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~ lrn AAtrhrZ j 10 ~
Cssh Prize silver Ware. stc valued at $t.2o,Ut'
cEanee 10 dras any of tis above prizes fN 2oe
Tickets describing prizes a'e SEALED III Ehvoiup't
and we'll mixed Un rec ipt If sc A SEALEl,
I.cxET is drawn without, choice, and .ent by mail
ID auy aid, ess. The p. iz- named upon IT Will he
izi~eresd To tie tirket-hoIder "a pay nsent nf ONE
-rIaR. Frizss are immediately sent IL any AL
,ff-,.s hy TX -, esS or return nlJil
You will know what your prize ~ before Yen
-, fer it. ANY Prize exchanged for another 'i
,hs same value. No blanks. Our patrons can
sepend on fair dealing.
!.tYEKsNCss The following lately drew Naiu-
able Prizes asd kindly p-rInitted : To publish
them: Andrew j. Burns. Chicago $40 ooo' MI.s
tiara Walker. Fr!tirunre, Pam, $50; JAMES NJ
lsaIt!Ie.s, D.i.oil. so o; JvEu L. Ani-rs"n,
~svsnn nh, % suacs Jamss siainiun~, u eton.
ia, COS.
Pass ,fINiess The Arm is reliable
aeekrx TIi5nIe. res. n D~serse sheir snc
-~s,"-N.f it.r Id. jan- l. just ami A"n-
sabge."-NeNS D c. g.
sen for C-ru,ar. Liberal induceinent- I"
ascHfs. Sati-!,cG,on guaranteed Every p'ckagr
fsfJ Se tfei-Rrr- pc c n;aiz ONE CASH GIT
-eyca ,ickerser 81, l. 1a ss< ae fr So; as fi
SD Add.'s': ~a ea"
BENSON, MILLS & Co., 80 Broad st. NY.
autS-1m AZ ?
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&TATE OF NEVADA. OF ~ 81 LYON, "a
- In the D. "a let I QUIT # - 1L.s. Judicial
ii>fri { The state & N-,a >ta,, /, uSlPE
y = greeting: Yuu are herst ' summoned
Ia app ear D. mn ariiou c,ii'I' 81 c.d agsit.t YOU ~
'rf'nd at 10y IL y, >YIIR a. II.'riir il
the b,-'reJ Couft" # he Third J deial District.
u al d ! T fb'-t onntv If ,,an. Stat 81 Neynas.
AT a!t-a. N ., county. ard -Iiswer the co.a.
PLAIN 4hrTein. Nhiti' i-.n f- vi il the , Jerk Il
AID 'outf. " thIn ten ssSs af-r tL. service a..
yen = his sLnIn,t n teNcinsiN # the Gay Of .---
N'~ II served n saii c uIty. ar tNcnEy day, II
served II II said cuGnI, tut " thin .aE! Ii.trIct
and IL all o'hef ra,-, fHty days u Judgnssntty
drf'uii vi be tai n aUailri yuu, acc.i ding 10 IL
y aver IL b. .aI- ctrr; Esiut.
The >aid action III ught to recover a d.r,.>
is-Is'nc II g b n : e ia iir uisv now e.i.tirr
h-t~e n Yen ami rl lat fl. ON the xr, nd O., sdnt-
ny committed ~ ,'n, aid a - az. The cr, upd Il
'!r,-' liz n since bout the III Ia. o. aIrlI ls-o
and als'f r ff, IS } dollars. r-un. | fer in ihr
a~r'on. ard e-r- a. suit all ( which m..,
f. ], app..ars b. compliant ON fl- herein. TO vbxh
y. N ar i-r by rrf"r I'd.
AMI yen -te iurtieT u"' fed hat if YOU f.N t.
app az ant an VIZ he -aii &, pi .iLt. the sail
p aintIf will "pI Il IT, Tie tout fr the r-li.s
ptayef ff in complaint au'i tsh- in Ign ent iot IL.
sid run, ans ,nt"r--t be-idr- e., -.
- In tr-'r ny wirt-L ]. Gro VI
Sf2SS X II. 'H.. nr-.l-,s -et my hand ss-I
day " July, a, h 1877.
Gto - KrTTu.
Clrrk Of the District CourI I'll IL -fird JscjcnL
Di-iric. -saia
JVnS fowLlL. JR, Ati'"n,, for H.. .
III. Nv
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TAKE WARNING!

