The New York Herald Newspaper, October 15, 1877, Page 5

THE GREAT CONFERENCE IN UTAL tens Two Thousand Elders and Priesis Take Part in the Proceedings, ees The New Rulers Promise to Render an Account of the Finances. ‘The Apostle Woodruff Has Been Baptized for All the Signers of the Declarat‘on of Independence. Ta of the Presidents of the Uniled States Are Left in Purgatory. A MANIA FOR TEMPLE BUILDING. os Baur Lax Crry, Utab, Oct 7, 1877. The most important conference ever held in this city has just terminated, It commenced yesterday—as that is the official day for the sem{-annual gathering of the saints; but it virtually began threo days before by Preparatory mectings of the priesthood being held for the purpose of shaping the official work that was to be Presented yesterday for the action of the people, in @ocepting or rejecting the new rulers, Throughout the whole proceedings, there was only the merest speck of Opposition manifested to the programme laid out by the apostles, and that as quickly vanished as it sud- Genly appeared. Taxing it allinall, 1 may safely be Baid that the newly elected authorities of the Church ive promise ofa more satisfactory administration of all its aftairs—ecotesiastical and socular—than has ever yet been seen im Zion, Lf they perform as well as thoy have promised, there is no reason to apprehend an @arly dissolution of Mormonism, and the probabilities re that with the zeal now manifested by the new Tulers, the disciples will be greatly increased in num- ber and do a greater internal work than has been dono uring the last ten years of Brigham’s life, STRUGGLING TO REVIVE FAITH. Tho chief pointsthat the rulers sought to accom. Pligh by the conforence were—first, the establishment of their own authority wtinout dissention; next in fmportance was to gain the people’s cousidence in their honesty of purpose; then to revive the Church’s faith 4n the salvation of the world through the principles established by Josoph Smith. If Brigham Young bad lived ten years longer there would have been “little faith leit in Israel,” and none knew this fact better ‘than did bis apostles; but there was no alternative from waiting till accident or exhausted nature removed him out of the way. His time at length came, and their actions at this conference, more than their words, exhibit how much of their own ambitions and faith bad lain for years crushed under the heels of tho despot, GREAT GATHERING OF THB PRIRSTHOOD, The routine of election yesterday aiternoon was @readfully tedious, still it bad tobe gono through to Prevent the possibility of after protestations and rebel- Non, for the leaders make no smal! matter of a man’s “‘uplitted hand before high Heaven’ that he engages by covenant to do and abide by tho will and teachings of the priesthood, Accordingly, in the assembling of ‘tho hosts of Israel’? the various orders of priesthood ‘were seated together at places reserved for them in ‘tho west end of the great Tabernavie, commencing ‘with the twelve apostles, then the seventics, high priests ana ciders of the Melchisedec priesthood, the priests, teachers and deacons oi the <Aaronic priest- hood following. There were prosent twelve apostles, two counsellors, the Chief Patriarch, the Chief Bishop, B40 high priests, 660 seventies, 540 elders, 330 bishops ‘with their counsellors, ninety-five of the “lessor pri ‘hood,” and the body of the Tabernacle, with its gal- Tories, was oocupicd by the saints, malo and female, and the sprinkling of Gentiles who went to look on from curiosity. THE MODE OF ELECTIONS To impart the utmost solemuity to the occasion and to render the obligations more imp! jive, the usual Mere routine of affirmation by uplified hand was set abide, and to that wus added that every man should rise to affirm and while in that position lilt up his Fight hand to Heaveo, The apostie Cannon being the active representative of the I'welve, and spokesman on this occasion, made the eignificant allusion to a Practice that prevailed forty years ago in Kirtland, Onio, and said:—*“Tne men of that time didnot know the significance of raising tho right bard. Now wo will signify our affirmation by both ris ng to our fect Bnd upraising the right hand; those who do not vote will keop their seats.” In this he awakened in the assembled thousunds thelr obligations and forms ot testimony in the order of the Endowments, where standing in circle aud with uplifted bands bey witness to men, angels and Heaven that they will stand by the priesthood, destroy the enemies of the Church and do whatsoever they are commanded, By this mode of voting the negatives are eusily sig- Mailed out, and the man or woman who has the teme! Ny to remain seated is marked out for futare ation- hou, During three loug hours of this heavy work Several times “No”? was heuru—weak aud shaky—and ovens Albert Carrington once retained bis seat and pt down his hand but, why and wherefore, he has Wot yet revealed to the public. THM PINANCES AND TAYLOR'S VUTURE. An effort, since Brighum’s death, was wade to got Qt the census of the Church, and # statement aise of its financial condition, but the bishops throughout we pettlements did not come upto the mark with the iiputie, and that is promised for the next General Conterence. ‘To gain the contidence of the people they have promised to render an account twice & year of the income trom all sources and the disbursements Brigham spoke as fairly when he was elevated anu while tue Church was in debt, but as soon hs the treasury was plethoric he tor,ot bis pledge and svon realized that he was the Church himseit, nd When be was satisfied, that was evough. That lor will one day mount to the same.emiuence as Brigham occupied, and with his two counsellors be designated “the Firat Presidency,”? no one doubts, mod Urson Pratt, who really 8 tue oracie of doctrine, has openly announced that vbero-would be no mpro- riety in doing so at any time they please, und vere js in this, ug 1D all the movements Of the hew rulers, ®@ very evident audition ia Wem all, Pratt’s advocacy Of the highest presidency being adopted is nothing more or less than hisown elevation, If Taytor rises, he elevates, in all probubility, Pratt and Cannon to bo his oounsellors; or, even failing in that, he would bo morally certain of an election that would make him Yresident of tho ‘Iwelve Apostles. Pratt sees no Feason why he should not be resident of the Church fume day, FH SPIRITS OF THR PSPARTKD VISIT APOSTLE WooD- REP. Ab intensely interesting feature of the teachings was the baptism of tho living lor the dead in the Tomple of St. George. The Apostic Woourufl, woo had been speciaily delegated to attend to this busi- hess, made the astounding statement that bis bod- Toom was crowded at wight with the svirits of the Est departed, wuo were urgent and even suppheusing- Anxious for the Mormous to see to their vaptisins, @ announced that he had already been baptized as a substitute “for all the signers of the Americaa Ivde- adence” apd ‘all the Presidents of the United lates, save two,”? whom he did not name, ‘hese two, for some of their unkindness to the Saints, will no doubt do atlowed to weiter yet a inttie longer in the flery jake to purge thei of their crim A partial report in the Tribune of what bad been done in the St Georgo Temple from January 9, 1877, to September 20 shows :— three hundred aud ninety-tive vapusms of the Lying, 28,989 baptisms for the dead, 424 males received their endowments, 620 temales received their endows ments, 4,204 dead men had been given their endow- ments by proxy, 6,448 dead pen had been given their endowments by proxy; seven dead priests had been ordained, 204 dead elders had been ordained, 4,850 dead women had been sealed (married) to living Husbands, 366 living women had been sealed (married) to dead husbands aod 3,352 dead couples had been sealed oF married for eteruity.”” NOW THE GREAT DEAD ARR BAPTIZED, ORDAINED AND MARHIND BY PROXIKE, The reader in the Kast may have some difficulty in Bppreciating this kindnoss of tue Mormons for the dead, and a word here is rendered necessary, Tue first sermon proached by the Mormons wh yr they G0 48 Winsionaries 1# that all the world must ‘be bap- tized for the remission of sins” by one having authority, conterred from angels to Joseph Smit and irom the lattor to bis breturen, The most pure, vir- Juous, patrioe and grand life ever known avaiieth nothing 10 the Way of saivation nor in obtaining en- trance Into (he celestial Kingdom unloss the party ba been “‘admitied into the Kingdom?’ ‘by tue door of baptism,” and all the glory of the kingdom followeth only when the Mormon priests ni recorded that Jory op their books in the Temple, Thus, Hancock, fefterson, Washington and ail “iho honorable men o rth” who tad not tho folicity of knowing and Brigham and their confrires have not you Teached their piace of peace and ri gide of Jordan and cannot enter into glory til some Kind goul like brother Woodruff steps mto the waters fm Uke Mormon Temple and 1s immersed for tho remis- NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1877.-TRIPLE SHEET. sion of sing. An elder is appointed to do the baptisms ‘and he takes Woodrulf by the hands, clasped in front, and that elder—administrator, wilt the rigot band up- ho addresses bim by the name of George Washing- ton, Napoleya Bonaparte, Miliara Fillmore, Thomas Paiwe or Cry eyo Frankiin—as the case may be, an- nounces that he baptizes him for tue remission of his sins, plunges bim backward, over bead and ears. The scribe present records 1p the book that such a baptism took place at sueb a date and by such a person, and the dead Washington bas thus his re! stous disabilities romoved—“he is it for the kinguom, HOW THE GLOKY comEs. As glory comes irom tue possession of priesthood the “proxy”? for the dead |» aiso ordained by the lay- jog on of hands of the Mormon elders, and that is also recorded. Man being incomplete of bitnself must, in course of promotion, be married; hence aii the Toute of a male and female going to Lie altar 1s gone through with, and Woodraff or some other man takes @ sister and somebody goes through the ceremony of joining their hands in holy wedlock and pronounces them “man und wife,” with the ending injunetios “Kiss your wile,”’ of course, In this way the names of George and Martha Washington are tound inscribed a8 busband and j@ iu the 5t. George Temple, and ‘the fatuer of bis country” then, but not ull then, 18 made tit for the society ‘of Joseph Smith, Brigonam Young and ail phe lesser gods of the Latter Day dis- peneeee, With, as Woodruil suys, hosts of spirits aunting his bedchamber uigot after night, importut ing lor Laptistn, ordinations and marriages, 1 18 DOL aL cull to perceive that the Mormons have got a vig con- tract ov their hands, aud belore they have attended to the supplications of the ghosts of all the honorable men of the earth who have died without a knowledge of Mormonism they will have done a power of work. THE MANIA FOR TEMPLES, It may be difficult to restrain a sovptical thought about such @ task as the Mormons have set them- selves 10 this business of “redeeming tue dead,” but there cap be no doubting that they are tanatically in earnest over i, The spirit of such a task bas a most euchanting influence to the betiever, aud the new rulers at this conference have applied themselves vig- orously to its use to unite the people together and to bivd them closer to the priesthood. As a stroke of policy Taylor bas hit upon a good thing, for there is nothing to which be could have invited their atten- tion and touched their hearts so eifectively as in an Appeal to @ doctrine and principle of faith that “turns the bearis of tho children to the fathers,’ Brigham saw chat the great temple now being erected in Sait Lake would require too many years to render it capable of service, and so he ordered hava- working people to spend their strength at st, George upon @ temple that cost $1,000,000 in labor aad ma- terial. He quite recently laid'the foundation of two others—at Logan, in the north, and at Maut, in the southeast of the ‘herritory; and it is the teachings of the new rulers that the people must ouild temples everywhere just ag fabt as they are abl ‘THE CLOSE OF THE CONFERENCE. The changes made oi oilicers in the Church duriag the couiereuce were of very little moment. t was evidently the design of Taylor to slide quietly ito Brignam’s shoes rater than to draw too much asten- tion to himseif at the present time. ‘The changes in measures, Lowevor, Were very Important—in appear. ance alles, As trustee-in-trust Brigham rendered no account of the funas of the Churco, but on ‘taylor being elected to that office he bimseif proposed that a committee of three should be appointed to audit wis accounts, which looked excellently well, and the great Budience this afternoon unanimously approved of it; but before it ended the Apostie Jobu showed a good deal of worldly wisdom in nominating three of his associate aposties—Woodruf, Canuoa and Smith to be those auditors. In tbe next breath he proposed that the Aposties should hereafter be al- lowed asalary for their maintenance, and that the amount allowed suould be leit with bim to fix Jobo ‘Taylor has always fixed bimself ali right, and his as- sociates who hold equal power with him will bave no reason to complain, All :ho rest of his groat speech about personal rights and protection of the poor and the working classes 18 Mere gush. A large pumber of 8 were called to go to the United States © Europe, and with the new President’s anoouucemont that the Saints would meet again on the 6tb of April ensuing, Apostle Pratt shed bis bene- diction over the audience, and the great conference closed. ‘The Saints scattered, rejoicing that they were the greatest people in the world TEMPERANCE CAUSE, THE JOHN B, GOUGH SUDDENLY PUTS IN AN AP- PEABANCE AND BECOMES THE HERO OF THE HOUR AT COOPER UNION—-SPEECH BY WILL- IAM NOBLE, THE ENGLISH TEMPERANCE REFORMER. ‘The sensation at the meeting of the American Tem- perance Union at Cooper Institute yesterday after- noon was the appearance among the audience and his subsequent advent on the platform of the veteran temperance advocate and orator, Joun B. Gough. Ac- cording to the programme the principal speaker an- nounced for the occasion was William Nobie, a notablo English exhorter in the total abstincuce work, but he had scarcely got through before the demand for Gough became tempestuous, and he had his usual emotional say, abrief abstract ot which is appended, ‘The new Presitent of the Union, Mr. Cady, presided, and, after singing by the chotr, reading of Scripture and prayer by the chaplain, Mr, Noble was introduced WHAT MR, NOBLE SAID, Mr. William Noble said that before speaking in ro- gard to the manner of removing the evil ot 1ntempe- rauce he would say something about the evil itself, He illustrated his points by anecdotes, and was tre- quently quite bappy and entertaining. “Mary,” asked a mother of her daughter, who was reading a