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Ionfsiana Affairs,

NEW. ORLEANS, February e. - Prominent
merchants and members or the Citizens
Conservative Association have telegraphed
to Washington urging the confirmation Of
Badger as collector and Mcmillan as post
master..t t.wnt = E...s! ..Y.EI z51s-aI !.
J j. Madison Wells, Louis N. Kenner, and
G. Cassanave, Of returning board fame, APP
peared to-day before the Superior Criminal
Court, withdrew their, plea of not guilty,
and filed a demurrer to the information
against them. Judge, Cullom, their conn
sci. claims that under decision OF the SUI
preme Court Of March 90, 1873, in the case
against G. Anderson, they were entitled to
d nole -proSequi in their case, which the
General refuses. The demurrer
is fixed for Thursday next.
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FEBRUARY 4.-Tbe market T. rendered ii.rlcss
by he reports from tie East of The failures. While
parties re have not suffered losses any extent
so far as we can ascertain only lrifii?g amouns--
yet Bosron dealers understood TO be out from
100000 10 S45000O, and the slight demnraIizl-
ton which occnrS there Is felt here. 1t may be said
that far prices held the posi- ion Is cssen-
TALLY last week, nut the tame lock Of business
leaves matters IN somewhat nominal shape.-J0HT-
nal of. GOnmercc. 49, - -
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q COMMERCIAL.
CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE.
RICHMoND, February 6, 1879.

WHEAT White, 1874 bushels Red, 622 bushels.
CORN.-White, GA bushels. Fsltotc, so bushels.
Nired, A6 bushels. e-ET,t: -
OATS.-62S bushels.
MEAL.-70 bushels. - 80 1850 =
SALES REPoRTED TO SECRETARY. :,
WHEAT White, go! bushels good al, 81 .05; a
bushels az a5c 100 bushels at S1.05-total, "a
bushels. Red, az bushels good Fultz at 81 .0S %
bushels prime mixed AZ S1.09; SO bushels prime
SI.Oe: go bushels very good Fultz at s. .05; 20
bushels al 81 O4; so bushels EuHZ at 81; 92 bush.
els Very good Futs at s1.o5i ~ bushels mixed at
81 O6-,otal. 522 bushels: M. 45.s
CORN White, $50 bushels very good At 4s Sc;
Sc bushels gooo on private terms oushets s1S1
bushels GOOD at 4Sc.-totat. GA bushels .AtSed,
so bushels prime at Acc; IA bushels common AZ
-AOe,-iotai. 46 bushels. ~. =
0Ars-924 bushels prime winter on private
terms aS4 bushels prime spring on private terms
$50 bushels prime spring on private terrs-toIai
B6s bushels. ~ q. s. --.a -. ~ isttt " -.
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northern eane-Growers' Association.

Northern Cane-Growers' Association.
, ST. Louis, February 6.--The Northern
Cane Growers Association are in! session
here and discussing the subject relating to
the growth of cane, manufacture OF sugar,
aud The various interests relating tothis IN
refinery iii this city, examined sample OF
sugar made in Minnesota and pronounced
equal to the best New Orleans sugar, worth
in-bulk FIVE cents per pound. -;
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- ,:Pennsylyanl!iil,a. {

READING, Pa, February Samuel Mish.
Ter Yesterday walked 100 miles 10 twenty
three hOursaud ortysseyen minutes, fnclud-
ing one hour and forty-one minutes lfor
}faEfne rest and meals. a':f = 49, 's-ti <,
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NEW YORK SuMAC MARKET.
CHICAGO LUMBER MARKET.

