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PUBLICATIONS. NEW —— ERS AND OTHER MIS ) PUBLISHED OR UNCOLL Aranged and ¢ w Pienke M. | New-York: G. P Putnam wud 2 vols, TRVING Hurd & Houghton, “Thase beautifully printed volames contain all of the itherto unpublished ~productions of Washington {rving's prolifio pon, together with certain papers— biographical eketches, reviews of Looks, and other misoollanies which have been culled from English and Americen roviews and magazines. We are glad on many accounts that theso articles Lave been collected and putinto euch a form that they can be easily re- forred to in connection with the Life and Letters of Trving, for several of them are of importance in illus- trating Irving's character or as eatislymg us on points whero his conduct bas been sherply but unjustly eriticized. Tho first volume contains tho “Spanish papers, consisting of legendary tales principally relating to the Moorish rule in Spain, and to the contest betwoen the Moors aud the Spaniards, which resulted in tho somplete overthrow of the nobler and more accom- plisbed race. Jn these tales Mr. Irvingis found again on ground which by his learning and research, no less than by his entbusiasm ond poetio feeling, ho has made his own. We are never tired of reading what he writes about &pain. as be was vever tired of writ- ing, and Mr. Pierre Ir . who unwittingly caused nis distinguisbed uncle to lay aside these charm- ing sketches, has made the amplest amends for his mischance in giving them to us in this luxurious type and paper. We are glad also that w ith this farewell volume of the works of that writer whose famo be has done 5o much to popularize aud rev Ir. Georgo P. Putnam has again entered the field as a publisher. On what he has done to put Irving's works into a beautiful typographical shape, and to scatter them broadcast over the country, Mr. Putman might well be contet to rest bis claims to be counged one of our foremost publishers; but wo have to thauk him for many hooks beside, which have had & wide influence an our American culture. Our best wishes for him aro that he may find another Irving, and, surely, good wishes for the next lrvivg that the gods may Dless us with, can take no more cordial shape than that he way find anotber Putnam to water his laurel Washington Irving died at *“Suunyside” on the night of November 25, 1t at the age of 76. In the Spring of the previ car be bad finished the fifth and last volume of his of Washington,” which slosed the long list of his invaluable coutributions to the Literature of the English tongue. 1t was in Italy, {225, while he was lvingin Paris, that Constable, the Edinburgh publisher, wrote to Lim. proposing tho lifo of Washinglon asa subject for his pen; and al- thogh he did not at once set ‘about the proposed task, gotitis probable that the bappy suggestion took root in his mind, and was never wholly forgotten. Atthat time, however, he was not in a mood favorablo to the undertaking of any literary work, nor wonld it have been possible for him to write a life of Washington while living in Earope. And although he bad now been away from home ten years, he was so for from any thought of & speedy return that we find him in the very next year, 1896, leaving Paris for Madrid. where he was soon decp in researches for his ** Lifo of Columbus.” This was his first visit to Spain, a laud of whose climate, scenery, history, ]angnfie. and people he became so enamored that it stoo hardly acond in his heart to his own country, of which, how- evor, po man was ever a more devoted son. America waa to him father and mother; Spuin was bis wistress. Even before he set foot on her shores his heart scems to have gone out to her, and the strong affection in which he was to be bound to her was probably kindled oy & previous study of ber history and literature in ber own language. In 1525, he wrote to bis young nepbew Pierre Paris Irving: “The 8panish langnage « “+ » s full of power, magnificence and melody. To my taste, it excels the Italian in variety and ex- pression. 1t bas twice the quantity of words that the ‘rench has. I do not know ar.lnmng that deliglts me more than the old Spanish literatare. You will find some splendid histories in the language, and then 1ta poetry is full of animation, pathos, huuor, beauty, sublimity. The old literature of Spain paitakes of the character of its bistory and its people; there is an oriental splendor about it. The mixtare of Ar bie fervor, magnificence, and romance, with old Castilian pride and punctilios the chivalrous heioism; the im- maculate virtue; the sublimated notions of honor and eourtesy, all contrast finely with the sensual amours, the self-indulgences, the umprincipled and craity in- trignes which so often form the ground-work of Italian stor! - It is perhaps pot too far-fetched a_coincidence that iftecu yvwes lator, when ho made irst serious ef- fort to begin the ** Life of Washington,” Spain should weain turd the splendor of her eyes upon him and woo i from the task. In 1841 ho applied bimself to the :uu with the 1 with which he always | I A gew Hter ’I.’,‘"nk}‘fltl )«'IJ" 7)! dm e of his 0 Iy, jt & Minister 10 8 ‘office conferred upon bim by President Ty u i Webster. Seven years of diplomatic life followed this entirely uncxpected, but by no means unwelcome, appointment, in which Irviug honored himiself and his country by the coartesy and dignity with which he performed the duties of his posit The United States probably never had a more ini ably s we have Leen & gwl_r by several of our most shinin y names. ot practical as he was, and assiduons, there was something more than this, sometbing that made bis sppointent to Spain & peculiar felicity a0 warmed to the ecountry that it wa duty to serve her; it was pure p! official relations were s delightiul to those with whom he \;n- into iutorevurse as they were to re than o nenie, And his —thon Sceretary of State— ide the letter very other dispateh from Irving, and bis lotters and journals overflow with proof of the affec- Cion as well a8 respect with which he was regarded by perons in the bighest stations in Spain. Not that w would be understond a8 meaning that these letters and journals can be charged with egotism. Nothing could be further from the truth, But, a man so frank and transparent as Irving was, could not be surrounded for throe years by & crowd of friends in all classes of Spanish society who regarded bim with an affection almost enthusiastic, without imparting to his inti- mates with whom he corresponded, the genuine pleas- ure these proofs of affection gave him, nor could he make a record of any day iu his journal in which it would not be pecessary to mention somethin that showed how he was admired nns beloved. When he called st the palace to make bis adieux to the Queen on resiguing his mis- sion, the Throne respouded in words warmer and more cordial than ever before grected the ears an Embassador to. that pusctilious court. 