Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 27, 1880, Page 9

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With, perhaps, a half-dozen exceptions, tho people who had xecepted the Invitation yes- terday morning did not seem to be in pees Marly poor circumstances, and ono or two of thon bore evidences of Bolin: quite well off, ‘The method followed by the Doctor in cur: ing his patients wars simply manipulation. He rubbed the sore spot gently with his hands, and Ina tuaority of cases the patients sald that they obtained more or less rellef. Among the sick were several stuffering from ueuralgle pains, and, though none of these were entirely cured, thelr condition secmad to be cousiderably buttered. laboring-man with n back and legs Inmed by rheumatism allowed the Doetor ta go through his digital rubbings, and ticklings, and punchings ntong the affected portions of his body, and in five. mluutes was running around the roam, young fellow with Hnoalred hearing said that, after tho Doctor had ran his fiiger-tips two or three fimes along tho back of his head, he could henr better than he hid done for some times Duta tnt of 10, shinilarly afllicted, failed to be benutited even after the muntpulations had fasted for fully ten mimnites. This case tho Doctor consiideréd ns about hoy cless, giv- ing it ns ‘his opinion that the auditive nerve hat been parnyzed. At tho same tine ho remembered having cured an equally bad ease some years Betpre fir Baltimore, and he nlvised the boy’s mother to keep tt sharp lookout for hin In tho. next twenty-four hours, ns_a perfect cure ight at any mo- nine Appearnas tho result of the manipula- nS. ‘ ‘There wére, of course, a largo number of people th the audience who, when the freo elinte closed, hat not been able to take ad- yautage of it, and for thelr benefit the Doctor announced the whereabouts of the “ clegant parlors” where he dispensed rubbligs and punehings for a monetary consideration. Several of, the disappolnted, of whom threo or four Had attended previous free oxhibl- tlons without ever having a chanes ta get cured, made up thelr minds to visit the Doc- tor at his parlors, so ‘that, from a business polnt of view, the free elinfe seems to be a suicee About one-fourth of those who ate tend recelve free iuanl pellotlogg i» and the re- inninder, after taking the trouble to got down fown and wait an hour, generally make up their minds to patronize ‘the non-eharitable end of the Doctor's professional practic, _——<———$—-—_ > “THE LATE JAMES ENNIS, AlJargo meeting of the Chicago Bar was held on Monday last at the Chieago Law in- stitute rooms to pass resulutions to tho memory of the late James Ennis, Esq, an old and esteemed member of the profession, Winchester all, Esq. was called to the chair, and Mr. A. ‘I. Ewing acted as Secre- tary. Comuiittees were appointed to dratt resolutions and present tho snine to the dit- ferent courts, After saveral addresses hind been made, tho following resolutions were unaiimously passed: Wuenras, Death has removed from among ua Janes Enols, Haq. an otd and respected men- her of the Chicago Har; bo it Resolved, That wo deplore tho’ loys of our os- teemed brother in tho primo of his manhood and maturity of bia powors, {fo was a Inborious, Sulccessful, and honorable attorney, 8 good Mtu- zen, and un atfectionate husband and father, and we will contintio a kindly remombrinct of bis generous qualities and muinly virtucs, Rexalued, it wo tender to his wile and ‘children’our sympathy uniter this ead beroave- mont, Reanlved, ‘That a. pony of those resolutions ba furnished for publication by the press, and that tho Chair Apnuiuy gentlomon to present thom ta tho several courts of this founty, and that a copy be gent to tho family of the deceased, James Enns camo to this city without means In 185th, He was adtitted to practica Taw In January, 1854, with the cess. Ho died on the th inst, after two days’ Hlness, of heart-disease, leaving a wiilow and ten childran, the eldest of which, Lawrenvco M, Enals, 8 carrying on his) bugil ness, having been associated with him for some time, OPPORTUNITY, ‘This I énw once, or dreamed it Ina droams A chdld had strayed from out the palace: gate Fur up au meadow-atopo, lod on aud on Md buttorilica, or Houting thistlo-down, * ‘TIM now he playod close on 4 preelpice, And strotched to reach tho rolling globes of down As thoy suilod out across tho dizzy gorge. A tagyard auw bin from tho distant road, And thought, “No uge for mo to go—too Jato; ud C but soon him ere he reached the verge, Or If tt had boon yusterday—just thore J stood and flow my goshuwk: ‘tis too tate, Heo twiried hls court, alghed, bummed a fooltsh tung, And turned, pitying bimsolf ‘without a chance OF grat omprise, nua idied on bis way, A wholo hour pugsod: tho daughtor of the King Buduonly saw the pos still ut tile play: (For overy Liuc-oyed tlowor had siniied its bost, And bockoned, nodding to bim, to hotd bim buck) Aud Wow ‘and shved bit, clasped upon hor heart. é we And this T saw, or dreamed ft in a droam: Thore spread a cloud of dust nlong a pluing Aud undersenth the cloud, or in 1h mugod A Turious battle, and men yollod, audawords Shocked upon swords and wblelds, A Prince's bunner Wavercd, thon staggored backward, hommed by fOcs, : A craven bung along tho battlo’s cdyd, And thought, 1 Hud 1a sword of kecuer stocl— that vin bhido that tho King's son beare,cuut dunt tag —* ho sbaptand funy it from his band, And, lowering, crept away and left the fleld, They came thio King's gon, wounded, sora bo- atead, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, ‘And ran und snatched tt; and, with, battiecshout Lifted afresh, be howed big auemy down, Ana iegg? great cuuse that gerolo day, ce v Teatest suc. LITERATURE---ART---SCIENCE, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ—A Remarkable Novel by Lew Wallace. ¢ A Nut for tho Hard-Shellers~Old . Times in the Colonies—William Cullen Bryant. ’ Tho Boys’ King Arthur—BenJamin’s Troy ~A Popular Commentary on tho Now Testament. . Notes on Now Booke—Magazinos—Books Roosived—Litorary, Art, and Solon- tiflo Notes, LITERATURE, BEN-HUR! A'TALE OF TIE CHRIST. Th ttle of this book ts cnough In itself to attract attention and to excite curlosity. Its author—Gen, Lew Wallnco—will, be remem- bored ns tho