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NEW YORK HEKALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1876—WITH SUPPLEMENT. THE BOOK WORLD. * The Late Mr. Forster's Life of Jonathan Swift. “THE KING OF INSTRUMENTS.” Bric-a-Brac Recollections—‘Marrying Benea Her’—*Ralph and Bruno”—Univer- sal Church History. Tas Lirs or Joxarusx Swirt. By John Forster, Vol. 1. New York: Harper & Brothers, Biographical literature has not bad so important an ‘addition in many a long day as the late Mr. John Forster's “Life of Jonathan Swift,” Mr, Forater was engaged upon this work for many years, and bad it under way before his “Life of Dickens” was written, It will be unfortunate if the work will not advance beyond this volume As apiece of literary work it ranks higher than the Dickens’ biography, which latter showed evident signs of haste and carelessness in its production. The Swift volume is written in a solid and brilliant style, and is unusually entertaining even for the life of so remarkable a man 4s the Irish Dean. There have been numerous lives of Bwift written, but none have given entire satisfaction, Among the most famous of his biograpners are Lord Orrery, Dr. Johnson, Scott, Macaulay and Thackeray. An essay by Mr. Deane Swift, a grandson of Godwin Swift, Jonathan's uncle and benefactor, by his mar- finge into the family of Deane the regicide, is men- tioned with severe strictures by Mr. Forster, who be- Neves that he perverted facts and colored the truth to suithisownends. ‘The rule of measuring what is knowable of a famous man by the inverse ratio of what has been said about him is applicable to Swift in a marked degree,” says Mr. Forster. “Few men who have been talked about so much are known so little, His writings and his life aro connected so closely that to judge of either fairly with an imperfect knowledge of the other is not possible; and only thus can be ex- cused what Joffrey hardily said and many have too readi’y believed, that he was an apostate in politics, an infidel in religion, a detamer of humanity, the slandorer of statesmen who had served him and the destroyer of the women who loved him, Belief in this, or any part of it, may be pardonable where the life is known in- suMiciently and tho writings not at all; but to a com- potent acquaintance with either or both it is mon- s'rous as well as incredible.” More than 150 unpub- lished letters, written by Swift, were placed in Mr. Forster's hands when Je began this work. At the dis- persion of the library of Mr, Monck Mason, of Dublin, be became the purchaser of Swift's note book and books of account, of his letters of ordination, of a large num- ber of unpublished pieces in prose and verse, intor- changed between himself and Sheridan; of several im- portant unprinted letters, and of a series of contempo rary printed tracts for illustration of the life in Ireland, which he was afterward abie to complete by the whole of the now extremely rare wood broadsides. Besides this, it wou!l seem that everybody who possessed pa- pers of tho slightest interest that could in any way throw light upon Mr, Forster's researches eame forward and put them at his disposal. A great many storics that renectod upon Swift's college career are denied in this voluthe, and with every evidence of authority, Mr. Forster does not think that Swift occupied a menial position at Moor Park. If he had, itis not lixely that Sir William Temple would have charged him with letters and messages to the King; messages that made argument necessary and diplomacy indispensable. Tho beginning and development of Swift’s political power is braced with great care and interest. The foundation of this political influence was laid about two years after Bir William Temple's death, on the occasion of the im- peachment of the whig lords by the Tory leaders. His first brochure was printed anonymously and was at- tributed to some of the first political writers in the country. When Swift was discovered as the author he was treated with tho greatest consideration and respect by the most famous statesmen of the day. He had reached his twenty-seventh year before he determined toonter the Church. The first cbaplaincy he held he only consented to take for the chance of a political sec- retaryship, which he believed would accompany it. It was not inconsistent with the ministry in those days to render important diplomatic service to the State, Mr. Forster thinks that there is no reason to doubt Swift's respect for religion and careful observance of the ordinances of the Reformed Church. This biographer contends that the early rela- tons between Swift and “‘Stella."’ Esther Johnson, were not those of lover and mistress, They were play- fellows, as father and child are, They were master and pupil, as the growth of her mind began to interest him, and in all attempts to explain the ‘mystery’? of their later connection sufficient weight has never been given to the character im which respectively they stood to each other and to all thas was implied in it at the very onset of her life and the maturity of his, The portrait of Swift by Jewas, an etching from which ac- companies this volume, was taken when he was about forty years old, and proves him to have been a rem ably handsome man:—‘Features regular, yot striking; forehead nigh and temples broad and massive; heavy lidded blue eyes, to which bis dark complexion and busy black eyebrows gave unusual capacity for stern- ness as well as brilliance; 4 nose slightly aquiline; mouth resolute, with full, closed lips; a handsome dimpled double chin, and over the kind of pride not grown of perciliousness of scorn, but of an easy, dent, calm superiority.” His beauty of person, ‘upited With an extreordiuary social charm, gave him a wonderful influence over women. He used to say “che best intelligence I get of pubtic affairs ts from the ta- dies.” His admirers were tho principal whig and tory toasts of the time, to whom he wrote some of his best verses. rs Prrsoxat Remixtscences, By Constable and Gillies. Edited by Richard Henry Stoddard. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co. Not the least interesting part of the Bric-a-Brae sories are the prefaces written by Mr. Stoddard. In that accompanying the present volume he is particu- larly felicitous, Ho gives the history of Constable, the publisher, and Gillies, the author, in bright and pleas- fog style and condensed form. The sketch of Consta- dle is interesting, as showing how intelligence, com. dined with thrift, will advanco a man in the world; mhile that of Gillies proved that intelligence without thrift does not necessarily lead to success. Constable began asa bookbinder’s apprentice, and ended by be- coming one of the most celebrated publishers in Great Britain. He is particalarly famous for being the pub- Usher of Scott and tho founder of the Bdinburgh Re- view. Success followed all bis efforts, and he died at the ago of fifty-four, rich and respected. Poor Gillies was not so fortunate. THis specialty was languages and his hobby the black art—anything re- lating to witchcratt he delighted in. He was the frst to dig deep into the mine of German literature, and his translations