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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. JULY 7, 1877—TWELY LITERATURE. Style in Literary Composition ---Industrial Art. Turgonieff’s Works---Classical Mythology---Christian : Creeds, Fi a Ancedotes of “Edwin For- rest nnd Other’ Dis- . tinguished Actors, Literary and Art Notes—A New Picture of the Qruoifixion. \ Flora Round About €hicago---Tho ‘Milkworts and the Mc. * Jastomads. Exploration -»+ Russian African Caves---Brief Scientific : Notes. 2 ea LITERATURE. i LITERARY STYLE. | ENGLISI GRAMMAR AS BEARING ON COst- postr By ALexanprn Baty, + Pro- fersor bf Lorte in the University: berdcen, New York: Henry Holt & Co. Bro, pp. 358, Stylo, as Mr. Bascom has correctly remarked in his excellent “ Philosophy of English Litcra- turo,'’ is the all-important element to render na Mterary work {mmortal. Homer, Virgil, Racine, "Bhakspcaro, Milton, arc not known to posteri- + ty by the discoveries or the inventions recorded in their writings, but by the matincr in which they have told human experlenco; and we can only recognize their greatness as we feel that their statements are true in our own experience or knowledge. Bacon, Galileo, Capernicue, or Lelboltz micht havo given their discoverica to tho world in Ciccrontan Latin, but postegty eclzcs tho kernel of what they had to tell, and Icts tho bran—the style—perish. A writer of commonplaces may have his feeble thoughts road for centuries after his death, If only ho embody them in elegant diction, And yot thera muat boa spark of the heaven-born genius, to give them true fe. It necds mora than cold correctness to insure fame. But, with the hope of this, too much cara can hardly bo given Bb style. ‘Although Cicero may laugh at Plautus, and ftongara dgrile Cicero, there are atyles which whithatand the carping of ‘the most bitter criticisms, and aro admirad inoyery age. ‘Sho present day may ace much to complain of in the pretty ncatness or tawdry refinement of Litly, the cold Latlnity of Dryden, or the elaborate antithesls of Macaulay, and find in pure Saxon terms and clearness the sole requisites of stylo; but this Inst will hava its day, and, It secs, must give way to something more dellnite, and what will posslbly be ferme more labored. Clearness, as being onc of tha first requisites of atyle, cannot be the sole char- acterfatic. It1sa quality comparitively casy to be attained, and hence will bo woqiuired by many, ani, consequently, tess valued. perfect style must be clear; ft must also be definite, with carofully-chosen words, drawn from both classteal and Saxon sources. , It must reftect the character of tho writer, \ “evidence of work, and the indlyldual. To ful- fill all these requisites, much care, labor, and timo are necessary, «To afd {nthe dificult undertaking, the prosent ‘Sittlo work has been prepared. Lt {s elementary in character, and, though properly a continua- tion or suquel to o crammar by the same author, can be studied alone. It ia itsolf, fn soine do- eet axraumur, delning parte of apecch, and ooking at the subject. of which {t trette ina Rrammatical as distinguished froma logical or & rhetorical potnt of view. Tho work is divided {nto four principal chapters, treating ro- spect ively of tha Ports of “Speech, Infection, Derivation, and Syntax. Under the head of Parts of Speech, the author, after giving some excellent original definitions, and criticlstug severcly sono of the old oncs, furnishes nu- Merous examples of tho abuacs of pronouns, verbs, and adjectives, and indicates the bes! forms to bo used to tnsure clearncss and accu- tacy. The chapter on Derivation treats of the tative = valuo of = Saxon and clas: terms,—advising the usc of tho former, unless in epecial oxcoptions; aud also gives some of the gonoral rules of Fymology, Under the h author finds apace for a suc position, points out the orrors most likely to be tae, and indicates the most deslrable modes of expression os regarda beauty of style. Some of hfs criticisma will bo thouuht over-reflned, many of them are not novel; but none of the latter could have been omitted in a work on this subject, and few of the fornor but will be found of advantage tos careful writer, ‘ INDUSTRIAL ART. * AMT-EDUCATION AS APPLIED TO INDUB- "HY, By ronos Wann Nicitova, Author of “phy Bioryof the Great Match.” “With He, luatrations. Now York: Warpora& Brow. Chi- oa 03 ‘aon, McClurg & Co. Byo., pp. BLL, Price, + ¥ Tho appearance of this handsoma yolume at tho presout moment is an indicatfon of the Hyo- ly interest which fs belng awakened In our country upen matters relating to {ndustrial art. ‘Tho educational Ieadura of tha United Btatcs are qrousiig the poople toa roullxation of the {inportanco of uulversally disseminating o knowledge of te laws of osthetics, so far as they may bo practically uscd in processes of manufacture and ‘construction. This uation is Ddehind all others of its runk fn tho application of art to the inechanteal trades.: [t ls superior to many others in the faculty of inven- tion, o8 is shown by tho wew forme of Ingenious and claborate maehinery which uro belay continually turned out from our shops, and which fad (inmedidte acceptance at Lome aud abroad, But, in most of the work of our artisans which Js susceptbts of ornamentation, therv isan entire absence of trucgrt-fecling. Tho Juborer, In the majority of Sy bis craft iu ignorance of the enhances ils products would rocelve trom the thought and ‘ouch of a tmunipulutor traiied to an apprecta tie of the worth of urtistic modcllug and decu- ratlon, ‘Tuu love of boauty is universal, and whatever btlinulates ond satisiics It bs prized wnd enjoyed, If objects intended even for common and towly uses can by so fashloncd as to minister to this ‘sunso, Whilo they at the same tino answor thelr appropriate purpose, the gain is great. Arti- clea that serve our needs, howover humble, and also give pfvasurc to the cultivated taute, are of two-fold value, and thelr prico Is correspqydingly incroased fu the market. Rasy are sdro of bearing off the palm when Drought iuto competition with oblects of the saine class exhibiting a want of tefnement, Tt ts from this commercial point of view that ~ the uecessity of educating our workmen in the the principles of art is urged in the preacat vol- utno, It-4a bocause the character of our manu- facturcs and workmanship of all kinds ts infe- Hor in urtistle qualitles to that of siiallar pro- ductions of the forainvst countricaoft Europe, that a general movement ts being made to In- troduce drawing and other art-instruction of a ractibal kind into our schools. Thosagucity of bis movement is readily pervelyed on an ex- am{uation of the subject, aud books like the one Bnder notice belp us te an understanding of its varlous bearings. “Air. Nichols treats the question with less pro- foundness than ight be desired by the thor- oughgulug student, ‘The chapters of his work appear to huve been prepared fur verlal publica- Hon, aud they gv over a good deal of ground without penetratly; very deep. ‘The conciud- fog portion of the hook the most interesting, capectally the appendix, which contains detalle {nformati rgarding the art-scl o Engloud, which eulmluate In theschool at douth Kenslugton. ———~ LEISURE-HOUR SENIES. at} OIL, By Ivan Tunorexicer. Trans- Vigan oe the Mauthora Sanctioa, from the 5 ee yrs. Peuny. ‘Now York: Freee ere es chicago: Janson, Mcclarg & Co. Lomo, pp. 385. Trice, $1. ‘Tho perusal of this single volume reveals tho grost qualitica on which Turgucaici’s reputa- tion as a novelist Is founded. It may not rank among the best of his productions, 1t matters not what placo it may rightfully occupy !a com- parteon witn others which Lave orlainated with the game suthor, it sullices of itself toshow Vint the genlus whieh created it fa that of 5 master. Ono of tho striking tralts of the work fa its perfect adherence to nature, and to that pe- cullar development of nature