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4 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1875.—TRIPLE SHERT. NEW BOOKS. The Egyptian Nile--- the African Slave Trade. AN IRISH RIFLEMAN’S BOOK. The Beginning of the English Publishing Season. NOTES ON BOOKS AND AUTHORS. Known and Unknown Aspirants for Literary Fame. Yorn Troveayp Mirus ov AvricaN Traven: A Pxr- sonal Recorp ov a Jounymy uP THe NILE AND TUROUGH THR SOUDAN To THB CONFINES OF CENTRAL Avaica, Esomacixa a Discussion on tux Sovnces or THe NIM AND AN EXAMINATION OF THR SLAVE Traps. By Alvan S$, Southworth. With map and il lustrations, New York: Baker, Pratt & Co., pub- Hishers, Nos. 142 and 144 Grand street, Thia is another of the volumes which represent in four literature the experiences and achtovements of cor- pespondents of the New York Hxraxy, It would be {Interesting to write a chapter on the literature of the New Yorx Heratp, as illustrated by the works of Btanley, McGahan, 0’Kelley and the other enterprising gentlemen who have served this journal in various parts of the world. Mr, Southworth now adds a volume to this interesting list, which is published in Qn attractive manner, good type, abundantly illustrated ‘with cuts and maps, at a reasonable rate. The motto which Mr. Southworth adopts as the text of his work Is selected from Goldgmith:—‘‘I esteem the traveller who instructs the heart, but despise him who Indulges the imagination.”” In his preface he awaits he day with confidence ‘when capital and Anglo- mn energy will release the degraded negro peoples from their ages of bondage, and convert them into in- Yelligent artisans and into industrious tillers of the poiL” He thinks that a few bold, rapid strokes of hu- gnanity and enterprise on the part of the Christian Powers would add 70,000,000 producers, now self-con- mers, to the modern arts and industries” Mr, yuthworth describes bis arrival in pt and the im- preasion made upon him by the great ruler of that Yountry, the present Khedivo; his start for the Soudan bn the vessel named the Herald; the scenery along the Nile; the crossing of the Nubian Desert; life among the Bedouin Arabs; the country of the Soudan; Khartoum; Darfour, the capital of the slave trade, and its king; Mhe slave trade, Arabian life, the sources of the Nile, }nd finally an audience with the Khedive. Much of | Vhis matter has appeared in the Hrratp as special cor- despondence, but a good deal of itis new. Altogether jt forms a most interesting monograph upon the history of Africa, written in a bright, picturesque style, and piving us a new and clear idea of modern Egypt The Viceroy of Egypt, as drawn by Mr. Southworth, \aman of remarkable genius. Hoe inherited a vast fortune, and was probably the richest man in Egypt, even before he came into power. He lives in an atmos- phere of intrigue and conspiracy. His personal habits dre peculiar. Arising at daylight, he labors until long \fter midnight, attending to his gigantic estates and toing everything for his “family of 5,000,000 people.” We isa man of honesty and courage. Like Napoleon, de hasa fondness for details, He knows “how the parts ofan opera should be dressed, and dictates him- self what changes are desirable in the cast.” He builds telegraph lines in six weeks, and decides upon vailway enterprises in a night, The Suez Canal, which had been talked about since the days of the Ptolemies, was only made possible by the Khedive. He has founded a House of Deputies, opened schools, given lands in charity, discouraged War, strengthened peace, and Iaid the foundation of a freat African empire. Mr. Southworth estimates the tmcome of the Khedive at $50,000,000 a year, and describes him asa ‘rather diminutive, pleasing look- Ing gentleman, larger but not taller than General Grant, with mown whiskers like seethed hay,” ‘dressed in fray pantaloons, dark walking coat and black tio.” In bis conversation, which Mr. Southworth reports at length, the Khedive appears to be a man of clear, reso- lute mind, of ambition and purpose, who desires to bring Egypt back to the position it assumed centuries ago. Speaking of General Stone, formerly of our army, tow chief of staff of the Egyptians, the Khedivo ‘says:—'‘He is not only a gentieman and a learned gen- tleman and a soldier, but an honorabie gentleman and an honorable soldier.” Mr. Southworth thinks there ts no Hobenzollern, Hapsburg or Hanover that has tithe of the Viceroy’s genius. Mr. Southworth’s description of his visit to Thebes, his ride across the Nubian desert and his Ife in Khar- toum is exceedingty interesting. Khartoum sa city of 40,000 people, und is the capital and the metropolis of the Soudan, and by far the finest provincial city of Africa. Mr. Southworth and his friends landed amid the Gring of cannom, the playing of bands aud ‘the ma- Qoavring of troops.’ It isthe country of the slave trade. The price of slave girls from Abyssinia is $80 to $100. Mr. Southworth regards Soudan “as a new America in the heart of Africa,” and when the question was asked what will be the result of opening up this coun- try as is proposed by tho Khedive, he answered that there will be two productive States, each larger than France ; 200,000,000 acres of cotton lands, a civil- ized population of 6,000,000 souls, a semi-civilized population of probably 30,000,000, with a climate un- equalled during eight months of the year. He dispels the popular fallacy that it isan unhealthy climate or that itis ‘an arid waste, (n the contrary, he says sanitary rules will make itas healthy as New York, while as to its ‘barrenness there are 141,000,000 of the richest acres in the world, Ail that is necessary is good administration, transportation, development of the country, and the result will be an addition to the income of Egypt of $100,000,000 a year. As an evidetice of what has been | subjects, done under the rule of the Khedive, Mr. Southworth informs us that within fifteen years 30,000,000 | of people have been brought within the circle | of semi-civilization, He sees in Central and Northern Africa a garden of sugar, cotton and grapes, acre of soll prepared in the rudest manner will produce more “than the same area of blooming | Italy.” Mr. Southworth dwells upon the animal re- | sources of the country, saying that man is not One | one to a thousand, and that {t is almost utterly impos- | 4... sible to describe the quantities of game, monkeys, lions, antelopes, elephants, crocodiles, cows, camels, asses, not to speak of the tigera, hyenas and the leopards, His life in Khartoum he found very pleasant. Elephant shooting js the chief sport of the country. The slave trade, although legally dead, practically remains, and the description of the manner in which this infamous trafic is carried on is heart- ending in ite vividness and truth. Villages @ attacked in the night time by these parties. They ro opened upon with musketry, and then beginsa general massacre of men women and children, the settlement surrounded by imflammable grass is given to the flames, and