writer of an Aztee story, of the tne of Montezuma, entitled “The Falr God,” which attained, however, only falr success, “en-Ilur” isan experiment ine new flotd of fiction, It is more than n study of autiquity,—more than an attempt to pre- sent to ts. the world of the carly years of the Christinnera, Wero this Its imaln ob- Ject the author woul ba ontitled to credit and praise for hls falthtul study of a bygone age, the records of which are more or less obscure, Prof. Ebers in Uneda,” “Iomo Sum,” and “The ‘lwo Sisters,” has presented vivid and realistle pictures of Egyptian life athousand years and more before Christ. Gen. Wallace shows us pletures of Palestine, and Incidentally of the country and people About,—the results of patient Investigation and of hard study, In tls sense he supple- ments Prof. Ebers’ works. As {to his nceu- racy—If he has mado any grievous errors— the selentists will soon be after him tooth and nail, ‘The remarkable feature about this book the one sure to ‘draw the fire of many—Is {ts attempt to bring the man facts in the Hie of Our Savior before the public In the form of a work of fiction, ‘That Gen, Wallace has done this reverent and pellitully: will make but little diference, ‘fb portray the timés and circumstances in which Christ lived, was perse a dliticult task, To introduce tho Christ flimself will, io many, seem little Jess than blasphemy, white others, less rigid possibly in their reltgious tenets, will still consider It a matter of vory questlonabld taste. ‘Tha entire question'scems to resolyg Itself into ono of zood or bad judgment. It is Impossible,to ses how the book can do any “harm to the canse of religion or in what way it affects or fmpairs the sane- tityand reverence with which tho life and death of the Savior should always be regard- ed, Lt is consistent with the Scriptural ac- count in every fIne, In fact, the spagches put Into the mouths of the “Scriptural? characters are the words of the Bible Itself, ‘Tho author manifests as devout feeling as the inost carnest followerof Calvin could re- quire, ‘The chapter on the Crucifixion ts daring, but is solenin enough and dramatic: ally intense. No one could read the book and feet any dinnunition of their preéxistent veneration for the New Testament. story. ‘Tho better that story is known, and tho more itis studied (such ts the creed preached from oyery pulpit), the better It will be for all mankind, When, therefore, it Is so rover- ently trented as It is by Gen. Wallace, it is dinicult to see to whut the most bigoted ean object. We ndinit trankly that, asa matter of taste, wedo abject: somewiltat to the man- ner in which the personality of the Christ Is introduced In the different chapters to work upaclimactric effect, As the boot bids falr to be widely discnssed and sharply handled, we give a somowhat extended synopsis or review. . * ‘Lhe story opens in ono of the valleys Jend- ing from Mt, debel-es-Zubleh toward the desert of Arabla, Tho time fs early morn- ing of the month of December, year of Rome TAT, and tho first of the dramatis personw hi- troduced isan Egyptian, travellng toward the desert, mounted on a dromedary of pure Syrian blood and of - priceless value, “Through the wide nostrils {t drank tha wind In great draughts. Tho Htter swayed and rose and fell ke a boat in tho waves, Dried Jeayes in oceastonal beds _ristled under foot, Sometimes a perfume ike abe sinthe sweetened all thé alr, Lark, and chat, and rock-swallow lenpott to Ab and white partridges ran whistling and chiieking. out of the way, More rarely n fox or, a hyena hastened his galop, ta study tho intrtders atasafo distance, Olt to the right rose tho hills of the Jebel, the pearl-gray veil resting pon them changhiz momentarily Into apur- fe Which the sun would make inatehiess a Mitte Inter. ¢Over tucir highest peaks 9 vulture sailed on broad wings into widening clreles.” Arrived at a certain place, the Egyptian descends, spreads his teut, makes realy a meal of "mutton, dried and smoked, of Syrian bomegranntes, dates, cheeso, wine, milk-leavened bread, and havity spread Iris table awaits the coming of hls Ritests. Soon comes a Greek from ono point of the compass and a Hindeo trom anothers ‘They greet one artother, sit down to break bread togethor, and in olfering grace,—ench in his own tongue,—find to thelr amazement that each has understood the other, ‘Cho re- past finished, exch one in turn tells how he cama to journcy to the common trysting piace, ‘hese tre the “ threa wise men‘ef the “nat,” Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar, and ‘rst Gaspar, the son of Cleanthes,. the Athonian, speaks, Hatells of his conversion to the bellet in 9 coming King of tho Jews and his desire to sce Him. Ho dreams that ho with two others shall render homage to the King nt His birth: is told to follow. th tidance of a certain star, which will lea fin to his compantons, and: 0, through faith, ho has journeyed aver sens and Inna watil he has found the other two on the sand: iain of the Arablin desert, Tikuwise Mcl- chior, the silndoo, forsaken home, frlonds, and wealth, following the star whtcht was polnted out to him te bo his guide, Bate thasar, the Exyptlan, tho first comer and tho oldest, extolled Heo-antlqulty of his race and prondl: y spoke of his natton white deploring hefr idolatry. Ho wasn Princo anda priestin Egypt, Disvontented and anxious for some- hing he knew not what, he hatl sought In he wilds of Afrlen rest and meditation, ‘Thora hyhad heard nv volea and received directions to follow tho stur untilhe met the other two, whom he was to lend to Jorusne Jem, and there, by Inquiry, he would find th King of the Juwa, + Tho seens now shifts to the Bethichem or Zopns gate of Jerusalein, ‘This ts the mare ket-vlave, and Gen, Wallace paints a pretty pieture of the customs, manners, and dress of the people passing by, and of the mer chants of wine, frult, and jewelry. A. stal- wart Roniasoliler pusses through ‘the crowd, Noxt’comes a despised, reviled Jew; an Assyrian or Samaritan, to toucl? whom was poffition; then professlonal athlotes and gladiators, a Greclun singer at the Court, followed by a Pharisee and Arabs from: the desort, Jerusulen wax a cosmopolitan elty, and copled Pagan Rome, Among the crowd passing to and fro wera noticed Aman and woman