flower previously of meny of thosa whom the En- gluh reading ' world most sdmire. His own consplcuous gifts of mind and-heart clected bim to s chioice place in the intcllectual soclety of London, and made him ono of its wost at- tractive membors, ‘The lst cnumerated by hls It Is somo elght ycars sinco the papers en- titled “ Adveaturca in the Wilderncas " were fret published in book-form by Mr. Murray, but they hiave lost nono of thelr fresh, spicy flavor. Bomuch of tho odorous, stimulating atmosphiero of the Adirondacks was infused Inventions st the Centennial Exhibition,” 1L, h‘ ‘Edwat Kuight; **The Firat Fon," by Oliver Wondell Liolmes; **\Wa-ha-toy-s; or, Defore the Graders,” by 1L, 1L 8. SYNTIETIC PHILOSOPIY. THE PRINCIPLES OF BOCIOLOGY. By lxnnxnr Brexcen, Vol, I. New York: D, Appleton & Co. Ll ufi\)!J wen, McClurg & Co. 12mo., PP 704, Price, $2.60, - . In the foug volumes following lls * First Hographor of celebrated authors Who were | Principles,? tn Mr. Sponcer's great work on | nto them,—so much vigor and vivaiity, bred | Adsney ryi e Botd, O Alidn oxpondes/muchs patés to revisiog aud | eI e e e e | D B o e Lertlleation sithitbe rmed among M sequaintance focludes | Bythctio Thilosopby, hebias dealt with organic | in & sojourn amang tho mountalns, entered fnto | * bylt- i1, ‘toudard; -+ Fits:Greane Tahieck, by | it “logers’ inctlio of writing was cx- | areusod In tanning. Poli them there tntil Its stizma has closed and. pearly & hundred names of thoso moat familiar | ovolutfon: thstfs, with tho “pheuomena dis- | their composition,—that they sorve as n source Guorge Parsons Lathrop; **Mr, Edward Fitzger- T ceedlogly laborlous, provoking from 8ldney Bmith the statement that, * When Rogers pro- duces a couplet, o goes to bed s and the caudlo 18 made, and the knocker I8 tied; aud tho straw 1s 1aid down; and, when Dia fricnds send to fn- atire,—*Mr, Rogers s as well as cauld be ex- ted.' Mr. Hallam wrote only for plessure, and took his timo abont it. Of bis landwrit- ing Miss Martine 8ys, it “was ono of tha finest Iever saw; and there was a remarkable elegance about the whole aspect of his suthor:, ship. Mr. Rogers' hand was old-fashioned and forinal, but so clear that you mightteachs child to read from ft." Carlglo tolls on bis manuscript painfuily, worklng It over and over agaln, long atter it has its anthers burst, And, finally, it vpens iis trap and sends them forth with inimpalred vig- or and g fresh Joad of pollen for the next flower that bloows. PLANT EXPERIMENTS. MM. Deherain and Vesque have arrived at the following results, cuncluding a series of exper- Iments upon the roots of the iry and veronica: 1, That oxygen s necossary for all organs of plants, and that for the Jifo of a plant it is not sufilcient that its alrearts be in air,~tha roats must also tlnd oxygen in the atmosphere of the groand In which they grow; 2 That the absorp ald'e Translations,” b omas Sergeant Percyy i+Tho Contributora Club* **A Dream, " worls by W. W, Bi Yy y F, Boott; ‘*Rocent Litaeatures™ ety ¢ ducation. LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE for June cott & Co., Phllndethh). Contentar o the Rhino ™ (Illustrated), h{,m" Diancho Mar. lghyl *Inthe Valloys of Poru” (Illustrated) *Sleeping mnr'*l'nnnhrun from the Tiwenty- fourth l?l of Thooczitus," Ly Maurice M. Egan; **Tho Lost Volea™ (s Bloryy, Ly !"-l The Furopean Ivy (Hcders Hellx) is classed lacem. tofame. Incidents relating to one snd another with the of them enliven tho futerest of his memair. 1 Tho pecullar distinction which his blographer dalms for Mr. Procter was indivlduality of character,~a quality whith Lo declares Is so tare and delleato *that to be ablo to recognlze ftat first hand {n & poem or other work of art is In itsclf o sort of originality,—tho gift, or nther the grace, of a few whose verdict 1s sure to prevall after a tinie, commonly a long time.” This personsl Individuality bo regards as “gentus in 1o and nction,” and it was this phase of futellcctua! superlority which dstin- played by an iudividual organism during its growth, maturity, and decsy. In the present volume hoenters upon a discussion of super- organic evolution, which, as he deflnes it, in- cludes “ all thosc processes and producta which tmply the co-ordinated scclons of many (ndl- viduals,” und limits himself to a consideration of its highest form, namely: that which s ex- hibited in the growth, structure, functions, aad products of human socictios. ‘Tho parts of the subject which he has thus far brouglit under treatment srathree, Part of enllvonment as ncccghbly to-day as when - lh&y were dashed off {n the kieat of cnthusiosm, ‘ie new cdition of the book appcars scasona- bly. Now fs the time for cxcursionists to plan thelr summer-trip to the mountalus or the sea- side, and to choosa the locality they will visit, A reading of Mr. Murray's sketchos will infect any one with a strong desire to start for tho Adirondacks ns 00 08 the black-fly has ceas- fd .l‘u,wrmcnu,—lhn 1s, late in Junc or carly n July. 