'lmnq'lnngum. indeed, was peculiarly fitted to mako him euJu{v his life in Spein, for his character united many of the qualities that go to make the Spanish charscter. He was warm hearted, frank, and genial; with a childlike siwplicity and flowing sympatby that made bim at bome with all classes. wae as much at his ease while talking with Queens and Princesses a8 when he was chatting with the dark-cyed Dolores in the Alhambra, or on Lis firet visit to France sitting amoug toe saut girls of Tonpein, needle in hand, st the quilting frame, or moved with pity for the poor fille de joie in Paris streets, and giving her double money for her bouquet. He bad a quick eye for the beauty of women and drew them strongly to him by a certain warmth and gallantry of manner which was as pure and wholesome as the sunshine itself, When a boy of twelve on an expedition to Ogdens- burg with some fricnds he took captive the heart of an Indian squaw, who found it impossible to conceal her admiration for the bandsome white-face and made her dronken hu:band so fariously jealous that after knook- h:‘lmng down by an unexpected blow he was with ditfioulty restrained from stabbivg him. At another time he sces an Italian lady with whose beauty he is w0 bowitched that he foliows ber and picks up her handkerchief which he pockets with & most excusa- ble dishonesty and keeps until it lmlnod by a lock of bier hair which she sends to him neqnuu!i‘n sisters dated Barcelons, 1844 there is a charming m‘mo—bnt his letters abound in oharming how delightful it most have boen to receive them from bis it is 5o pleasant to them in heart, if doscriptive of ish wm&&ufl'fifm:&mm 3 a few sentences, D jug, ** While Iam writing at o table & am sensible power of & pair “ eyes which are occasionally upon me, and which almost seem to throw a Jight upon the paper. Binc I cannat break the spell owrer of them. l.w .‘h‘c.hulmghl .lll-l;dl lhylfihtlo':l“ at with & “oue would think yon were a oy hikeness.' T could mof resist the Ef‘..‘f.? u'k‘l‘;' Qoud.’ eaid L. " 1 aw taking it; 1 am wriling to & His heart | | sonsble it sbould now assert its cla e Washingt NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1866.—TRIPLE SHEET. friend the other side of the world, describing things that are passing before me, and I could not Lelp not- ing down ono of the best epecimens of the country that I bad met with.,'! A little bantering took place botwoen the young lady, her husband and mysclf, which ended in my reading off, s well as I could in Spanish, the deseription I had just written down. It occasioned a world of mer- , and was taken in excellent part, The chieek, for once, mantled with the rose. = She laughed, shook her bead, and said I was a very fan- ciful portrait painter; and her hushand declared that if 1 would stop at St. Filian, all the ladies in the place would erowd to me to have their portraiis taken —my gu-turcn were so flattering. I have just parted with them. The steamship stopped in the open sea, just in front of the littlo Eny of St. Filiaun; boats came off from shore for the party. I helped the bean- tiful original of the anmil into the boat, and prom- ised her and her busband, if ever I should come to St. Filian, I would pay them a visit, The last Inoticed of her was a Spunish farewell wave of her beautiful white hand, and the gleam of her dazzling tecth as she smiled adien. 8o thero's a very tolerable touch of romance for & fienllomnn of my years.” (Irving was at this time in Lis 61st year.) During his residenco in the Alhambra, in 1820, ho repeatedly mentions the servant Tia and the little dark-oyed Dolores as taking the samo interest in him that they would in a father. and treating him with the most devoted care and kindness. And again, at another time and place, though we cannot find the passage, he reiates with & mixture of humor and feeling the cousternation that he threw Lis servants iuto, fv_v telling them that he must chango his quarters, and the joy with which they welcomed bis return, embracing and caressing him a8 if he had been a brother or a father. 1t is impossiblo to read the numerous anecdotes and passages in his biography illustrative of his sensitives ness to the beaaty of women and his delight iu their society without feeling the depth of a nature that covld remain constant through a long and varied life to the memory of a boyish love. But his nature was of a noble chivalry. “His thoughts were Labitually high; he was incapable of meanuess; bis instinets were dlways generous; and no change of circamstances couid ever affect his treatment of those whose worth hie bad once proved. Even when Minister to Spain he went to pay & visit of condolence and sympathy to the Duchess of Victoria, the wife of tho Regent Es- partero, who had just been driven from power by the successful revolution of Narvacz. This visit lrving tells us provoked the sneer of & courticr, but he never adjusted his conduct to the standard of courtier. He rather answered Sidney's description : *‘So val- jant that he never durst do any one an ipjury; bis word ever led by his thought and followed l_xr s deed So great was his g tleness, his good will, g0 wide spread bis charity, his dislike to offend so ingrain, that we a little forget the strength and intensity”of his He bad martial ardors in him, and if he character. had been a goldier would have recalled Bayard's nawe rather than Sidney’s. When Madrid was bexicged by theinsurgents under Narvacz, Irving could not stay in doors, but went out, despite all remonstrances, to see everything that he could of what was going on. In- deed, he bad a restless spirit, and it led him into wan- derings over a goodly portion of earth; nor did be satisiy his love of experience and adventure until age and declining bealth made excitement hurtful to him. Warm-hearted, generous, chivalrous, brave, fond of adventure, he found in Epain a second native country, where he passed seven years of almost unalloyed bap- piness, serving his own people and laying up a store of material with which to delight the worid; and when he finally left it, to return home, he could not bring himself to take a last farewell, but still hoped to re- tam sgain; and, though be never accomplisbed that decire, his thoughts flew, bird-like, back and forth from Spain, and, 8pring after Spring, built many a nest in tne old Castilian trees. Hardly had he become fairly settled at Sunnyside, after his return from Europe in 1846, wben he se himself to work to prepare for the press the Spanish Legends which are collected and publ for the first time in the volume, now put forth un the superintendence of bis nephew, Mr. P. M. Irvi the same gentleman to whom we wera previonsly in- debtad for that most delightful book, **The Life and Letters of Washington Irvis In a letter written April 14, 1847, Irving wrote to his nepliew: exertion, turning 1o account a Madrid, in 1 Sust aiter Ll d a serics of enronicies tlustrative of A the Moors. to be given os Agnpida. Tho '€ i h 1 of o When I was in +Columbus," T comm he war between the Spaniards production of & monk, ¥ quost of Gronada’ was Use only one I igishe wkotched out parts of somo others. Yo Wways anxious for me 1o carry ot Iy cool. Tiie * Chira ately sucer & 1 do; and 1 sufferod the Vi in my trunk Nko waste paper. day, of i lou G or five weoks since, I was tind, o iy printed works (Lo had begun to pu thiem for the press). and yet wanted occ | know bow the idea of f thes the Chronicie swanles ; the ( e tirst aad fell o picces at the death do the Saint, with ¢ them ; also the Chranicle of Ferns : conquest of Sevile. . . . . 1 feel coufident that T can make the work o taking giving & ploture of Spoin st variow pericas of the Moorish dowin Lie places of noted events from wh rambics about Spain.” Mr. Irvmg, bowever, never put bis pen to a final revision of theee sketebes, but laid them aside for the ston,” which had o often yiclded place 10 Spain aud her bistory that it seemed but rea- nd urge him to a completion. From this time, therefors, till, as we began by sayiug, within a year of his death, the “Life of Washington” occupied bis pen with but slight interruption, although he was busied durivg much of the earlier portion of this period with the re- wvision of his works, preparing them for ihe republica- tion which was proposed and carried to a success{ul termination by Mr. Geo, P, Patnam, His powers of work, though he was now past sixty, secmed but little itapaired, and his industry, when once fairly started in a literary undertaking, -ally wonderful. . He wrote his delightful ** Life of Goldemith,” beyond all ques- tion the best biograpty of the poct that exists, within 60 dazs, and ho has .