niét with great success, He was the founder and editor of a quarterly journal of foreign literature published in London, but he was obliged to leave that city to keep out of adebtors’ prison, As it was he was locked up two or three times, and finally made his escape to France, and only returned home to be again thrown into jail He was not so extravagant as improvident. As « literary man he was better as & translator than as an original author, The ‘Recollections of Constable and Gillies” make one of the most attractive books that have yet appeared in this popular series. Mr. Constable’s reminiscences are almost entirely of literary people, and so are Gillies’, for that matter, though the latter includes some inter- esting recollections of John Kombie and Mrs, Siddons. | During his long experience, Gulies says that he never met with any character more origizal, decided and naif than that of John Kemble. Had not accidental circumstances directed him to the styge he would hat all the face | dignity of solemnity of which Mra. Siddons could not upon any occasion, not even im ordinary life, divest This is the way she expressed herself upon hearing that a friend was to be married for the second time:—‘I hear with concern that Hymen is lighting his torch with the sprays of a cypress wreath.” This volume is illustrated with fresh cuts from the Maclise gallery. Tur Vrotrx: Its Famous Makers and their Imitators, By George Hart, London: Dulan & Co. New York: J. W. Bouton, There are very {ew persons who know so much about violins, their history and construction, as Mr. George mosphere of fiddies all his life. You would know !t upon reading his book, which shows his knowledge of and love for the “king of instruments” on every page. The book is filled with numerous wood engravings, from photographs of the works of Stradivarius, Guarcerius, Amati and other famous makers, selected 80 as to represent the character of each artist's work, The frontispiece represents Paganini’s ‘Joseph Guar- cerius,” which was bequeathed to Genoa, his native city, by the famous violinist. cipal palace, Genoa, and guarded with the Corporation seal. The last time this violin was taken from its case was on the occasion of a concert given in behalt of the charities of Genoa, when Signor Sivori was allowed the great honor of playing upon the sacred strings. At that time the seal was stuck upon the back of the in- strument, and part of the varnish adhered to it when it was removed. It is now more properly attached to tho scroll from which it bangs by a ribbon. Mr, Gladstone has truly said:—“To perfect that wonder of travel—the locomotive—has, perhaps, not required the expenditure of more mental strength and application than to perfect that wonder of music—the viohn,”” Mr. Hart does not attempt to trace the origin of the violin, but devotes himself more especially to the definition of the characteristics forming the perfec. tion of that instrument. The violin is one of the few instruments that have undergone little or no change since its earliest days. It seems to have reached the perfect.on of simplicity at once. In looking at a violin we are struck with admiration at a sight of consummate order and grace; but it is the grace of nature rather than of mechanical art. The connoisseur gazes with as much pleasure upon a fine specimen of the Cremon- ese masters as a painter does upon the works of Michael Angelo. ‘Few objects,” says Mr. Hart, “possess so charming ® display of curved lines as the mem- bers of the violin family. Here we have Hogarth’s famous line of beauty worked to perfection inthe upper bouts (a technical term for the sides), in tho lower bouts, in the outer line of the scroll, inthe sound hole, Everywhere a perfection of the graceful curve is to be seen. It has been asserted by Hogarth’s enemies that he borrowed the famous line from an Italian writer named Lomazzo, who introduced it in a treatise on the Fine Arts, We will be more charitable and say that he obtained it from the contemplation of the beauties of a Cremonese violin.’’ The violin, asa work of art, has always been the admiration of those who possess a taste for kindred arts, It is unquestion- ably the most marvellous of instruments. When we listen to the various degrees of sound that come from that little body we are lost in wonder. An inferior violinist will always get more applause from an audience than a superior pianist, for the reason that it seems almost like witchcraft to the uninitiated when a performer makes a httle thing that he can bold in his luand> sing and dance and sob and wail with his passionate playing. How eagerly every stroke of the bow is toliowed, and how gladly every tone falls upon the ear. And now one white small note to heaven doth stray, ‘And, fluttering, fall upon the golden sand; But, like the murmer of the distant sea, Their loud applause, and far, oh, fur, and weak, Soundeth my own strong music unto me— Far from the soul of music that doth speak In wordless wail and joyful agony From this dear thing I press against my cheek. The chapter on strings is exccedingly valuable to the amateur. Mr. Hart ranks the Italian string first, the German second and the French third. Those manufac- turod in England are of a very inferior quality. Strings, risen to @ high rank in some other department. Hoe | ‘was a man of domestic habits and the simplest man- ners. He was 4 hard student andseverecritic. Instead of being an ausiere formalist, as has been said, he was one of the quaintest of bumorista, Mr. Gillies says of Mrs, Siddons’ Lady Macbet! ‘According to my hum- ble notions, however, the natural and unequalled dig- pity of Mrs. Siddons was not wholly in keeping with the real character of Macbeth’s atrocious wile. In the femon conceived by the part there is a passionate an anxiety, visiblo through the disguise of eaimness which arc not feconcilable with that sustaned although called ‘‘catgut,”” are not manufactured from the intestines of that domestic animal, as is the com- mon belief. So the Danbury News man, who, after hearing Thomas’ orchestra, could not passa cat without raising his hat, may hereafter keep his head covered ‘until he walks through a pasture, The best qualities of string are made from the intestines of lamb; but the largest number are made from sheep and goats. The Italian violins aro undoubtedly the best, and of these there are five schoola The Amati violins are second only to those of his groat pupil, Antonius Stradivarius, “The ronown of this re- amarkable maker,” says Mr. Hart, “‘is beyond that of all others. His praise has been sung alike by poet, artist and musician. His magic name is ever rising to the lips in the presence of the ‘king of instruments;’ its sound is as familiar to the humblest player as to the finished artist.’ 