, 1879-07-19

caly, socially, mud physically considered; on III.
iuties to heal III Indirectly connected with occ-
connected with thu work Of different working
classes; general rules III rrlnisM tO hralth'nnd
wurk. The manuals arc Dnbltsl,ea III I4o.lAun,
appropriately cn0i,Eh, br thr Society Tor l'ro'
noting Chrlstian Knowledge, mil sold there
for otto shilling each. or - cents OF our money.
LITERARY NOTES.
j. Il. Lipplncott s. Co. have III hand u dctson.
airy Of biographical notices of tho distinguish ell
living characters of tho United statcs a sort
ofAmcsican Men OF tic Tlmc.H
A Frencl,man published n translation OF Dick
cns' unconplc.cd "Edwin Drood,'' with con.
clusion lyDgly announced "a by Wilkic CollIns,
WIN has ot,la!ncd legal Judgment for lamagcs
Henry Holt &. Co. will publish at once Mr.
Whitclaw isuld's address, " Snsno ASPECTS of
Journalism y: also, in their I.cisrrc:llonr
Series. :" ilcltr1s,h novel, by tho author of
"Sitss Molly"
N. sarpoy, flrst of dramatic critics III Paris,
mil nuw IN London With The Theatre Franrasc
Company, will llavo IN ti,c july nnmaer Ut tlc
AfHttttnth Ctnttrp MI article on "lt,e Comedie
Fnancaisc," Md t!,c Ahbe Martin ono OH "1hc
Education Question III Francc.",
SIR Samuel Baker. who has been for some
mes voe satrd Il do!s vs,s a Is
Saw II in 1871 which viii bc published BY
Messrs. Macmillan g. Co. The salne publishers
have j., the prCss "A Ride in Egypt," Nv 1he
Rev. ". J. I.oftle, beIl,K Journal kcpt duFing
a recent visit 10 tic country.-.tthentruna.
Of on original MS. sermon Of Cotton MatIlsr's.
Of the sis. of Lowell's lue,l, - uutter thy VII.
lows" Of the complete ss, Of DleLcns' "MutuaI
Friend.H and Of portions Of the MS. OF F?yrune
from lllckens, from flowl,ornr, aul f:nm count
less other nnsrs: an hotter tl'an all. tf'e last
letter sIiat Washington ever wrote, dated six
days before his death.
AS the result Of Royal Commission nsmed
bv the present UnycrnInunt,we hare n copyright
report ful of suggestions for changes Of tic ".
most importance to foreign as well as English
wrttcrs. Wc fIavc tiovctnIncnt which may or
may not L. existing two wears Aenrc, but which
IS at 'pr'scnt so favorablY dtsroscl that u Is
actually about to Introduce bill embodyfnE the
suggestions Of the Commission. not, It Is true,
with the holp vi pnss!Ng It this ycar, but with
Wow to prepare meu's minds for It's rcntroduc-
tlon. 4 hearty nthl unanimous support Eivun.
with Or Without suggestions f0t notifications
to Tic views oft Royal Commissioners would,
therefore, have been most opportuno. But 81
1ittle potion had Mr. Blanchard Jcrro!d's eou,.
mfttcc OF any such practical step tllnt the very
existence Of tie report seems to have bccll
overlooked till air. Klsinau called attention to
that 1t should be translated Into Frcnct' ~
order TINT members should know what It
was about. This suggestion tocs not seem 10
hare been adopted, Nnd, Indeed. time was want-
taken 10 the more congrn!al task of eleeting
llauorary mcnbera. iAeir pasnes have GER
tatnly II uoblo touno. cha will no less certalnls
serve an ornamental purpose bnt otherwise ex.
peFionro leads us to fear theF will not 10 found
seTylceable. II fs q pity that men Of letters 10
distinguished as M.About and N. Jules Clnretic
should have been summoned nrross tho Channel
10 a meeting that appears to hnvo lacked plain
practical good sense which might have led 1t to
ucputc to qualified member tl,c task Of draw
inE up scbeme ind Of pusttnk out mode OF
1toccedlnE to put It IN execution. In fact, N.
Ah0ut's ettnrts have been rendered to cob
siderable c1tent fru!tloss by thu fnilure of the
Congress to second them. The determination
to hold another Congress Vi .hG same Kind next
year at Lisbon adds euperiiuUus cl!nnx tu
ture hns, VIC udultt. q verify history, u.Nl It Is
IN these days nut without c1aitus to resptct; but
II ID obviously not fn little country llkp portH
gat that movement for copyright ro!ofm can
hopu to find any tDsp splratlon or support TINT
would Justify fiic notion Ut computing ne1n-
bers from far and wide to undertake u Journey
to Lisbon for the 1neTe Bakc as It would seeui,
of passing Observation-Disclosures.
PERIODICALS ltECE1VED.
Lirptncott's IIayazfne for AugusE has the iol-
lowing table OF contents: "Catskill, md tl,c
Ca:slil, Region Part first, Catsl!il); "lton.
dcau," by .1ohn Norm; "sum,uerlAnd Sketch.
ca; or, Handles In the Bacwuo1s OF Mexico a,rl
Central America" (l'art secopd, CoEIlla), BY
! Felix l.. Oswald; Sabbatia," u poem, By Z. 4.
| f.; through Winding Ways" q novel, bY FL.
lcn ". Olucy; " tIut9nol,n by 8. q, Young;
Stint Last Rehearsal" n love story; "Au9ust
Eounday," a poem, BY Henry Terrell; "Kclnt.
ntseences nj DaYard Taylor," by lijIimar II.
Boyestn; "Wolnen's Husbands, The Barber ot
Midas u {conrludel): My Villagu in the
Suutl," sketch. By Annie Porter; "Tlla
Death Rain,' ~ By Jennlg Wopdrlle; "Wom.
ems Mistakes About Work. by au anonymuut
| writer; "a Narru9ntsett llYl," MI amusing
story; "Etcpnc md Vlllemessnnt,h by Ed
ward king.
Tie Atlantic for August haa the following
tablu ot contents: "rreaclliHg," by M al,ony'
nous writer; s''rhc Futura of INVENTION" BY
". II, Rabcock; "1hc Inland Country" by
Christine Chaplin Brush; IAN Experllnsnt III
| Play-WritnE,h by Josuph kirkland; "As
Kawsnlouth Station" by Henry k,ag; "TAt
Latest Literature Ut Art,n by Henry Van
Brunt; "petite Alur'o mud ncnexet,n BY. Il. II.
!" Irene tic Mtssionur4 {NVlfl.-NXll.);
"'rwu Years Of President Hayes" by. Walter
Allen; "A B't Of shnrn l.lts," BY Sarah 2
Lee; "Un lluu,1.ie Cal.ablu," hy Axcl G. J.
Gustafaon; "'r.u Negro E1udua.' by james i,
Kuuuiun; RECENT French md titrtoat
EssayB," by Tho1ilus SERGEANT Perry; " William
Lloyd UnrrisUn," by Lyuia MAela Child; "Fes
| lglh Qulnguu Actrorsom, al, Academia Poe0,,'
BY Oliver Wendell liolnnea; "lsurn Englan,'
| by luelInru lsant White; "Yte Contributors
t!lub", "lscccut Literature u; Mr., KuI'y OF
! Luton.