The Portland daily press., 1869-01-19

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| lnlshing the cost of the civil service we shall
| further reduce the amount of revenue re-
| quired. We may tkus at once, after reservipg
ampe revenue, bring down our tariff nearly
nall way to Its level before the war, or from
forty-seven to an average of thirty three psr
cent.-and as our 1ebt and interest diminish
with the Improvement of our revenue, wear by
year grant further relief.
Mr.. Henry T. Tuckerman contributes a
short article ON "Sir Richard Steele" and Mr..
cutter somewhat heightened one on "Tbe
New Catalogue OF Harvard College Library"
CharieS FRANCIS Adams, Jr., discusses "Rail-
road Infiati IN" subject to which some re-
cent developments give especial interest lust
now. Mr.. Henry Willard sketches the charac-
ter and the remarkable career of Count Won
Bismarck: and Professor Goodwin Smith re-
views what he calls "rhe Revolution in En-
gland. The latter paper is, perhaps, the
most striking in this number of the Reuie,c.
1t presents in the writer's always clear and
pnliosophlcal manner the main features of the
poiiticai situation in England, and carefully
traces the progress of the great change which
mas taken place in the public sentiment of
that country, change which has already
porne fruit in some measures of political re-
forin and which, Mr.. Smith thinks, mustearlv
result in organic changes of momeptous
kind Foresee,ng the inevitable fate of the
Irish Church establishment he predicts that
It's tall must quickly be followed by the sweep
Ing away Of other institutions which have out
livtd THEM day of usefulness, and are but an
achronisms in the midst of our nineteenth
century civilization. The first of these to
meet its doom will be the House Of Lords
which has come to be "simply titled pluto
cracy of great landowners holding their es
tales as private property, and discharged of
any public duties, military and civil" As for
the English Church, its disestablishment must
inevitably follow hat of its Irish sister: and
the monarchy itself could not long survive the
tall of the Church and the House of Lords.
The long retirtment of the Queen and the
scandalous character of the Prince of Wales
have sapped the sentiment of personal loyalty
and many have begun openly to question the
value OF the whole system of constitutional
notion OF which England has so long boasted
| as the masterpiece of practical wisdom. and 10
insist that for the future society can rest only
| on realities. In this connection the writer
says:
AT present there is no Repub lean party:
| pro1aoly the most advanced Radical would
| disclaim the name of Republican. But there
| is a good deal OF Republican sentiment: and If
| things hold on their present course, the natal
hour OF the Republican party is not far distant.
| Ihls we believe to be the fact; and it will not
appear very incredible, when we consider that
| there IS undoubtedly Republican party in
Spain; and that the Spanish Republicans
have been good deal educated by the writ
mgs OF English politicians When the Re
publican @ e party in England is born it will not
m Sle, lor TINS tlme the Commonwealth will not
De the premature aspiration of advanced theo-
rIsts like Vane and Milton: it will come in
| the fnlness of time and as the moral and no.
htical necessity of the nation.
| The concluding article, by Professor Lowell.
reviews the political situation in our own
country. II is admirable, and we had marked
several passages for quotation, but for want of
| space must defer them to another time. The
critical notices" about twenty in number.
are quite varied. That referring to Haw
thorne's Note Books" is in Mr.. Lowell's hap
pest manner. (Fields, Osgood & Co., Boston. J
Ihe Gatary we always welcome with pleas
ure, and we are glad to know that its circula-
tion and popularity are constantly gaining as
its merits become more and more widely
Known. The February number is fully up to
the standard of its predecessors Among its
noticeable articles are "Queen Victoria and
her Subjects" by Justin Mccarthy; Coffee
and its Adulteration in New York" by John
G. Draper, NJ. D.; "One Woman's Work. !"
with portrait of Charlotte Cushman; "Tbe
Grammarless Tongue" by Richard Grant
White; chapters of Mrs. Edwards's story
OF Susan Fielding" which is good, and of
Mrs. Austins "Cipher," which is highly sensa-
tional; sketch of Parke Goodwin by Mr.. Eu-
gene Benson; genial critique on Lucy Lar
GUMS poems, by Mrs. Spoffsrd, and other
matters of interest. The paper ON Queen
Victoria and her Subjects" written by one of
the editors of the London Star, at present Wis
lting in this country, il remarkable on account
OF the striking coincidence of its views with
those presented in the more elaborate paper Of
Mr.. Goodwin Smith in the North A nericap
Review. The simultaneous appearance OF two
such papers, from two eminent English wri-
tiers, is noteworthy illustration of the great
revolution which has taken place in English
sentiment. Mr.. Mccarthy says of Queen Vic
toria:
George ". was an argument against bad
kings only Queen Victoria may come to be
| accepted as illustration of the uselessness of
the very best kird OF sovereign. think King
| Lux was uiuCu DetNT cdtCuIateQ TO DO harm to
the institution Of royalty than King Stork.
although the frogs might have regretted the
| placlo reign OF the former when the latter was
gobol ng up their best and latest.
Decidedly the people of England are learn.
| ing OF the Queen how to do without royalty.-
| A small section of her subjects are angry with
| her and bitter of heart against her: a much
larger number find they can do perfectly well
without her; larger number still have forgot
| ten her. On a memorable occasion Prince
Albert declared that constitutional govern.
| ment was on its trial in England The pb, ase
| IKE many that came from the same we'll.
meaning lips, was unlucky. Constitutional
| government was not upon its trial then; but
| monarchy Is upon its trial now.
The new serial story by Charles Reade will
be commenced in the March number. (Shel-
don & Co., New York.
| The atlantic Monthly, for February, opens
with the second instalment of Mr.. Hgsinson's
"oidport Romance" The story makes but
slow progress, but the authors analyses of
character are delicate and fine. "Our Postal
DEFICIENCIES" are elaborately discussed by Mr..
E. ii. Derby, whose suggestions on this sub
| ject are worthy of careful consideration. DR..
Bowditch continues his examination of the
causes of Consumption in America;" there is
fourth paper on "Co-operative Housekeep.
ing; Eugene BeuSOn contributes sketch Of
| Charles Baudelaire, Poet of the Malien.'
Mr.. Arthur Pember writes of "Ritualism in
England" presenting some facts in that con-
nection which will surprise many readers. 1t
will be observed that his article was written.
and probably printed, previous to the recent
decision Of the Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council i'll the case of Father Macki.
nochle. Mr.. James d. Whelpley presents
new theory of the Birth of the Solar Sys-
tem; and Charles W. Eliot writes at some
length of The New Education" examining
the organization of our chief scientific and
practical schools. A lively story of 'Love at
Mount Lebanon" by Col. De Forrest; an
affectionate tribute to the memory of the late
Duchess of Sutherland by Mrs. Stowe, ard
Our Four Servants, "a sketch of Southern
life are the remaining prose articles The po-
etical contributions to this number are four,
three of which are in no-wse remarkablei
The fourth, entitled "Proud Music of the Sea
Storm" is one of the most characteristic of
Walt Whitmans ever astonishing utterances.
(Fields, Osgood s. co.,