FEBRUARY 4.-Tirglnla quoted nj s4j: foreign
ut SS5 for lend seal iron, store and S3g@:3J for
low grades.-JOuradtO of Commerce.
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oPPrcE or SEALER orr
WEIGHTS Axp MxAsURxs.ASp
INSPECTOR OF Coal. AND WooO.CAETs. y
s. ll0l BASIN BANK, February u 1917.
II LII PERSONS HAVING GOAL OR
~ Wtlt)rl,CARTS will plesse send then, to my
ONCE aud act my certificate before procuring Ne
ssSass ss - II = HaEMa, In. sor
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A NATIONAL! CONVENTION OF CoLoRED
.IlIlzRSs.-A preliminary meeting was held
,ast evening, by,a, number; of celoIed citt-
zens 10 consider the subject of calling a
national convention OF ,eelored citizensifo
Tue purpose Of considering the suffering,
coesltlonof the race in. the, Soutbs and de-
sslng means to ameliorate their condition.
1h0taer meeting will be- held on Monday
nlght, when the subiecttWM be further Dis
u ,,,s =, and il is probable. that circular
WIN DC Issued calling the convention to meet
o. e.. richmond on an early day. - Washington
6 's Of last epenin,gi.. - Il j. 9e:of
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flour,

zine, Sa.7S@f3; superfne. o.. 8; extra: s4. 75@
4 S5 ceinInoa family, $3.50; fancy -brarasi s69
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BY Telegraph.

| .ssa;-5 ar iFasr-., NEW YORK. -.
NEW YORK. February O. Soon:-stocks steady.
Money on call, 1@2h per cent. Exchange-Long,
1856; short, 48iA. State bonds quiet Governments
tup. '}2't. t.H.-at'- -,...-
Erening.-Money, 2A@3 per cent. Exchange.
495@4S5E. Governments weak; new Sc, lo4S.
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BAITIMf)RF,

BALTIMORE. February 6.--Virginia 6's, deferred.
*: consols pa; second series, So; past.d,ie cou-
pous, n. Bid to-day.
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sRI llI, 4. Il MARKETS..
.,:----e-rHuasnAY, February Q. 1879.
/ scap,aarysPreauee.

apDlea: IL .76@s2.6O a barrel. So, ]
Bsfssr PRIME 70 choice yellow, 15@ 1876 "a
2 s9pa sssa asasoc. Il 6ushel FOR ean,ry :,
DRIED EJait AgEass, sgss iss asn asc p
/ blackberrles, Az, c
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u U1T TlY-E J'yiFfI g Y =
G0ufrd Cattle.

BosTos; Febrfussary B.LA telegram
,bioa,isiH sls5s-ts1
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Especial felenum to- the Dispatch.
4 PoRTsNopIH, ~ February u. James.
McAlpine Biiisoly promising youngprae-
hcing physician aoi this city, died tonight
re pneumonia aged twenty -seyen years.
He was q graduate Of the Virginia Military
Institute and the University Of Virginia. "a
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LONDON, February Git is. reported that
Prince Leopold, the eighth child and fourth
SOB Of Queen Victoria, now in the twenty
sixth year Of his age, will enter the Church
of England. 20 a..
- ADEN, February G.-Ex-President Grant
and party have sailed for Bombay.
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steps would De taken IN Tue SeHale. 1oai
!correspe simply gives, the; current rll-
mors, and takes it for granted that the eN.
Governor from Texas knows more about
the intentions OF the managers Of the Texas
Pacific than people about the Capitol. ss,-i e &,
MONEY FOR LOYAL VIRGINIA cLAiSAGTs-THE
z:atgf ACTION OF THE HOUSE TODAY. - Y;
The House to-day passed the bill. making
appropriations for the payment Of claims al
lowed by the Commissioners Of Claims un-
der act, Of Congress Of March 3, 1s71.s and
acts amendatory thereof. This bill Contains
the following allowances to loyal Virgin
,ians: Elias Atkins, $270, and to other at
kinses $3.50; William Alexander, 1859;
william Andersen, S120; Elias, Andrews,
$3.50; William {. Ashton, $40; George
Baker, 5000 samuel Ball, $40; Amos
Beans, $3.50; Rebeeea Bla sSWeli, sS42; Ter Is
rell Brady, administrator Of Archer Miles,
Sl48; Albert Brown, $685. E:aC.S Brown,
s155:; Maria Brown and children, ss6l5 !; n.
q. Brown, $3.50; w. "A. Brown, ,Sss; Jo<
seph n. Bundy, S157 Rybnrn Bundy, $50;
Warren Bupdy, S64; Thomas a. Cham.
bliss, s645; William Charity. sl00 : heirs OF
james ,E Clark. SGl0 i Joseph "a. Cockri!le,
$3.50; Caroline Cook, administrators OF Ma-.
Tor Cook. 300; @. Cox, admipistrator OF
p. Fl. Minor, Tor benefit 81 Smith Minor,
81, 400 samuel rim. s56s i,liam Grim,
$3.50; gJs u. Croker, 1885, Carrier q.
CraipIp,, s2,185 !; William Daniel. SS42 nfary
~ a. i, an 81 ID
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-08-07

