The New York herald., 1876-11-09

temperate habits In breath and CRY In tho next
"Do you mean TO say rs you're tcctoiali"
| "Ycs. do mother; I'm iectotal now"
Mrs. Oydcn's taco assumed expression OF extreme
astonishment aud dspeasure .welL" sho sald
saac ogden, you're the irst teetota as has been In
our fami;vi" ami she looked at him in scorn Then
she :-If I'd known what was to OF yonr
meeting That ieetota cicrgynan-ior it's him that's
| total turned teetotaI I Well, Isaac. l never could
have believed this OF any son OF mine ~
There are many admirable chapters tho book.
that which depicts Mr. Isaac ogden's peculiar way Of
studying Macauay being OF the best. There are
somc passages in ''wendcrhome" which recall Hamcr
ton at hrs bes, as essayist for instance the fol-
| lowing
Children never 1.-Two long When they are no, carried
away IN little collins ana laid forever the silent
grave, they become transformed rapidly that
lose them IN another way. The athletic young soldier
or oxon,an, the graceful heroine OF the ballroom,
may make proud The parental heart, but can
asy quite tho . beings sr uan ns n.rusa
| and cnvcncd the early years OF marrageg A tatner
may sometimes iecl n legitimate and reasonable
melancholy as he contemplates the most promising OF
little daughters full OF vivaclty and health. How long
will the dear child remain to him She will be altered
six months; in years she will be succeeded by
totally different creatuc-a creature In flesh and
blood and hone, thinking other thcughts and speaking
another language. There - sadness even in that
change which progression, for the glory
of noonaay has destroyed tho sweet dslicscy OF the
dcwy Aurora and the wealth OF summer has oberated
tho freshness OF the spring.
/ rExSysoxs NEW POEM.
There is one important pocticai announcement but
II is deiciousy vague. Mr. Tennyson has written TO
| Osgood Co. that no has new poem, and they will
publish It simultanco ousy with ITS appearance IN Eng
land. Whether long short, gay grave severe
| or lively, they know not.
! THEOLOGY AND THE LIKE.
| The Rev. NJ ]. Savagc's book tho "Religion OF
Evolution" which appeared Wednesday. is causing
much remark from IT'S boldncss and freedom. and
oraph IN 4 tho
orthodox camp, which is full Of orthodox spirit
since tho advent OF tho Rev. Joseph Cook tho
man who means to annlhatc Professor Huxley.
Says Mr.. Savage:-"If must 60 TO hell with tho noble
hvers and great thinkers n tho world then would
choose 1t rather than the place Of iavorto in tho
presence Of Ono who makes OWL and torture
lasting PRISON houses for His glory" This Is no
moro than Mil said In his commentary Ham,
ilton, but Mill not Christian minister
| However, Mr.. Savagcs own society seems tran
quill, and his boldncss rcaliy concerns no ono
else. Theodore Parker long ago demonstrated tho
impotcncy OF Unitarian conference to check Of
us members from speaking his mind Roberts
Brothers published their companion pocket volumes OF
selections from the Thoughts OF Marcus Aurel,us An
tonius." and Thomas Kempis' "lmitation OF
Christ" Saturday. They admirably matched
pair, the manly morality OF tho ono book admirably
tho chdlixe faith the other and tho
bricf ntroductions characterized by scfrespsct
ful modesty that is rather French in spirit.
CHILpRKSs BOOKS
Miss Ella Farman. tho cdtor OF Wide Acdke, has
only been established IN Boston for icw weeks, hav
ing previously managed to carry the magazine by
letters from her Western home Already tho traces
OF her presence apparent in tho conduct OF tho
periodical and the increased promptness Of It's appear
ance. She is Of those energetic women
who iovo even the drudgery Of their proies-
sion and visitor Is as likely to ind her
In her composing In her ofncc. Next month
her magizine will contain story of Nora Perry's,
entitled .sSaly's Clam Bake" Both Mss Farman and
Miss Perry have stories in tho 1.-TWO Fortune Seek
crs"a volume issued by d. Lothrop 4 Co., contain
ing stories by Rosstcr Johnson MISS Phelps, Mira Moul
ton, Margaret Eytnge and othor woli known magazine
writer's "Jcnny's Lark" Miss Perrys story, relatcs
the dongs Of young kinswoman OF hers who attended
General McCook's wedding without invitation BY
the wny Henry Bacon the artist has selected her
.Acr the all rs tho SUBJECT for OF tho pictures
upon which he will busy himself as soon as he returns
to Paris Tho best OF all the chiidrcns books, dcile
pylnceps is H. H. . "Bi,s OF Talk for Young Folks y
which Roberts Brothers will publish In few days Its
bits alternate by prose and poetry, do not appear to be
arranged In any order but Just they camc,"
the girls say. Tho blended sincerity and earnestness
that characterize this author less apparent this
Homo Matters" because when writing for
children sho instinctivciy softcns her manner but
shc is SO direct In spirit that her lessons
rarely fail 10 be oreetuay taught Among tho "Bts"
in ths volume arc ''Colorado Snow-brds" "a Christ
mas Tree for Cats" 'srhe Palace Of Gondoforus, ("
sChccry People, .Runna Ril" and "Mornng Glory, y
| all OF which arc familiar to tho magazine reading
YOUTH Ono OF the Christmas stories In press Is
.Torn and Mcndsd." by ". N. +. Round Of tho fnde-
pendent l. will bo published by D. Lothrop Co.
NEW ESSAYS
| James II. Ossood Co. publish "Sea Shore and
Prairic," ittle volume Of sketches and essays BY
Mary p. Thatcher Longfeliow's niece Trc Rev. John
Weiss .wit Humor and Shakespeare" issued BY
Roberts Brothers, Saturday, and 10 a revelation 10
those Bostonions who thought that they know tho
book because they had heard the author deliver lee
lures with The titles these essays Mr.. Weiss.
10 tell the truth is Of those men who may delight
poserty but who the of their printers
desr air OF their publishers. SO long manuscript
8 within reach OF his pcn so long AZ he
can retain his proofs. hc will correct and
intcrlnc and remodel and much that Is IN this book
has never secn the light before Tho volume abounds
In touches that almost effective when isolated
from the text when they form part OF It. 'wo
only think" no says, show delightfully."- bewldcrcd
Polonus will be IL his ghost gets out OF the body,
escaping polite convocntion of worms, time TO
help tho other ghost and to understand thon
any is loft him, that his king was murdered
and Hamlet Is harping something beside hts daugh
ter Ho wonders that animals not struck with
tho salient differences between them, bu; supposss
that curiosty and aversion exhaust the speculative
possibilities OF animals the direction OF inventing
amusement It is true" he goes ON, "that
sonay OF happy families like that Of tho prairie
dog who has an owl and rattssnake to share his
they do with zest for they havo
established taste for the young OF the prairie dog,
and they hire his tenement only with cyo to busi.
ness" IL presume" he says, 'rLat Xantippe felt
justified making tho homo OF Socrates 80 un-
pleasant that no preferred the Market tho forum
ana the leather drcsscr's shop, because sho
thought no neglected her for all those places and