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TIIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY., MARCH 20, 1881—SIXTEEN PAGES, 8.7C.GRIGGS & CO. PURLISIE T0-DAY: VICTOR HUCO: His Life and Works. #rowm tha French of Alfred Bartoy, With Portralts. Mlody, $1.0) ot hin whom Bwlnbusne o World,” trires the pufolding of hie gantas; nniys0n I8 seorkas aketelies bl it Eho o ejasteal ® amd the ola of Mierature, of which latter o wAn (e viinrlons Teadees i short, wlves Hio THOAL charniitie pleniten 1 sir nmeunge 0 (ho fmous poet-novellst-druminlat-aliiesuint, ROBERTSON'S LIVING THOUGHTS. A THESAURUS. Rith @ Complete Analytical Tidex, Atpha- breticdlly Arvanged. By Kerr Boyee Tupper. with an Introduction by Prol. Wm. C. tichards, PL.D, 120, Cloth, §1.25 A vo ume 6f zems eutied from the weitlngs of Fred. erick W Ilobartson, the most brilllunt of modern English pronchors. Fujl of Striking sugzostion to retiglons tonchers, to 1 0 all-1ts namirabio index wlittering ahd or n wholg dis- , unid ever, 3 matter coarsn. 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List of Patents Ixwucd to Invonigra of .the States of Iilnols, Wiscousin, Michlznn, Minuesotn, Fows, Indinnag, and Nebraskn 'This Week. Special Disvateh to The Chicago Tribuines Wasamyaroy, D. C, March 25.—A, 1L Evans & Co. report the follpwing Northwest~ érn patents fssued this wee! ILLINOTS, ” Bentzen, Chicago, wushine-machine. Blackmore. Aurora, sulky, Burdsul, Bunker 11ll, norse-detaching Ot e \'Llli. Campbell & Chamber, Kirkwood, coru= nter. Chanec, Deentur, epring-casch. J. W. Curey, Cilcugo, sewing-machine attach- ment. W, L. Drake, Chicago, brick and tlle machlue. Jupont, Chicngo, cornet, W, B. Jonos, Newton, weathorsstrip, H. Kelser, Bloomington, erlbbing und convoy- ing device, ¥. Mutimer, Rockford, clecto-tron supparct, Nelll, Chlcago, nppuratus for pucking W X La, V. W, Noyes, Batavia, hook-halder. J. B, Parvadis, Momence, cultivitor-coupling. A. B, Pullmun, Coleago, driaw-bar for rullway- enrs. + M. A, Bbepard, Lebanou, oll-reservolr. 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H, 8hophord, Davenport, vapor-burner. « INDIANA. 0. Anderson & Oliver, South Bend, slip-noso for g\l()wl. J. M. Condou, Logausport, egg and cake beat- or. ‘theissuo.) 2 W, J. Gillesple, Indianapolis, incrustationspres ventatiye. J. Duvis, Terro Houte, et ul,, brick-kiln. L. Woodrum, Gruonoustle, fly-fan. eey dnekson, volt, furi M. K. Dortr Biirt, D odder, : NEBRARKA, . No Nebraska patonts fasued this weoks v e ——— o THE SPIRIT-BOATHAN, - For The Chicago Tribune, Mark! at the duor u messonger doth knack s In't not my numo that he so uit doth call? —The wina and ruin nre batiling at the lateh, And benting down (ho lvy~that Js ull. \Vh{ And ~Nay, naw on youder Wil sbo sleepeth sound, ‘Wherg sho hath luin full muny u duy, hero's my mothor coule within tho roam, Leckons o, How lome sho's bocn uway | Tho 8plrit-Boatmun walts without for moz iome then, my friend, et us tugothor wuil i that utknown und glusey streutn Nor frlogd nor fuo may b Pu: I am old: O bear me company! will not keep thae lonu—thou cutnst return, —Not une, hawever strung und lieet ha b, Hoturneth frow that dim und allent bourae. Ty Boatman's faco pocrs thro' the lattico-pune, Bo whitg aud weird, so guunt and hollows-vyed! s=d lurr\x- teaved lily Ues un thro' th durk, And, whiul-hluwu. a0ds to thoe: 'tis naught bo- sido. Hush all your 1dlo murmurs! T must ik To wander on oeyond seie will snd hullow— Hoyond tho pler, und, turther than tho Hiae, outpiost verge—boyond tho tny shullpps And mighty veouu-stips, until the blust'ring reeza Grows fuint a8 bum of clovor-hiddon bues-—~ Heyond besond: 1 fullow L o sus Shines 1k a stur tron 1ta dim, distaut bight, o bd tho gy woskd tarowetl, uid il 14 foltow—sthl 1o fotlow] WL Wan aud white, “T15 but the llly wavins s The gt ) g s Luny W, MITCHELL. 3 A Struight Outer, ‘With thia 1 would publish that I have used Bt, Jacobs Oll, writes Mr, August Price, Bure e, N. J., and found that it relloved rhguma- Usw after s fow applications, “LITERATURE AND AR, The New Nobility—A Literary Curi- osity—Two Brains Adting ag Ono, : The Power of Movement in Planis—A Fair Barbarian—Lile of Victor Hugo.” Yroblems of Creatlon—British Goblins =~Medienl Works—Somnambullsm, Hypnotismy Ete,—Supposle . titlons Miracles. Mngasines—Books Rucuivcd;Art Publica- tlons—Literary and Art Notos, LITERATURE, THE NEW NORILITY. I'hls hook is a composit eveation; a work with two fathers; two mountains lnbored to produce this mouse! A journalist who had never written o novel—although som®wint versed in fictlon—joined huands with u minjs- ter who lmd written a novel—which can hardly be ealled & work of fgtion—to pro- ducenrivalto * Endymlon” and * Lothair*; to show that some things ean be done ny well ns others: to prove that what un ilish Prime Minister coulid do o prime Aumeriean winister conld also accompllsh. The work was not hapartially divided. The ex-Secre- tary of the Senate, ommissloner “to wromote the suceess of the Centennial Exhi- bitlon,”? ex-editor of two papers, “both dally,” and possessor of several other nlgobrale X's a5 significant * of past glory, clulms responsibitity for the “whots lden and seope of the volume, and for some of its early ehinpters,” and modestly puts bis nume on the title page as author. s “ gifted personal (riend,” the Rev. Wil fam M. Baker, of Boston,~nuthor of " Iils Majesty, myself.,”—wns kindly permitted to furnlsh the *body of the book, espeeiully the middle and Inst passages,” and to have his Bame appear i o note asa jolnt-partner in the Forney-Baker combinatlon. ‘The gal- thut Colonel has been granted “benefit” of elergy * too soon. There Is nothing llke tak- Ing thine by the forelock, however. “Ihe New Nobllity™ is professedly an Amerlenn story: or, as the sub-title an- nounees, u *“Story of Europo and Amerlen” —where the seene Is lakd entirely tn Burope. That 18 oue of the *ideas” or “scope” for which Mr. Forney s probubly responsible, It dents with s fdeal Amerfean family, with the family of an English nobleman, seml- dealized, wiph n gifted and beantiful fenale senlptor, entlrely lden), and her venerable father, who has all his life been trylng to bo wf artlst, whieh is %ery real and not at all ideat, ‘Throughout the worlk My, Forney, or rather Mr. Baker, uses the American eagle as hunters of old were wont to use the fal- con, It is et loose at everything that ean be attacked. 