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What is onc frost to tho rose Noxt Juno itisatl forgotten, Except—only God, He knows, And the shadows, why should you love them? Thoy are ene and chill, and griing ‘Thoy take ull warmth nnd brightness from heart, and braln, and Hmb, Como ont, O Heart, in the sunshing;’ in this golden, laughing light, Lift up your voivo and thank the good God that it fs not always night, Throw off your broodings and sadness, lift your- tho aurubine will wranryou In splondor, and rid you of inald and od must, it ‘This a tho only living—loughter, and sunshine, Tenderness for our nolgbbor, thanks for tho God Ove, Fen, 2, 1860. © Fanny Danisco. Lincoln and Lord: Martiagtony Indianapolis News, Tho Hon, Schuyler Colfax, In bis lecture tho othor night, told'a now story and a Food one. Tho Plarauis of Hartington, present loader of tho Enyllsh Liberal purty, was traveling in this during the War, and while boro made a soml-ollicial call on President Lincoln. He was introduced to honvet Old Abe In the White House with somo ceremony, but Mr. Lincoln 3 the hand of the Marquis with bis broad and, closed a grip on {t that brought the tears to the Englahimun's oyes, and gaid in u_ cheery yoico: “Glad to seo you, Marquis of Harting- ton. Shall never forget you, because yournnine rhymes with ono of our great churnctors,—Mre, peehe omit How are you, Marquis?" and he gave Hartington anothor squecze; after which ty lord left tho Executive Chamber nursin; his hand and bis tempor, culating to a frien that * your American Prosident if a boort” ‘The secret of the President tion was that tho Marquis had appeared ata ball in Now York a few nights before hia vislt to Washington and ostentatiously wore tho Rubel colors in bis but- tou-bole. Tho incident wag published, und the President, knowing tho Murquis was to call ut the Waito-lfouse, concluded to give tho huughty but ill-bred Englishman a puncture that bo would get through oven lis Mull-bide, And ho counti LETTERS AND SCIENCE, Cyprus in {879—Southey— Sporting Adventures in the Far West. Origin of tho Homeric Pooms— Mind in the Lower Animals, Twonty Years in Wall Street-—Tho Perception of Space and Matter. Miscellaneous Pubtications—Magazines —Books Received—Literary, Art, and Scientific Notes. Savage Superstition—A Mean-Timo Sun-Dial—Science and, Philosophy. LITERATURE, CYPRUS IN 1870, There fs too much of this book to renter It interesting to Amerlean readers, English- men may enjoy it, for to them Cyprus isa new toy,—something with which they hardly know whether to be pleased or not,—and the longalrawn-out story of the author's journey through this small island, wbounding In de- tails, and filled with statistical and geograph- fenl information, may repay them for the time devoted to reading its 600 pages. But there are some fmportantstatements,—impor- tant on account of the position and experience of the author,—nand to these it is worth while devoting some little attention, ‘The Island of Cyprus $s about 140 miles In Jength, varles in breadth from etghty miles to fifteen, and contalns about 6,500 square tiles, Its geographical position and natural advantages have always rendered {ta point of interest and attraction, and it bas been tn turn oceupled by Pheenielans, Greeks, Egpyt- fans, Persians, Romans, Byzantine rulers, Saracens, Byzantine ruters again, English, Lusignans, Venetians, Turks, and once more English, Its harbors, its valueasastrategice at polnt, its fertile soll, its forests aud timber, and Its mineral wenlth rendered its possession an object of constant struggles, On. the 4th of June, 187%, a “Convention of Defensive Alliance between Great Britain ‘and Turkey’? wns siened, and was In tha nature of a seeret orticle to the Treaty of Berlins In it England agreed to join the Sul- tan in defending. by foree of arms any at- tempt on the part of Russia to take possession of any of the Turkish territory in Asia, or to retain possession of Batoum, Ardalinn, or Kars; and, in return, the Sultan agreed to tn- troduce certain reforms, to protect Christian and other subjects of the Porte, and to assign the Island of Cyprus to be occupied and ad- nistered by England, There were also two other articles of agreement: (1) “'That En- gland will pny to. the Porte whatever fs the present excess of revenue over expenditure in the Island,—thls excess.to be cniculated and determined by the avernge of the last five years’?s and (2) “That, if Russia restores to Turkey Kars and theother conquests made by her ty Armenia during the last war, the Island of Cyprus will be evacuated by En- gland, and the conventlon of June 4, 1878, will bo at an end.” This is what Sir Samuel Baker considers the weak point in the affair, England be- came in reality only a tenant of the Sultan’s, —pnying - £00,000 a year rent as “surplus” revenue,” and leaving nothing for repairs or improvements, — There was nothing to counterbalance the risk Incurred in throwlng down the gauntlet to Kussla, and entering Into.a defénsive allinnce for the protection of Asia Minor, Nelthor British capltal nor settlers would Sulgrate, to 1 possession held under such precarious (enure, and hence all prospects of commercial development were rustrated, “ft England had purehased Cyprus, could have understood the plain, straightforward, business-like transaction, which would have at once established conti- fence ainong Hie lyhabliants whowould have become Brit! sh sublects and throu thoouter world, that would have acknowledged the commencement of a grent fut: But, if we: were netunily bound