Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 24, 1880, Page 9

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OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. — ROADS IN ILLINOIS, Speaking of bottomless, quagmire roads in Iinols, the Bloomington Pantagraph says: ‘There can be no doubt that, until we devise good ronds, the value of our sell will be de- pressed by a large og orcentage, equal, per- Ke ns, to from $10 to $30 per acre,—a suin quite suniclent, Mf. properly expended, to give us macadamized roads at the rato of nearly twenty miles to cach tawnship, or more than enough to furnish all the good roads actually neeacd, We take it that the time will come when these roads will be obtaided, and any- thing that tends fo direct public sentiment this direction must be of some value. From.a very extensive and thorough ,ac- qualntance with the ronds of this State the writer is able to tell what has been accom- plished in othor eounttes, : In Southern IHinole, the oldest settled part in the State, there are but few good roads, Gallatin County constructed some at an carly day, which have not been bropert main- tained, however, Randolph and WhiteCoun- ties can also point to n few relics of the “plank-rond” era, The three counties near est to St. Louis—St. Clair, Madison, and Mon- roe—can bonst of many iniles of real road, Those runnitie out of Belloville, mostly toll roads, are the best and most important sys- tem of roads in the State, ‘The City of Belle villehas more tiles of rock-paved streots than any town in the State, and the county Is far ahead of any other In this respect, The county authorities are now expending lary sumsinald of public macadamized ronds, which, with tho toll ronds, are on improve- ment of immense importance. Rock {s con- yentent, hut the cost of breaking and hauling makes theso roads very expensive. Public sentiment is there favorable to these expend- {tures, and they will be continued indefin- ity. As a result, Innd is moro valuable than in any county in this State, except that portions of the ndjoluing Counties of Madison and Monroe share In this fortunate state of atfairs. In the Intter, the first county in. tho Btate to receive American: settlers, as long ago ns 178, who gave the nameto tho far famed Ainerican Bottom, we find many miles of beautiful. roads at Waterloo, Columbia, and other towns, In Madison, County .thera sto many miles-of “rock-roads” proceed- Ang fro Alton to the ad ol tig country. ‘he famous ‘* National Rond,” from Van- . dalla eastward to tho State line, was never macadamized west of Indiana, the project having been abandoned while the grading and bridatny were in progress, and the road |s now little better, except ng to width and aes, than the ordinary Lighways of tho Temperance Sewets (% cts), by J. HL. Tennoy, snould bs nterior of the Stnte. Theroatea few good gravel-ronds at Peoria, some at Otta- wa and Joilet, and fn tho _nelghbor- hood of Quincy there are a good many miles of the improvemonts, due, in a large meas- ure, to tho “fanatical * K. K. Jones, who has exertad himself like a hero to benefit his own city and the public at Jarge. At Warsaw, Hancock County, where good rock is abund- ant, thore are some very fine rock-ronds run- ning into tho country, of great valuo to that region, and which are belng. gradually .ex- nded. eh, ‘ The City of Rock Istund is entitled to great credit for haying built a good road flve miles Jong, oxtending to the .Rock River at. Cam- den, whert the city also owns a large brid, on Rock Rivor,—one of the few instances .f0 be found whero a city Nas the enterprise to expend large sums of poney. away from Its corporate Hmits. Moline, the adjoining elty, has followed its example to a certain extent, though its long road and bridge may propor- ly be called a private enterprise. At Galena we find n toll-road running into the State of Wisconsin, which is of immense benefit to the city, and o paying investment to tha owners. Tho experience of Pontiac, Livingston County, in improving Its roads is well wor- thy of mention, In 1867 the merchants and other cltizens of Pontiac, seeing that the deep black, swampy. roads were absolutely im- passable, ralsed a subscription ot over $1,500, whieh was oxpended by making n beginning upon two or threo roads leading: into the sur- rounding county. Broken stone and gravel well managed made short pieces of fine roads. ‘The next year theso were extended mainly by taxation, and the improvement was 60 popular that anntal extensions have been made, unti! now Pontise hus several miles of fing hard ronds for five or more miles in seve eral directions, and {ts citizens can boast of belng Among the most enterprising road- builders in tha: State. The only -pfeco of ood road in McLean County, otitside of n lew city streets In Bloomington, is the solid avel ront-bed in Lexington, from the pitb- , Hlesquare ton short distance west of ‘Tur- key Creek. ‘This is MeLean County's singta contribution to the goad cause, and Lexing- ton should have credit for pelng the pioneer, Tho Cities of Rockford, Elgin, Aurora, Dixon, ag well ns many others, have taken Balns to build good gravel ronda, but have lonos little to merit special mention. The City of Pern ts ono of the best Illustrations of what inny be dono tn this direction, The Movement was commences 100g time ago, and a good road startod in a wes erly direc- tion, which 1s now ono of the very best In the State, finished through soveral townships and for quite a distance into Bureau County, Another is being constructed sonth into Put- nam County. ‘These roads are built at com- Paratlyely small cost, great care being exer- elsed'In expending the money. One methad Dow pursued is worth mentioning, Gravel Material is loaded upon gralu-wagona which are on thelr way home, and a small sum is pal for hauling. When the load arrives at ts destination it ts unloaded and leveled by the employés, who ave in charge of the Improvement, {tis found that In this man- Rer the road fs built at very sinall expense, this experiment inay be found a germ of Sreat value to this county,—one whind 18 not Wholly now to onr readers. It{s tur the Highway Commisstoners to purchase Bond i Gere or broken stone at Jollet, ny fre the nearest rallroad-atatlon, anda tor thts, do nothing more than pay for londing it on Wagons and for placing it in the proper. shape Upon tho roads, ‘The ‘hauling, one of the eavy ftenis, should be given by the Inhab- {ants along'the Ine of the first: rond whlen Will hau) the material free. In this manner, treichting when tha roads are compara- Hyely tle, and by free teaming, it will cost ut Uttle to build several milles fi each (rec ne and, when these ronds are established, they will'bo maintained and extended as long as this country is ina Prognorous condition, which we all fiope will be forever. “1S IT DONE? Misdone. In tho firo’s fitful Hashes quits last tine haa withered dud ourleds X% thy white heap of dead ashes tt, buried the hopes of your world. ero Wore mind, foolish vows in each letter— al 13 woll thoy have qhrivoled and burned, d tho ring—nb! tho ring was a fottor— Tewas