Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 9, 1881, Page 9

EXPLORATIOD CHICAGO Nii: SATURDAY, SULY 9, 1881—SIXTREN PAGES “LITERATURE. Explorations in Africa~Aus- trian and Portuguese Travelers. nie Fate of Madame La Tour— The Nez-Perce Cant. paign, ———$——$e iden, Powor—Beauty in Dross— ‘estivals—History of Form-Fi a Mountain. Equity Jurisprudence—Now Art Works —Woman-Suffrage—Max Mucl- fer's Chips. Theological . Works — Magazines = * Books Received—Literary and Art Notes. — _* LITERATURE, IN AFRICA. Attica Is fast being-redocmed from whint- ever associations wero connected with the term: “dark continent” and known? eonntry.. If African Ntoratura continues to Inerenso in volume ns rapidly during the noxt deente as tt hns during the one Just past, we shall really know more about Africa tian wo do about, our own geographical nelghbors, Livingstone, Stanley, Catneron, Burton; Speke, and others have already told. thelr wondrous tales of explorations and au- ventures, Inve opened an unknown world and turned clyitization Into a new. channel. ‘Yo the volumes from theso men we are now tondd the narratives, of Holub, Pinto, and Thomson, exvlorers belonglug respectively to tho Austrian, Portuguese, and Engilst ua- tions, “We have ‘received “Seven ¥ rs in. Bouth Africa, by Dr. Emit iolub,? and ow I Grosset Aftlen, by Maj, Serpa Pinta,” exch work consisting of two large volumes, “Pg the Contral Afrfenu Lakes and Back by Joséph Thomson’ is announced for repub- Jication in this country, aud in’ England Col, Gordon’s letters from Central Africa, edi ted by George Birkbeck HM, have been Issied fn book form. Sv. that books on African travel will.soon form a library ty themselves,, and this vast country, ‘so long a terra Incog- nita, lias been opened for close Insiection and careful study within ottr own homes, Taking up Dr. Holub's volumes first, wo should say that ho lind written a work for jwortdmen and students of natural history, Ila describes Ils ‘travels, researches, and Hunting adventures betwoen the Dinmond Fiolds ‘of South Africn and the “Zambest, River in tho years from 1872 to 1879, He vis- Sted no region that had not been already ox- plored‘ by white men, but, dis observa- tions possess much greater valuo than those wero of ) traders in ‘*fact or sO travelers, thorough and and minute that he is regarded ay the best au- thority on, tho .section of the continant ox- plored by him.” He mado, thres. diferent trips'to the interlor, penetrating further in each time. Ho bogan his travols with but hale asovéreign in his pocket; practiced medicine until-he earned enough ‘moncy to cover his expenses, and then bought his outfit and went ahend as long as his money: lasted. ‘Twico he returned to his ‘porn up his practice, and necumulnted the funds he: necded,, In seven’ yenrs he sup- portel Jiingelf “and, expended $15,000 ypon pieke Ais! exploring . tours, {nu the course of-which” pf doparture, he amussed f natural history collection, alle rises, and’ pi iz fort a i of hl his predecessors,’”’ H ine, ¢ ed. rabably. not the spoils brouglit home by any lgnever succeeded in accomplishing the entlro Journey Inte tropleal Afriea whteh he had mapped out. Even on iis Inst most extended trip, Whilst ascending the Zuwbes}, he was attacked with fever and lost his powder, niedichnes, and general ouliit, so there was. no alternitive but to turn round, and ¢ one back ngain, Io Inte nds to make snother attempt, in which itis to be hoped that his Indomitablo energy will be crowned with success, sand .that: he ma throw historian. ; a-shrewd au n ish the Journey but als ‘ot “only “live be his own For he fs-an_ entertaining writer, nd clenr-headud observer, natural-born oxplorer, Lis zeal and and-n Indus try In working for the necessary menus to le him to hrozscute hls journoys Is really ML enabli minrvelous, Ani forgume will win for lim the sytipa thy and admiration .of those who’ rend his nk. . Dr, olub was an onthusinstic hunter, and was ever on tho ale! | Night attor night: of all-kinds, passed watching for a + Blot at wild beasts whom wo shrink from when, fro behind the broken in spirit, they wander to and ‘bats in a travel tn menagoria, ‘Tho grentor the dunger the greater the sport, andas a natural consequetice the Doctor's hairbreadth escapes . weresnumerous, pity . Was an excellent shot, always cool and col- Tectod and ready i resources and expedients When they were niost necded, and game of all kinds were superabundant. Even wro und Grahanistown, but a few miles from the const, he says: “ Fauna is as varied as the Flora, and the species ‘of animals are for more numerous aud diversified than in the whole of the next ten degrees f north suvor : towards the interior.” Wid beasts urthor Durlug his vars’. gojourn in South Afrien his “ethno! pleal a echinens collected from about, thirty trl my natural histor more than 80,000,"" ° In an exh! hn tn Vienna tn 1880 he had “about forty skulls, 14 pairs of antlers, and seventy ani- toniten! or pathatogical curlosities, exhibition were nso 400 bird-skint es of South Africa, and those of colluctions, amomstud to ition hela by tes n the h REOUD of iifty-seven ostrich feathers, nearly 800 rep- tiles, 2,050: Insects, 732 mollusks, O85 of the Jower orders of mariug anhngls, 8,923 dried pinnts, 1,138 fossils, and 720 mineral igures *apenk for themselves 8.1" ‘These of; the hard Work dono by Dr, Told during lis travels, ‘The--people: or -natives |} 10 considers na hardly’prepared for clvitlzation, » Ong tribe, will. ong: for its thicyish i helialited Co tuoaruliary eh 8, ToMATkAble for | ite yy MBE: ship rect. views about labor, capital, appreciate better methods ¢ Of: z architecture, to take snore - pal ‘eleantiness of their ts ; good. nature,. fore they canbe: nts of eltizet cultivated to reoeive cor ne: nbovt-tho rsans, nnd ospecially to recognize the ‘moral principles: that should ido thelr transactions alike amongst thou. elves and with th “WIL cant toward: he white men, Atharto ° he bollove that uel will be js tho ‘ulevation of the the worst obstacle ton has beon superstition, to clyiliza- says; “nor ceomplished aitives itil 10° .. Shey are brought to understand -that the sup ply ofthe necessaries of Lit pon the in fiyence -tainslootors. ir, Holub” ts nob dey of net icluns, fotishes, dr indent, has © weiltten in entertalning and valuable work, & “ining ot wei pat i tent ergy and A sak ar Ben rf yi z Usbled to the. won lth to the history,” ay éportanian aud a aple: lator, Mor : bi} tninta,> Mystratedt aud published. upatant! {style by. Hougl & Co, », for advance, slevts., As’ Dr, rota.more for tho sportsmanvand tovor of nate plendld record of | pa- earned work, Indefatlgably’ ene levotion to the study of Sout! ond its Inhabitants, whether auad- dal, whether human. bel eras nature, ‘he , wo of South in lingtasmne Vat on, AGEN: to the two volumes from the: rtugueso explorer, Auerican publishers, J, Be Lip- and arate Dr, natural storia, Maj, Serpa Pinto writes Joly rather for the OF wanwortul a s'iarruw escape, but his great merit ~ plata Un. his Mul observation of the cou ft taversed and tle rate d ut pe don “of- numerous places Tonomical cores Feouripher, ventures. ‘with | thrilling carvtul obi his c of then, ie observ lal ot rivers We tet “u He had iis two g truatworthy cle ptarles “5.08 r aNNer, wssigned definit Huilts to countries bith: @ . eit 9 oa, hesltatingly {i Portugui f the two ‘nar mea thay Of th vo narratives, of the ess explorer will take the highest upon’ onr rank ay a contribution to our knowledge of the world in which we live. ‘The frst tie