in defensive alliance with Turkey In case of war with Russia, why should we occupy Cyprus upon such one-sided and anomalous conditions, for tho aake of obtaining a strategical position that would have been opened ta our occupation agan att at any moment?” And this opinfon ts in no manner varied by the results of tha writer's Investigntion into the resources, condition, ellinute, ute, of Cyprus, England, {1 his Judgment, made a bad bargain. In theisiand “nothing of value exists beyond the agricultural productions, which are now precarious through the wn certainty of seasons; the metallic wealth has either been exlinusied by the ancient miners, or {t remains to be developed; tho forests have been destroyed; the harbours have been gloxged by silt; tho communtfentions are con- fined to pack-aniinals fn the general absence of ronds and bridges... . If wo held Cyprus as conquered country, such as Cey- Jon, Mauritius, or other of our colonies, It would oceupy tho extraordinary position ofa colony that could advance and pay its wa, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGI fork six Inches Jong by five fect elght inches wide, While thero are many Interesting chapters in the book, there is a great deal that Is Aupcriluous and renders the reading tedlous, There ia considerable repetition in the de- seripttons, and great dealot statistical fn- formation interesting only to Uiose having some espeelal interest In the country de- seribed, But the writer 1s an experienced traveler, aceustomed to usa hls eyes and his ears, and has left very, ttle to be added to the modern history of Cyprus, (Cyprus as L Saw Tt hu 1809, By Sir Sam- rt, Lonton: Macmillan & Co, 1 yol., cloth, Price $3.50.) BOUTIHEY, ‘The best life of Southey Is the one written by his gon, the Rev, C. C. Southey, and pub- Nshed in six volumes fn 180, But in that form It fs cumbersome and unwieldy, and Mr, Dowden has done 9 real service to literature in compressing what svas beat worth know- ing about tis author Into the compact Ilttle volume before us,—the fourteenth volume in the “Enalish Men, of Letters Series.” Southey’s career was one of-unparalleted In- dustry ag n man of lotters, and there Is searce- ly a department of literature In which he did not engage. Writing so much, he wrote irregularly, and the rare power of somo of his works makes the comparative inferlority of others oly the more apparent, is three best poenis are generally considered to have been, “Thalabs, the Destroyer,” an Artbian tale; ©The Curse of Kehamna,” founded up- on fables of the Hindoo mythology; and “ Roderick, the Last of the Goths,” tha snb- ject of which is tho fall of the Gothic do- minion in Spain, His mind was always full of subjects. One theine was hardly outlined before another was planned, and frequently two or three were on hand at the same the, Necessity made him a rapid wrlter, for he was as poor in purse ag he was rich In Intellect. Poverty, nearly all his life, was knockIneat his door, “Yet so cheerful was his disposition that he never compluined,—was always mer- ry,—saw life on the brightest side. And his work was with hin a pleasure, not oo drudgery; a recreation, rather than a task, Byron sald he was “the only existing entire mun of letters.. isblographersays: “* With hit, Hterature served the needs both of the tnaterial life and of the Ife of the intellect and imagination; it was his means of earns Ing his daily bread, and also the means of satisfying his highest ambitions and desires, No one ainong his contemporaries gathered so large u store from the records of the past; no one tolled with such steadfast devotion to enrieh lis age; no one oceupled so honor- ablea place In so many provinces of Htera- ture. ‘There js not, perhaps, any single work of Southey’s the loss of which would be felt by us as wcapital misfortune, | But, the more we consider Ils total work, its muss, its vas riety, its high excellence, the more we come to regard itag a memorable, an extraordinary achlevement,” Something must be credited In this state- ment tu the zeal of the biographer, who, hav- Ing faithfully and carefully studied lis sub- ject, stands for the thie belng Jn loco pa- rents. Some of Southey’s work was too fragmentary to rank with the best; other writers “have been even more pro- litle. But the oman, himself is worthy of study, an ig’ the man Southey with whom the writer has. wisely sougit to make us acquainted, It is Southey as he “ rend and wrote in Iislibrary, ashe re- joiced and sorrowed mmong his clilldren, as he held hands with good old friends, as he walked by the lake-side or lingered to muse hear sone mountain-strean, as he hoped and feared for England, ag he thought of Hfe and death beyond the grave,’—thls is the subject of the book, rather than the English laureate, the writer of history, the author of “The Doctor.” ‘The abortive attempt of Southey and Coletti to form a Puntisocratic So- elety on the banks of the Susquehannah, and its defeat through the lack of money, evoke nsmileastold by tho faithful biographer; but it was earnest, serious work with the young enthusiasts, twenty-five In niunber, of whom Southey and Coleridge were the leaders, But Pantisocracy grew fainter and farther off, and married ‘Ife interposed its claims upon the poet's attention, Married in secret, on the eve of his departure for Spain and Portugal, he became the possessor of av true and faithful wife, who shared with him all his high hopes and aspirations, One pecutinrity of Southey’s calls for es- peclal mention. With ‘all. his pores: he ‘was a rare collector