New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-27
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


TO LIVE LONG 81 S. , MES x B. snss0 VI
SIC. Hurd Hoaghton.
DIR. Hall is understood to be practitioner
Of the old school, he here adminsters hs prescnF
TONS for the OF health and the attainment
Of long life In homeopathic doses What they lack IN
quantity however 10 made mp by frequency OF rcfeu
ton You need only few to master the great
secrst hygiene. and often the remainder mere over
Mus telling the story In different words Inc Ill
rectons Of the author the part sound as
they are short does not take long to tell you that you
must live according TO nature, and the consequence VIII
bc health peace of mind, and leugth of years.
"A M cync nor ascec. He goes In for the good Things Oh
this e but would teach You 10 use them without ANUS
ing them No doubt his maxms SAVIOR little OF medie"
Tuppersm but Tuppcrism, though odioas In poetry a
good thing in family, and highly favorable 10 health
forns part Of the necessary COMMONPLACE without Nho
the daily routine life would have no s'ihening mus
N a rrinted book Ia not needed to inform us tnas "
Ia the sunshine Of the soul II Is con-
yepient TO be reminded that the thnncst vail or aik
thrown over the face comiortaoe pro-
tertscn against cold wind" II We might know wi'nou
being told that "a look, on impatient gesture,
crs word at the breakfast table IL enough to make the
heat food and spoil day. We are not Always
apt to remember that "the portion OF the oody winch
most recures protection against cold and wind Is that
between the shouderblades behind where the lungs arc
attached TO the body DR.. Hall is no Sucker t orue'
II he had his way VIC should not lind an aposhecArys
shop NJ so many corners The worst cold msy DC cured
tthout dosing within twentyfour hours tsl III has
been taken the patient will keep warm in bed ana eat
little or nothing for day two" Nor docs he ran III
with the excessive OF cold water, happy 50 iaso
able nowadays Its 70 be hoped that ne VIII not hiaA
many converts TO the opinion that "a good Washing vi
the entire body with soap and water once week
is all the bathing required for purposes OF he'n III
ordinary circumstances" The following is better never
st with the back 10 window door, even coseo Ior
the air coming in ut crack Will certainly give cou'
very wholesome portion OF the BOOK CONSISTS VI ui'o
maxims ss tho following, which though truis"s' Il
always borne in mind people would be the better 1or H.
al, you can't ret good wages, work for your board
rather than do nothing and so in debt or i've on e
earnings OF another" "Hc who docs his WORK promptly
cautiously and wen. in the long run Will nave as mueh
ss he can do He who has nothing to do is the very
one who has not time 10 do anything" Some OF pr
Halls quaint rules for the conduct OF husband ana "e
towards each other are emembering For instance
Never both angry at once" Never speak iouu W
one another unless the house is on fire." Always leave
home with loving words, for they may De the last
Never talk at one another either alone or IN company
One of DR. Halls wsest prescriptions is Never cross
,-,,.. ho,ore vou come TO it, This will half the
troublea OF life" On whole, his book Ia not to be
despised because OF its serene commonpiaces Mos'
proyerbs are quntessence OF commonplace eiDooo
ing the current wisdom of society when Is 30 largely
made ND OF commonplace persons. more piquant ana
This volume but IL one pursuit of practical guide
in the dun routine Of workingday life, he might 80
further and fare worse.
~ FoR%aY ny soES Dssm ctT9s M
The most valuable features of this work,
which is by the exChief Justice of the Supreme Court OF
Illinois relate to the natural history OF the scandinavian
peninsula his descriptions of the local scenery OF
Norway and the character and manners OF the people
the writer has to great degree anticipated by Tie
admirable "Norse Folk" of Mr. G. L. Brace, and the in
teresting monographs of Norwegian travel which arc
fonnd IN recent English literature His accounts OF per-
sona experience and adventure are often lively ana en-
terainn although sometimes deains the reader TOO
long with dents which, however promnep the
time among the events Of the Journey are OF too trivial
character for permanent record The tone OF the book
frank almost cooquia always communicative and
leaves favorable both Of the intelligence and
rood nature with which the author pursued his way
through unknown wds No can read his descriptions
of the animals OF the country without interest," ana IN
structop They are excellent specimens Of terse and
graphic composition, presenting distinct image TO the
mind. without any superfuous details An example OK
this taken from sketch Of the scandinavian elk an ami
nal OF the species a. the American moose, may
tempt our readers 10 further acquaintance with the
volume "This the largest and ugest OF all the exist
ing deer family and the naturalist presents study OF
the profoundest interest In size he is simply enormous
for deer In hight he Is fully equal to The horse, some
times reaching eighteen hands, but he IL not
Internationally long. In America he has been known TO
attain a weight of than fourteen hundred pounds
His legs very long and stout the fore legs being the
longest His head too, Is OF enormous length, Deing
from two 10 two and bali feet, with great prchensile
nose or upper p which projects several inches beyond
the lower law. His antlers short and broadly pal
mated many sharp tses His neck is very stout and
short being only abou. the length OF the head From
this cause unable to Craze on level ground without
getting on his knees. However, he gathers his food
mostly from the trees, for which his form is specially
adapted being fond also Of aquatic plants which ne
Fathers BY wadng In the water. He gathers the rein
deer moss on the sides OF the mountain and eaSts the
parasitic ehens which he readily strips fion the trees
He inbabts only cold countries In high latudes, ana
confines range the forests He never ascends the
mountains above the timber line, but rather affects the
low and narshy grounds, where he finds his fsvOrite
food most abundant nhabits region Of country In
cornou with the reindeer though he docs not go as TAR
north but found further south than the latter deer
Judge Caon sketches Of the reindeer aud OF the cider
duck are also excellent specimens Of descriptive writing
evinciug habit observation and Of faithfully
eopyina Nature The want Of an index 10 great ineon
yenonce and essentially dimnishes the practical value
Of the work
SoRsE MYTHOLOGY; By r. B. ASpsssos. A. NJ limo
pp. AIS. Chicago: $. c. Griggs 90
This fresh venture of a native Scandinavian
In the English language claims attention as the nrs' AZ
tempt In English literature to present complete ana
systematic view Of the Morse mythology In the opinion
OF the best recent writer's the subject the Morse my
tboogy was common TO all the Teutonc nations 1t made
tts way over England and the most of Germany and
France as well as over Denmark Sweden Norway, and
iceland The different branches OF this mythology how
ever disappeared with the introduction OF Christianity
into France Germany and England, from nve
hundred TO eight hundred years after the com
mencement Of the Christian era II fingered
on the Northern peninsula until the middle OF