New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-13

antbor,s mcmillan stvle of deliueatiOn. Touchwood
is one of the good fellows whose excellent quail
ties are mixed up with infrmities OF disposition
that find ready excuse IN the plea that they are
"only temper =
bsaShty TO innocent people Who approach him with
respect ncglectful Of his friends, angry 10 race OF e
g%aae ae%an ~ raSs words and harsh looks
By moody disgust with his fellow ID GENERA genera
steadfast friend, a defender Of the oppressed an
arectionste hearted creature PITY that after certain
porfsble A man who ms balmorals TO tread on
your with much frequency and M nninls,skao,s
emphasis, may prove fast friend III adyersllt, put
meanwhile your adversity has not arrived anu yoI
toes are tender The daily s9eer or c.. az e"oav
or defence of your understanding against deptecaors
which NAV never arse / cannot submit to chronic
state OF blue aud green bruise as form Oh nSu'o
against an accident
Tonchwoods bad temper is Of the conradicting, pug
nacous He the honorable gentieinan IA oppos.
and when Others join him he secretly damns their SUI
peifiuOus agreement quickly discovering thst NE WAY
OF stating il exactly theirs An invitation
or any sign Of expectation throws him into an attune
OF refusal Ask his concurrence IN benevolent meas
ure he will not decline give It, because he has rear
sympathy with good aims but he computes teseh'ii3,
though where ne Is let alone he VIII 90 meIn i"9io
man would shrink with greater sentiyeness from me
imputaon OF not paying ms aeps ygo G 10 me
tra1csman wait for the money he s IN such hurry m
much relieved by finding particular object and that
its worst moments must be those where The hVou Is
resistance there being nothing specne 10
oppose 1OuchwOOd Is never so little engaging as wheh
he comes down 10 breakfast with ciouu on MS D0"'
tjouate efusiveness at the end OF confidential con-
vcrsalion winch has assured you OF mutual under,
sI1 of nee Il mice have DISTURBED him. that IS not
your fault but neyeTtheess yGr ehe &c be TestheT
else It VIII be met by sneer which, taxing you una
oaT s1i viii YOUR which was not
asked foT some DARING P1hsOn ,tterT Of appens
TO for HIS opinion thc topic being included
In his favorte studies An indistinct mutteIfng WIN
person how iii he has chosen market for his Difference
In TouchwOois behavior affects you very closely, you
hsS S empeT W then vanish at once he will take
painful journey your behalf he viii SIT up with you
u ght aiteI night; he will do AL the WORK OF your de-
parment to save you from any loss In consS,
quence OF your accident; he viii be even uniformly
tender to you till you well your legs again. wheh
he sIl some fine morning insult you without Iroyoca,
you had not closed your lips against retort
The last essay in the volume is devoted to on
"apolory" for the Jewish race, expressing the same
sympathy with the children of Abraham which
forms so conspicuous element in the composition
of Daniel Deronda" The European world, the
author remarks has long been used to consider the
Jews as all exceptional people, and as consequence
they have been excepted from the rules OF justice
and mercy. which are based ON human likeness.
But to consider people whose ideas have deter
mined the religion of the more cultivated
half of the civilized world, rs purely
exceptional race, is an offence against rational
knowledge, absurd Inconsistency III historical
Interpretation. The spectacle of the jewish people
defyinq the Roman edict, and prefcrrng death by
starvation the sword to the introduction OF the de-
fled statue of Caligula into the temple Isl sublime
type of constancy and faith. There is singular
likeness between the way in which the English got
possesson of their island and the way the Jews got
possession of Canaan. The passionate interest OF
the English in the writings Of the Hebrews must be
taken as a proof of afiinites of disposition. But.
as the writer suggests an expatriated, denational-
lied race living for ages In the midst of antipathetic
populations must inevitably lack some conditions
of nobleness Even the English who take to living
abroad with nothing to keep up their sense OF TEL
owship in the affairs of their own land rarely
GOOD specimens of moral healthlness. The jews
both in individuals and groups, must have suffered
some corresponding moral degradation. But IN
fact they have escaped with less injury of charac
ter than could have happened In the case OF peo-
pie who had neither their adhesion TO separate
religion founded on historic memories. nor their
peculiar family affectionateness This plea for the
Jews is developed at ample length. and with great
force of argument and illustration Like the con-
tents of the volume i'll general, it exhibits the
reflective habits of the author, her boldness and
freedom of thought, the breadth of her sympathy,
and the profoundness of her convictions.
TRAVELS WITH DONKEY N THE CEyENNEs
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON l2mo' PIP 20 IoOl.s
Brothers
A very agreeable companion for q Summer
excursion is brought TO side without ceremony In
this lively reprint of journal Of travel In the Interior
OF France. For all locomotive or fouT-horse stage
coach the writer had chartered little sheass, not
much bigger than a dog, whom he chrstened
a. Modestine" and whose fascinating qualities soon
uroyed that she was everyway worthy Of the name
Mounted on this virtuous beast, with inOrdinate
supply of luggage sung over her patient back In
sheepskin bag larder well provided with cakes OF
chocolate and OF Bologna cold mutton and
the potent wine OF Beauolais the ighhearted travel
fer took his way TO the mountains OF Southern France
lie has DO story to tell than had the weary knife
grinder" but ot down the little odds and ends OF bis
tourney In an ohaDd, garru0us tone which sounds as
pIeasauty as the careless talk OF a cheerful companion
in a country ramble The T, ader must not look for
nuggets Of gold in slight pages, but the sparkling
sands which they shape into bright forms are both at
tractive and amusing.
The american Plant Book, by Harlan H.
Ballard aud s. Proctor Thayer published by Daniel
slote & Company, is convenient herbarum for the
preservation Of pressed flowers forest leaves grasses
mosses FERNS and other botanical collections, winch VIII
be found Of great service to students and teachers OF
botany we'll the amateur of the choice plants OF the
garden the field and the forest The work is Issued in
different and sizes for the OF different classes
of collectors provided with suitable blanks for
recording the analysis and description Of the plants
and flowers which destined to enrich Its 1t