paper one morning in London, “what are you reading about?” “Something terrible; six more poor sailors drowned,” “Ob, 18 that all?” replied the “poor fellows, they get used to it’? (Laughter.) The speaker dilated upon the fearful inroads intemperance was making among the women of Great Britain. While the increase in intemperance among men fn Englaod reached thirty- three per cent, that among women increased sixty-six per cent. This, he declared, was caused by Giad- stone’s infamous bill allowing grocers to sell liquor. Instances of drunkenness among women in England in the higher walks of life were related. BIXTY THOUSAND DRUNKARDS’ GRAVES. Mr, Noble showed where 60,000 drunkards were sent to eternity last yoar in Great Britain, Suppose a city containing that number of inhabitants here in America, he remarked, should be suddenly swept off by somo epidemic, what a sensation would be created all over the land. The Qveea of Engiand was once asked by ao Oriental Ambassador what was the cause of Kng- land’s greatness, ‘This,’ replied Her Majesty, bold- ing up 4 copy of the Iible. It any one should ask what was the cause of Eugland’s misery the speaker would answer “drankenness.”’ THM BLACK FLAG, Once he went on one of our baitie Aclds qnd intoa military cemetery. Me saw upon numerous graves little red, white abd blue American flags. Ho was in- formed that it was the aunual Decoration Day and bo Was rejoiced to see such evidences of a nation’s respect for the Memory of departed heroes Suppose, now, he continued, we shouid go into sume otner cemeter- jes and plant black flags over the graves of those who vecume urunkards and died in the cause of rum ? We should then witness @ sight that wouid appa! the Jand WHERE 18 THB LINE IN MODERATE DRINKING? You can maxe @ drunkard out of a moderate drinker, said Mr, Noble, but you cannot make a moderate (drinker out of a drankard, Ho did pot kNow Were te hue of moderae drinking could be found. He ouce asked a Hibernian to draw the ine between moderate drinking and drunkenness. Patrick said he bad often tried to do it, but begulways got drank bolore he reached it, (Laugiter.) The speaker affirmed that the line could not be detined either by quanuty or quality. Like some locomotive eugineere, the moderate drinker becomes color bling, and eannot distinguish the right from the wrong light. Hence ho plunges heediessly forward unui tis whoie ground ma chivery becomes a wreck, He thougut pareats were ro- sponsible for a fondness for iiquor ameng their clilldren vy its use at Ube family tavle. He deemed all such practices reprehensibie, He wd believe in the due- irine deprecated by « speaker last Sunday—that a clergyman could carry a gisas of wine in one hand and Ugbt the common enemy with the other, Suca men Were i:ko the professor who wanted to teach his pupils how to skate, as he understood the principle \horoughly, At his first essay, however, down be wont. The boys laughed. “Don’t laugh, boys,” cried practice.’ So it was with th temperance clergy- mea; they were high enough im principle, but low in practice. JOHN B. GOUGH'S REMARKS. Mr. Gough was received with tuinultuous applause. He sald he hai come simply to identify himself with the total abstinence cause, for it was his duty to do so wherever he could fad it, It was the purpose of the tota! avstinevee work to make Not that he believed it would muke avy bet- ter, more religion or = mo honest, The meanest man he over knew was @& total avstuner, But he wanted to make men sober it Keep them #0 by their own power of seif-wilt, He did not chink Mt Was neces#ary tor # man to become a Christian to be made @ sober man, nor to keep himaclf so, He knew a drunkard ia Boston who said he had been saved by God’s grace, but in a week he wus in the gutter. Another saved in tne samo way soon found himself in the Washingtonian Home. lie thought it a small businesa to go to God and Him to take away our appetite for drink. He beheved tn the ilimitable power of God’s grace, and was uot speaking itrevereutiy, He mentioned his own case 10 regard to tobacco, to the use of which he bad be- come so welded that it became amania, He resolved to creak off the habit. 1t was @ hard task, but ho thought it would be ridiculous to pray \o God to take awuy an appetite for at which be ought to have the strength to discard by his own will, The grace of God was very yood in keeping some men right, but it must be accompanied by the power ot the will of the men themselves. WEMINISCENCES OP IS BARLY CAREER. Gougn vividly recited the reminiscenses of his early carer 4s a temperance relormer, with which niost Of our readers are familiar, showing the strug- gies be had to encounter, the terrors, horrors and temptations that beset him; the jeers of old compan. fons, the intense yearning he at frst had to go back to his cups, bus after andergomng these almost incredible physical and mental tortures he was at last able to exclaim, jctory! Victory!’ He had tramphed over his appetite and was saved from a druokara’s doom, nm.,OUND THE WORLD. ORGANIZATION OF THE “WOODRUFF SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION” —THE OBJECTS OF THE UNDER- TAKING CALCULATED TO BE HIGHLY BENEFI- CIAL TO STUDENTS AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN A KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN LANDS. The novel idea of organizing a floating college, whose professors and students would be conveyed from Port to port along the shores of the great continents and across the dividing oceans, with a view of their learning by actual observation of the people, produc- tions and objects of interest in foreign lands, orig- tuated with Mr, James Woodruif, of Indianapolis, and 4s the foundation of the ‘Woodruff Scientific Expedi- tion Around the Worid.’’ At the first giance the whole scheme presents such attractive features that no ob- Jection ean be raised to it on the grounds of impro- Propriety and inutility, Jt affords an opportunity to all who take part in itof learning more in the two yoars during which the expedition will be absent than could be learned in a htetime out of books alone, It 1s &@ great adaptation of the simple but effective plan of object teachiug, which cannot fail to impress all who are jortunate enough to enjoy such an opportu- nity of acquiring information as it will undoubtedly affurd.* Although the expedition 18 organized ona basis of speculation and those interested in it hope to Feulizo profits from their enterprise, there Is no reason for doubting their entire reliability and respectability. Inquiries sot on foot by the Hexaup show that the geutlemen who have orgauized the expedition, as well a8 those Who accompuny ft in the capacity of tnatruc- tors and executive officers, are indorsed vy the public authorities and mort the confideuce of the pubiic. The amount necessary to defray all expenses lor the two years’ journey arovud the world is trifling enough when compared with the advantuges to be enjoyed, and is only avout thirty per cent of what it would cost a sfogie individual travelling economically over the same route by the ordinary means of conveyance. ‘The following communication furnishes a good deal of information regarding the expedition, which, it is stated, will sail on October 25 trom this city : SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION AROUND THE WORLD, Yo THs Eprron ov THe Henan! Your readers are perhaps already more or less fu- miliar with the plan of the “Woodruil Scivatitic Ex- podition Around the