«-mrv-ly written anything that is more worthy of Lis reputation. Yet he was almost afraid to look at it after it was published, and feared that it might give evidence of flagging power: ‘“Are you gure it does mnot smell of apoplexy 1" he asked. The abridgement of his “Columbus” was begun and finished in 19 days, four bundred printed pages—and yet it was so well done that it had a success hardly inferior to that of tho original work. Yet Irving had much to contend with in the natural indolence of bis disposition, and the tendency to look with an unfavorable eye on his own performances, which often filled him with vague apprehensions of failure unfitting Lim for labor, for which he required serenc and happy meods. And yot he ecarcely ever wrote anything that was motim- mediately successful. The secoud of these volames contains his earliest attempts at writing, his letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, written in 1802, at the age of nineteen, while he was studying law in the offico of Josiah Ogden Hoffman. There must have Leen many who read the playful letters at the tilme of publication acute enough to recognize the genius of the author, for Irvinghardly ever excelled certain portions of them. But d g tath bave myacll wn in my whether those who know to read Letween the lines saw hints of Irving's future in these letters or not, they were read by the public withavidity, and so were the publications that immediately followed; ** Salna- gundi,” published in 1807, whose humnor seets to have a perennial favor, enjoyed even by our generation, so far removed from the time and persons with which it is concorned; Knickerbocker's History of New-York, published in 1809, which gave almost a8 much delight to Euglish as American readers, and paved the way for the unprecedented, but easily understood, success of the **Sketch Book,” which, after all, is probably the book by which Irving will be best known to pos- terity. “The ** Biograpbical Sketches " which fi.fi::v the * Letters of Jouathan Oldstyle" in these volumes were written for the *‘Analectic Magazine,” a monthly riodical published in Phflld'::rhil by the late Moses ‘homas of that city, and edi h{fllrfing during the the years 1813, 1814, The Review was originall, styled the ** Sclect Review,” the name was cfln,ns to Analectic when Mr. lrv‘nl became editor of it, His contributions consieted of a- Review of the Works of Robert Treat Paine; a review of Odes, Naval Bongs and other Occasional Poems by Edwin (., Holland of Charleston; & notice of Paulding's Lay of the Scottish Fiddie; of Lord Byron; Traits of Indian Character, and Philip of Pokanoket, afterward incor- in the Bketeh Book; aud Biographies of Capt. ames Lawrence, Lieat, William Burrows, Coummo- and Captain David Porter. Of contributions, the Review of Paine's Works, notice of Thomas Cmpbollnyublhhed in the of 1815, with the Naval Biograp ones blished in these volumes. His flm he conduct of this magazine, whi had to find a mere pastime, proved to an irksome busivess. He had a great repugnance periodical labor of ion, and to one branch of it, eriticism, a n Wis ted, for he wishod to bo just, and ecould not to bo sovore. He shicuk fiom the ides of inflicting pain. H The naval biographies afforded a more agreeable ocoupation. It was a proud satisfaction to record the trinmphs, to quote the strong hngmfilof o letter to his brother Walliam, *of that choico bazd of gallant spirits who had borne up the drowning honor of their country by the locks.” These sketehes are spirited and earncst, aud can hardly fail to stir & chord of atriotic feeling in the breast of the reader of to-day. he remainder of the second volume of these mis- cellanies is filled with material of less mterest, but we think it was well to preserve the articles; they add something to our knowledge of Irving's methods of work, if they furnish but littio additional help in understanding the character of his mind. That msnu\gl character was o purer reflex of the moral and spiritual nature of the man than we often meot with. ~ And never has a style, however pure and Iucid, been the window through which we have looked into a moro sincere and childlike nature than that of Irving. It was childlike, but it was, at the same time, deep and strong, and its strength and depth have bardly been sufficiently estimated. It has been with his charaoter s it has been with bis books; it was so simple in its elements, and its manifesta- tions were so dclicate, so absolutely free from all pre- tension or affectation, that it was long in making its right impression on the world. Irving's chbaracter is now, thanks to bis nephew'’s excelleut memoirs and “Life,” better kunown to the mass ‘of countrymen than it was during his life. In his native city, and among his more im- mediate neighbors, it is true, he was always bighly valued, but we did not know till lately what force there was in him, what & deep glow of patriot- ism, what cournge of his opinions, what allegiance to duty born of the most sensitive honor. Such elements were in the man in full proportion to his teoderness, his gentleness, his fear to wound, his pity. for the suf- fering. And it is tho strong beanty this character uhiniug through his pellucid style like 8 flame through an alabaster lamp, that draws the eyes of the world g0 steadily, glad to be soothed and cheered and strengthened by its perenpial ray. Young writers wonder what there s in Irving that makes his name so honored; !l{c*{ question the judgment of gho pablic, 1 whicl has boen given in no doubtful voice. They hint that the time has come for a candid, 8 severe exanina- tion of bis works, aud express a modest assurance that the result of such an examination must inevita- bly be fatal to his claim. But these writers forget that Irvicg never made any claim. They forget that the public crowned him of its own free will, that En- gland crowned bim first, and that at a time when her own literature sparkled with names too splendid to give color to the suggestion thut Trving shone #o bright because ho shone alone. Trving's name will hold its placo in our literature with an unchanged luster 8o lovg as that literature sbell endure. Iflnd the rising generation of writers cannot do moro wisely than to make his character and career a study, nor can they find & purer mode! on which to form their style. Heand Hawthorne are our wells of English undefiled. et BOOKS OF THE WEEK. A collected edition of Sir Jobu Herschel's “Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects,” is published by A. Stra- han, containing & series of popular essays on several im portant topics of nataral philosophy. Among the suljects of general interest whick are treated in this volume. are “Volcanoes and Earthquakes” *The Sun," “Comets,” “The Weather and Weather i‘n.l “ Light, The Yard, the Pendulum, and the Metre,” ¢ Atoms,” “The Origin of Force,” aid others, One of the most striking papers in the volume 15 that devoted to the consideration of the Sun, for which the suthor prepares bis audience by remarking that “ what I ain going to sey about the Sutt will consist of & series of stalements 0 enormous in all their progortions, that I daro say, before 1 have done, some of my hearers will nlmost think me mad, or intending to palm on them A strinyg of rhod ike gome of the mythical ics of the Hind Still the most extrave- gant of such statements are not only literuily e, bt are thrown into the sbade by the snll vaster revelations of modern