better removed, and returned, 4nd yot is tt dono? In tho embers i Hero lotters nnd tokens woro cast, ‘avo you burne "up the mind that remembers pend trensures ag boautiful paat ? you think, in this ewift, reckless fashion, me Tuthtealy bin and destroy rt Months that were freighted with passion, ‘he dreama that wero drunken with joy ? Have you bi urned Up the touch of warm fingers inal thrilled the ag pulse and each valu, the sound of av that till linge: yftd burte with tts buuntin ne zou burned up tho rap ure of kisses onal tbrobbed from the lips to the soul; phd heart that grows elck for lost biases, ‘Spite of its strength of control ? ls {tdono? Ta the IIfo-dramn endod ? mol hive put all tho lights out, and yet, Cathe curtain, runy down, has’ descended, the actors go bome and forgot ? Atjpal thoy wilfturn in thelr eeping, a ite strange, restless pain at their hearts, ‘ é oni aula and weonlagy eam thoy aro THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. tnihtlated in a few pni LETTERS AND SCIENCE, Henry George on " Progrosa and Poy- erty —Julian Hawthorne's “Sebastian Strome,”’ English Men of Letters: Nathaniel Haw- thorne—History of Our Own Times—Otology. Tennyson’s Songs with Music—Great Lights of Soulpture and Paint- ing—Books Received— Magazines. Literary, Art, and Selentie Sotes—iellotype Print ing—Snake-Snperatitions—Threo Cathe. drals—Artitielal Diamonds, PROGRESS AND POVERTY. There are in this country about fourteen miltions of people—men, women, and chil- dren—belonging to what is gencrally termed. the laboring class. Whatever affects the prosperity, welfare, health, condition, and future prospects of 50 great a number must Mkewlse affect tho state of the entire Nation, It 1s equally true that all propositions, mens- ures, theorles, or enactments having the above ends in view, will and should lend to widespread discussion. That is pretty cer- tain to be the fate of the theories advanced by Mr, George fn his work just published, entitled “Poverty and Progress.” To many of his statements and assumptions demurrers must be entered; they are too general, and not sustained or fortified by fnets. For in- stance: “All the dull, deadening pain, all the keen, maddening anguish, that to great masses of men aro involved in the words ‘hard times,’ eMlct the world to-day.” Asa general statement that may be true, particu- larly of European nations; but, as a basis from which to draw comparisons withont further statements, a3 n premise from which to reason, as.an assertion of fact on which to base theories of cause and effect, {t 1s practic- ally valueless. Wo must know the number of !dle furnaces, forges, factories, mills, and workshops,—the stock of products on hand for which thero is no demnand,—the number of employed and of unemployed, and of those who can’t be employed if thoy would,—in order to draw practical deductions and reach anything more than a theoretical solution. “ Material progress does not merely fall to relieve poverty,—it actually produces it, .. + Tho association of poverty with progress {s the grent enigma of our times. It is the cen- tral fact from which spring Industrial, social and political dif_iculttes that perplox the world, and with which statesmanship, philanthropy, and education grapple in vain. . . . So long as all, tho Increased wealth which waodern progress brings goes but to build up grentfortunes,. . . progressisnotreal, and cannot be permanent.¥, Henee, How shall weabolish poverty? Moderated it may be, by equalization, reduction of gigautlc monop- olies, rnd freedom of competition; but, so Jong as human nature is'as it is,—so long os there are men of brains and mon of igno- rance,—poverty and riches will go side by aide, and no theories of political economists have indicated a means which will abolish poverty. Nevertheless, the wider the discus- sion, the greater the probability of finding some remedy for the evils. which do exist, and Mr. George's book will ba welcomed as anearnest, strong presentation of his own pecullar view of the case,. It is: somewhat turgid, overburdened with . superfluous mat- ter, too, rhetorical in places, and is the work. of n facile writer ratherthan that of a phi- losopher; butit carries with it n conviction that the author has thought. deoply on tho subject, means what he says, and sincerely desires to reach a solution of an important problem, Polltico-economlg subjects always open do- batable ground. Hardly any two writers ¢ even In their definitions of tho science, Mr. George gives this definition: “Politic! economy is notnsetof dogmas. It is the explanation of acortain set of facts, It is the science which, in the sequence of certain phenomena, seeks to trace mutual relations and to Identify cauae and effect, just as the physical sciences seek to do In other scts of Dianamana. Cortalnly that ts n different lefinition from that given by any other writer on this selence,. As ‘to its bel Ht a science, rot, Bonamy Price Is: inclined to_ question that fact. Some consider It an art. Sir James Stewart calls it oa combination of the two, Senior, Whately, McCulloch, Storch, Sny, Mill—each gives a different definitton; ant probably that adopted by Mr, George js near- est related to that elven by Storch: “The science of the natur VInws which determine the prosperity of nations,” Mr. George thus formulates his theory: T propose to seek the Jaw which associates poverty with progress and tnereases want with advancing wealth; and 1 believe that, In the explanation of those recurring seasons of industrial and commercial paralysis which, viewed Independent of thelr relations to more general phenomena, seem so inexpli- cable, properly commenced and carofully pursued, such an Jnvestiration must yleld a conclusion that will stand overy test, and as truth will correlate with all other truth, For in the sequence of phenomena there js no ac eldent... . . Iproposa in this inquiry to take nothing for granted, but to bring oven accepted theories to the test of first priicl- ples and, should they not stand the test, to reshly interrogate facts In tho endeavor’ to discover thelr law,” This. aastimnption is, therefore, that poyerty does {nvariably accoinpany progress, and that the prospority of tho few fs tho misery of the many; this being Investigated and proved, a conchision {s reached which must bo tho proper solution, This result being adopted as a rio and Jaw by the nations of the world, we shall have no more panics or hard times, but all be equally prosperous. And Mr. Georgo's remeily reached by this process, which is sufficiently comprel hensive, 4s the practical abolition of private property'in land, to be accomplished, net by direct contisea- tlon, but by confining all taxation to land and making It equal rent, Wo can only natice a fow of ‘the writer's deductions, ‘Tako the subject of cofipern- tlon. A recent writer, in discussing the “abolition of poverty,” came to an entirely different conclusion from that reached by Mr, George, He conaldered that the State, the Church, and the rich were powerless to abolish poverty; but that the panacea was for the poor ta save themsclyes by