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Cor, um;‘:fl{’rmnvn‘n COMI'ANY 2 &nd Dearbern.ata,, Chicago, Ui, vorslon, ner (Puris). i wWrites 1o us that tho ‘venm,u villagoin that nelghibor- ¥ £0 1udso 10 tho Protestunt cloa ,dv Hud suspondod tho pricst e iho churel nguinge tho CBresentog” 0% S0, The villagors ) ed & numerously nod wm 1o g s elicat wintatees at Tarin, e od, Wil Sphertols wnd expound tho % Eplpnpy, 0¥ BAVG continued to do LITERATURE---ART, Addison’s Essays—A Popular Life of Wordsworth—Nat- ural Thoology., The Bteam House—Eleotricity and Magnetism—Wazan, the Sacred ity of Moracoo, Poems of Many Years—Seli: A" Novel ~Saint Augustine—Under Sligve-Ban, 4 Magazines — Books Received = Literary and Art Notes, LITERATURE, ESSAYS O ADDISON. “As a moral satirist Addison stands un- rivaled, In wit, pronerly 8o ealled, he ; was not ianferior to Cowiey or Butler. ‘The still hizher fuealty of invention he possessed In siill Iarger measure, ‘Thonumerous fictlons, generally original, often wild and grotesque, hut always singularly graceful and luppy, whileh are found In hisessays, fully entitlo him to the rank of a great puet,~n rank to which his metrleal composiiions zave him no clalbm. As an obgerver of life, of man- uers, of all shades of human character, ho stands In the first class. . . . Ile could deseribo virtues, vices, hiablts, whims, as well as-Clarendon. Iut he could do something Letter, 1o could eall human belngs into ex- Istence, nud make them oxhibit thomselves, 1f wo wish to find anything moze vivid than Adidison’s hest portralts, we must go eithor to Shakspeare or to Cervantes,” So wrote Muenulay of the great Engllsh cssnyist, some of whusg essuys have been seleeted and ed- fted for the “Golden ‘Lreasury” sorles, with a charming Introduction, In truo Addisoninn style, by that most atteactive historfan of the English people, John Rich- ard Green, In this handy, compact little valume are found exnmples of as fine, grace- ful, polished wrlting as s containad In any English work. And Addison's humor comes nearer to that of Shakespere than that of any man betore or sinee, * His writlngs are conversationy, masterpleces of Lnglish urbanity aml reason,” wrote Paine;s and Pope—who was Addison’s bitter rival—adds: “111s convorsa fon hwl semething In it moro charming than I have found In any other mnn? UM, Green regands Addison” s the typical representative of the revolution whleh, contempornnconsly with the ¥ullflunl Tevolution, pussed - bls day over English litevnture, ' 1ts fleld broadenced lllerature, “dotfed ts stately garb ot follo or actavo, and stepped abrond in the Nght "and easy dress of fmulllllleb and essay. Leaving out nhis polltleal, eritienl, moral, and theologlenl essavs, Dr. G gives us selections from “Sir Rogerde Cover- ley,” *The ‘Tntler's Court,” *The Ilu- morsof the Town” “The Tales and Allegories,” *The Conrt of 1lonor,” * Tho Country ~“IIumors,” “‘The Ilumors of Fushion” ~ and tho essays which re- fuso to he elnssitied. Thesa selections have been made with a view to giving readers of to-tlny nsense of the grace and ease of Addl- lug and of the charni of his humor 1Is work in Tatlers and Specta- tors Is mixed up with a mass of matter from the pend-of othor men, and thess mostly men of inferfor merlt. And so it is only by selec- tion that Addison can be read atall, Tho Spectator, from whieh the majorlty ot these extracts have been taken, and “on his contri- butions to which his tfame rhiellg rests, wins n datly perlodienl started by Sir Richurd Steele in 1711 ‘a3 0 puccessor to the Tutier. Of the 635 essnys In the Spcetator during Its existence, Addison contributod 274, Steele was also tho fonnder of the penny Tatler, to which Addison was n_contributor, #With s friend'’s discovery of the Tatler, Addison’s ealling was found,” sald Thack- eray, *“and tho ost delightful talker iu the world began to speak, Addison wrote his pn{u_-m as gayly as if he was going ont for u hollday.” Sir Ruger de Coverley, n fictitions charaeter, was represented as one of n seleet club to which Mr. Spectator belonged. ‘I'ha members of the club were sketched fn u paper written by Steele, awd hero wo live ihe tirst outlines of HloJxortrnlt of 8Ir Roger. ** Addison took the rude outlines into his own hands, retouched them, eolored then, and Is in truth the creator of the Sir Roger de Coverley and the WL Honcyeomb with whom wo are all familfur” It isto the credit of this book of Mr, Green’s that it brings us nearer to the cheerfui, gay, and hearty Wor- cestershire Baronet, full of whims and oddl- ticy, simple s a child, and gentle ns o wom- an. . I'he volume Is o neat and welconie one, nud Is n most successful nttempt to produce u ratisfactory edition of tho best of Addl- sON’S essny’s, cl’ul.lllshud In New York by MacMillan & 0, ) 1 WILLIAM WORDSWORTIT. Tholifo of Willlam Wordsworth, tho cele- brated Eogllsh poot-lauréate and the ereat- estof tho Luke poets, preparod by F, W. 11, Myers, Is tho latest nddition to tho “Engllsh Men of Lotters* serivs, ‘I'ho facts are taken from the printed *Momolrs® by the Blshop of Lincoln, with tho addition of detalls from Dbitherto unpublished lettors and oral tradltions from friends, Mr Myors has divided Dhis work Into two parts, glving a succinet blography of tho man as well as a critical estimate of the poet, Although My, Myers Is evidently o warm ndmirer of the author of **The Txeurslon,” o has novertholess discharged his duty with tact, judement, and skill, The blographileal portlon 13 as full as the subject— {rom n populur point of view, and the nim of tho serles Is to popularize the lives and work of such men—requires. 