New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-21
TILE APRIL MAGAZINES.

For pleasant reading of dull rainy March
at rnoon the Monthly Part Of App'e,oHs Journal n'y
well bear The palm s more ambitious rivals in the
variety of brief attractive articles Of which UaTpc@ 10
command cxhastcss store. TIE present issue con
taius some papers Of elaborate character among
which we may to Mr. g. NJ Towles account OF tae
british Civn Service" Motion an Organic AGENT
bv Charles Morris and "Ncw Hampshire scenery"
"New-York Boardiue-Houses, by Louise +. FuTHss'
as Balloon Voyage With Gamhctta," b. G. Z. WUSate,
and Frederic Chopin" by George I0weh Auslr' are
good specimens of ma gaziue articles.
The GGlaTy has Il valuable paper on Cap
tain Hans Arctic Expedition" showing ,hc PAN
ndopted 10y The commander, and Hlurmg ho" i"f we
ubvsicol c,eora ply OF the Arctic world warrants ne
undertaking The writer Professor T. Z. MiaIF, al
though sensible Of the mighty obstacles in the way "f
Success believes that 10 f. possible for Captain ta 10
set foot upon the North Pole, and thus fui The most
sancuine expectations OF science and cosmog%ph'al
ambition. At an events. he viii not Ge without
great opportunities for invaluable discoveries lie
will no doubt, he able to settle the long a-i-
tated question Of an open polar sen. G'.'r
points Of great scientific interest VIII come under bis sr
yev and there can be computation ~ thc value 90 the
results that NAV follow from his enterprise Tn An"ri
can publ, are bound TO cheer the explorers in their
perous undertaking and that they leave their ma
tive shores with complete equipment or alt ina;
can be lavished upon them 10y civilization, science.
wealth, and hearty sympathy. \ readable sketch Of
King Victor Emmanuel, by Justin McCaitHy, gives
some curious particulars of the Of that uroman
tic monarch describing his recent accession TO Che SOY
relsnty Of italy as lucky hit which he never sought
hut has accepted "a necessity Of his hitih and ms
place, a formal duty and a bore
An amusing article in Scrjbaer. by John
Bgcow. late United states Minister 70 France, relates
nj, experience az \ Breakfast with AlcAandge Dumas,
in which the w0ridrenowned novelist appears 10 have
cotuted an overture the part OF ,hc American Gov
ernment for the services OF his peu u tie cause Of the
Union during the Rebellion. Dumas is described as
quadroou six feet high, OF rather stout
proportions. brown complexion with crisp bu-hy hair
which no comb coui1 ,tIagiten, head low and narrow
IN 'front.' but eniarslns rapidly behind, t.uek lips, and
enormous mouth aud throat. He showed huge appc-
lite orecrvisse-, the favOre sheit' in France after
devouring an immense quantity which, his breathing
became a. audible IL 10 Lad been effected by high
1ressre steaueucine and after due allowance ol cham
ragne caTet, and excellent Burgundy, the ilnstrOus
romance writer subsidized into state Of "stcrtoIous
,oruolcncy" II is needless say, that Nj Bigclow,
like discreet dpIomatist, offered Monsieur Dumas 40
special inducements visit the United states and that
he never executed the reject about which DC consulted
The minister In the Editorial pages, Or. Holland dis
rsses the question OF professional Morals, enforcing
thc principle that nan has right to prac-
ticc his profession in such a way as to encoui-
age personal vice il those whom he serves OF
wronr-doing towards individuals and the community
Dr Holland also has some suggestive remarks the
present aspects of 'The Temperance question
advising reliance the press rather than on legisla
afiou for the formation Of sound pubic OPINION on the
subject and tse education Of the people TO temperance
Every newspaper every magazine, every ieFe"' every
Juvenile periodical owes II 10 the country TO SHOW the
evils attendant on the Of intoxicating drink TEN
pcrance must be made not only respectable but fashion,
able until il shall De deemed shame ana disgrace 10
place a wine-botte before friend
The old story of the mutineers of Pitcairn
Island is related in new form in Harper which gives
an interesting summary, with full illustrations OF the re-
cent work on the subject by Lady Beefcr The tale Is
one OF true romance and with greater attractions than
Inauy Of the current fictitious narratives 1.-The Gulf
stream AID the Trade Winds is able scientific paper
maintaining that the fountain OF the equatorial cur
rent, and OF the gulfstTeam is to be found IN
the furthest limits Of the Frozen Ocean, where seawater
registers only Fahrenheit. IL Is here that the waters
siDk 10 the bottom Of the polar which, In their pas
sage u the thermal equator form the pndercurrents OF
the ocean. The gnh stream, then technically, Is pro
duced by transformation Of the molecular motions, lost
from the and the earths Interior into The bodily
motion OF the matter in movement under the
mechanical laws Of heat,-in short. the heat
from the and the interior Of the globe act |
ing in correlation The history Of Dominic and the In
QUESTION" is The subject Of elaborate historical art
ec which Is valuable for the light II throws the policy
AMI tendency OF the Catholic Church I'm connection with
civil government. II is not always borne In mind that
ppon the restoration of Plus tx 10 his unstable throne
the armies Of the French Republic the Inqusition
~hch had been suspended by the Revolution OF 1s4s |
vas once more renewed, and the Pope again
nn~ory OF hs unsparine inplacable predecessors
Ill IA az he ui