Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1878, Page 9

1THEE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, 2y " LV 1878—TWT 7 PAGES 9 JANUARY LITERATURE. Discourses on Topic_s of a Religious Character. The Art of Beanty---Life of the Rev. Dr. Edward Norris Kirk, A History of tho Transcendental Clab---Art-Perlodicals---Vie- toria on Napolcon. Literary Items—A Fourth-of-July Fam. ily—Death in Life—S8ir Joseph Hooker, LITERATURE, DISCOURSES ON NELIGION, RED AND DEED, A 8gnizs or Discounses, fll‘u FELix AuLen, ¥h . New Yark: Published far the Boclety for Kthical Culture, by G. P, Put. nam's Sons. “Chicago: Jannen, McClurg & Co, #vo., pp. 243, ¢, $1.50, CREED AND CONDUCT; axp Otnien DiscoURsES. By 0. B. Frotaivoias, New Vork: G. P. Put. pam's Buns, _ Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Co. 1Umo., po. 282, Price, $1. GO UP HIGIIER; on, Revtaton 1 Coxxox Lire, By Jass Fuesnay Cuankr, Authar of **Ten Grest Religtons, " etc. ~Boalon: Lee & Bhepard, Chicago: Hadley Bros. & Co. 18mo., pp. 334, Prico, $1.50. Alittlo over a year and a half ago, nn assocla- | tlon was organized among the free-thinking Israclites of New York, under the title of “ The Boclety for Ethlcal Culture.”” 1ta leader was the Habbi Fellx Adler, an able and eluoquent man: and the motto it adopted was the sig- nificant aphorism: * Not by the Creed, but by the Deed.” Bome of fts members had whoily nhandoncd the tencts of the positive relizlons, while others still continued to retaln more or 1css hold of them, but woro dissatisfied with the coldness, formalism, and lack of vitality in the churches and synagogucs. Thie earnest, independent band of thinkers, resolving to fn- stitute & syatem of moral culture betteradapted to thefr feellngs and aspirations than any in practice: amongg the varjous existing setts and denominations, united themnselves Into a new body, and cstablished their mectiogs at Stand- ard MHall, in May, 1876, In the anniversary-discourss of Dr. Adler, somo of the rensons which determined the action of tho Soclety oro thus set forth: ** We fett a great need. Religlon, which ought to stand for the highest truth, had ceased to be truo tous, Wosaw it at war with tho hizhest Intelligence of the day, Relizion and consclence also scemed no Jonger inseparably connected, ns they should be. We saw that millions arc pu- nually lavished upon the mere luxuries of re- ligion, gorgeous temples and churches, and on the clabarate apparatus pf salvatlon; we could not but reflect that, if onc tithe of the suins thus set apart were judiclously cxpended upon the wants of tho mauy who are famishing, dis- tress might often be relieved, sickness averted, and crime contined within more narrow bounda- ries. We saw around us many who had lapsed from thelr ancient faith, but still preserved tho outward show of cunformance, encouraged {n 80 _oquivocal a course by the advice and example ot nated Jeaders in the churches themselves. Wo saw that the greas tides of being are everywhero sweeping manklod o to larger achicyements than were known to tho past: only within tne churches, all is stlll and motlonless; only within the churches, the obsolete forms of cen- turles ngo ure retained, or, If concesslons to the present are made,’they aro tandy, ungraclous, and fosuflicicnt. Wo boheld that the csacntials of religion uru neglected, even while fts acces- sories arc observed withgreater punctiliousucss ‘han ever." ‘Ilicre were gravo obstacies to bo encountered n tho ‘i)roncrmlnn of their enterpriso; but, con. tinues Dr. Adler, "“alltherw weighed lizitly in the ecales when opposed to the stern canviction that there are certaln hideous shawmsallowod to flourish in our public lifo; that there are certain great truths whieh ought to be brought homo with new energy to the conscienca of the peo- ple.” It was vpposud to thnu?ur&msu of the Boclety to formulato a new creed. Its nlm was the deyelooment of tho .morul clement In the Indlvidual aud in the commnunity; and its bond ofunlon was slimply the watehword: Diversity in the Creed—Unanimity in the Deed, Tu the Suuday lecttires of Dr. Adler, thoques- tlons of Ilnunortality, tho inapiration of the Hebrew Riblo, the origin of relizion, the teach- -ings of Christ, with others of like importauce, havo been discussed, The conclusiona upon atl of them have been those of the Rationalfst, who nceepts nothing which does not common itselt to the reason. ‘It wero better to fuslst Juss upou & right bellef,” says Dr, Adler, “and more upon richt action.” ‘Ten of these discourses are now included fn the volune entitled * Creed and Deed,’ with an sppendix containing esenys on “The Evolution of Hebrew Religion ™ and * Reformed Judatanr' ‘They expound the prin- ciples of tho new Saclety, which ure tdentien] with tho purest cthical doctrines; and these are an- wounced with at mmrumvcly caruest and cle- vated spirit, The collectlon of pulpit-discourses appearing under the namio of # Creed and Conduct,” con- taina_somuof the most offcctive examples of Mr. Frothlugham's oratory. The topisof the first scrmon Is mentloned in tha title of the volume; thosa which are treated in the remalnder of tho sericaares: «Modern Irreliglon, ‘Tho Whole Dut{ of Man, The Power of the Im- mortal Hope, The Pruphetic Soul, Duties and Dreams, ete., ete, 3 In the lust-named Aiscoursey Mr. Frothing- ham speaks of the Soclety for Ethieal Cultur, ’:ruluud ovor hy Dr. Adler, in terna llke the ollowing: **Tho soul of ourmoral Ml comnes from Jerael. * The movement 1 have roferred to 1a nobly significant, ‘Tho estabUshnent ot such o Baciety aa this, for cthical culture, ts a8 most important and cheering sign in_our community, A moro humane misslon was, perhiaps, never undertaken than that mnangurated by these men and women, . o Cuoutrast the services at *Standard [l with the scrvicesthat, at this very liour, are golny on i sny of the Christiun churches, and seo at whatuvposite sxtrenes they stand, At*Btandard Hall,! there is a platform clsewhere, therc Is an altar. In the onc place, there i alectureships in thie other place, there fa an avostolate, an fuspired putpit, Iu one place, thero {s no talk of theology; fn the uther, there 15 littlo talk of anvthing else.” Comparing with thess diverse orzantaations the purposes sought by his own Socloty, Mr. Frothingham says: * Ve come together here maluly, not to discuss scientific questions; not to discuss soclal questions; not to study tho practical problems of existenca; not to deal with mattors of scholastic or secuinr learning: Wo como hiere, let mo say it in all slmplicity, to ace i we cannot get a closor insfght Into the secret of cxistence; 1f we cannot feel with fiugers of falth aloug thoss tiner lines of law :J:lcul!n"tn- fogers of Heience fall as yot to Tho sermons incloscd by Mr. James Freeman Clarke under tho head, “’flo Up itigher," Ilznlvn been selected fromthose delivered by bim during he past threo yoars in the Church of the Dis- ciples, Boston. * In maxiug up the scries, such ouly bave heen nku‘ln avold speculative nnd controversial questlubis, and concern themselves exvlusively with the reslities of spiritual lite, ‘Thero ara thirty of them iu the collection, and il are characterized by adevout falthin the religion of Christlanity, and by a graclously- Persuasive manner of prescoting the beauty and reasonabloness of hizh motives and pure living, ART OF BEAUTY. THE ART OF BRAUTY, By Alre. Author of **Chances for Uhildre Tiluatrated by he Author. New York: Marper & Bros. Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Co. This yolume descrves & place on thn Norary- . Hawsts, stelf Iu compuny with the recent fmportsus. treatises upon the flue snd the industrial ar Which have emanated from our pi Ivis an cothetic essay, of pure and exalted tone, upon the application of correct art-principles to tho Attire of women. It bas little relation to the multitude of books which deal with the opera- Voos of the tollette, and furolsh fustruction With regard to the mysterious, and often qucs- Uonable, methods by which women may en- their attractiveness. It occuples & far bighee rank, makiog its appeal to the moat slovated feclings of buman uatue, aud fncul- :::[‘“l theorles which may justly clalm to be 4 6 0f azefined sud genuine art. Its author m‘ Iady of sound judgment, of falent and turs, .04 1s emingntly qualidod to Al} the part of guido and teacher to the Intelligent and aspiring of her sex, .Bhie does does not healtate Lo asecrt that the cultivation of womanly beauty Is not only legit- fmate and right, but of great {mportance. It 1s the tendency of the times to negluct the body In the strugele to develop the mind,~as unfor- tunate an error &s to devoto the entire aim t8 the culbure of physical graces, It is the mark of an enlightened age to sdelight in the beauti- ful, to Introduce 1t as largely as nossible in every place and altuation; but it should never be for- totten that tha beauty of the haman being ought to surpass the charm ot its surroundings, A sentiment which lies at the foundation of Mra. Hawels? teaching declares that “ Probably nothiug that is not useful is in any high scnso heantiful” This principle applies to woman hersell, ns well as to the garments snd decorations of which she makes use for er- sonal comfort and adornment. This sentiment 18 accompanled with others of oqual Justness,— as, for example: * We shall never have any schoolofart, . . . eitherin dress or decora- :’llm‘ ?l M‘I,{‘ kll:‘}, until U‘m d{malm:unhl nrln::i!- e of guad art is recognized : that people may do ax they like in the matier; and unl’:{ wor’{un cease to be afrald of belng laughed at for doing what they feel to be wise and good.” This touches the babit of independence and Indi- viduality, which {s 8o unlvcraally foraaken by womnen, and without which neither origloality, piguancy, and jugenuousncss of charscter and manners, nor esthetical and pietureaque etylesof dress, can prevall among them. 1 believe the melancholy truth to be,’ says the suthor,—and no enlightened person will leel Uke contradicts fog her,—tthat we can hardly find a todern dress wiiich {3 not throughout in the worst taste, and opposed to the principles of all_good art.' To counteract thu depressing effect of this sweeplng statement, it may be well to quotea happy remark occurring in the midst of an argument enforving the doctrine that any modo of drcsa s most beautiiul and most becoming when it follows the outlines of the human forin, *Dreas Lears the semo relatinn 10 the body,” it is said, *as spcech does to the brains and, therolore, dress may be called the speech of the body.” - Mrs. Tlawels docs not confine hersclf to the subject of dress, but devotes some spacs to thoughts and hints concerning thefurniture and decoratlons of the home. She lays duwn many valuable canons of art tn the course of her dis- sertation, and nlso draws much important mate- rinl from the history of dress In past conturies, But not_the least commendable portion of her book {s that wherein, under thie genoral title of “A Garden of Ulrls,” she oflers adrolt and fruftful hints, Lma:lhcr with much downright :nd‘ practical talk, upon & vavlety of pertinent oplcs. n urging girls to make the dest of thomecives in every puint and relatton, sho says, with gratl- fying positivenesa: **Most girla look forward to getting narrfed, ‘Thoy are right. It 15 a woman's instinct. Most mothera hold out marriage 28 the chlof alm of a girl's cxist- ence. They are right,—it s 80; but itls » pity that they do not tell them why ft is so. Mar- riage from a right peint of view is indeed the botter part.’ To be the companfon and help- meet of another soul, to sclect a lifecompanion whose guidance and sympathy will ralse you, to bezet and to mold the spirit'and mind “of the new generatfon, and to fit oucself for thesa preme dutics,—what can bo a higher and grand- cr cholcel The single womau's part in life may be a neble one,—~sne may cievate herself, sho ‘may help othors,—but hérs must alwavs bo the sceandary place. Bheis never fulflling thowhole position which Nature Intended ber to fiil, how- over Tully she may do hicérpart; butthe wifeand mother fsacrowned queen. . . . Alas! when people complain of men not marrying (even they who are able), they forget how little women offer in exchange for all they get by marrlage. Glrls are so scldom taught to be of any tise ‘whatover to a man, that I am only sstanished at the numbers of men who do marry! Many girls do not cven try to be agrecable to look at, much less to live with, They forget how numecrous they are, and thesmalf absolute need men hiave of wives; but, nevertheless, men do still marry, and would oftener marry could they find mates,—~wotnen who are elther helpful to men, or amnusing, or pleasingtothceve. . . . 1 sm propared for a scream from iho strong- minded, who arc superior to marringe, and think that single life s tho higher aspiration for the %m of the perlod, as in it sho has mors rcope or tha development of theego. . . . Blue- stocking or not, every woman ought to maké tho best qt herself, inside and out. ‘L9 bo healthy, bandsome, and cheerful, Is no disad- vantage oven lu a learned professor. It Is ong ‘of the most potent uh{ccl ons to the causc of femalo education, that clever wamen go in for hugo boots and Gamplan umbrellas, sctting at naught many graces essentlally womanly, and indispensable in woman; and the fact, which really has gome truth fn it, positlvely damages tho cause,” The tlaln common-senso of these passages will convince, better than anything we can say, that Mre, Hairels’ book s onio whichi coutalns usctul and nceded instruction fur women. THE REV. DR. KIRK. LIFE OF EDWARD NORIIS KIRK, D. D, By + Davin O. Means, A, M., Pastor of the Pled- mout Chnirch, Worceater, Masn. Iioaton: Lock. wood, Brovks & Co, Chic Hadley Bros. & <Co. 8vo., pp. 433, Price, 33, Dr. Edward Norrls Kirk was, during a long apd active pastorats, one to whom the Presbyterian, and afterward tho Congregational, Chureh looked to ns o most distinguished and successful lead- er. Iliafirst settlement was over tho Fourth Tresbyterlan Church, Albany, where ho re- mained from 1828 to 1836. ‘Tho congrezation was newly organized when it came under his chargge, and comprised mnincteen members. ‘Whon he leftit, at tho end of clght years, it had been increased by the gddition of 1.0i2 mem- ‘bers. Aflci a cotipla of yeurs spent {n Europe, Dr. Kirk aceepted a call to Doston, and there founded the sit. Vernan Church, to which he winstered far twenty-scven years, resizniug the pastoral oflico fn 1871 from Innhlll? to bear fta n;monalblmlu louger, through the infirmitics of sge, Dl!). Kirk was {napired with o tremendous en- thustasm, aud, by bis real and devotion fo his work, which are likened In thelr strength an! Influcnce to the sama masterful qualitles in Mr, Moody, hc was stngrularly successful lu attract- fng hengers and making converts. Nature cu- dowed Wim with excoptional gifts, both intel. lectual and physical; amd to thicse werd added the graces of o finc and generous culture, Ilia whole heart and soul were consecrated to his profession; and, lke a pricst of the Caotholle Church, he remalned throush lito o celibate. 