Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 14, 1877, Page 9

SATURDAY, JULY U4, 1677-TWELVES PAGTS. ee ck Hit CHICAGO 'TRIBUN of perception improved In quickness and accura- ralsed progressively to more Moct infgentons and useful aralus has been devised by Dr. Wilbur for Ing realing, writing, aritiimetic, ete, not uncommon for thease puplls to become fine peumen, and oceaatonally one excels tri some other branch of study; but wore of them ala by the houily training rather than by the t al. ‘These resuils, xeern{te very finportant, an: have been obtained only by | tor ai great wisdom and It is to he hoped Wat our State institutions for {dots will nut become overgrown, as ful above all other afflicted, need Immediate contact with the wise physicians who have these Institue It would be much better to in- crease the number of {nstitutions, and provide these ret ones with eccomptished teachera who have shown peculine aptnesa for such poaitions, ‘The Institutions for fllots are more than those for the insane in the fact that they owth of generous hearts and The asyinins for tha de- earn the horrible meth thought necessary for safety, and the cold flagatonc3, te dauip walls, the frou bars nnd earcanets, the riveted chains and bolts, which made torture-houses of the It 18 belfeved that superior tncans of inves quired by the medical school post-mortern examination a ts regarding tho inti- ‘ous tissue, aud the fferent parte of the brain, The methods of traluing heen found necessary to awasen f telligence already show that tev much prom nence has been attached by cur teachers to the Infitence of the brain, ‘he very first lever used to move the sensl- ice of thy idiot is imitation in {ts various forms, by whieh the sti and unyielding, or in other cases abnormally-restlees, bodies ure rebuilt fifto. human shape and fitted for gome usefulness. the other senses, published anything of a more captivating char- acter than this unpretending Juventie. Museum is now open, and contains a valuable Iown-collection of Chinese porcelain, of Japan: ese art-treasures, of bronzen, vases, etc. A larce number of Swedish figures were purchased at. the Centennial Exposition for thin Muscum, One room Is devoted to New-England helrloams. A nomial admission-fee will be charged. Ufe-membershlp fa 8100, and the annual mem- Prof, Witham P, Blake, a well- Hy | known traveler and art-stucent, fa the orlgina- ind the Secretary of the Muscum. Fifteers thousand dollars has already been bed for a monument to Lord Byron. n large meeting, letd two years ago, to consider t memorial to the great eli sald, in speaking of Byron’ character, ‘It must be remembercd that he was born Inan age of contracted sympathies and restricted thought, and that much which ho then questioned tins since been surrendered. If he fell, which be undoubtedly did, Into many erroneous cunclusions upon divine sabjects, tt may be urged for him that he was very young.” handsome, yellow flowers may be gathered in ee ee LIGERATURE. FRENCIL WOMEN. cy, and they. are fiteltectual state EGYPTIAN EXPLORATION. Mf. Bchweinfarth states, in a commnntcation to the London Atténeeum, that the main motive of hfe recent journey of exploration through the western deseztofl Egypt was the determiua- tion of the Egyptian tail not ta make known the phystcat features of that region, leat advante age should be taken of the knowleJga by an fn- vading enemy. ‘Jt was then,” says M. Schweln- furth, “7 made up my mind not to rest until T had visited every mountain and every spring within that region.’ A considerable portion of the cauntry has been explored and mapped by the indefatigable traveler, in the fnterval be- tween March 24 ond May botanical collections resulting from thétrip sre anumber of epectes belongtn; Palestine, and not elsewhere Of these the most conspicuous is the graceful wild Pistacis was also found,—a tree not hitherto knuwn fn Egypt. Among the fossils secured: are several ew species of ammonites, remarkable for thelr How Courtship and Marriage Are Conducted in France. {s endowed with especial Interest; but, more related with the peculiar dalntiness of diction, ingenuity of construstion, and. telleately-Insinuatin: the happlest quallties of was Intended for young renders, but ia really of foo fine a texture for their appreciation, finds its warinest admirers among adult minds, and auch [t cannot fall to fascinate. The Religious Philosophy of the Chinese. the author. ‘The tok Causes of the Frequent Infidelity of French Wives. Physical Beauty---Hillside and Seaside in Poetry--- Modern Greece. tynienn nite: The Little Girl, the Young Lady, and HILISIDE AND SEASIDE IN Comramios To 'Roanstpe Pi Boston: Jamca R. Ongood Co, Chicago: Tadley Bros, & Co. 1Amv., pp. 303, Price, $1, ‘The nearly 200 separate pices in this volume embrace many charming songs Snspired by the wondrous beauties of Nature. The poctleim- pulse fs stirred Inevery breast by the contem- the splendor of sunects, the majesty of storms, the sublimity of the aca, the calm, solemn visage of the aing, the dancing, sparkling movement of the brooks,—the pure, sweet, august sou! that per- yades the univerae,—and the not inexorably dumb canny into rhythmic speech at witnessing these In moments of exalted passion. epecimens of lyrical ing verses that cele! tlons In charge, Early Bringing-Up-«+Education and Mar- riagese-Some Important Hints for American Socicty. Education of Idiots—-Lady Sterling- Maxwell (tho Hon, Mrs, tothe flora of are the recent outgro tind in Africa, {ntelllvent minds. mented have had to uni RUBSIA AND TURKEY. Salvia Palestina. Ata late mectiny of the Statistical Soctety of London, M. E. GQ. Ravenstelu read a paper “On the Populations of Russiaand Turkey,” which gave tu Russia 84,654,482 Inhabitants; to Tur- key, 25,033,968, or, Including Egypt, Tripoll, and Tunis, 43,403,000; to Roumania, 4,850,000; and ta Servia, 1,953,000. The population of Russa was sald to increase at the rate of 1.1 per No data showing the Increase t it Ia prubabje that Special Correepondence of The Tribune. Rocrronn, 1if.. July 12.—A writer in the cur- Tent number of the Westminster Keriew has un- dertaken to throw some new light upon cotrt- ehip and marriage fn France. causes which make French marriages what.they are commence at a very early age, the author of the arlicle bezan by making the readers thor- oughly acuzainted witha specimen of young French girls, and, noting the tendencica of the education they receive, at Ieast {nasmuch as these tendencles arc relevant to marriage. From the facts obtained from this woll-{nform- ed writer, aud from Talne's “Notes on Parts," Tan: able to place before Tue Thisune’s read- erssome interesting facts tn regard to the causes of some of the chief disorders which are found fn French marriages, and which too fre- Flora Round About Chicago--- Tho Loosestrifes and the gation recently a: will cause the idiots to yield valuable fac mate stricture of the nerv peculiarities of the di BRIEF NOTES. Bones of the Lithoruls emuinus—one of the colossal birds of the Eocene period—have Leen recently discovered In thc London clay at Shep- As the general whose lips arc Ip breaking out 4ITERATURE, IHE CIUINESE, T, RELIGIONS, AND Among the finest cctry are the glad, gluw- brate this myrind-stded theme, and from them all Lucy Larcom has coinpiled acollection that is unusually attract- -cent per