New-York tribune., 1878-03-15

,nberert necessary eternal self-evoving selfpastc
reason into those living OF the creative mteec.
which we call worlds. With God every thouent
IL q deed and thoughts and deeds together eVoseu'
in the miraculous chain OF vital continuity winch
we call growth are the Of that incomprehcnsp
reasonable source OF all existence called God which all
pure religion devOutly wOrshps all sober philosophy
piously acknowledges and no subtle augmentation can
explain away."-Tbe historical notices oi poiytheisih
and Buddhism are Interesting features OF Tue WORK.
while the criticisms on Professor Tyndali MI ATKINSON
and Harriet Martneau give salt and bitter pnngency
Their essential spirit may be expressed In the final words
of the yome God all and through all and for all Is
the only that explain these things without
God evolution continuity of nature, natural selection
Of energy, whatever other phrases hap
pen currency for the hour are mere sound and
smoke. and msnations Of science. falsely so called"
on THE USES OF WINES IN HEALTH AND DIS
EASE BY FRANCIS L. AKsIER, NJ D. limo PIP "a
Macmillan Co.
The eminent London physician who writes
this volume, though a strenuous advocate OF temper
s by means orthodox on the question OF total
abstinence. without discussing the use OF acohohc
liquors in general either as food or medicine he mere
deals especially with wines, maintaining that the whoie
group OF these beverages has common properties that
separate from other alcoholic liquids. His compar-
of the relative strength OF different forms OF aco
hol 90 10 show that while what called good brandies
and rum average between As and so cent OF absoto
alcohol the strongest wines, Ike port sperry MaueHa
aud Marsaa average about II per cent and the light
wines including claret, Burgundy, champagne. Rhine
and Mosee wines, average not more than III per cent
The common table beer Of England has about per
cent; ordinary porter or stout, from TO o. while
the strongest malt liquors run up to about
z per cent Of absolute alcohol. OF the 10
per cent wines, Dr. Anster thinks that half Il
bottle day for sedentary persons, aud bottle day
for and vigorous adults is not excessive allow
His opinions TINS subject probably mod
fed by the habtual OF something stronger than
water 10 English families. IntOxicaon. he affrms, Is
not common among the cultivated classes; many per-
cohol at all: but u large number, both Of men and
in the middle and upper ranks Of society," take
much greater allowance than he prescrbes He Is evil
IDENTIFY convinced that the prevailing habits Of his eoun
trymen contrary the teetOt Standard hence he
insists the observance of moderaton; but he brDSs
forward little 10 show that Cruikshank, Sydney Smith
the latter years OF his e) and others, who became
the doctrine Of total abstinence had not the
advantage of the bluff and rosy Euglishman who he
leves the Juice of the grape and the decocon o!
barley as firmly in the British Constitution and the
Thirty nine Articles.
Frank LeslicS Sunday Magazine, conducted
by Charles 4. Deems, D. d. is model OF editorial indus
Try, tact, aud vigilance Dr.. Deems appear. to have
ransacked all the OF literature for lis
materials and with the great variety of Its contents
no easy matteto preserve its pages from any tbng
repugnaut to good taste, while 1t furnishes abundant
a supply for family reading. The periodical Of course
is brilliantly illustrated.