New-York tribune., 1874-12-22

tho strength OF noavc." Every thing con
spires diScrcdt the fact OF the miracle. only Is
contemporary history silent in r'pctt to It, but suisse
quent like wise" ~ cr,bility his usually been as
sailed the physical sid. 0at 1t iS still more open to
attack the religious a hnS sheer waste Of Omnp
otcrte, Sewing purpose Of prty, seeing 1t excited
movement 0f ioG Ter cr ~ !tudr, any more than II
il lad never been wrought" the volume Is brought
out in sly OF Uus,l CIcdat. a. }cots The essen
tal Requisites of PIP i. prn', an hhi'nS whio the
copiou lsri0u, VII attract no. hy ta'ir scl'c-
non .ojn tLc most Iut. i work, .: tde hest na>tcr'
Tney consist OF -. pirio.ad Anthology gathered fom
all the world fortS OF Themselves Life OF Chr! as
clolucnty told 6y the CT"t p'I:"r1, and COPIED by
the Albert p to ,rapc process unirr the direction OF
~. /. EiC?>tadt
ATS rpYsspr DEATH =, RorxHT
B Eoo>. ycLr l2mo pl. 3.G Il. ". tIlcon ca.
Under the pSrudonym of n long suffering
and s0ieiy pcrrl+Xed hr. T. tcr q H. tc anLOr O ms
ircttous depicts IN" frcicu is"iis of marr''d
lfc, Cf wiIh he prCfr'c 20 have hcn made tie victim,
il not the u.artyr. Good Mr., Peter was woInan Of
many crt hcts ana Nith All hIr vclihcss of mind ana
manner, &C I'D MAKE horsci lrt aucutly GsaSrrcabe
! in t!,e attempt to reduce thcn 10 practice. The dear
lady was lsurch with g'nld r,cr for testing a ire
ntw.farg,ol hC t- of IL" y, ami III" results OF her
experiments recorded by tr i1"c,Srred husband
wi:hn charming subnlse"n to III" viii ~ tic h"hcr
Powers Onr Of Ms. Gls prt wAa,cs was 10 in:odCco
Iria tive simplicity Of dict Ny dear said she. one
Nnr av after dinner to he patient Peter, have been
IT,: IL, r'nr = lecture ny DC I"NS There Is great
dial Of in what he says. Or plan of Diet Is nj!
| wrong. Wien everybody lived hy hunting. u,eat was
the only fool tha cu'.d obtain. Now that the vast
siocnu.,c = y :;,lc cl,, =. il tr i"l, nutritious
as well as the dearest of foods Ih +" Is oatnra wc
give the s'o.cl t'r rnid, h.".th. pot Toes nniiSh
the Iri>h; ln,I are fvrit: .! thr FTDca; IL" Ger
mans pIt hld brc I'd to Whit; thr lIadooS 1--we on
rcc and there Is reason Why hcans shotd not he
the American food" So IN spite of all protests on
the rar, Of Peter beans became The order Of tho day.