annum. in Turkey are accessib! there fs no increase of the dpminant race, avin; to viclous practices amongst the women, an the losses by war, Throughout Asiatic Rusela, and [1a considerable portion of Europeau Rus 6la, the male rex predominates. exists fn Roumaty are 100 Slavs to ever) Monalitics, and 100 hatnincdans and Pagans, 100 Turks tu 107 members of other nutions, and 100 Mubanimedans to 47 Christians. Seeds of the Eucalyptus globulus, which were sewn In clevated parts of Jatnaica six years azo, have grown into trees sixty (cet in helght, and a foot in diameter at the base. A new species of cheetah has been discovere) in South Africa, which is named by Mr. Sclater Felislanca. it differa from the Felix jubata in having the body covered with spots of dark-yel- low instead of black, end In being more thickly covered with hair. A special direction of Science and Arts has been added to the Frenel: Ministry of Public In- struction. and M, Walterville tas been appointed. A photozraphie laboratory has alo been added ty the State departinent will be devoted to the reproduction of and artistic objects. The clectric candle invented by the Russian acientist, Jabluchkoff, was tested at the West- Tniia Doexs, in London, on the evening of June A magneto-clectric enzine supplied the and the brillant, atead: sustained the pruinise of the inven- Hoaton: James KR, Tadley Bros. & Co. The same fact and Greece. In Russia there 50 porsune uf other na- ‘hriatlana tu every 16 Mo- THE EASTERN QUESTION. By Grorox M. Town. Boston: James RK. Osgood Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Co. c Bvu., pp. 1,000. . ‘The learning and research which was brought to bear upon the firat volume of this great vork—treating of the religions of India—is ap- parent in the present portion, which takes forite subject the mental constitution and the religi- vus philosophy of the Chincse. Tho strange fdtusyncrasies, the wonderful dev@opment, and the singutar reserve of tiffs curious race render astudy of them peculiarly interesting, Wheu the investigation is mace with the conscientious, thoroughness, and {mpartlality exhibited by the author of this book, the restilts are satls- factory ina bigh degree. itis needless to atate that Mr. Johnson fonds much In the character and the civilization of tha, heartily to admire. He searches through their Htcrature and thetr laws far light upon their history and their habits, and alfts the evidence that has been given in ford relative to their traits and morals. The testl- mony of the traveler, tho missionary, aud tho trader is judicially weighed, compared, and analyzed, and its value carcfully accredited. Such profound inquirles, guided by clear in- sight and Mberal Judgment, Iead to an under- standing of the nature of the Chinaman and of the acblevementa of his race, which, though it may crr {n many particulars, is at least ‘broadly enlightencd, aud in tho mata to be trusted. Since the Mongol has becn tempted to break over his established babit of confining bimeclf strictly within his own realm, and has em- ‘braceil the opportunity held out to him bysour Government of fimiratin it bas become especially finportaut for the cople tu obtain what kuowlcdze Is the clement which he introduces In orderto do Lim justice, to accord bim the pluce and the privileges to him os o sojourncr in our land, oa contrivutor to our revenues, anda factor au our population, it 1s necessary that the {ntclligent public somprehenatun of iris disposition, bis capacttica, ‘Dis aims, and lila tendencies. bitter prejudice existing against him in portions there is uulversully pre- yalling on almost total tguerance of his real character, aud of his future fotlucuce among ua. Mr. Johnson's book will gu far toward dispel- this ignorance and this.projudice, and thus ved than in accom- plishing ita ostensiblo object of showing the relation of the Chiucso reliions to universal MODERN GREECE, nense of touch, is awakened by This fourth yolume of the series of compress- 1 ed histories of the nations involved inthe present war between Turkey and Russia Is not surpass- ed inintercat by avy of its predecessors. gives aauceinct yet comprehensive account of the fate of the Grecks since thelr country fell into the hands of the barbarous Turk, of thelr successful struggles for free- and of thelr condition under the rule of Otho and of King George the First. rativois written in tte spirited and silliful manner of Mr. Towle, and generously rewards the reader with entertainment and tustruction. VEST-POCKET SERIES. THACKERAY: Wis Litenany Canren. Brows, M.D, By Tnowas Canbre. AN: In Foun Evtarixs to Luuv By Aqexanvet Pore, Chicavo: Ladley Bros. surfaces of the {diot are taught to circulate the feelings. By touch the ulthnate nerve-fibrite— those {nilnitesaimat brains of the surface—haye thelr sensibility awakened and {ucreased. fmnitation, as performed by some tember of tha body, Ideas of necessary actions ara given to the Tn short, these Imbevlles ara arourcd to vitality from without; tho process is contrip- etal—the ceretrum sending nothing to the outer world, but the outer world sending oversthing to It from the surface-feeling. ‘This roves no attocracy of the brain, but rather hat the nervous system is an fufurmal republic, brain is vested with great powers; | pst of Th which {texereises when [t bas Jearned them; but, meantime, any other part of the nervous sys- tem may take the initiative. contre of the nervous system fs, at any particu- lor time, at that point where filability produzes the principal a:tion. Exporience in the education of {diote thus far goes to prove the correctness of tle modern ideas of education, so much urged by many of our great educators, that * Tho physleal educa- tion of the senses Is the royal roalto the edu- cation of the Intellect: experience, not mem- ory, the mother of ideas. UNGE WOMAN TO INPIDELITY, the atudy of which will ecrve to puint outto Americans some of the defects in our own tnar- rlage-relations, and possibly teach us a new It will be well to remember that the class of marriages herelu described are only thoso which occur in that class of society which with us goes under the name of the “upper ten thousand’; the upper ranks are taken because they are more representative, tnore character- Istic of thelr special phase of culture, and ex- ibit ita virtues and vices In a stronger light. THR LITTLE aint. The little French girls whom one will see playing any sunshiny day Inthe Tuileries gar- dens, show in their demeanor, in their pretty, coquettish ttle gestures, In thelr mindfulness of arts of polite society, Ine nor the Reviewer can make up his mind to call them real children in frocks and petticoats, cager to run, to romp, to inake a nolse; they are ministure of full-grown ladics, as elaborately dreseud, o8 careful of their tin as exclusive ih the cholce of thelr acquaintance: os flattering or as mallci OD) ITEMS. The loans to the Caxton Exhibition at South Kensington, London, are yery exteusive. The books frum Earl Spencer's brary at Althorne, herolc and finall: alune, have been insured for fruin $250,000 to Prof. Michaclis of Btrasbourg, who is ac counted an authority in the history of sculpture, beileves that he fias discovered at Motkam, the of the Earl of Lelcester, » genuine die has written a mono- graph upon the subjest, in which he gives an extended bistury of portraiture