The New York herald., 1879-07-14

must understand London life of thirty or forty
years ago. To such constant employment is
promised IL he fills his contract his employment
Will be constant enough
"A Saddle in the Wild West" by W. II. Rdeing. in
Appleton Co.'s Handy Volume Series" gives in
book fora the letters written by Mr. Rdeing to var
Gus magazines and newspapers while out with Lieu
tenant Wheeler's expedition The materal has been
carefully edited by the author. and the little volume
is bright and enticing.
II the "Colonels Opera Cloak" was vrittep with
the direct intention of irritating Southern people it
could not have accomplished that end more thor
oughly. There may be some Southern families like
the therein described. but there are quite as
many in the North. A Southern lady is not neces-
sarily an mprovdent slattern.
DIR. William A. Hammond's important work ON
"Nervous Diseases" has just been translated into
French by the eminent French physician DR. f.
Labade-Lagrave and published by J. B. Balliare &
Son. Paris 1t contains valuable appendix and
notes by the translator, which will be utilized by
DIR. Hammond in his next edition.
The Contemporary is mostly given to weighty
articles. The lishtest is Tom Hughes paper on
Benjamin Franklin published in the July LippiacOtt.
Mr.. Ernest Renan contributes article on "The
Last Jewish Revolt" Rev. W. L. Blackley writes Of
Compulsory Providence a Cure for Pauperism'
and j. Burney Yeo NJ. D., asks "Why is Pain Mys-
tery?" The department of Contemporary Books" il
full and valuable ever.
General Cullum has extended his valuable bio
graphical Register of the Military Academy" by
supplementary volume OF 500 pages. containing to
date to death. the military and civil histories Of
the older graduates of West Point, well q
record OF the services Of all who have graduated
since 1867. the date to which the original work was
engagements. only wars since 1866 Published
by d. Appleton Co.
Copyright and Patents for Inventions" is the
title of an English compilation edited by R. A.
Macfe The first volume, just published, Is upon
copyright alone. although the preface foreshadows
the character OF the whole which is evidently to be
of that variety of argument in which the object
sought is the slaughter of the goose that lays the
golden egg. the method being to blind spectators
the seshness of the operation and to frighten the
goose itself with big words. Scrioner weltord
& Co.
In Count Moltke's "wanderbuch" written be-
the years s45 and 1885, he says of his visit to
Paris:-
Whenever the little Prince is taken out for an
airing officer with three "guides ctepdi cooked
pistols in hand rides in front of the four-horsed
equipage which is preceded and followed besides by
detachments of dragons in full uniform. Every
where the sentinels present arms before the eighth
monthly "enfdM tnpertdt
To which the Ahenaup, adds
I'aupre ea,dnG may exclaim now. Two detach-
ments of dragons in full uniform to protect his
fral life Of eight months. and two Of naked
sayages hacking his body to pieces and leaving Il
twenty-three.
Houghton. Osgood Co.. Of Boston. intend, IL
sufficient subscribers obtained. to publish. un.
der the auspices of the Metropolitan Museum Of Art.
of this city, magnificent atlas in three volumes. Of
the Cesnola Collections. It will be edited by Gem
cral di Ccsnola. will contain 450 large plates Of
which one third to be chromo-lithographs and
the rest heliotypes. be II by IL inches in size and
cost between $4,000 and 100000. The copyright will
be ceded to the publishers by the trustees Of the
Museum. Five hundred copies only are to be
printe..
Harper's Magazine for August is gala number.
both in the matter Of illustration and letterpress.
Mr.. s. G.. w. Benjamin opens the number with
pleasant article "Lake George" followed by de-
scription of life aboard the nautical schoolship st.
Marys, by w. H. Rideing. which will be read by
one with greater interest than School Commissioners
David Wetmore Commissioner Wickham. on the
other hand. will not be so much Interested. Two
serials commenced in this number-"White
Wings: a Yachting Romance" by william Black. and
"Mary Annerley." novel. by B. d. Blackmore. Ad-
mrers of these two popular novelists will have an
comparison. Tom Moore and Robert Burns furnish
Mr.. Curtis food for thought in the EASY Chair.
and Colonel Seaver gives US Drawer unusually
full Of good things.
The Nineteenth Century for July is o remarkably
well balanced number, the heavy and light articles
being given in about equal quantities. Lieutenant
Colonel w. w. Knollys opens the review with .
paper on boy Soldiers. lamenting the fact that the
British ranks filed with immature boys.
hut suggests remedy for the evil. I. I. Vernon
Smith writes sour Wheat Fields in the North
west" and "The Education Question in France is
discussed by the Able Martin. The Earl Of Dunra-
ven tells his experiences while moose hunting in
Canada. True luxury. he contends. is only to be
found in moose hunting, and he nnds moro real
comfort in "brch bark camp than in the most
luxuriously furnished and carefully appointed
dwelling" The sportsman writes enthusiastically
of the sport. and has improved in his literary style
since his last book. The last article is that of NJ
Sarcey on "The Comedie FRANCHISE" Four noble,
men grace the pages Of this number Of the Nnetesu
Century.