1lo wus boru In_New York. Aug. 14, 1503, and died fn Boaton, March 27, 1874, 1118 biography gives aclear and full acconat of his lifo and rervive, borrowlograuch of fts do- tall from his own papers and correspondence, Jt |8 accompanied by twa steel pertraits of Dr, Kirk, and by engravings of Mt Auburn Church, and of the American Chapel at Darfs, whose foundations were laid by him fu 1857, LECTURES, TRE LECTURES OF A CERTAIN PROPESSON. the Hev. Joseru Pannsii. Loudon: Mace millan & Co, Clleago: fladley Bros, & Co, 1umo,, pu. &5, Price, 82 “The Lectures of a Certain Professor™ sro the tulks, or munologues, rather than formal dlscourses, of & person having s considerable sequalntance with books, and what passcs in tho world for meutal culture, but lacking in real depth of usture and serluusncss of convicton, fond of soliloquiziug upoun the gravest toplcs, but brings very Mitle penetrating, in- vontive, profitable thoucht to bear upon theur, We have followed his rambling lines of reflec- tlon upon such fertlic themes aa Books, Happl- ness, Symopathy, Conversatior, and Charactey, but found them leading to no fresh or stlmu. Jatfug inguiries making It worth while ta spuad time with him. e N, “BINGLE FAMOUS PORMS,"” Injustice was fusdvertently done Mr. Rossiter Johnsoa $u the notlco of bLis *Siugle Famous Poems, where the titlo was misnamed * Bingle Fumous Bouws.” The critlclain passed upon tho compllation was not based upou the mis- quotation, BOOKS RECEIVED. THE TWO SUPERCARGOES; ou, ADVENTURRS 1% Savacs Arnica. By W, H, Q. Kixostoy, Authur of *'Snow-Shoce and Canoes.” With Numerous Illustrations. Philadclphia: J. 1. Livpincott & Co., Chica, o, McClurg & Co. 1umo., bp. 208. Price, $2.50. PI(OHETIIBdS: A Poxn, Uy 8. P Porsaw, N ork: O, P. utnam's’ Sons. = Cbicave: 3 Jansen, McClurg&Co, 10mo., pp. 340, Price, Foey ; ANUELO: A Ponu. B{“Swurs Rug. New York: Hurd & itoughton, Chicago: Hadloy roe. & Cu. 18wmo., pp. 104, Pric L. AMERICAN BERREITIE RECGKD, *Fublished by e Amorican Derkshire Association. Edilsd oy Puil M, Spmixasn, Secrotary and Treasurer. Volumg I1. lelnhllhl Lil. 8vo., pp. BUd VER OF MINE. Fhiladelphia: T. B. oon & Bros, Caicago: ladley Bros. & Co! Paper, Price. [0 cenl LOVVAND DUTY, Uy Mre. unsicx, Anthor » o Fhiladelphis; of *'Tho Three M. rod, 75 knronoro. Tux, 41 THouTeoN, 1] BENEFICIAL IN- ¥ {LLINOLS, Tus Finat iirxsias, Jteront or Crees Tnonesos, h, D)., Ntate Entomologirt, Spripgfeld, Il Paper. Pp. 174, PERIODICALS RECEIVED. NORTI AMERICAN REVIEW for January- Fehruary, Contenta: **Cherles Enmmer, ™’ the * Modern +*The Art of George F. Tipar: ** A Crumb for Symporium. '™ by John Flaki Drumatic Camposition. ** Pai by Dion Bouci« canits ‘*Cieneral Amnenty,” by John ltandolph Tuckor: ** The Enzllsh Ariatocracy, " b{ W, I, Lecky: ** Heminlacences of the Clvil Wa: *+ The Origin of the Italian *¢ Kpheaus, Cypris, lor: ** Cavtore of Meitent 5 Caerency-(uachy, aod i B. McClelian: ** Currency-Quacks, sn tho Siver Bl by wanton Sarbie; " Con- rature. R e Ve No. 1 (11,0, Houghton & Ca,, Boaton). AISSIONARY REVIEW, Vol. 1., No. 1 (Publiah- o at Princetan, N. ). Ll:l:‘fl.A“"y “\'DRLD for January (E. II. Hames Co., Boston). DARNES ENCUATIONAL MONTHLY. for Tana- ary (A. S, Barnes & Co., New Yorkand Chica- PHXRMACIST for December (Chleago College of Pharmacy). FAMILIAR TALK. THE TRANSCENDENTAL CLUB. Mr. A. Bronson Alcott gives, in tho Boston Book-Rulletln, an interesting history of the Transcendental Club, to which Mr. Frothing- bam frequently alludes n his * Trauecendental- fem in New England.” The flrst meeting of the Boclety so called was held at the house of Mr. George Ripley, Sept. 10, 1830, 'Thero were present George Ripley, R. W. Emerson, F. I, Hedge, Convers Froncls, J, F. Clarke, and A, B. Aleott. The second meeting convened at the residence of Mr. Alcott, the 3d of the followlng month; and Emerson, Hedge, Francis, Ripley, O. A. Brownson, Clarke, the Rev. C. A. Bartol, and the host, were found present. Mr, Francis, belng the senlor member of the Club, usnally opened the meetings in sn informal manner, by inviting remarks upon the subject sclceted for discussion, In the samo month that saw tho organization of the Club, Mr, Emerson had published his first book,—a thin slip of & volume,—entitled “ Nature.” flo had also begun bis carcer as a lecturer,—dcllvered to amall but select andi- ences essays on ** Chaucer,” * Shakspeare," and ** Bacon.” In December, 1838, he gavo the first of a acries of twelve discoursys lu Bostou, on * History,” *Art," “8cience,” * Litera- ture,” “Polities,” ete., ote, At about the same date, Margaret Fuller became a resident ol thnw(l{;, and in 1847 was admitted to the Club, with' Elizabeth Peabody, Theodors Par- ker, and the Rey. Caleb Stetson. ‘The year 1537 was notable, in the progress of thought in New England, for the cstablishment by Mr. Brownson of,lls “ Quarterly Roview *'; for the formation of the Massachusctts Board of Education; for tho delivery by Mr. Emerson of hia P'hi-Beta-Kappa address at Cambridge, on the ** Amerlcan Scholar '3 and for tha Introdue- tion to the public,at an_Antl-Slavery meeting called In December by *Dr. Channlig, of the ‘young orator, Wendell Puilllps. Meantimo tho members of tue Tianscendental Club beeama seatiered abroad, and thelr meet- Iugs were lield less frequently than in the be. ginning, slthough morc often in the summer- season, when distant inembers were more lkely to be in and near Boston. Thelr sitiings were held at Watcrtown, Newton, Concord, Milton, and Chelscn, as well as at the contral city; and 1t Is remarked by Mr. Alcott that Mr. Emeraon was scldoin absent. In 1839, tho Club, desiring to publish the frults of their thought, began to discuss the rmjm of catablishing & fjournal, At n meet- ing at Dr. Bartol’s, at which Hedge, Channing, Ripley, Parker, Alcott, Miss Fuller,and others, were present, the plan of the Dial was pro- posed; and, when the paper was finally found- e, Miss Fuller became one of its editors, In this brict-lived suriul tho best of Thoreau's pa- pera were publishied, any of those of Mr, Emn- erson, and nearly all of Miss Fuller's, Mr. Aleott etates that the Club was probably named ‘I'ranscondental beeause its* members imagined that the sonses did nat contain the mind, *Contrary to Locke and all the modern Iilosopliars, they ventured to belleve that Iata sud the Aloxandrians had a motaphvsic which corresponded to tho wants of the human mind, and was uluanl!u to ts expression, Buch tbinkers were called * Trauscendeutal from the days of the philosopher Kant,and thely Sym- posium, or Club, was o company of carncst pu: sons, enjoylng conversation on. high tnemes, ana having much In common, forty years ago, though now widely sundered in’ space an Iu thought.” Mr. Aleott thinks that the defielency of the Transcendental school was its rejection of the doctrine of Personality. “lmpersonnlity,— Law, Right, Justice, Truthy—theso were the ceotral ideas; but where fim Power was in which they Inlicred, how they were related to one another, what was to give them vitality,— these ?uo:uous were atmost wholly neglected and left out of sight." This ix the réasou, In his opinton, why the Transcendentalista falled to fn- porate themiselyes inton church, and wersunable to compete with Orthodoxy. “Thy old Puritan- fsm,” he adds, ¥ whatsoever may have been ts blunders,—whatsocver. superstitions mav have been mingled with Its dodtrines,—did bellove In o Verson, and did not allow ftself to dreiscrime inate Persovality away into laws and fdeas.”” THE “ART-JOURNAL,* The Ari~Journal greota the New Year with a holiday face, and a stanch collection of Inter- esting and valuable skeiches and ailustrations. ‘The steel plotes prescnt coples of a palnting by Qcorge H. Boughtou, ropresenting * The Judg- ment of Wonter Van Twhler"; of a lovely and nathetic picture by the French artlat, Henrletta Browne, entitled **Alsace,” and portraying ja swrong, sad, sweet-faced Sister of Charlty in the sorvice of tho siek and wounded in the army ol the Emperor Nnnnlmni und, lustly, of “the statuo of **Bhakspeara® by J. Q. A, Ward, which stands near the hi of tho Mall tu Central P'ark, Now York, Tho fllustrated articles in the number are ‘‘Scones In Faire mount Park s Norway—XL"; ¢ New Bos- ton Churches!; #pechrative Purnituze '3 Anclent Irish Art ™; “8almacis s and * Tho Homes of America.” "It Is but repenting what every ono knows, to say that tho {llustrations embellishing the Arf~Journal are ot the