New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-26


including valuable notices OF literary matters In
Germany An important feature Is the Scientific Mis-
cellany which is conducted with great ability and
spirit and increases In interest with each successive
number giving not only great deal OF information In
regard to daily progress Of science but numerous
practical details relating to almost every branch OF
social life.
!Scribner gives a second article on the "Won-
ders of the Yellow Stone" with numerous iius.ra
TONS describing the remarkable mountain rangcso Oh ~
region the mineral springs and geysers, and otner
raj features OF great interest both to the tourist ana W
man of science. Upon the completion OF INC ,,,a
Pacific Railroad, which win probably DO q,
within the next three years. the ua'eri aoho.ra an
make the trip TO Montana from the A'"i'i1 :. aoor,
three days and to see for himself the mar -
around which the glowing pictures IL 90 s"-.n,,ro
thrown so great attractions. Amons o' -, 49,,
naors a., th,a nrmber the sketches OF "Leipsic ana
&C. RI, and of the "Illinois ana 81 LOUIS
Rridoe will be read with interest. Inc hscen'oo"'
6enortments OF this Magazine are always an interesting
feature and form wholesome couh,eipoiSo W 'no a..
| ., action which IL deemed essential as pat 10 inc
,nr ,os,e The editor has piquant discourse on the
| .or,can habit OF Living with Windows Open" ex-
nosn0 the sanctes of family life to the rude gaze OF
the pubc throwing open the doors OF the household
N every plausible stranger without inquirng into
his credentials and anecedents. &" IL man., says the
editor should wish how Americans differ in this
man or an English family, or even French family
abroad He will at once discover that he has under
taken TO do very difficult thing. No man can
obtain inside view of the economies and habits OF
foreign home and share IN its communion who does not
enter II with record introduction and Endorsement
which place him above suspicion" This ia, no doubt
correct although onesided statement of the case, and
in order to present complete view the writer should
have recognized the great aabiity and openhearted
hospitality with which the best classes OF European
society welcome the stranger OF whose intelligence ana
good manners they have no matter how obtained the
assurance His remarks the love Of gossip which Is
so degrading element Of portion OF the American
press to the purpose and rebuRe disagreeabe
practice with becoming severity.
"The Doctrine of Immortality in the Light
Of Science" with which the present number of the Rad
zeal opens is paper of more than common interest by
the Rev. W. J. Potter remarkable for its calmness and
judicial temper and tne lucid discrimination with which
sets forth the aspects Of the question modified %
the results OF physical research The writer MAINTAINS
has aside the popular argument Tor tne
Immortality Of the soul founded on the resurrection or
Jesus that 1t compels the revision OF the argument om
consciousness so as to adjust to the conclusions OF bio
logical discovery and that IL demands the discussion OF
the question without regard to the moral consequences
| that may be imagined TO follow one answer rather
| than another. 1t is then shown that among the
| recognized leaders Of science, there Is diner-
| ence Of opinion on the subject Some OF them'
like Faraday believers in the doctrine on the ground
OF divine revelation which they hold that science does
not assai Others without the simple, chidke fltn OF
Faraday fan back on theology with the assertion that
science has nothing to do with the question. much
larger class including Darwin, Huxley and other emil
nent in Europe take the ground that 30 far as
science goes the doctrine Of future lie is neither
proved dspoved. There are scientific men who be-
Ieve in immortality but science such in its present
o
paratively small body of scientific like VoGt and
Behner known Materiasts, who positively deny the
doctrine of Immortality claiming to do so on scientific
grounds. In the opinion of the writer, their Argyll
ment fails Of validity They have not succeeded in
the proof that the mind is mere product of physical
organization and that human consciousness cannot sur
vive the death of the body He points out several de-
fects in their position and refers TO various facts which
vindicate the faith OF man in immortality, concluding
with forcible illustration from q recent event When
the other day. in that terrific catastrophe at NeWam
burg on the Hudson the engineer OF the fated train,
warned escape, refused TO stir from MS post but
facing most horrible DEATH stood there unainchingy,
his hand nerved TO its task, and out of that heroic
fidelity in which, law, instinct consciousness. intell-
geDce, will all seemed to eliminate, there came the
calm words Il stay with my engine we feel that mat
ter has developed function whose vitality is not easily
extinguished Among other noticeable articles In tins
number, may be mentioned Natural Selection in Re
gard 10 Man" by j. stah Patterson, commenting on Mr.
A. r. Walaees views in limitation of Darwn'S theory,
aad pleasant Charles Lamblike paper, Ny Pagan
Friends" by the Rev. ]. W. Chadwick.
THE PILGRIM THE SHRINE; Or P,sAGEs LlFE
CoHEE.PoSDEsog or HERBERT AiNsLiE g. A. Emo pp'
465. g. +. Pu.uam q Co.
The confessions of an earnest sensitive
soul devoted the pursuit of truth amid the conflicts
of the age seeking the sympathy Of friendship in the
loneliness of solitary thought and sacrificing the dearest
worldly interests to the sincerity OF conviction are re-
corded in this suggestive volume. In the experience OF
Herbert Ansle many readers who have been forced In
The progress reflection to leave the moOrng of their
ancestral faith will find the counterpart OF their own.
The subject of the narrative is English university
student preparing for the ministry OF the Church, but
who is led to CHER light than shines in her
of discipline and articles Of belief After taking his de-
gree he passed the first year ostensiby in reading
for ORDERS but actually in trying TO escape from the ne
cesstv Of taking them The doors Of the Church were
found too for his expanding views lie was not
content to see God and nature only through chapel
window In this state Of mind, he endeavOred TO
serve his serenity by change of and sailed on
VOYAGE TO the West Indies He continues his journey to
Panama and San Francisco writing semihumorous de-
scrpons OF the incidents of the voyage and of his novel
American life interspersed with acute reflections on va
rious points Of profound speculation. He was III Ca0r
MIA during the early days of the gold discovery and Mt
once plunged into the excitements of mining, comD-
ing the barbaric splendors Of success with subtle
thoughts on the nature of things and the origin
OF the Universe. After varied experience in the
American FL Dorado, he pursues his way to
Australia still throwing himself into the widest turmoil
of practical life, while sadly medating OH the destiny
Of the SOUL and the somber mystery Of existence. His
progress action and in thought is described with equal
IL. H.