of bonks. Ilis Spanish and Portuguese collection, we are told, was probably the ost remarkable gathering of such books in the possession of any private person in the countt ys Mr. Dowden considers that “the poet in Southey died young.” Nor were his sub- jects popular. They dealt with themes and seenes with which few were familiar; he nelther “renders Into art a great body of thought and passion, nor does he give ratilt= less oxpresslonto lyrical moments.” In prose he wag athis beast, and in bjography hehasnot been surpassed, “FI ts industry was that of 0 Gorman; hig lucidity and perfeet, exposition. wera such as we rarely find outside a French memoir. His style 1s natural and inimita- bie” “The Cid,’” wrote Coleridge, “unites the charm of romance and lulstary, keeps the imagination constantly on the wi My and yot leaves much for after-reflection.” “The wit and humor of “Lhe Doctor,’ said Edgar Poe, “have seldom been equated.” And he himself In spirit, “ grave with man’s wisdom, was pure ng the spirit of a little eliitd,” (Robert Southey, By Edward Dowden. English Men of Letters. New York: Uar- per & Brothers, Price 75 cents, 38 SPORTING ADVENTURES, Mr. Murphy has written a very readablo book. Not a profound work; not nn clab- orate zoDloglieal treatise: but 2 book In which we find combined a practical knowl- edge of the -hnbits, instincts, and mode of life of the different wild animals of the Amerlean forest and pratrio, and also tho best methods for enjoying the sport of hunt ing them. Every chapter has its hut breadth scapes, Its Incidents and anecdotes entirely by its own surplus revenue, without | of frontier fe; and we are Inclined to the apublicloan, . . . The fact by, that, as usunl, the English Government has been hoodwinked in Its Ihasty bargain’? Plain talk from an Englishinan, but Lord Beacons- field’s Cabinet is probably pretty well used to plain talk ? by this time, Sir Samuel Baker—while condemning tho terms of occnpation—makes one siguitteant statement, and one which will ba Ikely to render England averse, to a recession of Cyprus. He speaks of It as ‘a strategtenl re nit that dominates tho eastern partion of he Mediterranean, and supplies the missing link Ju the ehain of fortified ports from. England to the shores of Egypt.” Gibraltar, Malta, and Cyprus! Those are the Inks in the chal “Ina war with any maritlne Power, the first necessity is an uninterrupted Hine of fortitled conllng-btations, at iutervals not excecdin, five dive’ steaming nt ten knots. A nival war will depend entirely upon the supply of coal, which will inall probability be declared ‘contraband of war,’ In the absence of a defendable chaln of statlons throughout the world, ors will us they will bo rendered helpless when thelr supply is re- duced to the ninimum suflicient to carry them toa friendly port, . . . Should tho most powerful yeasel afloat, after a long erulse, during which she has encountered 1 be extremely, Himltent, opluton that somebody's hnagination has at times been permitted to ran “wild? But these campfire storles are exclting and Inter- esting, and many that seem most lmprobable probably possess some fact for a foundation. There are many elements of fascination in the wild, romantic hunter-lifo of the Far West; and tho frontiersman, the scout, the Nimrods of the Plains, are a peeuliar people whose lives are fill of ndyenture, | Wo are Introduced to many speelmens, and, os the introctueer is one who hus lived for years mnong them, we accept his voucher for the fidelity of the pictures, ene, object In. preparing this work ling been fo give the general characteristles, the haunts, habits, and the best method of lint ing the Jargest class of gine; anil, as my facts are. derived from personal experience, and from that of somo of the most famous scouts and hunters Linet in the West, £ hope they may be fenerally found accurate.” “ach chapter takes up one or more of the class known as wild animals,—bear, buffalo, tho action of tho most powerful cruls- | fox, wolf, ete, ete,,—gives thelr peculiarities and habits, details personal adventures in hunting them, and adda whntever incidents ho may have gathored res pectings them, ‘The different chapters are entirely disconnected; thore 1s no pedantry or affectation of learne ing: the facts are stited as tho resulls of ob- head winds and weather that had gaused de- | servation or of hearsa Jay and a great consumption of fuel, be re- duced to only a few hours! steaming, sho would be at the merey of an inferlor ante: onlat whose bunkers might be well filled, «+ « The attention of the usually fur-sees ing publie fs seldom directed (to this linpor tant question of coaling-stations; butan exume- Jnation of a recently constructed globe will ‘Tha book, in the wulvtee it fives: fs rather for the professional hunter, the man who in- tends devoting considerable thie and money to the purse of gume, than for the mere tyro who seoks n fow days’ recreation with he gun, ‘Che number of things required for an outit is positively appalling, although there is ne doubt but that thelr possession discover the apparently Insignificant red dots | would inatoriully add to one’s comfort while whieh represent the dominant power of En- gland in every portion of the world. ‘The smallest Island may become the most iny ree nable and important coallng-depot. ‘Thore can beno doubt that Cyprus, or Crete, was requisit to England aa the ahah: Ink Inthe chain of our communteations with Eaynte Ie Cyprus is necessity in order to hisure Bnalans maritiine ascendency, as Slr Sim uel Baker himself