100 seta SINGLE HARNESS n e7.se
i - per set. A4G1A@-sa
500 SHOVELS at 40 cts. each. -
500 MANURE FORKS at 40
1000 lbs. FODDER ROPE al . cents
per ID. .. -
500 KEGS NAILS at 2.fO
600 bush CLOVER SEED at @4to 4 so
200 " ORCHARD GRASS at market
IL 1-a'- PSBce.
No. 8 FL. Flows, - 30
No. I" [" /" , ~
=, r. Casting % 90 per 100 lbs
400 "a TIMOTHY SEED at msrket
II -... price.
100 " NsILLET SEED Of So"
ID AIse fell line Of
GUANO, BONE. PLASTER AND
"a 49,, GARDEN SEEDS azIzo
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MANNsS
PHCEEIsr
aiitel AygTOaI
sPNlNoa Of 1879.

tfs =
500 1 and . HORSE PLoWs. lson
90 10 % %.
800 CULTfvATORS 81 . %
30 MALTA DOUBLE Shovel
Flows sa 0 $50. -
200 HARRoWs - - % %
500 CUcUMBER PUMPS .. ESQ
lOe HAY and FODDER cUTTEhs
',r,i~ % 96.00. -
50 CORN SHELTERS st es.0o
800 prs. TRACE CHAINS at 50
go HORSE and MULE COLLARS
" 49, st !75 @@
400 prs. PLow LINES 81 a Is
500 BACK BANDs Of 90
500 prs. PLow NAMES st s so
1000 Ibs. HARROW TEETH 81
80 81 cts, per lb.
500 WELL BUCKETS al 40
500 WATER |" ." ,ifsat 10
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-10-08
THE SYNOD OF VIRGINIA.

