, 1869-01-16
4 Comment ON Cathu1tctsm.

II Of two he IL acting shsk at3ttA-
dr. ehif!e5 Brooks haa :" Nothing ID the n.
<rt'' 10 write In the IRustraftd L1Hdon 1Nsses,
nd special contributions quita independ-
ntly 'ot Puneh. The number Of good
ale writer's dota not increase,
nd the wonder i that the feW Nho exist can
.ct through their Christmas 80 well as they
10, Usually these productions approach Us
a ue&o uerade. Ne arc asked to believe
hat The tale. Of vh4eh they tire composed
7ere found by chance In worm-eaten trunk
n a dllapidated turzct :; Of in the portman-
eau Of 4 departed stranger; Or behind the
+ ktnscot Of haunted chamber Or th1t they |
we're told ~ In one night BY party Of
nowea.up travtners !; or thAt they were tn-
rented By SOME happy family who had the
lit Of talking, against one another, and
we're smltttn With the r1ge Of narrative. |
nr. z. DA1lss prcfaces bis Chriztma4 humber |
of Once d frtek With IN apologY for the fact
that hIs stories were not found In supcran-
nuAted trunk. nor In tho depths Of N old
clpck-eaae. They are, -neyerthe-
less, suove the:ayezage.: Lori LYttou steps
from his stately retirement to H11te little
dFama-he imh1nsc amount Of euorgY
Which Is possible to old age bting, almost as
1 matter Of course, The theme The best,
however, Of .hese Creatures Of day Il Or.
Norman AcLeod's "Good Cheer" I.h
curious that Presbyterian preacher should
surpsss the p1actised humortsta Of the day Ia
nteratuze Of this kind. Yet 30 It IL. The
combination Of noral power With humor,
with comlc conceptions or dramatic natra-
tire, il specially valuable at time when the
tendency Is to descend to mere sillIuess, or
10 anIma1ikm. -;
NEW MAGAZINES.
The high-Wiced magazines IN England,
such ~ Raser and Blaekuood, have fallen
fcm their high cstste. As the penny papers
10 the si1penny, 20 ase tho shilling magazines
to the half crown, and only q speedy reduc-
tlon can aave them. Some Of the shilling
maRaz}l es arc very Temnnetattvt. The Lara-
hM pays, IND 81. PdHrs probably meets it4
EXPENSES. But there Is much hnmbug about
magazines. obce knew tro literary men
pleasure, the other contributorof the 3ala
pattern-who took It into their heads that q
religious magazine would AnsWer-A magazine
which anonl1 be sentimeutaily religious, not
devotion liz. They iound publisher, and
1zunched periodical with piors title into
Arc among the cu1ibsitlts Of literature.
Neither editor knew word about tseolo9y,
and both were IS innocent OF church goilg as
Of yotafiz,nR: but they got down lot Of old
d1zines, and STATED With sort OF dialogue
between rector and two fticHds, In the
used most layishly. ] he rest or the contents
we're JuuRed In 1lml1ar' wky. The religious
| world ecn}d make nothing Of the strange
+ creatnrr thns apinx It's speech and ways and
the npe1imens "s'' - It deserved to be- .
Ihree ueW magazines will 'aouoxr hef,ro
I the month u out One, entitled Uade7- Mt
| Croscn, Il conducted by members Of the
civil service, The s7e9aRo csNcznmcut clerk
| has oeal OF time on his hand.. He u at his
| otaes, ssy rom 10 TO 1, his evenings being
[ free. 4 kther With family, and With small
Il cans, thinks 1t = good thlag 70 get bis eld-
est eon into government ol1c: at eighty
pounds afsas, with The prospect of reaching,
perhaps, .Ri30 in tea years. Present outlay Is
saTed, md ihe Young man can pay h,s oTa
pefhsps no friends in London. he runs great
r1sk1 ot latding the mere animal life of stuk-
ing into tic individual who thinks shoEt
plpes and haif indecent talk the sum Of
particularly lucky, is next TO imposs1olllty.
II be ventures upon 1t, and ht1 wife has
nothing, there il too oftcn wEetched llte.
But rome EoTeInm Mt cle1ks hare sterling
stuff In them. They nnd out they can wri e,
snd consuue the midnight oil over lacubsa-
who have originated U.der the Ctopa,
and 1t il TO b. hoped they will succeed.
| Another nseazine is 10 bear the name o1
Eno}!.h Hotnss. and third, which Il
al Geographical Society, il cnti.lcd lUus
tTatsd 1rur<3s.T: na II 10 treat OF different
parts Ct the world in succession. ard II 10 bt
| vsntufu."