World,’ now being fitied out im this city. As this, however, is the initial movement in a system of travel and study that will undoubtedly find great favor in the future it claims more than ap ordinary share of yur attention. ‘the Woodruif expo- dition, with a liberality characteristic of true scienc has been thrown open to inen of every vationality, and to ladies as weil us gentlemen, We ure glad to learn, too, that the expense of accompanying this splendid Voyage bas been reduced so as to make it eyailuble to every one Who has an earnest desire to seo distant lands, The cost of the entire journey around tue world, embracing two years time and over fifty thou #and miles of travel, bus been reduced to $2,500 ior Stuuenis and $2,000 lor cade Lhe purpo-e of the expedition Is to ulford 4 means of mstruction and travel for youug nen; al the same time allowing the pro- fessors Who will accompany the expedition an oppor. unity w make original ‘observations and to gathor Culiections in tue Various departneuts of learning to which they have devoted theirlives, The members of the faculty who wiil bave clurge of the educational and Acientitic work of the expedition have been selected from our leading universities and colleges. including Harvard, Yale, Coiumbia, Cornell, University of Michi- wun, &c., and from a body of active, onorgetic men, who will not fui to bring buck 10 us much valuable | the professor, “i'm high ap iu prineipie, but down in | | Agricultural Department anu the Smithsoniav Institue information in regard to the distant countries which they will visit. The studonts sooompanying the expe- dition will receive instruction mot only by lectures, filustrated by specimens, diayrams, magic ianiern views, &c., a8 in the ordiuary college course, but will also be brought in daily contact with the protessors, who Will uccolnpauy the students on all inland excur- sioug und inswuct them in the field, Kacn student Will receive such aid as be may require in preparing aud preserving objecis uf sc.entitie interest, the cul- Jocting of Wich torms one of the principal and most attractive features of the expedition. The occan steamship Uniario, which will bo in charge of United States paval ollivery, hus becn so- cured for the voyage, and wil afford ample accomuo- ution jor the faculty und studeuts, lurvisuing, at Lue same Ume, storage room for an’ wlmost unliaited wmount of naturel history collections, The Ontario Will start on her voyage on Ociover 29, and follow, as nearly as possible, the fuliowing cuurse:—ihe brat stopping piace aitor leaving New York will be the island of St. Thomas; Barbados will aiso be visited, The expedition will proceed trom there to the isiand of Marajo, a the mouth of" tue Amazon, where some lime will be spout im collecung aud studying the Strange productions of the luxuriant forests of Brazil ‘Tbe ship will tueu Continue southward, Visiting Kio Jauviro aud Montevideo, wnd pass througu’ the Straits of Magellan some time in Devember, During this portion of the Voyage frequent landings wii ve maue 1 order to aumire the grand scenery ol Terra del Fuego, to learn sometuing Of the wild Fugius und to study the glaciers which there reach the sea, Alter leaving tue straits Valparaiso will be the ext stopping place, Tue Outario will then steam westwurd in order to explore sume of the coral 1siauas of the Pacific, Alter visiting the Society, Navigator aad Fijt islands, the suip will proceea to Syduey to oviain coal and receive letters (rom Lome, From (oat port excursions will ve made to many of the mines of Ausiraba Theexpedition will vext visit the Silomon Isiands, (0 the nortuward of Australia, aud then the island of Formosa, Afterward the suip will touch at a Lumber OL points on the coast of China and Japan, und visit many of the iglands in the Malay Arctipel- perhaps, 18 the most attractive part of tne voyage, and will afford in wild Juxuriauce what are to us (ue Strangest and rarest of Nature’s works, [tis among these rick islands of the Indies that the hauds and minds of the explorers will be mort active, The zoviogist will add tany rare or unknown forms vf life to nis coliecion, ibe Lotanist will Lave spread before bima rank and tuxurivas flora that is almost whoily vew lo Bim. To the geoiwgist this uuex. plored region preseuts peculur attractions, There, tov, beneath (ue taugied luXuriance of Lropiwal Vegetation, are to be found tbe ruins of ancient cities Wuich, ad travellers (ell us, “surpuss those of Central America, abd perhaps even those of Iuaia, in number and in the beauty of their erchitectural remains.” Rallies, in his *History of Java,” remarks that “the amouut of Duman labor and skill expended oa the Great Pyramid ol Egypt sinks inte losiguificance whep compared with that required tv complete one of the scuiptured mili Sewples inv the interior of Java.” After spending some months in) that distant and Mite Known portion of the World the expedition will Vieit India, stopping on tne way at Mucasur, Batavia, Singapore, &¢. From Calcutta ap opportunity will be given for an overiand jouroey through iudia to Bowbay; while tue ship will proceed to the same des. tination, stopping to make cullections in Ceylon, Tue Lext plices Which Ue ship Wil Visit, naines wh need uo word of explanation, are Adeu, Mecca, Suez, | Aloxaudria (from Luere & boat excursion Will Uo made | ol the Nile), Joppa (trom which porta visi will be paid 10 Jerusaiem aud the Deud Sea), Athens, Messina, Naples, Leghorn, Geuoa, Marsciiles, Barcelous, Maia ga, Gibraitar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Plymouth. From Naples aud Murseiiles wn opportunity will be given tor ihe | members of Lhe expedition to visit Western Kurope, re- | Joining (uo shipagainal Piymouth, Alter calling atine | ‘Azores the expedition will return to New York, woping to complete tue journey 1m October, 1879. The expe | dition ailords au uppuralicied opportunity for yathur- Ig Specitiens and inforwation in every departwent of | tho natural sciences, It seems to us thata student, | With only # moderate arouat of enthusiasm, could ob. tuiu more thau cuough spocimens lo deitay the ex- ponses of the Voyage, fhe catalogue of the expouition Which We how Lave before us, states tuat “students Sent from the Universitice, or by others, tor the pur- | pose Of making SvieUilic collections, Will receive spe- ial attention from the meimvers of the facully, in order that such collections way be of value wun | credit to the sludenta aud to the expediion,” We trust that those wiv direct our colleges and public ecuooly* wii take advantage Of this yonerous oiler and make an jateresting and tupor aduition to their means Of tweruction, Wuich 1m mauy Of Our istivutions is suuly needed. Every coviego aud university, at least, should have a collection illustrating, Bret, the characterise forme of animal life; second, the broad aud goueral ivatures of tuo | Diant lite of the world; taird, a cabinet Of geologicar specimeus showing tue physical and ancient Lie bis tory of theearsh. A collection embruciug ail these characters could be brought together by sending 4 single collector ou the Woodruil expedition, wuicu will visit every continent on the glove und enably coi- lectors to procure authentic and typical specimens in nearly every zovlogical aud botanical province im the world. The duplicate specimens obtained by such a oollector by being exchanged with other institutions would go fr toward building up a unique and val able muscum, This 18 oUt a brief and