Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1877, Page 9

. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. DECEMBER 29, 1877~TWELVE PAGES, s LITERATURE. Edwin De Leon's Work on the Egypt of the Khedives. been deserted, and wera rapidly falling Lo rufn, wlmle. ltke sugar-loaf -‘nlt'-hulu‘ 'i"h‘?e l:mllclr irele wera azaln grouped the mud huts, in al Hhiely primitive dire and discomfort, with thele fowls, and filth, and prowling doga; into whicls the villagers, with their swarming families, had ayuatted down, Against fenorance and preju- dices welt-uigh lavineible, the fizht §s A hard onesand, when you reflect that sfinilar lznorance and barlmeism ‘prevail throughout the whole country, and cmnrm& all clnsses,—exeent n very small circlo In the cites and surrounding tho Court,—thie dificullies of the Administration may be comprehiended, and allowances mado for shortcomings.”” 7 Egypt proper has 4,024,221 meres of land under_cultivation, 113 towna and citles, and 654 villages or townships. Of Its pop- ulatlon of 5,500,000, probably ome-third of the ndult males reside in the . Iarger cities and towns. A great want of the country fsan fndustrious, intelligent class of agrcult. urists and arlisans, A scheme has been pros posed Lo supply this want by the Introduction of coolles, and Initiatory steps have been taken toward the accomplishment of the plan. The Khedive has l;rommd the Chincsn a welcomo and abundant employment, if -they will come into his country of thelr own accord and at thelr own expense. The forclgn population of Egypt {a steadily lnmnlln&.o Thirty yearsago thers wcre not abuve B, forcigucrs In the cunntr‘, Whercas to-day {here are noarty 80,000, In the winter- Jiberal judgment that they can have placeina Phllosapbical Libra for they treat of n man who was more widely known a« a poet than & metaphysiclan. But fhey are worthy of veing read, though they be not strictly fn place in this series. ¢ The life of Lessing was one of varying licht and shade fn quick succesaton, with'the latter rrmlnm(mlhlz: but his buoyant spirits, his kindness, and ihe story of his struggles, torin an attractive biography, His conntry owes much to hitn, 1le lived'tn a transition period of Jitegature,—between the time of Hollmane. waldau, the leader of the bymbastic style of poctry; and that of Goethe and Schiller; and his constant and unremitting efforts _in prose, poetry, and the drama, did very much to form the Jiterary character of his immediate suc- cessors. ‘Two large volimes scem rather too much to devote {0 one hiuzmph‘y; but the sub- Ject 1s ro fnteresting, and the life so well told, lh?t gns reads on aud on, and finaliy stops un- satisBed. s for new desigus will hiow be | ed to plead In hia favor: and, on inauiring his crime, we learned that he was no less a person- age than the celebrated Kattirdji Janni, the Robin Hood of the Levant.” This chivalrous knfeht of the road had no stain of blood on his hands,—it being contrary 1o his principies to take the life of thoee whom he robbed, orto allow any of his band tocommit the crime. He simply relieved the travelers whont he waylala of whatever valuables they carried, or “detained persons of wealth In bi¢ mountain-abode until thelr rantom had been pald. Tt 16 safd that, In his south, Kattirdit fell io love win the beautiful dsughter of & gentleman Infmyroa. She wan abose him lo rank, yet favored his suit, and an elovement was planned. ‘The lovers were betrared, and the hero of the- adventure was throwninto pricon, - He estaped, fled to the mountains, and suopted the lite of 3 bandit, To complete the [deal narrative, It 1y arerred that he beatowed & great portion of his 1il-gotten galng In alme, aud provided pearly & thousand treck girls with dowrics. Everr effort to capture Kattirdjt proved fruit ess. but Bnaily, rown weary of his Ishungeiit- 1ah life, be voluutarily delivered himself to the Turkish authorittes, on condition that hie pun- ishment should be fimited to oxile in the faland of Cyprus. The Turks ight prasivle have Leld to the!r word liad jt not been for 1he luler- ference of the French Ambasssdor, who Insisted that Katttrdjl sheuld sufler rigorous punish. ment. For sesen years he was chained to the Robin conld not brook this fntrusion; the nest was forsaken.” ’ Tho eccond case tras of a pairof dlue tits, who chose for their resting-place n smail cavity that had been caused by a little washing away of batlast nnder one of the rails of the Urear Northern Rallway,~—the depth of the cavity from the under side of the rall beingabout five inches, Tne nest was completed; the youny tits hatched ond flew,—they having had, in addition to the care of their mother, the careful guardianshipof Weston, one of the brakethen. There were :}Imn ‘tlwsmy-fln trains a day clattering over e rail." near Berling bat, as Jyet, the results obtained . heve not been altogethier satisfactory, With the stations onle a few thotsand paces apart it 18 founrd extremely difficult, and at times when the conditlons are unfavorable sitogether fm- possible, to carry on a conversation. It fs ex. pocted, however, that when the sugeested im. provements in the apparatus hava been enrried out, the telephone will swork in o mucl more sate fsfactory maoner, and will become of ereat valng for many military purposes. Onaof thoobstacles to the mora extended emplayment of the ficld telegraph In actual war has always been the dis fleulty of fnafructing men In the manipulation of the fnstrument, and of glving them sufictent practice to render them cxpert in realing o1 sending messages. The telephone, however, vnce get up, can be used by any one withoul any preliminary training; and therefore it Is casy to conveive alinoet any bumber of cases (o which it would be found useful fn the conduct of the operations of war. In many Instances, however, it will still be desirablo t the mes- tagea should be writtan by the instrument em- ploved; and, thercfore, the German military au. thorltles are now endeavoring to arrange an av- paratua which shall be able to he used at pleas ure sither ar atelephane ur as Motse's printing fustrument, and which al the same time alall be compact, portable, and not easily liable to derangemeat. “BOSS"” BLAINE. - Tt s eald that Herr Joref Albert, the eminent, Munich photographer, has invented a procdss by which the natural colors and shades’ of an object can be reproduced In the photograph so rer!t‘glv that mo fmprovement by the brush is enuired, e Nore s at work upon a marble group nting * Death 8affocsting Gentus with im-leaves,” which he Intends exhibiting at the Ezposition of 1378. The engraving aiter his ¥ Christ Leaving ‘the Prrelorium™ fs now completed., Mr. F. Bridgman, an Amerlean srilst who s necounted the hest pupil of Gerome, is execut. ing s painting of an Eastern subject for the Balon of 188, His Egyptian scenes heretofore exhiblted at the Salons have attracted a good deal of sttentfon. Dr. 8chijemsnn fs arranping bis Hisenrlik vollection lor exhibition in the Santh-Kensing- ton Muscum, Hls .\lt,cem!