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10 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE prove highly useful to those who have not aecess to the authorities from whom the quo- tatlons are made, A work less pre! ous ant boastful In Its tone would be more Like fo command the contidenes of sober Inquivers, We hupes however, that po doabter will lay aside tho book without nn Impartial examtya- tion of Its contents, which will speak for thomselves. any more than, ho did In tho case of the Me- Donnell’ of Glencoe to shield the reputation of the same monar ‘The Young Treland- Prs, as they now were called, determined that there should be 9 history af Eretand treating pf it from sn irish standpoint. Tt was dl- vided up into periods.” Jolin Mitehell wrote tha History of O'Neill, MeNovin of the Ul- r Confiseation, Father Meehan of the Ger- eidines and the Confederation of Kilkenny, Others wrote of other perlois, Dayls, pro- refed a. edition of the Orators of Ivetand, te edited Curran’s speeches Iimself, and wrote the Inlroduction, whieh Mary Russell Mitford considered an Bnglish classic. Moanthne, the Nation was weekly preach fiyz te the anagses, Essays, poems, legends, Teaders, all had one object—to edtente the NOTES ON NEW BOOKS. W. W. Nevin, at one time editor of the Philadelphia Presa, has just printed a bouk entitled " Vignettes of ‘Travel.’ It consists in part of newspaper Ietters written from England and Italy, with also some additional mintter from originat notes taken while young mien of the country so as to fl them | uprond. Mr. Navin treats old subjects inn > i © freedom, to make them proud of their Bera a ny crn anita! min Matton. Ona poct (MeCarthy) | Pleasaut and somewhat novel fashion, ‘There are personal sketehes of leading men in Enropean polities, and the kook derives especial valite from Its author's comparative studies of soelal and politteal Ife tn other countries. Capt. Nevin fs 0 writer of -slznnl ability, and his contribution to. the Hterature of travel will be found to well repay perusal, —"Mashallah ? ig ntiother one of Apple- tons’ new Handy Volunty Series, in which “Soveriua” was its Immediate predecessor, ‘The book consists ‘of Ivtters written by Charles Warren Stoddard, tn 1876; some true Paris, some from Marsetiles, Matta, and Heyl. —Tho story of the Schinberg-Cotta Family wrote: ‘Think, reflect, Inquire, oxamings Kuow thy wretened, sad conditions Know tho ills that keep theo 8 Knonwledye ta the role physician. ‘Thou wert healed If that ist know. They were taught to rely upon themselves, “tho help that should within be sought scorn from without to borro Dayis poured ont Jig whole soul tn the effort to impress on his comntrymen the necessity of unton: No surrender, no pretenter— Never to falter, nover botriy, With an Aron, wo swonr It ngaln, Orange and Green will envry the day. The digimty of labor was preached, and the nerson “who'd despoll the sons of toll 7 CAA under the inal of the Nadon writers, ‘Truth, sandr honesty, and sobricty were Incul- ented: : For Freedom comea from Gorl's riaht hand— Ht needs n goodly train of rightcous mop Yo make our isle nw netion ones agali, One thing which the Nation writers great- ly deplored was, thatso miany Lrishmen en: tered the British army,—an srmy that was used to rob the Afghan and the Tindoo of his freedom, ‘This. was oll wrong, and they wrots bitterly abont it. Here Is one stanza of nballad sung at that tine in the fairs: and ‘markets, and which was first printed In the Nation: Qo—to find, ‘mid erlme and toll, The doom to which auch guilt 1s hurried, Go=to leave on Tndinn soll ? Your bonea to uleach, accursed, unburied; Goto crush tho juat and brave ‘Whose wronys with wrath tha world aro Olling; Goto slay cach brothor-slave, Orspurn to take the Saxou shilling. With teachings such as these embodied in elegant language tn glowlng verse—verse whieh won the unqualified praise of Lord eaulay and of so keen a eritle as Lord Jerey—it is little wonder that the Natlow eune popular in Ireland, ‘Thepvindews of the’ ollice were often broken by the eager throng that sought copies. It arrived in the country town Saturday when the school- master was not oveupled, and he rend It aloud in the evening to crowds of illiterate but enger listeners. ‘The young men read and discussed the articles and the poetry with was a remarkably successful book of its kind, Its author, Mrs, Elizabeth Charles, has just finshed another volume entitled “ Women of Christendom,” which contains some weil written essays on “Eye,” “Women of tie Gospels,” “Women of. the Acts of the Apostles,” “Women of the Early Chuvel,” “Tho Christin Women of Rome In the Fourth Contry,” "Phe Christian Women of the Middle Ages? “Christian Warmer of Matern. ‘fines, and “The Women of the ‘Army of Suceor.” It is a hook written with a Tullos purpose. “to show whut Chris tanity has done and enn do for women.” ‘The wuthor has devoted herown time largely to benevolent and charitable work, "Tho Young Fotks’ Cyclopedia of Por- sons and Pixees, by Joh VD. Champlin, dt, isa coulpanion: volume, to “Young Folks! Cyelopudia of Common Things,” by the same author, It is abundantly iiustrated, and Is one of the. fow hollday books—or rather hooks published at the holltay season— whose value Is. independent of {ts appears anee, It isa vast storehouse of information in the line of biography, story, and deserip- tive geography, It isn ecompnet and hindy volume of sume 000 pages, and as nse for reference purposes to older. people as 1t 13 for younger people in searel of general in- fonuntion, ‘The very full Indes nds mate- rhally to its value. Its author ought to be the elders in the — ehapet-ynrd be. | well qualified for the preparation of a work fore min on Sunday morning, and | of this kind, haying been one of the blacksmith was sure to have a copy to he | the editors. of tha Aunerican real by the young farmer who browght his horse ra be shod, “The gospel of Mberty, and truth, aud manly dignity was spread fast, ‘The seed Reis sown, ‘Iho harvest is about ved, it volume of Mr. Duffy's book closes dately with the death of Davis, which Lin ists, Samuel Ferguson sums up the work of his life: OQ, brave young men—my love, my pride, my promise— “Tis on you ny hopes aro set, In manliness, In kindlnesa, it Justice, ‘To make {roland 2 nation yet. Belf-respecting, self-retying, self-navancing, To tnton or tn'severanze free and strong: And, if God grant this, under God to Thomas Davis Let the grentor pratso