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WINTER BOOKS. Sir Philip Sydney’s Life--His Motto and Maxims. JOAN OF ARC AGAIN POEMATIZED. Is Genesis a Myth?—The Poet’s Religion. Tas Lire awp TIMES OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. J. B. Ford & Co. Iv is a pity that the author’s name ts not at- tached to this work. The mysterious initt: “3. M. D." area very feeble clew to @ man wno Is evi- Gently a scholar and, what is more and better, If one can judge of character from one’s purity of style, agentieman. The dedication toa son 1s a delicate suggestion that the book was written for & defnite purpose—viz., to stimulate to emula- tion of one of the purest, most honorable and chivalrous characters or Englisn history. Sir Philip Sidney is the best pattern of a high-minaed gentleman that we call to mind, and as Roman mothers, while bearing children, were wont to spend a given time every day in gazing on the most beautiful statuary, witn the hope that their offspring mignt mysteriously be affected thereby, 0 is it well for young men to study the life and character of Sidney, whom Elizabeth was wont to call “the jewel of her times,” that, perchance, they may take upon themselves the courtesy and bravery and loyalty which made him dear to all England. Sidney was fortunate in his surroundings. He ‘was born in the very zenith of modern literary splendor, and at a time when some of the most honorable and high-minded statesmen, some of the most gifted poets and dramatists and some of the most brilliant and well remembered artists graced the courts and made the history of Europe jamous, Walsingham, than whom no parer states- man ever lived; Cecil, whose depth of scorn at the possibility of a bribe was unfathomable; Lord Hunsdon, a rough soldier, loving the camp better than the court, but brave as a lion; Howard, a very Avcoilo, who conducted the attack on the ter- rible Armada, aud many others of equal loftiness of character were his daily friends and com- panions, His love of adventure was stimulated by the presence of Drake and Raleigh, and his love of learning by the very atmosphere of a reign In which gossip gave way to Latin lterature and Greek discussions. Sidney was a man of great personal magnetism, ana thougn sent on mony dificult errands to Joreign courts, managed to accomplish the purpose of his sovereign and make friends for himself, The great political act of bis life, however, and the one for which he will be remembered, was the prevention of the marriage of the irritable and self-willed Queen Bess to the pug-nosed and pock- marked heir to the throne of France. Wnile her august’ Ministers stood in the background, fear- ing to speak decisively on auch a delicate question because of the proximity of the Tower, or, worse yet, the sharp edge of the neadsman’s axe, Sid- ney wrote a manly, candid, but bold letter to the dried-up spinster, which she could not but admire for its lofty patriotism, and the courtesy of woich she {ound it impossible to resent. The victory was won, and nothing was left to the gray-haired Min- tsters, who were not prepared for death. and so maintained a sullen silence, but congratalation of their success(ul rival. sidney died on the battle fleld of a poisoned bullet, which hit him just above the Knee, causing a compound fracture, in the thirty-secona year of his age. The biographer lovingly reproduces the old story, which ts too 00d not to be repeatea at every opportunity:—""As he was borne from the fleld of action, faint, Daliid, and parched with thirst that attends excessive loss of blood, Sidney asked for water. It wie obtained, doubtless with diMculty and in scant supply. With trembling hand he raised the cup to his lips, when bis eye was arrested by the | gaze of a dying soldier, longingly fixed on the precious draught. Without tasting, he instantly handed it to the sufferer, with the memorable words, ‘Tny necessity 1s greater than mine.’”? He | then sums up the whole story of the man in these words—“In life he was the patriot, tue scholar, the pride of chivalry; in death, the hero, the phil- osopher and the Christian.’’? The motto of his public life was, “aut viam inveniam aut jactam’’ | (1 will either find a way or make one), and many | of the maxims of which he was fond it would be | Well for us to consider. We will end this review of a book which, in style and matter, has given Us unailoyed pleasure, by quoting a few of the | best and most characteristic: — The journey of high honor lies not in smooth Ways. ‘The only disadvantage of an honest heart is its ereduitty. The hero’s soul may be separated from his body, from the remembrance of | but never alienate: virtne. In the clear mind of virtue treason can find no biting place. In a brave bosom honor cannot be rocked asleep by affection. It is no less vain to wish death than it 1s | cowardly to lear it. THE MaID OF ORLEANS: An Historical Tragedy. | By George H. Culvert. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The American reading public is ready at any | time to give a warm welcome to any addition to | its poetical literature, and to judge it by milder rules than those which it applies to the abundant prose with which the market is flooded. The volume which we are criticising has a very at- | tractive exterior, 1s printed on tiated paper, and | does credit to the publisher. On the cover is to be jound the escutcheon which Charles VII, gave the Maid, as she was proud to be called— In fleld of azure, sword with hilt of gold, Blade argent, sifting on its point the crown: Two tleur de lis in pale. Mr. Calvert nas done his work well and with painstaking care. His verse 1s quite unequal, sometimes falling into lines which no one can tcan, and again rising into almost heroic unda- lation. His portrayal of the various charact ty very vivid, and the reader’s interest keeps up | Until the Maid ascends from the flame, while those who helped to pile the faggots about her fall on their kuees in dismay, crying— O God! have mercy on us! mercy, merey! Mr. Calvert's description of Joan gives us in @ few words the salient points of her character :— A sheer exalted sell-forgettuiness, ail her doing is obedience, angel voices, To tather. mother and the p: rest; All ardent impulses s0 clean ot selt, Her hourly live scems but.a supplement To other iives; her office helptulness. ‘The lines whicn follow will give @ good ides of the writer’s style ana his ability to put a thought Into its smaliest compass. ‘They describe tne | Maid’s tmpatience at the indolence of the King:— ra putting off. ement is the kingly home, . rounded with the sort betore arish end pertuined pillows of luxuriousness, His gets ot kingty daty and renown Are ina future which he never grasps, ‘That virtuous Time aye smothered in And hence the wreck of Frauce; With lazy laggardness ts conjugal, AS stealiiy darkness with Ingenuous day, Hor power to wield & sword Is well attested by Clifford, who says:— Myself encountered her, and by St. George, Had she not worn her beaver up, I'd thought. The champion knight ot France the aword's hilt elatehed That gave and took so nimbly! On ihe whole we are greatly pleased with the ook and gladly commend it to our readers. 