acinits, a efause ina Cons vention iy not Ikely to be ponnitted to stand between her and the permanent ownership of the Island, Sir Samuel Haker’s journey was mado on horseback, with o specles of nondescript Bypsy vain or house on whicels, for lodgings aiul for meals, “Tho misvrablo reports Th England respecting the want of accommoda- tlon,’” he says, “and the unhealthiness of = canplng out aniong the Rockies. The best region for gaine is sald to be In the vast area, ty ne between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacitle Ocean, where the hunter will find grizzly and black bean, mountain-sheep and gout, several species of deer, coupars, wolves, foxes, elo. “These countries,” he says, “can be approached in variety and” abundance of game onl the tangled jungles of | Indfa or the Impenetrablo “woods of Africa; and as they, including Utah, embrace an area of nearly 600,000 square miles,—or about. five thes that of the United Hindons of Great Brituin and Irefand,—it_ is evident that they will afford a splendid tleld to true sportamen for many years to come.” But one hnpor- tant fuctor lu that proposition dloes not seem. to us to have beon sufiiciently taken into ac- mg = fyprus. had determined mo to render myself | count, and that is the benevolent and kindly ndep pendent: Thad, therefore, arranged 8 gypsy travellng-van while in. London, which would enable .us to select a desirable reathis- place in any Portion of the island where the route should be practicable fur wheeled con- veyances, ‘This yan was furnished with a permanent bed; shelves, or wardrobe, be- neath; a chest of drawers: table to fall ugulngt the wall when not dn is I ‘ur glass aud crockery; stove and chimney; ands it fact, It resemble Ht disposition of to noble red man, The grizzly bear ts the most dangerous of the fer nature, Of the binck bear he says: “As a game animal, when In good condl- tlon, the bear may be classed with the fox or badger, for, while it is harder to Kill and more dificult to find, it ty equally as harm. less to man If he will not throw himself into use; lockers | its embraces and assume that he can whip his welght in witd-cata, While it Is a don- da ship's cabin, ning } gerous opponent at close quarters, owing to its weight, size, and strength, the sharpness of its.teeth and, clawa, and Ita hugging propensity, yet, Its towel may be overcome y yy xelzlag the throat, near the root” of the tongue, and press. ing the fingers heavily on it; and this soon produces spasina, which suffocate tina short dime? And meanwhile what is it flatts with Its powerful paws? Are they folded in penceful resignation? Of the cou- ar Mr. Aturphy: says; ' Whatever it eatches, eb it be small or large, it first ctits open the throat and drinks the bloods and, if Its appe- lite 1s not then satistied, it devours the fleshy and, shoud any remaln over, it !s carefully covered with Jeaves to be kept for the next meal or ‘rainy day.’ Its cournge Is suf- ficiently great. to Induce It to free any for, from bear te man, in ense of an emergeney.* At the close of the book sine figures ure iven showing the sales of Amerleun furs tn London. s Sporting Adventures in the Far West. By J, Mortimer Murphy, New York: Iarper & Bros. 1 yol., cloth, 470 pages. Price $1.50.) ORIGIN OF THK NOMERIC POEMS, The modern question as to the origin of the Nomeric Poens—whether they were written by Homer, or were a series of unconnected songs collectedand combined by Pisistratus— dates back to the publication of Wolf's “ Pro- lezomena,” ln 1705, Wolf really introduced this apple of discord among Homeric stu- dents,—-for, although a somewhat’ sitnilar opinton had been held before by Vico, Cas- sanbon, Bentley, and others, thelr views were outweighed by the ciirrent opinion of Tlomer’s personality. Since then the qies- tion has been often discussed, but no definit conclusion reached. ‘There are as many dlf- ferent opinions as there were cities claiming to have been Ils birthplace, Dr. 1. von Bonttz, tn a lecture orginally delivered at Vienna some twenty years ago, stuummed up concisely but clearly the whole Inquiry In its history and results: and that lecture, brought down to the present. stuze of the history of this branch of inquiry, tins just | trans- lated by Prof. Packard, of Yale College, and published ina neat little 16mo of 11d pa Os, Suglish renders are to be congratulated on being able to fanifiarize themselves with the history of this soutroseray: williout, hay- Ing to seek it out. in“ teelnieal dis- cussions or elaborate treatises In on foreign tongue. It has enlisted all the lending scholars of the past three centurles, and this compact summury of the dliferent. steps attalned and now Jndisputable may be considered what it ins been defined, as being “an epltome of the movement of critical thought which {s intelligible to readers who know nothing of Homer's tongue? It Js unnecessary to refer to the grand and matelifess beauty of the Hind or the Odyssey, Their treatment by their reputed author led Goethe to abandon Nansikas as a theme after he had sketched a plan of treatment, on the ground that no one could safely venture into such rivalry with Homer, In his own nation, for over 2,000 fen the hero-poet recelved al- most divine honor; and then arose doubts, not only of his birthplace, but-of lls very existence: and it inty be sald to be pretty well settled now. thnt Gertnin scholars at Jrast do not accept hin as the sole author of the arent eples, ‘Lhe new views inay be thus stated: “The Diad and Gilyssey, whieh we call the poems of Homer, are