'The chief cvents In Wordsworth's life are clenrly set forth, and Mr, Mvers hns apuarently appreciated the Nmitatlons of Wordsworth’s genius, In some respeets, it s the best blography yet published, It brings us nearer o the grent pout, and helps s to better understand s work, “The great fuct of Wordsworth's 1ite Is its fellelty,” says Mr, Myers, and the sccret of the serenlly of a man's character when so constantly assalled and attacked *lny In A life which most men wonkd have found anstere aml blank Indoed ® lite of poverty smd retirement, of long np- purent fmlore, and honor that came tardily ot the close; It was a happiness nourlshed on no sacrifice of other mon, on no enger np- propriation of the goods of earth, but spring- Ingg fronr wsinglo oye and a loving spirlt, and wrought from those primary eniotions which aro the fnnocent birthright ot all."” Mr, Myers’ lterary criticlsms nro ncuto, and ho appears to haverclearly understood tho real merit of the laurentu’s poetienl warls, - Although so eurnest dlsciple, ho Is not blind to the shorteomings of hls inaster, A gt of “melody? wos Wordsworth's secrot of success, and, when this falled him, his poetry censed 1o Do attructlve, *For some twenty years.ut most (Li0s-1818) Wordsworth possessed this it of luulndf. During theso yeirs he wroto works which profoundly in- flnenced munkind, ‘The gift then left g he contlnued ns wise and us earnest ns ever, but hig poems hind no longer any poteney, nor s existenes much public Inportance.” “The poet **sprang into popularity and beeamo tho most_Iitustrious Inglish mon of letters botween 1850 and 1840, ~ OF this fact Mr, Myers gives this oxplanation: “*While the inber cirele of friends and velations began to puss away, the outer elrele of jdmirars was rapidly spreading, Between the yoars 1850 and 1810 Wordsworth passed from the apostly of u ellque into the most Hlustrious man of lotters In England, ‘The rapidity of this chungo was not due to any remurkable acel- dent nor to the appearance of any new work of genlus, It was mercly an oxtremo ins stance of what must always occur where an author, running counter to the fashion of his age, hng to erouto his own public n defiunce of the established eritical *powors, The de- ciples whom be draws roung hitm gre for the most part young; the established Ruthorlties CHICAGO TRIBUNL: SATURDAY, IBRUARY 12, 1881—SIXTEEN PAGLS al for the most part aold: 8o that hy the tite that the origlnal poet 1s about &) years old, moat of his adwirers will b ahout A0, vl most of bis erlties will be dend, 1y achnirers now heeome his necredited eritiea; hisworks are whlely Introduced to the publie ; and I they nee venlly good his reputation is seenre, [u Wordsworth'’s case thedetractors hnd been unustalty persistent, and tho renes tion, when it eae, was, therefore, unusunlly violent: It was even somewhnt factitlous it 1ts extent; and the puems were forced by en- thusiasts upon a publle which wns only half ¢ for them. After the poet’s death i tem- ry cotinter-ranction succeeded, and hig Js only now finding its permanent evel,” Few writers have been so vehemently at- tacked, and of few have so many ditfferent opinions been expressed, Of modern critles Mr. Lowell 18, perhaps, the nearest right when e say that ** it cannot be denied that in Wordsworth the very hipghest powers of the poetie wlnd were associated with o certaln tendeney to the diffuse and connnonpluce.” ITe wrole too much to always wiite well, but he often wrote nider the Tmputss of wctunl peeuntary m-m»u.«sll?’. No wonder he wrote unevenly, 1113 orfe to Immortality hag been churneteérized by Emerson us the *hlghest water-mark of Enghsh thought in the nine teenth cn»u(uri'"; while of his boow entitled “The Idlot Boy,” Byron said the reader would be n{u. to think the bard the hero of the storyl ‘I'nineenlls him: ‘o poet of the twllight,” and In another place spenks of him ag ane who "*saw n grandeur, o beaaty, Jessons tu the trivial events which wea [ woof of our most commonplace days.” Dut he, too, spealks of such pleces s * Peter ell,” “The White Doce,” *"T'ha Kitten and IFalling Lenves ' as Letng “ half ehildish and half foolish.” Mr, Brooke ndmits that muel of Iils work was prosnle I thonght though povtic In form, Wordsworth srote in hur- ony with the subject treated, Whether begaar, tdolt, parson, or peddier,—each spoke to il throwigh hiw in- telr fndividunl ehint- neter, ~As Mr. Myers shows, tho poet recoznized his own fallings: ** So sensibleam 17 he wrote In 1843, “of the defielenoles In all that L write, and 8o far does everythloe that | nttempt fall short of what I wish it to be, that even private publieation reqdres mwore resolution than I ean command, o o o Lam Inclined to believe I should never have ventured to send forth any verses of mine 1o the worlil It it had not Leen done on tue pressure of personal oceasions, Hud 1 been a rieh man, my productions, like Lhis Eptstle, ete,, would most likely have been confinet to ~ manuseript.” On the whole, this work Is satisfactory, although the reml- er ay not agree either with Mr, Myery or with Matthow Arnolid in thelr somewhat extravagunt adilration of Wordswortls, 1o wns the poet of Nature and of Man, and viewed - Nature —differenily from any. of his poctical predecessors. They believed the universe to ho dend matter, Ile sald that it was allve, undl he foved It with n personal love. Teney arose his minute and foving observations of her and his passionato Alu.\xcl‘l))llun of all_her forms. *'There was nothing,” says the Rev, Stopford Brooke, **from the dalsy’s *star- shaped shadow on the naked stoue’ to tho vast landsenpe seen at sunrise from the mountain-top that he did not describe, that fie lins not minde us_love.” e was n true voet of Mankind., Mr. Myers’ velume s oue of the best of this serles, which I3 Increasing ripldly in numbers, and nlso deservedly soIn popuiar appreeiation, Tublished In New York by Harper & Bros. NATURAL TIEOLOGY. Wo have few writers in the department of philosophical theology who ean be compared with President Bascom, of the University of Wisconsin, Ile has publlshedSeveral works, all of which aro marked by subtle analysis, nleo diserlmination, and vigorous logle, First enme his * Asthetics, or Science of Beauty ' then hls * Payehology s thirdly, his * Philosophy of Religlon™; next uls “ Ehics, or Scienee of Daty™; and, lastly, his **Natural Theology,” which appenred Iate i tho year 1880. In this Inst work tho author, after n thoughtul introduction in whieh he censiders the subjects discussed in ‘* Natural Theology,” und tho methods ot proof employed, proceeds in his first chapter to Inqulro tespecting the nature of God. Under this hend his controverts the position of llerbert Spencer and othiers that no posi- tive iden of God is attninable, and explaing what this fdea 15, In the second ehnpter o examines unsatisfactory forms of proof that there i3 a God,—a.very clear and convineing discussion. 