highest order of ment and beauty. The fourth paper of Mr. Percy Fitzgerald, ou “Tho Art of Dress- ing and of Belng Dressed,” contalns most fmn- rtant hints tor intellizent woinen concerning he proper alms and styles to be regarded in the construction af their attire, The lato news of tho art-world §s furnished In_ articlcs upon the Art-Congrees ot Antwerp; Competition Draw- ings in South Kensington; French Brica-Brac; Decorative-Art, Loan Exhibition; and_Notes Altogether, this initlal number for 1578 1s & most satisfactory one to the patrous of the Arf- Journal, THIE “T'OIRTFOLIO.” ‘The laat uumber of the Lorifulio for 1877 con- talns a rarcly-fine etching by M. Rajon, after the painting entitled * Prayer,” by Mr, Chalmers, The work s remarkable for the softness and delicacy of its texture, and for {ts masterly gra- datlons of light and shade, Tho orlzinal was exhibited at the Royal Bcottish Academy In 187t Its suthor {3 o nativc of Scotland, and was born at Montrose, In 1836, e first made his mark by amalt pletures of single fizures, and of lato years has devoted hhngelf principally to portraiture, although Joudscape has enpaged a good deat ot his attention, Hls picture ot ** Prayer' represcnts o young child kumllnr h[v her grandame's side, who bolds the fumily Bible in her lap, and bends with reverent alr_over the little petitioner appealing to the Throne of Grace, The scene |y a simple, touching passage from husuble ife, The other etehing in the number is after a painting of Lady Georglana Bpencer as achild. The young face ol her who was alterward cclebrated as the beautiful Duchuss of Dovonshire, Is, in this picture, smable, bright, and sparkiing. Yrof, Colyln brioge his able essays on Albert Duerer, sud the artists of his thne, toa close with an argument uvon l{w eutity of the cu- wraver whoss slgnature fs W, lle sldes with Prof, Thausing in th tl jon that it was Micbael Wolgemut, the teacher of Duerer,aud an srtist of cominanding geus, ‘Uhls decislon de- tractd souowhat from Lhe reputation of Dues making him tho copyist rather than the ori inator of the eneravings ascribed to biw, whicl shaw a preditection for clussic themes. ‘The Lortflic will hereafter be sent to sub- suribers, postage free, for the avuual sum of $10 puid in advance. ‘Tho etchinge aloue given in the course of a twelvcinouth are worth that suin, aud the srt-literuture recelved with thew 1oay be recarded asa gain without coet. Au early number of the mazezine ts to present tho famuus plate of Whistler’s, entitled *¢ Billlnge- gula (oats at a Mooring). This e ono of the wost beautiful cowposltions of an uriginal “m:‘,fih erratic urtist, saud bas comumanded uni- versal admiration. ‘The Por{fulio for 1678 will contaln etchings from. ploturcs by Bir John Gllbert, Mr. Orchanl- son, Mr. Al ema, Alr. H Mr. VFildes, and other contewmporury aritsts. A serice of arti- cles on The 8el s of Modern Art in Uermaay, by Mz. Beavington Atkinson, and pavers on The cturesque Aspects of Edinburg, by Mr. Lous Stevenson, with erchings from pictures apecially prepared for thelr fliustration, will be among the atteactions of the mazazine. Ftchinga after Turner's * Caichester Canal," and * Azrippina Landing with the Ashes of Germaniens®'s alter Whistlers' ¢ Billingsgrate *; Hollwtn's * A Ger- man Lady"; Potter's *The Nelghing Horse": the most famous of Rembrandt'a plates; and «thers too numerons to mention, are oromised amnni the fine thinzs to be looked for by the subscribers of the Fortfolio. (New York: G. W. Bouton.) — VICTORIA AND NAPOLEON. ‘The third volume of Mr. Martin's Lifo of the Prince-Consort, which has recently appeared in the English editlon, contains many interesting cxtracts from the Qucen’s diary. Those are eapecially entertalning which describe the visit of the Royal fomlly to Paris in the autumn of 1858, The Quecn seems to have been greatly prepossessed by the bearing of the French Em- peror during her residence at his Court, and re- cords her impresstons {n the following frank and cordial manner: Birange indeed are the dinpenaations and ways of Proviaence, Whoovee could have thoucht tbat {higs4mo man, this Emperor, tawards waom wa certalnly were not, aince December, 1851, well lepored, aghinat whom. 60 mnch was and conld be ealil, whose life had heen ro chequered, could, from ontward elrcamatancee, and his own eincere. stralghtforward condact towarda this coantry, and moderation and wisdum generally. beenn only the stanchest aliy and friend of Enciand, hut our personal friend! | haveaince talked frequently with Albert, who Ja natueally much calmer, snn particularly much less taken hy people, much lesn ander peraonal Infuence, than 1 am. Ile quite admite that It ia extraordinary how very much at- tached one becomes to the Emperor, when one lves with him quite st ane's ' eans and intimately, as we have done during the n ilass, for eight, ten, twelve, and, to-day, even fourtecn honra a day. 1lo 1440 quiet: o slmole, —naif even: Ao pleased tn be Informed about thinga which ha does not know: so centle; o fall of tact, dignity. and modesty: ao full of resnect and kind aftention towarda us, —never sayinga word, or dolng s thing. which cou)d put me out or embar- rans ne.* 1 know few peanle whom 1 have felt In- volantarily mare luclined to confide in snd speak uprescevedly to; T ahould not faar saying anyi to him. T rEit~1 dg not know how 10 exprese jt— safe with him. s soclety in particalarly agreeable and pleasant: ‘there iy some- thing fascinating, melancholy, and engag- ing, which draws you to him fa epite of any precention you may ‘have amainat him, lnfi certainly withont tho ‘aeaistance nf lllf out- waed advaniages of appearance, though 1 like his faco. 1le undonbiedly has & most cxtraordinary power of attaching people to him! The children aro very fond of him: te them also his kindiiess wan very great, but at the same time most fndi- clous, Then, ho Iaao fond of Albert. appreciates Nim a0 thorotighly, and showa Liim so much confi- dence. In fine, 1 ahall ahwaya look back an thix visit Lo France, not only on acceint of the delight. ful and splendld things we saw and enjoyed, hoy on the time we passed with tho Emperar, as one of the pleasanteat and most Intereatinz perioda of my m.f’ The Empress, tou, has & grest charu, and wo ate all very fond of her. LITERARY ITEMS. The Astor Library contains 175,000 volumes. During the past cightcen months, 15,000 vol. umes bave been added to the collection; and, within the pnst year, ncarly $60,000 has been expended In the purchase of rare and valuable books, manuscripts, cte. Tho numnber of read- ers and of works consulted have increased 25 per cent within the last half-year. Maria Theresa performed the ceremony of opentng the University of Pesth in 1740, Prep- arations arc now being made for celebrating the ceutennial anolversary of this cvent. The {nstitution (s rich, owninz property valned at £,000,000 florins, and a Hbrary of 120,000 volum Of tho other two Hungarian Universities,eKian wenburg was founded in 1872, ana Azram in 1874. The students number in all 2,630, and the Instructors 150, A roll of papyrus, 139 feot lonz and sixtesn and a half inches broad, was discovered by Mr. Harris, inan old Theban tomb, some twenty cars ago. At his death, his daughter inherited he treasurs. The Khudive, learning, throuch the Exyptologist, M. Brugsch Boy, of the valua of tho M., offercd £2,000 for It: but Miss Harris lccef)led higher offer from the British Museum. Dr. Birch and a corps of sssistants have been angaged for some time In deciphering the Inacriptions with which the papyrus is cov- ered, and find that they afford a complote ac- count of the lfo and works of Ramesces I11., and of the condltion of Thebes 8,000 ycars ago. BLUE. Mrs. Hawels romarks, tn her treatiss on “Tho Are of Beauty,” that it is difficule to account for the preference generally accorded among colors to blue. It has always been a favorite among uations, and yet its effect in masscs {s cold, and it {s “ nelther as statcly as stllow, as vivid na ascarlot, nor as manageable 08 black or white.”” It may be she suggests, it 1s beenuso there is go little real blue in na- ture, save in the sky, that it proves a refresh- ment to the eyes, * Thero arcfow blug flowers,!! 