, 1873-06-29

| Heafo the tired Earth'S pltt{ni
Left her place In tho bowccA =ure.nal
And passed through the GeeIeninE kky;
And ker tears, - she uept at mems sorTows,
Fell down from on high;
Fell gently aud sweet like blessing,
| Oier woodland, and mountain. End plain.
Tae bountful mcrciful rain;
| C<:He with Infinite comfort and hean1
To sickness and pain.
New fragrance aud beauty awaken
I From every leaflot and flower:
| And tho world is pu1er and brighter,
| transformed and renewed Il hour!
| IN, W. thauk Thee, our Father in Heaycn.
o THO CARPENTER
LITERARY NOTES.
Ar: 5. g. Halls new book is *sTho Stately
The Academy Of st. Petersburg has elected
Mr. Il. ". Longfellow and Mr. W. G. Bryant as
Mr.. Richard Proctor, author Of "Othe,
| Worlds than Ours and other popnlnr scientific
books, and Secretary OF the London Astronomi-
cal Society, will lecture in the United States
from October to February next.
Frederic Harrison, the London Poaitivist,
has given Stephens Liberty, Equality, and
| Fraternity an e1cor1ating reyiow in the Fort
nightly, accusing Stephen OF using Comtes
bricks to build his own castle, and then hurling
all sorts OF mlssiles from the wall at the great
| Unpopular. Stephen il as thin-akin1ed as most
| other English authors, aud rushes at his critic
! in rage in long letter in the Pau Hall Gazette.
Mrs. Blanche Lee Childe, vito Of nephew
| OF Gen. Robert E. Lee. has C memoir OF that
officer in the June number of tho Reruc dsz
| DeuI Wondcs. She Bays Loo WAS far from ap-
proving the revolt Of the Southern States. "Had
I millions Of slaves" he said to montgomery
Blair, sent to offer him the virtual command in
nominal subordination to Scott, i would sacri-
ice them to the Union; but how can draw my
sword against Virginia, where Was born =?
Holt d Williams will issue Immediately, in
their " Leisure Hour Series" Gustav Do1e's
style his Around . SPRING spiethagcn's new
story: ",5hat the Swallow Sang" has bean
translated for the same series.
Mrs. Mary Cowdon Clarke, tho author Of th9
written book called "The Trust and the Re-
mittance; Two Loye-Storiea in Metred Prose-"
With tho following peculiar dedication: +" To the
Lover-Husband Of e5, these love stories are
dedicated BY the Lover Wife Of g."
Tho discoveries OF Dr.. Leitner in Central
Asa are proving still more important than Ut
frs: announced In a list Of Ieitner's forth
coming publications. eleven Languages OF
heretofore terra incognua are accounted for,
and maps and photographs Of the countries aud
has introduced to the world Of letters are given.
The countries between Eashmir and BadaEbhan
are treated Of in his last publication, which
gives us translation OF the songs and legends
There never Was but one complete library.
say8 the Cincinnati Commercial and that was
owned BY the man who wished for but two
books-the Bible and Shakespeare. a complete
library is . misuomer. The larger library be-
comes, the greater are it's wants and Incomplete
ness. The British Museum, with it's million
volumes, Was meyer SO restless now in sup
plying its deficiencies. The Bibliotheque In
periae. Of Paris, with its two millions, has its
gaps which would ahame circulating library in
Rur an, r1uSr ~ r
fev ysars ago had no copy Of the works Of Dan |
iel Webster.
Capt. Grnhnm, of the British army, han |
translated very important historical work bear
takhab u Tawarikh, By Add ul Kadi1 OF Badaun"
which is in three yolumeo. The first contains !
the general history of Hohammedan India from |
Mahmud OF Ghazni to the death Of Humayun; |
the second, the history Of Ab1ar to the fortieth
year OF his reign tho third, lives of the differ
ent holy and learned men who dourished during !
tho period
A Samaritan inscription. in large mural |
characters has recently been discovered on
s tone about half mile from Qaza. Particulars |
the stono have not yot been received, |
but squeeze Was nent by Mr. Charles Hamilton |
to the Rev. Dunbar Heath. The stone had baeu |
read BY the latter gentloman, by Mr. Yau1. Prof.
Palmer, and Others, and there seems to be but
little doubt OF its boing genuine inscrip iption,
taken from Deuteronomy iv., 1881. It's date
bas not yet boen determined but steps have t
been taken by the Palestine Exploration Fund,
On the information given them By Mr. Heath, to
connected with, the stone. =
Tho Publishers Weekty Says "Mr. Pro-
oasco, who has ono Of the most interesting COL
ections Of books and art objects in Cincinnati
las lately had printed at the University Press,
cambridge, large paper catalogue Of his library,
which is q beautiful specimen Of Typography |
)nly seventy-fve copies we're issued. The book
. royal octave of III pages, and catalogues