which Is the result of the climate, tlie phystcal conditions, and the eustains which environ and snbjugate tho Btavic raco In Rusela. The most faithfat history of the people is not more true in ite delineation of thelr fdlosynerastes, nid thelr habite and, manners, than Is. this fiction which has the “Heense of art to tdéallze and exaggerate. A not Inforfor evidence of the author's power fs his talent for inning character, Witha few strokes he sketches a figure In bold relief, and gives anf Insight inte Its past and future. There is no waato of time in dctalls, no detraction from the force of the central personallty by the multipll- cation of accessories, The portraiture fs vivid, concentrated, and Indelible, drama, tuo, fa sustained without an interval of Janguor or tediousness, ‘There is motive, aniinas tlon. pertinence, in every acene, The Ife depicted in Turguenteff's novels ts strange to us in ite axternal forme, yot at heart {tis one with that which over surrounds us. In the pres@t bookelt {sa group of Nihilists that fs Drought before us,—each one a distinct Indl- viduality, yet all working unitedly inn detusivo and destructive cause, io ond which Is sep- arately reached by the enthusiasts is in every ease that which niust rationally isaue from the interaction of temperaments and circumstances, Tho novels of Turgucnleif should be read by those who desire to be intelligent in Russiai history. They illustrate theytrayer accounts of the nation’s evolution, as pictures Mlustrate tho aallent features of a yerbal narrative. The “ Lelsure-Hour Series™ contains scven of these works, publisted in a neat and econonsical form. AROUND TIE WORLD. AN OLD WORLD, AS SEEN THROUGH YOUNG EY. mt, Taveca Anounn tix Worn. By Now York: D. Apple 0, |. WALWOnTII. ton Co, Chicago: Jansen, MeClarg 12mo., pp. 216, Price, $2. Tho youthful traycier who offers to a critical public this record of her journey around the world was, at the time of writing It, a * slip of agirl, passing from 14 to 18 years of age. It aosurpriscto Iearn this fact ns {t {s casually {mentioned on the occurrence of bef 16th birth- day among the Alps of Switzerland, for tho precocious Miss relatea her siventures with ao much propriety of manner, with such maturity of thought and excellent command of Innguame, that we naturally auppuse her to havo advanced a long way beyond the schoolgir) period. Miss Walworth left her home at Saratoga in Tune, 1873, and, fn company with her uncle, C. A. Walworth, made a clreult of the globe, crossing Europe, cutting across the northeast corner of Africa, touching, at Ceylon, China, and Japan;and returning In dune, 1874, by way of Ban Francisco. The trip was sensibly plnaueds The travelers were, cumbered with no baggage, except a valle, shawl in straps, and umbreila foreach, and moved about from one point to another as inclination dictated, unyexed hy impedimenta, and perpetually {a the merricet spirits. What moat of intoraat the younger of the two saw through her bright, ‘intelligent eyes, Is deacribed with ingonuousness and ani- mation, and fa well worth reading by those who Jove tobe pleasantly conducted about tho world. while lazily reclining in thelr own arm-chairs, Euan CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY, THE MYTHOLOGY OF GREEVE AND ROME, WITIL KSPECIAL REFERENCE TO LTS USES IN ART. From the German of 0, Samwaxx, Halted by K. H. Mrancit, I, A., Late Scholar of 8. Peter's Colloge, Cambndge; Brotherton Bonskeit Prizeman, 1875, With Bixty-four [lus- @ations, New York: Harper & Bros, Ohi- cagot danson, McClurg & Co. 1Umo., po. 311, Yrice, 60 cents. Our Iiteraturo Is seantity supplied with popu- lar works expounding tho claseleal legends of Greece and Rome, Tue books which are tho principal repositorics of this attractive lore are alther too oxtensive ig thelr scope, or too costly. | fn price, to bo within ensy reach of the multi- tude, This {s doubly to be regretted, as the asures of romance, poetry, and history in- Closed in these traditions are full of charin in thamselyes, and a knowledgg of thom {s essen- tial to*an understanding ot tho art of the two Kreat nations of antiquity, which was chicfly employed in delincating (he persons and actions of thelr fnythieal divinities and heroce. Considering the nced of manuals tn this branch of belles lettres, the presentation of ‘Su- manu’s Classical Mythology " fs u boon. to tho American. reader. It is amall in size, low in prico, and cumpact In Arraugotient Folldwing tho relation of each legend Isa deacription of the most famous antique and giodern ilustra- tions of the subject,—a fenturo Of the book that will bo generally esteemed. — ‘The actlon of the | PAGES. Hadley Bros, & Co, 12 ma., pp. 2h. 5 4, A DEAD SECRET, A Noven. By Wi sxe, anthoref *' The Woman in Whi delphias T. 18. Petereon & Ire ley ros, & Co, Hvo,, pp. 144, itd MATQUIS'OF LUksE. A Gronar Macporatn, anthor of Ron, “*Malrals 43 Philndeiphia: J. 1. Lippincott & Chicagor Hadley Tiros. & ('a, Kyo. at THK COAS, MINES OF THK ITRRN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES, Hy W. A. Goon- year, Mining Engincer, San Francleco: A. f aneroft & Co. 12 mo., pp, 155 2.00. cUNLEY'S UGIDE TO. Mth Chieago: Foblished by th Price, #0 cents, PERIODICALS RECEIVED. NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW for July—Angnst, INT (A, 1, Oavood & Co,, Boston), Contentat ‘The Electoral Conspiracy," by J. 8. Slack; ‘<The War in the Rant” (with mapa), by Georse T.MeClellany ** Flix. Creene Halleck, ” by Bayard Taylor, ‘The Amertean Conetttutlon, * by Olle by ver P. Morton; ** Moral Iteficetions," by 4 Jane ancee ‘Traveler: “* New Raseia.” by M. We Hazeltine; ** Mow Bhall the Nation Nevain Pros- erlty? by David A. Wella; ** Keformed nda. Fells Auicrs "*Auierles in Africa,” by Uslbert Haven; ¢* Contemporary Literature." INTERNATIONAL REVIEW for daly, (A. 8. Hornes & Co., New York and Huston.) Contents: ‘The Turke in Enrope," by Charles Kendall Adams; **Onght nana to Prevail" **The gid Dutch and Flemish Matera,” by Philip Gilbert Tiamertons **'The Lato World's Kair—Tha Philadeinhia Kxtubition. Part 1—The Diaptay,"* by Prof, Francia A. Walker; ** Marry Cornwall d. Some of Hin Contemporaries," by Edwin ?, hipple; ‘The Feasibility of a Cade A Inter- national Law," by the late ex-(ov. Emory Wash- burn, of Masnachuretta; **Contemporary Litera- tare. Art, aud Events,” DINING-KOOM MAGAZINE for July (Unton Pablishing Company, New York). ME. BOOKSELLER for July 2 (American News Company, New York). NATIONAL TEACHERS’ MONTILY for Joty (A. 8, Barner & Co., New York and Chicago). LITERARY WONLD for July (EB. HM, Hames & o,, Boston). FAMILIAR TALK EDWIN Forrest. Tho “ Life of Edwin Forrcat,” by Mr. W..R. Alger, contains many anecdotes and reminis- cences of Forregt hiineclf, and of other diatin- guished actors, from which wo cull several of fntercst. Whilc Forrest was in England, Mr, Alger relates that he contracted a warm friend- ship with Sheridan Knowles, who bad often witnessed the playing of the great Siddons. Being anxious to learn the secret of the pro- found impression which Mrs. Siddons ercated tn the sleop-walking scene of Lady Macbeth, Forrest once sald to Knowles; ‘J have read all t@% high-flown descriptions of the critics, and they fall short. I want you to tell me, In plain, blunt phrase, just what impression she pro- duced on yuu."? Knowles replicd, with a ort of shudder, as if the merd remembrance terri- fled him stilt: ‘Well, sir, 1 amelt blood! swear! smelt blood!” Forrest was wont to eay that tho whole life of Biddous by Campbell did not convey to him so vivid an idea of the actress’ power as this “one Mogarthean atroke.'? . An Incident which happened In the experienco of John McCullough used to be repeated by Forrest as an {ustration of the dramatic sd- ventures that ayo perpetually playing upon the emotions of an actor, McCullough was in Washington just before the ussassination of Liveoln, and was awakened onv night “by tears falling on bis face from tho eyes of sone onc™ standing over him. Looking up, hejsaw Wilkes Booth, und exclaimed, ‘Why, what is tha mat~ ter?! 