1t flles at the entire English na- tion, clicles over French folbles, swoops down upon Nihitism, pecks the eyves out of Communisuy, and laps its wings threateningly at the Avlstoeraey. Mr. Baker's new nobll- Ity—or rather Mr. Forney’s—Iis the nobllity of Inbor. The father of thie hero, Grorge Harrig,—drawn from lite, by tho way, Joseph Haurrlson, of Philadelphin, having served as a model,—speaks of hlsell ns o very praetieal man, In the words put into his mouth by Mr. Forney, or rather by M. Baker, 83 1t one of the *last passages” {n the book, he suys of himself; I am n ma- ehinist, and ong who has seen a ool deal of wlmost the whole world, and 1 kuow somoe- thing of the value of positlan, talent, money, antt ] that.” 11e hing necumuinted a fortune mulrr)flnm rallways in tho Russian Empire, und 1 this pleture Is at all true to Hfe, l';nlu- delphin’ should oree n statun to his menory ngthe onw cltizen of that Commonwenlth— not oven oxeepting the anthor of the *lden and seope ' of this volume—who ever at- tained absolute perfection, 1His -danghter marrled an Enzlish Earl, which i3 not alto- rether In burmeny with maodern {dens of & an ddeal Amerlean glrl, while the horo of the book, after el despor- ately in lovo with the Enitlish Earl's danshter, falls in love with o little Amerieay refuses tho offered hand and heart of Clarn Vers do Vere” "This s an Amerlean shub to the British lion, and must have siatified the ox-edltor as fio nvolved It In his *flen and seope”’ ‘The skin I8 thatof f but tho volee Is that of Jacobl hore Is strong proof fu the very first chupter; that the doughty Colonct Is at leagt resuonsible for this Imrt of the novel. Ho has placed four gontlemen In the smoking compartment of a tialn fenving Brassels for Parls, nud he remarks: ' Thoy were dressed for the journey in dark eolors, and. it wonld have hoep difitenlt to deelde their natlon- atlty.” The tminister dld not write that, As n novellst, he Kkuew that, wven in works of * flction, natlonulities nre not to be told by men's rafment, Thy Amerienn does not nssnme the Natlonnl colors when ho leaves the shores of his nn- tive land; the Srltisher does not always wear nred conty the Frenchinan does not contine himself to gri-colored vests: nor dous the Germnau dress In the Standard of his Lathertund, ‘Ihe next sentence 13 even more conclusiveas to its nuthorship, ‘Thocombinn- tion says: **They might be French. G Prussinn, Amerlean, or uven Tinglish, I'bat veealls n somnwhat fumilinr lino from P—f=re,which nominister counthl besuspeeted of having been tosee, ‘Then, neain, Chap, 1V, i3 tho work of tho nuthor of tho *kden and scope,” for hespenks of the “ilded saloon of tho Russiun Minister, which [s-perfectly introdues people Into n “gilded satoon if there way nuy other appirtinent In his voeabulary, So i Ulmx. V1, the text again proves the writer, for says the Earl to his Antl what of tho day, sweel- heart ? wis Bils first grecting s Be took his sherry and deetined “tho soup” “The wmnn who Wwroty the * hody” of tho work would live veversed thnt last proceeding, Then, ugnin, the saine hand fs visible in Chap. Xy wiiere the seene Is lakl I Tho Budews,” n fishlonable, cosmopolitan, high-toned bar- roum, with which the Itev, Mr. Baker could Bave had no personalneguaintanes—nat east not sufialent to ennble liln to auylhul Saven Euglish lidies did not hesltato to nieet liero fortheirnte, sherry, port, mid gln” As Lo the thirteenth eltapter we have. st doubt, bus from thero on through the rematnlng Jifly- vight ehnptors, 1t s probabte that Mr, Daker Tias borno the ** heat and burdon of the day,” Durlng the hollday season It is a nog un- common practico for publishing houses to ol plites, hive ehupters written to bind tie wiole In showy it at- Iabel tho ‘u'uduct with nd vut 1t on the market * The New Notlity Is it this pattern, A\ stockud Jlbrary, an tequiitunce with forel Tands nequiretd by travel, somo skitl n po traying eharacter ind - an lmagination which does not gtop st possiollitles,—thoss quallties have bee ubined to produce w work of fietion, or enrately “a fictitious talo op narrative Intended to oyfhlbu tho operation t pusslons, and partlenlarly of lave.” But characters have been forced fnto the work—as 1o text is in the citt-bonks —to enable the Forney-Baker combination to axhibititseneyelopwdie resonrees, Onechap- tar §s dovoted to the Purls Exposiuon, George Harels 18 deagied into n burroon to ewable a gort of cceontele Walt Wit or Jonquin Mitter to ghve o leeture on the United Stages, —and payt of this chapyr remls ke un ed- Ltorfad fu Progreas. "Tha sermon Is modelsd on that of D Jenkinson fn *'Thy New Re- publle,” although certninly much shorter, ‘Then the Introduction of Flassan Pashe feids to i 3 on Oricntat nattons uhil religinns, manners mid_cnstoms, likes and ddislikes, By swans of [ e Didss Guage wo leayn ahout the Hindons and: the Bratiming, of Eogtlsh rute In Widla, ote, Wo & Into u Suclalistic hendquartersinn London tavern aud et an ldea of what the diseiples of Charles Dtk woulk like, and wa ure fur- nished statistlenl tables as to cost ot food, wages of laborevs In Belgiuin and New York and other countries, ete, 'then, thanks to Hop Fun, wo hear " more or loss abowt’ the Flowery Kingdom, € rm-l,um( warratited by Macanlay ns wall, a8 Webster, but o orthodoxelerzymin wonld | Chineas diplamnney, Confuelnn wisdom, ete. ‘Then woare introduesd to an Abyssin- lap, atul to Al Khean, an Afuehian it i dlvzulse, from whom we il seope” of that el frrdy, n Communistic French Boliem- Prinee l\'uulzrilr a Russinn Nibillst of i degree,” and, ’ry giving o chapter to Petorsburiz, wo loam n grent deal about the :ILE‘ on the Nevi, by way of statistical jn- formatlon, Thronsh, 'l'u(nkl we have il particulars as to the Nihifistic organlzation, o1 to the enid of this clever bit of n- al patchwork, T An expectantnation willnot hatl * The New Nobility™ e the long-heralled Amerlean novel, © Through respect for the eloth, the author of the “kien and seops'” willhave to bear the brint of the fanlt found with ity shurn-mulnfi' It s not_an uninteresting work, and, by Judicious skipping, may e mude, — possibly, o repay the Ctimu spent in §ts perusal. Its motive, at Jenst, s prafseworthy, sid we ean sl cordl lullf‘ ngree with both the nuthaor of the **filea aml seope!” and the writerof “the body of the hook,esper ally the midedle and Inst pussages,” that tru nobility Is ereated by genuine works, Pupo pity 1L in bis ¥ Essay on Man®” Warth mnkes the man, aud wantof (¢ the fellow, Tho rest i ull It leathor or peitnella, Published In New York by D, Appleton & 0. e s fan POWER OF MOVEMENT IN PLANTS. 