belong. Crelopedia. ‘Tho Janguage fs simple, and nfl technteal terins are fully explained, while In selectiug flustrations care has been taken to avokl those common to the ordinary sehool geoxtaphies- and histories, aud espe- elal prominence has been given to some not- able restorations of classic scenes and frnous: buildings, Mar Champlin’s book ts not free from errors, however, ff we may fudge from a very ovident Antajuotatlon found under the eaption “Hongo of Hanover.” ‘The eplgrcam, as quoted, reals; Qeorge tho First was ever reckonod vile, and George the Second viler;, What mortal over heart Any good of George the Third? When George the Fourth the qurune ascend God bo pralsed the Georges ended. * Thackeray wrote something very different. front this, especinily the line hoxt to tho hist, which should read: : And when from carth the Fourth descended. —Mrs. Mollawortl’s “A Christmas Child’? is n story of a boy-life, Uustrated by Walter Crane. “Che book isa snall one, but none the less attractive, Itisonvof the best of this year’s juveniles. —" Besutien’? is an anonymous novel, but a good one and readable. ‘hat ly to say, It will be found to repay for the time spent in reading ft. It is un old-fashioned story, with ngood deal of outdoor life, of aristocratic surroundings, and of stirring incident. ‘Tho scent fs laid in England. It is not especially orlginal, but the workinanship is good and the result satisfactory. » Wiliam Winter has been unusually busy this year, editing other people's work. bu- Bides preparing new edldons of his own, Iiis letters from England to the Journal with whieh he is conneeted have been published in book form, and second edition, illus. trated by Joseph Jelferson, has been pre- pared nnd Issued. If the Hlustrations are not remarkable for artistic merit—being, on the contrary, rther crude in effect and ap parently not much studied,—they are Inter. esting on account of tho histrlonic fame of thelr designer. Mr, Jetferson can paint well, Mr, Winter's ‘text fs In his best vein,— smooth, ensy, and graceful In writing, and fullof the Information an observing traveler: can neenmiuiate even Ina ten weeks! trip, —"Philip Doddrldxe” follows “ Wilber. force” in the “Heroes of Christian History” sores. [thas been prepared by the Rey. Dr, Stanford from papers, letters, ete, furnished hh for-Ause by the friends ‘of the man he describes, ‘The present volume Is 2 con. densed edition of a larger pno Its author had Intended to write, —Tho series of sketches to which tho well- GOERTIIS MOTITER. Goothe hinself acknowledged his indebt- edness {o hls mother for the cultivation of his Imagination, noetic feellng, and the art of story-telling. She was a rare woman, and possessed of many and varied nccomplish- ments, She made n companion of henson, being fond of saying: “My Wolfgang and I have always held together, and the reason is: we were both young, and not so far from each other as Wolfgang and his fathor.” Sife was the mediatorand peacemaker, for which otties she was especial y fitted by her tact and “mother wit” her animal spirits, and her cheerful views. Vichoit says: “In general, nll the freshness, the wit, and the humor wo jind In Goothe, alt the depth of feeling and the poetry, were foreshadowed In his mother's, character.” A volume of “ Frau Rath’s” correspond- enep has just been published, trausinted by Dr, Alfred Seymour Glbbs, who died, be- fore the book reaches the press. ‘The letters: comprised in this collection havo been taken from many diferent sourees. ‘The most re- eent and’ complete collection, 1s thatot Dr, Kell. In. this volume many of Goetho’s let- ters to Kis mother are nfso given, ‘The peo- ple from whom these letters were written Were famous mon ‘and women, whieh gives the book additional value, and tt presents é anata pietures of life in Germany in the elzhteenth century, It will be found tnter- esting In Itself and as 4 supplement to Grimm’s Life of Goethe recently published, Published in New York by Dodd, Mead & Co, SCHILLER AND IS TIMES, Johannes Scherr’s book with the above {itl has been translated from the German by Elisabeth McClellan, and published, with several Sustrations, by dg. Kohler, of Philn- ae haa given resporulent, eye rere delphin. ‘The author is evidently a warm } ‘Through the Cannon-Smoke,” are as nud enthuslastle admirer of the great Ger- | stirring, lively rending «ns conti | be wan writer. His nim, has been to present a | Wished for. Iiis | netive, | busy Ifo has Ife-like pleture of Schiller, and to draw for us men and the tines In which the runs of the Middle Ages wero still conspicuous, the last days of tho queue, the period. of the Revolution in France whieh demolished the old and set up anew soelety, and to show the Attitude-and Influence of Luther, ‘here is no pretense to an esthetic erties of the works of the past It ign faithful nicture of Schiller in antly life, and of that epoch ‘on “which. In spite of its shadows, no German enn look buck without hig brevst swelling with genuine pride,” . TITE RADICAL CLUB OF BOSTON. ‘This Club, whose meetings nnd discussions have been famous for severnt years, has embraced some distinguished men notusnally regarded as extremely radical In thelr relly: fous opinions, for example, dames Freeman Clarke and C. A. Bartol, The dlseusstons have not always pertained to religious topics, for instance, those on inarrlage, tragedy, and astronomy, although In all the conferences there have beemreferences to religious fleas. A volume of sketches and reminiscences ot ‘this Club, edited by Mrs, John, Sargent, has just been Issued. In this duodeclino of 400 pages we tnd imnany interesting sketches, Tt was the custom of the Club to Ilston tirst tonenrefully prepared paper on somo tine portant subject by a inember, and then to occupy sume time in the discussion of the tople that had been presented, ‘There are fifty-tive of these sketches, of which we name those on “The Prayer Gange,” by GA, Bare tol, “ Pantheisin” by WL 1 Hedge, * ‘The Nebulw Theory,” by Prof, Benjamin, Petree, and " Jonuthan Edwards,” by U. W. Holues, as mmong the most interesting, ‘This vole ume, though fragmentary, deserves i care ful reading, ‘The reader ‘shoult always re tnember that thera Is more than one slide to the questlons diseussed, ft will aurprisa some readers to find tint Wendell Palllips enerally inellnes to apologize for orthodox Jhristianity. Among the most akeptical members of the Club we should designate 't, W. [gginson and 2. A. Wasson, the latter of whom dvelared that he *dld not belleve Jonathan Edwards was 8 good man” Bostou: James lt, Osvad & Co, BRADSTREET FOR 1881, Wo are indebted to the Bradstreet Morean- tila Agency for a copy of tholr “eports”” fur 1881, 'Pheso Reports?’ are prepared with Q great deal of care, and every possible pre- euution taken to Insure thelr aceuracy aud ta minke theo “Iteports” the best that are issned, ‘Tho new volume ts In no way Ine terior to Its predecessors, and will be found f necessary and indispensable reference boule for overy wholusale establishment, ‘The wonder now is how the trado ever got along without it, . THE TESTIMONY OF THE AGES, An octavo yolume of 1,003 pages has come sto hand which consists almost entirely of extracts from good authors pertaluing to the genuineness and authority of the diferent yea of the Blue and ihe iMustration of heir contents, ‘Ihe work has been prepared 4 by Herbert W. Morris, D, D. ‘iio Pavthors from whoin the selectlony are made are gen: erally scholarly und reliable, and the muimer- ous flustrations are, for the angst part, well exvcuted., ‘The volume contains a vast amount of valuable Information, und will been Jargely spontin the midst of murches, battles, and retreats. ‘There Is plenty o variety In the subjects, and, although mostly all reprints, thoy iustrate untuinillar themes and will be found entertalning reading. It is the object of a small volume on the subject of * Walting at the Cross,” which hus been Intely published in this city, “to bring together some of the best thoughts of root jnen, aud apply thom to the conifort, {ustruc- ton, and sanctiticntion of hellevers,”” ‘The book is devotional and contains many beautl- ful extracts and some exyulslt poetical pleves, HMOLIDAY Books, We havo recelved n copy of the new" Port- folto of Proof-liupressions from Sertiner'a Monthly and St, Niehotas,” containing fitty of the most Interesting and valuable of re- vonlly published, or yeb to be published, pictures from these two periodicals, printed on separate sheets of hoayy paper, tald loosely In a hiandsome portfollo and rendy for framing, 1t 1s not too high praise to say that no other pertodieal, American or Euro- pean, could furnish an equally meritortous collection of pruofs from an artistle point of ylew, Nearly all the plates are of mare than average excellence, ‘The whole collec tion fy one to be proud of, Among the pict- ures‘ dre some of tho elotcest of the Millet pictures, —the beautifully engraved “Sower,” bortraits of Millet and Mute, Millet (tha Int- tor richly -printed in color), “he Shoep- herdess,? and several others; portraits of Edgar Allan Pov, Savonarola, Duvoneck, Qladatone, Peter the Great, John G, Whittier, Whistler's Mother, Walt Whitman, Scymour Mnden, Joseph Jefferson as Bob sieres, Mine, Ristori, and others; ‘Tha Princess In the Tower,” by Miats, from St, Nicholas; "A Russian Nun”; © Vedder’a “Pho Lost Mind"; soveral marvelously accurate repro- ductions of Soymour Haden’s etchings; “The Reconnalasance,"” by de Neuville; Mury Uallock Foote’s “Gtrl of the Mexican Camp"; Young Russian Girl In Anciont Dress," fram the Deeomber Serluner; “A Swedlsh Queen-Mother,” from the danuary nunber; The Madonna of the Lily,” by da Vinel, Crom the Christmas St, Nicholas, ¢te., ete, Inuddition to tho artists af thu above, Abbey, Jolin La Farge, William Blake, Vanderhoof, Dabour, ‘George Lnnes, dry Franels Lathrop, Moran, Homer Marth, wil athors ave represented, Col is the engraver of sixteen of tho pictures, whtle Henry Marsh, Kruell, Closson, Miss Vawell, Whilts ney, Bogert, Mutior, and Jing are among the other engravers whose work ty here sven at its very best. é 2 —"Our Peopte,” by Charles Keone, Is 9 companion volume to “English Suclaly nt Home,” by George Dy Maurios, recently published, 3tis s collection of cartoons and sketches that dave already uppeared in Punch, ‘The book hus bean very neatly gotten up and handsomely bound, “Muny of the pletures ore in themselves far more huworeus than the accompanylug expluna- tory toxt, —Mechanically and artistically, the " Woo- ing ot tha Water-Witeh” ds onv of the best of the stuuller holiday books. ‘Iho tlustratlons are quaintly designed and well executed, But, although a clover burlesquy, it ly yery certain tht fow children would elther ft preelate or eniy vit. ‘here are many double ineanings and flitle bits of satire thrust In prombsenously whieh no clitld world uniter: stand or remember ff tol. Tho ttlustrations milzht please them, while tho story would be iniinitly more diMeult than, a prize-puzate ora problem In catenins. ‘Take this ture lesque sonnet for Instance, and: what young: ster would perceive the polit of Its clever satires . “O httal! for the entamus primes, The douce prranymph vf the May, Who chants to thu plonentiitnes That roll in thelr cloud-bottiod day, For avwitrin May and lenky Juno Tinug on tho harvest vory soon, © The syeift cucodumon now Mes ‘Fo totam the Hngeriie dove, Acephalous whon It e3yies Whe fotsiin of Hose: For a warm May a je une Britur on tho harvest very soon, “Tho tehorous {des will havo como, With fuzel tansdto'd nit o'er, And Hmbecs of Orlent gum Shalt clicture tha Avphodel shoro, Fora warm May aud a leaky June Bring on tho haevest very oun,” —"* British Painters" Is x companton vol- uno to * American Painters,” und ennnot be tov highly praised for the excellence of paper, type, and binding, whlelt lenve nothing te be desired, “The test is nlso well written, and suiielently full togiven good tdea of the eighty ar so artists, coptes of whose pictures consiltute the Hlustratlons, But here pralse must stop. Soma of the cuts are. poorly alrawn, the subjects in some eases have not been judiciously selected, and the general appearance of the Hlustrations is eheap, att novequal to what might have been expected. ‘There are exceptions, but thoy are hardly nu- merous enough to prove the rule, So that we are Inclined to belteve the art-lover will be dleunpolnted inthe contents of the showy volume, —" Pastoral Days; or, Memories‘of 2 New- England, Year,” is a dovk of a dliferent stainp, Ul artistle merits. are equally dls- tributed, and the excellence of soine of the plates will be sure to attract attention. Ttis ninatter of regret that It has beun recelved so Jate ns to be Impossible to give It the atten- tlon it deserves, end nsunple tho pict- ho ‘Cyrant of the Fields,” will thoroughly enjoy the many attractlys Hlnustrations and features so combined in the volume before us, and ofart will enjoy the real beauty of tho specimens of the engriver’s art. — Five Little Men Iu Monse-Trap ” {3 entitled ton piace mnong hotiday books, It is said to be * done in vernneulur, from the Iunaentary” and tho author Is called “The Man In the Moon.’ ‘This settles one point conclusively. ‘That ts, that there is no such five as this tere of nursery tules nid uventio astronomy. Inasmueh ts Laura B. Richards wyo clalins the authorship of the work, and she ts a woman, and the book on its title page professes to be by "The Man in the Mvon”: rgo there fs no man in the moon. ‘Tha book is a very good jnventle, fully iustrated, and with a pecullursy qualntly-designed caver Kate Greenaway, Addle Ledyard, aud othors are the artisis lg have alded the embellishment of these pages, MAGAZINES. “Vick’s Floral Guide,” for the spring of 1S31, Is an unusually attractive number. —The December number of tho Magazine of cirt is of unustal merit, aud amply fulfils all the promises mado by its enterprising con- ductors, —The Magazine of American Iistory for Deeembur lus the following articles: “'The Affatr at King’s Mountain,” by J. Watts de Peyster; “The Southern Campaign, 1780: ‘ates at Camden,” by Jolin Austin Stevens ; “Tracts of the American Revolution.” by J. G, Stockbridge; “ Vreneh TUM and the Tradi- tions of the French in Northern Westches- ter,” by W. J. Cummings “The St. Mémin Portraits,” by the Editor: ‘Lhe Casa of Osceola, by 8M, Potter, U.S. A. —The December number of the Chleaga Medical Journal and Examtuer contalns the following — orlginal conmunications: “Genital Irritation, together with Soma Re mmtrks on tho Hyateng of the Genltal Organs In Young Children,” by Roswell Park, M. Dy “Ovnrinn Cysts Complicated | with Hernia, Hiemorrholds, | Protapsus Vagiiw and Fibroid ‘Tumors of the Ut ful Ovariotomy,”” by tT. P, Seeley, Me D. “Natural Selection In Diseases,” “by He D. Vitin, Mo Des “Caries of tho Superior Maxttla,”" by: ‘Truman W. Brophy, Me .3 akualenel ae al sires Dellverai Before ig Alumnt Avsoclgtiow.of Rush Medleal Uoltgge by BSE: Bis beikle Milles —The_ December number of the Interne. tlonal Review closes the niuth volume. 16 hus the following table of contents: State Support of Denominational Schools In: Ene ound? Fe hy the Rov. RW. Dale, D, Di; Snglish Philosophy and English Philaso- phers,” by Danlel Greenleat ‘Thompson; “Alexander Von Humboldt in Politics,” by Karl Blinds “Bash Life? 1, by Walter Chamberlain, M. Pos “The Drink Problen,? by Fells 1. Oswald, ML. Dos A Roply sto Frof. Bonamny Price,” by Edward Atkinson: “The University of Texas,” by Prof. Oscar IL. Cooper; “A United States) Bankraptey Statute,” by tha Hon, Jonn Lowell; Baked Poons,—Love’s Guiny Love's itt,” by ky Ms: Kourdillon; and “Contemporary Litera- ure, . + fi —The January number of Serlbncr’s con- tains an account of the aling aud methods of the new Morological and ‘Thermometrical Burean recently estublished by the Winches- ter Observatory of Yale College, from care. {ulmargonal inspection on the spot, ‘hts is the tirst burean of the kind established in tils country, and cannot fallto ratse the standard ofexcellence fn both clocks, watclics and thermometers. ‘Tho curious imactiin- ery used to correct witclies to the tenth of a secon, together with some singular facts I the behavior and habits of thermometer make the article of more than usual Inte tothe reader, ‘The same number also con- talns some account oft Mr. dun La Farge’s and Mr. Louis C, ‘Tilfany’s recent work In stained glassy, —The first article In the United Service for January isa contribution that will be read with Interest by army oficers. It is entitled: “Tho Origin and Orzantaition of the Milita Academy,” by Maj. Gan. J. M, Schofield, U, A. Other contributions ‘ard: “A Meda of Honor for Onllcers,” by Lieut. ‘T. 1B. M. Mason, U.S. N,3 “Facts in Favor_of Com- pulsory Retirement,” ILL, by Byt. Maf-Gen, Einory Upton, . BS. As “Opening of the Mississippi? by Montgomery Blairs The Cayatry of the British Army,” by Capt. Philip HB. Salusbury, First Roval Cheshire Light Infantry; “Pwo Battle, Pictures," by Medical Director E, Shippen, U.S. No 3 iits of Army Etymology” (concluded), by Uvt. Lient.-Col, 11, Wy U.S. AL} Hope,” by, Moar-Admiral I, Stovois, U.S. Nis “Compound Armor,” by Lieut. HT. Stock- ton, U.S. Nut Phe Organizntion and Em: plosment of tho German Artillery,” by Bvt. ve) P, Sanger, U.S, A. ¢ opening artlele in the January num- ber of Lipplnestls Magazine is an account of n Roman Art-School, nssociated with the Lames of Fortuny and other famous artists, from tho pen of Mrs. Margaret Hertha Wright, and ts illustrated frou drawings by ny young French artist, M, Matthieu. "An OW Now England Seaport,” by Charles Burr Todd, reealls the history of New London, Conn. Lhe artist's pencil hus also been ems ye to highten the sttractivencss of 9 novelet, to run through three numbers. “Out-Door Life on tho Ithine” by Marriott Pyne, is 0 panorama of the scones fugzested by Its title, Mr. Kirk's paper on Madaine de Stadl presents the character and carecr. of Us celebrated. woman in what will bo a light to most readers, "Aly Mining nvyestinents ” will bo found suggestlyo and instructive by those who dreant of inking Type fortunes in ventures of that Kinds and 1 Race In Brazil,” besides treating amuslng- y of tho mixed population of that country, gives hints that inay he useful to those who thnk of emigrating thithor, —Tho January Popular Sclence’ Mowthiy opens with Spencer's third paper on! The Development of Poljtieat Institutions,” whieh {s devoted to the subject af Pollticat Integration,” ‘The present ardele ts duvatedt towraccount of tho way communities tirst became unified or consolidated In thelr goye ornmenteal character, | ‘Lhe second article 13 by Dr. Fellx J Oswald, on the subject of “Dlet’. itis a most Materestiug paper, and well cateulated to set people thlaklng on this most practical of afl subjgets, nnd where pou pie are quneruly more pulded by injurious nablt and viclous prejudice thin, by, reason, Prof, Tyndall's disquisition on The Sabbath’? 1s contnuad. Mr C, Mf. Lungren continues leseriptions of * Domestic Motors.” and gives au excellent illustrated article on *Stuam and HotAir Engiies,” such ay are adapted for common tises, Prof. FW. Clarke expatintes brleily but suzgestive: fy on “The Advantages ‘uf Ignorance.” hore fs un eluborats essay on. * Asthatio Evolution in Man" by Prof, Grant Allen, Prot. Mendenhall, “of the ‘Tokio Untversity, contributes a very strikiig account of a dapancse 'Pypnoon.” ‘Thera isu paper by Prof, Heldentulu on the recent Delivered Befory -}-+ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES Investigations In.