not the work of a single poet; but ench of thom certainly ant least, Of the older of the two, the flnd, this may be conthiently sald—is made up, of the separate solgs of different poets. For hundreds of yenrs there were in elreulation among the ireck tribes herole songs about the incidents of the Trojan Jegend,—each one of moder- ate length, ench containing onty a single transactlon, designed ‘to be sung with the necompaninent of the lyre, and to be heard by an company who, after a banquet at my festival occasion, would enjoy recalling the achievements of thelr ancestors. In course of time these separate songs were combined nucording to the order of the story, at first into large groups, and then Into the complete wholes, pretty much as we now have then, and then ut fast were made permanent In written form by tho orders of Pelsistratos, Inthe sixth century before Clirist. It is, then, nat the work of aslugie man, but the poetic product of deonee period, which we Hud incorporated Into the Hind,” Some of the arguments used in- support of this position are the uncertainty as to Tom- er’s birthplace or the time when he lived, dates on this polnt being over 200 years apart; the established fact that the IHad and. Odyssey were not originally committed to writing, but orally delivered,—tha art of writing not laving been known for over 100 yenrs after the Ilind was known,—the tradl- tions in regard to Homer's life assuming “tho shane of ttems ns to the gradual spread of eple poetry among those Greek elties and tribes which chiefly cultivated 1” ‘Then the poems themselves, by their contradic. tions, or “inequalities,” bear evidence that they were but combinations and adoptions of earlier songs. But we cannot follow further this interest- ing question, ‘The work before us, although na smatl one, falrly presents the diferent. theorles advanced by each patty, ‘The trans- lntion, we may add, has been carefully done, (Orh of the Homeric Poems. By Mr, Ter- mann Bonttz. Translated from the Fourth German Edition by Lewis R, Packard. New York: Harper Bros. Price 75 cents.) MIND IN THE LOWET ANIMALS, Comparatively few works have been writ- ten on the indications of mind in the lower animals, and the psychologlenl resemblances between them and man. This tsa wide fleld, deserving enreful and extended investigation. An important contribution to this depart- inent of Science has recently been made by W. Lander Lindsay, M. 2. F. RS. EF. 1, S,, of England, The author has spent mueh time and labor in his Investigations of this subject. Io professes to have conducted his Jnanirles without prepossession, and with no view to the support of any theory, ina purely selentlite spirit. - ‘The first volume embraces discussinns on “Comparative Psychology.” and “Mind in the Lower Antinals, In Its Normal Mani- festations.” ‘The second volume is devoted tothe consideration of “Mind in the Lower Animals, in Its Abnormal Manifestations.’* Dr. Lindsay endeavors to show that, at least in the more developed of the lower antmals, all the faculties appenr that belong to the himan mind, and that many animals exhibit all the moral manifestations that are seen Inman, If his statements are to be ace . cepted. as true to their full extent, It would seem that innn hag but very little advantage over the brute until he has passed through a long period of progressive development and culture. Ho isa full bellaver in the doctring of Development.as put forth by many lend- Ing seientists of the present day; and accord ingly contends that mind in the brutes and tn mini fs the same in kind, differing only in de- ree. Ilo bases this conclusion on a compar son of mind in the two classes of beings, both in health and disease, | ‘This fy not the piace to onter upon any extended criticlsm ofsuch awork ns that before us, But wa yenture to offera few remarks by way of general eriliclam. First—The author refers only to Herbert Spencer and Vrof, Bain as. among the writers on Psychology who he has consulted; and, in hls observations bear- ing on the Immnortaltty of the soul, he rele- giles the whole subject to the domain of speculation, In yarlous passages ho {ndientes hls decided sympathy with the aclentific, skeptics, and seems to ws, after all his protestations of freedom from projudice, ta have kept before his eye the tendencies of his discussions to fortify the posttions defended by the opponents of toligious faith, Secondly—Many of his facts are stated without authorities, while It ts true that many others are given with sufll- cjent references to his own observations or to credible writers. Not a fow of tho alleged facts, that aro slinply asxerted as facts, ure highly finportant, aud may ba _auestioned by many Intelligent readers, ‘Thirdly—e makes many statements, on the suthority of missionaries and others. in his own words, which we ure not prepared to belleve they would have Uicliboratety and conslderately put down without aual{fication in the game forms. For example, in regard to tho low coutition of some suvage tribes, “Incapacity {er edueatton or Instruction, for progres or improvement, Including untamability.”” ‘The authorities appealed to in support of this statement would probably not defend the lit- erality of thelr words in’all cases, At least, the careful writers whom we hve read do not make such unquatitied assertions, It is important to sift authorities on such ques: tions, Fourthly—Dr. Lindsay Is too Indis- erlninate in referring to whole classes of aniwais montal attributes which are nevor found comblned In any one spectes; ar, at all events, he