, 1877-02-17
Chambers Encyclopedia Of
English Literature.
The Science Of the Bible--Bret
Harte's Last Story.
Antarctic E1pleratieus.~Duloz and tue
"Rtyuo dts Den1Mondes."
Barentz 1sles... .Diamonds---The Sand.
Darter...Growth of Coral,
LITERATURE.

11rrn Ar1rpr.
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Apc1,,f, rypr.0nArrnN.
NEW rAVns WITHIN ri1r Am.TIf t,rr7c1,E.
NAnnArlvE Or rHk DrscorGniEs OF 1nE Aus
THAN sdtlr ixoEffiiorf M IN THE fEAMs S !saG-
ersof tic E9peJition' Viii naps ani Namrr.
Gus Illustrations from Drawings ey the Author.
.as nsu ttoM fre e, VIZ ar tne nu'.r ~, sn
a33. LonIon: Macmillan i e., Chicago: jan.
ser, AscluER & 70. Psiee, Sly.
All time when the Interest III Arctic e1plora.
lion has been freshly excited by the return ol
m extended expedition equipped and sustained
" England, the narrative OF profractcd a1'd
hese'c etlost undestakcn by the Austrian oes-
esnmcnt, for the purpose Of Increasing fle
"orIds knowledge OF Tho Nofth'folar feKfons'
Wiliuof fall TO attract general attention ln thiss
rs In the Inter voyage OF the Alert aud DlscoV-
cry, no open Polar Sea was observed, aud ul'
1usurmonnsab'e barrier OF leo was found
guarding tho approach to the ro,e; set new
lands aud new seas were added to the geogra-
ply OF the earthi valuable observations tll me-
teoroioRy vera made; extensive contributions
were given To geology. botany, mud xoo]ory;
md strtt,or ,rssnn w.s furnished nj sbe ~.
aas,.r ~ ss,,-,s.I ~ ,,.sr., ..ta.,. .s,.,
aacrldce III the tulhl'ucnt Of obligation aud of
duty.
An.tr,a In, b.rctoforc takcn little nor, IN 4,,c
v,-, ~ s,,r,,tt ,a ,,r.a, r,,,,1,,us
Of our time; but, stimulated by tue active cxcr-
ttons Of other nations to determine tho question
depending upop Arctic exploration. her htates-
men at last resolved 10 join in tic work with
appFops'ate 1eu ahu aonltS. Couhs Hl"zeK'
generous aud hlgli-aptriteu Hungarian, cota-
fributcl 10000 forms Ia aid OF the enterprise,
and. bv his iuflucnre an,l nnterial asaIatnxcc. t.
sou'aRcu tne o9VesnMehI ~ ns nunof.olo oe
tcrmlnallon. IN laying out tue plan ol
tic expedition, II was decided TINT its
main object should be the achievement Of III
Antran,e ,n,o t1,c c+n,ra, Artt,, -,.r1,uu nv ,s,v
49, saa ,s ,'..,.ss.. 49, ys.,,,t ,, a.',.
ot tue eeas pet"een NoFaya'lemlya anu 5pliz-
Efaen. Neither the existence q I'D open loiar
psomotsss oi rue undressing. tae al'h "aa
"iscly 'linlea 10 the exploration o. portions oil
tue grcas unknown tsuet Of 1N,o00 square miles
mcnt OF NJ much fr.sl information Of The
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f nrnvcns NJ tor nt'.aIt,i. ,scsto ~ cr,n,,.
,inrs T., ~, ~ ~ ~ w.s.S ".
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~ ., VI .ug coatst ioato nus u.uuG, ~
icr,. Wcr,en,,,t ~ to an, .ra m So"aHss. aa'a1
t.ss..i.,in R.hlor,, aHa ~ as.s sa .aIn
oil f.f$
,s, ~ spH ~ n y. uMne t. tno smp !eAa t,e
thes.., .'nsGs ; 10y ~ asIps ~ anu !ur 1pgvs
wnss ~ ~ I'm me
IN t1e ts,,rs. ~ ,is "t"fn,,.,; ~ ishinrt
tu1.. te eo,ns - u'1.,,, un, "otn az
.uos; .Iu' pSnssaa''u9 p 'rMaH'sIu Aues III
rnro%' nir H." ,o,.t - s,,S.re ~ one
nui In mIIl.sea r., liz rnrtlrr,.1,,pst isnast,y
..ainnT fauars5 t,'c ,mt.ran,"s that r. ,,nr,!