1Iv presents, in chapter third, the argument in outllno tor tho Belng of Got, 1lere Dr, Bnscom canvnsses tho argument for the Indestructibility and oter- nity of mintter, defines lifo and eausntion, distingulshes consclousness and cnusation, conslders the Inws of thought and causation, and the relation of the argument to expe- rionce, and shows the simplleity and direct- ness of -the arguinent, which he walntalns is one of meneral principles, and not of specitio oswmples, e gives n new definition of cause und effect, confining them to the mate- rial world, and follows Dr. Bushnell In siyling the opcrations of inind supernatural, This we regard ans unfortunate; for It is aslde. from “established usnge, uud will bo deemed unwarrantable by many who_agrea with Dr, Bascom's wmain argument. In the third chapter, he argues the Being of God from the fuets in tho orgaule world. Under this hend hie endeavors to show that matter is not eternnl, by & very lugenious argmment from the intnitlon of mathematlenl numbers which is tound in the human mind, and to which there s n discovered correspondonco 1n the exnct proportions in which the various kinds of atoms will eombing in the molo- enles of hf‘druuuu. oxygen, ote, Ao 1s to constitute the varions compounds In tho in- torfal world, 1l thinks therg Is here @ proof that mind ~was before iunt- ter, and that matter in ity varlous forms was orlginaliy coustitnted in nccord- anes with the matheiatical laws of mind, D, Baseom does not vecognize the argument from deslgn a8 fundamental in this tnquiry, whila his deems the possibility of proving the oxistonco of n just eause by an argument from effect to eause. e contends, however, that tho netivity of matter in tho rneflent stata fuvolves @ tendency to cequillbrivi, which [t wlll finally attain, and that this activity must have had n heglnning, beeausy it conld not have heen going on from cterni- ty without ulrendy n‘m.-mnfi cauiiibrium through the constant dissipation of cnorgy, But matter has no power in itsclf to inna- _gurate motion, and, Jeft to iself, it would re- main stlll forever, DBut mind has the power of spontuneous netivity; and hence the pres- entnotion of the materlal world must have bueen started by mind, and not hyung in- herent forco of inntter, 1lerg fs a prablem for tho mnterinlist tosolve. It I8 ensy forthe ielst, 1n tho fifth chapter Ir. Bascom prosents proofs for the Being of God as found In the vegelablo warld, And here lio considers the natnre of llfo as distinet from matter and oxortlme a peenlinr plastic power over the fixed cunses of the materlal world, In this cotnection he oxamines tho tieory of natural evolution as held by Seriptical selontists, uud pronounces strongly agnlnst it, ‘Tlie sixth chapter Is dovotéd to the proof of God's Bolne in the anhinal kingdom, ‘The seventh chapter discusses the proofs found In the rationn] kingaon, ‘The srgument In this chaptur seoms to us less clear mul convine- Ing than that In the foregoing chinpters, ‘Tho subjects of miracles ind final ennses, how- ever, are ably handied, In chantor elght Dr. Baseom grapples with the old provfem wsto the proofs of divine goodness in the natural and spiritual worlds. Ilere some of the difienitles are sufliclently disposed of, il othiers nra not aa directly ‘met as might have been deslred. Wo are glad to sse, however, that the author does not at- tempt to emn‘m dificulties by plunging Into the ubyss, which is muilo s place of rotreat Dby those who teach that God preforred to glorlfy or please himsolf by Intraduelng nn untodd and etornal amount'of sin and suffer- Ing ns the necessary wenns of displaying his own attributes, Tho Inst ehapter consists of i forciblo nrgument for the Inunortality of the {ndividnal soil. “Uhis volume Is not " de- slgned to restate old arguments in natural theoloiry, but to muet the new phases of the question that have been presented by sueh able phllosophers and sclentlsts nsg John Stuart Mill, Herbert Spencer, and Prof, Clifford, 1t will, no doubt, contributo to es- tend the well-deserved fanie and Intluence of the gifted author, Published in New York by Q. I’ Pumnam’s 0ns, ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM, Mr, Gordon, the Assistant Secretary of the Britlsh Assoclation for the Advancement of Selouce, has produced in these iwa volunes & worlk that will bo welcomned by o conslder- uble elrele of specinlly cultured readers, A text-book on efectricity and magnetisin that cowes up to tho Intest researchys, aud that is i10t 50 abstruse and mathematlcal as to be lucomproliensible or repulsive ta the average student of the class that desires the informa- tlon, and whe Is not sufficiently n spe- clalist to eomprehiend the higherIselentific treatises, hns seemed to s a desideratum, ‘This work meets this want, at lenst in n mensute, and In some respects exceeds what might have rensonably been expected. ‘I'iere are few hooks that come from Engllsh or Amerlean publishers that are more pro- fusely and claborately ilustrated, or which contnin In A wore readlly comprehensive form the results of recent researchies, than this, Tlowever It may seemn to the more nd- vanced students, the reader of only moderats and general aequirements In tho field of physleal selence whl be thankful to the author for sparing him to somo extent tho claborate mathematical formulus, ete., that sotmetimes fill pages in other meinolrs on tha sune and aliled subjects, How formkdable o monograph that is ostensibly Intended for weneral instruction may appear. in thiy respeet, may be seen by referring fo the artiele on eleetrleity by Prof. Chrystal in tha eleventh edition of the Encyelopedia Britan- nicn, that appenred during the past year, "The subject s vne of general Interest; we Introdvico electricity, so .to speak, lnto our famitles, it I8 o domestic motor, messenger, physlelan, and illuminator, and yet we know nothing of 1ts real nature, and, Indeed, only nlittle of how 1t behaves, There Is nt the present time no lMue In which Investigation s more actlve, and the most bifitlant dis- courses and practienl applications of selen tlfle results that have been made | Ifre tlon, during the past few yenrs, have b wde In this, Our knowledyo fsas y fragmentary, and a perfectly conseentive treatise on the subject can therefore hardly 1 peeted n thess volumes or onoe that offers, ndeed, any uppenrance of complete- ness, In fact, these two volumes convey, vartlally at leust, the Impression of a seri; of detached memoirs that have only u gen- eral community of subjeet and relition to ench other, and” this hnoression i3 hightened by-the style and method of the authior, who daes not il §n the gaps with the historieal detnils that give an apparent, and nt least ehironological, unity to some other works of the kind. We wmention this beeause of tho Impression mude on our own mind from glanelug over tha work, Not that it Is a de- feet in-ftself, - One coulil hardly look for perfeet loglen! sequence in all respects in . work on o subject our knowi- edie