does not sufticlently recognize the fact that tho apparent sagncity of uniinals fy very Ihimnited, except in the special direc: tlons of thelr several modes and means of life, For instance, the bee hag an instinct, or mental tendency i¢ you please to cull it so, which enablea {t \to construct Its celly with geometrical proclafon, and to Pnionsura Space outsida of store up its) food In due time. But Mis genius and industry extend no further, after thousanls of years of existence, S80 ot the beaver in constructing its house, and the Dird In building its nesl, The “ adaptive- ness”? of whieh he spenks $3 restricted ton very narrow clrele, Subraninganisthechtiry of favorable situatlons, or of new materials resembling those formerly used, or the means of averting dangers frequently experienced, ‘There is nothing i the lower animals that can be compared with the powers of indefinitt varled [irogress in man, Fifthly—Dr, Lind say uisily identifies the feeling of shame tn the domestic animals after they have been punished for offenses with consetence in Inn; which will seem to many readers to In- volve an assumption in the interest of evolu- tion to which nothing buta inoral preposses- sion could reeoncile'a writer of so much dis- erhuination and reflection, Notwithstanding what seem to us serlously objectionable feat- ures in the work of Dr. Lindsay, tt is high! surgestive, and will lead to further research {n the same department, and will tend to cult- {vate and develop a more kindly interest in the lower antinals, (Mind in the Lower Animals, in Heath and Disease, By W, Lauder Lindsay, M. D., . KS. Foi S., Honorary Member of the Now Zealand Institute. Two volumes, New York: 1D. Appleton & Co,, 1880. Price, 4.) RW.D TWENTY YEARS IN WALU STREET. Life in Wall street {3 peculiarly faseinat- Ing. It isa history of fortunes won and lost ina day; it is the story of gigantic gambling; {tis the romance of wild speculation. Its wreeks are scattered all over the world, and he who fs its king to-lay may be dethroned and sceptreless to-morrow. Once Wall street riled the American finanetal world, and to- day !mmense corporations are manipulated In the brokers’. offices,—monopolies created. atthe will und beck of the stiecessful stock: dealers Mr. Fowler's inside view of a twen- ty-years’ fe in Wall street fs. therefore, eelally interesting, The author writes of scenes in which jie liad a parts and again, by his own failures, points the lesson so many have had to practically learn, The present volume isa relsauce of an olt book, but with new matter added to bring it down to date, and, ineluding the colossal stock-movements of the litter half of 1870, Not only are the writer's own vicissitudes Faithinlly. enumerated by him, but we have pen-aud-Ink sketches from life of some of the great operators, We all haven general, theoretic Iden of what Ife in Wall street ineans; but Mr. Fowler throws new light into dark places, and hus written ave ‘ able yoluine on whut Is really only'a very minute corner in this world of ours, “ Gambllng In stocks,” he says, ' after fol- lowing a legitimate business, 18 lke quafiig brandy after sipping claret. When once n min lias fairly conmnitted himself to specn- Jation, his hnagination soon grows to lend a hideous fascinution to the objects of his pure sult” ‘The numer of successttd men dure ing the past ten years might almost. be counted upon the fingers. ‘fhe successful brokers make the most ma Jeast Tsk. yp ind with the “ Gould's. bro! have made as 00,000 in one month on commis: them by that speculator.” Of eof selling “ short,” Mr, Fowler The practice of selling stocks short will be found, in the end, to be invariably a losing business.’ Daniel Drew's Insses on the short side fottwenty years before 1875 ve been estimated at nearly $7,000,000, IIo #8 the following maxing as the result of 1 early-bought experiences % Buy only on the amplest margins; Be an_oceaslonal, ant not a constant, operator; Cut short your losses, and let your profits run; Never sell what you have not got.” (Twenty years of Inside Life in Wall street. By Willian W. Fowler. New York; Orange Judd & Co.) THE PERCEPTIO MAT The doctrine of Perception has always been a puzzle to metaphysiciaus, ‘They have been divided, on this subject, Into Ideulists and Natural Realists, Bishop Berkeley tak- ing the lead, in modern thnes, among the former, and Slr William Hamilton among the latter, The Idealists deny that we lave, or ean have, any evidence at all of a material world, maintajuing that mind §s the only reality that we have any knowledge of. The Naturat Reatists hold, on the contrary, that we know both Matter and Mind by our cone sciousness, aud through the ald of aur bodily. senses, which are the media of the mind’s perception, Even skeptics are ‘divided on this question,—some contending, with Hume, for IWeallsm, and others, with Herbert Spencer (who !s here Inconsistent with Iim- self), for Natural Reallsin, Of course there are mixed views Intermediate between the two already defined, such as those of the representative Idealists and those of the grosser Materialists, We haye now a new eaudidate for honors among the Spiritual Philosophers in the Rev, Johnston Estep Walter, Principal of the Classical aud Scien- tite Institute, Stt, Pleasant, Pa. who puts forward a theory of Perception quite distinct from any heretofore fistisane reeopnized, Y OF SPACE AND i Mr, Walter's volume, just issued, consists of more than 400, duodecimo pages, and fy dl- vided into two paris, The first part is de voted to n Raview of the ‘Theories