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THE CHICAGU IRIBUNI: SALURDAY, “TM BR LITERATUR Dr. William 8. Carpenter on “Epidemic De- lusions.” Histories of the United States and of Grecce---Aris- totle---Dante, A Psychological Problem---Art- Notes---Sultco and Samadh in British India, Flora Round About Chicago: The Nightshade Family—-Bush- man Oave-Paintings, LITERATURE, “EPIDEMIC D SET e LS ERISM, SPIRITUALISM, HISTORICALLY we al ENTIFICALLY CONSIDERED! IS {wo Lectunee Denivenen at tire Loxton: srirerion, With Wreface and Appendix ARTES DV. Appleton Mecurg it Cor dno. P Inthe discussfon of the subjects of Mesmer- am, Spiritualism, Odyliam, Eleetro-Blology, ind other so-cailed “Eptdemte Delusions,” in Mis lectures before the London Institution, Dr. Carpenter has exhibited the candid, earnest mirit of Inquiry which may be looked for in all investigations conducted by the talented and trained man of Science. Ie has devoted many sears of study toan examination of the phe pomena presented in Mesmeric Samnambullsin, Inthe manifestations of Spiritualism, Clairvoy- ance, and slmilar mystertgus conditions of the senses and the futellect, with the honest desire to test the evidences afforded of a new Power or Ageney capable of antagonizing the action of the known Forces of Nature. At onetime, he confesses, he camo near believing in the ex- istence of some such Power; but the final result of iis researches has been the cunyictlon, that all the phenomena Jn question may be explatned by the light which Scicnce has thrown upon the mechanism and the action of the brain and nervous system. The expert who understands the effect upon the mind of a dominant idea, ond of a state of expectation, Npowepersons of aneacitable, nervous temperament, has in his bonds the key to the myriad mysteries of the inedtumistic and somnambulle state. Dr. Carpenter does not deny the genuinencas of mesmeri: sleep, but declares that it corra- sponds precisely In character with what is known, in medicine as hysterle coma. The suddenness with which the profound fnseneibility often in- “duced comes and passes off, shows that {tis depenient upon some transient condition of the fenrortum, which may with considerable certain- ty be referred ton reduction in the supply of bloud, caused by a sort of spasmodic contraction of the blood-vesacls. He does deny, however, that imesmerie Kamnambutes ever possess oo superhuman Intelligence of things past, present, or future, In every enge where this has seeme tu be exhibited, he believes the real facts will prove that the conmambule possessed nu knowl- edge outside of his personal experience which was not obtained from the mind of some person with whom be was at tha time en rapport. As to the existence of a special mesmeric force, thix, iu the opinion of Dr, Carpenter, has never been proved. Nis conclusion Is the same with regard to tho existence of the speciat Polar Force, named, by Baron you Refshenvach, Gdyle. As Mr. Brald, a euctronat Muauchester, who has given much ttudy to the phenomena of Nypnatiam, has re- marked; “The only teat of this alleged new the finman Nerve; and ut + fta existence can only onstrated by certuln —fmpresslois fmparted to, or experlenced by. a comparatively miter of highly nisitive and nervous subjects.” Experimenta have abundantly proved that the [man Nerve cannot be relied upon as atestottits new Power, aince precisely the vane phenomena may arise from an internal or meatal Influcace as are sald to be produced by the influence of the Udylte force. y Iu considering the featity of the manifesta- tons of Spiritualism, Dr. Carpenter contends that they must be submitted to the acarching: examinition whichis appliel to all new theories in Sclenee, “1 We hold ouraclyes ready, he allirns, to agcept guy new agency the evidence for which will stand the test of crosd-examina- Hon by eked experts. Mut, in detault of such uvitence, we are fally Justitied by expertence in wore probable that the most honest witnenses have elther been tnten- tuually decelved or have decelyed them: selves, than that assertions in direct contradiction to all the ‘natural knowledge’ wo joasers wild have any real justification in at. In every instance known to him, in Shich a thorugh investigation bas been made tule the “higher phenomena’? of Mesmerism which are adduced In support of Spiritualtam, the supposed proof has, in the bellef of Dr. Care Lenter, completely failed,—generally by the de> tection of Intentional fraud; henes he regards {6 as falr tu conclude that the unexplained marvels ‘et cited as valld proofs would equally fall on State to the like tuqulry., Te enumerates many ‘eases of fraudulent practica among noted mediums, describing the eats by which they were detected, It {sae ‘cnowlelged that the dishoncaty of many clalr- sovunts and meditins does not prove the unreal+ 4¥ of alt Spiritualletlc phenomena, but It fs slated that it wives the world a right to be skeptical until ther genutnencas fs established be ener teat that the skill of the expert cau leviae, Th = WISTORY OF 7 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Ixcnen Some Iurontaxt Facts Mosriy Gaatreo IN THE SaaLten Hiwtontns, Veelgnod for General Reading and for Acade- nie Ydovsn We Lesion, Philadelphia: J. Hipp vi eoteS Co. “Culeayo: Mudley Bros. é& + pp. dus, Pr TORY OF Gl Ay, Author of Ke vo. 13 rE. By G: SM Agy Aut ‘A General iis casi inven, MeCiursi Cor" admin Pp. S10, Biles sUeemig ee te mete a The novelty of the plan upon which Mr. leeds has constructed his History of the United States” ceullats the attention of a seater wearled with turning over the cndicss versions of the story of our country which aspire to stimulate the {n- telllgence und the patrlutien of the people, The author has departed wholly from the customary method of centering the {uterest, frat, in the New Envlana Colontes, and, second, inthe ware which have from tine to tine afflicted the 1and, Tie has, on the contrary, apportioned hig narra- Hive equally among the settlements tn dif- (erent parts of the couutry,—thus bringing to the knowledge of