'My Godl? replied the unhappy man, already burd®ied with his monstrous erime, and speaking in alung-drawn melancholy, in- deseribably pathetic, ‘My Godt how peacefully you were sleeping! Zcannot sleep." James Ontea, tho Hfe-long, devoted friend of Forrest, gave Mr. Alger the following anew dote as evidence of tho greut naturalness of tho tragedian's acting: . Twas visiting my friend in Philadelphia, and went to tha theatre toxee hie Tirginlue. He had sald to moatsunset, **1 feel like acting this part to-night better than Tevordid before," and accord- ingly L wag full of oxpeetation., Surely cnouyl, never befare In his Hfo had I scen bim so Intensely His touching aud suline pathon made not ‘Dut sturdy men, weep audibly. Ae Yeried lik baby, I obmerved, sitting in the pit, ‘neor tho stago, a fine-looking en Hleman with hate ns white anauow, who seemed en trely absorbed in the play,—so much ao that tho sattention of Forrest wasdrawn to him, and, in notoe of the mont moving scenca ho appeared act- fg ditectiy towards tu In, the putt where the denporate father kills hie daughter, the actiIng was eo vivid and real that many ladics, sobbing aloud, Unried their faces In thelr hundherchlety and yronned, ‘Tho ald gentloman above alluded to wald, grand, only women, for myrolf, : Tnqulta’sdintinet tone, ** Ay God! ba haa kilt “RUNOPEAN MORATS.* her erwarde, woen Firgluius, having: lov! INSTORS OF EUROPEAN MORALS, Float AU. | Bis, Femaony comes upon tha atugy aud QUSTUS TO CHARLEMAGNE, By Wittias | Teoh a itee utter! t adn and lont Epwann Hantvote Lecxr, M.A, ‘Third Edl- y daughter: wely a ned and lont in Fowaun Hansroty [rcrt M.A. fhird Edl- | thoaction, the old man rose from his acat. and, . De Applown & Co, Chicago: Jansen, MeClurg | {00king th Mayer caiman tz tue faco, ania the Cos 1tmo., pps 408-407.) Prize, $3. Godt alel don't you know tat you killed hee?” It fs sume ulght years since Mra, Lecky fret Rave this important work tothe world, and in the meantime It has boon subjected by its au- thor to a careful examination, with the atm of correcting any {uaccuracics disccrned by him- self, yr pointed out by roviowera and corru- spondents. Since the publication of the second wditlon, soveral passages in the controversial eof tho first charter, have been amendéd for ho sake of further clcarnvss, while several lincs which have been the occaston of particularly ex- elted discussion have beeu prudently omitted, Tn produchyr the present edition, the Ameri- can publiahers have reduced tho wlzu of the vol umes from tho orlzinal octave te tho more co! venlent dyodectine. The change ls a commend- able one, for, Shough the typo ts duninished, it ia atill casy to reatl, and much Jy galogd io hay- ing less bulk and welvht t handle. CHULRISTIAN CREEDS, DIDLIOTHECA bYMIOLICA ECCLESIA UNI- Aller the play Forrest told me that, wheu he saw how deeply ‘affectod the olu gentioman was, ho came very near broaking down hiimsclf, to ca- teemod ft ono of the groatest tributes over paid him, one that he valued moro than the most bola teraus applauso of a whole audience, Mr. Alger regards Forrest as one of the great- ostactors of tho Naturat School; but, in dotin- ing the range of his talents, confoases_ that ne ther iu conceptlon nor execution dit he coin- mand all the possibilities of histrionle expres- afon, The feat which Lablachs, the great aloger, once performed after a dinner ut Gore Mouse, of repreacuting o thunder-storni: slaty by the play of the feutures, was one beyond tho art of Farteat to auvcumpiish, Lablache, white watk- ing {n the Chainps Elysees, hint witnessed a dla- tant thundor-storm abi and, desiring to d bo it to the company bee ent at Gore House, proceated to de so without uttering 9 word. ‘Tho result was as follows: Joom overepread hla countenance, appearing cenen into actual darkness, und a« territic rng of the tempest. A 10 frown Indicated the angry lowe . y F The lighiningn began by winks of tho cyes and ena lerone any Cuittoa Norane Hy sefiietangs at tho muscles of the face, auepeeded by Priur. Scitarr, DD, LL.D. Professor of | fapld aldelong movewents of the mouth, whic Biblical Literatore ia the Union ‘Thealogiest | wonderfully recalled the forked Nashce that scemed Sort vA New York, York: Marpor & Mroa, 867-87, These threo large volumes compriso almost 4 whole cyclopodia of Biblical Metory, and will be found excocdlugly useful to the Orthodox stu- deut or clergyman, The fret volume is devoted toa iatory and orftical anulysia of the Crocds of Christian dendminations, and supplica mute- rlal furaetudy of comparative theology. ‘The so ond volume contains the Scripture confesslons pnd Creck and Latin creeds, from tho confes- ston of Peter down to the Vatican decrees, with Jao the best Russian catechisius and the recent OUld-Catholle unlun pre wsltions of the Bunn Conferences, The third volume bs devoted to the Lutheran, Ang Cutvinistle, and the later Protestant confessions of faith. Mauy of these latter documents have newr before been collected, All of these creeds are priuted thelr original lungouges, In parallel columu fur the benefit of comparison with trauslation: ‘Tho work displays great research aivl industry, aud will, as has been remarked, prove of ud- vantage to Biblical scholars. a PLACH-POEMS, FOEMSOF PLACKS. Kuitud by exny W. Long: YELLOW. Spats, Pourvaat, Betotus, HoLLaNn. Vols, Eand if.” Boston: James It. Orgood & Co. Salveeot Hadley Bros, & Co, 18 wio., pp, 50 Mr, Longtollow bas sélocted a suffictent num: bor of choice poems referring to placcs in Spain to fll one volume of bis scrics aud a small part of asecond, which ts concluded with pleces re- Jating to scenes in Portugal, Belgium, and Hol- Jand, A large number of poste are represented Jo those numbers, among whom Byron, Scott, Campbell, Southey, Browning, Wardsworth, Spenser, Hermans, (ood, Helue, Holmes, Long- follow, and Landor are most conspicuous. ‘The series Ja apperently approeching a close, aud, when conciuded, will fori a valuable collection to aud to one’s library of inctrical literatura. BOOKS RECEIVED. ‘Theoe Volumes. jew Royal octavo, pp. H41— to rond the ak: hite he conveyed the notton of thinder In the shaking of hin head, ity degrece the lightnings became leva vivid, tho frown rutnx- od, tho glovin departed, and o broad amile iNumin- a ls oxprensive face gave sasu! that tho sun had brokon through the clouds and the storus ‘wan over, Notwithatanding the bitterness and saperity that Impaired his natura in his later years, For- rest posacesed a warn ond alfectlonata heart, which betrayed Itaclf espocially fn intercourse with children. His tenderness for then scent to Increase with bls age, and at tines was most touchingly expressed. Mr. Alger.relutesin this connectlon that— When hu wae in tho fullest strength of bie mane boud, and was acting in Hoston, at the old Na. onal Theatro, thero waa at the hotel u very alck CHIN, whoao mother waa quite worn out with nurs. jag it. Forrest bogued permission tu take care of shd ites snferer through the succeeding lant, that the mother wluht sleep. The mother, fearing Uist the terrible Mefamora woula prove rather a tepulmye narvo for her darling, hesitated, Lut at Tougth guye herconsont, At the close of the la: he hurried back with so much haste that half the paint was loft on one of tis cheeks, ‘Through the whole nigit, bour after hour, lo paced up and down is rou, tenderly quathing the fevured bute motter alept, pt, and vo did the child. Vhe doctor camo in the morning, he sald ¢! care of Forront, did the vitality tho infunt drow from bie body daring tho long hours, had aaved lta ‘Aud that the fe, - ae . THE CRUCIFIXION. A new style of treatment, by an artist of San Franciaco, Cal., of the often-repeated cru- elfixion on Calvary, is said to bo admirable to ftw efects, Tho figures ara of life-size. Tho cross is untike thoso usually painted. It is but little taller than tho average height of man. Quided by the bellef that the outstretchod arms could not maintain, nor the aailed hands sup- port, the body, and sustained In this belief by the description of the cross used for puutsh- ment as given by the bisturians Irenwus, Jue {lnlan, and Tertullian, the artist has placed VEST-POCKET SERIES. VAVORITR POEMS. | wldway u projection, on which Jesus sits astride. By dou Gupenieay Wut Lid te All hisloriune aarp that in cruciiizion the legs LEGENDS OF NEW ENGLAND.” By Natuam- | were firat tld fo the cross, and after- iv Leelee a BED FE ABEL'S Le ‘| w splkea were driven through the paca. uatrated. fovt, This cou! not lone unless RIVERMOUTIL ROMANCE. s % ace Lay Alputou. Tugrated.” Busions, James ie | fomething | werw placed | buneath te ood & Co. Chicago: Had! . 