, 1880-09-18

Ath"ns anil Ihrbcs lyr ngnn: In their streets
.nay he heard. tll,s confusion nf sttnf!Rc
tnnEncs. nI't tho hun! III, many industries,
With nsEs'>ies nf Gs,istes, Sails.
stHasnts Of tl,iS ninl carllcr rrrlo1s IF "f
t'ret.inn histnrywil bs i1,'lrlfc'l tn rfot !cbl'
e., sr to istlmcts 3 ,. h. s :irawn ''rIs t%er;
WHY almost. ~ lrau'sty nf history t1r the
Asiatles tt' lools upon their brethren n t9le
ftntherin'Hl ny alIeus. ,"Ile tlrnk ltalionsl.
ity. which bcrann,, .lIo hasls Of the I!!yxantnc
ASlatie. not tic Earalma'..' fet tho Enr.'-
}nm.i t;rreks still retninr'i s,slesi1r cftlIizn-
tt.nf. To tliss trt we nrc Indebted fur THO
absorption Ut S'ayol,ln,l fn,ntlrts n,lnnrical-
y +, rxress nf tl!e urcsk rssi'!sr+t wi,Icll +
vrnt p,!wers of liigt, civilization.
IlIu l}SznntEnt Empire Went. down ut last
het0iG tho Gurks, ntnt Opened tho E',tGwi.yA
e Europe. TLIs fuel !l!!* lnpresse!l Itself
too apt to forgct Tint The E',,plre lct! the
post for sever centuries. and hetl Rlntfo's'
y In tho bre,1elt. Tho grns'itn,e, ,,,.r', ow,
tT sYivcs tGs + MT tI ,,. sGntsF1ss s Mt # , la 'fd
misfortune ntlt drail,, It ehlil,l i1O longrr lD
mlttlrret. II the first check had not beg,,
Flsv". and tho natposss l:eltt fsT :" nsnty
hundred yrnrs, It + iossfhr. nny t'roliahlc.
enuuEli TO turu buck tlla tile. Fur tho clenr
tr,ring ultt Of these effects tO tlielr en,,ses,
,3t, ty i,rf t,tlrr 4f,t,S. t,firntit,,tS tts fsF
.le1, IFS lectures viii hu1,t tllo attention at
tl'usr who find l.ll tl,s historical crolllisi
!aNll!lar; ht,a tncy Wiil. w 1elieye' alSi!uet
iictul View Of tsrcecu since Alexander. =, 'rhg
l,apers pn "'fie l'rugrrss Ut tireecun mil
"l}yr'l, In Greccc" nre supplementary! to tho
two Lectures, a14l 10 mt atld tniict. ta t.,c
value 1T thu soll,l parts t'f tho volume. hut
they supply st,l,,r deficiencies. and ave becll
wisely tnc!.tls!l MS c9lnnK within tug genera!
BY r. {. Jehh. Professor Ut tiEcck in tho
eoeS' ss"ei""'''' ~ ~. itlee st|'"''
.r,1r ur,r,1v !, .,,1,,, r,,, 4 nrn,-
rha ,.fnso In t,,c sont.mlnr Itiuutfo of
ar 4 ,.,rich,s t,tns, star,. ro,n,,ds nnc hn,v
,,rnat Ia tho ,,cht nr S,,,cr,rn,, utorot,r, tn
In f',stortmo Ct .oranf Tint m,r,o,icai ],etwec,,
lin on,n,no n1,nn,a-, ~ n,r1,, ,,tocrnt M t},a
H,,oi. !, n,,I t,,o mai tnstnflmrnt ri
"Tho s,il,w"tor ~, oc,,v,, thnr" ia o1. inrcr.
mi ~ ,,xc,,tr.,h,c.. ~ x,nrs f1mrinv tint Tina
to ,,n,,fio ,,"s ,t"i,,.1 ,,,,l, ~ ,fo ,,ost
,vor,, ~ avail tJn,"ti,nr,,a is,narrn, + nnw.
f,lln,s ,fn,,,,u. f.rvn,,t Wsfit,Icr u,nrrnft
pnrt,nnn, TEnr,nn t,ho,n,n,, Mitcheli
.1n,noa E,oa,no,, f,I,rtn s,n,l,,,9't ,Vhlnn,o
uovnr,1 ,ravlor n,Ii ~ ~ unrsnue-o nnnt
w,rea famo !. III, ~, ,n.ns lin ,uroeur, ,,f
ilIs Eentus' For ie!'lale W!1cTs " 'iMs HUI
Nrs Ktr,. fnn,I vrs S,,,ror,, ,Son,,v Kan.
hle, lsosc Terry Cooke, lutcy l.arco1t, Celia
'lhaxter, II. H.. Miss Woolson, Morn Perry,
Miss Olncy, Miss Alcott, and Miss Phelps.
VI statesmen who llayc appeared sporat-
s,,,,,,ar 1,,,t,,n i !, ,1oor .,,'1 f,r,oo 4
Garfield. Willis the <ftlanttc Inns been dis.
t'nctisely American. It l,as;stilt 1lad few Eli
gl1sli contributors. The most hardened lro-
tcctionIst,. however, will llarily resent tho
intrusion into Cisatlantic periodical OF
t'o'tlwin Smith, Arthur Hugh Cfougll.
Charles lseatle, A1ary cow.ien Clarke, George
Eliot, Dickens, nnd Tennysol. Among MI
the authors whose pens haye made the <tt-
ldntic, fros1 n literary pnlRt Of vlew, tic
foremost of American rfngaztncs, none have
written moro yoluminous1y or more delight"
fully than Mr.. IIowel!s, Mr. James, anil Mr..
Aldrlch. We should lIko to say something
about nil three, hnt for tho present Mr.,