(x'fllncnon fs on ex. hibition In the Polstechnic School st Athens, to- gether with the collection made by Mr, Stama- takiat Spata, This Jast fucludes 2,000 objects In gold, sliver. bronze, ivory, crystal, and & crystalline substance and clay. Nearly 5,000 francs have baen rateed In Switz. erland for a monument to Gen. Dufour, the leader of the confederate army sn the War of the Bonderbund. ‘Thirty-four competitive mod- a @en. ‘Di Cesnola’s Resenrches - and Discoveries in the Island of Cyprus, BRIEF NOTES. The mistictoe Las been known to obtaln the age of forty years; and there is no evidence to ahow that it may not be everr longer-lfved. Voo Relchenan conctudes, from his obeerva- tlon upon the colors of birds'egus, that the oggs are always colored In °j°“ nests, and white fu those which are concealed, From a microscopical stady of the discases affectiug fruits, M. Prilleux concludes that the spots and cracks occurcing, especially upou peal the result of & fungus, The post-mortem examinstion of Pongo, the Berlin gorilla, revealed the fact that the animal was carried off by acute jndammation of the borels. A glove- nuonklron wire, and plns, Biography of Lessing—~Ontlines of History of Art-—Essays by Robert Collyer, ——— ERSAYS BY NOBENT COLLYER, . Tloston: Lee & Shepard. fos. & Co. 18 mo., bp. 131 ‘There 2 an tueffable charm about the writings of Robert Collyer, that moves and haunts one Iike the smell of a aweet-breathed violet. The source of tha spell is an earncat, simple, tenger Roman Antiquitics---Ar{-Gossip-- The Robin Mood of tho found In its stomac! sl months, the business-soason in ERvpt, thera are | hature, that has lost none of its dewy freshness | ofy have boen recet ch, | w8l 0! a narrow cell In @ Turkish prison, and | Toro fOnN Lovant--Lilerary Tblr Ovor 105,000 Toreign ceuiients I Its | by culttiro; that never fa tempted to strive after | n-eousrtrivs atals o colze o woon trerer i | wan then removed o (he Foriress of Famas | = Prof, Nordenskjoid fatends to sisct on his | An Towa Riepubiienn Takes Exception to the Notes. towns and cltles. shallow cffects; that travels wholly and heartily | he awarded: and for the best, representing the | Eotta. Intercession was made iu_ hls hehalf, | $our of Arctic exploration the firat of uext July. The Khedive has been neeused of having only afow Jath and plaster palaces to show for tho 0,000,000 of money he has made away with during hisrelgu; but Mr, De Leon proves the injustico of this nssertion by enumeratioz some of the great public works that have been con- structed within the last tielve years. Twenty- tive years o the first line of railroad, from Alexandria to Buez,—n dlstance of 230 miles,— was completed, Thero are now 1,300 miles in runoing order, and_ the cost of building and re- palrs has been £10,000,000 during the last twelve years, The Suez Canal has been finshed, and more than 100 cavals for irrigation purposcs been added by the Khedive, More than 500 L have Deen bullt by him. The harbor- works at Alexandria and Buez have absorbed several milllona, The lighthousea on the Red Bea and Mediterraneat coasts; the fleet of mer- chant-ships to ply between iizyvt' Ureeee, and Turkey; the introduction of zas, water, sewer. age, and other improvements fnto Alexandria and Calro; ond the expeditions to Central Africa and Abyssinfa, bava cost milllons more, Although the’ Khedive may have squandercd some part of the public money, much ol it bag been expended In works needed to facilitate commerce and finprove the material resourves of 1lic country, X +Tho statements of Mr, Do Leon, like those of the anthor of ** Madern Ezypt,"” are calculated to create sympathy for the Khedive, nnd an carnest hope thint he may dicentanclo himeaell from his present financinl diticultics; also, that Bie snd his successors inay bo oble to pursue the schemes he hos fnaucurated for the education of the people, the aholition of slavery in his do- minions, and the clevation of the nation to the platic of tho civllization of the Niuetcenth Cen- tury. . DI CESNOLA IN CYPRUS. CYPRUS: 1T8 ANCIENT CITIES, TOMBS, AND TEMPLES. A Nannative or REsxancuzs Anp Excavatioxs-Dumixa TeN YEARS lizai- Dexce 1N THAT Iatann, Dy Qen, Lotis PALNA DI Ckaxora, Momber of the Royal Academy of Sclences, Turin; Honorary Memoer of the Hoyal Soclety of Literature, London, ete. With Maps and Tlfustrations. New York: Iiarper & Bros, Chiengo: Jaueen, McClurg & Co, Sva., pn, 450, Price, 87.00. The repeated and oxtended accounts furnished by the newapapers and magazines of the explo- - rations of Gen. Di Cesnola in the Island of Cyprus, and of tho rich returns that rowarded bis labors, have prepared tha way for s graleful receptfon of the report by his own hand of the circurmstances under which he made his ox- tremely interesting and fmportant discoverics. The General is mors & mano of deeds than of words; sud ft Is esster for him to fight a battte, or unearth citfes and temoles that hove lain buried for thousands of years, than to tell the atory nfterward of his victory and enterprise. The present history of his excavations in Cyprus attests the singular modesty of his disposition, 1t ta clearly and unaffectedly told, but the magnitude and value of bis work are scarcely binted by it. To get a full 1dea of its worth, we Lava to refer to the reports of scholars aud experts which are in clided in an appendis to his volume. ~ A few days before the desth of President Lin- coln, Gen. 1 Cesnola was appointed American Consul at Cypraus, and ke arrived at his post on that diatant island, Dec. 25, 1805, The Capital of Cyprus Is Nicosla; but tho residence of the foreigu Consula {s & Larnaca, a modern town “built on the rulus of the anclent City of Citium. 1t I situated on the southeadt const, and s w0 drufiy and unfoviling in appearatce that at first sight Cesnola waos . more {han lalt foclined wot to land oo the for- lorndnoking® shore. fle found Mitle 1o Intereat him fu the soclety or the scencry af- forded by Cyprus; bt he soon became obsorhed in the past Listory ol the fsland, which vprobably Lind oftener changed masters, and underzonn mure frequent revolutions, than any otber spot on tho globe, 1t bas been for miany years & favorite field for arehrologists, aud ‘precions relics of suclent civilizations have been recaver. ed from time to tine frum fts ruins and tombs, ‘T'o DI Cesnolabelongs ths bonor, however, of belug the Grst Lo attempt a systematic explora- tion of the traditional sitea of its citios and struetures famous fu loug-past canturies, On a low hitl overlooking tho western portion of Larimca,—~a polnt whore 8 number of terras cotia flgures and bitsof pottery bad been found i previous years,—D} Cesnoli began his oxcu- vations. It was In 1860, and _he undertook th work at first simply us an smateur {nterested In the practical study of archreology. During his restdence in Larpaca hs explored above X tombs In this vicnity, all of which, with a few uxmruuns. proved to be of the tiveek perlod, runglug from 400 B, C. tu the necond century of vur era. ‘Those tombs were mere oven-shaped holes in the carth; but they yleldedd Lo the explorer a consideranle treasure [n guld colus, ksrcophagl, and Images and ves- sods of terra-cotta, “Plamed Knight's* Attempt to Hun the Republican Party In Opposition to the Adminlstration of President Hayes. To the Edilo? of The Tribune. McGnecon, Ia, Dec. 206.