Nournosing on a mule, apparently toward Bethlehem, ‘To att Snguirer the man aad the woman was his wife, haying married him—her unelo—to save her property, which, by tha = law, woul go to a next of Hn. This was Joseph’ of Arimathen, and . Mary, his wife, Blio wag not more than 15. Her form, voice, and manner belonged to the period of transition from girlhood, Her Tuco was perfectly oval, lwr complexion nore pale than fait, ‘The nose was faultless; the lips, alight parted, were full and ripe, giving to the ines of the mouth warmth tenderness, and trust; the eyes were blue an large, und shaded by drooping lids and jong fashes, and, In harniony with alla flood of Olden hat, In the style permitted to Jewish ries, fell uncontingd down her back to the ‘pion on which she sat, ‘Tho throat and neck had the downy softuess sometimes seen which leaves the artist in doubt whether it 13 an effect of contour. or color. ‘lo these charms of feature and person were added others more Indefinable—an alr of purity which only the soul can -fmpart, and of abstraction natural to such as think much of 3 Fupalpabl ing b trembling Ips, she ralsed t to heaven, Itself not nore deeply blue; often she crossed hor hands upon her breast, ns in adoration and prayers often she raised her head, ike ona stenting en) ny. fora entling voleo, Now and then, mltst his slow utterances, Joseph Uirned to lok at her, aud enteliing the us pression kindling her free ns with Ilght, for- got his theme, and, with bowed head, won- dering, plodded on? Such fs Gen, Watlace’s description, in a work of fiction, of she whom Christians now all the Virgin Mary.” If tha painter ean dealizen Madonna to hang In the halls of palaces, why should not the writer ba per- mitted to also tdeallze the Mother of the Christ for a rending constituency, descph and Mary, arriving at Bethlehem, find theelty overcrowded, and the only kinn, or inn, filfed with guests, ‘The gatekeeper takes them ton eave, the sides of which ara Tined with sheep Hue rs, a3 the best eco” modation hecan give them, Here they spent the night, and here about midnight the Christ ls horn. ‘The shepherds’ In, the felds hear the volce from Heaven, see the angels, ancl follow the star to the cave. Once again the scene shiftstoa meeting of the Sauhedrim at Herod's [place Herod’ the Great—“an old man elnd fa purple robe bordered with seariet, and girt to his waist. by a hand of fold Hinked so fine thot it was pliable ns eather; the Intcheta of his shoes sparkling with “precios stones: a narrow. crowi wronglt In filagree shining outside a tar- boosheot sottesterimson plush... nbody broken by diseases, a mind magnificently camille, how seven-and-sixty years ald —this ruler has heard of. the birth of a King of the Jews, and has assembled the Sanhedrfin inal haste to tell Am where his 1 Is to see the Muht of day. ‘Tho three wise men are brought before him, and tell him of thelr mission aud of thelr mulditus-star, Ue receives them In a room, “ heavy with the perfume of sandal- Woods upon the floor n tufted rug, and pon that a throne; carved and git oliomans and couches; fans, and (itt and musteal instru nents; zolden candlesticks glitteringin thelr own lights; walls painted Inthe style of the yoluptuous Greek school. ero listens to them attentively, gives them rich rifts, anc bids them return “to him when they. shall havo found the’King. ‘They go on thelr way refoteing, find the “eave, and worship , the child. “They saw the child was as other elilldren; about its head was nelther ninbus nor waterial érown; Its ips o| rd not in speech; It made no stan whatever.” With this paragraph ends the firat one of the elgit books into whieh the story Is divided, ‘The story proper begins in the next bool. ‘The time Is twenty-one yeurs later. Valerius Gratus is the Imperial Procurator of Judien, under whose administration the quarrels he- tween Jews and Homans were at thelr hight. The gpenlng scene ‘is in a palace on Mount” Zion, where two boys —Messata, a Homan, and Ben-Ft ry a Jew, from firm friends become bitter foes, “ Mars is proferred to Eros.” Ben-Hur 1s the child of a wealthy Prinee of Judea, who has dled befora the’ opening of this’ tale, Teaving his business tn the hands of Simon: ides, nservant. ‘The young Ben-Hur, while watching the passing by of the Procurator, aceldentally detachesa tile, whiel, in falling, nearly kills the Governor. Ie 1s trrested, bound, and consigned to the galleys for life. ‘That the Roman may contlsente his property, his mother ang, sister are’ imprisoned in “a secret tower hd Stmontdey {3 put to the torture, butrefuses te diselose where the rieh possesstons have been secreted, As Ben-ltur s bel lect to the galleys he is met by the Son ot Mary, who gives hin. adrink. ‘With this eplsade the second book ends. The third book opens at the City of Mi- scnum, A.D. 2, ‘There Is a fine déserlption of the war-galley Astrea, in whieh Ben- iiur‘ig at anonr. He attracts the attention of the Tribune in command, Quintus Arrlus, lle tells him of his proabierict, and there is true pathos in the description: “The herrl- ble day Is three years gone; three yenrs, O, Tribune, and every year-n whole’ life-time of misery,—a, Hie-tine in ‘a. bottomless pit, with death, and no relief but nlabor—and in nll that tine wot a word from nny oue, not a whispor, 0, if, be be- ing Sorgotten, we cold only forget! 