ainong the an- An explorer, D, Francisco Moreno, has as- tho Banta-Cruz River, in Patagonia. The ascent ovenupled thirty day: rapid current of the stream, wai Lake Santa-Cruz, a body of wate Practically, the Just prior to the conclusion of tha German excavations at Olympla, a statuc was tmearthed which fs supposed to be that of tHerines carry- dug the infant Disnysus, which was executed f Praxiteles, aud described by Pausauias (v., 1 3). The figure ts over life-elze, and iu Ite present. state fe lacking the legs from below the knees, the rich? arm, antl part of the infant. tude of Hermes Is that of standing, with the left elbow resting upon # pillar enveloped iu The body teans to the left side, while the head and shoulders incline to the right—a On gppearance of suppleness to the toray which {s common to the statucs of Honysos generally attributed to concentrated tr James R. Osgood & Co. Prico, 60 cents per votuine, Tho little * Vest;Pockets "’ aro multiplying rapidly, to mect the demand of summer-trayel- ers, whose needs for agreeable reading, pre- sented in choice morsels, they eattsfy exactly. The numbor entitled “Cromwell” contalus 9 { the most Interesting passages from Carlylo’s famous biography of the grent Puritan cominander. Thy names of the other: three of the scrics now before us fully fadicate tho cun- tents of tho soveral volumes. BOOKS RECEIVED. SARATOGA: AN Ixprax Tate op Foontian-Lire, A Thum Stony or 1787, Philadelphia: T. 3. Chicayzo: Hadtoy Broa, & Co. 0. Price. 31. 3 ON COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, AND OTHER SUBJECTS. BE New York: G. W. Carleton & Co. janec! ING' QUESTIONS OF by Jars DB. WaLxan, Author of The ithilus- ‘of thy Planof Salvation," ete. Philadelphia: Chicago: Hadloy nade skatches of {t, and geological collec tlons in the vicluity of thls and uelghburing ‘The Boclety of Arts, Encland, bas oreanized a Congress of Dumestic Economy, which is to conyene at Birmingham July 18 and 19. subjects to be discussed are Necdlework, Clean- ness, Food ant Cookery, Household Expendi- iukness, the Dwelling, LADY STERLING*MAXWELT,. Only four months azo we read the news that the [lon. Mra. Norton was married to Str Will- Jain Sterllng-Maxwell. By sueclal Heense the ceremony Was performed at her own residence in London, a8 she was in such ill-health as to be unable to leave her house. ‘The inteltigence was of pathetic interest, fur tho lady whorn {t con- cerned had endured a Ilfc of pecullar sorrow, and hor beauty, her talents, and her personal fas- celnations had won her the sympathetic admira- tlon of all who had her acquaintance or knew lous in thelr little position givihy ture, ‘Thrift, Health, Warmlog and Ventilation, aud topics connecte with eaucation. Mr, G. Brown Goode, Assistant Curator of the Sinithsonian Institute, on bls return from the Bermudas, whose natural listory be has been investigating durtug the brought with him scollection illiing twelve barrels and forty-three boxes. tes of Suvortcbrata in ulcobul were included in It, in betivved that Mr. Goode has accured representatives of the eutire fauna WHAT SHE 18 TAUGHT. But again we are tol! that the girl whose destinics we are about to follow has not Leen relegated to the nursery; she has be custuined from the earliest age to elt at table with ber parents, tu Msten to thelr con. yersation, to be presented to thelr friends; she hins been taught to recite her Mttle fables with estures and inflections, to articulate distinctly, 0 bow, to pay little compliments, and return thanks for the attentions she roccives. powers of mimicry havo been encouraged to the utinost; the nearer she succecde in copying the somewhat artificial bearing aud specetics of her mamoia, the more she ls applauded. Her own little achievements and remarks are related to strangers in her preeenc: portance of public optnion, the praise or blame is thus coustantly impreesed upon to our country, SPARKS OF SCIENCE, FLORA ROUND ABOUT CHICAGO, Looszstitiygy ayp Tne Cacti.—We have only one repreecnttive of the Isuosestrife family, or the Lythracex, growing in our wilas; but jnour grecnhousca and gardens there ore several spe- cies, which add much to the beauty of the floral splay. Onthe open prafrica round about us the slim, wand-like Lythrain alatum unfolds tts purple petals in the supuner months. Slender herb, with winged stem, and axillary, Solitary flowers, and attains a height of from one to tire fect... In the borders of our cultivated grounds its handsome cousin, the little Cigur- Plant, or Cuphes platycentra, Is at the samo time flushed with niyriads of scarlet blussoma, of atubular abapo, sup semblance, in this reaper! is a native of Mexico, sud! will not cadure our winters out ofdoors., The dtherapectes of the Cu- phen, with purple and ecariet flowers, have been {utroduced intu our conservatories. ‘The Crape- Myrtle (Lagerstramia Indica) 1s one of the ele- that they | gaut members of the Lousestrife tribe which come to us from the East Indies, winged branches, round, ovate leaves, and pani- cles of bluctsh-purple flowers, ‘The Lythraceie tivhude upward of 800 species, and Inhabit tho Troples gnd ‘Temperate regious Dyes are obtalned from a number: of species, ‘The Lamsonia inermin and L. spinosa, kuown bythe Aruble naue of Henna, are cultivated for the sake of their fra- grant flowers, aud also for the oran which Oriental womeu staln the na ‘The dye fe ilkewlse w men to color the belng changed to black hy the addition of {udl- The powdered leaves of the If largely exported from Exypt to Persia and Tur- ey, and even into Gerninny, where they are sed to dye furs, and sume kinda of leathor, Many of tho Loosestrifo are uscful In the treat- ment of disease, and one, tho Physoculym- ma floribunda, furnishes a beautiful, rose-colored ‘The Cactus family (Cactacer) belon: sively to America. Peterson & Bros, nto our clyilization. the collection. : should have accond marriage she was in her 70th year,—an age wheu, according tothe general account of the world, one has done with the fresh and joyous antlelpations witch form the charm of every new alliance of friendship and affeztion. But, in the present case, the ordinary rule was acknowledged to bo without forces; and the still warm heart, bright wit, and engagiig mien of the bride rendered ber late marriage an cutirely Thu prolonged years of happiuces which her friends milght bopo were In store for her were, however, suddenly termi- nated by her death on the 15th of June.