2 In the chapter on the violin and its votaries Mr. Hart | ts exceedingly intoresting, He tells about the famous collector Tarisio, found dead in his bed in a room hung with instruments worth fortunes; of the late Mr. James Goding’s collection, and many others. The most remarkable collection was that of the late Mr. Joseph Gillott, the pen manufacturer. It was at one time the Jargost in the world, Mr, Charles Reade is spoken of as a connoisseur of rare intelligence and one who has done a great deal toward opening up the intercourso between England and the Continent for the interchange of old violins, Altogether Mr. Hart’s book ts enjoyable, not only to the professional but to the amateur. It is well written and enlivened by numerous anecdotes, some of them published here for the first time, and it 1s a most exhaustive account of an extensive subject. It cannot fail to attract the attention and admiration of the general reader as well as the connoisseur, Mannyiva Brsmarm Your Statios, By Mrs, Henry Wood. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Bros. It remained for Mrs. Henry Wood to toll us that it was marrying beneath her station for a titled lady to become the wife of a clergyman of the Church of England, and adean at that, Lady Grace Avon fell in Jove with the Rev. Ryle Baumgarten, who had a email living at Little Whitton. The Rev. Ryle never thought to raise his eyes to Lady Grace, so all the courting that was done came from her side of the house; but he hover suspected anything. He was in love with Edith Dane, a young lady of the village; but Lady Grace did not know this It came in her power to appoint the Rev. Ryle to a good fat living that her brother had the disposition of, and sho immediately communicated the glad tidings to him. She knew that ne wanted to get married, and supposed, of course, that she was the favored one. She tells him, ‘You will be publicly ap- | pointed in a day or two, and will, of course, hear from my brother. What do you say to your marrying pro)- ect now? His answer surprised her. “1 shall marry instantly; I have only waited for something equivalent to this." ‘You are a bold man, Mr. Baumgarten, to make so re of the lady's consent. Have you asked it?”” ‘0; where was the use until I could speak to somo purpose? Bat she bas dotected my love for her, I am ure, and there is no coquetry in Edith.” dith |" almost shricked Lady Grace. The tadlean may be imagined. Hell bas no fury like a woman | scorned, The geatieman left her presence somewhat mystified, and she, seizit one you please, Harry, but not to Ryle Baumgart bestow it where you will, but not on him. Explana- trons when we meet." So the Rev. Ryle lost his fat living, but be gained his Edith, who died at the birth ofher son, The parson lamented his dead for a good and derstand by her manner that he was as much the object of her affections as o' Her were busy with arose tree. ‘Grace, misunderstood each other!" Happiness made her speechless. sioned tone, “have we loved cach other through the past, and did 1 mistake my feelings? Oh, Grace, my best beloved, forgive me; forgive my folly and blind. ness!” “B beloved,’ mark you, and his wife not cold yet! The Rev, Ryle was honorable if he was in love, and he begged her ladyship to weigh the matter well She weighed and love made prudence kick the beam. They were married, Rylo | was made a dean. They moved to London, and to | used to he ran into debt, His first wife’sson turned | | give his wife the comforts and luxuries she had been out badly, and was a constant drain apon his purse, At last the bailiffs came and seized upon bis reverence, threatening him with adebtor's cell. Lady Grace took a cab and dashed to ber brother's clad, Lord Avon herself.” Constable’s recollections of Mrs, Anna Seward — are very amusing. He tells of ber high flown and | pedantic style in a manner that is nighly entertaining. | Hart. Aa he says in his preface he bas lived in an at- | Mr. Hart had great | trouble to get. permission to have this instrument | photographed, as it is kept in a glass case in the muni- | pen and paper, dashed of | the fotlowing to her brother :—"'Give the living to any | “Grace,” he continuod, in an impas- | | came out, Lady Grace explained the situation, ‘All | this comes of marrying beneath your station,” replied the virtuous lora. How he promised her money, and she drove home comparatively happy. Bat, alas! when she arrived at Berkley square she found her bus- bana dead of heart disease, brought on by the day‘s ex- cltements. Now, if Lady Grace had only married a lord he would never have disgraced her by debt, and would not have died of remorse and heart disease. Mrs. Wood has taught a lesson and made an example that cannot | fail of working a reformation in the opinion tho world has heretofore held in regard to the social standing of | the clergy. It is superfluous to say that the plot is | thin and the story weak. No one can grind out books | a8 Mrs. Wood does and make them worth anything. | Whea she wrote slower she wrote better. She has im power or popularity, | Rever equalled “East Lyan Raven axp Bruxo. By M. Bramston. London: Mac- milian & Co. “Ralph and Bruno” is vastly superior to the average novel, The story is simple, the plot old but freshly treated, the style graceful and the tone healthful. The story has two heroes; so the interest 1s doubled. Ralph Treguire, the principal hero, ts heir to ten thousand a year and madness, All his family, with few exceptions, have ended their days in lunatic asy- lums. Ralph’s grandfather spent his time wandering around the world for fear that if he should stop too | tong in any one place he would go mad, Ho left and a fine fellow generally, who was also the guardian of Elsie Gracedew, his granddaughter. It was the study of the Doctor’s life to see that Ralph did not suffer as had his ancestors. The boy showed no trace of the dis- It scems that Ralph’s mother was living in France, but she was avery common womah and the grandfather paid her an annuity to give up Ralph. The boy felt no drawing toward her, as he had never seen her since his infancy. Ralph went over to Paris and saw his mother, but he was not so much impressed by her as by a boy named Bruno, whom she had adopted. Bruno was a very lovable fellow, and he and Ralph became great cronies, Time rolled on, and the friendship of the boys ripened as they grew to be men. Bruno was a fiery Communist and Ralph was a quiet, easy-going medical student. Both young men loved the same girl, Ninie Dulaurier, but neither sus- pected the sentiments of the other, Ralph proposed first and was accepted, and he went away happy. Bruno proposed second and was accepted, and he went away happy and came back and married her, Ralph felt badly, of course, but he was not long in seeing that the girl was as shallow as she was heartless. There was a mystery in the air, but no one of the English people know what caused it At Jast the truth came to light. Bruno Noel was Ralph Treguire and Ralph Treguire was Bruno Noel. Bruno knew it, but would not dis- turb Ralph in his possessions, Ninie knew it, and that is why she fharried Bruno after being engaged to Ralph. It was the old story of changing babies, Bruno was shot by the gensdarmes, and Ralph sue- ceeded to Dr. Gracedow’s practice, married Elsie and transferred his ten thousand ayear te Ninie. ManvaL ov Untversat Cuvronw History. By Dr. ‘Alzog. Translated, with annotations, by Professors Pabisch and Byrne. Vol. 1, Rovert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati. Dr. Alzog contributes a vast fund of new information intnis volume. It ts true that Dollinger and Ritter, both eminent authorities on Church history, had in a general way opened up to the student of theology im- mense treasures on the early struggles and triumphs of the Papacy, but the works of these earlier writers lack that clearness, preciseness of detail and compre- hensiveness shown in this new manual. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Alzog has not written as though every reader wer® versed in matters ecclesiastical, even to forms and” discipline, and that it is only necessary to begin with doctrine and concomitant discussion for mature minds. He has erred rather on the side of extreme simplicity, entering into minute considegation of the rise and progress of the Church in every country which has been subjugated by her divine influence. hence we find him dotatling the origin of religion in Ger- many, the superstitfons of the great but barbarous nation that led to the recognition of the Supreme Odin and of the lesser deities Thor, Freyr and Freya, The histories of the Goths, Visigoths, the Huns in Gaul and Italy, the Vandals in Africa, the Ostrogoths and Lom- bards, the lives of the carly saints, St. Benedict and St. Boniface, are treated with much candor and boldness. Of St. Patricius (St. Patrick) this German writer ap- pears to have formed the loftiest conception, and he thus sums up the result of a holy and energetic life:— ‘The whoie {aco of the island (Ireland) was changed. The nation that but a few short years betore had been shrouded im the darkness of paganism was suddenly illymined by the pure rays of divine truth. Churches and chapels, monasteries and convents, schools and colleges covered the land, and from bill and valiey one sound of thanksgiving went up to the throne of God. With that keenness and thoroughness peculiar to the Teutonic mind Dr, Alzog analyzes so as to lay bare many things that most writers before him have stu- diously avoided. He discioses unpleasant, almost hideous abuses, and unbegitatingly casts the responst- bility upon the real instigators and perpetrators, in- stead of seeking to hide them behind the glory achieved by the mother Church or attempting to smother them in their own comparative tusignificance, Whether consciously or unconsciously he hurls him- self into the arena of Church discussion, with an | abundance of material for argumentative disputation envy, with the expressed conviction that the time has | arrived when the whole truth must be told, that the | student of Catholic history may no longer deceive or be decelved. Thus, in dealing with the false decretals of Isidore, he furnishes an argument singularly favor- | able to the separation of Church and State:— In the ance between the lapacy and th js" | 80 essential to maintenance of pouce and the puri morals throughout Christendom, the spiritual authority. increased in imflucnce and efficiency in proportion as | the imperial power waned and ceased to be respected. It rose upon the ruins of imperial power, and became indispensable as a check u| ¢ disorders whieh grew out of 8 qonterapt forthe laws and depravity of mor- als, ond Generally, this portion of Dr. Alzog’s work is replete with liberal, modern ideas, and seems rather to treat the vagaries of Mohammed, the incon- sistoncies of the Crusaders, the defective judgment of early Popes, the barbarities of succeeding military pa- | tons, the errors of Rome in dealing with the Greek Church, asa grand collective lesson in favor of the most advanced liberalism consistent with morality, to place the Church fh consonance with the age of prog- ress and enlightenment in which we live, LITERARY CHIT CHAT. The velocipede mania, which has died out in America for adults, is yet vigorous enough in London to have started a special journal, called the Bicycling News, There 18 talk in England ot an authors’ protection society to put down publishers who write their own books, like Mr, William Tegg, whose “Epitaphs;”” | “Laconics,"” “Wills of Their Own,” &c., are having such a run. Caroline Herschel’s “Correspondence and Memoirs” narrate ina pleagant way the lite of the discoverer of eight comets and the sister of the most illustrious astronomer of England. Macmillan & Co, will print ‘The History and Use of the Gospels in the Second Centary,” by Rev. W. Sanday, which will review the recent remarkable work of Mr. Pusey on “Supernatural Religion.” | Politics ran so bigh tn France of late that literature runs low, not a notable book having very recently seen the light in Paris, Captain R, F. Burton reviews in the Academy M. do Lesseps’ “History of the Suez Canal,” which he justly declares is the work of a most remarkable man, Mr. J. A. Symonds has in press a new series of his “Stadies of Greek Poets,” which will be devoted to | Sschylus, Sophocles, Hesiod, Muswus, Parmenides, and the fragments of the tragic and comic dramatists, | The eminent naturalist, Dr. Hooker, President of the | Royal Society, has written an introduction to botany for Macmillan’s series of Science Primers, The ele- ments of science are best taught by its ablest masters, The new magazine which has been started at Inver- ness, Scotland, devoted to tho literature, history and traditions of the Gaelic race, is entitied The Celtic Magazine. We have a new translation of the Latin poet, Proper- tius, from the pen of Mr. J. Cranstoune, who has lit+ tle poetic capacity. To the half-dozen recent books on Tyrol is added Mr, W. A, Grohman’s “Tyrol and the Tyrolese,” which is | Rot a book of travels, but of sports and pastimes, coun- try manners and private life among this semi-German, Som) Italian people, Colonel Richard J. Dodge will soon bring owt im a book his twenty years’ far Wéstetn experience, giving an account of the Plains, the Indians and the gamo. Ralph under the care of Dr. Gracedew, a village surgeon | ease and the Doctor was vers proud of his treatment. | suen as Froude, Burke, Newman and Doilinger might | MOODY AND SANKEY, IMMENSE AUDIENCES: YESTERDAY AT THE SER- VICES CONDUCTED BY THE GREAT BEVIVAL- IsTs. Despite the gloomy, chilly atmosphere that envol- oped the city yesterday morning, about 2,500 people assembled in the great hall of the Hippodrome as early as cight o'clock to listen to the ministrations of Mr. Moody and hear the musical voice of Mr, Sankey. ‘The services opened with the singing of the hymn, “What shall the harvest be?” and then Mr. Moody gave out the text from Matthew, xx , 19—‘Occupy till Lcome.” He said:—This is the text that strikes me | a8 most appropriate at the present time, I have seon #0 many s0- ‘hristians who do not fill the pl of Christian! who do not occupy the place in this worid that the Lord Jesus Christ intended they should. | | | The great bulk of the Christian world is asleep, and this inert mass must be woke up. I would rather | wake up one hundrea Christians to the work of the Lord than make one hundred | conversious, Many a man walking the road of lie the love of Jesus inate in him and 1s only waiting | me one to speak to him, Let all those who love Jesus cry out for him, speak for him ; let them go into the | family, into the workshop; wherever them