'l‘lm’vnlumc of ¥ Adirondack Tales? includes “Thg Btory' the Keg Told Me,” “Tho Man Who Dida's Know Much,” zad a number of short * Humorous Sketches.! v the Edipr of The Trivune. u’n Forxst, 1il.. May 10.—~The followinp lants have been observed in fowerin Lake Foreat during tho 1sat two wecks, viz: Hepatiea triloba, Liverwort: Ranunculus bulbosa, Bulbous Crowfoot; Ancmone nemor- o83, Wood-Aunemone;. Viola cucullats, Common Bluo Violet: Sanguninaria Canadensis, Blood- root: Fragaria resca, Wild Strawberry; Ilibes cynosbatl, Wild Gooseberry: Anteonaria plan- taginifoll, ‘Everlasting; Thallctrum diolcum, Early Mcadow-Rue; mua hineso ot Beavor Falls,” by Albert s nid of Lossie,* by George Juneberry; Capsclla bursa-pastoris, Shepherd! ,A 1.—The Data of Boclology—comprises twenty- laan Nuperatitions, * by into the printer's s, | i; y“,.,,;'?,mmm grandiflorum, White Trilllum; | tion of oxygen which takes place through gulsbed Darry Cornwall,. and Mkowisa”Charles | yoven chapters, fu which aro studled tho orig- TIE OLASSICS. B € Gttos e frontesou™ (o Tolel b7 | il D s close that . ghony | Usilaria grandiiora, Deliwort. ;| e outa’ 18 accomplished. with ouly a silgb Lamb. 41 : inal ‘oxternal and foternal factors of social T e development of carbonle acid, so” that tlie roots produce o partial vacuum In veszelsin which they ore voutafned; U. That this develdp- ment uf carbonte acid takea place fust as well in an atmospbere without vxywen as ideno which contains it,—whence may be Inferréd that the excreted curbunic acld dogs not come from auperflelal oxidation of some self-ducompoulng organs, but from o regular irculution of guaes 1n the plant.” A deal ts crowded on a single poge. Bir Charies Lyell sat dowu to his writiug very late, and was content to finish a small nmount daily; but his composition waa of the sort involviug o eredt deal of study, Wordsworth’shabit of composing during bis " soll walka fs well known. The verses which ho Lad constructed in this wa would ba retained in his memory until his wife or daughter committed them to paper on his return, Mr, Procter telln us that Campbell wrote slowly and with much revision. ‘Ihe prools of his larger poems were 80 altered and Llotted 88 Yo distract the printer.)! It s relsted of Mr. Procter bimself that * Hisfavorite method ‘was to compuse when he was along n u crowd, snd hedeclared that hedidbis best when w:lkhui London streets.” 'Tho same author has sald of Haslitg that, “Aftera lato breukfast, be took bis quire of loolu-lfipn er and commenced writtug (n & large w?, almost as large as text) liis day’s work. I never saw goy rough draft or copy. He wrote -readily—not very swiftly, perhaps, but casily, as if_lio had made up his mind—the wanuseript that I bellaye went to the printer.’ CLABSIC LITERATURE: PrixctraLLY Baxscair, UNKEK, AND JIOMAN, WiT) BOME ACCOUNT OF % PRRSIAN, QUINRAE, AND JAFANESE, IN TUR Foux or SkETCil] 7 TUE AUTHONS AND BPECie ‘uExs yroM TuaNsLations or TaEi Wonks, Dy C. A. Wmit, Author of '‘Tho Student's Mythology.” New York: “‘m% Itolt & Co. Chicago: Jai McClarg & Co. Hvo,, pp. 431, Price, . Tho rather pretentious titla of this work is not at all sustained by on cxamination of the contonts of tho book. Tho suthor states It was prepared ot the roquest of the Principals of soveral lesding educatfoual lnstitutions, who lad felt the wantof s text-book which would contalu within o reasonable compass skotches. of the authors of antiquity, with such extracts 08 might give a falr idog of tho style ond spirit. of thelr writinge.. In this respcct Mr, White has succeeded falrly,—hc hae givon short skatehes of o lurgo number of classical writers; but the exceution of the work Is very uncqual, and superticial, Only twenty pages aro dovoted to Banscrit, while 220 have been given to Uroek, and 118 to Latin, ‘The work, as a whole, shows marks of belng ahasty compilation. It fs, how- ever, with its great deflclencies, valuable as giv- Ing Bome conuected view of aucient literature, ‘Thig extracts from the varioas autlors are takon frotn the most approved trauslatfons, and are gonorally well selocted. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUS- TRY FOR 1870. Edited by Brexcxn K, Bawn with the Assistanco of Kmfnent 3en of Sclence Neaw York: llarper & Bros. Chicago: Hudley B ansen, McClurg &Co, 12mo., 0 1 /The eventa diversifylng tho lifs of Mr, Proc- Our Monthly Gouslp; e wero not of o striking charactor, Hiswass quiet, modest nature, which tiuds ftself most Leat In the stmple cxperiences commen to men of unpretouding babits, His .ancestors had beensmall farmcrs for many generations, His {ather, o man of averago ubllity and uncommon boncaty, was possessed of & competency, Which enabled hun to support his family Iu ease and independenco; and his motlicr was “slmply fhio kindest and teaderest mother In the world.” . Thoboy wassent to boardiug-school when but & searsold, and at 13 cutored the great publie whool at Harrow, Among his fellow-students Lese wers Lord Byron, and” ho who was alter ward 8ir Robert Peel, Iu later years Mr. Procter sald of the youth- ful Byron, * o was ascholar in Dr. Dritry's ous, with an iron eramp & ono of his feot, with loose corduroy trouscrs, plentifully rellcv- nlfl ink, and with fuger-nalls bitten to tho quick, 1lo was theu o rough, curly-neaded boy, aud apparently vothing more.” Tu the fragment of autoblography loft by Mr, Procter, be Loasta of his efiiclency (n the sports of tho achoolboy, but allirtua that he waa not in any way noted among his mates for qualitics of eitier Nicad or heart. Tl tas without smbl- tlon, and not especially nddicted to study, On lwlnvf Harrow lic was placed under tho care of asolicltor in Wiltshire, iu order to propare for the profeasion of law. While here, ho confeascs that, with brief Intervals of study, his tine was Absorbed with amusing books, **1 read all the English poets, from Chaucer down to Burnsi almost oll the classics whilch had been conyert Isto Engllah; moat of the hlstories uccesuiblo to Eoglish readers; nud all the novels and ro- mances then extant, without a single exception, From such a groundwork my future inight easlly have becn unticipated.” Mr, Procter’s first essays In literature were fn. the forin of verse, and were contributed to the Literary Guzette,” Ho returned to London in 0 ¢he Editor af The Tridune. Bourn. Divistox Hign-8croot, Msy 18— ‘The following plants have been obecrved In Hyde Park during the past week, o addition to thioss yuvlnm(lfl recorded: Viola pubescens, Uvularia grandifiors, Csstillels coctinea (re snd yellow varioties), Orctostaphylos uva-ursl, Rhus sromatica, Cerastlum viscosum, Caulo- il thalctrotdes, THiliun recirvatum, g‘r lium _erectum (v, declinatum), Cardsmine rhomboldes, Ribes cynosbatl, Viola lauceolats, ‘Thasplum aureuin, Tragaria Virginica, Brassica nigrs, Vacclnium l’enn?lnnlcllm. Hypoxys erecta, Dodecatheon Mcadie, Lisyrinchium Ber- mudians, Arenaria laterifiors, “Phlox pilosa, Fhlox livaricats, Bmilzcina stellata, Geranium maculatum, Geum nibum, Ribes foridum, Poly- ouatum biforum, Smilax herbaces, Bmilaciua ifolis, Viola delphinifolis, Viola cucullata (v, palmata), Cypripedinm candidum, Comsndra umbeliats, Orchls spoctabills (rara avis), b( Witliam 3. Baker: *% Litorature of the Ua; FAMILIAR TALK. s . CUZCO, IN PERU. One is surprised with the "singular statement by Mr. Bquier, that Cuzco, the sceond largest city in Pery, 1s lcss kuown to tho fnhabitants of Lima than {s Berlin, and that a hundred natlyes of the Capital visit Parls where ono visits this suclent seat of the Government of tho Inca Emplre. 'The reason for theso curlous facts ls found in the inaccesaiblo situation of Cuzco, It fs approached from the west by the Port of TIslay, and by the route, forty miles iu length, Icadlvg to Arcquips, and thence 200miles north- ward to the Vatley of Cuzco. ‘The city Is situ- ated ot tho northern end of the valley, * on the lower slopes of threo high hills, where as many rivulets coming together, ko the fingers of an outspread hand, unitoto form the Cachimayo,” Its sito is clovated 11,880 fect above the ses, aud it s encircled by lofty, snow-clad mountains, Unlike Lima, Cuzco enjo&: a healthy climats, with a temperaturs ke that of the south of France, ‘The winter, which lasts from May to Noveniber, {8 s dry scason. during which’the carth Is nearly barren of vegetation, The pro- ducts of thocool temperato zona ripen In the valley, whilo in leas eluvated apots, not more than” twenty milcs dlstant, the semi-tropleal ruitsareproduced fo abundance, o ; wlars and Bbiated, Selmaten the. poparadion of _'This annugl record of tho progress of sclence | /78 N6 ) (00 wlth an equa! numbe: and fudustry has from the first carncd%he repu- fi:-ofi:’zll 2 Valloy. Bovenelghtlis of F i turod tation of belng the best work of its kind;end | tauts aco natives; hotwe Lhe aspect of tha tawn still each number ahows some deeldod improve- | is almost purel indlan. The city ts tho seat of & ments upon thoss which have preceded it. The | Blshopric,a un 'ml!( a prelecture, and a gar- sixth and last of tho sorles gives, fn sddition to & phonomena; the phyalcal, emotfonal, and futel- lectual tralts of primitive man; his enrlieat couceptions of himsulf, of othicr belngs, of the surrounding world, of mental phenoniens, of a future existence, of aupurnatursl sgeuts, and of delties; snd tho various forms of worship.that "'Y{’ grown out of the development of refigious notioms. * In Part IL,~devoted to tho inductions of Boclotopy,—a tlozen chinpters are oceupied with an iment to prove that soclety Is an organs 1am dlsplaying a likepcas 0 wib, structure, and fllntuo?' 