slSEE Va r. X. X. CO.. ARE ANXIOUS TO
take Ase preeaufion Against accidents and
Laes Of life resulting from the running Of theii
trains. and they take this method Of warning pa.
rrnts and guardians against the dangers attending
the toa cOmmon practice Of children playing about
.Asar caraand locomotives. Those having in charge
the business Of the Conn any find it impossible 10
esRsu zee boys. no 'he termini and stop
dug places If the ad from climbing uptn the
eArsand engines; and they will eel themselves
obliged to resort to more decided mexsure- if these
annoy apces are continued Recent accidents.
shich are wholly ascribable to the carelessness OF
,-srsoEs isl jumping on and off the cars when ir
a~aUti0n. should be warning enough in themselves.
n. ". YER!NGTON, Superintendent.
AaSass IL. 1870. u
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C~o-Partnership NOtlce.

k;OTICE - HEREBl GIVEN That TIE
~ undsr1cned have this day formed n c-part-
~rrahtp Cor the ,aueps<e ~ conducting The Hazel
.dsInek in fhe city 81 Carson under the firm
DAme and style of MURRAY k'F1SN.
CSTs6n CITY, ysvafa. Adg =, 'H7i. Muffin
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Public Library Of Kentucky

The Concert and Distribution will take rIar-
und-r the immediate supervision of the I ustee.
nsmel in .i- Act "f Ines~Isrni on.
The Trustees win he as>isfef by we'll known and
eminent citizens # he: tncsy y. who have consented
to be pr--eu ~ The Concert a u 10 superintend
the Il awing and distribution # Gifts.
he holders If tickets TO which, gifts are awarded
will b. paid on presentation f ii EN- or Their frac-
tioa. at the Once in L.ui-vilie, tie -ea ond Jay
at er d awinG and every i'usin.ss day Fl six
m .ntis thereafter, and NAV he sent din rec or
rhrough any Bank or / xple e. C.Iin,sny for culiec-
t'on All orders accompsi led by frafts. fo<
Office Money orders, or Greenb tcks. viii lie
promptly attended TO and tickets returned by
mail. resisfe, ed r oppressed. as esirsd.
Tickets are lihe gresnbacks- good only to The
holder
buyers will note there sre 3nly One Hundred
Thousand Tickets. instead Of 1w" Humid, ell
Thousand As in The San trancieco Gift Concert.
and that there is $50 o more dist ihufed i
sold hat and mad. the awards in fnr nor,th- an'
bald 44~S,0OO iofickAr toldersf r,n November
End fn Is h. IS.n. and iurHsl ,yer SIG 600 ="
The Secretary due tickets not presented
II wi be IA. iiculsrly not 'cci that il h = mat
ter of imIn~eibiliiy for ANY one to know wha,
numbers draw gf $. a. If il not known what the
gif Il any numb r drawn ffum tie d st wheel
Ill b.. unril the sea'eI box. with am unit Of tn
IF plainly printed, is taken Z ON Nh" ether wheel
and Opened in fnil view f the an lie c., fhe e""-
the larger cIftS may not come VI till iuward- the
l,-,, o. ia the middle If the d wing. The {lin.
coo gifr il the Sal Francisco Gf C"nce I. under
the inan"grn,e 1t OF c u. ieis :. MAS 'h- 2nth
ula.ler drawn. and was awarded and paid to a
Ceutlemar in New Orleans.
- The numbers and Gifts are drawn by Lind
cl:l iren fir M 5 t , II YEAS If age
Th. drawing will be extensively pail shed asd
sart'e OF ,ier ing tickets witt nave irsni ell lists sent
them. Par les f,-nnry Ciu'rS and DEF ing mfot-
nation. will bic ter aidr' s. III is uslCe.
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1S4l.


OPP TRE STATE OF NETADA
Tor 1871. for saie at the Sts.s Printers office,
C~sau.- and 1t A. L. BANCROFT 1 COS. sAn
f.AnrLc.. Price. 3.
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SITUATION WANTED,

DYA MARRIED LADY Al Ef Ell.
ID. in the city or country. Would do chs mh-r II
any other hOns- work reguited, except cooking
and washing. Apply IT this, Of6ee. as29 a
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ELECTION