In two weeks from to-day this body
will meet in Danyille, Va. The meeting
is likely to be well attended, as some mat
tiers of great Importance will have to be
determined this fall.
This Synod is the largest one in con-
nection with our Southern Church, wheth-
er we consider the number of ministers,
the number of churches, or the number
of communicates. Yet it has grown
more in the last FIVE years than any
other Synod, and was never in a more
wholesome and prosperous condition.
The actual increase in that time is 4,656,
or more than twice as much as that Of any
other Synod. The percentage of increase
is not so great as in the Synod of Texas
but the actual increase is more than twice
as great, and the percentage to the popu-
lation is also greater. The two other
Synods which have made the most pro-
gress are those of North Carolina and
Texas. The aggregate membership of
these two, FIVE years ago, were 1874,
while that of the Synod of Virginia was
1862 difference in favor of Virginia
of AIS. Now the aggregate membership
of the two is 49, 1876, while that of Vir-
ginia is 24,2O8, or a difference of l ,O73 in
favor of Virginia. 1t will surprise many
to find that our Church has thus grown
more in Virginia in the last five years
than it has, not only in the older sister
States, but also more rapidly than in the
newer western and southwestern States.
This is very encouraging to church enter
prise in the bounds Of the Synod. And
as there is still much territory to occupy,
there is no reason why our growth shonld
not be equally great in years to come.
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foundations of their belief have been
taken away even the reality of God is
doubted. So much for their philosophy.
Now impress upon the average mind
of the country-the unframed, needless
thought of the million-the further idea
that Science is omnipotent, and that we
are the greatest people the sun ever
shone upon, and that no limit can be set
to what Science and the American people
are going to do in the next one or two
centuries; and suggest to them yet again
that the dogmatic theology of the day IS
attempting to lay upon them yoke which
neither they nor their fathers were able
to bear-and what can we expect as the
result, but falling off in the progress of
the churches?
What is to be done? What is the
Church to do? As we remarked last
week, we are out in storm. 1t is not
the first storm that this ship has been in.
The action to be taken is to inspire the
sailors with courage-apd NTH faith IN
their Captain 1t does not lie in throw
ing anything overheard to tighten the
ship, This expedient has been recon-
mended by some. Let us get rid of the
dogmas, they cry. We had as well scut-
tie the ship at once.
We all remember the occasion when
the disciples aroused the Master in a
great storm, and said unto him, Carest
thou not that we perish? And he arose
and rebuked the wind, and said unto the
sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased,
and there was great calm. And he
said unto them, Why are ye so fearful !?
how is it that ye have no faith?"
Leaving the fgure,-there is no occa-
sion to fear for the safety of the Church ;
what we are concerned about, is the
progress and growth of the Church.
And for that the Presbyterian points out
the true relief, saying, that "what the
Church needs, in all its parts, is a mighty
baptism of the Holy Spirit. If the
Church will lift up her voice for this, the
winds and the waves will not offer any
very formidable obstacle to her progress.
The age believes in materialism the
Church must oppose this by an unswerv-
ing faith in the supernatural. They
challenge us to trial of the efficacy Of
Prayer; We annot..refuse the challenge
Oh, for one hour of Elijah and the
spirit that::..confdently made that appeal
on Mount Carmel" Hear me, 0 Lord,
hear me, that the people may know Il at
thou art the Lord God and that tho,
hast turned their heart back again T.
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Letter from the University of Virginia
OCTOBER 1st, 1879.

OCTOBER 1st, 1879.
The session at the University is begin
ming well. The doors of her lecture
rooms, as you know, are opened wide,
that is, without tuition fees, to large
class Of students, Chose from Virginia
over certain age) The beautiful
lawn is all astir again with the rapid,
busy tread of ingenious youth. The
course at the University is no child's play,
and the young men need not come here
except with the resolution to apply them
selves to steady work. The prospects for
the session are very fair, SO far as num-
bers are concerned. All the rooms at
tached to the clearinghouse in the
northwest corner have been taken, and
to use a college phrase, the students
are doubling" which means taking
roommate, which is not usual to any ex-
tent. This of course diminishes the cost
of room-rent, fuel, and lights. There are
at this writing $50 matriculates, the dorm
itories being nearly all taken. There are
fresh arrivals every day.
/ should like to recommend to the young
men at once to connect themselves with
the Friends of Temperance, Council No.
A6 University of Virginia. Which COM
bines the literary with the abstemious,
and embraced last session a goodly num-
Der. 1t awards to its best debater gold
medal and scholarship of 5000. The
student taking this step becomes exempt,
as it were, from temptation which too
often destroys his fondest hopes Of success.
The services too of the chapel every morn
ing, with its hallowed influence, ought
not to be neglected, or its prayer meetings
on Wednesdays and Fridays. They have
been sanctifed occasions in the past, and
it is devoutly hoped will be in the future.
In the chapel, during the summer, we
have had Baptist, Presbyterian, MethO-
dist, and Episcopal ministers, to preach
for us, all using the hymns Of the Prayer
Book. For these services we are indebt-
ed to the indefatigable efforts Of Mr.. Dun
nington. I mention these services because
of their beautiful catholicity, displaying
no spirit of "unchurching" one another,
but with the sole purpose of worshipping
God and fifty observing the Sabbath.
The weather is delightful. The day
bright and propitious for the beginning
of the sessions of 1879 and 1880. LEE.
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WHEN you get up to go, go.
BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE AGES BEFORE MOSES A Series of Lectures
on the Book of Genesis By John Monro Glib
son, D. D., Pastor of the Second Presbyterian
Church. Chicago Second Thousand New
York Arson D. F. Randolph& Co. PIP. 25S
This book is one in hundred, and we should
like to see it widely circulated. 1t is the best
study on the Book of Genesis that we have seen
for long time. The lecturers evidently man
of varied learning, and of no ordinary ability
The style is pure and clear Some of the topics
discussed are, The Genesis; In Eden and Out;
The Beginning of the Gospel; The First Age OF
the Gospel; The Second Age The Third Age
Patriarchal era) The Shiloh Prophecy, ETC.
We have found the work full OF instruction, and
characterized by striking views and remarks
1t is admirably adapted to counterfeit some Of
the dangerous speculatiOns of the times, and SO
agreeably written, and withal so compact, that
young persons especially will derive profit from
it.
Received through the Presbyterian Publish
ing Company, Richmond.
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PRoF. HENRY CALDERwooD, of