Impertuct- sketch of this splendid journey, which Wwe are coull- dent will have the sympaiby avd God-speed of tuous ands of our citizeus, or, Woodrull, the projector of the enterprise, is vow at the St. Nicholas Hotei, Now York, superintending in person (be arrangements tor the voyage, To bim we would refer all wuo wish further information in reiereuce to the expediion, Naw York, August 22, 1877 LO R OPINION OF INE EXPEDITION IN WASHINGTON. Tho Hekato correspondent at the national capital, having ascertained from prominent public officials their opinions as to che ‘Woodruff Scientific Expedi- tion,” writes as follows;— Wasitinoron, Oct, 10, 1877. Professor Nourse knows uotuing ot the Woodrut Scieatile Expedition more than what is made public by tne adverusement aud pamphlet published giving the proposed route, piaces Uo Le culled ar, &e General Le Duc, tue Commissioner of Agricultur thinks very favorably of it, provided it can be carr OUL: DUL It 18 4 DUsIess Speculation, and depends en- tirely on the nembor of participants in it—stadents and passengers—for its financial sucecss, The com- pany, as projector, bas placed a tree passage, with ali expenses pal, aut the disposal of the department, which the Commissiouer intends to accept, and be wilh send one of his attuchés, who will represent both (he tion, He will be especially instructed to make colioe- tions; both botanical aud mineral, and select othor specimens to be placed some in one institution aud | weurled, aud with her part turowy ou the floor | ver’s tenching. | pretty ers some inthe other, Mr. McLane, of the department, Will be selected to go on this mission, Dr. Vasey, the bownist of the Agricultural Depart- ment, tu answer to the question, ‘What benefit would this expedition be to science as far as relates to that branch of tof which he is tamiliar—botany !? said that the botanical collection from eack of the countries tobe vn it Specialty, and get as 1ull aud thorough a collection as the time and opportunities wouid allow. ‘The display of economic products and botunical specimens 0} tbe whole World, as tuis expedition would almost repre- Sept the whole world, would be invaluable, It would be very useful to illustrate in an appreciaole manner the growth of other countries in an economic manner as compared With our own, Such colieetions wouid be very valuable, as they could be duplicated and mul tplied either in’ wax or otver composite matter, such ag plaster of paris, as ts done in the museum of the department now with all Kinds of fruits, &c., 1 agri- cultural colieges und schools. At present seholara and Stadeuts Know of the products of all these foreign countries only by whut they read In books and by the illustrations “accompanying the descriptions, These models would add very much te the practical knowl- edge of tho vogetation and botanical products of all these different countries, He thinks that if the expe dition starts it will be of great advantage to science in muny ways very valuable, but some of the expe. 648 should be authorized to make this duty a FINE ARIS, STUDIO ITE: James M. Hart’s picture, “the Pool in the Woods” — Cows jn the water, under the shade of wide-spreading branches, and one standing out im the real blaze of the mid-afternoon suntight—a most charming, con- trasted cifvet, is wearly finished, as is his arge canvas “By tho Brookside,” William Mugrath is hard at work on a ono figure water color—an Irish maiden seaweed gathering, Just loaving the water with ber basket of keip—which we | Prodict will be notavie and striking picture when finished, rihur Quartiey hag on bis easel “Morning at Capo Ano,” Gloucestwr, Mass —tisuermou lauuching a boat in the light surt, aad out beyond tho point, m the bright glare, well contrasted with the coviness and Quiet of the little bay, a few gnils movi ig also an afternoon view aloug the rocky coust of the Asie of Shoals—storm glouds blowing over and away, a fow suils of shore, und last effycts of the spout siorm shows in the waves dashing with decressicg vigor on to the ro This is adiniravle in ed po when completed will do Mr. Quartiey 1 At. Bricher i painting ov a good sized canvas an incident Ife witnessed at Scituate, Mas+, this sum. mer, aid which be wing Ashore in the Night.” A sc const, ex pecting a light which batt veen discoutinued, has kone agbgre on tho rocks during the might, und a group ot summer Visiturs frown ane ot th hotels, hearius Of 1b at breakiast, Lave come down tw tue shore. Mr, i lazily, There uch credit. ted by the expedition would be of great udvan- | Bricber bus @ portioo full of exceedingly pleasing water color alouy sore sketches of the picturesque rocky coust near sciiuate, wave this summer. ‘they | are very bright and elfective, David Johuson 1s painting @ scene near Blyfeld, Mass.—cows iu a Wide ruuning brook, shadud py Great ouks, und on the bank a man waitin} for them to come out, George A. Baker isback and hard at work on some portraits, 4, B. Bristol ts again in his stadio, from the Berk- shire region, Massachusetts, where be pas mate a large Coliecilon of suetots @ lot of Hitle panel bits, Tuomns Hicks is buck in his studio, witu several portraits unuer way, one of which is of the Hou. Joun Jay, and a canvas partly Gutshed, the studies tor which were made from lie lust summer, and whieh he ails The Close of Day"—ap aged couple seated by the tire at evening, while by them 13 the tea table just sot, Their day 9 also closing, like the passing ove, Tho majoriiy of the Brooklyn artisis are. back in sheir studios, und the art studenis of that cliy are taking steps looking toward the organization of a hfe class, similar to those of our Art Students? League. Buerer, the sculptor, has lately modelled a statuo of Goethe, a colossul moucl of witch, nine fect high, he proposes to furnish, tree of cout, I the funds Gan be raised to pay for the casting of a bronze one for whe eniral Park, “He estimates tie cost at sume $4,000, The slatue strikes Us as admirable, The puct stands erect iu a bold commandiag position, with the grand head fronting upward, inoue hava’be has a peucl and ia the other @ note book, evidently engaged in Composing, ‘Lhe costume is woil modelling excellent and the expressive given, Mr. Baerer hus also to take off the covering of the ¥: teupt Bpimetheus, A gracetul, pl weil inanuged draperies, Lucile Clinton uss just finished a quite pleasing portrait in crayon of Recorder Hackett, John Williainson is suuli at his Hudson River stadio, and has painted somo fine landscapes of the scenery by which be 18 surrounded. NEW FOREIGN PICTURES. Kohn Mas received quite a number of new pictures from ubroad, Among these 1s an exquisitely Unished Picture by Schlostager, of Munich, which received a Grande Medaide dHonneur av Vienua in 1872, called “Phe Veteran’s Holiday,’ a Bavarian interior with many well drawn figures, an admirable tableau de meurs, There are w couple of nice examples of Jaquet, of Paris—female heads. The first, a girl ava window, bas a line light and shade treatment, butis rather rough and brutal im color; the secoud is a sweet pensive young maiden looking out at us, and ad- mirobly painted, “be First Mirror,” by E, Pinchart, is avery graceful composition, light and pleasing in color. A delicious young blonde Pompeian giel just riven, and ina charming nrgligé, with naif veiled churns, is bending over the clear smouth Water suriace in & fountain basin im an inuer court yard—a nicely modelled and painted figure. liy flue is the compostiion tn the ment of