NOTICE Is HERfBi GlyES. THAT. ryIEuk
~ will b. q Special Eieriion, h..s u the S,ops
.chovl house. in School District ~. l., O1u-ty
couhty, Nevada, at Carson tify, On
Saturday, September 8. 1871
For the purpose If raising Thuty-fvc Nundy~a
Doffsrs By din ect taxation uia,n II { trotl efty l.
said District, WI iSh sum sf n, pey 10 TO, Ls wa
in aid Of building n Scho-l hourr in said Distiie1.
Polls will lie open ut 3 U'cl, ok p N and s3a
open until 6 p. M. Of s.ii dar.
Form Of ballet: Tax. \ rs" Tax. No."
Judges Of Election: Sam c. VII ght,, CsA ".
chedic. Sam. D Kirg Jr.
By order Of the Board Of Tru.tees, seLosl In
tIie' Ne. !, Ornsby county. Nevada.
Alstd $. II WRIGHT, S~'y.
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II far 500; IS Tickets,
S2JJ So Ticke'-. $500; I13
Tickets, 81.

The Undersigned. late pr nciial Business Nana-
ger Of the very successful VI rcantil" Library Gift
Concert IF ian Pranci-c-. las been app in,rd
h cont aud manager Of The Gift Concert in all sf
\. rub ic ihTrry Of he iturky.
The drawing will tai = place n pubic, and
everything will te duIe r"sari-fy buyers IF til eli.
hat The r interests will BE- as Will projected as il
they rershnffa ~ superintendent tire entire affair.
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$S75OO0

che ffesropofitan fash Prize Co.
EVERY TICKET DRAWS A PRIZE.
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Marriage and Celibacy.
Ess~As for foanR Men. or grfAt ,sr
CIAL Evils and ABUSES. which interfere villa
NnRRlAGE-with >ure means # RELIEF for The
Er, ing and UnforiurHfe, disrHsed and d~bilifsts-
Sent free. in seal-d envelopes. Adore
Mr"AkD ASSOCIATIONS, NJ. rs. Ninth e..
P.i.adr!pnia. IA .rla-E
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MANNER OF WING.

here viii be two glass wheeis One wheel viii
100, 90 numbers I'ainly printed on leather
tags. The other wheel will Contain 12l boxes.
.arh con ssininga gift One tagor number will he
,,rrwn from tke I0o, GO wheel. end the Fl st Iu0
Drawn from the second or III b X VII, e. will cnn-
I ,iu a gifr. neatly Vrintednnd sea ed up. and the
gift Sc, drawn from the second wheel will he the
GIT If the tag first drawn, whether 500, 81 900
or SlaO. 600, as announced.
IA.364 Ticket Disposed Oftn July.
To in-ur ticket hGI.iers the public are assured
that f only rs 900 tickets are s,Id only q, 600.
plumbers -, in the large wheel, ,is 12l gifts
swarie,i, bat rimini, he prt rata. Iu case So ,oo0
tickets u;.iy are sold. only numbers ] 10 $1,000 gu
in the Urge wheel. and the ~ yif's dimnishod
ONE half and in c,re only So, go tickets -re sold,
the entire 81 Kiffs~ II be paid in full 1T being
inte d.d no uns III tickle -slsuli participate
The Manager has already paid int TIE Citize, ~,
Rank $21 ,Ho0 osaris 'i.frsying the ~xpen e.. and
docs not de-, e,d ~ "a Is Of tickss- to ny. his ,ex-
are invited - the atns<r scrutiny A. to the reliabi,
lity OF the e,:tir. nnair.
Prrs ms destroys Of acting a. agents fer the sals
4 our tiekefs in any city IN tie Cni,ed States or
Canadas. sddress, :
thas.R. Psosrss Nsuagsr, louisville. Ky.
Office 10 Main street. Jobns.ais Block.
X T nURkkTT, president; ". N. Halle
MAN. Vice rresid.hf; ". ". CLUSKY, secretary;
q IL eNS'- ia n. TIE tsalIer
Mon y received fir. IN sale II tickets in Calf r
mia. Oregon and Nevada, will be depo-ite'i with
Wells. Fargo 4 Co.. Virginia City, t. await the
draHiag.
Al. A.. FRENCH,
General Agent,
VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA,
Who vi. sarp,,. tickets and furnish Information
! au!6 In
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$50 Magnificent Prizes, among wink
is one OF So 900 Gold Coin.

