, 1873-08-03

ho s ,int.1tational IN to losorvo tho aucooss NO
rust It will aohlovo, this high and lofty
PROCLAMATION fashion % mnst go oy tho noartl. a1,i
discriminating, and telling .trcatment Of all live
,uostiouB by tho hest talont of Europe md
kmorcn, but, ss while fearloss aud progressive,
'iming to lend tho tines by sllva'ncII11g ~ every
hority Of tho Scriptures, or tho supremacy Of
our Constitution over united republlc !" to
lie aolitlity Of history will strive to nnito (Hio)
Tho aprgtllnces Of tho monthly IN It WI d.. DO
frequently thnn quarterly # tho public do
marai, A tlne liHt Of prominent contributors
Is aprondeed, including al1,g aam1ong oilers, hsaa,
Tho 9 oarea aeaonf Eanels cosh hB nr s
noli, DR., lay Fa1rnor Dr.. schaft, Prof Illoo. ".
Dwight, President Portor Or. A.. 7. Peabody,
Gen. Howard, Prof. Park, cx-prcsiacnt Hopkins.
Gnsacs1F se9cs GeSy Syf f5q bp kosadr Il nf" f. ynte
hmass hToat uayGlt Wyslkor.mNes1 ni Tori Maa. '' '
"A London (July y lottor to the. Now York
mtsoa arsSs now now edition Of hia Modern
ii{ustrations aRgal i s' st Of tho ast To book had
become 50 seereo-or, ,,atthor, two volumes 9,es
Of II hn1tat or o,,',. iate ,S year, IT T. mas
rricc, It rcachod OH ono occasion E28, In cloth,
at auction, though It's market price whom nttain-
ahlo has boon abont ;E10, or double the. pnbllca-
lion price. But tho demand for tho book in MhH
boon out Of all proportion to tho supply. Why
Mr.. Huskin objected to ita republication is ok
rlHnod in lis preface to tho now edition, which
IL III, aatobiographical curiosity, like most recent
writings Of Mr.. Ruskin: 1le Inns yioltied llo says
with some violence to his own fuclings, for many
parts of tho first aud SECOND volumes aro writton
In o narrow enthusiasm. md the substance OF
their metaphysical and religious speculation ia
only juHti1atlo on tho ground OF ita absolute
honesty TlliA allusion ucoms to malo 1t proper
to say-wlat III cortninly 10 necrot among cnro.
ful renders ct Mr.. Rnnkin's later writing6-that
Ills theological opinions have undergone n q com"
rlete change since his younger dnya. Tho r.
fgIouB- profoundly religioua.--clemcnt IN lis
nature ro.nains and must always romain tho
aRnlo, but ho would not now mako biblical
phraaeology tho bnaia Of s,,ch aEgu1nonte rs aro
scattered throughout his works,-!n tho fanous
| Lectures OH Architecture and painting, Tor e1-
| ample. Tho proface proceeds:
81 or tho third, fourtl and fifth volumes indeed
mean eventually to rcarrango wlnt think OF permit
but with fcwor and less elaborate tllatrati9na nor
hnye any Ecrioua gr ,inaa TOR refusing TO aoW the
book once to appear in the Irregular form which
1t took "a written, enco Of the artcachng anu
tronch and nothing to re:ract. THIS Anal cit'on must
howovor, bo limited to thousand ceos for aomo n . Of
tho moro delicate plaea ara already worn that or TIE
Mill sroan iu tho fifth volume and Of tho Loire sio
s re,onycd M
Of ,o nczzosint for reprinttng But Mr AEinytagss,
mr. couaens und Mr. ouits magnificent patea 1re ,
3mrc ara stilj uood enough to answer teir purpose
Sign with my hand ta preface to avery cory, thus
ortRaI tates now proissccablc and belonging to tho
Inst edition Of the book III its complete form;
"The wording Of tho last Bontonce might leave
question open wlother 11r. Ruskin aiGns the
preface onco for alt Or eigns each copy. Ho IL
not tho man to tnho rofugo i'll an ambiguity from
little fatigue. But il anybody should bo iil,
credulous, d comparison OF different coples vii
| eli that IN
buyer gotB mn actual autograph OF tho gfca
writer,
"a now book by Matthew Arnold Ia always 81
event. Tho criticisms on Literature and Dog
mn ravo hardly died away, vet another aud yor
different work Is announced by Macmillan
nearly ready--the Higher Schools aud uniyora!