the student much important tmutter relating to the early history of yarfous States which ts too often left Iu obscurity, He also vives far less prominence than usual to de- tails of the successive Ware In which the Colo- tice und States huye been involved, and Instead, itukes roula Jur ou more particular, account of the Indians, of thw fnetitutlou of Slavery, a oteuch ton, Lhe progress at internal improv. ul inanielal operations, and of proiineat politcal movements, Mr. Leeds betrays a strong sympathy with the kerd—deacriblng their persecution tn Englend Culunies, aud thelr part ia the settlement of Pennsyivania, with a vot uopar donable parthean feclig. In the entire work, ndvavors tu bring out the ioral lesspu to calned from the events of history: aud, thouvh he discloses a Mitle of the parrowness of the secwaran, the ts procures hin respect, W, Cox, the well-known historian of a8 prepared a emall work on the Hfe of be oli Grces world, for tho use of sehvols, writer hus uot cuntented hiusclf with Hak fw simple abridgment of bis General i biory of Greece," but has striven to give a reel dnd vivid micture of the national character snd the memorable decds of the Hellenes, which may inpress the mind and the memory of the younger ranks pea araatie of students, for whom the book ARISTOTLE, AMISTOTLE, By dir Argxanoxm Grant, Bart, Fuiiaaehyatelpsl of the Culversity of Edinburg, adie ula? J, i: Lipplacutt © Co. Chicaso: is cy Brow, & Co, 1G mo., pp. 196, Price, 'tils 13 one of tho supplementary series of *Auclent Classics for Enzilsh Reade,” edited w the Rev, Lucas Collins, which has met with ‘such success iu Engtand. ‘The present volume cnerally unfam litarutfairs as tho Whine fa well he high standard of the serles, and the author has ably fultiled hla task. Tt ts fo easy undertaking to welte a po yon Aristotly, giving a fair synopsis of his weblogs, and of the place he holda tn the workl'a de- velopment, and yet making It altrictive fo the generat reater, ‘The ruccess of the preceding numbers cf the | ecries shows) that just such freatleen are wanted, and the preeent attempt is all that could be de- sired. There frone fault that may be men- toned, which fs unfortunately notheable In several of the other volumes of tha course, viz.¢ a conscious condescension on the partof the author. Ft 1s not necessary to use had erninmar tomakenhovk popular, nor to write. su that the reader Is constantly kept Inaniod of his own inferiority, There are several inexcusable errors in the work under notice in point of composition, and the author soinetimes fails to give credit for ordinary Intelligence on the part of those for whom he writes. ‘These faults, however, du not. detract from the sterling value of the book, and of its lucid exposition of the Stagirlte’s doctrines, which for so many centuries ruled the world. NOTARTES*PUBLIC, A TREATISE ON THE LAW RELATING TO THE GEFICE AND DUTIES OF NUTARIES- PUBLIC YY THE UNITED STATES: ha on APrinayits, KSOWLEDOMENTS, Convrraxces, Devositioxs, Protests, asp Leoat INetouMents. Hy Jonx Prorra’ Author of “Cnrlositics A 'Treattvoon Trial by etc. San Francisco: Summer, Whitney &Co, NewYork: Hurd & Hongiton, * Chie Callaghan & Co. Law-ef., 8¥0., pp. Price, $3. . At first slzht it would scem almost imposal- ble to prepare a treatise which should, within reasonable limits, be sufliciently explicit to serve asa guide for Notaries In every Btate in the Union. A caretul exam{nation of Mr. Prof. fat's work will, however, abundantly show that this has been dona; ana this yoluine should be inthe hands of every Notary, whether he be a professional lawyer ornot. In a day lke the resent, when any person of lawful age can bea Notary, without speciat Iearniug, or even any knowledge of a Notary’s duties, the publication of a work on the subject needs no apology, The Jawyer, alsv, will “find this book serviccable In enabling him - to ascertain without dilticulty the laws of otucr States ng to acknowledginent of deeds, certificates, ete., which could only be otherwise obtained by ransacking tho statutes of each State, The author has given short historical notice of the origin of Notaries; which is fallowed by a state- ment of the mode of their appointinent und thelr duties, The chapters on themudeof taking acknowledgments of married women, and. of the duties In. protesting commercial paper, are full and clear. A list of tha legal fe7s alluwed in cach State fa also given: and the work {s ap proprlately concluded witha full collection of forins for inortyares, Icases, acknowledgments, and protests, and with a copious index. rai JURISPRUDENCE. SURISPRUDENCE, A: JTS RELATION TO THE SOCIAL ES, By Dexia Caute ririp Hrnos, Q. C., Member of Parliament for the County of Tipperary. San Francisco: Sum- ner, Whitney & Co, New York: Hurd & Hough- ton. Chicago: Callaghan & Co. 11 fs nn ansbitious attempt to essay to treat of the vast science of law, and fts relation toethics and political economy, in one small volume; and very naturally the success could be only partial. The present little work, though super- Helal and somewhat unentlafactury on account of the author’s endeavor to cover too much ground, fs, nevertheless, well written, and sug- Keats many pew thoughts. The author defines jurisprudence as “the science of positive law, the act of legislation, and the practice of Jaw; and = divides It into civil, criminal, political, und international, Its object ie the knowledge of the legal relations whi ought to be established by the positive law, and the ascertainment of the best incans to enforce such relations; and [t embraces the whole ran; of human actions which may come within the cornizunce of justice, and the rights whlch can be protected by positive jaw. Ethles, on the other hand, considers those rights and duties the violation of which cannot be, for variuus reasons, Visited with puntshment. Inthe clos- ing sections capecially, which relate to taxation, tu education at the expense of the State, and to the necessity of the study of jurisprudence, tho author takes an advanced position, aud treate of bis