1f onlyiT could hide from that seenc—imy sister torn from me, iy mother's last look! Lhuve felt the piague's “breath; und the shock of ships in battle; I havo'heard tho tempest Inshing the sex, and” laughed, though others prayed 3 death would have been a riddance, end the oar—yes, in tho strain of mighty ef- fort trying to escape the’ hamiting of what that day oveurred.” Tellme they tire dent, If no more, for happy they: cannot be while 1 am lost Lhave penesl (thon call me tn the plehts I lave seenthedi oh the water walk- ing.’ i ‘ i The flect engage In Ynttle with tho pirates of the Egcan,—n ilnely-dakeribed scene,—Ben- diur saves the Hfe of theTrivune, who, trom. sratitude and admiration, adopts iin as his son. ‘The Romans win a complete victory, and the fourth book ts finished, Again the seene is shifted to Antioch, In tho month of July, and In the year of our Lord 27. Ben-Llur vistts Shnuntdes, his father’s slave Rtoward, nnd now a successful merchant, + Is meets his beautiful daughter Esther, Here we notice what seems: an anachronism, for surely the inyalid’s wheel chalr ig a modern invention! Shnontdes ean tell him, nothing of Nis mother and sister, but offers him all his fortune as his Just due. Hcn-Rur recognizes in the cireus at Antioch Mesaata, his old playnmte, who has become his bitter chem, Ife is cager for revenze, and determined to defent him tn. a coming churlot race, Stmontica sends him to the Shelich Lidertm to obtatna chariotund horses, Incidentally there fs Introduced n Laccha- nalian orgle and a gambling seene $1 the pi ace, particlpated In by Mesgala and his coi pantons. In tho desert, training hls horses tor the met, Ben-Hur meets Balthasar and is daughter Jrag. He hears from the Egyp- thin the story of the Child bornut Bethlehem, Tits imagination is fired with a be: Nef that this is tho prophesied Messiah, in the fifth book he commits himself to the service of the gouulng Klug of the dews, and yields to tha“fascinations of the worldly- ininded Fras, ‘Tie description of the chariot race {s spirited, and paints in words what tho artist's brush has so vividly portrayed on canvas, Hen-LHur is the yletor by eatching the wheel of his sneiny swith the polit of hig axlo and overturning his chariot. Meswala is crippled for fife atid financially ruined by ls enormous wagers with tho unknown agents of Stmonties. By a message from Jras—who fg secreted In a eave with Measale Ben-Hur ts lured to the Palnee of Iderneo, Where two hired gladiators seek to murder him, One, Thord, is his oll wrestline-mag-,, ter, Ho defeats him by a trick he himself had taught him. ‘Therd-reseucs him fram the prison that wasto have been his tomb, and Ben-Hur goes off Into the desert with dlderim, Tho sixth book is one of -tho best and strongest. Pontius Plate comes to Juden ag the successor at Valeria Gratus, Asn first roform he Inspects tho prison and. dis covers to his surprise two women who have been for eight years entombed and Jett to die, They have been scantily fed all this tline by a prisoner inan adjoining cell, but have meanwhile become lepers, Pilate sets thom — free, uit, being lepers, the Are accounted ag dead by the ‘Talmud, Dhey wander In the suburbs to box for a Iv ing. Ven-flur, thinking aver the birth of the Messiah, concelyes of Hin as an earthly King who shalt deilver the Hebrews frou their bondaye-to Rome. Hy makes love to Hather, and seeks is mother and. sister throughout Jerusniem. Ho algo secretly en- Msts and drills three legions ef Galileans to fake In the sorvico of the King of the Jews, Oo rio a ing. a hand-to-hand contest with a cent Hot the Roman guard, 9 renowned chine plon, with whose defeat tha sixth book ends, In tho soventh book Ben-#ur hears of a certian Nazarene who has been working miracles fn the land, and whto Is preceded by A herald, He gocs to meet hin, buts disap. polnted at his humble appearance, He has a disenssion with Balthasar on the immortall- ty of the soul and on the different Ideas each has of tho Jooked-for Messiah. “*T will recall the differe said Ben-#ur, with defer of opinion thut [He would by wear ny you thought IL Would do spiritual, not of the world, “Oh, yes,’ the Egypttan answered; ‘and { am of ‘the same oplnlon, how, I see thy divergence In our falth, You are going to tuget a King of mien, Ln Savior of souls! “Ty paused, with the look often seen when People are struggling, with introverted effort, to disentangle a thought which fs either too high for quick discernment or too subtle for slinple expression,” ‘The clghth and last book phens Inthomonth of Mareh oud in thy Cityof Jerusalem, where Ben-Hur ty found lying in bis own palace, Balthasar and drag, Sunontdes md Lather, are there also, Esther 13 “small, graceful in form, of Fequint, features, yosy, With youth and health, brizht with futellizence, beautl- ful with the outshini between us,’ YOU Were ing, But not sovereignty of a devoted nature; ® Woman to bo lo becnuse loving was habit of life hrepresstble with her.” Ben- Hur tolls of the arrival of the Nazurene and of the miracles he las performed, An old slave, who hay ministered td the wants of the mother and sister of Ben-Eur, hears that tha wWazarene has healed lepers. Sli per- suades the two women to present themselves to the son of the carpenter on his entrance into the city, They are cleansed by ffitu, and thon rovealod to Den-LHur, who was oue of 27, 1880—SIXTE PAGES the procession, and whose | f In the M stab fs thus confirmed, Ie las a storiny 41 terview with Irax, who neknowledges her Jove for Mexxata, and her determination. to fores Ben-Hur to restore him to wealth. 4 The Kissings of iny littte finger whieh thot hast taken from hin, though with my con- sent, shitl paid furs and that I nave fal- lower thee wit affectation of aympathy, and endured thee so Jong, enter into the account not Jess because F was ying him.” Ben-Hur witnesses the betrayal of Christ in the Garden of Gath emiane, and offers help find rescue. But his legions ‘have forsaken Din Me woes to Golgotha, ant Gen, Walinco givesathriling ant powerfull yewritten nc- count of the Crucifision,—the New ‘Testa- tment version dramatically told, Balthasar dicey with the Lord he has served. Tras goes to Ive with Mesxate, Ben-Hur marries Esther, amt brings his mother and sister back to his own home, Five years. later he goes to Rome, acevoted fallower of the mur- dered Christ, and spends the fortunes lie lins recelyed from lrrhus and Stmonides In the construction of the Catacombs of San Calix- tont Home. “Out of that vast tomb Chris- Unity issued to sitpersede the Cresars.? Such, In brief, 1s an outtine of Gen, Wale lnew’s work. He’ has been n careful atudent of Bragsch, Goodwin, De Rouge, end other writers, Ho has presented vividly and as faithfully ns possible picsiires, of life in the Lust at tho tine of Christ. This he ting done remarkably well, Ils hook Is Interestin and never tedious, IMs Innguage. Is wel chosen, often eloquent and poetic. Many of the chapters are masterpieces of style, Imagi- nation, and dramatic power. From begin- ning to end he has written in the spirit af a devout believer; of an earnest Christian inan, fully impressed with tho ‘divinity of tha Christ of whom he writes, and treating most —reverently. the neces sarily diMettt clinpters of the volume Where it beentne necessary to Introduce the Meastah to the render. WHh hisimudeof treat- ment, as we sald In the beginning, we do not believe the most captions can find fault. But some, perhaps many, will undoubtedly object to the interminglini of tletion with the sneredbhistory, As n matter of taste they may WB right. And that erltielsm was evi dently anticipated by the writer. His religious bolief or motive ig cl early set forth on pages “0 and 826i. Ben-Hur {4 a natural, rather {han an heroic, character, » Balthasar is nie admirably: drawn and consisteft — throughett. ‘The — fomale characters are nat ag stronely drawn as the male, but the devoted mother and the loving sister, the falthfulslaye,the proud, handsome, dark-eyed Jrag, and ‘the centle, winsome Lather,—these all play well thelr parts. ‘The book, so far ns the fletion In it Is considered, does not In any inanner change or vary from the account of the I the founder‘of tho Christian rellion fou in the Scriptures; which Longfellow says was “Writ In the climate of Heaven, and in, the language spoken by angels,” Pubilshed by Harper & Bros, New York. OLD TIMES IN LITE COLONIES, The story of “Tho Boys of '76" was a holiday boole for boys published some four years ago, and written by the atthor of the work before us, Charles Carleton Cofin. This volume, fully {lustrated, belongs to what may be termed a “popular” history series. “It is an outlue,? says Its author, “ofsome of the prinelpal events that transy vired during the colonial period of our country, and portrays tho hardships and sulferings of those who Inld the foundations of a, new Empire. It will show how the Old World laws, habits, nnd customs were gradually changed; how the grand ideas of reedom and the Rights of man teok root and flourished. It covers the period from the discovery and settlement of Amer- fen to the Revolutionary War.” ‘The book is best defined as an “ontlino pictorial his- tory.” Itis clearly and picasantly written, aboundIng In incidents and_ anecdotes of the days of our forefathers, Mr. Coflin thinks it rathor a remarkable thing that the beginning ot the history of our country should be clear and distinct, while the beginning of the his torles of other countries are obscured by tra- dltion or made doubtful by fable. Possibly the fact Hat we area new country, and that the events of the past, 200 years are matters of record, is a suMelent explanation of this, There ought not to be anything obscure or Nneertaly About the history of this young Nation Yet there are periods even within these two short centuries whieh are by no menns entirely free from obscurity, Mr, Collin has apparently sought to cover, In his three volumes, the same round that Will be covered by Bryant’s story In five yolumes when conipleted,, Old plates, which havésorvei in other ways, hiy'e been touched up to furnish the Wlnstrations, Many of thom havea familiar appenrance. ‘Tho text has been carefully prepared, the bouk Js In- fercatiins readline, and there is no reason why Iwshould not attain ns great. n success as Sts predecessors. ‘There Is certainly no danger that our youth will acquire any excess of requalutance with our own history, than witch nothing should more familiar, When presented only as a study it 1s too apt to be skimmed over or neglected. If {t ean inade interesting, so ns to be read for pleasure, a xreat work has been necom: plished. This Mr, Collin scems to have done, Published by Harper & Bros., New York. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. Mr. Symlngton’s monograph on the life, career, and writligs of the Nestor of Amerl- can poets, while not remarkable as 9 literary production, lins many points of interest. ‘In the first placa it {s to a certain extent a erlti- elsm by an Engllsh author of an Ameriean writer, and, us such, is fale and oxpressive of sincere adiutration and respect for. the man of whom it treats, In the second place it 1s & work so largely composed of quotations and so free from any especial originality in its made of treatment thut it Is proporly classed with “ecompliintions * rathor than with puro. blographies. In the third placo Mr. Symington has evidently taken great pains and conselentiously Inbored to do full justles to the work of the poot, journalist, and philanthropist, He has been faithful in research and inyestigation, Zeatousjin tho pursuit of material and clear and ear- nest, in his analysis and deductions. “Whenever possldie,” he says, “we have Jeft him to speak for himself, quothuy freely from his correspondence and writings, In- eluding in the former several of his letters which now appear In print for the first time,” Unfortunate! i however, Mr. Bryant was notone who dtd much “speakhyg for. ht self.” Ils correspondenes reveals but tue of the ren! thoughts and inner life of the man, This friends never went beyond a cere faln point of friendship, and stopped short of ntim Mr, Symington hopes that what ho lias written Inny dnduco some ‘who are passtig on the dusty ronds of life, to drink of the clear, cvot, perennial spring poet wells up for thelr refreshinent in his ure and ole vatiny post ant ho hag been most hap py in his extracts and selections. In some reapeets—puruleularly n3_a_ close observer of natire—Bryant stands almost without a rival among poots. One of his great character- istics was his * pure, nantly straightforward and vigorous English.” His poems are dis- tinguished “by purity and vlegance im the choice of words, uo compact and vigorous dic- tlon, great delleacy of fancy and elevation of thought, and a genial, yet solemn and reli. fous, philosophy,” ‘This volume—which Is unttorm with the sketches of Sammel Lover aud Thouns Moore already published by tho BUG nUthor—ts Jnterostinig and instructive reading, Atnericn has adorned lteratura with a fair share of great pames, ‘Those who have attained fame and world-wide reputation have had to face the guuntlet of floree, severe, and often of brojue Iclal, eriti- elsm from other fands, Bryan’ always stood Wigh In fayer among the English people, id Str, Syulngton’s pages breathe through: out the partiality, love, admiration, and fair judgment given by his countryinen to our venerated bard. His closing paragraph de- serves