4 srier History or Currore. By John 8, Hittel. | D. Appleton & Co. | The author of this little volume, of something | more than three hundred pages, wrestles with a | very important subject, and thongu we fina it | aiMcult to nod assent to all his deductions, which | are freqventiy @ little brusque, he sets us think. | ing, Which is @ great point gained. We may ne | permitted to say at the outset that Mr. Hittel’s | Notion of the value of his own work may possibly be exaggerated, and the reader is just a bit | Startied at the ireedom with which he disposes of ali previous works in order to make Toom on the shell for his own, Mr. Buckie’s book {8 sealed up, because it was Dever completed. Mr. Guizot ts laid aside be- cause he treats of a segment of history only, the feadai umes. Wachsmuth and Kolb ore sadly de- ficient. Even Gustav Kiemm's 3,500 pages, though interesting to the general reader, have little value | | description of Windsor Forest, where NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1875.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. for the critical scholar. We are led by degrees to believe chat the only two books which will stand the test of time are Professor Draper’s and Mr. Hittel’s. But in spite of this somewhat reckless and not exactly modest way of introducing him- self, the author 18 evidently a painstaking and carejul student, and his work will richly repay the reader, With a simple dash of the pen he dis- poses of the Mosaic dispensation, while the first chapters of Genesis slink away from his criticism as though they were conscious frauds. The Bib- lical account of creation is put aside very much as @ giant would put a pigmy out of his path saying, “There, my dear little boy, don’t bother me any more with your prattie,’”’ in the iollowing words: “The statement that civilization is the necessary product of human nature may be regarded as inconsistent with the Mosaic account of creation» which was, aotil of late years, generally accepted as bistorically true; but it is now regarded by all the ablest scientists, and by many, if not most, leading Biblical critics, as a record of ancient tra- ditions which do not agree with each other or with trustworthy information derived irom other sources, and are, therefore, not to be accepted.” We have olten heard the Biblical account respect- fully questioned, but have never known it to be so completely set aside as a time-worn and moth eaten garment, fit only for the rag bag or a beg- gar’s back. Proofs of bis assertion are not want- Ing, however. That piece of fossil ivory found at Madelaine in 1864, with the picture of a mammoth rudely drawn on it, is brought into the witness box and displayed. That poor skeleton which was discovered near New Orleans, covered by the re- mains of four successive cypress forests, each of which bad died out, the earliest more than 50,000 years ago, opens his fleshless mouth to tell us that Moses is a myth. Mr. Hittel evidently favors Darwinism, He thinks the difference between the Oborgos, who are alittle over four feet, and the Bushmen, who av- erage about four and a half icet high, and the genuine orang-outang, 18 really not worth speak- ing about. He ventures the assertion that the above-named aborigines, whose chief food consists of vermin and wild fruits, have no conception whatever of religion; aod this being the case, they are, of course, at the remotest remove, first cous- ins to the quadrupeds, who are just beginning to change their fore feet into hands, Whata pity it is that some one, say of the thousandth, or to be | more exact, of the 896th generation back, could not have been delegated to gather iniormation on this subject of the successive ages as they swept by, and leave bis diary with the astute acientists of the present day! Then these {ossil bones might rest undisturbed, and Tyndall and Huxley need not have spoken: at that Belfast meeting. It is pretty evident that something 1s wrong— either Moses did not know as much as he thought he did or modern science is on the wrong trail, The latter supposition is, how- ver, too absurd to be entertained for a moment, Mr. Hittel traces the race through its long pe- Mods of savageism and barbarism, then hesitates for a while amid the streets of Athens, or lounges about the Roman Forum, after which he gets thoroughly excited aad prophetic over the press age and the steam age. He 1s careful in his state- ments, somewhat generous in his criticisms and always clear in his arguments. We have read his work wid @ great deal of pleasure, and cheerfully commend it as an intellectual stimulant, THEOLOGY OF THE ENGLISH Posts. By Rev. Stop- ford A. Brooke. D. Appleton & Co, Whatever Stopford Brooke cares to say 1s worth saying and well worth bearing. He isan uncom- mon man, and his thoughts flow in a channel new to literature. . His style is clear and his knowledge of bissubject perfect. He has a way, too, of talk- ing, which interests and instructs the ordinary man, He is something of a novelty in the staid and conservative English Church. Feeling that Sunday is to be use as a day of recreation, and that much good might be done by putting aside the hackneyed topics which make the Sunday afternoon dry and wearisome, he took pains to get out of the beaten track and discourse of the poets. His congrega- tion increased in size and the religious interest of bis people did not decrease. We have often won- dered that ministers have not taken this matter in hand before, and instead of giving us disserta- tions on theological theories discoursed on topics of public interest, with a direct moral purpose in view, of course, and used the day jor instruction concerning the driftand tendency of history and society. lt might at first be rerarded as an inva- sion and possibly denounced as a heresy, but a series of sermons to the people on some of the more important phases of American life would have a good effect on the morals of the people, Sleepy congregations would open their eyes and dullears would grow quick of hearing. This 1s thrown out merely as @ suggestion, and yet with the hope that some one will follow the lead of this sturdy Church of Englander. The first two chapters of tne book are given to 8 careful review of the elements of British poetry before Cowper. The author divides poets into three eral classes, city, country and theologi- cal, Up to tne time of Cowper poetry consisted largely of descriptions of city life ana manners, the