'T'his 13 a contribution to blolnglenl sclence, of a rather high order, published in the form of apopulmr treatise. It Is an ilustration, very marked of its kind, of the powerof o high scientitic reputation to carry o work before the general publle, which published under any othor authorship would find, no miatter how grest its sclentlfic merit, only o comparatively imited circle of appreeintive readers, The nume of Darwin, which, ns someone has Iately said, s popularly at- tnehed to one-hnitof all scienee, and the theory of ovelutlon, woull almost make s mumolr on i subject s abstruse as quater- nlony o popular work and n paying business Investment for Its publisher. It I3 not meant by the nbove that the pres- ent volumae Is incomprehensible or nwninter- esting to nt lenst the average student of nut- ural sclence, 1t 1s one that every student In blolozy will do well to peruse, and it Is well that the subject I3 Introduced under siteh fn- vorable nusplees, ng it whl the more readily recelve the attention 1t deserves, It isnot an unattra one; there are few observers of nature who have not wondered at and speeu- Inted wpon the varfed, and In some eases, extraordinary-appearing motlons of vegetas ble organisins, such as tho sleep of flowers and Jeaves, and the alntost antmal ireitability of the sensitive plant. But some of the most universal and apparently commonplace plhienomenn of plant-life are, when we conslder them, not less remarkable, In some of his former works Mr Darwln has discussed the more obvious nnd steiking peenfinritlesof climbing and fnscetiv- orous plants; hi the present one he takes up and studies the less striking but not less wonderful phenomenn of the wovements of zrowth; how, from the burled sewd the plant finds its way to the light and how the rootlet seleets its downward route, the sleep of lenves, ete, o finds that the most witely provalunt movement, and one comnion to nearly all plants, is rotation of #s growing tip to all polnts of the compass, and to this motlon lie gives the naume clrcumuuta- tion. ‘This is due, not to an alternating in- crensed growth on the ditferent. sldes ol the plant, o was once supposed ta e the ense, bint to an increnseil turgescence of cells on different sides of tho (lp snceessively, whicl I3 prior to aud therefore indepdndent of growth proper, Moreover, inenses of plants provided with pulvini, or little cushions of small cells that carly ceaso to grow, this movement I8 kept up long after the zrowth of the plant has eeased, This motion of circumnttation in all its phasesand modificn- tions eovers a large part of the nseful mo ments of plants, and |s therefore essentlal to thelr existence, _Amang ity moditleations are ineluded by Mr, Darwin the revolving mtitation of the tendrils and tips of cilmbing plunts, tho nyctitropie or slesp movements of leaves and cotyledons, and the fmmense cluss of * move- ments excited by light and zravitation, mlt [8 not 2 propert ¥ of tho aerlutsystemalona; the tip of the restel or nudlele possesses the sane motlon, and by It selects Ity pnssago through the mora resistant materlals throneh which it makes its downward anm‘uss. I'his tip of the radicle alone Is sensitive to gravi- tation, nud, behns thus sensitive, it leads, so to speak, the root downward toward the centroof the earth, Circummutation 13 kot n itself explained; the faet that It occurs and [3 essential 1o the life of the rlmu. and that its modifieations necount for the greater part of vegetable movements, 18 noted and elosely followed out. 'Theso maoditieations themselves arg not always exvlalunble,—at least they are not_exulained in - the present stato of our knowle A fow movements of plants avo not appurently to be referred to modltied eiremmmutation, suclh, for example, 13 {he movements of plants sensitive to con- tact vy belng touehed, the curling of n ten- dril, ate. These, however, do not form so Tnrge and finportant a class a3 do the others, though they are not at all infrequent or un« Important, In the conclnding paragraphs of the book attention is ealied to the_resembiance of the foregolnz movemens of plants and the un- conselous actlons of wany of the luwer ank- mals, The most striking “resemblance, how- ever, Is fu the locallzation of thelr scensitive- ness, and the power of transmitting an infly- ence from the excited part to another which conscquently moves, almost suggesting the Iden ot o nefvous connection, ns I the hiher oreanisms; My, Durwin says: *We beliove that thero s no structure in plants mote wonderful, ns far as ita functions are con- corned, thnn the tip of tho radiele. 1t the tip Dbe lightly. - pressed, or burnt, or eut, it tumusmits an influenco to the upper adjolulg part causlige it to bend away from the affected side: and, what Is more surprishg, the tip can distine gubsh between n stightly harder and softer objeet, by which it 1s slmultaneously nrossed o’ opposlt sldes, 11, however, the tadicle s Pm.«uu by n slinllar object n little nhove the In, the pressed part does not trausmit nuy intlueneo to the moredlstant purts, but bends abruptly townrd tho object. If the tip per- colves the alr to bs mmster on_onv sldo than on the other, [t lkowlsa transmits an Intlu- ence to the upper wijolntng purt, whi bonds toward the souree of molsture,” Wi tho ll}n 1s exelted by lUght (though in the cnso of radieles this was nseertatned i only uwsingle instunen) the adfoining part hend from tho light; but, when exclted by gravitn- tlon, the sume part bonds toward the eentre of gravity, In ulmost cvery ease we ean cleatly percelve tha flpal nurpose or ad- vintago of tho several movements, ‘T'wo. or perhnps more, of the exclting causes often aet. simultancously on the tp, and ouy con- auers the athor, ho doubt, fn aceordines With its Importaes for the o ot tho plant. ‘Tho conrse pursued by the radicle lu pene- trating the ground ninst bo detarmined by the tip: henee It Bus acqulired such dlverse kinds of sensitivenvss, 1t is hardly an os- nxgormtion sy that the tip of the rudlele thus endownd, and having the power of di- reeting the movemonts of thendloinlng parts, dets Ik the brain of onvafl the lower anl- mats, tho braln heine sonted within the an- erior ead of the body, receivime Impressiona from the sonse organs, amd diveetlg the suyv- il movements.” Wo have spoken of Mr, Darwin as the writerof this hook, but, #s Indicated 1n Its il page, ho §8 not s sole author, o huavine et asslated by his son, Lo whom tho eredlt for g burggo part of the Ighor of the lnvestiga. tion is ln‘ulmulx due, The I'l:lllle seluntitie reputatlon of Mr, Franels Darwln Is an fn- stanes In favor of the hereditiry transimisslon of quatitles, one of the buses of the Darwin- Ian theary, While gha book fs not likely to b ns attractive to the genersl reader us tho earfier contribmions of thesonior author, itis 1 most valuuble memberof the serjes that the student in biology eannot ultord Lo bo henor- ant of, and ony \wrlh?' of a plien inany l- bravy, 1t s very clearly written, wid the aluborate and novel nomencluture employed 1s very fully explained, Even to the reader hitherto unfamliiar with the general subjeet (v’v‘ bl‘x{mny