New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-24
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
MAGAzlNEs FOR AUGUST.


"a. Aff7nc d2rflly is unusually spn6Aty anu enter
timing Dr. b. c. Wilder whose paper, enu.ea y bow
my New Acqraintances Spin has the post O. Lonor 1e
srrls species Of spider found On some OF the is4andS
about Port Roya which has hitherto been almost IN
known TO science Il spins remarkably strong ana D'"u
tfil thread, which Dr. Wilder believes may be maze o
rsotiral use as substitute for sikan idea which be
does not claim tho credit of originating, since IL was
actually carried out ia France 80 years ago. The thfealS
spun by DIR. wilcrs spider (Nplaa PinnPs'I are %
syery light yellow or sometimes brilliant go!uen c'i''
and single one tie 4OOJh Of inch in diameter is ca
p,be Of supporting weight Of 81 grains asohd oar OF
sodor silk one inch in diameter, would therefore sustain
wsst of more than 10 tuns while bar o! steel Of the
sam, sze will only bear Sc and bar Of iron % The en-
thustc doctor describes his adventures and msiap' III
,naa,ed expeditions 10 capture this curious insect and
Is experiments in Winding the silk upon reels directly
from the living body. In Instance lie obtained from
snc spider in three days s33 yards of thread He has
succeeded IN having of the thread woven In power
loom upon warp Of common black silk. Ihoush We
may not fully share his golden anticipation iH"' '1'
Nspla plumipss TO knit bond Of union between 'a'
North and the South aad that Sea Island SPdes aio ~
vie in tho markets of the future with Sea hnl co''o"'
we must admit that lis article IS an eXiIeine!
,o oWbat Did She See With 2" is ingenious and WE'LL
written story Of ociryoyance much better lhah 'c lcP1
ave sketch from the realms OF the supernatural IN 'ne
istnaher Of The Aaqnfc. In his second paper on The
.Phrscal History Of the Valley Of the Amazons fIoi
hcas.z mentions numerous combinations oil ms Gacl"
tasorg which he has found il Brazil and expresses inc
conv.Gon that on the northeastern coast OF eoWn
America strip Of land less than 80 leagues IN Wio'h
has boon eaten away by the ocean. a MANAGES CoA'
f,.sioa" is anaarmng title TO encounter IN magazine
but the article is harmless being only bbliomaniae 5
1haoly over some Of his treasures. In "Ihc Chimney
Corner Mrs Stowe wrath over the modern ashon-
able ways Of "entertainng company" and suggests e7
e other species Of social amusement about which tastes
will no doubt diTcr Mr. John Neal contributes another
of his curious articles about John Neal this time under
tho title Of London Forty Years Ago. Mixed win
great deal Of rubbish il contains few clever sketches oil
no.lbilites Edward b. Neatly gives an account OF y
Yeaf in Montana" Griffith GaunV and the " Passages
from Hawhornes Notebooks" are continued anu Ahce
Cary's story of The Great Doctor is finished Iheie
are only two pieces Of poetry Mr. Lowells 90 The Miner
will charm all by its elegant rhythm, and puzzle az
brains by its meaning Mr. Blyard Taylors My Farm
afble for critics very neatly told and very just Tho
book reviews in this number partieulHy yiyacous
That excellent little periodical, "Our Yong Folks
comes to us with its usual variety of good reading and
good pictures The publishers announce that they Will IN
future give with each number Of TIC magazine at least one
Blpae engraving drawn by some one Of our best arS''
willslted fue tinted paper Colored ILLUSTRATIONS
be-s. IS@eiven with the November and December num-
many Others. 'Von' Lucy Larconl' MS!De N''I' ''''
Horper's .Do~,II.
one Of those illustrated swith More Curious Homes -
nave long formed an interestingly natural history which
The present paper seems to have beenoi the magazine
book just published by the Hapess called IiSed ron
out Hands, TO which shall soon a1de more paft1,l
larry. Three Months with Italian Bdgands" is fore
taste of another book which the Hrpers have in press
namely, the adventures Of English gentleman who
recently captured by bandits in Sicily and retsd three
moaths before he was ransomed As might wei sup
pose, the narrative extremely rebe The Eth num-
ber Of the chronicles Of "Iroic Deeds Of Heroic Men
relates the openag Of the Mississippi. Mr. George
Tcknor Curtis constructs elaborate Inquiry into
OF the Constitutional Restrictions the Revenue Powers
OF the United Stae which, in spite of the inherent in
forest Of the subject pretty hard reading for August
magazine He takes for his text the article OF the Cons-
tuition providing that direct taxes shall be laid unless in
proportion the population of the several States and
amnes the question wha, is the meanngof Direct Taxes
the Constitution Through arguments which have
space TO repeat he the conclusion that direct
taxes capitaOn tax and tax on lands houses and
personal property without reference cOnsumpton and
that taxes specific articles Of consumption expense
indirect. he strongly inclined TO believe that the
restraining rule of apporonment affects all the
of Congress which levied upon persons in respect of
Of property money without reference to its present
prospective consumption in other words that the in
come tax in its preseu. form is unconstitutional "News
papeEana saooecon of scraps from journals of various
times and places-some very funny and very fat
An article National Cemeteries gives. account Of
the principal soldiers buyngground lately established
There is narrative Of The Burning Of Columbia and
one poem rather graceful than the majority of mag
ezine verses For the first time in long while, HarDers
without serial sorT The four five short tales in
the present number Of extraordinary merit The
editors Easy Chair is pleasant and refined as usual
The best article in BeGdes Mondly for August is Mr.
A d. Richardson's lively paper on " Our Now states ana
Territories" in which he takes to California and Neyada
sketches the young mining city Of Austin, above
where the air is so thin that the least physical
labor causes great shoness Of BREATH and where per
sons wearing artificial teeth find il difficult to keep them
in their mouth so slight the atmospheric prcssurei'
tells us something about the various methods OF INNINGS
describes the famous Marposa "big trees with their
bark % inches thick and Of nch mahogany tinge-baTk
81 velvety and soft that ladies often it for pincush
ions and gives an interesting account Of the California
Geysers The article is well illustrated besides beingyery
well written Mrs Catharine A. Waicld the author Of
"The Household Of Bouvere" begins her serial story
which is called The Romance Of The Green Seal" Gen
Cluseret furnishes few pages of Tecollecons of
ChasseurA-Pied." An article by NJ. NJ Thomas entitled
Something Beside Tobacco, is devoted to the opium
poppy. j. F. weishampe, IT,, in "The Arts Of Dccama-
ton discusses the characteristics OF the oratory Of
Cough Beecher and Fuller "The Dead Letter is con
tinued and there variety of other matter including
some poetry Of less than average duncs ard interest
ing and ingenious sketch entitled Battle in Dream"
eades Monthly intended for persons Of rather weak
literary digestion and Is well adapted to meet their wants
m The Catholic World contains IL articles of which