codperation. What anys Mr. George? “It is now, and ling been for some time, the fashion to preach cobperation as the sovereign remedy for the grievances of the working classes, But, unfortunately for the efficacy of codperation as a remedy for socin} ovils, thoas evils, as we have seen, do not ariso from any confilet between labor and capital; and, if co-operationwere universal, tt could not raise wages or relieve poverty, os « It is.o strklogs proot af how first principles are ignored in dealing with social problems that, in current economic. and seml-economic literature, so inuch Impor- tonco fs attached to cobperation as a mens of increasing wages and relieving poverty, That itcau have no such general tendency, Isapparent, . ... That codperntion ts by so many belleved to be the solution of the ‘labor question,’ arises from tho fact that, where it has been tried, {t has in many In- stances improved porceptibly the condition of those linmediately engaged In it, But this is due simply to the fact that these cases ara isolated,” Thus Mr. George dismisses this proposed remedy, and, in fact, every other proposed, except the abolition ‘of property in land, as Inefficactous or fimpracticable, In this he is too arbitrary. A combination of means pro- sed ig mora likely to be the true solution Than guy single one, There ls too much of the goo falry, making dificulties disappear bya wave of tho wand, in this mannar of dleposing of antagonistic positfons, ‘Theo- ries ably discussed in volumes cannot be an- Be ‘ow, a8 to Mr. George's own remedy: “Wo must make land common property,” ‘This conclusion he claimsto havo reached “by a chain of reasoning In whioh no lnk ig wanting and no Jink is weak.” This bit of egotisin will be likely to be proved fallactous before “Poverty and Progress" jemuch older, These disclples af political economy aro pugnacions. Nevertheless, this {s the mens- ure which Is ta “substitute cauallty for In- equality, platy: for want, justles for {njus- thee, suclal strength for social weakness; and will open the way fo grander and nobler ad- vances of civilization.’” In innking this claim, Mr, George advances some Communistic principles: “Tho right of ail men to the use of Jand is nsclearas theirequal right to breathe the alr; {tis aright proclaimed by the fact of thelr existence,” “At tho end of what string of conveyances or grants ean be shown or supposed a title to Thy, part of the materint universe, .. . Lf clear n forest, drain. swamp, or fill a mo- rasa, all Fean justly claim Js tho value alyen to 0 oxertii They give mo no right to the Jand Itself. “This is everywhere a truth—as much in our now States ns in the British Islands or by the banks of the Indus.” "If chattel siavery be undust, then fs private property in and unjust? “There ean be 10 Aust title toan exclusive possession of the soll.’” “Pint a nuut has pureheased in good falth giyes him no right or claim whatever.” “Tho harder thes, the lower wages, the increased poverty perceptible In the United States, aro but the resilts of the natural Jawa we have traced,” ete., ete, Mr. George js thoroughly radienl. Ils conclusions are dogmatic and sweeping, Iie will admit of no restricted property, but an absolute abolition, Nor does he apply these deductions only to Ireland, or Italy, or Prus- ain, or Russia, or India, but also to the United States; and wo sithmilt that, the same ries ennnot be made to apply to all alike. We tum Mr. Genrge over tothe tender niereres of the politiea-cconomic students and writers, Ils book is welcome, because it will cause n discussion of na subject the mognitude and importance of which none will deny, We have devoted so much space toit because it [5.0 bold and frank exposition of theories now foreing themselves upon the public notlee; because the writer Is in earnest, nud because he {s also original. Be- fore he gets through he min feel Ikke Josse- Iya, or as the innkeeper in Longfellow's “Tragedy of John Endleott” puts if: T feel like Master Josselyn when he found Tho hornet’s nest, and thought it somo strange rit DAI tho seeds camo out~and then’bo dropped ‘Progress and Poverty, By Henry George. wi Fork: nD, ‘Appleton & Co. 1 Vol, ‘loth Pages 608. Price $2.) SEBASTIAN STROME-A NOVEL. Jullan Hawthorne's Inst novel, in point of merit, ranks first, and will take a high place among the works of fiction of tho time. It{!s less weird, less spun ont, than “Garth”; its descriptions are gracefully written; some of {ts characters reveal the skill of a master- hand; and tho story, through all {ts varied complications, Is interesting to the end, Tho innocence and simplicity of the good Vicar—whoso serinons the most learned and famous men of the day had traveled to Cedar- hurst to hear—may seom too Arcadian for tho age in which he lived,—perhaps even a trifle unnatural; the hero—n whilom student. of divinity, and withal a poratstent gamester, living a wild, fast life, and guilty of tho ruin of a loving girl, his inferior in rank—may appenr to Inck those very qualities which consistently should attract ond win such a girl as Mary Dene, the heroing; the prophetle influence of midnight-dreams plays too im- portant a part; the niystery about Selim Frawley is left unsolved: admitting the force of these objections, so smoothly and evenly move plot and cotunterplot through all their tangled mazes, that the render only remem- bers the strongth displayed and pleasure given by the whole, connected tale. Of the characters introduced to our notice, those of the Rev, Mr, Strome and of Sebas- tian’s faithful friend Smillet stand forth in bold relief, Few writers conceive and ‘so faithfully portray such men. The Rev. Arthur Stromoe had for many year occupied the handsomo.vicarage at Cedarhurst,—n man “toward whom conf- dence went forth like metal to the loadstone, because not only was he quick with charity, but he had kept fresh, through all the stress. and strain of manhood, the guileless candor and ingenuousness of achild.”- Ono son of three had been spared ,to him, and was ox- pected soon to takeorders and carry on his father’s career, Talking to his friend. Smil- Jet, in his chambers at London, the son thus paid his tribute to the father’s worth: “JT do know ono good man,—what you mean by good. I don't reverence what he + catechise him or account for him. The more ho belicves iu me and rejoices in me, the more he makes me feel what a fllmsy scamp I am, I stand in awe of that simple old saint, Ho wouldn’t ben Bishop. If he were to stand up In the pulpit of one of our gorgeous high churches, I havea notion that all the gold, and silver, and colors, and embroldery, and tapers, and Intoning, would appear ns dust, and ashes, and senseless gibberish, If I thought there were many like him in this world, I should lose my self-confidence and five up. I shall never feel comfortable so long nahe fs alive. Strange freak of desti- ny, that this man--of all men In tho.world— shouid be tho father of mo,” And 6f the son himself: “Tits face, uispassionately considered, youd hardly be termed beautiful; and, if it had clonged to a woman, there would prob- ably have been found no one to dispute