,i'1, ~ ~, n1.a a. tHat sS na'xa
smn,,o..r ~ 49,, ti,"t SvM .a,. ,a. '
intn In Am ~ Enr1 wi,ir II free fr.,, t,.t, +, ~
n"trnn mn a, T. ots Il ,nnx % H. y n, ~ s ~
IL T.. H. a.a ,.1,r,i ~ AL. w '"'o t"e Ao'5n
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r. p.aHs mslutuHR ~ tnese en5e;n.
emna,t'1 ~ Nr.nnr1,nv.,, M ~" .nn,ns
Trroati,oif yesscI nf III to,,s b,,rc~ 'ea n,,it
~ rtrs. .eos s,;t G,. .us nususn ua.E
two 1"S rpora ~, 1'4' ,a,t o"1 r%i ~
~ ~ ,tess.au ,tSIsa anu -, na'l' tne hn!p !elt
IL isSn with 'A' cran .n''"rrE LUZ u 'u,1S
iwcnty.thrce men. n, at whom ia a,, r"nce,
~ .sn; s,aa,; ~ ,os y. "nG. % au ss"uunceu
tj,n ~ INIT, rs.st VIZ, e!a.i ~ an e1psut
~ -etwr,, a,,ti, ,n+ 'su ae1 mese t'ila.s ,e,'
Trn,ns.,n uHara ~, ,,a"ss ,r 10y , tsGa.
sealaan Of long experience IN Areic s % nuyiI,ar
~ navv ssss n,s ,,n,,s,,n1, atu .ts' p,sa
...- ~. ssIs nno uuusuniy eoi1 wcaineF
viz. ~ ins caeou'Greu, ~. T, huu. " t'!s
nnrtnwon IT. ont e.tn,,s @ ,sr ,l,;, eeIea IT,
,htc,.",,. ~ W.. Wy tMsoSa ,nf NV
~ An,,,s si,,, a.,. 'sa ~. .Mu t.ta
.so1, X, ~, sh nynE tne M4s,sia is "as
1tts W sao s W. hAon' Nlut .,an-aou, s@1ess khe
asno.n mas a,onssas. anu Sonnt Ml'SzeK Waa
81 ~, grrSe.Rs WIN tne Ge'iGntei officers
tne,r u0 H.; Ill., g., nsGs IT, saps kept
~. ~ Jt,i.s nuu isu ~ intratsnn!S usptet ~
anfr sne ,se to IaRlorn 10 turn back to
~. SLY. i,.,,. isa, w. WIN uesp emotion ttat
tns t's a oaa H. g. e1ptofsFs Watched the dsap-
,1,sn, ~ .h ,e itanuu y, tne Mlst, whstlt bore
tsu tnsp, ata !r1ehu WHO LAY spared no ctiort
:" It, ~, as,a ~ personal perl
nv t,,n, s. " H. ~ Luz !as1 noeat sat all
WI Ill; Eo.Is .H III ~ Mta,n., m!s' r..Y ~ .MHe. s
,o' nut 'hs ~. -taeea t 1 1lessttaon wa already en-
ay H. ih ~ ~ !, I and' @ n IT, H. Gissg q tau
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fs,n' ~ s,rn .'sn ~ ,pn,,; H.; 10y hs. Se was
ram ,'"t .s ~, ..as ~ ,s.u IT, .mI ~ @n!p, ahu
he1nie y .at % s1Me On was ei ae ~ @ an ~ gr,p,
1Se no1snwessern coa.t NovnTa zeiya neap a
e dsK = mi,,; n. Lat,, g3 deg: 3tptn e; Lo!x.
80 frss ~ o'srs NV 1, nth II. n @
ie. vees eos nsass, ~ s,1;n ~ ~ ~ a..
mp's ,si Wsss unsasess1a!s Saving any plastlas
'e M ,,nt nltke lueMeetua!. tue p'oSen o!oess Of
rat.s 1oaa tueetuhst ~ spon w. tney NERO sepa-
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