of which Is as” yet so lnperfect, Notwithstanding our Jmperfect absolute Inowlediee n regard to electrieity, the prac- tieal applieations of Lhis ngent are so nu- merous, and In such general and extensive nse, that w whole trade or profession has of late years grown up In jts manggement, or rather, perbaps we should say that, besides o certnin numberof scientifle éxperts, a whole class of nrtisans nowadays obtain thetr liv- ing from its various adaptations in practieal use. Al these require o certain knowledgo of the general principles of eleetrienl sel- euce, of would be better quatltied for their occupntion by such knowledge. Besidos iese thore |8 n vast number of amatour electrielans, and, lastly, all versons of gen- ern) selentifie eulture are likely to tuke o greator or less intercst in the subject. All such will find In these volumes a”valuable résumé of many of the latest datn, clenrly stated, mid revised by tha best authorities on oneh speeind portion ‘of the general subject. ‘The mathensitienl formulag, except, perliaps, o few Inappendlees nnd tootsnotes, are of the shmplest charaeter, A very strikine feature of the book, al- re;\di' notlced, is the elnborate llustrattons, Iy which respeet It §s superior to any work of its class that we have recently seen, ‘The explanatlons In the text of the vurious kinds of apparatus figared nre also very tull and eluborate; Indecd, almost needlesly so in somo eases, ns, for exnmple, in tho para- eraphs on bitding-serews, contiet-keys, und conmutntors,—simple wmechanieal contriv- ane at should reguire Httle more than tho mere mention of their nnmes, nteresting recent discoveriea of of Loudon, o his sa-called radiant matter nre duly deseribed in detail n the seeond volume, and, together with the wumlmumf chapters on electro-opties, form 1 be to uny of Its readers the most striking and In Ing portlons of the book, ‘The lutest achievement of Prof. Graham Bell, the pholophone, one of the most notuble, if not the most remarlnble, of tho sclentifie in- ventlons of the past year, was reported, it ap- pears, Just n little” too late- to recefve the notico fn this conneetlon that might perhaps have heen- expected. A - fow subjeets, it seams to us, receiva too little attention In these volunies. 'Thus, more might have been suld with ndvantags on the subjeet of gal- vanlc batterles, wlileh IS on the whole inade- uumcle’ treated. ‘Tho chemlistry of theae ns given fn the foot-notes chictly “Is behind the times, and exhibits what appears to be a con- fusion of the old and thencw chentleal nota- tions, Some other subjects, generally those which Inehide the author’s own orlginal in- vestigntions, recelve, It may be thought, ““l. due attention, Such defects, howeve: though blemishes, and not gether unavoldrble, aro not quvnll{ met with In otherwlse very good books, and are ot defects i the present case. The one uravoidable fall- Ing that every worls of this clnss and on this subject must lave is that, on account of the present activity inthls depiartment of physic- ol gelenee, o new edition will Yo soon ba re- quired, 1t is not probnble, however, that this will appear tor severnl years nt least, wud at present the work 1s, on “the whole, an excellent one for referenes and as affording u polnt of departure for further studies in electriclty, ~—Published In Now York by D, Appleton & Cu, THE STEAM HHOUSE. Jules Vernw's prolific imagination has pro- duced another ot Ifs veculiar ereations, 11ls herogs this thne are neithor oxploring the mynterles of submarine navigation, belng projected by a mammolh gun nto the lunar reglons, or glrdling the earth in eighty days fora wager. In the ** Demon of Cawnpors” —whieh I8 the sub-title of Part I of “'I'ho Stenn Houso”—ho takes hls readers throngh the region known as the Indian Lmpire, and the “Demon,” It 13 almost unnecessary to say, {4 the famons Nuna Sahih, whom Mr. Verne brings to life ngain for this oceaslon only, and makes him the chlof charncter of his story, Incidentatly the authortrents of - the events connocted with the Sepoy tebelllon and tho mnssacre at Cawnpore, reheavsing the detuils of that thine when the Britlsh rule In this part of thy world 0 nearly recelved s death-blow. Onc of tho Incldonts in the work Is the nt- tonpt mnde by Col, Munro—an English oflleer, whoso young wife hins been murdored by Nana_Sahib—to fullill his solemn vow of death to Naua Sabib whenever ana wherever they should meet. Althongh the fivst part of tho work apparently witnesses the denth of Nana Salib, the author has fndicated o way by which the sccond part ean bo mnde more Intoresting by his apparent restoration to life. Ho hns.taken pains to stato that the Nuna Sahib had o brother who *re- sembled him physlcally, and might easlly be milstaken for him” So there Isstitl achance for a fine hand-to-hand combat Lutween the wurderer of women and children'and tho representutive of England's militavy torees, Theroe 1s not muoh of u plot to any of these booky, which are constrneted npparently as safety-valves for the wiriter's hnagination, which would otherwian rend to pieces the B frnme In whieh it has been phiced. ‘To_write the books s to suve Vaerne trom to read them Iy to,—wetl, to put it cmpornrily disorganize tho reader's thinklng fnculties] A groat deal of in- formation and of fact s undoubtedly conveyed, but it 13 Nl-digested atd so mized up with _outrageous fletion as to be diticult of deteetion, Four gentlomen, with their servants, sturt from Caleutin’ on n ulr through Northern ludln, T'ruveling by il was fmpossible md uncomfortable wheve pructicubies walking was out of the ques- ton, and rl(\lm: or driving was too hot work and too slow, Bo they travel fu a specinlly- construeted uffulr,—n sort of u eross between a Pullman carand & Freneh flat,—und thatr motive power i3 a **steam elephant,” This I3 what Mr. Verno means by o * steam house.” ‘The tractton-engine resembled » hugo elophant, and was capablo of u spewid of twenty-live wiles an hour and of uscending heavy' grades with ease, 518 nomina strength 8 equal to elghty horses, but fts power ean bo Inereased 10 equal that of 160, ** Between the four wheels are wll the machluery of eyllnaers, plstons, feed-pump, ele., covered by the body of the bolier,” "Thld tabulur boller Iy In the fure part vt the cle- phant's body, awl the teader, carrying fucl and water, in the hinder purt, The boller and tender, thouxh buth on the sanie truck, have a sprce between, Jett for the use of the stoker, “Pho engiug-driver Ls stationed [n the owdah on