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seriously accepted by themselves. The Milk
TLlnhers T,.lII refuse to keep the lasts of Leut.-
the creed of the Flagellants is "Belieye in the
holy Ghost. All Their discipline is meant to
weaken the flesh and strengthen the spirit. to
% whlcn END they fast very often and fog each
3tner very much. The Eunucbs or White
Doves, profess to lead a life OF absolute purity
ana curiousy enough, poor man is never sus-
p-cted OF belonging 10 them. For these four.
5nong6 given by the Minister OF Police, are on
~ ~ the beginning of the sects OF dsside pts
There are Little Christians" "H.lpers''
"Non-Payers of Rent" Counters" and.
st 'anse to say, body OF "Napoeopists," who
adopt Napoleon as the Messiah. Then there
IS Popular Church, distinct from the Official
Church. Th sc belonging to it rtje' t the pre-
tended reforms OF Patriarch Nlkou, and follow
heir fathers in observing the more ancient
rite. They are thus known as "Od Beliey-
ers."
No portraiture of Free Russia would be COM
plete without a skeIch OF the system of serf-
lom, OF the method of emaneipaIIon, aud
of the effect OF freedom. Slnguariy enough,
serldom was originally established with tn de-
sign ot helping the rustcs. It was adopted
with view oi fixing them to the land But
gradually the serfs became slaves and the over
seers became owners. Partial measures ofIe-
lief were adopted at times, but when Alexan-
der aseended the throne emancipation began
to be seriously discussed The nobility urged
Liberty without laad. nat Alexander de err
mined upon the broader nTiuciple of =,
aud land" He was unwilling thai M
should be made free without the means !, ify-
ing. Tue Council refused to adopt his plan
and then he proclaimed il as an autocrat' a
certain portion OF land was afi xed 10 every souJ
and government aid was promised % Ihe peas.
ants i'll buying their homesieads and aI,ot-
ments. The whole number enaacipa oil was
lOrty-eight millions. and up to the firss vi Jam
uary, 1860, more than half the males had avail
ed themselves of the Government promise
The result of emancipation, Notwithstanding
Interpretations. has proved bebeficisl, aud
freedom j. blessing to the nation as well as a
boon to the enfranchised.
The volume treats of many other in
teresting points in Russian life--of the village
communism, of the Siberiaus, of the secret DO
lice, of Michael Lomonsoff, The peasant poet,
who was thoroughly Russian iD split aud first
made the Russian tongue national. L. IS en-
tertaing throughout, aud presents the most
complete and vivid picture OF Russian life and
character which has been offered. II it has any
fault, it lies in the fact that while 50 much
prominence is given TO what NAV be called &c.
centricities and pecularities, too little is said
OF the ordinary socity. But what j. thus lost
in perfect fidelity, is comueDsdted in pquant
interest and novelty. For sale by LOring,
Short 81 Harmon.
Nan and Wife by Wilkie Collins This ex-
citing story, originally published in an Eng
ish magazine, has run through the pages of
Harpers, where it found many readers. II is
vivid illustration OF the embarras sments
growing out of the tangled state of Scottish
law on the marriage question, and was proba.
bly, suggested as topic to the clever author by
the famous Yelverton case. The story ia intri-
cate and the movement somewhat hampered,
as is the fault with all of Colins's novels, with
unnecessary characters and impertinent cpl
sodes; but its interest, excepting a small duh
stretch about the middle of the book, is absorb
ing. Mr. Collins writes in but one style, that
of uniformly good Easlish, free from manner
iSms and affectations; his sole object being to
make everything as plain as possible to his
readers, and leave no loose threads nywhere
in his weaving. His strong point is his plot,
and there no novelist of the day surpasses
him. Published by Harper s. Brothers and
sold by Loring Short s. Harmon.
We bave six other books, all published by
Harper & Brothers. and which can be had at
Loring, Short & Harmons, viz: Gweudoline's
Harvest, by the author of Clrlyon's Year;
Stern Necessity, by F. W. Robinson; Klmeny,
by VIM. Black; John, Love Story, by
Mrs Otphant; Miss Van Kortland, by the
author of My Daughter EIiuor; aud The Writ
inss of Anna Isabella ThaelSeray, containg all
her stories and mScelanies.
MAGAZINES
The Old and Nelg comes to hand little late.
but richly laden with the result of thought
The contents are OIL and New; Pink and
White Tyranny by Mrs. II. r. Stowe: North
ern Pacific Htftrotf, by 9so. NJ SEeeIv: She
Writes, by Elise Palki; Francis of Assist, by
). Farmington; American Political Literature,
by Edward A. Pollard; The Passion PLAY:
Chinese Transcendentalism, by John E irar
johnson John Whoppet the Newsboy. At
Last, poem by II. H., On the Valility of our
knowledge of Colby Orvlle Dewey, explodes
some of the bewlldering ideas behind which
certain biological .absurdtures respecting the
Deity are wo2t to take shelter Next comes
The Fenian Campliga" BY G. IL. futile.
Tue lex ,miner" and the Record Of Prog
ress' close the number. In the latter, Sydrey
Andrews who writes 'Views from the Capt.
tai" thinks We are to have ''re adjustment of
p'rty lines" in the interests of Revenue Re
form. OF Congress, he says, ''In point of abil-
ity, this Congress compares favorably with
any other elected by the Republicans 1t has
no leader in either branch but in each there
are dozen menwho would be of msrk1 10 any
deliberative body of the word. Legislation
proceeds more rapidly and p1re certainly to-
wards definite end whsce there are one or
two members greatly superior to their asso-
ciates; but am bs no means sure that we get
oar best legislation under such crcum-
s,ances"
Putnena's Magazine begins with Love in
FIJI edited by T. NJ. Coan; sentimental
p,em, a Summer Song, by Ada W. Adams;
Yachting, by Sydney Hale; sonnet on James
Russell Lowell, by John H. Ever; Life
Magnet, by a. Augustus Adee; Can an Inc
brate Conquer Himself. by +. H. Norton con-
tains some su ,gest rus for temperaIce re.e--r--
ers. Mr.. n. thinks the iuebriate can conquer
himself. Next comes "Odr Earliest Annalist,'
by Prof G. w. Green. Music in Nature, by
Prof. Schele DeVere; the eighth chapter Of a
Womaus Right, by Mrs. NJ. c.. Ames; poem
"NoS Lay Ne Down to Sleep" by Mrs. f.
Barrow an Arctic Aurora and Other Matters
in Siberia, by Gen. KEENAN,; Madame La Fay
ette and Her Mother by Miss S. f. Cooper; a
suggestive political article by Prof Goldwiu
Smith on the Constitutional Crisis 10 Eog-
land with "Brevties" Editorial Notes." Slit
erature at Home and Literature, Science
aud Art Abroad complete the bill of fare.