The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-24

tica intrigue and HE extensive correspondence with
Veil as his charming account Of foreign tours,
combine TO invest In his Work ali the elements Of
ENTERTAINMENT and. lot W hope, Of popularity ano
success.
DKus-ssxPER. BY tho author Of semper-Deus.
Philadelphia: Cisxton. Remsen 4 Hsnelnnger.
The contents Of this, In many respects astonishing
work, comprise, as we are luckily Informed. "the
Rule Of Faith; Focus Of Converging Lights COD and
Sciepce-Matter Is not Eternal; the Supreme Self
Consciousness: Personality Of God; the indiyidu-
ahty OF Man; the Cosmogony; the Cruclnxion; the
Law and the Prayer; Compend; ldealism Real
ism. characterization; the Fellowship OF HUI
manly" II will readily be admitted that the con-
tents, as given above, are formidable enough. The
book is written III the form OF dialogues, from which
we extract the following, on the subject 0i God anu
Sclence-Matter IL not Eternai":-
CkR,sus-This Is your syn!hs.is-your Nature Pray,
Of Nature have reached he last point Of ultimate
ANALYSIS we might si.hou! offence from tho
powers Of the Goddess Of Nature! 5000, .,nr..
s,op These agencies of Nature Repnson, Attraction
CnaisuscAnd these in combination, or II may suggest
word 70 on ggn; fs oma;e e' 81 oT
sins Nature the Goddess who presided oves the mysteries
% R1 1S SssSSerttSi 50.
We are glad that Rufus agrees with HIM, and We
presume that they understand what they are taking
about But the snoect IL too deep fo1 1s; we give
individuality of man:'-
Follow this analysis then, from the stabtation-the
more free ana lowing activities which organize aesh
ana muscle on through The eaer sasy OF the sers
nervous systems % the dysrsled ns.ins,. common 70
srScs building, the bro sons wha.
int
o G' m Ss ~ az
sedrecton and IN deiermnae reaches of thought and
There that VIII do The author OF 'Deus Semper''
evidently knows how 10 express himself % ''clear
rs mud"
TIE PATRIOTS History OF IRELAND. BY NJ. F.
Cusack. Illustrated New York: The Catholic
Publication Society.
We have here briefly worded history Of Ireland.
which will be found Of value to those who have
neither the time nor the inclination to read more
elaborate works on the same subject. All the promi-
nent events which transplred the island from the
earliest ascerained period to the passage of the act
OF Union with Great Britain given IN Short con-
else paragraphs Although II VIII probably be read
principally by children 1t IS intended for men and
women well, who will find in it much that Is In
srncve' Aside from ITS intrinsic i,s merits we are
because OF all the proceeds arising from the sale
thereof being devoted to charitable purposes.
ADAM BEDE. BY George Eliot. Harpers' Library
Edition. New York. Harper Brothers.
The rage for new editions OF the works OF popular
writers has extended to the works Of George Eliot
and this authOress bids fair to be immortalized by
American publishers. One thing seems certain TO
US that In the present nglOri0us certainty, as Mr.
Putnam terms 1t, OF American copyright law, we
have not the. fantest idea that she VIII reap any
thing more than reputation, which, like fine words
though very acceptable, "butter no parsnips.n
However, we do not propose to discuss that subject.
Messrs. Harpers have brought out the first volume
OF her works in their usual admirable STYLE We
need not say that Adam Bede ia one OF the most
charming Of stories ana that Its popularity has been
unvaryngly great from the day Of its first publica-
tIon to the present hour In it's present form is
Just the thing for the library, and we therefore
recommend the edition 70 the public.
LAURIE. THE HISTORY OF BLIGHTED LIFE BY L,
=. II. PhLadelpha: ClaxtOn, Remsen d Haffe-
finger.
Az narrative Of the misfortunes and unhappi.
ness Of life this book will do very WE'LL IN spite Of
some crudities that we observe. 1t cannot be called
novel, though. Written in the form OF an auto
biography, 1t purports to tell the sad story OF Laurie
G. Hilton q native OF France, who married one Dr.
Hilton Mississippian IN Paris, and was subse-
quently abandoned by him. ROmances Of the kind
have to be more than ordinarily good to meet with
favor. Although this Is not extraordinary 1t VIII
enable the reader to while away an hour without
feeling bored.