—In an Interview recently printedin tho 8t. Louls Globe-Demoerat, Senator Blaine Is reported as saying, with reference to the Clell-Servica reform pollcy of President Hayes: * It (s absurid to suppose that there can be any harmony between bim and the Republican party as long as he pursues his present course.’” Is the Senator correct? I #0, the days of the Republican party are num- bered, and ought to be. There is. 50 much of $his kind of twoddle among a class of Repub. lican pewepapers and nolsy polliticlans that it Is Retting to be nauseating. The Republican partr, representing s it does a tafority of the virtue, intelligence, and prouressive fdeas of the country, oufim, with the prestize of {ta War record, to be dominant u every Northern and many of the Bouthern . Stater. Why is it nott it weaknessis in no sensu chargeable to I'resident Hages. It wat apparent to everyhody in the eleetion of 1870, and was as surc a8 (jod's wrath towards the wicked, before Iloyes wan nominated. Gift- taking, ncpotlam, tna Moblller scandal, Dol knapery, and Babcockery had dulmguu public contidence in fta methods and in the honesty of its leaders, Ilayes is slowly snd surely iwin- ning back the contidence which had been with- drawn, Heis not lufellible, but s wise, patrl- otle, ond honest, actiog without selfishness, No scoundrel expects his ollicial protection, ‘This eversholy Knows and admite. Under his Administration the Independent non- artisan vote has boen steadlly erave tatlog townnls the Ilepublican orpanizae tion, "Let but the parly win the character for houcsty, wisdous, and moderation that Itg Presidint possesses, and its success in 1880 eure ns God's fove of right. The rlulel. think. ing, tndepemlent valers have taken the moasure of the ** Furkey Gobller'” of New York and the *Plumed Kunlght " of Maine. It {s quite natural that they should quenth their mutnal onimosi- ties fu the greater antagonism excited by n virtuous Executive. The country hus not fore gotten how the first of these dashing fellows domineered appolutments undee Grant, and mude Judges apd burcun oflices without stint, rukine dows enormous legal lees und retainers In causes ;[;cndlmx before oflicers of his own ereation. It alsu remembers the “FPlomed Kuight's” method of * plucking the tongae of Slandee from the throut of Treason™; and many, very tany, have a dear recols Jdeetion of the ‘mannér In which - Treason laughed o deriston. when the *Plumed Enlght " pobbled tho Mulliznn Ietters sud hied tinsel off to Maine, begding * Treacon's ™ in- dulgzence whilebe cured his nervoun prostration, which lastsd very singularly _‘mv. about the period during which **Treason ™ bad jurisdic- tion of bim. Bluce which tinie he Lnsn’t, as far a8 heard from, tried to *pluck a tongue.” These, ond othiers of the same 1k, are the Janaha aboard the good Republican ship, s, untll thev are thrown ovorbuard. the *sea will nut ceire {8 ragmg, ™ It tuese two men and thelr followera coustle tute the Republican “pariy,” the Senator Is qtute right in declaring it an “absurdity to sap- pose there ean be any larinony between 13 and the Presiden and on this fact depemls all thure §s ol safety to Republicaniem. Dbcs the * Plimed haleht ? suppose that it 8 forwotten that us the thind bighest oflicer ol the Government ho addresced o letter toa geit- crat officer uf 1 land-grant rullroad mmpuu{. bonsting how hie saw the coveted subsldy 1o Jeopandv, and eatled & +*pal® to the Speaker’s desk am? told him to make a cerfain_ pamt ol arder oud that he, the Speaker af the Houke of Kepresentatives of America, *of cousso sus- tained {t1" and clorod with an fntimation of n desire for a few more bouds, as unmistalable an that of Mr, Merryman ot the cireus after he Irad perfurmet his funnivest trick and bows polite- Iy with his most winningz smile, which saya: “A httle applause, Judtes and. geutlemen, i you pleasct™ + Does hu. supposs hu gobbling of the Mullizan letters, his sup- pressfutt. of an unknown quantity ol then, Ble retreat to Manwe, shivering ke Civsar with an ague, ulbeit with ¥ the toniue of Slunder " under his arm, huve been forcotiend When this man undertakes to rebuke Ruther- fonl I Hayes, puid et himsell up in company with tho New York “Gobbler ' as the Itepnb- Heun party, it ts enough (o make ¢very genulne llrrm.umu cry ¥ for shame!” Brouks, the” Prince of Lemmratic Mobitiers, died up shameamd remorse, Babeock and Bel- Knap have cnough, senso of deconey loit to preserye silence and retralp from furtlier fnjury tuthe party they disgraced. Wiy canuot this fian Blalne do us weill 1t 13 u Just subject for rejolclug that thy Ad- minlstration will tuke vo atep backward, It the purty sustalus {t rumul{ and heartily, it will elect fts candidute {u 18307 If, on the other hand, it _follows Btatue and Conkling; If it will not heed the lessons of the past, or learn from. the teachings of wisdom and virtae, then fu- decd muat It Lo subjected to the further and His stall will comprise four sctentific men. four sallors acquainted with the Arctic Res, a ship's oflicer, eightcen marines, and a snip's doctor, Tho steamer Vega, now being fitted up at Carlskrona for the expedition, will take pro- vision for two years, A writer In Hardwfcke's Sclence-Govsip states that bo hss several times seen red grouss perche ed upen frees. (One thne he saw a pack comfort- »bly sit1ing amone the bronches vi & moun aghi, preening thelr {cathers: and, as be wa ohterved, be bad ngnod ook st them Lefors tbey flesy avvay, Heu' has also observed the com- mou snipe (3, gallinaco) more than once alight- 1uE upnn tree-branches. Iy Iardwefcks's Science-Gonslp there ie an apec- dote showing the remarkable tanacity of lifein be cat, A little wisl's pey fell {rom m third. #tory wizdow, a dietance of - tnore _than _forty feel, upou the stone pavement below, It was Tfted up, Lo ali appearance dead. being limp and motlonless, and blood streaming from the mauth and ears, About thrce liours sfter it was trawling fechly about, and the next mory- ing ft cauzht & mouse and was as lively as ever, Dr. Petermann spcaka, in the Mittheilingen, Iu the highest termss of the value of Stonley's work an Atslen,—catline the intrepld traveier “the Bismurck of Alrican exploration,” and stronely fnclintne to rank hims with Christopher Cohtmbuz At the Navember session of the vographival 8nclety, Dr. Nuchilgal occu- vled the grester part of 1he evening detaiting the results of Btanley's late: expeditlon, which he pronounced the most fmportant swong tho lnter African exproratfons, % e : 3 < LONDON'S WATER SUPPLY. Parllameut to Swite the Inck of OMcial Tucapacity wod SUnziness, Corvespondence Neie Fork flevald. Loxpox, Dec. 11—t {s sald that during tho Exhibition of 1851 an Americaty Imdlan Chlef came to London to sce the eights, and, being “astranger in these parts,” and Ignorant of Engiish customs, he used to get up in the warm wornings and take acold buth in the clstern, ‘The peoplo {n the Jiouse noticed that the water wasa little muddy, ond thought that It was badly filtered. No oue’ thoughe of the Indlan Chief. Evidently the - Mcttopolltan Bourd of Works have found a very large ITndian Cntef In thelr cletern, for they wish to nlolish the cistern supply altogether and establish nstead therrof o direct eervice from the malns, usini meters that shall account for every dmtx. They have voted to buy the riehts of the water compaises and to o to Partliament for power Lo effect A purchuse upon such ternig a8 may be agreed upon, or, in defuult of agrve- meut, for such s suin 38 may be awarded by arbitration, ‘They will intreduve another LI to provide 16,000,000 gallous a day of. pure spriuy water for potable, culinney, and fire estiuguish- Ing purposus Ly meaus vl wells aud borings In the grear water-bemlng strata in the country districts around London, sl subsequentivn bill to remedy the anomalles existing bn respect of the rating of water suvply. By n vote of 17 to 13 this conrse was deter- mincd on. The three cetebrated edincers, Sir Josepts Bazalgette, Mr. DBramwell, ond Mr, Easton, - had reported In favor of such uew water-works, and they estlimated that by com- pleting such works Insteat of colarging the existing onvs, which would otherwise be neee sary, thiers would be on annual saving of Z11: 450, The question of the compulsory purchase of the Londun water companies {s undoubtedly the most tmportuut one that has ever becit brought belore tbe Mctropolitan Moard of Works, involviug as it does the sanitary well- being of the population, as well ne the prose pective mddition of at lemst L3008 to the metropolitan debi. ¥ The Metropolltan Boarl of Works {s com- posed of forty-¢ix mewbees, and its powers and dutles are cléarly detiued by acts of Parllasment, Brieflv, wu muy euy that thu principal work of the Board conadsts 1n publing down ol Lundon and rebuitding it anew, while the taxpavers fuat the bills, As a very promtuent ofliviul of one of the