Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-09-09


had he come out for Garfield?
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The last BlAcEwooD gives paper very
helpful to the right appreciation of the son-
net, one of the special privileges of refined
scholarship. 1t presents some of the finest
specimens in our language.
DIR. Wortle's School progresses i'll II de-
noatmnt received by the Doctor himself in
good, brave way by the inferior characters with
quite commonplace fussineas and malice.
story the sculptor, frequent and able
contributor, has n fine poem.
The .Reindeer's Ride Through l.apland" is
highly entertaining. The characteristics OF
the Iapps seem to be gloomlness. stupidity
and dirt. Let one candidly acknowledge that
in sich concealed regions bathing and house
cleaning encounter difficulties peculiarly their
own. whatever may occur to the tlury OF |
ideas. Evidently. however, their visitor |
thought this people SO conservative IN the |
undesirable that they had better be civilized |
deicately humorous, and, every ileeced SWISS
tourist will aver. founded upon facts.
A valuable study of Central Asia has enough
incident and description to make it pleasantly
readable.
The Irish Question is ungenerously treated
wholly in the interest of the landlord. The
writer refuses to sound the depth of distress.
scorns small land-holding, and sees no hope
but in the speedy retirement of Mr.. Glad
stone to the calm and lovely shades of
Hawarden. parnell certainly deserves better
his share of obluquy; but to the suffering,
and those who have honestly and heneyo-
lently tried to change their status, the article
fishing Company, Al Barclay street, New
York
In the INTERNATIONAL REVIEW for Sep
TENDER Whtcleld and Lamennais are placed
side by side Few as earnest religions workers
have differed more widely. The one point of
similarity was that they We're both priests of
AN established church, and broke loose from
restraints. Wlitetield swayed men by his
personal powcr,as they had scarcely ever been
swaycd. Though an Oxford man, he put no
confidence in books neither trained his
| talents nor discussed theology. He was
| simply preacher. putting his hearers under
| the current OF the vital magnetism when
| permeated his own heart, and thinking only
| Of it, relations to the souls of the individuals
| then present. The Frenchman. on the con-
! trary was scholastic and reasoning. lie
| occupied himself with the wider relations of
| Christian society, trying to adjust the large
| demands of freedom following the French
| revolution to the practice and puiity of the
| Christian Church. aud looking far into the
| future of our faith The one man was no
| reader, the other drew supreme Inspiration
| from Dante. One was all emotion, voice,
manner, histrionic, having always ready a
fold of his guSn wherein To hide his face,
when h spoke of the tears and penitence OF
d. a .l,. in
written word although the immediate
occasions for It's effect have passed away.
PROT Bunamy Price of Oxford, endeavor-
to break up the bi-metallic foundations OF
Prof. Walkers money creed.
Mr.. Hubbard traces the expression in art Oh
the ascending stages Of the worshpoi tht
Virgin.
Ex-Cunsul dc Leon furnishes paper laud
Ing 10 the echo Nubar lacha, the unsuccess
full bnt wile-planniilg Egyptian statesman
whose fault il is not that his country il nov
trammelcd and degraded.
Henry .rmrad, an Obscure hut nelOdiuu,
Southern poet, il discovered, and Mr. JAY
views the approaching election from stronl
Republican entertainments, which he com
mends ~ places OF safety for conscitntipu
| democrats.
The NoEln AMERICAN REVIEW for Sep
TENDER gives the first of NJ. Charnay's article
upon Central America. aided by a perfection
Of photography which brings ont distinct
the very texture of the stone. Their atrOcion
human SACRIFICES take from fife interest other
wise unavoidable i'll those who fashioned il
DR.. Williams acknowledges What is good i
Chinese institutions, as evidenced by thel
pGrpetuity, hut looks for amellorating change
to he wrought hy Christianity.
Her counsel, Mr.. Clampitt, details the mel
~ tVi Of It1t
eXoncrates General Hancock. Prof. Hau
: argues upon the personality of the Deity,
MIR. Forbes suggests many eXpedlents
E cases of steamboat disaster. One attainabl
. by each individual IL a handbag, capable {
being blown mp as a life preserver such AZ L
himself has used i'll much Travelling. Slacl
enng Of speed in fog he rarely recommend
because the boat loses position. At its req
lar rate the seaman knows exactly where,
least. he ought to be but a basis for Tia
: calculation once broken up, cannot be n
b established in the prevalent impossibiity {
seeing.
Rev. T.. f. Hale crusadcs against doul
r and nsinccritv in the pulpit, and declar,
f. that the man who has mot convictions mn
a not stand there at all.
& DR.. Beard attends to those troublesome bl
n prominent organs, " The Brain and Nerves
= The EcLEcrIc for September gives sever
ii pages to biography, The first two articles
a the number are devoted to sketches of we
Is known Americans, 'Ihorean: His Charaete
q and Opinions is an account of ma
. strange.or certainly very individual in thougl
- and deed He was II naturalist, but list
neither trap nor gun. lie possessed nv
animals more the power of n DunatellO, dra'
ing them IL himself in most friendly ma
III ncr. There were few things that lac could Il
n do. He could make a house II boat, n pcnt
:; or n book. lie WAS Il surveyor, Il scholar,
I natural historian. His real art was litcratu
le and in that lie is still known to IFS. ~
three works which would probably give mo
e. pleasure to the reader, are the Week
- walden" and "lhe Collected Letters.
y The second article, ON Edgar Allen lc
is places that genius III rather new light 4
\ fore men as regards his private ellaraet'
Instead of the general conception of "a disF
d lutte fantastic writer" we have set before
50 a man of whom sit is more true lie work
himself to death than that he drank hms'
ot to DEATH An account of the composite
le of s1hc Raven, shows lab0red effort almC
;, mechanical effort rather than the spont
y neuns outburst of wild, weird fancy.
Ia "a Stranger i'll America by George Iac
II0lyoake is very readable account of
three months visit to the United States a
Canada. His impressions differ from tho
OF of the Duke of Argyle i'll being drawn mn
m more from the people, their institutions
cities while the Duke OF Argyle, IN writing
IL the country, dwelt almost entirely on
r naural characteristics. The co-operati
:. guild asked Mr.. llolyoake, when he was abe
Is to visit this country to obtain information
is to ''What We're the conditions and opp
:. tunities Of organizing cooperative emis
o' ton As he undertook the commission
he Travelled with this end III view.
IA The ECIEcTtC has three good selectiC
az from Macmillan4 Magazine. The first,
to Learned Lady Of the Sixteenth Centnr
NJ, takes us to the court Of Terrara and interests
in the character and achievements of olym
10 Morata. The other two articles taken FIR
re. that magazine are "The Decline of the q
:. man University Systenl,'' and THE Northt
Oh Shepherd" Two entertaining papers; ~
sss Romance of Chinese Social Life" and
Va Town. are taken from Temple Bar. OF
We readable articles, Literary Notices {
an short items complete the September Eciec
in ~~--
le. hay state Democracy.
Try The Democratic State Convention Of Ma
to chlisetts met Wednesday week i'll Worces
" and organized with T. A. Collins, of BOst