New-York tribune., 1875-11-02
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
NOVEMBER MAGAZINES.
TIE GALAXY.

Nannette the sletcr OF Schiller. by Mary A. L. wager
are papers Of unusual interest The Amregs iaihef no
sor arr cons pcuous In the literary history o
France and are here treated with friendly. but critical
discrimination Ann ere the younger is repeeentedas
an ished scho OF, and person oI oonsdeoie
talent hut furnishing example of The common mah'u
that between two stools falls TO the ground lie WAS
a once a of books and man of the world an ihoe
fatgable student aud ardeat traveller he wfo'e ~
much questions Of learning that you wonder ne snouo
ever have his study and lac traVeieo so
much aud fOrmoi many social ana personal ucS '"t
YOU cannot understand how he should ever nave gheu
momcn; to open book Am2ere Is seen to the sreats'
advantage in his letters which are always entertaining
and ALWAYS perfectly natural The most remarkah'e
feature OF his life doubtless his friendship Tor
Madame Racamler OF whom ar James presents one OF
the most fectous among the many portrtures oi tha
celebrated parsonage.
tits dlicalt at this time Of dav TO know inst how to
sk es 80 S & ss 70 s tst There is no need OF speaking
at all History has rendered her enthusiastic lls'C ana
in her present reputation thee Is perhaps some,nng &
tee forced md fcttious She very beautiful, very
charming, and very much al the = rVcc oi bvr
these her claims 70 ronown To people Oh Is,e ] s,
fancy al The present dsy however much they may regret
not having known her, she can he litte more th;h r
soored shadow. To hear her surNVlhx irie"1s sy W. ~.
each other with glance cf Intelligence, An, %1e WIS
woman u simply makes us nsc9horIanS ho, Iore
feel like exeaimDg with certain asi.S "To ~ tnoy
are as good Ish in the ~ ever were caught 10
T By Is @ mot y Seay the S sUM Sne 1i M
Aelions of her voice. cannot appeal t3 her ior S
nct remerAase They have especial Wit or grace
they lave only great good seis and IN certain am oASs
ianiy is rcmarkabc one Born IN the middle c'a,ss, ,.
married into the middle class and lost early III h ie
the wealth t.at her mar age conferred upon Ler hne
was never perceived TO push strive; no process no
mscbiuery was ever Observable IN her career, and
sovereign she distributed hiss S ana Daie s% - tbas re 10
but fortunately she WAS incorruptby kind; er instincts
were constructive, nOt destructive IN lS-o, iOr m
iSrcshold Of fe lad fancy that he would like TO em-
brace dploalstie career, and as INST step, De az
way eoulyass his dc sire seems to him u oe 10 apy
tply TIM Enbasard dor WITH the cerlnty o' ho itc,
in refusal The striking tlnR Is tha u " = tah"t h
r"reS hni OF her simply uttcung her gentle hat. Ot
tou So bor remark HE influence was not simply an acc'
her; hut it rather mistak" 10 attempt 10 MAKE
whose action in tne WSilG M wac a0setn,L m per @
Of lasting interest N1Ie O e variois niIilStes O heI
tenUwu-not the of the niaibie memory
II Saintc- -Bcuvc--has 10 our KNOWLEDGE rinited any
denute utcrance Of the iucOm parable Juiette which
se,ms M a uotceabe 10 write about her IN Ike at
tempting describe per ume an her elev'I niece,
nme Ianornant, III the volumes sbe mas diyo,ed 70 sr M
least bit Of a bore
Mr. Grant White contributes Of his ingenious dis
tussons topics relating 90 the philosophy OF eHpres-
don xpaining the curious action Of the mind when the
wrong pronounced with perfect knowledge Of IFS
meorrec:n the part of the SPEAKER The error 10
which Mr.. White gives thename of "HcterOpheIny" con-
lists in thinking one thing and speaking writing an
,her In this blunder, which IL repeated more or less
ten every day, there s inaccuracy Of Information
80 confusion Of thought no forgetting even for mo
ment OF the drO habit Mr Willie gives several amusing
Examples Thus il been 0sseried that Monroe was one
Tie wrtrsof the Federaiist" when the speaker
PERFECTLY aware he paper in that work
Alison IN history mentioned the ral bearers at the
funeral of Wellington Ouc Of them Sir PerogTine
Haitand who by temporary ASSOCIATION Of ideas in TIE
mind the compositor, quite as probable, OF the
mthor himself. transformed into PeregI1ne
Pickle This lulcrous blander escaped the notice
II an the prolf-gsadcTs and of the author himself
ind many copies OF the volume, IN which IL was pub
IsEed were sold bsiore il discovered. Lindor a.