proclaim the words of Christ. Every is own | circle, and every man can talk to his own circle better | | | than ‘any other man. And let him that is a | | Christian—be he merchant, bo he tradesman, lawyer or doctor—let him speak the name of Jesus m the sphere in which he moves. Then will he do the work of the Lord. There is nota man to | whom God has not given some talent, to some, per- | haps, more than others, but the most telented man and the most brilliant cannot bring home true religion to | any one as well as his own kith and kin, Let all then | | do the work of Jesus in your own way, and bring all | you can to Christ. ‘The proceedings closed with the singing of the hymn, “Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.” » AFTERNOON SERVICE. Long beforo three o’clock yesterday afternoon all the streets and avenues leading to the Hippodrome | were crowded with well dressed people, and ten minutes after the doors were opened all the seats in | the building were filled. At flve minutes past threo | there were at least 7,000 people in the large halle The | exercises commenced with tho singing of the thirty- ninth hymn, “I love to tell the story.” Mr. Sapkey, Who was in good voice, made himself heard above the voices of the assombled thousands. Mr. | Moody preached from Matthew xxil, 14—What think | ye of Christ?” He said:—This is what I want to know | to-day, What think ye of Christ? Anddo yo believe on Him? He that was the most wonderfal preacher and was the most wonderful physician; He that served rich and poor alike, and to whose power all ear test1- mony. Heeame into this world and offered Himself as a sacrifice that you, my friends, might know Him and believe in Him. as He the Son of God? I will bring in a few witnesses. When He was brought be- fore Caiaphas, President of tueSanhedrim, Caiaphas said to Him, “Art thou the Son of God?” And He an- swered, “Iam, and thou will see me sitting at the right hand of my father who is im heayeu.’’ And Piiate, wnen Jesus was brought betore him, sald, I can find no fault in this.man.” And Pilato’s wife, who had had a dream, said to him, ‘Have thou nothing to do with this’ just man.” The centurion at the cross when Christ died said, “Truly this man is the Son of God.” Even the devils from hell testified to His power and majesty. These that I have quoted were His enemies. Now let His friends speak for Him Jobn the Uaptist, who preachea in the wilderness, tes- tified that He is the Son of God. Paul of Tarsus said, May this tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth it er 1devy Him,’? And he heard a voice irom heaven saying, “This js my beloved Son, in whom | am well leased.’” Come, then, my Iriends'to the Saviour, who is prepared to receive you; His arms. are extended in joytul anticipation of the reception He is pre- pared to give you all, Come and testify to Jesus. E Him you will find all the consolation you need to carry you through your trials. Show Him by your ac- tions what you think of Christ. The proceedings closed with the singing of three verses of the sixty-third hymn, during the singing of which many of the large assemblage went into the in- quiry room, EVENING SERVICE. The evening services at the Hippodrome opened pre- cisely at eight o’clock. Long before that timo, how- ever, crowds were around the Madison avenue and ‘Twenty-sixth street entrance, and five minutes after the doors wore opened there were at least 7,000 people in the large hall, The number increased to such an extent that there was not a seat for one more at the time Mr. Moody took the stand. His text and sermon were those deliverod at the afternoon services. Most of the audience last night were men, and they seemed to feel deeply the words of Mr. Moody. When the in- vitation was given to go into the inquiry room crowds of young men followed the ushers and many remained to” pray. The inquiry room last night wa: a spectacle in itself. Every chair was filled by appl cants for light and grace, and the Ouristian workers had an ample field for their Jabors. LONG ISLAND REVIVALS. During the past four or five weeks a religious revival has been in progress at Ronkonkoma, Alfred Biewitt, ‘an evangelist from New York, conducting the meet. ings with great success, and the revivai being charac. terized by deep seriousness. Meetings are held every evening and sometimes in the afternoon in the Meth- odist church, and thus far about eighty persons have been received on probation. Reyival meetings are still in progress at Southamp- ton. Meetings are heid every evening under the direc- tion of the Rev. Messrs, Shiland and McAllister At the Methodist church in Patchogue witht! fow weeks past between eighty and ninety persons have been baptized and 114 have been received on probation, The Rev. B. F. Reeve is The revival im the Method continues with unabated rest and success, and a ¢ number of conversions are reported. oe is also a revival in the Baptist church at Holts- vil church at Baldwin still | the West and Norcy, before Christmas, the country storekeeper disposes of his goods before the 1st of January, and his winter trade is practically ended, In eveut of a late winter and mild holiday season rustic defers his purchase of warm clothing until u the upon fine weather the chances are ten to one that the farmer will not buy heavy gafments at all, because ‘spring is too near and bis older garments will see bim INSTALLATION OF A PASTOR. A large congrogation filled the atsles and pews of the | Rortolk stroct Reformed Dutch church last evening, on the occasion of the installation of the Rev. G. L. Neef, amember of the German Reformed Classis of Mi Dr. Houghton and the Rey, Mr. Ocrter while the sermon was preached | by the Rey. Mr. MoGuire. r SUNDAY EVENING’ LECTURES. Rey. Henry Morgan, having finished a highly suc- cessful course in Boston and Providence, opens a course of seven Sunday evening lectures in Coopor Institute, | Next Sunday, at half-past seven.o’clock, ‘Traits, Tricks and Conversion of a Live Yankee.” March 12, “Voice of the. Bells, Seventeen Queries on Church Going’? March 19, “Pulpit and Stage.” March 26, “New York’s | Young Samsons.i’ April 2, “Old Maids and their Ac- | cusers.”’ April 9, “Bachelors and their Follies."’ April 16, ‘Fast Young Men.” BASE BALL RULES FOR 1876. The Committee on Rules of the National Association of Amateur Base Ball Players held a meocting at tho rooms of the Arlington Club, No. 248 Fourth avenue, | Saturday afternoon. It was decided to recommend to the Convention the playing rules as adopted by the Professional League, which met at the Grand Central | Hotel carly in this month. The changes in last year’s | code which are to be recommended are as follow: One, which allows a base runner to run a base when a foul fly ball has been caught, after touching his base, the same as on a fair fly catch; another, which allows a base runner to retarn to his base when a foul pail has been struck, without running the risk of bemg put out,’ and a third, which practi. caily gives the striker four strikes, in this way:—When the siriker has two strikes, he will be “warned”? when the third fair ball has been de- liverod, instead of its being called a strike, as hitherto. ‘The rules relating to the eligibility of players will be reyised to be made more clear and strict, but apart from these alterations none of importance will be made, The gentiemen composing the rule committee are Pres- ident Lamb, of Boston, and Judge Kelly, C. W. Blodget, John R. Carpenter and J, G. Myers, of this city, The National Convention will be held in Philadelpnia on the Sth day of next month. | THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY. | To tae Error or tux Heraty:— As Mr. William Sexton has seen proper to publish a card in the Hxratp, on the morning of bis departure for Europe, denying that he had authorized the use of | his name im connection with an exhibition game of | billiards, we deem it necessary to tell our side of the story. It is only justice to Mr. Delaney, who in good faith offered us a $1,000 purse as an inducement to make the match. It was all along distinotly under- stbod that Mr. Sexton was in the match or exhibition game, and he repeatedly informed us that he intended | to play and conversed freely upon the terms of the game with both of us. In fact, he spoke to Mr. Garnier about the game on several ons and arranged to practice with him. There was er any question that he would pot part cipate, and his being one of the four who were in the game was fully understood. We mach Tegret the necessity lor this explanation, not on our own account, bat because Mr, Delaney bas been placed in a false position. JOSEPH DION. A. GARNIER. ROBBING AN ALDERMAN. The residence of Alderman John Kerr, of East Newark, was broken into and robbed during Saturday night of furs and clothing valued at $500. Tho burg. {torward broke into the railroad Seer on Davis aventte and stole a suit of black i longing to the agept, A dress belonging to Mrs. was found in the railroad depot yesterday morning, through the short cold snap, Such resolves may servo | the economical husbandman, but they ruin the poor | country storekeeper, whose bills | Ist of January on stock he had red before the unable to sell. his," said Mr. Peakes, ‘thas just been the case last . The out-of-town dry goods men have done absolutely no business; the weather having been co milf and money awong grave importance in the face of hard times.” | Im addition to this Mr, Peakes remarked that pros- Pperity in trade could not be expected so long as thirty- | live or forty per cent of our working classes, who are | the bulk of the consumers, aro unemployed, This condition is attributable to the lack of confidence be- tween capitalists and operatives, the fault altogether of the latter, The whole question can be explained by the complications generated in trades unions and cul- mipating in sirikes and eight hour laws, In these times, consequent on the financial crisis of afew years ago, capitahsts have not felt that it wouid be safe for them to invest in enterprises calculated to give work to tne unemployed; for thoy, the capitalicts, could: never be sure that when prosperity once more visited their “‘hands” the latter would not indulge in an ill-advised strike. In Mr. Peakes? ju t at least thirty-five per cent ot the working people of the entire country are ide and non-productive for this cause; and in consequence money is not in the posses- sion of a Vast number of persons who always influence trade by consumption, A dozen other causes could be assigned for the non-expectation of the good spring season 80 heartily desired and so vital at this moment to the welfare of the mercantile community. Mr. Youkes saw no indication anywhere of a revival, not alone ia his own trade, but in any. There had been too many fatlufes ‘n business to permit of belief in such a gs 3 No doubt some persons would cor trive by untiring energy and the 2 of capital to realize despite the dulness of the tmes, Then, too, the large inilux of foreigners, who, during the Centenniak are expected to spend millious of dol- lars in the United States, may brighten things up con. siderably; but little can be built on this, and the my that any judicious basiness man could say was that with the rest of his brethren, had little hopes of great things in the spring, but looked forward to an excel- lent fall trade, THE GENERAL OPINION. Av honest and cureiul investigation or canvass of the ary goods dealers and jobbers in the elty corruborates Mr. Peukes' views. None of them can say that there is the ghost of a reason for the anticipation of a business revival Some there are of sanguine temperament who breathe hopes of a change for the better after the 1st of March; but wheu asked whereon their hopes are founded they are tongue tied and leave the old unta- vorable impression. THE LUMBER TRADE. The lumber and iron trades seem to have suffered the most during these bard times. The former, as everybody can see, is almost ata standstill. There is scarcely any building going on, owing, as beiore re- marked, to the want of confidence between employers | and mechanies. “If men won't build,” said a promi- | Bent lumber dealer, ‘‘we can’t get a market tor our | timber and it lies in our yards non-remunerative, | while the bills on which it was booght are matoring or | matured, and our mon and rent must be paid and horses | fed. This is ruinous tous. The best of us can't stand | it unless things turn, and, trnth to say, { bg | chance of such a desirable event.” ” 1 2 conversation with Mr. McKillop, of the Commer- cial Agency, a HxraLp reporter learned that there was Scarcely a gleam of sunshine streaking the prospects of spring ‘trade yet, In his judgment, however, any ‘pression of opinion at this time would be premature, becanse things are ina very chaotic condition—mud- died, in fact, to such a degree that it is hard to distin- | guish the preponderance of good or evil The best Way to treat the matter at this moment would to review the resources of the and the failures. The former plenty ot apaper money and ment, atall events, the failures are’ not, as reported, tually on the increase, It was only the facilities fot oblaming the reports of them which bad increased. | Many failures occurred in the late panic and immedi- ely after it that were never reported because they oc curred in remote districts whiek have since been cov- | ered and heard from. One thing, however, is trae— | that thero is a painful lack of confidence everywhere. } Men will not invest, buy or speculate it they can help it, and Congress is doing much toward fostering this feeling. Perhaps it would be well for the country Mf Congress would adjourn at once for throes ha and leave tinanc! to men of who 44 Asto the unmedsate revival of trade, pronheci a life interest in and a thorough kt ige of em the necessity for it arrives. Should the new yeardawn | their customers of so | sist any one they are allowed forty cents per diem. There are six districts on the Atlantic coast, co taining 110 stations, extending trom the northe boundary of Maine to Cape Hatteras, Other distri embrace the lake coasts, the coast of Florida and Pacific coast. Oh the latter coast stations will erecte#l and equipped the coming season. On the cv | of Florida five houses of refuge are being built, to ve occupied by a keeper and {amily and to be amply pre- | visioned and furnished with boats. Complete recoras of wrecks, &c., are to be kept in each station from which valuable statistics will be collated “4, relation to loss of life and property. A rig'? system of accountability in the expenditure and pres- ervation of public property is enforced, and stra’ economy is demanded irom all in the service. The cost of maintaining Ube service in the year 1865, exclu. sive of expenditure for new building, apparatus, &o. was only $ ah 62. From 1871 to 418i) the record shows that 118 wrecks occurred on the shores of Long Isiand and New Jorsey, with a loss only of four lives. he following are interesting statistics from the re cords :-— : Total aumber of disasters from 1871 to 1875, 185 Total number of lives imperilled. 