commemoration of great historic events and the laudation of heroism and heroes. Even Pope’s verse halted when he attempted to describea landscape, and his lines are what Mr. Brooke calls ® concoction rather than a composition. Nature to the earlier poets was an unknown quantity, a geometric problem, stiff, dry and stately. The true pastoral spirit, and all the eothusiasm which enlivens modern verse, was wanting. Pope's interspersed in lawns and op’ning glades, ‘Thin trees arise, that show each other's shades, 1s so unlike the work which Wordsworth wonla have done that “one can scarcely imagine the physical discomfort whicn Pope’s ‘Belinda and Her Court’ woula have suffered if they bad been piaced side by side with Wordsworth :— when from the naked top Of some bold headiand he beheld the sun Rise up and bathe the world In light.” Nature and theology entered into poetryin the days of Cowper, and since that time they have-oc- cupied so important a place that in Robert Brown- ing we find long theological essays, and in Tenny- son constant references to the dogmas and the spirit of the Church. Cowper effected this change in British poetry in the following oit-quoted lives, which are thoroughly characteristic of the transl- tion in the themes chosen by those who aspired to Poetic fam I was a stricken deer that left the herd Long since; with many an arrow, aeep, infixed, nting side was charged, when I withdrew ‘To seek a tranquil death in distant s| . There was I found by one who Been hurt by the archer: He bore, And in His hands and the cruel scars. Mr. Brooke follows this change in all its various phases through Coleridge and Words- worth in several lectures, which are so attractive tothe general reader that we can eastly under- stand the enthusiasm with which they were re- ceived by his afternoon congregation, The last two lectures of the book are on the “Poetry of Man,” as it is represented in Burns The cry of a great revolution, which ts to ultimate in larger rights and opportunities for the people, is heard in these fine words, which were the war cry, not of the Scotch alone, but of the oppressed of all nations: Is there, for honest ‘That hangs his he: ‘The coward slave, wi We dare be poor for a’ that For a’ that, and a? ¢ Gur tolls obscure, and @ that; ‘The rank is but the guinea stamp, Vhe man’s the goud for a’ that, The poems of Burns are full of indignation at the wrongs of man to man. Not all the rage of winds and biting frost are, to his mind, more unkind than the miseries that heaven- illuminated man on brother man _ bestows. Barns, @ poor man himself, and at times knowing how pinching poverty blinds the moral sense, poured his enthusiasm for liberty and justice and his scorn and contempt for shams and pedigree into red hot verse. He was all heart and soul, and who can tell the effect produced by these burning lines :— over that? at Hitt by, O ‘hou! who poured the Riitiotic tlae ‘Tha: strea through Wallac undaunted heart, Who dared w nobly stem tyrannic pride, OF uobly die The patriots Gi His triend, wond glorious part; peculiarly thou art rer. gtardian aud reward— never, never scotia’s reaim ry But still the patriot and the patriot bard In bright succession raise her ornament and guard. We have given enough to show the method of | tment which Mr. Brooke pursues with a sab- tre | lands in March, 1874. To Catro he nies by rail, 6 Ject which hag an interest oot only for the seholar, , Dut also for the man of the world, Let it suffice that we regard the book as a healthy contribution to our literagure, and that we predict for it not only a large sale, but, better still, a wide and helpful influence. BOOKS RECEIVED. The Apocalypse Revealed; wherein are disclosed the arcana there foretold, which ha’ remained concealed. From the Latin of Emanuel Swedenborg. Two volumes. The Rotch edition, Approved by the General Convention. Philadel- phia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. Bookkeeping Simphfled. By D. B, Waggener. Philadelphia: b. B. Waggener & Co. Uncie Jonn. A novel, By G. J. Whyte-Melville. New York: D. Appleton & Co, Starting Out. A story of the Ohio bills. By Alexander Ulark. Illtstrated. Philadelphia: J. B, Lippincott & Co. Two essays on the Payment of the Indemnity anu the Management of the Currency. By Victor Bonnet. Translated by George Walker. New York: D, Appleton & Co, The Philosophy of Hamlet. By Thomas Tyler, M.A. London: Williams & Norgate, Half-Hour Recreation in Popular Science, (First series.) By R. A. Proctor, Rudolph Virchow, H, Schellew, Professor Roscoe, Proiessor Dana, Pro- fessor Huxley and others, Edited by Dana Estes, Boston: Estes & Lauriat. Pias IX. The story of bis life to the restoration in 1850, with glimpses at the national movement in Italy, By Alfred Owen Legge. (In two volumes.) London: Chapman & Hall. LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. The notable anonymous book, “Supernatural Religion,” is now attributed to a nephew of Dr. Pusey, A history of the famine in Asis Minor, compiled from the Levant Herald, will soon appear in London. The book publishers generally are anticipating ® Yast improvement in the market for their wares during the year 1875. Isaiah Thomas’ ‘History of Printing in America, with a Blography of Printers and an Account of Newspapers,” has been long out of pring. The American Antiquarian Society, of Worcester, Mass., have reissued the work, witn notes and a memoir of Thomas, by his grandson, Hon. Benja- min F. Thomas, of Boston. During the past year the presses of Cincinnati have turned out about 5,000,000 copies of pound publications. Of course the majority of this vast issue were school books. Victor Hugo has completed the second part of bis “Quatre-vingt-treize,” and the first volume is to be issued this month. It is entitled, “La Guerre Etrangére.”” The London Academy is rather hard on Mr, Bayard Taylor, who, 1t says, has travelled farther and seen less than any person within its knowl- edge. ‘In Egypt, on Tribune business intent, be ind is supremely disgusted.” It pronounced his two chapters on ancient Egyptian history ‘the least valueless in the book.” “Greville’s Memoirs,” for which there was keen competition among the book publishers, is re- Printed by Appleton, in two volumes, in tull, while the Bric @-Brac series of Scribner picks out the plums in one small volume, “Ten Years Among the Spiritualists,” by Frances Gerry Fairfield, will soon issue trom Appleton’s press. It explains the manifestations on the the- ory of a personal magnetic atmosphere- An edition of Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress,” at ten cents, is among the novelties of Philadelphia publishing. Professor Weiss will discuss the subject of “Mar- Tiage’”’ in the February number of Old and New. Judging irom the Professor’s peculiar views of matters and things an interesting, not