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New-York tribune., 1879-03-15
TILE GREAT BOOK ME.

The dispersion of the Brnley Library is one
of the notable events of the week. Those
who love to buy books and are willing, maugre
sneers and rdicule to pay good prices for
them, have now seen demonstrated, to the
confusion of their maligners, the fact that a
iudicious investment in rare volumes insures a
handsome increase for the benefit of their
heirs. Mr.. Brnley's biblomana has done any
thing but impOverish his estate. Those who
are ignorant of the mysterious joys of collect
ing will find it hard to understand the appar-
emily enormous prices paid for small
works. and even for musty pamphlets,
without the slightest contemporaneOus in
terest; but the eagerness with which
such prices were offered for such wares
establishes their commercial value beyond
dispute In the world of buying and selling.
n thing Is worth what 1t will bring But it
was the least merit of Mr.. Brinley's cOllec-
tion that it contained SO many extremely rare
works. They were not only scarce, but, as
illustrating the early history of the country,
they had a practical value. Somebody must
gather up their fragments, lest any of them
be lost and if the life. in all its phases, of
our forefathers is worth studying at all, 1t would
be strange if their printed books threw no
light upon 1t.
An immense majority Of the works in the
Brinley Library Will never be reprinted. But
il does not on that account follow that they
are worthless. The number of those who de-
sire to study them is small. But so also is
the number of assduOus scholars in any de-
partment Of knowledge. Here were the ma
terials for history, yet how many write it 7
Their number is few indeed; yet not the less
necessary are their labors, not the less honor
able their exertions, not the less their claim
upon our sympathy and respect. The n'n who
saves any authority from fire, or from any
form of decay, is u benefactor of the future.
4 taste which rescues any facts, or manners,
or thoughts, or truths, or even impOr-
tant errors from oblivion is creditable,
if it only helps us to mark the stages of
human progress, and to comprehend the pro-
cesses by which truth is advanced. 1t may
seem fancitul, for instance, to aim at a COM
plete gathering Of the printed books and the
manuscripts of the Mathers; yet considering
that these were men very eminent III New
England for considerable and most i'll
teresting perod-were, in fact, representative
men OF "A remarkable time-it Is worth while
to gather the writings by which they may be
Judged and through them, the thought, the
culture, the piety. and even the bigotry OF
their day.
The feeling of regret with which we see a
fine collection Of books broken up and dis
New-York tribune., 1879-03-15

Emperor replied; :" have many reasons for bci,.
gratefa TO you. and then with tears In eyes took
touching leave OF his faithful scryitor.
A story is current that tho Massachusetts,
State Senators, In the leisure earned by asdnous
ton to business, INDUCED In pedestrian match IN.
other day. The space inside the Senate tabIe uro.
sprlnkled with sawdust and Ave Senator'S entered Az
contestants. Admttance to the chamber was fxed AZ
25 cents, the Governor alone being free list Tn.
time was hxed at fOrenoons the seuator covertn
the most distance TO win three-quarters OF the eats
money
The late r. II. Dana was n man 10 vbor,
family ties very strong. His affection for his ,bre.
sisters great that he could not bear live away
from them. IL by the Kindness Of his nature that
his household controlled. andis Influence was even
felt by animals They all loved him. wsii among
dogs which to his door, and which the old man re-
fused to have turned away. watched by his bedside in
bis last days, caressing him In the animals dumb way
and seeming to take I'm the whole meaning OF the scene
Mr.. Dana was singularly youthful in feeling. MrJU
Ward says that Mr.. Dana drew him into conyersaton
upon literaures he could not but feel that ba
was taking Wlth a man OF ms own age. To one who
especially intimate with HIM, Le recently said,
:" 1 never remember am old feel young"
Mr.. Anthony TrOllOpe, at recent meeting in
London to consider the political advancement OF women
said that he thought the political privileges OF ;ne
world must 20 with the power Of the world, and tho
power of the world must 20 with the purse 1t seemed
able doctrine; but If they looked at things they fond
them 1t would be that 1t always and always
would be that would go with the purse The chair
told them hat ruled their rhusbands No such
thing. He did not think there was woman in the room
who would glory I'm ruling her husband. They heard
great deal about that sort OF thing in novels but in Lis
experience he knew a nice woman who lid
not think proper to look up her husband and DO
ruled by him; and be did not think there any
red woman present who would not be angry if she
thought that persons hought little Of hor husband
that MN. me master {. house tne mas.
ter OF the house. aud lie the master because he bad
got the purse It the mans duty 20 out ana
wages. which the household was sustained-0n
which the household was brought up; and 80 long 4
the had the purse 50 long must political power
main with him. Uo did not think they could gCt over
that difficulty.
LONDON, March 14.-The grand prize of the
French Academy for poetry has been adjudged to tie
Communist refugee, NJ. Renard. a professor in
louisiana.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-15

