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READ ME VERDENDORPS Some books can hardly find a publishor; THE VER- DENDONPS could hardly find a printer. One firm, truck with torror, dostroyod oloctrotypo pintes‘of pert of the book, and refuscd to print It at any price. The book sa novel, chaste in style and biamoless in rubject mattor; bold In its aatire, rapid In movemont, and rich In Intaresting altuations and charactors. ‘ho Trade supplied by Westorn Nows Company, Chicago. Bent, postpald, on recolpt of $1.50, by the publisher, C. M. HERTIC, 156 Washington-st., Chicago. . THE CHICAGO & WESTERN INDIANA. T the Editor of The Ontcago Tribune, Cmtcago,Aprit 30.—In your articlo in to-dny’a Paper on the Dearborn streot question Mr. Hen- tyCrawford, the Gencral Solicitor of tho so- called Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad, makeaa very easy, solution of the Dearborn streot complications by stating thore can bo no judgments obtained against tho city In this guestion, ns his Company means,to buy tho property along the streot, which would leave tho issue between tho clfy and his Company, and tho ordinance provides that no claims for damages onaccount, of the opening of Dearborn stroot: ., Mould be made: by.tha Rajlroad Company. <The delay in thia Dearborn ‘street business has left: Property-holdors botwoon Third and Fourth avenues for tho past Bix yonrs so entiroly at son that they hayo boon tnable to determine what Kind of Improvement to build. Therefore, they havedone comparntively nothing but hold on to thelr property and pay taxes, ‘Io do this, in amajority of cases thoy buve beon obligod to “tell their judgments aguint the olty. Iam ored- ibly informed the lot-owners on the line of Tearborn strect In most cases aro now repro- Hated by one class ‘of porsons, and tho owners of tho ‘judgments ogainet tho olty by quite an- Otherctuss, {Yors Str. Crawford propose to con- demo tho interestof tho presont owners of tho Sols, and leave: thoso who purchaBe the judg- ments agalnst tho clty out in the cold? Take the cao of Hugh T, Dokey, who hus commenced a ult in the United States Court for $50,000 dam- bges against tho city, In this case tho city has ‘taken adced from Mr, Dickoy for tho land In front of hls property, to bo used for Dearborn streot, And Yssued Mr.'D: a voucher for that amount. Will Mr. Crawford's Company condemn’ Mr. Dickey s tots, and :thon proccod to condemn Mr. Diekoy's voucher against tho city? , Not a bit of Manga tig Crue tase mnie a y. pot) 10 cortine talo, Which must bo paid out of tho City ‘Trous- After tho calumitios of tho panic, and tho S_amlties arising out of tho uncertalniics of dinner ge Froct, Incomes, tho Council by ore option aie sna Mr. C.’s Company a tvo-yeurs’ % on all‘ that property north of Twelfth, faving thoso owners -no chunco in thelr {m- PayGeluhod condition but to aacepy any bono have bs Company inay throw to thom for what tho! tae ett Is thoro any form of contlsoation Tae Gauge vupad those pruporgoliere io frente ‘and now tho Connell propose to ef ve.thom a ‘burial bi; ¥ Hig ths anor fata Paar speculators, Yew of these thay, a tr hot becoinlag danwgore Sus for ‘anyone to iiivont dollar in Drapery tis of the City of Chivayo? Must tho rights of peoeublle and tho Hixhta of our eltizons bo uf and trampled undorfoot wheucver a i ¢ epcculators rise, up in our mist? 0 eld thoro {3 1 cluss OF nnrrow-minded wa, {nour city who aro epposod. to rallronda, ate ere be, 1 do net+ know thom; but I do know iuryo and futluontinl classaybo are ap- 195 rend lot oF now rullrouds, coming dawn In Cl our ct where, how, and as {hey please, and (hole number ie rapidly iueroase fing, jhlsCompany has rooorded two trust-docds Covering this Tighe ‘of way Into Chicayor that te SNering what It acquired f , and the romuinder sinpidl7as tis prncured, ‘Ono decd ia wivon other dee) 51, 0u4 diuted July 0, 1870, The ocd layiven to seouro tho payment of rooney dated Jan. 5, 1860, Roth deeds wero tlon ra §u Cook County Fob. %, 1880, ‘The ques- ae Hrises with thogo who hyo sotd this ote ny Property and taken mortguges for part This bay Ary those first oraecond, mortanues? line i another question at present agituting a rth ber o} Sutorested purtica‘on tho ling of ay bt of way. While Chicago stands inviting prngcd all riitrouda to gotne here for thatr driv and alm, tho citizens ask tho humbio ee ed, Ave Our guthorities mark out tho idan ad Gur luv authoritios to frame the cons Srey aoe ORS ae Tot x nbabitants Veslng,and nota curse, NGG, ILAPPLMEE, — Parlu Newapapor=Wits Yew York World, ater betoro ahs tovoro juduo: What a dle- f ny to Ait you hot ughamed, an old man ike Pani rag ratte t here accused of theft?" angggetin9, Your Honor; do not upbraid mo Young? “U¥+ I beynn stealing whon was very Bisionrcke x haa always been represented in Sling pedateh and Ute, and other Comte papors gent awful bend, surmounted by threo tation te hel explain the following conver. bo wan & Viouneso restaurants “iil, waltert . 1 sell ‘There's ho Bismarck woup, wir, on tho fit” “OF coursu it thro huire ou tho top of ez TON BOM AD old t: ney midesman in a country town sends his Hig Altrod toutudy fuw at’ Paria, Ho gives of the vif code anuotnted by a loading member tive: rest Mar, and suys to bis young relue Ua plone pay you a visit In Murch, and if 1 wick ied with’ your prowross 1 will give you Cause rita will moko glad your beurt and catdnee fuce to shine,” In’ Maren the old baat neal on his hephow. " Woll, Alfred, ith . 1 sco. “Mado good progross TraISureoddd bratty well theca it Tespect been ono detnnte. oo sospectad alr, my fo bus We tha enuultion grind (Dickons 6 aotalini Troma Que Venerable friend's margtoul be ibe conte Hct Berv ice tome walle: il an, "Good boy, excellont your Yuu got my deutt. uf course it is LITERATURE. The Administration of John De Witt—Duff’s Vorsion of the Lusiad. Woman's Work and Womdn’s Worth —Louisianx—Rocky-Mount- ain Hoealth-Resorts— Keramios. Free Land and Free Trade—Senator Chandler—Joan, of Arc—Primi- tive Remedies—Social Questions. Growth of the Psalms—Prinelptes and Portraits— History and Theology—Miscellaneons Works—Magazines—Liter- ary Notes, -LITERATURE. HYBTORY OF TI; ADMINISTRATION OF JONN DEWITT. Why a man of Mr, Geddes’ ability should deyote so much time and Inbor to a compiln- tion of the oficial life of John De Witt, Gratud Penstonary of Holland avout tha mld- de of the seventeenth century, when he ts himeelf forced to adinit that ‘the lifetimeot half-a-dozen men would not suffice to extinust the mountains of unprinted letters and docu- ments which Ite stored in the Ditch archives, and yet, until they are sifted and made pub- Ne, anything Nke o final history of this period orn final life of Do Witt 1s Impos- sible,” is something which necits furthor ex- planation than the book itself affords, Mr. Geddes disclalins any intention of writing “general history,’ but subsequently | dis- credits his own disclaimer, Had he been true to it ho would have done well, for tho historical work which he has felt compelled to do In order to Introduce the man whom he says Js “in no senso a heyo” has been much betterdone by the pen of another, Afore- over, the work {is ponderous, over- grown, nnd tedious, Tho first vol- ume, for instance, covers but two years of the ofllcial life of Do Witt. Yet it embraces 400 solld, closely-printed pages. True, it refers to that period (1025—1654) of the Dutch Republic when its polities were ina most complicated condition, and when its relations with other Powers, espoclally England, were pecultarly interesting. But the subject of tho work hardly comes upon the political stage until the yolume is half finished, It must be remembered that the History. of his life is perforce Incomplete. “Tho human sido of him,” says Mr. Geddes, “wo have no hope of ever discovering.” So that there is absolutely nothing.