2 Scuerr ey Bros. & Co. Prict each. LESSONS FituM EUROPEAN SCHOOLS AND feet to recelve the spikes; therefore there is also in this picture a foot-rest. Wrought iron, belng the best styptic, fustuntly stone the dow THE AMERICAN CENTENNIAL. By Binvst of blood; therefore there Is none falling from Gnait Nowrusur, Lin D.- Bectatary Oe tos ees | (hehuuds aud feel.” Neither le tho side. plerced Recticat Board of Kducation, Firth Thoussod. | withaspear. Death ts repreecated ay belog toe York and Chicago: A! 9. Baruse & Co. | caused by suffering and Exhaustion, aa bok b 4 jeeding. «No {ric or retatlves of tho suf- Ty REN. AND DESTINY OP HAN. ong TL, | ferer aro present, but ouly the executioners of 2 BExiES oF Suxvat-Evaning Seunoxs. Aura. | She ‘Tuo tigure of Christ la nobly and ra, lil: Pierce, Burton & Co. 1mo., pp. 204. elicately given; the counfenance 1s most splr- POUTLAND AND VICINIT@. By Eowatn Ii, | (tual; tho reclined bead, with long aubura rlug- Euwstt, Mlustrated. Porlland: Loring, 3 Short & Harwon, and W. &. Jones. Chi 3 Bros Cs Seat Benet yceteaty? hadley MOUNY DESERT: ON THE COANE G¥ MAINE. Ba ae penta: aueeS Maurix. Fourth Lorlug, Short & Har Gulcago: Uadley Bron & "Co. IUme., poe va, Price, 75 cents. LA UIOVATA. ‘THE SEA-GULL; on, Tue Lost Buauty. Traoalated from the Spsuleh of Fua- Wan Capatibug (Cxciita Bout De PF. J. Phladeipilar Te. Peterson & Bross Chltage on. *) detec shows yxpiring life; the body is spare, and. of wbort stuture. ture. Tho inset plog at the top of the cross is pur- youl, (legible, becuase yfren diltescutly in the four Goapels. Several murginal pictures ilus- trateaccessory ecenes. The most striking of these portrays the going tu the place uf execu- top, The Nezarcuc, clothed ju scarlet, as Mattbow descri tar} ene Sccording to the threo df who bears the cross, youplle Gospels, walks pve the Are de Triomplic, o upright with ft Ike a stout plet while a multitude of common peonte, following, esult fn the: Boers ‘hing puotshment of fin who hae declared Iinself “Ring of the dgws.”” ART JOURNAL. Tho Art Journal for duly contains ita urpal variety of entertainment and inetruction. {ta tIrst atecl-plate, * Heater Prynne and Pearl,” from 9 palnting by George H. Boughton, has butlittle attractivences. Hawthorne's pea be Letter” fs full of wonderful suggestions lor moat forcible pictures; and, in thinking of this tragedy and the humor of that marvelous book, ft must be sald that the pleture represented here seems common-place. A wool-engraving of the portralt of Birnet Foster, and a sympa: thetic and Whustrated account of his works, Ine trotuces himn.tu us most pleasantly. A notire of the * Venice” of M. Yriarte, containing four beaulifal engravings of scenes in that City of Fen, maken us tong to see “the two elegant yulnmes, being published by J. Rothschild, Paris, one of which has already appeared, The “Scenery of the Paciic allway” and the charming!y-wrilten article on “Norway” are both finely illustrated, A brief butelear account of the making of Jacquer- ware hy the Japanese: a most practical article on Decorative Designing; aud the uaual thor- ough and instructive article on Pottery, by Charies Willys Elliott; towcther with extended notices of the 1 Salon and London Royal Academy Exhibition of the preecut year, with some American art-notes, Make up the text of the number. The atecl-engraving, Tho Firet Hope,’ from a painting, by, KF. datatut, hos very gracetul forms, bub the “Madonna-IHko theme fs rather hackneyed. The “Game at Cards,” a atecl-plate after Melssonler's fainuu: pleture, ia welcome from ie subject, but Jacks clearness aud depth. ° = —_— ART-NOTES, Four Gobelin tapeatrica, bearing the date 1753, were recently sold In Paris for the sum ‘uf $4,000, ‘The much-praised portrait of Dumas, on ex- Mibition at the recent Salon, Paris, is a gift from Meissonier to Dumas, who Intends eventually to donate it to the-Gallery of the Luxembourg. The ottempt to show tho pletures of the Salon, Varis, by medns of the electric Nght, which la aald not to decompose color, has been but partially successful, as {t {6 found to be dif- Ocult to soften and to equalize the tight. *The French Government purchases every year noteworthy works In the annual exhibition of the Salen, to be placed in provincial musc~ uma, fa public buildings, or in the Luxembourg. These works aro eculptures as well as paintings; and tt {s said that the former, many ‘of which are large, are not eaatly provided with auitable locations, as the churches and public places a Paris are already somewhat -crowded with bem. * ‘The most picturesquoand forcible of engravers fs sald to be J. de Mare, a restdent wf Paris, but a Dutchman by birth, He bas for muny ‘cars devoted himself to the reproduction Iu lack-and-whito of the works of bls great countryman, Rembrandt. Ily ts now at work upon an ongraving of the * Ronde de Nuit" of the great innster. He has bean five yeome in en- graving Titan's “Entombment,’ of the Louvre, which engraving is the annua! prize given this year to the subscribers to the Gazette des Heauzs Arts, An English Royal Academiclan, Willlam Fal. ward Frost, dled varly in June, at the age of 6 Tle belonged to the classical school, in which the graceful representation of mytioluteal subjects was tho great object, and achieve fame and gained prizes for his chaste and el guntpicturcs, But the rise of Pre-Ruphaclitism, about thirty years ago, gave a new direction to pudlle taste, and destroyed tho great popularity of this artist, and that of others of his echools though Mr, Frost las always been, personally, moat highly reapected. Miss Marianne North, an English lady long known to the acientific world as an tnidefatign- hic traveler, is about to oxhibit, at the South Kensington Museum, her studies of Tropical vegetation. They are carefully painted in oil- color, and, being 510 in number, arc a noble nroof of industry, as well as of arfistle ability, hey delineate the trees, plants, and frulte of Jovan, Java, Borneo, Ceylon, tha West Indica, Brazil, Callfurnia, ete; and are now being mounted, framed, and catalogucd, at @he ox- pense of the English Government. Tho annual prize of £50 awarded by tho Goldamiths’ Company of London, for work. in precious metals, has again been recelyed Wy Mr. John Watkins, who wae trained in the South Kensington Schoolaof Art. The theme chosen by Mr. atkins ts tho Bhield of AEneas, whch Vi KN describes in Book VIII. 04 being forged by Vulcan, and, embossod, by his foreseeing knowledge, with represontations of the future history of tome. Lu the centre of the shield is purtrayed the most terriie of Roman naval fatten, that of Actlum; and surrounding tis, in different compartments, aro ropror-nted the various stories of Roman history, from the Jegend of Romulus and Hemus to the triumph of Angustus, ‘Tho nclosing borders are richly ornawented. LITERARY NOTES, Mr. Thomas Brassey, M. I., tho son of tho late English ratlrobd-contractor, ts ,preparing for publication a nurrative of bis yevent yacht- {ng voyage bround tho world, Tho memolr of Carlyla in the new Itographteat Mayazine ia written by Mr Frederick Murtin, and the second edition has been corrected by the authority of the venerable subject of tho memoir, e L, Prang & Co., Art and Educational Publish- ora, Boston, have tn press “The Yellowstous Natural Park, and the Mountain-Regions of Fortions of Novada, Ida, Colorutu, aud Utah, Deseribod by Prof. Ke Havdon, and Mustrated by Chramo-Lithographic Reproduce dons of aterColor Skelchcs taken by ‘Thotnas Morun,'? Tho University of Btrassburg, which was opened May 1, 1872, has colcbrated Ita fifth annl- vorsary. The number of students at the yersity lian increased from 213, {1 vachers from forty-seven to ninety: two. Tho Institutions connected with the school, stich ux laboratorics, muscuins, aocic~ tles, ote, nuw number thirty-cight; and the brary centalne 400,000 yuluimus. ——_ SPARKS OF SCIENCE, pivekene FLORA ROUND ABOUT CHICAGO, Tue Minkwonts Axb Tite MaLAsTOMADS.