New-York tribune., 1873-02-22

orional generally of practically instructive bearing
and invariably unexccponable on the score OF noi'y.
They might read aloud from cnd 20 end by me p"resso
New-England sunday-school teachers with consider
able profit to themselves, and certainy no narm %
their pupils. Some OF them are quoted rom
the writings OF Chatcaubriand, Aug. IherTy5
Ben Franklin, Blstiat. Tie original matter IL
/ not OF 20 high strans Is OF accoruah'
purity OF tone There is no extravaganza OF Opinions
or OF rhetoric But compulsory education s earnestly
Rdvorated and by almost necessary consequence III
France separation Of Church and state recommended
and therefore ths privilege Of coportage 80 readily
granted 10 nantes and not nfcquenty 20 lndecence7
IL refused 20 this excellent little work. For the ne" @
ster OF the Interior, 10 whose department tle oD'i
mission OF ColpOrtage is attached IN his quaty Va -
citlmst aud Of course Conservative" can but oppose
by an lcga the propagation Of so unsound doo
truos Indecd sight OF the mere name OF one of the
writer's in this Almanac should have been enough % con-
denim II in the eyes of Minister Goulard though ms
brother Minister Jues Simon. signs one OF its dieea.
II is the name OF Jean Mace whom your readers VIII
pleasantly remember ~ author of FHiSiOifc a W'e
Boieb.e de Pris translation OF which appeared in the
columns Of TIE TRIBUNE He has long been jealous
apostle Of popular education. Il was he who originated
in 1896 that Ltgus de PEnscignneH which now counts
seventy affiliated clubs circles, auG lts active ad-
herents by the tens Of thousands. They war against
Ignorance with all honorable weapons. They establish
libraries give lectures where the vexatous restrictions
I
tribute circulars and above all direct their ehor toward
strengthening public opinion ts demand for compul-
sory education. II ls mainly owing 70 them that pen
ons 70 Assembly for this object have received more
than 10000 signatures In tier quality as members OF
the Education League they medde neither with religion
nor politics But IL happens with them as with most
reformer in France that they are largely gwen TO free
thinking and repubicanlsm out Of school Furthermore
they act from their own initiative the public with
combined force growing even more considerable ny
strictly legal peaceful indeed, but not under
the patronage OF direction Of Government These are
more than enough why to the rightly constituted
ministerial mind certanly 70 the mind Of Legitimst
Conservative Minister, though OF so moderate
temper a. is NJ Goulard they should appear disGgreea-
bile dangerous revolutionary, antiC Christian antsoca
and ant nt-human degrading the race" backward to
-inac ancestry and forward TO Communards and Com
munists That regarded rs the logical concatenatoh
The League does not neglect the press an instru-
ment OF propagundsm. Among other works Issued hi-
der It's patronage is the Bib06lue Tois Sous series
OF brief treases sensible and practical on subjects and
questions OF the time only well written bur made
culture for the senses by the tasteful neatness almost
elegance Of material, form, and Typographical e&ecu
ton Five that have already appeared In this Ihree
Cent Library and moro in preparation under the general
title OF the Ideas OF Jean FRANCOIS, are from the n-
enious busv pen Of the wise schOomaster Of Beben-
helm The school there which Jean Mace loved and
lived in and wrote from FOR many years that
the Asauans claim their part in his fame, has
Deen removed since the annexation from the
PEAT Chateau 70 the Chateau OF Monthers' IN the
Department Of Aisne Parents who would prefer
having their daughters bred up toward womanhood'
rather than instituted young ladies' and such Of them az
have children at home taking French lessons, cannot
do beter than subscribe 20 the AqgGSin dEducQtoH
de Recreation published bv Mac6s coedltor, that book
bountIfu friend Of youth, Hetze P J. stahD Hachette
& Co. have just started a new Journal Was'Ts ae Ia
Jenesse specially intended for the healthy pleasure
and proat OF from 10 20 IS year ods The various
BiJliothfgues published by these two houses alone,
adapted 20 the tastes capacities OF all from
masters and misses destroy all grounds Of the old com
pant OF the lack Of wholesome, entertaining, and IN
sructive reading in French literature. This kind OF
publications is as profitable It is creditable 10 these
firms and therefore as credable sign OF public taste.
There are other new Bi5OhSqes, as the AAlnire one
natrouized by NJ Thiers's Government, selection Of
descriptive and scientific works on war; strategy, etc.
from julius CBsar's Commentaries downward, Win
which camps and barracks arc to be furnished the
Dcpocraq,e and the Repubeaine, for propagarng the
polltca ideas indicated by their names the somewhat
earlier I'm oriein but always hourshing NGtOpae grown
now 10 an extensive selection OF French classics and
transations OF masterpieces from ancient and foreign
modern literature In small but leeibe type nc nve sous
a volume. Cheapness OF price and the aim at diffusion
are common features OF all OF them and on this account
alone let alone the nature OF Ideas 70 DC dAsed Jhty
are all worth attention.
The Ltbrqire Franklin is a bookselng firm. esrab-
ished Immediately after the Commune" the crcu
lar with the view Of propagatng useful publications at
low prices" Questions OF political economy OF educa-
toDal reform OF social reforms In their varied bearings
the Bulletins Of the Society Of the Friends OF Peace are
the leading themes ana titles in their last catalogue, pre-
cedne which, however the list Of what has appeared.
or is in immediate preparation, OF the Btbi0heque
Franklin The list is headed, oddly enough by wood
cut apparently copied from Jhat one OF our postage
stamps which people in the secrets Of our PosOficc
Department say was intended for likeness Of Jefer-
SON. II is not more unlike Benjamin than Thomas But
10 the ettorpress: "ls collection composed OF vol.
umes at 2 centimes in l8mo OF from $50 10 200 pages
treating Of history literature, travels sciences, of pot
ical domestic and social economy, Of hygiene. &c
The series under this invocation aptly opens with La
Seience dl Bonh0nme Richard, followed with extracts
from his other writings, accompanied With notes, and
preceded by sketch OF the youthful lie Of Franklin,
from the pen OF Edouard Laboulaye.
Iwonder how many French editions Poor Richard has
gone through TO reach this latest have gathered here
and there than 39-a wrechedly incomplete col
lection, mostly OF old date Hardly a year passes
without giving light TO a one. Three days ago
picked pamphlet from stall printed in 1877 az Milan
La Mantera di Farsi Ricoo al BeyaBHo Franklin Edi
-ione csneeimaprima It is rather the fashion OF the
day, vastly expensive than generous but more
cheaply generous than just, to speak Of Franklin
low-graded twopenny ha'penny MOralist Truly Poor
Richards Way TO Wealth not as way by Wall
st OF the Erie road or the Pacific, curying around
states Prisons at a awess pace, running through and
over Courts and Legislatures and city accounts 20 high
places but was honest, safe way leading out INTO
temptation
Erckmaun- -Chatrian, in their new novel, les Det,5
Frees put fine eulogy OF the greatest phlosophe The
old schoOmaster whO in narratng the story or the two
hostile brothers. depicts the life OF an Aatan village
and draws his character with minute. realistic
fidelity that makes us familiar with the place and