, 1880-03-27

1E: SATURDAY. MARCH
n profound respect for Tho slnccrlty mt!
earnrS,i,,ess q tito writer. We are tempted
S1i!s"s rcsr!ts s %! p? fq EG sp't ts IT "fS T!st
| rs follows: hut Il Is not given ,ls 10 jlKo
eomeno ny sose aiSnS ,s'9S. u ta,,s; src 1wnF q
sbc!l, III tacta over o;, tio migraiory ''s wng
heRttnE no 0ilnlpreacnt mir anil Hutdetf by liz
Thought upon their lmt!l, 1t II lnpt,ssihle for
rs 10 tiMl rc:t: and higher powers than sense
naitina to bu tic source and tho theatre 1T
10 s.istan the visible; .silent. yet tho htrtli-
%s0 eaHss f sHssf; H. fxlSs osi " u III H. aHmsfy %s re-
hnyo asSnr9nce of continuous antt within
~, to which Oiir pRsslng states Of feeling be.
loME; OF 1httftrlHt altbs'HHfe Ms tho sent. md
great oDJects nro Vllrn, That they cnlnot 10
% nr :" r. St y asst x,'. # tem IS fHr
give Tho lIe to tic faculties revealing them,
foistlt1tos the proper Religion Of the Intel
rI,e sscot!,l volume Of ,!,ange's exhaustive
| in Boston. The nisllor Is Frederick Albert
Lkoai,,gc, lnte Professor ln the uniyers!tlcs Of
znrl|sl, l, and Marourg; not Jo!'l' Peter lanK.t,
late OF oxford, Enelantt ThIs IL BY iar til,,
most c9npleto history nn thB subject, begin.
ming with tito metat{!.lfsnl Of antiquity. and
tracing tho doctrine down through tho Mid
die A gcs, tho seventeenth and eighteenth eef-
| turtles, aid tn tho present tinn. Every stl-
.leut nf; phlloS9pl,y th lis relations to rrl'g;,
BY this enrnct! work. III presenting tho ,is.
tory Of ntn!erialEstM the author considers 1t
t'leortes and the extended discussions 70
outline ot tiio History of iii tic rsIatetl Of
| opposlng doctrines of philosophy. Tic work
@ o.tEl',t UT, to m h!vsa plHca IL y every good pl'llo-
soRUif RUafsod a t|'fG'Ei isi1s tls"fy Slnr 1art ~
0t the Principles 0t Sociology, rI'he first
portion of Vol, III by Herbert Spencer.
New York: u. Appleton 4 Co.: 1880. Prico
llliftory ot Materielsm, Ind Criticism q
| Albert f,angu. LII three volumes. Vol. II.
Roston: .Il1ugl'ton 0sgootl l. Co.: tsso
llIo4rs ii Thought on Sacred Things.
Scc9nd Lines. By, james A1artincau, LAD,
=; 4.,ca y; "a Boston; Noberts Brothers; " lsso
ODETrE's MARRIAGE.
This Is a translation Ut n French novel by
| NJ. Albert Detpit, the author Ut "LG Fills do
coralle," q work to which higli ran'e was ,lc-
| cOrtled by the Frelcll PRESS, Its original
! publication III tho RcUHe des DeNr lfOutles
! Is al implied warranty rs to Its literary
merits, and VIC should Judge TINT these Ind
not been impaired by tic excellent trnslsln-
tlol. Tho fuct TINT It wns slecuctl n
"taklng" book to transente nid reproduce
here, Is Its own canlllentnry Oil the prcvn-
lent public taste. Tllure Is ITO coarselluss LII
! it,-l,n repulsIve immortality. 1t e,nbo,lies
! tic French m0terlalfstic view Ut lifet and
strangely enough conveys ulsou moral lesson.
Tllo writer does not belong to Zon's realistic
sch00l. But to clnim that there II ullythtnp
etevattng or noble III tho story would be to
rainCy common, Sel'sc. .Elfnlnntu tli0
adultery ntitl tho book would be restricted 10
u scorp Ut iages. IIlcre Is prmty uf noyHIty,
nih ~, Wt tp Fr.c wS, 'ai saii "nrlisssc"
tevelopn,p,.t mildly exciting, tic stylc nd
nlirablu. Odcttc Ii a weak Character. YUit
are Interested without sympathy. Her llus-
baud IL the Mt1st consistent, atG II, nlasly
rcspects, tllu Lest Of tic laif.doxcn porsons
brought before lis.
Az ny outline Of t)le story: 07ette Is in
lovc with u famous urtlst, glautle Sirntt;
| 1,Hlhe, O.icitC's sister, Is III love with Puut;
E0rihHc Dcsc0nturcs, n married womai, I,ls
n!so !. HO'i,ewlInt a!feetiol,ato fcollng for
l',tuf; In short, each character Is II, luye
with somebody, AMI almost always with tic
person with wl0nl they ought not to bc. Tlnt
s que Ut tho pectlliarE1ies uf mOtlcrl Freltrl,
HuHlGty,--a re.liifnrlty sometimes s,cccss fu1-
eaMas %ifs'S Sv i" II S st.ata4p !st p '!S % %oEs 81
nsccrtalniny t,lfs fact, U7cttc ngrecs tn marry
him Without lnyihg him, mid with tie el,s-.
tg,l'ary result sle dceelses !,er husband, and
t!0tls being discovered, Dlcit1 Is ellst oilt Into
tho streets, a,sd Is killed by being tnrnwn
FROM tl,e carriaEa q n'tls!ed lover; Ch,Htic