, 1876-02-26

predlcta from tho changon that havs resulted
during the taat generation from tho ameltoratol
condition Of The poesantry. that Within con-
tury, tho old distinctions defining the clsaa vii!
30 sntirciy snopt away, "snl the genuine old
Fronch posaaut will DO unknown"
In tho chapter treating of courtsllsp and mar
rsRo, Tho national custom ot contracting marital
alliances With tho slouleut Of love carefully o1-
cludod u dollneAted NTH good deal Of
minute illustration. Tho French auItor Ia defend.
Cd against tho in1putat!on Of fortune.huntiog,
And the arrangement OF tho doNry s vet down
also declared TO DO 10 pure in morals ~ tho
wtYoa OF any other naton,-lu assertion whioh
thong4ttnl people would novar cali IN question.
Ia tho upper classes IN PARIS IT. not difficult
for young man to becolno acaua!utcd with young
lad!ea OF their own rhnk; and, among Tho
Peassutry, ttlo soxes aaaocaso With parfect free
dom; but, in tho country md in provincial
lonps. among What ase called ths "respec.abio
c9aaseB,' II Ia almost tnpoaaihlo. Tho young
men would undoubtedly be glad OF tho chance
Of falling In love, but the parents OF youpg
women tak0 cAte that no such chanco shall
occur.
"Ths French idea Of wolt-brouaht.np youpg
lady" aAys Mr.. 1fsmerlon, "is, that nllo should
not know anything whstavtr sbout love and
marriage; that ahe should be both innocont aud
,gnos.n,, ,.,,, apa ID both In tho s9prene d.
glisa person can tmngno. II, indeod, wore 10
as7 hero quite plainly to what doGroe this In
noceuce aud this ignorance aro carried iu tho
ulost tAoTouEHlJ Icspecthp!o French families,
H.. ~. !. ;Ksn Ishocf woua iAugh e. me. aEd nay
w., vsrv ,,ancone rraot ~ pISspo' snu .nas
possible" es " -"
Mr. Hamctton has written about French po-
lltcai parties. the French clergy, and tho Church
and University, With Tho nanlo fullnoao that he
has about tho topics from which uo llaYe taken
10 many particulars. IIo has alao concluded his
book With couple OF chapters relating hiu ex-
perlonco and observations during the Franco
Ifc61l&O WHr. Ti1tiN hH hnR nrA4RnfaH tEn En-.
6nah feaaer With detailed aud Intelligent ao-
s9s coant o. mo french peopIs' such As has nsror
o'ioio oeen pfo"uced'
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1ix NATIVE HseTs 4, o. Tx rAe,sio STATES q Non7u
nsrioviT,xt o r",x1.Sc 14scsofr; :re e", ~
New york; b, Applstoa CO. 1ASA1' ''S'
At tho cost Of lmmonss aud un.lrioe labor,
ar bancroft has compressed into tho fourth
volume or his "NatlYo Races Of tho Pacific
States comprehensive description of the
aptiouiles disaoyored within thu torrtorv am,
o.es1a ~ ~, ''nlss ei u'e aup1oet !a 'ne pros,
ecutlon OK thiH work, ho has consulted upward
OF 600 different authors, and cleaned from oAch
eyssy item Of information thst could enhance
~ rs..,s .s ~ o! =, .'o ens'oo'
~ 'u' foSu'e o. taa "loe soseAFen, ho has COM
piled volume that may 10 Justly styled
nn encyclopedias Of the monumental archuol-
,nctui1a, 1oo,t,mata1v IN tha ,con, ~ ~. vorl,
.As,uaeu tsst'.tn' - 'aa 1eopo W ~ "olA'
mstol! OF tae remains o. Tue alonna-bnildetB,
ted,-tho author wisely deciding that theso in.
tcres,tpg rolics yero iuscparably coonoctod 1it,,
H.. .r,hnn,na~ -, ~. p.a,ao go. ss 49, w..
study Of them "a necessary 10 a thorough az
nostion oY tbn main snhi,ct Thn ,otrr1a /.
f o"o'o. ~Ao 'o.e1ao 40
eto"usu H',a l!usHs''ooe' Hni'e ample loos-