Unknown to general readers sro select
/ - - 4t 49,
priced, and addfeeAnE :. limited class o
aeh. lsrs. onc, just started, n the 1ou,aal 2
ihe new numbe1, NJ. y. q. Clark, Publ,
Orator Il ! unbridse University, dlscu.sel
preeeot pronounC3ataon OF Greek and Latl,
H. be astunes, anomalous aud indetcu-iotc
He Il opposed 10 the adoption OF the modcrt
GrreE pronnupctAtt5n, which u - far 70
moted from the sncaent RECOMMENDATION =
ton L. also wlde1y different Gom the ancient
On the Whole, Nr. clark thinks that n
ought, retailing the Latin accent, Is At pres
cnt In both lacsua1es. to adopt The pro
. nonnc!a1.on generally In Use on the cont
rent, taxing he French for the italian :
much oifBeai.y. -Four con,onaats," be sari
| "a1e nearly night a. We now prnuounc
+ them. and 1t would BE- good thing for hoy
+ to acquire betlnes the sowel sounds whlc
| they n,utt Iran when theE come 10 sud
tFreich, German aGd Italian. They wou1
? then teal more readily The power and oesnt
. | Of both tho ancient tongues. especially th
: stately majes1y OF VhRe'9an Tersa md Cic
roni@n pf.se. It wop!d also be use1'
=: re- n. s haPSa' 2n oren ss scao
;, ano d,scaa witn Them 9ass,'ons relating
! tbs Classical laDEusges:"
Waiter Buchanan Is about to rtad in publ
r. some OF his own poetry. Ho = strsngel
i Judgments. Walter Whitman, 7 believe,
!. sofua OF rs thlnk---i NJ Robert Brow
hg's "nsss part" Of h3s new poem Ia In Il
4 hsnda Of the revrve1s. who Rrc determine
i. not oe bea.en By II. and ssuss 1 n ,snEa.,
II hano. Mr.. Browning wants h
.. u much as erer, snd no port .
e prestlng himself m emgu.5 wm erer
70 this work ., Brownins's; md then a psEs
d Pope, and, II ron stc not In The crare-.
'n II Jou are out Of the Browning 1odgo-yt
modern light,
!. books al adventure for TIE ynnns, aueh
- .sFr.nk Fau1elrh,'' and who, as the hel
a. ~, w&> Invariably Accomplishing Incredible fe4
~ OF muscular skill. was really helpless, vt
III body thas breathed., and nothr
- more He could not stand up. but pas
Or tsts Of physical strength. Resdess II
"a Snew nothing Of Lim supposed he VIA
Is. eians, and practical kuInot1iy tn eye
u e.n,est where muscle VIZ king 4ftcr
~ / death, his txu sisters commenced Writ
Vt year Of TWO md vcre then encouraged
Cd lake OF Ii. sen. Their poens have osi
= n1iity and sweetK ess, and think the n
M vo1nme announced Is likely to please.
- Who reada the huudreaa Of volumes
yssfY bs1 paessea s a1s.i 70 f11aaa psaaea
co bound hut The EcEtlsh mind = slov
ftceiyr new poets and thty really ha<e no
AZ change. Reviewers ~ = Eule, ignore ths
apd . bookseller would Enlte II yon al
~ Twenty Of them homs md read every l.
Il. but the first volume tAke up Is usua
ID enough.
3{r. ". Hepwor1h Lg1au cool1y annuun
ia new book" without supplying tts
l: world, spaEes With the isnofaat The
~, Dean W.lman's annsla Of ct. Paulss cashee
,r il not set fpr1hcotoinE. FAsaioa
I'd Tek rnns siler the Quecu'a boo
a. aad the nlasssastoos hT, l,eE q
IN hand 1he he.,5ph vassh y = ~ nseea Ta,ta Il
,l fes1 the purchasers Of The Qnc'
spA- E*do ~ W II ~ ~ nofhino t. cnin ien.
hty 1Is,, :r,,,at = nv h-r . hstSutf,n nom {
Az lie lie. Her lie st Windsor 10 Ake ~
u treat" Not 4 Locdoo srxdeAtn1n fs the
.xve - fnr Fnrtrnd bknr 4 monarchy.
ths | Prince and tho PRINCESS Of Wales 6re y
SD aud The metropolis Is practically the CAP
{ to Of republic
by iasnea in thirty rbluEef, sAEsos kesst,
cent berg the dnt- ~ no etn epsfc t3ota ~ y y
b q ! days 1or thirty Volumes Q! Ia15o -
..h. | Ress9tus was = delicious book; protoI
n, hunorous and good, but oil what stun
Tns komr Of The twenty y-nine4
d1ps !ac AetussW " =. - 1-t,vrr i
vtth thirty -bve pictures from his ann
nsnn-mn His 2oke vnu remember, ut