ties OF Germany Fow Englishn,on have st1tiet i
: the eubjeot Of education more closely than NJ
Arnold; fewer still have had OCCASION to mink
special inquiry into Continental systoi1is, as h
has Tho preao,lt book contains tho results c
gomc yeara' work, aud, in spite Of tho rovorenc
ho must havo for tho English l,igh-school sys
tenn to whicl, his fathor'e na,no lends s'lch a lllt
;. tro Ar Aruold'a views aro not likely to err frol
! too grcnt conservatism. 1t may bo assumed IN
It tho present book will DO critical NJ vol 40 htl
torical The Same publishers promise A1r. T. {
Q IIamerton's Thoughts about Art shortly; ali
il book on which tho CRITICS will faston.
+ "aIr. N. D. Conway is Mt work On q boo]
1t shortly to be published, onttIea 'Tho sncre
Anthology, n Book Of Ethnlcal Scriptures a.,
Ia described as collection ind methodieai elaBsl
y cation OF tile finest passages from the Biblna a,
j. cherished volumes Of al rncos and pnst agos, \
j. cluling scloctionB from the Old and New Test
b. 1nonts, in carefully revised vorsons. Mr.. Co
ways stulics havo long been OF kind to tit hi
IL. for making such complication. Ho bcgnn
l. experiencing tho need OF it in his own work, NJ
G. ends by supplying it Tor otAera:-not o bad gon
III ais for a book Of any kind. alr. Emerson al
b. Prof Max, Muller hayo both Interested the1
III BolycB in tho prcsout enacayor, mud both Civ
he hints and help Of various aud valuable Kinds
~ Mr.. joaquin Alillers '1ife Among t.
Modes vas to hHve beo u ready inun ny, pas
IL Io etylos It t,lnwritton history and it is pl
of sumo, no secret TINT hlr. Sllers viowa of 1ndi
ln lifo and of the Indian himself arc very unll
he those which presai! among tho eonotanty
ID, Of tho Indians, aud AZ defense Of tho lndia
70, implies pretty strong consure OH those who
he tack them, thore is = pn!1es prospect :. Of
, lively discussion ahead. bentley o. q
ro- shillilgs. I doubt whether. nuch
le- ontorpriso would pay II tho author were !
u joaquin Miller. British interest IL the alod
10 cannot DO very great bMt In Dir. Mler 1t u @
al- the Protection Of the Aborigines, just as til
is Society for tho Conversion OF tho Jows, {
ac- bolioye Tho former has made rather moro he
in way than tho latter. In Amorlca where
is bo published littlo later than in England.
on '::Tho salo Of Mr.. Macrondy's library, VII
ry- occurred on Tuesday hardly leBorves not
son except for tho contrast it offered to the Fork
tho salo. Tho rich brewer formed . colloction
literary bric-a-brao Just as, had his sabtea tur
ilo- that wny, lie might hayo formed n COLLECTION
his old china. It is said to hayo cost him ab
18th $1,000, and it sold for oyor .E25, 900, much
q" tho delight of his heirs. Mr. Macrondy ha*
tle working dramatic aud miscellaneous libra1
my books to use, aud used them, and ho nnu
o1t Leirs cot tho beuoflt OF them: and they sold
. fow hundred pounds. Ono book. and ono
and fotchod an much as cas- Egortor's Theasr
oak romombraucoB, with notca Of John FL
no Kemble hear TINT tho Vellunl MAZarin
hor which fetched E3,i0o at the Perkins salo
fact l,ourlt for Lord Asburnllam.
yels .'Among tho Englishn,en who 60 to .1 Amo
llar this year il Mr.. Gorald Massey, the poe!,
Las Inns III, engagement with tile American Lite
, up bureau. Sir. Massey was once-anat pres
Neto Btill iB-yoll known In the United 8tatoH by
poems, especially by tho volume In which
do 'Dalad Of Babe Ohrystabel,'' appeared. !