to say “spicy,” paper may be expected. One of the Pro- fessor’s beliefs is that divorce should be much easier than it now is could sucha thing be pos- sible. Petroleum V. Nasby is about to issue a new volume of ‘sermons’? through Lee & Shepard, en- Utled “The Morals of Abou Ben Adhem; Kastern Fruits on Western Dishes.”” The next volume of James R. Osgood & Co.'s Little Classics will be entitled “Love.” Mr. Bayard Taylor bas made 120 lecture engage- ments for this season. Colonel 1. W. Higginson’s “Young Folks’ History of the United States” is promised this month py Lee & Shepard. D. Appieton & Co. @bout to publish “Ten Years Among the Spiritualists,” by Frances Gerry Fairfield, of the Home Journal, Roberts Brothers promise a new novel by Mme. Charles Bigot, author of “a Summer’s Romance,” entitled “Out of the World.” Anew edition of Longfellow’s “Hanging of the Crane” ts being prepared, “Tom Haliburton’s Quandary,” a story of Wash- ington life, which appeared 1a Old and New, was written, py Miss Wise, of that city, and Mr. Seve- Trance, Assistant Librarian at the Capitol. A new critical history of I:alian literature hes just been commenced by Signor Bartolt. A dearth of readable German poetry is com- plained of, MUSICAL REVIEW. ‘The duloess of trade this winter has fallen with ‘unsparing hand upon the music publishers, and one house in this city has already passed into the bands of the Sherif, Consequently there has been Uttle enterprise or novelty shown in this line, although many very interesting republications, Louts Berge, New York, publishes the {ollow- in ‘La Danse des Syiphides,” valse brillante, Louis Berge. Light and gracefal, abounding in passages of more than ordinary brilliancy, and marked with the savoir fatre tact of an accom- Plished musician. “La Princesse de Trebizonde,” !anciers. Louis | Berge. A neat, sparkling collection of melodies from Offenbach’s opera, “Love’s Whispers,” serenade. W. U. Richardson. The melody is of a very slender texture and not interesting. “Confidenza,” morceau de salon. John L. Carrt- gan. A good exercise in repeated notes ior beginners, but otherwise worthless. “Crown of Triumph” is the title of a collection of sacred music compiled by Louis Berge Jor the | choir of Grace church, Jersey City, and combining | | to @ lew popes such as Honorius L., Liberius, &c. gooa, taking themes, with attractive and easy harmonies. “La Revue,” polka élégante, Louis Berge. Another very pretty work from tne same pen. In a new simplified arrangement of Mendels sohn’s spring song in B flat ana in variations on a melody oi a popular nature called “Inspirations | Chrétiennes” Mr. Berge’s talents as a composer are jurther shown. ‘ Carl Heuser, New York, publishes the follow- in; wenty-second Regiment March.’ more. This dashing work deserves o place in military mustu. There is not a dull bar in Lt, and pienty of “go” and spirit from begin- Bing to end. “Lieveslied,” étude. Henselt. One of the twenty-iour etudes written by this renowned iauist, whose Works are too little known nere. HIS if a rare gem and ap excellent study jor those desirous to acquire the art of periect legato playing. Stepuen Heller, whom Fétis calis the modern Poet or the plano, contributes two exquisite little works Ou “Improvisation,” and ‘liower, Fruit and Thorns.” ‘Tne form is singular tu both works, with @ tinge of Schumann, and they require care- ful study to appreciate their beauties, Lee & Walker, Philadelpnia, publish the follow- ke’s New Method for the Piano.” In the Vast multitude of instructive books Jor the repre- | sentative household instrument—the piano—it 1s aifculs for a new comer to offer anything of special atiractions. Ciarke's method, bowey combines some of the best features of tts prede Cessors; presents them fn an toteiligiole and at tractive lovm; leads the student, step by step, from the simplest five finger exercises to the realins of virtuososnip, and begiects nothing that rt nual to a thorough Kuowleuge ot (oe piano, P. 8. Gil- atanella, or Devil's Ca gaiop. A. M, ht. A commonpiace, worthless composition, road Galop.” simon idassier, Whatever effect this may have in the orchestra with steam Wiustle, &e., accompaniment, it 1s Certainly trash on the piano, | ‘iovence Galop.” ©, J. Miers. Hardly de- | ing to be called mediocre. *Wuen the Coro is Gently Waving,” song and | nitherto | foremost | chorus, William W. Mr. Bentley wisnes again to indu! t him try some less knowo song than Abt’s “When the Wemachtsgiocken,” paraphrase on the Beegine carol, “silent Night! Holy Night.” A, De les, “Don't Forget to Write,” song, Lettie Launder. Worthiess, “Watchin, The melody paperais ballad, D. Hewitt. ju quaint beauty of its own, “Tne Bud of Promise,” spring idyll. Septimus Winner. A rather pretty scuottische, with light, popular themes. ‘altzes, gaiop and quadriile, on melodies from Balie’s posthumous opera, “The Talisman,” ar- range! by Charles Godirey. The skill and taste displayed by the accomplished bandmaster of the Royal Horse Guards, of London, in selecting and setuing gems jor the ballroom are well known, These three arrangements are in his happiest atyie. ‘Solitary Star Waltz.” Jose L. F. Cora. Very Pleasing and well diversified, but too deeply tinc- tured with Straugs. “Nellie Grant's Wedding March,” £. Mack. Might pass, had not Verdi written nearly the same shang before lor a soldiers’ chorus in “ll ‘1rova- ure, Lambert & Xane, New York. publish a number of songs under the title of the “Fan Collection.” The music ts by J. P. Skelly, and is both melodious and taxing. J, H. Russ & Co., New York, publish a song by | Frod. Walz. ‘You Never Mise tne Water Til the | Well Runs Dry,” which has attained a very great and undeserved ‘popularity. There is neither | originality nor any particular merit in it. Ditson & Co., New York and Boston, publish the following :— ‘a.’ Ludwig Stasny. A fine, dash- ib cer | but it is clumsily set. “Kutschke Pol ing salon piece, with the spirit of dancing in every measure. “In Her Garden,’ song. J. L. Hatton. An ex- quisite gem from one oi the most genial of English composers, “The Bird apd the Cross,” song. J. L. Molloy. A fanciful little tdyl. ‘Sancta Maria,” gong. J. Faure. Combining & lovely melody, (ull of passionate expression, with an accompaniment that sets ivoff in the best light. It 1s dedicatea to Mme, Patti, and is worthy of her and o/ the famous buritone wh» composed it. “Salve Regina.” Dudley Buck. The beautiful hymn is framed in music worthy of it, and, jor & contraito voice, Mr. buck’s composition presents attractions of the bighes: Kind. “Noblest,” song. Schumann, Such tone poems should be heard more frequently in the concert “La Coquette Waltz,” Rud Aronson. Is greatly inferior to this writer's general style, the themes being tawdry and common. “King Kalakaua’s March.” D. L. Downing. Worthy of the high reputation of the bandmaster O! the Ninth regiment. “Lorelic.”” Hans Seeling. Very beautiful melody, in a frame worthy ot it. “Irish Diamonds, Willie Pape. This is a collec- tion of well known Irish melodies, transcribed as ey solos by a talented young pianist, favoraoly newn alike in London and New York. They are very brilliant and are artistically arranged. ‘The same house publishes a collection o! sacred juartets and anthems, They are edited by J. R. homas, Who algo supplies many of his own choice works, and are o! great value to any churcn choir. | The experience and skill of the compiler in all re- | lating to sacred music may be regarded as a strong guarantee for the merit of a work of this | kind. | Similar to the preceding work ts @ collection of | anthem services, by H. P. Danks. : felt Gordor & Son, New York, publish the fol- lowing :— “Consolation,” alégre. Sophie F. Heilbron. This and an imprompta called “La Reine des Natades,” by the same composer, show very plainly that the gifted young pianist writes with the same grace and elegance ol style as she plays. “On, Sing Again,” song. J. D. Kerrison. A | pretty melody, but not quite original. “Qui Va La,” galop de concert. J. P. Stockton, Jr. A very brilliant and effective salon work. “Embairassment” is the title of one of Franz Abt’a most beautiful songs. “Farewell,” song and chorus. A. L, Conkey. An attractive Belony, very badly arranged, “Dans la Solitude,” romance, and “Elegie A VYAmore.” G. Morosint. Tne former is a simple, in- teresting little melody, and the second 18 of @ higher stendard, comoining taste and finish. me Waltz.” H. O, Cook. Crude in themes and style. “There 1s Sunsbine,” song. W. Spenser. Founded on J. R, Thomas’ “‘ Dreaming of Thee.” Eawara Schuberth & Oo., New York, publish a very charming song, entitiea “Midnight,” words by Henry U. Watson and music by L. Dacnauer, It | is a gem 1n the true sense of the word. Bassiord’s new mass is also, Thomas J. Hall, New York, publishes a ballad, by Henry Tucker, ‘Bonnie Bessie Lyle,” a winsome little theme, well adapted to the words. “Ob, Linger by My Side,” song and chorus, words by George Cooper, music by H. P. Danks, Another very taking song, conceived im the real popuiar vein. Senor Vilanova, the pianist, publishes a coquet- tisn little Spanish duet of bis own, called “ Brisos dei genil,” fail of brio and dash. Boosey & Co., Lohdon aud New York, publish the works of Offenbach, Lecocq and Hervé in a very neat and handsome form. also sume of the choicest works o1 the celeorated English com- Dosers, Benedict, Bennett, Sullivan and Hatton. PAPAL INFALLIBILITY. THE DEFINITION IN APPLETON’S CYCLOPADLA. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— A correspondent in your issue of this day takes exception to tne article “Iniallipility’’ in the American Cyclopedia. 01 course, a fair exception, well taken and sustained by good proofs, would be @ service done to truth as well as to the public. Hence, in order that the public be not misled by a question of persons or names, it ts nere submitted | that nothing approaching to personality ought to be mixed up with @ serious discussion of a great doctrinal or historical fact. On looking at the article impugned in the Cyclopedia it is found to consist of two parts; an exposition of the doctrine of infaliibility as claimed by Oatholics, both for the Church and jor the | Supreme Pontiff; and the history of the dogma it- self, as manifested by the acts of the Roman bish- | ops irom the earliest times, and by the contro- | versies which the exercise of these acts occa- sioned. The doctrinal exposition is lett untouched by your correspondent, and yet it is the essential part of the article, Asto the bistorical part, it aims at being a brief statement of the exercise of pontifical supremacy from the earliest ages and of the opposition which this exercise met with. The author, on this part of the subject, makes but one statement as hisown—where he intro- { duces the history of the dogma in these words:— “The docirine of pontifical infailibility, theologt- cally considered, ts intimately connected with the Pontifical supremacy ; and, considered historically, | 1t 1s seen that from the exercise of the supremacy Was graduaily evolved and finally assertea (vb) the Vatican decrees) the prerogative of iniailibility. The bishops o: Rome at a very early period | claimed a supreme and final autnority 1a deciding | all ecclesiastical disputes, and this claim tuey founded on the tact o1 the See of Rome's being the | seato! Peter's authority and oi their being his successors With supreme jurisdiction over the entire Charch. On the other hand, tue opposition to the exercise of this supremacy forms a parallel | and continuous record in the early Church down | to the consummation of the Photidn senism.”? The chiet tacts that make for and against this exercise 0! pontifical infallibility are thus briefly | enumerated. hey are familiar to ail theological | students, Protestaat as weil as Catavlic. Among the adverse facts put forward as proois by non-iniallibilists, and always admitted as ‘‘ob- Jections” by Catholic writers, are those relating The writer in the Cyclopedia in incroducing this class of facta 18 careful to say:—“Against this claim of deciding all ecclesiastical causes without appeal, thus distinctiy formulated in the filth cen- tay (uy Pope Geiasius), 18 quoted the recently established tact of the Roman presbyter, St. Hip- polytus, a3 well as the instances in whicn popes jell into heresy Or encouraged heretical oplnous, Such were the cases,” dc. It 18 maniiest that the writer, in stating the ob- Jection, 4s he was bound to do in all fairness, does hot thereby avopt the terms in waico tt is stuted a8 conveying fis own ovinions or convictions. Else every theologian, who, trom the days o1 St. ‘thomas Aquinas down to Giovanni Perrone, the latest and most popular opponent of Catnolic dogma, could be held accountavie for stating tae accusations brought against thi bead Had the author of the article “Inialhbility’? sus- tained in formal thesis the truth oi these onjev- tions, then, tuueed, he would lay bimseif iairiy open to the charge of heierodoxy. But where, in the brief space of a cyclopwars article, he merely States the great historical facts on botN sides of & long controversy, it is neither reasonable nor just 80 LO pervert his meaning or to attribute fo bim opinions and seuliments Kuown to be wholly dif- ferent irom his avowed convictions. Moreover, as to the merits of each question re- garding the Individuai popes mentioned persons who huve the new edition of the “Cyclopedia” can read for their own satisfaction the articles Hippolytus and Honoris [. in volume & they Will Bee lor themselves, be they Protestants or Catholics, that the writer labors con: nrously to set forth pistorical