of Perce tton defended by Dr. Thomas Hekt, Sir Will- inn Hamilton, Prof, Bain, and Herbert Spen- ecr. In the second part he explains and argues his own view of “'The Perception of Space and Matter”: (1) “The Perception of Extension and Space”; and (3) ‘Lhe Per- ception of Matter.” jew of Theorles Mr. Walter ox- hibits a creat deal of nenteness, and points out many Inconsistencies Into which the au thors whose several works he examines have falien, He has clearly shown the utter in- sullleiency of the theortes of Bain and Spen- cer, both in relation to the Perception o Space and that of Mutter, Dain’s theory of Space ha convicts of the capital defect of identifying Space with Time, or at Teast mensuring the one by the other; and Spen- cer’s doctrine that the nature and attributes of Space are unknowable, he convicts of self. contradletion and opposition to the clearest testimony of human consciousness, In lis exmninntion of Hamilton's theory of the Per- ception of Space and Matter, he shows the impossibility that the Mind should be direct- ly consefous of the external world, as Hamll- ton inaintuins, But when Mr. Walter ¢: pounds and endeavors to establish his own heory of the Perception of Spacenndt Matter, he seems less able to Iny new foundations and ‘build upon then than he was to pull down old superstructures, Hs theory fs, that the Mind 1s Iltorally extended tothe limits of the bodily sensorium, and that it ds, therefore, dlreetl¥ conscious of this extension, and of fis connection with the mit teria) orzans of tho body as aceupylng Space, From this consciousness of its own exten- sion, the Mind Js ennbled, by comparison, to txelf and of the hody, Ie attempts. to repel the objection that, according to his theory, the Mind must be innterial, by affirming that Spuca is not matarial, nnd may, therefore, be an attribute of an Immaterial spirit, But how an tmina- terial substance can be iterally extended in Space, he does nat aufielently consider, Tne deed, he speaks of Mind as a duld-lco sub: stance.” which borders on an ayowal of Its iinterial nature. Ho argues that, because the 4 Mind perceives the sensations proceediny from aliterent parts of the body, it Is direc! Jy consclarts that It ceoupies every partof the body; which ts by no means self-evident, and Js not sustained by the consclousness of most personsat feast. All thatean bo truly afiirmed on this polnt 1s, that we perceive that our sensations do proceed from cattses operatin upon the nervous system at diferent locall- tles on or within the surface of tho body. Mr. Walter’s main postulate requires more prove than he has brought for {ts support. 1a seems weak siso in his answers to several objections to lls view, especially the objec tlon that {¢ has been found by measurement that the apparent distances between dif. ferent paris of the body, as revealed yy consciousness, do not correspond with the actunl distances,—tho nerves of sensation being more numerous at some polits than at others; and the objection that the Mind avems, for n tong time after the amputation of a dink, to be ns cousclous of sensation fn that member as in the correspondity whole one. ‘There must be examples where the meibers on both aldes, for instance the hands or arms, have both been removed, It would be interesting to learn tho testimony of the consclousness of sensations i suich cases, because It could not be said, tn relation to such examples, that the apparent sensation on ane side was sustained by tho real sensation on the other side, Mr. Walter’s assumption that we could know any better how the Mind percelyes Matter where it Is immediately present with the Mattor, than where it is not present, 1s not founded ayant any fuct of conselousness, or any yeasou that we ean discover. ere ls the holnt ut which hls theory moat of all needs support, and which he has left without defense. On the whole, he docs not seein to- hayo cleared the subjeat of the inuin diiticul- 1 his Re ties by which It is beset. ‘Tho attcation still remafns tnsolved, How docs the Mind pers ceive the world of Matter, vither where tho Mind fs or where It is.not? ‘The fact seems plain enongh, Mr.’ Walter’s discussion is well worthy the attention which It willsurely recelye from philosophical thinkers, (The Percevtion of Spree nnd Matter, By ¢ the Rev, Johnston Estep Waiter, Principa of the Classical and Scientific Institute, ie Fiensant, Pa, Boston: Estes. & Tauriat, MAGAZINES, Tho Banker's Magazine, in its February number contains, among many others, Inter: esting articles on: “The Public Finances!’s “The Stock of Gold’; “Congress and tho Finances "; “The Eastern Demand for Sil- yer’; “The Character of Natlonal-Bni Reserves": "Taxation of National Hankees ane ae Financia! Position at Jone and The International. Revtew for March con= talus articles on “The Treatment of tho In- sane,” by Dr, William A. Hammond; "A. Brake on the Machine,” by F. W. Whitridaes ha Chatenubrinnd,”? I. by Anguste Langelj “Charles Dickens ‘Letters’ by John Morse, Jr; "The Roman Catholic Question,” II, by John Jay; “Tho Administration of Que Farolaty patalts ty AY lian ,Henry escott; ecent English Boo! u “Contemporary Tlterature.” ays Sea The Catholic World for Mare) has the fol- lowing table of contents: “Tho Religious Strugele tn Ireland within the Century’; cfeelnall’s Petia of et gallo 'poein) § ernirde Passe? : ‘allette ’7; aris Art”; “Poter the Net-Maker”; ih ee trale”; The Court of Napoleon 1": Tho Foundation of Morality 95 © Learnin Tyne ter”; “The Fall and Its ‘Frans nilsson’; “An Exhibition of Mr. Dexter A. Hawking"; “The Avezzana Affatrs? With this number the magazine completes its six- teenth, sear and announces a reduction In Its price from 35 ty S4. The Uutted. 