These gifts will. nj the concer; be awarded
III. LalirI- OF tickets III II { same manner is
the concert given il san francisco in aid VI II
llvi Camille Library
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Gift OF Gold Coin co
I tiff A neat hru-e and lot III the four
istIing city of NaltJo. Valued ar. l,Soe
! Gift nest h"u-e aud lot i'll The -four
i-iing city oi Vallejo. Vain, d at. l,sot
] GIFT A neat huu,e and lot in thehour
is!nng city 81 Vallejo Valued at. l,2N
Gif-A neat house and lot in the fur
ishing city Of Vallejo. Valued ut. l,eoy
/ Giu-A heal house snd lot il, th- fur
i-,ing city Of Vallejo. Valued a.. 10
Gifi-A neat house and lot in tn. Auur-
sizing c ~ VI Vallejo. Valued Nj ...- Loo
l6 Gift.-16 fine : uiliipg lots in the -four
i>llins city of yaliejo-ssuo each. u, 500
Il Gifis-f fine ! uilding lots in the -four
,shins cit, If Vallejo Valued at. $500
s Giirs-S 6ne building lots in SAera-
~nientp-S600 ASOe
70 Gifts-I6 fine building lots in Sacra-
mento-<4oo Sc, 4oc
90 Gilt in valuable stocks. Falue....--. s,l3e
$50 Prizes, amounting o-..---.---....... $sS, 33s
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Af,er paying the expenses Of rh- ente-rri-e and
making tue di-rrihnti ~ of the Ei'ts. the b.iu'er
of the pt uce,.i- arising Fl. IN the >alr Of Tickets
vii lie arprop,ia'ei to me establishment # n
tREE LIBRARY in Louisville TO te called the
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@1,ooO-oOO.

BY authority of a special Ac' Of the Legislature
OF Kentucky. March ID 1871. the Trustees oil
the Public Library CT Kentucky will si'ea
The New York herald., 1871-10-21

From Harper Brothers -"The Rise and Fail OF
the Paris Commune, In 1871, with a Full Account Of
the Boraoarimeni, Capture and Burning OF the
city, by ". Pembroke fetridge. "Nast's Illus
traed Almanac
From sheldon 4 Co.-'Iady Judith, Tale OF
Two Continents" by Justin Mccarthy. Over
land, Novel," ~ J. ". De Forest
From James X. osgooi Cos, Bo-ton-"S "Sobody's
Fortune" By Edmund Yates.
From 7. b. Peterson l. Brothers-"Dew Hollow.n
novel, by Mrs. Henry Wool.
From Charles Scribncr h Co.--Scri bner's MoatAly
aud "Tne Biblical Repertory ana Princeton Re.
vew.n
From j. =. Redded --"ChrstInen From the
French or Louis Einaut
From Lee, shepard 4 Dillingham; -"Smihs In
tcrest Tables"
From John Murphy Co, Balttmore--"1he Grand
Demonstration In Baltimore aud washington, ID. e.,
10 honor or The Twenty -1ith Anniversary Of the
Election Of pins ". 10 the Char ~ ~. Peter.m
The New York herald., 1871-10-21
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Dispatches from Rear Admiral Lanman, dated Rio
Japeiro. September %, report that the United
States steamer Ticonderoga arrived at Montevideo
September Is after a passage Of thirteen days
from Ro.
The Lancaster sailed September 2.th for santos
Ensign Charles r. Welsh is ordered TO duty In the
Pacific neeI Surgeon !. II. nnknam ~ detached
from duly a. Recorder OF the Naval Medical Board
OF Examination and placed on waiting orders Mas
ter Y. II. Deland Is detached from the Pacific feet
ami ordered TO the Asatic Meet. Chief Engineer
Richard NJ Bartleman ~ detached from the IIoston
NAVY Yard and ordered 10 the Plymouth
inc United states steamer Richmond arrived nj
Gibraltar september 20, from spez1iN itaiv. After
nlling up with coal she will sail for New Worry
direct. The following IL O liet OF her Offlcers:-
ConaDofors--J. r. NJ Mullany Commanding.
Lffutendnf CoHm0nfers--J. w. Phtp ex ON.
Glazing; A. y. Cr0wninshieid aud j. 3. CorhIan
LicufenGats--C B. Thomas ana W. II. Parker
Nasteys-L d. Webster anu Il. Dennison
Chicr EpJf,er.--J Johnson.
Y Idvnpdsts,--J. n. T0lfree
s0UOeOa-E kersnuer.
SFirN lieutenant Morfnes--I,. Collum.
sNiLshspElesl-H Winslow, !. Bowman, T. J. Ber-
W Ind, n. Davenport i. u. Bolles. r. NicholIs n
HLvl, W. q Negiey, T. Kellogg, c. Il Taun, ana Mar.
Tin Niall.
q vnsser-- John Rodgers.
CavDenfss'-E. thompson.
Sd.wadker-J. Rodgers.
(lsrys--S Green and John Thomas
The New York herald., 1871-10-21
SUICIDE OF A RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIAST.

