Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-08-29

man Conquest Of England" treats ui
,he Roman emperors who claimed
[llyria IA their birth-p place: more par
ticularly of Diocletian, and his achieve
ments both i'm polity and art. Some
thing is said, also, in eXtenuation of
his persecution Of the Christians.
II. The Unseen Universe The
line of argument adopted by the au-
thors of THE Unseen Universe seems
to be fairly presented, and the review
er concludes with the hope that the
barriers between science and
religion will eventually be removed.
III. The Revolution and Catho-
licism.'
", The Independence and Integ- |
rity Of the Ottoman Empire:' Written |
by DR., Landwith, for twenty-five |
wears a resident of Kars, Pictures the |
wretched condition of the empire, de- !
scribes the seat Of the present war, and
indicates the Difficult position of the
interested European countries.
V. Drunkenness and Proposed
Remedies After some statistics,
showing thu rapid increase OF drunk
enness, and an exposition of the vari-
Gus plans proposed for its suppression
the writer expresses little confidence
i'm any Of these measures, and believes
/ that il will be found most eftectual to
have the rich and well-tO-dO live
among the poor, and set them an eX-
ample Of self-cOntrol, of freedom from
luxury, and superiority to the tempta-
tons of their own station
VI. Cycles in Trade
VII. The Political Career of Mr.
Disracli.'
ECLECTIC MAGAZINE, The Sep
tcmber number of this sterling maya
zine has reached us. First on the list
is long and interesting review of the
! Life aud Writings of Sante-Beuvei"
international PrejIdces,' with spec
! ial reference to English and Ameri-
| cans; a Lady's visit to the HerzegO-
| yinan Insurgcnts;' pungent Letter
on Modern Warfare by John Ruskin;
| THE Koran Ucryus Turkish Reform
| Il curious and suggestive 'Autobio-
| graphy Of Vegetarian and tue sec
! ond part of the Sketch Of Journey
across Africa by Lieutenant Gamer
on, Besides these there are among
| the contents, African Weather and
African Scenery by Lady Barker;
! Lunar StndiesI 'MervaunCp,' by Will
liam dillingham;; 'The Faust Legend
! In Town, by Austin DUbsOn; 'iIar-
! riet Murtineau,' by Thomas Hughes;
Nest Building Fishes y Song in
Season. by Swinburnc; aud brief
biographical sketch of the Duke of
Argyle, which is accompanied by a
teel-emgraved portrait There are
also additional chapters of Her Dear
est Foe
Published by e. II. PELTON, % Bond
Street, New York. Terms, 50 per
year, Single number, 10 cents,
SCRIBNER. The September number
of Scribner contains three complete
! d-fashiOned stories, viz; The Ghost
IN Rental by Henry James, Jr.; The
Voyage OF the America II dialect
story of shipwrcck with the doubt
ful fascination Of being true), by Eliza
beth Stuart Phelps and Princess Use,
a charming fairy story from the Ger
man, with dainty illustrations by
! Fredericlis. Other illustrated papers
are: the third installmGnt of Col.
! Warnings account of his picturesque
boat ride down the Mosel, called the
Bridge of the Rhine and this month
dealing with the vineyards and folk
life of this little-yisited region; a pa.
per on Insanity by Charles ID. Rob-
inson, with some curious illustrations
of the brain during the progress of the
malady; Prof. William North Rice's
paper on Wesleyan University
Something about Birds by Ernest
Ingersoll; and the second installment
of Fanny Hodgson Burnett's promis'
ing serial story of mining life, THAT
Lass o. LowTie's,' which succeeds Mr..
Harte's Gabriel Conroy.'
Donald G.. Mitchell writes of the
picturesque of the Fair; and Dr.
Blauvelt has discussion of Protestant
vaticanism" California Houseleepers
and Chinese Servants gives the results
of tho experience of the author, Mrs
Sarah E. Henshaw and that of many
others, in the employment of China
boys This paper will be followed by
one in October from another hanC
which will deal with another phase o.
this veXed question.
ST. NICHOLAS Has, among it
most interesting articles, a delightful
little story by Eliza Wood called 'Tht
Land of the Grigs;' a good common
sense 'Talk with Girls by Olivt
Throne on q Taste for Reading" anC
very funny poem by Laura Il. Rich
ards, entitled John Bottleiuhn.'
How the Children Cruised in thu
Water-W itch, by e. w. Olney, ,Th,
Races at Shark Bay, by Rebecca Hard
ing Davis, and Rosy by Mary l.. B
/. Branch, a Children's Party the mum
Der abounds in poems, of which Bessie
J Hills My Ship on the Ocean and
Carrie W. Thompson's Two of them
are very sweet and dainty bits of verse
Then, too, there are several eXcellen
pictures scattered through the pages
such rs a September Evening" anC
by the Brooksido,' and the very
comical sketches of Little Johnny
and the Mosquito and withdrawing
the Baby.
The article on Our Colonial Coins,
with its thirty illustrations, aad the
: amusing poem of The BuckslliI
Brooches, have a Centennial interest
while Mrs. ELEPHANTS admirable pape
on Windsor Castle and the sketch 0
the brave Florentine 'FerruCci,' con
vince us thnt some interesting event.
did really happen before tho 4th o
July, l776
The generous installment of Mr.
: Brooks's Boy Emigrants' is full o
dramatic incident and frightened 10y
three excellent engravings and tn,
departments are as lively as ever, til,
Letter Box being unusually large.