Delaware tribune, and the Delaware state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1877-18??, 1877-06-14
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: Ths l. 8us1ti6s Involving "
ba1s Of property, the principles Of finance
and the organisaa1Dn of industry, it is
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much speSs 6slng dsv6ssd g book reviews
and original prose articles. Poems and
foundations fsea aessign authors will be
pubndhed. IN abort, q De prospectus
Informs N, The quarterly. vhieh is M
large dire and hAndsomdly printed, Il
$1,000 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lib1tssasys1
vshicle for ths carriage and diffusion of the
mol radical Thought Of on time. The
gsnesA chasac4sR Of The WORK NAV
juAssa fron ths list Of corr - -
isdi Ss the n.-. - q John Wa. SIDNEY aeS
n s'.. c mia RecluA WMkp j.. Potter,
Frances n Abbok 1eaasel ftp,efelIcv
Joseph Il. Ahsh, tohn Fake, 3. B.
FtUtAinshAm, Bamuel yohusop. John W.
Chad1ieE, Edmund 8. sssdnAn. iSsaat Ii
apcunsr; etspAsn P~si AhukeSws, @. A.
Betteqi W. Stasf REPRESENTATIVES, Of freedom
ID iaoaeht and optnion. The present
nambn, for 1ay, contains srticles of
Importance ON quite variety Of subjects.
Among thoaA II considerable length are
'.Ths I've TR4l1ans,, &eelesiastic And
ecisnta4a BY William j. Potter, the hrsas
Of . eea4 p ss1s4bSAis UeHtsadictions"
AAs{6Asa ESA lie French 1t p. J.
RfoAdhna, i ~ Interesting consideration
Of "Ths 1nAusues Of Physical Conditions
n the Gsneeis Of Species" by Joel A.
Allen, and Our FipAnciezs, their ,Iguor-
enos, Un1pations cad Frauds" by
l0tandat 1lpdonaf. t'Prsotioal Socialism
y Germany, BY Q. W, ErnA, u an interest
the. pAPsF giving IN account Of the
asedsn md explAtAtPg their s5ah systems.
:1As Ntitk regards ths socialism Of
Usedaany y . hopeful enterprise, but
looks upon IL partisan movements as
futtls. D. A. WATSON contributes .
very interesting and important
article on Theodore Parker Is q Religious
1sfoenasn" There Are poems by B. W.
BAR And J. G. 6tedman. Current litera.
tufe rscsiteA i. good deal Of space, and
tChips from NJ Studio, by Sidney H.
Morse ID an entertaining discussion of
topics, some timely and some of prime
interest at all timea The ReUie,o is
edited and published by Benjamin R.
Tucker, New Bedford. Mass.
A somewhat sensational novel is usually
beneath the dignity Of thu Reviews par
octe'essrs ia wo may style the English,
efcept for passing notice, but the high
toned and respectable EDINBURGH in its last
number dsvotes quite space to the latest
appearance of ''Gregor Samarow,n
e1Secrctary of the King Of Hanover in
"Cross and Sword" brilliant, but not
entirely reliable study of such plots, secret
Bocieties disguises and counterplots rs were
rife in Italy in the dsys OF, Maz7i,ii and of
the eyents,in FrTnSe when eliminated at
eedsna. France is the Sword Italy the
"cross." A rather thin thread of romance
among ordinary people is entwined with
the doings of the more illustrious, but this
could be taken out without inuch effect
either way, The most remarkable feature
of tho book is that it romances with dis
tinguished people yet living.
| In Italy it introduces the reader to the
darkest Of conclaves, enlivened to COM
mence with by the murder of a spy, held
in the recesses of the Baths of Oaracalla,
under the auspices Of Mazsini to plot b
Guy FaWkes treat fpf the benefit Of the
cruncil about to consider the immaculate
Conception.
France forms a more sprightly chapter,
which, however, can hardly be entertain
ing to the ex-Empress and her son if they
take the book up to amuse an idle hour.
She, by these accounts, was the main spring
in the Franco-Prussian, her war ns she
called H.
Ybe Rmberof Was struck down in most
Melo-dramatic manner by what, spite of
Nelaton and Conneau, he declared to be
tine beginning of the end" In this criti-
cal moment, oliver called in, all else con-
fded to the Empress, while he ~restles
with death: Bic, ~ifely and impressive
enough BY his bedside still finds coonsols-
Non, and does, not fotbeaar little private
emulation in tile power which she does
not Acfuple to use, thus preparing rather a
complication for the invalid wien he Is
able to look about him again. There is,
however, nothing for it but to 20 on.
Whatever their particular accuracy in
detail, the spirit Of the events following is
conveyed with life and power which
mark intellectually Their piooii dn;l inbort,
especially the retreat from Metz, when
broken In health and utterly crushed in
spirits, the Emperor met with suddenness
hardship and reproach on all sides. From
Longueville he proceeded in third-clnss
carriage and there the fainting Prince
Imperial received thankfully from the
station-master stale roll and some wine
of which the Emperor also partook.
Arrived at Sedan, reatless and n,o,.us, he
rides out 10 the army On the day of battle,
and tiieets FIRST the wounded MacMahon
then the retreating troops. The next
day his last hope was crushed when, in an
interview with his captor, he learned that
the artillery of Prince Frederick Carl, to
which he ascdbed his defeat, was then
bssissing Metz.
1.-THE Dramas Of Alfred Tennyson" arc
on the whole favorably reviewed, "Queen
Mary, more 30 than Harold" Sympathy
and discrimination are extended to the
life and Letters of Charles Kingsley, "
whose literary work, however, was toe
hasty to be enduring or perhaps in his
own day, 80 influential as his earnest, many
sided character.
The review of Wallace's "Russia" rattle,
devotss itself to pointing out the
deficiencies of that generally
very well received book. Among
its omissions is its want of anything in
regard to the army, commerce, finances OF
the imperial administration. Failing
therefore to be comprehensive it is still nj
excellent exposition of the State of the
l'easantry and the course of country life.
1.-THE House of Fortescue' brings up the
charming and romantic chronicles, such
Is England abounds m. In connection
with an old Devonshire family which, since
the days of the Norman conquerors, has
never failed TO send a man to do his duty
at any crisis in foremost position.
Brigandage in Sicily" reveals ar
almost hopeless state of affairs, the out
laws, or those who would be outlaws
were anything known of law, being SC
hand-in-glove with the authorities as
to have virtual sway. Punishment,
indeed, is hardly even feigned, and
the hereditary feuds with such encourage.
ment arc terrible. Eastern matters are
Illustrated by the opinions and dispatches
of the Duke of Wellington and Chevaler
de Cent? in the earlier part of the century,
which display acumen and foresight sutli.
Gent to give them value as well us interest
| when applied to events which fill the