New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-15

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bounS,d by an orramented border composed oil iu'rn
arms and standards. Then there are o,1'uAn ,i'
aud Ottoman vest patterns aud Ottoman aress s ua TO
ladies' with scimetars creseents and cn"~e P'esS1s
: frcm the Koran arranged in tasteful designs nsa
Nahoret foreseeu such a literary success Aay u os
/ that Nabilles enchanting garden and 'ae p,safSis
groves OF Asnieres. tEronged as they w" oo
this summer. by koran-soed dancing sHls, WSte
revealed TO his dazzed vson and mistaken oy 'he VIZ
tous prophet for the paradise and hours promises. 10
the aithfui A pair Of uncorsciousy Noltairan iess
bore past yesterday still stranger instance OF des-
ecration--a copy in little OF that obelisk OF Laxer
which now csfCures the Place de "a COncorde
stamped On the pantheon rising along the iiae oi the
sohiatic nerve 10 the hight of the pocket ho.es
ateTward piece the same goods hanging u the
door of taors shop the Boulevard Montmartre
II stuff for moraliZing. No need here OF TANNERS
crazy Imagination 70 trace the dust Of Alexander down
20 the bung of beer barrel. Here was the eu0gstc
biography Of his royal highness sesostris the Great
Rhamses ILL., BY the grace of Isis and Osiris. Of Ibis
and of the sacred Egyptian leeks written in the
finest coury style BY the most eminent hierophants,
with all conceivable graees Of aierogrammatLc rhetoric
cone 10 be nothing buf lieglbe decorative ~ripe
On tie 81 pants OF gent even IN PaTis. Time
never PLAYED a more fantastic trick OF chance and
change with royal glory and literary reputation.
The best Of the maps OF the theaser Of war IS
that Of NJ Sarausan. Let me commend IL 20 those OF
vour readers who wish 10 follow the movements Of the
camTagn in the East and in the Baltic. IL was orgl-
nally drawn up the Emperors laudable curl
osty that way N sagausan, who Is his MaIestys se-
ographer, has made Of recent official surveys et-
fected in Turkey, Russia and the adjoining seas and
countries embraced in this chart which are noe .ae-
cessible TO the public 10 ordinary map-makers.
The map in two sheets the first covering ali South
ern Europe east of the Adriatic aud part OF ASIA
Minor: the second embracing the Baltic and It's adja-
cent regions. Although originally intended for ine'
rial eyes the price of the published copies OF this ex-
ceent chart is moderated down to subject pockets
1t is sold here for three francs and halt each sheet
Now let me say a word on Aetc Books IN general;
Les Femmes de Ia RerOutiOH (The Women OF the Kew
.lution) lsmo "a francs The advertisement to this
hook Of Mchelet SAYS: 1t is sort OF biographical
gallery mainly filled with portraits of women that the
author had already drawn in outline in has History OF
the Revolution. He has added eOpious details and
introduced several subjects" Over all he has
thrown the warm coloring of his feelings. rs you read
and look, the written page changes 10 glowing canvas,
and then the figures and take lite-the passionate
earnest life of the French Revolution. And yet there
is 10 attempt at historical scene-paintng. Perhaps
none OF the many who have written of the march TO
Versailles in October, -, when women took royalty,
''as tie men had taken the Bastile, aud placed t in
the hands of Parsthat is in the hands OF the reyo-
"utiOn-has taken less pains to describe the external
appearance Of that wild procession. lie does not re-
produce the forms of the past by dint OF Imagination
and rhetorical but he quckens the dead and puts
their spirits IN communication with your own by his
electric sympathy With Carlyle, you the march
TO Versailles With Micheet you join il. The object If
the author is 20 show the extent and force of woman
influence in bringing carrying forward and checking
the great Revolution Considering the rather intimate,
extended and complicated relations OF most men with
mothers, daughters wives, sisters and sweetlearts,
some attention to their influence might not be beneath
the dignity OF other historians The larger part OF the
volume is taken up with pOrratures OF indIvduas-Of
De Stael, Madame Roland, Lucille Desmoulins Their
oique de MirecOurt. Madame de CondOrcet-the repre-
sentative OF the time. In the concluding chap
ter therefore Mchelet says Tbe essential defect of
this book is that il does not correspond 70 s title.
IL gives not the women OF the Revolution, but few
herones--a few more or less celebrated women. IL
tells Of splendid virtues. 1t nys nothing OF a
world of obscure sacrifces-all the more merl-
'toriogs that fame did not sustain them. NEat
women were in 20 nc the immortal dawn, what
they were At the Of '9O-wth what heart they
raised the altar of the future az the sacred hour the
"FederatOns finally at the departure OF " when 1t
had 10 be torn this keart and all that loved had
'.to be given up Who tell that - The doctrine
of the book is tbat none have greater interest
than women in the destines OF the State, none have
a better right more binding duty than they To
study these destinies. The counsel is to exercise the
right that they may wisely defend the interest. The
reproof is in these wOrs, addressed 70 the women OF
to-day: " | beg you 10 compare tae life OF your
"mOtLers with your own. their life full and strong,
fertile in works and in noble emotions, and regard
then if you can the yacuity, the eunni, the angor
- in which you pass your days. What has been Your
past your office in this miserable half century OF
reaction Shall tell YOU frankly whence comes
ing. You love the dead. | call those the living
whose deeds and whose works renew the world,
those who al least make the movement OF IL, viyiy
il with their activity, whose motto is FOrrarf
4" And the dead give that name, Madame, To the
- useless man who amuses You at twenty with his
frivolty to the dangerous man who leads YOU. at
forty into the paths Of pOus intrigue. But 1t Is
difficult book 10 translate, and most difficult hen most
eloquent.
Lecture pour Tous Reading for Everybody. vol,
32mO francs il q selection Of extracts from the
prose and poetieal works Of Lamartne, Intended for
the use of all families and fit for the different ages of
their members. To those familiar with Lamartlnes
writings the selection is curious test OF his Jufg-
ment as to what he has best DONE and as test OF the
soundness Of a somewhat general belief that authors
are not Competent judges OF themselves, for the ex-
tracts are Of his choosing To another class, that
of Young American students in French who have not
a too abundant supply Of safe reading it may be COM
mended on moral ard literary grounds.
La Chasso Lion ct les autres Chasses de PAigere.
Iion Hunting &c. | vol. SyO. l-2 francs.) All
who are fond of bold, personal adventure, take
an interest in the life and manners OF wild beasts
or can be entertained with graphic dese pve traits of
the life and manners Of the Arabs of Algeria, will en-
JOY the reading of this book Jules Gerard killed his
beasts before be wrote about them. He has, with
al the accurate eve Of an observer well as marks
man. so that with what be has himself and what
be has heard from the Arabs, who are lifelong ac-
quaintances Of lions, tigers hyenas, &C. he is able 70
add something TO the acquired stock of knowledge in
natural history and take away from what has hitherto
passed for such good number OF errors. II. Gerard
is hardly less of a hunter than Lieut.. Cummings,
while bis book shows him 10 be much more cultivated
instructive writer than that unqualified NimrOd.
Charles Qurt Charles V, ] vol, cvO., francs.)
This work claims 20 BE- the correction and complement
OF all historical works upon Charles and Francis
II is certainly desirable pendant 10 ROberts0ns stately