1o a llving body; that it pesscs through kindred stages of development; that, similar tothe plant or animal, 1t hasa sastainlug, t)lllflbnllnF, and reguinting system, and under- Foel moditications and motamorphioses adapting t to changing circmnstances and actlvitics, In Part I1I.,—under the head of the Domestic TRelations,—the phenonieun accomponying tho evolution of the fumlly are iuvestizated. ' The primitive relations of the sexes aro horo sur- veyed, aud thelr gradua! advauce, as civilization has progresacd, from mmllunla', polyandry, and polygatny 1o thelr ls;nm aud purest forin in thao system of monogamy. The review of the domestlc relations which huve provalled in tho differcat stagzes of md“{. clearly roveals the fact that those which are highest’ from an eth- ical point of view are also the highest when con- sidered with referonco to thelr influence on tho prescrvation of lifo and the eluvation of so- clety, T{m charm of Mr. Bpencer's lucld stylo of phraseology, of his opulent display of Jearning, and of his original and persussive methods ol reasonlng, {a strougly felt fn the present work. Tho fundamental kuowledge which 18 to bo gaiped from {t, the importaut asafstance 1t affords’ toward a-clear understaudiug of the phenomena of life, and of the organization and dovelopment of the fudividual unit and of soclety, give it a stamp of the highest value, 1t 48 o baok. demanding closo mnl{, but, when oneo maatered, it has smoothed the way toa comprehension of manifold puezling facts ro- , PARTIIENOGENEIIS. Prof. Kerner, of 1nnshruck, publishes an ac count of a remarkable instauce of parthenogon csls In a Jowerlng plant, which "has come nader * bis tiotlee. fn 1874 tho Professor cultivated a specimen of the Alpiue Composite, Antennaria Alpina, In the hotanical garden at Ionsbruck, The species {8 diwelous, uryl the male plants are very scarce. . It was a female plant under Prof. Kerner's charge, nnd 1t was wellm{ guarded ogalnst any possibility of fmpreguation” Ly its own or any other species. The plant uced sceds, however, which, sown the following spring, germinated, Four of the six seedlings soon perished, but the remalng two grew lux- uriantly, and at _maturity showed no slgns of hybridization. Prof. {Kerner concludes, from tho extreque scarcity of the male plants, that the seeds are ordinarily produced without lne pregoation W, M, Payne. Tv ihs Editor of ThAs Tridkne. Cnicaco, May 17.~I bave read with much intervst the articles in Baturday's TRIBUNE on Botany, and the noles from’ corrcspondents giving a llst of flowers as they come [uto bloom, 1 bope Tne Towuxs will continue to encourage this Xind of correspondence and tha effurts of our lveal botanists. Nothing can be more Deautiful than the flelas and woods when the uatlve wild Dowers sppear {n the spring. Man ot them excel b hru:‘y of our common cultl- yated or nxulfl: specles, When, removed to ens, they aro capable of |mpmv|n5 vaatl 11 beauty oud Juxur) of growth,—that {4, {f thelr hablts and wants arg carcfully noted, Having tried tho experiment mysel, 1 send ou the following successfully naturalized y meon iy Dremises. § may add that, when in bloom, they attract far muore admiration than hundreds of my other fowers. I obtalned the lanta from the woods around Chicsgo: I'hlox {:ml-ll. Phlox divaricats, Anemone iimeross, Thallctrum diofcum, Viols Spedata, Viola ssgis- ART-NOTES, ‘The Paris Exposition will open May 1, 1878, and closo Oct. 81, thus allowing o term of aix months for the continuance of tho Fair. It is satd that Madamo de Galliera hasgiven to the Louvre tho tlnc collection of art-works be- longing to her late husband. ‘The jury appolnted to select paintings for the preacnt Balon at Pars wero obliged w pass Judgment upon 7,923 pletures and drawiogs, and 050 statues, busts, and statucttes. A musouth in memory of Luther s to be es- tablished at Wittenberg, In ths house in the university-bulldings where he lived after hls marriage. Thedwelling reaius as ho loft I and his table, clialr, and Jug aro still preserve tait, Tho walls arc wristen uver with names, BRIEF NOTES. N Dr. Alexander Braun, for twenty-six years Professor of Batany n the University and Di- rector of the Royat Botaulc Garden at Berlln, o Prusala, died oo the 20th of March Jaat. * ur. Leldy exhiblted, at 8 recent meeting of tho Phitadelphia Academy of Belences, o tape- worm sald to have been fotind in & cucumber, 1t Liad all the characteristics of & tapeworm, but ‘was apparently a new specles. The consignment of whitcAsh-exgs sent out rison, It contains thirty chiurches and cloven 0 which ai ui » | umong which is the autographi of Peter the | tata, Viols pubescens, Ranuncalus abortivus, | by the United Biates Flsh Commission to Wel- | i 07,200, by L dcath of b, fatlicr nine yoars | 124UE to Luman chisractor aud to tho institu- | tho summarica of iuventlons and discoverics in O e e i cla it | Ureats carstully ‘covered with glasn, Ty | it Tasciculatis, n.n‘:'c’r'\a ‘Coftia_tritolla, AQui: | 1% ion, Now Zealand, have arrived In wood con- f tef, camo into & comlortable property, ' Tho | Hensofsodetye physleal, matural, aud industrisl sdence, sud | fne “having some ®amoug them P | chusoum will contala Aho hest ‘portraits of | lcpia Canadenats, Physslls viscoss, Jein' venl- | aitfon. ' Tha youni s, at theags of five d.,.,\ interval between 1815 and 1623 ‘was the most OCEAN TO OCEAN. tho abstracts of papers b)' apeclalists in dlffer- | {oF'ss valuc: ‘Tho modern clty Is chief. | Luther, s Luthcran library, and other wwmiori- | color, Arablalyrats, “Ancmone Pennsylvanics, | were verylively, and spparently dolug well. productive in his litesary career. it was within |, o 4 ent dopartments, & list of tho losses in sclentiflé | |y "of " Spantah origin, and K,. ediflces | ala, Arlsema Dracontium, Verbern sugustifolla, V. Eaglish sch for th tamitl - Weks seare that tho Dramatic Bconc,s & Mar- BANFOTD FLEMING'S EXTKDITION TIOUQHT | circles by doath durloig 1870, w catalogao of the | Yo fubstantial and handsome fn ecuatric | The chicf attraction tn tho plcturc-gallorles of | Bkstata, Astcrs (several species), Trlilhum recur- e e e T tics, 1ot e H ean Colonns,* tho *8lcillan Story," * Miran- A liattine . BT ety bl Jtonteoq | moro {mportant publ! catious fn scieuce for the | ¢ion, Tho architecture s, principally of the | the Natlonal Exhibition of Fine Arts at Naples | Yatum and an!wurum. Uvularia grandifiora, "0. N aneningAub af moes. diseet fudtes from dola, n Tragedy," aud the Floodob Thessaly # [ SHitlon, " Tiasttated. Torontor . Betfard liros, | Yeur A coplous Index of authors aud subjecta, | oortsh type, and “The houses are bullt around | g & painting by a Neapolitan “urtist uainod Clsytonla Virgiulca, Ampelopsls, Brunilla, Fra~ | ¥ey a0 optRE 0 Ok (008 ud Lako ! Tragetyy” and the ¥ Floodof Thessaly 1 | - giitios, " tiastralod, otontr Uotford tees. | Jo%5ubemala and analytical tablo’ of con- | Seuote, Wilh ‘apin corridors, supporked by dell | Hranchaen Mihortt, o aubjsct of 1ho ictaro | Earis. Rhus toxicodendron. The labtee tavary | Yo, (ot 10 scrou (o st T ioknowD 8p8cs. e daughter by her rst marriage of Mra, tents. cate columns, into which open the apartmenta r i L] Aok Wien British Columbia united fteelf to the | *“4"0 o gogeurs of tho # Record * s the publi- ) pe: P 1a the proceasion of the Corpus Domini comly aut,ot the church at Chiett. The scope whici this themo afforda for “*atrikingand plcturesqua offects, its remarkable exccution, and lastly, but vot least perhaps, the curious iron frama fn which {¢ {s set, have combived to renderit s noteworthy success,” Tho picture has been purchased” by AL Goupil for 50,000 francs, u —— LITERARY NOTES, Nekrasof, ous of tho first of liviog Russlan pocts, has reccntly publisbed & volumo of # Laat Poems,” which, it {8 feared, will {ndecd bo his 1ast. The poet cndurcd severe privations during his_youth, which have permanently af- forted his hiealth, sud ho now lies dungesous): Ull. Frequent reference to his carly sorrows made {n tho volume just {xsued, which contains a number of lyrics, portions of v tragi-comody, a *‘Lullaby, and other plecus. The sccomplished Spanish ‘authoress who wrote under the nom do plume of * Fernan Cabellero ™ has recently , at the age of 7. Her tather was o Oerinap, sctiagz as Consul fn slnlu' hier mother was an Andalusians sod her birthplges was- Cadiz, Although inferior to Ueorgo Sand or Ueorgo Eliot lu genlus, her 7ank was tho highest ever held by s womsn in the fictitlous literature of Spaln. * Her vovels through masuy editlons tu her own land, and were trauslated into inost of tho ltnzu% of Eurupe, It 1s buta year or two sluce * Gavista,” which has becs provounced her most artistic work, appesred fu an English version, but I handlo it without Infury, B S w. W. éu-illl. Tv (s Editor o The Triduns. MionLaxp PaRk, 1ll., May 17.—Durlog the st weck the lollnllnfi plaats lave becu uo- l’m in flower for the Hrst time_this season: Tanuaculus nultifdus, Yellow Water-Butter- cup; Ranunculus abortivus, Small-Flowored Butlercup: Thalictrum _anemonaldes, . Rue- ‘Anemone; Aralla trifolia, Ground-Nut: Prunus Americans, Wild Red Plum; Ribes fSorldum, Wild Black ' Currant; Veronica serpyllifolis, Thyme-Leaved Speedwells Viola Eagittata, A row-Leaved Violet; Trilllum crectum, 'Var. declinatum, Bmaller White Trilllum; Triosteum crfoliatum, Horse-Gentian ; Castilluls coceines, Painted-Cup; Cautophyltum thalictroldes, Blug Cohowt; Corsstium vistosum, Mous-Far Lhlck- weed: Mitells dipbylla, Mitrewort: Zizia in- tegerrima; Acer - saccharinum, Sugar-Mapla; Arabis Tyrats, Rock-Cress;' Cypripedium pubescens, Larger Yellow La E'l Mpper Amelsuchler Canadcusts, Shadbush, var, Botry- aplutw, and var. oblongifolls; Arlm:mltrlrb B Lum, in’(‘l‘.ll‘r:x shuraio; Coniandrs umbllaf stard Toad-Flaz. "‘I‘ln:"!