ite neliness. Many wonen, after being repelled by {tat first, discovered Init, ou further ac- uaintance, an Indescribable fascination. (en wero variously affected toward It, ace cording as they liked or disilked what 1s In- telligent, witty, bold, sarcastic, and Inscruta- ble, It Was n faco which sooncr or later cam- pelfed you to take siiles, so to speaks the only: Anungenlble aus with regard to it cing that of inditference, Inthe nelghborhood of Cedarhurst stood Dene Hall, a mansion built In tha Bisteenth Century, the property In fee simple of Lary Dene, * the richest heiress in the county,” handsome and accomplisted. “She could not only saddle her horse and rido tt, but sho could exchange it for a better at a horse-fair, She could mow a fleld, drain it, plow it, and rotate Its craps, She could br ing down a pheasant with agun, as well as cook and carve it, She could not only ‘listen to gen- tlemen’s small talk ip the parlor, but she could oversee workmen digging a well or bultding a wall, and discourse such senso to themus to make thelr cars tingle... When she walked about the grounds, sho did not hitch herself along by her shoulders, with her skirts in ono hand, “her parasol in another, and her elbows in her ribs; but sho stepped out boldly, on elastic feotning Inches long, and with her arms hanging at hor shies ile Juno's in the Greek. statue,” Listen to the recital of. ono of her deeds of prowes! 8 she was returning home, after pruning some trees, with her ax in her hand, dressed Ina dark serge gown, with a thick quilted under-petticont of scarlet cloth, sho was chased into acorner bya bull, As sho ran she Joosened the petifenat, and, wateh- ing her chance, stripped it off in a moment, ond claverly (ossed jton the animal's horns ashe was charging her, At tho saine tine shosprang to one side, and, ns he passed, brought ‘aren her keen hatehet just hind hls ear, and tumbled the huge creature dead ather feet, Her futher witnessnd the feat, and, turning to tho gainckeeper, sald; “eA ftor all, Wilkins, we srr notin timo to save litin!' He's quite dead.? “Mary overheard this remark, Ls *No bull or anything else, shall chase me across a fictd and Ifve to tell of It," sald sho, very grimly.' If T hadn't killed him this afternoon, ‘I would have shot him this even- Ing, Wilkins, glve me my petticoat??? ‘One other character may be styled lead~ ing” In this drama of which’ we write: Selim Frawley, the yillain,—a sort of second cousin of atary ss who lad taken hgh hon- ors at Oxford, handsome fn ‘person, address Dieasing, and expenditure profuse, ‘He was of Sewich proclivitics, but “known to, de- youra pork-plo ata rallway-atation,”” and affectedly desirous to marry Miss Dene, ‘Fo attempt to briefly outiino, this story would be todo ft an Injustice. ThatSebastian falls in Jove with Mary, who reciprocates bis affection; that there isa dark wrangdonain his wild Ife, of the knowledge of which Frawley becomes possessed, and uses it to destroy Se- bastlun’s happiness and secure Mary for him- self: that his villainy defeats Itscif, and Se- bastlan, purified by adversity, shame, and sorrow, bacomes @ better man, and finally wins back his old love as her husband dies and leaves her free,—all these things the reader will surmise from the first chapter, But the many plats woven about this thread of story cont{nually obscure tts eud, and from the first word to the last the Interest never ceases, 6 reader never wearies until all the paths, well trodden, have brought him to 19 close. ‘ (Sebastian Strome, By Jullan Hawthorne, uns reverences, but I reverence him. I can't, Now York: D. Appleton & Co. . Paper. Prive, 75 cents.) NAWTIIONNE, ‘Tho last addition to “ The English Men of Letters” series fs written by Henry James, dr, It{s both s critical essay and a blogta- phy, Tho subject—Nathantel Hawthorme— well deserved this tribute to his genius and his worth; and the writer.has done justice both to his own reputation and to him of whom ho writes, Hawthorne's lifo was tranquil and uneventful, passed in a rural community, and with but few Incidents to furnish material for an_ entertaining blogra- phy. Norwas he himselfa yolumioug writer. Four novels, and the fraginent of another, five volumes of short tales, a collection of sketches, and a couple of story-books for children,—this Is In substance tha Ist of his published works. In the words of his blog- rapher: “Tfawthornois the most valuable example of the American genlus, That genius has not, ns a whole, been Literary; but Hawthorne was, on his limited scale, a master of expression. He Is the writer to whom his countrymen most confidently polnt when they wish to make a claim to have enriched the mother tongue; and, judg ing from present appearances, he will long acenpy this honorable position, Three or four beautiful talents of Transatlantic growth are the sum of what the world usual- ly recognizes, and in this modest nosegay the genius of Hawthorne Is admitted to have tlie rarest and sweetest fragrance.” But one other biography of Hawthorne, of any importance, has cver been written,—" A Study of Hawthorne,” by George Parsons Lathrop,—and Mr. James had, therefore, but scanty material from which to draw his facts, Hawthorne waa born at Salem, Mass., on the 4th of July, 1804, and the datcof hls birth may have had something to do with his unswerv- ing patriotism. His grandfather was a pri- yateersluring the Revolution; his father was also a.shipmaster, and died in Surinam in 1808. His mother was a Miss Manning, o: ood old Puritan stock. Most of Hawthorne’s Foyhood, as well ay many years of his Jater life, was passed in quict Salem. Bunyan and Spenser were perforce the companions of his early days. When 14 years of age he went to live with an uncle near Lake Sebngo, In the State of Maine, at n village called In 1819 ho returned to Satem, and the following year began to fit himself for college. In ret he entered Bowdoin,—then 5 quarter of a century old, and a * Mtehty hon- orable” seat of learning. Among his fellow- students wero Longfellow _and Franklin Plerce, His first novel, ‘ Fanshawe,” was probably written while he was here, The next twelve years of his life were unevent- ful, ie was poor, and _— solitary in his tastes, Iving with his mother at Salem until 1838, During this time he wrote “ Twice-Told Tales” and “Snow Im- nage,” which were gathered from his contribu. tions to the local journals and annuals of that day. In 1839 io was appointed a Weigher and Gauger In the Boston Custom-Houre,—a sition he did not retain very long. In 1841 he went to ive at Brook Farm, and in 1842 married and went to Concord, Mr. James gives an. interesting account of Brook Farm and of Tawthorne’s life there, and tells of tho quaint manner of his court- ship and marriage. In 1846 he was appointed “Surveyor of the Port of Salem.” and in 1819 wrote “ The Scarlet Letter.” Its success was almost fnstantancots; and in 1850, a Lenox, Mass., Hawthorne followed it with “The House of the Seven Gables.” ‘Then came n couple of little volumes for children, —"Tho Wonder Book” and “ Tanglewoo: Tales.” Li 1852, having: removed fo West Newton, near Boston, 1@ produced “* The Blithedate Romance,”—* the highest, bright- est, the liveliest, of this company of unhum- orous fictions.” In 1853 he went to England as Consul at Liverpool, and remained abroad seven years, Ills * Note-Books” contain the results of his foreign abservations; and in 1854 he published “Tho Marble Faun,”—a ork which, singularly enough, wasentitled “The Transformation” in England, Return- ‘Ing to Ainerica in 1860, he took up his abode ‘at Concord, and while there wrote “ Our Old Home,” and “ Septimiuss Pelton; or, The at the Inge of Plymouth, N, travelin, With his friend, Gen. Pierce, death overtook him. =. te We have been able to ajve but a, bara ont- line of this quiet, peaceful Hite, | “Tthad been as puro, as almple, as unsophisticated as chis work. ...