subject with much power aud ability. e: . DANTE. DANTE, By Mrs, Ontrnanxr. Philadelphia: J, I. Lippincott & Co. Hadley Bros, & Co, dmo,, pp. 203, The great success of the Enclish popular sc- res of “ Ancient Classics for English Readers” hos Jed Mrs, Oliphant, the well-known novelist, to undertake th» edition of a serics of “Foreign Classics for Eugliish Rea:ers,” of which the present volume fs tho first, Tho serice fs cx- pected to include the chief authors of Germany, France, Spaln, and Italy; and volumes on Vol- talre, Pascal, Gocthe, Petrarch, Cervantes, oud Montaigne, written by different. lands, are al- ready fu course of publication, The present essay or. Dante Is by Mra, Ollphant herself, who has given a very readable synopsls of the lfc and writings of the great poet. She dwells with most en- thustasm onthe carly part of his carcer, ns shadowed rather than portrayed in his © Vita Nuova "3 nnd itis easy to see that she sympu- thizes with lim more fully 9s a lover than In the period of Mis Ife, when, In his wondrous vis- lon, lis inmurtalizes his enemies and those of Ils country by the fertile cenlus of his hatred, The work shows no originul research, and prob- ably this would have been little appreciated by the class of readers for whom the buok {Ts de signed. It is clearly and pleasantly written It contains all that the ordinary inquirer will de- aire to know of the subject; and the synopsis of “ are Divine Comedy” {8 yery satisfactorily made. THE PACIFIC COAST. BEYOND THE SIERRAS; on, Onsznvations on Tne Pacivic Coaur, By the Rov. A. IL. Trevis, Me, Author of ‘*Jesultivm, the Hible. and the Sellout. Philadelphia: J.B. hippincutt ¢ Cu. Chicayo: Hatley ros. » demo. Dp. #30, Price, $1.00,” sida Much os has been written upon the resources, development, and prospects of the territory of the United States bordering on the Paciile Occan, tho Interest of the subject has not been exhausted. Thero fs an endless attraction In the stories of {ts venial climate, its luxuriant vewetable productions, the mines of mineral wealth hid fp ita soll, the diversity of {ts scen- ery, and tho rapld growth and prosperity of ita elvilization. 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Brice, BidON At uls death, Dr. Authou left ready for the bress the text of the four books of Livy cun- tained in this votume, together with uotes on the drat aud second buvks aud the Urst twenty. five chaptera of the twes rat. haw lately patliale ah Study" of © Thecuhile Givitler, the with a catalogue of his patutiuga, aketches, and pmphtet presenting: iow and notes: to the ne between the vhaclia, of Strasburz, has recently SeritiNed atuartie buet, which bas Leen in the Harbof Leleester for above a cen. ea portralt of Thucydites, and a much ‘han the Lust of the historian existing le gantecholarship for whieh the anthor was nated, aud offers admirable ald tothe understanding of the classical historian. Anthen evinecs tt sener-ents, ST pr lieve ane, TE eannot? tdrnateras Harve! pleads, Liboln To the amazement of Ke Whotn he addressed this la-t entreaty no somnich te wish 2? and he thereupon “took the pips, a tlagcolet (one-third of the or- fnsiraments), ail played *The Hack Joke." ‘This was the popular air of the days it Was eet to some very Vilar words; and it was vivachiusly countryalanved to by active beaux mouth sitdience were de- Nghted with the fnetlent, atid Kemble was lyina towering rage. TI Allan as the authority forth as printed in his © Drama related by an eye-witness of the o eST-POC VEST-POCK “Well. ince you domy beat te obt of the Jate competition in Parte for fume, the French correapondent of the Academy muurus over the dezeneracy of the French school of art, remarking that “ The State Is coniunitting a grave fault In giving ro. superficial aneduration, and not adlreeting inte: more practical channels the young inteligence of our artists, of whose natural’ genius and ace quired abilities there is no shadow of doubt.” Antwerp and Siegen hinve long contended for the honor of having given birth to Rubens, now it is sald that fresh discoveries relat! the history of the palnters-ttle the tmatter in favor of Antwerp. ant archivist of Antwern, ¢! aducument algned by Jan Brueciet, Hendrick yon Baten, and Pictro-Paulo, preaumabl: bens, which proves incontestably thut Hubens was born in Antwerp, ‘The schools of art and industry In Austria are unlvcreally acknowledged to be base upon the best. proved methods of Instruction. inission has been recently sent by the Prussian Government to exarnine thelr system of teach- ing, atl the report returned {s socommendatory that it fs said the Minister of Commerce has ré- solved tu establish: schools conducted upon a siinilar plau In ail the great centres of Prussian daurg Titnwson, S, and belles.” The I Chantas Denne, dames Re Otyood & Co, Pelce, GO cents each, ‘The titles of this new batch of the canning * Vest-Pockets” explain themsclves, except in the case of ‘The Story of Iris," which, all may not recollect, occurs in Dr. Holmes! de- Uehtful philosophizings at the breakfast-table. Tt has been extracted from the context, and put together ina connecte1 form, making a charm: fog tale enriched by the wlec and witty thoucht- geins with which the poct-essayist plentifully sows his writings. as the “Vest-Pockets" fssye from the press, {t {s pleasant to note that there Is never an in- Jertor number suffered to appear In the series, The high tune of the selections ts maintained without an interruption. yu: Jansen, dic- FORSTER'S LIBRARY. 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The obelisk Isa nuns lith, over sixty fect hich, aud will be ratsed ona pedestal which will clevate it twenty feet bigh- facing the model in dilerent localities, ved the best alte for the situation of the monument can be selected. Mr. Leighton, whose statne of “The Ath- lete" received such high prafse at the exhibition of the London Academy, is nowengaged upov o large palnting iltustrating the subject of Blijah It represents the moment of the Prophet's “supreme moral und hauation.” when he cries from the depths of de- epair, It is cnouch; now, O Lord, take away my life; and an angel eppears unto him, pointing to “n cake baken on the coals, and: a cruse of water at his licad,? sald that the paiutlug fs to be the vate individual to the Liverpool Gul The inissing. arms of the Venusof Milodo not seein to be among the relics of sculpture recently uncarthed near the spot where the famous statue was found: hut eeveral works of a guod Greek atyle haya been discovered, . 