The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-07-10


The NEsToRANs; or the Lost Tribes BY Asahel
Grant, M D. New York Harper Brothers,
For sale by F. Taylor.
The author of this interesting volume set out from
Utica, N, " in 1885 for Persia and penetrated into
the heart of the mountains inhabited by tribes of AT
shars, Koords, and HISTORIANS He went as pioneer
of the American Missionary Society to establish a
mission in that country His character physician
secured him favorable reception, and his mission
seems to have been attended with success. The Mes
torians described TO be aboriginal Christians
living in Mahommedan country, and are regarded
by DR. Grant and with some show cf argument and
anology, the lost ten tribes of Israel Their coun
try is situated near the imaginary boundary line flhe
Turkish and Persian empires. They number nearly
100, 600. Their chief home is in the mountains
where by their valor and energy they have for
ries maintained rude kind Of independence. The
book contains much that is about very interest
ing people
THE MARTYRS or SCIENCE; or, the Lives Of Calico
'Tycho Brahe and Kepler. BY Sir David Brewster.
New York Harper & Brothers No, 1870 Family
Library.
1t is little remarkable that astronomy should have
Calico, Tycho and Kepler While Tycho, in the
5ith year of his age, observing the heavens at
Prague, Kcpler, only 30 years old was applying his
wild genius the determination of the orbit OF Mars
and Calico, at the age of 36, about to direct the
telescope to the unexpored regions Of space, Tycho
laid the foundations of modern astronomy Ivy vast
series Of accurate observations made with the largest
and the finest instruments. 1t was the lot Of Keper
deduce the laws OF the planetary orbits from the OBJ
sevations of his predecessors; while Calico enoyed
the dazzling honor of discovering by the telescope
celestial bodies and new systems Of worlds. Ty-
cho Swede; keper German, and Calico an
Italian Their histories curious and instructive
In 1904 new star made its appearance in the foot
of Serpen,arius. Keper wrote an account of it -
The following remarkable paragraph is specimen Of
his work:
When was youth, with plenty of idle time on
my hands, was much taken with the vanity of which
grown not ashamed Of making ana
grams, by transposing The letters of my name written
in Latin, Out Of Jodnes kcpierus came Serpens in
Akuteo Ga serpent in his sng); but not being salts.
fed with the meaning of these words and being un.
able To make another trusted the thing to chance
and taking out of pack Of playing cards many
there were letters in the name, wrote upon each
and then began to shuttle them and at each shuttle 10
read them in the order they came to if any mean.
ing came Of it, Now may all The Epcurcan gods and
goddesses confound this same chance which, although
! have spent good deal Of time over H. never showed
M any thing like sense ev from dist nee So gave
up my cards 10 the Epicurean eternity, 10 be carried
away into infny, and il i said they still hyng
about there in the utmost confusion among the atoms
and have never yet come TO any meaning. ! will tell
those Slisputants my opponents, not my own opinion
but my wite's. Yesterday, when weary with writing,
and my mind quite dusty with considering these atoms
was called to supper aud salad had asked for was
set before me II seems then, said l. aloud that If