, 1873-05-27

dumped OH tho hinge pile Of Court -uouyo duUris
loft by tie gront tlro.
LITERARY NOTES.
| ArooATiYrT1o rnorHEo1EB. ,
Tho Into Roy. James Do pn1, n Chaplain IN tho
United States Army, mndo prophecy a subject OF
close study during tho twenty yoarB Of hlB min
| iatry, mid prepared q number Of discourBoa on
this nnbject They aro pnhlinhed in book-form
| by Olaxton, Romaon l. Haffolfngcr, Of ph!ladol-
phin, undor tho titlo, "An Exposition Of tho
Prophecies Of tho apocalypse" For sa1o by Il.
| D. RUSSELL No. 148 stato Btrcot
| THE PASSIONS.
Love and libortinism Gro subjects which 1t iB
| very difficult to treat In accordance with tho
maxim Of ARISTOTLE to aay what should DO said.
to say only whpt should DO said, and to say it as
1t should DO aaid." Fronol writors arc very fond
Of making such attempts, and, 1ilto tho aavagos
| who amuse themselves by soeing low near their
victims they can throw their tomahawke without
! cutting tho skin, thoso writors tako prido On
tho doxterity with which tlloy can verge
on tho indolicate and impure without
touching tho quick. It cannot bo denied
that the rotations Of tho soxcs nro
discussed today in general society with
a freedom that would have shocked generation
gono, and that thore Is . demand for bold but
puro treatmont Of these topics. Tho succoBa Of
nuch work ns Dunlas ills' " Man Woman +" IL In
! point. Another work Of tho snmo character, Of
less gonina and fuller dotail, Is tho Treatise Of
DR.. x. Bourgeois, Laureate Of the Academy of
| Medicine Of Paris, which has been translated by
Dr.. Howard T. Damon, and published by Jamcs
| Campbell, Doston. Its title il "Tle Passions
| In Thcir Rotations to Health and Diseases"
| ROWING.
Frederick J. Engo1hardt, tho boating g-oditor Of
In'J, Field, and Farm, has prepared Row,
| Which is to bo published rs an annual. 1t con
| tainH record Of all tho American races Hinco
1911. summaries Of college rognttas, timo-tablos
| Of annual local regattas, English collogo raeos,
aquatic sportsmcn concerning regatta rulcs, bot
| ting. rulos, the Dimensions Of boats, oars, and
aculls, training, rowing, md sliding, and tho like.
| 1t Ia published by tho author at tho Office Of
"1uE OTHER a1nrs.''
Mra 4; D. 7. Whitney, the popular author Of
story, entited "The othor Girls " in Which tho
fccta. It 10 Illustrated by j. ]. Harley 0sgood Il
| Go. arc tho publishers. For aalo by ". 3. Keen,
Cooke l. Co., Chicago.
has issuad anotbof Of lis seras q Amorican, ss,
published by bbold 4 htoad. Il ID Is
tho lifo o. Ferdinand Do soto, tie
diHcovcror Of the mississippi. OF him 10 aays
that careful Investigation has revealed Do Soto
to be by 10 means 30 bad q nan rs no had sup
posed linn to haye boon, aud ho' finds much in
lis horoio but melancholy career which callg for
charitable oonstruction and sympathy. Mr. Alb
hott is certainly right in his ethics which teach
him that it IL ns wrong to traduco tho dcad aa
tho living; but ono Of thorcasonB whichho giyos
for handling the heroes Of the .pnst with
tenderness las an almost comically prn-
aiding to form public opinion respecting another
who las left tlls world, should remember that lo
may yot meet tho departed IN the spirit-lnndt
It is lad enough for q 8onEitive author to meet
tho critics OF this world, but, i ho has to ro;
to conie thore might we'll bo m end to tho
making Of books. 1t is not TO bo oxpectotl, how
eyor, shat MI Abbott or other writer's i VII nj
rosent. II they find themselves in company
hereafter with tho bad mon to whom tl,oy )layo
given good characters they will DO sure to os-
sdS % s S gqoa go mon T3 M noe oy aoe Ga{e saSs dS
Mr.. Abbott has, fatuoilB'y enough, overlooked.
Does he not expect to meet any OF his readers in
tho Kingdom. coming7 How will he dnro to
IIoayon in tho firm boliet that thoy would thoro
find Napoleon I: in tho shining ,garb Of m Arch
angel, or chanting hymns with tho Chorubim
aud 6eraphim around tho Throno2
= TIE CHRISTIAN nELIGIcN.
An argument for tho truth Of tho Christian
religion j. preaesnntto?d snt + BY tho Rev: Dr..
"ncason and Rcdemption,." published by
Lippincott, mud for sale in this city by
Scott, OF San Francisco, contributor o predatory
letter, in which ho says that llo has read nino
chapters Of the book in manuscript,& &of itself
tribllte,-anil that ho finds tho style frcsh easy,
and simple, and rising sometimes to tho sublime
for its own authors and proaclora, as we'll as
each day calls for it's daily bread; and he thinks
DR., Whites york, ia which tle necessity for sal
ly vol presented, will do great deal OF good.
SHORTHAND.
Another system Of shorthand is presented by
the Roy. W. y. seovll, II. A., OF, 10 William
as iesbo rs lie plainsss wrting md ti raauires
no toaclor bnt tho book. It il accompanied by a
number OF certificates from reputable gontlemon
who hive found it easier to use and to read than
tho systems Of Pitman, MnnRon, and tho others.
"TuE ISLES OF siIoALs."
Cola Tinker npologzes for s'Anlong tho Islca
of Shoals, published by Osgood, as fragn.olltary
aud inadequate sketches; but renders will not bo
apt to agree with thia modest eati.nnto OF
its character. It ia written in singular
harmony with tho soa-broezes, the bare rocks,
aud tho delicious, soothing mir of tho IeleH OF
Shoals. Tho Vory sound Of the words suggest
ssa-tlaahiugB and dreamy Bkos. For sale by ".
u At5u d AOuhGt ALlEnbo.
tsHEn MAJESTY THE QUEEN"
John Estor Cooke has turned aside from tho
field OF American fiction to work in foreign
luarrioB. His last novel, published by Lippin-
cott il entitled, " Her Majesty tho Queon," and
tho acenes and charactora arc drawn from that
well-stored magazine for novolists.-the English
Civil War; through which A1r. Cookies ancestors
boro noble part, in Which tho story follows
them, starting from tho old fanlily-ssat In War
wichuhiro.
AN ONO STORY.
Judge Riddle, of ofWasllingtun, l,as written aBtory
of AMoriean life, urdor tho tltlo Of "l,art idgoly"
It Inns achieved d wide auccesA for ita rncnoss OF
narrative, and for Ito sketches OF mon like JOSH
ua Il, Gidlugs, old Bon Wado, and other dis
tinguishe6l citizons Of Ohio, where tho Hoono OF
tho story lies, who move through tho story, and