and blology it Is n very intelliglble 0rk, G Published In Now York by D, Appleton & 0 A FAIR BARBARIAN, In tho Aprll number of Seribner’s Muya- 2ine Mrs, Burnott’s novelet, ** A Falr Bar- burlan,” s coneludedeand bardly has the magazine found its way from the press to the news-itands before n Boston house Issues the story In book form. F¥or many reasons this I8 one of tho most attractive short stories that have been published for 1many scasons. Mrs. Burnett's skill fu portraying character Was at ouco and universally rocognlzed with the uppearanceof * That Liss o' Lowrle's,'— In many respects her maste: e, Her chare ueters are throughout consistent and thor- onhly notural, and the reader I3 Intereated n them from their introdurtion apon thescene until they are aisposed of In the lnst ehapter, Morcover, Mis, Burnett las arnre knowls edgy of human nature, and an equally raro abillty in setting it before the render, There Isnow difeulty In aceepting all her churncs ters aml scenes ns real; In fact, her work Iy fascluating becouse It I3 s simple and enslly understood without becoming wearlsome, She does notseem o be constuntly siriving after ef- frets, seeking to drag It extrancons Inforina- tlon, complicating her plots with side Issues, mlxhug np her ehnracters in_endless eonfu- slon (1 the lirst linlf of the bonk (o show her Skill In_unraveling tangled skeins Ju the Inst hatf, ) Burnett’s work reads nnslli' and vleasantly, [ler style has that slmpllelty, diveetnesy, aml force which 1s o mark of tru genlus, and, exeepthigg some of lier earller stories, her published” work already entities her to liih runk nmonse \gllnm of fiction, A Faty Barbariun ™ hagbeen so zenerally rond during the past th ths that a synopsis of its contents i nlmost superflu- ous, 1t makey nnB ensfons o be elassed wilh great novels, but is merelyn fuseinating sketeh W which the strengih, power, and skill of the author 1y hown it the composition awd the perfection of the design rather than In any wealth of eolor or claboration of detall. Octuvia Dasxet! 1s un Aweriean glrl, the ereatton of the mulmf In which she bos lived, her father belng a mining speeulntor and a miililonaire, and unwisely perhaps ultivating In his danghter an utter disregatd tor the value of money and gratifylng her every whin or de- alre 11 the mntter of “dress and jowelry, Shs is wneonsefously * fast” and unintentlonally somewhat “loid s hut ‘generous, loving, aulek-witted, anslous to plense, and at heart and unsuspicions. She is mnldenl‘y ht into contact W t} tho antiyunted, T 1 shioned notions of o Bleepy Engllsh vile Inge, voled by Lody Theotkeld, wwhio is ascelic in soeinl mutters, a righ hier famdly, but extremely 3 iluence and position, - Oetarla, with her in- dependence, dlamond rings and earrings, 'a~ rislan dresses and extravagant tastes. acls ric shock upon the Inhabitants vidge, Lady Theobaltd ineluded, She becomes - the fast ' friend ol her Indyship's niece Lucly, tenches the modest_curate how to pihy eronnet and ae- complishes a rieochet shot upon his sus- ceptible aifections, mnkes }’cunq\lest of Capt, © Durold, desizned espeeln) li' for a watrimn- nial alliance with Luela, Wins all the meu to Jer side, finlly conquers! the prejudices of the women, aud then leaves Siowbridege with her father and “amothier fellow.” Mr. Burmistune, tha mill-owner, Isa type of an educated, cultivated business-men, and jthe reader rejoices with Rl “at lils suceessful courtship and trinmph ovpr enste prefudice. Aud dear old Belinda Bassert, the timld, shrinking, modest, spinstdr aunt, trenbling with pleasure when Octdvfe puts on her n new eap and ruflies, and yet so fearful of what Ludy Theobald will sy at this Inno- vation on the rezuiation unadorned, shore waisted, prim-looking black sitkl Thislsa eliarmiie story, and we don’t intend to spoll it by telltng any more of it. Tublished In Buston by J. R. Osgood & Ca. VicTor NuUGo, Mr. Barbou isan extravazant eulogist of the eminent Freneh writer who stands prot- ably at the head of Freneh authors of this contury, (e cmploys so many adjectives and pajits his liero In such glowing colors thut we Teel a5 we do* when standhnz before a Turner; gorseous but is i natural? 1t nny he,—probahly is,—but the first thought is a guestlon. My, Barbou employs only the hrilliant lug he dazzles the eye, but has forgotten tat no pletuse can be true and yeb be without shadew. And in hls desire to say all that language will pesmit the writer says sometimes what he does not mean, Puoetey ana prose ard two entlrely separate and distinet things. To say that “Victor llugo Is never more e poet than when he writes prose,” s to duprecinte the value of his poetry, rather than exalt it. Nor s the popular suceeas of a bpok thé best erle terion of the Jiterary ability of the writer, Itissald that the best tost of u play Is the upproval of the matlories, beenuse there every one pays for his seatjand Is a erltic asto whether Be reeelves his mones’s worth, Bur the Ill‘llml|0h~—u\'(‘l T o v'xn one—will not hold gond 1 1iterature, fOr many a work of very Inferlor nierlt hins had a prodigions sa Adverse criticlsms stimulates curlosity; a great nmu’u creates buyersy fame in other wWalks in 1ife exciles popular attention to literary venture; the sensatlonul element may help hicrease_the sule of the book. So that b e Parls? through elght editlons within a few months,”” it does not prove, as M. Barhou snys, that in }[‘l“l“(. genius of 1ngo “nitained Its greatest i This wark, however, docs tell graphically and falthfully the story of uge’s lfe up to the present thne. Moréover, It Iunmmrrnuhe' full of pl personal detalls and nel- dents whi nake 1t entertaining reading, and as Vietor Hugo is undoubtediy one of the fow wen of real genins of tho agw the story of his 1o and work 1s replete with in- ferest to every one. So far as statements of factary concerned, the poct hus g tha work his upproval, Ina letter, a fac shnile of which appears in the transiation, whieh Is further embeliished with u portrait of flugo ng he was In 1852, ond also one taken in 1850, The story ot the_contest between: the *clnse sienl sehool ¥ of liwrature and the “romnntie sehool,” of which Intter. Hugo was the lead- gr. Is‘lmm told with & fullness not elsswhers ouni. n * Nothing which concerns liumanity,” says e enthusinstic biographer, *hus been farelzn to this mlnd of prodlglons netivity, xamtned und disenssed questlons of Notles, and religion, all the problems W 18e, Muster of a Htorature and o Innzungs renewed by his etforts, able to Iny dawn his fancles even astiterary lnws . o ) ho hms remained an - obstinate, tirel avdont worker, and tn his nuturity and ohl e ho by rruducm wmasterpleces” superior to those of his youth” ‘Thut lust