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Mr. Perkins fs satistled to write for the very He {s too slirewd not to understand that the multitude will never worry their patleuce eadeavortng to master the meaning of the ex- tremely abstruse phrascology he cliouses to ent- ploy. ‘Ils langnage fs loaded with ‘technical terns which aro formidable even for the sehol+ To such o@ are minded to surmount them, there is presented, in“ My ersations with chological problem, aklu in Ita na- ture to the phenomena exhibited in. Mesmeric Tt provokes speculation, uot- withstanding the probability that .t Is a figment of the author's Imugination. published befure 1S! to Prof. Renan, if he be then living. SPARKS OF SCIENCE. FLORA ROUND ALROUY CHICAGO, Ts Niontstapn FasiLy.—The Sulanacem or Nightshade Family {san extensive onler, em- bracing upward of 009 species. It is one of great importance to mankind, atbelt a deadly narcotts principle fs more or less characteristic of all the meinders of the tribe. 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Not long ago there dwelt at Allahabad a man who had sat for fifty years in one position ona stone pedes- tal, expoacd without shelter to the action of the elements. Ife was daily led to the sacred Ganges by his only movement Somnambullsin. A TALE OF TWO CITIES, By Citanczs Dicrrss. ae Bteel-Plate Muetrati . By Cuanies ¥ . With Steel-Pinte Miuatrations, GUEAT PECTATIONS.. AN D v aulons. THE MY! any OTHER STORIES, Mlustrated with Engruv- Representatives of the, order ore found in most parts of the world, except inthe Potar regions, but the great majority of the apecies ure natives of the Tropics. The genus Solanum contains twice us many inembers us all the other genera put together, and the greater number are confined ta Central America, Potato, Solanum tuberosum, WIN Ty Cuanres pregen 5 OF IOLIDAY ROMANC! a. Chicago: Had- w York; Hurl & Houghton, Price, $2 per volume, The chaste beauty of this Library Edition of Dickens elicits n word of praise at the appenr- ance of each ulditional yolume, the great English novelist have uever been pro- duced in a more Inviting shape. js the most val- Tho works of "i Into Europe Quito, by the Spaniarda, carly tn the sixteenth century. [b was irst introduced Into Englana about the year 1586, by Sir Walter Raleigh, who found It in cultivation Iu Virginfa, Although, when couked, the tuber of the Potato ts whole zome, the Juice of the raw tuber, and the etema, foluge, avd berries of the plant, contalu the nareotle principle characteristic of the order, The Ege-Mant—unother species of the ening genus, Solanum Melangea—{s not eatable untit lee has been expressed, the Solanum quitoense are gailed Qulto Oranges, and those of the S. inurleatum and pemorense are ulso commouly eaten in The Kangarow-Apple. produced by the ten by the Tasmanians, The Common Nizhtshale, Sulanuny nlgrum, rowing by our roadsides, is an active narcatte, aud its extract is sul to be nearly as powermt as Lettuce-Oplum. Tho plant {3a low, much- branched annual, with smatl wufte Jowera,— Uke those of thy potato, oud with round, blac! from July to September, ‘Tho Horge-Nettle, Solanum Corolinense, haus been fotind near the Union Stock-Yards, It is a low, bushy armed with pricktes along the stent and ribs of the leaves, aud having pale-blue ur white duwers and orange yellow berries, ‘The pretty exotle culled Jerusalem Cherry is —S. Pecuto-Capsicum,—whieh has ht te ustrom the Island of Mau- nilus, ‘The Quina of Brazil—the powertul and bitter febrifuge, rivaling Cinchona—ts the prod- uet of the Suianum pseudoquinun. Tho Thorn-Apule, Datura Stramoniun, which growa commonly in our waste places, vields the violent narcotic so much fi use in medicine, 1t Nas large, sinuate-toothed or angicd leaves, and white lowers, with tubes three t1 arank, offensive odor, ‘The p Asta, and has stolen its way, Uke many another foreign weed, Into this country Uur other spectes of the to the genus Hyde Park; and the the last two Jocalith ceolata Js abundant at Mit TI spevies have the popular namie of Giround-Che ry, which fs taken from the fruit, a globular red. berry resembling the cherry fn shape ard cole Tn uew places, where other frults are seares berries of the Physatis are tsade into a pre: Next alter the Votatu. the Tobaccu-Piant, Nicatisna, 16 ta be reckoned ux the must prominent member of the Nishtshate Fanny, The luaves of the Tobaeeu wers used, according to sume writers, tu Persia and in Ching long be~ fore the ducovery of America; but the world now derives its chief supply from our continent: and from the West Indies,” ‘Tae Tomato, Lyco- persicum esculentum, is ove of the valuable esculents whlch Central America bas given to. mnsnkind, and which also belougs among the Nightshades. Capsicuin, Cayenus or Rea Peps per, 16 the product of several species of the order which grow in Tropig ‘The pretty Petunia iy’ siades, and 9 native of Suuth America, So olao f¥ the Nurembeczen graciiia, a graveful creeper, beariny large lilae or purple’ flowers witha yellow eye. From Barbary wo get the Matrlmony-Vine, Lyciuin Barbarium, which is used for decurating arbors and walls, Amang thy powerful, medical agents derived from thy Solunacee, mention must be mute of Atropa Belladonua and” the NOVELS BY WILLIAM BLACK, iy Witias Huacr, f Fees anne PP¢ | uncommon of men wha have: held their hands Author of **Sad- | above thelr heads until the arms were withered aud the tinger-nails penetrated through the backs of tho clenched lets, Before the vractice of the Suttee was forbid. den, du 1520,a0 oiliclal report of the immolation of 80) widows was