Thele were hcius at all houlS The dun opened with
bean soup and bean red rh ana beans formed tle
so.id dish. ana f0!lJGrd ~ hrI cdk" ~ dessert
For lr,aAE'>t fh2y nd beers "A"in o'@r and c'Id
bcaus tor lunch. Tho 0is.cs Wtro nc"tly Oina'
mru:ed 10 give thCm an air OF foreign grace
ak,d heans came the tal like ntKey pebbles ri''d
In lniic M unt;inF sCr!card by bccr"ar' or carrot
d,goils They were treated Win vinegar, sdurcs con-
diuents any thing 10 ciyc hca an OrSlnni haVo Dut
,hnv remained Leans 10 the last. About THIS tc Ptt'f
ccn to dine o;tca Fish wt~ the next weakness or
tie progrc Mrs. Gal oho, oi""ins SUI ts''oh OF
Acasslz, ordered exclusive tisIi:i.; with VIZ" to
the uoar bmet Of tie BRAIN. This WIS deCihcd I'M
provcncnt on the bean dispens!ti0n Tho breakfasts
were perhaps a!c too muci c"nii'd I" r''t lil ana
n>h cakeS lunch was too eXIh,iVciy Il ottcd hfrrhS3
and sardines but for dinner tho WL"ic C'll family
rcvCled IN salmon, Spanish m%chcrcl, hh%nSf, hHiu,
tron: and bass. Then t,rc t.c endless tribe OF
shcE1i>il 10 IAN upon, io"HiS
and soallops Mr.. Gi! grG iT cnj we'd the n'w system
at. .or Inc eycild,g bcaDs re Ui'S Of the L0nse-
hold seemed to improve, ana though the clIdrrh
found Us much trouble "S ever III thcif spelling
les sons they took lar-c an amount OF phosphorus
iuo their systems that dobt they would some day
,rnye TO lie Ccnscs at the first water. Bat tn re WAS
no end to Peer Gs pcr p"N;ic, Oh account OF tha ze
for innovation winch was always "X rcisrd by his better
part lis sole ll-; and ov Poor Peer tells Ia, story
Hi;h ninIi;ab!c rate,t. Lah.r@ i'hcHr alicHl 10
the sympathy OF hi, adcrN IL III; IcV0ns trials TGeY
will not shed inany tear ,w"vroNer their occurrence
As they have given occasion to 50 amusing a look
POLITICS FOR YOvSG tHrFCATS. nv CHsaLzs hoEDnoyF
l2lro. pa. 4Ji. iIa':" Er;a"f'
The "po!itic;u Class Book," by the late !
William Sullivan, of Boston. Tic first imp"rtant al
te,npt to forth the principles of American politics In
a systematic form fer pc puiar use Tdat work was
clear c0inpact exposition Oi tue theory ad Practice Oi
orr cnycrunGnt ud continued Tor verll wears 10 hold
A hi "A place the public esc'n. MI Nordhon has the
Of more recent date, ena:cr freshness OF
information and more familiar sty!' His book was
written Expressly Young people, indeed with primary
rc!crcEce TO son, lad OF sixteen. but 1t may be
oi.u;tcd with benefit by larg" class OF grown-up |
readers who are not Thoroughly acquainted with !
the methods and workings of onr political ma |
chincrv The aim Of tho volume is to Illus |
1rate tho lneauing and limits Of Liberty, law, govern
nent and human rights, and thus to nnpart the |
politjrsl knowledge winch every American ought to
TO lit him for the duties O citizenship. Mr. NOrd
hos style admirably adapted to the purpose in view.
To certain cxtcut it Is coOQual In Its character. with
no trace Of the formay which usually prevails in the
composition Of books. though without tho tone Of con
descen,ion which many writers adopt In order to meet
the supposed demands of the juvenile Intellect. The
work aDounds in the discussion Of priples well as
the elucidaon Of processes. Iu treating of great
variety questions the author Is often led into
field OF controversy, anu on no subject does he
fail to declare his opinions with emphasis and force.
He has taste for occupying neutral ground
on the leading principles Of political economy. Em |
ncnt the strenuous advocates Of free radc his
CONVICTIONS on that question give n coorng TO the COLI
tents OF his work. He makes preteusions to mpar
taty as between free trade protection
the latter system as hostile TO the financial and ipdu
trial interests OF the country Freedom Of trade I'm b
view the rock OF our national salvation he urges is
claims with an earnestncss in proportion the strength
OF his CONVICTIONS But the believers In the opposite
system will not 1nd Mr. NOrdhof an unfair or dsIppen
uous Antagonist 1t Is true that he presents his own
ideas In the strongest light but not perceive apv
tendency to msrepreseDt the ideas Of his
OF this reasonable man will complain The sincer.
lover OF truth will always rejoice In discus
sion assured that 1t damage tue interess of
his
RXPOSITORi NOTES on TRR BOOK or JOSHUA B,uo,.,. |
CxossL limo pp. z38 Robert Carter Il Brother
DR.. Crosby takes strong ground in this
volume against the destructive criticism which has been
brought against tho Book Of Joshua In his opinion
no one Of the sacred books coussent with ftse
DR. shows greater completeness and harmony In tts
construction He regards tho arguments against its
ntegrtY as only spec0us and puerlle Without enter
ng into the details Of crcsni he eucdates the con-
ents Of the book by few simple and lucid notes. COM
pressing ueh matter brief space. and reseryinR
more protraeted discussions for the appendix. His