“ Artiflein! Wypnotigm.” Dr. Leonard Waldo communicates: an ilts- trated: article of selentific merit ont Bx. mnination of ‘Thermometers at tho Yale Ob- servatory.” Dr. Lauder Brontan's soon paper on. “indigestlan nya Cause of Nervous Depression” [s_ elven in the Jan: wary Monthly. ravtlont sputentions of the dlsenssion are here vividly brought outs ad, While tho subjects of general Interest, Is of very speelal siguiticance to braln- workers and persons of sedentary habita, Dr J. Harmiond wreadablo artlele, with illustrations, o1 he O1-TIants of French Guiana.” ‘There ts a readable sketeh, with 0 portrait, of the late Gen, Albort J, Myor, of the Storm-Slgnal Serviee, LITERARY NOTES, “Gall Mamilton” fs engaged in writing the reminiseenees of her girlhood, —A French novel ts consilered talrly suc- cessful If It sells 2,000 copies, nnd the average author gets 40 centimes a copy, A new high-class monthly magazine, the Burlington, is shortly to appear in London, edited by Miss Melen Mathers, —The Longinmnsannounee "Ten Years of Penal Servitude” In Stheria, from the Rus- Hin, of Fedor Dostoyefsky, by Marto Von Chile, Mra, Rosa Terry, Cooke, tho author of “Unele dosh” and other admirable Yankee stories, 1s preparing them for publication in buok form. —The lato Charles Tennyson Turner was the author of three hundred and forty-one sonnets, against Vetrarch’s threo hundred. and seventeen, Mr. Edmund W. Gosse 1s making 2 se- lection of the vest English odes from Spenser to Swinburne, and will writen eritieal and historical pratace for the volume, —The first volume of a “Iistory of China,” by Mr. Demetrius Boulgor, 1s announced for publication early In January, ft concludes with the fall of the Yuon or Mongol dynasty, —Mr. Willlnws 1. Royall, late of Richmond, Va. but now a member of the New York Bur, has written “A Reply to 'A Fool's Er- rand?” which E, J. Hale & Son will publish next week, —it Is now Bencrally understood that Mr. dames Anthony Froude will write Thomas Carlyle's Giography, and that the first vol- tune, With his consent and assistance, will appear in 1881, The Hon, Lewls Wingfield has, almost completed 4 romance, thy title of which Is to he * The Haven of Unrest? In thls he will try to show tho rottenness of the lunacy luws, an the wells of private Junatic usylutus tn England, Miss Fothergill’s new novel, “ Kith and Kin,” will Spear lu England and the United States simultaneously, the proprietor of Demorest's Mlustrated Monthly dtuttatng shaving purchased the adyance sheets and right of produetion here. —The lute Mrs. Grote, Thin, was 0 llelespirited hoytlenish sort af alrl? rode without a saddle and galled aboat, Sydney Smith once said of thom: “ f do like them both so much, for he Is so lady-tike and she Ign perfect gentieman,” =—Mr, Gatrence Oliphant’s "Land of Git ead,” coutnins an account of the author's re- cent travels in the Lebanon, and hls explora, fins on the vast of tho Jordan, with a view to the settlement of Jewish cufontes under scheme of Hinited Hablilty, —The “ Revised 'Verston of the Now Testa- ment” fs prouiel for February next, and a “Companion to tne Revised Version,” pre- pared by the Rev, Alexander Jobe » Dey Professor of tumantty at St. Andrew's Uni- yersity, Aberdeen, anda member of tho Now ‘Testament Comvaus, explaining tho reas for tho changes made in the Authorized Ver- ston, wll bo yhubllahed shinultaneously by Cassel, Petter, Galpin & Co, Several new volumes tn the English Mens of Letters Serids have been given to «liter ent writers, “Cliarles © Dickens” will be dove by Prof. A. W. Ward, "De Quincey ? by Prof, Dayld Masson, and Charles Lamb? by the Rev, Alfred Atnger, Mr. Frederte! Myers’ “ Wordsworth” willbe published by the Harpers hn f ew days, and Mr. George Sulutbury’s “ Diyden Is in the press, ; —Tho followlyy ines from ‘Tennyson's new volume of. pociis'are iutended for a sketel of a hospital sutzean, and have exelted the Ire of the British Medical Journals Te junked 60 bantse a 80 fa ta i Wg_one.vf. thyse who cou i inet dilas on his dead ; And mungletha, ne dog that had loy'd bin and fawnes 18 Ketea. Drenel'd with the'hellish ograli—that ever such thlugs shouldbe! —As the papers have been announeing various stims frotit £10,000 to £30,000 nav the price pald for, hEndymion,” it niny be 13 well to sny that: Lord Beaconsilela will eventually ‘reeelyé £10,000, It muy also be added, for the benefit of the curious, that tha novel was beri ‘some ten yenrs azo, Our statement that the subscription amounts to 7,000 coples ig, dexpite assertions to the con- trary, curreet.—sithenwum, —An entorpristyg London Iierary bureat offers to Mit with neatnuss and dispatch or ders from the American market for second. hand sermons. ‘Phe sermons: are‘ Iitho- graphed ina bold, round lind, so that those who happen to sew them would suppose that they were manuseript,” for 25 cents each, ar $200 hundred. ‘The announcement is medo by tho Proprietor of “the concern” that hoe hits "a full assortment of cheaper sermons at 10 cents cach, warranted orthodox, and others—n Ittls more expensive—which hive a pleasantness, yot an awful solomnity, about thom,” —Apropos of tho new revision of the New ‘Testainent, now on the eve of publleation In this country and..ta Europe, Scribner's Monthy will contaln three artleles: one of theso by the Rev. 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ANT NOTES, The Queen has ordered a painting “ Capture of Cetywayo.’