selected for his work was “Fhe King’s Hille? mid was oypeel from the fuct that a rill sented to Pluto by the King of Portugal tle pres a fe, yoluine, wus the means of raving Jila ilfe on moro than one oceaaion, — Maj. Pinto tras versed on different country from that ju which Dr, Hulub had his adventures. ‘Tie Jalter entered Africa from the southern end, from the Capy Colony, while Maj. Pinto be- fn lls journey from Benguella, on the At- antic const, nil ended ft on the shore of the Indian Ocean, ‘The first part of his trip Is the most Interesting and Jmpartnn, sinc irald dite (intl io ronehes, bp cambeal tver he fs 1 8 compara Y gion, Te left Benguelin’ Nov. 12, 1857, and redmbarked for Kurope at Durban, April 19, 1879, having crossed Cuntral Africa in seven, teen months, As ha justly says? “To a Ettropean, and genera i, to Any<man who nna fever traveled An | ho wills of Africa, what explorers ‘have tng Tito that continent, what difficulties they have nt every Instant to overcome; and what fron labor they. lave to go. Ura hy will be well nigh incomprehensibios,”< ditieult, In fact, for any on than who ‘has Hot experienced : th in penvtrat-:| fi Hearne ye ailfonlt yrsons “and ft Is:-equally™ dill forthe man.vvito has endured: thom'to. de- geribo them properly.” Nevertheless, he pre- sents nsufliciently untnviting: ploture to de- ter most nny one not born witlr the tastes and endurance esauntial for stiecessful: explora- tipns from undertaking such a Journey. Ilo found Portugnese'sinve-traders in tho intes rior, and himeelf Mberated a ‘gang of slaves, Hie was held prisoner by sonia ofr tho natrye | Kings, and hls murder proposed and attempt ed. All his: luggage ‘wns? stolen’ at: Llalti, and from there to the and of-hisjourney. his rifle was his sole reliance. . Ho descended the Zombesi until’ he reached Dr, ‘Bradshaw's enup on the Kuango, and, witht the, assiat~ anes uf a French missionary, was enabled to puratto his dourney. lo Shoshong nnd: the Trinavanl. -Of the Boers, he says: * Kuro- pean by origin, they Inve in less than a cent- ury of time lost all the civillzation. thoy brought with them from Europe, have bo- come conqured by the savage eleinent amid witich thoy have been living, and snow, though Eurapeans in color, and professing the falthof Christ, are the yerlest barbarians Tn customs and Uehuvlor”” In another plac he inconsistently apenks of them as " lus iitable, industrious, honest, moral in their lives, moderate in their desires, and brave,.? Maj, Pinto ts nut on the whole favorably fue pressed with the work done hy tho majority ‘of the African: ntissions, although le ex presses n bellef that they might do amount of useful work, “ut,” “these misstonaries with Hitle knowledge and narrow. Intellect commence by {nstilling Into-the natives, hour by hour, from the snered pulpit, whence should only be heard the necents of truth, that they are the equals of the white mun, that they are ona level with the civilized, when they ought rather to suy.to them, Inthe tones of persunsion and authority, ‘Between you and the European there isa wile gulf which I have come to ‘teach you to bridye oyer,. aeneuerate yours selves; quit your habits of. brutish sloth; Inbor ‘inl prays abandon crime. and practica the virtue which I will show you; cast off your Ignorance and learn; wud then, but not Ull then, you stand on the same level ns. the white; then and thon only will you he his equal? ‘Io tell the ignorant. savage that hie fg the equal of the civilized man isn false- hood; ILisaerime. Itis to be wanting tn wll those duties which were imposed upon the teavher when liv sotout for Afrien, Itis to be n traitor to his sacred inission.” ¢ Maj, Pinto's bool fs also fully {ustrated, has maps and hidox, with lists of geoxrapl- Teal positions, mateorolopienl tables, and nas tive. vocabularies. Rending these stories of travel nnd ndventure one thought at least will occur to every reader: how, in tho mnfdst of danger and trouble, their very lives dependent on the cuprice of a wild, Irrespon- sible African Chief, thousands of niles from: any white man, struggling from idny today fora bare ‘Hying,—these hitrepid explorers never for an instant furgot thelr mission, or knowledge of tho pF erent the opportunity to acquire county they teaver and of its Intablt- ants. ‘Worn out with fever the Austrian would expend his little remaining atrength to bring down a rare specimen of bird or an- imal, A captive doomed to dle, tha Portt-. gnese coolly dotermined, his. Foara phient position, and menstred the hight af sur- rounding mountains, - Of such atuil ara great explorers made. Muj. Pinta’s work ennnot be overestimated, ‘and ‘its publishers have presented It in attractive shape. THE TATE OF MADAME LATOUR. . The “ Mormon “Question”. is .one, daily growing in -importance..as the number of Mormons annuidlly: inereases and ‘thelr influence “extends * further’ and. further. - Just nov they are proselyting aud reerultin all over the world for the’confifct that is sure to come;’and for which’ they ‘Intend .to be found thorpuglily prépared,, ‘The more we know nbout: this. peculiar sect. the more nstounding does-{t seem that they are por- mitted to lve; flourish, and grow in any part of the United States, Their isolnted posl- tlon and exelusiveness for. 2 generation shielded them from .the curlosity of tho out- side: world; and Ittlo was known of thom until; by the westward march of population the Nght was: turned upon them, and the ox- ternal features of thelr singular life disclosed, Sinco than travelers . and . correspondents lave written of them, and disaffected, rona- gade, or excommuntented- Mormons have “oxposod” the. secrets of pricsthood and peop le; but, trom the nature of the ense, such accounts Nave .wecessarily been either superficial ‘or ‘tinctured’’ with ‘a bitter personal anfmosity. We lave recelyed from the publishers the advance shoots of another work on the Mormon question entitled "The Fate of Madane Your.” Ln this book G. Paddock tells what these people oro In their private Iife, with their. alins of prosclyting the world, and thoir ways and menns of accomplishing it. ‘Che writer, ig especially well aualitied for her work, slncu sho haa ived In Utul for many years, and, ‘although a Gentile and the wife of a Gentile, has lyed' upon the most intimate terins with Mormons, dwelling among them and having them in her family. ‘Through this acquaintance and. the escabllghment of mutual contldence, litte by ittte Mrs, Pad- dock caine into possession of many idens, facts, ant faneles, which she hay skillfully paced to set off tho true story of Madame La four, in-form: tho book Is the heroine, Louise La Your, is ‘not nm, ecrention.. of fancy. or — story ig true and her sufferings real. Tho story is a thrilling one, aud we see no reason ( doubt the substintint necuracy of the facts quoted, Jlow, often tha story of tha crimes of this people will have to bo told before an indie nant Nation teaches then a lesson they will not dare to forget is a problem. ‘Think of itt ‘Cho 200,000 Mormons of Utah and tts neigh borin Statea nnd Territories ara by thelr ro- -ligion the sworn enemies of tho United States Goveruinent; the married women are votors, who follow the orders of thelr husbands, who iy thetr-turn eléct the “chosun of the Lord as tlireotad by the ierarchy; and by way of strengthening this political, spiritual, secial, Andependant flespatism, there were more OlyyUMAta Mibrriages quiring the year 1880 Hui Ge any prevlows yer since the xettle- a Wi tak by the Mormonal? ‘Think of 8 Mraligion” that has a clause like this {n its ‘efobdlt Eo yomatt Tefusa to give other }) Wivesto horhusband, ttshall bolawful for him to: take them without her consent, and she shalt he destroyed for her disobedience!" Or what are wo to think of a political organ- ization in’ which ‘avery member, male mai Somale, takes n:-“feartul oath of. eternal enunity to the Government and Hite: States 1 Ag a nove Mike. so“ inany others, written, ag tho oxpres- sion: goes, Pwith © purpose,”—and - that * purpogs @- not. primarily to write a novel,: re clearly. WEIttGh Bud “oxeltlng gnough the year.:.