the animal’s back, In all could take refuge in case of nny serious attacl, 3 there everything in” s power, safety-valves, reguinting- brakes, ete,, 5o that be can steer or baek his eneine at will, He has nlso thiek, lens- shuped glasy tixed In tho naerow enbrasures, througl which he can see, the road both be- fore and behind Mm” This machine drew two ears, *The first earringe was forty-five feet Jung. In front was an elegant verandal, fu whileh a dozen people could = sit comfortably. Two windows and a door fed dnto " the drawlig-room, lighted besldes DY two side windaws, “L'hls room, furnished with a table and book-case, and having luxurfous divans all round it, wag artistically decorated and hung with rleh tnpestry, “A thlck Turkey carpet cov- ered the floor, ¢ "T'atties,” or blinds, hung before the windows, nnd were Kept nolst- ened with purhum:n‘ water, so that a deilghts ful freshiess wid constantly — ditfnged throughout all the apnrtinents, Opposit the veranduh door was another of valuuble wood opening Into the dining-room. which was furnishied with sidebonrds nud buffets loaded with all the wealth of sliver, glass, und ching which Is niecossary to- English comfort, OF eonrse, bl these fragile artleles were put in specinlly-mude racks, as {3 dong on board ahip, 30 that even on the roughest ronds they would be perfectly safg. A door led out into the passage, which ended dah at “the biuck, From this passaxe opened four rooms, each contalning o bed, dressing-table, wardrobe, and sofa, and fit: ted up llke the cabing of thebest transatlantie steamers, The first of these rooms un the left was oceupled by Col, Munro, the second ou the right by Banks, Capt, H tublighied next to the engin: Sir Edward, ‘The second ci tyesix feet In length, sud olso posgessed verandah, whichopened into a large kitehien, flanked on ench side with & pantry, und sup- plled with everything that could be wanted, T'hls kitehen eammunieated with a pussage whieh, widening into u square In the middle, and Hghted by & skylight, forged a dining- rooin for the xervants, In theNour angles were four cabins, oceupled by Sergt, MeNell, the eneine-driver, the stoker, and Col. Mun- ro’s orderly; while at the back were two other rooms for the cook und Capt, 1ood’™s man; besides a gun-roow, box-rooin, and fee- house, all opening into the bneic verandah,” 'T'his was the **stewm house " in whiel the Jour- ney through Indin was made. Itis hardly worth while to attempt to point out the ver- satile Frenchman's total disrezard of solen- tifle facts or of consistency in bis own state- ments, 'Thus In one pluce lie spenks of the steam-clephant lifing its legs und moving ona K or trot, and ngain tells of its ma- chinery beine between " its four wheels and its speed regulated by brakes, lnaglig thls ehemoth”? thotting at tho rate of twenty-five miles an hour? What would be lefL of the machinery at the end of the hour ? Agnin, ho uses "Imrac-rnwm‘" a3 equiva- lent tu power or sirensth of o lorse, whett, In connectlon with steameengines, It means nothing of the sort. It 18 really n lfting capacity nsto measurement. But Mr. Verne's fact {8 oo often fictlon,~oftener than his fietion 1s fact. It not o sort of liternture from which the world derives great benefit, nud it is an open question whether, like AMuhilbach’s historlcal novels, It docs not do more harm than good to the gen- el reader. The marvelous fertility ot fuvention and Ingenuity of Imaglun- tlon gives his work the appearance of nspectneulnr drama gorgeous in its rupid transformations and scenle effects, and in which the dinloz Is but the nssistant to the seene printer and property man, There isno Inck of exeitement, of perilons adventures and of hair-breadth escnlx , all of which elements have undoubledly n strange fasel- nation for some people, As a book, s a lit- erary work, the **Demon of Caronpore” hus no nierit so far ag we_have been able (o dis- cover, The work s fully illustras Published in New York by Charles Serib- ner's Sons, Advance sheets. in another veran- 'ITE SACRED CI'I'Y OF MOROCCO. Mr, Watson has wroved himself to bean Intelligent, wide-nwake traveler, an Interest- ing and careful writer, and possessed of many of tho quailfications which eoustitute n sue- cessful explorer. Iis buok s eutitled “A Visit to Wazan, the Saered City of Moroceo,” and §s tho narrative of n journey made through Northorn Morocco from ‘Tangler to Wauzan and buck, via the City of Tetuan, If we understand Mr. Watson, ho intl- wmates that ho was the first Chrls- tan to enter tho preeinets of the snered city,—n - city with & curlous history, nnd yet of the existence of which, until this book appearell, few readers weto probably aware. Itisaelty in the interior, the grand centre of tho brotierhood of Mulal Thalel, and s claimed to be peopled only by the deseendants of tho founderof this Order, Its ruler I3 the Cherlf of Wazan, who enjoys speetal privileges, Isregarded us o superior Defng, and Is the objeet of great veneratlon on the part of thepeople, Therulfug Cherif, at the time the author made nis visit, hiad married nn English lady, and Mr. Watson was fortunale enough to obtaln u letter from the Cherif which was a safe-conduct for him throughout his journey, and insured him more than hospituble treatment, Of the Chierlf, Mr, Watson says: ‘*'Flio name of the Cherlt is umpurl?‘ applied to all the teseend- ants of the Prophet, ' ‘Il dignity, it will be observed, I8 n liereditary one; ench son of o Cherif 13 8 Cherif, but the nctini bead of the house of Wazan [3 not nlwx&;s the eldest son of the Great Cherdt, At the present time the Great Cherlf resides for the most part wt Paugler, nnd _his - second son 1ills his ploce ut Wazan, No dutles, either politleal or religious, are lnvolved ju tho dignity; It does not earry with It any dis- tinguished name o ttle, wnd [t does not hu- un&lmcly conter_auy authority, But the power which the Great Cherlt wields 13 sub- stantial enonghs the Emperor receives nim alone nmong men as bis equal, und appenls to_bim tor asshstunce i times of difleutty. Mr, Watson started én his Journey nlone, oxcepting of course the necessary attend- unts and an Interureter, who also “acted us courler, 1L1s unnecessary to follow himon Ris trip, which was unsventful, Jlis recep- tion was cordinl In_every pluce bo visited, Iie has many good words to say for the Maors, who huve been so constantiy abused by travelers as thievish, ungratetul, and Dlood-thirsty, From thom Mr. Watson ex- perfenced nothing_ but courtesy, kindness, d falr dealing, e