-.. Man's conscience was his, ‘theme, but: he saw it In tho light.of a creative. Raymond, ‘|.faney which added, out of itsown substance, at Interest, and, I may almost say, an impor- nee,’ ‘er Eielish Men of. Letters — Nathantel Hawthorne. By Henry games, dr New York: Harper Bros. 1 vol, cloth, 177 pages. Price, $1.) OTOLOGY. If Dr. Shosmaker’s premises are correct, and his statements as to the tgnorance of the organ of hearing, {ts ailments and treatment, not only by the lalty, but also by s large class of physicians, warranted by the facts, his work on the diseases and Injuries of the ear ought to form an important addition to med- ical libraries, It {s clearly although technic- ally written; is in good, large type; and the subject is conyenlently subdivided, with asmall glossary and fair indox. Tho work is divided into ten parts, treating respect- ively of the Anatomy, Physfology, Hygiene, Pathology, Examination of Ear-Patients, Dis- eases of the External Ear, Disonses of the Mid- dlc Ear, Diseases of the Intornal Ear, Un- classified Aliinents, Artificlal Ear-Drums, and the Audiphone, From personal knowledge and personal oxperience the author indorses the Audiphone as tho best Instrument for the purpose known to tha science of Otology. It worked better than any other artificial means, except in ono case,—an ex- eriment with a Indy with loose artificial eeth,—where the ordinary conversation-Lubs was found to bo the only available ald. Tho work is likely to be of moro service to profes- sional men than to tho general reader, How- eyer charitable the writer's intentions, he was compelled to be technical, and the following extract will show at Ieast one part not Intel- ligible to the uninstructed: “Tho subject may porliaps be summarized by saying that those forms of timitus which relate most. to sensation may be considered aga kind of nouralgia of a reflex charactor, induced by contemporaneous affection of th nerves belonging to the Urppanay and ad- Jacent parts, stich as the trigeminus, glosso- harvngeal, the otic gangiion, and sympnthet- Ir plexuses; while the sevoror symptoms of tho saine class, such ns yoniiting and vertigo, ote, are to be associnted with Intra-auricular reassure (that ts, pressure upon the Intiyriats ina, oronthe auditory nerve-oxpansion It- self, in a manner already explalned),”” (Tha Ear—Its Diseases and Injuries, and Thelr Treatment. By ©. E. Shoemaker, MM D. Reading, Pa: B, F. Owen. 1 vol., cloth, pages 375.) GREAT LIGHTS IN SCULPTURE AND PAINTING. :: ‘This volume was written to supply a want tho author had felt In his own experience, of a concise text-book embracing the lives of both ancient and modern artists, and yetcon- talning incidents In their lives sufficiently in- teresting to fasten tho facts also in the minds of the students, It is the old principle in dealing with children, of sugar-coating the pill, smothering the powder In jelly, and bribing down the oil. Tho principle is agood one, and not to bo despised, In a work of only 200 pages, treating of over fifty different seny tors and painters, the sketchta must be brief, To condense histories of the Hyves of the great artists who lved during the alx moat important centuries of the world’s his tory, wasn work of no little diMiculty, It scems to have been well and consclentfous) done, and the short blographics are interest- ing even to those who have long since left the schoolroom, The general subjects o! Greok Sculptors. Greek Gems ‘and Dies, Greek Painters, Roman Art and Artists, Mo- salcs, Frescovs, Hluminated Manuscripts, and the Byzantine School have scparatachup- tersdovotedto them, Tho followlng statement Is made as to the preservation of the Venus do Aftto during the stormy scenes of 1870 and Tl. The statue was in the Louvre: “A secure hiding-piace was contrived {na sub- terranean passage of the Prefecturooft Police, behind a touble ‘wall, filled in with papers ot importance. In safety the beautiful Venus reposed until the horrors of the Commune succeeded.the Franco-Prussian war, ‘Then the Prefeeture of Pollce was fired, when nothing but the accidental bursting of a water- pipe saved the stutue from belng burned to ashos, On its restoration to the Louvre, the plaster used to conceal the five fragments ot which {t was composed was greatly weakened n renewal, It was then perceived that Bernard Lange, who had first restored the statue, under the reign of Louls VUE had mado’ use of wedges af wood to ulace {t | in position. Removing these, the posé of the goddess was decidedly altered, and ns- aumed one leas Inclined. The Academy of Fing Arta deliberated on the bro) rlety of re isining this new position, but decided that, as, the art-loving world had known the famous sculpture with Its attitude of ease.and grace, it would he wiser not to modify it.” (Great Lights of Sculpture and Palnting—A_ Manual for Young Students. Bye. D, Dore- mus. New York: D. Appleton & Co, ivol., cloth. Price, $1.) —— TENNYSON'S SONGS WITH MUSIC. ‘This large quarto, handsomely bound, and. Mlustrated by Winslow Homer, C. 8. Rein- art, A. Fredericks, and Jessie Curtis, was evidently intended for a holiday gift-book, and is somewhat “after the falr.” Of tho forty-five songs in the book, thirty-five are elalmedas new and original works. Tho familar song, ‘Tears, Idle Tears,” has two distinct settings, both by Raff, Among the distinguished composers who have con- tributed to this volume wo notice the names of Barnett, Hatton, J. Benedict, Macfarren, Goldschmidt, Liszt, Hullah, Gounod, Sulli- van, Scharwenka, find SuintSacns. No fault ean be found with the mechanical part of the work, and the names guioted are a gine antee for the excellence of the music part. The hook should bea welcome and valuable addition on any ibrary-table, Itmay be added that the work fs, by apcelal permission, dedi- hor States if the Queen. from the Published Writings of Al- nnyson, Set to music by various rs. Edited by W.G. Cusins. New Yor! Harper Bros. 1 vol., 4to. Illustrated, Price, $5.) TISTORY OF OUR OWN TIMES. Juslin McCarthy’s work on this subject was originally published in England In a four-volume edittow, It was then issued In this country as No, 57 of the Franklin Square Library Series, and is now again published in two 12mo, volumes, of which the first has just been recelved. This contains chapters describing events in