been proved their treason would nave
been made odious; aud the impeachment
managers would have brought them before
the bar of the Senate and branded them Tor
their crimes without exposing either the he
publican Left or the nation to the perils OF
political anarchy. But these so-called "revo-
"lutionary Radicals" have not been allowed
To have their way. While tho reactionary
cabinets have been held up to public execra-
ton, the Impeachment resolutions have been
thrown out and the Government has been
sustained by an overwhelming majority. Ihe
triumph of conservative Liberalism Is COM
plete. 1t is only another proof OF the modera-
ton and sagacity of the leaders and OF the
stability Of republican institutions.
Inasmuch as we have referred to the " Pro-
"letariatn scare Of The Economist we must
ask our readers to bear in mind that the de-
bates of the last Workingmens Congress in
France, as reproduced few months ago by
Mr.. Harrison in one of the English reviews,
were conspicuous for moderation and good
sense. We believe that less danger is to be
apprehended from radicaism in France than
in Germany, Russia, Italy or Spain. Public
opinion is not coerccd or repressed; the DIS
satisfaction of the working classes finds vent ;
there are no pcnt-up forces in society that are
fraught with danger; and, moreover, the great
mass of the population is endowed with IN
dustrial instincts and habits of thrift. Oppor-
tunism is still the political gospel of Gam
BETA. Among his latest public utterances
are these words, "We shall not abandon
yourselves to the inebriation of success. We
hall Il, rI,vo-
"men of sense, knowing what is the right
ching to do, and what is the right time to
edo it in-what l call oppOrtunism, for
"know nothing that can replace that political
"method with any chance of SUCCESS"
New-York tribune., 1879-03-15

persed is mitigated by the consideration that
MANY of these treasures will go to make more
perfect still existing libraries. No matter how
many sales we may have, there will still be
preserved masses of books in private hands,
and still Others which are permanently es-
tablished. The treasures still live, although
they may change their homes. They go to
rejoin companions from whom they have been
long severed. They are transferred from
careful custodians to others quite as careful
They are bought to fill hiatus
which has long been bewailed They
renew the old pleasure which they gave
to their former purchasers. They have once
more been brought under the eye OF the
world, and they retire to other alcOyes, there,
may be, to repose for another century, then
again to be busted, to be catalOgucd and TO
pass under the resounding hammer OF the
auctiOneer.
We have heard the regret expressed that
Mr.. Briney's library, or at least the historical
portions of it, could not have been committed
in bulk to the keeping of some learned IN
stilution. But it must be remembered that
an amount of money had been invested in it
which would be too great for a private en-
dowment, unless by a benefactOr of un-
usual wealth. In most cases the be-
quest of an entire library to another
library tends to the multiplication OF
duplicates which merely encroach upon
precious shelf-room, and necessitate careful
wedding. The number of unique volumes in
the BIinley collection would have reduced
this Inconvenience to q minimum; but 1t Is
better even for the interests of literature and
history that the books should go to special
enthusiasts, who can by and by remember in
their testaments the college and the public
libraries Meanwhile, Mr.. Brinley has his
monument, n we may say so, in the
beautiful catalogue of his books, prepared
for the purpose of the sale, but sure to be
carefully preserved. Book buyers In both
hemispheres will speak Of him with reverence,
long after many most distinguished persons
of to-day are entirely forgotten. He will be
embalmed in manuals. He will be cited In
catalogues. He will be talked of wherever
books are gathered; and such fame is as
well worth having as that of men much more
talked of; than that, indeed, of many of the
writer's of the books which have just been
sold at a price quite out of proportion to the
limited celebrity of those who produced
them,
New-York tribune., 1879-03-15
Jewell this committee ought to glitter like the
bul's-eye in q gamblers shirt-front.