truth with a soverein re- | spect for that trath and with no tear that the knowledge uf it Gan be injurious to the Churca or offensive to the Holy See. As to tne personalities in which your corre- spondent indulges, such things are much to ve* leprecated id reliyious disputes. The writer of “Infaluoutty” is doubtiess open to frienuly ad- vice, and (hose who know him best Know well that he will ever accept with reverence the just cen- bure Of his ecclesiastical superior. But, till your correspondent be enlightened, or Unbiassed enough Hot to mistake an objecuon for # forinal thesis and ough to absiain from the most Injurions a ons fonnded ou nis own mistake, tis iurgner attacks shonid be allowed to pass unnoticed. VINDEX, New YORK, January 17, 1675. i | him to justity his scubborn resis:ance to the order REAL ESTATE. Present Condition, Hopes and Expectation. GREEN THE STUMBLING BLOCK. Bapit Transit from the Practical Standpoint of This Market, Mayor Wickham’s Opportunity and "What Will He Do With It?” The bopefulness that was noted in last week's review of the real eatate market has been since Strengthened by the assurance given in the pas- sage of} anew nance bill in which resumption, however remote, is a recognized and pronounced feature, 60 tnat at last the country hes set its face unmistakably in the direction of bringing our finances back to @ specie basis. To real estate owners at this time, and with the interval that has yet to be passed over before any great Speculative movement can be legitimately ex- pected, an acknowledged condition of the present | market, also having in view the forced liquida- | tion ana consequent arrest of appreciative values in some cases, and positive shrinkage in others, Of the last couple of years—this purpose brings with 1t only the promise o/ future stability and an increased {nvestment demand. It 1s logical to argue that in 4 THE APPROACH TO SPECIE PAYMENTS much of the results then to be attained will be anticipated by shrewd business men, not the least of which will be an increasing disposition to seek real estate investments at present low figures. It is within the observation of any one who has studied the history of the real estate market in this city that values have their ebb aud flow, ‘They rise in a certain cycle, reach a climax and either remain stationary or recede ior another | cycle, When a new forward movement takes place, to be again jollowea as betore and again re- versed, and soon. Instances illustrative of this are too familiar and have been too olten quoted to need repetition here. The point to which It ts desirable to draw attention is the duration of hese cycles or changes, A closer observation than that which determines their existence de- monstrates that the period of stagnation or reces- sion is infinitely smaller than that of appreciation. While a tidal wave of higher values may extend over a period of eight or ten years a receding wave exhausts itself in one or, at most, two years, when anotoer flow takes place. The ouly drawback to the pleasant picture Which ilumines tne pato of the toller in this market as he advances further, and jurther into the new year is that Green “sticks” with @ pertinacity far less excusable than that of the official who first gave a historical significance | tothatterm. Stanton nad a great party behind | of his superior officer. Green has whom bemnd him to justily bis insolent disregard of the popuiar desire? Our political columns contain trom aay to day many explanatory hints of his reagons tor thus setting at defiance the publicly expressed Wish of the people jor his prompt retirement into private life, as #130 of his efforts to secure himself agains: the increasing demand ior bis removal. lt is not proposed to deal with this phase ot the situ- ation here. Jt is sucient to say that the real ea tate market haits while Green remains in office. A corresponcent has called atrention recently to the amvunt of money thus iar expended on street and park improvements, west and noth of and including Central Park to 155th street, viz.:—Central Park, the Boulevara, Riverside Park, Moramgside Park, Seventh ave- nue, Sixth avenue, dt. Nicholas avenue and Tent: avenue, amounting to $31,310,982. This corre- spondent points out the present uselessness of the oulevard, even as completed, and it 18 Dot sur- rising that as a property owner further up town, yond 155th street, he should aek that it ve dedi. | cated to the public use for the benefit o! tbe resi- dents of the upper end of the island and in West. chester county, by making It the road-bed of arapid transit ratiroad, or giving to an elevated road the right of transit over its centre. Such a proposi- tion 1s certain to find favor with our far-uptown residents 1F GREEN CONTINUES IN OFFICE and his present obstructiunist policy prevailsin regard to city improvements. It was pointed out | in this colamo why it was that the pubitc drives up town had tailed of their desigu—viz., because of the policy which did not yermit the cross streets to be fintsned, that, supplying. an outlet irom these avenues, would stimu- late travel and building not only along their line, but building on such cross streets. t pres- ent we nave spiendid avenues running north aud south without any means o! exit or entrance ex- cept at either ena, the intermediate space being a | comparative wilderness for want 0 lateral outlets from such avenues. A great deal o1 money, too, has been invested in this property tuus lett unim- proved because 0: the cit; ’s neglect tn forwarding Street improvements, It was also pointea ouc that while the cost of Morningside Park, or 60 much of it as iell upon the surrounding property owners whom it wus suppused would be benefited by such park, had been collected, nothing has vcen done even to begin the work of improvement. ‘Yhese are works to which the credit of the city ts pledged, many ioreigners having invested largely in uptown property upon the expectations of these cross sirects being promptly opened, and any further neglect to provide tor such work, now that a new muminisiration has come into power in city affsirs, will not tail to be regarded as tne eVasion of ab implied contract. RAPID TRANSIT is next in the order o! expectation in this market, | although first undouoted:y in the popular desire; but as tne cost of rapid transit, 1f carmed througa by the city, wii have to be largely borne by tne property owners wituin the city, it needs no argu- ment to prove that no system of rapid transit is likely to be carried through that doves not meet the Wishes or property owners. And just here 1s the hitch that has prevented the attainment of this much desired relief tor our crowded metropo- | lis. It is taat these property owners are not ap- Phy | willlug (0 Unite upon any scheme that joes not promise them all equal