— ‘The Milkworls, ur Polygulucew, number about GW especies, Wood Includes twenty-ate spectea inthe forsvof the United States cast of the Misaleslppl [ver, and Prof, Babcock enumerates five which belong tn our own nelghburhdod, Herbs, sbrute, and twining-plants aro ound. amoig the Milkworts, und all alike* bour very Irrogular flowers. ‘These have ulwuys five sepala, differing greatly from vach other in bhupe, und two of thew often having the culor of the corolla, while the others are greenlsh fn hue. The petals ure three fa number, and the stancns from ‘four to eight, The flowers sre generally small aud incoucpicuous, although tn the genus Polygala many of thei are showy. Adudley says, with regard to the distribution of the Polygalace, that— Mi Muatof the genera aro iinited to one or two of tho Bye parts ul the globe; thus, Halomonia is ouly found in Asia, Soulania in the Moluccas, Mureltia atthe Cape of Good Hope, and Mcunina ond Ba- dicrain South America, Comesperwa ts found both ip Brazil ana New Hulland; aod, what le very rowarkabis, there la In tbe former country 8 spe ciea of the Cope genous Mundia, Polygola itself oc- cure{nfouret the five parts,—nuder the Torrid Zone and in Temperate climates, a Cayenne sad on the mountatns of Switzeriaod; itis, howev- er, Yery uncgually distributed, ‘This eenue inbab- {ta sVmust every description of station; dry plains, deep worasaus, woods, mountaina, cultivated aud barren soils, Comesvermes is only known in Brasil abd Augtralis. Monniva aud Rrawerla Inbsvit open places (n the Temperate parte of South Ames- ica. Tu most of the Milkworts the juices are bitter and tho roota are mtlky, Some of them are dis- tinguished for thelr cmctic, purgative, and diu- retic action, The most noted of these is the Rpakeroot, Polygala Sencygp, # North-Amer- fcau species which bas Leen cruployed fa the treatuent of various diseases. The Polyga- la yenenola of Java is virulently pelsonous. Its heavy odor, or Its touch even, bs sald to pro- duce severe sucealug wud headache. The bark of the route of several specica of Mounlia used by the Peruvians as u substitute for soap, and the ludivs ‘ueneficial to the The blood-red fufusion’ of the Krawurias, which is intensely astringent, ds used to adultcrate Purt-wine. "Phe Polyyruta ts the ouly genus by which, ac- cording to Dr. Asu Uray, the Milkworts are rep- resented Ju our country: In our own flora wo have the P. cruclata, which groWs on the bor- ders of wet places af Calumet and Gibson’s Sta- ton. It ds, like the rest of our Volygales, o del. ieate plant, fowering iu the sumer, The P. sangulnes, which bas bright aud dense ros-col- orod heads, 1s found in the moist grounds at n 1873, to walks majestically toa vol- Hyde Park and Calumet. Tho P. verticillate, “| w th grveulah-white dowcrs, occurs spariugly at Hyde Park. The P. dcucge, or Sousa & ygerd an iuiusiun of it as tus, root, blooms earlier than the others, unfurling tts white raccmes in May and dune; {t inhabits dry situations at Glencoe, Uinsdate, aud Tye Vark. Lastly we have the P. polywama, whieh, besides the showy roae-purple flowers borne In the usnal manner, hag colurless, fertile flowers on subterranean branches, Phe plaht may be found at Hyde Park, and Tolleston, Ind. ‘The Meliatomocem, or family of Metastomada, {sone of the larvest In the vegetable kingstomy, but In confined almost exclustyvely to the Trov- tes, None of them are natives of Europe, nor Africa north of the Creat Desert. Upward 62) are found In Tropleal Atierica; a number of apecies are Indigenous in the United Mtatess and none Inhabit the country south of Brazil. A slight degrce of astringenes characterizes the whole onler, yet none of the spe are une wholesome. “The rncculent fruit of many is ed- (ble and pleasant. Different species yleld dyes of different cojors, and some contain a principle that bas been found useful asa medicine. But, on the whole, the family fs unusually unfmpor- tant, considering ita size. The. genus Khexia represents the furtly in the United Btates, ‘The one species tn our fora fa the I Viruinica, which has been found west of Millurta Btatlon. It fs a low herb, with square stem, lanceolate leaves, and cymes of pure plc fiurers, booming in midsuminer. AFRICAN EX1 LORATION, The committee appointed by the Koysl Geo- Rraphicat Society, London, to consider the best incans of prosecuting systematic and eontinuvus explorations in Africa, have banded in thelr re+ port. The first suggestion offered a:lvoeates the exploration of the following routes in East- ern Afrlea: (1) Frown the gold-felds in South Africa, past the south end of Lake Tanganyika, tu Unyanyembe; (2) slong the enst face uf the coast-range between the Zambeai ond the Equator; (3) from the east coast to the north tnd of Lake Nyassa; (4) between the north end af Lake Nyassa aut the south end of Lake Tanganyika: (5) from the coast opposite Zanzibar to the south end of Lake Victoria, and thence to the north end of Lake Tanganyika; (8) from Mombasa, by Kilimandjaro, to_ the southeast aliore of Lake Victoria; und (7) from Forwosa Bay, along the valley of the River Dana, by Mt Kenia tu the northeast shore uf Lake Victoria. In addition tu ‘these specitle Jines of exploration, and in connection, with o trunk-road across the Continent, the Comimit- tee think that efforts should be made to explore the great extent of unknown country tothe north of the Lualatra, song tu connect Equatorial Af- rica with Darfur, with Lake Tchad, and with tho Valley of the Ogowe. The Comiittce de- clare themselves lng to ald either miestuna- ry or commercial expeditious, but the charter of the Soctety [reclustest els undertaking any explorations which are not of a strictly Keo- krophical character. ~ HITE CAVES AT KIEF. _, M. Kibalehich has communicated to the Rus- lan Arclueological Society bis discoveries In the "caves at Kief. These are numerous in the lme- stoncon the banks of the Duelper, and have been inhabited even during the firet ten cen- turlgs of our cra. The caves at Kicf date from the carlicat Stone Period according to tho ac- countin ature, “They are long, sinuous, but harrow, and contain great quantities of the plaincat stone weapuns ond stone pourls, to- gether with burned bones of various animals, + « Close to these oldest dwellinz-places there exixts a profusion of conic mounds of bowldcrs and kourganes (high mounds of earth), or burlal-places, coming froin times anterior to the introduction of Christianity in Russia, ‘1 contain akeletous, often without skulls, 4 are buried separately, aud u variety of weapons One of these burial-places ovets enty-three acres, without reckoning the numerous Kitchen-mounde. ‘The oblects exca- yated by G. M. Kibalehich, it {shoped, will form fhe, futteus of an Archwolugical Muscuin at el . — NEW ACARIANS, Wo learn from Nuture that M. Mecuin, a naturalist who has devoted much study to tho Acarlana, has discovered in the acrial reservoirs of birds, especially of the Gallinacew, an inoffen- sive