For some time past Dennis Foley, labOrer,
twenty-sx years OF age. who lived q. 3e4 West
Seventeenth street. has been deeply exercised on
the subject ofrelgon, aud fhe he Investigated
the less convinced and satisfied did he become At
last Foley brought himself TO believe that there was
nothing in life worth living for ana accordingly
determined to terminate his earthly career thus
by one blow relieving himself from further trouble.
To erectuely execute his purpose Foley
on Thursday afternoon, while In HIS house, took
razor ana cut fearful cash In his throat. The act
being discovered at once he was removed to Belle
vnc Hospital, where the wound was dressed and
properly bound up. Foley fearing there might be
possibility OF his life being saved watched his op.
por,unlty and tore the bandages from his neck,
causing G me wound % pieed a.rcsh. rms operation
at last his object was accomplished death resulting
from hemorrhage.
mains -
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not budae sn inch from the position they have
taken no matter what may happen.n
..Could not me whole di0icuiy be arranged al the
County COnventtonYn
at cOnld. II my delegation IL received there az
the regular delegation rom the wari that In all we
want: for what we demand IL tnat our right io
being the real de egatl0n From the people shall nc
recognized. The men who were admitted into
delegation at the senatorial Convention had no
more right 10 be admitted Than would have any set
Oi men from any part of The city who might have
happened to come along and ask to be allowed 10
act as sixth ward deirgares.n
.,Nthat tr the County Convention should follow
the example Of The Senatorial Convcptior ~
s'Ihen we will Withdraw. and when tire election
comes the people Will nee bv the result the vote
in inc ward who II right and vino is wrong. We
are down on repeating 0f all kinds and VIC will
make II hard road to travel for repeater in ihe
ward.
WHAT VIZ SHALL DO ON ELECTION DAY
do not now want to say. There are about four
thousand democratic votes In the ward, ana more
than one e-haif-rar m0re-is on our side. Many will
stay away and not at all n we are NOT accorded
Our rights. but how the great majority who will
vote viii cast their ballots ~ thing to be settled
after we see what way we are 10 Ue Lreatea.,
'Then this local trouble may extend beyond the
Sixth wardS"
at may; but the responsibility should not be laid
upon us. We are IN the right and we will maintain
our right against all odds, come what wiln
Inis ended the conversation, and the repOrfer
thoroughly satisfied that he saw what way the wind
was blowing IN the SiXIA ward, and how it would
howl ON election day II the Brcnnan men do not get
what they now demand, took his leave.
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NEW YORK INFANT ASYLUM.

On sunday evening an Address win be delivered
by the Rev. Dr. thompson at the Tabernacle. corner
OF sixth avenue AMI Tn'r,y-tourtn street, on behalf
OF the Infant Asylum. and some Of most eminent
physicians WIN make Interesting statements respect.
Ing the essIng Importance AMI necessity of pro-
noting Its objects In suppressiDR tho awful crime OF
lnfanticide and In reclalming unfortunate mothers
The society IL duly Incorporated by most liberal
charter and is managed ~ q Roard OF Trustees and
q Commute. of Ladies representing all the Protest
ant denominatioD OF the CITY. All persons who
feel Interested In the benevolent objects Of the
society and IN the best means OF attaining the most
beneficial results rom It's la,ors are expected 10
attend
The New York herald., 1871-10-21
ARMY IETELLregHCE.

Cap,ains Henry A. Ellis Fifteenth Infantry, was
tried py general court martial at Fort Union New
Mexico, IN August last, and found guilty OF disobe.
dicncof orders and violation OF the ninth article OF
the rueA ami articles Of war rof conduct unbecOmnR
an OnceT and q gentleman, and OF conduct to the
prejudice or good order ana military discipline: the
hiding havlifE been approved ~ the President El-
liz has been Jle,U ,U4yod from she Hfxyico.
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equally papable Not all the delicious bfts or rural
description, In which SIZE works up the whole floral
Kingdom into bright imagery, can redeem the
essential badness OF this hdeously unreal romance
or atone for the falsehood OF the lessons 1t would
teach the young and impressonabe. Let us have
no more novels from the pen Of "Ouida,r or let us
have better ones.
The New York herald., 1871-10-21
YELLOW FEVER IN CHARLESTON,