received at Caleutta in one Between 1825 and 3828. from 300 to 600 widows were annually burned alive, be the frequent habit of lepers to bury them- selves alive; but this, too, has been suppressed. by the English authorities, humanity on the part of the ruling power tae not been wholl) Chfeago: Jansen, The works of the popular novctist, William. Black, are being published by Mesers. Harper & Bros, (na neat Hbrary-edition. The latest num- ucd in the serles are named cond in the order of their stand: {ug is one of the most successful of the author's productions, and by sume critics 4s placed be- fore all the others, BOOKS RECEIVEN. A Stony rnox ** Tux Batance,”* d Publianed at the Halavce 1Auo,. + TOWE: A Uovete By Mra. Lertu-Avane, New York: Harper & Bros Paper, Price, 25 3 AND RECITATIONS, nerance Orator." ‘ork femperance Society and Publ Yet this exercise of 8. Tacinintum. is, ie Atheieum thus acts forth the evils and dilticulties that have arisen {1 conses quence of the phitanthrople actlon of the Gov- In the first place, population ts ‘TUF GRAFT: in umbeb-like: threatens to becume wholly tninauagcable, e if thelr boy-husbands them widows at the dee of 6. A woman fa sity: poved to be sacramentally sind, und belours to him forever, Every town, every village, almost every house, Is full o! widows who are debarred from all amuse: and converted tuto household-drudges, ‘hey Ife, like that of Une and they would sup te be buried inited ta one bus- Paper, GRADED sLESsoNs IN ENGLISH: An Eure mestany Lotion Unanxan Oxe Wunongy Pai Consatixu oF Chl Lease CAUEPULLY TO THE Chass-ltoos, .. and Brarsenn Kettoud, Clark & Maynard, 10mo., p. 148, ifdinen LESSONS IN ENQLISIH: A Wonk on Exutiatt Giaxwan anpComrosition, By ALoxzo Nero, A. 3. and Braisenp Kxtoug, A, M. York Maynard. ldmo., FOREIGN AUTHON: a. J, a By M. Victon jon & Ce Ataxxo HexD, rfully give themselve: he law would Iet then, again, the increase in the number of girls who cannot tind suitable husbands {s now causing: niuch enibarrassment ft pers, whose Ives we presery ur liNiculties,”? Engieh have bunt leper-villaye ot this last class of unfortanates; tance provided by tax for tuetr eupport fa nifs- evably uadequate to their comfort, and many of them wander over the country solleiting charity or exacting It by threatening to communicate thelr loathsome discase by a touch, Notwithstanding the vigilance of the author -Iminvlution fs occaslonally attemnted, and several lute succvasful performances of the Samad are described by the writer from whom In one instance, related bi erformped Samat River Narbada, In ine districts; and oie cases the jor the shelter Jansen, McClurg & C N_OF THE WORLD: A Nonrn, Author of th Vhiladelpnias ‘tT, I, Peterson & los, I2ma., pp. 437, DISPUTATIONS: Atso, A OF MONWEALTIL by ¢. ¥ fanacem Lelong I CICERO'S THEATISES ON Sieeman, a Hindu gentleman by drowning limeelt in the consequence of uw hopeless malady which had attacked him. Ho was accompanied to the ecene by hls fainily and attendants,and, bidding them adieu, stepped inte a boat, wis rowed toa deep part of the river, loaded Litaelf with sand, Buss plunging luto the water, disappeared from v dna recent attempt at Samadhi, a devotes as- piring to pecultar satictity caused himself tu be liclosed wtive In a vault, which was rooted over with boards and. plaster in sccure manner, to his friends that the end of which ving, and could then be Id, and thereafter AND TROADES OF From tho Latest and ii i hy Guanure Axtios, Lin Dea Late trofore Lato lrofcenur of Giesk in Columbia Culley, ore Harpe w York: Harper sane SeClarg & co. “as PERIODICALS RECEIVED, ATLANTIC MONTHLY Houghton & Co., Woston’ heba, IX., by ‘Thonias Bailey Flowers in Colo- au upparently Ne hat previously" ¢ cl 1 Asia and America. ne of the Nizht- he would be foun restored to the outside worl reccive the worslup duc to a saint. The police interfered with the oxecution of this scheme, diainterring the mau a few hours after hls et tumbment. The excitement of the event caused ‘wai; ?* A Wiiluw-Tree,"" by Haar A Counterfeit entment—Comedg, ep aerate B futal termination of the Samadn, the man y ob. tlytog of heart-disease soon atter bis release. It dou exauilustion that the vault ta which be wus buried as to admit of his exit at will to suvply tumeclf witu food, and thus prolong his life uc- cording tu the allezed Divine promise, other tustunce, the friends of un eutombed man erformiug Sumadh were ietceted in feeding ili by pouring milk down a hollow bamboo which entered bis grave. Was so constructed | Giierous areotica. ‘The Mandrake, Mau has elnilar prupertica, This plant was ouce reputed to have an fottus ence in exciting the tender feelings, aud fro its lurked root, which by. somes iment. can bo made te look lke the human fourm, fanciful sturles arose of the plaut's shrieking when torn trom the ground, The family which cabraces the Potato, the Tobscco-Plant, the Ezg-Plant, aud the Tomato, tarcothes Walch kava beeu enumerated, muy well bc regarded as one of the qnost finportaut ju thy veectabls kingdom. CAVE*PAINTINGS OF THE BUSH- MEN. A very curious account of the wonderful pie torial talents of the Busbinen of South Afrlea— the most degraded race of the Hottentute—ls furnished in the columns of the Atheweum by the naturalist, UG. W. Stowe. ‘Tho writer states that, shortly after bis arrival fu South Africa, fu 1343, bis iuterest was excited by stories of the cave-paintings of the Bushmen, which abounded fo different varts of the country, Anua M. Mroc! iB thle, my sony, Ny to yor » inuele by Georg: a’ Clubs ** Recent Lites AW REVIEW fur Augusl-Septem- Conten! “The -Unconetitutionalit the Act of Congress Demonetizi Be “Bome. of tho Statute of id in the Law Jour. tember (J. J. Mt MAGAZINE _ for September log Company, New York), FAMILIAR TALK, ART-NOTES. Germany bas purchased many of the gems of the D’Arcmberg gallery,—a cullection rich in fine examples of the Duteh masters, and lung regarded us one of tho must important essem- blages of palngjues ig the City of Brussels, ‘Theophile Ggut.er was an artlst os well as on artcritic; aud