! —ltosa Bonheur is at work on some mpor- tant plétures at her home In Fontainebleau, Sept. 6 a statue of Tithan was unvelled with grent coromony in hiy native city, Plevo di Cadore, —Steps have been taken to preserve the Ira Angeélico frescoes In tho outer clolstyr of San Marco, Florence, —Dr. Titumann lings unearthed at Pergamus a marble statue of Athene, headless, but re- taining both its arms, --Madrazo is palnting the portrait of Gam- betta, which he will send te tho Salon of 1831. He receives for It 30,000 franes. —Tho King of the Belgiany lins bought Alfred Stoyens’ "ho Little Orphan,” and Isidore Verhoyden’s * Tho Inrvest." —The annual prize of 1,000 francs givon by the “ Belle Arti? In Florence, was won this year by Slg. Rafaclto Romanelli, for a model welay, —The Intest acquisition to tha Cluny Mu- sont ly the collection of shoes and boots, of all ages nnd countries, formed by tho late Jules Jacauemart. —Baron Charles da Rothschild, of Frank- fort, hag lotely ndded to Ils collection a sue perh cup of sliver gilt, a marvelous work of aJnmaltzer, the price of which, it is said, was 960,000 francs, z —The bronze group ealled the “Dying Lioness,” by Wolf, of Berlin, which ‘was shown nat the Centennlal Exhtbitton, hing found a place in front of the Zodlogieal dens, at J'airmount Park, Philadelphia, —Tho Warwick Vase ts the production of Lysippus, stntunry to Alexander the Great. it was dug up fh Adrian's Villa, nt ‘Tivol, gent to England by Sle William Hamilton in 188i, It Is of sculptured marble, adorned with elegant figures in lilgh rellef. t —The sixty-six paintings and studies by and belonging to the estate of the late With fam BF. Do dias brought, with the frames, $6,001.00, ‘Lhe highest price pald was $16, which was given: by Mr. James L, Wise for the large painting, * White Istand Light.” —A picture by Mr. W. BP. Dana, of Boston, fs on exhibition at Durand Ruel’s gallery, In the Rue de la Pais, Paris. Ltrepresents the chase of the Amencnn frigate Constitution byan English squadron in the war of [sth i hng been bought by a gentleman of New fork. —A now painting by ‘Titian has been dis- covered In tha Austrian Chatean d'Ambris, where it hung unnoticed for many years, | Lb fg n life-size portratt of tha wife of the Ent. peror Charles V,. ‘Chere aro said to be full press of the authenticity of the work, whicit ins been taken to Vienna, There {s n story current that a Joint stock company bas been formed tn Belgium to bo enlled the Sockété Meissonter, with shares at $100 each, ‘The promoters are also sald to have made a contract with Melssonier by which tho Intter binds hingelt to paint two pletures, ench about 28 feet by 1, the one of whieh Is to IUlustrate the dea of “ Pence,’ the other thatot War.’ “Melssonier 1s to get 1,500,000 francs, An oxchat tates that the Mozzi Palace, opposit the bridge of Le Grazie, wt Morenee, one of the oldest and most historieally Tn- portant edliices of the city, will Shortly be sold at auetion, ‘The Mozzi family built Tein the year , and for nearly seven centuries gathered thore untold treasuces of art and llstory, while exerelsing the most splendid hospitatity, ‘They were wealthy and power. tulmerchints, and foreenturies the bankers of the Holy See. Now they are one of the poor- est famMlles in Florence, und are compelled to part with thelr ancestral palace. THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. For Ths Chicago Tribune: Saban oa Year, how couscless aud swift Is thy ash T fain would detaln thee: O tarry to-night) Tyoarn to recall att hy siniles and thy tenure: ‘O'haste not to fall In the runks of dead years! “Nay, mortal, weak mortal, ‘Show askest in vain; ‘This side of ‘Lane's portal May uo year remaln.”” “Still Mnger, thou Old Yenr—for Joya thou didat brliug, Aro vinlsiing also; to thoso would Telling. => ‘Yhou currlest with thee a part of my youths, | O leave ine Its ardor, Its fulth, and its sooth) “Nay, youth is but teeting— Te miny not deinys ‘Tino's billows are beating Forever and aye.” of tho ore “Dut yet, Lentreat theo, commitno with mo hora And beip In my strait, thou farmillar Old Your! ‘Thou boldest dome deods that 1 long to undoy Thou knowost of thoughta both unwise and un- true! oNaey ask not, nor Lopo not, he Past to regalns Thou hadst v Creo seopo—not A bond or achatnd* “Then gol Thou art crucl! I love thea no more Thou grintest no balm fora beart sick and sore! Lturn, and tho Orlent Heavens | sees oO Hew ees adyuncing, what boarest thou mer" “bring hope and healing Upon my wide winga; The future conccall Lrob of ita stings.’ “But thou art sn strange, and T foar thou dost ride - Some fuiluro of fortuno, somo wo to betides O wolsper thy secrets, that now TL may know. What ' ya 1 must yiuld, aud what gladness foro “Nay, whoroforo alarm thoe? ‘this bour ja unknowns ‘That fate doth not baru thas ‘Which yet fa unknown.” “Then wolcome, O Now Year, with greoting and HONE, And smooth be thy path as thou apcodest along! Muay bright be thy blessings, aud fow be thy tvard, 3 And God sond ua all many Happy Now Yooral" ‘OsuKosit, Wis. bate Alanon, ————— . Beorenuton and Jows, Adon Wrarld, Jows aro to Gertaany very much what Beoteh- men ure to Bngland. “They como, they seo, they conquer, Thoy invade the country at every polit; begin their career ina gurret and terials Nate itin a palace, Many ot the most successful inerehnt Jawyers, and physicians in London ure of Scotch extraction. Lord Muyor MoArthur fa aul eu . Andrew Clurke {ii Beet, go fy Mr, John Ponder, and so urea score of unt other equally eminent and opulent individuals, who it is unnecessary to purticularize, Tho Scot bas an awkwardly pembateny mmunner of wtanding In the Britons suntight und of boing the foremost ty solze the prizca und the diferent. good things of Ifo. Mis nitionnlity is quite as eluavly defined und hls histinet fy quite ag age xressve nnd prehensile a8 in tho case of the veritable Hebrew; be bas fower amiable quale tloy by way of cur pensa Om and he had dae finitly tess sensu of bumor, Yot Englishmen, whou they bave beon bopelcaly diatanced by tho canny alivua frou beyond the Twoed, try to live ju peace und umity with thelr rivals and huve no tore notion uf maklog the bome cuts (es tou hot to bold them than thoy have of ree pualing tho civil dlaabilities reliet outs. In art, Ituratiicu, monoy-maklagy, the Isrielite can bent tho 'fouton, just a8 tho Sot frequently dovs tho Briton, Frankfort-onetho-dtuin, the second commercial alty inthe Fathortund, fs fur more of a Nobrew copltal than Jerusalem, At Ronn, Horlin, Heidelberg, some of the most dla fluunebud professors are of the secd of Abrus DUS ———_ ‘The variability of winter weathor ls n sc. yere test to n- plano’s stability of tune, nud only an instrument of faultless construction can malutaly uniform permanence of tune, ‘The old and standard Emerson Piano Com: winy, of Boston, baye made their upright pluiios so us to Insure perfect and unvarying excellence In this: respect, Othor uprights tnuy fail, but those of thls frin’s munufacte ure cannot, for they are go constricted that they must stand In tune an unusually lone thne, W. W. Kimball, corner State and Adatus streets, has a comprehensive assort- went of these popular plans, A GREAT MUN In Which the Farmers of the Western Reserve Particle pated in 1818, How tho Gamo of Hinkloy Township, Medina County, Hold a-Solect Matinos with 454 Hunters. Melina (0.) Correspondence