—no gossip of court life, no spicy personal details, no Interesting gradual development of charac: ter or talent, no descriptive scenes of the cu- rioug Hfe in that quaintest of all quaint Inndg, no account of social details, no ine sight into the Inner thoughts of the man— nothing but tho bare recital of the diplomatia or rather offtcint coreer of n cold, austere, secretlve, double-lealing, but patriotic statesman, ‘To-xlay’ we would hardly call him, great: hls admints- tration’ of affairs can be defended in many respects only when viewed from the standpoint of 250 years ago, “Do Will's character will perplex all students of him ‘through every hour of his career. We never touch upon the lving, genuine, feeling man. Ils fe appears ns cold and guarded as a wmathematical: demonstration, Probably he had no ceep feeling in him; but we must re eat, that.it is the misfortune both of him. and his biographers: that his contemporary countrymen did not write memoirs,” Mr, Geddes positively asserts Unt he does not profess to writen general history of these tlines, which, with tho exception of Admiral Tromp'’s sen victories, are by no means herale; ho could not welte a blogra- phy, for he has not the material. ‘ Nothin about the character of tho family life 1s known, and the yenrs of the clildhood and youth of John and his brother have been left A complete blank. We haye nota single an- ecdote to give usa glimpse into the iisposi- tion of the boys, and scarcely a hint to show us whore thoy sere at any thine, or what they wera doing, . . . ‘She man De Witt, a8 he lived and moved, we do not expect aver to feo. much of. . . . ‘Tho social, non-pollt- {cal, non-official sto of him we have no hope of ever discovering? Nor is his individual ofitcint career fully or fairly given, “We cannot always sec, even at great moments, whero he Snitlated and led, and where he yielded and followed. Ile was in daily and hourly deliberation with a knot of astute and trusted men, and what was his and whut was their portion of tue product ont a momolr- writer behind the scenes could let us know, and none exists.’ Untier these condittonsy all of which by the way are self-imposed ant frankly admitted by Mr. Geddes, It is some- what diMicult to decide exactly what he has proposed to do or succeeded in doing, It will ba of service, In this connection, to reeall some of the facts connected with De Witt’s Mite. «Jan De Witt was born in Dort in 1625, and murdered at ‘The Hague Aug, 20, 1072. He inherited strong repub- Nentr tendencies and hated the Stadtholders, but was the leader of the Oligurchienl party as opposed to thatef the Princes. Ie was, to quote the great biographer of the most famous of all the Princes of the house of - Orange, like “ong of those Roman Senators who, while they hated the name of Ring. Farle the privilees of thelr ordor with inflexible pride against the encronchments of the multitude, an governed their bondmen’ and bondwomen by menns of the stocks and) the scourgo,”” In 1653 he was one of the deputation sent to Zealand to dissunda that Province from adopting the Orwige policy, In the fol. Jowing year ho became Grand Penslonary at Tlolland’and oxerted his power to procuré the abolition of the plurality of oflices which lad rendered the Stactholders almost despotie, Tle succeedwd in haying the oflice of Stadt- holder abolished, and In negotiating the treaty of Westminster with Cromwell (1054) he procured the Insertion of a secret article by whioh the house of Orange was to be for- ever excluded from the highestofices, When Charles TL, was restored Do Witt songht to form un alliance with France, and England thereupon declared war. ngalnst Holland, Aftor hostilities had continued two ears tho advantage was with Holland, and the peace of Breda was concluded July, 1007, Not- withstanding his skill, tho popularity of tho Mlulster dectined, and the Grange party alned strength. When France assumed a hostile altituile toward MWolland, he made auch haste to form an allinnce with Sweden and England that ho lind the treaty ratified at once by the States-Genorsl, when lt should have. been ratified by tha Connell of each Province, But his” polley was always subserve whatever purpose in mind, As ono of his erlties = not ungustl hos sald; “When hts polley was “Carthored by the Constitution, he employed overy one of its complex formalities and endless delays to baile his adversuries; when hls polley was thwarted by tho Constitution, he broko it. Four times fn the course of a single negotla- tlon he violated the fundamental law of the Union which forbade the Provinces to treat separately with foreign States, Mad hobeen an English Minister to would, as Mr, Geddes saya, lave been desurvedly impeached. And yet so absurd and impmeticable was the Bye tom he administered that we can hardly vine him for Pouternntuously thrusting aside in practics the jaws which In theory ha go earnestly upheld. When the ‘iewules of Louls XIV. invaded Holland Do Witt lost all hold on the conf. dence ‘of tha people, and was compelled to realan. William IT, of Orange becaine Stadt- holder, “De Witt and hls brother were ac- cused of . plotting against the life of the Prince, and the latter thrown Iuto prison and tortured, On tis balng reteasad, bath were seized by a mob and murdered, From this brief sketch of De Witt's carear it can bo easily seen how Iittle, In stself {t offers to the pen of the historian Hig administration Was dull, complex, nnd Insincere; and tho theme soems ‘unworthy of the Jubor and the which Mr, Geddes has unquestlouably be- stowed upon | te (Listory of the Administration of ‘John De Witt. 13, por mes Geddes, Vol. Ts Wt 1654, ork: Marper & Bros, Price $3.00, THE LUSTAD. Tho rixth Engilsh translation of the great eple poem written by the famous Portuguesa bard Camoéns has Just been completed by Mr. Robort French Duff. It 1s written inthe Spenserinn stanza, which appears to have been adopted by tho translator because Its length afforded ainple scope to embody the full meaning of tho ortginal, which could not be’ easily done ip transiating verse for verse. The translation jx literal, and the style good throughout. Mr, Duff ts a gentle- man who hasbeen 9 student all iislife, and is inthoately acquainted with both Portuguese and Engliah. Probably no modern poet hnas* been trunslated Inte so many different Inn- filluges as Comoting the “ Lusiad having jen rendered into Greek, Itussian, Danish, Swedish, Duteh, Latin, [tallan, German, Spanish, French, and Pollsh, besides six dit. ferent versions already extant In English and another by Capt. Burton almost com- Rated. f the English versions, that by Willian Julins Mickle, published in 177, hos Witherto been regardel ag the best, al- though Aubertlus’ is tho latest. We nre In- clined think that Mr. Dutl’s translation will take at least equal rank with any of the others. Ils verse breathes the ardor of the spiritot the orlginal. Its periods are well Fouridedds itrends