quotation; “ Now—bidding readers adieu l—we would, once nore, earnestly commend both the ex+ amploof the venerable Bryant's pure and noble life, and the teaching ot hla elovating poeins,—with thelr fresh love of nature, pers «hiring tuinan interest, purity of thowsht, qnusleal expression, simplicity, calm, reflect~ ive wistlom, und spirituality of" tone,—to tho enreful study of al 1, young and old, who can upprectate that high order of genius wherein oudness, truth, and beauty, naturally fiending together, are brosented, with gon summate and exquisit art.” ‘Fras to tho kindred polots of Hoayen and oe." i Publishes, by Harper & Brothers, New York. 2 ea WHE BOYS' KING ARTHUR, Last year Mr. Sidnoy Lanier published a boys’ *Frolssart,” and did a good and ac-s| ceptable service in preparing for boys a book usually considered beyond thelr reach, ‘This year he has arranged, asa companion work, I The Boys’ King Arthur,” prefaced with an admirable introduction, and presented tn at- tr Ushers, The preface, or preliminary chapter, gives all tho needed facts in regard to the original material, also sume aperlivens of Walter Mapes’ French version of the search for the, Holy Grall, of Layamon’s English, and of Caxton's Npology for printing Sir Thomas Malory’s work, ‘Tho work, of which this Is a conttensed compilation, was pub Ushed by Caxton In 1495, The exact words of the orizinal are given, only with modern- ized spelling and explanations of the harder words, Where sentences have been added by the editor to make the narrative eontinuons, they are placed inh ita. ‘The book tells of the romnntic ad’ ures of King Arthur, Sir Lancelot du Lake, Sir Gareth o Orkney, Sir Tristem, Str ‘Gninhad, and Slr Perelval. The editor his performed his work with ability, and as a resilt we have a hand volume with spirited Hlustrations well ad: edas 9 gift-book for any younse person, An Index would have added’ to Its value, how- ever, Published by Charles Scribner's Sons. TROY, In this litle volume Mr. Benjamin has summed up in aconnected narrative all that Isknown abont the Trojan legend, 'Phe facts are scattered throughout the eple, dramatle, philosophic, and erltical writings of antlqulty, ‘These facts have been gathered together and strung Into an interesting history which forms the first part of the volume. ‘The sec- ond part Includes a synopsis of what the au- thor Is pleased to cnll “the stupendous con- troversy which tins been waged for ages regarding Troy and the origin of tha Homeric poems,” ‘Lo this is added a sketch of the in- vestigations of Dr, Sehlieman and other Archwologists on the plains of roy. It Is robable that Dr, Sehlieman blinself 14 the vest attthority as to hts (liscoverles, and this volte cannot pretend to assume the place of lis ponderaus tome on the subject, But, Iike the others fn the series, this volume oy alns to give Sn suceinet form all that ts known and of general Interest on the subject treated, It is a handy fHttle volume, not espeelally interesting, but prepared with eare by an author of good reputation for scholar- sl Mp und accuracy, Mr, Benjamin's “concluding reflections” on the results of the Homeric controversy imay be thus sumined une The atomtsts have faited to prove that the [iad is x congerles of ballads. and that Homer isn mythe. . . All the efforts of modern eritleism have falled to prove that Tomer was not the nu thor of the thirteen books regarding the ‘Trojan War. ‘The atomlsts have been able to nddtee strong reasons to shown differ- ent authorship for the Iilad and the Odys- sey, but the atomists have — not proved that either wns ever other than aslugle foci with possible interpolations, Recent discoveries have demonstrated (hai the Ilad was cotnposed within a perlod pos- sessing the art of writing. Dr. Schileman’s discoveries have settled the site of Troy at Ulssarlik and have “enormously atrength- ened the falth of those who- believe that somewhere, sometime in the remote past there was a contestor war of races which gave rise ton ballad literature that resulted In the great eple of Homer.” Published by Charles Seribner'’s Sons, New York, APOPULAR COMMENTARY ON THE NEW TESTAMEN'E. Dr. Phillp Schaff, Professor In Union The- ological Seminary, New York, {s one of tho most enterprising scholars of our thane. Be- aldes his work as a Professor snd his labors fsa member of the Ainerican Committec on the Revision of the New Testament TransIn- tion, he has had on hand for years the editing of Lange's great Commentary on the Bible, which he and his associates have translated into English, with discriminating notes; and he has already edited the first two yolumes of his Commentary on the New Testament, thus completing the first. half of this elnbo- rate work. ‘The first volume of this popu- Jar commentary we notleed some mouths ggo. ‘That volume was prepared by Dr. Sehaf, and Dr. M. B. Middle, of Unartford: ‘The second volume’ has now been reeelved, which carries. the Commentaay forward through John's Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, The portion on the Gospel of John was written conjointly “by Prof, WHHam Milligan, D. D., of Aberdeen, Seot= Jand, and Prof. William F. Moutton, D. D., of Combridge, England; and the portion on’ Acts by J. 3, Howson, 1D. D., Dean of Chester, and Canon Donald Spence, London, Tho Commentary on John’s Gospells learned and thorough, but we cannot say that we are satisfied with all of its <futerpretations, For example, in the comments on chapter y., 20- 27, the word “gave” is construed in two en- tirely diferent’ senses, as ft oveurs in verse 20 aid in verse 25, where there fs no intlinn- tlon in tho text of a’cliange In the sense of the word, Again, on clap. xvi, 13, things to come” are referred * not to new revela- tlons, but to revelations made new by the teaching of Christliu — expertenes ?3 an unnatural and Ul-sustained — Interpreta- tlon, ‘The trus sense is better given by Prof. Schaff in his note on Lange. In the anain, the commentary on Jolin is’ clear asd excellent. In some instances, however, wo Notice that the results of erltieisms are given withottt sufficient explanations to enable the common reader to tnderstand. Rut Ap of ee Erounds on which the expositions’ are aised, ‘The Commentary on Acts 1s well executed, Dr. Howson is among, the best