sentence carries tho punegyric too far. When should he produes astorpleces™ 6 not in his matiritys and Is it marvelous that the works of that Intter should be “superior to thoss of his youth” ¢ Assuredly not! However. these are petty faults fnto whieh excess of zeal and admiration have led tho wrlter, Wo ean commend the little voltme as a sucelnet, compaet, wiul well-writton blography of oug . of the world’s prominent igures fun Its gallery of great men, Published in Chiengo by S, O, Grlggs & Co, PROBLEMS OF CREATION, J. Stanley Grines, counsclor-at-lnw, has produced a book with thanbovae tittle, wiich {s something of @ curlosity. In tho fiest place, 1t 13 of tho composit arder; the first hult bewng a recent productlon, and the latter por- tion professing to b ln part a résumé of mat- ter written b the first half of the century, In the sccond place, It is also of the com- posit ondur, being an attowpt to connect reology, a selenca which 18 fust beglnning to be naderstood, with phrenology, which very many parsons no longer regasd ns o selence, though formerly disposed to consider 1t a3 worthy of study. Lii the Intter respect the work is really en- titled to b eallud n remarkable productlon, Whille It eannot be entitled demonstrative, it 13 certaluly suggestive; and, to the mind of the writer, bresents the strongest urgtment that has yot been adduced to prove the clalm of phrenology to bs re garded a3 a selence. Tho author pre- sents o moethodien] skoteh of the plan ll}nm which tho different steps in the mareh of uhinal and mentud developoent must have beon taken, it the “ereative’ process hns heen one of ovolutlon, und polnts ant how all the lending phinses of tho progression hnve heen depandent upon, aml orlgliated In, the stimull turnished by n'ul'ronuulm‘i clreun- stunees, As un oXposition of the })lllosnnhy ot evolittlon 1t 1s entitledd to take high rank, aud all the more so as 1t 18 o work which can bo renct by the multitnde, not bomg londed down with the sclentiic names of amuliitude bjects, ns {3 too often the cuse in books tels by men wio want the world to ses how much they know. ‘The * nrgument ' of this work remalus to be notleed. 1t 18 that the dilferent * orcans” of tho brain, us determined by phrenologists, liaye been developed suceessively on the sume plan, and 0 the samu general order, ay tie changing condidons undor which the world Ias reached its present phases of existence, Huslows how tho successive suburposition of euch one upon those which preceded It ln the ordnr of thie, would develop the fndivid- ual from the lowest type of animnted organ- lain up to the cultivated man of to-day, with soclal lustinctd und wetaphysieal longings, | went | ‘The sugzustions are pertinent, and the grofed parallells between tho nccn‘» 1 history in the ane ease, and the cinbimed histors in s other, are elose enough to startle thase who have sttpnosed that the phrenolngleal grouping of the organs arn mere fanciful nreange ments of wen who have hecome ** profe s0r3”" of phirennlogy only beeanse they cou! not abtatn eredit for kunowlne anythune eldo, “I'he eandid render will searcely Le willing to admit that the author Wins succieded In proy ing hls ease. 'To horeow from thae phresns ogleal nomenclature. the thonght has been developed n the organ of Compariaon, stend of Causatlty. But apust {rom this, the book is well worth reading, ns J'rw«-mluu clearly and sucelutly the theory of evolution In 1ts historleal aspect. Publlshed In Chicago by Henry A. Swinner & Ca, BRITISH GOBLT AMr, Wirt Stkes has several elaims to pub- lic admiration. En tho first place, he Is the Umted Stutes Consul for Wales, and an of- feeholder I3 Indecd s * thing of joy forever.” or s loni 08 he holds the ofiice, . In the ond place, he Is the hushund of Olive Logan, which lsa title many a man mlght eny: In the third place, he is a writer, and that isn good thing, hecause when he wants a first- class notics he can eolu nne to order. In the fourth nlace, he dedicatea his work on “fritish Goblins” to the Prince of Wales, who, by virtue of his position as lheir to the throne, will, seoner or ‘later. be the chlef goblin in the reahn, It s an emlnently approprinte dedleatlon, since the author is an American eitizen, “ British Goblins” treats of Welsh folk-lore, fulry mytholozy, legends, and tra- ditions. It Is n very liandso 1 Donk, with very poor filustrations, M - dently studied lils subject earefu stowed a great deal of " Inbor upo Whether jinls coronuat apita or not, is aques- tion of taste. Whether the same nmonnt of Inbor mlght not have produced something of wore general uthity and interest 1s also a question of taste, Wales s the cradle of niry legend, In Mommouthshirn is the ea- thedral clty of Carleon, where, secording to tradltion, “Arthur was —crowned ng, about whomn * hns eathered of legends of fabulous — sort,” Stkes tells the =~ traditlonnl storles and superstitions of the Welsh people ns to Talries, elves, knuckers, fire-tiends, bogies and hobeobling, water-fairles, changelings, fairy-anlgls, ete,, cte., and then strolls for thie into the splriteworld and tells of ehosts and haunted honses, of hiddeh trea ures, of nerla! transportation, speetral anfs wmaly, fantoms, utd fantow ships, d goblins, nud the tike, The third divi thie book trents of quaint old customs, and I3 1o us its wost entertaintng portion, Tue fourth and Inst part has to do with * hells, Jwells, stones, and dragons.” It will be easlly seen that Mr, Sikes attempts to cover a wide field, He has been w faithrul student and o hard worker, and this Is demonstrated on every page of his last-publistied volume, Published by J. R, Osgood & Co. MEDICAL WORKS, The January number of the dmerican Journal of the Medicul Selencey comes to us with the face of un old friend. It furnishes Its quarterly budget of welt-digested papers, original and seleeted. Fov many yeurs it has been reengnizad us one of the best medieal Journals of ourcountry, and has been a ehan- nel through which much that is valnable has been presented to the professton, 1t hins also been a gleaner In the fields of the world, and gathered year by year much that tas been most valttable In medieal literature and elin- feal experience, The present number sus- tains In all respeets the reputation which the Jowrnal hag built up, amd whizsh has been generously recognized by the medieal pro- fesslon. —Duncan Brothers, of this city, have Is- sued n manunal upon * Teething and Croup.” 