the entire habitation is laid im ashes, Probably out of the wreck of a thousand | charred and glaughtered people bis reserves have got the hundred coveted women and children that are flying from death in wild despair, “They are | American people; | and less tn America, unless written by some closer | student of American social and political life, he says | inson's ex | the issue of such a book from Mr. Green's pen. | yoked together by @ long pole and marched off from | wil} perhaps, entitle him to be called the first, Tho their houses forever.” Although the statistics of | faot of his being a scholar in classical honors of Trinity | the Northern African slave trade are uncertain Mr. | College, Cambridge, will bring him within tho ranks | Southworth estimates that the export of slaves from | of the second; and hig close connection with the the country lying between the Red Sea and the | radical party of the House of Commons, and eager great desert {s 25,000, annually. To obtain this number | qgyoeney of liberal opinions in whatever form pre- moro than 50,000 are annually killed, and it is a fair estimate to say that 60,000 children are siolon from | sented, shows that he has not neglected to study in | their parents every year by persons who have the names and reputation of being | educated, If wo continue to extend the bounds of inquiry to the Northern and Enst. ern coasts more than one million of souls will be com- prised in the number actually carried yy, killed or made beartbroken by the slave trade, Mr. Southworth ‘estimates finally that during the half century the epolia- | ag 4 matier of gossip, that Mr. Trevelyan is indebted tion of more than fifty millions of Africans has taken | for the honor of being editor of the “ Life and Letters,” place by tho slave traders, Of these 25,000 slaves, who are taken annually, our author estimates that ten thousand die from the climate, 2,000 become soldiers, 14,000 are made concubines or married, that 500 are wradg gunuchs and | and he bas abundance of leisure, tho Yost cooks and sorvagte, hey | course, going to iaundato us with Liveraiure, heavy wud are dispersed over 3,000,000 square miles, ‘their blood finally mingled with that of the Turk, Arab and Euro- pean.” Thousands go to Persia, and some of them ultimately become rich and distinguished through the dark intrigues of the Eastern courts. The market Soudan and price of slaves is interesting. For an eight yoar | cently illustrated ‘“L'Inde des Rajahs.”” I hear that a girl of the same | old boy, $40; $00 for age; & negro man will bring $150; a negro woman, $100; a concubine is worth $100; a “beautiful | Abyssinian girl, and white,” will bring $300. We are | glad to learn that the Viceroy’s government will wlti- | majely suppress slavery and all commerce relating to | {t. Mr. Southworth pays @ high tribute to Sir Samuel | Baker as one who has throttled this monster of slavery and who ‘hates the slave trade as Wendell Phillips hated slavery," and “whose name justly deserves to be | enrolled upon the proudest page of the benefactors of his country.” Mr, Southworth tells the story of his | purchasing @ slave girl named Barrilla, an Abyssinian | who had been kidnapped from her home, for $155 and | freeing her, Altogether, this book is full of interest and value. Atimes Mr. Southworth is aciear and, when tie takes pains, a brilliant descriptive writer. Ints Rueumen iv America, By Arthur Blennerhassett Leech, Loudon: Edward Stanford. To the riflemen of the United States, as well as to those of Ireland, this little work will prove, not only of valué, but also of interest. It is, as its title suggests, an ace count of the visit of the gentlemen from Ireland, who came over here last year to engage in an international match at rifle shooting with a picked team from the gentlemen of this country who cultivate practice with therifle, The little volume is written by Major Leech, | captain of the Irish team, and is prepared for publica- tion in the felicitous style of that gentleman. The origin of rifle shooting in Ireland is brieily sketched and the manner im which the sport was cultivated and is sustained in the Green Isle is shown by the encouragement it received from a few prominent Irish gentlemen. Major Leech also gives the history of the Creedmoor match and how it was brought about, together with the marked targets of the competing riflemen and their re- spective scores, The book is-written in a free, easy and unaffected manner, and while all that relates to the rifle 1s of interest to the riflemen, the little bits of description of travel and hunting expeditions in the West will recommend it to another class of readers who will no doubt be pleased with the happy style in which the gallant Irish captain relates the experieuces of his rifle team in the United States, NEW ENGLISH BOOKS. Lonpox, Oct, 1, 1875. The great annual London competition for fame {s about commencing, and the question is, Who is to carry off the palm? Of the ninety and nine authors whose works are now in the press each one is, of course, firmly persuaded that his or her book is to be the most successful of the season. Months have been | devoted to the production of the manuscript, which | has been submitted to a well known author. The points which are to make the hit have been dis- cussed over and over again with the publisher, and allowed to be excellent and novel. A few literary friends at a little dinner at the ‘Athe- neam” have expressed their unalterable con- viction that the book is, of all others, the very one the public most wants. The author merely waits for that morning when he or she is to rise to find Fame beckoning at the window. To the ninety and eight at present indulging in these pleasant and seasonable reflections Fame will never come. It | is a singular and rather remarkable fact in connection | with authorship that no man or woman ever sat down to write a book but had implicit faith in establishing a claim to rank among the exalted of the guild of litera- ture, It is an horforable and lofty ambition to cherish; but of the thousands of people who write how many secure a place, we were going to say even on acob- web of the niche where the bust of the goddess stands? How many? And, if it would not be imper- tinent to ask the question, What is tlie pro- portion that the unsuccessful bears to the successful in the great competition for the laurel crown which popular favor decrees to the winning writer of the year? Ay, and how often is that laurel crown un- worthily bestowed by the fickle and shifting voice of the public? The practised eye will ecan the list of “forthcoming books’? and will select, in a moment, those which stand the greatest chance of being read; but, by and by, from some remote and hitherto un- known corner, comes a book which, in a way, takes the world by storm and entitles its author to rank himsgf among those few whom Mr. Charles Reade claims can legally hold the honors of authorship, GREEN'S “HISTORY OF THR ENGLISH PEOPLE.” At the beginning of