1s ler statcinent; ‘“‘not many bluo birds, nor flahcs, nor insccts, nor minerals; in animals and in the human race thera may be eald to be no blue ‘at oll. No beast has ‘bluc fur, nor has anybody, by nature at lcast, & blue skin. Blue eyes, which Jght-halred persous all fancy they poescag, arc ahout the rarcst things in nature, and, when they do occur, are not pleasing, We mav even give up the i vein' which poets love, na visionary; the velns perceptible, for tho must part, are either gray, red, or greenish.' THE * ALDINE,” A cordial welcome is extonded to tho Aldine, which resumes {ts favored place among the art. perfodicals of Amerlen, with an apparcntly so- reno unconsclouancss that It haa beon missed. It has experieaced no change, however,—unless it bo for tho better,—during its brief retire- ment, and its typogruphy and wood-cngraving aro as superb as before. The perlodical will Lcreafter be sold to subscribers only, fn month- 1y partas at 50 cents cach, and twenty-four parts to be comprised in & volume, ‘Fhio first two parta now at hband attest the future excellénce of the publicatfon, Eacl Includes two full-page und a holf-dozen half-page engravings after pletures of skilled and famed artlsts, togcther with numerons minor cuts. The llterary con- tenta embrace papers on current and instructivo art-topies, written with futelligence and dls. celmioation, ‘The Aldine lina been from its foundation an admired and populsr periodical, filling on important part in the cullivation of an art{stie tuste among thoe people, A FOURTII-OF-JULY TAMILY, Totter's American Alonthly publishes, in its department of * Notes and Querics,” the fol- lowing eiatement concernlng what Is called u “Fourtn-of-July Family,” living in Allentown, T'a., Tho parcats, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Ward, have been marriod a little moro thau ten years, and_the births of thelr cight chitdren have suc- ceoded oach other In this regular order: July A, 1609, & daughter, Bridget, lving; July 4, 187 on, James, dead July 4, 187 ) , i July A7 dead Jduly 4, 187- on, Charles, living; Jnly 4; 1875, o daughtor, Mary Ann, desd; July 4, I¥ (20, & sun, dead; July 4, 1877, a son, Winale, liring, It is meutioned in theitatement that **Some- body complalus because the fatner has beeu un. abla ta take part In Fouggh-ol-July celebrations out of town.’t LOCAL ITISTORY, ‘The tenth brochuro tesucd by the Chicago His. torical Bociety contains addresses delivered at the aonual tneeting, Nov. 10, 1863, by J. Y. Scamwon, President, und I N. Arnold, with papers glving lacidents in the lives of Presfdent Lincoln aud Maj. Aundersou fu the Blackhawk Wag, ond sketches of the late Col. John K, Kina'e, Billy Caldwell, and Shabone. These ducuments aro ot much historlc value, and thelr vreservation In a form rendering Lhem accesst- ble to ull readers is a pralseworthy matter Every cltizen of Chicago should be posscased v the jnformation contsined fu them, for as the foundation of each person's education should tiv a complete knowlcage of the history of the town and the Slate, a8 well as the tountry, fn which be may dwell g BIPONTUM, The site of the aucicnt City of Bipontum, st the foot of Mt. Gargauo, In Puilla, ltaly, has recently been discovered. Its ruing Mo buried more (han twenty fect bencath the soil. A tem- ple of 1Mana was frst uncartbed; then a portico some thirty-ive fect lons, with columus and capitale; and, lastly, s nocropolls of 16,000 square yards. A nuwber of (uscripdons kave been tound; and, receutly, s monument erected to Pompey after Lis fluu‘rly over the pirates, sad a quantity of gold aud brass cofns, bave been brought to light. The city was dostroyed by sn uake. S TIHE *USEPUL.” The October and November numbers of the Useful consiss each of six follu platesof interiors, furniture and buliding decorations, sccompanicd by detall drawiogs o working size. The publl- cation ainis to meot the necds of working arti- saus and mavufactorers lu every sart of lieen called Lo prescrihe restorative treatment and this gear the buah has put forth new shoots, andd appears to hayy taken o fresh hold on life. It requires from 8.00kt0 10,000 artiilcial eves to =upply tho an demand In New York. Glass eyes for horses arc also In great request. It has latelv been discavered that. if ripe grapes which have been frost-bitten are kept in a (Yry place for a little time, they recover entirely from the injury received, During the vear 186, the total production of amber Ip Prussix amounterd to 185 tons. The mine of Palinmcken ylelled eizhty-five tons, ‘The amber was exported prineipally to Austria, France, America, Ruasia, China, and Japan. The number of men employed In Prussiaby this industry is nearly 1,100, The sceds of alezuminous plant growing In Mexico have been remarkeid s possessing a ca- pacity for hopping about in an unparablcled maoner, Mr. Meary Edwards, the entomolo- ®ist, has revealed the secret of their motion, The Jarva of & inoth of the Torlricide makes its home {n these sceds, and jerks them about with its movements. Mr. Worthinzton Smith has detected a fosail funcus nearly allied to that which affects the potato. It was observed in the. codl-measures, and has been named Peronosporites antiquarius, It fs not the Rrat spccimen of forsfl fung! that has been found, as mycelial threads were de- tected in stficifled wood, andin tue cellsof a fossil fern, by different obscrvers, many years ago. tion, by suppiving them with practical esigns and hints for conatruction. It is sforded at #12 per annum in advance, ——— Sl’.\lll?s OF SCIENCE, DEATH IN LIFE. A remarkable case of death in life fsreported, in a late number of Jfluger's Archiv, by Dr. Btrumpell. It camo urgler the notice of the writer at a medical clinit at Leigaic, and the suf- ferer was & youth of 10. The skin of the patient was utterly dead to every sensation; even & burning taper held to it inducert no con- sclousness, The mucous membrane ot the body, &0 far ns conld be ascertatned, was allke Insensi- ble to touch or fecling. When his cyes were closed, the patient could be carried about, aud have his limbs placed in the most uncomforta- ble positions, without the slightest consclous- neas of the fact. Even the fecling of tuscular exhaustion was loat, Gradually tho acnse of taste and smell departed with the rest, and smaurosis of the left eye and deafness of tho right ear supervened, In short [says Ur, Strumpell] here was an ndl- tldual whose only connection with the onter world was limited tu two dnors of svnwe: to hia one lrhrhl" eye, and his one (lefty ear. Moreover, both these remmining doors eould at any time be earily closed, and in hla way it was Tommibie 1o fne vestizateihe consequencen of completely laolating the brain from all external stimalation throuch the T aptriment, am drten snowed "I"ta | , Froma few experiments carefally conducted others: - 1 the patlent's sceing cye was | by Prof. J. Plateau, of (Glent, it would appear bandaged ana . 