England from tho death of William IV. and the accession of Victoria to the close of the Crimean War, with a gen- eral review of the literature of the reign, the earlier part of which the author considers to haye been rleher in Iterary genlus than the latter has thus far been,—and particularly rich in historical Inbors. Macaulay, he thinks, “will be remembered asa man who could do many things brilliantly, rather than as the author of a history.” Carlyle is “dls- tinctly the founder of a school of historyand aschool of art, We may regard him siinply asagreat author, and treat his books as Nterary studica and not ns Gospels.” The book J interesting and.valuable until super- seded by some more elaborate work which fs free from the objections commonly associated, with contemporancous history. It reviews a multitude of subjects, and gives an epitome of modern English Mintory. ‘imes, «(History of Our Own By Justin HoCarthy. Voll. New York: Harpor & Bros, Cloth. Price, $1.25.) THE AMERICAN ALMANAC, ‘We are under obligations to the American Nows Company for copies of “ The American Almanac, and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial and Political,” edited by Ains- worth R. Spofford, Librarian of Congress, ‘The comprehensive nature of this work ts indicated by its title, It is carefully com- piled. and of inestimable value for reference. itis published In paper form for 25 cents, and in a handsome Hbrary edition for $1.50. MAGAZINES, Temple Bar tor January has been re- ceived. The topics treated are: “Adam and Eve,” Chaps, L-IIL; “Percival Stockdale and Baldock Black Horse”; “St. Silyester's Luck”; ‘The Story of an Epicure"; “The ophile Gautier"; Three Angels "; ‘Celia: An Idyll,” IV.-VUL; “Sir Humphrey Davy"; “The Rebel of the Family,” Chaps, L-IlL TAppincott’s Magazine for February has an interesting table of contents, “A Day with the Ottawa Chantiermen”; “ Summer- ‘and Sketches *; “ Adam and Eve”; “Old and New Rouen"; “A Future Capital of the United States? (Kansas. Gites Deco- rative Art and Its Doginas”; “The Peasant Land of Lorne ”?; ‘The Bonapartes in Ex- {los “and Whidwood les,” ore the titles of some of Its attractions, | Tho International: Review for February contains’ articles on “South Carolina To- ’ Day,” by Edward Hogan; “ Ma “Physiologist,” hy Jotin G. Dalton; Mar- O'Neill Enton,” by Siilson Hutchins; * An Unwritten Chapter of the Tate War,” by A. A. Hayes: “ The Political Situation in rance,” by A, Falandier; “ Medieval man Poetry versus. ‘Vaticanism,” by Karl Bund; “The Raman Catholle Question,” L., by John Ja) 3'Universal Suffrage in Now ork,” by Outhbort Mills. Tho North American Review for February contains an article on “ The Catholic Chure! and Modern Society,” by Cardinal Manning: ex-Senator Howe, of Wisconsin, has an artt> cloon “The Third Term? which was re- rinted in Ti Tribune of Wednesday last; ear-Adiniral Ammen writes about MM. de Lesseps and His Canal"; George Augustus Sala on “ Now and Then in Amerien "; Presi- dent James C. Welling treats of “The Eman- efpation Proclamation’; and Baro WW. Hazel- tine reviews some “ Recent English Books.” This number, as will be seen, containsa table of contents of unusual interest. The American Journal of the Medtcat+ Sctences for January, published quarterly by & Philadelphia house, contalna over 800 pages. Its most important articles are: On ‘Affections of the Far Arising from Dis- eases of the Teeth,” by Dr. Sexton,—an essay which obtained a gold medal for ite author; a timely article on “'Typho-Malarial Fever, the so-called ‘Mountatn-Fever’ of tho Rocky Mountain Region,” by Dr. Hot, U.S. A.3 “Chronic Nasal Catarrh,” by Dr, Allon; “Fractures of the Craninl Bones,” by Dr, Stdell, Many other topics of Interest to the medical profession are discussed by compe- tent writers, The Popular Sctence Monthly for Febru- ary is notinferlor to Its predecessors. The subjects discussed are: “The Origin of Criininal Law,” by W. W. Dillson; “ Sapor- ta's World of Plants Before the Appearanco oon s now sds Hotd Fever Is Gone veyed, fr, Maclagans ‘anoverian Village Lilo ";'*3taps aud ‘Aap-Making Dee fore Mercator,” by Judge Daly; Ancient Methods of Filtration," by Prof, Bolton; “John Stuart Mill,” by Aloxander Baln; “Imperfections of Modern Harmony,” by Dr, Pearce; “Daylight in the Schoolroom,”” by M. Javal; “Hygtene in the cation of Women,” by Dr. Bennett; “Ar tesian Wells and tho Great Sahara,” b! Lieut. Schroeder, U, 3. N.; “The Origin o the Gypsies"; and the usual variety of ed- itor's notes and book-reviews, Tho February Atlantio contains, in addi- tonto Ita new quota of 144 pages, a supple- ment giving 3 full account of the Holmes Breakfast, with the speeches, poems, and letters of that very interesting aceasion, Tho other articles sre: “Thirty-soven tfundred and Fifty-elght,”” Part I1I.: “Puritan Bos- ton,” by George E. Ellis; “if © Should Lose Thee,” by Hjalnar Hjorth Boyesen; “Tho South Devil,’ by Constance Fenimore Woal- aon; ‘Lhe Parting Day ) * Pessiinism,” bi Goldwin Alte By bord fase ne Homo ndiscovere untry, — ry W.,D. Howalls; *Wordaworth,” by Citrls- topher P, Cranch; “¥Helen of Ty‘re,+ by Henry W,. Longfellow; “ Antoutus Stradl- varius and the Violin,’ While; * Benjamin Robb! u . ML, “DMr, Fiske's Essays’; Strong-Government Idea”; “A Plea for Im- mortality,” by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps; “ Dickens’ Letlers?": «lames Jipwthorg, ““Interprotod,’” b Busan Coolfage; The Contributors’ Club,” ; — SOME FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS, Bpictal Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, - PARIS, Jan, 6.—It was In 1873, 1 belleve, that hls Majesty Nasred-din, Shah of Persta, for the first time left his Kingdom and came to this barbarous European continent. You remember with what idolatrous rapture we foolish Occidentals followed every move- ment of our enlightened visitor's Royal foot- steps,—how onthuslastically wa heard of the Reuter convention, that was to break down the ignorant barriers of ages, and to open up ® magnificent country to civilization, You may not have forgotten, either, sundry In- structive and curious Incidents of his’ Majesty's stay in England,—where snobbery fora moment went, perhaps, greater longths, and submitted meekly to greater indignity, that ever beforo in the history of snobs, It wasin England, at the Sydenhain Crystal Zlisieas aad sduaiing Britany wathored to elirious ritons, r Bother lo do Hone te ihe “latoccatiog Oriental, were suddenly cooled by—in fact, by the refreshing dew-drops—shall we call them ?