New-York tribune., 1872-03-28

NEw NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AMhKIoA-"H A
MACDONALD'S WITHIN AND WiIiloCI'
Among the coming publications oil the mar
pers is "A volume on Ancient America, oS JON" ~ p
win author of Prehistoric Nations ~ ~ ''e "
,,, civilization Of our country that Mr. Badwh uc-
.crihes the America whose marvellous rhs sun "'oS'
a., ., and skill Of her ong-dead races Other books
~ q, no issncd by this collection OF sermons
~, T N WIT Tamage aud the Annual Record OF Science
and Industry for 1871. edited by Spencer F. Baird
seriburr Armstrong, n Co. are rcprnting Mr. George
M.caoualds within and Without" dramatic poem,
whose charm lies in the interest OF It's story thah
,u peanty or power OF dcon. It's fun Of the atIncs
phe,e Of unrest ana suffering which ends only with the
closing &. dream Of Heaven" The book opens with n
monastery Italy. In his cell sits ana pohders
Count Jaiin, noble, who has eV castle
aud estate 10 become monk, because he was
refused hy the woman he loved. Craving
comfort and hope, he turns from the pains OF
love a. the pangs cropping religion 10 longing,
passionate search for Divinity. HIS feow-monks and
tr abbot are carnal unctuOus sort that Brown
rug has made famous; and Julian has offended them no
les uy his and plying contempt than by with
holding The knowledge OF his name, birth, and wealth
They burn TO possess the latter, and Julian finds
instant escape necessary. OF course, he goes
only to bower. mothllke. about his lady-loye, who
Is III trouble peculiar 20 Italy and mpecuniosity \
stealthy devil" Count NembrOni desiring 10 become
her lord aud master, desired in vain whereupon he CON
trv,s the only creditor OF her bankrupt father
nuprsons him drives the lady from her home, and when
Julian appears il tormenng her in the most diaboh'a
fashion Ju,an watches disereetly, and, one stormy
night KILLS the Count aud carries Lila 10 ms castle,
VIII, re- ,she fas into a fever aud he nurses her.
Prom her delirum ne learns what turns hs sorrow
hprucss that she loves him and has always loVed
him and that only false play undetailed sori
separated them. Just as she reaches the point "
rccover the monastc authorities find the refuge Of tbe
Apo,taie monk, and with the neir of the murdeTd
Nomloni rush to attack the castle. Julian aud lana
escape by secret stairway and float from river To sea
10 LIE England. Part Third opens III fooi
lodging IN London, where, after five years
uf weddcl lfe and the advent W "a
dainty LITTLE IybuG the mork and his wife pray muse,
and grow apart. Julian wrapped continually III re-
Lous rcvorie, which hc does Mt share with Lila, who
fan, cs that love her becaus he Is silent and
uudemous'rativo. BY reaction, she becomes equally
- and the misunderstanding goes az until Julian hears
that she has cI0ped with Lord SCaford. widower,
whose daughter she hss been teaching mnsc, ana
WHO Ras fallen violently in love with her
Julian attempts search Cor her, bat die
suddenly. In truth Lila is innocent. She has repulsei
Lord seafOrd and is living alone chat Juar may be 20
heved from III presence Of uDloved wife and thai III
meditation may find the cod who has absorbed al
has thoughts The poem ends with Dream, so'na
Ia "a world not realized" wherein everything Is cN
planned three discmboled spirits, husband, WIFE
aud child meet misty mountain top up n the blue Sk!
and the stars with utter tenderness and confidence Inc
picture unnatural, though II Is ouf Ger
tauiy not often presented in literature The fairy child
little wIse loving lily. Is of the most attractive
characters in The book; MI Macdonald Is always 1e
hghtful m his sketches child lives and lOVes-as in
deed he ought he. with thirteen bairD> of HE own /"
study
Another new reprint Of tbs hOuse IL edward leNieni
Memoirs Socrates" translation from tht Alen
orabia" Itisexcecnty done. and the edition is the
pr,ttost and dllnte.t imaginable IL the way "f press
work and binding