great water cotnpanes has just satd to e, the members of the Metropolitan Buard of Works are elected, not for their constimmate ability to manage the fmmense Interests con- fided to their charge, but becauso they have the Rift of talk sud buve wbundant lelsure. Tt can handly be cxpovted that vistry delegates from she different paclsbes of the metropolly, such ws Lhese wen ace, can propely ind perf Ln:urounmw futellurence of this great eity, They sre enterpiglug; they have ade smue grumd fprovenivnts, They Riave opened up besutiful streets whiere befure. there were horrid slutia and rookerles, and il the matter of wanuging the water-supply of London they doubtless believe fu their ‘own ability to assume the task and to give better satlsfuction to the peonle thah the existing compauics, 1t s vet to be scen whether Parlis- Dicut ut the coming sesston witl look with any which resulted in kis being at Jast'nllawed the {reedom given otlier prisoners confined fn this atrangnold; but the Leavy chain, with links five inches long, three inches wide, and one-lialf un hn‘l?l thick, was stiil fastered to his wrist and ankle, 1t 18 plcasant to be sble to record th fer the vint of the General to the castle, roime miti- gitation of Kattirdi'e punishtent was pecured, g, Ly the entreaties of Mime, Cestiols, his bur- densome manacles were exchanged for much lighter ones. SPARKS OF SCIENCE, FLORA OF MAURITIUS, TTC. A volume describing the flowering plants and ferns included In the flora of Mauritiue, the Seychelles, and Rodriguez, has lately been pub- 1lstied by the Colonlal Government of England, The total number of specles cnumerated In the work fs 1,008 Of Lheec, 56 ore natives of Mauritius, 338 of Beychelles, aud 802 of Rodri- guez. There arc, bestes, 260 epecies which are naturalized on the fstands, The families hav- ing the largest represcntation are as follow: Orehidaceie, seventy-nine: Graminw, sixty Crphicravea, sixty-iwo: Rubjacew, ffty-seves Euphborblacer, forty-five; Compositw, for three; Lerubminoer, forty-oue; luceiy, twenty s and Filices, 108, 1t §s believed that there fs little lelt to discover in the flora of these Islands, althougl some of the forms have not been verlectly determioed, from jack of cumplete specimen Tle Island of Mauritius ifes about 500 miles from Madagascar, and 100 miles from Bonabon. ‘The cllmate Is warny, and the vegctatiot bas Tropical character. The {sland was formerly covered with forests, but these have been cut down to make way tor sugar-plattations; and, consequently, the tudigenous flura his been fn great measure destroyed, und foreign plants haye usurped the soll.” The arca of Mauritine is 700 square miles,~iL8 length belug thivty-nine miles, and its width thirty-fve. The Sefche!lu are situated 900 miles north- cast of $Mauritius, and comprise about thirty small [slands. Mahe, the largest, has #u area of 80,000 acres; nnd La Dizue, thie most popu- lous, has an arca of 2,000 acres. The Vegetation in this group {s wholly Tropleal. The forests have been removed to give place to cottun- plantationsi—although that crop s now cultl. vated only to u elight extent, the chlef exports beingz cocoauut ofl and fibre. riguez 12 800 mitex northeast of Maurdtiua, and 1s only about eleven miles by five {n extent, Its climate fs llke that of Mauritive, and its flora has undercone great chouges, the forests having lung Leeu exterminated. ™ ~ General on foot, 1,500 franca will be awarded. o Is exBeclml that Bartholdi's statuc of “1fverty Irll(ln! the World,” which §s to serve as s lighthouse tn the Harbur of New York, wilt be ready for display ab the Parls Ex- hibitton. The hand of this gicantic fgure measures over four metres; the middle Anger ls two metres In length, and weighs forty-five Kkllograinmes: and the wrist {s the size of a locomotive-bollur. The helzht of the statue on Ita pedestal will be sixty-seven metres,~the up- Tifted arm, holding the lighted torch, reaching sboye the head, The question regamling the genuineness of the Moabite collection of {nouery urchased b; the Prusstan Government has” been opene: anew by s long aud ntercsting communication I‘J,vulu Uerman Consul at Jerusalem, Fretherr on Munchhsusen, which is printed In the Athenaewin, The writer cites much plausible evidence to show that the art{cles could not have been of recent manufucture, either in Asla orin Europe: and that they cvould not have been placed {u the pluces “where they were found within a late perfod, There I8 o prospect that the old fortified wall surroundiug the City uf Colugne will be sacri- ficed 1o the nevessily lor more space to accom- modate the increasing dimensions of the town, The wall, which deacrives w semicirele of 8,800 yards, {8 oue of the must binportant monuments of its kind ou the Continent. It wus bullt In the twellth cenlury, and, with its nunierous towers and gallerfes, 1a 1o g good state of pres- crvation, The Prussian Minister of War bhas offered to sell the wall, and the town Is willing 1o become n purchaser, and level it, In order to gain roum for bullding purposes, A magnificent Roman villa, In 4 fine state of preservation, Las been excavated In the Village of 8alut Romaln, in tha Canton of Bourg de Visa, In France. It contalus a number of chambers and large recepttou-roums, ju one of which was found & mosale, cizhity metres fong and three in width, of remurkable deslgn aud vompositton, Cuins of the relizns of Adrian and Conétanting, and fragments of marble coluinns, | were umung the interesting refics unearthed, A very large structure las aleo been discovered at St Andre-en-Terre-Plalne, fn which were medals, pleces of pottery, aud ‘other sxamples af auclont art. \ LITERARY NOTES. Marsbal MacMahion has chosen M. A. E. A, Faye, the well-known astronomer, as the Minis- ter of Instruction. M. Fayeis now in his 63d Fear, u, P, Putnam'’s Sons have ready for diatribu. tlon the third volume of thelr “Beicct British Egsayists," comprising *The Tatler,” * Guard- Inn," ote. They bave olso sent from the press Frothingham's “Life of Gerrit Bmith,” which wlill have s strong interest for a multitude of resders. Thy, Parls Natlowal Library contalns 86,774 volumes on Catholle flleo|%. 44,003 volumes ou tha aclence of lavguage, 240,402 volumes on Tuw, 63,485 on_miedicn, 441,83 on Freach his- tory, and 155,078 volumes of poctry.. The works ou_untural science have not been cata. logued. During 187 the lbrary recetved 45,800 wosks fu the Freueh tongue, aud purchased 4,505 foretgn books. An Inu‘u(ry {s made o the Athencum for the mlulnx‘: M8, books of Bumuct Taylor Coleridge, calied © Fly-Catebers,” They were for s time in the possession of Archdeacon Julius Charles Ilare, who often read trom them for the enter- tainment of his fricndu. They are described as ““meun little books, done up, some of them, in Rrovers' sugar-papers, untidy in writing and ar- rangement.’” But they were fllled with passuges contalnlng deep and suggestive thonght, clear lglrluml nsight, aud somethnes racy humor, The nepliew ol the poet, Bir Johm Coleridge, has no knowledge of these note-books, and It fs fearcd thoy may be lost. The {nitia) number of Vick's Jiiustrated Month. {y 1s 8t hand, and, ns wasexpected, Is a beautiful specimen of headwork aud huud-work. Tho {llustrations and the tvpography araof the fluest | exccutfon, and the literary contents are well- ‘chosen, dlversificd, and uecful. An oxcollent article on * Making and Beautifyiug Couutry- ltoads ™ hegins the ilst, snd s folluwed by an orticle ou the I'hlox and l'aul{. a rudimentar Jessou fu botany, Intercsting ilome-Correspotul- ence and Forcign Notes, aud I'leasant Gowslp about the best methods of resring different m!mm I varying chimates. Tho periodical will ‘worth muuy timea 1ts price to any ous toviug and cultivatiog fowers, indoors