species, named by him Kytodites glaber, which breeds in this strange situation, andacnds coluntes even into thy bronchial branches, and {ute the marrowless bones of the Ilmbs in com- munication with thuair-yesselsin birds. Another harmicas apecles dwells in the cellular tissues of birds, antl there remalus oven after death surrounded by a calcareous tubercle, A. third species, which establishes itscl! between tho Darhs of the feathers, produces at the time of molting, In the akin of the birds, especially of the dumestic and wild bigeut, a Liypopital ‘vur- miform nymph. Unless this’ precaution were taken, the specio would be annihilated when the bird sheds {te feathers at the period of molting, BRIEF NOTES, Tho fifth acasion of the International Con- gress of the Medical Sctences will he held at Genova, from Scot, 9 to 15. The Auckland Institute, New Zeatand, is Ina flourishing condition, A museurn was erected “aycar ago, at a cost of $20,000, roe Dr. Bchwelufurth has returned to Cafro from a journey of flfty-six days inQhe western desert of Egypt. Ab account of its results will soon be published, Franco has inaugurated meagures for the eree- "tion of Atatuca to Arago at Perpignan, fu the Department of Orfentales Pyrenees; to Niepeo de Bulnt-Victor, at Clisluns; and to Aupere, at Lyuns. The J iy number of Mind will contain o “ Wloyraphicul Sketch of an Infant,” written by Darwin, Je will present the record of u series of careful observations of the carly mental de yelopmeut of ond of his rons, It {s probably that the Annual. Congress of Russian Naturallats will not bo lield thle year, aa no provision bas been mado for it vy the tiuy- erpment, and the war wilt preva the expenses being met by private contributions. The survey of Palestine, under British du- apie 1s “progressing favorably. — Licut. ner has completed 550. square miles, atid iy 0 tlnish the north of Valeatine by tho end of duly. Ho has discovered two synue goguca nut previously known, and four dol- mens, Tho acvoral Belentific Sovictics of Madrid have appoluted a Commission to prepare the way for organizing 8 National Assocation stmi- Jur to those existing: In England and the United States, which will convene annual inectings at diferent cltles In Spain, aud publish the results that may be obtained, It Is intonded to yrake the geolnirtcal depart. ment of the Interfational Exposition of 1478 ay complete as possible; and tt ls probatle thut surveys, societica, atl private jndividuals will be Invited tu send collections, It fa alsa pro powxt to cunveke un litertutional Gculogical Congress during the Extibivon, The fest division of the Nyunza mission marty, under the Rey, CT, Wilson and dle. Nght arrived at Kagehyl dun. 20. ‘The party left Busamoyo tn duly, 1870, ond wero «lx mouths marching to the luxe. ‘They crossed tha country to the north of Stantey'é route, aud wers nowhere molested by the natives. In alvcture ou the usee of the mberoseope, dolivered at Washington by Mr. Thotuas Taylor, Micrusyopist of tha Depsriment of Agriculture, views of the hand weru exhibited, ahowlng the markings on the pulm and Angers; and it was sugested that the mnlcroscops might be used i the detection of criminals, by comparing the hand or Huger-marks often Impressed in bluod- stains on the murderer's weapons, with the bands of accused or suspected partica, The derivation and meaning of Tanganyika have occasioned a good deal of discuaslon, Stanley asserts that tho term means “ Plaine like Lake; "? but Sle R, Alcock, President of the Hoa Geographical sucivty, ls of oplulun that it ls derived from Tunganya, to gather, aud Nytka (1) nuts, and means a collection of wa-, ter-vegetation, nut.” ae Waternut, Trapa natais, grows plentifully%a Africa, aud Tanganyika contal; quantities of floating veretution, consisting in part of this plant. ‘The water-nut forma an lin- portant article of dict with the natives, In the course of the Uhited States Geological and Geographical Survey of Cuolgrudy, 150 tupogruphieal statlous have, beew eetablished within ap arca of about 70.000 square iiies, and the surrounding country sketched from each station, Ouy member of the Topographical Corps made over 1,000 proflle-sketches during: the field-scason of 4575, each page being afx-by- teninchea, Mr, Wilson, the Director of tho' primary triangulation, made some 500 pages of dratuage-vketches,—taking himself the thod- sale of angles necessary to locate all tho poluts, or “the habitat of the water- Tretan London Tinea, The population of Ireland, ing, makes but slow advance. It fv cotiusted a¢ is 5, 334,908, oF not quite 124, 600 more than in 1801. ho registers show! io, cho" yeur Letty 0. frectiod Joss than five wartlages Bef: 000 of population; in England the rate was 8.3 1,000 the Grst quarter of the present year rate in Irclund was as low as 20.2 ee sunum; but the birth-rate was ouly 27.8 per 1, ving. The, rogiatared bir excuoded "the red, oat! by more than 20,000; bat more than 6,000 persons culated, The low dcath-rate te sarpeiaing, cule ‘The Negietrar in many parte of the country. in for Inatanee, re- of adistrict fn Dundalk Union, porta many houses having no yatd, and hence in rome of them the plea are kept **ander the beta,” Sul. ple are long-lved, Thin quarteriy m ‘« twenty-two pemans registered a6 dying aged 109 yrare or mora: but no proof of the aye fe given, except that the Regletrar of Santry reporting the denth of a woman azed 107, atates that from careful tnquiries which he made he be Hever phe was older; rhe had rixty-fonr lineal de- rcendanta here, ant athers in America. ‘The Hematrar of Shinrone, -Itorcres, records the death of Lawrence Pooly, a Water pensloner, aed 105 yearn: te was taken pris- finer at Coranna, and was present when sir John Moore wax hot." In the fret quarter of the prea- ent year Ireland loet 606 persons by fever, 418 otters by searlot fever, 41 by whooping-conzh, 4:53 by diarrhea, 272 hy menales, 9 by diphtherin, Bb hy amall-wox. ‘The averuue number af percons Teeelring in-door relief tn ireland on Batunlaye ducing the fret rier of 1877 wan 47,080, oF fewer than in the cort oning quarter of the ni ceding years but erage weekly number fo- ceiving out-door relief was 343,807, of 1,085 more than ie the corresponding qaarter of the preecding ent. RUSSIA AND ENGLAND. Replies to the Necent Letter of tho Itun, Canstus M, Clay, To the Ealtor of The Tribune. Citcaco, June 20.—1 would like to say a few words in answer tu your currespond- ent of today, the Hon. Cassius M. Clay. He institutes compurlsuns between Russia andl England, very much to the disad- vantage of tho latter; and, In so duing, die plays a spirit of acrimonious jealousy quite un- called fur, and really pitiful to sevin these days when newspapers and other means of informa: flow are ao cheap, and so reallly accessible even tu the most impccuntots. ‘The assertion that ussia aastinilates her eul- Ject populations, and makes them toyal, while Engiand doce not, should bave been made with many qualifications. The solitary iustunce of Schamy! and hie two sons la worthless in the face of an unreconetled Poland. and of thy fact that Rusefs requires over 230,000 soldiers to keepin or- der her Asiatic dominiona, containing only 5,000, or 6,000,000 of people, while the Uritlsh do- minions on that continent, though having a pup- ulation of nearly 200,000,000, and at the other side of the world from the central power, are easily garrisoned by $0,000 Europeans; while, as to the offects of the two Governments on the different subject peoples, there could hardly be a greater contrast, It fs the testimony of etatis- tics, and of many observers, that, of the two, the British Government in Asia is infinitely tho more liberal and benefletal. India fs open to tha commerce ani observation of the world, Justice In as well administered, and personal liberty for all fs as rechre, asin [linols, Katt- roads'and other means of communication are continually