bis suu-u-! drazora — officavalie, A DRAMATIC ANECDOTE. Tho meeting this season at Plymouth of the British Assoctation for the Advancement of Science, has been selzed by the Atheneum os an occaslon for writing up the history of the old Among tho uotable characteristics which are ascribed to the town In the course of the. narrative fs wo unusual fonduces for the drama, This Uking bus continued from tho days of thu strolling players Nceused by Queen Elizabeth to the prescut popularcra of the stage, aud s succession of stock companies and, ‘ature fromthe Metropolis have enjoyed suc ccasful engucements fn the City of Plymouth. ing actor woke tue wrath, of Jobo Keble and the wirth of the sudicnce with the puserfut rence, Bt. Louls; INING-ROO) (Uuroa Publix! At was bere that a dar: . M. Kuile Here years paeset before circumstances. branght him into a revion whore he could verify these stories be peraonal ol tion, but meanwhile he vatheret a bay, unter of Interesting notes re- lating to the history of this priinitive race. In Ten Mr. Stowe firet visited one of the re- treats of the Bushmen, In F Poor, {n the dis- trlet of Craducks Here le found reveral ex- amples of cave-painting, iustrating bunting scenes and dances. Since then he has traveled thousands of miles in search of similar paint- ings, from which he has in many cases made fac-simile copies, The pictures record nearly every variety of Incident tn the Ilfe of the Buah- men, and afford a valuable tosieht Into the liab- {te and customs of a fastalienppearing race. ‘They represent croups of men and women en- gaged In ontloor pursnits, in ginusements, and fn domestic uffahe, = The firures seein uften to be portraits of the fudividuals represented, and indicate not only thelr sex, but thelr age, and thelr distinctive, tribe, ‘The dance and the chase are favorite rubjects with these prijaitive artists; yet battle: rcenes, fights between wild animals, death by torture, phallic ceremonies. and dontestic inci- dent are frequently dellneated. Alargecave on the hank of the Nelba Mr. Stowe tound te be full of excellent paintings, the beat preservid of which he succeeded in cupsing during pot. A domestl of Bashmen In huoting disguises, a large ele- three Iong visits to the tong these pletures were. a peculiar plaints andagroup of various bucks, Of thls ast Mr. Stowe says it was ‘the must beautl{il- ly-painted group that DT have ever met with; and F fear that, with allimy care, my copy of this group does not equal the orleiial tu” the flowing smoothness of vutline and suftness of shading, The delicate finish of one head In parthular made {t look like a beautifal Ittle en- amel-palntiay.' Jn only one place did Mr. Stowe find a culor used having a tiut of vermilion, and this was In Apaluting of oxen, All the aniinals kuowa to the Bushinen seem to enter intu their pictures,— 110 elephants, elands, or rometines as inany a other unitnals, forming a sinule group, Zu the progress of his explorations, Mr. Stowe found that in Griqutand West. wher devised amethod of carving or ehtvping the rocks int eu of a chisel. hor, The oudine. crude e the ra they were frequently c Cols and phullic etmbiemea, The stone implements found fn the cave-re- treats of the Dustinen ure sald Uy Mr. Stuwe to he Identical fu stipe and manufacture with those found [p the caves of the Northern Hem- fsphere, and this he regards nea strong link tn the chain of evidence proving that the Bushmen ul the auclent cave-men of the North are one and the same race, He wtvances the theory that the cave-inen migrated southward at the begtuning of the last icideind pert: and, whenthe forated, some return ed tobe frally exterminated ae more powerful racesappeared, while others continued thelr prog nid etlil exist in tie remnant, northernclimate asain amel ress southwarsl, of the rapidly-dee: yiuy race of sushinen. Tne cave-palnti is of these prauttive people are belong fast obliterated wherever the region In which they ozcur ls occujned by white men, and Mr. Stuwels collection of cuplés must prove of vreat etlinological value in future studies of the Bushmen, AFRICAN ——. PLORATION, The expedition sent out by the International Commission of the African Assuctation $s al- ready under way. Its flrst business will be ths establishment of devote at Zanzibar oud at some point in Unyamwwesl, It will then found a per- manent “statlua” in the Suterior, probably near Lake Tangauvika. ‘The party ta connand- ed by M. Crospel, and will comprize three other Europeans, viz.: M. Cambler o3 astronomer aut! geographer, Dr. Muss a3 naturalist, und M, Merny tor general xploriag work. The Portugue dy i pd Zarb ties ulllcei#? | Maj. liv, and Lieut. Atricau clavate Jects of the expedition BRIEF NOTES, ‘The salmon-fisheries In Scotland and England Jarzer harvest thls year has con. have yielded a mus than last, and the price of the delleac: sequently lowered {0 the British market. Auew and Leautifol tulip has been discovered Smyrna, It fs of u rich crimson hue, with a jet-bluck spot, surrounded by o nar- row guld line, at the base of cuch petal. It iy by Buissier, tu named Tatipa undulatifulia. An Rlustration of the tuflaence which a graft may have on the stuck as been given fn Ene gland, this acasun, by the Gulden-Leaved Labur- grafted tothe common Green-Leayed Lie burnum, In several cass, golden-Jeaved branches nu were sent ott on the ste: below the graft, ‘The Acalemic des Sclences of Paris has ap- poluted a committee tuluvestigate the discus- sion between Dr. Bastlan and M, Pasteur on the development of germs: and this Committec have granted Dr, Hastion’s request to make ex perments before the Academe, white M, Paa- teur offers the use of his laboratory fur the purpuse., An instance of apparent partheno-genesis in a composite plant, Anteunaria Alpina, fs recorded by Vrof, Kerner. Thr plant {g diwelous, and ¥ Keatce as compared wale plauts ure extreme! with the female. In the Botan e “ precaution against the acess of pall aud ye uninated, ‘The rapidity with which plants may absorb water has Leen noted by Mr. W. B. Hemst who