'his hearing = enr wa | that the fnstinct ol insccts s not decelved by atopped, aftera few (nsaally from two to three) minuten the expreasion of surpriee and tho uneasy muvements which at firet ‘shawed themeelves ceased, lhfirelplll(lfln hecame oalet and regular; in fact, ®ha patient was sound asleep, Here, therefore, the vosmbility of ariifielally indncing sicep at sy time In & pepron, simply by withhold. fng trom tlie hraln all stimulation by means of the senses, was realized, ‘The amakening of‘the patient way ae interosting an the sendmy him to «l M‘r. e conld e awak~ ened b{ln -mmm(v rtimnlalion, —as, forexampic, n i artificial flowers. They may be attracted from a distance by the bright colors of the fHowers, but are not tempted to alicht upon them in queat of tood. Fromn this, I'rof. Plateau con- chuuesthat inencts are not gulded by sight in thelr visits to flowers, Dr. Herman Muller, the eminent German hotanist, considers that ali flowers were {n the begiaing diclinous,—that is, the platils and stamena were borne in separate flowers, and were fertiltzed by the wind, In the course of the azes, hermanhrodism or the assemblage of the pistils and stamens in the same fower has been developerd, and become the established condition In the mafority of species. The pratrie-chicken (Cupldoniacupldo) appears by calling into his henring ear: or by visnal timu- latlon, —by gllowing the stimulus of light to fail upon his secing eye: out he couid not be woke by sny pushing or shaking. If he waa left to him- reif, he did eventunlly wake up of his own accord incautre of the day, afterthe slecp had lasted rany huurs, —the awakening being due, 1t might be, 10 fntrinsic stmnit started in the braln, of' it | to be sureading west and southward, 1t hus might be to elyht exterual unavoidable etimull | bren uoted in Colifornis withn late vears, acting through hia still Munctlonal sense of oreans, | Cones limits its habitat to thelpraife-country of and snaking themaelyes felt in consequence of the rensitivences of the braln being increased during tho reposc of the sleep. — SINt JOSEPIL IIOORER, Bir Joseph Dalton IHooker, the renowned English botanist, who nade, durlng the last sutnmer, a tour through our Western country, for the purpose of studying Its flora, was bornat Halesworth, ln Sulfalk, In 1817, 1ls father, Sir W. J. Hooker, was Regius Professor of Botany at the University of (lasgow from 1920 to 1640} and here the son graduated In the medical department in 1830, He was Immediatety commissioncd Assistant-Surgeon in the Royal Navy, and, in the sutumn of the same year, wns appuinted batanist ot the Antaretic B loring l-ixnedllim:;mmman-lcd by Capl. Hoss. I;'hc voyage lasted three years, during which Hooker made the moat of his onportunities for examining the tlora of the lands Iying in the Southern Scas. Six quarto yolumes contain the results of his study of the botany of these re- the Ubited States, nearly to the eastern foot- hills of the Rocky Mountalna: but the birds seem to be moving westwanl from Nebroska, along the ronte of tte rallroad. They onee Inhabited localitics in New Eugland snd the Midalo Statee, where, however, they have been almost wholly exterminates THE TRUMPETER'S HORSE. Londan -Sactety. 1 was nearly 40 years of age, and felt myscll #a tafely anchured fn the peaceable haven of a bachelor's life that nothing would Induce me to run therisk of disturbing it by marriage, But 1 had reckoned without the trumpeter's horac, It wasat the end of Beptember, 1564, that I arrived at Parts from Baden, intending only to remaln four-and-twenty hours. 1 had fnvited four or five friends to join me In Polton for the hunting ecason, and, as they were to arrive at the berinning of October, I Lad only allowed gions, myself a week ot la Roche Targe to Alter his return, Sir Josoph was for a time % attactied 1o the Geological Survey of Great .}’r’:"r’l“" hofx‘:nl; filfl‘r‘“:zscp“zly n‘:r I"{cufi: Britaln, Between 1847 and 1851 he was occupled In exploring the Himalavas: and the fruits of this work are published In his Himalayan Journals,' and {u scveral treatises on the Indlan Flora. In 186 he was onlntexl Asststant- Yaris, bringing me the disastrous intelligence that out of twelve horses five had fallen 11 or lame during mv sway at Baden, 80 that 1 was under the necessity of remounting my cavalry Director at Kew Uardens, where Lis father had vefore I tett Parls. lield sinco 1841 tho position of Director. At the death of Sir Willam, in I made the round of all the horse-dealera of 1505, tho son was promobed to the | the Champs Elysces, where 1 was shown a col- placa vacated by his sire. In 1803 | jectfon of scrcws, the avernge rice of whicn y Sir Joseph fllled the oftice of Presldent at the Nurwich nieeting of the Britlsh Assoclation for the Advancement of Belence, Two years later o mado botanlcal explorations In Morocco and the Atlas Mountalns. Bir J. Hooker is 8 member of many learned socicties, and in 1873 was clected President of the Koyal Soclety,—a position which he still re- tains, “His contributions to the scicnce and literaturc of Botany have been very extensive and important, and has earncd him a distin- tinguiahied piace among the savants of England, \ e T TIHE TELEPIONE FORESHADOWED. ‘The Atheneum quotes & rcmarkable passage from & work entitled Micrographia,” and pub- 1ished 210 years ago by Robert [ooke, Fellow. of the Royal Boclety. The book was the first English treatise on tho uses of the microscope, and still malntatus s high ropute. The para- mih referred to scems to predictthe Invention of tho telephone, and runs as follows: was £120: but I was nelther in a humor nor in cash to throw away iy money upon such useless beasts, It was a Wednesday, the dav of Cheri's aufumn sale; I went to the Rue de Pone thieu, and purchased at a venture elzht horses, which cost me altogether 4200 **Out of the eleht,’t said I to myself, ** there will be surely four or five which whl ¢o.” Among these horses there wos one which, I confess, I bhouznt principally on account of his coat. The catalogue did not as- slgn to him any epeclal qualitications as a hunt. er. All that it stated was, ** Bristus, a saddle- horse, nged, well broken.” 1t was a large dav- pled gray horse, but never had I scen one better marked, lis gmooth white skin dappled over with fine black spots so recularly distributed. ‘The next morning 1left for La Hoche Targe, and the following day my biorses arrived. 3t first care was for Brutus. This gray horse h been running for the last forty-elght hours in my head, and [ was anxlous to try his accs, and sce what lhe was “pood And as Glasecs bave higuly promoted our ses- | for, floc had long teeth, and every i0g, 80 'tia not improhable, but that there may Lo | mark of a respectable axe, & powerful shoulder, found many Mechanical Tnventions to (prove our other senser, of Licaring, smelling, tasting, touch- ing. 'is not impossible to hear & whisper at a furioug's distance, it having been siready dono: and perhaps the nature of tho thing would not make it moro impoesible, though that furlong sboula bo ten times multiply'd. And though some famous Authors have aftirm'd it Impossble to hear through tho thinncst plate of Muscovy-ylase; et | know a way, by which *tis easie enaugh to oar one epeak through a wall a yand thick. It has not heen yet thoroughly examin'd, how far Otocousticons may be imvrov'd, nor what other wayes there may be of quicknlug our hearing, ur conveying sourd theosgls otlior bodles then (tuan the Air: for that that Is not the ouly medium, can aasure the Rearler, that I hare, by the help.of a diatended wire, propagated the sound (o a very consideruble distnnce tn an instant, or with as seemingly quick a molton ag lAat of light, st lcast, fucomparably swifter then (than) that, which at the same tine was propazated throuzh the Afrg and 1his not only Ina straight lane, or direct, but 11 onu bended Jo many aneles, and he carried head wells odinired in Brutus was the wayin which Lo looked at me, following every movement with nisattentive, intelligent, inqulsitive eye. Even my words secmed to faterest him; he leant his head on onc side aa1f to hear me, and when I had_finished speaking, replied with a merry neigh, The other seven horscs were brought out tome Iu succession, but they resembled auy uthier borses, and Brutus certainly was different from them all. Iwas anxious to tuke a little tide in the country, n order to wmake his ae quaintance. Brutus allowed himsclf to be saddicd, bri- dled, and mounted as o horse who knew his work, and we started quictly together, the Dbest friends possible. * Il had 2 beautiful mouth, and answel every turn of the rein, arching his neck, chaiplug bis bit, 1iis paces were perfect began by u slow measured canter, ralsing fect very bigh, and Jetting them foll with the reg- ularity of a pendulum, [ tricd him at a trot and a short gallop, but when 1 sought to qul his pace he began to amble in grand style, AN, sald 1, L sec how it ia; I have bought &n old horse out of the cavalry riding-school at Sawnur." 