lords example Of this Kind OF hetcOphemy IN Pel1ces
md AspAsiu" when he speaks Of the shOre being
neither broad nor strong as the lie'spout," evil
Icutly meaning tie tood or the tide In Burtoms Book
Iupter" the author mentions " Robert Of Bury az
bishop of Durham and author Of Phob0lion, whereas
NE person IN question RiehGri Of Bury, which Bar
on doubt know perfectly wei for on previous page
le gave the name correctly. Mr.. II. r. iIawes In
sis "Musio and Morals" makes similar bundcf,
shen he writes Like Ulysses, who was part OF all he
,aw," though he must have known that FaedS, not
Ulysses the person IN question Mr.. Hawes thought
sf one wanderer ani wrote the name of the other A
il more enable bunder committed by the ION
don spectator in "a review Of Mr.. Swnbune, in which 1t
,puke OF the spirit Of Plat0s dialogues of ArSt0as
t1meGes." Here certainly neither ignorance nor
ioreetfuness the writer thought Aistophanes with
one part Of his BRAIN while the Of Plato suggested
lhat Of the other and nc yIote the latter" Another
ounder Is mentioned of a writer In the Galaxy, who
spoke OF Moses the suthOr OF the nineteth
Psalm concerning which Mr.. White remarks "NOU
goes without saying that the writer OF that
paragraph knew and did not for
moment forget that David wrote the Psalms. He
thought of the Hebrew King and Psalmist and
wrote the Of the Hebrew leader and law-gycr'
But White himself at fault, the writer in
TN fhe i.ia lp mir
tcth Psalm in the English version, "A prayer
nj Mo.es the man OF I'd" singular instance is noted
by Mr. White from tho "Memoirs Of john Quincy
Adams, in which entertainment is spoken OF In tie
diary as having taken place al eight in the morning.
In regard 10 wlch Mr. White gives interesting detail
"Mr Charles Francis Adams did the favor Of refer
ring 10 the original manuscript. which s preserved AZ
Quincy and he wrote To that there the word Ia erc
iag 40 plain that wonder at the mistake OF the emanu
ensis; stl mine in not correcting his error In
the proof sheet Here IL ease I'm which there was no
forgetfuness for there nothing 10 remember; no
ignorance, for there nothing to be known. The
amanuensis with e-eiy before his eyes, wrote morning
the exact reverse OF what he and Of what was re-
quired by the context and the careful editor passed the
bunder undeGcted in the proof. Plainly each thought
epesiae although the wrote in the copy and tho
other Ia the proof, morning.
HARPER.
"The Living Glaciers of California" are de-
scrbed In the article Of this number forming
Of the striking features of thc Sierra Nevada No
fewer slxtyve glaciers have been discovered by
.he writer within the last five years between autudes
So 80 and 800 They scattered Throughout This
vast region sngy in small groups, Oh the northern
sides OF the lonicst peaks, sheltered bcneJth broad
frosty shadows The st Sierra glacier was found about
years wide anphitheater between the bases
Red and Black mountains two of the lofost snmnits
Of the Merced group The main lateral oraiues that
stretch from the huge Jaws of the amphitheator