1t havdly rlses to the digulty of o work an medicine, and probably was not intended as sueli, but rather to eateh the funey of those who tench and practice law, medleine, and diviuity, as ocenston and home consnmption require, The binders of this little volume must have *come down to us from a former generation,” and by direct deseent from those who gave to the world tho New En- giand Priwer. —Tho same flyn also present us, with g vol- wwe much more attractive typouraphiently than the one just referred to, entitled * ‘Lrent- meut of Children,” by C. Duncan, M. D. This is published by subscription only, aml Ilke the other ** Intended for the lnity rathor than for the medienl reader. It containg wmitich that s valuable In the woy of sug. gestion and advice upon a subjeet sirrounded by muny difffenitles. Nevertheless, while wo recognize the fact that the anthor has brought together many good and practical things in his book, we ean bt feel thut h IS leading the non-professionnl reader into deep walers when he - troduces him to the ennskderation, diagnosis, and treatment of Angina Dectoris and Rheumatlsm of the rf, Weean but feel thut there §s a truth In the old proverh that “u Jithe knowledge s o daugerons thing,”” and that through the advier given tn marents in books of this kind the good done s more than_counterbalaneed by the blind confidenco they foster, which uilows the golden opportuniiy which helongs to the early hours of disease to eseape wrimproved through the delay which grows out of the reliance plneed by so many In the * Fawily Doctor Book,” —4, P, Putuam’s Sons have ntly pub- Hshed a volmme entitlad #On - Certailn Con- ditlons of Nervous Dernngeients, Somunum- Budlsu, ul\pumm (lystecin, Ilysterical Tections, Kte.” by Willlmn A, 1lnmmond, AL D Witheut aceepting tn full the pre- ises niil conelusions of Doctor, we can and dosay that o has presented the }mbllv. Both professlonal and non-professtonal, with a very readnbly and entertaining ook, Tha tirst chapter sulon ,‘l‘if S 0 this Intter conditlon Brald has gl name of llf)‘nunllmu. and clinbus thnt crs much that 1s alleged to by due to nniunl magnetism and wadern Soleituatlsu,” Forty ye ago Chioate, while defending Mbert ', Tlerell, on tial for murder, skill- fully Introduced Into his nrzginent this nov- elty of natural somnambulism, with how miieh effeet upan the jury e never he kno 13e this ng It may, the prisoner es- eaped with his 1ife, and i wonkd be pleasant rending to-Uny to place the ingenlous arku- ment of the great advoeale sidu by stde with till ntation of the same aub- our Lord 1831, Chapter Some Phuses of Hysterln,” Not an exhunstive study of the subeet, but only sofar “as it ""‘f' indiente the relations which it bears 10 varlons delusions prevalent amang wankind.”” 'The suthor presents and discusses the followine ns 1lustrative: 1Hys terenlAnesthes! Witcherntt —Shakerism="1The Jerkers” Devil-Daneine: Joanna - Southeot N Neeromne: Halluelnations, Hysterleal and Voluntary, Chapter thivd Is ‘entitled * Another Phnso of Ilysterln—Fasting Glrls.” ~As Jung os the world stowds, nnd s long .oy the Juw of demmiid aud supply I8 recoguized, Just so lunl.' witl our newspupers turnish o Tecord eacl year of some glel hereor there who has for countless months or years rotpined the plumpness of ehildhood aud the bleom of ‘youth without food ur water, Physiclans are subjeeted to the harshest critlelsm often in thess eases as blindly refusing to adiit and nccept the evls dences of one’s senses, Chaptor fourth dis- cusses hysterold affections, Under this head wo havo Catalepsy, tasy, nicl Llysteio- Epllepsy, Great Interest attaches ta the test tovle presented, nnd itls shrouded with mys- tery, looked at from tho standpolnt of the noi-professionnl observer. Tho causes are obsenre amd not elearly undestood by the physlefan oven, aud thiv 13 also true of " that next treated of by the aut and whieh hy eatls Ecstasy, and iiustrates his subject by Instanelng that romunice of the igws ninde up of the life of 1ot Arcund the modern mlrueles wroug “*Our Ludyot Lourdes.” Chapter fifth Is un Interesting review ot the subject called ¥ blhfinmlml on,” whiech reprpseats i elubn mads by thy Ruman Cathe olie Chinreh * that ihery Lisve heen instances 1 which certaln iy Tavored Individunls huve through nlruculous ageney been auavked I manier to represent thi wounls which Christ recolved in the Cracitiston. In chupter alxth hw treats of supernatieal eures, sueh i follow the * King's Touch,” Meser- Ism, Lowder of Sympathy, ete, Chapter soventh, and fast, I3 ghven upto a discussion of “sune vl the catses wiieh lewd to seusue rinl decuptionund deitisioned bellels,” suchus dreams, Husiois of shglit, unimal vlec ¥y sud the metalesrs, ‘The wilter hins thought it worth his whil to furuish the teader with ® synopsts of thesubivets presented bf(' thy author, thus fully believing that the bonk has it much of genural lntérest upon subjects to which bis attention Is seldom called. aund upon which fery have bestowed much thought. 3. 0. H. MAGAZINES, The numbers of the Living Age for the weeks omllog March 12 and 19 respectively contaln the followlng Intercsting nrticles: **La Rochefoncanld ' “Trollope’s *Lite of Cicero* ;% Grorge Eliot”; " Candor versus Courtesy”; “Grafiltl or Wall-Seribblings”’; “Carlyle”; “The Woods In Winter”; “Awerlean Literature and Boston Litera- ture”: * Hnwk-Catching In Hotlund > ** The Tahoud and the Bible™: with Instaliments of *Thn Freres,” * Don John,” and * Visit- ed on the Chitdren,” The February auinber of the Hurvard Reylster 12 the second number of the third volume, The lendlng. articles are on ** The Rev. Henry Whitirey Bellows,” by Edward Everett HMale: “Busssy Schoo! of Agriealture and Horticuiture,” by Piof, Fraucls Humphreys Storer; “The Study of Sanskrit,” by DProf. Charles Rockwell Lanman: “Stoughton Hall,” by Col. Henry Ware; ** Entomology,"” by Prof, Hazen: * The College Graduate in Tollties,”” by Col, Iligginson, President Efiot's Revort Iy given in full, and there Is a great vorlety of Interesting college nofes nnd personals. The mngazlne s In every way worthy of suceess, and deserves a lberal supoort, « The April number of the Tnlted. Service hns o long article ou the * Loss of the Oneids,” by Lieutenagut-Commander T, A. Lyons, 17, S, N, It will be remeimbered that the Opeldu,a United States sloop-of-war, was returning from o three-years' nbselice, and, when about seven miles from Yokoha- ma. she was ran Into and sunk by an En- glish steamer, the Bombay, Feellng against the Captain of the Ensllsh vessel ran very high at the time. ‘Ihe nccident was un- doubtedly due to an error of Judm his part, but Lientenaut-Comrinder Lyous unnlyzes the evidence adduced at” the trinfandnll theclreumstances of tl‘e se, and Is of the ul)lulun that all that conld was done by the Enzlisimen. ' Other in this npmmber are: * Notes tor a History S vigatlon, 1,7 by Rear-Admiral The lnfautryof the British Army,” 13 Capt. 1% 1, 13, Sulusbury: * 'Fhe Organl- zatton und Employwent of the German Ar- tillory,” al. J. P, Sangers * How Marl- Gperate with the Life-Saving M Serviees *Ulw Setting-Uu of Saldiers, 1N S “ont,” by Col. Walnwrights Style fu_the Navy,” by a Lientenant U, S, 2 The New Wove tridge-Belt,” hy Livut.