New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-21
NEW PUBLICATIONS
MAGAZINES.

The Rev. c. II. Brigham has an interesting
nancr in Tc H0ad Of Hcolh the care and use OF the
hands Mr.. Beecber contributes an article on "Dish-
krcstod Benevclcncc."
In Or Young Folks Mr.. Parton tells 1.-THE
Strange Adventure OF Juan Fernandez, MI C. A. Barry
aeins series OF articles "few to Draw and there
IS tho usual variety OF miscellaneous aud continued
sketches and stories among the best Of which must be
placed Ms. whtneys story of eve Gills"
Among the best selections in the July num-
Der of The Eclectic are the "Hsiory of the EnghNh
Bibles" a lecture by Prof. Huxley on Dcscar'es
method of Using ones Reason Rightly biI VI
Tuscan Life in the XyITth Century" by T. Adolphus
rroopc; "Prince Mocskine's Conspiracy ctrom me
CorrkD; and Mr. Froude's journal OF Fortnight III
Kerry"
Mr.. Justin Mccarthy who seems to have
left behind him when he returned to England, large
legacy of entertainment for American readers is the a
thor of an interesting paper in Ltpp'He0"s Adyd-"e
entitled "Petticoat Influence ON the Government OF
England" This influence Mr.. Mccarthy says, Is enOr-
nonsy powerfl aud almost always eXerted on the con
ervatiye side the Radicals being from their social posi-
ton unable 10 employ that great engine of female fat
fiery and fashionable blandishmcnt which gave clever
arisoeratc women, like Lady Palmerston, such formda
bic influence in politics Prof f. D. Cope begins series
OF papers "On the Theory of Evolution" in which he
supports the Darwnan theory of the development OF all
form but rejects the suppOsitOn that this could DC
effected by the Darwinian process of natural
selection Changes in the constitution OF inc
atmosphere he believes will account Tor many OF
the changes in the structure of animals and plants put
rs vet he has not fully explained the hypothesis which he
purposes to substitute for that Of Darwin nor has ne al
Inded TO the formidable difficulties which lie in the way
of extending the development theory to man. Miss Annie
Morris writes very interesting account OF "A week
among the MormOHs," during which her experience was
chiefly with the Mormon women She found their condl-
ton quite as sad any other traveller has represehed
The Rev Waiter Mitchell inquiries Shall we despair of
the Republic D. and after judicial examination Of our
sins and our virtues concludes that not so far ON
our way the dogs that few simple reforms may not
save An amusing paper on Negro SuperSttons by
Thaddeus Norris poem by Cecil Dare, and several
short stories are the attractive of the remaining
contents of this number.
The leading article in The atlantic is Mr..
Longfeows poem, which readers have already seen
Next TO this in interest We should perhaps place two
charming essays-One by Col HigginsOn, inspired by
Shadow of a mother kissing her child seen AT night on
a window the other history by Mr. Howells OF Boston
family who set out for A Days Pleasure and got as
far as Liverpool wharf Miss Phelps conveys some sly
satire in the story Of "a Woman's Pulpitthe story OF
a maiden lady who took charge of church in country
town, with the result following, to wit:
had minstered 'on trial" to the people of Storm,
undisturbed by Rev DR.. ZangrOw, who suspect was in
private communication OF sort with MI Dobbns,
for a month"; month of pOung, Spring weather, ana
long lazy walks thinking, and brisk bright ones for
doing; OF growing quite fond of saltpOrk ana barley
bread of calling Old bedrdien women, and hunting
up neglected girls, and keeping one eye on my Tom
Paine friends of preaching and practcng, OF hoping
and doubling, of struggling and succeeding OF finding
heart and hands aud head as fu "a life could hold
of feeling that there place fO me IN the earnest
world and that in my Place; ~ feenng thankful
every day and hour that my wOmanhOod aud my work
had hit and fitted; of great many other things which
have agreed not to mention here,-when one night the
stage brought me a letter which ran:
HERCULES, April %, IS.
MY DEAR:-Ihave the measles. MADCHEN.
Did ever a woman try 10 do any thing hatSOme Of the
children did not have the measles
felt that fate stronger than l. bowed my head
Bubmssively, and packed my valise shOchngly.
The second Of Mr.. HanertOns Drives from French
Farm gives excellent description of the recent
vaons which have well-nsh settled the lOng-disputed
question OF the site of ancient Bibracte Prof Wilders
paper entitled equal yet Diverse account of the
structural differences between the in and the
lower animals. N. s. Shaler in giving the observations
of "An Ex-SOutherncr in South Carolina" speaks dis
cOuragingy Of the present influence Of school educa
ton in eevatng the condition OF the freed people. Mrs
Btowe tells another of the "OldtOwn Freside StOTies
which, like the former derives its principal charm
from the language of Sam Lawson, its narrator. Ralph
Keller the exninstTel has good account of his cheap
tour Europe aud for readers of serious turn
of mind Francis Wharton discusses Criminal Law at
Home and Abroad" and T. II. Derby "The shipping OF
the United States"