clearly and sinoothly; the Engfsh fs elaussical and ‘melodious, | Lovers of Camotns—and thelr number ts legion— will hail with pleasure this work of a skilled artisan, by whielt he contributes dis full share foward the celebration of the third centenary anniversary of the poet's death, Firat the pocm and then the man. ‘The “Lusiad” derives jts name from the mytho- logieal hero Lusns, who i company with lysses Js sald to have visited Portugal and founded the City of Lisbon under the name of Ulysalpoils, Vasco do Gama, 1s js well known, Is its real here. Sis- mond! says of the work that it contains all that one need — wish to know of elther tho history or litera. ture of Portugal, which statement is subject togome reservations or modifications, Patriot- ism is the lending sentiment of this national poemn, yiich abounds in picturesque deserip- tions of storms and scenery, and dn pathetic allustons to Portugal's influence In extending the area of Chrisiendom. Perhaps the finest. passages are those referring to the tragie end of Inez do Castro, and to Adamastor, ruler of the sea, who sought to impede the progress of Vaseo da Gama, Here is @ stanza from the fourth canto: ~ O proat ambition! vile and bnse desire Of {dle vanity or carthly famol Delusive hopes, which set our souls on fire!— We call thoo honor, when the nobs acelin With feeble praise, and gain an empty numo— ‘What heavy chastisements dost thou impose On all those mon, whose breasts such thoughts inflame, What troubles, siights, what dangers, deaths, and we At ovory step they feel severe and cruol blows. ., There fs some genuine satire and a good denl of truth in“the words of the warrlor- bard. Generally he is full of the clash of arms and of batiles; his verses sound martial and metallic: Now through tho alr the winged arrows fly, Long darts, and speurs by stalwart arms aro sped. And clouds of misalles darken all tho akyt Earth trombles underneath the heavy tread Of flery stevds; loud clamora stun the head, Ake thundor-clups; with shivered speur and Anco ‘The ground Saeteerred amidst tho heaps of dead; Kut atiil whore Nimo casts his cugle-gianco; He gees inerenaing hosts with which the focs ad- vance. ‘ That tho “Lusind” ranks among the arent sple poems, is almost universally admitted, To his countrymen its jines are more familar than those of nny other book, and {t hasbeen sud by one of them:- “The con- queror, who shall over attempt to subjugate. our beloved country, must previously fear in pieces every page of the immortal pocin of the Lusind.”” Luiz de Camotns was a man whom mis- forties seemed to follow, “Ho Sived in pogriy and misery and sohe died,” is his brief epitaph. Born at Lisbon in 1624, hoe ded there July 10, 1580. At 14 he coim- meneed his studies nt tho University of Colmbra, which he left with a high literary reputation; buts passion whieh, In 1545, ho concelved fora lady of the Court, Donna Catharinn da Athalde, matt oz honor to the Queen; blighted “his prasgects In the yery commencement of his -cargir, - J1is tal- ontand natural sdvaninges obtaRied for him ca woleome adinisslon fnto theLaurt of his -soverelan.”: era familar Intercourse with -tho object of his love gradually led hin to disregard the rules of decorum long estab- Nshed and always maintained withfi the pre- clnets of the royal residence, For his offense. he was twice banished,—first to Punhete, on the Tagus, and then to Africa, Here began his career as _a soldicr, and In an expedition against the Moors he lostone of his eyes, After a short visit to Lisbon in 1653 he went. to Goa, and was banished from there to Macao for writing a satirical poom, At Maeno hoe concelved and wrote his greatest work, the “Luslad,” inclied thereto by tho discoveries wiloh had “dlsclosed to Portu- ul tha Capo of Good Hopy and tho key to the Indies, the atirring conflicts with tho foors, the efforts of tho missionarics to Christlantze, while explorers strove to colo- nize” In 1661 he recglyed permission to re- turn to Goa, but on. the voyage was Bhip- wreeked, lost what little wenlth he had ne. cumulated, and saved only tha manuscript of the * Lusiad.”) Arrived at Goa, ho was tm- prisoned for debt and detained until 1500, when he returned to Lisbon. At times he served in the Portuguese naval service. In 1673 the first cdition of his poor was pub- Ushed, MWe was granted by the King tho muntficent pension of 15,000 rets, about $21, erannum, So poor was he that his slave egged ab night from door, to door for bread that Jils master might’ ive, He died inn hospital at Lisbon tn. 1580, After hia death medals were struck In his honor, and in 1867 2 magnificent monument was erected to Cumoting by the City of Lisbon, | Besltes tho “Lusiad,* he wrote sonnets which are devoted to love, virtue, and friendship, He «alsa wrote odes, eclogues, and three com- eh. Such was tho man and such his immortal vorst, In life always in trouble, always {n= provident, reckless, and without reputation or means—his denth “unwept, nnhonored, and unsung.” But as years rolled by the Portuguese turned to Nin as to thelr grent- eat pact, who brought them tyore honor than the most fllustrions of their Kings, and ox- tolled him to the skies, while they made tho “Tusiad” one of thelr household gods, ‘This handsome volume, luminous in typog- taphy, well-oxeeutedt engravings, and taste- ful blading reflects great credit on the press of Lisbon, and its few typographical errors aroexcused in the {net tint n book of 500 pages in the Englishtongue has been issued from fhe national press of the Portuguese apltal, ¢rha Tusiad of Camotns. Translated into Bpenvertan verso by Robert French Dulf, night-Commander of tho Portugueso Royal Order of Christ, One volume, royal 8vo, Lisbon. J. B, Lippincott & Co,, Philadel- pliin. Price $8.) . WOMAN'S WORK AND WORTITL, Mr. Adams’ work ts not complota in Its catalog of Aistingulshed women. Many naues have been omltted whtelt rightly be Jong in o work of this kind, Particulsrly ts this true of German women who havo dis- tinguished thomselves both as philanthrop- {sta and jn Mterature. But In the matn the work is unusually complete, and particularly well done, and affords us a vory pleasant ant profitable retrospect of womans work jn this world, with brief sketches of tho lives of such wonten as have attained eminence and distinction In any of the varlous walks of Ife, It ts a book to be carefully reads while free from the rhodomontade and exag- erated fallacies of the “shrieking siater- hood,” It is un eloquent plea for woman aa auch, enforced by apposit oxamples of what she hns accomplished. “I have assumed? saya Mr, Adams, “that woman's chief duty Iles at home, or, as Gosthe pits, it, that for her,as for man, the right thing ts to do the next thing that Nes before her to be done, and nat to be led astray tuto Utoptan regions by Quixotic dreams. ‘Tho task incumbent upon her is to make the best possible uso of the faculties with which she Is endowed,—80 to Nve that, for herself, as well a8 for all with whom she comes {n contact, her life may carry with it a permanent benediction.” Ty considering the subject chosen Mr. Adams hag drawn liberally from other sources, particularly from Freneh blograph- {cul works, He has firat considered woman in her domestle and soclal aspects, bexinuli with sketches of her ng mother, wife, an malden, and selecting from fact, poetry, and fiction those types which seem to hii most worthy of admiration and imitation, In thesa chapters many passages remind us of Mich- clet's glowing sulogiva on * La Femme,” but Mr, Adams {3 more practical in his applica- trons. He has Sought to indicate the purpose for which youn gills ahould work, splrit In which they should work, and tha manner in which they should train themselves to be 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES, astirl 5 fit for work, and has justly adopted the safe general maxim—not confined to either s that the wiser and more real the edue: fon the htsher will bo the quality of the work capable oof being ounddériaken, Passing on to woman's work, outside the home her labors jn Hterature are vomewlhat Dilefly, perhaps. superticinily,: reviewed the object being to show: that they have in- erensed in, vale proportionately with her Inerenged freedom and educational develop ment. 1t is stili.a question whether that the- orem can be considered proven in America, where women have long had educational freedom.’ Mr, Adams, It 18 well to remete- ber, is writing for an English constituency. In this portion of the book the omigstons ure more noticeable thin elsewhere. Woman's work {a art—ns palnter, sculptor, musician, Binger, actress—fornis the Bubject of n sep arate and very interesting chapter, So far woman's work in art has been Inferior to her work in Hterature. In the fatter part of his book Mr, Adams gives anny facts In regard to the frellitles women now have in England of enjoying what he calls “higher.cattur He conveys mich useful information in re- gard to the enrriculum aud regulations adopted at English Indies’ ¢olleges and high: schools for girls; the work accomplished by the socletles and associations established for Pronotiny the INiher eduention of women; J he conditions preseribed and the sub jects put torward by English universities and other educational bodies at their Ineal and public examinations. ‘This portion of the book Is not especially interesting to the gen- eral reader, [t is something like reading over the bound eatalogs of coltegiate institu tions. But It shows that our own seminaries of learning for giris—colleges, academies, high schools, mixed sehools, and the like— ‘are in most respects equal to. Ie not superior tothe English, and. particularly is this true ofthe edtentional facitities siorded by our seliool system to girls of the lower and’ mid- ale classes. In the main, this volume by the author ofa “Dictlonary of Literature” is pervaded by a spirit of “frankness and fine partiality, which renders it both entertaining: and profitable reading, 19 style is popular, and the sitbject Wustreted by munerous anecdotes—many of them entirely new—of celebrated womens (Womun’s Work and Worth, in Girlhood, Maldenhood, and Wifehood. By W. 1. Davenport Adams. New: York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, O61 pages. Price $1.60.) ROCKY = MOUNTAIN HEALTIL- RE- BORIS. Dr, Charles Denison, who has lived many years In Colorado, and is now a practicing physician in Denver, and who made and pul- shed a report on “Tho Influence of High Altitudes upon the Progress of Phthisis,’* same time ago, has prepared a yaluable and not unlnteresting book with the above title, Its sub-title gives a better Iden of its scope: “An Analytical Study of High Alt!- tudes in Relation to the Arrest of Chronic Pulmonary Disease.” After‘in Introductory chapter on the various abnorinal conditions classed asconsumption,—in which It fs state that about 14 percent of all deaths jn the tuited Stutus, 13 per cont of thase tn En- nnd and Seotiand, 1t per cent of those’ in “ance, are due to thls disease,—Dr. Denison discusses climates of “low elevation, nedhinn altitudes, high altitudes, the climatic map of tho eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, mineral springs, the humidity and diather- maney of the ‘alr, atmospheric electricy, the altitude of approximate hnmunity from con sumption, asthma, the results of the climatic trentment of consunintion In Colorado, emnp- ing out, ete. Probably the most interestlag of these different chnpters fs the thirteenth, which also embodies most valuable fnets in relation to the subject on which the book is written. ILis conclusion ed On tho results of his own extensive observation, fg this:. That the resort to high-altitude climate by a consumptive gives a propor: tlonately better result the eariler itis under- taken, even more so than 1s the case with less positive climates or means of cure,” He also draws another conelusion, that “a par Wal recovery necessitates ‘a permanent resi- dence, but complete recovery docs aot neces: sitate permanent residence.” It often oceurs that a medical man will recommend a “change of climate,” elther asilust resort or beeanse other remedies have falled, or to get rid of 4 patient, or for any other reason except that tha place stg gested Is known to be of service in enses shnilar to that of the patient so treated. Neither Colorado nor nity other place ean offer a cllimata that will be of equal sarvive: toall. In tuct, the high, imate fs often a positive” injury to nialty who are’sent there. ‘This fact cannot be too often repeated er remembered. Dr, Denison’ Is frank etraugh to admit that ever tu cansumotian Colorado atr may confer no benefit, Ie writes apparently from conyiction, {1.an easy, compiratively untechnical style, and is book 1s of Importance to physleians and to invalids, Itis full of tables, and statistics, and percentages, but the results of these dry figures aro drawn ont and explained in it very clenrand skillfulimanner, ‘Pho idea and purpose of the baok—to seek, through the aud of thorough investigation andstudy of the attributes of climate, the generally most suc. cessful ellmatic home for the vietins of chronte prrlmonar: y ilsense—nppears to have been well and faithfully carried out, and the volume before us treats of a topic of especial interest to Americans, with whom the dreaded consumption makes such hnayuc, and whose victins are numbered by the tens of thousands annually. (Rocky-Motntain Itealth-Resorts. By Charles’ Denison, A.M. M.D. Dostons Houghton, Osgood & Co, Price $1.50.) SOCIAL QUESTIONS-TIIE PSALMS=— PRINCIPLES AND PORTRAITS=— INSTORY AND THEOLOGY, It is Interesting to notice the change that {3 taking place in some of our more conserva- tive pulpits in relation to the discussion of toples pertaining to the temporal welfare of the people. The Rey. J, H. Rylance, D. D., formerly Rector of St, James’ Eplscopal Church In Chicago, now pastor of St. Mark's Chureh, New York, recently delivered four discourses todils people on social questions, which have just been published by ‘Thomas Whittaker, New York, in a small volume. ‘Tho firat af those lectures {3 devoted to the subject of “Competition” as a regulator in the various branches of sector business; the second, to “Communism”; the third, to *CoSperation”; and the last, to tha “ Rela- tlon of Christianity to Socialism.” Under the hend of Competition Dr. Rytance shows that there must always by roum left for com- petitive effort fn nll branches of btsl- hess to prevent both imonopolles and stagnation. . Hils discussion | of ‘oMn= munism fs fair and candid, conceding, ts lie does, the evils which Lntelllgent Connuuntsts desire to remove, In this tecture, a8 indeed throughout all hislectu; he avinces wdeup sympathy for the suffering classes in soclely, wille he argues