, 1861-03-02

- NAe7 Moo AuaE1IaHe winch IN fAct b
nothing disgraceful about it. The: same INK
poefHen Of circumstances might happen oY
ana oFer ngain now, and NO one would tronf
himself 1t only proves that society bas undt
gone an enormous change. Mrs. 'Thra1e r
the principal female Ornament of the mag
circle tn which Dr. johnson moved, and Vhs
she broke up her home and abandone5, h
brilliant position, she wss treated As il she h.
committed az objectionable sin towards ii
literary world. and towards the great moral
IN particular. Lord Macaul4y hAa confirmt
the present generation In this idea, and be no
glands convicted Of hsEing sacrificed facts to
| little rhetorical display. Whon the house
streatn1m vas let, It Is said that Johnso
| broken-heasted i 1T the conduct Of fItl
first Of Womankind," retired to his gloom or,
aud desolate house behind Fleet stree
This meio-dramatic touch, and Satious ali
ers of. similar natureY fade away before th
Light Of Investigation, and il any one viii rea
the letters that passed between DR.. Johnso
and Mrs. 1h1ale, some Of which are now fo
the lady 10 more sinned against than s;nninc
Mt, fioggi, instead Of being tx IN old dog. an
IN ugly dog too" Vas handsome man- IN u,
PRIME OF life. He was q gentleman by birt;
and education, and he proved BY his 'subse
quent eonduct that he eonrted the widow 70
loFe, anc not for money. But be nFea at
time when artists were not tolerated. and In
woman who had the courage to IiDk her fat
with his 1as branded, secuted, lampooned
and baulshed from the country. It is pood t.
Know that Mts- Thrale, losing much ea;ne,
nor; and she speaks:of twenty years il Pioe
gls enchanting society passing ike a happ1
a[ean of twenty hours, Ar: Hayward's Toi
!oVe5a OF Justice are delighted With the va,
IN which his chiValrous ta8k has been perform
ed. MIS-. -Thfa1e is once more elevated to he,
Old position; she Is thoroughly reinstated r.
the worlds opinion, and her fame, once soileG
and battered, Is II fair as star when only one
Is shining in the sky"
,DAE1sH. ARCHAEOLOGY.
a oooH ior people Of cDntemplatire turn
and for those who love legends and traditions
Is "A Residence in Jntiand.'' Tie anthor
NJ horace Marryat, relative, we believe, o]
the famous captain Of the same name. lived
for two years in Denmark, where he was en-.
abIed to indulge his strong archaeological nro-
penslues, md his passion for churches and
mu5eums-:he "world forgetting, By the
WORLD forgot He wandered about picking
up curious bits Of information, making SEOUL.
ehrh stones, tumvI, and even boge, yield ID
tnsit ghostlJ histories. Although a1oYer Of
relies, Mr.. AlalTryat mas respect for facfa. and
II the course Of his discoveries be found out
that the tomb Of Hamlet" )" near Gilmore At
which all sailors pay their deyoirs, is nothing
nut mochery, delusion and snare Hans
andersen, the story.teller, says TINT in his
schoolboy days the monument was not in er-
istenee and It WIS erected by merchant.
VINO wished to favor the popular belief that
the bones Of the Danish Prince reposed snnr.
Where IN his nclghborhood. This is the SIM
PIE origin Of one Of the many mvths con-
stant1y handed down from father to son,
THE NEW THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT.
DF. treke's work " On the Origin of Species
y means Of organic Affinity" Is less IN con-
tfoSersy W1th Darwin than IN prosecution Of
the general question invoked in DarWin's dar-
ing book Dr.. Freke WIS at the subject ten
years ago; his idea was first developed in in
vestigating the nature OF Observation-Disclosures
IN popular senae, It may be said that, long
since, Psychologists believed themselves to be
Observing in an exaggerated, and rs It Bere.
magnlded aspect, the phenomena Of the or.
ganlzng process Dr. Freke's idea Is, that all
organized beings consist Of two classes Of nla-
terial- organizing and organized. The smallest
germ OF organic Life forms around it cell, re-
produces its own type, and expiring, becomes
disorganized. There is, however, : residuum m
OF organEable matter, which may be intIn
enced towards higher development; and the
oevelopment ?, Of organic beings is traeeable,
indicated cells, to the higher grade Of the in
Glsldual cells, and to their affinity for each
other. If have done injustice to Dr.. Frese
1t is because larger space would be needed ayen
to describe his theory. I Was only anxious tn
indicate the nature Of 8 work which has been
elaborated IN course parallel md contempo.
raleous with that Of Darwin. Probably Tnn
may have leading ideas In this Class Of worSs
70 the truly interesting physio-philosop Of
0ken, OF, as should be inclined to calI It,
oken's physio-poesis.