-Col. Anson Mill The Example of Washington,” an address by Gen, 0. O, Howard, ‘The April Widr <l iwakeopens with nsunny s rln;:-dni' frontisplece, .\ Joyons, Little Mafd,! which. Hiustrate Mrs. L, C W poein by &, Whiton, Another drawig, by G. Barnes, necompanies the story of * Mooley by Miss Whith 14 lntercsting ns be- ne a verltabl ot nglupd ploneer fite, The hullul of * Miss Muttet,” by Mary E. Wilklns, lus three full-page drawings s . D. Humphrey, “St Botolpl’s Bells,” n poem of Puiitan times, by Mra, Margaret J. Preston, also has 1 very fine v full-page illustration entitled "\\'Illlmi to Fight for Lut to Pray.” Another, story, halt Iystorical _fn charae is by Mrs, Alfred Maey, of Nuntncket, * A Quaker Weddlug, Hiustrated with n slplrlu-d full-page. cera: drawing by M Tnnsel), *“U'he Bandit Cave,”” by W hase, wiil greatly amuse the boys, and the sirls will find @ capitnl story told under the title of *The Mite So- clety ot Saxetown Schoothouse,” by Mys, M, Ay ‘Ihere Is ulso ** A Nonsense Chue . 13, Bartlett: an excellent plece of wusle by Lonis € B and the Rev, Ed- ward Everet] 1l fourth *To-Day” ar- tiele, “The Money Prize, Competition for drawings in blnck-an-white for young peo- ,}r I;uder 18 years of nge Is extended to ay 15, ‘There are fifteen artieles in the April Pop- ular Sclenee ."mntlnlfp Herbert Spencer opens the number with his sixth paper on “I'he Development of Politieal Iustitutions,™ whieh he discusses the subjeet of * Polit- Ileads,” or the causes amd conditions that deterinine the coneentration of authorit and powet in Chiefs, Kings, ete, * The Black 1lnces of Oeeanlea,” by Dr. R. Verneau, s an itlustrated artlele devoted to n study of the -aninl and fucinl charaeteristies of the prin- negro races of the Pactiie Islands. Dr, Oswall continugs the subject of tysical Edncatlon® tnun artiele on * door Life.”” In the paper on the *1listory of L'hrnmnluz‘)-," by Prof. 1. 8. Intns, we have o very [nteliziblé uccount of the methods cm- ployed by the anclents in neasuring thae, the errors they fell fnte, with the resulting confusion, and the lmprovenents that have been effected with the ndvance of accurato Enowledge, “Some Notes on - Doctor's Liubflity,” by Ollver E. Lyman, 1s a discu: ston of the Tegul responsibilities of physi- clans, *“'The Orlgin _and _ Struetire of Yoleante Cones,” by Mr, Jolinston-Lavis, is an fllustrated deseription of the furnztion af those portions of voleanoes that rise above the general level of the earth’s sucluee. Mr. Charles Marrds contributes a long article fltled " Man and the Vertebrate Serl Sauel Parsans, Jr., writes briefly on ¢ The Rielntive lardiness of Plants™: “and in the next arttele, also a short one, **A Malleal Man” underiakes to answer the question whi vervboldy 15 asking, “What Is a Cold " »The Purltication of Sewer-Waters”” by M. I Anbrey-Vitet, Is an account of the several attenipts that have been mnde to dis- poseof the sewnee of 'arls; wherein they wwe fatled: and the prospeets of the lntest scheme, whish consists In the reinoval of the solld matter, to be used for arfendtural pur- poses, nnd the return of the water, thorous! 1y purlfied, direetly to tho rivers. In the next poper, Mr Spencer Walpols glves o highly enfertaining sketeh on the Iate Frank Buc “ Prantation Folk-Lore,”’ by Prot. L Crane; *“Tho Felieity of Naturallsts An Anclent Selentlst "' and # sketeh, v portrnit, of the distinguished Freneh mathe- waticlan, Michel Chusles, lately deceased, conplete the body of the number. LITERARY NOTES, Mark Twain 18 preparing o * Hand-Book of Etlquette,” James R, Osgood & Co. have engaged Mark Twain to prepare a ** Cyelopedin of Humor.” +Mrs, 11 0. Ward,” the autiior of *Sensi- ble Etiquette,” proves to be Mrs. Bloomfield Muore. N Mr, Jumes Tiunter is the editor of the sup- plentents to the new editlon of Worcester's Dletlonary. ‘The house at Ecelefechan, In which Carlylo was born, fs still standing, and Is inhabited by the viilnge grave-digger, Willlnm D. Howells is writinz a new story ealled “A Fearful Itesponsibility,” which wliL be first published iu Serihner's Monthly. Henry A. Lumner & Co, annonnee for pub- lention April 9 of & novel entitled *No Gen- tlemen,” which is written, we belleve, by n Chicago lady. Cartyle held the most decided views on tho subject of Indexes for baoks, And the irony of Fute thervfore ordered that Mr. Fronds should bring ot the old mnn's ** Reminis- cences” without au dex —The American. ‘The demand for the Murch mumnbers of Doth Seritmer's Monthly und St, Nicholux Jns been 80 wnexpectedly great that the nwnbers are out of print, though the pub. Hshers hove to bo able to supply the demand 1n i few days. Mr. Lawrence Burrett found time during hls present Now Yark engagement to finish the proofs of his * Life of Edwin Forrest,” awhiel will bo the first volumo i the Usgood Sorles of Amerlean Authors, edited by Mr. Laurence Nutton, Henry Holt & Co, aro_nbout to Issuc *The Art ot Furaishing,” littlo book that ought to bo worth study new that peopls are ar- runghgg for thefr May flittings, It gives wenernl directlons regarding muterinl and colora that can bo folluwed by the lightest purse ns easlly ns by the heaviest, Pho Tatleyraml pavers, suon to be pub- Ushed, It o Puaris journal Is right, uro no pact of the fi‘pwlul temolrs of the celebrated diptost, ‘They are the letters oxchanged between itln and the ol King Louls XVI1L during the Congress of Vienns, and wero discovored T the archives of the Fronch Forelin (llico hy M, Pallain, an- officer n the Mistry of Finance. ‘Pha Hervaed Reylster suspends publicas thon wWitl (e April nwnber, the editor, Mr, Muoses Ring, witl m{ in the fortheomir Marel Issuv, beeanse it does not receive suf- Teient peenutary support, and becauss the oflicgrs ot the Unlversity Intend to enlarge whe Cndversity Budiettiy, which will vceupy the same fichd und huve the adyantuge of ing publistied for freo clreulation. After.the appearance of tho April nuwmber the editor Pmmlsu that **every subscriber will recelve h money the fullasiount dus hiny for the unexpired tlme of his subscription, so that " the discontinuance of the Repister can noe wise be cousldered an ordinary business rfin- ure, for 1 nlone sustain all theloss involved.’” Itaherts Bros, have & new Nn-Name, wTho Tsar's Window,” for next week, lev’ is I;/ho dtory of two Ameriean girls In tho Bassian Capital, 11 glves inany glimpses of lifo in the Tuiperinl family, and s especlally Inter- - osting on that account at this time, A Nameless Nobleman” Is