1 was about Lo turn homew isfled with tho talents of Brutus, when a shot was heard a short distance off. It was one of m( keepers firing at a rabbit, for which shot by ft sald, en passant, he efterwords recclved a handsomo present from my wife. 1 was then exactly fu the centre uf au open spave where six loug green met. Ou hearing the shot Brutus stopped NESTS IN ODD PLACES. An English corrcapondent of the Boston Juurnal of' Chemlatry, writisg from Northamp- ton, adds to tho list of curfous places for-birds to build thelr domiclles the following: A remsrkablo justance of trustfulucss In the nest-bulldiog of binds came under my own notice a fow duys 8go, For threo years succeasively, & palr (1 presame the sanie) of com: mon dlackeap (Curruca atricanilial buil their nest Jn the private letter-box of a frien: of mina at Glendon, near Keltering, in this col ty. ‘Tho box fs situsted insido & gito Into a pai sna of courso the letters and newspapers are tipped fn on the birda: but this thoy do not scem | 8ROFL, aud put his eard forward fn an 1o Bblect o RO 1o bo illsturbed when tho box i | Attitude of ' ttention: T was surprised to sce him so fmpreesfonable, After tha briile fant military cducation I assumed he had re- ceived [n his youth, he must be well nceustomed to the report of o gun. I pressed ty knces wgalnst him to wake hiin move on, but "Brutus would not stir. I tried to back him, to mako bt turn to the rlekt or to the left, bul in vain, Lmade bim feel my riding-whip, but still e was jmmovable, lrutus was not to bs di- vlaced; and yet—do not amile, for mine isa true_history—cach time [ urged bimto move the horse turued his head jound, and guzed upon me with an_eye expressive of lmpatisnca aud surprlse, and then relapsed fnto his mo- opened fof the letters to be removed, Each year they have succesalully rafved their brood: last year reven flow away, nd thiu yeat [ saw fen hestled at the bottom of 1he box, fully fledged, and 1 have uo doubt lown by this time, THIBET, The territory of Thibct s very jealousty guanicd agalnst the intrusion of foreigners, and since 1643 no European has penctrated lar beyond its frontlers. ‘Ihe work of explorgtion has always been difticult and dangerous, but It promises to bo stiil more so in the future, unlessthoouthority of the Chiveseand Thibetan | toutess attitude. There was evidently sume ofticlals be uren'o{nr. A French missionary ig | isundorstundiug between mo und iy I , writing to the Honkong Catholle Kegis- | liorse. W in bis eyes. Drutus d ] ) n e e oo faogbi wiih an: | 1 ought to doi and you, borsemat, do not per- torm your part,’’ 1 was mare pilazled than cmbarrasscd. *What a strauge horse Cheri hias sold me! and why docs he look upon we fn such s wayl" 1 was about to proceed to extrunities, and administer 10 him a good thrasblug, when another shot wasfired, ‘The horse then made one bound, 1 thought I bad gained r:lry paint, and again tried to start bim, but in vaiun. He stopped short, and plant- ed bimself more resolutely thau ever. I then gut 10t & rage, uud my viding-whin entered in- to play; [ touk 33 fu both hands, and struck the horse” right and left. But Brutus, too, last patience, and, finding passive re nee un- lling, defended himsell Ly rearlng, kicking, aud plunging: and In the midst of the battle, while the horse cupered and kicked, and I, ex- asperated, was floggiue him with the loaded Lutt-end of wiy broken whip, Brutusneverthiciess found time to look at me, not vnly with tmpa. ticte and surprise, bt with fage and indigna- tion. Whila § required of the horae the obedi- ence be rutused, hie, on his part, was expecting of mo something ] did not do. How dia this ¢nd] ‘To my shame bo it spuken, | was relputlessly und diggracetuly uu- scated. Brutus paw thers was 1o be nothiug gained by violenge, 80 judged It necessary to employ malice, dfter a woment's pause, evi- dently passed fu rptlection, the borse put down bis bLesd snd stood upright on his tore-legs, with the uddress sud equilibrium of u clown upon his hands. 1 was couscquently deposited upon the saud, which fortunately bxrpeued to be ratber thick In the place where I fell, 1 tried to rabse wyself, bus 1 eried out und fel} stretebed with my face towards the ground, felt as f a knile were sticking fu my lefs Jeg. The hurt did not prove serivus— the snapplug of ono of tho small tendons —but not the less painful. suceeeded, how- ever, {n turnivg mysclf, and sat down; but while I was rubblug iy eyes, which ware filled withsand, I saw the great foot of @ horsy descend zeutll upou wy bead, aud wzeiu extend e ou my back. [ thes felt quite disheartened, and was ruminatiug lu wy mind what. this strabge horse could be, whun 1 fels & quantity Tiao rumor of it has caused the greatcat vx- clr:rwul hero {n Lassa. Orders have bo 1o flop all foreigners at the frontler; amd any plnl:‘y tforce, all aupplies ure o be refused theni, bridees cut down {u fronut of them, and every obatacle Lhrowu in thels way, The Lamasare thy cat oppoucats of all lufercourse with foreign. CRAWFISH. It lias been ascertalued by the Piscleultural Tnstitution of Schwerin that the river crawfish (Astacus fluviatilis) may be cultivated sreificial. 1y. ‘I'be cxperiment leadiug to the discovery is thus deseribed fn Nufure. In the spring of last vear, some 700 crawfsh with ova were placed into two circular ponds of only six fect dinmeter, snd for sach apimsl & soparats ol liad been constructed. At the cud of Novemoor the vouds weru drained, in order to separate tho youug ceawtst from the old ones. It appeared that of ‘tha latior oaly threo or funr wete crawllng abuat st (he bottem of the vond, while all the others had occupied their respective dwellluw, The young wers of the stes of 8 bee, aud extremely lively. ‘Shey wero takou out of the sonds, sud already on the following day could bs Fod aristciatty with catrute aud meat- Au the consumption of these crustaccans s fucreastug, theie arddticlsl culture may becowo a lucrative lodustry, re—— UBRIEY NOTES. . The Portuguess Exploring Expedition fn Africa has been dirccted to confine (te ezplo- rations to the Quango. Asmall flock of blue-birds was obscivedat New Haven, Dec. 19, warblicg snd pursuing in- sects, as in the spring season. It is proposed that a Congress of Freach Geograpaical Socletics shall he held at Parls fn August or Beptomber of next year. ‘The rose-bush at Hildeshelm Castie, which is believod to be over a thousand years old, bas withlu late years showu symptoins of approach- log dlssolution. Bkiliful Soriculturists bave but what I most. of sand strike me tn the face. I opened my eyes, and saw Drutus throwing np the dnst witn both fore and hind feet, trying to bury me, This lasted for several minuter, when, appa~ rently thinking me auflciontiy {ntorred, Brutns Kknelt by my grave, and then calloped round me, describing a perfect drile. I ealled ont to him to step. lle appeared to bo embarrassed; but, scelng my Imt, which had been separated from ine {n my iatl, he taok it between his teeth, and gnllol»cd down one of the green paths out of my sleht. T wwas lelt alone. | shook off the sand which covered me, and with my armo and right leg—my left 1 could not movi—dra miyscif toa bushy bank, whera | scated royself and shoutea withall my might for assisiance, But no an. awers the wood was perlectly silent and de- serteds - I'remalned slone in this wretched ‘condition ahove half an hour, when I saw Drutus in the distance, returning by the same road by which he went, enveloped in a cloud of dust. Gradu- ally, s [t eleared away, [ saw alittle carringe approaching—a_pony-chajse—and In ‘the pony- chalse a lady, who drove it, with a small groom fu the seat behind. A few {nstants after, Brotus arrived covered with loam, He stopped beforo me, let fall my hat at his feet, anl addresscd me with a neialy, ns much as 1o say: 1 liave dooe my duty, 1 have brought you help.” But I dld not troubla nysclf about” Britus and his explanations; T hal 1o thouzht oF looks save for the beauiul fairy who had come to my aid, snd who, jump- ing from her little carriage, tripned lightly up to me, and suddenly two exclamations were ut- tered at the same moment. * Madame dc Noriolis!" 