Biblical schot- ars In Engtand, and his tnvestlzutions in the reparation of his work on the "Lite and Epistles of St. Paul,” in connection with Dr, Conybeare, contributed to his special fitness for the writlug of this Commentary, Some of the alleged diserepaneles in the Acta are better explained in this work than we have found them elsewhere. The volume before us, like Its preducessor,,43 nn oetavo, be taveen 500 nud God pages, f andsomely bound, clearly printed, tho text In heavier type tin the comments, 80 98 to be readily distin: guished from them, tho whole a beautiful specimen of mechanienl exeeution, ‘Lhe il- Justrations and maps are atten, Up in tho Dighest style of art, and add greatly to the value of the work, {A New Popular Comméantary on the New Testament, with Tustrations md Maps. Edited by Philip Schaif, D.D., LL.D. Vol. 1, ‘The Gospel of John and tho Acts. Ne’ York: Churles Seribner’s Sons, 3 eee NEW BOOKS, A. L. Bancroft & Co. lave issued an index to the first twenty voluines of thoir Amor- Jean Decisions.” The index Is presented freo to each subscriber to the serics, It is hardly necessary. to sny a word ns to tho value of a full, comprehensive Index, such asthis one appears to be, Withoutit, the twenty volumes are something like a radder- jess ship, We have often borne witness to the valuo of this sot of law books. Tho aories, as far os completed, covers the perlod froin the commencement of the Government to the year 1830, J —A new edition of Marion Harland’s “Common dense in tho Household” has just been published, Over 100,000 copies of the first edition have bevn already Issued, The plates have been retouched, and the work revised and enlarged, As one of the most popular and comprehensive works of its class It will enter on a new lease of life, full of honora and rendy to equal or surpass in the second edition the success of the first, —Tho publishers of the International Re- view have Issued in parpphiet form the art essays which have been Issued from timo to time In that periodical, ‘The frontlsplece is an admirable reproduction of Fleming's wtebing of Rubens by the phatogravure process. ‘Chu present pamphlet is an addl- Hon'to the Atlas! Series "crit ty not possible to pratso “Henry Grévillo's " works for anything In: purtictir lar, ‘The authoress writes too much to write woll, und caters to a depraved taste rather thin to its betterment. Somotimes shy forgets herself aud writes a decent buok, like * “the, Princess Ogiterof.” Inthe “trlals of Ralssn ” wo have glimpses of Rusglin so- riety which, if true, ure emlnently disered: {table to the young nobility, A younz girl of tho utmost purfly and innocence, Ralsia Vorof, wughter of a retired arn surgeon, Ig abdtcted in the street in Si Potersburg by three officers of the Linperial Guard and subjected to a rross outrage, Hur mother, an invalid, dies from the shock, and talsse and her futher seek in vuln for justlea at the hands of the pollee authorities. ‘The culprits belong to the nobility und aro siilvlded, ‘The’ matter is ut lust brought to the ‘ears of tho Czar, who exiles the offenders to Siberia, after having it jorend cre of then, Couny Valerie firetaky, to wed Ralssa. liv also confiscate: the estates of the culprits for tho biuelit of NOTES ©) ve and appropriate form by the pub- | the young girl, Gretsky leaves his wife, tite tering expressions of ‘disgust and hatred, Ralssa, however, in the brief space occupied -- by the marriage eeremony, has learned to love him, and thered{ter atic devotes herself: to the task of winning hfs affection. Sho inanages his estates in the most prudent fashion, sending him the reventes, and clears’ lis sister from the susplelun of having pol- sonud her Iusband, besides reseuing her from, tho hands of a mob of infuriated serfs, AIL these actions fall to touch the angry oxile, Finally, the typhold fever brenka out In Sie beria, and the three officers are stricken with the mindy. “Italssa obtains thelr, pardon of the Czar, and goes to nurse them. ‘Che natur- . al result follows, and Valérien learns to love Als wife and they are happy again. . —The Moral Pirates”? describes tha yarl ous adventures of four young boys who go from Harlem to the Northern lakes in a row- boat. "Their taste for piratteat adventures terprises having been abnormally de- d by the perusal of chenp literature, a |: nent uncle steps in and proposes that’ .~. intke a erulse as moral“ pirates,’ pledging themselves to pilfer neltherorchatd or hen-roost on their journey. ‘Their trip is“: full of Incident, and thelr adventures almost «, as thrilling as thouh they sailed under the... - Dinck flagof the Red Rover, They upset, - run on rocks, fight tramps, are arrested as - ‘ thieves, their property Is destroyed by theex- , plosion ot thelr powder -ean, and thoy have variots and sundry other nA being obliged after all te return home by ratl, Boys will certaluly enjoy the book, Its nuthor evidently understands boys pretty thorough-. ly, and’ the directions he embodies in his narrative as to camping out, pitching tent cooking, ete,, are evidently the results o personal experience, : — The Uirtuiay-Book of American Po- cts” isn nent little volume of verses from the poets appropriate to each day of the year, Opposit the verses is a blank” space with ! date, in which friends can place their nuto- graphs, or contribute such other personal In- formation as they may think best. The de- sizn, If nota novel one, 1s a very pretty one, « and Well suited to the fast-approaching holl- day season, —'*Farin-Homes, In-Doors and Out. Doors,” is thy homely title of a very in- stritetlve book Just published, Itis written by one who appears to he thoroughly fanillar Withithe subjects treated, and who Invests + farm-homes ? with new charms and prive ileges. —" Harper's Young People!” for ° 1880 makes a very handsome bound — yolume. Within its pages tre the pictures anc stories which have given so much pleasure to fgung ‘ people during the past year. ‘The pubilshers war have been remarkably successful with thelr new venture, aud, as they have spared. nelther trouble or nioney to win success, they nre entitled to all they have won, “Vol* ume I, is. n handsome gift-book, full ‘of en- tertalnment and instruction, —" The Open Fire-Plnce id All Ages” is a collection of articles