by the author of “Mrs, Beauchamp Brown.” "\ Lesson in Love,” “Damen’s Ghost "’ will bo the next yolune of this Round Rabin serles, which Iins the devier of n ship's wheol on its title page, with the motto— Perhaps it may turn ont a song, Perhnps turn out a sermon, Tiie Baldswin Laromotive Works have [s- sued n handsome illnstrated catalog contatn- ing phatographs and dingramsof the chgines and motors manufactureil at thelr establish- ment, Itisn handsono smeclvum of an 1I- lustrated eatelog, and contains n groat amount of ‘useful Information about stean- cnglneering in_this country. J. B. Lippin- Ic‘l;l)l & Co,, of I'hiladeiphia, aro the pub- shers. In Chinn literary property s on tha same footing ns nnx’ other property. A person printing and seiling the works of an author - without his perinisslon, Is linble to a punish- ment of 100 blows of the banboo and thres years' deportation. If he hias stopped short at printing nnd has not begun to sell, the pen- alty Is fifiy blows, together with the forfolt~ 1rit of books and blocks’ from whicls 1t1s In- tended to print, > The English correspondent of tho Puhblish- ers’ \Weelily suys that Lord Beaconafield has another novel in hand which may seo the light in n few months, planned and partially completed some years age, 80 near comples tion that It m|fim bu prepared for publication nlmost hinmediately,, The story deals with political atfuirs, bt With elreumstances mors recent, nud, pethaps, wore universally inter lusur: than those touched on In “Endym- on, Every one who I8 interested In the life and writings of Shiorenu will be glad to sea o, portrait of * the poct-naturalist? on the frst’ ‘\:\ze al the Critte, published on Mareh 26, nreviewing the Metternich memolrs, Mr. R, H. Stoddard protests against the tendency ot Ilmmv{ wen to misrepresent the truthy and Dbr. Phillp Schatf pays tribute to the eatholleity of Dean Stanley, which finds its Intest exprossion fn *Christian Institutions.”” Prof. 1111 Boyesen speaks u word for the Nlhitistss and * Unele Lenrus ™ adids o verso to his melodfous * Plough Hand's Song.” Jansen, MeClurg & Cn. propose 1o Issute in the same style as lennepln’s * Description of Louisiana,”? a translation of Le Clereq’s 4 Etablissement de la Fol,” with notes of au- thorjtles, printed and documentary, bearing on the matter, so as to glve students a key to ull collateral information, This work s ong of the very rarest Anterienun, has ‘ever been reprinted in French or translated Into any other Innguage, so that the erfzinal ean beTound In only g few of the rlehest public or private collections In the country. The edition is to be Hnfted to 230 copies. BOOKS RECEIVED. laant. Hy Joseph Le Conte, New York: Appleton & Ca. Price §1. e New Nominity. By John W. Foroey. New York: D, Appleton & Co. Prico $1.60. BeTLes. 8y the Rev, W, Lucus Collins, Phit- adelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. Prico $1.25. TarRess RaQuiN. A Novel, By Emlle Zola, Philadelphla: T, 18 P'eferson & Brod, Prioe 78 cents, CORINNRS OR, ITALY, Hy Madame de Steel, Philadelphias T. B, Peterson & Bros. Prico s conts. A Fant Bansantas, By Mrs. Burnott. Bos. ton: J. R. Osgood & Co. Price $1. Advance Steets, SHAKSPEATE'S ** THE TAMING OF THE Sunew.” Edited by Willlam J, Rolfe. New York: Harper & fros, THE PAST IN T PRESENT. DBy Arkixu: : Mitehell, LLD. New York: Harper & Dros Drlce, §3 D. RKEITH: Oit, [IGHTED AT LAsT. By Mary E t;,«lm.‘ Pallndelphin: . B, Lipplucott & Co rico AMERICAN ALMANAG FOR 1881 Alnawnrth it, Spoffonl. Company. A GRADEATING BYSTRM FOR CouNTRY SonpoLs Iy Alexander L, Wade. Cbieago: 8. R. Wine eliell & Co. T Annts= WiiTn 4.8 Oglivie, New Yor! Price Ihcents, e WeLDpEd LINK: AND OTHER POEMs, . Dy Judwe J. I, Simmons. Phlindeiptia: J. B. 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Of the full page ctehilngs the * View of Dordrecht,” by L. Fischer, from o painting by John Van Goyan, Is an admleabls transiation of an ex- cellent examplo of the best work of one of the leading Dutel Jundseape-painters of the sixteenth century, It is tho most satisfacto- ry of tho threo exhibits of the etchar's att. Farver Is falrly skillful in his “Sunsot on Gownnns Bay” In conveying u touch of the poetical sentlment for which he s noted, wlithout, however, conveylng the ldua of real artistic excellence, "Tho Jeast sntlsfactory of tho etehings s Mrs, Mornn’s contribution. Stio Is defivient Insinoothness, and hersketeh loaks hard and nusatisfactory, She ing dono nehbetter work, n3in her“Twillght.” ‘The contentsat thls nunber—atl viehly lustrated “ Chnrles Fordiand Wimnz," by W, I *Pho Pergninon Marble: .. ea' €. Poriins; * Phe Exhibitions Water-Color Socfety—Boston Art Club,” by J, I Millet. ‘T'his I‘usl artlele contafns somy eapital blis of wark, of which *'I'he Puzzlea Voter,” *Sea-Weed Gathoross,” *The Closo of Day.* * Duteh Itver Seene,'” arp ontitled to espeelnl mention, On the whols it jsa good If not n remntkablo number, ART NOTES, Tho Natlonal Gallory In London pald $4%- 000 for f.consrdo dn Vinel's **Vierg aux Rochers,” George H. Boughton Is to palnt for Henry Irving Ellen Terryas Cammnain *'The Gup.” HIs Royal Acndemy pletures have Dutoh subjeats, Wigh Taintings on eanvas in Imitationof tapestry ave the rage at present in London, ‘Fhe can- vas remalus soft and plinble, Is wet when tho artist applies tho colors, and Is rither dyed than painted. Lady Warwick took u wrize for a tire-sereen, with monogram and tlow- ers, and M. Grenlé, o French professional, w silver medal for un exact smitation of ol 1i’s tapestry. Charles 11, Milfer's *‘The Water-Cart " is » Long Island seeno, and 1s ealled one of the best that hns been "paluted - thls: country, Atone el of u woolen bridie which crosses o streant I8 o waterseart, whosa barvel o man 15 fllling. ‘o the right the rond Is Hned with mlmirubly puinted ooks. Nenr by Is o thutehed cottage, and the clouded, rolling sky I3 eut by a rulnbow. In the stream, on the left, are four cows finely Rruu:{ud, who in nutural setlon look up ot the eal A lurge collection of rnln!lng«—im n numbor—Is now on oxhibition by Mr, Hazel- tlne, of l'hllml(-mlun} ut Hortleultural Xall, Boston, and wilt besold at uuetion next woek. Bomy great names appear In the eatalor,— Corot, Dupre, Melssanler, Detalils, Jacque, Rou; y l-urumf. Ziem, und others,—bu the bulk of the collectlon s suldt to bo made up of the works of abscure or unknowh painters, who show all manner of pictures, good, bud, and tnditferent. ‘The Melasonler and Detallle nre pencil” and pon-and-ink skotclses, the former very dellcate and cares fully studled, the latter by no weans a gooi oxample of the nrulst, and of no valug exe cept us the name glves It interest.

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