PROF. HENRY CALDERwooD, Of the
University of Edinburgh, has an article
in the last Princeton Review on "The
Problem of the Human Will" He OPP
poses Determinism and argues for the
Libertarian view. Liberty of indifer-
ence" he rejects as thing to be laid
on the shelf as philosophic curiosity.
The keynote to his position is that The
mystery of mans nature is the control
he has over his thoughts which
occasions the speciality in his conduct
which he call freedom of choice" 1t is
not mere conflict, he says, between mo-
tives; but the mind in the presence OF
motives reflects, and the secret sources Of
thought give direction to the choice.
This is all true and it is right here that
man is free-self-acting responsible
but the thoughts? the thinking? the
reflection? where did that come from
Everything which begins to exist has a
cause; every finite act goes back to the
Infinite, So that here we come upon
Determinism again. The essay is fine
one, but it leaves us, like all other efforts
on this subject, just where we were before
God is sovereign, and man is free. God
determines, and man determines, and how
both are true we cannot understand, and
yet each can be proved to be true. But
what do we know about Being? or the
mode of the Divine existence? or Life
or Causation? The Self-Existent in,
cludes all things, and, among other things
lree-acting human spirits.
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A HISTORY OF BRISTOL PARISH, Va, with Gen
ealogies of Families connected herewith and
historical illustrations By Rev. Philip Slaugh-
ter, D. D. Second edition. J. w. Randolph
& English Richmond. 1879.
DR. Slaughter is one of the best known men in
Virginia, and one of the best qualified by his
learning his love of truth, his love of all that is
Virginian, his long experience and associations
as one of the leading pastors in the Episcopal
diocese of the State, and his extended acquaint-
ance with our past and current history, to rescue
from oblivion all that appertains to those unpub-
lished annals whence alone the true history of
Virginia can be obtained and preserved. The
success he has met with in his modest efforts is
the best testimony to the real value of his labors.
In addition to the present volume he has already
produced the histories of ST. Marks and st.
Georges Parishes. Bristol Parish, the subject of
the present volume, embraced the region on the
lower Appomattox and around Petersburg. 1t
was formally established by act of Assembly in
1912. The author traces its history from that
date to the present time, and gives US the history
of all the leading families in this region-the
Atkinsons, the Bolrings, the Blands, the Clai-
bornes, the opposes, the KennOns, the Mum
fords, etc. As will be seen the volume has
reached its second thousand which implies an
extraordinary popularity, considering the fact
that the demand for it is necessarily confined
chiefly to the limits of our State We feel the
liyelest interest in these labOrs of Dr. Slaughter
and hope the encouragementhe has received will
stimulate him to go forward in his good work
and give us the histories of other Virginia par.
ishes 1t is only in this way that the authentic
history of the State will be written. If DR.
Slaughter, as we have once before remarked
would give us his personal memoirs, they would
&c very interesting.
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The article on our first page, The Phoe-
nicians and the Greeks, will abundantly
repay perusal. The learned author gives
us here in brief compass the results Of the
more recent archaeological, pathological,
and historical study on these races. To
the Biblical student it is specially instruc-
tive and interesting to observe the init
mate relations thus shown to have exist
ed between the early Greeks and the
Phoenicians on the one hand, and between
both of these and the Assyrians and Chal-
deans on the other-all converging to a
single centre. The dates too, do not ac-
cord at all with that new system Of chro-
nology which would carry prehistoric
Greece and Troy and Cyprus back thou
sands of years before our era. The writer
might have added that at both His8arlik
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TIA L Y.