science respeeting the seale of the visible univere. Sir Jobn Herschel dovotes » discussion of the M poses i weights aud measuics i His arguments on ¢ J aceurney of the French metr 8 quadrant of the mer The whole velume is y , and wart of the present system of and this coun anded on the willionth part of y Lave great force, we' of the mot valushie co butions to popular science in the sh language. Iucidity and graco of its style, the aptucss as well as the aftluence of its illustrations, and the skill with which com- icated points aro brought within the ra general compreliension, render its perusal ns fasciuating eves to the gene ader 68 it is instructive, Among the recent Americau editions of popular Eaglish novels, we i Mrs. Oliphant's * Margaret Maitland,” published by W. L Pocley, Felix Halt, the Radical, thers, Sheridan Le Panu's “All in the publishers; and * Whitefriars, or the o Second, ' by T. . Petersou in place ircat Britain i or the A volume of essags entitled pd Force,” by Henry C. Lea, an cminent « » voe vwwa seued by the suthor. They treat of “Th | Wagerof Law,” “ihe Wagor of and “Torture,” Mlustruting cortain which although happily now be are not without inteyest for the stu nature. The volutwe shows pr search, careful preparation, and a degree of Listorical apti- tude, highly endi o th thor, From A. 8. Ban French Grammar,” ia the Frenh L part of th Théorique et Pratique do Langn Frangaise,” by M. Pedievin, and adoptad by th lie Tustruction in Fr and a ne Principies of Linear aud Pespective Drawi William B. Fowle ; .7 “The Ordeal,” peets of civilization, g ouly to the pust, f history aiid of an * Elementary iope, forming » ‘ouneil . b has added to bis extensive catalogue of devotional works two t iniature volumes, * The Shadow of the Rock, and r Religions Poeins,” de- signed a8 & companion-book to the *Changed Cross which has proved so scceptable to a large class of Chris- tlan readers; and “A Precious Saviour,” eonsisting of ?)"dll uous end poews, by the Rev. (. B. Waterbury, ). “T'ho Life of St. Vincent de Pan! and its Lessons™ by the Kev. 'lllmnms 8. Preston, contains a succinet biograpli- ical sketeh of that noble philanthropist, and an urgent ap- peal from his example and works for the exercise of siui- ar charity and devotcduess at the present day. C. Scribner & Co. b issued new editions of Dr. Marsh's * Lectures on the English Lanzuage; ' * Origin and History of the E gnago:” * Man and Na- tul President “International Law;" * Aucient Law. he Prose Works” of the distinguished American poet, John G. Whittier, have been irsued in two duode- cimo volumes by Ticknor & Ficlds. They comprise bis famous antiquarian invention, * Margarct Smith's Jour- nal,” & collection of “Old Portruits and Modern Skethes,” and “ Literary Recreations and Miseellanios,” taken from the_ contributions to various periodicals with which the author has been counceted. The contents of these volumes ore stamped with many of the traits which have won for an the poctry of Mr, Whittier sueh a vide and we unded admiration. Every r.\;u- is inspired by an ardent love of eedom, o profound senso of Lumai rights, end genuine ympathy with all that s beautiful in noture, end lofty sud noblo in character. T nfluence of bLis writings, whethier in prose or verse, is singularly pure and healthtul; they glow with the eloguence of personal conviction; eud, eltiiongh not seldom betraying heste or carelessncss in their execution, they are nover wanting in admirablo pur- pose, aud ration after o high ideal. Their widc-spread popularity, if not s proof of the excellenee of the writh bpeaks well for the intelligence and good taste of the people. “An American Family iu Germany,” by J. Ross Browne, is a very sketehy and superficial contribution to thelibrary of comic travel, more remarkable for the free and easy charoeter of its statements than for the fidelity of its pie- tures. Tho suthor has & quick perecption of the ludicrous aspeets of common life, and is master of a racy and ex- pressive vocabulary,—he rattles on with the ense and free- dom of the most carelces conversation,—his broad humor is rurely yolioved by any dash of sentiment or wit,—and 'wafl amosing for little while, his perennial Jollity s0on becomes vapid wnd wearisome. His descriptions of the domestic social details of German lite, though not without & certain trace of truthfulness, wre greatly ex- aggersted, and were doubticas written with the inteution of mlmgullug y Totker than of preventing an accurato portraiture, The volume is illustrited with numerous pic- m;.l Mu;um byl the author, who is equally st howe pen an nel in cowie ext & R g pe xiravagansos. (Harper A useful little guide-book for the traveler in France, en- titled ““Paris Social,” is sold in the London edition by John Wiley & Son. It givesa pavoramic view of every-doy life in the gay melropolis, end though of modest pre- tensions and comparatively limited size, will be found in many respects to be of equal service with the more elabor- a'u complications of Galigrani, Murrny snd Bradehaw. ‘aking the stranger by the Loud on bis fiist appearance the ildering prismatic splondos of Paris, it im to & comfortable Lotel, where he way live with- | invites bim to several charmning drives in the most sttractive portions of the city, tells Lim bow to pay the coschman witkout being urcobsc 1y cheated Giescribes the customs of hoise-keeping, mirketing, nid domestic service, poiuts out the most l:’hlnn)g and fascinating places of amusewent; and winds 'n&vnh a it of miscellaneous odds and ends, which, ‘many of the ususl Ehdlldn of travelers’ farnishes astors of really valuable ons. weakest spot in the volume 18 the m-# o vepreseut the provuncial tion of familiar French phrases by phonetic characters- ‘which is pot only uscless but 1.5\-; Btill we ar, sure that the host of American travelers who intead to visit Paris on oceasion of the great Exposition wilo thenk us for directiog their atteation to this convenient and serviceable munual. ATOT leads out bnokru) Robert Carter & Brothers have issued *“ The Great Pilot. and His Lessons,” by the Rev. Richard Newton, D.D, illustrating the main principles of religion by familiar amples and appropriaste -mdou&-_ snd ** Binding Sheaves,” by the Author of the in and Wear Series, an agrecablé narrative ipculeating o igh tone of morality 1ounded on Christian sentiments. urd & Houghton have reprinted Lady Wallace's trans- lation of “ Beethoven's Letters,” comprising the collec- tions of Nohl asd Vou Kdchel. «(Christian Ethics, or the Science of Duty,” is the title of & new yolume by Prof. Joscph Alden, designed as a practical text-book of eonduet in the common relations between man and man. The theory of ethics, however, has not been neglected by the author, and he sots forth a simple expogition of the reasons which lie at ths founda- tion of human duties. The Bible is appealed to th out as the ultimate authority in matter f duty, as well O'of fuith. - Prof. Alden has 8 decp impression of the im- portance of moral culture, believing that intelli ne will not execute justice, nor maintain truth, He designs his volume 68 an aid to the moral education of the young, and has succeeded admirably in adapting it to its purposc, (Ivison, Phinney, Blakemau & Co.) «The Primary Union Sgeaker,” by Jobn D. Philbrick, Superintendont of the public schools of Boston, i8 & judi- cious selection of pleces in prose and verso intended for the use of children from six to twelve years of age, (Tag- gard & Thompson.) « A History of Banks for Savings in Great Britain and Ireland,” by William Lewins, contains a full sccount of the origin and progress of Mr. Gladstone’s fiancial meas- ures for post-oflice banks, Government