—expectorated by Nasr-cd-din himself, from the asccurity of his reserved on, the stal “Painee balcony put up with a number of othor picassntnesscs at the time, 80 strong was the hope that the Reuter convention was serious, Witen ft became painfully evident that the whole business was a huge Oriental joke, a facetious sally of adull and brutal a espot, —and that Civilization was to be kept waiting a Hitthe Jonger for admittance to the falr Persian Jand of promise, we Europeans got unrensonably indignant all at once, The fiat- tery that hod attended Nasr-ed-lin on his trittinphatcourse from the Russian frontier to Windsor, and back again, was changed to sureastic criticism and abuse. Nothing was so ntupld and odfous as this Shah; nothing tov severe could be sald of him, ‘The Britons, haying been the most humble and deluded, were now, of course, bitterest In fecryin him. There fs small room for doubting one if Nasr-ed-lin had ventured down Cheapside or Fleet street again, he would have been tel with rotten eggs and apples, tke the commonest Lord-Mayor oa: Tondon, [rather fancy Nasr-cd-din, who has something of the serpent’s wisdom (though not much of the harinles- ness of dover). knew he had nothing very agreeable to expret In England; for, when for the second tine he came to Europe, ho studiously avolied crossing the Stralts of Dover, and contented his zeal for inquiry and adventure within the Hmits of the “Ave wat'a good deal of him in Paris dl ‘e saw a good deal of him in Paris dur- ing the Extibition, He was supposed to be ere incog: but L have not forgotten that his Incognito did not lower hin ie the level of ordinary mortals jn Republican France. Wherever he went, he found polite sergents- de-ville to clear the way for him; and he lived quite as luxuriously as any sovereign could wish to while he was at the Grand Hotel. Nusr-ed-din did not entirely neglect. to take note of the things and persons he met on his travels, He had already given the world one yolume of his, Ulustrious history abroad, Another volume has lately been published by Bentleys, It fs entitled, ‘A. jary of His Majesty the Shah of Persia Dur- ing Ils Journey to lirope in 1878," and has been translated! from the original Persian, apparently with considerable care to pre serve a5 much as possibile of the native flavor, by Albert Hautum Schindler and Baron Louisde Norman, His Mnjesty’s observa- tions of men and matners cannot conscl- entlously be described as profound; but they arent Icast amusing, and therefore ful- fillone {mportant oblect of a book. A few specimens of his jottinga in France may be of interest to many of ay readers, Let us see what our eminent author has to say of Paris. Naturally, he has some finttering mention of the electric light in the neighbor- hood of the Grand Hotel: “A Russian engineer named Yablotchkoff —this !s Monsieur Apple [Yablotchkoft means apple in RussiunjJ—has invented a wonderful lamp, Hhted by electricity, which fs now being used in Parfs, although at St. Petersburg itself, or at other European cities, itisnot yetinuse. . . . There are here fifty or sixty electrical lamps, iuminat- box . People small un- ing the’ streets, and turning night into day. One really does not notico when {it is night. Tho light Is as strong as at the morntng-dawn, perhaps even stronger, The gas-lainps burning side by alde with the electrical lumps remind one of the candle which the fool lighted in broad daylight [a reference to a verse from Sadl’s works]. The Grand Hotel Is imaginatively described as"afineand high building, with ot least 2,000 diiferent rooms.” Hils Maj ety presently continues: “In the streets of this town one hears nothing but the rumbling of innumerable wheels; the pecullar cry of the coachmen, sounding to me Ike ‘Oumamtedi’; the cracking of the coachinen’s whips; and the blare of the trum- pets by which the omnibus-conductors warn the p¢ople not to get in the way It is really wonterful to see all this multitude of peo- ple, in the lowest and poorest. parts of elty; the litle children even behave them- selves properly. No one speaks. loudly, and one rarely sees two children quarreling to- gether. Every one minds his own business, and, head down, walks along, polite to every one cise.” Of the Paris coachmen he further ob- serves, with singular sagacity: “The ecoachmen of Paris never _huve any fixed hours for thelr repose. I have not yet seen a conchman that keeps awake when not actually moving. Whenever his master, or the person who has hired. the ve- hiele, gocs Intoa shop, or into a house to yet some one, or stops there a-short time, the coachman {mmediatoly, and on his seat, falls asleep, and sleeps on until his inaster comes out agaln. very coachman has a newspaper In Iiis hand, but before he can begin reading It he Is asleep.” ere now [sn short account of a soirée at Queen Isabella’s: “In the ex ening we were invited to dine at the Basilisk Palace friele the property of the Queen of Spain. Sipar Salar A’zem, Anjji Moshin Khan, Mu’en ul Mulk. Nazer ABR Persinn Minister at Paris, and Hakim nl Mamalik, were also there. Queen Isabella’s palace is a fine building, and beautifully furnished. Many of the Queen's relatives and friends, and members of the Spanish nobility, and other persons_were present, the names of some of whom I will mention later on. The dinner was very good. Tho Queen sat on my right sido; her sister, a thin and dellente lady, on my left. After dinner we walked about {n the rooms, A man played on the plano, and another man sang a sentimental song. A woman alsosang. Then there waa some music, and the ladies and gentlemen danced; it became, in fact, a tall et spending a pleasant evening, we went home. Nast-ed-din was evidently bored by tho songs. Of all tho passages relating his French experiences, perlinps the most entertaining {s that In which he describes a visit to Fontainc- bleau. (And here I must be allowed to pat his Majesty on the back for his delicacy in making no allusion to that little bill he had to pay at the hotel,—14,000 francs or so for three days’ stay, if t am not mistaken.) Aare lin went into tho forest, whereof he remarks: “Wo went further Into the forest, nnd reached a place which was formerly a church, but {s now a guard-house, A smart soldicr, very lightly dressed, without coat, and a7 atd lady whom they addressed as ‘Madame? whose business it was to_show the rulns in the forest, cama out. The old lady, wha spoke softly but very eloquently, led ia way to ide ous to the ruins, We walked some distance, and reached a numbor of curious stones lylng in the rond. The old lady stood still after every pace she made, and sald slowly and quictl that these stones resembled a human ski and skeleton, and that thoy were God's work, and not made by man. We thon arrived at a great oak-tree, and the old lady again stood stil, and gavenlong explanation, to tho effect that’ this tree was one that had been planted by Afme, de Maintenon, one of the mistresses of Louis XIV. Thero was also a cave there, Tho uld lady again stopped, opposit to the eave, nt n trateen stone, and related how some King or another had sat here with his wife or his mistress, both very much In love with each other. We Hanget this stone and reached 9 place lying a little higher than the surrounding grotwul, whore ® great number large stone slabs were piled ons on an- other, and from which we hada fine view of a part of the forest and some of the surround. ing country. Here the old woman gave us sich along speech regarding ancient people and thelr virtues, that I was completoly tired out, and called out to the soldier run hard and fetch my _ currlage, The soldicr went, but the old ‘wamun continued her course, and cried