and out. It s gratifying to learn from the promizent bouksellers in Chilcago that thelr l.wlldlfi'l.nda, deapite the hard times ood the bad weather, has been better than In any previous season, Eve :yybodfl has seemed 1o bo Luying books, aud not holiday-books ulone, standard wurks having been In unusual demuud. As a case o polul wys may meotlon Schlleruann' 1yconie,” which reachied the city only ten days before Chrlumnhund yet fifty copies were sold before in its own clear fnsight, gained byserlous, steady gazing beneath Lhe surface, Into the very heartof things, It comes nlsofrom asteady communion with the beat spirits amoug men, as tevealed In thelr Mile and works, and from a rig- wrons, enduring scarch after the truth and the right In thete purity and pecfectnens. ‘Tho eseays lo this neat little volume are filled with genufno and_ practical wisdom, made as swect a8 It i3 wholesome by theundetiled 8axon in which it {s axpressed. The style reflects the maon, as the mirror gives back the Image of one who Jooks into it aud the language read here 1s s limpld, and strajghtforward, and unaffect- ed as human speech can well be. It {s as musie- al and persuasive as poetry, and g8 uuerriog and unprotending in the sensc of it as In the oxpres- Nests in 0dd Nooks---A Japanese Shell- Heap~-Sagacity of a Lobster— African Exvlorations. PO LITERATURE. EGYPT A8 IT 18, JTHE RARDIVE'S RGYPT; on. Tun Orp Houss or Doxpaok UxpER NEW Masters, Iy Enwin Dr_Lzox, Ex-Agent and Consul-General in Egypt. ith Tliostrations. New York: [far- r & Bros. Chlcago: Janson, McClurg & Co. 2mo, , pp. 435. _Drice, $1.60, . Of books upon Egypt there Is seemingly no end. It is of all countries the ono whose his- tory, in the past and the present, is most cntlc- 1og{ and the study of it, though pursued by the ripest scholars and the shrewdest observers of the time, 1t is impossible to exhaust. We have but lately had a treatisc upon ' 3fodern Egypt.,” which, for thorough, comprehensive, and trustworthy Information, is conceded to Le the best ever produced; and till there is room for this whichso soon follows It, nnd for still other able works that may come. Mr. De Leon {8 qualified for writing uponsub. Jects connected %ith Erypt by o many yeara’ resldence in the country In an offiefal capacity, and by fntimate public and private relations with its Just threo rulers. He has a feellng of warm resvect and regard for the land which so long gave him & home, and of sincero intereat nits weltare, e §a fuliy aware of the burdens which opprees It, aud of the calamities which threaten ta future} yet he views with just ap. preciation the herculean work which Mehemot Al and his puceessors have accomplished 1o im- prove the condition of thelr rubjects, avd to in- crease tho prosperity of ‘the nation. His uplnfons are lberal and candfd; dnd, with his statlstics, which have been gathiered from relia- bl sources, afford substantial sid toward a cor- rect judginent concernivg the prospects of the Kbiedive's Kingdom. g The snccessors of Mehemet All have enjoyed ‘but brief relzns over the country which they hold asa dependency of the ‘Jurkish Crown. The founder of their dynasty was appolnted Paslia of Calro In 1804, and Viceroy of Ezyot in 1811, When, from cxcessive toil and care, the mind of Mchemet All became impoired, Ibra- him Pasha, Lils warlike son, was made Regent, ‘but died fu November, 1848, ovly seventy days after belng contirmed in authority. Abbas Pasha, a grandaon of Mchemet, then came into power, aud roled for six years; at the emd of which time he was privately strangled l;{ two of bis slaves. 1t was in_the reigo of Avhas Pasha that Mr, Do Leon flrat went to Egypt: and he but repeats the verdict of history in ae- claring that ** Ahhas was a sullen] suspiclons, timid tyrant, hating aud fearing the Kuropean element bla grundfather had lutioduced, and striving to put back the shadow on the dial )‘a:lm of progress moving in the directioh of uropcean clvilization. ‘Though born and bred n Eg{ gl, he was u Turk of the Turks, + Outhedesth of Abbas, In 1854, ho was suc- ceeded by Lls uncle, ¥aid Pasha, onc of the xuun cor sons of Mchemet All, Of this ruler, ir. Da Leon writes in sdmiring terms, To quotc kis worda: ** Aftera loug ond intimate uequalntance with 8afd Pasha, without beiog Llind to his faults and shortcomings, § can truly say that, In my widely-varied experience of men and countries, L have nict no nouler aud manlier taturo thanhis, either Cliristian, Turk, or infi- del; and, in his eatly prime, betoro disgust and discase bud warped, though they never obliterat- cd, his_bigher traits of character, le was overy inch a Kiug, and o gentleman by tod's own patent, . . o He mounted the Throne of Egypt in 1854, n{n , hopelul, ardent mus, with yicorous nealth, boundless power, and almust fnuxnaustible wealth, Holeft {t but nine years later for a premature grave; Lis strength wast- ed to chilldish weakncas by discase snd trouble; hop, fortune, fricuds, sll lost; and, with soul as sick as his body, welcomed death as o velcase from sullering.” 1smail Pasha, the son of the warlike Ibralim, acccded to the nosition of Viceroy in 186, and * 111 1807 recelved from the Turkish Government the title of Khedive, Ho weil known by descrip- tion is the person aull curcer of the prescut -ruler that wo borrow from Mr. De Leon's ac- count of him tho foltowing passaee ouly: As tho father of a famlly, with four wives, and, 1 belleve, twelve cllldren, bo lizg left nathine to bo derired which the most stoady bourgeols coulil demand, —bolng o uindel head of the family. on the Otiental pian, of course! Hoth his sons and his daughtors have been well edncated by Rurupean fustructars, speak and writa French, and pere iaps other forelgn langusges, with ease and Huency, Hoth for sons and daugliters be pus § slon, Tho book was Intended 1s a gilt from clergy- men to the young vouples over whom they pro« nonnee the nuptial benediction, aud its ‘teach. inge have erpeclal reference to the marrled state, The conduct of hushand and wife toward each olber sod toward their children, the found- Ing and adoruing the home, growth In wisdom und in grace, tho practice of benevolence, and laat, yet uot Jeast, of prudence aud thrilt ku the munagement of aflalrs,ars the princlpal topivs discuysed. STORY OF ART, OUTLINES OF HISTORY OF ART. By Dr, \WiL. nELy Lunke, 1'rofeseor at the Palytechnic Insti- tule and at the Art-Schoolin Stutizart. ‘A New ‘Fransiation from the Seventh German Editlon, Rdited by Craite, CooR, In Two Voumes, Fully NMuetrated. Volume 1L New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Chicago: liadley Dros. & <o, 8vo,, pp. UDS. Trice, $7.00, % The second voluma of Dr. Lubke's history of the growth and progress of art complotes the study of the Gothic architecture of the Middle Ages, and reviews the characteristics of the art of modern times. The author gives the greater art of Lls space to n consideration of the plastic art of Italy wad Germauny, allowing but meagro room for an sccount of the achievements of art in Frauce and England. In his survey of the artof the Ninc- teenth Century, bis partiality {s stifl more con- snleuons,—Engiand befug dlsnilssed with a brict paragraph, snd North™ America with three sentences, Against this injustice the Amerlcan editor protesta in a uote of conslderable length, but remarks, (n extenuation of the author's course, that, in writing u book addressed pritna- rily to the Gerinun pui M, It was natural that he should give chief stress to thosoworks which reflect honor upon the genlus of the Teutons, A short aceount of the discoverius of Gen, DI Cesnola In Cyprus 18 Included {n an Appendix. ‘The {llustrations with which the work abounds arc, for the most part, well executed, and of deep Intereat, DIALECT I'OEMS. LEEDLE