‘The mysterious ‘fate! of tho mother Is the contrat’ tomont of the story, Letters from the Govori Utah, the pavt y hibttler, and ‘others aoe glving assurance of iter" rusiworthiiess, De 9 4 he : per fare Published in New Yor ords;, ‘gilulber: W. York by Fords, Howard ae TIDVEN owen.) a, Ab last @ waiting world ‘lias, been favored | with'3 {bbles’. views on the) Isidian: ques-* ton t-S-‘They appear In the fornrof a work of: fictlon,—pure fiction, too,—for lie’says in hi prefaces." I distinctly avow that no auch In= roldenta fs aro related herein. ever, i 5 the-Little Wluo or Missoust.” + Mr, e “fy Wot over-modest In lls ‘claus. In a letter AG pays: "1 think you will find In it: (ie): Flldden Poweér,’) a solution of a much-yexed gation, The fact that we have 250,000 peq- ploiu the Upilted, Btates for. whom’, wo: hays prpyided uo fori of goyernhiait, excepk the “aybjtraky authority of agents, is not only inv lunpay andwruel, but accounts for ail: our’ Tndiat wars!” And here ts the full title‘ of tha book: Hiddan Power: 4 Secret History of the fndlan King, Its Operations, Intrigues, and ® novel, but neople of the ithe work. ig Jt Controls ‘Three mportant Departments of Machinations, Revealing the Maunerin Which” tho United States Government. A Defense of the United States Army, and a Sc tho indian Problem, By ©. UL Thbtes.” That ty a rather comprehensive title. In tha book itself tha writer gives a very unplens- ant pleture of the rascalities, crimes, and ar- bitrary acts of those appointed to take charge of the Indian tribes, He gives nu proofs of any of the dainaging assertions ho imakea of “corruption and Janorance in high laces, and the whole book is a surt of arrow fred at. random, and every spectator of the shot may Judge for: bimself which tarcet. was aimed at ‘There Is no qtestion but that. many-of the Indian Agebts were and are thieves, nnd it ts equally probable that were ld Jong oxist au“ Indinn Hing” which made money and “waxed fal” by cheate ne 1a. ted «men, | Nor. does any. ono dispute the fact that the Indian problem {a an iniportantone ond wlso a diftcnit and delicate. one to solve, Quite ns many will object to Mr. Tibbles’ method of handing the Indians over to the War Departinent: as will approve of it." Those who write on this topic forget to! Miustrate the character of the “bat Indian” and the erlines he come wits against the’ whites, Wronged the Indiana may be; wrong-docrs thoy certaint arc. If ltt not right to make # nation sul- or becatse thers are some: bad Indians, neithor fs It right to permit murders, thefts, and otttrages tobe condoned because white mathave done wrong, If avery fact In Mr, Tibbles’ book was authenticated ant every peraon Identified, ft would be a strong li- ictinent against those particular persons, and against the system which permitted thelr crimes,- They shoulil bo promptly punished. But his hook 13 like an anony- mons letter, of which few haves very exalt- edoplinion, and by which very few are tn- fluenced, We want to identify the Perkinses and’ hear their sida before condamning every inn one ylng stintlar positions with equal opportuni us. Mr. ‘Tibbles writes for-. elbly.: Hu ts no novice with the pen. Ie ts an cnthustist in the cause he advocates. He is undonbtedly. thoroughly honest In his opinion, and we respect his cournge, zeal, ani perserverance, Butas a novel * Hidden Power” {3° yery weak, inferlor even to. cyttoughed | Under” or Shadows of Shasta,” written by equally ardent cham- pions of the red nan. lr. Tibbles has been unfortunate | in his own piitanthsople schemes, which may have added ent to the ink with which lie writes. Ile Is the advo- eate of the Boston seliool of anti-Schurz, anti-Indian pottes: enthuslasts, of which the Mnssachusetly senlor Senator isthe Con- gressional champion. Wo do not belleve that “ Hidden Power” will make pany cone vorts by its method of attack, or that its lt erary merits or the plot of the novel will In- terest many readers. | * .. THE NT ENCE CAMPAIGN, In. this book we have a graphic account of that memorable iilitary campalen against a celebrated tribe of Indinnsy—a tribe re- markable for presenting some of the best and. worst features of Indian life and character, It isa vivid, falthful, and interesthig narra- tive of wonderful energy and-endurance tna pursuit of set iniles of “Joseph,” the lie dian Chief, who, taking with him his men, women, and children, in order to avoid or deceive his pursuer, had to traverse even a grentor distance, Gen, Howard tells. the story. of this enmmaign earnestly, and ene forces by its narration many poluts he wishes to minke in connection with the mir Agenent of the Indians, ‘The N Perees wera ‘one, of most remurk: ale of the remaining Indinn tribes, The eatnpaln aginst: thom wis a hard one. By many its dificulties aut dangers wore underestinuted, In fact, few realize the perils of an Indian campaign, and are wont tolook down npon the heroes of Ladin ts. ‘Che soldier reaps no glory in the con- he fs forced to fight with tus wily foe, t Zues bravely to the discharge of his duty and the painful death he is likely to encoun tor. Jt isa work that cannot Synarent ly: be avoided nt presents and because it 1s arduous and unpopilar all the more credit is due to those who take part in it, Gen, Howard tells the story of this cninpalgn in such a manner .a8 to ‘ennble us better to understand what lnitlan eampalentng means, Tho General is o soldier rather thin a writer, But he sets forth fils facts plainly and tersaly, Of o fight with the Nez Perces he says. ( », 167); The Nez Perees fought with skill ond “with tho utmost obstinacy, Nobody could complain .af our mien on that. day, *A:small battle!’ Yes, if we estiinate by the numbers engaged. | But the forces Wore quite equally matched,and it required just: as-inuch,” ‘one’s duty there;-where the loss of n battle involves. the ‘direst consequences, ond. Wounds and death were the siime to those who suffored’ as in engagements where more lives are at stake.” “ BEAUTY IN DRESS, “ The object of tress Is to emphasize beau- ty,'" > So says Miss Oakey, and she ought to know.: Her ttle volume Is devoted to show- ing how this may be done and how it should be done. A woman may: be handsomely dressed,tand yet have destroyer all goo ef- feets from an utter ignornnes of the simplest prinefples used in combining colars, Su that even what Nature lias tried to do {s nega- tiyeid and hidden, and she only presents the spectacle of an walking rainbow or an ani- mated: artist’s palet. Fit clothing for au Individual may be based upon definit Inws, It depends on good taste and knowledze. ‘The simplest dress {s often the most attract- ive, and elaboration and expense ‘are both wasted ‘unless: properly. guided and con- trolled, Miss Onkey ts right: the dress that shows tasto and sentlinent is elevating to the home and ‘is one of the most feminine means of beautifying the world, Some Anieri- can women dress well, but they are too often overdressed., A French shobgirl can teach the world how to