New-York tribune., 1874-06-23

that boat-load Of passengers succeeded IN dea's &
tho sbp and were saved. Among these fortunate sur
yiyors of the catastrophe there was reverend gene
man an evangelical of the lowCnurcn school, WHO % pE ne
omencd voyage. and, having thrilingy lnteres,ne
in Dublin at which he used 10 morallze the occurrence
after the fashion OF persons ot ms schoo OF theology
He knew himself to be unworthy oI 80 sgha % Ihty
was lost In medatons ON the wonder tlat the AImghs
should have seen good TO make nam the example ol 80
special providence was eoniounded at tn9 ,nongn, m
that ne had been picked out to be the recpeu Oh 80
signal mercy, etc, etc. etc. And all thls t9lu
and was eagerly swallowed oy tne gOouy
goody old ladies of the Dublin teagnts one day. on
the occasion of ont OF the general receptions OF the
clergy, which often took place at the res
dence hero holding forth IN his usual strain 10
little knot gathered around him IN Whaelys dra~inS
room when the archbishop whose wont u was % on Sni 70
occasions TO stroll about the room ifol one SLi ,oro
another saving few words here ana few "0Ius yneio
son I've VIII gave him that name LOT ne nonTJ M m 70 the
center Whatey listened with grave attention 10 une
telling OF his and To the usual comments on IT. anu
then spoke. "Wonderful occurrence! giea anu & siS
nal mercy indeed, Mr.. Thomson Bat think can cap
H." said he. using expression which was very com con-
mon with him. tossing up his white head IN the Ou ou
like manner-"I think can cap 1t with ah ihciueh'
Everybody pricked up his and listened eagerly
for the passage in the archbshops NE whch shVn ,
show yet more marvelousy merciful escape hah that
of Mr. Thomson from the burning snip
Whately continued IN the most impressive manner:
"Not three months 1 sailed IN the packet from
Holyhead to Kingston Ghe port for Dubhn) and -,
Apause While the archbishop TOOK copiou pii,sn nc % VI
snuff aud his hearers were Oh the enter-noOAs oi OK
And by Gods mercy the vessel never caught fire at
all. Think Of hat, Mr.. Thomsonw o.
II viii be admitted tnat the archiepiscopal hammer
struck big nail very accurately on the heau.
Other articles of more or less interest IN tnis nuhoc
are "vignettes from the schuylkiI Valley" "Old Lis
bon and ITS Overthrow" and "superstitous Creduty
sCRIBNER.
"The Great South" by Edward King, is de-
voted to the history and OF Missouri contain
ing series of brilliant sketches of the City of ST. Louis
both in its Industrial and social aspects The writer
does not neglect the remarkable feature in its intel
lectua condition which has given il so prominent place
In the history OF American thought and culture His
brief description does but scanty justice to the profound
significance of the movement TO which he refers but he
interesting notice Of personal details connected
with its origin and progress.
The operation OF the German mind upon the American
has been admirably exemplied in ST. Louis by the up,
sprinsng in the and thoroughly commercial capitai
of real and noteworthy school OF speculative pnIo
ophy at whose head, and by virtue OF MS dlShgusHed
pretmnence as a thinker stands william H,Trls' .c
present superintendent OF the city public schools MI
Harris during hs stay at Yale. IN 1856 met he Vener-
able Alcott, of Concord and was much stimulated py
various conversations with him. At that time he had
studied Kant little ant was beginning TO think upon
Goethe Inc Nuts gwen MN 10y I hCoso m MI IN ~
Louis. and came into contact with Germans or culture
and ORIGINALITY his desire for philosophical study
greatly Increased and strengthened. In 1858 he became
engaged teaching, for eight years conducting one OF
tine graded schools The first year of his stay in st.
Reason" without, as he SAYS, UNDERSTANDING IL IL
at all. He had been solicited aud encouraged to
these studies by Henry c. Brockneyer a remarkable
ami brilliant German and 80 enthusiastic for Kantan
study that he awoke genuine fervor in Mr.. Harris.
