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,Soroushest fullest, and on the whole, honestsst
end most readable book extant on this interesting
,h~ne ~ Hatn has long made the subject MIA
,tudy. Of which several preceding p'.Sncauons oi
,nal volume had already given us entertaining
results.
GabrieLs fEsires ct Ia POiinqas @e Henri w. Is
H. Cape6gues last addition 70 his series OF hstori-
cal notices Of improper females, their royal lovers
aBd their times, known under the general title oil
Les ReiHGs dc l1 Main GaHche.
Volume second Of the Memories Scitntifqaes, the
sixteenth and last volume Of Francois Arago's COM
plee works, is just out of press 1t contains con-
adorable matter hitherto unpublished.
HstOire de Ia libertE reiigieHss France st Il ses
6ovdateErs is represented in the publishers ger
.,suent through which alone ne vet, to bdHspired
by spirit of larger liberality than wouldbe artic
mated IRON some Of the previous writings Of the
author, M. Dargan. Two Tols. lSmo. are for sale;
other two IN press.
Ia France Pyoiestaate or Lives Of French Protes-
,auts distinguished in history from the beginning of
The Reformation 10 the recognition OF religious
Elerty by the National Assembly, forms, with its
historical preface and pieces jasedtiU $, sort OF
eucycopadia of French Professionalism. The ninth
and last volume Of this carefully labored work Is
now published.
LIE BOaddah et sa ReligioR, q vol, 6yo.) Buddha
and HIS Religion. What do most Of US know OF the
great Indan sage except that be hyed great
while ogo; or Of the religion he founded except
that its cOnfessors 1.-Two great way OF Consider,
ing that they outnun ber Christians Of all sects AT
this day-ihat they are more numerous than the
popuuiiOns Of Europe and both Americas COM
bined, knowledge about him, il, and they, would
seem desirable, 1t is only within few years that,
thanks 10 remarkable researches of a few enthusi-
astic searches for it, the original sources Of infor
nation on this subject, e., especially the doc
trines of Buddha, have become accessible 70 Euro
mean scholars The present volume is by one of the
Ipost erudite Of these scholars, NJ. j. Barthelemy
ST. Hilajre On the historical side 1t Is drawn
largely from the original sources just mentioned.
II is not q continuous bstory OF BueGhisn, but
historical presentation Of it at three widely sep
aroted 1eriods: its Founder and beginning, five
bupdyed and fifty years before CHRIST; 1t was in
India IN the seventh century of the Christian era;
as il is to-day in Cey5n. But careful as he is with
the record the author regards the purely historical
askfbe less important part Of his subject. He aims
toieach a lesson wsich may bevery briefly sisted
something as follows;
1.-THE doctrines Of Buddba arethe cause Of the low
.eetate of civilization and nOn.civnation IN which
their adberents rest. Modern European clyf alton
and happiness Of mankind are TIE effects OF the Cnr
nan religion There is to-day ong European thinkers
in The philosophical department. tendency TO wander
away from 70 setrp philosoPt independent ef Cnns-
gtisniiy-that is mine and the orthodox formula OF
Cbris,anity-wbich is the VITAL creative element of
civilization and maDknds prosperity Let ne hlstory
Of Buddha and Boddhsm furnish such with warning
examples"
il the furthctt possible rsnOved from ordinary big
otry OF parrow-Inindednefs. There wlltnOt be one
in thousand of his Christian European or Ameri-
can general readers, who will hold his ar ument un-
sOuLd; not in ten thOusand whoi discovering
poesibly some unsOundRegs, will hold II narrow or
biPoted. Only if this truly meritoriOus work were
largely circulated among the four,atye or SIX
hundred milhon followers of the Buddhist faith,
some of them might conceive that pc sslby II was
hardly fair ts meesEre absolutely their prosperity
and their dormas by sle exclusive star aard of hap
piness, and religious faith accepted Dy remote in-
numerous, modern sect.
Most of us know as little of Abelards works as Of
Buddhas. We kuUN him as the loVSr ahd pelo'e9
of Heoise thanks to their extant letters and TO bad
novels founded on their story. II we could add his
love songs addressed to or inspired by his love for
her we vulgar shoall be content. BIT the learned,
and those who wish 20 become ineis regard, may
now consult all his theological and pml0sophcal
works in the edition of Nj. Cousin IN three Alto.
youmes-tbe first Gf which was published IN 1880,
tbp last two of which recently cut OF press III
becomes only the erudite to speak OF their value
On the meIitsof ths best edition. of them there Is
no question among them. 1t is,to be hoped that
they recognize ha merit of the editor also, VINO mas
given 30 much time, care, " and 80 large part OF
q his moderate fortune to their publication"
M. COUSIN has. also just published Madame De
Ioa0v,piHe psndalt la FgOnde, the complement OF
La JeRntsse de AMa&dme LOngueriLtc by the same
author This completes the series, in eight volumes,
of his EtudcS Nur Zee fefaaeS I"HsueS q !" 0"''1
du XVII SSSeIe.
The Rerne des BsuI MOndes OF Nov. !, has a
long ANALYSIS and criticism Of Mira Stoves last
novel; a verv honest review. The 1rst business
the reviewer proposes TO himself Is t. let the reader
know what the moved IS; what be thinks oil IL,
comes in the second place. A few qe tatons show
ing what he thinks of it (what most frenchmen
uRo could read IL ,vseald be like to ihnk it), may
interest your readers, terms of comparison win
tLeir own OpIniOns 80" We find in every page OF
MADAME Stoves new book, that tar Mt OF acute
"and delicate observation which was 81 striking IN
"Unele Toms CABIN; there are chaf ters which
"are masterpieces. of Psychoogleai aHciysis'
.Accordipg to Mrs. Stoves new theory OF love, on
ubcb ali the novel rests the source q love ls the
"peed of realizing our IDEAL 1t is this IDEAL tha1
"we pursue in others--ifve love, is h cause we
"think VIC find itan the btect OF our love "neTe-
upon NJ Cucheval ClaEigny declines to { ass yuag-
mention this theoryllike gallant Frenchmen as ne H.
fr he xvould surely condemn IL: but, likee French
man as he is Ssuald hike 20 ask Madame Stowe
.to materialze love a little. at least Tor our sex
"Tbe love afaizs of ViTginie de Frontisnac and
.,Aaron Rurr came gear spelling Mrs. Stowos book
.tf,rns AZ so the N archiOness whom he
svants TO ruin. thzs specimen of the tauoeurg 81
"Gsrmain has the Edfpemept, the esprit ara the
'laneuage of n chaHtbermaif M ClaIis< say
that " Mrs Stowe nzsfntalns ~ her novel, 'he uVo-
"trre of the Uniyersastsi tlHt IN SOME Past sue
"pro esis against the aoyeTlty9i CaNahiSin VIZ q"
"earDest elO0uence that seemssan echO Oi Sanah-
"nirs az. and of a badness quite extraordinary
"wher one thinks of the public fo which the aSlao,
"wrote; in fact il made scandal IN the OstSeo
Statef and therefore Il rs thatsA Stowe ls heE
.,prefaee puts her book RAder The protection oi 1e
"irolih public which has been SO frleh6ly ~
HheT'p ,'sPubhshed by chapters in n weekly maga-