New-York tribune., 1874-10-15

that his OF them filled three large mahuscrpV Fo
umes He gives interesting accounts OF certain sths
In which he received replies which seemed 10 nun "oS'
convincing, sometimes to mental and sometimes 10
spokep questions Sometimes there would be eommenos
on the conversation Of people present, WHICH ~
seemed impossible to refer 10 anythlpR snois vi
a thinking reasoning comprehending OUTSIDE in,enf
gepce Perhaps the most really touching OF tne hsuo
stories and certainly the one most convincing u mr.
owen was that Of his interview with the spirit OF MS
lost Violet of whom he has before spoken more thah
once in these chapters When he first began to receive
communications he was always expecting 10 near iion'
her; but month after month passed ana sue maae "o
sign and he gave up expecting her. At last however
the long silence was broken
The place and persons the same as in tue ,at
two examples. The name of Violet was suddeny spo
out When my asonlshment had soe % a weil remem-
bered had been announced
There the spelling stopped Invitations to proceed
were unavaing At last occurred to me to ask; Are
the letters 70 correctf"
9asSfo.,H; QUESTION rs the word gave cOrrect'
1Thenn said /. " please begin the word after gave
over AGAIN." whereupou 1t spelled out o, .,tor
"Gave written promise To remember you o''" "
Few will he able to realize the feeling which came
over me as these words slowly connected thenseh ha
If there was one memento Of my youth valued above
all others, It was letter written oy ',ocS @ w moras
prospect OF death, containing, TO the very wous
the promise winch after haf lifetime came oaGh %
TO beyond the bourn nave @ tne e''ei '''''
but IL has nc been seen by any one eise'
All me- how hard il IS to believe in the unseeni We
seem 10 have evidence Of spirit communion which would
be enough convince us OF the existence OF new coh
tnent-and yet how impossible we all find 10 TO oeheVe,
unless it be some gentle, aecepant soul like Mr owen
We do hate be humbugged, and sprtualism ID l's
very vagueness and mysteries, its dark circles aud ts
cabinets has afforded such opportunities for humbus
that to believe in 1t requires faith largely devel
oped in this hard-headed and practical generation.
A noble and beautiful paper Is the Memorial out
llne" by Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes on Prof. Jehries
Wyman, the great comparative anatomist, VINO was
President for years Of the Boston Society OF Natural
History and who devoted himself to science Win a
sngehearted selforgetfuness as far above our poor
praises as il was independent of all thought OF pupc
recognition. Prof. wyman worked almost 10 'no 'ei!
last and had the satisfaction OF placing poth DIS mu
senms in nerfect order before leaving Cambridge IN
.uoust last ON visit to the White Mountains to escape
the periodical eatarrh, of which his orother Dr. Mor
Wy,pap has written the history During this Vsi, w
the Mountains it was that Prof Wyman died. on the Avn
OF September in the little town OF Bethlehem DE-
Holmes tells most teuderly and most eoduently, the
story of his lifelong labors and achievements In sum
ming up his noble and lovely CHARACTER a' '"o 'N'
the Doctor speaks OF him as follows:
His Characteristic excellences recall many points OF
the Apostles description OF the virtue whcn never @
eth He suffered long and was kind he envled not ne
vaunted himself; he was not plned up ne Soug e
not own; not easily provoked; tnoug4&I & no ev
nt henevIne All things he followed the apostolic
cept trying all things, and holding las, tnat wn
had stood the trial MANY scientific men OF great hote
have had too obvious fainss; uuner was ia,,,ni n,i
pered Davv was iil-manneren Woas'Dh on was mas Erhes
| thar we would name JefIfies wyman.-Fara-
day in % an
child over his toys III performing ms Hartd
devout his 10 his singular and
creed Edward Forbes, as shown IN DE- John browns ,
eloquent pages, the delightful man. the gted leacnel &
the consummae naturalist" "a child Of nature VINO
| lived In her presence and Observance; 10 wnom Ian a.,
| were welcome, and who was welcomed Dv al, Wuo
| won ali hearts, by his gifts and his unspeaRable
good-nature" who lived for science, and when his sum
mons came behaved at the close with MS Oio comPo
| sure, cOnsiderateness and sweetness OF natufe'
In poetry this number of The Atlantic Is by no means
go rich as was the october one The most noteworthy
of the poems brief one by John g. whittier, whch
will CODY for you 1t sweety pous and tender, but
is poem of occasion and not of Inspiration Ike the
lovely song in Sea Dreams" which delighted US all
the past Summer
| O Christ Of Godi whose life and death
Our own have reconeed
Most quietly most tendery
Take home thy star-naned child!
Thy grace is in her patient eyes,
Thy words are on her tongue:
The very silence round her seems
As If the angels sung.
Her smile is as a listening chd's
That hears its mothers call;
The lilies OF thy perfect peace
About her pillow fail.
She leans from out our clingng arms
To rest herself IN thine
Alone to thee dear Lord can we
Our wellDeoved resign.
Oh less for her than for ourselves
We bow our heads and pray:
Her sitting star, like Bethlcnems,
To thee shall lead the way.
There is nearly ready at the Riverside Press book OF
such solid worth and practical utility as entities IL 10
high commendation. refer 10 Architecture for Gen
eral Students" by Caroline W. Horton. 1t is furnished
with descriptive illustrations and it conveys in small
compass, more clear and valuable information about
the various STYLES Of architecture, the old Baby
onjsh down to the present time, than any similar work
| with which am familiar. OF course there are plenty
ofeaborate reatses architecture there are valua-
| Bile books about cathedrals; there are "Stones
| of Venice )" and there are minute descriptions
| of the grandeur which was Rome But, for the
| general reader, who has no particular bent toward
architecture but yet who wishes TO be able to look
about him with intelligent eyes, both at home and on his
| traycls simple, comprehensive manual was wanting
and this the present writer has supplied Her OBJ
ect was to give information in concise and rudimen
tary manner and in less expensive form than Is sup
piled by the great art critics. all OF whom she has
studied and to she gracefully expresses her obli-
| cations She has described so clearly that he who
rms NAV read" different styles of architecture that
| have prevailed among the more highly civilized nations
at different periods OF the worlds history referring in
passing to their connection with each other and the
national pecullartes and habits of living from which
| they spring.
She treats Of Babyonan and Egyptian architecture
OF Egyptian, Grecian, Roman early Christian, Roman
esaue Gothic architecture of the Renaissance, Of
the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and finally Of
architecture in America where we are really getting to
have some fine and beautiful buildings. and where we
shall likely to have more as the knowledge OF art Is
| more widely disseminated We have improved rap
idly since 1916, when Trinity Church, in New-York.
was completed, the first Gothic edfce of stone