against und overthrows the Communistle theories ns altogethor Imprac- tleable on any wide seule, His fuets in rela- tion to coljperation are druwn eblelly, it not entirely, from experiments In Great Britain and onthe Continent of Europe, where eom- munities aro well settled, and therefore thoy fall short of proving that this methad of al- Jovioting the hardships of tho Industrial cliusses [3 to any great extent applicable in the new and changing communities of this country, Bat itis caually true that the evils of whith Conmunists most loudly complain. aro comparatively little felt in our country, except during short periods of depression In the Industrial departments, With the revival of business Communism antong us loses Its power for evil, because its grounds of effective appeal to tho people rapidly disappear, Br, Rylance’s — lecture «on tha “Relation of Christianity to So- clalism” overlooks tho «iference between Soclaliam and Communtant. It should be suid, however, that tho Soclallsts of thy country are more and more becoming Con. munisty or giving up their theorl nied thelr seams to bu no footing fer Suclalisin as o definable scheme but on Communists fone. Dr, Rylance shows that Christhin- ty never contemplated any such ining usa permanent community of goods, while ita~ commlserates the condition of the poor, ant ought to work towards the rellef of all tho suffering classes, ‘This lecture does honor ta tho head and heart of {ts author, ‘Tho Mttie voluine before na deserves to be widely read, although the dungers which tt 1s ude- signed to ward off are no longer seriously threatening, at least In our Amorican commu: nities. ‘Lhe authors geneml views fro sound and forelbly presented, and tho dis cussion ty pdattid 10 shied further lghton a subject not yet sufficlently understood, —Tho iate Prof, Murray wis Associate Pro- feasor of the Bhemltle Langunges at the Johns Hopkins University, Ho was already an accomplished seholur tn his department when death cut short his promising career, not long since, Hs lectures on the origin and growth of the paalius have lately beon published, Prof, Murray dled only a fow days after the dellyery of these lovtures was voinpleted. They were not, therefore, pre- ye id for the press by the lamented author, several explanatory notea have been added by the Rey. C, H. "Toy. ‘The subject of this, yoluine has been discussed ut length by schol- fra in Germany, bat wedo not remember to have net with any extended treatise npon it hy an Amerienn, prior to. these lectures hy rof, Murray, ‘The disensstony of Prof, Mire ray evince deep. learnt, ag well as eandor and fairness, Ie considers hoth sfdey of the a estion that have arisen In regard to the dates and authorship of the several compo altions embraced In ove collection, He thinks the objection that has been urged against tho Muaccabean origin of inany psalms on the ground that their eanontelty would be set aside ff this theory should be adopted {8 In- yalld, although it should be remembered that no Hebrew writing of later dite than the prophecy of Malach! was recognized as canonical by the Jewish authors, Josephus expressly nsserting that after Malach! there was no secession of prophets, Stl our author on critleal crounds rejects the Macca- bean theory as without adequate support, and, on the whole, findefensible, His views In respect to the Insptration of the impreca- tory psalms will be more acceptable to sonic of our neighbors than to others. “The most satisfactory explanation” of these psalins, he says, “ seems to be that they are the nat- ural expression of a elvillzation and ethical culture allen to our own.” And he adds: “Jf our standards of morals be of any value, it was a civilization conscloualy lower than that of the present, and for which, from our atandpolnt of doing ag we would wish to be done by, there can be no palliation.” Is preteiors: remark to the paragraphs regard- ng the vindictive pints fs the followtng: “As little ay inspiration changes a man’s svi does it raise him beyond the thinktn of the tine in whieh he lives.” We trust there are yet other and better words to he spoken In relation to this question. “The rincipal tonies treated of in Prof. Murray's lectures are the following: Orlgln and his: tory of the Shemilic peoples, and Importance of the study of thelr languages; History and enrly literature of the Hebrew Innguage, and collection of the ITebrew writings; Titles of the Hebrew Scriptures, names of Psalm and Psalter, arrangem@hts of hooks of the Psalter, Inseriptions of the Psalms: Theories of aus thorshiip of the psalis; Collection of the Dayidie Teinple Book, David aga poet; Post- exille collectors; Second and Third Books of the Psalter; Draniatic art among the Sheim- ites, Fourth Book of the Psalter; Fifth Book of the Psalter, collection of the five, books, muste of the Second ‘Temple, etc. We coim- mend these lectures to all readers who would be intelligent In regard ta the origin and growth of the Psalins and the general sub- ject of Hebrew liternture, with the, perlinps necdless, suggestion that the author's views fare not the anly ones entitled to vonsitera- tlon In respect to some of thequestions which he considers, —The Rev. C. A. Bartol, D. D., of Boston, Is a brilliant writer. Ho is a thinker, bat senrcely a reasoner, Heis partly philosopher, partly poet. His religious falth ts rather senthnent than canviction founded on ide sinable moral evidence, Hescems to give little credit to the miracles recorded in Serlpture, while he reveres the moral truths of the New Testament. It would be dificult to de- fine his estimate of Jesus Christ, although he evidently regards Him asan extraordinary: man. He combats the agnosticism of Spencer, and deems it almost self-contradie- tion to say that the Great Unknowable {s the First Cause of Nature and the Inscrutable Source of all things besides. | Dr. Bartol has ree Bee forth n volume entitled “Frinelples aud Portralts,” Part L, wiich pertains to Principles, treats of Definition, Education, Deity, Selence, Art, Love, Life, Business, Beasts, Politics, Play. In Part IL, .he gives wortralts of Shakspeare, (banning, ‘Bushnell, Wels, Garrison, and’ Tunt, the seems to us more successful in hls portraits than. his diseusston of — prin- ciples. His judgment of Channing Is strongly favorable, as it should be, and “élo- quently expressed, THis estimate of Bush- nell aga theologian fs in the main Important and highly commendatory. Je louds the gentus and piety of Welss, who scarcely called himself a Christian. ‘Lo Garrison: he awards the credit of having abolisherl siay- ery, With the hetp of Lincoln and other phil- anthroplists. He recognizes In him the best elements, not only of moral manhood, but of Christianity, while he does not conceal the fact that Garrison stood aloof from all churehes and public worship, As to Shak- spenre, and Hunt, the artist, lie skillfully portrays “the personality,’ versatility, and power of tho one, and the transceniient abil- ty and breadth of talent of the othor, It is not strange that, with no direct knowledge of Shakspeare's religious character, Dr. Bar- tol should think him deeply devout, after he has told us that “supreme genius Is prayer,” and sve are prepared for, his Judginent: that Mr. Hunt was “truly reverent,” when he twiis us that he would not be exiled 2 man of religious sensibility by such as identi- fy vlety with’ an observance