placed a withered and drvoy shoct mwater. The plaut to fog extremity quickly rose to an erect fused It, absorbing unly the colurleas fluid. A serles of 107 photographs, taken during the English Arctle Expedition, have been published by the Adinirulty, and itty sets hove been pre- pared for distribution amuny eclenttiy tostitu- {lungs and Government departments at home und abroal, The landscapes exuibited fu the seriva dre sald tu be dreary tu the extreme, while the views of the *Pateuerystic Seat is caleus lated to disenchant those “who urge that tho sledging explorations should baye been longer continued. aud that araflroad to the Pole ts pene the feasible ackicyements of engiuecrs ug. ‘The British Assoctution for the Advancement of Sclence will meet in Dubilu ia Auguat, 1873, and Mr. W, Sputthwoods. will hold the office of President, “In 1970 the Assocation will visit Nottingnam, and thu Colluwiug year it is the f tention te visit Swausea, In 195t the Assuctas thon will celebrate ite W{tleth anniversary, prop- ably taveting in York, where it was established in ISUL by Sir Duvia Brewster with the co- operation of other English scientifle men, The ef objects of interest at the Ptymouth meet- ng was the telephone, which formed the sub- ject uf a lecture before ous of tho acctious, and of an address to tho workingmen of Plymouth. ——— THE PROOF-SHEET. Shonld the Great Author of thie mystic writ, My Life, send suddenly and ask to sce. ‘The proot tof the work intrustea me, Alae! alas! what would Mw think of ist Shonid He bebotd the mauuserivt Ne gave me, Kobbed of all barumuy aud veauty now, Agod-like anger would enfame His brow, And whut couid bide mo from His wrath, or save. me? What could I way to Iybten my offense, Whes Ho should tod ils fulrest lines effaced, tiv standae mangled, and the words displaced, With broken uvtre gud perverted seuse? Mow couht Fanswer for the equandercd time Allowett me to perfect thy wors allotted, Whew He sogid dud Iie wangscript all blotted, And robbed of ruythm aad deprived of rhywer Thou Weavenly Author, graut me yet a while Ju which tu mend the proof-shect #0 defaced, ‘Phat Emay take it worthy to ve placed, Elvctrotyped, upon Eterual dle, - Eiia Wuretzn. - é Now Wead-Goear for British Soldiers. Ediaund Yotes, writing in the Loudon Ihurid, vat Just bata luo at one of the Imets for our infautry, aud, If ie Uthat fancy paluted ft, still tis 3 Yast Luprovement on the aburmtuabie old shake that {uvention of Prince Albert the Good w Prince Lucller the Evil, The new headgear iy very like a pollccasau’s belmet iu shape, exceot that thy bruuiscutiu over the ears. On the tov there lea gilt spike, nottvo Prussian, but scene, a mystic dance, a group the rocks, being coarsely. crystalline, sre not alapted to painting, the Bushmen had developed their ortistic tal- entinthe diretlon of seulpture. They had he tures of aniinals; and this was yincansof a ehuple plece of hard stone yd ot the cost of iminense of the animals, wrought in were often nduuravly done. had been pollehed by abrasion, red with inystic eyme xpedition to the West Const of Africa proposes to explore the country be- tween Angula and Mozambique, and especially 3s Of the water-syateins of "ils pasty q well inured to the andare adufrably equipped with Instruments for the executiun of the ob- Gardena at slruck, tumale plants were cuanled with they bore secds, some ol which wer: . Tuspberry: up the water aa fastosa lump of sugar would, and its droop. position, moving three Inches in ten minutes. Port wing Was.pourcd into the water, but ths plant re- the vital centres, and msteriemodica, rather Indian-looking; aml {n front there fat payne of elit metal with the number and badeo of the reriment on it. This sald plaque ts the most excentionable part of the helmets nets ts yeand catches the eve iia inanner which be dangerous Inthe fled. Tknow that Prasstan picke henty his an eagle In but Lalso know that this cagte sntrary to the adv: oftivers—in dereren prejudices of tac Kaiser, who will not away with the badge of his house, But when ts the new helmet to be fssucd! It has, hear, already been ticknamed ‘the bobby,? In allusiun to its Hkeness to tha police-helnet.? POMPE. Present Condition of the Excavations, A correspondent of the London Ath:naum Writes from Nuples a3 follows: “A recent visit to Vompell after a long In- terval enables me to give you new and Intercst- ing details of that remarkable locality. Let mo caution, however. every one azalnst visiting at midsummer, when’ the thermometer is at fever height, aud the stn and Vesuvius unite thelr powers to scorch ane, About two-tifths of the city have already been disinterred, und the excavations are now being carried au by an average number of one hundred men towards the east or northeast. This part was iny priuci- pal object, for with the other parts f was well ae ainicl, ag are inost of the readers of the Athenum, Stil with a luquactons euide by your side, sume novelty en passant always pre dente itech. One muse lookin at the muscu, Where fresh bodles or their forms in plaster Paris are constantly added, Years have passed since I was prescit at the first ingenions ex: pizinene which was made by tho present Senator turelli to recover the forms at least of the dead, so that itis with no slivit Interest that L recard any prortensy and considerable progress has been in the mode of preservation. It often haypens that, from toe superincuinbent weight: and other causes, the bones have been displaced these are now removed from the debris as far as possible, sv that the figure is not deformed by bones protruding trom wrong places, This Was Irat attempted In 1973, and has been con- Unued over stice with great sue Perhaps the most beatiful figure in the collection ts that of a young girl. exquisitely formed; she is lying on her 4: while hhaud was evidently attemptiug to cover he: The fulas of her dress, the very texture, and her hair, are all sharply deflned, Near her Jay, und lies, a man on his back, and by his side was, and ts, an fron rod, fuur teet long, with which It fe apposed ho