New-York tribune., 1868-10-23
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

NEW PU BIIlCAIiOND.
The chief feature OF interest ia The Br0od-
vuy to American readers lie The Rev. Newman ha'!'s
Impressions Of travel in this country relating Dis e&
pcnerccs with certain comic naiyot6
The portrait and biographical sketch oi Max
Njler, IN the Physiological JO1n@, viii m'e'e't iEe
class ~ readers WHO are acquainted with that ceeU eu
pulloogst only from his writings. Tie contents oI to
number In general, well sustain the character OF ''
Magazine.
In The Herald Of UeGifh, mn excellent Les
s.u for Prerts f, dr WIN from visit % tie late nome Oh
1be Rrout1 s,ilY IN Yorkshire. by Mrs j. r. Fo"leri
Mr. C. A. Dau has a paper on "suiiage Tor "oineH''
pointing Olt several encouraging symptoms OF progress;
Mrs T. Cakes Smith continues The agreeable extracts
fI,,ui "E3ty Howard's Journal brs Horace Mann
has n., chapter on Kinder gartcns aud theTe are
tontritntios from Gleason, Alice Cary, pr Ward
Boechrr, and D. H. Jaques.
Hours at Hone opens tine Eighth Volume
with a number OF unusual interest Tho first article
commences series Our Chinese Neighbors," giving
to rccoiections Of personal visit TO that peculiar
people; next have story by the author OF Mary
Powell " lively paper by Mr. Consul TOwle on French
Carriages; :" a religious ESSAY The Unfinished Scene
D. he Rev DR. Spear; My Acquaintance with BulWeI;
TIE rOst Once" aud Others. The valuable monthly
I,j.,r of Mr. Wexford to publishers Books ana
Anghor> Abroad is contained IN tho number ana ne"
department devoted 80 the Literature Of the Day SN''
81 elaborate critical estimate OF Important reeeh' po'N
cat!ou<
-
Packard continues the ligh-spiced VEN winch
hao gycu puugeucy the former numbers ana even III
r.siu tho accustomed liberal dose of pepper ana curry
po0Gtr AmOng the articles are what senuS iouns
People tire Devil" earnest appeal TO parents On 'o
importance Of true Christian cducSOn ny Oh'eI DSo
t,nr CUUd- -Nipstres" by Nathan ID. Urier, grapmc
i'm fha
yol The Literary solacc Of Business Men," by Lewis
Caylord Clark relating the contributions Of some OF our
distinguished business men 30 periodical literature; and
An nu-Bg account of n recent ecturiHg tour bY Miss
olive Logan. Under the title Of How Newspapers are
Made" a writer OF cheerful fancy furnishes series
pf prisnatie sketches of the interior Of THE TRIBUNE
editorial rooms aud several pitly original paragraphs
complete thc contents of the number.
In Hdrper the progress of Fish-CultuTe III
America" is descnbed in instructive memoir fully
Illustrated with appropriate engrs,iugs. rne most i'm
lortat operations began within two years
n, various parts Of England under the auspices Of
commissions appointed by the State legislatures ConNid
erabe progress mas been made IA the works. the Merl
ac ana Couueocut have been partially rcstocked with
salmon and ako-rout and If each State Nill bmld and
maintain the necessary fs-ways aud stock its rivers as
has been done IN New-Engand fish viii again become as
abundant as In the days before canals aud mills and
stake nets. Mr.. Ross Browne is again be rampage ~
Lower California, and Major he Forest CONTINUES his
frank confessions Of experience while az the head OF the
Freedmen's Bureau IN South Carolina. Beside Mrs
EulOck Craik's serial WOmans Kingdom" there are
several of various degrees of interest Of winch
the most noticeable perhaps are Household Gods
"TLe Visit" and Luey ButhNens Wih'
"Who of us are lnsanen is the title of the
hrs article in PuRam, showing that mental disease Is
than people suppose, and in fact prevails
20 greater or less degree in all ranks OF soeiey or in
community to the elegant expression Of the writer,
who, by the by, to have some eccentric tendencies
himself II We may judge by his defiance OF the rules of
Tugsh. No thoroughly man. for instance. would
make the modest substantive "much" do duty in the
plural number but this intrepid writer does not hesitate
To use II as the nominatye the verb "have" neat
Liegtspkcal sketch Of Lorenzo Da Pone revives the
memory Of that adventurous Italian whowss rather
prominent element in New York society. Mr.. Squier
gives valuable geographical paper on the Unexplored
Regions Of Central American" "Wth the Nuns" exhibits
the favorable side OF Roman Catholic piety, though the
editor o the Magazine bnds IL necessary TO tone down its
rOseOlOrod pctTres By OppOrtunc anmadversons;
aud the political Article the November election.
traTy previous discussion Of the subject, shows
fhe importance Of the contest, and the ra-
t.OBale Of its in Republican president.
"Tho effect Of the approaching election Of Grant upon
tbe Rebel and Teaconsry elements Of the South will be
like that Of the reelection Of Abraham Lincoln. 1864
Then every Rebel arms. In council sympathy felt
that the nation uncOnquerable that the of
American people would fight on aud ever for union and
freedom, until the victory should be This cODvic
tOn melted the hosts OF the Rebellion like under
April SO the election Of Grant win end all Of
fVrts TO in the Of politics, the results
10y the nation the battlefield state rights Will
nnally yield 10 the sovereignty Of the nation and
the srisOcSscy II race TO the equality of man."
An instructive paper in the new number of
L;b1iRoof gives account of Scientific Expedition
TO Aaeka," undertaken by party OF the United States
Coast Survey, and devoted TO an examination Of the
geography and industrial and commercial resources Of
Ihat territory The history OF the establishment Of The
French Empire in ite present FORM under Napoleon H.
Be- related in succnct narrative and the the
sovereign s commented In the spirit Of impartial
criticism. Forest Reeoleeonsis the title OF agree
able article by writer evidently familiar with American
woods and who has caught something Of their breezy
freshness IN his description Of their Influences The sub
Sect Of Legal Interference with the Hours Of Labor" is
tboaghfuly discussed by writer who points out the
giving ten hours pay 20 eight hours civil
service Of the country. The writer remarks that
much Of the difficulty that has arisen In regard
subject has been owing the false standard easur
ing labor which custom has established The hour is the
only proper unit OF time relation services because
tt IL definite and invsriable quantity, while day. as
applied 20 labor s underlined and variable space Of
time, in respect 20 which there be constant occa.
Sion for disagreement Had Congress therefore instead
f fixing the limit OF days work eight hours enacted
that all persons in the employment OF Government whose
salaries not liked by law should be hired ami paid
by the hour, and all contracts hereafter made by that
standard the whole difficulty would have been solved
orkmen ecud engage for many hours they pleased
and would be content 70 fulfill their cOntracte All diner
ences as 10 time would, by this simple arrangement, be
forever removed and the industry Of the country receive