, 1879-02-22

haa endcayorcl 10 ren.icr accurately, thourl,
freely, atidliiI nothing. but onittliE mucf'. Ot
tl.cir ct m.on'tnnnplaecs "m errors he lsaa made no
lsat. THO author Inns given IN tho lAat chapter
some Of taetr most clmrnctcristfG discoveries In
| que Df tho most impurtnnt but difficult fsc1s of
human thought. TIle author IL Frederic May
Holland.
=, Tic London jEttrs snys Mnrk Twnip's story u
tic suf1crihga of a RrcGnhorn who had purchased
m gennInc Atcxtcan plug -" il ''one Of The fun
necst things IN literature" uthl ono pf its pas
saEcs ls -, .'tnore moving thnn nnythng IN itabc-
| ,,als." Il!c weak point Of American humor.
nerc Is Tue place whore II "isas always ia1cd."
1t hns "'ackcd reverence md sympathy"
:, 4 lctt.r from l1amcr:on to Ills American pub
liallcrs says he Is "mcdtat!ng new novel, en-
| co'trnEcd thcrcto by the s,icecss Of Mar
ea. s tic M be.s a'%t' osel IL e s0s ss
rlcs." "Tllc intellectual Life " has been the
mos. nopnar Of all Of 1Iumerton'n writings. 1t
W. ;d. tev,a rseciso at o'ee and IT, pop,a1i
Il 7rss appeared i llas Gony through no fewer
lhan fourteen cdItlUns.
We understand that there Is really prospect
Of Chr'st's Hospital being moved bcforc very
long ffGn Its present site. which from its cg.l-
tral uoslt'on is said to tM worth GG00, ,o0o. TO
erect NY buildings would, II Is supposed, cost
one.tiII:!l of tlns sum. leaving the 6a1nitce free
70 sill further Increase the ample revenue OF
n thIs :, Institution. This will permit ar addition
si.t ~. ,i .usl ~. =, feuoara' anu tAerc some
Iii ;n In. W oenelth ", alle chu1WneHt
st!." ~ uA.cpuea W Rlfls 81 we'll ID 10 BOYS
Gen. 6fr Arthur Cunyrt}1an,e lns prcparcd an
ngrpl1nt 0f hts travels through anil expcrIcncc
Y South Afrlca. IL will be remembered t,nt
Bir Arthur commanded lie Diamond Fields
Expedition, nftt directed The active operations
against the Gaikas and Galci;ae until he was ro-
l!ered By Lord Chelmsford. IIu remained at
the Cape Colony during tic years 1874'78. The
frt1&ll otln1 $b.l.t
spring by Messfs, Macmillan q Co, and will
hnve special interest 10 view Of tic Zulu upris-
ihg.
Porter Il Coates published on the 20tJ, lust.
FulcGs from Babylus,' or .'The RECORD Ut
Daniel tic PrDphct," by tho Rev. .1uscuh A,
Se'ss, u. D.,nuthor Of "A Miracle i1 Stone, ,netc.
This WORT IL Intended to b. q thorough intro
durtsoh to lhe contents Of thc Book of Duuicl.
tlit! ~ revisc and viHdicatc the views Of the
early Chr|kti1ns with rcgar,i 10 IT, It etubol,cs
the results OF ,nodern explorations and crI lc,a.,,
a1id ia accompanied with critical revised trans-
attol Of the entire book Of tic great DaLyloniun
prophet. The miracles anil predictions given 10
The book, the wonders OF ancient Empires, una
tile characters anI dnlnga Of their principal
sogercsQns. arc conlprchenstyeiy discussed, ur,,l
much recent information touching these carly
Kingdoms nns been brought 10 illustrate un1
clear up tile prophets nnrratons
rim porrrr. o,,,,, ~ u,.,, ,,~
,l,n In,irs nn4 11nT .,,a ",,i ~. Ea,o s unne. 70
n was nTrron,iv r.I,se, "'t H. ..e putc par. "
ikord T,,r nn.t rnmnrE,,h1n u,,,,n.. ,.t ~ ..t
was Franc.a tInIIysnr R,rat. ,vI,., uasses
c yisitintr In Iost.n' sc s.t ~ ils Irps,s
irft hnn -" nrr.s n,r,ion. ~ ~ 'o s aiusuehss