In his new tariff the Canadian Finance MIN
lister seeks to protect home industry and to
raise 50, OOO, 900 more revenue. The advance
in duties which he proposes is startling
in its audacity, inasmuch as it strikes
directly at the trade with England, ana lndl-
Gates a fixed purpose to give the strongest en-
couragement to domestic manufactures. Inc
rates on staple products procured here are
not alarmingy high, and cannot seriously
retard the sale of articles such as
sewinc-machines and clocks, which we offer at
less price than any other country. AS regards
general merchandise, American traders can
adapt themselves to the new dutics
as readily as the British merchants.
The new tariff will, no doubt, be considerably
revised, inasmuch as it is not absolutely neces'
sary to impose very high duties for the sake OF
revenue.
Yesterday afternoon the CIIId Legislature
of New-J Jersey passed into history with very
clean record. 1t has been Legislature par
ticularly unkind to jOhbers OF high and low
degree, as the promoters of the Jersey City
Court House bond swinde discovered 10 their
pecunIary cost an hour before ADJOURN
mcnt. It's incidental bill, reduced by
nearly one-half from the ordinary volume.
evinced genuine spirit of economy which
began at home and made consistent Its action
in the general razeeing of fees and salaries
among State officials, and its whole course JUS
tilted the fixing of the State tax at the un-
precedcntedly low rate of half mill to the
dollar. 1t may be that this zeal for economy
was not Notwithstanding when it attacked
the emoluments OF the Chancellor and the
Justices of the Supreme Court. Ihe mghest
order of ability deserves liberal pay, ana
cheap Judge is liable to prove costly
decoration of the Bench. But after all
there are anomalies and scandals in the fee
system as applied to judges especially, and the
quarterly statements of receipts, required by
the new Act, will show the actual amounts
absorbed by feed officials, and be safe basis
for corrective legislation in the future. The
best work of the session was the undolng OF
the partisan dabOism of its predecessor. But
the State ought to be grateful for Senator
Hobart's Summary Investigation Act, for the
Act for the relief Of mortgage debtors, and
the bill which takes the shrievalty out of poll
tics. The creation of commission to frame
a general law for the government OF cities
wasmost timely, but Governor Mcclellan saw
fit to impair its power for good by placing
upon it the Hon. Leon Albeit, who is gener-
ally believed to be capable of neutralizing any
efforts at reform with which he comes In per-
sonal contact. Altogether the experiment OF
a clean Republican Legislature has worked so
benefcently that New-Jersey will not be swift
to invite the return of Democratic rule.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-15
PERSONAL.

Senator Eustis has returned to his law prac-
tce In New Orleans.
NJ. Capoul, it is stated, is to receive T42'-
600 for his services during his six months American en-
gageInent.
The nephew of Lord Macaulay, Mr.. Charles
Trevelyan Macaulay, mas written story whieh Is 10
appear In BeIgrGrid What pleasure tho rradng OI IL
would have been 10 that lover OF nctIon' his uncle!
Mr.. Charles Rcade is described by Mr.. Rlch-
ard Grant WHITE In The Atlantic as tall, distinguished
In person aud yet easy aud simple In speech
and hearing with nomOre vanity than he has the right
~ have.
Victor Hugo's seventy eighth birthday was
recently celebrated by dinner. 10 which he was ac-
companied by his little grandson and GRANDDAUGHTER
Georges and Jeanne lie WAS deeply moved and said
in response to the toast his health You have hon
ord me more than should bo honored but you do not
love Inc otherwise than should be loved"
The Emperor William visited Field-Marshal
Won Room when the latter lay dying He arrived unex
poctedly, and Won RoOu who Immediately recognized
his soyereign pressed his hand between both his own
and exclauuedi Majesty what pleasureP The
New-York tribune., 1879-03-15
ST4BLE GOyERYMENT IN FRANCE.