the wauderiug tendriis of taco Gnely E manw flowered Vine on the other #ide of Lhe court, and against which the sweet ligure stands out in hare a couple of nice little river landscapes by Emule Lain binet, Who always punts en maitre. by J. Van Beer 4s & picture Of 4 pretty Moorisu giri, very nice in color, and Do Counick 18 represented by a litte girl with an Augora cat, ‘There 18a small aud vice jauuscave by Corot, wich cate and a fizure, Dauvigny is repre- seuted by @ stroug sunset pieture, very rich in tone, ana by De Neuville there ts ous of bis admin painted subjects, a vedetle uzzars on wu Lilie, Que figure of tgan and Lorse, anu over tue rive another of the detachment By Berne Bellecour wiere ts a pieaving iitile canvas, au vilicer of artili ny. ‘There are @parapei, with bis Meld glasses ia bai fnere is Hugues Merle’s “tho Citoyeane de l’Au VI,” in tue Mme ot the French Directory, a vouptuous, hard beauty, aumirauly ovlored and modeiied, and ale toget ior a tine example \neat lite figure of a Spanish danctog girl in a mauresque courtyard, is by Louis Leto. Ot A. Cava- hova there 18 a fine little picture, adinirably painted in his inimitable myie, Auld Spanish servant, seated in the entrance hall of un casa 4 put on b spectacles, 8 reading his master’s letters, just ceived, and 18 Very much asionimbod ut Lue doute tuereol ‘The face is ap admirable char study. by Charles Louis Miller, of Paris, (hore 18 large wid live GanVas Of an Orieawil Woman Ww prouch the wouds, suillug Oui at Us, With her Head resting ou ove hand, supported by werossed arin, there Schreyer ‘Arabs Kecounoitring,” witch is a ve ‘ne composition and whien las les® (iat appearan: of quick WHOL Which nurs BumMEWhAL Lie elle produced by many of bis canvases, Espeetal the paigting of the hgures of tue man aad ho mounted group slowly auvaueing |) he action ivory Nue, tie figur ood, Diaz is Feprecepted in the 1 importacions by 4 strong bi, a nvr paibway, With trees and asimall hgare; low in Mout and ton tor tne Rehearsa’? iw a gracety richly dressed formate igure reclining on an ovtome Stewart, a young Amei Zamuavois and Madea th partiet Nn Paris, a pu tho picture shows the mun txce Well pamted, the aris’ espoes eiled and foresbortenod, and the yellow suk below shows & daily foot ina Y matching the dress 018 ab amusing canvas impresurio,” by A. Schil. An out lor in « Paris street with his moukey perched on the drum at his back and Lis two perioraing dogs trot Ung mourutully hke low comudian the scene at fect, A Curious And Well executed parc of Lue pio Is a Wall OW Which @ Huber Of posters Of various kinds bave BeeD pasted, torn off aud pasted over, leay- ing 4 Most varied and curious collection ot printed watter im divers colors and types. FOREIGN ART NOTES, The Amsterdam exhibition opeved iast mouth, The South Kensington Museum will secure a treasure when it receives the fruits of Dr. Schiiemann’s recent discoveries Ys ‘ine Monileur des Arts devotes several columns, to be continued, tothe “Léda’’ in the gallery of Arsene Houssaye, which it pronounces tho celebrated original by Mictaol Angelo, Tho Luxembourg gallery wag lately closed for ro- pairs avd for the hanging of several recent acquisi- tious ‘These are a landscape, by Bolly; a portrait of Emile Augier, by Edward Dabufe; “The Ui Jules Breton, and “La Vierge Consolatrice,’’ a picture by W. Bongereau, which has lately attracted a good doul of attention, Henry Monuier, the writer, dead a year, is to have a Mouuniental tomb, designed by Charles Duval, the archit i figure 18 wi the weil ‘vex, cardinal stoc WS very weil irom the Late _ the avnual public session of the French Acace! of Fine Arts takes place on pext Saturday, M. Francois residing, With the exceptiva of those who took the ? Bris de Rome ‘the students will not be vdmiited on account or a recent Sniignation manifestauon they made at the distribution of prizes ne Russian Archwologial Congress lately met at e Cuarlos Blone has been writing in Le Temps an ex- tonded eulogy of Vhiers as Virtuoso and art critic, The excavations atUlympia, under Lie wuspives of the German government, are giving excellent resalts, the last discoveries being @ statue by Praxiteles and & Mercury with the infant Bacchus tp his arms The “Musée Revoluvionnair i @ collection of nowwbéec AMOS Whicu are | Managed, the | statue of Pandora about | 1 and to | re, with | y leaning on Ou, und | | pretixed to ue | published vy Rutledge & Co. Londoa, aud in this | place of Rubens ts Bois le-Duc, ip Holland | York recentiy, ren books, manuscripts and other objects exemplifying the history of tie Frének Revolution, made by the Marquis de Lieaville, latest claimant to the hopor of being the birth- More reerimination on the Veuus de Milo, Toe present Count of Lalaing, descendant of the Countess to whom Rubens was page, admires th Privee of painters #0 much that he dresses 1m she wa ditional Kuvens costume, Ihe coilection of pictures at Swinton Park, Masham, belonging to Mra, Dauby-Hareourt, is deserbed in the Athenwum 01 September 29, lo the same namber the journal in alludes to the closing of the National Gallery during the present month, and speaks of the deplorable occasion, Vietor Seboeloher, Frovel Senator, 1s eagaged on a CAiaiogue Of enyravers Biber the commencemen: of the art, He now has examples of 6,000 of the 12,000 estimated, Mr. Valpy has lent his fine water color collection to the south Kengington Museum during an absence on the Costineut” ALY NOTES, ‘Tho Atlantic portrait of Whittier, the poet, a fine lithograph of that noble head by J. E. Baker, has just been iseued by H. O, Houghton & the publishers of the maguzine, A loan exibition is talked of for the benefit of the Society of Decorative Art. Proparations are making for the annual exbibition aud sale of the Artists’ Fund Society in January. LITERATURE, THE REVIVAL OF POE LITERATURE. Tho recent publication of Gill’s “Life of Poe” awakened, in Some quarters, a fresh interest in the character and careerot that much misunderstood man. But we did litte more, and the full, fair and impartial biography for which we have waited so loag lias yet | to be written, The revival of Poo literature which bas | shown itself im the past few years in the republica. | tion of poems and prose works, and the preparation of | four new “lives,” Was brougat avout, indirectly at | least, b aglish publisher, Mr, S.C. Hall, who, vy | the way, {8 said to have sat for Dickeus’ portrait of Pecksnif A few years ago Mr, Hall and his wife published aserics of articles on the literary celebrities | of England with whom they had been acquainted, The volume proved of gome value and the piates wero seenred by Harper & Brotners, | who Mr, Stoddard to contribute a few | aduition es. He did 80, writing of Mucautay, | Halleck, ay and Poo, ihe Intter wketch was found to cuntgin too much new in the dark, and it accor zine for September, 1872, rewritten tp matler to remain long | ngly appearea in the ma | A year or two later it waa | light of more recent developments, and mplete edition of Poe's poctical works country by Widdietou, of New York, bo other urti- cles were embodied in the volume of Hail’s remi- niscences, ead will appear when that work is published in this country, probably as no late day. ‘The publication of Mr. Stoddard’s memoir in Harper's Identified him at once with the memory of Poe, aud drew from the few surviving friends of the pocta number of valuable letters containing personal remi+ nisceaces, &c. Among the numoer was one from a wealthy gentieman of Cooperstown, N, Y., oflering to contrivute $400 toward the ereciion of a monument to Poe, Since then tures now biographics have ap- peared—Ingram’s, Didier’s and Gill's; but to dir, Stoddard is due the creditof having frst depatted from the path marked out by Griswold im his much abused ‘Lite of Poe.’ ‘There are a few facts not generally known relating fo the sale and publication of ‘Annabel Loe”? which reiloct little eredit upon Poe's sense of honesty or honor, and which he would doubtless bave tound somewhat difficult of explanation hal ho survived the publication of that poew. Inthe first place a man- uscript copy of tho lyric was sold to Mr, Ingram for | sartain’s Magazine, of Philadelphia, while Poe was on bis way from New York to Richmond, This was late in the summer of 1849, Just before leaving Richmond for the North to tako his mother-im-law, Mrs, Clem, back to his wedding, Poo being, as usual, short of funds, resold the pocm to John &. Thompson, of the Soutkera Literary Messenger. “Auvabei Loe” would, therefore, have appeared almost at the same ume in the Messenger and in Sartain’s Ma, And in fact | i did so appear, but both the magazines to which tt | had been sold were forestalled by its publeation ia | the New York Zriwune, lt appeured in that journal two duys alter Poe's death, at the couclusion of the ovituary notice by Dr, Griswold, 1b was introduced with the tollowing words:—'There are, perbaps, some of our readers who will uuderstand the allusions of the | following beautitul poem, Mr, Poe presented it to the writer of these paragraphs just belore he lols New | arking thatit was the last thing he bad written.” Ou the following day tho exquisite poem **fo Helew? (Sarah Helen Whitman) tmade its first appearance, also tn the Tribune, ‘The title was not given as it now stends, but merety “Lo —— — ” | | | At a gale of books and autographs, &c., in New | York, four years ago, a handsomely bound edits Poe's poetical works, in one volume, illustrated by | Tenniel, Pickersgili, Birket Foster, Darley, Cropsey id others, and containing 4 of “Annabel Loe? in Poe's handwriting, brought $180—probably a larger | sur then it8 author, in mannood at least, ever had in | his possession at any one time, Toe owner of a simi- lar volume—bound in cloth, however, instead of mo- rocco, but contuming the origiaal manuseryps of the fonuct to “Zunte’—olfered his treasure to the pablic a year later, ‘ue value of autographs had evidently depreciatea In the meanwhile, for the nighost bid fell short ot $25. The fac simile of a poem written by Poo in his | youth, in a lady’s aloam at Baltimore, which uppeared | iw Scribner's Monthly of September, 1575, Was uot in all respects genajne. The title “Aloue’ wad tho date dlumore, Mareh 17, 1829,” were added vy Mr. L. Didier, probably to enbance the vuluc of the con- trivution, Mrs, Susua Archer Weis, a Southern lady who was aequaioted with Poe, and whose pooiry is favorably menticned by Bim in a review of the “Pemale Poets of America,” has algo, we understand, prepared an interesting paper of personal recollec- tions for Seribner ot Mo “SURLY T: R STORIES,” Let (ue jer ol “Surly Tim, and Ovuer ries’? | (Scribner, Armstrong & Co.) read Mra, Buravit’s | preface to this, her last yoiume, for in it she says that | “that Lass 0? Lowel nd the present volumo are the only works issued under her name which have been prepared and corrected for publication im book form under bor personal supervision, Sirs Barnett was obliged tot (is step on account of certain rs printing stories written by ler wuen in sand passing them off aa her later work, against Ler earnest solicitations. It is only (air that the adautrers oi this ctived lady should know how fecls vbout Lie imposition thats practised upon the J public in ber name Jn tho present volame we find Mrs. Burnett at bh very best, “Surly Tim,” the story from which the boo! tuokes is name, was first pent ribner's Monthly bh”? (as wore ali the others, with the sception of which appeared in Lippiw ), and at once attracted wido attention, It has been dramatized, aud besides | hos been Lie pice de résistance of « member of public | readers. The story ts told ja the Lancashire dialect, anor,” by | | under the shadder of oid Bald, an’ town goes hard aod i¢ unasually strony aud pathetic, The story that follows “surly Tim,’ “Lo Monsieur dota Petite Dame,” | 18 Just as aifferent us it is possible for one story to be | from another, except that the same strength is no- | ticeable, only of aditferent kind, From the mining | districts of Laveaelire we are taken into Paris salons and fashionabie Mle, In “Ksmeraiaa’’ the scone 1s also Jaid in Paris, but the c! ters ure very differenttrom | those {n “Lo Monsieur.” ‘*Kemeralda’’ wo cousider | one of the best stories that Mrs, Barnett has ever | written, Lhe character of the old man is wondertully good—bis sympatuy with his daughter and bis ier of his purse-proud and pushing wife, and his general | unhappiness in gay Paris, One day, on the stairway, | the old man met M. Desmarres, « teacher of French, | who occupied a apartment in the saine house. He | stopped to tik with him about bis troubles, ‘You | sou, Vs this way,” he said; ‘it's this way, mister. | We're home folks, me an’ Kemeraldy, an’? we'ro a long way from howe, an’ {t sorter seems Mke we didn’t get no useder to it than we was at first. We'ro | not like mother, Mother she was raised in | a town—sho was raised in "Lizabethville— an’ sho allers took to town ways; but me | an’ Bemoraidy, We was raised in the mountains, right with us, Seoms like wo’re allus a thinkin’ of Nort Calling An’ mother she gis outed, which 18 likely. She says we'd ought to fit ourselves tar our higher sponr, an’ | dessay we'd ought, but you see it goes sorter hard with as, An’ Esmoraldy eho hes hor trouble an’ I can’t help a sympathizin’ with ber, fur | Bong j | calls Nasau an 5 folks once myself Onee—once 1 sot a beap o° store by mother. So you see now tt is.” ‘Thev he grabbed Desmarres by the buttonhole, as tt for additional support, and said with caution:—bo youthinkas Mis’ Dimar would mind it ef now an! then 1 hag to step in fur Kemerildy, an? sot a little— Just in @ Kinder neiguborin’ way? Exmeraidy, she says you're #0 sosherble, Aud I haint been sosherbie with no one fur—iur a right smart’ spell And it seems like } ktuder hanker arter i, You've no idea, Mister, bow lonesome a man can git when be ba} ‘4 to be sosterble an’ Lait no one to be sosherble with, Mother, she says, ‘Go out on the Champs Eliay and promeuard,’ and I’ve done it; but some ways it don’t reuch the spot I don’t seem to git sosterble with no one I’ve spoke to--may be through us speakin’ different languages, an’ not comin’ toa understandin’, 1’ve tried it joud an’ Pve tried it low an’ eucouragen’, bul some ways we never seemed to geton, An’ ef Mis’ Dimar woulan’t take no excep. tions at me a-droppin’ in, 1 feel as of I should be sorter upliited—it she’d only allow it once a week or even fewer.” “Muveieur,’? I replied with warmth, “1 beg you will consider our salon at your disposal, not once a week but at all times, aud Mime, Desmarres would cor- tainly join me in she myitation if she were upon the spot.” Hoe released the tape! of my coat and grasped my hand, shaking it with fervor, ow, that’s clever, that 1s,” ne sata, friendly, an’ L’m obligated to ye,” Since he appeared to have nothing further to say we went down stairs together, At the door we parted, “An? 103 ‘m a-goin’,” he remarked, “to tho Champa Elazy to promenard, Where are you a-goin’ ?”