Was forcing a road. Close by Is auother femnio figure, with fron sandals attacucd tothe feet, the bones of which ure well preserved. Without Hogering here any longer, however, let us pass onto the house in which an excavation was made inthe spring In honor of our Princess. The odjests found there amd then, of no great value, Were presented to her Royal Ilightess; they sre an nwathora,a necklace with eighty four pleces of coral, a masa of palit of yellow colur, and a few other articles, In this “house was a shop for ¢warin drinks;’ two or threo good ‘fresvovs adorn the walls, and oll-jars are sunk in marble slabs. “That comaradlvely so little of the treasurca of the Pompelini fs found is easily explained by the fact that the imbabitanta whe had. tecaped and thieves broke into the ‘houses, especially between the carthoumakeaad the erup- ton, and carrted off ail artetes of value. Most oi the houses have hinlicatlons of these visite In the modern masou-work which clo-ce a hue. Tam not aware that want dre called the ‘water castles? have been suflictenily noted, perhaps for the reason that most havi bes arelesely destroyed. One, hoes y been dls covered. and propped up and bound round with fron. “Chey were buildings fur eipplviug the neighboring huusecs with Water. The top was a large vasea tu whicls water was carried up by feaden pipes, a great puinber of which still le under the leve, of the gromd. By pipes the Water was avai duatrinuted frum louse. to house from the Vasca. ‘The Sarno, which sup- plied ft, still runs underneath Pompeii, and ita Inparity {4 evident from the deposits whet been formed ou the walls of the enstle; its continual droppin has covered them with o i of stalactit Further exam! shows that these deposits correspond exactly with the stone with when a great port of Pompeil was bulit. ‘The ston Was brought from Sarno, on the river of the same namie, Which thus supplied the Inhub- Monts with building materdal and drinktug water, The spot on which exvavatiuns gare actually carried on now fs called the bathing vy tabllshinent, fe {s an Inianense hall, and fs stl half full of punfice-stone; but in the very entre of the mags, alter many feet of suil hail heen removes, | there found, lust month, four homan tuns, one of w& woman, aid by tent were the follawing presious abjects, which they were evidently ng ott: In gold, tio necklaces, cuusieting nets-four pieces, representing Ivy-leayes, two earrings, a ¢ bwithan e 1 Tt stle ver. two casserole large lookin: isi. three vases, o ladle, ix Jarge spoons, sixteen emailer spouts, two forms for makiuy {ann like seallop stills; all are well preserved and highly decorated, have been sent to the Mmuveuin, but ure uot yet exhibited to tha public”? E a TO.A ROSE. Plucked Ta fnll-biawa Move with dewdrops wet, From whiel there did outwell & fragrance aweot, Delishtfut in tteelf, to epeak not of the ovanty rare, The sunilt, lovelit happiness, that gieamed from out a face, A Boral face, a loveliest hue, adown whose ruby cahevks thery 5 Played at Will the happiest of all June's happy om Love-tints inweought by Mother Nature's hand (The whie! ¢ vor in her Own actlees way, and dors 90 well that Naught ts left undone). Perfection she, Mer works moat perfect are— All fully treighted with a beauty and a gree fal: and Godlike as her God. Jer voice, to melody ans mulrth attuned, Doth wake the Xuul to sweetest sonz, and bid it Mearenwurd soar aud ying; while out ber great, big heart Poured § a mighty tide, npon whore bosom Lovo, ‘sweet Love, Doth wlog hor way, hereelf disporting ‘mid i ru a Ly mi Crystd streams. A epotless dove within @ spot- cat, Crowne sue lereclt fair Nature's Queen, and, crownluc. All, her God, Whose name ts writton Inq thousand While twice ten thousand thousand ape Hlm to our view, Earth, Sky, Bea, Alt the trembling’ leaf, ally all bespeal’ the jor And the beauty of His name. Thus might I.dwell upon a theme the grandest nilad can grasp; But tarn | vow wy thoughts to thee, fair flower I fondly clay As part of Nature's Fon solf—her pretty floral net. Lcaunut—no, I cannol—no, 3 will not, thee forget, Hut sing to thea in melody. Hark! Nature bide mo epeak, Whilo at her call the tears fast fall, course awiftly own my cheek, sf Owhats bites! wht raptore this! Whét dlls my heart with Jo: t {tts she thoughts the bappy thought, £ loved her when a buy, T loved her then—f love her now—will love ber _ evermore; Bull ot her wbrine, by right divine, I worship—I lore: still " ber aunae, by right divine, my Mother her rn And what i falrer, dearer, than a Mother's hal- lowed maine? And now, fatr Rose, Will F disclose ‘Thee all] know About thee, Aud tell thee naught But what 1 ought. You canuot, ‘Will not, Doubs me, w wternal beauty thou dost well dieplsy, aa well Lovelineve--charme few If any other flower savo thee, sweet | Can acti u heated must thoa be—most ul 1a} thou art, Fort have ‘aven thee droop and fade—yes, leaf by luaf bate watche: f Thee waste away yet teamalug: forth thy sweets In grateful recognition ‘Totus Hand thet gevo thee birth, that bade thee ive ta blouns, ‘Fo gladdeo and fo Charm the hearts of Humankind, ror As from thea make a study of thelr lives—live as ~ ju dust live Die as thou dost div, Forgotten? No. In Mem~ ory's sucred urn Transmiteed thou by live forevermore. Jouxru D. Tuaxer, ——— A New Anwathettc, Therv isa new anwethetle, Prof. McKendrick snd Dr. Ramsay haye been experimenting in En- gland with substitution products ubtaiued with yridiue and chinolfue. ‘The latter of thesa ties is extracted from quinine by weana uf caustic potash, but may also be procured by some of tho cual-tar series of substitutions. Three geafus uf the chloride of chinuline tutro- duved {nto the cireulatiuy of a rabbit reudercd thes aniiaal unconscious ko eight minutes, but tbe pulsation of the beast continued aud the breathing was vigorous, io rabbit recovered after two or three hours, and the experiment is deemed highly successful. Some of the ovuce Qcrivatives (rom these bases prove to be very dic action upod tobe of use in the powerful poisons, baviuz Ubely