of stated forms, “although his worship arose itke the Incense from‘open altars on the open plan’? From these and similar inti- mations some idea may be formed of the au- thor’s standard of pict in his vie! ho gate Is wide and the wa road that leads to iife. ‘The book is readable and very suggest- Ve, —Dr. George P. Fisher, of New Taven, {5 among the most careful, clear, and instruct- ive writers of our thne, Tig voluunes on the Supernatural Origin of Christianity, the Be- ginning of Christinnjty, the Reformation, falth, and Rutlonalism, aro extremely valua- ble contributions to Christian literature. Dr, Fisher ling written many excellent articles which have heen published within a few years inthe New Englander, the Princeton evicw, the North Amerieun, ete, ‘These essays have been collected and republished in a handsome octave volume by Charles Seriiner's Sons, They niay be arranged un- derthree heads, excepting three rrticles—viz. + ‘The History, Polity, and Dogmas of, the to- man Catholic Church; the New England Theology; ‘Ihelsm and Christlan Evidences, Of the three essays not Included In these groups, one pertains te St. Bartholomew's massacre, nother to the history of the doctrine of future punishinent, and a third to the position of the Church of England in relation to other Churches In the age of the Reformation and subsequently. ‘The articles In relation to the Roman Catholle Chureh discuss the Influence of the oll Roman spirlt and ralizion on Latin Christianity, the tem- poral kingdom of the Popes, the Council of Constanes and the Council of the Vatican, the offtes of the Pope and how he is chosen, tho relation af Protestantism and of Romun- Isin to modern elytization, in these, essuys numy vital questions ars considered and treated with candor, discrimination, aud vigor, Thoy ought to ba not only read, but vofully stidled., “Pho artivles on the New England Theology are the following: “Lhe Philosophy of Jonathan Edwards, Charin- ing as 2 Philosopherand Theologian’; * The System of Dro N.W. ‘Faylor in dts Connee- tion with Prior New England Theology"; “The Augustinianand the Federal Doctrines of Original Stn” ‘Thesn topies are discussed with the au ustial learning sud thor oughness, four essayson ‘Thelsm and Christinn Evidences are etitied " Rational. sm,” “Phe Unreasonableness of Atheism,” “The Apostle Pani ad “fhe Four Gospels: A. Revlew of ‘Supernatural Re lgion,'” 'Phese articles are among the best upologetical discourses that have appeared in this country, "The volume deserves and ought to find a plave In every good library, No careful studant of histary aud thaalegy can afford to be without it. 1 res Local Questions. 13; rt °, D. be Now ons: Ta inns taker.) (Lectures on the Oriein and Growth of the Pealimi. By ‘Thoms Chahners: Murray, As- sovinte Professor of tho Semitle Langunges at the Joins Hopkins University. Now York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Price $1.50.) “(Principles and Portraits, By O, A. Bar- tol. Boston: Roberts Bros. Price $2.) ‘Discussions in Wistoryand ‘Theology. B. aah P, Fisher, D. D. Ll, ss Professor at Eeclestastient [History in Yale College. New York; Charles Scribner's Sona, Ty sy) J, 1, Whit- PRIMITIVE REMEDIUS. After louk ing over this book of "Primitive Remedies,” we would adviso those haying anything the matter with them to call in a phyaiclan, ‘Che remedies ara Indeed priul- tive, as, for Instance, In case of fever o plunge In cold water hog been found efica- clous," It Is not probable that the sane patient would have foyer gain in this world. True {¢ ts that the science of medicine fs largely experimental, but it Is botter to take the advico of ono who knows somethty) about It nevertheless, Here, for hundreds 0! diseases, we hove hunireds of prescribed remedies, all doses of medicines not Ilkely tobe kept on hand. Yours to take one remedy, and If that futls try No. 3, and so on until you uither recover or die, Undoubtedl- ly steeped licorice may be good for astinna, or to five on bolled carrots only for a fart- nlght” may “seldom fall” to cure that sue disease, Hut we are skuptical, and repudiate the carrots as well asthe “bit of bread dipped Juwing and appiled to the nostrils us a cure for * insatlute eating.” ‘There ls good mixed in with tha” trash,—often "old women’s remedies’? ns these hous. Hold traditions are sometimes called, are of service In alld types of common complulnts, : through a great many different Volumes, and mn and many of the Wesley this nature, but the books Ike) this, pre ptions are of rniclous character of ing to enableone to dispense with physiclans and to enable them tu th Ives, i4 nob that they may thei Te: the doctor's bills, but that Urey atteinpt tha Impossible. Each case stands by itself, cach constitution and tem- perament nist be studied and watched, the dose that would benefit one will harm an: other, and to attempt to furnish general rules and prescriptions for complleated dis- eases Is inere quackery and false pretense, The latter partof tha book on “ Modern Medicine” purports to be a collection of proved remedies. Some of them in simple eases are tindoubtedly yatuable; much that hing been written under this, head may be read profitably (the rules of health, for in- stance); but ‘tha recommendations to use strong medicines and. the formulated : pre- scriptions had better be let alone. The book is‘ badly printed, punctuation marks are pmnilted, ali the.proof-rending has been care- lesty done. * (Prinitive Remedies and Modern Medicine. rr. O. W. Gurdon. Published by 0. W. Gordon, Chicago.) PRACTICAL KENRAMICS. Mr, Janvier prefaces his work with the declaration that itis intended for students, Nor would It be likely to Interest others, It is an account of the manufacture and deco- ration of pottery of all kinds, with Cull de- tails in regard to modern pottery, particu- Inrly porcelains, the so-called Limoges ware and Chinese and Japanese porcelains, Eyen the most enthusiastic admirer of old china, the devotee who wastes time learning the collector's mnarks and {5 only interested in the inside of a teapot after lis base has been submitted to thorough examination, even such & one cares very little ahou$ clnys, their constituents, fustbil{ty and impurities; about feldspar, alblte, fluorspar, petrosilex, cornish stone, kaolin, ball-elay, potter's clay, pastes, and glazes. Nor do they careanythiig about the preparation of pastes, clays, and rocky matters,—treading, wedging, and ripening. For the amateur the book contains too mue! and will be essential only as on additional yolume fa library having a section set apart for keramics. But regerding pottery manufacture and decoration as a trade,—as a money-making business,—this book will be found of service to the workinan, It contains a great deal of practical information souttered hitherto is, therefore, a good and necessary handbook p the manifacturer or artisan, Prince, sMintt, and Young in Engiish, and Jaenicke In German, have written works similar in general objects to the one before us. ‘Tho nortion of the work Intended for the **deco- rator” contains many useful hints, Tha vol- ume is admirably gotten up, (Practical: Keramles for Students. By C. A. Janvier, New York: Henry Holt & Co, Price $2.60.) —— JOAN OF ARC, The last volume of tha new Plutarch serles Is a popular history of the Mfe-and adyen- tures of the famous Maid of Orleans, Janet Tuckey is; the author, or