Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-09

IN HKWMIAa .A.A.M||N.NH - - J.
tisdpEsn exknrks bf ne sfisc, Of
= tIel Iredilg Y reported BY che Tsmss
efIsdia.: The cnptalno % ths chip, yohu
Q: Esesgsly esrlysd ifs'a csles.,s;
rs NaliS I3iIIkS .loee 9bS cost. me
bl|s had .bssA reading monte lChristos'
sM had their Irs6eihttIons Get on Gre
bM the moat zromantIe notions. They re
~ ed 70 emulafB tho hero oftha romance,
were on the iook. out Tor q proper
R|.nte Christie lsle. Ono dag, they were
missing; they were searched for every.
vaI|hre, at last Il was discovered that one
lol ahe shlp's life-bnoya had been cni
q hv, The captain arrived atthe conclusion
IN the laes, had jumped overheard With
ltoA buoy, 10 the hope that they would
ON 20 foms WONDERFUL islsnd where
n fentureswere 10 store for them. For
q fouple of days the captain crulsed
sbtut, keeping mon 81 the masthead with
cblld be discovered. With brains sst on
q 6rboard, aud II not hreak TASTED on By
.stIrks with which the seas In thai
N Khbourhood aboa sd-lthey may have
4 N .ehsd the coast, and may disths D inces
|of|a eavaeeela To die savage princr,
u De enten by ehnrk both issues were
a The cards, with The probsblllies hugely
IA favor OF the shark Meanwhile. what
chtcerna IA most is that the lAds were
dfIscD 70 the Wild ect by tMonte ChFis,o.,s
q bald 4 'ebnfk have eaten hem, their
a ssha,may lie at the door OF N. Alexap-
On DnmAs. Novel reading has its mar
'ologys u would appear, az well - erin
! fse e,se reported BY the zsm.s Of hadsa
.i@Df eourbsa singular one, Il DO morr
fllows that the man who reads novels
shpuld joup overheard, In thu hope OF
Ltofniug up on q desert Island, than that
d>(lrisoa frsp,sns. Bun tue Incident, odd
1 at'lt H., makes one think OF Tho immens,
sI1ount OF novel-resdng which goes on
sItongst rs, and then the question presents
it4elf. is that novel-readlDg on the Who'll.
4 hpbe1ciali Fictlon has become necessary
eiement In nineteeuth-eeutury life. We
CO no more get on without the nov.
I eIIbt than we can get on without the brewer
hIker, tailor, or policeman. IL was CON-
I JlI|ted before the days OF the shilling mage
znes that some three hundred novels wcr,
I ndbllshed each year 10 England. Since
\ ~ shilling mage zines came in that number
4 No Increased. In this country man mag
hlge his fresh novel laid on his table with
| IA fresh egg. Only the man VINO has
4 gqthing Whatever else 10 do, and whose
1 lehlth IL Bound and vigorous asa Highland
] alIlle, can hope 70 peruBe all the novels
/ dht issue from the press. The taste foi
1 41vol-readiDg is q universal one. Every
4 do reads novels as every men readt
lowspapers. Every woman reads novel;
~ every woman wears crinolIne. And til,
\ u5te permeate5 all classes. The fashionable
\ rhyslcian reads his novel a. he rolls frou
p1tlent to paiient, aud the c,schmau On
he boz gets through love scene while bile
| qpster is feeling pulse or writing . pre-
4tiption. The lady upstalrs Il absorbed 10
N Dur Mutual Frisnd,n and CINDERELLA
\ t'l~n In the kitchen, when her work H.
p 11ne aud her sweetheart IL not dne, weep.
\ Sier Ella, the 0utcIst," or thrills over
4 fFacoudah, or. the Blood tripping Tomh.
tawk.1 . What ar. the results Of the uni,
\ ttrsal taste for tobacco IL an Interesting
Z Question for the pnysiologistj whns are I'll,
Il feu,ts OF universal taste for hetion Is an
d slaAliy Interesting question for the moral
n Readipg. has become the great amuso
mbnt Of English domestic NE, snd every
i4,niiy has its librarian just az every family
Y No It, grocer. keadlDx, In the provinces
h|brs especially, 10 eneToAchlng on the thea
n ~ andlthe concert-rootn. Your ordinarily
Sdluvased KnEllsbman or EugIlshWomai
IN ita mora enjoyment ont Of good move
II u|an can be got out of anything else FOL
n tlIs money. In the PROVINCES, In small
Il towns, In suburban villas, 10 countFy houses
n ls|e could not get on without Action
Mrb women more partiulaIly novels Or,
nfcessaries Of life. An RngllshWoman In
1rtm 'ortable circumstance cannot live on
rtrilnw alone. She cauuot for the
l1flre day concentrate her attention on hei
. Oh. She Ia Interested In preserves, bu
Illety fOllows. A new novel c0mes TO hel
ID IIkaa new face, or q new resident In hel
n htlghbourhpod. The excitement Of novsl
EtIhdlng IL like the gentle excitement OF ten
M oS riendly talk. In thu provinces lit,
InfsWs much oi Its interest from novel
tsdlng, while IN London and In grea
ftits generally life draws much ofNitI
.f1ffeshmen,s from the same source. Tn,
Ul|foA merchant or Professional man seeks IL
WNtiIon rest for the irritAteds temper ant
Mhe worried brain. He encounters In III
|lbvel the half-forgotten romance OF hi
I puth. AlFRHD Is the picture OF h'msel
Ultirty yedfs heforej JULIA the picture o
uis spouse Of the sameperiod. Novel.rsad
.rg helps 70 perpetuate In man sens,
MI youthfulness. Il neutraliEesthe ca e,o
bhsInsssi aud above every thing, II amusts
WRtuootuV ~ Conboithy auuS Nuut 10 Dch
Ierhaps,it enables the tired man TO spenS
III evening a. comfortably a. ~ he wer
sbt down at q rubber OF whilst, while he 4
IMPAIRED the annoyance connected with stu
mo partners, rreyokesi" and the "od,
EIflck."
Against novel-foadlng, sage and utllltAr
tn-mindedr persona arc fond OF brlpginj
NO chnFges--to the effect that ID tends q
Jun young heads with foolish aud rom anti
"nbtlons, and that the time II consume
plght be better spent in the pernAal o
1Dlid Instructive books. To the fret charg
NIl may be said that ~ the world goes 70
nance Is pretty certain 10 60 20 the wall
lhit in q stand.up between MAMMoN snc
MORN the sponge u thrown up for ID,
Nosy God Al the close OF the first round
Mihat, In tact, rot~ance needs little backing
hDw-A-dAys. Neither old man nor young
the woTst OF having little romance u
himj and, considering all the allen element
\ ID life. the fact that novel-readlng tend
L - foster and perpetuate romantic notion
N saving In effect tuat u subserves a
rceedingly goad purpose. Then, % 4
DE other charge, itmay at once be admittSi
ihAt there 10 much more practical informa
Don IN "Rollin's Ancient History than II
Mlhe "Life and Adventures OF NiehJlA
Hieklsby," and that s.De. Isaac Natts Oh
Iho Mind" IL a much more solid work thai
.Lady Audlei's Beeret;' but, then,
must also be remembered that people d.
mot read nog-a-days for instruction, bu
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