YAWCODSTRAUSS: axpOTuER Porxs. iy Cuantes V. Avaun. With Sixty-fve Tligs- trations by *'Doz." Doston: Lec & Shepard. Chicwyo: Jadloy Dros. & Co. 12mo., pp. 147. Price. $1. There is a good deal of mirth-incitinx matter In this lttle collectlon of poems, The funnlest of them all gre fn the thick, podgy English epoken by the averaze Tenton who immigrates to our shores affer the age ot adulthvod has been renched. They take off very cleverly his Iudicrour llrufilu with our bLarsh consonants and puzeling tdloins, and, at thu same thne, tepresent falrly the Idiosyncrasics of the Ger- man phass of huwan miture. ‘The (llustra. tions, by M. AL [T, Bweency, who hides himseif under {he pseudonym ol ' Doz, are capital, ahowing goud drawing end keenly-humorous vonceptions, » TOMAN ANTIQUITINS. HISTORY PRIMERS, ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. Dy A. 8. Wiknie, M. A.. Owens Collexe, Ma chester. With Tilusirat New York: D. Appleton & Co. Cbleago: Janwen. McClurg & Co.” Pp. 126, Pricu, 40 conts, ‘This Hittle book la the second of the istory Primers ol Prof. Green,—the frst belug do- voted to Greck Antiquities, Itiss plain and brief account of thy Aomestlo life of the Romans, their dress, customs, meals, houses, ond_owiisements, f¢ makes useof tho Intest and hest fnformation on the subject, and con- priscs much that cannot be fearned clsewhere, except by the perusal of many and expensive voluincs; and lhuver’y modesi price will place It within the reach of any one who wishes it. '{I‘lw numerous illustrations are no swall atirsc. ot AFRICAN, EXPLORATIONS. In Jaouary Inst, Herr G. M. Hidebrandt, an experienced African traveler, was sent by the Berlin Academy of Stiences on a tourof ex- ploration to Mount Kenig, in East Africa. This snow-covered peak has never been visited, and only once scen, by a European. In 1846, Dr. Erapf obtalned a single view of ita two grent white horns. Hildebraggt left Mombas, on the Zanzibar cosst, with an escort of forty men; but falled in his undertaking, After o two months® forced, passuge through the Wakamba country, he came In view of the mountalu; but bis party absolutely refused to penctrate farther a country occupled with Lostile tribes, ana he bas returned o bad bealth to Zanzibar, * ‘The expedition of the Geographical Society of Pards for the cxploration of Equatorial Alrica will learo France {n Japuary, 1503, Capt. Dag- makers, of the Belgjun Enginecrs, has already started for Central Africn,—the King of Belehnn beafing his expenses, Ho will discmbark on tha western cosst, at Conzo, and direct his course 30 88 to meet the Belglan expedition which en- ters the continent from the eastern side. Col. Mason, one of the stafl-ofticers of Gordon Pastuy, Las recently clrcuninavigated the Albert Nysnza, and Ouds that the Iake exteuds two degrees south of the Mmits essizued &t by Sig- nor Gessl, & year svo. Capt. Burton {s to coutinue his explorations in Midian for the space of four months. s eomruuy comprises about sixty persons,—fi- cluding au escort of soldiery, nutive miners, aud a small sclentifie corps, He is to uubua‘n his besdquarters in the fort at Mursaylal, wmd niska two trins luto the futerjor, of 150 miles eack, Accordlug to the deddemy,~from which Liiese totes are taken,—the Khedive will send soveral tons of the metalliferous rocka ubtaliel by Burton ou his previous Midlanite exenrslun, to Parls for analysls. They nre thought to cous t:ln gold, sllver, copper, tn, lead,” tuugeten, ote. —_— BOOKS RXCEIVED, ‘THE METHODS OF ETINCS, Ny Hexar 8gno. wivk, M. A,, Prelector {u Moral snd Political l'l]lhul:{l!u in Trln‘:{y Cotlege, Cambridze, Hoce ond Editiew, Loudon: Macmillan & Co, Chi- " cago: Jausen, McClurg & Co. Large 8vo., np. 400, Price. 81, BIX ILUNDRRD RUBINSON-CRUSORS; on, Tnx Voraox ovr TnE Gonven FliEec) A Taug A JAPANFSE SIIELL-HEAP. Prof, Edward 8, Moree has published un ac- count fn Nature of sy esamioation of & hjock. ken-mocdding, or sbell-beap, near Omorl, n Japan. ‘The rallroad leadiug to 1okio cutd 3 . fuvor upou the schieme, The water supply ot | severer purifying infucnces of adyersity until e sons and nas fuslicd o0 106 | * 5, Boree by thess’ vatuablo discoveries, DI | o, Totiseing, . Vusisgovhiar o Lo | b 2nih by Janeen, MeClurg Llrough the heap, which 8 sbat 500 feat wida, | Lomlon sac soune day he I the hauda of the | fis heort aul consclenca ar awskened to an e et o oo wife, mtenrq. | Ceswola oxtended hla ruscarche hev | pincott & Co. Chicago: Janeen, MeClurg & | NIOPR e from ove to Ave of Metropotitan Buard of Worls, but, ft is proba- | ability to chovss between good and ovil. alz feet ju thickness, and coy- crod witl alayer of carth threo feetdecp. Iths composed of sbeclls of varlous geners, such as fng of the Lilice' took the lcad at this house, 500 cuples belng dlstributed amoug its patrons, #Christmas-Tide," and the smaller yolumes in Co, 1timo.. pp. 28D, Price, $1.60, SOME MIGHWAYS AND SYWAYS OF AMERI- CAN TRAVEL, By Kowann StRauan, tiusey ing (o the Bcriptural recommendation. ‘Thls fs certainly astep In the right direction, Dul the otug Princes only appear In_public, or ut the groumls, aud, fu the same year that the excay: tiuns were begun at Larnuca, Wlentifed the sito of tho wacleut City al Tdalium, vow occupled bie that the compuntes will combine to resist, und topresent soe plan for {faiproving the service tuat will satisty Parliament sl the people and Why the Boutnern Btutes, many of them con- talniug a majority ot Ih,-uublimu voters, bave sll c I bedivial antertatuments; tho dauglitora atill live | by thie Villuge of “Dall. Hero wero Lroughu to | HANISY Epwatts A. Boutann, and Othors, | which hulmu- Bocmewars qmun(gi_lnp;rl-‘wl s | Venus, Eburna, Turbo, Pymula, Arcs, Pecten, | give them a lonzer lease of Hite, It wonld take I-':‘fi.;}u? (‘alhl'u;l\‘lll‘ry‘,“l:l‘l{ i’r‘.lf"in'&?.f‘lf mm%abol; on fl:&amm vlan, for wiileh thuir odacativn bas | liht fnnunierable tomba in un extousive | Dromiee {‘ng;unltgndl.u g‘:,"."'.,‘.",fl'.";:f')i'c'v:ll'ér:""é e o ey A A 'g;'yf".f:;,t Cardium, two strongly-marked species of O | about xw.lmmfi ".'uwg un L‘."’..t?’é’:!ltii'i’:z\".'::‘ sutlefent leugth, 2 - C * 160 o ’: ¢l e CTU Ea 1800 the Khedlve provalled upon. the Sul- necropolis which had nover bofore beeu dis- and “One Summer,® with Hopplu's Wlustra- | tred, and Mysarcoaris, identical with the New. | for aiong tiuia theo « e t—— Co. Bvo., . 100, o "l Unbedte Tha depth of the toraba a6 Dall aver. | COMPLETE "RRiTHMETI fug 10 thie Dublte Trom the trausfer. The tires an to change the law of succession, which had TuzonzTicAt AND | tions, all sold well, A pecullar foature | England species. ‘Theso shell i dhsastrous THE CHOSEN, ¥ i uged from five Lo elzht feet only; and all wers | Bnacricat, By Wittiax D. . | of the trade thle year was' the lurge nuw- | #s sscertaiued, inthe Bay of ¥ in Londun aro not su frequent or o et fng Ay 33:‘:: :?.fi"o?flflffi;‘::'fim'fa"f o ha Fnlufi ,ym Gb disshaneca Lctinerica) viba- Teayire Fieremnr o} MUREMIcE 4 Uhicagos | ber of works on wrt 0t These, e The. Housa | iuense quantivy of pottery of rude constructiu 5"":"‘1;::',"1:“:“’&;“‘: oA wae o Hehydremis | When oratos that sre crown-ed and gifted, Mehiemet All, - 1t ls now liersditary in tha tipect, | HiFaooutelsit et tn diametcr, & platform | - Q0 aracs & Co. 120, pp. %0, Frice, | Beautiul,? «Trima on Pottery,t and Lubkes | but corered with oruamenthuon, s few e irowlig ouls that ara chosen, Lavo DiFth, fng wuter mizht be fmproved, amd sonie scheme stiould be devised for ecouomically fnproving it, and, when the times are better sud tho rutes payess cun attord [, they may fuvor some plan of un aqueduct frutn the sowrevs of the Severn, and of bnging water 1o Londow from the niouhtain thuzes of Westmorcland and Cum- berlaml 10 & voustant