- Caroline Norton was onv of the three beanti- ful daughters of Thomas Sheridan, son of the famous Richard Brinsley Sheridan. {n face and form were theev alsters wore widely known og "Tho Three Graces." Coroline was born in 1503, and in carly youth proved herself nn helress of her grandfather's geulus, Atthe age of 13 sho wrote aud illas- trated a sattre entitled “Tha Dandies’ Rout,’ and displayed in the production an amazing de- ree of conte talent for une so young. (Y years old Mise Sheildan becuine tho wife of thd Hon, George Chappel Nurtun, the brother aud heir-presuinptivs of Lord Grantley. ‘union was most unfortunate, forherhusvandwas | of the fugers. tu every respect unworthy of her. Ho posscessci asmall fortune, and wasa barrister by profes- sion: but he liad neither capacity oor inclina- tion for busizess, and wasted bis time and means Iu sensual dlasipations, that he “coaxed his wifa into to make Lim a Mr. C. BR. Thateber has just returacd to En- Jour after a tlve years! “hina, the Patlippine ac Of. making collections in Con- He has procured new epecies of and @ specimen of ou There ts uiuch and the great im- e unity, org on almost bot PERIODICALS RECEIVED. PENY MONTHLY for July (Penn Monthly Anvo- ta r Month;" ** How to Blect the President," by the Ilon, Charles A. Washburn; **Thermal Speinus and Qeyeors," by Dr. A. C. Pe . Genesta of 'Man," Tit, by ert Elly ‘Thompso: Murex, and Canceltarl: entirely new genus, which will the name of Thatcheria, Tho collector made ex- tended and perilous journeys into the interior of Japau, in order to obtain specimens of the rare Cyprwa Thatcheri and Voluta Thatcher. At alate mecting of the Academy of Sciences at Paris, M. Naudin advanced the opinion that allon of an interior sca ju the Algerian reault in a fruitful robably receive GinLioop. while the carly bringing-up of the girl is not altogether dissiuilar to that rle, the second stage of our hero- Ino's education {s of a more bul These writers have told us that her early education {s likely to develop her vanity, her taste for dress, hee regard for proprictics inion; it is certain) effect more practical appropriate affair. sed to have some re- toaclgar, The plant Bets ‘The Mongol is popularly re ledas a Pa; ih urcucs that heis cunstitution- jat; that bis principles and con- duct sre controlled by pure reasov. Almself wholly to the material world, to that which {9 visible and appreciable, and deriacs the notion of giving thought to spiritual affairs bie of discernment or of demon. stration. » Yet his system of ethics {s thé most complicte and consistent, according to Mr, Joun- son, of that of any ivi; from tho author, No nation Inthe world, of ossceses O iitcratura so It has been sald that there fs not a slugie sentence iu the whole of the classical books, nor In thelr annotations, that ma, translated word for word propricty in any fainily-circlo in England, Not .uman sneriilee, of the deffication of of licentious rites .and orgies, exista iv and uot an indecent {dol is exposed In a abara would probabl: soures of pestilence. ‘Nhe slope of the shores would be slight, aud the water sunilow aton; lurge urea of lund woul be alternately covered with water In tho raluy senson, and left dry in the summer, With the mixture of sult ond fresh water, bright solar light, and trupical heat during two-thirds of the be active generation of or- utrefaction of which must cor- rupt the alr all around, Tt isintended that the department of An- thropology shall be well represented at the Paris International Exposition. The Anthropological Society have the matter tu cl:: the cu-operation of anthropologists in all parts ‘The exhibition will include cravia and other specineusiilustrating the comparative anatomy of the several modifeations of man- dnd; anthropological fostruments, aud illustra: tious of the methods of instruction in the science; objects of ethnological interest, and }, photographs, drawinus, inodels, taps, bovks,—ih short, anything bear- fog upon Anthropol UNFULFILLED, [aN IMAGINANY DAEAM.1 Sitting tn the ovening-twilight, Gazing at the starry sky, Dreaming fancies chase each other As the inoments hasten by. ‘The piacic soon, in silent woodes Warts on me her gentle ray, Leaving me, in tuagination, ‘To dream of one yet far uway, ola, MAGAZINE OF AMENICAN NISTORY, UERIES (A. 8, Barn AW REVIEW for July aston), G AGE—Current numbers fon). OND'S (REXAS STATE REQIS- R 1877 (A. Ilanford, Galveston, Tex). AmnoAN LIDRARY JOURNAL, No. We Loypoldt, Now York), FAMILIAR TALK. EDUCATION OF IDIOTS. Tt ls only about thirty years since the first ed- ucational vatablishment for {dlots was founded fu tho United States. The ploncer worker In this noble benevolence was Honry B, Wilbur, a youwy physician of Barre, Mass, who, without the example of predeccasors to guide him, and with no encouragement but the sympathy and aseistance of his wife, undertook, in 1813, the novel entorprise of traluing idl tho result of Dr. Wilbur's wisdom and energy, he was called, after a few years, to organize the New York State Asylum for Idtote,—belng suc cocded at Barre by Dr. George Brown. Dr. Brown has successfully mauaged tho pri- vate Institution at Barre, which-{s principally patronized by proplo of wealth. pleasant, roomy village, aud {ts institution for {d{ots a collection of comfortable and often This group of buildings ts eituated upon a healthful omiuence, surroudded by trees, and adorned by landscape-gardening. A handsome central builaing is occupied by Dr. Brown and bis family, ond tho patients most aillleted by bodily and mental Other bulldings worthy atnvition that might be her stail an her solace throughout Ife, any reverential sen- lofty, conscientious principle. oritics agree that it will leave her supremely ignorant and supremely cultivat- egant, earned in conyentlonal- of taking up ® seriuus book and bh a subject. or of following a Z, but eminently apt to learn from conversation, to adaut herself to the tone and opinions of the sucial circle in which she uick to pick op ready-made dicta on juce them as occa fluency and unwarcr- the borders; hen which are incapt var, there would people. To quote yeur, there woul whatever religion, in bot: hemispheres, optes, and to re} slov offers, with gruceft ing self-confldcuce. UNDER CONSTANT SURYEILLANCE, The young Freuch girl enjoys no natural freedom like that of the Kogllsh or American maiden, A French girl befors marriage ts un- der constant surveillance; she is cua if everybody were convinced that the moment ahe were ieft to her own Inatincts ahe woutd be Flirtation, we are told, Her reading is ec, and ask for na € ‘h there Is no publicschool system in ortion of the population ob- taln an clemoutary education than in any other nation of modorn times, with the exception, perhaps, of Switzerland and Prussia, All classca are adnilttcd to the schouls without distinction, aud tho price of tuition is low and adjusted to the meaus of tho pareuts, Tue text-books from which the clildron study are chiefly ethical treatises oxtructud from the Cbineso classics, ‘Thess they are required to learu by heart. But, gaye Ar. Jobson, “More promivent than rote- work In the programme of the schuol-s: respect for moral laws as eternal aud and humility; prehistoric autiquitt wz the Momo-Seerctars Pollce-Maglatrate, and builled ber into earning more than his salary by her peu." In ong ycar $7,0W “by contributing aketchos, tales, and verses to tho porlodicals. ‘hls was when her beauty was at its height, and her Presence was coveted in society, as her writines Her frat published 0 Sorrows of Rosalle,'* Tt was soon followed ndylng Ong," a poetic veralan of In 181), * The Dream, and Other published; in 1340, the * Child 7s In 1848, Aunt Cary’s Ballads for Children"; and in 1301, the ‘Lady of Li Qaraye.”” The story of © Old Sir Douglas" certain tu do mischief. fanext to an impo: mostly of a devotional character; no edi arc deemed sufticiently expurxated; no plu’ the Reviewer: © Like the Roman Vestals, sho Is the object of a special reverence; and the very men who will make hot love te ber as svon as she {s married, take off thelr abocs beforea vi ore moral cuouch. mo of the species have been Introduced into the Old World, where, amid sandy wastes, they flourish so luxuriant): as to be taken for natives of the