compiler, for there cannot be much new information obtainable on so well-worn n subject, The work before us is rather 1 condensation or abstract from the five-volume French work by Quicherat. A. good deal of French history is Interwoven in this account of the decds accomplished by the fighting maiden. Mer blographer is en- thusinstic and refuses to admit or even con sider the conclusion often reached that Joan was but afanatic, a religious enthusiast, tak- Ing advantage of the superstitions ‘of tho wn influence and vower., He sayy ‘The soldler’s courage, the putriotic devotion, the purity of a salnt, and the constancy of a martyr, were all, in her, , blended with and — glorified y th triest womnntiness.” by he say All that Joan did she claimed todo by rev- elation, She saw angels. The voices that spoke to her were from God. In her cone tests she was energetic, active, omnipresent— in her trial siuple, yet subtle. Her prosecu- tlon, by the ablest ninal advocate of the day perhaps, was really little Jess than perse- eution. Jler early life was in. strange con- trast to the stirring events of Inter years. Sho was brought. up as. a guict, modest girl, ale ways occupied in indoor womanly duties, * learntag to sew and spin, ta repeat the Be- lief, the Ava Marto, and the Jegends of tho saints, . . . She nursed the sick, was gen tle to the younk and wenk, obedient to her arents, kind to all.” The old prophecy of ferlin; “The kingdom, lost. by n wontan, was to be saved by a woman,”—this haunted her doy ond night. She saw visions, con- versed with nuigels and saints, and finally became convinced that it was her“ missian?? tu saye France, There is something pathetic in the storyof this eventful life, which Is elenrly and slinply told by Mr, Tuckey, G@oan of Are. “Tho new Plutarch” Series. New York; G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Price $1.) LOUISIANA, Mrs. Burnett's story ents too soon; It Is too short; we should have enjoyed a grent deal more of the sane sort, “Loulsiana” ranks above eithor of Mrs, Burnett's pre- vious works, and she herself has deservedly won a place inthe first rank of.wrlters of American fiction, ‘Yo the many who have followed the gradual development of this story in the pages of Scribner it 1s unneces- sary to attempt to give any iden of the merits of this book, ‘Thore isa peculiar plauancy about the ‘beginning of the story, aud the scene between father and daughter, where sv confesses her love for Ferral, ts one of tho finest bits of writing we have seen in some thie. There are no rough edges In “Lousiana? It is palished natural, eusy, and novel, Loulylana. ls" herself’ what Miss Oltvia Ferrot deseribes is “a new type.” ‘The experiment which the New York girltries upon her unsophisticated friend ts. how also, and forms the man plot of the book. Moreover, Loulsiana is 2 fresh character, something ditferent from her other heroines. ‘The pathetic element plays a. large part In the story, and is pre- in sharp contrast to the humor and of other parts. No one whois fa- mliar with Mrs. Burnett's style and strength m descriptive writing need be told that the seene of the actlon—whether It is the South. ern watering-place In full senson, or the aire Carolin furmhouse—is sketched with all her usual skill and picturesquencss; or tho local dinlect, which, 2 recent reviewer “except fn tho hands of great prs, i3 a share to novelists,” tins by no incans, proved so to the writer of “Ilu- worth's,”” We commend the book as the product of a skillful, talented, well-tralued pen. Mrs, Burnet’s admirers are wready munbered by the thousands, and every new work like this one can only add to thefr number, | Not that it is by any means 2 perfeet novel, nor that the writer’s: peculiaralities are not amenable to erlticism, but itisse far above the majorly of published works of fiction that it deserves a cordal and fearty w Louisiana, By Fra Hodgson Bure nett. New York; Charles Serlbuer’s Sons, Prico $i) LIFE OF SENATOR CIANDLER, Senator Blalne's Introductory letter to the life of the stalwart Michigan Senator Is in admirable taste, and lils tribute to Mr, Chandlerjastand diserlminating. Of the work of preparing 't biography Ww says: “I mn glad It Is committed to competent friends « » Who with strict adherence to truth can find in hls carecr so much that ls honorable, su much that ts admirable, so Nettle that Is cenatrable, and nothing that is mean"? Mfr. Chandler merits the tribute thus paid hin, We are not, hosvever, prepared to accept the handsoine voluine before Us as an authoritas tive anc just estlinate of the position to which the Sunitor should bo assigned umong the public mon this conntry has produced, It is written by friends who were undentably pro judiced Ib his favor, and who, unconscfously perhaps, Mmaginiied his true position and somewhat exaygerated the uifect of hls work and of his. suyings, Moreover no trois esthmate cay be formed of a public man by Iiis contemporaries, His friends are too frlendly, ile enemies too Intinical, ta bo just, Nevertheless Mr, Chandler's faults a8 woll as his virtues were on the surfiee, and he wan in many respects 9 remarkable man, and ono well worthy of grateful remem brance by Americans. As Senator he was aguressive, of dauntless courage, necustomed tocall things by thelr right munes, aid o speaker who always commanded mit yution, oven though hoe may hgve failed to influence piitieal action to any great extent, Asn abinet ofticer, hia subcessful business life gave lilm the necessary qualitications for ad- ministering tho aifalrd of the Interior De- partment on business f Tneiples, and ho wis ono of the best Seeretuples with which any Administration has been favored, Ash speakeron the stump de was forelble and magnetic, Honest and fncorruptible, ne tal rests on his churacter, But lie was tao violent a partivan to rank as a statesman, nnd there never was any difference of oplu- fon as to where " Zach Chandler” would be found on politient questions, Right or wrong, ha was with his party, and his party owes iin everything for his unswerving fidelity. Ho was honest in his bellefs, and fought for them honestly and to - the bitter ent. ‘Thero is innch to admire inthe carver of the bold and fearless Senator from Michigan, and the hitstory of ife will be read with Literest and with Bratt We may also ndd that the work has. en well done, and that many of the unec- dotes given will be found fresh and goo. che vole, is superbly ntten up, aid fone ins n Road en; of the greatest of the “Statwarts,!”. lia! ae (Zachariah Chandler: An Outline of Mls. Life and Public Services. By the Detroit Post and Trihunc, With nn ‘Introductory Letter from Jaines G. Blaine. Chicago’ Tyler & Co., Agents. Price, $2.60, FREE LAND AD FREE TRADE. A neatly-printed volume of 125 pages, fram the pen of the Hon. 8.8. Cox, just Issued, presents a clear, comprehensive exposition of tho freedom of commercini and inter- national Intercourse, as contrasted with the opposing policy of restriction, starting upon the theory that the United States now and for all thme must produce both from the soll and the factory # sitrplus, which sur- plus mist go on Snerensing to an extent necessitating tha utmost enlargement of our Intercourse with the world. “The fatness of the land {3 forcing us to broader views, our amazing natural wealth ig vompelling 1s to tho alternatlyes of Yielding the policy of sellishnesy or bein choked with our own abumance.” | In inthe nnite relation to freedom of trade, the bool treats of the Innd, and the danger of alack- ling in an: rey, tha wealth-produelng forces that fle withinit. | ‘Tho resources of the coun- try mre graphically stated. ‘The furees of production, Inbor, capita, and Iand exist in abundance, Shall these bo free or enslaved ? The author asks, most pertinently, Can Any one affirm that the [nnd in the United States Is free, when so much of the net protit in renmunerative prices Is absorbed by trans- portation charzes? Are not freight combi- nations and the like only a change in. the form—Is It not feudlalty and Iandlordisin still?