this year we had remarkable evi- dence of this. A gentleman, hitherto unknown, con- tent to labor anonymously on the staff of the Saturday Review, spending his busiest hours in the library of Lambeth Palace, and, no doubt, in his own mind feeling that he was as unlikely to gain the promi- nent place he now holds in literature as to exchange places with the Archbishop of Canterbury; this un- known writer produces a book which, by universal con- sent, is admitted here to be the best short English his- tory ever written, Neither Mr. Green nor his publish- ers had the remotest idea when the manuscript was being considered that in book form it would meet with | such @ reception from the public as to need an issue of | 20,000 copies within little less than a twelvemonth. Yet Mr. Green’s “Short History of the English People” | has reached this edition aircady, and there is evidently no cessation in the demand for the book. I feel, there- fore, that os far as this present year and | season are concerned Mr. Green will secure the front place among the host of known and unknown writers over here who are now eagerly waiting to present their books to the public. | This book now in the press, the smaller volume in great | part rewritten and enlarged to three volumes, will | doubtless meet with the largest share of what may be | called lasting public favor; but whether the short his- | tory, in library form, as it will appear next month, will | Prove as great a pecuniary success as the less pretend. | ing present book only the Macmillans themselves aro | able to foretell. Mr, Green will have to make hoy while | the sun shines. His health is very indifferent, He spent the greater part of last summer in the South of France under medical advice, and it is extremely doubtful | whether hard work or research of any kind during the | winter months will be allowed him in London, He has spoken of paying some atiention to American historical in view of apossible short history of the but a work of the kind, little chance in England | | | I fear, would have it only | needs to note the lack of interest shown here in Hig- | lent “Young Folks History of America’ | to judge of the chances of a great success attending | Mr. tages of a close connec- th American life for years, whereas Mr, Gree has nover visited the States. Even the prestige bt longing to the author of the “Short History of the Eng- | lish People” would never carry positive success to a | hastily written, ill-cousidered work. The Harpers have purchased Trevelyan’s “Life and | Letters of Lord Macaulay,” now in the pross, for at- | multancous issue in America, No doubt, when this | letter reaches you, the book will be out. The word | “Macaulay” is the enticing bait to the redder, co that | the editor or author stands but poor chance of recognition. Novertheless, Mr. Trevelyan ought to | gain some praise for his work, and doubtless “will, Higginson has had all the ad’ | Member for the border boroughs of Scotland, in itself a distinction, he is, besides, something of a writer, a | seholar and student, His “Competition Wallab,” a book which attracted great attention here because of its outepoken attacks upon our Angio-Indian system, | the difficult but eminently practical school of every- day politics. But Mr, Trevelyan should produce a good book for stronger reasons than these, He married an heiress, which keeps him far above the want of money, The sum paid him for the Amorican copyright, I am given to under- stand, was not cxorbitantly large; but then this is no criterion of @ book's worth. 1 may mention, perhaps, &c., to the fact of his father-having married the sister of Lord Macaulay. WORKS OF TRAVEL. The visit of the Prince of Wales to India te, of | forthcoming work of fiction is Mr. Anthony Trollope’s, | be pleased to look over one of Mr, Thackeray's scrap light, relating to that country. The best of the books at present in the press relating to the country, but not the visit, which is made to stand sponsor for its forth- coming early appearance, is “India and Its Native Princes,’’ a reproduction of Louis Rousselet’s magnifi- the Appletons have secured the plates of the English edition of this really splendid work from the London publishers, Messrs, Chapman & Hall, It is impossible to enumerate all the works we are promised this season belonging to the literature of travel, but special record may be made of Ashton Dilke’s promised book on the Russian Power, principally because Mr. Dilke is sure to tell us something which people here will quarrel about, A book by Dr. Andersen, concerning the two Chineso expeditions under Major Sladen and Colonel Horace Browne, should prove interesting in view of the present complications between this country and China, which at the moment of my writing threaten war, And for very different but sufficient reasons, ‘Teresina in America,”’ by Theresa Yelverton (Lady Avenmore), will be eagerly bought up by old women and scandal-mongers who love to cackle over the experiences and adventures of ladies whose name and fame may be in the least degree tarnished by con- tact with the world. Two volumes, crown octavo, of Mrs, Yelverton’s ex- periences in America should satisfy the craving of the most hungry secker after the sensational, I recollect seeing and hearing Theresa Yelverton plead her cause in person before the House of Lords, and if she writes now as she spoke then her book should be an edifying introduction toa study of the art of producing sensa- tion—for ladies, Another work on travel by a lady which promises well is Amelia B, Edward’s “Journey of a Thousand Miles Throngh Egypt and Nubia to the Second Cataract of the Nile.” The ‘Frosty Caucasus,’ by F.C. Grove, andthe “Indian Alps, by a “Lady Pioneer,” almost complete the list of noteworthy forth- coming books which last year’s summer travel have produced, ‘Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cata- racts of the Congo,” by Captain Burton, with Miss Gor- don Cummings’ narrative of “Travels from the Hebrides to the Himalayas,” ought, pérhaps, to be added as evi- dence of no lack of public interest in England in the adventures of travellers, NEW NOVELS. Shake up the names of the lesser of our novelists in a bag and it doesn’t very much matter whose is drawn first. Respectable mediocrity is the badge of the tribe, Of those of this class who intend to give us samples of their work this season perhaps Miss Mary Cecit Hay is most entitled to mention. “The Squire’s Legacy” is a novel of the usual plot-and-passion description, more than averagely well done, and written by a painstaking, experienced wriler. ‘Old Myddleton’s Money” should make it sell, even if its own commonplace but rather seductive title doesn’t tempt the curiosity of the novel buying public, Harpers, of course, publish from ad- vance sheets, With the solitary exception of “The Squire's Legacy” I do not note one forthcoming work of fiction worthy of mention, The greater novelists seem to be doing nothing. Charles Reade has done raging over