stresw of 250,000,000 Rations per hay, W male Hoe of the ruling Prince, and Mohainmed o Tewtlk, thy eldost sun of the Khedlve, Is ac- cordingly the belrapparent, This Princo hus not enjuyed tha udvantaues of s forelgn cducas Hoti or ot forelen, travel, it hay boen wel trained by abio teachers, and 18 declared by Mr, De Leon to be **one of Lhe most modest, aud at thosame time ons ol the b lormed, young men o ba met with auvwhero; unfversally re- spected as well as liked by foreianure uy o ments of horn, and boes of the deer aud wild boar, were found with the shells. A swall ar- ruw-liead, wude of the tusk of & boar, was the only booe implumient discovered. » A smatl ailze of soft sund-ston, lyjug near the tup of the heap, was ghe sole artivie inade of stone vceur- ring fo the deposit, which was marked by 4 total abagnce of flint-tlakes and of buiuan boues. Prof, Morse argues, from the inland position of ol & una sud oue-hall fect high, ‘was |ald on the bottom of each, on whi flm dead were plac 4 ohove it the walls and rool were atreogthoned with moistencd euth and triturgicd straw, At the end of threo yars' cxcavations st Dall, somg 10, tomhs had heen opened, ] an immeusa nuwmber of vascs, gold arnas meats, and othar sepulchral objects obtujned from the Many of the tombs were judred “1ijstory of Art' wero most utar, lo luvenllu’llunluve “The Dodlcylp'la‘eplnm'g Bto- ries,”” Cox's * Tales of Anclent Greece,¥ and 1k Marvel's ' Old Btory-Tellers ? were llrzfily called for, Tho 8ix Little Cooks* and * bo. ya's Housekeopiog,' 1t {s pleasant to record, sold ss well as any Eastern publicatious, Had. 1oy Bros, & Co. reporta larce increase of sales over last year. *Christimas-Tide,”” and tna are tu Hewven upilfied, "Though peans ars sang upon Earths For (he Ureat Uiver kuoweth how ceuel Ate tatest, best gifte of Jils hand: When le fecderh the brais with 1lis fuel, Uv scomipetb tho Leart with & brand, 1,12 THE KED-UILL TRAGKDY: A Novei. Dy Mra, Buna D, B. N. Souriworrts, Author of eic, Phliadelphla: T, B. Poterson & Co, Chicago: Hadley Uros, & Co. Puper. Prico, BO conta. T STORY OF THE CREATION, DBy 8. M, uunmm.L‘uD. D., Authur of **Across the Boston: Lockwood, Lirooks & go: Jansen. McClurg & Co, 12ma,, Wo, wo 10 the mind that {s dowered ! Wo, wo o the thooglts that are suod With the lightninze of God, 8nd cmxweml To elimv o' o sod The Londou wates companies supplied during ' "o'er the dust and ) ! by, 383, Price, $1.78. four smaller volumes comprising the sawme, | the heap, it being Lalf a mile from the shore, | . Wof October, 1877, 123681,102 gullous ¥ Titiven, thouigh o shridks Tram rarber tan | forieir (ORESS, b of fonmuichan origl, | sl GREITHANNS GALLADS, By cuanuas | possed oll with kreat alacritys ubout 1,200 copled | from the sbasncs of stene fuploments, sl the e oty o Tniey bppilen || YO fus wutid ullets rocks on thu bigtwayy courts soclety.? Mr. De Leon 0iso sdds: Princa Tewlk s decidsily Oriental, bolh In f tho Circassian type, And coldly louke b from afar, Billo e Biassen cast stoncs from each byway, Crylug, *Lowa! whero the rest of usarel™ G, LELAND, Complete Eaition in One Volum FPulladelphtht T, IS, Peterson & Co, Chicago: Hadiey Brog. & Co. E great thickness tuat it is of gre Laving been sold jn all, “The Rhine" proved of the sofl above the deposit, very attractive, dividiog favor with Schllewunn’s zcavatlons with unrewitting sotiquity, Itis s opinlon 0, 10 Augruss, 1570, Jucreased his was 8,021, ah fucrease of 7,88 hovies vver the corresponlin 3 1o,y pp. B Y " ® | that the heap was oriciually on the shoro, bup | fuinber supubied durlog the correspon {aco and fquto; of tho Clrcasulan i7ps, with aquaro | colluction to 1000 plecem—inciuding statuesand | co¥FilbuTIoNs %o Gyl hurasny | Ayeenm.t o ot e e aUriey | Las been rentoved by the clevation of tue fand | Munth of Jist yeur, sud uu lucrenie "‘j‘“‘;fl‘, . Bmat d cute, from dirk pla .:;,_-m,;“’wgr';m'_n,,]l_,m_, ..m;m;'b;,'.;; sinull figures, lnmr- vascs, coiuy, gold orna- | LAND SURGIUAL PATHOLOGY, 4 M. | e Delog dispored of, wTha Anclent | aloce the deposit was made. p:llollutl m'm dally compsred with the suue ( - Seaatly U vieaced cuts, trom dirk pl 20id “wmenlally upon him. Duvold apparently of | Dieuts, pleces of glass and bronze, and inserip. | Cauxocttox A, D., formorly '".""'{’Jl.‘if,fi"" Marioer,” with ' both Dore's sud Pa. time last your. gery in the New York Hosplial, ¢ trations Drawn from Nature. ' New York: Hare per & Dros, Chlcago: Jansen, McClurg & Co. Paper, Purt 111 Price, 76 cents. POEMS, By Loutss Cuawpres Movrrow, Bostond Ttuberts Bros., Chicage: Jausco, McClurg & C 1Nmo., pp. 153, Price, $1, . THE LADVE CUACK: & Hattap. Dy the Author of **Christian” allada,” Ediled by Fnawcis P N Cabines Edition, Philadelphia: Lippiucott & "Co, Cuicago: Jausen, Mctlarg & Co." 1'p. 100, " Price, §1. QOOD OLD TIMESS ok, GuaNoraTusk's Brava- aLzs rou A HouSstrap. By the Rev, Eruiau Autl *Eim-lslana dorles, " etc, ard, Chicago: Uadloy Bros. & Co. 1Gumo., pp. 280, Price, $1, BOUND IN HONUIt; om, A liiuvest oF Win J T} Autbor of **ilis 108: Lea & Shepard. Chicago: Ladley Uron & Lo, 1Uwo., pp. 328, Avd scrpeuts with buman-shapied fur « tilde furth whero the blussume saen Biack bate o Coul cuvy and watlcs Heat full 1u \be faco of thg sunl - And Seauda) nakes vertain hier chalice Uy dropping souse gath {a tha bowl. ‘The gool, ||n?' Lard st the boulder, Rewores i1, with fatter sud hurt; . houlder, Aul thie worll cas And laughe ul § and ity dirt., touched with desire, ay (o Hod rest, Wazklug‘x‘l.l(ul wel at sul gawn Fecl hate fur the oue climbing Lixber, ‘And bail It with fusult sua Joat. Tbs soul proweth ssddencd Tl ie gifted of Uod w wupie of the more shining qualitics. siow and oven Lesitating in wpeech, and nut afecting bellliuncy or even smartnces, hls faco, cye, o Insvlre confdeircs, You feel that here 4 1 whom 1o fs Alinster of the intorlor, ergetic und indefatiyable public otioer, *Should it bo bis fatu tn mount the throns of Egyt, 1 prodict that be will prove a prudant, buwane, aud sensibly uler, sud do credit 0 bim- solf and good 10 his people, That portion of his Yolume which Mr, DeLeon gives to o history of Mehemct Al aud Lis suc. «cessors 18 quito the most fnteresting, aithough noueof its chapters sro wautivg in lnstructive facts prescoted fu un toteresting wanuer. The ‘condition of the fellabeen of Egypt is @ subject o which the author throws much coveted lighit, ‘The fellabs are the descendants of the aborig- {usl Egyptiaus, und, as the calel Jaud-uwucrs, sustali the great burden of thy pational taxa- tlous, ‘rho collection was coveted by every European natlon, but, atter much negotiatton, was purchased for the Metropolitun S{usentn of JFing'Art, at New York, The winterof 187273, and [:"" n of the following swmmer, wery The Neéw River and the East Lovdon Com- aules supply water that ts uviformly pure aud good TE. Keut water, comiug from wells, ls ol course pure, but husd, wiille' the companlcs that gol thelr water from tbe Thawes do not always give perfect aatisfaction, aud vomplalute 210 ‘coustantly heard of the lmpurities whish SAGACITY OF A LOTBSTER. It ts atated (n Harduicke's Sclence-Gouslp, by » person counceted with the Rothesy Aquarfuwn, Bute, 8cotlsud, that, on emptylug rocently tank containlog fat-fishes, a founder was sccl- dentally lefe to dle fn the shingle. The tank was refliled, and threo lobsteré—oue of thew a Veterun of unusual size, aud covered with barua- cles—wers placed lu it.. The veteran soon dis- covered the defunct founder, and retived with it to » corner. Bhortly after, it was uoticed tuat the flas hud disappesrced; but, search belug maae, it was fouud burled bencath & heap of shingle, over which the veteran bad moanted guard. Five tlmes within two hours the tish was upearthed, and s many