dress becomingly, Fashion changes, but.tha dressmaker on dures,—a clear cage of tho “survival of the fittest.” “But when dress becomes a mere matter of display and emulation, its charm is lost and its votnrles little better than Iny figures to’ show off cortnin Investinents of thelr” money-making owners. ‘We have tried to extend our help to all duds and con- ditions of women—to thoye who wear cotton and those who wear velvets, We have tried: to mention all types and styles of color and form, and if wo linve failed (for it fs Inevitn- Die that we should not completely succeed), we hope, at least, that wo have given our ‘dens clearly enough: to set people thinkin; In tho right direction.” Miss Oakey's bool fs timely, and deserves n while elreulation, Every page contains some useful hints, and itis a capital text-book from cover to cover, THROLOGICAL WORKS. Prof, W. Robertson Smith, formerly of the Free Church Theological School of Aber- deon, Scotland, fs widely known ng the au. thor of certaln articles in the “Encyclopedia Britannica”. on tho Bibte and-Deuteronomy, on account of which fils orthodoxy has beon Impeached and he was. recontly romoved from his Prdéfesaorstilp, In the courac of the Jost winter, while he was ‘suspended from the dutles of lls Chalr, ha delivered twelve lectures’ on Biblical Criticism’ before larxe audiences in Edinburg and Glasgow, ‘These lectures have beon- recently published on both sides of the Atlantic,—In this country by D, Appleton & Ca,, of New York, under the title of Tho Old Tostamont In the Jew- ish Church,” * Pha design of the Professor ta to defend ils views In regard to the Jow!sl religion as taught in the Olt Testament. “He regards the traditional view of the Old ‘Testa- ment canon as sorlously errancous, and at- tempts to overturn the received opinion of the Jews and of tho Christian Church that the Hebrew text Ia substantially correct, and that the books of Leviticus, Numbers, and Deutéronomy -were written ehlely by Mosvs, Uo argues that tho Septuagint Greek text of the Old-Testument is mora reliable than the Hubrow; that the books of Esther, Solo- mon's Song, and ‘perhaps -Ecclasinaties, may not hayo buon In the recognized canon when our Saylor’ was on’ the carth; that some of the Pealina and tha book of Daniel were writ- ten probably as Jate as the tina of ‘the Mnc- “enbuess: ie ‘Jaws of. the Pentateuch are req.) of ‘three clauses; first, tho ‘len: Command- ments as fonnid In Exodus; and certain laws connected with: them, which! were: probably ten, oF ag oat dictated, by Moses; aec- the laws in tho book. now called Doi ronomy, which: were ‘probubly* written by sonte of: the’later’ Prophets, tthe tine of Josiah “and thirdly, the Levitiont “laws, written ag Jate>as: the. thoy of: Ezra,’ ‘after, the ‘restoration’ of the Jews: from. the exile in: Babylon, “Prof, Smith does: not ‘ glaim that there is any apthority for lile con clusions respecting “the Torah,” or: the Low," in any text ofthe Old ‘estament. ‘The Septuagint, as well as the Hebsow text t parhips more, nerve to do: and the Samaritan Pentateuch, all nize the five books of Moses, substantially as we have them, as having been written ns early asin the days of Moses, But the Professor tries to show from tha historleal books of tho Old ‘Testament that this traditional view enn- not be correct; for, he argues, it Is Impossi- ble to -belleve that, if the Deuteronomic and Levities! laws hind. been known to the Tlebrews fn the days of Moses and “David, they would not: Have been more distinetly recognized av’ authoritative by Suwuel nud the earlier Prophets and the Kings of Isract before thascparation between Sudah and tho ‘len ‘Tribes; This, his main argument, ls negatives: but he contends that there are positive Incotisistencles between ‘the Detiteronomic Jaws and those of Exodus on the one hand, and those of Levitiens on tho other linnd, showing. Denteronamy to have been written later thi tho first law, embracing tho’ Deenlog, and eatiier than the. Levitical law. The more planstble. of thesy arguinents have been aiswered by Dr. Goaman in tn append to Lange ov Deuter onomy, ‘The tnatn position of Pro} that criticisin {8 to determine in rep agu and purpose of tite several portions of the Old ‘Festament, tho traditional view bela regarded os of s10 validity except ns confirmed by criticlen. ‘The true position undoubtedly is that the recelved traditional oplilon of the Jowlsh and Christian Churcties Is to be ne- cepted ag yalid, except so faras It can be clearly set aside. or may be modified by care ful crlticisin. ‘The accepted view, especially if It seems to have been sanctioned by Christ antl the Apostles, Is not to be displuced by dimetiities, untess thoso ulMieultics are clearly insuperable. Prof. Suith’s view of ‘the Tentatench — is — ineumbered by -ditiiculties far more serious than those which he urges nainst the received view. For Instances he enunot on his theory tell when or by whom the Peuturonomle law was Introduced; on this polnt he merely of- fers unsupported conjecture, Again? he does not refer-to a single intiination in the Inter Jewish books of. tig Apocrypha, or the Greek books of the Ne® Testament, to the effect that the Deuteronomle or Levitical Inws were written In the tines of the Inter Erophels orafter the exile. And, stl, is obliged to regard the'author of Leviticus as having said tore than thirty times “The Lord spake unto Moses," or * to Moses nnd Anron,” or “ to Aaron,” when no such fact ever occurred at all, but the entire Leviticnl system was originated a thousand years after Moses died! The one exaniple prcalticed by Prof, Sinith from a later Rabbinieal writer to Justify such ‘a use af language is not at all parallel with the repeated asseyerations that the Lord spake to Moses and dren the cons tents of the book .of Leviticus. The Pro- fessor would be gelf-consistent enough If, Uke Prof, Kuenen, he denied the Divine au- thority of the Torah altogether, But in the General Ascent of the Free Chureh he re- peatedly declared his “belief in the Divine tnaptration of nil the books of the Penta- touch! ‘This suggests the ground on which the General Assembly condenmed the views of Prof. Smith, ‘They did not deny his right tocarry his critleisms to any extent he chose, as a free man; but they did deny that he had a right to ask the Free Churehi to. permit hin te teach its young mena doc- tring Fespucting the laws of Moses which is direetly In tha teeth of the Confession of Falth, and of Scripture itself wich he lid edged limself to support In his toneliines, Prats Smith has aright. to, go outof his Church, ond then. to. tench what he plenses; fable to faet, and of language to thonght, with hfs usual eritienl | skith Iie endeavors to show how language falling short of thought domtributed tu the linper- somion of Sdeas not originally invested with personality In the popular snindeand, how. fabulous legends grew from poetleal conceptions of natural phenomena. ‘The whole lecture will be read with profit by all piilosephicat thinkers, ‘Thirdly, wenre presented with nn essay, taken from the Contemporary Review of 1870, on False Analogic in Comparative The- olugy ‘This Is perlinps the most Instructive article in the voluine.: Prof. Miller points Out nunterots errors that have been fallen Into by such writers ns Bochart In regard to the Identity of Seriptura persons and mythos Joulenl characters, a3, for exnimple, Noal and. Saturn, and their three sons. Ile exposes also the mistakes of Sir Willlam Jones and others in thelr endeavors to Identify the gods and heroes of Greees and