belleves that It a mun ravels there us ho would elsgwhere, remem- beringz thut ho s the ~stranger, and that the peoplo ware at liome, treat- fng them as ho - would treat Europeans under shniinr clreumstances, prepaved to rongh it at thnes and to abandon the privilege and duty of grumbling for a seuson, he nus 1o doubt but that tho traveler will find **the land n goodly land, the people honest and Kindiy people, both allke sufe ng and wasting away under a miserable Govermment.” - Mr. Watson 1s notenthusinst- fe In iy praise of the inns, **Travelers drive thelr unbmals ot all deserlptions inte the open eourtyard jn the centraof the bulld- Ing, aud thenselves ocenpy one of the rouns opsulng upon this conytyard. ‘There Is no Iandlord, no wilter, no food or llg\uur o by find inw Moorish nn, You pay litle and ot little, and you find it for yourself 1 Although Mr, Watson trayeled nlone, he was nover ulone at nlght, wid has o zood denl to say about fuseet 1ifo In Bavbary, on whicl intending travelers would do well to pondor, \h.u.m»‘u Kusur, for instanca; this is his uecount of ot night’s oxperlences A huge grasshoppor Snlmost likaa locust) had roused mw several thnes In the night by pructlsing flying leaps at iy nose from my wraps, tive fectaway, ‘Tha raln had mndo the unts, uluslfillllmfis, aud gnuta most Wi werelfully lively, Beetles nvonnded, aud enterpilirs hung over my dovoted hend. My old friend, the ylng bug, was everywhere, Grant splders wers displaying an nnwonted netivity, and their big, bloated bodivs, ag big ns bobblns, were gruesoin to look upon. Littlo red splders of inslnuntie dispositon it tormenting bite, wers finding out ali un- protected places. Flens wers matters o courss nnd dldu't count, nor econld thoy by counted, A tummoth centipede, black” and scaly, two andn half jnches long, and most venomous of aspoet, wondered restlosly about seeking whont e might render misor- able for 1ife.” Mohammed told e that his hublt 15 to stlek hily hundred cinws into vou and then to let bis body drop otf, each eluw turnlne speedily into a festering wound,” Mr, Watson adopted the Moorlsh dress on s travets, 11is stay in Moroceo was u short f"w'—t—lmét «‘)‘vur sllx waeks ull ‘luhll‘;b'm d u,x"- g that e s was constanl ohn an ex- |.Ihrlng tour, I1is life ut Wuzan brenthes tho wromu of barbaric splendors of which wa oftau read, but gencruliv in works of liction. lis{s an * ower-true tule,” which hes nf- forded much plensure fn the rending, A word of pralsa is also due to the handsome, tyvographicnl appenranco of tho work, Published fu London by Macmiilan & Co, POEMS OF MANY YEARS, Commander Glbson, of the United States nayy. hus not vermitted some forty years of active service to destroy his schiolar] or to lavalr ks titerary skill, Once before hie * waord and won ' the Muses In o Jitthe volume entitled * A Vislon of Fafry Land and Other Poems,” which met with a cordial reception from both pressand public, and now again he Is a sultor for popular favor with hly **P'oems of My Years and Many Places.” ‘The sea has oflen fnspired poets and ereated poetry, LPerhaps the *sea’ and * woinan™ have been ofiener chosen for subjects of poetle composition than any-nthers, and per- haps for the same reason, that they are ever- chnnglng—semper varium ct mutabile! Commander Gibson has made good use of by feisure, and though sallors are not often poets, hia §3 ape of the few gnod verse-writers eifted with originality, vicor, and o hroud Tayinat Of the lorty poems In_the vol- u hile none entitle thelr author to rank with the preat masters of son, nu‘y of them wounld do eredit to any writer, TH3 verse 13 ensy and his muse thoarhitinl and “eultured, Indicating the anssession of o true poetic tempersiment, The lirst poemisto " Perseph- one.” "Take the last stanzns “ There's n divinity, which we call Heauty, Touches us darkling: when the wild weed blassoms, When Jo tho worm 18 winged the butterlly: Tiut hall, Persephone! hail Spirit of Springtimet Afd us to recognize thy breathing symbols And alinost proot of Tmmortality In “Castellamure” there IS a pleture of Rosina, the Corsuir's brid * A ftoman searf over her shonlders thrown, And lightly pinned in erosswisa on hor breast, Blaows all thio cotursof the Iris Zone— A dwzzling vision, even withotit tho rest! With bare, brown fect, and frea limbs lithe and tati, Like n young panthor bounding Iu the hall.” She was rarely decked In preelous gewms: “Snpphire and ruby. emerald, amothyat, - Blnod-red carbuncle. wold-grreen chrysoprase And opnls on whose gatboring moons i mist The wppronch of danger or of derth betenys, Were niternate with dismonds—nnd the sen Its coral und pearl bad ylelded lavisuly. Armlets and nnxlete, necklaces of gold, That glenm withgems her klowing roundness ring. Tier hnir, o cataract of night, (s rolled Below her kuee, I rich divheveling; And in ita purplo hiluckness iy the bluze Of n tull Ethiop heaven's refulgent rava,"” ‘T'here arebut few real * sea poems ™ In the book, whereone would not unnaturally have expected to find many. “‘The Buceaneer,” ““I'he Sea is Melanelioly,” and the * 1u Me- morlam ¥ of the Unlted Stutes brig Porpolse, which_foundered In the China Sea, ary the best. We make reom for o single stanza from the Iatter: * Ya Tritons, for your Nelsons Let tho flerce conehes sieep! unke no more tho war-keelsong t the canton’s leap! Lot peaceful anvies crals Conqueriug where truo glory wooes: And'tho world smiles—or weeps, 1t wept for Lu Perouse.” Published in Boston by Lee'& Shepard. SELFt A NOVEL, One of tho novels of the new year Is o very Interestiug story of every-day life, dealing with the hioves, emotions, virtues, nnd faults of every-day people, and told with an enr- nestness and purity that will make it welcome to every fireslde, where It will live in the vleasant memory of those who rend it. The volume s cutitled **Self,” of which Mrs, Rebecea Ruter Springer is the author, This f4 thio secomd bouk from the hnnds of this Indy, *Beeehwoud,” the first published, n few years ago, won, by its earnest and zenlous portrayal of the blessings of domestie peace, a wide circle of readers and admirers, “Self,” as n mere recital of the lives of a cer- tain number of_persons, ias u somewhat ab- sorbing Interest, enough to compel the read- er involuntarlly to follow it to the end, but the story has n much more engrossing Inter- est beense of the lesson whieit I8 unob- trusively Interwoven, teaching how an unconscious tinge of selfishness in our nat- ure may sadly darken, perhaps destroy, the Iikhest