land; but thelr 4 traced buck to Amer- {ean soil, There arc above 500 species kuown, stots, olther aliple or branched, fmt mont of them aro destitute of leaves. stoad of the usual follage, the majority of the Cacti sond out clusters of hairs or froquent polnts along thelr stuns, are geucrally very short-lyed, opening aud clos- within a few hours, species exlubit a gret forins, frum the almple, Melon-Thistlo (Melopacti umn ofthe Ghint Candle (Vereus), which risce to the height of sixty fect. wtituted to endure the heat und drought which prevail in sandy, orid deserts in Tropical cll- wiaites. They therefore expose the loast possible surface to the withering cifects of the sun and season they develop thelr All thelr veins With an ample jest through tho annual teri of drought, and then dofy the scorching days aud dewless ulghts to wither then. ‘The thick, h skin prevents the cvapuration of their juices; nud thus thoy rest safely as the bear alee ou the nouris canin avery cascho a oung girl might not listen to)" The whole system covers the girl at this time of her existence with au unpenetrable yell. HR MARRIAGE. And now we must Jook around for a busbaud for this interesting young verson. A man deairous of a novel sensation, eown his wild oste, and a} with Lisette, or perhaps with Catiu, and wishes to lead a soberer life, preacnts himself, 80 years of acc; anda woman of 25, who had sven something of the world, nil in his desire to retire fratu it. that article already; his palate needs a newer, reverence for the evil of war, and the wickednces of cruelty and conquest; the love of trutli and seif-restrafut; delicacy of feollng, to duties, tdellty to functions,—are t of this popular teachirg, tho very substance of belleve, not only that tha whole series of reading-books used in the schools of Ching doos not contain a single impure pro- copt, but (hat there is searce oue noble concep. tion of duty and humanity that cannot be found iu the dally recltations of theso dren of a grandethical Iterature, who arc taught to prize it, not with slavish superstition, but for the naturalness of {ts ideal.” rigidly tratucd in auch schools of morality must. havo a higher acuse of purity aud honesty than the Chinese are given credit for by popular opinion. Ar. Johnson divides his book {nto four parts, Elements; Structures; . in the first, he considers the qualities of the Chines mind, the character of thelr work, thelr achicvements in sclence, telations, ethnic type, and re- sources, Inthe second, be treats of thelr edu- catlon, government tory, and poctry. of the Islands elegant edifices. A little shadow ecems to Horer By my side, as she has dove; 2 Matters noar me, Trnpping kisses one by one. white ariny enclaap me clorely; love on mes hes fond, aweet kisses, Toath,”? wre regarded os Ler finest com It ts remarked tn tho .ttheuceum, that, at all timos she loved versification, and had falth dn her tucillty In rhyme, her real power, Hke that, of her graudatre, lay 40 tho exercise of a more she was In talk ine ustration inexheust- at Siroretty ofeuripus compact globe of the ie) to the treatike col- A goutle breath bi unfettered urt. ‘The Carti are von- Imitable, tn versat! ible, infrony and fnveetlye irresiatible."” In 1531, in the zenith of her loveliness and fame, gi Noricn arat metiont Metbouric, ten Prine Minister of Encland; and, having i been her father's frlend, ho waa weleoued to | Lowers and frutt her acquaintunce. Sir. Norton at first endeay- cred to make the frleudship a pectulary advan- tage by sollelting frony Lord Melbourug a wore Jucratlyo oltico and frequent loans of money; but, not succeeding ay he hoped,she iinally “sought £10,000 damages. fron had Jong toadicd, n¢ compensation fur improper futercourgs with his wife. Ntting the box, pronounced her fonocent, and ‘Thenveforth they lived apurt,—war being renewed trom the to thine between them on various money questions, and regaruing the care of thelr children, cauld be more trylng to a proud and acnsitive ature than the perstatent cruclt, 1873 Mr. Nurton dled, and in March tagt sha whose life be had embittered became the second wife of Sir Willlam Sterling- Little bands so gent); A touch that O11 ngers atroke my forehoad, just tho swectecat thrill, "The geutlo wands caress mo fondly; ‘The aweetest mouth breathes love In mine; ‘Tho brightest eyes beam such devation, Truest o'er dark eyes did sahing. Thie litte form Launts me ever, be 1 night or ve it das Little talismanic nothin; Betray the heart I'd gi Some bright day, when Tl plodge to hor my love through life; ‘Then the form that's Shall bo my own, my darling Wife. Curcauo, July 14, attendauts,—the lustitutton = of Barro being school for those who can improve, but o retreat for life for thoso who cannot, The trainiugand nursing are hero ziven to individuals, an not general, os ln our now somewhat numerous State asyluins. Any extra comforts which the nicans of the pupils wil allow them ara per> mitted,—such as private apartments, sorvants, About elghty patients fasuing from ber ff the peach upon her timid yet vivacious, blushing ot a word, repressed sparkle, lke champagne be- During the wet atore of fluids to Te exactly what will sult him. bo the frst in her young beart,—to be the ob- ject of ull {ts awakeniui Her wind is # blank te: he will write upon it what be plcascs.’” far he succeeds Ju carr: ‘wo shall presently sho ask panion for wandering away from our sut- jert to show that this homage pald tu virginity in France {s the slgn of a corrupt rather thay of MOBAL PURITY. Tre Tuwong’s readers will agree with the writer that moral purity should exist in the marricd woman as well asin if anything, is more important in the former than iv the latter. Upon this subject Balzac, the celebrated Vrench novelist, ts very out- spoken, In his “JAytiologlede Marriage," le entitled, respectivel: horses ani carrlaves, are accommodated in the institution, At Fayville, Masg., {8 also auother private asylum for fdiuts, conducted by two lndics, Jt was courmenced In 1870, and contains a fow pu- inotious sod desires! through the winter, sul ment secured for the time of scarcity. ‘The fruita of mauy of the Cacti are refresh- {ng and agreeable to the taste. Prickly Pear (Opuntla) is a funillar example. The flowers of sumu of them aro large, bighly- very fragrant. TI Night-Bloomingy Cereus, plunt much cultivated in our ereenhouses, are distinguished tor their size and splendor. Thee ure about 100 specics of the Cereus, and the tntire genus Is nuted for showy blossoma ol yard colors and fur deli- clous fruits. Tho largest of tho group ts the Cereus gheunteus, or Glant Candle, which of Mexico aud southern deserta and tho imost ”' saya on writer, “ scem to be the localities most favored by this plant, which duds outs between stones and. rocks, Where not an ajom of soil is to bo secu, and where It grows, nefertheless, to a surprisio; these Cacti varies will ce, At iret twice asjarzo at the top as at the rout, the plant, in pruportion a6 i¢ arrives at ameter till It becomes symmetrical, and assunes the appearance of & about tweaty fect, to the place where thf branches are produced. Hero round brancheszo straight out from the trunk, and riso to thepame beight. stage that the curtous; plant, with ite many up- right branches, looks Jike a gigantic candela- Drum, and deserves the name of Giant Cun- and June, the time of of