CHARLESTON, 8. c., Oct. -, 1871.
There have been two deaths from yellow fever
during The last twenty-four hours.
The New York herald., 1871-10-21

How TO WRITE A COMPOSITION, By =. A. Frost.
New York: Dick X Fitzgerald
We have ltle faith In learning TO SWIM by the
help OF cork and badders or in learning to write
a composition by the help OF the skeletons, In
such book rs tins TO change the figures, skeie
tons IKE these are not apt tU be ever clothed upon
by real flesh and blood. They hang glbbeted along
every pretended '.royal road 10 icarnng.r Even II
they might serve any good purpose the skeletons
IN this volume are not whit better than those IN
dozen similar publications.. Mr.. Frosts book, there
FORE Is only fresh illustration OF the fact which we
lately had occasion to eplore-that OF making many
school books without oner SPECIAL object than Peter
Pindars razors, which were made not to shave
but to sell, there seems TO he no end
The mind aud heart OF pupil should
not lie treated like empty cis,erns Each should be
well OF living water. Education IN its exact
etymoosicai sense should ne the ann OF the teacher
aud OF the writer Of school books. Shensone's
definition OF GOOD style as 'ihe result of spon-
taneous thought aud elaborate expression is the
best Teach pupils TO think and to feel, judiciously
famharize them with the finest models aud tney win
require but slight instruction in order to write wen
THE LAST KNIGHT: ROMANCE GARLAND. From
the Gcrman Of Anastasius Grnp Translated win
Notes, 0y john .. Sargent. New York: IIurd d
noughton. 1871. Small qnarto, pp. TX. 200.
This pleasant story In verse deals win the career
OF Prince MACMILLAN OF Germany. The translation
10 free, moving and spirited, employing for the
most part the metre which Is so effective In Lock.
narrs spanish Ballads.r The book is elegantly
printed In seml.aniqae style. at the Riverside
press.
F9LLs FAhiSE BY Ouda. Philadelpha: j. b.
Ilppincott a Go. 1871. limo, pp $50
Ghs Is, without exception, the most melau cho,y
novel we ever read. The characters are hateful the
scenes are gloomy, the moral ia false. and tho
denouensen Is detestaDle. That INC writer. calling
herself "onida." has power and skin and certain
wealth OF language is undeniaby true; that she has
= morbid pnd distorted view of Bnp,aD things ~
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Who ovs their wives? Nay, every good man loves
And cheri:hes his spouse; and mine loved
Baph IA, AZ.
These lines serve at once as an argument against
Nr. Bryant and as specimen OF his translation:
although regarded in either light they do justice
neither 10 Homer nor 10 Achilles.
Another mistake which Mr.. Bryant reveal. in his
preface Is that the Homeric poems written 'for
the popular car" The intention OF the poet only
be Inferred from tue character or his productions.
Now lci 1t be remembered that there was species
OF learning possessed by the contemporaries or
Homer Of which he did not make use, IN one form or
another IN the composition OF The "lhad' First, The
military ART a. known TO the ancents Is fully de-
scrbcd In that wonderful poem and the poet Is
equally communicative and Instructive I'm re-
gard 10 painting, sculpture, architecture, music,
mechanics, medicine, politics. NC, &C. Thus, for
example, he graphically and accurately lie.
scrbes marble palace on arches. with many
other works OF art; but there s an amount OF learn
Ing displayed without ostenia,on, IN his description
Of the famous Shield oil Achilles alone, not TO men
tIon hts celebrated catalogue which never could
have been popular nywhere, In any age.
Again, y work assigned Tor the vulgar
ear. or the vulgar mind, could never
have furnished TO Aristotle the principles
upon which he has founded his celebrated Laws
Still less could 1t have formed more than q morc
for poems like the "Hnedn and "Paradise Lost"
for these great epics not merely constructed as
closely 40 p0ssible on the plan OF the "llad,n but
derive their chief beauties from IT. either directly or
Indirectly. In short, take away from either virga
or Milton what he owes 70 Homer, and he has but
little lett for any 'earn As for the popular ear"
the H0meric geography alone, wonderfully correct
an t IT, would have soreIy puzzled IT. and, what is
worse IN the preaCpt case-thal u pAs trronenIy