being built and improved with Brit- ish capital. The consequence Is, that the popu. lation and wealth of the country have increased cnormously; and, when famincs have occurred fu localities from fallure of crops, the people have not been left tordie, ax millions recently died in Persia and {n Asia Minor, and as millions ara now verishing in the province of Shomtung, China, where it {s estimated that 20,000,000 have already perished; but the Government straina every nerve to enable the peoplete tldo over the thing of scarcity. On the CoE we have the testimony of the Hon. Engene Schuyler, the present ropresent- ative of America {ti the Eaat,—nnd not only his, hut the testimony of hundreds of naturalized cltizens now tn ‘Chicago—that Russia in Asia {s characterized by olficlal rapaclty; that the rs ple are: plandered and outraged wholesale by the Ruasian bureaucracy. Nay, mure, what fi the principal ralon d'etre of Russia in Asia? Is ft not one vast penal settlement, where nuw are hundreds of thousands torn froin their homes in Europs for political or pretended re- ligious motives; dootned far frotn hutne and friends to Janguish in exile; maybe condemned tv work In the mines of Ural, beneath tho cruel knout of the overseer, or sent ty colonize thy orid steppes of Siberia, and subject to the per- potual supervision of authority? Truly, Russa dove make her subjects loyal. And then, agaln, whilo India is open to the merchant of traveler of every. nation, without let or hindrance, Russian Asis fs a sented book tothe commerce or observation of the world; and It is only when a poor refuuece makes his cacape from = this » great prison- house, or some traveler, ko | MacQshut, rete Imperial ukares at deflance, that wo mut a glimpas of the tyranny and suffering within. Why. Russia, with only athicd the population of the British Empire, ins today of political convicts tore than a thousand to one, Tho total nuinber of men within the British domin- ons at the present time who are restrained of thelr Hberty’ for polltfeal causes 4s, [ belleve, only alxtecu; while in Slberta alone Russia has over 800,000 (vlaw Schuyler), besides countless: thousanits {nthe Caticasus, or competled to serve inthe army. Truly, Russia doeakeep pace |. With modern civilization, without a yestlre of constitutionul roverumnent within her bordera,— nothing but the will ef the Emperor. Your correspondent'ssssertion that “ England meditates the supromaty of the world must have been written during s fit of somnambu- lism or nightmare, for I cannot believe that any man, wideawake and outsidcof alunaticasylum, would venture auch u statement, Lhavo not the at present to combat the re- malnder of your currcapondent’s fast-dissulving views, neither would ft be wise. Tho general gullghtenment of the present day makes it, £ aul glad to say, Unnecuseury. Uxoros Kouson, + ‘TMthe Bultor of The Tribune, js Oconto, Wis,, June 23,—In your paper of tho ‘SOth Inet. 1 notice a communication on the part of Mr. C. M. Cluy, of Koutucky, contalulng his views on the Eastern Question, wheroln he lauds Nussia at the expense of Turkey, and attacks the policy of England ka a manucr calculated to excite the animosity of Aimcricans aginst her, Though not Justifylug the atrocities com- mitted agalnst tho Slave on the part of the ‘Turks, 1 think that no person of unbiased mind will allow himself to be deluded by the assure ances of Ruasia that sho has taken up arms against Turkey in disinterested champlonship of the cause of her Christian population. Not Puilanthropy fa but the veil ahuhus chosen tohide her real deolgu, which is, aut ever has becu, to sveure self-aggrandizefaent ut the expense of Turkey, or any other nation too weuk for reslst- ance. And, as far as atrocitics are concerned, those pructiced by the Rueslans ov the people uv! Poland can vie ty bidvousuess with the Bul- arian horrors, Now, tn view of the Rugelan mania for exteud- {ng their domain at the expense of thelr peigh- bors, can it be wondered of that Englund watches tha struggle with ap anxious eye! She that hus created (ut the sexponse of wy much blood and treasure) o vast durmatn in Asia, ond fate which sha has succueded in estullisbing vommurve and clyitization, can ill afford to lave hor held thereun loosned hy furalgn titerfor- cues. England, It is true, bas great possessluns; ‘and whoro can we find a nation vr caleu- tated tu joer or promote the advancement of the people over which abo bulde swayt Blo controls the Suz Cuno), and maintalis a free passuze for tot Enylish yeesuls ouly, but fur the shipolug of the world, England aod America of all countrics can tha eget alfurd toby at enmity with each others ‘Tholr interesta are mimost tdentival; their jan- guage and religion ore the same, while their laws are based op the same principles of freedom aint justice. Why ahould they be fuss! During the war of the Rebellion ample pretext for Great Uritain’s interfereuce was riven by the North, and tho fact that the opportunity was not seized upon would show that Eughelimen ory nut su Ditter against Americans ag inight be taferred froin Mr. Clay's words. A review of the history of auy country will re- sult iu the Buding of at: of more or [cas image nitude, aud England's record will com pare favorably with ¢hat of any oth- er vation, Her domain —cowsprises one-seventh of tho habitable globe; her tly Is sven fn every quarter of tho world,—sure pre- cursor of advancing civitization; and her sub- jects are prosperous and ft Thess facts wuply attest the yalorof her people and the wisdoin of her laws; while the pleasant relations now existing betweon ber and tn as well as the reception vow being tenderid Ite lute President, show that there are, vu bot) sides of the veean, some at least with a duc appreciation of the good-feeling which should always exist between the two countrics. Hoping you wul give this a place in your colymas, I remain, yours, vtc., s ROKUE BospRt, ant “ STATE-HOUSE RING." To the Hdutor of The Tribune. ‘TiakiLwa, IL, July 3.—Undor tho above cap- toa, my friend, Seagtos Jonus, loa recent article in Tus Tuisumy, once more opens the State-Huuso matter, As my namo is uscda little freely, and as others aro involved, and the public iutercat cone cerned, I desire to say 6 fow words. An outline of facts will help to understand tho matter. Twice in the Senate I felt tmpolled to do- pounce certain publications relating to the State- House Investigation: Firat, todeny thats certain sensational publication was what it pretended to be, to-wit: the majority report of the State-House Comunittec; sgcond, to state that the deposition of Paul Bedeau,/published on pages 37, 33, 39, 40, bol 41 Of te ‘was thers unauthorized, and @ the wretched dwellings of the Iaboring | its appenrance there wan cither actos mintake of afiagrant frond. Oncor both these ia made the oceasion by Mr. Jones fot hla commanicatton. Mr. Jones wan present at the firet, and took no extepttons to what T eald, Silence gave consent, The second he serms to dealre to deny, and rpe- elfically objects ta It, an he and others of the Com- mittes had gone home. Mr. Jonen mast tamem- her that this ** Bedean deposition was objected to by a member af the Committee, on the ground of ite frreguiar procnrement, nnd that it wae road by conrent. for Is formation only. By agreement it waa not to be coneldered teatimony, If Mr. Jones has forgotten this, TL feel mre other membera of the Committee have not. Thi t+ a material point, aud, on close ozammation of Mr. Joner articte, ree he has not directly enledthia vlew of the care; and my reapect for him will not permit me to na- sume that hedoes, unicse hin Iangaaze clearly tater it, - Uaflirm that thia Bedean depoaition, published ag testimony, x an unwarranted interpolation, If thie ts true, no sevority of languaze on my part, oF of the Cantle rerolntion of censure hxerd hy the Senate ananimonsly, necia any apology. hose who concocted the frand shonibte explaining, of Feat As heat they can under the censure. Jdid not ange any one ae the culpeit, —oniy denonnced the fraud. TV regret to find my friend donen sennitive about It, becanse it ratees rome auapicion that he Might have been a party to the tenneactron, Bot saya Senator Jones, why wait tit alt t Committe had gun home? "1 did not eee the fin lication till the cloning honrnof the session. 