Tine with those of Indin, And, later Inthe article, he eriticises. with just severity the confident ‘assertions of MM. dacotilot, Jn his Bite in India, respecting: the {Undoo drigin of the stories Inthe Old ‘estainent and the New, He says: “Thera {yn great difference ‘between te booky we have hitherto examined and a work Intely published in Paris by M. Jaculiiot, une der the sensational. fitle of ‘La Bible Wangs. Inde, Vie de. Jeseus Crist nal lien one sees how ft author shuts his eyes against all evidence that would tell neninst hint, aud brings together without any erltical sertuples whatever seems to stipe port his theory that Christianity {s n mere eony of the ancient religion of India, mere allence would not be a suficient answer, Besides, the book has Intely W translated dito English, and will be read, no doubt, by anany cople who eannot test. the evidence on Whiel “It professes to be founded.” Prof. Miller thus goes on te quote at somo Tength from the yolume of Jacolilot the rep resentations of the Jntter that the elilef ac. counts of the ible, Including the statements: of the Gospels In. the New ‘Testament, we borrowed from the Vedas and Conmenta- ries, and adds the following: ** Many of the words which M. Jacolliot quotes a3 San- serit are not Sanscritatall; others nover have the weaning which he assigns to then; and, as to the passages from the Vedas (including our old friend, the Bhagavedagita), they are not from the Veda,—they are not from any old Sanscrit writer,—they simply belong to the second half of the Nineteenth Century.” A little further on, Prof, Miller inakes this ad- ditional remark: “M,. Jacolliot has, no doubt, found out by this. time that he has been hnposel tipo; and, If so, he ought to follow the exainple of Col, Wilford, and pub- licly stute what has happened. Even then Ldoubt not that his statements will contin- ud to be quoted fora long time, and the Ad- min and Hive, thus brought to Jife again, will make thelr appearance in many n book and many a lecture-roon.” What’ Is here pre- dicted ling been verified in recent publica- tions by professedly learned men of our own sity .et the authoritative exposure of Max Miller put to silence all such pretenders in tho fulure, ‘The fourth article in the volunig before us ison Spelling, taken from tho Fortnightly Review, April, 1876, printed fonetieatly, And the fifth and Inst essay, on Sanscrit ‘Texts Discovered In Japan, was read at the ineatiny of the Royal ‘Asiatle Society, Febru- ary, 1880, We commend this voluine to the careful attention of all general renders and stu- dents. The publishers are Charles Seribner’s Duthe has nob a. right as a Free-Church Presbyterian to inculente views fn that church whieh directly contrad| the sacred books, and smooth mntter by sayhuyg that lie believes those books are aivinely inspired. “There are two ques- tons: the first, are his eritielsins well found- ed? and wecuntllys whethor well or Ill- founded, can they be fnculeated consistently with the vows of a Presbyterlan mb ? There fs no limit. to criticism, tn itself con- sidered; but there ign Hmit to Teesbelertart: teachin nthe departnent of criticism, . Sons; of New York, (Price $2) J WP.” FARM-FESTIVALS, “Will Carleton” Is a familiar name to many a houschold. LHe ts always a welcome visitor, and when he comes appears so strong ly to our hearts that wo make hima perma- nent guest. Insome respects he is unequaled among the modern American poets who sing songs that trent directly of the home-life of tr Otherwise a crltic-may bo“nn Athelst, and at the same time a Presbyterian Professor, Price, $1.75, o i —Stafford A, Brooke, formerly In charge of the congregation of) Bedford Chapel, Bloomsbury, Engianc, is Slsthnyabityed 1g scholar and on preacher.: He belonged for years to the Broad Church party in the Es- tablished Church: but in process of time he hecamy convinced that heeould ot honestly remain a minister in the Church ot Englanit while disbelleving all mirgeles, and especially the zreat miracle of thé tucarnation, He, therefore, tendered his\résignation to the Blshop of Loncton Inst ybar, and at the same, time to his congregations. Several of hts re- “his congregation, litve ately beet published in avyolume in this country.by George Lf, Elis, Boston, under the title of * Faith and Freedom.” ‘Phe. discourses are on such sub. Jects as’ Faith; God a Spirits The Childhood of Gods The Light of God in Man; ‘Che Fit- ness of. Christianity, for Mankind; ‘The Changed Aspect of Christian Theology; Biblical Criticism; The Atonement; Liberty: Immortality; Salt without Savor, In the sermon on ‘Biblical Criticlam “Mir. Brooke takes ground similar to that maintalned by W. Robertson Smith; but he comes to results somewhat iliferent from those afirmed by Prof, Smith. Me contends that all Scriptire: should be tried by eritieal tests; and, bi the Heht of this principle ashe applles ft, ie concludes that the doctrine of the iiractious und the supernatural cannot stand. : a he same thine, lio holds that Christianity is far superior to any other re- Hgion, and argues that Ilis' view of Christ and His teachings tends to elevate Christinn- Sty, while leaving the human mind free from the fetters of all human creeds, ‘Those who .can bellove that an efictent religion may be established ona purely natural basis, and that n supernatural revelation fs quite wn necessary, miny be uble to-nccupt tho views of Mr, Brooke without intel ine, We cannot but think, however, that he judged wisely in separating himself from thé Church of En- giana. which recognizes the revolntionsof tha ible as truly: supernntural, and: the author ity of the Bible as resting upon its clalm ton supernatural origin, We like his reasoning on this point better than that of Prof. Sutth, Mr, Brooke long: tried to, reconcile his posl- tlon with eon falUh iu iis adherence to the Church of England, but ab Inst gave up the effort ag despurate, like an honest man, Tho volume before us will be read with interest, not only by doubters, but by .many: fiirin vellovers fn 'the received doctrines of super- untural religion, It contains 343 pages, (Price, $1.50.) * -—Dr. James Freeman Clarke {3 anon, more conservative of the American Unlta- rians... Ho ts Jearned, candid, and devout, He accepts the Four Gospels substaatially ag Wo have them, not excepting that of Jolin, Ils-volumes on tho.Ten Great Religions,” “Solf-Culture,? “Steps of Bellet,” ete, are well known, Hu jias new added another volume, entitled “The Legend of ‘Thomas Didymus, .the Jewish Skeptic.” ‘Tha work. «loos not profess to be historical, whilo it ene braces facts known about St, Thomas’ Nife and tines, ‘The purpose of the writer is “to reproduce the tines in which Jesus ap penred; the charactors whe surrounded Hm; the options, : beliefs, and prefudices of the Jowish sects and people.” ‘This ho als to do In an hiquiring spirit, Hike that of Thomns, ‘The interpretations of Scripture aro some- tinea new and doubttul; but the whole course of the story is instructive and sug fatlvo. Dr, Clarko tins spent much the in io preparation of this volume, It will not suffer in comparison with iis former works, ond It will ba useful If it does net encourage tho donbting spirit as if it were a NcEEASHEY, tl tho foreruner of the.truo believing spirlt, 2 work of this character to bo appreciated must be carefully read, ‘This 18 not a loasely. written navel. : Lt presenta ‘tho resulta of mutch reading and thought skillfully woven toguther Ino Barralive form; We trust it will recolye the attontlon it deserves, Luo & 5h l, of. Hoston, ure, the. publish