‘nllnwmg wora I&Mmad in tho Town of Vernon, near the Aukx Plaines River, about chint mies from- Hizhland Park, May 11, vir.: Hepatics scutilobs, Hepatica; Ranunculus re- seus, Creeping Buttercup; R. abortivus, Bmall- L‘lu\wnd uttercup ; Auemons nemoross, Anc- moobe; lmfix)’mm bitervatum, False Rue-Ane- mone; Viola cucullsta, Common Blue Yiolot; V. pubescens, Yellow Violet; V. blandd, Bwect rhomboid of every story. Jalouses project frow the fronts,” ana tho ground-floors aro used as shope opening ou the strects, "The streets of the city am nolsomely filthy, and the gutters in tho centro are the receptacics ot uvur{ sort of offensivo garbage. Iu lofty reglon tho buzzard is not found, and hls services a8 n scavenger are grievously missed, The Panteon, or cemetery of Cuzco, situated out- sido tho city, Is surfounded by a high white wall, “'N“lf" whicha larze gateway allows ad- mittance. It I8 the custom to entumb the bodies of tho dead in ovens fn tho wall, where they continue for & year or two, sfter which the remiaius aro withdrawn, and burned or burled without ceremony. Mr, 8quier says of the stylo of lving in Cuzco, “'Thero Is_ hapdly anything that cau bo callcd noclety, aithough the better class is hos- pitable and unaffected, and much mnoro frank und essy in munuer than the corresponding class fn tho towns on tho coast, whert uatlyo manuers have been sacriticed in vain attent to {mitate foreign slrs and graves, Some of the old famitics 1ive in cons{derabl le, and thele liouses aro fitted with real elegance, A few of them retain apartments with heavy damask and embroldered hangings, snd the rich and massive furniture and carvings of 200 years ago, when the nobility and wealthof Peru was concentrated in Cuzco, Others arc furnished iuw modern, thoroughly ¥Frouch style, with great wmirrors, Inlald wardrobes, atd grand plauos, that have bueen - brought up, with iufinite labor andat alwmost fubulous cost, from tho coast.” (unuyu. Af this time Stv, Proter had ::xl‘mmuo £500 from the proporty hio bad In- He now devatod himaclf {n carnest tothe pro- feaslon for which he had been traned, working with such avidity that o sat up on an average ro nights a week occupled with the business o acouveyancer, loalso took puplls to the Rumber of forty or un{ among whos were Mr. A W. Kinglake and Mr. Eliot Warburton, In the youug couple took up thelr resldenco with Ar. and’ Mre. Baail Montagu, where they Temained for several years. 1t was whilo an Ingiate of this house that Mr, r made acquaintance with the Kumhlu{ wd, at a dinner of Mr, Charles Kemble's, firs! met with Bir Thomas Lawrvuce. * Mrs, 8 dons was there," writes Mr. Procter, * eating 3d driuking umongst tho mortals, and uttering Sew ordinary wor {n grave, perhaps solemn b Her 1 will n atice of mutton, uifl\l vlease,’ would bave becoms Lady Mace Tt was Mstened to with awe. Nevertho- ks, thers was uothing affected in her tono or Raater, which was merely serious from habit. 48w Ler perform dn all her famous stage-char- Kters, and she wes unutterably the greatest actress whom I hayo acen op the English sage," % 30 s Edmund Kean fn all his Détween tne latter lake and Tangsuyike. ] j,(; Dr. Asa Gray is of the opinfon that the Tellantlus tuberosus (Jerusalemn Artichoke) 1) ) derived fram the £I, doronicoldes of the United States, Ho prints in the Journal of Nclence gnd. Artaaletter troniid. Hammond Trumbull, giv- | ing ovidences in proof of the supposition, and - - | prefaces @ with corroborative facts from his own expericnce, Mr. Hors, surveyor to “\fihm‘fll Misstonary . Bocicty's Tanganylku Expedition, is ou his way to Zauzlbar with of bhullock-wagons, carts, and other outfit for the overland routs to ij':h via BaadanPund Mpwapwa. He was prece bz the ov. Rucer , wha went b‘ way of the Cape in ordor to obtain oxen, which will be conveyed to Zanzibar, . Tho onjon-amut, which hasdoue much dam- | 8gv to tho crop In some placesin New England, has been referred, by Prof. W. 0. Farlow, to s ¢ fungus belongiug to” the Ustllaginez, which fn- cludes the specles nflecll«;g rye and lndian- corn. The femedy suggested 13 to burn over the flelds where it has wppeared, aud pot put them under the crop again for three or four years. 1 , Inconncetion with tho Parls Exposition of+ 1873, an International Congress of Botany and Hortlculture will be leld under the ausplces of La Soclete Botanique and La Socicts Cen- . trale d'Hortleulturs of Frunce. The scisious will extend from tho 16th to the 2 of August. The Committea of Organization is compused | ' ° of tweniy-threo of the leading botanists sudy ./ Tomlnlon of Canads, in 1871, ope of the atipu- Iatlons of tho union was the construction with- fu ton years of a rallway from tho Paclictoa point of juuction with the existing rallway-sys- tems o the Provinces of Ontario and Quobece. The duy that British Columbla entercd tha Daominfon, the 20th of July, surveying parties left Victoria for different potnts In the Rocky Mountains, and all alovg the line tho work of laylog out the road was activoly prosecuted. in Agnl, 1872, the reports of the coglncors were laid before the Canadlan Houso of Commnous. ‘Three months later, Banford Fleming, tho Enpineer-in-Chief, st out upon & journey over the route surveved, for the purpose of poryon- ally juspecting ihe features pf the vountry it traversed. The expedition sturted from Toronto the 10th of July, sud resched Victorla, Vane couver's Island, the Bth of Octahor. 