thnes reburied by tou's ilustrations, Lad o steady sale, with Dore ashead by about thirty-oue coples. Two coples werc sold by this Grm of tho superb editfon of * Faust," fllustrated by Kreling, the son-in-law of Kuulbach, and costing §75. About twenty sets of Chambers' E cyclopedia went Into the hands of pur Nor was the . *‘Sweet Binger of Michigau® for- gotten, hercircle of adinirers nlnlnqlu numbers and cotbusiasm. Amongz childreu's books, Ik Maryel's * Old Btory-Tellers ! was escecdingly attractive, altboughi Warren's * Belug o BoyV was first on the list of salable books for boys. Qsgoad's Hellotypes werein high {avor, sbout 600 coples belng suld. As a rule, there bag been an jucrease year in the number of amall i"“' rather thad fo large amounts to single uyers, sbenl snola In arrsuging the coll in Usfinul placeof depost, Heturningto Cyorus, he soon aster distovered the Temple of Venus at ({ulgos, and fuund amid the ruins a thousaud statues, and o pginbes of inscriptions In the Cyuriotu lanzuage, At Amathus ho also 6xum- fued over 100 stong m!)ulrhm, fouud at a deptn of from forty Lo Btty-ive feet. Bue at Curlum it was his fortune tocome upon ~the richest treasure recovered on the bland. It ‘wus stored In four chambers situated under the fluor of u buricd temble, and comprised o wuttl- tudo of vbjects In Lo precivus etals, in brouzs, filass, aud tornecutia, With this spleudid tiud coutsminate thelr supply. MOTHER'S LULLABY. af 3 ¥ Fhe Life lused eyes uf blug, . And duws {8 the dest biile Leart thore sprang *A love 50 tender and lrues euts i ct Id feilow, ou the spproach of thy otler worly puls 8 gises Lo ile ised bia explorations, which Lul extunded | g5 ——— the s tacl der spd | Aud 100 snul' very duuiost exlelet tion. ** Roughly stated,” says Mr. LeLeon, uev.-‘rnumy the whols of Cyprus, SOMETHING BETTER. Doston: Lea & Shepand, THE LEVANTINE NOBIN HOOD. lobsters,—ho each time sscending the plle, aud | A love 4o teader snd lrue 1t peaetrates, probes, aud decrica, *® ! ¢ ct b e thruugs | Sonicagas ros, & Vo, Ve ) 08 Ci Terca front 1o tho iutruders, © Fat, (hrongh il tle vears 10 come, » . i ,;}mfii,'ffl‘}a‘;fe‘;{}:‘; iu'.'r""&‘{l‘: P o reater purt o tho Lo’ yeurstol his Cope | Sica¥yy,Usdlor Lros & Co. Lmoy ppoiith | Uen. DI Cesnala pelates, In bia work oo Cy disclosing a flerco fru o oré, 't 1,7l theangtaibtle yeors fo some —— Yery romantic story of s Cypriote robler Aud brig] d tbe dear vld bomie} 1t claimetl uo Joy sud vo war-tax aud privato plcklagy), & tatal of iar T Lo /STS IN ODD NOOKS. ueighien Tl the worll oea ol 27,000,000 nerlflxg e B Muar vaws n:’;‘hf‘_afi:}:"hg’;‘:‘:; :h: Jecount, ‘;z[t(l:::.: PERIODICGALS, who s fmprisoncd for life in the Fortress of NE! 1 wakened suother huart ittt ol mobe sUCH T LRA, Famagosta. Tue General was, ouce on time, Tha bistory of brdy bullding i extrsordingry o ;rmn.l.:' -'y'.'f.‘.’fl'.?fi.‘fi ‘oz 'l:l‘c'.nuul - » hard ouc'\lrcl uot 50 hard os hasty trayclers Alss for 1hs choscn of God ! l. IDE- P Tetn s e Tieat auceme wad appenda o G | WIDE-AWAKE for Jeuusry. (D, Lotbsop & Co., ¥ i ceelves the followiug accessions, con. X i the b tnat ifjed sloag;thy 3o und ovicrvers [ alur a10 8% | cloro easays by ulercut Wiitors ot the bistoe- LItFHELS L1viNG AGE~Current nambers Lit, | 12APSCUDE thia eastie, whoto tho worst Hurkh T oton by & wrller in Forestoudl Siregant wfy | Ssiacsisaborsailstute, :»;:3'35-.‘.&' lfi':lu;'{i'. .'.f‘i.'.'r‘.l,"l.:a.’;u birtn, cal aud ardistic value Of the risgs. A0 3 i " s n Hea ted, o] St el e e oy | trudsure ol “l“c“““"-“" e potiery’ uf G m WIBCALTIOS. L s of lis party ¥ poluted out some tralling crimson | B0 SPFIOE of 1539, ey "fm e wapalr | Of bt W tbor sony EhouKl peats are sUBE upals Euith, N torte 50 batter 1ho lot OF . yis cluss of thelr ".‘,f,l o the Greck, "{;"“"'u"i:d 'l;l"“'f“'h‘“' FAMILIAR TALK. fowers which overhung & parapet, remarking on :;1"’“:' took posecs ! ““’ ons of 4 :V‘ib";"'l"‘ Come :xgtmv::k:::::l:n-“l:l‘:mnu ___*__R:l_. Wuzsias, puvjecta, Voo uputhy and the blgotey of tho L A bk hirytions . thelr contrast to (b surroundiogs. To ur | Bolee(l eu o rocevtacts for aperh varun | L IR S e A Oily. ot itstole Oslcotal, which il etforts Intho Hno of progress | o' most valuable coptribution to our kuowiedze ART-GOSSIP, * | astonishment," ke says, ** & sbort, brosd-sbou- | ¢ 0 guasds' The wililug Faucy e must encounter, are, boweyer, almost beyond subjection, Batd Yasha strove, with other nedsures, to futroduce reform futo the home- 1ife of the fellabeen, sud attumnpted the experi- ent of model villagesy tearivg down the old wud bovels of the beasavts und transferriog thelr fmmates to clean, comfortable dwellious. Beiug usked by Mr. De Leon, sume efithiteen woutbs witer, how the experuuent succecded, Lo replleds 1 You wiil oblige i, the next thwe 30U bueaon yuur Way Lo Calro, W son and scul” U 80," reparts . Alr. D Leon, “and tound the wodel houscs had s+ Sleon, Laby, sleep! Vur Augels guara by bed Tha litilv wtard are the lamba, 1 ulu,. And (oo greal woon e Lhe shophordess. Slevp, Uaby, sleep!™ Dosscusy. » e & Stamford Hallway, Rutland, Euglsud. Iu- dustrioualy the nappy palr worked duriog the time that the ven was ot Evscudine (fur this vau ran o aud returned frow Stawford threo tines aday, a distance of twenty-elght miles), until the nest was cowpleted. The female lald five epgs, 80d [ucubation cowmenved. Bhe was car- red tosud from Stamford somd Len vr Lwelve fines; but this bavpy state of things was sud- denly Lrought toad cud by sn iguvraut Not- tgbam druwmer trylug to securo the little bird by pusttiug his over the pest. of tho ifu aud custows of the differcnt ruces fu- A sixth tomb I Aa ccnm habitlag Cyprus prior to the Christlan ¢ra. : ) tonla L1o Assupuliaof My = been discovered by Dr. Stamatakt, AL Rajon has preparcd su exquisite etching after the * Prayed? of Mr. Paul Clslmers, for the Purifolia. The exhibition of drawloge by the Old Mas- ters at tho Groaveuor Gallery, Lundou, is pro- uounced a distingulsued success. Nono of the designs dor ths moudmeat t0 Bpiuoza st The Wygge have buen uieauad W dered man, who bad remalned ajways near our varty, aud with whose comiandiug presence, aod fne, mauly face, wo had all been struck, sprang to tho parapct with the sgllity of & cat, broke off somo of the blossows, aud, rciuroing, presented a spray to each of the Jadivs with all the gracw of o courticr. To thelr borror, as be Qld 0, tey obucrved for the Grst time that be was shacikled with beavy fron luks frow the wrist to tho aukie. Li4 large, sad blue eyes, aud Lot urswaturaly wtevabed with gren, svtia- Brgoklyn hus called “'Tba City of Cuurches,” but the da:vula‘nnl by the ex- clso wovassont indlcjtes that- It desceves tho vawe of “The Cflx 't Hotels.! It costalus 1,850 * hotets.”? bout 1,20 of thess baye beou valled futo belug sluce May luss. - A singlo short street ruuning from Fulton to South Fer * £y contalos slxteci. Wheu It lsundervtoud thas | Awo os shiree * buuks ' fu sute hole back of » Kroggery conatitute 3 “botel ™ Lu the eye of the Excale Liw, thea this uystery b sulyed [6 Is wreat to wake law, but itls fur grealer 10 fu- terpret i~ Chriicn Adwiais. LESSING, 4 ENQLISH A OREIUN PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY, Né)l“.sg\xu. Ly Taugs s?zu. With Yorteals, *Buslou: Jawew Mo Ungood & Lo ;:ncuu: Uadley Brod, & €0 Two Volumes, These two charning voluuics form tha sev- _uth and elghty of ¢! tuglish and Forugu Pullosopbleal Library” It isonly by a rather The Telophous tur 3ILILATY Purgoses. Ezperlwents aro befog carrled on fu Prussa, by order ul bue Uermau wilitazy authoritics, tu determing bow far it way be practivable to ew- ploy the teleplone for willitary pucpuses. Une of the uow ltstruments has beeu arrunged by the rulway scgiwent vu the eXcroialug KrulLL i 5 ' ]