1 fe how wrong 1 woutd be to let {t ga onexpored; be uujost to the Comminsioners, who derired to te thie aMldayit, but wero riled out onthe wronnd that it wan not testimony. All the Committes but my+ relf had gone. Leontd nut shiek. If Me. donea bad been there, T should have insted that he ex- pose ft,a# Chad done ona formeroccaslon a sinilar work, ‘The duty would Wty and, feeling that. th undone aniess [did 3 d be anoutrage, I Promptly exposed IL to Nenate, An ldo not hear that oltier members of the Com: miltee take exception to thin, L conciude they fect aa} would, to tiave learned that they promplly do- Bounced a frauds Kenutor Jones says he went away that morning. Thin war not mny fault, Melnged any. spolosy lot ataying till the end, though Chad not been home but once daring the ent mon, HIN found nm the fact that a grcat atruy; was in progress vital- Involving the publ interest, 1 staid (9 ace Ie through, ond ald, If} could, the enusy of tho taht. Ef Senator donea tad seen his duty In that Hne he would have vern prevent to. take part In this other matter of which he complains bein: dona in his abeenice, Senator Jones conatitnents, per haps, would have excused tlm for retoaining at his post father than fleeing at the. moment the battle ‘was hottest anil the result uncertaln. Mr. Jones thinks | urompled the rerotution pre= rented by Sennior Castle, My attention war abe sutbed by the House strumgte, and I nover knew of [ett had passed. Tapprove ite spirit and tim Mnees, but cannot claim the bunor of ite paraaue, Nenator dnnes aleo accuees me of voung and working azalnat the bili for romoviny the State Moure Commlestonera. Thia ina mistake. [waa In favor of that biil,—not because 1 bad loat con- dence in the Commissioners, but thought sono prejudice might be aroused arsinet them which Franld to tome extent damage the prospect of « voratle rote of the peuple for an appropriation to finish thonew Capitol. ee If 1 did mt work us zealously ae Touzht for the bill, my apology must be found In the fact that T wan giving my chief labors tu defeat Nilin 214 and B3G, which were then pending, aud backed by a lobby nearly unparallcted In tegielative history. Personally Pam not dispteared that the Legta- lature Indored the Commiestoners by refaving to remove them, farther than to atup therr ealary till more money fe appropriated, Asaclttzen, hava more confidence in these tried men than I would have Ina new Commision. ‘They ean “completa the work all the better for thelr long experience. Thelt integrity stands the teat, and thelt experi: ence tn vafiuble ta the public, { regret to hear my friend Jonoa way that ho te ta Houne.: Thad reached quite # different conclusion. I thought the honeat economy aud the beet interent the ho fow tnkea miade are no againat completing the building. It ts confessed! takes linlf's nililion more money than expected. it Je #tIll one of the chuapest buildings on the Conti- and the work has been done with such fidelity tu the public intercet, that I feel more like being the Stote-Ifouse go unfinished, by a falluro of the people's vote, wil) bo a calamity, “Such follies ato mak a campaign against Aniehing the Stato- By the publle call for epeedify finte #trong, convenlent, and peantiful; and, though 4 nent. It haa su many good thtnye to commend it, thankfal than dealing out condemnation. To tet rometimes perpetrated, but T have too much con- fidence to the tntelilgence of the people of Ilinoia to bellevo they will practice such Imbectlity. L, D. Watrina, ————e. BOSCOBEL. Dedtonted to wan t mu friend iin Rae dv. Singleton, Da J Sweet Borcobel, ‘Thou loveliest dell ey wand'rings o'er hath found ma, i thy green, sides nd grateful shades Rare beanties doth earround me, SUll, beauteoun shade, "Te pot thy glade, Nor groves with songstera swarming, ‘My soal delights, Or thonght Invites, But fricnds there found mowt charming. hus, abel Je loveliest dell ‘My wand'rinza o'er bath found ma; ‘To ite green glados And grateful abades ‘Three fresh, warm hearts hath bound mo, Then, Doscobui Of flowery and frulte sboundl lowers and frulta abount In gardens bri, a And orchards div! ‘Thy mansion grand surrounding, — When all thy flowers nd fatry bowers So pale ‘side hearts’ fund beating With tore for Fela "hown atepa there Thy beantics scom bnt feuting? ‘Thus, Hoacobel, Thow iovellost del! My wand'rings e'er hath foond me, To thy gruon clades And grateful shades “Twas friendslup mainly bound me When Lorace sang, To Crear younks Of Apennine farm, Sabluo, Our Singleton Mad not begun, ‘Those dazsling scenvs botwoen, *Noath fig and vine ‘This ecat so fin; Bren bad he ts drivus outlined, a ** Odea" so eweet, One—'* Tui ‘he ages grec, audsul Bhade?”—wa'd fad: For ltuecubel, ‘Thou loveliest doll My wand'ringn o'er bath found me, Mad Horacageon ‘Thy aparkling shocn, With song hu straight had crown'd thee | Heat, could J twine With vorue af mino ‘The wreath thy charins demandeth, ‘With gens of suul av the whole: love commandets ther there . With tender care, Each flow'r suine thivaphts: resemblances Hut Violvisblus =, Vd place fur two, For ‘+ Anna," swevt ** Rumembrance,"” ‘ ‘ot, Boscobel, ‘Thou luvelivwt detl ‘My waud'rings o'er hath found me, ‘To thy green giades And gratefal shades ‘Vhrvo hallow'd (rienda bath bound met Ciricauu, Juuc 30, 1877, Jos, K. C. Funnnep “ued bel ts Spanish fur buautifus sheds, ——— * SUPERINTENDENT PICKARD, ‘To the Editor of The Tribune, Cuicauo, July v, read Me. Prusslug's Ul-sd- vived lettor in ‘Tuk Time thle morning. St he cortalnly a calamity to the public schools of tho city tuhave Mr, Vickard, who ls # mudcl geutle- mun, @ great scholar, aud a good man in the high- catsense of the term, driven from the position whiel bo baa eo honored for thirteen yeare, Mr, Pickard stands, In the estimation of the teachers of the land and the puptly and parents of this great city, too bigh to tarnieh bls aelf-reepect and the reepoct of others by ntuaylbg touny klud of trick. ory W retain bls position, Is as a calamity to tia ‘public echoola to be governed by 4 Hoard of Kdueation who will ‘wily politician aud trickster to underm! place such ag educator as Mr. cettinly be a great catamily to the public echoule When the politician and evemy of Mr, Pickard suall be able to Haunt bie brexen countenance before the teachers and pupils of Chicago as thels Superp~ tendent, [for onosball not feel Mke contluumg iny children ty the achouls whure such a model it Isced befare them as the highest type of wun, fils devoutly wiebed that no further calamity shall befall the public schauls, and that eouwe higher types of the schular aud gentleman wilt be suugut en obtalued to Hl the vacant Superintende M. Jounsox, ——_— TIDE. *+Yon loved me, snd you loved me not— « tele practe aud uyermache vill you forges as } forgot Let ali dead thing ile deed — None augh are soft to touch." Do 08 Saeacber that night ’mong the fowers, ry When we mict ‘neath tho star-llt akieo? Abt L read by the beams of the muou above ‘That you loved me—‘twas in your eyes. Novor a month wheo the rosca blow Aud thete perfume filly the alr, But my thoughts azy Lorne to the long-ago, Wheat told you of love true and rar. 4 aston! 1 ‘hoa have bess constant and tree; jut you—well. you were easily lod, Ana'you cruglly tursed from © loyal beart, ‘And fo auvther wovcr were wed. ‘Tia the poet sayu that ‘Twice we die;* ‘The bitterest death iedeath of tove. atom passionate my boast Fepeate the ery * ere no acy, BO LULL, except Above Sata see ; Vd Aye, all that Ve Gaxsva Lass, dues )