CSRS) onan ete rs CHIPS FROM. A_G ; Bi ERMAN. WORK= ye WOR. = + Prof, Max Miller, of the Oxford University, England, lins'dane more servico: to the Ene glish-speaking publte In diffusing a knowl- edge of Oriental Hterature and comparative rellgions than any-other living wan, ‘To his four instructive volumes styled # Chips frou a German Workshop" a iitthivolume has now been ndddd, It consists of miscetlaneous loter essays. Tho first essay,on Freedom, was h_ Presidential address at Midland Inatl- tute, Birmlugham, 1879, Prof Adler In this address considera the reintlops of nalyersitivs to the cause of individual freedom, devoting speclal attention to John Stuart’ S's plea for liberty, Which was published more than stwenty years ago. . pee : Secondly, we hayoe a lecturgon ‘The Phil hartly* before |"osuphy, of Bythology,: wiileh Was ‘delivered Ab the Joyal Inatitution et87h: Thia dy 0 Iwarned discussion, in which the author dls playa his wide acquaintance with the various suporstitions and. rellgious opluigns ‘of the ancient and modern nationaand gives his philosophy (n regard to the growth and {1+ evitablences of mythological Ideas, Of course he. considers the: relations of cent discourses, toxetuenwith “his Jetter to-| trated. the people. His writings are vivid pletures Mustrating different features of rural life, dlis “Farm Ballads met with wonderful sitecess, aul ure to this day among the best selling books on the booksellers’ shelves. “Farm-Festivals" shoul win eoual popue Tnrity. Some of the pooms tn this volume Tinva already, appeared in Harper's Maga- zine, ‘The titles of the poems tn this book re: ‘The Ploneer Meethig Than kai ing. Day; Chiristinns Monolors; An Evening tn the Country Store; ‘The ‘Town Meeting; ‘The Singing School; The Country Fairy. The wand Suits The Debate; The Golden Wed- dime; Converse with the Slait, “Farm. Festivals” fs handsomely bound in uniform etyle with its predecessors, and 1a well iius- IISTORY OF A MOUNTAIN. This Is an English. translation of 2 work by Elisée Rechus, It Iswritten Ina plens- ant, ensy, manner, and, while dealing with sclentific facts, Is as untechnical and clearly written as any such work can be,’ Clearly and yigorously Mr. Rechus’ sketches the nature of the rocks, the mode of their depo- sition, the story told by tho fossils they con- tain, the manner in which were originally: elevated, the subsequent sculpture they have uniergone by raln, wind, aud torrents, the Jandslips that destroy them, the clouds that gather round them, the plants and animals that dwell umoug them.—in fine, Mr. Rechus has given usa complete and thorough ‘his- tory of a mountain from its origin until tt rears Its lofty crest high among the clouds and proclainis itself monarch and mountain Kling, “How were they able to raise them aeives up to the skies ?’—that 1s the ques-_ tion he propounis and answers. It is 2 pres sentation of science in attractive form, made Interesting to every reader, POMEROY'S EQUITY JURISPRU- Jolin Norton Pomeroy, LUD, has pre pared a new treatiso on Equity Jurispru- dene ag nduinistored in tha United. States of Aimorica, adapted for all the States and to the union of legal and equitnble remedies under the Reformed Procedure, ‘The work is to bu fn threo large volumes, and it Is Im- possible to do mure than make an annonce uient of the work untit we have recelved the othartwo volumes, ‘There ara no lack of caultable treatises, and Inwyers will still_ go to the fountain-head fora study of the prin- elples and underlying structure upon which equuty is based, St Fy ent HOE he displaced from the stronghold he Nas gained tha hearts. of Jexat Instructors and practi tloners. But Mr. Pomeroy is right in his conelusion thut the adoption of the Reform- vd Proveduro tu nearly one-half the States Tins had an tendency to ennse ‘the principle dovtrines and rules of equity to disap pear from tha municipal law of. many States, ‘Tho tendency has grown almost Impereepttbly, but, Its existetica will hard- ly be quvationed, ‘There is ream, therefore, for a treatise on equity adapted fo the exist Ing condition of jurisprudence throughout 9 Jarge partof the United States, ‘This want Sr. Pomeroy proposes fo supply, and has every. qualiticution far lis ‘task, Judging frou the yolune recelyed the work willbe of grent assistunes to the Courts and to the profession in’ adininistering equitable doc- ries and rijes, Published in San Franelseo by A. L. Ban- croft & Co, ANNALS OF BROOKDALE, This fy an anonymous work of fiction that will be found very pleasant summer reading, It takes us back to the primitive ways and quaint oustoms of the New England yillagu Of the first years of this century, and contains nota little humor and drollery. Wants were slinple, amusements rare, and violence une known In Brookdale, After the first third of the book the leading churacters. cross the Atluntic nud there are loft by the author, The story would have been equally entertaln- ing hind the Jendlng people remained jn thelr ‘Vermont home, A TABLE FOR EXCAVATIONS, Mr. Zimmerman has published a.now and improved edition of his * Universal. ‘lable for Excayations and Embankinents, Applica: ble to any Baso or Slups Whatavor, and the Culeulation of All Solids to Which the Pris- moldal’ Formula Ls Appieable.” ‘The work- has: boon indorged -by many ominent clyil englncers wha bear their’ witness to ite ac- curuey and utility, ‘Khe table is thorough: practical, and the Tecessary text Is clear on conelse, Prof, Colbert, who, is an wnqnes- fone muthurlty, says of f6:°"'The atrange- amont of this tible fs such aa to furnish at a glance tho eloments requirut In the cone splouons, and. the very Mis meni 8 and aurviceable addition to the Wesk furnithro of ‘a elvi} engineer who wishes’ } to caleulate mpldily and nucurately,”- Zhuaueruinn is nis own publisher, 4 WOMAN*SUPERAGE.| - A -handsomely-printed . volume of nearly 900 pages, entitled # Silstory of Womau-Sut- fraye,” hod been sent us by the publishers. The work is to consist of two volumes, and beat the present ono {3 the first, and embraces the history from 1848 to 1861, Tho work Is edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan DB, Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage, and ts handsomely Hlustrated by steel engraved por- traits of Frances Wright, Ernestine 1. Rose, F. D. Gage, Clarinda Howard Nichols, Pau- linn W. Davis, Lueretin ‘Mott, Antoinette Brown, Amelia Bloomer, Susnt 3. Anthony, M.C. Wright, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Mattila J. Gage, - Assuming and asserting that “The pro- longed slavery of woman 1s the tlarkest price in human history,” the editora think a “sur- vey of the condition of tho ‘race through those barbarous periods when physical force governed the worlt enables one to, account for the origin. of woman's stthjection to oman without | referring the fact to the general inferlorit! of the sex, or tinture’s Inw." It fs Impossl- ble to give, Ju the space we can spare to this book, an enlarged analysis of its contents, or of ity arguments and. reasoning, or even of the most [nteresting blugraphical sketches with which it abounds, ‘Che tithes of the several chapters will, however, Inn general way, convey to the render a falr view of the topics Included fn this history of woman-stf> froze. These titles are: 1 Preceding Causes; IL Wotan in Newspapers; IIL. The World's AnthSluvery Convention In London, June, 1810), from which woman delegates were ex- eluded: 1V. First Woman's Rights Conven- July, 1848; V. Mrs,-Collins’ Reminis- Sketeh of Ernestina Rosey VI. Ohlo