the branches, and of overcd with large white Sowers, which are repjaced in the two followin, This plant {a oue o! uscd by the In y couygt it tuto s sort uf sirup. Upon the tree these gyal and peag-abaped fruits row close together; they are green, but at the he pulp is crimson, and tastes Hke that of }bo green fig, but much er. ‘These Cacti peach tho height of sixty . When the plart dica, the fieoh falls away, lece by picce, from fic fibres of thy stew; au for years afterwards, lioldiag on by tho roots, those gigantic and bire sceletons aro seen still clinging ty the rock. the Opuntia Tu: ‘The refreshloy out his intentions the meantiine we ¢, literature, bis- the third, the rational lian of the Chinese fe discussed, and the Hife oud reat eures, Confucius snd Meocius. Finally, in the fourth, tho founda- ‘tions of the religious beliefs of thu nation are {4 made of Buddhivm in China, of Tavism, of the national philosophy, and of the reasons forthe failure of misstonar, forts among the people, From this sum: topics it will be seen that Mr. Johuson’s survey of China ls comprebensive, including a view of ‘the nation from cyery aspect,—social, civil, edu- catlunul, aud religious, $s 8 work which greatly Increases the exteut and of our kuowledge ofa yast and re- race, pils. The State {nstitutions in our country are seven in number, and aro tocated tn Soutt Bos- tuu, Mass.; Syracuau, N. .; Lakeville, Conn. and Jacksonville, Ml. ‘There Inthe care of the City uf New York. ‘The ratlo of idlots to the gencral fa believed to be na Increasiug one, of idlocy are often tov suvtie to be discovered ‘but can in mauy cases be brought to light. The futermarriage Of near relatives, which iutenal- in the offupring, isa not in- frequent cause. IN-health or iatemperance of the parents, insuflictent food, depressing influ. ences, or any great shock among the pre-natal causes of idiocy; and, dur- cation of the skull, or fright, it. Tho idlocies which arc known tobe the reault of intermarriage are found to be more yaricd In form than those re- rivation and mute motherly euf- ferlug. It is almost exclusively from the former class that tho earletias of the Wélot savant uriscy— the auualcal, mathematical, aud other abuorimal developments. he charge o slander, teachings of thelr eee naam Media, Pa.; Co- Severe Criticlsm on Grant and His English alo an asylum Pandan Portalyatty tor July *tgeavon” bas ta Tlon tn Gen, Grant bas occupied the poutlon this dove, He has been received by the Corporation und Lord Mayor and the U'rince of Wales. towee bimwt Mr. Plorropunt's and Lord Hough: ‘Tho Alexandr Corporation of Bir honor uf hts pre jth whieh i$ woul the maiden, and, wos exposed," Crowds have gone Palace Compan: have wollcited the ‘Thors te much be chyrlish not to wym- iho reception of s-President cau be reyerded with unmized Auy one whe has twice Glied the ovitlom of Chief Magiwtrate of the United States ana prime facie passport to havor all over the world; bustbis claim to distinction may be in- definitely reduced by the of any individual case. tles family-delec Mrs, Norton continued the use of bor pen un- employing it chichfdn anony- rthe uewapaper-press, “She had survived the zest for popularity,’ says the au- thority which wo haye previously named, ‘aud sometimes ecemed olinost as if whe had learned, to enjoy, or at all cventa to provoke, its oppo- site. Ono Hue quality sho evinced {1 ways of thinking, actlny, and writin affected disdain of affectation, be alupler or tore direct, nothing mure tender or noble, than her ordinary couversatton; but tho fron hud entered her soul, and every now pico of mockery or scorn, Aud nuw her trouble: abounds on the pial he result of his offurt Perish the virtue of t virgina rather than the y hee weducer may util) deserve al Our compassion and re: violated, confidenc: happy Victim te atl come o faithful spouse, a loving mother; and, if her past life ts overshadowed by clouds, at least her tulure may be brizhtand pure. W! other band, are the prospects of @ faithless Nowever exemplary ber be, the fruits of ber fault are ineflaccable, But in Franco public opinion fs severe on un whils the pledge of a wife for is looked upon as naught, THM MAURIAGE, Returolag to our berolu and tho houesmoun over w! to the mother, ure tneane of pushing ite has been betrayed: SisaIOAE RAGES: 1 donocent; she may sti BEAUTY: on, Tus Ant or Uuuax Deconastion, Ry Dr. A. Cazenave, And THE ART OF PLEAS- pumas Varokay. ‘Translated from the bate ‘Chane tat Councwiirs, Cin Dr. Cazenave rightly says that the foundation of physical beauty is health, A trict attention to the laws of hygione fs the most efficient means of preserving the body In its best estate. Yet thero are simple, wholesome practices which may bo resorted to for the pur pose of iucreasing comeliness of face and form, of carriage aud inanner, which are not included du tho regimen common) by medical counselors, It ts advico with ro- gard to the use of these artificial alds to beaut! attempts to furnis! fu this treatise. He gives the formulas of various and poimades which may beem- it; and with them combiues manifold bints aud suggestions relating to per- sonal habits. A ood deal that be says is sensl- when ull is weighed, it important sur. height. The forw’ of ial circuinstancee uunt of bie wibtary ty ponmlar faith in hie ro-clected because tha Nem competitor was entirely dee- hich tuspire the coniuence would have been diflicalt overcome thy traditional feel- maturity, enlarces it succesdes, and Bot shronal ubaequent conduct may and then there waa a 3} bitter as wormwood. Aife 1g over, and the weary tale of makl without straw ls almost forgotte compensated wrongs of her youth have been effaced with honor by the devotion and tho love shown her in jer old age."” ART-NOTES. The Astor Rercdds in Trinity Church, New York, is now completed, aud was exhibited some dsys ago to 3,500 Invited people. A Nme-light ‘was 80 placed as to flluminats distiuctly every portton of the great and elaborate work; and {ta designer and supervisor, Mr. F. C, Withers, received hearty pralse. In the Dudley Gallery, London, there ts now an exhibition of works of art to black-and- white, numbering 500 pictures. Many distin- guished artists aro represeutcd among thelr loss famous brethren of the brush,—John Gtibert, Geromo Legros, Rosa Bonheur, Edouard Frere, aud others. The highest price detwmanded for any picturo is $500; the lowest, $2.50; age price, $25,—a deposit of 20 per cent being urchasers. married women, future chastity for any one tu her ing of the citizone of the United States, sa far as to have been chosen fora third time; Lut It would not be au untalr staturment of the truth to eay that Gen. Greut's allure to astiefy the iudersto expecia- Mons of hls fellow-citizens nade bis third candi- tribes, idiocy {s as uncommon Iu our own civilization, selfishness, Sguorance, or overwork ou the part of mothers, this fearful condition upon their Women who do not feel secure in uro provision for their expected olfspring, neulferan anxiety of which the reaultis deplorable atlliction. signs of Idiocy are rather than psychological. What is or thildren is no proof of tt. if the walk swiugs from sideto side; if the hands hang useless, or are auton orkept moist with saliva which escapes from the meaningless inouth; if the glance is oblique and vacant, or moving abbut without percep- tion; Lf