annuitice, and Gov- ernment life insurance, The ground covered by this work Lias been occupied by 10 provious author, and’ it will be found to be an exhaustive, as well a3 origiusl treatiso on the subject of which 1t treats, The author writes like a man of sense and intelligence, and will hereafter horeferred toas & standard authority on an important branch of social economy. (Scribner, Welford, & Co.) A foretaste of the festive offerings which enhance the cheer of the Christmas holidays is early given in Ticknor & Fields's cdition of Longfellow vangeline,” with il- lustrations by Darley, and Whittier's * Maud Muller,” il- Iustrated by Hepnesey, The same may be said of the col- lection of Burns's ** Poems and Songs,” in & sumptuous narto edition, with numerous illustrations by Dirket boster, Harrison Weir and otbers, and *Little Lays for Little Folk,” sclocted by John G. Watts, published by George Koutledge & Sons. Two important works on political philosophy, entitled “ The Making of the American Nation,” and “ On De- mocrscy,” by J. Arthur Partridge, are published by J. B. Lippincott & Co. The first discusses the questions of American uoton and pationality, the decline of the Slave power, and the defsat of the Sonthern oligirchy. The *right” of secession and the poliey of reconstruction he subjects of a separate chapter, " The author main- hat the American nation arrived at maturity through ipline of the recent war. The er. of destruction osed, and acceeded by the eraof coustruction, upon A plau final in principle and” universal iu application, piving the werld assurance of & glorious future. The volame on ** Democracy”’ treats of the theory of popular government and 118 Listorical developments. Each of these works exhibif variety of learning, an aptness for historical and political speculati ond an ardent faith in the progress of humanity. Thoir effect i ivjured by too great diffuseness of detil, but they present a rich store- Tiouse of materials, which, in a more condensed form, would scrve as @ valuable aid to the student of Awerican Listory. The ** American Catalogno of Books,” completed and ar. ranged by James Kelly, is intended to form a con of the late Mr. Roorbach's “ Bibliotheea Ame=icans, fourth volume of which brought the work down to 1861, It ims at giving & complcte list of the books, both origi- pal and reprinted, published 1n the United States, from the beginning of the yeor 1861 to the close of 1865, with the date of publication, size, price, aud publisher’s name. The titles of tte pamphlets, sermons, and addresses on the American civil war are given in a lement, and the learned rocioties aud other literary associations, tof their publ 16, in an appendix. Great diligence, ns well as the means of ob- vo bibliographical information, are de- reparation of awork of this character. The us, although it has mot eseaped seve eral inaccurscies, which a cursory inspection may doteet, eppears to have been faithfilly and laborioualy It possesscs en interest boyoud the limits of trado, as an index to tho intellectual setivity of the couniry during 8 dark and troubled period of ite Listory. (John Wiley & Son.) # The Spiritaal Combal by the Rov. Thomas 8. piled " ¢ The Purgatorian Al 1" on; * Introduction *o a De- vout Life,” from the French of 8t. Francis of Sales; and The Little Ofico of the Rlessed Virgin,” in Latin and S are swong the devotionsl works recently issaed tholic publisher, P, O Shea. e e FORE LITERATURE. 4MEESON 1N GERMANY—THE REV. C. T. DROOKS=— JAMES MARTINEAU=—DR. STANLEY. row an Oecarional Correapondent. Eug by the Losvor, § X s fber Kunst una Literatur” wre beg ettention from scholars, sithongh nobody has offered to tmuslate them for the Dritish public. The most entertaining articles aro those on Emorson, Mumbeldt, and Gocthe in Tialy. That on Emerson is first in quality, as it is in its position in the volume, and is attractiog considerable attention in Gormany—on whic at, s well s because the o wihong your to be rea Ewerson, will be gl }n the Old World, I send you ¢ few or, man Geimm's “ N 1found on the tablea into 1, read & page Lawond of it, tho Tasked ubout tic was told that he was the it anthor of Ameriea, u thinker; but often somewhat v i, and that sometimes ho coukl es; but tint no r of o prose wiiter 1 louked fsto the book britliautly into my goul that book futo my pocked and’ look futo think it 18 very much 3 , whot Judgment rous wenin. Some s 1 felt an impulse to r ad A ¢ onstraint to look futo y s inct of self presersation, one has to stand on the ex- sive agaiust men aud beoks, if one will be master of L , mood, and thoughts. I took Webster's I aud begun 1o read. - The coustruction secmed o w0 quito ex traordiary. 1 soon discovered the mystery: hete wero renl , that T had before me, not Sine every time soc ¥.'Tho writer then go and exceedingly tine finds in contact with a gr may be summed up ths: L age of the past; ke is at the clations, idess, enstoms, which be did wot make, but which press u{-m bim on evel ad fettor bim; who #o liberates the man from t s and bars which the fusll has slowly prepared for each spirit—though it be but iberation for & moment, gives him for that time a divine joy. This Liberution some find in guzing on works of art, others in listening to musie, but it is most of all fult by those who can with n great thinker ascond to the vault of Pure Reason, when the wing ofthouzht s freo. [ pass on to translato that which rclates the writer’s experionce fn reading Emerson and getting others to read it: 1 dl not axk whether he was & great thinker (geistlich), whether e bad a profound meaning, whether o meant toim piy in his sentences this or th ryed thonght. 1 read one + another. 1tk cy me it niter word. though long metaphysical, artistic £ what the joy that one inker really is. His view wan is born to_the berit- nd of & long train of ssso- o me as old and fa ment of it thous times, 1 arning it Wh d the book for some time 1y sense of indepeudence T neconnted it impossible tht I should have vo given mysel up o prisoner. 1 seemed to myself to have been de- o and deluded. Taskd o *This man must be a like others; has probably thefr faults and doubtful virtues; is likely o bo vain, smooth-tongued, and eapricious'—aud then when { read the sentences over agnin the magio atmosphere streamod anew over my heart, and th worn-out mechanism of the world was refreshed, as i I had never tasted sueh pure ward Intely from an American who had attended Em- ctures, that there wus notling that took bold of one an. 1 can believe it Nothing goes boyond Who speaks out of the wuost soul what b holds to be tru “The essayist givos us tho following us the result of a cxperience’ in tryiug to anmounce his discovery of his yrophet to his littrwry friends; “'We know bow tho’ world incessantly yearns for tha true, sure-handed kind of man to whom it ean surrender itaclf. Ono toels Tuappy b belig Acquaiited with & man who seems to respond to that nspiration; nod begi from joy at bav- ing made the diseoyery, and balf under tho impulse ‘Which nc- companies every lively feeling to communicate oneself, to set forth publicly a3 a trith what one must hold as such. 1 turned first to snch s T was Intimately acquatnted with, of whom I knew beside that En, was familiar ta (hem, 50 that all 1 had 10 do wns to lay the book before themn and say—Kead ! The first result contirmed me gs to the utility of the etfort. T recom- mended succoesfully Mmerson's works. But now I bogan to cucounter discournging expa . Emerson writes English. Many onderstand that. They read the enrrent writings which Ta its sends out into the world vohine on volume; Macaulay prescits no difficulty; Carlyle s intelligible—they got through the artitietal disorder'of Lis periods, but with Emerson 1he turnpike beging to change futo a mma\enly-udymd. He writes and thinks & anieally, He writes ot for Berlin but for the people of Mussachusetts, He takes every word in the current senso of the day, there; whether the rest of human. iy ean get the meaping out it is to ndifferent.” *Fanerson has known what it,wos. for thess writings of his, to be proscribed at tirst s an usbeliever, mad-man and false tencher; he heeded not that. Now he comes forward oudering, Ilmnln' muliitude. Can he now -nhn‘:y n by 0 wi more what i said of bim | Surcly, what e who with oo n:d::u-l hiis B Europe sy of bim, oi only read transiently this that in German translations. A second stumbling-Uloek : is o onltivated man, and ‘when be speaks to the Americans and the Jish ho has a oul- tivated ‘before him; that ‘who know prac- tical life and have a raj Mflllfilr&:l ‘;fr country. With contiast to o are extremely loarned, OUr exAminers. . ........ ++.. In my opiuion nowhere is such partial know! with so wuch wnlvérsal ignorance, made into the rule, as with us Ger. mans. mhmmv:\hun and knows it as he must. Men drive throngh th 01 8 shoo ve dous the Journ 1 selves into a convenient place aud dreamed away the time...... ‘The marriage of with the mind that entertaing shem is & cold m: children. the scienees ure dis never deduce conseque; of the positive, and of what ean bo expended in books is rash ture; only the inapprebensibie is boldly expressed, and any opiuion 8 passcd over with an expressive silence which has noother foundation than the dmgflrz‘elmg of him who pro- pounded it. - Ouly when it becomes limposiug they prick op thelr ears, and when it becomes at lost uecossary to notice it, they silently learn it by beart.” The Rev. Charles T. Brooks of Newport, R.I., is now here—or, ratler, in Scotland—and will sail for America on the 2uth. ©On Sunday he preached at South-place, Loudon. He is understood to have been engeged in writing queer lyrics in the old by-ways of Rome, and ex- huming quontities of literary odds and ends in Germany, whose existence was unkuown before, The following verscs —which happened to fall out of his m{llmous and groanin; portfolio into my hands—scems to show that he is one of that class described by Emerson, who * go to_Europe to be Americanized.” (By-the-by, it is said that Mr. Seward, when hero, told Pelmerston that he had come to_the oud World “ to stady despotism,” aud some gentlomen have been lately remarking that he has since shown himself a very apt student!) Here is the stray-leaf, dated in Rome: THE DEART UNTRAMMYL O Rome! my country ! city of the soul " So Byron sang—with me 'tis not yet so; Bevond where ocean’s restless billows roll, “Thiere lies my home in evening's, morning’s glow. Thetr sky and aoil, bt not their heart they change, (Another bard sang in the speech of Kome) Who borne in quest of countries new and strangs, Run with white wings across the ocean foam. Yea, Horace, thon art right my soul avers, How long soe'er my footsteps leave behind My native lsnd, my Beart s ever Lers, "ihat love s in my Lert of hoarts unshriaed. *Tis true my childish fapey found a home An early, winning, witching home, with thes, 0 land of night and beauty, glorious Rome ! And still that love haurits more than memory. But greater glory—tenderer beauty—now Has dawned upon my land than Rome e'er knaw, She wears uncarthly laurels on ber brow, ‘A wreath forever fresh with Heaveu's own moruing dew, 1 love not Rome tho less, but thee the more, My country, us I westward turu iy cy Aud walk in faney on thy sounding shore. Aud great thy {n.n»nl’ng sens and healthful skies. o beauty that ean take the place soul’s beauty, through thy deeds that glows— And through thy n:llg-rlngl»h:l skill to trace Of such o triuaph the sublime repose ! A contest with a semi-theological tinge has just oc- curred among the Diroetors of London University, which has uot, I believe, got into the papers, but which it will do no harm to lay before the American public. The Pro- fessorship of hxgir having become vacunt, the fricnds of the Rev. James Martineau laid his name before the Senate of the University, who unanimously recommended him for the position. * Generally, the recommendations of the Senate are immediately adopted. In this case there was general enthusissm among the members of the Senate, and the students, at the prospect of having such a dis- tinguished addition to the faculty, When the time for the meeting of the Directors drew near, however, it wes whispered that there would be a strong orthodex opposi- tion to Maptinean’s appointment. This would be some- thing new ina Unpivemsity which bas had lately such a heretic as Prof. Nowman, and which has now Mr. Beasley, the Comtist, among its iustructors, When they met, 8 entleman unkrows to fame, but declared to stand high in the regard of Prof. Bain of Aberdeen and Masson of Edinburgh, was put forward and—defeated. His name was Robertson. = At this juncture, Mr. Grote, the_bis- torian, proposed a resolution, evidently aimed at Mar- tineau, that no clergyman should be lrpolllled_ to the vacunt Professorship. This created much sstonishment, lie reputation of being a strong m:ha-ul and a Mr. Grote huving in religious matters, The resolution was defea i vote n_Martineau, which, baving pro ed a tie, e deeded Ly the Chairmun agninst the distinguished minister, Towever, it becoming evident that no clection could be made, the whole matter has been, l|:ocz;mned toa meeting in November, whick will be much larger. Alr. Martineau will permit bis friends to put forward his name ageiu, regarding a somewhat important pnncigh\ as being involved; and he will almost certainly bo elected, Although thoe majority of those who voted against him did %0 10 the interest of & more_orthodox creed, it is shrewdly suspected that some of them—and perhaps Mr. Grote among them—were sheathing in their opposition a pur- ose of getting a more pronounced radical than even Mr. dartineau in the chair. Many 8 man in Eogland w radicalism does not leed him into any special form of re- liglous organization, finds advancement far casicr than much more conservative men who happen to be associated with the Unitarian or otber liberal denomination. Many ere’ glad to associato with Mill, Cariyle, Froude, and others, who will have nothing to do with Colenso. Re- ctavility does uot guard orthodoxy so vigilantly s “the tablishment,” azanst which every dissenting “chapel is rogarded as & hostile ca Said a solid Englishman to s Unitariau—* 1 go to the i‘mm-n becauso it's the Estab. and if you ever get your d—d thing estab- there, too " many curions things who peers into the old church-registerm of Exglond; but the following, which a friend bas just placed in my hand, taken from the Record office of Winchester Cathedra!, dated A, D. 1182, is cer- tainly ugique. Itiss puld workmax's bill,and this isa litersl copy lished, i ¢ One mects wil ok DO " Moriug nud ropatring St. Joseph.... o8 e a4 ag the Holy Ghost. 06 and Tebind,"and Screwing & Bose on 1l putting in the bair i his od plactg » e a his tail. ... 56 head. W ry in- ¢ for the Koal repared by Dr. Sta n lest Spring, ond which I for one think was by fur the most enty ning picce of anti ketching that 1 ever heard. We did not bear all of ir, however, for the Princo of Weles was present, and, wishing to xo to some other entertainment, ho did not give the Dean the usual permission to procecd when the hour had expired, and so the lecture was brokem st one of the most interesting o the disgust of the very aristoeratie sudicnco nounced the Prince’s behavior rude, as it ertainly was. The Dean has since tuen eularged the vk, which will be of remarkable inte Ieeo that Furr he seller of heret! books at No. vertises an edition of A few days hens,” which some will romember as Fanny Wright's to revive the Epicurean Philosophy. 