advantages in its results, aDd at present there is noue sucn pre- sented. Thus the east side is not willing to sup- port a road that runs uy the west side, and this | Fivalry between the two sidesis carried into West- chester county to the terminus of the road, Even the promise of lateral lines to accommodate ditter- ent sections 18 not accepted as a com- promise, the different character of setulement ob @aco side perhaps serving to tatensily the jealous ieeling. As each separate interest in the uptown district has its representative organiza- tion seeking to forward each interest cocqual with or at the expense of another or ail others, it Will be seem that @ solution of this problem that Will satisfy all interests 18 not an easy task. ‘This rivalry bas beyond all question had its fuli share in postponing rapid transit—a greater shure, per- haps, than even the rivairy of different schemes; and voth Of these antagonisms must be reconcied belore we can expect avy great step forward in the direction Of rapid transit. MAYOR WICKHAM Has IT IN HIS POWER to bring about this reconciliation, to harmonize these conflicting desires and purposes, aud to sub. mit to the Legislature suca & scheme ior rapid transit as cannot tail, under the home rue doctrine, to obtain tbe approval of that body quite independentiy of tue exertions of any jovby. Let him selvct trom three different repre- sentative bodies of real estate Owners and tax- payers in tals cliy such representative men as they themselves may hame, to meet aud consult upon a (easible scheme of rapid transit. Let these representatives be required or requested in such consultation to take counsel, both of competent en- Gineers aud capable financiers, us to the ieasivility of any scheme submitted to them in the light of their sepurate Knowiedge as experts of such epgin- eers aud financiers, ano if upou such consultation, with such knowledge before them, they succeed in maturing @ plan that meets their concurrent views, let them submitit to the Mayor, anu if it meets with his approval let him forward it to the Legisiature jor avy accion tt may require at the hands of that body. Should this committee, however, fail to agree, let them suomit to the Mayor such plans as in the absence of all ouliers would t vheir approval as practi- cable, or the approval of a majority of them, marking the degree of preierence according to tie majority indorsing cacn, and then tet the Mayor submit these to the Board of Aldermen for tneir selection by majority of that wh they most approve, aud then co the Legislature as be- fore suggested. Lt is thoughts that by tis means THE TRUG MEASURE OF THE DESIKE OF THE PEOPLE FOR RAPID TRANSIT would be reached, and ea Val interest being | given an opportunity to urge 1s claims, would exhaust its opposition in (hat effort, and so secure a harmonious and united support of the plan deemed practicable alike trom an engineering as from a financial standpoint. MAYOR WICKHAM'’S OPPORTUNITY after Green's reovai—oi course itis idle to look Jor much progress in this direction while he re- | mains in office—is rapid transit. ‘These sugge: Uons embrace the Views ol many real estate men | represeuting different interests lip town, and pr went leans OF securiug & reconchiiutioa of Vex- ALOUS autagunisms. It 1s also supported by the | homely aphor “First be sure you're righr, then | go ahead.” Once we succeed in getttug rid of | eXisting differences of opiuion dowo here rapid | | transit is halt accomplished. Much Will depend upon the results of the next few weeks, alike m respect to the removal of Andrew L. Green, Lowa: d which, 1b 1s stated, the Legisiature wii move promptly now that it has disposed vt the Senatorship, amd the action of | Mayor Wickham tn to repid tran hether we will hav ive ronval of real estate business in the spring. FOR THR PRESENT THERE IS NOTHING DOING of Ld account, the market simply waiting for something to set It in motion. Capital ts abua- dant and would quickly seek investment here if there was once @ sign of animation given in the Shape o! transactions not forced by legal require- ments, that would seem to say that the abundant promise of the iuture, which is indisputable, had already begun to blossom, The announced offer- Ings for the current week comprise twenty-three Parcels, presented in the market under legal de rection, The buiiding markets contain no new jeature. THE COURTS. FUFTY-SEVENTH STREET POLICE COUBR Before Justice Bixby. 4 CHARGE NOT PROVED. Charles McMulicn, the keeper of @ liquor store at tne foot of West Forty-second street, yesterday complained that Fermand Cooper, Francis Cooper and Walter Davis had stolen from hima $68 in money. The parties, who reside in Weehawken, had been to the theatre on Saturday night, and, returning too late jor the terry, lay down to sleep 0D the floor of complainant’s store. On awaken- ing in the morning he found the money gone and caused their arrest. ihey were discharged, the eviuenve being insumer ALLEGED GR LARCENY. Jonn Bermingnam, of No, 848 Third avenue, eomolained that Hugh H. Pogue had stolen asmall trank conialuing a quantity of Jewelry valued at $200. He was held to bail for eXamination. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DaY. SUPREME COURT—CHaMBERS—Held by Judge Donohue.—Third Monday’s motion calendar. SUPREME COURT—GENERAL ‘TERM—Held by Judges Davis, Brady and Daniels—Court opens at half-past ten A, M.—No-. 137, 158, 199, 200, 201, 202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 5, 16, 35, 36, 58, 60, 125, 126, 127, 184, 4a, 114, 130, 145, 153, 203, SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM—Held’ by sudge Van Brant—Court opens at hali-past ten A. M.— Demurrer.—No. 3. Issues of law and fact.—Nos. 161, 44, 53, 97, 93, 100, 46, 67, 91, 108, 110, 113, Lid, 115, 116, 6, 118, 8 119, 121, 122, 10, 18, 72, 102, 73, SUPREME CoUrT—Crncurr—Part 2—Hela by Judge Van Vorst.—New numbers,—Nos, 227, 899, 1024, 702, 95633, 471. 1018, 984, 998, 888, 1066, 338, 1u62, 1596, 154, 246, 1306, 1266, 1126, 88, 112234, 680, 41045, 169245, 2032 Part 3—Held oy Judge Luwrence—Court opens «at hali-past ten A, M.—New numbers.— Nos, 789, 2077, 799, 92 (068, 1061, 1889, 1325, 1765, 937, 907, 1855, 847, 797, 761, 519, 835, 1439, 69, 269, 877, 1055, 253, 979, 983. SUPERIOR COURT—GENERAL TERM—Adjourned until the first Monday in February. SUPERIOR COURT—TRIAL ‘LERM—Part 1.—Ad- jJourned until February, on account of the assign- Ment o1 Judge Van Vorst to the Supreme Court. Part 2—Heid by Judge Sedgwick—Court opens at eleven A. Nos. 784, 1489, 972, 642)2, 872, 876, 28, 884, 572, S08, 830, 844, 840, $22, 858. COMMON PLEAS—GENERAL TERM—Held by Judges Daly, Rovinson and Lurremore.. 28a. COMMON PLEAS—TRIAL TERM—Part 1—Held by A. M.