The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-18

Mme Blossoms, and IL Is dedicated TO her
sons, for whose benefit she says 1t was
written. The example or Lee, she thinks will
inspire them with a sense OF duty ana ardent
patriotism IL is unfortunate that the example
that this lady holds up to the imitation OF her
children SHOULD be that or man whose sectional
preferences and talents wrongly employed should
have protracted uselessly sanctuary struggle
and entalled countless mlseres upon his country.
WHAT sort OF model Is that OF soldier who could
give utterance to such a sentiment as this:-aThe
most diG1culE thing in revolutionary times Is not
TO do ones duty, but TO know it.n Lincoln never
could have expressed sucn an idea. He always
knew his duty and never nesltated an instant In
the performance oil It. Much as | admire the
patience iortitude and sweetness OF Lees charac'
TORT must say that cannot sympatniZe with this
book, which seems TO me intended to encourage
the spirit Of faction in France BY deyotlng to the
rank OF patriotic aims mere partisan devotion.
The time is perhaps not far distant when those TO
themselves like Lee compelled 10 make
their election between their country and
their ''sectionn l therefore regard with distrust
work which, while ostensioly written to impress
upon the growing generation in France a sense OF
patriotic duty, selects for its exemplar a man
whose friendships and affections overruled the
dictates OF his conscience, and whose nddelity to
the national nag cost him the severest mental
anguish. IL IS curious that Lees blographers
should be mostly women. The fact Is consistent
with the generally received opinion that the war
OF secession was one or sentiment rather than
CONVICTION. Hence it was that the women OF the
Confederacy exercised so powerful an influence
in keeping alive the spirit OF rebellion and In pro-
tracing the struggle lar beJond the period wnen
the certainty OF failure had impressed Itself on
mems minds. Lee VIII be long the hero OF the
ICtJlcOalS and tue poets. BY serious minds he
Will merely lie ranked among the men VINO might
have acaeved great things had tney been In
iuenced by settled CONVICTIONS or course, VIII
be understood as speaking OF Lee as soldier and
statesman only. dis private life was pure and
tree from olemlsh, ana IL is only 10 be wondered
at how so good ana vlrtuous man could nave
been betrayed into sucn errors Of Judgment.
"LAncien Orient" by Nj Leon Carre possesses
an interest independents OF It's subject and which
is connected with the career OF the author nlm-
sell. NJ Carre mad already acquired wealth and
position as notary at Semur, on the COTE di0r,
wnen he took ltlnto MS mead to devote his lie to
oriental literature. With an energy that would
nave appalled, even German votary OF cttttkr-
kdHt2y lie began by learning English, German ana
HeDlew. Then being aDle TO read hebrew WORKS
In ihe original text ne devoured everything that
mad been written In nat language, together with
tue works o English and German translators ana
commentators. After spending thirty years Ia
these preparatory studies he commenced his own
Work, consisting oil Tour Volumes OF 400 pages
each, whlcn embrace his summary and Criticism
Oh the laDors OF other writers upon Tie East.
Twelve mouths ago. hrs great task accomplished.
he came to Paris with ais MSS. IN search or
PUBLISHER. But he also brought with him
tue seeds OF malady contracted durlng
his long sedentary llle aud aISer a consultation
with some OF lhe leading surgeons ne Resolved
10 suonlt 10 an operation Tor the sIone, wnc Gu
was performed without the ana OF chloro-
form. his over ne returned to Semur
10 wait for his proof sheets. Wnen
the 1rst baton arrived he was Ill in oed
When the second reached It's deStlnaJlon
lie was DEAD dis widow, who acts as MS literary
executor, has just Luohshed the Two first volumes
oi me DOCK - tar as a Jud2ment can oe Iofned
IRON them the work Is a monument or patient m
vesugatlon ano Intelligent comparison tending
TO elucidale much that Is doubtful and puZZlug III
the ) atemen:s OF 0rientai wrIels.
NJ. Vllets Biography vi Comte Ducnatel has az last
maze It's aepea,anee. IL is interesting Sotn from
It's subject aud mods oil treatment. NJ Nltel was
the intimate rleud OF tue OrleanIst Minister, out
MS natural partially Tor the man IS so tempered
py Tue lnevtaoe exercise of ms critical faculties
tnat the WORKS realizes happy combination oil
sympathy ioT The statesman and OF I'M. artIanIy in
Judging mis- conduct aad motives. IL is SO rare to
meet with those qualities Ia W rK OF tnis KIND
that IL imparts 10 the biography freshness and
piQuancy tnat render it peculiarly attractive.