the “rights and wrongs of authors,’’ Wilkie Collins is preparing nothing for imme- diate publication. All the persuasive bullying of the genial Maxwell cannot extract another novel from the imaginative but sadly overworked brain of Miss Braddon ; Messrs. Black and Blackmore, perhaps the best of our later writers of fiction, promise nothing; and the only other name fit to rank with these associated with a He has sent the manuscript of “The Prime Minister” to Messrs. Chapman & Hall for publication. SKETCHES OF THACKERAY. Here, perhaps, 1 would be proper to mention a pleasant reminiscence, which 1s promised us at Christ- mas, cf the genial, large-hearted Thackeray. A fow sketches and literary fragments of his have been col- ledted and are to appear, chielly, of course, to make money for Mr. Thackeray's representatives, but with a view also of counteracting the supposed eval influence of acertain book called after his name, published by Messrs. Chatto & Windus. Every one, of course, will books, but I’ have considerable doubt whether the promised yolume will prove extraordinarily successful, for the sufficient reason that if it promised great suc- cess it would have been pubhshed long ago, Neverthe- less, we shall await its coming with interest, BIOGRAPHY, Tom Hnghes has been rusticating and directing his attention mostly to “The Economy of Thought and Thinking;” but I hear that he has succeeded in remoy- ing most of the objection Mrs, Charlies Kingsley had to a proposed life of her husband, and that letters and facts are being got together for a ‘Life of the Rev. Charles Kingsley,” which will be written by his great friend and admirer, Tom Hughes. Some people will be pleased to learn that “Bishop Thirlwall’s Literary and Theological | Remains” are to appear under the able editing of the | Rey. Canon Browne, This should be a book of great interest to churchmen of the moderate school of belief, and, I have little doubt, will prove one of the successes of the season, The concluding volumes of “The Life of | Henry Temple, Viscount Palmerston,” edited by Evelyn | Ashley, M. P., are in the press. Among books of this | character Lord William Lennox’s ‘Celebrities I Have Known,” and “A Life of the Earl of Mayo” (late Gover- nor General of India), by W. W. Hunter, are likely to attract attention. But I suppose these books have little interest for Americans. “GuIpO AND LiTA,’? Considerable curiosity is felt aa to how the Marquis of Lorne will acquit himself in his new réle of poot, “Guido and Lita,” a tale, in verso, of life in Piedmont, smacks very much of love and the ordinary highflown | sentiment of fledgling poets; but under the experienced supervision of the Marquis of Lorne’s father “Guido and Lita” may turn outa poem attractive even to the million, I doubt, however, whether it will reach much | beyond the drawing room tables of Grosvenor and | Eaton squares, “Much as we love princes and lords wo | love our shillings better, and not even strawberry leaves | on a poet’s brow will tempt the spending of these un- less overflowing measure {s given in return. The Mar- quis’ poem, well written as it may be, excellently illus- trated as it is sure to be, and presented to the public in the most charming of bindings, will have as little intor- est for the general reading public in England as the | Episties of St. Paul to the Corinthians to the disciples of Mr. Charles Bradlaugh, work, it seems apropos to mention that a book is now in the press which should throw some light on the Old Testament portion of the Bible—namely, Dr. Georgo Smith's “Assyrian Inscriptions," describing events of the Book of Genesis. MR. GLADSTONE’S COMING ARTICLE. It is a matter of rumor, but only of ramor, that Mr, Gladstone is going to startle the world with a theolog- ical work of some importance, but I can trace the “‘on dit’? to no authentic source. Much interest is dis- played in his forthcoming article in the new Church Quarterly, which will probably prove an additional source of anxiety to church parties in England. The right honorable gentleman yacillates between oxt- spoken dissent and dalliance with ritualism, He is neither high, low, moderate nor broad, as far as the world can detect in his expressed views, and it would startle no one to find that he had founded a school of thought of his own, [ hear that Mr. Beresford Hope is associated with Mr, Gladstone in the pages of this new magazine, which looks very much as if it were founded in the interests of the “Church before the Reforma- tion” party. It is. a matter of considerable comment in literary circles that the new venture was placed before several well known publishers before it reached its present place of abode, which seems to suggest a want of belief in its securing popularity with the public, ‘The first number of the publication appears next week. In what people call literary chit-chat I have nothing of particular interest. The World is in hot water gain, Two actions for libel against its proprietor are threatened, but whether they will come to anything is doubtful, LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. The Appletons have in press ‘Weights, Measures and Money of All Ages,” by Professor F, W. Clarke. Probably it will undertake to tell us the true weight of greenback money as a measure of value. The Rey, Dr. Robert L, Dabney has in Randolph's press “The Sensualistic Philosophy of the Nineteenth Century Considered.” ‘The London Swedenborg Society is printing all tho documents known to exist respecting tho life and char- acter of Emanuel Swedenborg, These volumes contain. not only the English translation, but also the Swedish and Latin originals of all Swedenborg’s correspondence, diaries, journals and the testimony of his contempora- ries respecting hitn. Miss Caroline Herschel, the accomplished sister and secretary of the astronomer, is to be commemorated in a memoir compiled from her own journals, J. B. Lippincott & Co. will print a new book on “florida, Its Poetry and Its Prose,” by Sidney Lanier. To the various histories of American literature is to be added a compend by Professor Moses Coit Tyler, of the University of Michigan. A httle volume on “The True Order of Studies,” by the competent hand of Dr. Thomas Hill, late President of Harvard, is in Putnam's press. Whoever buys Dr. Allibone’s “Dictionary of Eight Thousand Prose Quotations” will conclude, perhaps that the Doctor, too, has “been ata great feast of lan- guages, and stolen the seraps.”