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Charles Dudley Warner contributes a bio eraititeal upd eritien! ¢g ity on Washington ting, ‘There are two excellent short stories, = Accidentally Overheard,” by Horree E, Scudder, and “ILannal Dawston's Child,’ by Luey Lee Pleasants, The second installment.of * Rendniscences of Washing- ton?” Ineludes mueh personal 1s well as. pos litlenl aneedote concerning the four yeurs of John Quincy Adams’ Administration. Frans els JL, Underwood has an account of “ Egypt under the Pharaohs” Richard Grant White writes of “English in England,”— ing numerot apes of words used Ine correctly or quecrly by the English. ‘There are 0 peo by"FOB. Aldrlel, Sarah 0, tt, Colla Thixter, Oscar Laighton, and Loulse Chandler Moulton, The Nineteenth Centar (edited by James. Knowles) for February has been received. It contains articles on “The Situation {1 Afghanistan,” by Moj.-Gen. Slr Henry C. Rawlinson; “Lord Chelmsford and” the Zntn War,” by Archibald =~ Forbes: “Tho Present Condition of Art, by_ G, F. Watts, 2. oA.; © Pagantsin in Paris,” by Pére Wyneinthe; “An Eye- Witness of Jolin Kemble,” by Theodore Martins “Free Land and Peasant Proprietor- ship’? by Arthur Arnold; “Witualists and Anglicans,” by the Rev, A. F. Northeotes “Our Exyptian Protectorate,” by Edward Dicey; “On Historical Paychology,’by Henry Sedgwick: “Reasons for Doubt in_ the Church of Rome—A Reply,” by the Rt-Rev.. Monsignor Capel; Free ‘Trade, Railways, and the Growth of Commerce,” by the ie Hon, W, E. Gladstone, M. P, ‘Thero iy solld food for nll tastes. The Popular Sclenes Monthly tor March contains artleles on “The Association of Ideas,” by William James, M.D. (illus. trated); “Dolmens in Japan? by Prof, Ed- ward S. Morse (instrated); "The Study of Politleal’ Economy,” by Henry George; “Wards Naturnl-Sclence Estublishment,” by Prof, Joseph Lolly “Tho Noree Behind Nature,” by William B, Carpenter, F, 1. 5.+ “New ‘Views of Antinal ‘Transformutions,> by Edmond Perrier (illustrated) 3 The Duty of Enjoyment’; “Intemperaned in Study,” by D. ilaeck Tuke; “Water ns Fuel,” by ville Jam C, Conant; *'The Eay Free Schools of America,’ hy Alico H,, Ithlne; " Prehistoric Ruins In Southern Colorado," by Henry Gannett; “The Convent of the Capuchins,” by Arthur Searle; “Athletics In Schools”; “The Matamata,” by E. Snuvage (illustrate ed); Frost-Phenomena in Southern Ruse sla,” anda “Sketch of Carl Ritter” (with portrait), ‘Tho March number of Serihner's Mfaga- zine will contain “'The Tie Club Afloat,” with thirty-nine Mustrations by members of the Club, everiptlve of their oxcursion last summer up the Hudson, ina canal-boat; also a paperon “Cham,” the late French caricas turist of Charlvart with reproductions of hig best work: another installment of Roe’s “Suecess with Small Fruits," with more of the beantlful fruit-ilustrations which have distinguished this series; the second part of Eugene Schuyler's “ Peter the Great,” with elghteen Ulustrations by Charlemagne (pres+ ent painter to the Court of Russla), Diniirietf, and others; “The Wurds of the United States Government” (“LL 12) on tho Indlan question); an interesting paper, “Two Views of Napoleon,” comparing the Momolrs of Mine, de Rémusat and of Prince Mettarnich; dletlon by Cable and Mrs. Bur+ nett: extracts from Menry J. Raymond's un- published fournal, glying Interviews with Jhase, Stanton, Seward, and athera, In 1863, and something about schemes of French In- tervention in that year; Burroughs’ * Notes of a Walker,” ote. ‘Tho departments, it is promised, will be unusually readable. MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS,+ Peo have reeolved Parts 17 aud 18 of “Around the World with Gen, Grant,” by Jolin Russell Young. Only two more parts reniain to complete the work. ‘The preseng numbers refer to tho visit to Chinn and Japan, and continue Gen, Grant's conversa. tlous in regard to the surrender of Lee, the battle of Shiloh, his feeling about tho Prest- deney, ote, ule, Thoy ure abundantly. ilus- trated, Tho.“ Statesman’s Year-Book,” complied by Frederlek Martin, fs now in Its seyon- teenth year, [ts arrival ls alwnya weicame, fur in the fullness of its statistical Iuforma- tion it is unrivaled. Its fleld 1s the tyorld, to whieh itis an admirable handbook, From tong. experlence the sonupllur Rnowa just what facts are most needed, and therefore sends forth hls work unineumbered by a inusa of figures seldom If ever. referred to. Jt iso book needed In every profession, and usoful In any tbrary, We have recelved Part Ill of “The Dis- covery and Conguests of the Northwest, with the History of Chicago,” by Rufus Blanch- ard, ‘Che work grows {i Interest. ‘The present number contains wv graphic account. of tho mussacre of Fort Dearborn, the naval buttlo on Lake Erle, the death of ‘bectimsel, tho first appenruice of the name “ Chicago” on school-atiases, und the civil history of early Chicago, ‘Tho uccoinpanylng maps ave. welldrawn, and add mpterially to the value of the text, ‘Tho author has more than kept the promises of tho tiret number, “Golden Rod" i3 tho title of a Bhort sock ety romance published in the Haltour Se. ries, ‘The scene of action is laid att, Dese ert —that famous summor-resort alf the coast of Matue, which Is responsible for more loyos eplaodes than any shinilur plice by the sem side; sud the nooks and comers, the rocky trystlug-places and tho didiculties attendan'