New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-24
rrcr,IpER MAGAZESES.

M Henri ROChcf0rt, editor OF inc laluuus io'o'
Iarterae; Rev D-. stockton. the late emineh. pu'I
orator and divine; Archbishop Manning inc hoil-'l
Catholic primate OF England; "Phrenology IN the 0'OO'
Room. " Woman's FORK on the Rtusso austrian n"V
tle.Field - and a great variety - TeEseieceu "N'
original miseellaneousmatter
Packard for this month caters WIN ios uS" 'd
liberal hand TO popular tastes MT OhFeI - o.
.tory o. the Conversion Of River Ihiel' - ~
son moralizes on the present degraded sonui'ion VI Wv
drama Ia the City Of New York; Geo " b"nL'S -,
tises his want OF Balance Wheel the SeD'"I "a
-, che aid Kpckerboek Magazine IN ITS paihy oaJs'
otves his ersonal recolle6t Ons OF G. NJ LNhpp an o
s,ast,e lover OF art and ta allure, ana Nathan ~ me
ooptrbutes a aowery efuS on zine fiS"er Nl'l9 "
New.York" The volume doses with 'he piesen' "'"l-
her and hereafter the Magas me will be ss~eu III ~"
form.
The articles of chief interest IN the CdMOHc
World are on The Hypnoes g the Church,; Cameo
,esentine now Vew Of the petition of the great Floren
fine astronomer The Ancient Irish Church,; Calhoh-
itv and Panfhcsn -; The Right Path found through the
Great Snow" This magazine web susiains lis elI'"o
for learning profound discussion 81 philosophcn proc
lens aud ardent deyolion to the Ro!iah l"
Worship IL has evidently assumed the task oil eniCinN
tho claims Of the CathoEc Church uPen the cultivated lh
,elects Of this country There u no conceamehJ VI us
ain tn Americanize Rome aud ROinabZe America Wal"
no appeal at present to the and Of the ln9uIuon'
Hours Al Home commences with the first
nuuler Of series Books ana Reading Dy IIoi,So
Noah Porter of Yale Collage, chiefly dev"fd 10 "Aoie
some but rather commonplace gehefhAilos' tnVu9i
nrouis,p greater interest when 1t comes 70 hoFluu"
details "Our Collegiate MinstrcFy gives ae uhaVofa,
be ye a the cultivation Of poetry IN our eie seats %
learning pl what is worse for the sSphomores bach5 UP
ITS assertions by conclusive specimens Inc my o
stock jobbug I'm London are eucdated III the a''cc m
.The Iondos Money Market" ana an interview WIN
lie Emperor " Russia" is described la u"nsi2liou
tho f,frfiU f3 Dl
10 survey Of csrrent literature. marked improvement
nm preyious VOLUMES is visible and including Mt wei
fords brief notices Of English public 19i. 70 forms a
useful guide in the choice Of books.
IN the Herald Of Healk Mrs. Severance treats
OF Habit as an Educational Force" alleging the exam
pie OF Wordsworth ThOreau. Theodore Parker whittier
aud HiggnsOn, admirable Illustrations Of the cnlti
waited Of the senses; Mas. Horace Mann wisely ana
temporarily discusses the question Of "Womans sni
fsge in relation to the cducauonlof the people putting
In mild caveat against the silly women. and ambitious
women, and women who love display and publicity DIS
cTediting any movement in any cause they may es-
pouse;" Mr. o. T. rockingham forcbly exhibits the
porneous influence Of luxury the social state Mrs.
L. Oakes Smith in kitty Towards journal" expatates
on tho wonders Of baby lfe Professor L. y. Fowler dis
courses on "SelfKnOwcdgc:" and Mr.. Ward Beecher
Unconscious seishness" Tie miscellaneous para
graphs in this number more substantial and in better
taste than usual
Tie GALAXY for December is bright and read
able with good selection Of topics that treated for
the part with sense and often with brillancy. Mr.
Eugene Benson gives a subtle critical analysis of the
genius OF Hawthorne and Poe whom he regards the
only literary in this country that have had the
sense Of beauty and the artists conscience IN the highest
degree OF development In respect Of precision OF intel
Iect justly describes Poe unmatched 10y any English
sory-writcr But the secret Of Poe's marvellous hold
upon his readers is the fine literary art which throws
strange charm around even his most repuguant creations
Poe was mastered by intellectual conscience; Hawthorne
by moral Conscience the latter was man OF delicate
sentiment, and mystical imagination the former was
man Of little sehnent. but OF singuaTly delicate intel
lectual perceptions, and with areastc maelnaton MI
Benson susaius hs point by variety Of opposite and
ingenious Illustrations derived from the works Of the
respective authors and conveys hs ideas in vigorous
and polished style. prominent article n the number
and one which cannot fail to be read with interest, not TO
say surprise review OF "The Confederate Congress"
by Mr.. Pollard. writer who was behind Tie scenes,
and who ascubes the fate Of tho "Lost Cause
mainly to the imbccy OF the Rebel Congress and the
wrOngheadedncss Of Nh Jefferson Davis The Congress,
he ahirms, was the most name, unmporant, incon-
petent and barren public assembly that ever went by
the title Of legislature in historical tines II COM
posed OF that nobody had ever heard q bore or Of
old and brOkendOwn politicians. TIE whole Govern
ment was abandoned to Mr.. Davis, and few weak
creatures that surrounded him The Congress was the
abject tool Of Jefferson Davis servie appendage
10 the most fragrant autOcracy Of modern times. Mr..
Pollard crowds his pages with examples and proofs "
this assertion. His paper furnishes a most significant
chapter Of the secret political history OF the Great Rebel
lion It presents impressive comment on the boasted
chivarous high ndndeduess Of the Southern character
which we are astOnishcd from Southern pen
from one so bold and free that OF the author "Womcn
as Physicians the title Of an essay giving an instruct
I've account Of tine services Of in the medical pro
fession the obstacles they have had 10 contend WITH and
the success which has been the reward Of their
age and energy The article pays well deserved
tribute TO Miss Elizabeth Blackwell, Sarah r.
Adamson, Marie f. Zakezewska and other pion.
GERS Of the movement whose careers are sketched in
singularly Interesting narrative. In Words and their
Uses Mr. Grant White continues his critical suggestions
with regard the prophecies OF English discourse, point
ing out many prevalent absurdes ia common speech |
and Offering his Judgment several questions which |
have not yet been defnyey settled any high court Of
phology His remarks. n not conclusive in every case
always the fruit Of learning and acute objection
the aualoSc Of language and challenge the respect Of
every conscientious student OF the yenacuar curious
example OF the increasing prevalence Of historical skep
tcism given in the Miscellany" OF this number, main
tanning that TicOnderoga taken by Ethan Allen
according 10 the old story Of its surrender being de
manded In the name Of the Great Jehovah and the
Continental Congress" The writer afirms that Ethan
Allen had no faith IN the Great jehovah and the Con
unenta Congress existence at the date of the capture
OF I1oonderoga Here is for Green Mountain boys
TO crack
The first number of the new volume of
time-honored Horper shows the freshness of fiery
youth opening with pOetcal pilgrimage on the
Rhine" which ts illustrated by series Of admlra-
BILE wOod-euts that bring the scenery and some
OF the chief cities OF that romantic river "a dis
tnet before the of the reader asst he were gazing At
them himself from the deck Of rackety steamboat The
poetry pretensons to the sublmity OF Homer
but t has a HOmerlc fidelity Of detail which is more
pleasing and less instructive than the oaces OF Muir