Tile Italian E'uamgelica1 Publication
Society was instituted in 1855, as soon as
the new state of things in Piedmont made
it possible for the Waldensian Church to
come out of its old mountain Businesses
and to evangelize in Piedmont. Estab-
lished originally in Turin, it has its head
quarters now in Florence. Besides the
books and tracts issued by this Society,
it publishes newspaper entitled the Eco
della Te,1ta echo of Truth, recently
edited by the late DR.. Desanctis. The
Society publishes also an illustrated week
ly family paper, the Famiglia CJistiono
The Christian Family for Sunday read
ing, and also monthly, the AMIGO del
FanciulE (Children's Friend which cir
culates not only among the Protestants
but to some extent among the Roman
Catholics.
Another important publication Of the
Society is the almanac entitled the AMIGO
di Casa (Friend of the Household an il
Illustrated littleyolume Of ll2pages, which
has now reached its twenty-sixth year,
and which last year circulated $4,000
copies.
A companion to the Amico di Casa is
another almanac, called the lStre,o,a dei
Fanci;u1E (Children's New Years Gift.)
Besides these regular publications, the
Society issues great numbers of books and
tracts. The most popular tracts of Eng
land and America have been circulated
throughout Italy, and can be bought at
the shops for less than the cost in England.
In July fifteen students graduated at
the Theological Waldensian College in
Florence.
Sites or buildings for Waldensian church
es have been recently provided in Rome
(in addition to the churches already built),
Verona, Guidizzalo, Naples, and Milan.
We get these facts from the letter Of
Sig. Nellie, of Florence, in the Catholic
Presbyterian, and regard them as full Of
encouragement, The circulation Of the
Amico dS Casa-32,0OO copies-shows
that there is body Of Protestants in
Italy, respectable in point Of numbers, OF
that at least the publications of the RaJ-
ian EvamgeEcaZ Publication Society are
extensively read by Roman Catholics
And then we see Protestant churches 60
ing up in Rome, Milan, Naples, Verona
Professionalism can at least have a hearing
in Italy now, and that is all we want
Romanism cannot stand before free re-
igious press, especially in view Of the fact
that popular education is now introduced
into Italy.
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THE GkiCcHG, MARIUs, AND SULLA. One of the
Series of The Epochs of Ancient History,
edited by Rev. G. W. Cox, NJ. A., and Charles
Sankey, NJ. A. Written by A. H. Beesly.-
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
This little volume treats of one of the most i'm
portant periods in the history of Rome and will
be read by many who have not time to peruse
the more extended histories, as well as by those
already prepared by their historical reading, to
take up the separate epochs of history as indie
pendent studies 1t is handsomely gotten up
and meets a want in these days of multfarious
books There are many who have laid their
histories aside, and who would not formally take
up the Roman history but who will be willing
to read a small volume like this. 1t will refresh
their memories, and revive their interest in the
general subject besides giving them the results
of the most recent investigations into the con-
dition of matters in Rome preceding the empire
Received through West, Johnston & Co., Rich
mond.