2,533 Total number of lives saved 2 ) Total number of lives lost pT Total number of day: Total vaiue of property imperilled. Total value of property saved , Total value of property lost ‘This is a record of which the life saving service may well be proud, and is probably unsurpassed: by any ser- Vigo in the world, ie nip ‘tis provable that the Treasury Department will ene large the sphere of usefulness of the service by to the life saving duty the additional one of coast or revenue agents, avi duty it will be to prevent smuggling and robbing of wrecks. Such an extension of their tunctions would make the service continuous in its operations. With the new stations to be com- _— this year the coast from Maine to the Gulf will completely protected, and mariners will no longer dread the perils lurking along the treacherous shores. Captain J. H. Merryman, of the Revenuo Marine, i¢ inspector of the service and a valued promoter there and hervatter a sub-inspector, to be chosen from leutenants of that corps, will be appointed for eack district, and the organization will be kept up to iu highest standard. With new guns for shot new lifeboats and new and improved appointments for sal- Vage, it is certain nothing will be wanting to maintaia the highest efliciency of the service, The email amount of money voted Congress for the imastita- tion is well expended and should be continued, as very important experiments are beimg Captain Merryman, with the assistance of Board of Ordifunce of the Army, at Sandy Hook, to ob- tain the best ible cum or mortar for firing shot, with line attached, from wo vessels wreckod be- youd the line of breakers. It is sometimes found thas. the range of shot is not sufficient to reach the vessel, and consequently the last means for extending aid to a perishing crew 18 unavailable. Self-righting, self-bail- ingand non-sinkable lifeboats are absolutely necessary at certain exposed points on the Coast, und the best model bas not yet been decided upon. It will require @ ot experiments to settle this vastly important question. , But with such meang as are at band at every life saving station on our ri and dangerous ‘coast with ordinary skill every life should be rescned onder ordinary circumstances. The immense saving of wrecked property by the service hardly enters into the computation, when the statement made that the cost of taining the establishment is but a fraction itive good done by the institution, ‘stem is completed and in operation on all our coasts tts wonderful Value to our merchant marine will be so apparent that no one will dream of ever | doing away with it again. Indeed, all will be anxious to see it carried to its highest perfection as one of the | grandest humanitarian institutions existing, STREET RAILROAD PROFITS, To rae Eviton or tae Herary;— Tho statement that the horse railroad companied cannot put on more cars and yet make the business profitable can scarcely be a correct and truthful stater ment. The fact that the stock of the princtpal coms panies cannot be bought except by paying a bigh pres | miam therefor is evidence that there ide for profit—so wide ax to admit of considerable adds | Hons to the accommodations furnished and still ret interest on their | stockholders at least legal ‘The truth is that the city railroad companies, like out gAS companies, are not satisied with anyth' gus a $1 por Looo'fee und brake pak ae x it 1876, . ens net on their capital. New Yorks, Feb, 26, . = s at this time are all bosh. isnot the faintest THE SPRING TRADE | imtetice™ot's oviva ot tradé and grerrning Presidential your—alwa Pe pestnoserand | = nothing on the horizon now, at tl se sine Senne +i? A Gloom tlook for the M Dostuees. People ‘belleve’ they at 15 ‘per cent of - eve ninet = y Outloo or eer ing er 1b be ‘lroulated by viawore, betwee : and Ai ti 0. chants of the Country. Eastern ‘States, Gutside’ of this. hope obo othot Presents itself, for tabde is dull where, people are economical, aud the fall trade WHA HAS CAUSED terri nly por. In aot, Now York during the . y, past few mont done little or pone , T AN OPEN WINTER HA ‘ | Western trade. — The Lake cities were able to mect the sinall demands of rural and Western dealers, “But,” concluded Mr. MeKillop, “while 1 say to you what is Y y Apparent now, that there is not the slightest sign of How the Centennial May Revive For- | spring trade tecuperation at prosent, an opinion may ’ , be somewaat premature,”” tunes Now Drooping. LIFE SAVING SERVICE. In 1875, after the genoral depression in trate a through the United Stutes and the failures reported | ™#® jane ‘ad during the previous year, merchants in this city | STATIONS, APPARATUS AND SERVICE—WHAT thought that they had passed the crisis, and might IT HAS ACCOMPLISHED—-THE FUTURE OF THE justly be pardoned for investing the future with a INSTITUTION. , couleur de rose. The spring trade, it was felt, must be The life saving service of the United States, as now a vigorous ana remunerative one, and last February constituted, 1s unquestionably the most successful in , f people were determined to be cheery. Manufacturers, | itg operations of any service that we have record of, — jobbers and traders entered upon the spring cam- | 11 was reorganized by Congress in 1871, and placed Paign energetically. Unfortunately few hopes wero | under control of the United States Revenue Marine, even pete Fealized, and the year 1875 has seen a greater | ang its officioncy was immensely increased, By the number of failures in the different States than its | now sysiem additional stations have been established, predecessor, While this is true it is thought by men improved lite saving apparatus obtained and a com- | Prominent in commercial circles that the sum involved | joe organization of crews effected, controlled by the | iu these financial disasters is not any greater than that | strictest rules and regulations and thoroughly disci. involved in the disasters of 1874. The continued mis- phned, Thus the highgst possible efficiency is ob- fortunes related from time to time have naturally cast | tained in the service, and it is already Yecognized by xloom over spring trade prospects now. It cannot | soroizn sociotios of its kind as a modol inatitution. be denied that « great many mon in New York aro | Tho eariiest life saving stations of tho United States sorely exercised over the bleak