wintsed Land of Fugilives; VU. tt Iniscences of Clarinda Moward Nichol VILE. Mussneliisettss 1X. Fndlana and W cousin; X. Pennsylvania: XL Lueratia Mol XIL, New aren NIL Mra, Stantan’s Nteminiscences; XIV. New York; XV. Woman, Chireh, and State. To which fs added a voluminous appendix, “Under the titles * Remeniscences,” the several writers prove An Lense amon of graphic detail of persons and events of much interest, and ig excellent reading. All the chapters are ably written, and, withal, have the encrey pecullar to enthusinsts, In- dependent of the interest the book must have forthose who are friends and advocates, of the cause, it can. hardly fall to be of al- most equal interest to all others, beenuse of the matter contained and falllug under the deseription of biography and personal inel- dents of a creat inany persons male and ie inate, “ reforinors " and anti-reformers, ought to have a lnrge sale, eiillished in Now York by Fowler & MAGAZINES. In the July number of the smertcan Law Review, Arthur Biddle, Esq., has the first of a series of papers discussing the question as to the Inability of officers acting. in a judicial capacity, The subject is divided In this first, essay Into n discussion of. the Hability of Judictal and of quast-Judletat ofllcers. In the first case Mr. Biddle for- mulates this rule: “A Judge of a court of record is not liable at common law for any act he does as Judge, white actlng within his jurisdiction.” In the second case the rile Is thus stated: “A Judge of n court not of record is not Hable for any tnjury sus- tnined which Is the result of an honest error of judgment In ainatter whereln the Court Ning jurisdiction, and where the act done is notof a purely ministerial nature,” Louis D, ‘Braridels ins nn essay on the Nability, of | trust-estates on contracts wade for thelr benelit, .or, to stato the question discussed more — fully, Does a contract entered into with a trustee for the benefit of the trust-estate subject the same to any Iability, or iy the sole remedy of the creditor wv sonal action agalnst the trustee? ‘This ls an linportant-tople of great interest not considered by text-writers.. ‘The * Book Notices” and" Review of the Month”? are both well filled with matters of Interest to the legal profession. The July number of the Penn Monthly has wore typographical errors that we are accustoined to seeing In a first-class imaga- zine. Its table of contents is as follows: “John. Aauelwike Runeberg”; “The Nibelun- niled,” LL, by Willitum de Beauvolr Fryer; ‘The Need of a Broader Volltival Educa- lon.” by the Hon, Dorman DB. Enton; “** Bossisin? and *Clyil Service Reform,’ by Jon Andrews Harriss "The ‘Thrlssill aud the lols,’ by J. G. 1h MeElroy. The American Journul of the Medical. Sctences for July ts ai unusually strong miumber, Dr, Muendelson's ‘urtlele on'n cnse of abscess in the liver will attract particular attention at thisthue among professional inen, Among theorizinal articlesare: “May lodide of Potusstum Exeite Bright's Disense?” by L Edmondson Atkinson, M.-D.; of the Ecraseur for Curme Deep-Seated Fistuln in Ano,” by J. MLB. Gaston, 0 D,, of Cam- pinas, Brazil; Are All Anesthetics Danger- ous Which stain Chiorine, Bromine, or Edward T. Reichert, 3! Newark, N. Jo; A Cuse_of A Liver: Complicated with Empy tlon—Cure,” by: Walter Mendelson, M. D.; ae Lsinpatle’ Hearts, ad the Phenomena {tending tho Propulsion of Lymph from ‘Them inte the Veins, into Which © ‘They ~ Open? by — Thomas Wharton Jones, Fo GS. FR Professor In University College, London; “Anesthesia of the Cornen, and its Slenif- featico In Certain Forms of Hye-Disensy,” by James L, Minor, M.D.; * Distal Compression Applied In Case of Inguinal Aneurigin with a Successful result,” by Theodore R, Varick, M. Dos “An Instrument for the Removal of Supertluous Hairs,” by Louts A Duhring, M, D.; “Operation for the Relief: of Bursal Swelling of the Wrist,” bs J. E. Copeland, ML D, of Rectortown, Fanquter County. tT ginias *Aimmitation nt the ShouldersJoint,” yy L. McLane Tiftuny, M. D,. of Baltimore, ‘The Medteal Journal and Examiner tor duly contains the following orlginal com wuntentions: * Vaccination,” by Menry M. Lyman, M.D; Laryngeal Tumors,” by E. Fletcher Ingals, M. D.; “‘Preatinont of Poeumonitis, with Mustrative Cases,” by DP, O'Connell, M.D.3°" Pathology and Treat- ment of Yellow-Fever, with Some Remarks upon thy Nature of [ts Cause and dts Pree yeution,” by 11. D, Schmidt, Af, D. B LITERARY NOTES, “A Heart's Problem ” fs the title of a new story by Mr, Charles Gibbon, Tho next volume fn tho Round-Robin series will be Damen’s Ghost.” An abrhigment of Michelot's “ Ilstory: of tho French Revolution” has beon published, Tho London .Athenaum says that Mr. Lowell is collecting materials fora memoir of Hawthorne, Lee & Shepard haye in press for summer reading “ My Sister Kitty,” a novel by * Deus nh,” whose frlends know her as Miss Fanny: D, Bates, aA. Williams & Co, have nearly ready o now work of fiction, entitled “Cape Cod Folks," by the author of the “ Confessions of 0 Frivolous Girl.” fk fiimiberot unpublished letters written by Curadinal Richelion will be shortly published under tho auspices of the French Allnistry of Public Instruction, Tho Hbrary of tho Inte Henry Wilson is soon to be soll at Natlek; Alnss,, nnd with le WIL be offered a nuinber of valimble nuto- aie Tettors from distinguished men tu pub- je ee ‘The first edition, 17,000 conles, of Victor ‘ugo's, * Quatre ‘Vorts de. PEsprit" ts already exhuusted, and a second-edition bs 1 ‘he dary old romuntivist Is very pop= press, ilar for a fossil poet, us Zola calls hint, dames KR, Osgood & Co, will bring out very shortly My, Howell's novelet, “4 Fear: ful Respunalbilily,” coupling with It twa of Mr, Howell's short stories, “‘Lonelli's Mare riage,” and “At the Sign of the Savage.” Prof, Robertson Smith hag been requested to continue his lectures on Libileal eritlelsin next sesston, The Professor has ulrealy agreud to dilyor a course of four feetures i Juiverness during the coming wluter on The Spirit of Hebrew Poetry, | + One of the most interesting yolumes pub- Mahed this sunimer at Paris Js the corres pondence at the Abbé Galiuni, ane of the hiost briillunt *eauseurs” of the lastcentury, with Mane, o'Eplnay; the volume of which dias Just been broug (3 out by Colmann Lévy, « Books.on Africa‘ aro suultiplying with alunning frequency, A digest of those ale ready, published would be 0 usefil volume, And ‘a work summing Up oud presenting clearly the rosulls of Arctlo exploration dure ing the past wlx yeans would be equally sery- jewable, ost. 6k pat IS ~ The forthcoming Midsummer Number? of Scribner's will, It la aald, contalu some of tha Anest ex! ples of. American woud-en graving which hye evor uppeared, An aril elo entited » By the Sea fn Normandy "hos pea suns ie Sepaaluit ot euch ang 4 cals ection of pletures by such Frevel any A ican artists as Butin, Bastien Lupage, Feyun- Vuedy Y thés country by Serlbuer & Well Perrin, Douglas Volk, and William fe it Dana, The. Fronpleplecg: of the number Ia Butin's “Sallor’s Wife,” ‘engraved by Olos- son, 4 Readers of Mr. Schuylor’s “Peter the Grent” will remeinbor the orderof that fa-. mous reformer requiring Russlan seamen to, be clean-shaven, "Che present Czar has re- selnded thia rule, and for the first time fn 200 years beards will be worn by tho sallurs in 1 Husstan navy. “Tho workofMr, Jefferson Davis,” saya tho London althena@um, “will disappoint some readers and weary others, ‘Those wito turn to his volumes for revelation will find that ha Jas little that $s new to tell, while those who hope to ret from ints conelse and clent view of the organization of which he was the soul and the chief will, be repelled by the vast amotnt of dissertation with which he cum: bers’ hls pages. Tho vrinelpal defense of Secession is the contention that it was Warranted by the Constitution of the United. States. It may have been necessary from Afr. Davis" point of view to imnke this clear, but he might have done so in less space.” BOOKS RECEIVED, ATheatise oN Equity Juiisonupencer. Dy John Norton Pomeroy, LL.D. Vol, I. Baa Francisco: A, Is, Bancroft & Co, Beauty in Duss. By Misa Qakoy, Now ¥ ork: Harper & Bros. Price $1. ae a aan Dantavs op Metnnicn Hern, ‘ranslated by Emma Lazarus, vork: Worthington. Price $1.00, ee gata an es A New-ENGLAND SOF BROOKDALE, ras Philadelphia; J.B. Lippincott & Co. Faum-Feettyars, By Will Carleton. Ilna- tented, New York: Harper & Bros. Price Fuasktin Squann Lusnany: At rir Sb OrHeRsronins. By Mary Cecil Huy. TCOURESPONDENCE OF TALLEYNAND AND LOUIS XVUL—A City ov Natuis. By Kobert Hue ghanan.