4 Monsieur de Ia Roche Targe!" I haye an aunt, between whom and myself my marrying {s & source of continual dispute. * Marry,"” shie would say. 1 wilf not,!” was my anawer., % Would you have a Joucg 1ady? Thers are Miss A, Miss B, Muss C.0 *“ But I won't marry.”! {3 “ Then take a widow; thers are Mrs, D, Mrs E, Mrs. F,' ete, Y But marry | will not."” Madame de Norlolis was alwavs In the firat rank among my aunt's widows, To tell me she was rich, lively, and pretty was unnccessary; but atter eetting forth all” her attractions, m, aunt would take from her secretary & ma; n{ the district where sbe lived, and polnt out how the estates of Norfolls and La Roche Tarzo Joined, aud she had traced a red line upon tho map uniting the two properties, which she con- santly obliged me tolovk at. ** Eight hundred acres within n ring-fence! A flne chance fora sportsman.” But 1 would shut my eves and reprat as before, “Iwill never warry.” Yet, serfousty speaking, 1 was sfrald of Madame do Norlulis, and always saw her head encircled with an aurcole of my aunt'a red line. Charm- Ing, senaible, talented, and 800 acres within a ring-fence! Escape for your safety if you wiil not marry. Aud [ always did escape; butihis time retreat was finpossible. 1 lsy exiended on the turf, covered with sand, my halr in_dlsorder, my clothes in tatters, and my leg stiff, ““What are vou doing” heret” foquired Mad ame de Norfofls. % What hashappened ' . I candidly confeased I had heen thrown, * But you are not much yrt " *Noj but I have put something out In my leg—nothing serivus, 1 am sure.” ** And whera I8 the horse which Las played you this trick (" 1 pointed out Brutus, who was quletly grszing upon the shoots of the broom, “llow! it Is him, the good horse! Ie hae amply repaired his wrongs, as 1 will relate ta vou Jater, But you must 2o hotno directiy.” “liowi I caunot move a step,"? *Butl am going to drive you home, at the risk of compromising you." And calling her litsle groom Bob, she led mo gently by one arm, while Lob ook the other, and made me get into ber carsiage, Five mine utes afterwurds we were moving In the dirce- tion of La Roche Targe, she holding the relns and driving the pony with a light hand; I look- ingz at her, cohfused, embarrussed, stupid, ridic. ulo Bob was charged to lead back Brutus. xtend your feg quite straight,” ssid Madame d¢ Norlolls, “aud I will drive you very gently to avold folting.” When sho saw me cumfortably [pstalled, *“Tell me,” she sald, ' how you wero thruwn, and I will explaln how 1 came to your assiatance,” 1 began “my atory, but when Ispoke of the efforts of Brutus to unseat me after the two shots, “I understand it all,” she cxclalmed; # yau have boucht the trumpeter's horse.” *Tha trumpeter’s horsel *Yes, that expluins it all. You bave scen many scenes fu the Cirque de 'Imperatrice, the performunce of the trumpeter’s harse. A Chas. seur d*Alrique enters the arena upon a gray horse; then come the Arabs, who fire upon him, and he is wounded and falls; and, as you did not fall, the borse, indignant at your not performing your part in the rleec. threw you down. What dit by do next!" Irclated tha little attewpt of Brutus to bury me. ‘*Exactly liko the trumpeter’s horse. Ha secs hils master wounded; but the Arabs m& return and kil him, so what does the horse do? He buries him ond gallops off, carrying away the volurs, that they may not fall ‘fnte the bunds of the Aruba.” “That is my hat which Brutus carried off.” “ Preclsely. He gues tofetchthe vivandiero— the vivandléro of to-day beivg your bumble serp ant the Countess de Norlolis. Your great gray horse galloped futo wny courtyard, where I wat nundl:fi on the doorsteps, putting on my glover and ready to get into my carriuge, My grooms seelog a horse saddled and bridled, with a hat 1o his mouth 2nd withont a rider, tried to catc! nim; but he escapes their pursuit, coes strateht up to the steos, and kneels before me. The men ngain try to cupture hitn; but he wallope ofl, stops ut the gate, turns round, aud laoks at me. 1 felt sure he was calllng mes so | jumped into my currlagze and sct ofl. ‘Llie borse darts tbrough roads nat atways adapted for corriages, but [ follow him, and arrive where [ find you.' At the moment Madame de Norlolis bad fin Ished these words the carrfage recelved o fearful jolt, and wo maw In the alr the head of Brutus, who was standing ercct on Lis hind legs belind us. Beclug the 1lttlo baek seat of tho carrluge untepanted, ha had taken the opportunity of giving us another specimen of his talvnts, by exceuttuz the most britliant of all his clrcus verformances, Me had laced his fora feet upon the back scat.of the Fllur. carrfaze, and was tranqguilly continuln.s his route, trotting upon his niud legs alone, Bob striviog 10 vain to uaiu-o him upoa four. Madawe de Norlolls was so trightenwd she let tho refus vscape from b.r bauds, und sank falot- fng In my arms. With my left hand { recovered the reing, with my right arm I supportcd Mad- ame do Norfolls, iny Ieg all the time causing mo wnoat frizhtful torture, In this manner Madame de Noriils made her frst entry into La Koche Tange. When she re. lulm-d thero six weeks Juter shie had become my wife, & Buch indeed fs lfe,” she exclaimed, *This would never luve come to psss {f you bad not buught the trumpeter's borse.” e —— . THE MORAL GOLD DOLLAR. ) From far northeast, Atlantic shore, ‘There comes the muaney-lender's roae— OF Ehylocks claiming ** Just thelr own, " In ead, deplaring. greody They prove their thehl— ¥rom every vicim In tholr meah: Cosorious quilo, becauss the To make taslr ** oors Great patriots, too, they clatm to be, From sordid motlves wholly free, Thay think of honor—virtuous name=— Therefore ihls ** pound of flesh ™ they gialmj Hut not from greed or Mammon-lust— tion's bonor ** saye "flio Nation's honor Shylucks buld, Yet clalm thelr ** pound of desh ™ 1n gold? hey siustis vor dollar pays for whea! It pays fur golton, coen, and meat; It pays for labar and for akill: 1t runs the factory, faro, aod mill, There's one thing more -1 wish It ksown— “T'was good enough (or ihem to losut Tut when theee lvane, these bunds, are dua The holders 1ake auolber view, Aud claim thele “Eound of geabh " from you, Liko Shakepeare's higuly woral Jew, They reason long, and reason well, Aud mauy a loyal legend tell, liow uthers fought, sad others fell, While Lhey at bowe could buy and sel A 1f they plead for staiulvss richt, And prove Iticlr plane unselsb quite— “The ** Nation's faith," the **Nalivu's name,® Thair noble, pure, and loity aim. A **stable" coin they meekly (Aud 1bis is Shl{l»ck' ful k. )= A coin tual will pot L Down below pat (s what they But, wheu ltWtaye sbove the par, Tueo It may Wee, Bowever far . "This doss 4ot Bhock thelr moral sente, Nor give their Joyal souls offouse. Though mors) gold may **Auct tandard ral ver, basv aud i Hactuatiog” st below the pi ve:'s damning . bence, taey nauie it ** Frand,** tuz gold ibey unciuous lsud, T Aud bence they gite But ever wall, "