PHMoLoeY.
The study Of philology appears to he mall.
ing progress III England, or st auy rate a taste
l. developing for this most interesting branch
o. knsoRRlsdge n This Is partly due to he nun
Mr. farrar, not long published, is destined to
make many more converts. The author, who
is IN accomplished scholar. does not an, ~
anything original; he modestly aspires to M
greater distinction than that Of expound;nr
ne views Of those writer's who have made DbI2
oiogy the chief pursuit of their lives, b.
heaps Of learned books, and brief7
md clearly Summarizing their contental H.
1as saved to others a vast expenditure Of time
lna laooc This essay will be found delight
III as a Introduction to the study of lanpuspa
md when once the reader hxs mustered fhe
;lements, there Is no end to the Il fresh
ields and pastures new " In which he NAV
oam. NA4-'
Excepting Miss P1oetor's second volume Of
Legends and Lyrics" there is nothing going
u in the world of poetry. This ladY feens
p the family credit, and she shines with A
[ouble light, both inherlting and possessing
N her own account the qualities which delirhi
Is. The Rev. Nj. Pycrolt, in his recent work
ellis US that in this practical age we are not II
xpect any wonderful feats Of the imagination.
nd he even goes so far rs to say-Fhat W.
re sure will not be universally endorssd-that
he materials Of poetry have been used up aud |
Exhausted.
Hpoet7y wanes, fiction hourishes, and wn
ave Mr- Thackeray and Mr., Trollope in thu
'or72hiu, Mr. Dickens in AL The Xear RoxuT
I'd Mr. salam 1smpe Bar, all doing their nj,
2ost to amuse the British public Nj. George
leredith's story Of Evan Harrington. r.
rInted from Once q Week, tnzas out gr1at
it, and the seyerest Of cen4ors, the ,SatI1Gr,. |
'sz3eic goes SO faF a to say that the book isai.
lost worthy Of becoming classic. and
ouch or twosmore would have mada it immor-
L The hero is Plaeed in cruel position.
e ls talior, snip" +" aud he loves gil Of |
eniGs to make him gentleman enough to get
apply to the end Of his difficulties. AMONGST
aT novels there are 1.-THE Worlds Verr1ir3 "
i'd "Efhe Vernon or Life and it's LessoDsn y
9th Of which get fairly patronized By the cl.-
1lating Libraries.
Benty Is about to publish Thomas Rakes,s
with the Duke Of Wellington
ID others. Raikes's Dairy fs, suppose ~
ell known on your aide as on ours.
TIE PREETHISkERs
The excitement about the Oxford folume
!lled "Essay5 and Reviews"-1epubliahed by |
icknor, d Fields under slightly alterea
ame, which; at the moment, I forpet-con-
nues unabated. 4 kind Of RETROSPECTIVE At
ntlon has been drawn to a curious article in
le feseH'lnsesr hes1e.e-usually regarded a.
le organ of the intellectual free-thinkers-
taeking the book for a halting skeptcIsm re-,
1gnant to Christianity but afraid to ayow it.
Ii IN fall. The free-thinking Hvie1o thns an
cared as the champion Of Christianity aaafnst
le =" Universities" The Saturday R<vSs,c az.
lis its quarterly compeer for this Jesuitical
~ Of seeming to make the universities do
e Work q Tree thinking: Saturday says It |
only Oxford which Ia tainted, and that not
roughout- Bnt everybody knows that ths
.farday Is shrinking from the subject as tim
~ as any. ! have already mentioned n. |
'ttlson}s promotion notice that the cri-
q turn their comment chiefly on the least
onouneed aad weakest Of the papers, Dr.
smples- A curious incident has been men
cling on The sphiect: A gentleman went to
town, believe, to attend reli-
GUS meeting at weltknown rell-
GUS shops there he found several copies or
. "fnesitahle" volume, FIVE other COPIES
wing been sold during the day. Another
eedqte. ~ yet unpublished: IN another c.
edra1 town meeting Was held On the upner
'or Of certain house for the express bur
'se Of eonslgnlng the inevitable Volume to
g flames BY way Of public execution and IN
'hop On the ground floor Of the sama housa
Eel-knoTn bookseller, perhaps by help Of
at very excitement, sold two hundred vol
les.
Extraordinary Elopament.
N extraordinary elopement wus carried ont
Cincinnati on Wednesday. A stern father.
wing forbidden h1s handsome daughter,to
f49t I'm hnr trparfc o11-,r,.. I