—A. TTT Vee a By aie. nulon.—ViatteD ON THE CHILDILRN. Thuodore (itt, ©. ef TO THE CENTRAL AFNICAN LAKES AND BACK. By. Joseph ‘Thomaon, Two Volutnes. Boston: Houghton, MiNIn. & Co. Price $6, Batnes’ Onn-Trnst Sentes: A Brier Wisrory or Ascigzsr Peories. New York: A. 8, Barnes &Co, ‘Tite LEGEND OF Br. Opars Kink. Hy Gcorgo Houghton, Secoud Edition. Boston: Houghton, Milttiné Ca, Price Fl. * ART; GERMAN, FLEMISIIL AND DUTCIL PAINTERS. * Mr. Poynter ts editing a series of {us- trated text-books of art, of whitch the second number has jist renched us. Itis a sketch of German, Flemish, and Duteh Painting by IK. J. Wilmot. Buxton, a field of study of grent Interest to art-students. Within the Miits of a work of the size of the one before us it would be impossibie to give anything Mike complete histories of tho three great schools of painting which together furnish the title of Mr. Poynter’s second volume, But it was possible to furnish such ifort tlon as is essential to a serviceable hand- book, ant ‘this the writer his done, Mis study of hits subject has been faithful and thorough, and his mode of, presenting the results of his labors Is admira- ble, Art In| Germany began with the {Mumiuntion of manuscripts, and it was not until the close ot the twelfth century that it became endowed with new and yigorous life. It spread beyond the narrow limits of con- vent walls, and In Sts subjects took = wider, range. Moreover, it freed ftself from the trammels and influence of Byzantine models. The vlstinct German school dates from 1450, Itflourished during the ntost glorious period of German ‘history, and disappeared during the ‘Thirty Years’ War. Flemish art also. took its rise In the convent In the tenth and eleventh centuries, ‘Che glory of early Flem- ish art endminated in the School of Bonges (1366-1650), where the Van Eyeks discovered. an improved method of using oll on canvas, After the Antwerp schoo! (1466-1000) came adecline checked by Rubens and Van Dyck, Agaln a decting and new life under Henry Leys and his school, The Dutch school, 13 an independent system, dates from the thne of Rembrandt. With hiim and his followers began the realization of the Idual of Dutch art—the representation of the people and thelr doings. - From Holland came the est masters of Inndsenpe, areliitecture, ani- mal, and marine painting, This volume Is abundantly Illustrated, and covers the en- tire fleld in each case, It ja pablle ied in ford, LIFE OF GIOTTO. $ The ifo of Angiolotte Bondone, ralled “Giotto,” is the Intest ndultion to the excel- lent series -of Wlustrated biographies of great artists. In the main the contents of thls voluine are taken from Vasarl’s “Lives of the Painters,” tho Indebtedness to which {3 eracefuily acknowledged by the author hn the preface, But for all. criticisms, comments, or opinions passed upon Glotto’s work Mr. Quilter — holds himself responsible. Giotto'’s distinguishing churncteristle was bis simple, unswerving truth to tha fucts of Nature and life. Mod- orn artists are now linpelled toanake Glotto’s work their rallying point, and, while * con- tinuing to uphold the necessity for following rules of art, conventionally graceful arrange inent of ine, and contrasts of light aud slide as the chief elements of pictorial beauty, have sill been forced by thelr antagonists into bringing thelr works more into fact.” Mrs nuilters style iy charming, and nitractive, Tle writes smoothly and easily, with » thor ough knowledge of iis subject, and an en- tbualestic love of art ng his source of inuspirae jon, THE AMERICAN ART REVIEW.” The June number of this. excelient art pertodical is the best. and most satisfactory number we have seen In some time. Its {Mustrations are remurkably fine, and both in text and cuts it 1s a noticeable specimen of our best art magazine, Mr. FA. Bridgman, among young American artists, has risen to the first rank, aud there fs no reason why lo should not in time rival the fame of the best masters, Ile ia a tireless worker, a hard student, and a consclentious workman. llo Isa fon caus colorist, and pays innrked ate tention fo detiils aml to finish, ‘The article in the Amertean srt Review Is a thnely one, enpltally written by Mrs, Van. Hensselaer, and the plates executed with more thn usual ciara ‘The full-page etchings are well worthy of preservation. Among the cuts In the text Miss Enmet's' Portrait” deserves espectal mention for Its graco and naturalness. lt is, ouly a youn; girl, but it is on rent live girl such as we sen tn everyday life and not idealized and created anew ty furnish nun artist's model, We have no words except of praise for this number, ts sich he cot tanta a a erle Arthur Bridgman’; ” ‘The R Etchers, XXHI—Jotin Ames the Til; 3 Old English Porcelain 5 tions, Vill—Soelety of Amer- foun Artista” ‘The masazine fs published in Boston by Estes & Louriat, and should re- ‘ ‘g the cordiul support of urt lovers gonor ally. ART NOTES. Cinclnnati has selected Eden Park as the site for Ils new art museum by a vote of 260,- OSL aginst 40,000 for threo other parks, ‘The sales at the exhibition of tho National Academy of Design amounted to $44,838 for 140 paintings, the largest amount ever real- fad. dohn L, Gardner, of Brookline, hag givén $20,000 to the Boston Mussum of Fine Arts towards 9 permanent fund, at the discretion of tho Trustees, Joseph Longworth, of Boston, has given $10,000 to the Clucinnatl Museum of King Arts {nnaddition to the Lesslny collection of pictures recently bought In Europe. : In theJuly ninuber of the Magazine of Art UNG socenited Comet postrute™ by Guo line he se-cniled Coned por A mildo, bi no connection with * Beatrice Cone,” ' he Houplea de Nevors, at Paris, has re- celyud frou ML. E. Clorget, painter, a bequert Of 1,800,000 franes and a country-louse, the jolter. to be used as a yutreat’ for iuflrm are eta, ret . y A ilcclina is. noted af: Inte fn" the glyen for pletures by Greuze. Ghent is hae eat works unly fetotiod $4,200 Jately, while it ig not muny years since thy Inte: Lord Mort ford gaye $30,000 for a Grouze, rat ‘This year G19’ female artista were repro- sented at the Salons Onw hundred and nine- tyelght exhibited pletyres, 343 water-colors, drawings, or fulenves, und forty-nine sculpt ures, Eight were among tha medaled or honorably jwentloned, The French ore ‘waking sad havoc aniong the beautitulscencey of Complegue by carry= ing the new yallway, from Anilens rit through the forest. Iorrefonds Is belng com pletely spotted; a jarge station fs to be erect ed by the side of thy luke ae riées