outlook for them, and | wore established on the Long Island and New Jersey L fear, lest an expression of opinion would only invite | coasts in the year 1850, A number of stations were # {rouble, deters them from speaking plainly on the sub- | grocteg At various points near the beach, and furnished ject. It must mot be inferred {rom this, however, that | with surf Boats, mortars, shot lines, and the patent barrhno-stmeabey-sinatingos life car, invented by Captain Ottlinger, of the Revenue The fortunate people are among the large wholesale | staring. The working of the apparatus was conducted , straw goods men, who informed a Heratp reporter vy fishermen or othor pergpns living near the sta during the past few days that the orders received from tion, and many valuable hours were often lost, af thoir country correspondents and dealers are about | ter the discovery of a stranded ship, before twice as numerous this season as they were last. Mr. | sumciont men could be gathered from the Clarke, of the firm of Clarke Brothers, No. 330 Broad- sparsely settled neighborhood contiguous to the way, indicated the reasons for this marked Increase in | wreck to man the lifeboat and haul the life their ‘ranch of trade, Large stocks of straw goods | oar In such cases the loss of life was often great. In have been carried over by manufacturers and others | 1554 there wore established on the coast of Long since last spring, and most of them have since been Island twenty-six stations, and on the New Jersey sold to jobbers by auction or otherwise for cash very coast fourteen, under the control of a superintendent far below their original appraisal; hence the latter can for each coast, and a keeper was appointed for each afford to wath disk thavelasice station, Here progress in the way of improvement to the Western, Southern and Souhwestern houses, | Seemed (o halt, No aiditional Provisions were made many of whom, were it not for this, would find it aim. | fF pepe ee Sener Enea bene cult to open thelr spring trade successfully. The job- bad Pi ramon ae cia Re arpegpees ha) oct bers are realizing fair margins of profit on their trans- | *20Ut his station, ; Pao ev ara aig actions this month, and anticipate more in the future. stances no idan te ity bid Li H on Of course the large retail straw goods establishments si mph? FS: Fun Wt ites Bi Ane on Broadway and Sixth avenue are doing well, because bom yn Gs mein sent ec ite srk ee their customers belong to aclass of our citizens who | ‘he uss of the mortar Fame always have money to pay for their purchases; but the | Seduently no high degree of © wiagetbgenth rd (ah smaller dealers aro not regarded on the whole as boing | “ned, and no vory brilliant results aro recorded. In very secure: fact, until the reorganization of the service there wat ‘The manufacturers and operatives all over the Union | little or no pretence of keeping records of the stations, aro certainly sufferers, They have lost a year’s labor, | #4 little is vei hes Leena | WHS te 0 to speak, and are only selling now what they should | Dom departure the sortie wipiiny aere isa crow of have sold in the spring of 1875, Notwithstanding this Xmen and keeper, or captain, Who receive regular ierease in the demand for straw goods, &c., this sea- pede Phe rote 9 Sa peaer perious Bf rae vey % son over the last, it is too sadly apparent that the ad- | oxamination to show that they are physically qualified vent of orders is later than customary in former years. | to pertorm the arduous and severe duty they are called Dry goods men are the most reticent of any of the | upon to undertake, and must be able to read, write and oi merchants visited. Some of the large houses are oven | Keep accounts. raat ae be aaver. relma Aan mee ieee now doing a good business. plies, guns, apparatus of all Kinds, and whose faithinl = DRY GOODS PROSPECTS. and intelligen: sia ot See niply iat tant at “i While the smaller dry goods merchants invariably | 21 ares ti eat the eutimnen ide mons refer to the certain and immediate revival of trade, the | while on duty. The stations are manned from the 1st wealthier decline to hazard any opinion. whatever. | of November until April, and are regularly inspected Notably among these 1s Mr. Donuelson, of the firm ot | bY,,,0llicers of the | Hevenuo Marine specially H. B. Claflin & Co. There were other gentlemen, how- | rules and regulations has been draited for ever, connected with this firm who did not think them- pe ecire sahloneer ptholeseot sere teed ioe resitenprcpenandnaatineP ving iymoidflinintgardd rimognade (oO Any omission or violation on the part of times are expected, but that the receipt of orders for | keepers or men ts punished by fines or dismi: The dry goods is thus far seriously late—late enough to | discipline is maintained (o the highest attainable stand- cause apprehensions in many houses. Much is ex- ae oI TONG PH ORERESTE Oe Se pected during the Centennial. Itis thought that tho The stations are roomy, comtortable buildings, demand ahd consumption of goods will be very mate- | erected at well selected points along the beach, and are rially inereased, and if in the interim some firms should | generally within signal distance of each other, so that fail it will be notning more than occurs annually. in case of awreck a strong force can speedily be as- MR. PEAKES’ VIEWS. sembled. By the new system the const is patrolled A reporter saw Mr. Peakes, of the firm of Peakes & | night and day by men who are supplied with signal Opdycke, Broadway, in relation to spring trade pros- | Janterns and Goston signals for night work | ve and received no very encouraging expressions | and with flags tor bs Alarma can ~~ irom him, At the very outset Mr. Peakes be quickly given im case wreck is discov = all the reports in circulation promis and by a simple system of signals communication with ‘|! vival in business this season as vessel in distress can beestablished. By an extet and without any foundauon in fact. The | sion of the system of “Old Probability’’ the stations reasons were obvious and plain, Country | are now generally connected with one another and . dealers and storekeepers bought their winter goods for | with Washington and the large cities by the signal tel- customers, according to practice, carly in the fall, egraph. Aid can, therelore, be called from the under. A | mg bills which masure in December, Tn ks pur- | writers, if necessary, 1 hort time, bad chased were as large the dealers’ expectations, aud In the station are housed the surf boat, mounted on ~<A they were never sold. Farmers are canny, cautious | wagon; the life car, mortar, shot lines, hawsers, rocket : | People, who only buy what they actually require im | apparatus, medicine chest, bedding, provisions, stores, | the way of clothing, and their needs are governed in a | cooking ‘utensils, y and night signals, &o, reat measure by the weather—that is to say, the | As before remai the keeper and = mew farming classes want warm garments if the winter be | jive together in_ the station and are ready for severe If it set in early, as it nearly always does in | duty at all times. In case they are culled upon to sul , ’