They arranged a Kant class which Dir. Alcott on one
occasion visited and in short time the love for p
osophical study became almost fanaticsm. A number
of highly cultured Germans and Americans composed
the circle, whose members had supreme contempt lof
the of the flesh and who, after long days OF Ia
borous and exhaustive teaching would spend the night
hours in threading the mysteries of Kant In 1858 Mr.
Harris claims that they mastered haut, and between
that period and 1868 they analyzed, or, as he
phrases it, Obtained the keys to LelDnnz
and spinozi. The result OF this long study Is written
out iu what Mr.. Harrscas his Introduction TO Phllos,
ophy," in which he deals with speculative insghts"
Every one he claims, "hi nave ,ne s'he ne ,hsiSn to m
Kant Lebnitz ant SpiuOza as he dld by reading MS
"Inroducon' lie already hls large Number OF iol-
lowers, many of whom Apply ms ihcoIes, aGSoIune ~
his confession, better than he does himself and his
journal OF Speculative Phosophy' started p4liG IN
the face of many obstacles, has Won pcfmaht etans
ment and gratifying success. Among the most prom
which definitely organized in 1864, were Mr.
Brockmeyer j. q. Werner, now o prOoate Judge
enamored OF Fiche translator of the Science of Knowl
edge and author OF History of the Minneslnsers
Technology Mr. Thomas Davidson, one of the most
effective students OF Aristotle In tins eouniryi i Nj
"Logic." The journal OF Speculative Philosoph!
was PROMPTED no1 ii i ge sbe6cea M Fs at Prne
which was offered to " The NorIh AmerlGLn nX
thing IN IT, save that it very audacous, and Ie-
turned 1t to the author Mr. Hlrrs tbereupon vaantY
started his journal in Apn OF 1851 Inc puOlca-
tion is gaining ground tins country, and has won
very wide and hearty Iecognllioh III uefhianS anu
among thinking men throughout Europe
series OF Studies of Some British Authors" by MT
r. H. stoddard, opens with scholarly and instructive
paper on their ancestry, maintaining the doctrine, In
opposition TO the speculaOns OF Mr.. Francis Cation
that genius is not hereditary though his views to GER
tain degree may be IN their application to talent
curious passage III the life Of Ben JOnsOn is thus re-
corded: Jonson's mother must have been woman OF
great spirit She lived to see him acknowledged as
famous poet and was determined that 10 harm should
hefall him. in her lifetime at least lie in danger of
disgrace at one time. and through his own nobility of
character. He wrote III conjunction with Chapman and
Marston the comedy of Eastward Ho -an unlucky
passage III which construed into a reflection upon
the Scotch. His pedantc majesty King James,
took ofense, and Chapman aud Marston were
arrested Jonson was not included in the pro
cess but he accompanied his fellow dramatists
TO prison, as he considered himself equally responsible
with them. 1t reported that their ears and noses
were 10 he Slit But this punishment If ever seriously
meditated, was not inflicted. Interest was made in
their favor the biographers say; second edition OF
the comedy was issued with the offensive passage
omitted and they were released, wiser, if not sadder
men, JonsOn celebrated his Liberation with banquet
Selden was there and Camden, his old master at West
' 'Caudenl mos. reverend head 0 whom
Al that an IL arts. all tuat | KNOW
aud among others whom he must have honOred-his
agec mother. She drank TO him. and showed him
paper of strong and lusty poison which she designed to
have mixed with his drink if the sentence had been car
RED into effect aud. TO show him that she was no
churl she designed have first drank Of it herself"
The mystery OF Sbakespoarcs parentage is defty
handled ''Who were the parents Of william Shake
spea.el The Shakespeares, who had long been esab-
hshed III Warwickshire, nobodies. Who John
Shakespeare the father OF William, was is not known
but II Is probable that he the son of O Richard
Shakespeare Of sntterfeld town near Sratford The
first mention of the shakespeares in stratford dates
back only twelve years before the birth OF the poet
Iob, Gu was rad OF he
biographers have not quite settled what Aubrey says
TINT he was butcher Rowe that he a considerable