Cleveland Leader, Of all the. fantostle and legendary tales of the wild tint and chase which abound {1 the folklore of all nations, none will surpass: the grent Inkley hunt undertaken by the setilers and farmers of tho Western Reserva in the early years of this century in Its vivid and realistic chars. The bunt ocenrred in “tha fall of 1818, Iinitey, which now forms tho extreme northeastern township of Medlin County, bordertay on Cuyahoga and Sunmlt Countics, was then AN UNBROKEN, DENSE WILDEDNESS. Thove was not a single settler in all its ters ritory, though nearly all of the townships on Its four sides were alrendy well colonized, and were enteriig on an ern of advanced cultivation. In tho distribution of ‘the lands of the Western Reserve, among tho original nnd speculators who bought it of the State of Connectlent, Minkley fell to the ‘lot of Judge Sanuel/ UWinkley, of North- ampton, Mass, He also was the owner of numerous other tracts hr the different coun ties of the Reserve. ‘This township being broken and rugged in tts phystcnl configura- tion, he had made no effort to have It sold and setticd up, ‘The settlements and clear ings that were rapidly belng made in the ad- joining townships drove the wild animals nnd beasts, In which the country nt that thie abounded, into the dark shades and eavern- ous recesses of Uinkley Township, ‘Cho broad Valley of tha Rocky River, whiet flows through the township from, south, to north, was during these years considered tha paradise of hunters mmong tho settlers for inany miles around, ‘The Wyandotte and Sencea tribes of Indinns made this a favorit hunting resort, while theeow ust, north, and south had already been well settled. ‘The depredations and annoyances by THE WOLVES AND BEARS whose haunts were in Iinkley caused tho farniers nud settlers of Medina, Suminit, and Cuyahogn Counties to resolve on.n war ot extermination agatngt these beasts, aA meet. ing was called’ dn Strongsville in the fall of ISIS. to make arrangements for the great Hunt and enlist everybody within avallable distance to ) iu the slaughter chase. A. committee to cahiduct the hunt was selected, and they soon issued a proclamation to the farmers of the three counties, ‘The day xed upon was the With day of December, ‘The order was that the farmers gather by early daybrenk armed with rifles, guns, ited fara flalls, clubs, and every iealtabls nstrument of wars form. a continuons ine on the four sides of tho township, aud ata glyen signal advance towards Its centre, IH ing, shooting, and slaughtering all game that entne within reach, A half mile square was: marked out by blazed trees inthe centre of the township, and on this line they were all to stop, aud teka position, and from there kill nnd shoot the game within reach, Cleve. Sond, Newburg, and Royalton wero to form on the north line, Brecksville wid Ricetleld on the east, ling, Hath and Granger an the south, and Medina, Brunswick, and Strongs- ville on the west, Preparations on an exten- salve sealant once comnenced throughout the entire region, and the excitement for the fmvending chase bean to run high, ‘Tho Mth day o€ December came. It was a clear, brisk day. A silght crust-of snow covered the ground, and the litte streams and tha ground were frozen hard, Before the morn ing sanlight had commenced to steal througe thh leafless and olivering trees, the noise nnd laughter of men advancing from every direction toward the line, the bark of dogs, and the sharp rlig of rifle-shot re- echioed through the woods from far and near, Startled and alarmed, THE DEER STARTED FROM THEIR LAT, and bounded in long strides for refuge in the wild counties of the ventral township. Many: of these ankinals were overhauled In thelr tight by the swift bullet before the fan of the day hag: really conmenced. “Lhe wolves. and bears just returning from thelr alht's ralds in the settloments sneak off in precip- ftous tight before tho unusual nolse, and hide In the thick swamps and cavernots re- cesses of Hnkley. Soon the large hunting host Is 11 line on the four sides of the battle. grou. ‘Che men take thelr positions and form In tine, the compantes tonching at the four corners, xnd soon the square fy perfect, making 2 continuous Ine of twenty miles on the inside, ‘The north ne, composed of the settlers of Cuyahoga County, inmmbers about 190 men, many of them fromthe thon Infant settlement of Cleveland, Itis under com- mand of IN. Terris, of Royalton. ‘The west Hine has about 125" men, and fg under charge uf dtudcge Welton, of —Riehilold, and Carry “Onks, of Brecksville, ‘Ihe south tne, under command 0 ais Uamilton, number abont 100 men, and the west line, under Abrahatn Freeze, of Brunswick, numbers shout nen, These five Captains form the Board of Managers, aud the wholo affair ts under thelr fimediate control and direction. ‘Tho lunters stand alert and anxlously walt for the slanal to pass, Then a longatrawh blast from n horn comes from the high hills in tho north and echovs down the valley. It 1s answered on the west and down it ‘passes along Its tne, then it comes enst and np back it goes to the north, As the last bugle sound dies away the word “ALL READY”? passes from mouth to mouth, and with if the advanee begins. Steadily the columns press on. silently at first, then comes a wild shout, atid goon the echoing roll of musketry as the qwitt game dashes throngh the woods and the thick underbrush before the advaneing host. ‘Tho north column fs tho first to close in the square on the centre; then follows enst aud west and south, Jt wes now almost a solid phalanse of men standing close tu due an othor, Driven Into madness and utter despair by tho terrible confusion and slaughter, tho deer, led by tho stags, dash in droves agalnst the Hiws; innny are shot, others are forked and clubbed, and some, the larger and floeter, eseape—boundlng over the heads of the hunt: ers. ‘The frightened animils, quivering snd fountng, with their large eyeballs extended, rush buek aud forth from side to side, and the massnero continues, “The orders are strict, that all firmg must bo done low and to- wards the center, to prevent Injury to tho men, In one of ‘the ritshes made by the deer agalnst the north coluum, Lathrop Seymour aeeldentally received a buckshot in tils shoul: der and one in his left leg, Le is disabled, and ls conveyed back to the rear to have his wounds dressed, It Is now past noon, and the eavensses of several laundred deer iu strown onthe ground through the woods, One or two