? ‘o the Boulevard Haussinana, Monsieur, to give a on,” L resuraed. J will wish you good morning.” od mornin',’’ he auswered, ‘Jong —reflecting ply fora momeut—'Bong jure I'm a tryin? to | learn it, you see, with a view to bein’? more sosherbler, Aad thus be took his departure, Poor old man! Wat could be more touching than | bis loveliness in the gay capital where he hag been dragged by his wife, aud his efforts at being “more sosherbier.’? Eomeralda had a lover in Awerica who was a rauk offense in her motber’s nostrils, because ho was poor, while sue bad grown suddenly rich, ‘This lover, Wash by vame, folowed bis sweetheart to Paria, where they met. ‘The old father was well pleased when Esmeralda told bim, but dreaded breaking the news to the mother, who had a marquis in view lor her daughe ter, But it had to be done, and he did it, When ho returned (rom the terrible ordeal he sank down upon @ chair, “IVs over,”’ he balf whispered, ‘an’ it was even rougher than I thought it woud be, She was terribia outed, Was motuer, i reckon | never see her so outed betore, She jest raged find tore, It was most more than | could stand, Esmeraldy,’? and he dropped his hoad upon his hands for support. Seemed like it was the Markis as laid heaviest upon her,"? he proceeded, “she was terr.ble sot on the Murkis, an’ every time she'd tuiuk of him, she'd just rear—she’d jast rear, T never stood up agen mother atore, au’ I hope I sban’e never lave it todo agaim io my time, I’m kinder wore out.”? Cau you not picture the scene between the kind old father standing up jor bis daughter’s peace and happ!- ness, and the weak, proud mother who had set her hopes upon baving a nobleman in the family? No wonder “the Markis laid heaviest upoo her,’ after all ber planning, and po wouder the dear old man was *‘kinder wore out’? alter the battio, ‘There are eight stories in this little volume aud there are no two allke, yet all possess the sume power and 4 strong vein of pathos, Nobody can read theso stories without being struck by their singular dramatic quali- ties, Mrs. Burnett herself ust be aware of this, for she has reserved all rights inthem, “Esmeralda,” we beliove, is already in the dramutisv’s bands as the foundation of a play, LITERARY CUIT-CHAT. Mr. Walter Shirlaw, whore “Sheep Shearing in the Bavarian Highlands’ was one of the most admired pice tures in the lust Academy exhibition, will illustrate Kuwara Eggleston's “Roxy,” the new Scribner serial. Mr. W. MoKay Laifun, founder of the Batumore Bulletin, Wii have an aruele in the November Scrit her, OX Canvas-back und terrapin, ilustrated by him se Mr, Latlan being @ Baltimorean understands bit subject thoroughly, “Doris Barugt?? 18 the tithe of a new novel by Kathe ering Macquvid, £00u to be issued by Hunt & Blackett. The first volume of Jefferson Davis? book will be rosy early in November, The second volume, which ig tha most “spley,” will speedily follow, Mavy Ashley Townsend, of Now Orieans, ove of the most brillant women of toe South, is spending afew | days in city. Mrs, Townsend ts porbaps best knowu to Noriherners by hor beautiful little poem enutled “Creed.” Mr. Nagent Rovingon, the author of the very clover novel, ©5,076 Filth Aveuus,”” Lug commenced another stor, 4 Tha Mother-ia-Law of Mime,” in one of the leading weekly Illustrated papors, Mr. R asont Messrs, Houry Holt & Co, will publish in a few days Sir Edward Creasy's *thie.ot { the Ottoman Tur! - with cbapters bringing the Work dowa to the present odtard has ety ed home after a tine, The same house will publish simultaneously with the above a new volume in their Amateur Server, “Thornbury’s Life of Turner,” with colored llustrations fac-simited from the artist’s own di ings. Also anew novel inthe Leisure Hour by the euthor of “Mr, Suatth.? its title is + and it need only be asked of this now story that it be as good ag “3ir, Smith.” Mr, Frank 1. Stocktou bas written coming Bamber Of Seribner au arti T, Moran, desertbing his receat trip ous methods of fishing, the coral habits of (he durkeys, « Visit loan “African queen,” diving pepaves, and the ptuia market, are among tho interesting things deserved, Mer, Stockton ‘isle of Jae ‘Lhe Baby's Opera’ will be Iateoe Nicho a November, clover skiltaily di- Vides {ts contents between | py, lteratare, seience, politics and criticism, there belng at least one striking contribution for, each one of those depart. H we hes, s june, for the forth. illustrated by assu Curie reels, the quaint for Walter Crane and duced to the re The Cont, ders of S mporary Keview tor | ments ‘three of the articles are directly controver. Sial—tueologically oF poillicully—which makes the humber lively readiug, although the topics are Specially solid and mwportant 10 Alhenwum Says tual the new edition of Shel- i by Harry Boixton Forman, om the women and youth of unt of coutainiug the very immoral retical works, edit ley’ E po utou ont ‘Laon and Cyt on iu Jacobite Limes” ts the title of a work by Dr. Doran, to be published early in November by Kenucy. It will Hilastrate court and city, 84 James? ana Tyburn, Church and Gonventicle, the stage and the streets; in short, every particular of Jacobite times in une Britiah metropolis, fo tue multitudinous hbeary of anglers’ text books is pow added Mr. J. J, Maaley’s ‘Notes on Fish and Fishing,’ Just out in London. The author compates that there are 5,000 regular anglers in and around Lon- don, There are no less tonn eighty angler clubs in the metropolis and its onvirons, ‘The London Athenceum reviews Dr. Schais “History of the Creeds of Christendom,” praising it tor its labor and learning, but cersuring the author for his partie funism and feeble critical sugacity, ce NEW BOOKS RECEIVED, The World's Progress, a dictionary of dates, with @ chart, revised and continued to August, IS77, maintains Ite character for aceurmey and ampiitu GP. Putoam's Sons, New York ry of Frenel: Literature (vol, %), by Monri Van | Leuen, records events trom the end of ths reign of Lou XIV. tb the end of the reige of Louls hilipp»—an interest= and most ortuat epoch, U.P, Vusnwn’s sons, New 4 Hattle of Bennington ix @ history of Vore cienuial, [eis neatly llustraved and published in St Vt. ‘cyelopedin’ of Hhoological and Keelosiastical Literature iby. ¢ Youn McClintock, D. D., and sev. strug DD), is the seventh volume of this com. ive work, I York. istiunily aud Infidelity isan authoriaed report of a dis whlch was held betwoen the Rev, G. 1H. Hurm- purey. of & New York Prosbycerian ehuyeh, and D. M. Ben hott, editor, in the colusos of ® newspaper from April, evtember in the same your. The book is pub: No. 141 Bighth street, New Yo Uhirteenth aunual report of the “sheltering Arms” doi ails. a your" city liarity. The Amerte: bode Quarterly Review, volume FT. frou January to October, 1877, contains able articles in tence of the (enets and fn tarcheranee of the mighty prog: Church which ts moved trom the centre in sors Hardy & Mahony, of Vhiladeipata, wre tho sand proprlators, This is the title of a now novel England and t PB. Puri atn's Bo the publis! The Lite of Edwin Forrest by James Roos (Colley Ol by Messrs, Uarper & Brothers, of young folks willbe young folks; aa’ 1 was you be ber”), with portraits and mutograph, will prove an Abie Cnnceiuntion tothe frioudsof the grout Americal treves dian, Mosars, Votorson, of Pbiladuiphia, are the publiakoze OOO EE ——————————SO~E—_—————EooOeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ee