? “Prussia’s Ropresentative Man,” by Francis Ltoyd, is a suggestive and interesting book, Mr. George Vasey, who has written “The Philosophy of Laughter and Smiling,” ponderously denounces the absurd habit of langhing (though he tolerates smiling), and comes to the conclusion that “sensible people never laugh.” The new “History of the University of Virginia,” by Professor Scheie de Vere, will commemorate 10,000 stu- dents, in a volume of about 600 pages. Appleton’s now illustrated serial, “Picturesquo Europe,” will be edited by Bayard Taylor, Part I. will appear in October, containing Windsor Castle with its interiors, Mr. Andrew Wilson’s ‘Abode of Snow” is a finely written record of travel among the Himalaya moun- tains. Professor James Russell Lowell’s ‘Selection of Eng- lish Plays and Poems, from Marlowe to Dryden,” will be issued by Little, Brown & Co. in about ten volumes, Merivale’s ‘General History of Rome” gives in one yolume of 691 pages by far the most interesting com- pendium of Roman history that we have, The late Bishop Thirlwall’s “Literary and Theological Remains’? will be published in London this fal. Gustave Flaubert is writing a novel of provincial life, telling the story of two men buried alive in a country town and finding themselves at their wits’ end for ad- ventures and amusement. The subject for the Marquis of Lothian’s historical prize at Oxford next year is *‘The Causes of the Failure of Parliamentary Institutions in Spain and France as compared with Their Success in England.” A new history of the Army of the Cumberland, writ- ten from Major General Thomas’ private and official papers, by Thomas B. Van Horne, will be published in two volumes by Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati, on the Ist of December. ‘The Industrial Publishing Company of New York has printed “The Pistol as a Weapon of Defence in the House and on the Road; How to Choose It and How to Use It.” We have a new “‘Life of Gustavus Adolphus, the Hero King of Sweden,” by M. de Parien, which is a well written piece of biography. * FINE ARTS. GOSSIP AMONG THE STUDIOS. Victor Nehlig, who was a few years ago one of the most popular artists in New York, has been devoting his surplus energy to the Louisville (Ky.) Exposition, having been appointed Chairman of the Committee on Art. Pilkington Jackson has, at his studio in Forty-first street, a large picture m water colors. It isa view | among the mountains in the eastern part of Cuba, One of the most interesting points in the picture is the pen | in which the slaves are locked at night. Near it is the residence of the Rigondeau, with the lane winding around the back of the house, It was in this lane that Rigondeau was murdered. Mr, Jackson is painting a | emailer scene, also in water colors, from a sketch made near Manchester, N, H. Wilson MacDonald is hard at work in his studio, corner of Broadway and Thirty-fourth street, and is at present engaged on a portrait bust of Commodore ©, K. Garrison, The head is full of character, and the artist | | A ROYAL AUTHOR. Why the “Poems, Essays and Speeches” of His Majesty of Sweden should cone over here and to be pubhshed anonymously Iam ataloss to understand. Few people know anything of the King, and until Bentley advertised his collected specches still fewer cared to know. Blanchard Jerrold may be able to ex. | plain this mystery. Possibly the forthcoming publica- tion is only an advertising dodge to resuscitate the | | waning fortune of the at present suspended European | Review. Mr, Blanchard Jerrold, by the way, has hia | third volume of Napoleon’s life in the press, and 4 promises besides a collection of hitherto unpublished letters of Lord Lytton’s, Lamb's, Dickens’, &e., written tothe late Laman Blanchard, ina volume of whose | poems they are to appear. Not content with these Mr, Jerrold supplies “The Final Reliquec of Father Prout,” collected and edited from manuscripts supplied by the family of the Rey. Francis Maloney, to the list of forth- coming books. BOOKS OF AMERICAN INTEREST. Among works of speciai interest to American read. ers [ note the following as likely to prove readable clence By-Ways,”’ by Richard A. Proctor; “God and the Bible,” @ review of objections to “Literature and Dogma,” by Matthow Arnold; “A History of the French Revolution,” by H. Taine, unless the work has Jready been published in the United States; “Nature’ Teaching,” as applied in the wonders of art and manu. | facture, by the Rev. J: G, Wood, M. A., author of “Homes without Hands; the “Life and Works of Wal. ter Savage Landor,’’ to be completed in eight volumes, by John Forster; ‘The Religion of our Literature,’? essays upon Carlyle, Browning, Tennyson, &c., by the | Rey. G. McCrie; ‘A Life of Norman Macleod, D. D.” late oditor of ‘Good Words,” by his brother; “The Life ot Archbishop Laud,” by Dr. Hook, Dean of Chiches- tor, forming the eleventh volume of the lives of the archbishops of Canterbury; “An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland,” by Professor Killen; “Modern Seienco,” by Professor Tait, and ‘A History of English Dramatic Literature Down to the Reign of Queen Anno,” by Pro- fessor Ward. These almost exhaust the List of books calling for attention in my present letter, As I men, tioned at the beginning of it, the library edition of Mr, Green’s “Short History” and Macaulay’s “Life and Letters” are the most noticeable of the works almost | immediately to be issued, Dr. Farran is engaged in preparing “Studies on the Dawn of Christianity,’ Thoug! . Sig’ a Dear,” | | calls Ph ugh Lost to Sight to Memory Dear. Ay of these a new. building has been erected re- | commenced. Around his studio are copies of heads has succeeded in catching a spirited likeness of the old Commodore, He is also busy with plans for a statue of Washington Irving, life size, with ornamented pedestal, | for Central Park. In his studio isa cast of the Pros pect Park bust of Irving, one heroic size, and one of | George Washington, the latter being cast from the orig- inal mask from Washington's face. The mask is now in Mr. MacDonald’s possession. James H. Beard, having done so well with animals, has drifted into figure painting, He has two life-size companion pictures, one (called “Wide Awake) repre- senting a baby playing with some little puppies, while | the mother dog looks on to see that the sport does not | In the other, which he calls “Tired all fallen to sleep in a heap Another picture, just finished, he become too rough, Out,” they have after their frolic, group of dogs sit before the portralt of their young mas- ter, the frame of which is draped with crape, The | artist hus introduced in the foreground a sleeping pup, showing the indifference of youth to the grief of those | around him, A group of cats and kittens ts well painted, especially the faces of some of tho kittens which show an expression almost human, In Henry Peters Groy’s studio 1s his beautiful piece | of flesh painting which was exhibited at the Academy | of Design last spring; “The Origin of tho American | Flag,” from Drake's poom beginning When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air Sho tore the axure robe of night ‘And set the stars of glory there. It ia sen to better advantage here than in the exhi- bition room, being placed in a moro fayorable light, Mr. Grey bas sent to the War Department a portrait of General Delafield, destined for West Point, and is now engaged on duplicates for members of tbe family, A portrait of General Cullom, also for West Point, is just made by his wife, from pictures in the Pitti