1t sells for Lg. Ll gfu'un Tennyson, who died at Cheltenham :m){, Wwas ;lval arcete’s brother. He wrote much, but publisbed ittle. A4 VISIT TO THE NORTH AMERICAN PHALANX. Niw-York, Oct. 10, 1866, Once in about every geperation, attention is called to our social eystem. Many evils seem to grow from it. A class of mea peenliarly orgazized unite to comdemn the whole structure, If public affairs are tranquil, they at- tempt to found 8 new system, So repeatedly, and for so many ages has this been done, that it must be said that the eflort arises from an aspiration. The object is not destructive, but benel at. Twenty-five years ago an attompt was made in t of the Northern States, ‘There are signs that another is about to be made. To those who are interested, a Listory of life in 8 Phalanx will be instructive, It is singulaf that none of the many thou: & uricrites have related their experience, Receutly 1 visited the old grounds of the North American Phalanx. Additional_information is brought frow a similar institu- tion ins Western State, Light will be thrown oa the problem, it will not solve it. Four miles from Red Bank, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, 600 acres of land were selected about 20 years ago for s Phalanx on the plan of Fourier. The founders lived in New-York, Albany, and othor places. The locstion was fortunate, the soil uaturally good, the scenery pleasing and the air healthful. It would have been better to bave been n::“: a shipping port. 1The road from Red Bank was hoavy sand, First, a largo building was erected for families, after- ward, at a short distance, a spacious mansion was buil three stories high, with a front of 150 foct, and & wing 100 feet. It is still standiog, in good repair, and is about to beused for a school. 'The rooms are of large size and well tinished, the main ball spacious, airy, light and clegant, Grape vines were trained by the side of the bulding, flowers were cultivated, and tho adjoining ground was plauted with shado trees. ‘Two orchards af:’vory variety of choies fruit, one of 40 aercs, were planted, and swall fruits, and all kinds of vegetables were raised on 8 large seale. The Seciety were the first to grow okra, or gutabo for the New-York market, and thoso still living there. continue its cultivation aud control supplies. A duruble stream ran near by; on its bonks were pleasant walks, which are unchanged, shaged by chestuuts and walnuts, On this stream they built a first-class grist will, not only did it do good work, but they estatlished the manufacture of bomioy and othor products whith gave them a valued ?p:;-l.(ou, and the profits of this will nearly earned their read. It was necessary to make the soil high! uctive, an: mm{”uumuu m’;{l other laborers w&vbmwu‘"flg pumber of members was about 100, and visitors were con- stant, Of all the Associntions this wes the best, and on it were fixed the hopes of the reformers. The chief pursuit was agriculture, Education was considered important, aud they Lad teachers and schools, Many youug persons owed to tl Phalanx an education 'lm,l{ ol them B tosion aa ploeh and 1t as highly onjored. @ society was sel was highly e . To this day do members, and particularly .'or{wq,lwk back the happiest in their lives. to that rfl-fl ns oung ple had few propor wishes which were not gratificd. They secemed incl within wells which beat back the storws of life. They were surrounded by whatover was useful, innocent aud beautiful. Neighborhood quarrels were un- tn:::,“m h'lm" trouble h'mlli‘:n‘ nhlldpl:l gheu W W) woren who like to ropeat stories, but they soon sunk to their true value. After they had lived this life 14 years thelr mill burned down. Mr. Greeley offered to lend them $12,000 to re- wero divided on the subjeet of location. buildat Red Bank to save hauling. The, wanted on whic! oty 14 e Some sgEind S they build at al; that they had better dissolve. was lznl,m to every one's surprise, would dissolve. Accordingly the property sold, and it brought uo.ntdoll;r. hmuw. the sale was iously, stockhiolders had been receiving yearly fost little. bad been so , and while the women with some exceptions, with scarce. 1y a cause for disquiet, fathers had been considering the ture prospecta of those they loved. The for 'hnk work was ous of the profits aud ou joiut stock principle Work was eredited in hours, and onstriking s dis ; bour had produced a certain sum. A foroman, man, had an additional reward. It was 5 cents One of the chief foremen told me that after w 1 day with the Germans, end working hard so that ¢ would ba vo delay, he had to what esch way to do in the morning, Often he would be awak re-arranging his ki er ot an addi 5 cents. Alil this was in accordsnce with mcx les. ‘l -:: touythn the “"':fadn cents a day. You see, ¢ 'w & certainshary which labor hid 0 Py Bor A was of s iding the institution was perpetual. There the; ' ;};’m‘{'d mh.m‘ia‘onn. d.:::!:" ran in debt m{ arge cr an wages they could their own. These long had bren uoul;f’ b E There was a public tabls where all ‘meals wers At first, there was 8 lack of conveuicnees, and thero way i much bard work, Mothers seut their cildren to school and becawe cooks and chambermaids. Tho moes energotiy lady took charge of the wuh'm, roup, This meant : had to work hardest. Some of 3:! best woinen, though. filled with enthugiasm for the cause, broko down with harg but gt work, Afterward, there were conveniences, they did not}pnn'm the mm-':mflm dvo. The idoy that woman in Agsociation was to bs relieved of mauy care RN ko S 29y n'; not realized. * 2 u some reasons & time, there was a scarcity ol{.:mudn. On:mmlu f they had to eat was buckwheat cakes and water, [ 3 they must have had salt. In another Phalanx, ony breakfast was mush. Every member felt ashamed, 5 The combined order strongly had been recommendeg !oll; l;: I:leonmnfl oufii“bomw“ ‘were to be o wholesale, W cheaper; and 4 for m-ny' by a few, 'Mw.lrugwlfmml‘g g were developments not looked for. The men were notey . all alike. Some 8o coutrived their work as pot to tant at meal time. They always heard the first noging the bell. Iu the preparation of food, natarally, there be small quantities which are choice, In families are thouglit much of, and are dealt out by a mother's hands. They come last. But bere, in the New-J. :{;lou vlh{nm-m rmiy to eat anwnu«hho ng. ey o ot enough of it thoy wol g nothing else, 4 ¥ g 7 voui el You know that in all kinds of business there mustbe men to see that nothing is peglected. On a farm, % must be fed and watered, eattle drivest up or out, and bay or gates closed. They who did those things were likely to come to their meals late. They were sweaty and dil their foet dragged heavy. First wost wash, On setting down they bad to resta turaly they would look around. At such times one's wife watches bim. Ata glence she can ses a cloud pass across his face. He need not speak to tell her bis thoughts, She caa read bim better than a bible in large type. In one phalsax, where I was acquainted, the public table was thrown ap 1n disgust like & pack of unlucky cards. But our North Americans were determined. To give to. all as good food as the early birds werc getting, it wa necessary to provide large quantities. When this wag done, living beeame very expensive and the cconowios of Association thau{peuod. 