The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-28 00:00:00

versary of the great day, to drink in solemn silence, "Peace
to the souls of the heroes."

Thenceforward the position of Andrew Lovegold
is secure, and the nine succeeding chapters chiefly,
chronicle the histories of some of his more remark-
able clients. SDme of these stories are tame and
spiritless, and "hang fire," others are sufficiently
interesting or amusing. We cannot say that Mr.
Lovegold gives us any remarkable instances of his
own acute sagacity, for in the majority of the
cases he brings forward, he is himself the dupe or
victim. Perhaps revelations of an opposite charac-
ter would not so well bear the telling !

Curiosities of Indo-European Tradition and Folk-
Lore. By Walter K. Kelly, One Vol., pp. 308.
Chapman and Hall.

This is a singularly-interesting work, a perfect
treasury of curiosities. Unlike those over-wise
innovators who seem to exult in bringing forward
some unpalatable truth to extinguish our most
cherished traditions, the author of this volume
bringa chapter and verse to authenticate favourite
legends and popular superstitions, and to enable
us henceforth to " believe as truth" what has
hitherto only been " beloved as a fable." In his
preface Mr. Kelly pays the following deserved
tribute to the labours of Jacob Grimm :
" The labours of their great master have received due
honour in this country—they have gladdened the hearts of
our children, enriched the minds of our studious men, and
nurtured a spirit of inquiry which has done not a little to-
wards rescuing from oblivion the perishing remains of the
old ways of life and thought of our forefathers. Learned
and unlearned, we have all been delighted to sit as listeners
at the feet of Jacob Grimm, but I am not aware teat any
attempt has yet been made to naturalise amongst us the
admirable fruits secured within the last few years by Ger-
man explorers of his school. Yet th© attempt is surely
worth making."

Setting forth with a recognition of the "common
ancestry of the Indo-European nations," and the
" common origin of their mythologies," we next
ponder over the early records and traditions respec-
ting "Prometheus," and "Dragons," and "The
Drink of the Gods," &c., &e., followed by legends of
fire and legends of biros, and stories about the
mistletoe, and the hazel, and the mandrake, and
the forget-me-not; the origin of th© " were-wolf,"
and the " wild mint," and the " hearth fire," and
legends about divers other popular superstitions,
even about red hair and pea shells ! As an in-
stance of the miscellaneous information to be
acquired in turning over this volume, we learn (at
page 295) that " sib," meaning " kin," the word
gossip or god sib, originally denoted the spiritual
relationship between the god-fathers aid god-
mothers of the same child. Abundance of similar
facts are here to be met with—the result of most
praiseworthy industry and most elaborate research.

Nature's Secrets, or Psychometric Researches. By
William Denton and Elizabeth Denton. Edited,
with an introduction, by a Clergyman of the
Church of England. One Vol., pp. 335.
Honiston and Wright.

We are all familiar with fictions " founded upon
fact ;" the volume now before us appears to consist,
to a certain extent, of facts founded upon fiction !
A series of geological and other researches are here
presented to us, more or less true, perhaps, in a
geological point of view, for they are given under
the authority of a Boston lecturer on geology, but
we cannot vouchsafe much credence to the mode of
revelation ; for example, here is a description of the
mysterious science.