The New York herald., 1877-09-03


for joy" The young repairs from the synagogue
10 the house of his sweetheart, where they "sit
for joy'' throughout tho day, the friends calling IN
continuous stream to shake HANDS This marriage
brokerage here referred 10 was formerly carried to
an creator extent In Genoa, whore the brokers
had hooks filed with the names OF tho marriageable
girls OF the different casses with notes Of their figures,
personal attractions, fortunes &c. These marriages
were all arranged between tho broker and the brde
elects father and It was not until tho day before the
wedding day that tho future husband introduced
to his partner tor life. II he did not like her appear
he could pay the brokerage fee and back out In
Russia regularly as the hrsl days OF summer return,
all tue young women who have not got husbands are
paraded in tho by their parents what an army
could be raised New York of suchl) each arrayed
In her best dress and brightest looks Bachelors,
young and old, enter the streets with cautious
step and anxious eye, and eagerly scan the rows
OF beauty; they see face they like and
make their proposal-nOt to the air object
OF their affections. but to an old hag, TO whom
he tells the state OF hs finances and begs her to lay
his In the favorable light before the young
lady's father Months sometimes passed IN these
delicate negotiations. There Is great fcasting before
the wedding ceremony, which latter takes place in the
church. The pavement of the church Is covered with
tafeta upon which the bride and groom stand.
They present the with fish and pastry. He then
gives thom his benedction and holds their heads
the pictures o. those saints who were made choice OF to
be their patrons They then are asked whether they
consent to this marriage, and whether they love each
other Dancing, singing, wine drinking and breaking
of the glassos the floor; nseed and hempsecd
strewn upon the heads OF the happy
couple, and the ceremony s concluded In
China the drinking OF wine at tho marriage
feast ratncs the nuptiais; there ,s no temple
ta1lAx m
in China, and the marriage OF officer of the gov
ernment with actress is void, besides bcing
liable TO be punished with sixty blows; and it
Is illegal for widow to romarry. There are
grounds OF divorce In China, one Of
which Is for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. such foolish
one as 1t might seem. Speaking Of divorce, an easy
one Is that Of the Burmese If the husband and wife
tired OF each others society they dissolve partner
ship by lighting two candles, and, shutting up
their hut, sit down and wait quietly until they
burned out. The whose candle burns out first
gets up and walks of with nothing but the clothing he
or she may have on at tho time all else becomes the
property OF the who remains Mr. Tegg gives long
OF the Gretna Green marriages and other SIM
guar weddings besides marriage signs and omens, and
a history OF the wedding ring.
Four IRREPREssBLEs; OR, The Tribe OF BENJAMIN.
Their Summer with Aunt Agnes; What They Did and
What They Undd. Loring, publisher, Boston
We are grateful to Mr. Habberton for his two vol
umes of the sayings and dongs oil Heens Babies but
we owe him grudge for having opened up an mex
haustible OF baby literature upon US. No sooner
Heens Babies' born and put upon the world than
they were adopted and taken the bosom of every
family In the country Other writer's and publishers,
seeing this Immediately flooded the market with books
of similar cnaractcr, such 'More Helen's Babes
"Babes Not Heen's," &C.. In which the style Of bind
ing and printing of Mr. Habberon's book was closely
initiated 1t Is not considered dishonorablo in the
book trade to follow the footsteps Of success and
to try and deceive purchasers by making them believe
they are buying book that they not buying. The
publisher soothes his conscience and your temper
by telling you that his book is great deal better
than the ono condescends to copy. The volume be-
fore US printed and bound as TO lend the un
suspccting to believe to be by Mr. Aabberton par
tcularly as the authors name is not on the cover,
but s.Another Helen's Babies" is printed in bold let
ters across tue top TO mislead the unwary. Like
Bulge and Toddie In Mr. Habberton's last volume OF
Helens Babies" four rrepressibles sent to
an aunty owing to the arrival Of new baby in their
parents house. The sayings and doincs of these chill
dren get to be very tiresome before tho book Is
finished aud We doubt If it would have gained
the popularity OF Mr.. Habberton's book
though 1t had been the first in tho field.
OF books for which "Helens Babies s responsible or
baby literature already had enough it is be-
coming as to the average reader as Is baby
talk TO the unnterested listener
LITERARY CHIr-CHAT.
The Academy says OF Mr. John Burroughs s'Birds
and Poets '-These will love II who love the earth,
It's geniaty, its sanity its Joyousness, its simplicity
Its tenderness
Berthold Auerbach dictates his stories to short
hand writer, and allows the first draft OF his
manuscript to 20 to press he weeds out nearly ono
halt of the original dictation and the dna copy de-
lvered to the printer Is entirely In his own hand
writing.
The library of the late Dr. e. +. Rimbaut, sold re.
Gently in London, particularly rich in works
relating to ancient music, some OF them printed in
manuscript.
monk Of the Benedictine monastery at Raigern,
near Vienna; has completed mechanical curiosity, in
the shape OF a sefmoving terrestrial globe. one Ia
metres in diameter Its motion Is similar to that
OF the earh set going will revolve for three
weeks The construction OF the mechanism took more
than ten years Of patient labor.
Holiday books are already IN press The Mossrs
Putnam announce Bryants' 'rhe Flood Of Years."
with illustrations designed and engraved by barley.
This poem first appeared in Scribner's Monthly and,
although writtcn IN MS oid age ID one ol the most
vigorous OF Mr.. Bryant's poems
Mr.. 0. B. rockingham has written life OF Gsrri'
Smith which the Putnams will publish. He has had
access all the papers and of tho phi
lanthropst but will not fll his volume with anything
but interesting matter The simple story OF Gerri'
Smiths lie could not fall to be interesting, and will
be particularly whom told by as pleasant writer az
Mr.. rockingham
Among other books announced by the Putnams
are:--"Diana," now story by the author OF "rhe
Wide, Wide word;" ard "How Shall the Nation Re-
gain Prosperity ?" by David A. Wells-a question we
should like to heR satisfactorily answered.
A new story by Mrs Burnett author Of "That Lass
o. Lowries ;" entitled Theo," Is announced by T. b.
Peterson l. Brothers II We are not mistaken this
story was written before the class" We arc curious
to see whether contains tho power and panos OF the
first story.
A new work on the legal aspects Of the temperance