hopes of even the pure and happy lives of many uther persons withinn large eirele of acqueintances, We will not spoll the story of thls book by glvinz it in any eolors but those In which the author presents it. Some of the scenes are graphically sketehed, some of the characters will be readily recognized in numf‘ respects as fa- wiliar among outr own friends and ueigh- bors, and there is not one, thut we have ot met nt sume time and at some place dure Ingg our Hves, 1t I8, a8 wo huve sald, the history of half a dozendlmrsuns. perhaps of 8 nmne‘ familles, all. drawn together, not violently, bat naturally, and of how all thaso persons hind much of their happiness pole soned, wasted, wepkened, or destroyed, ow- ing to the Iusidions presence of au unsus- peeted, but none the less fatal, selfishuess, rendered the more destructive beesuse felt in the relations of married life. 1t is u book which we can comwend both for the purlty of its stylo dnd the interest of the story, ond can cordlally cougratulate Mrs, Springer upun thiy her secoml success as an author, Pubtished in Philadelphia by J. B, Lippin- ott & Co, o SAINT AUGUSTINE. Mr, Dewhurst's book on this most vener- able of Amerlcan towns gives its tuble of contents on-1lg ttle-page: **Tho History of St. Augustine, Florlda, with an Introductory necount of the early Spanish and French at- tempts at exploration and settlement in the ‘ferritory of Floridu, together with sketehes of events and objeets of interest connected with the oldest town In the United States, to which 1s ndded w short deserlption of the ellmate and advontnges of Snlut Augustine a8 n health resort,” This fs tolerably com- prelensive! ‘The reader need have no doubt ny to the subject treated, its breadth and scopo of treatment, and 1f the theme Is un- congenlal, ho I8 not vbliged to wade turther in than the depthof the first page. Theeurly history of St Augusting is inturesting, nnd is nnnsh\llll?‘ sugrested to tho visitor by tho relles still remaining in and nround the oli town. 1t Is - very much ke a little bit of the Old World transplanted into the Naw, aud its past vecalls names of satlang Tndehts and visions of feudal splendor of which the more northiern portion of our country knew Llittle or nothing from netunl experitnen, Mr. Dewhurst seiks to help the stranger whon St. Augustine has taken within its zates In obtaining o goud zeneral Idea of Its history, glving also skotehes of tho celebrated charncters wnd memorable events which haverendered the town fumous, 1lu nlso seeks to render accesslble to the | general render the etaborafe uccounts of -the early wrlters concernlug some of the more nutable events conneeted with the early settlement and defense, Although there nre no new facts told and the history vt the sets tlement of Florida is familiar to any student of Amerlenn history, tho writer “has well gurnered Dis waterful and given in compact foru the ripest kernels of historleal knowl- wdiee, Notthe lenst fnteresting Is the hrief deseription of St Augustine ns it is, Hinse trations woulil huve greatly Incrensed tho value of the text. Tho mfermation it eon- talns will be of interest chieily to intonding visitors, THE LOST CASKET, ‘ The plot of the * Lost Casket,” which a translatlon by S, Lea from the French novel of . Du Holsgobey, eititied “La Main Congrée,” 13 thus summnrized: It Is o Taristan story eleverly made up of tangled thrends of Nihilist intrigues and ninateur detective work, A banker hins recelved n box of important papers from w Russian ofticer of the Seeret Service, and placed thum n nsnfe with va: spelng-trup Ingenlously at- tnchd to the lock.. Oug moruing & woman's hund was found in the trap, Its owner had songht to open the lock, had beon cought, and’ hor necomplice had freed her by wine putatime the haid, Soon afterward the snfo Wits successmllly opened and the papers stolen, A nepliew of the bunker hushes the matter up, Intending to fervet out the thief without the assistunce of the pallee, and the Russiun seeretly sots to work in the same direction. Nelthor of then Is nware ot tho other's schiewe, wnd they work at Cross purposes, ‘Ihe story Is exclitng, a8 well us interesting, and the valime i oy of the best in the'Prasutiantie Serles. ‘Phose who read 1t sre not likely (o feel any oxcess- Ive love for the Nihillsts and thelr methuds, although how far this work 13 1o be conskd: ered weorreet wxponent of tholr pluns and organization 18 sumewhat doubtiul, UNI),;II SLIEVE-BAN, #Sheve-Ban' 18 oneof a range of hills which overlook the Village of Dunmoyle, Irelamd. Itisunder the shadow of this hill thut the most exclting eventa ot the spirlted novel by It E, Franciion (Just published by Henry Holt & Co. ocour, The time Is 1590 and the twenty-five subsequent yeurs, The scenc shifts to Frauce for a thme, and there Tibtions of navai .- ters hetwee ench ad Enelis ship, m whieh the two voumg heroes take part. «he story l;u essentfally a lovestory 1y * saven knots,!" afl the events stringini out of the Jove of the two young men for Kats Callan, the iwmble heroine, “The volnm 1s No, 119 of the Lelsure Hour Series. Itis an ndinfra- be Irlsh story, deserving great praise, Mr, Franellon i3 brillfany writer, ana % Under Slleve-nnu 13 better than the average novel. are some lively ¥ SANSKRIT AND IT4 KINDRED LIT: ERATURES, & Not many wonien have gone into the study of such literatures as the Sanskrit, We hinve recelved a volume with the title glven above by Laura Ellzabeth Poor. It cmbraces **Studies In Comparative Mythology,” which fndlentes the wmnin destzy of (ha haok: 1t contains nbout 439 duodecimo pazes. The writer tnkesa wide range, Beginning with Bralimanisin, sho pnssed to the Duddhist 1it- erattire and religlon, then proceeds to the = Perstan literature, then I&, comparative my: tlm!n;ty of the Greek poefty awd drama, then 1o tireek phllum{»hy and history, then to the latin and Keltle literatures,” then to the Teutonle literature—tho Scandinavian and the Anglo-Saxon il Germun fimilies,—then tn the medleval poetry and the Slavonic lit~ wrature, and, lstly, to’ tho modern poetry of Europe, The voltme Iy lhmlgllll’tlf’ and in- structive, “I'lie nuthor malniains that the Greek mytholowy truveled at first to the enst, and afteewanrds the Eastern mythologies ;]:r‘{!s(filuwcfiv\nnlli Th‘ll! wl}nla sufivey l}) in- Cre! und well wurthy of attention, ton: mfimrls Dros.) i L MAGAZINES, The Amerlean Antiguarlan and Orlental Jowrnal forJanuary s full of interesting mut- ter pertnlning to the subjects to which it is especinlly