bears and gevernt wolves had been killed up to this tine, ‘Tho inpossthil- Ity soon becnine apparent to the Captalns, tlint all the yume closed in tho square could hotbe killed—and especiatly the bears aud wolves, the extermination of which was really the purpose of the Inint—without ane other advance belng made from the four sides. ‘This could not by done without ene dangoring the life and Himba of thu hunters, A COUNCIL. OF WAI WAS CALLED, and it was deeided that the Ines should hold tholr positions, and that no furthec long. range firing bo done, an the Killing of deer and” small” game be prolilpited. — Willlam Coggswell, of Bath, Afe., the prince of hunts men fh his day in Ollo, and * Riley, the Royer," another fumons hunter, who was located at Cleveland, and whose proper name has dilpped the tomary of the ul settlers, Were then ordered, with sight more men, to advance toward thecentre and “stir” uptho wolves und bears and have them come out. The men oon the Ines wera ta keep watel and kill tho animols as they eam out from thelr retreats. ‘Tho men entered the arena, and thelr experlence Is best told in the words of Cougswell, who started In tn ad- yanee of the [ittle squads... 1 scon enue in contact with plenty of wolves ant beurg, ane shot suvernt of them, when f saw near the centre a monstrous bear—L think the largest 1 ever saw of that species, Wo yyounded flit twiee, so that he dropped each thne, when lio retreated toward the south Une, and [followed in hot pursuit. About this thie the south line advanced about forty rods; they had become so enthusiasis fa the hunt thi bey, could bu yestralved no. [ unger, and this brought them within a short distance of tha bear and myself, My dog, whom J had loft in the rear, seeing we attor the bear, broke away from the young jan who had him in charge aud came runnlug te any asslstance, WE MET TRE HEA just as ho was crossing a little creek on tho ee. Pron tp the bank withle twenty-llve or thirty feet uf the bear, and stood “several feet above lim, About this time the tho south Iie commenced shooting a hear, apparently regardless of mo and wy la, There wore probably 100 guns fired withhin very short space of thie, and tho buitets sounded to me very much Ike a hail. storm, Ag soon ns ald fruln got ils head Ul enough so Ldare shoot, I lntd lim out While they wera fring, so many guns, 4 erent inany persons lnllooed to ine to coms outor T would he shots byt, a3 ft happened, neither myself nor dog was hurt. ‘Ihe beat soon sticcumbert to the hot Tend (int was be Ing poured into his body, When the mon- ater had been killed the south Hie broke, ru ritleas of all orders, and they, were soon ulued by the three other lines.” Now a Bene eral search commenced In tho centre ‘and thrangh the haunts aud eaves on the s| $0) the hills, Several more bears and Olveg were found and killed, the last one belng a wounded wolt which had secreted liseld in the tor of a fullen tree, - Firing now elosctl: darkness Aina contig on. ‘The men worg enlled together by 1 frumpet-call near the spot where the big bear had been killed, They were ordered to discharge thotr yung and then stack them. ‘Then the Inbor of pukuute, THE GAME commenced, First the wolves were dra In, and there were just seventeen, hye then deckded that tho bounty money—then valid -by the State for wolf-scalps—should be expended in refreshments for the hunt ing host, Accordingly two men were dis. patched to the settlement of Richfleld, sev. eral miles on the enst, there to procure what thoy could find, and return with It to tho scene of the day’s action. Within a few hours the men returned, bringing a barrel of whisky, drawn ina sled by a yoke of oxen, In the meantime the other game had been gathered, and it was found that there wero over 800 deer and twenty-one bears, A rousing big fire was bullt, and the seeno which had recently been a vast slunghtor yah had now turned into one of bolsteraus tubiation aud merriinent., A. rollenll wag made, audit was found that there were 454 men on the pround. And then, as" Riley, the Royer,” of Cleveland, the bard of the oc enston, deseribes It in his Hnes on this hunt, composed soine years after? ‘Thoy sot the barrel on one end, Anil stove tho other Ing Thoy used for tapster to attend Aludiemadeof tin, - Tho whisky, made by honest men, Was drank Me men upright, And none would deem tt hurtful then Todrink on such 4 night Then every man drank what he chose, and all wero men of epunks Tut not a tighting wrangle rose, “And nota man got drunk, ,, The word was now pnssed that the whole squad, ' CAMP HERE FORTUNE NIGHT, — , A half dozen men soon had hold of the bir bear, drawing him up by the hind legs; Jerked off the skin, and the. fat, erensy car- easy was soon roastlugand spliting before the large camp tire, But few of the hunters had brought a little “Johnny cake,” and nsiiea of bacon or yenison, and, they all evinced 9 sharp appetite for something to eat. When the roasting tind been completed an onslaught was made with bowle knives on the body, But as there was no salt in the emp the food served became nauseating. From this tb went to song, then specehes, and tinally the might wound up with anecdotes of adventure and ploncer Iife, As morning came a division of the game wns made, A committes con alsting of Henry Hoyt, of Liverpool, John Bigelow, of Richfeld, ‘and William 'Coges. well, of, Lath, were elected to make the tls vision. “After the proportlonnte shares had been allotted to the diferent companies, the journey homeward was commenced, sone of the hunters Ivine twenty and thirty niles hiway. Many of the men who hid cane sreputed heres on-the wonderful occasion shad been entire strangers toa one snothers but after the night's strange and unusual festivitles they had grown on terms of broth» erly Seta. It had been a joy and a pleasure to all these piurdly pioneers who were the first to unfold the beantles of tho beautiful “Reserve,” to meet so many of their kind here, isolated and alone us thele days hil te be spent then In. battling with the forest and clearing thelr farius., Tho Fae wus’ tled on stleks, and then away tho hinters wandered up the hills and down the valley, north, erst, west, aud south in twos, with the end’ of a stick’ on thelr shoulders, tho trusty riffe under thelr arms, and a deer, wall, or bear hanging between, Its bloody head grou! qiaeuing, over the frozen, snowy id Sa aE EEEReRncennenEaEEEEE A ReJolcod Bank, Presidont. 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