—the conspiracy uf class interest against the dommon weal?” Tho rubstan- tial effort of the book Is compressed In an historical sketeh of the British Corn Inws, covering the period between the restric tion of exports in 1860 to 1846. ‘The scope of this historical review is well expressed itt the running heads of the divisions, thus: “Five nturies of Blundering; Fostering Industry. by Re- stricting Exports: Class isintion; Patri- otic Taxation; ‘The Bounty Nostrum; Local Protection qnd Its Falture; The Logic of Starvation: Revolution!” Taking tha histor: of these five centuries of biundering, ends ing in the repeal of the Corn Jaws of 1340, which was the logical result of starvation the author applies this history to the United States in the present and Prospectively, clalining that freedom 1s all that. is needed io’ fill the destiny of the Great Republic, giving expression to the sentiment of Emerson: “For what avail the flow or.gall, or land, or Ife, i€ freedom fall?” Mr. Cox has been nearly twenty-five years in public Iife. Though known te tha country largely as a humorist, he has during that tline contributed niuch ta the econouie literature of the times, and will always fil a deservedly-high placa in the ranks of the advanced writers on such subjects. This volume Is written In his own ‘Dest style, worthy a clase reading by scholars, students, and thinking men of’every trade and occupation, < Q (Free Land und Free Trade: The Lessons. of the English Corn Laws Applied to the United States, BySamuelS. Cox. New Yorks: G. 2, Putuain’s Sons. Price $1.25.) ” THE LONDON TIMES AND HERBERT SPENCER, Popular Sclence Monthly. The attitude of the British ‘press for the Jast twenty years toward the writings of Ture bert Spencer is a curious study. Tt wag nat- ural enough that Spencer contd not get o publisher who would take the pecuniary ehances in an interminable system of philos- ophy opposed to ml other systems, and based Upon an unnceepted and repugnantdoctrines andso nothing remalned for him but’ to publish himself. The works, at any rate, were thus pul squarely upon their merits. ‘The powerful agency of publishérs In’ infla- encing tho press was dispensed with; and, 29 Spencer was the last nan tolift a finger forthe procurement of eritleal favor, his publica tlons were left to themselves, editors being » nelther directly nor Indirectly bribed, pla- HY or flattered, The consequence was, e that, with but few SxcehHions, the books were Assalled with suet reckless misropresouta~ tions that Spencer, was compellot to stop sending copies to the press. Nor aid he re sume the practice until Increasing prblic In~ terest in his labors coorced critles into more decency and fairness, Att Some lntluential Journals, however, adopted the polley of silence, ignoring Spencer’s books altogether, ‘The pecator hing adopted this. plan. Not a single one of this author's works has ever been reviewed In Liat jour- nal; and thatthey were not thought to bo, worth reviewing could net be alleged, be- cause the chief uditer of the Spectator, Mr. Hiutton, went out of his way to ate tack Spencer's cthieal views on oan essay read befora the Metaphysien! So- elety, and which he subsequently printed im Maemitian's Saiuetine, The London dimes also, the organ and oracld of British opinion, has Ulustrated its idea of or no- falr a by never eriticlsig tieing any of S| vor’s volunius. ‘hese vol- unes were be! wiely rend; thoy were malding the opinions of thinkers; they were becoining Influential fn the universities; they wers elaborately criticised In tha raviewss; they were replied to jn numerous pamphlets and books: they were translated Into all the Continental Inngurces; they were culding: selentific{nvestigntton, famllarlzing the cult. ivated mind of the nga with a new order of idenis; but they were never recognized by the London Times any more than if they were non-existent, George Henry Lowes sald of Spencer that he alone of ull British thinkers. had organtzed a philosophy; but the Dimes had nodnformation about it, ‘Tha meanness of Its course 1s more palpably ns Jt never had any principles of tts own to malatafn, and sald what it pleased on any subject; while Spencer was engaged upon a most fore midable undertaking, with Smmense odds against hin. But the “nes has given in at Jast, Now that the world’s verdict tas been decisively rendered, it pluckily determines that this nuthor’s work niust have attention, And so it breaks the long silence by an elaborate review af Ceremontal Lnstitu- tions." ‘Thore is nothing noteworthy about the article except the significance af {th np- pearance in the Tinea’ coluniis, and tha: lite dicrous perplexity af the writer’s position, Tho writes as [f ho thought lls readers were asking, after twenty years’ retleance, Why are you moved to speak now ? ‘The book he revlows Is part of a serles of works whiclt cannot beeritleally understood without ref+ erence to (he previous voliunes. Bus there Ig no reference to thom,—no In. {imation as to: how Spencer was led todenl with the subject. It Is, of course, easy jn this way toninke such a work ap year yer dele! but the erltic could do t tio justice withont convidling the Journal fu whieh ha wrate of former inexcusable neglect, Jlowover, the Tinea has found it iesirablo to change Its tactics, and It will no doubt do better next the, MAGAZINES. ta The contents of tho Santtarlan for May. are: “Sanitary Rewards and Punishments," “Sowernge System of Detroft;” “Care for the Ministers” “Americans and Their Clyill-. zation Product of the Cllmate;'? “Phys- lology of the Turkish Bath;” "How Ven- ico Is Supplicd with Fresh Water; “ Disine fectlon;" * Leaks In Gas-Pipes.” ‘ The American Naturatist, which 1s de- yoted to the Natural Sciences in thelr widest sense, contiins in its May number articles on “The Structure and Action of & Butterfly’s Trunk,” by Edward Burgeas: "Tho Critics of Evolution,” by J.8. Lippincott; “alls | Second Arctio, Expedition,” by Ellls Hurnor Yurnall; “Sketch of North American’ An- throvalogy tu 1870," by Otls ‘P, Alanson. ‘Tho quisneral oles " Ios psteatel Es ite ‘armuation ou tople: rtala uta}, Zodlogy, Authropolugy, ete oe ‘Tho firatarticio in the April number of the agate of American Eaton treats of ay 8 fatory and Ethnology of the Pawnee Indlans.” If ts by John B. Dunbar, and fs as full and complete ag the general: Interest in thysubject bequires, ‘Lhe blographical article detalla* Tho Lite and Services of Col, Return Jonathon Meigs, of the Continental Army?” and ly written by Henry V, Johnstous ‘thie transiated yersion of the Diary of a Frenchy Oltlcer” (presumad to by Cromot an Bourg,, Aids to Rochambeau), ts continued, wht fuo-shuniles of drawings from the French orlgtual, ‘Lhe usual umount of “ Notes, " " ‘ q