0 ling of travel pursued conducted the party a distauce 6f ninety-four milcs by rail” to Collivgwood, vn Ucorgian Mays theuce Ly steamer 630 miles to Thunder Bay, on Lake Superior, Of the 630 miles between this polut and Fort Garry, 850 mlles were accomplished by canoe through the cbaln of rivers und lakes I5lug ou the route, zud 153 miles overland by wagon. For 030 wiles west of Fort Garey tha Journey was Iyorlnnnod by meaus of Red-Riyer ‘"“O“‘J aud by pack and “saddlc horses for the remalnder of fhe way to New Westminster, on the seaboard, whence & stcamer conveyed the pasty to Vic catlon of the names of the scholars who have assfsted in proparing the scientific summary, aud of some who bave_contributed to other di- vislons of tho work. This nnnouncement of the authoritics who bave complled the * Record ™ will be gratetul to all who consult its pages. NOTES OF EUROPEAN TRAVEL. ABROAD AGAINt on, A Poxsu Fonay ix Fon. s, Uy Cukivis Quitn, Kditor of the mmercial Bulletia, and Author of the Ocean,' Boston! Lee & thopard, o ¢Clurg & Co. 12mo., pp. ice, $2,50, Mr, Guild has published theso notes of travel abroad, Lot so much for the sake of making a book, a8 to mako & usoful book,~one thut will inform his countrymen of msvy serviceable facts which ave seldom mentloned In the itiner- acy of the tourist. Ha has Leen abroad twice 1n’the capacity of 8 -mdlmlfl discriminstiog ob- server; and, on the secoud visit, omitted the customary routes of travel for thuso which Jead to by-places of historie or scenic interest. s descriptions have, thercfore, the desirable qual- ity of freshuess,~one with difliculty secured nowadays for records of European travel. Tho chapters dovoted to English home-llfe, time- honored locslities fu Londun, the art-tredaures of Dresden and Berlin, and notable sights In Holland, sro especially catertaluing. 7 o BOOKS RECEIVED. Mr. Procter mll characters, and afterward wrotealife of The following s, in_brief, the oplnlon ¥bich bo prosounced upon Kean's genfus: 1o was & great—or rather he was a brilliant— ;‘:r' in certaln scenes or passages, second to e’ Jls acth O e bea raamt Loris. LR DY B KruasAens Tho lady lisd three busbauds,—the first dylng | White Violek; Cardamine 'rhomboldea, var, ¢ st o ) B RRESGREI S | PRR S . ot scompuia e | 018 B PRI S VO | mow avrmoms wome, | g vl A G ol | s, Eojee O perE W | Vvt g to e 1 = sodta oo of bie choructers this e | EXR0P SRR o oy fouruat of the fucidents o0 | A SUPRHNATORAL %245it 13 mEL1aIOyS | Onoof tho most Interesting facta to ba learn- crmosbathy Uooseborey ; Mitella diphvil, Mitce: | ton Dol hus receved from tho Imporial i 81 bia greateqt excellence. In parts of Aacdeth | SUrrug by the way wes kept by Mo, Portlons | ~ KEVIVALS. By L. T. Towxexsp, D. D., Au- | edof autbiors, musicsl cumpoaers, and others SPARKS OF SCIENCE. wort; Pruous Amc Wild' Red Plum; | Academy of Sclences st Berliu the gift of a ; » A of Hir il Overvaich, and evon of Hamid, | Of this jourual, with obscrvations upon the | - tharof WvCredo. " sic,, Dostans Loo & Bhopard. | gificd with 8 crestivo talont, fa thelr hablt of S —, Yolyconstum__oiflorums, ~Smaller Soloman's | sl lron serew steames o b nacd (i, coltyct: e very brillianty but fn Lear sad otbed Work of this survey, the praspects of t Cancil, wns B e, 31, B L *dumo., pp. | §0 Yho freodom with. which thoy marshal | FLOIA ROUND ABOBT CHICAGO. | eali Ersthronlum aibldum, White Adderis | 0k A0S with » drodging apparatis, and tauks . | characters which wera ouly to be con- | 843 8 the characterlutics ‘ot ‘tha | | B, KX Y 0kwuny s on ix Paomen or | thelr ideas, sud furnish them forth for the fu- | Tus Howmrsuckin FasiLy awp zus Gix- | Tongues, Trilijum grandifiorum, Large Whits | ft 1y tito Wth & SReORUHC SRRRIRIGR GO0 ot of Gered by great study and fon (he baviug | Sountey which It will open to trade aud travel, T OW, Trilflum; T, erectum, var. declinatum, Smaller | for bolding the antmals d. ! 20 great Sptitude o thoms corte) {bo Baviug | ¢ud the savantazes tbe various Teglons wlong | Juir AB70. Chicago: W. Phlilips. ” Faper. ( spection of the world, aud the conditions which |.#uxa FauiLy.