4 They had to takeanotherstep. They established at oah- 1 i g Frig A s - infi-hounon what is called the European plav. The plainesd aud the choicest food was provided. Whatever oue might desire be could bave, His meal might him ten cents or five dollars. When he finished eating he received & counter or ticket, and went to the offico and st handed over his ticket, and the amount printed on it ki to him. an bas the foll family: first wifey, and then iu, Ewily, Mary, y J o and Rosa. They sit at a table themselves, uslem Wifey is 11 the kitchen, with & red fice, baking buckwbesh eakes withall her might. They select their ki bill of faro is printed every day—and they have Lam eggs, 15 cents; sausage, 10 con cakes, 15 cents; fish, cents, and a cup of coffee and six glesscs of water, 5 total—55 cents, which is eharged, and they go aboyt theig business 1f -{u{m been to work, abe would eat afes ward, ard though she, too, would have to pay, sho wa tredited with cake baking. One should be 80 charitable a8 to suppose that she earned euough to pay for tho meal that she cat, sitting sidews; . To keep these aceonnts, I book-keeper was required l’ One wonld think this curious way, but it was the on6 one by which they n& choke off the binls of gmz. ne would think, too, Rosa, Mary & Co., might have belped get breakfust, bat the plan was to get rid of g /gain there was another class. " They wore rociable = amiable men. Everybody liked to hear them talk, i chiefly they secured ssion for theee qualitice, & fortuniately they did not bring much wit them. through life they had been unlucky. There was what ws called the Couneil of Industry, which discuesed and do. cidedon all plans and varicties of work, With thew origit: ated every new euterprise. If o man wanted an orderfor goods at a store, the nted or refused it. Sowme of thos amiable men woul elected members; it wes easy for them*to get office, and they greatly directed in ol i dustrial operations. = At the same time those really practh cal would sttempt to counteract theso men, but they could not talk well, thongh they tried hard. I bave nevet seen men desire more to be elomnm than they—thels most power{ul appeals were when they blushed with sileat indignation, But thero was one thing v.h,flould do well. and that was to grumbla whilo at work. They could maks an impression then, Fancy tho result, Lastly. 'The rooms whore families lived adjoined e other, or were divided by |0nfll|ll. Young men do nob always go to bed early,” Perhaps they wo sparking, and they returned to their rooms. befc ing. A fnan was aptto esll to mind the words of the country mouse lamenting that he had left Lis hiollow trse. Sowetimes one had & few words to say to bis wife whea ho was ot in good humor on aceount of bad dizestion. When some overheard him they would think of ber del- icate blooming face, eud her ear-rings and finzer-ringy sud wonder, but keep silent, while others thought % had a good thing to tell of. But let £o oue be trorbl These two will eling to each other, and nothing but death can separate them, He will bear these things & :onm wisking with both eyes, but at last he thinks they bave a little more room, and she heariily agrees, Fourteefi yoars moke & long period. At list ¢ Jearned that it was easy enough to got lazy men, practical and thorough business men were Bearce. Fine cents a day extra was not suflicient to secure them. A promising, ambitious young man growing up among them did not sce great inducements, lfa beard of the world;™ men made money there, His curiosity was great. cap seo that the Association was likely to be ehildless. Learning theso thi which Fouricr had not eet down, their mill took fire. Still they wer out of debt. The were doing well. The soil bad been brought to & state of cultivation. Of the 15 or 2 Associations th the country, their sitnation end advantages decide were superioe. I inquired of the old nembers romsiuisg on the ground, and who bought the proporty and are doi well, tho reason for their failure. ’l%ry n{'mn thero no good reason to provent them goivg on, execpta disposk tion. Dut Fourier dil not recommend starting with led then 1800, When I asked them what would bave beenthe | rosult if they had this namber, they ssid' they wi bave broken ip ia leas than two yewrs. Generally med - are not prepared. Assoeiation is for the futare. 4 1 forud oue stil] sangnine, He believes there are now men enough afloat successfully to establish an Associe tion. They should quietly commence in & town. Thew = should be means for deins work cheaply by machinery. A fow bands con wash aud iron for soveral hundred i the same manuer as it is done in our pubfic inst . Bak ing, cooking and sewing can be done in the m:l‘n"‘- s di There is no disputing the tact that these m. exist twenty years ago. Gradually, family after family coald be brlnngut together, In time & whole town Would be cagr tured. the emaller The plausible and the easy again arise in this aze. Lot no ono mistake a mirage for a real image, Disaster ¥ oattend any general attempt at social reforam if the mare relation is oven suspected 1o be rendered loss Lappy. family i » rock against which el objects nol ouly wi dash iu vain, but they will fall shivered at its baso. - N.C FINE ARTS. 4 g We quote the following thoroughly sensiblo artiole from Flake's Bulletin, ® newspaper published in Gulvestod Texas. We do not often meet with worls on this subject thef wo can 8o eordially approve; and we hope wo shall not offesé by saying that Texas is not the place where we should have &8 peeted to hear them: *We aro told by good critics that ngliness relgns pflsn‘ in lll? of our modoru houses. There is truth 17 this obeervd tion. The fact is, Wwe, s & people, ere not as yet educated i or taste. It is possible 80 to edueate the oye as $o caable i discriminate at once an in_good taste. Chiliren, by be cerstomed to regard d u{anmpa. and correet desizus, wil al v become educated fn love of beanty, Aecrision thed u, 1y things, and their instinct for the beautitul will very scon become uflnsml‘ml A glance at the gye often teachewd child more than volumes of books could do. The ideas and i pressions thus acquired are long lived, aud sarvive ey others communicated throngh the scoscs. There is o f truth In the mexim * secing is believing.” The education the ehild’s taste begius rom the birth, and it may be culti in tho nursery as well as in the school of art, @ lessons learned throngh the eye are iiprinted in chikiv s minds, their fustiuct for the Deautiful may be quickeaed by the s asjects of the objects which are constantly suroundig Wo love to sco piclures adorping the wall we meai, rints, not expensive paintings, provided they contais 3 1 thought, human beauty, or & landscape scenc "&m tios "'f l:mm ) ebeets, hs and multiplication_of. ple soodcuis, lithogra graviugs, are nhmz «unm’mnum will drfuk in the pression given by a h A1k them the carly impression through life. always iu the samo_beautiful tome, and is never out of ¥ in thei to cultivate taste and art by vmy will convey sonm idea of beauty, of .wl';« endurance.” The peaple of Hastings, on the Hudson Ruver, ba® been'doug themselves eredit by building a pretty bouse tosery® as & Railroad Station. There is not probably on asy tho world {hat ruus through a civilized oountry s more disgrae® 1ul s of tumbie-down, rookeries made 0 do daty fo “stationd” than can b found on fue Hadson River Ralirond. Atsoms @ places, ut Trvington for iustance, the rich own all the land and control the borbood. churches and Ml-l“:nd nd-.:‘:ll themaelvea i HHY ‘with o care for the cost, bave also taken the stal have made, here and thero, suug, litte in while wuiting for the train; but these are few, M them very pretty. Yo the ubsence of all care for comfort far , there bas been a lively com u-ug the different towns as to which bas the M_ unmufi,uwmmu n"':""‘. uu;-":h other unpleasant consequences “.: o 3