The Paris ncwsgathercrs whose Impressions
of French politics, present and to come, are
telegraphed every night to the London press,
cannot convince themselves that there are
elements of permanent stability in republican
institutions. Every change in the Ministry is
magnifed into q crisis, and even when bOule-
ward gossip is tamest they shrug their shOul-
ders over the Radical propaganda" and in
innate that something mOmentOus is abont to
happen. Rcpublicanism, as they see 1t, is in
variably tmged with red. So potent is their
influence upon public opinion In England that
so liberal and well-balanced journal as The
Economist expresses grave apprehensiOns in
regard TO the Immediate future Of the Repub-
lie. 1t lays stress on the fact that the wage
receiving class, which dominates the great
cities and forms the fighting mobs that
have proved so formidable in the past,
has accepted the Republic as a means
to an end. That end is TO secure to the pro
"letariatn or handicraftsmen, who do not
own either land or Tente, easier, more com
Portable and, above all, more secure lives; and,
moreover, to prevent their being crushed
either by lack of work or by low wages.
The inference is that whenever this class finds
for the working classes than the Empire or
the Monarchy has done in the past, two or
three hundred thousand citizens will spring
to arms in Paris and ovcrturn the Govern
ment. "Proletariat" Is mysterious word of
dread'import which has created more than
one panic on the Continent, and the warning
which this judiciOus English journal sounds
should not be hastily dismissed as premature.
While, however, it is unwise for Americans
to close their eyes to the dangers with which
the French Republic is beset, they should not
lay undue stress upon the flurrics in legisa-
tion and politics which are invariably magni-
fed by observers in the French capital into
crises and catasrophes. During the last
fortnight for example, there have been
daily bulletins respecting the impeachment
programme of the Radicals. The downfall of
the Ministry and the disruption of the Repub-
lIcan party have been predicted in turn. and
the political situation has been represented as
most alarming. Even if the Radical propa-
Uganda had been carried into effect and the
De BrOglie and Rochcbouet Cabinets had
been impeached, the permanence Of repubh-
can institutions would not have been menaced.
UnquestIonably the laws were strained by
those reactionary ministries, and some OF the
conspiratOrs may have gone 80 far as to plot
a military coup dtiat. If their guilt had
New-York tribune., 1879-03-15
EDUC1TION IL AMERICA.

Miss Kate Field places our readers under
obligations this morning by reproducing
conversation into which, if we may repeat
her own words, she recently bcGulled an
American of whom We may all be proud. Ii
the educational department was the most in
terestlng and instructive corner Of the United
States section of the Paris Exposition, the
result was due to the painstakng effort and
comprehensive culture of the Superintendent,
Professor John ID. Philbrck. lie had only five
wesks IN which to collect his material
and complete his arrangements before the
Government vessel sailed and yet he cOntrlyed
TO ill department which trained observers from
all parts of the world were glad to study III
detail, nasmuch as it illustrated most admir-
ably the educational methods upon which the
permancnce Of American institutions in large
measure depends. What was accomplished in
that department Is set forth by the Superln-
tendent with drectness and force, albeit with
becoming modesty, and survey Is made or
the best features Of the educational exhibits
of other countries. Our readers have, there
lore, the privilege of inspecting the school
systems of the world, and they may well
thank our correspondent for introducing them
to so accomplished a guide.
What Professor Philbrck says at the close
of his long talk may not have the flavor of
novelty, but it is a truth which Americans
are very slow to learn. He is convinced that
no nation can be upheld by elementary ed
ucation alone. He agrees with Renan that
the United States will long have to expiate
" the want of higher education," and remarks
sententiously that eve must educate or die,
"and we must raise our educational
standard" Our public school system
may be the best in the world, but
CONSCIOUSNESS of its merits should not
blind us to the defects of the higher
grades of instruction. In general in
telligence the United States ranks high
among the nations, but in breadth and depth of
culture its level is far below what it should be.
There is q lack of thoroughness in the inter
mediate and high schools; in our colleges our
bows may learn O little of great many
things, hut it is so little that it is soon forgot
ten; and in professional training so much is
left undone "There is no use to deny facts"
says the Professor, in a most uDcOmpromislDg
tone. 1t is wholesome truth.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-15
Jn0rf 10 RopfrnsemcnIs.