Palace, Florence. Mrs. Gray.is Prosident of the Ladies’ Art Association in this city. Professor Randell is engaged on a portrait of a lady, Mahopac, He has just received from his brother in Cincinnati a series of drawings in lines of color, illus- trating a new principle in mathematics, He calls it “Tho Magic Reciprocals,’’ of half squares and inches, and claims to have discovered by this means the math- ematics or science of color, William Hart has been studying Jersey and Alderney cattle this summer, and brings back a large number of sketches of these useful as well as beautiful and gentle creatures, Ho is at work on a large picture, the scene of which is laid in the Adirondack region, A drove of cattle are wandering among the rocks in the early morning ot a September day, seeking pasture. Frank Waller is back again from the Eastern world, and has just put the finishing touches to an Egyptian Scene outside the gates of Cairo. It is destined for Boston. On his easel is another scene from Cairo, “The Tomb of Sultan Barkooh,” with the brilliant glow which follows the last gleam of the setting sun, illumin- ating the atmosphere, He is also painting for a nephew of George Peabody a scene on the Nile, Mr, Waller passed his summer at New Windsor and Cornwall-on- the-Hudson, and has filled his portfolio with sketches of that beautiful region. David Johnson does not generally select extended views for his pictures, but prefers the more retired nooks, where waterfalls and running brooks are found, He has one now in his studio of Sage’s Falls, in Liteh- field eounty, Connecticut. Other sketches show the beauties of Ramapo, Orange county; that favorite among our artists, Esopus Creek, the Housatonic’ beautiful banks and many more, On the wall hangs the last portrait for which Edwin Forrest sat, his sud- den death having prevented Mr, Johngon’s completing it. Kensett’s portrait is here also, Johnson being one of his most intimate friends, and the companion of many of his sketching excursions. William Magrath is at present working in water | colors, On his easel is one about half fnished—a young girl standing against a tree, with the sheep she is herd- ingaround her. In the distance the artist intends introducing the figure of a herdsman. It is called “Happy Moments.” Another in the same style represents a young man asleep under the trees, with the shoep nibbling the grass among the dead leaves, He intends to send these to England. A very pretty little painting. in ofl, hangs on his wall among other Irish scenes, A young man stands lean- ing against the doorway of a very picturesque stone stable, and a very pretty young woman has stopped to chat with him. She holds a basin of newly washed clothes under her arm, and both figures are full of grace. B. F. Reinhart is painting a scene from “Ivanhoe.” Ho has selected the moment when Richard Cour de Lion, having been lost in the wilderness after the tourna- ment and admitted to the monastery, is entertained by the old robber monk, Richard holds the harp which he has found among the friar’s arms and is singing, while | Friar Tuck beats time with one hand and with the other holds his drinking horn. In another picture just laid in he bas wandered into fairy land. The queen of the fairies is returning from a journey, and with her attendant sprites is floating through a forest, Another painting represents Pocahontas and her Indian maidens bringing in the corn from the fleld. The princess leads the way with empty hands, while those who follow her are laden with sacks of grain. A’drawing in black and jWwhite of Katrina Van Tassell stands against the wall. Katrina stands leaning against a table with her back tothe window, through which is seen Ichabod Crane paying his respects to the old farmer, A portrait in oil of the benevolent face of Peter Cooper and others are around his studio, Ata recent meeting of the Centennial Art Advisory Committee, in Philadelphia, it was decided that the ex- position of American art should not be limited to works by living artists, but should cover the ontire century of national existence. The Committee on Selection, com- | posed exclusively of artists, was confirmed as it stood, | and an addition was made to it, making its number ten, It was decided that in due time the committee should proceed to Boston, New York and such other centres as may be hereafter determined, and pass on works offered for exhibition, to the end that needless trans- portation to Philadelphia may be avoided. The matter | of space was discussed at length, and it was stated that the demands already received were far in excess of the capacity of Memorial Hall THE PARK IN AUTUMN. THE GORGEOUS PICTURES THAT GLORIFY THE APPROACH TO WINTER, At this time of the year it would be a difficult matter | any co: to find a place within easy reach of this city so deserv- ing ofa visit as the Central Park, Almost everybody, | whatever his errand, whether of business or recreation, | who finds himself among us at an earlier period of the | year, is introduced to the full charm of its summer ver- | dure and bloom, the refreshing coolness of its shady | places, its placid Jakes and winding walks; but they are | comparatively few in proportion who make themselves familiar with its autumnal glories, In every phaso both | seasons are vividly reflected hero, and if summer has more flowers for its garniture that fade with its de- parture, autumn touches the leaves on every tree | with a multitude of hues ever varying to mark | its progress, Thus far during the present season time has not dealt severely with the foliage of | Central Park. The vines and creeper® aro dead; here | and there a bare tree points its skeleton branches at | comfortably covered neighbors, and the fallen leaves lie on the sward, embroidering the edges of many a pathway, Yet the warmth and richness of summer's | full bloom are but slowly fading. It is in the vigor of its coloring that the presence of autumn is most sensi- bly felt now; In milder noons and cooler evenings, | ‘There is something of thoughtful repose, too, in the | atmosphere—the fruit ofa faint suggestion of depart | ing bloom. Yesterday was atime peculiarly adapted to the enjoyment of a ramble through the Park, The weather was very pleasant—clear, cool and invigorat- ing—well suited toa walk or drive, The sun shone about midday with a welcome warmth for a few hours, and its declining rays enhanced the charm of the acenery. BLENING “IN BEAUTEOUS TINT the colored mass."’ The admirers of nature improved the opportunity for the collection of leaves and sprays of fern. A great many ladies and children carried off selections. Petty trespasses were committed now | and then, and decay was occasionally anticipated. | The rarer plants at present need careful watching. There are some persons that would not hesitate to pluck aleaf or branch and ruin the parent stem. A splen- did panoramic view is afforded from the more elevated portions of the park, every change of position present- inga fresh pleture not seen before. One cannot even briefly mention the many scenes that would amply re- pay the trouble of a visit, But there is one spot, and & convenient one it 18, too, from which a gorgeous blaze of color may be viewed. Standing on the broad stairway leading downward to the lake from the Mall you seo the picture spread along the opposite shore; such a picture asthe hand of autumn alone could paint, Quit- ting these scenes for the Carousel, the swings or the | vicinity of the zoological collection you find crowds of | people drawn to each place by the different attractions afforded, tis interesting to notice with what patient attention some visitors gaze at a repulsive grizzly bear they have seen a dozen times before, or a stupid looking OLD MARPY RAGLE that hobbles to and fro in his cage, But, beside the old stock of animals, there are now many curious and interesting ones on exhibition in the Pari For some the previous accommodation not being sufficient for the coming winter. This stracturo is somewhat like the others already erected, It is sit- uated back of the large house that stands to the west- ward of the arsenal, Although not completely finished it contained yesterday some of the animals that have heretofore been crowded in the basement of the oll | building and a few of those that occupied cages in front of it. Nearly the entire collection are now housed, and | the cages of those still exposed have been fitted with | glass doors. Not far from the museum there is a small Jake for whose improvement something is needed. It __ igaremarkably dirty little lake, coated with green slime and decaying leaves, and is a foul spot for 0 fair aplace. When the sun declined yesterday the cool breeze that prevailed in moderation during tho day in- | creased and soon chased away the late sojourners to more comfortable quarters, THIRD AVENUE SAVINGS BANK. Soveral of the heaviest depositors of the Third Ave, nue Savings Bank have been in consultation with the bank officials relative to resuming business again, They | propose that as soon as it is known what dividend can | be paid each depositor shall be*credited with the amount due on that basis; that the bank be run under emall expense and shall pay but four per cent interest and that all the profits shall be added to the | Ho bas nearly finished several pretty pictures, one of a | young girl carving her name on a tree, and another of | a child paddling barefooted in a brook, His daugntor | occupies the studio with the Professor and is working on portraits in crayon, Mr. M. Cory is back from the prairies and has cov- ered his studio walls with Indian scenes and trophies, Ho is at work ona group of indians encamped on the which, from the success of his “Lite of Christ,” bids fair to command the reapect of students ot biblical literature, pid, i asagciation with bya fervhouming prairies, Goorge L, Frankenstein is painting a view of Lake } depositors’ individual accounts, They also propose that the present Receiver, Mr, Carman, shall manag the bank, but that a new board of officers be appointed, If this plan is followed the creditors will in the end, it is said, receive upward of ninety per cent, while if they push tho Receiver their dividend will not amount to more than fifty per cent. They further suggest that the most needy depositors be paid a dividend of about | ten per cent as soon as possible, which can be easily | dona with the proj | | | Fish. | duced this important modification, los If this plan depositors they are Receiver wn opportunity to negotiate the \ Out sacrificing 1} to wind it up immer THE CANADIAN FISHERIES. ——. THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID ENGLAND BY THE UNITED STATES—THE ONE MILLION DOLLAB OF THE COMMISSIONERS, After a lapse of over four years the Commission pro- vided for in the Treaty of Washington for the final set- tlement of the disputed claims of Americans to fish im Canadian waters is about to assemble at Halifax, Nova Scotia, This is the only unsettled question remaining atter the labors in 1870 of the Joint High Commission, and, though United States fishermen have enjoyed for # considerable period since then all the privileges they contended for, our government has yet to pay to Eng- Jand a large sum to be hereafter determined in consider- ation for these same privileges. They consist of the right of taking, curing and drying of fish in the waters of the Dominion without being restricted to any dis. tance from the shore, with permission to land, in order to make purchases, dry nets, &c. It may be stated that it was the differences that arose between the United States Great Britain in consequence of certain unfriendly acts of the Provincial authorities that led to the meeting of the Joint High Commission. ‘The abrogation of the Reciprocity Treaty in 1866 caused the Canadians to enact a series of laws calculated to drive Americans from their usual fishing grounds. No notice was given of this intention and many vessels were seized and brought in as prizes during 1870. In that year acts were passed authorizing British officers to seize vessels hovering within three miles of any coasts, bays, creeks or harbors of Canada, take them into port and examine their masters, under oath, touch- ing their cargoes and voyages and to inflict a heavy pecuniary penalty if true answers were not given; and if such vessels were found preparing to fish within threo miles without license they were to become forfeit, Vice Admiral Wellesley, who has recently visited the United States, was in command of the English naval forces and he proceeded to enforce these harsh laws rigorously. American vessels were captured on grounds on which they had remained un- molested from time immemorial, and an angry feeling was springing up between the two countries when the British government proposed and the United States agreed that the matters in dispute should be referred to a joint commission, Subsequently all matters in con- troversy, including the Alabama claims, was referred to this body. The United States yielded numerous valua- ble commercial privileges to Canada by the Treaty of Washington. Many of the most important productions of the Dominion are now admitted tree of duty, and im respect to fisheries the Canadians enjoy in American waters and on American soil the same privileges their | SM Areas has conceded to citizens of the United ENGLISH AND AMERICAN VIEWS. Among the earliest questions taken up by the Joint High Commission at Washington was that relating to the fisheries. The discussion lasted nearly stx weeks. The British Commissioners were prepared to consider the matter in detail or generally, 80 a3 either to enter into an examination of the respective rights of the two countries under existing treaties and the general law of nations or to approach at once a settlementon @ compensation basis, The. American Commissioners preferred the latter, and declined to entertain a proposi- tion restoring the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854, because it had proved