New-York tribune., 1873-07-29
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
AUGUST MAGAZINES.

idle readers daily food. Lippineo holds on It's pros
perOus way as of the most cheerful ana eonVersa
ional Of our popular monthes. In the present huoer
we have a fresh installment OF the 90 New Hyperion
with its agreeable mayonnaise Of fact and romance Skin
fully blended in toothsome compound. The scene stl
fingers In Paris and It's enyir0ns, unfolding
many panoramic shows Of life in the gay
metropolis, which is moro than ever the fayorite
haunt Of American colonists. There are some draw
backs however, 20 the enjoyment OF complete beattude
"There are two things the AmerhanborD, however
long resident abroad, forgives the lack of in
Europe The first miss when am in Paris; IL is the
perpetual streetmehding Of an American town. Here
the bouevards smeared with asphatum bedded with
Urunched macadam, attain smOOthness without life you
travel on scum. But in the dear old American streets
the epidermis is vital what strength and mutual rei
nnce in the oobbes they stand together In seried
ranks. like many eyeteeth! How they are perpetu-
ally sinking into prOdgiOus ruts, along which the po
derous drays forced TO dance on one whee IN
paroXysm Of agony and critical eqWpolso
But the perpetual state Of streetmenmhg' 'n"'
Is the or0wning interest. What would ho' souio
times give 20 exchange the Swiss sWeepnggrIS PlSnh
their long b-ooms sOatey in the mud Tor the pa'os
hammers OF America. which play upon the peooeS hho
earlon of mufcd besi As for the other ack' !. Is
the want of wooden bridges. Far away In my natNe
meadows cleans the silver Charles: the tramp OF horses
hoofs comes to my from the timDers OF the Drso'
Here with pet and scramble your bridge is crOsseu'
potliuc addresses the heart from its stony causeWay
u the low aehed tubes OF wood that span the streams
of my native land many baSs-Yois' seudlhS out
mellow thundors with every passing wagon to blend
with TIE rus,iing stream and the Sghing woods Shau
Inpvr hear them again Tle daily routine OF our vag-
abOnd country men Is Int of in faithful coiOIs'
"Ineed not explain that have cast my lot WIN the
Colonial Americans of Paris, and taken their COLOR III Is
sweet aud luxurious mode Of life. The cooks SEND
round cur dinners quite hot have faultless ser
COlODlst another these
rovtal creatures sometimes become thoroughly trans
lated INTO American that have known them shift around
from lt Co Hat in colOuized households OF the second
aud td stories without ever touching French soil ior
the best part OF q lifetime. At our receptions, dancing
rts and so on we pass our time in not giving ofense
FadcIlls aad Couederates, rich coiton-spnners from
Rhode Island and farmers from thousand-acre oranges
In the West are Obliged 20 mngle and please each other
Naturally We can have more political opinions thau
: Iookiug.gla>s. We entertain just such views as
GGttgAaEi gives us every morning. harmoniEed with
paste from q dozen newspapers. Our grand national
effort may say the common principle that binds us To-
gether Colony, is 10 forget that We are Americans
We accordingly give whole nteecs 10 the task Of
appearing like Europeans; women succeed IN this
particularly wen Miss YuBa seQuoia Smith, whose
father made "a fortune water-rghts, is now afraid to
wax single block without the attendance of cham
sermaid in white cap, though she came up from Cali
forua quite alone by the old Panama route. Everybody
Hgroes that ladies dress we'll Shall 1 soon forget
how proud Mrs. Aqua Jones was when gentleman Of
the EmUerors body guard took her for Marguerite Bel
hanger ia tie BOsi Our men, not having the culture
Of costume attend to- perhaps Little IN want OF
standpoint. Still, can play billiards in the Grand
Hotel and buy fans at the Palais Royal We 90 out to
salHtClOu on horseback meet at the minister's; and
I contend that there something coucilatory
and national Southern colonel offering 10 take Bisc-
low 10 see Mcukcu at the Gate, when / saw some
West Pointers and nephew OF Beauregords lighting
the pipe of peace at handsome tOOaccOnts IN the Rue
saui-H0uore. The consciousness that we have no
longer nationality, and that nobody respects US
adds singular calm, an elevation 70 views. Com
posed as our cherished little society is Of crumbs
rom every table under heaven, We have succeeded in
forming way OF life where the crusty fortitude and IN
tegIy Of patriotism is unnecessary. oar circle is like
she green palace the magpes in Mussets Merle Blanc,
aud like them We live DO plaisr, dhonneur, de ba-
sardage de glore ct dc ohf1ns" The paper entitled
"Iusilc Japan affords some iSteresng details in re-
gard o. the social aud domestic economy OF the
interior Of the island empire The benighted natives
have 10 least civilized accomplishment, and know
how TO keep a hotel well as tie most enterprising
Yankee
In imagining a japanese hotol, good reader,
please dismiss an architectural ideas derived from
the Continental or the FlitA Avenue. Our hotels
"a japan uutwardy at least wooden structures, two
stOrc, high, often but one. Their roofs are usually
ttcei though the city caravarsaries are tiled They
are entirely open on the front ground floor, and about
fceJ IRON me s or threshold rises platform about
"a .oot ana half hieh upon which the proprietor may
i~cnc h. busy with his accoant6ooks If it is Winter
ho l. engaged m the absorbing occupation OF all Japan
over a charcoal tne IN low brazier. The kitchen IS
1suds just next 70 ms lroLt room often separated
-vulViuE "a japanese kitchen ont OF his or
ueT lmt tRlnauon' lAo re~ugl nusV ca,I 4Yy aTay
the rs.lc colcepil9n or BIidSets realm bhss-
tul, micet, is the thought as 1 enter the japanese
hotel that neither the yDcai servantgr nor the Amer
lean AO'. CLERK is u De IOuld mere Inc landlord comes
"a meet mc and, falling Oh bis hands aud knees, bows
his head 20 tEe floor one OF the pretty girls out
D the bev usually seen IN japanese hotels comes TO as,
sst me and take ny traps. welcomes invitations, ana
plenty greet as III down to take oGmy shoes
a. All gQOd japanese do aud as those hlthy OIelgners
don't who tramp Oh the clean mats with muddy boots.
stand up uEsnOd, ana am led By the laughing girls along
tie smooth corridors. across an afcned bridge winch
spans open space in which Is rOOkery, garden and
rS 60, 1icb me fair des choose for me il at tbe
END OI the house, overlooking the grand scenery for
Nnetyuine valleys are said to be visible from the noun
tain-top which the hotel is situated, and suspect
geTaLon.
The monthly Gossip" in this number ia entertaining
as usual though INDUCES ID 10 dreaTy spurs of forced
American wt and offers no oracles Of solemn wisdom.
One OF the leading articles in the Catholic
World discusses the Darwinian theory from different
point Of view taken by writer in the May
Der of the periodical In the present essay, Mr. Darwin
IS criticised with great severity, and his principles IL Is
cOuteuded are utterly rrecOncilable with the teachings
of the Church Nor does the writer assign so high
a position 10 Mr. Darwin IN the field Of
science as is claimed for him by many
OF the highest living authorities in natural
history "There is little to fear" he asserts "that
the frivolous arguments Of his latest Work will ex
cite any thing but laughter and ridicule among men Of
sOld erudOn" They are, however, the direct fruits
OF Protestant principles. Professionalism has done its
only TOO we'll Casting of all authority in matters
OF faith has paved the way to all errors and its theory
has merely been developed by our modern material
ists" The paper concludes with the admission
that there is germ of truth in the theory
Of evolution but 10 should not be received,