speech is wantty; ‘untary sounds or repeatedsyllables,—these may rouly uf Idiocy. These symptoms havo pecuitaritics which ure either teXuraiilo or uufayorable with regurd to possible Iu the training of idiots, the first difficulty ts to disengage ordevelop the mind, which fs as if Iiiddeu beneath the usuless muscles aud lifeless berves. Accompanying this drawing-out of the plication to the acquire- igs aud good habits. In ‘Which is still fo je idints aro not alune for a moment of their waking hours. led from cue activity to auotuer, aud, when seated to rest, gro futerested by some teaching. They pasa from alnging or hearlog wusic to cxerclses of moving, stuns and training the hand to holdlog, inltatiug, fecling. Theis seuses aro ull trained, thels wodes wo tind her married, 'y hh. The wext qucs- flow will the couple wattle down, and 1) each urranie bis or ber life so asto suit dature absolutely hopeless. For an answer to these hb station sfteran experience which had ele- ular wentimcnot on the other alde of the its ordinary level; but tieom, tte upper e He entered upon bis the other's wants! the uyain stem, aro questions we again turn to the Meskw, AVIER MAKKIAUE. The husband, in the Bret plac quiet, but at first docs not refuse to take his Alter a while ho tells her he did not get married with the yotlon of going to balls; he weut to plenty of balls when a young bachelor, aud ludced grew heartily sick of then. His conception of domestic life is that a wife shall stay ut home and wake the house com- Now, this tsa part which the young French wile is not inclined to play. having been exactly the reverse uf her husband led man, has engendered in ber contra fa desirous of the favorite artleles jot food ry and bavite showed no vizu of clvration of charac- ter, and without being himself open to censure, b deplorably ‘careless of among bisasscclates. drawbacks, Englishmen wight have been zealous been twice President of the United States, and our kiusmen im{xbt have re- joiced without remark at his welcome, wae it not ho fact that anion (those who bayy deen most prominent to recelve Gen. Grant have been many who notoriously sympathized with the secesslon- {ols of the South duriuy the Civil War, aud wisbod success to thelr effurte st disruption of the on aide cannot but bumulisted at the want of self-respect of men y expression of shal have baacoued to throw themac! @ wan for whose failure they prayed while be truggling; and the citizens of the United . who were eo tourtivied at our went of sym~ with them In thejr tris indulge in sowe coutetnt fur the buge se}f-satls- faction that bas warked our welcome of their euc- It would be tore casy bo overluok tho crrors of the present and of the past, @ not ‘know thatthe same men who pow shower tributes of their worthicss respect on Gicu. Grant will bo ready, three or four years beuce, to welcome some other warrior whose bh with malign jealousy, wife into society, lutions,cosmetles, Ployed with benc! p turn reddish, in aplte of ati these Aud thus was @: to welcomy one who bad ble and serviceable; ¥ 01 does not amount tu an are much more valuablo books on the subject by American writers,—books in which there ts RO waste of words, no romance nor rbodumuu- ‘tade; and these last Frenebiaen sovm unable to whea touching upon any tople concerning or limited to iuyul- be acecpted as sure as au unmarried is mado from tho juice of ch is of a rich crimson sub-actd juices of other the aver. | members of the urdd are catecmed as tives of fevere.:The feuby stems of souic Afexi- for cattle; sud the wood of soccles which attfu a large growth is used for domestle put Tu our flora thery 3 reckoned only @ single apeelmen of the curbus tribe, the Opuntia localiza along the lake shorc. “It ts plentifqtou the hillsides two or Miller's Station, aud at iy occuré spar hilis berth of Lincuin Park. ‘The essay on “The Art of Picasing.” by Ernest Fosdcau, ts cuarse tn tone, and unworthy of translation frou Its orlyluul tongue. bao stomach rather overloated by all the disbes he Las tasted; she has nut yet sat So whe goes her rouud of gayctivs, in- satlable as atber age it ie natural lobe; aud following her with cloaks’ and ja aru, aces alrea-ly bis vision of domestic happiness, which we described above, distauce, while’ bis to which French marrled womeo areso prone. The cause, then, of all thease ware rlage-disorders lu France, sveuis tobe, In brief, the fact that meu marry ty get out of society, and wowen marry tuget lutvit, dow fur thls intellect, must Ue its 4} meut of usclul kuowle the Asylum at Byri New Haven, which has already @ School of Fine Arts and the valuable Peabody Collection, has given tho use of the old Stato-Llouse on the green, lor ten years, to an ‘Art and Sudustrial This Muscum is for the purpose of romoting the Industries of Counceticut; und ic beat productions of its various mauulactorics will be exhibited there. The upper story of tho ‘TOM BAILRY'S ADVENTURES; ov, Tut Story By THowas Barter Atvaicn. Minarated, Boston: Jawew 2, Madley Brus, & Co. Bhesquil,—ove of t cessful commander. in vaudy soil at vari; ‘Thomas Bailey Aldrich bas written storics od songs that bave given hina an enviable re ‘pute among Anicrivan authors, yet he bas never three tiles weet Toileston, Tud. applies te society in our own tand I will leave the reader to judge forshimself; that it fs a sub- careful thought, even in s littie doubt; and a better our writers to {ovesticate L at this time. EKLY PRESS. fect that will bear America, there seem eubject tor some of do not know of « LONDON W Disreputatie Character of the New Fngliat: Weeklics, Lanier tothe Nein Fork Katton. 26,—The bert of tha Engileh newspapers are, of” 8 in an honorable and high-minded manner, and witha due sense of responsibility and an appre- ciation of the viriuo of pstriotiam anti right feel- to say against the taste wish I could aa: our modern weekly prese. Since the extinction of the scurrilous newspapers of & haif o century Hrist and the Age were tae weekly press, until quite excentionable, both In taste Such’ papers as the eer leaee the Snectator, the Economist, and the like, have been almoat without parallel in enterprice, ‘The Loxnox, Jone 26, deily ing. Thave not a word exhibited in them. 1 axo, of which the Sat! mort notorious, ont recently, hae been nn and in Viterary exe Saturcta; journalistic riew fs Eenentt teem to have ire tently wrong; ¢! mn i. But the tone of or two atbers founde ability with which the ong, and the capacit, criticising men and thi new echool of weekly deewed nezative anat A crop of weeklics somewhat {fn Iinitation now conducted und ‘These prints Ive on dal, innuendo, and 1 drink, tectives hovering abot pushing their cen drawn of iat way cation. biter, of the ~~ humblest among men. ‘The: a} the garbage of fart stroll in the streets; employs himaelf of these detectives noble or domestic life that they can rake together, They fill their pages with familiar notices uf the personal habits of members of the Royal Family and their immediate aur- roundings: Low often the Prince of Wales dincd at the Orleans Ctub, and what he had for dinner; what the Duke of Teck does when be goes fora how the Marquis of Lorne 8 morning—an aud ways of mem- 01 Shotowzaph in writing the tac! ders of his fexs or Mr, Gosc! pecuilaritics of indly! theirs men waiting out: men at a rout to pl vanta’ hall and to dercribe