unsatisfactory to the people of the United States, and was subsequently terminated by notice {in pursuance of its provisions, They stated that if the value of the in-shore fisheries could be ascertained the United States might prefer to purchase for a sum of money the right to ‘enjoy in perpetuity their use in common with British fishermen and mentioned $1,000,000 as an amount they were prepared to offer. The British Commissioners considered this raoly inadmissible, In reply to the latter, who alleged that tho fisheries were of great value, the American Commissioners declared that they were overestimated and that the United States desired to secure their enjoyment, not for their commercial or intrinsic value, but for the purpose of removing @ source of irritation. It was finally agreed that, as the two governments could not agree, a reference should be made to an impartial cominission to determine the matter. The language of the treaty shows how the parties viewed the question and the means adopted for its settlement, CONDITIONS OF SETTLEMENT, The twenty-second article of the freaty of Washing- ton declares that inasmuch as it is asserted by the gov- ernment of Great Britain that the privileges accorded to the United States are of greater value than those accorded to Great Britain, it is agreed that Commis- sioners shal) be appointed to determine the amount of ensation which, in their opinion, ought to be paid by the United States-to England, in return for the privileges accorded citizens of the United States, and that any sum of money which the said Commissione: shall so award shall be paid by the United States ina gross sum within twelve months after such award shal§ have been made, The twenty-third article provides that the Commis- sioners shall be appointed in the following manner:— One by the President of the United States, one by the British government and a third by the President of t United States and Her Britannic Muajesty’s government jointly; and in case the third Commis sioner shall not have been so named with- in @ period of three months from the dat the article takes effect, then he shall be named by the representative, at London, of the Emperor of Austria, In case of the death, absence or incapacity of any Commissioner the vacancy 1s to be filled in the manner provided for in making original appointments, The Commissioners are to assemble at Halifax, Nova Scotia, | at the earliest convenient period after they have beem respectively named, and shall, before proceeding to any business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration | that they will carefully examine and decide the matterd referred to them to the best of their judgment and according to justice and equity, Each contracting party shall also name one person to attend the Com- mission, as its agent, to represent its general interests, Oral and written testimony is to be received and cross- examination of witnesses permitted. The case om either side is to be closed within six months from date of organization, and an award made as soon as possible thereafter, The period of six months may be extended three montns in case of a vacancy occurring in the Commission, CAUSE OP DELAY, Protocols were from time to time signed to carry out the design of these articles, but early in 1874 it was understood that Congress would be favorably disposed to enter into a new reciprocity treaty like that of 1854 with Canada. The State Department was also under- stood to be favorably inclined to the measure, and a draft of a treaty was taken into consideration by Mr. A reciprocity treaty would change very iate- riaily the view of the Dominion government in.refe ence to a pecuniary compensation for the enjoyment of the fisheries by Americans, and accordingly Sir Edward Thornton notified the State Department that he thought it unnecessary to take any fresh steps with regard to the Fishery Commission until the Senate met in Decem- ber, 1874. That body having done nothing in the mat- ter, we find Sir A. T. Galt dias been appointed British Commissioner under the treaty, and that it is under- stood Lieutenant Governor Clifford, of Massachusett will act in the same capacity on behalf of the Unit States, It is not yet known whether the English and American governinents have agreed upon a third Com- missioner. In cage of a difference on this point, it is provided, as mentioned above, that the Austrian Mine ister at London is to name a suitable person. MEXICO. te OPENING OF THE MEXICAN HOUSES OF LEGIS« LATIVE CHAMBERS—SPEECH OF THE PRESI-+ DENT. On the 15th of last month the Mexican Logislative Chambers were opened with a speech by the President, from which the following interesting extracts ar@ taken:— “Citizens, Deputies any Srxators—For the first time since the establishment of our political system im 1857 the legislative power of this Union is exercised by two chambers, The institution of the Senate completes: our constitutional régime and offers us new hopes for our future welfare, both because the uniform represem- tation of the States is joined with the proportional rep+ resentation of the population, and because a larger as | semblage of talent and the double discussion of th awe will make the federal Congress a fruitful source good to the Republic, This retorm, which was imitiated eight years ago, has now become a reality, after being discussed by different Congresses and approved by thé Logislatures of the States, with all the conditions that the fundamental code requires, We may now congrat- ulate ourselves on this eloquent proof of the regular course of our institutions into which we have intro- thus, Dut as the uence of an excited or violont enthusias) Sencomse of quiet discussion and of the enlightened con- viction of public opinion. The Executive has received a communication relative to tho reestablishment of the monarchy in Spain, and our representative at Madrid has received new cre- | dentials, .e mixed commission at Washingtor are staat palae, bal it only awaits tho termination oF some cases which the Commissioners being unable to o referred to the arbirator, A® Saree ape important matter is finished we shall com- municate the result to Congress. ”? roferring to the revolts im Michoacan, Nuova fon atid Chapasy the address continues:—‘‘In the rest of the Republic co is maintained strengthened by public opinion, Ww! ich, rememembering ancient insur rections, condemns every disturbance of public order,” TALKING TOOTH-PULLERS. The members of the American Academy of Dontal Surgery will meet to-morrow in the Colloge of Phy- sicians and Surgeons, at half-past ten o’clock A. M. During the session addrossos will be delivered by the Dr. George H. Perino, Mayor Wickhai Pree esor Willie A Memnond, of the Sodical Dollogs of the University of New York; Dr. Barrett, of Buflalog Dr, James KE. Garretson, of Philadelphia; Dr. Alfred L. Carroll, of New York; Dr. A. P. Merrill, of New York; Dr. C. 8. Hurlbat, of Springfeld, Mass; Dr. J. B. Wille Toronto, Canada; W. & Biliott, of Goshem