The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-22

a living out of his proper calling Parliament may,
perhaps IN its wisdom some nme slve e4IppalsorY
matter IN wnicnwe can, II we WILL help ourselves
and each other"
These pharmaceutical people have long been
trying to get q bill through Parliament carrying
out these peculiar views OF their rights, aud
have only been prevented succeeding as yet by |
divisions among themselves. WHAT further
proof need we have that our working classes
the unfortunate fathers OF our shop-boys, who |
have never studied Euclid or Virgil-want some |
representatives in Parliament TO look alter their
interests?
A remarkable book has lately appeared IN |
England entitled The Beegar's Benison; a |
Clydesdale Story" III vs. not q novel" says one
OF its IeyieweEs, Though some OF the incidents
are clearly Mtitious, and it is not, we should
think, substantially autobiographc; but the
author has managed to throw into his story an
amount of plain verismilitude, after the manner
OF Deoe, which makes II thousand times
more readable than the mass of high-havored
romances." One of the characters IN this story
is a Scotch divine, who adapted bis grace before
meat to the kind and amount of meat that was
before him. When he sees "that there Is only
one soup, and that the best plate is not out, he
merely prays that we may be thankful for the
mercies now spread before u.s. IT, in addition
to the soup, however, there should be a display
OF silver thus indicating something superior
beneath It, he Graves the Deity that, 1T may be
blessed exceedingly, and that we may esteem it
beyond price and with becoming gratitude to
the Glver of all Good.'n A grand display of
plate, with funkies to match it, excItes his
"plous enthusiasm, for under such clrcum-
stances he is observed to throw up his arms,
eXclaiming, 'Bountiful Jehovah y and to give
grace like tether,' as Burns says"
The Figaro gives the following account of
the literary predictions of the Bishop OF Or
leans:-"Mgr. Dupanloups enlightened love OF
letters is well known. He defends and culti-
Yates that study, and no ore more keenly enjoys
its charms. He knows nearly the whole OF
Virgil and Horace by heart, and frequently in
conversation makes tehcitous quotations from
those authors, His memory is so prodlgious
that he distinguishes clearly and in it's place, as in
an inward library, every detail of his extensive
knowledge; and in debating to his secretaries
he refers them without hesitation to such page
OF Fenelon, or such line of the 'Nneid.' Upat
3 every morning during the year, he works
without relaxation until midday, and, after a
short promenade and giving Jew audiences,
resumes harness until o'clock. Whle walking
he makes rapid pencil notes OF tueltlve ideas and
heads ofsermons during his drives, he Is similarly
occupied. When he travels by rail, he has, as
constant companion, large portfolio of green
morocco, stuffed with papeTs-the real one that
belonged to Talleyrand-and he revises manu-
scripts and coTrects proofs. His correspondence
is as extensive as that of Minister of State and
he sends not fewer than six thousand letters
yearly. There is only one moment OF the day
that does not find him at work; it is that sue
ceeding the evenings repast. He Is obliged to
condemn himself to that period of repose, and
to forego reading and writing at night in order
severely tried during the day."
The London Ahengum comments favor
| ably, though rather late in the day, on Colonel
| Hieginson's translation OF "Epictetus:n-"ln
revising the last century translation OF Mistress
Elizabeth Carter'-she died uDmarred-a work
| which had already had the reputation of coming
| from the pen oil a writer whom DR.. johnson pro-
| nouneed to be the best Greek scholar OF England
in his time, Mr.. Higginson has had an excellent
| foundation, and comparatively little heavy work
| on his hands. That little, however, he seems to
| have done carefully and successfully; he has
| illustrated and explained some few passages
| which the learned lady, his predecessor, had
| left in more or less obscurlty; and, in several
| instances, has traced quotations to their orr
| ginal authorities which she had either neglected
| to point out or had failed to discover. To what
| extent he may have been indebted to Sch ig-
| h@user, in the latter respect, not having that
| edition at hand, we will not undertake to say.
| The book is put before us in pleasing form;
| printed upon excellent wlre-wove paper, and in
| the brilliant type of the Cambridge University
| press Omitted States), it may take its place,
without any fear of dsparaeement, by the side
of the best printed English volumes of the pre-
| sent day."
Mr.. Marmaduke Dolman proposes TO pub
lish in parts series OF the State Papers of Queen
| Elizabeth, to be selected chiefly with view to
the elucidation of the ecclesiastical history OF
the Elizabethan era, as connected with the prl-
Vate history of the arlstocraCy of that period.
| These papers are a collection of royal letters,
| records OF the Secretaries of State, correspond
ence with foreign powers documents relating
to ecclesiastical affairs and the letters of private
| persons either written by the friends of the
| Government, and containing secret Information
| of the designs OF the discontinued, or letters o
| the malcontents themselves, descriptive of then
| discomfort and misfortunes, which, falling into
| the hands of the Government, were used by i
| against their authors.
For want of something better to do, tn,
| minor Partisan journalists have been quarrelllns
! with each other, and rendering their vocation
| ridiculous by still more ridiculous duels. The
| latest illustration is very significant. One Rober
| MITCHELL of the htenddrd, having been chal
| lenged by Pierre Veror, of the CbdriVGT2. re
| fused 10 fight with pistols, as he was disabled II
! the right hand. but he was willing TO use
/ sword. NJ Verou's seconds could not wei
| understand how the hand which was unable tC
| hold pistol could WELD a sword. ut shall be
| bound to my ARM said Mitchell, and so hC
| wrggled out of his awkward position, for thC
seconds would have nothing more TO say to him
M. Boquillon, who, about year ago, wat
commissioned by the French Government tc
search tor documents bearing on the life auC
| works of Calico, has discovered very large
| number OF manuscripts which he has been
| allowed to copy, with a view TO writing bio
| graphy OF the great astronomer. In conducting
| his researches NJ. Boquillon mas received con
| siderable aid from Signor MateucO, the Italian
| Minister OF Public Instruction, from SignOI
| Donati, the astronomer, and from other learned
| Italians. The scientific instruments used by
| Calico are all preserved, and photographs oi
| them, taken by NJ. BoquIllon, will be eincluded
! in the approaching Paris Exhibition.