The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-18
LITERATURE. l5r
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REVIEW OF nav BOOKS.
CYoLoPKDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL Ann
ECCEsIAsrIoAL LITERATURE Vol. l. A. IL
BY Rev DIR. John McClintock and James
Storey, 3. I. ID. New York: Harper & Brothers.
Phiiedelphia Agent: j. X. Simon, South
sixth street.
The large volume before usais the first of a
numbeg which are TO contain complete cyl
clop@dia of all religious knowledge. In its
proportions the undertaking is gigantic; in the
research displayed in the first volume, we see
evidence of the completed work being a great
success. The laborous nature of the task can
be best appreciated by examining the work
itself. We have seldom, If ever, seen more
stupendous literary undertaking. history
of England is a mere bagatelle in comparison.
The compilers and authors have little or no
data to work upon. Almost every other work
of great size has a nucleus around which
additional facts can be grouped, and the work
gradually grow to completion. Not so in the
work before us. 1t is original in its nature; 1t
has no precedent on which to base its facts or
its arguments; and it promises not only to be
the first of its kind, but also, by its complete
ness, to supersede the necessity for any SINH
lar work in the future. 1t is filed with cor
rect and elegantly executed illustrations, and
is arranged with fulness and compactness,
combined which reflect infinite credit ON the
author. 1t will prove an invaluable addition
to every religious library of all the religious
denominations in the land. rs8arits q
WoMEN's WORK IN THE CIVIL WAR. BY L. P.
BTacKett PHILADELPHIA: zeger, MeCurdy &
The volume before us covers a field of ex-
perienoe in the events of the late war hereto
fore unoooupied. We have all known of the
vast aid extended to the Union cause by the
women ofthe North. We have all of us seen
instances Of their patriotic devotion and self
sacrifice for the cause of the Union. Buta full
and complete work, containing all those who
have secured a leading position by their emf
nent services, was deSiderdtum not reached
until the appearance of the work before us. It
contains slight sketch of all the ladies who
held prominent positions, or were noted for
their exertions to aid our soldiers. While the
names of all patriotic women who ventured
among the sick, and strove to alleviate their
sufferings, can never be known, for their name
is legion, yet the volume issued by DR..
Bracket is as full as possible, and most
pleasantly written. 1t is not dry detail; it is
a narrative of the most interesting order. 1t
is beautifully printed, with new type, and
filed with excellent steel engravings, and is
admirably stereotyped by Westcott & Thomp-
son. 1t deserves to have large sale.
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TIE CFLEBRATED JUMPING FROG, AND OTHER
SKETCHES. By Marx Twain. Philadelphia:
American News Company.
Although the title of this work is derived
from the first story it contains, yet the chief
merit of the compilation is found in the follow
ing sketches. The Jumping Frog" is not ex-
quisitely funny. 1t is readable and original,
and has a few comic points, but it, and the
greater portion of the volume, are attempts at
wit, so forced and strained as to be unnatural.
In our opinion, by far the best article is that
on "Chambermaids, which, in order to do
full justice to the author, we venture to repub
Gsh as an extract 5ts.az
AGAINST all chambermaids, of whatsoever
age OF nationality, launch The curse of bache-
lordom! Because:- Eig. .t.-.H
'They always put the pillows at the opposite
end of the bed from the gas-purner, so that
while you read and smoke before sleeping (as is
the ancient and honored custom Of bachelors),
you have to hold your book aloft, In an uncom-
Portable position, to keep the light from dazzling
"W hen they find the pillows removed to the
other end of the bed in the morning, they receive
not the suggestion in a friendly spirit; but
glorying in their absolute sovereignty, and un-
plying your helplessness, they make the bed
Just 1t was originally, and gloat in secret over
the panG their tyranny Will cause you.
always after that, when they find you have
transposed the pillows, they undo your work,
and thus defy and seek 10 embitter the life that
God has given you.
nient position any other way, they move the
"If you pull your trunk out six inches from
the wall, so that the lid will stay up when you
open it, they always shove that trunk back
again They do it on purpose.
"If you want the spittoon IN certain spot,
where it win be handy, they don't, and SO they
move IL.
cessible places They chiefly enjoy depositing
them as far under the bed as the wall Will per
NIT II is because this mpels you to get down
in an undignihed attitude and make wild
sweeps for them in the dark With the boot,Jack,
and swear.
'They always put the matchbox in some
other place. They hunt up new place tor 10
every day, and put up bottle or other perish
able glass thing, where the box stood before.
This Is to cause you TO break that glass thing,
cropping in the dark, and get yourself into
trouble
"They are forever and ever moving the furni-
ture. When yon come In in the night, you can
calculate on hndinR the bureau where the ward
robe was In the morning And when you go
out in the morning, If you leave the slop- bucket
by the door and rocking chair by the window,
when you come Ia at midnight or thereabouts,
you will fall over that rocktng-chatr, and you
will proceed towards the window and sit down
in that slop-tub. This will disgust you They
mo matter where you put anything. they are
not going 20 let IL stay there. They will take
IL and Y1Ova IL the first chance they get. IL is