ont, ‘Come along; here are soine caves and old ruins,’ ‘There was another stone: slab, and, as I did not go, 8he soincwhat hastily came and tald us that the stone resembled & mushroom, Besides all this, the weather was warm, the forest was full of gnats, so 1 was very glad when tho carriage arrived, and deliv. ered mo from the interminable speeches of the ald woman," His Mnjesty’s “Diary” abounds {In Incent- ous narrations of this sort, and shquid af- ford an immense amount of Innocent amuse- ment to those who may read tt. «TY should Ike t say something of several other recent European publleations,—of a most notable book by “Jenn La Ruey” on- titled saaeates Vingtras.” Nobody on your side of the Atlantle has, to my knowledge, reviewed this work, though {t {s, in ever way, one of the most Interesting published furlng the paxt year, see ry Ce i) of cours a nom de plumo OF Jules “Valles, ‘the " Gommunist—one of abont half-a+lozen great. liv! writers of French Janguaga; and "Jacques ‘Vingtras” {s, to a preat ‘extent, an Buito- Dlozraphy of the author. By-the-by, have you heard of a little vol. umé of poeina published in London under tho titleof “Entre Nous”? ‘Tho author, a dashing young Anglo-Frenchman, is the Marquis do Leuville, who las won many laurels in “the camp the court, the grove, ' and—I may_add—the boudolr and the draw. {ng-room, The poems are of very unequal merit, some mere tinsel wol signif: Tes Saga es Set at olan whlis, com! rl Who is ayloast as French ea hela’ English, to oH 9 they are remarkable, A fair example of the better poema is the one that opens the vol- ume. The Marquis calls it “Longing.” This is the first verac: Low in my soul ts a deep, rich songs Hound my lips tho sweet'accents aro fluttering; Yot they falter, and I nearly die with jt hung In my voice that faints In tho uttering, I'd lure outa word from the rosy-tpped Engts Thon tho West should go paic with it thither! T can but talk to my own poor beart, And wo two weop togethor. 1 will give you ono other extract from tha Marquis to Leuville’s book. It Is of quite a different order, as you will perceive. Though pon, in some Fespactay It has really fing plenty of energy, earnestness, and meaning. In tls verses Lor instance; DAILY DREAD, Mines of misory Hu untold, Of withered souls whose sighs were gold; Who sang of love, and Mledor cold; With thoughts rich clothed, whoso clothing told Sad tales of woful thrend; Whoen insplration'a brightest heat, . And sonring dreams that sang o awect, Like wounded birds dropped down to greet Grim fears of hnving bread to eat— Odatly bread! The Marquis de Lonville fs, 1 believe, con templating n° yisit to the States, Ie Isa handsome and fascinating man, with an un- fall 4 eee acer. eoung indies of reat Northwes ready to repel boarders! fixnny Mexrzen LITERARY NOTES. “Ouida” has written a new novel, en titled *‘ Moths,” in which many’ hoted por- sons will appear In very thin disguise, Thomas Hughes’ new work on “ The Man« Mness,of Christ’ will be published in this country during’the coming season, An Interesting work on bookbinding by Mr. Zachnadortf, a high authority, has lately been published in Lendon, Admiral Ammen has written a book in nd- vocacy of ashipcanal yin Lake Nicaragua. The work will soon be published {n Phila- delphia. Francis, Parkman {fs at work on 9 now yolume of his serles, “France and England in North America,” which will ba entitled. “Montealm.”” “Gulliver's Travels” have been drama- tized for the London Gaiety. Swift wrote Brobdingrag; buta printer's btunder made it Brobdingnsg, and so {t has remained to this A new Illustrated brary edition of Don Prixote’ in four volumes demy 8vo., and illustrated with thirty-seven etchings by M. Ad, Lalauze, fs announced for publication in Edinburg, Prof. Mommsen has obtained a two years? Icave of absence, which he will pass In Italy, to stuily the atill-cxisting memorials of the carly Emperors—the snbject of his next yol- ume—on the spot, Among the Sheap reprints Is Getkle’s “Life of Christ,” originally published in two large octavo volumes, and now Issued by tha Anicrican Book Exchange in 800 pages, bound In cloth, for 00 cents, The French Academy has awarded the first Gobert prize to M. Paul Meyer for his "La Chanson de Ia Croisade contre les Albigeois, Commencée par Guillaume de Tudéle, et Con- tinudés par un Podte-Anonyme.” The first edition of the “ Antoblography of Prince Metternich” having been exhausted, the second edition, with a repraduction o ‘SMyer's portrait of Prince Metternich, is now on the press, and will be ready next week. ‘The third volume of the English transla- tion of the Comte de Paris’ “History of tho Civil War in America comprising the fifth and sixth volumes of the French edition, will be published some time during the present year, M. W, do Fonvielle has just published in Paris n novol under the ‘idle of Neridah a in which he brings tho tricks of Spiritualistia mediums and tho facts of electrical sclenco to bear upon the development of the plot, The sceno of tho story is in England and te Mr. Wollaston will soon publish a work upon which he has been engaged for sovon years,—n dictionary of English and corre- .bpanding Peralan words. The book will ex- clude all words found only in old writers snd. sucks as have become practically ob- Ga. Po patna {pons Announce, amont * + many other publications, crary Exsays, by, Bayard "Tn ylor; Ycamarting, and iis 'Friends,” by Henrl de Uncretello; «The Geneals of Life,” by RW. Wright, of New Haven; “The Heart of It” a novel, by W. D. Stoddard, The two first parts of an Interesting work, “Bibitotheca Belgica: Bibiographle Génér- nie des Pays Bas," have {ust been published, ‘The work will contain (1) the description of ! all works printed in the Netherlands during Hy the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, ns e well as of the prinelpal ones printed between 1000 and 1879; (8) n description of all works , whoso authors .are bor Netherlanders, as : well as of all works printed abroad which refer to the Netherlands; (3) a Hat of all tha AOrks R printed’ by Nethorlanders who settled abroa The music which Alfred Tennyson sent with his poom of “The City Cliild "—and “ which {3s appear In tho February St. : Nicholas—is the composition of his wife. A revised score was prepal by Mrs, Tenny- son, but forwarded too late for thls number of the magagzine, and will therefore ba printed In the igsuo for March, ‘The musta was sent 1s an anonymous contribution, and it will be news to many that the wifo of the prcat poet bas the gift of musical composi- ion, The Atheneum for Dec. 27 gives Its usual series of articles on Continental! literatura during 1872. Among thom are: Belgium, by MIM. E. do Laveleye and P. Fredericq; Bo- . hemia, by Prof. “Durdik; Denmark, by BL. Petersen; France, by M. G, Afasson; Ger- many, by Hofrath Zimmermann; Greeco, by Iss Yule; Holland, by E. van Campen; Hungary, by Prof. Vambéry; Italy, by Prof, de Gubernatis; Norway, by. x. Lassen; Po land, by Dr, Hotelkowskl; Spatny by Sefior Rinio; and Sweden, by A. Alinfelt. Portu- gal, by M.T. 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