New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
TIE MARCH MAGAZINES.

Of AN interesting biographical sketch with sideway
attempt at Yhewashing the great railroad nohoPoeS
Of Few.Jersey A rapid sketch Of Our Magazine iAl,
srature" records the fate Of several unsueeesslu
ventures In that department, "An Empress oH
skates" is a lively description, by an eye-"l'h'S9
Of certain feminine imperial attempts ON the ICE, anu
1.-THE Farewell Of the FlgLeaves," IL an inuoeons 80.
eourse on the alleged indecenoy OF the preVains iu
ions in dress "The Ballet as Social Evil - "'V
tDyeiehed against in highly rhetorical ua'V0 90
is perniciOus influence portrayed at the expense u .t
good TASTE OF our Impossible countIyWomeh' she'0
q, Che Nfe ~ BENJAMIN Lundy urges the claims OF 'at
devoted philanthropst the founder OF inc aoohon
Snoveep In the United States, aud presents many lnoi
stng details Illustrative Of the energy ana seSacrce
NJ his career The number closes with vindlcauoh OF
,no title Of Mr. Ball to the authorship Of Rock Me to
6leep Mother" mostly reprinted from recent commu
nication Oh that subject in this Journal
Harper, as usual devOtes a considerable por-
,on Of its space to the description Of local scenery and
customs one of the valuable and attractive features
Of the Magazine The number opens with an article on
sTbe Minnesota Pneres portrayng the life OF the ul-
bermen on the Upper Mississippi and its tributaries 1t
As only few years since the vast forests OF TINS region
have been made TO bend to the woodman's axe Abey
have already become the sources Of almost fabulous
wealth. and afford materials for the lumber business ex
ceiling the rivers of Down East" in their pamiest days
The process which has demolished the forests OF Name
and scared away the elk and moose and beavers rom
their Eastern hauns already far advanced In the west
Al Minneapolis and st. Anthony the sawmllls annually
*urn ont over one hundred millions Of feet Of boards The
industry is fully described in all its branches, and the
numerous graphic touches of the writer who master
of the subject give lfeike reality to his narrative
In a similar vein, is a paper on 'The Restgouehe,'
river which gives its name to the northern por
hon Of the province of NewBrunswick, border
ing upon the bay Of Chaleur. Like the ar
tce Just mentioned it presents series OF picturesque
sketohes Of sylvan life and is written with the freedom
and naturaness that only from actual experience
An agreeable paper entitled Survivors OF Civilization
Rves several anecdotes OF natural history illustrative OF
the character and habits of certain familiar members OF
the animal kingdom. "Shehied-A Battlefield OF Eli
ghsh Labor" is an animated and very instructive
description Of that great manufacturing town, nelud-
ipR numerous personal sketches, Of which those OF
the poet Montgomery, and Of Joseph Gales-a name
prominent in American jOurnalsm-win be read with
great interest Among other topics discussed BY ING
Easy Chair anonymous letters containing mpef-
tnent suggestions editorial tribe and the value Of
historical monuments with tribute to the character Of
the late Albert G. Greene the author Of "Od Crimes
poem which is probably universally known than
any written in this country" The Record OF Cur
rent Events giving succnct account OF the suspension
Of Mr. Stanton will be read by many with special interest
at this moment, refreshment to the memorysof a
recent significant passage in American history.
Each successive number of the Catholic World
gives new impression Of the energy ability, and varied
scholarship with which is conducted AS the represen
tatve Of the extreme wing Of thinkers devoted the
theology and philosophy of past age though keenly
alive to the great social and practical interests OF the
present challenges the attention Of the friends OF pro-
gress who wish for authentic and frank statements OF
ideas TO which they are the most earnestly opposed
Every liberal inquirer must be grateful for the profound
and sincere expression Of thought however decidedly at
war with his opinions when marked by so fair and
generous spirit usually exhibited in the contents
of this periodical The present number opens with an
article entitled Canada Thstles" mot OF botanical or
agricultural INTEREST,", but applying keen and cutting
criticism to certain popular attacks on the Catholic
Church which like the pestlent weed alluded to- seem
TO bear charmed life; "yOu may cut them all down to-
day and tomorrow their ugly heads viii DO as high as
ever" Among the current misrepresentation which the
writer undertakes to expose s the usual version OF the
st. Bartholomew massacre, which he maintains was Of
political origin and not the fruit OF religious perse-
ention He commends the fairness with which the sub
Beet has treated Uncertain Protestant works. as an
exception 20 the general rule; but his commentator
would have been Just well as more grateful II he
had ascrbed the fairness to which he refers to prn-
ple Of literary conscentouness and the love OF histor
Teal truth rather than to the "eOldbooded" mpartay
Which proceeds the combined labor Of different minds
The unfounded statements Of the author Of "Will
sons Outlines Of Historya work adopted as textbook
in the college New Yorkare commented on with not
little elasticity and the faculty OF thelcOege GEN.
sured for adopting it In course OF instruction ode
signed the youth Of every faith. and supported by
tax on all citizens alike" The Old Roman World" re-
cent pretentOus work by the Rev. Dr. Lord pronouneed
can illassorted museum OF effete IDEAS from all the
Kingdoms of thought and some Of Its abundant errors
are exposed as specimens OF the wild, th0ughtess
rambling manner in which he writes" Other papers
devoted to bfr Magures Irish in America" OF which.
IN general the writer speaks favoraby, but finds fault
with the statement that among the Fenans in every
sate Of the Union many thousands Of the very cream
Of the Irish population" which, in the opinion Of The
Catholic World is VIGOROUSLY untrue TO the Church
and Her Attributes" to affairs in italy" and 10 a win.
aeaton Of the character OF Las Casas, who is repre-
seDted the leading founder OF Law and civilization in
the Western World.
In Hours at Home the bad taste and pOetical
absurdties Of the Sunday School Muse shown mp
In highly peppered article by the Rev. George b. Bacon
Brittany and Bretons by the United states Consul
ct Nantes gives sketch Of the peculiar customs Of
outofthe-way Of Europe, devoted especially to
the characteristics Of the peasantry Of that region.
The Bretons are hardy robust Of Frame capable OF
indefinite amount Of labor and this Is quite as true
sally Ignorant OF the elementary knowledge IL is
rarely that Is found who can read on write Ibey are
Implicit believers In miracles and ghostly appearances
and account for strange by giving them the
Importance OF supernatural phenomena IL Is an article
Of faith with them TO observe strictly all the social and
religious and ceremonies which their ancestors
have observed before them. That Independence to
Ism and consequently of feuda propretorshps OF land
has them likewise Independence OF character
and idea Of individual importance which every peasant
be his acres two or hundred Is fond Of exhibiting
Nothing Is more abhOrTent TO the peasant mind than
prospect OF dependence anothera return TO subec
ton 70 the caprice OF landlord. Hence you witness
among them sometimes, desperate clinging 60 bare
litte patch Of land hardly sufficient TO produce the
family provision from year 20 year ont with which they
win NOT part eny price very marked characteristic
of the Breton is his ats Of niggardness and of exrava
EaBce He will live, no matter what his means. like
iser year after year; eSchew fires the coolest Winter
Aays. wear the same wooden shoes and coarse coat
and brooches year IN and year ont; confne his
meals to cabbage, coarse cakes, and wine which
would be excellent vinegar starVe his oxen ana mules