Toe introduction mas unlor. unatey been lett un.
finished, owing 10 the lact oil the author having
been surprised By death ere ne had completed has
labos.
M. Felix Rocquatn's new work "Etudes sur
pAnclenne france,n makes Its appeaIa uce ut q
or.uuate time, Inasmucn as II viii nelp TO dlspel
the sceptlcism of those VINO, after Jour years or
the most satisfactory experience, stu persist In
douoling That nceral Institutions can confer per-
manenL happiness anu prosperity upon France.
Toe materials OF the book are taken irom tue dcc-
umsnts preserved Ia the Paris Depots d'Arcnlyes,
and by their ala M. ROeQualn mas recunea the
statements OF tne partisan writer's wao have
maze history 10 suit tue legniug powers or pdD.
lac views VI their time. HIS researches into the
orgin and effects OF absolute power Ia france
previous 10 1853 lead inevitably to tue conclusion
that each period Of emancipation IN wn.ca the
political lie OF the nation has developed Itself has
Deen one oil prosperity ana progress aud that
eacn step made Dy royalty toward absolutIsm has
been u misfortune foc the country. l trust that
some American publisher viii undertake a traus.
lation OF his remarkable work. The lessons tnat
II teaches VIII De found probable, even An oue
democratic form or society. They Will help 10
That Tendency toward GENERALIZATION
Independence OF puDAc opinion wnicn unortu.
naIey OF late years nas marsed the course VI our
AcaJss THE CONTINENT.
NJ. SYNONYMS lew WORK "a Iravers les Etats Unis
de PAtlanlque au Pac nque" l. nvely aud In crest.
ing, though little beniad time. A Journey by
coacn, over the old overland route, carries US
Dack TO period comparatively recent In point
OF date. IL IL true, Dot stu aecaoe or two
distant In point OF progress. Even Tor French
yey put ne tte Ipteres as t nas 1at ~
hear about now Is the wonderful speed and the
comparative comlort with wnIcn travellers are
varied over tue bleak p.ains aud endless wastes
tnat lie between omaha and san Fran
Cisco. OF course all tnat PORTION OF the
book that relates 10 MurmOnlsm ana
It's practices makes attractive reading Tor
Frencnmen. There Is no SUBJECT IN wnicn
tney are more nquisi,lve than the manner IN
wnicn wives are managed IN Titan. They nave 50
much troabie with inelr own complicated DO
lesson or two from Brigham Young.
FICTION.
In the department Of ncIon there are but few
oil Hacnette a. Co.. we have q new novel "alss
koyei," wnlcn seems to MT the pfeVaIlIng taste.
II Is cleyery aud amuslngy written, and perhaps
the most amusing feature VI IL IS that II PROCESSES
to be moral Ine authors IDEAS OF morality, how.
ever, strikes one 10 oe ABOUT on par wi.n has
Acquaintance WITH EnglIsa notIous and na0is.
Lady RUyel Is femme gdtdfte, VINO, having
OBTAINED 40 amicable separation from her weary
spouse uevotes herself the ripe age OF forty TO
al arduous search AFTER male ideal. IL IS scarcely
necessary TO say that sne passes through years oi
intimate anu 0scouraglng experiences wltaout
attaining ner OBJECT. Her little daughter. Mex. IL,
oil course. neglected, anu grows up Wild, untu-
torcd out beautiful girl WHAT may not be ex-
pected IRON tue cnlid Ol sucn mother. Sne per-
forms leats whIcA OlEen make tue reader tremOe,
anu wn.cn tue worlI Ia general would cal com.
promising, but rue to ner passion Tor the nero Of
tie tale, an odd sort vi character s0ured " the
assertion Of another lady-luve 20 married wUman)
Miss h0yel determines to wed hIn--ii sne can.
Having achieved ner object after good zeal or
tIouO4e, she happily fenOunces her other alterna-
tive OF leaulng gay lie Ike her mamma. those
cou3'aft of m0uern trencn literature wil enter
tain "a pleasant remembrance OF Al. CHARLES Deu-
Inns sLOutgs ROl lsAmDrIHuS.V Under utl0