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HOUSES AND FARMS WANTED RAGE -4th coiuuiii
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Mb1lACIA AND DEA1Hs-5W P00e- An co'umh 49,,
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MUSIC.
THE OpERA-BUY BIAS,


Marchetti's opera of "Ruy Bias " has at least
turb conversation in the boxes Wien it first pro-
duccd In New-YOrk In the Autumn OF 1874 we touhd
bttle IN It 10 engage the serious attention OF tho
connoisseur. Now that It is revived with cast much
better in some respects than it had before,
and not good In others, We see no
reason to modify our earlier opinions. weaker and
duer opera IN the grand style has not been put upon
our for many year. Even the excellent acting ana
singing of slg Campaulni, VINO drew some inspiration
from the drama II he found none In the musctho capA
nersopatlop By Sig Galassl-the grace Of Nine Marie
R6ze-the yiyacity Of Mime. sinico Unusually brsn'
last EVENING" could not save work WHICH
- tntrinslcally STUPID. Marehetu is a composer
unon whom the Italian school has seemed as
nosed IN e, s best hopes But the school itself IL iar
cone in decay and he surely is not the 10 ave IL
nav life Hi, methods are strictly conventional; ms
,orns OF Dackneyed; can discover IN
b,u no spark Of genius neutrality-suspicious. Ou1
far commonplace, trcked out, with tho uusel thect' "
which we grew tired long ago. He has GER
tam art, charaeteristcay Italian, OF WrunS
for the voice. and produces phrases grateful TO he
sight that the artists themselves are no DOUBT astoh
ishel to they fan dead upon the ear Inc 'u'u
is that these fabrics made mechanically aIteF Wv
patterus. and they never excite the imagination ~
touch the heart because neither heart nor Imagination
had any share in their manufacture. In the management"
OF he orcnestra-so grand part OF the modern oPc1
Marche is twenty years behind the time The audl'b0'
vss largo last night but not enthusiastic ana 'h'
varnest aduircr OF the principal artists could ohV
regret that their powers were wasted upon such poor
New-York tribune., 1879-03-15
WITH SUPPLEMENT.
THE NEUS THIS MORNING.

ToRr,GN-Three-fourth OF the Hungarian city of
Szcgcdin are in ruins. - The new Canadian
tariff advances duties considerably. - The
net increase in the East Indian debt during
the last three years is 500, $50; the East
Indian duties on cotton goods are to he partly re-
IultteG = The vote on Impeachment shows that
the French Government can rely on majority OF
the LIT or Republican Deputies. = Much ex-
citemcnt prevails at Limasol, Cyprus, on account Of
the Governors monetary regulations
DoMEsuC.-Carter Harrison IS TO be presented to
the Grand Jury in Washington on account of falsi-
fyinc pay-rolls. =- Senator Beck claims that the
standing order of the Senate requiring appoint
lncnt> to be approved by the Vice-Presdcnt
viii be repealed III three minutes. = The
Greeubackers of Congress have issued
public address to the other members of the
House =- Six murderers were executed by
hanging Yesterday. - In the Assembly yester-
day Mr.. Wadsworths resolution calling on lnsu-
rance superintendent Smyth to resign was post
I,oned indefinitely; measures regarding rapid tran
sit ia Brooklyn were adopted.
CITY AND SUBUBBAN.-In the walking match.
Roweu was leading at midnight by % miles;
Ennis was second, and Hartman last; Row
elPs victory is regarded assured. == he
general freight and passenger agents were
IN convention and discussed new rules of
organization. 60 \ new contract has been signed
between the Western Union and the NewYork,
Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company. --
Miss Kate Sanborn lectuTed OH Madame de
Gea,is =-- Mayor Cooper denied the report
that he had decided to remove the Police
Commissioners. == Gold value Of the legal-tender
silver dollar (4l2l2 gransl, 1888 cents. Stocks
generally dull, opening strong and closing weak.
THE Manufacturers local observations in
dicate clear or partly cloudy aud cooler weather.
Thermometer yesterday: Highest, 54'i lowest,
3so average 46o.