—Nos, 893, 1244, 1068, 1069, 2099, 1098, 275, 2177, 1154, 2301, 2124, 2339, 2370, 1870, 1093, 2362, 1116. Part 2 journed until toe first Monday in Februal MARINE COURT—TRIAL TERM—PART Jucge Alker—Court opens at ten A. M.—1330, 1332, 1168, 1100, 1182, 999, 1293, 1796, 2438, 2125, 2126, 212" . 1347, 1348. Part 2—Held by Tudge Me: Adam—Covrt opens at ten A. M.—Nos, 1148, 938, 1154, 1211, 1251, 1317, 2122, 2454, 5800, 893, 959, 2184, 1342, 1343, 1146. Part 3—Held by Judge Gross— Court opens at ten A. M.—Nos, 1223, 1169, 1138, 1224, 1230, 503, 1493, 2044, 2272, 1031, 2388, 2089, 2281, 1960, 2472. Causes reserved for this day, and not Ou the day calendar, will appear as soon as causes now of may be disposed of, not more than filteen cases appearing on each day calendar. COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER—Held by Judge Barrett.—The People vs. John Snarkey, homicide; Same vs. Thomas Taséino, homicide; Same vs. Jonn Reilly, homicide, COURT OF GENERAL SeEssions—Held by Judge Sutherland.—The People vs. Edward McKnight, Tnomas Tighe, John Smith and Peter Hogan, rob- bery ; Same vs. Robert Robertson, robbery; Same vs, Bridget Dunn, lelonious assault and battery; Same v@ Michael Coilins, felonious assault ani battery; Same vs. Frank Lota, felontous assault and vattery; Same vs. Peter Loye, ielonious as- sault and battery; Same vs. Frank J. Clark, bur- glary; Same vs. James Robinson and Alvert Re- gan, burgiary; Same vs. Herman Spurr, torgery; dame vs, Alonzo Johnson and Sophia Robinson, grand larceny; Same vs. Robert Cafferty, grand larceny; Same vs. William Wright, grand larceny! Same vs. Frank Webb, grand larceny Joun Thomas, grand larceny; same Brooks; grand larceny; Same vs. Joseph Morton, grand Jarceny; Same vs, Bella Shaw, grand lar. ceby; Same vs. John Clark, grand larceny; same vs. George W. Marsh and John Brusu, grand lar: ceny ; Same vs. Michael Fitzgerald, grand larceny; Same vs. Peter Verden, grand larceny; Same vs. Alfred Wieder, grand larceny; Same ys. Joseph ‘W. Harding, grand larceny; Same vs. Frank Wag- ner, grand larceny; Same vs. William Heliramper, grand larceny ; Same vs. Isaac Harris, grand tare ceny; Same vs. James Waters, pant larceny; Same vs. Joho Mozantee, petit larceny; Sane vs. Albert Appell, petit larceny. BROOKLYN COURT CALENDARS, Circuit CouRT CALENDAR.—Nos, 113, 73, 149, 160, 161, 153, 130, 7, 11, 12, 16, 17, 22, 28, 29, 58, 5834, 74, 75, 2, 4, 5, 6, 88, 97, 102, 109, 114, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 7. City COURT CALENDA' OS, 118, 29, 138, 74, 18 92, 152, 60, 68, 137, 148, 149, 158. COMPTROLLER GREEN IN WEST CHESTER. THE END OF THE WEST FARMS (FORDHAM) NEW SCHOOL WAR Recently a foreclosure judgment, originally amounting to a little over $37,000, against the Board of Fducation of School district No. 1 of the town of West Farms, but chargeavie against the city of New York under the Annexation act, was settled, through the “admirable” and “economt. cal”? management of the city’s finances under Cemptrolier Green, for the greatly increased amount of $42,393 66. A brief nistory of this transaction will show how, in one of many in stances, the burdens of our taxpayers are in creased by the negligence and extravagance char- acterizing our present financial régime. On Jane ary 1, 1874, when the act annexing the Westchester towns touk effect, the city became the owner oj all the property belonging previous to that date to the several bourds of education 0; tuose towne. Forming a part of this property was the much needed new brick school building at Fordham, Now, in order to complete tie erection of this One building, the Board of Educauon of School district No. 1, West Farms, were furced to mort- gage the school property in their district to tre amount of $87,000, Previous to the annexation of those towns this mortgage, which under the same acts of the Legisiature toat gave the property to the city very properly became a Claim against it, was foreclosed, owing to the inability of the West Farms Board of Education to pay the interest due thereon, an inability arising from the cessation of all income to that Board, pending the then tmmt- nent transter of all its aifairs to the city authori ties. When the foreclosure proceedings were commenced the West Farms Board consul'ed emt nent connsel, Who informes them that no detence could be made on their part, a8 toe Dioney was ave the mortgagee anu that ne was fully entitied to obtain judgment ‘or tue amount clamed, a little ‘over — $37,000, and jor which amount judgment was obtained. Payment of this was demauded of the city a earago. At first Comptroller Green adopted the ‘avian policy of delay, repeatedly putting off the mortgagee with promises, none of which were fulfilled, Aiter Waiting jor Dearly & year without discerning avy real intention onthe part o1 the Comptrolier to settie the claim, the mortgagee vertised ond sold the mortgaged prope’ 4 ad, ere ontice, but an activity, alas! that was against ratoer than in the interest of the city, lor the expensive ma chinery of the Corporation Counsel’s ofice was set m Motion to oppose tne payment of a debt that the Supreme Court vad decided to ve justly ue, and Which the laws of the State made chargeaole against the city, AS Was to buve been ex ected, the Coumpirolier and his lawyers were deieated, aid additional expeise to the city tor lawyer's lee: , Was the only result obtained. Thus neg: ligence on the part of we Comptroller m not promptly attending to the settlement of tus judgment was jollowed by extravagance in his unnecessary reference of the matter (o the Co! ration Counsel, and the loss to the city in conse. quence tnereof amounts im round numoers to about $2,500, as 1ollows + Interest and costs paid to the mortgagee... of bees to special counset employed by Corporation Counsel, at ieast. «. eis Interest dn cost of the school amount of the mortgage) lost ar’s use of the buildin incurced by the New house (over the by th ones Le ol fu. CAton, OWL The old school house in conseqdence of thei not able to oveupy the m new one, at loast..... ” os In connection with this transaction it may be stated thal a mortgage lor $8,500 held by the Mu- tual Life Insurance Company on one of the West Farms schovi houses was througa the negligence ot the Comptroller allowed to be roreclosed, ttt final settlement thereby costing the eity some $1,500 over the amount of the mortgage. In view o/ stich facts as these, the question very natura \y oceiirs to every taxpayer, fs Comptroiier ureen's management OF the city’s finances @ proper and judicious one? ILLNESS OF MR. FROTHINGHAM, The sudden illness of the Rev. 0, B, Frothing» ham compelled a postponement of the usual Sun- day services at Lyric Hall. It was evidently @ great disappointment to the Iarge numbers who nad gone there, anticipatiug an especially brili- lantsermon upon the sunject announced tor the morntng’s discourse, “Jue Divorce Eewwoem Creed wud Conduct”?