on thd subject of fire pinees and house-ventilntion written. by Mr. Vutnum for the simertcan slrehitect and Building News, 10 is abundantly Wlustrated with over 269 cuts, and the IMustratlons alone, io those Interested In the subject, are worth, the price of the book, It is ‘full of useful Surgestlons for architects, builders, and hotts-owners. A good deal of the text is somewhat technient, but the advice ng to ventilation and “kindred = matters is clearly stated, ‘The book fs attractive inappearanco and interesting in matter, —"The Evangelieal Mymnal” as been prepared by Messrs. Wall and Lasar, witha = -* Hope of effecting a reform in ‘church music. ‘They believe that the best. in- terests of Hymnody. in America have suffered through the popular use of hymns and tunes which have been more attractive to the ear thaw Appropriate to the offices of religion, ‘The book contains 600 hyinns. We have not read them. ‘The tunes aro maluly those of the older tuno writers, There ig also.n icgrphicnt index for the use of elergymen for reference purposes, This ap bears to be n most excellent work. Its com- pilers havo devoted both time and labor to: ts preparation, It is well adapted for the purpose for which it has been prepared and has many novel and admirable features. —Mr, Calvert has prepared what he fs pleased to call “ Blographic Esthetic Studies” . of the poets Coleridge, Shelley, and Goethe. ‘The essay on Goethe isan address delivered, before the New York Goethe Club. ‘The other two were probably’ prepared for this work, ‘Tho sketches of the same poets : that have appeared In tho “English Men of ‘ Letters Serles” are much more satisfagtory, . Air. Culvert writes ensity and smoothly, but : his analyses seem discursive and hardly satis- factory. Stil, they sre short and readable and printed In a very neat and attractive little volume, prey MAGAZINES, St, Nicholas for December will bo a:sur prise to its young readérs, The new decora- ; tlon for the cover will be wintry and spirited, ; : among tho varied contents will bo anopor-; ¢tta for young people called “Tho Land of, Nod,” in which -six Iittle sleopy-heads. visi tho mnarveloys place and seo many wonders. | . i Mr, Frank It. Stockton will contribute one{? | of his droll falry stories, and Mr. Washingtont Gladden deseribes “A Christmas Dinuer with thé’ Man in the Moon.” A now feature : of St. Nicholas will be begun, It is a é “'Treasure-box of Literature,” whose value E and purposes are indicated by the first.gon- ae tents, Wileh will be reprints of, Nathaniel” Hawthorne's fantasy, “David Swan,” and} ‘Thackeray’s poem, * King Canute.” Both | are to be fustrated, Ae 8, Bout-* —An article by the Hon. George well in the North clmerican Revlew for Da- cember, entitled “The Future of the Repub-* iienn Party,” is sure to nrrest public atten- Hon, Written after the result of the recent elections lind been asvertulned, this article: defines the position which the Republican party Js, In logic and In policy, bound ta ns-- stune toward the Southern States, ‘Tho other. articles In the December number of the e- view ure: "Tha Discoveries at Olympia’? by Prof. Ernst Curthus; “ Rational Sunday Observance,” by the Rey, James Freeman Clarke; “Southorn Statesmen and ‘Thelr Policy,” by the Hon, John Jay; “The Ruina of Central America,” by Désiré Charnays “tha Distribution of Tine,” by Dr, Leonard, Watdo; “The Publle-School Fatture,” by Richard Grant Whites The Validity of the Emunelpation Ediet,” by Aaron A, Ferris, °, —The Popular Selenec Monthy for. De~ cember opens with Herbert Spencer's second paper on “The Development of Political In- stitutions,” which 13 devoted to. the pringi- Hes of politteal organization fn mencral. : Tinsteyes address on “Selence and Onlture* at the opening of tho Mason Selenca College, isgiven in full, Dr. George M. Beard jhas a curious paper on the nervous phenomena extibited by the “Jumpers” or out plas Frenebnen® of Maine. A coplously illus- trated article follows by W. F. Denning on “The August Meteors.” Prof, 1H, Carring= ton Bolton has an historical disquisition on, “The Karly Practica of Medicine by Wom- ui en” “Methods in Industrial, “Educae 9 tion,” “by Prof. 8. P., Thompson, | gives an necount of the objects and methods of watke ing of tha leading industrial or technological svhools for boys on the Continent, | Dr. Friedrich Helncke digests what is known on ‘ “Tho jilerations of Fishes,” A series of * Mlustrated articles, contributed by Charles AL Lungren on * Domestle Motors,” Is begua, in the December Afonthty. Tho Grst ison * Wind and Water Power,’ and dcacribes all the contrivances by whitch these forces may. *; ‘bo made available In a small way for houso- ‘ hold use, ‘There ts a paper by Dr. T. Lauder - |. Srunton on “ Indigestion asa Cause of Nerve é ous Dupression,.” Dr, 8. Austen Pearca con ‘ tributes n paper on “Oriental Music.” Prof, ‘ Tyndall's discourse on “ The Sabbath” necds Us no commendation; and the concluding “Sketch of Prof, Dumas,” the French chem, ist (whose likeness 1g given), is a fragment’ of biography by Prof, Hofmann, : --Lippincott’a Magazine tor December opens with an interesting paper entitled , “An Historical Rocky-Mountaln Outpost,’ F by George Rex Buckman, Another illus. . “ trated article, “ Our Grandfathers’ Temples,” by Charles F. Richardson, is a readable ao- ; count of tho oldest places of worship still - existing In this country. -“ Will Denoeracy “4 ‘Tolerate a Permanent Ulnss of National Of ficeholders?” fg a challenge to tha Clvil- Service Reformers. “lhe Authors of Frou. frou,” by J, Brander Matthews, has a timed Interest In connection with Sara Bernhardt’s performances. Other papers deserving of -.« notica are “Gas-Burn ng and ita Conses quences,” by. George J. Varney; “An Pole gody of Bpaiiish Clivatey,” by Prof, T. i" sano; ts conuiusion or DE ad e Woods exposition of “ Automatism '; tris bution to Shakespearean studies by Prof, Jamnca D, Butler, With the January number this coh mingazing will enter on a new serles, at a ree a duced price. ( He —'Tho original articles in the Novomber = number of the Chicano Medical Journal ang , Hzaminer are: “Cerebral Anutomy Sims tied,” by 8. V. Clevenger, -M. D.; + Ba Rye ruin. Discussion before the Ch experiments in Cou! n anid Pro] Re duoculaian Summed Up,” by