—Tuo Hooeysucklo tribe (Capri- | B e eurvatuni Dark Purplo | the vessel was 80,000 With oue inluor excep- ¥aa cortaluly doubttul. The beautysnd spirlt 1ts courss offer Lo _settlers, are puhléb«d tu the | BEN BLINKER: or, Macaiw's Goroew Morro, | 870 moat favorable to the successful action of | follecew) fs & small one, compristng, according | Trjlinm; Uyularia grandifiora, Uvularia; Col- | tion, this is tha Brst caso ?l au squarium pos- | o (| S s e e SE | plimors e T bl conthaten 8 | o ke o 5 Blopli, B | tho umtoive ueuiln Mo Mt | o e e o s | Lot Dt s, Dot R e S e e4 sufficient c ¢ whale w Foade ity 8 hlcago; | Kives, in ber autol ¥, a0 fntercstivg de- species; but 1 wort; Dice 3 doHbns A . 3 2 publ 4 Bong eart of Kb uscript, an of many writers Dy & nen) h 3 ty; Violastria 1o tho New York Zribuné of Satarday, Gall Hame * Shickeiicd & yoluume of - English Songs,* — poxaLy, Author of *\ abert Fulcaner,™ stér | whom sha wes scqualnted. As thero aro uscful | wany of our wild svecics ars wortby of cultl- tonls Vireloles, Sbrivg Beautyy ViPSR | niou il Aviguih Dodge) pailiahod her fourih = [ i TAU vear o vecepted tho position of MISTORICAL COSTUMES. Exper. chlcago:"erqus Yetniloy” Comnaay. | o She MU, (L8 L0 Sk | Valo. The Buowbal, or Gueiaer Rosc, 1 o | “5° s iaies - dutcoate ot Barfrendsod ibeciaa, the 2 Metsopolitan Coinmlssloner. of Luuacy,—u place | LE COSTUME " HISTORIQUE. | cusq coue MEMOIIS OF PUILIP P. BLISS. Edited by D. | experience, we ahsll take tho liberty of bere- | varicty of tho Viburoum, lmproved by tho | » CROSS-FERTILIZATION. Hoo, James O, a0 Muiiih scivos OF THS : % Vel for thirty vears, aud which, tof ha laat | - SLAOMS SR TR GRLEVIN QURT O | ML MY, (COUINOR M domar V. ooy, | wth rocitlag somo parta of t: Zoristis kil Tho Laurustiaus 1s another of | Aulutercatiog coutribution to the sublect of | (Cioc fuinuns, auis s s saye, drswa bis § O Siied S0t bis tucoiné, OTba s | Sovices Srpuuminivis, we Ui Eruow faps: | - fofaduclonty s, L Mooge, "o Yokt | | Mis Martncau berun hes career fn satbr- | the Vibaraui growing wild i tho sonth of | tho crossfertibation of Sowers by tho akdof | poriaal \ lo haugl et foplee, ey " 'Wast | a Eho dind ia 1801 14’ her J0th yous. o scoond | Iebldot et Cle. Naw Yorki 4, W. onion. | T STARLING, - & Sokou Pronr, iy the Laie | SLip wiih thie notion, borrowed from Europe and fa Northera Africa. ‘Tho Trampet- | lusccts bas beea publlabed i an exchavge by | S48 AN S5 o duant thas Blaine was bora . filed in carly childbood, aad ‘the remalnder ( Sa. Bro; tk STARCING, . A Bloncuronr, UFthelLats | Baforors, hasalteriog sad copyiok her mad | Honeyauckle (Lonicers sempervirens) 1o fn- [ Mr. M. G. Hubbard, who bas boea studylug tho | aod russd 8 Xowtn, atbul, [t X325, 202 = sumive. Addluids, with two of the otber | Tho hbuse of Firmin-Didot & Co, which ls | Bros Chiciyo: Ilidley Bros. & Co. 12ma, | uscript was loavitable. Bub ahe soon found t | cluded in tho fora of the Middlo snd Southern | naturad bistory of Jaunaice. The plant (n ques- | Bow, bui that bis brothers Aed BAGBNBIo LA ER" G ugliens boaumo Catholics.—tan Wil | 1ymed for tte production of eoluises do huze, bas | BB S04, Flce D80 v 4 woyes, py | Y88 8 mistakota do eithes, When ebo did | Bublee Tho Tartarlis Honeyuusice (5. Mar- tion s 8 ative of ‘the West Ludies. Tho Aris- | R tleat sha" lilipintl s, ot i 2pear 1o haye even ruflis l.ha'umnypun.fld DOt undgrtaken & moro exqulsite work than this AUxxa¥pxs DUNAS. Philsdeiphia: T. B, Betes- | aiter the original form of » scatence, sho dis- | tarica) fs & nstive of Rumsis. Tbe Chluesa tlachizs aro chicy climblog plants, and tho 5“"‘1.‘!;“‘\‘,&‘-".‘h.tf.‘:.‘,‘."i‘:.“..’.igx‘fi“‘“;‘d,!i'lh‘zfil. - Mectlon, ‘which i now passing through tho press. Two Broa, Bva, po. 212 Frica, 31, covered, {n moat inatances, tbat it was not for | Honeysucklo (L. Japonics) comes from Chine; | Virginls Suake-Root, A. Serpentariin f8 per- | [l tuio o 0, ia v the mAnner of & BULAGE: ) 2 M. Kiyon, tho courln of Mre. E. I Hrown« | nasts. Buve, sieeady been weucd, ahowlag tho | Tk WIVED TR Byiss' JUuis Pemnox. | ing bester, aod aba bad tho troublo of chadgiog | aod tho ftalian Hoooyeuckls (L. Caprfolls) sod [ bave iho wout - fualler = represcutative to's Lady of gducation aid - ;i Seadeaibed o' ee 10,80, Meowias | Soopm aad desig of tbo pubication. Eacipirt | PR 5. ‘B & Co chicigot ey | 1t back aru; beace sho resolred 10 commlt | the Woadbing (L FPeslysium) o gt from | o whe Bt Uulted Btates 1 bare Vigeh 1 pepted Sabled g K contalns Aifteen full-pege plstes printed in col- ors, gold sad silver, aod tea plates in black snd white. - The prints ‘arefac-similes of historical harsclf once for sl to s asingle copy. “It scamed cloar to me,” sho states, “that dis- e % alutaln big ususl style 'of liva o ot of' Comaa Bad an opoortunity,” writes Mr. Hubbard, ‘ot L mflfi“ e tha Sowers of “Mber, During the last yeass of - Mr, Frocter, Europe. , ellow Honsysuckls (Loalcers Asistolachis i, Tha Yellaw Honsyyuck) % fanhia e bt TNt bare gb)

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