the vomostic doings of the varlous houscholds and the Jewelry and dreneca Thoy bunt out the names and colore hich the Reverend A. B. and D, deck themselves for thelr reveral performances, and they tell you how they heir prayers. the clubs, of the Jadice. of the vestincnts in wi the Hight Keverend 4, look when they aay ¢ the tittie-tattle o! ‘i 7 ate Councillor has |e brother-in-law's mont ey libel the cook of ‘arlinment--what Mr. Forster does with hen with bin hat; the color of Mr. Gladstone's necktie of the abape of hin waiat- cont; the character of the potleh on Lord Barrlog- ton's boots; and even the less pleasing personat ideal members, aide the dooramong the foot- ck wtp the tranapsrent diecnise over the behind which ticy ho} legal proceedings, bu as to whom the allusio from theso barpies of press. = Men are themaclves ont for pe to shelter themselves frum care to bave no doubt n refers. Nothing 1s sacred t take to describe the furnitnre ani man of letters. The: ace thelr martet's private room! with details of their mi of literary Peeping Toma [a growing up amonset ie sto sea a8 many p tilpped of the garments of us whoee vocation in i poople ex they cans conventlonality, in order their curios congenial audience. dieuces who tako p otherwise they woul with anything Leora to inquire. in England, ‘woed and epreading o apere begin to think tors from the alluded. Gnggeative of evil, or with miegiving, than eminence. But {t fovading the bigher re, ter Class, that they may gratify ity and exhibit the results of if before a For there are congenial au- leasuro in theye exposures, not be given. people are, or of what kind they are, Pot ‘but contempt form of periodical iltersture I do not know, nar do Till quite lately It had no placa Bat tt ia now growl: wer the country, it pays, and provincial cl. demand such staff a¢ this from their Lone don correspondents, and copy piquant extracts four or five papers to which I havo No fenturo of our social life 14 more more calculated to fll one for an insight into the private Ife and indoors habits of men of isextending beyond the circle of these ephemeral and contemptible prints. gion oP contemparary action, and wormlug Itself Into the periodicals of the bet thie cravin; —— FANCY’S FLIGHT. Last night I wandered back agaln In Fancy to my native shore, Across the dee; Where loud ant yer BMethought my ba Bounds onward, bold!; Or as the sea- where wi y, nim Sweeps proudly low to quaff the Of Ocean's fierce and stormy tide: Now on the wind, now on the wave, ‘Now underneath the crested: fom, She laughs to scorn thi ¢ howling storm, And rovels in her temprat-homo. So seemed I with euch No terrora conld my s From ont the bare And now I stand apon Whore once my happy childhood played: Ah, yes) where once my ehildhaod slept, Beneath the good uld homestead dear; where once my chilahood wept d's wild and waywerd tear; my childhood baked Bencath a mother's loving w Att yea! A childhoe Ab, yea! where once Dear, dear to me—to To her and t Why Linger hore 'twizt ardor filled spirit bay; the sand ual her f fi = leo hee, my own loved Isle! donbt and fear, Why linger bere so long, ao still, When leagaes awa) tare must stray My sacred duty to fal Pause, reader, pause! ‘Thou well dost knot Thou tou dost roam fai And all that tife holde ‘perhaps the cewse perhaps, Ike ms, © from thy home, dear to thee, Lal socuer steals the ally'ry light a Of fs GO’er woodland wild a! t Digna’s matchleas face; he shor Methought with far, tar aweeter Aye, sweeter far—for ber Iva marked In other lands, bat O in this “Tis Beauty's light divinely bright, Stamped with a God's ows lorelincas, And as I gazed, entrani Bo wond’rous falr, hought L caught, Jn th ‘The jmage of the Jo: ced, amax ed, yet atrange, scemed sha, Ke Teoughs the mystery— weet face 1 thought to trace DE-8k0, When thus to me these words spoko abe: Dead there are some, but ail not se, With burning breast I acaled the creat, be whi ‘The sommit of yon rocky sleep; Adown Ita slopes, new fears, now hopes, Within my bosont stra! Within my breast a ate Like biliows batsling, Against the shore, w! bi agly creep; T felt, Lacted, like » child, Abt who can tell the ¢ ‘That chain enwoven ‘aisha Begirt with howers, immortsl dowers, From whence {mmortal tear-drop: Ah! who cao tell—ahl One And ni E'en, e'en tn Sorrow's dark: Fast 5 Which, gatherin, Snails Ttoo withia ite Not yet. not yet! a val O Godt how fal ry Sust ast clasp withia My motner thon, Omi O'wust t leave you with Cuscago, 1877, Lv the tears, and lo! the long-lost years Taskened tbe te me, like a deevening ele Hi fhat, ie borne upon the blast, 3 angry shrood ‘ousedl to aud fro—dark scenes of Deathand We Now meet my gaze—and now, thank God! assed ‘The thal epot where Desth sad havoc wrought, And galo my Jong-loat, dear, dear home ot last, loa is heard from far, Soles noe mine car, lavered gras} Mer whom o'er all on Earth I hold most dear— ust I leave you now? bh the matin igbtr Ab, yea! Wo true. Que long, Jong, last adient ned Vancy's my MEMORY, louble life wo live each day— Ad A life of memories of the past; A ilfe which evermore 5! ough Fate should drift us for away ‘rom every scene wa hold most dear, And not s handores4tb in our sky be clear ‘We yetahall cling to these remains Of bygone pleaaures, with thetr pains; For well we know that sad rufraine Must mingle with the sweetest etrasns, Aud, by their contrast in the soul, Compose the great bar Blest Memory, Nature's priceless Which will uot let the past be dea Nor kill the fowe: Though brulsed, And, while the san Wa fovel to our joys agalu. Bpawoon, Ui, July Tis. eo; the Spectator he Aconowntel by frequently all these papers, nnd of one don their model, is hieh. the * y aro conducted is conapicu- y for au ‘ing of events and in, splayed in their lead- ing articles and rovicwa ls of the first order. ofe epeak in similar terms of numiration of the prints? To that question o r must, I fear, ve mprung up of the deceared Uict, but jer yery diferent anspicea. nersonallties, Inuation are their meat and Their’ managers or proptictors keep de- ut the lobbies of the Houee of Commons, fitting about the back-sLairs of housce where the great world congregate, attending popu- lar churches, frequenting the easier kind of cinta, into the private houses and advertine the qnabbice of the managers and their shocblackn. thls club, and insinuate ma)- versation on the part of the Secretary of that. ‘They tell you how euch a Baronet treata the rerv- ante in one place; how member of Par treated by his club colleagues In another; how a lost his own and borrowed his cy ings third. They throw a the not ashamed to this sort of dirty work, and to prostitnte theirsonsand grandsons to the trade, Thoy thrurt themneives Into private housca nrroundings of a 'y fee the servants to let them and supply them latrese’ dally tite. id windeaweep, ‘blows ror, ed Ofer the wares ‘As lightuings teup athwart tho aky; Or as the stag from crag to cra, oly bys 11 potaed on high, With plofons far cawtretehed acd wide, caught the blaze ‘Of Hope's bright beacan far away: One moment moro I scan thi a BLOrS, ‘That shore from which [long have strayed, ange unrest, buzating wild ie o'er Bnd ote who can dwel ch loved scone, each hallowed shrine, joel not this exqulaite bl atic Hight, ava D, TUsxsY, al, monious whole. ra on Which we trusd— agalu their beads they Hite of life renaio,