devoted. Among other articles are those an: **The Military Architecture of the Emblematic Mound-Bullders,” by the Rev. S, D. Peet; “Shakspeare amony the Indlans Early In the History of the West,” by Prof. J. D. Butler; *'The Pyramldal Tem- ple,” by the Rey, 0. D, Miller; “St, Paul at Puteoll,” by the Rev. Elias Nnson; “The Slte of Capernnum,” by the Rev, Dr S. Graves; “Infhuence of the Aryans upon the Aboriginel Speech of India,” by Prof, Joln Avery: “Noteonn Verse In the First Book of the Maccabees,” by Howard Crouby, D, D, *“ Hortleulture in the Tlne of Merodneh-Bal- adan,”” by the Rev, A, 1, Suyes; *The Lau- guages or Indin,” *The Symbolism of the Garden of Eden,” by M. C. Rend. —The December number of the Victortan Revlew las the following table of contents: * The Education Question,” by Prof. Chinrles . Pearson, M. L. A.i © Asttonomy and the dewlsh Festival,” by Richard A. Proetor; ' The First Austratlan Setttemient,” by John I, Laing (Syduey); *“‘I'he Politieal Situg- tlon In Vietorin,” by W, Jardine Smith; “ Phitlological Glving and %, by Misa G, 1L Spence (Adelnide) 3 he lulen{tluunl Exhibl Melbourny Jnues Smith; and’ Maca by R. Colonn urkey and the Turks,” by 8_Corr Constantinoples ** The hnkspears,” by S, Smith * The Minali Bird,” by :]l‘tlwluml le}.L( 1. :'\u It"l“"}': Cumunw(l:]rgy hought of Great Brltaln, Europe, ang United States.” : iy 5 —Harper's Magnzine for March 13 a good nunmiber, Prof. ‘{l‘ T, Uuwextcuulrlbu!g an hmm.nmi ‘»:mer on the University of Lel- den, with 1lustrations. J, L. Clond gives us another of her Lrish sketches, *The Arran Istands,” with qualut pictures. S, {i Par- it the * Possibllitles of Hortlculture,” how to munke gardens and lawns, 3 the illustrations to hls artlete rep resenting the best recent work in this direc- tlon, At anonymous artlelo describes Al- banyasun cld Duteh town two centurles azo, ‘This paper contains sixteen llustra~' tions, three ot which are from drawings hy* Pyle. Closing tha list of deseriptive illustrat~ ¢d artleles I8 Mr, Lathrop’s *A Natlon in Nutshell,"—a desc; lrnun of soclal and pollt= ical Washington, with_twelve HHiustrations, Abbey cuntributes another 1lerrick illustra- tlon, *'The Gravedigger.”” ~ AMlss Woolson's story this month has three illustrations by Relntrt, nnd Mr. 1ardy’s one by Du Maur- fer, This munber also “containg two short storles,—" Lands OIL,” which Is an Interest ing purable, and ** A Telpmeet for Ilim,” from the pen of W, M. Baker. George Mer- il contributes an article on *“'The i‘uteuch i Republic,” showing its organization as n govermuent, and its prospeets ot periuanent sueeess, M Heory 0. Dwlght contributes a paper on *'The Famlily Life of the Turks.” —The Mincroe for Decomber has articles o\ l)l&nnpmuc Mission (containing an ublished Note of the late Emperor Ni- poleon 111, and n_Report of the Marquis Pepnli),” by %2+ Italinn Manutactures and ‘Thelr Future,” by Dy, Alberto Errern, Pro- fossor ot the University of Naples: “'I'ho Distributlon of News.in England,” by F. AL White; * Minor Centiés in Italy—Verona,” by E. Mezzabottn: * Mademolselle Bis- marek,” by Henrt Rochefort: A Pllgrim~ age to n New Shring and au Old,” by Dr. Thomas Davidson, ‘I'he Medllal Jowrnal and Examiner for- bruary hns un original leeture by Dr. J, N, Hlyue, on * Pltyoriasis Rubra” The original conununleations The Vulve of [lo« watropine In Ophthalmie Practice,” by T. C. 1.2 = Combility of Uterine, Dis- nt,” hy P, O'Connell, M, 1, * Al Case Iritls Serose," by B.JJ, Gorduer, 3 D, ;4 8 Review of the P'rogress of Medlew! Education in Chicago, with Some Suggestions for 1ts Advancenent,” by K, Ingals, M. D, —The Medieal Cull s the name of anew homocopathic magazine Just startod b Quiney, LI, Its editors are W, D, Foster, M, D, nnd O, H, Crandall, ML D., and the {lrst number cantafns quite a- full table of con- tents on o variuty of subjects of Interest to medleat men, . LITERARY NOTES, —*8ir John Franklin,” by Irof, A, 1L Beesly, 18 In preparation for the * New Plutarch series, —Bjornstjerne Bjornson s preparing o’ complete editlon of hls works, *Arne’ hus long been u favarit here, —The supplemont of the Mareh Wide sAavalie will conetude Vol 1. of Georgo Muc- donnld’s new story, * Warlock o' Glenwar- lock,” ~—M. Francisque Snreey, the first of French drantle erities, Is writing .1t series of hing- raphies of wreat actors under the gencral title * Lies Comedlens et Comediennes,” —The wempirs of Rattazzl, the Itallan statesumn, will o published at Paris about thy middle of thig month, There are two volumies, prepared by Mme, Itattazzl de Rute, —Jenn Ineelow Is the nuthor of the now novel, “Don John,” In the * No-Nana Serfes,” it is holz published fu Littel's Ldving Agewnd in tha Duy of Itest, under her nume, B That learned antiquary, Mr, Walter Rtye, iy, It secins, i o most m‘mrmnn"smw- ery nt the Rucond Oflles, deinitly settling the vexed yuestion of © Wio was Chuuder's grandfather —Iss Anua Katherino ‘Green, nuthor of “he Lenvenworth Cise,” hus written o new story enllwd *'Fhe Sword of Damucles,” which . 1% Putnam’s Sous will publish ubout Mareh 1, —Iroude’s “Cmsar® has been an unexs peeted gticeess, The Anerlean \Aubmhvrfl hegan with au edition of 1,800, which wassold out nt once; and every monthsineo then they have printed nn edition of 1,000, ~='he nows como from Purls that the ex- Empress Bugénle has nencly tnishod a his- tory of the lite and death of” the Prineo lin- perind, 1618 ler purposo to publish the vols une ns soon ns she becomes settled in her new resldence ot Farnborough, She also fntends to publish the dally notes of the Eaperor written durlng his relgn, i col- lfivll;u: which she lus beon nssisted by M. otther, —~Iere Jullus Gilisen ivenlthy merchant af St Petersburg, ,mhzrs n prize of 1,000 forins fur a I)uuulur work on CRant's Views on the Ideality of Thue and Space.” ore Gty will not unly pay the cost ot publishe in of the work wiileh obtulus the prize, but wihll alsa lut the nuthor Tinve the profiis 1ty silo may realize. Deotslls regrrdaug this mnt- e ean be obtalned from Lasts’ Literary Institute nt Vienua, —''h furtheoming (Mareh) number ot tho International Revlow will oy of the Atronzest over Isstuel, T3 table of contents witl bear the names of - Filward 2 Atkinson, Honry C. Adas, Dz, Wittiam A, Hiumiond, Leonitrd Courtnoy, M, P, Henry €. Lodie, and Justin MeCarthy, M, P Messes. Coust~ ney wod MeCarthy Wil both wilte ubuie Eristnffades, the formet giving the conclud- fng part of his urticlo on * Irelund,” begun Iu-tho Junuwry Revlow, und Mr. MeCarthy =