, 1880-02-21
LETTERS and SCIENCE.
Cyprus in t87e-Southey-
Sporting Adventures in
the Far West.
Origin Of tho lI0meric POEMS
Mind In tho Lower
Animals.
Twenty Years in Wall Street
Perception Of Space and
Matter.
Miscellaneous Publications
Books Received Literary, Art,
and Scientific Notes.
Savage Superstition-A Meantime
Sun-Dial-science and
Philosophy.
LITERATURE.


CYPRUS IN 1s7D,
There is too much Of this book to RENTER Il
Interesting tn American readers, English.
men may entny It, for 10 them Cypr,ls lisa
l1cw toy,-sn,nntling with wl.icl, tl,oy hardly
know whether Il, be- rIpnsctl or not-ot,d tho
long1raw,,-out story uf tho authors Journey
througl, this small Island, uto,,utlng III de-
tails, md flied with statistical md ecograpsl-
ical information, lnay re,n.y them for the
ttme devoted to reading Its rDQ uagcs, Ult
there nre some important statcn,el,ts,- -jmpor-
taMt on account Of the Imsttl0,lnntl experlence
Of the autllor,-nnl to these 1t Is worth wl1ito
levoting some little attention.
The Island Of Cyprus Is about 14O miles III
length, varies III breotltl, from eighty nlilcs
to fifteen, and contains about U5O0 sayare
miles, Its geogrup),icaI position md natural
advantages bayn nlwnys rr,,tfurrtl # n ,oint
Of interest and attraction, md it l'ns been III
turn t, osempisa arl, W % plmmslans Greeks EGpyt
saraccns, byzantine rulers again, English,
Iusia,,nus, Vnucttnus. Turks. an,l onra ,nnr,,
English. Its harbors, It's yalueas stratcgic-
al point. its fertile soil, its forests antt TIMBER
md Its mineral wea!tl, rendered It's
possession mn object Of constn,,t struggles,
On the 4th Of June, 1879, a Convention
of Defensive Alliance between Great Britain
naure Of secret ret nricje 10 the t,o Ere treaty n: ' Of
Berlin. III It England agreed tn Join the Sui
ta' ~ "e!eu"lne ~ 1olce OF arhas any NJ
tempt OIL the part of Russia To take possession
Of my Of the Turkish territory II, Asia, Or to
retain t,ossession of Dnto1I,u. Artlallnn. or
Kars: md, in return. the Sultan agreed Ia in
tIoauce celtalH TclOrMSt 10 project CnrlSllHll
and other subjects of the Porte, and to assign
the Island of Cyprus to be occupied md I'D
minEstcred by England. There were also two
e,ns. other, art, articles les Of agreement m q "rnt H.,
sla''u Wlsi ihy 70 1to lo1'e "halever 's the
present excess Of revenue over expenditure
In the island,-thEs excess to be calculated
and determined by the average of the last
70 iarKy nrs na inen1net M ;ast aho s
" III ~ ~ % ,r,, ,,ii MniR w m.o i"st T, ~, @ E.o
rlnnti. % and lie % conventlon la Of I,io J. T. 1sis @
WI ;s 4e 2 at ,,a; ~ S4 s,a,,,o, 1,..
+ha a a.aai, Z "s n,,t o @ Moi ,kEI GS,si"Sts O
cnmN E Ni III rcp,tv ,t olv n NJ tcnmt n of thn Sitans
pnying oy KaoSo SS year esIs rent It as as srrp!us
mmpr49vg.mGimts: p9ns.i lHere Iie Was notilIG 70
Juto .,,,.,. H. ~ t,s@ m ssin Ill III 'W1s s1ns
~" .o s"tssSi VIII, ;,i ~ nuSs au ettes
+'fs II, Stu.s. 1yftt,ns Ijsttt,I a.,ft.,1 ,..
e1 s''c w4 70 ' cncn e'H
prospects OF eo11qerciai eEsoptlett were
g vnrr4 could hara gr gintIrrstn @ .se,,SGa fbe ,Sn
stfalEiitiorWarfi, 1Msllless.lke ,trnisaetloti'
aca TS w1 vG "ahinSss " g9 nl,i cN ar
Dec9nle trllsn sun|eeas safNl tlaronGh ulo qnlcr M
w"nn @ Mpnu " ve rpsat 99slKe 9t,,Ec W,f !o
Wefe =, ,Gct4ally boMi'l ~ aefenMslx9 M 4,ilanco
Win sas iikes N caso Of %ar VII, t,oi Masst s
o,ic-sIt!cd nnd nnomalo!is conditions: for Tug
RaKe q Obtaining stfateFlcal nosltlnl1 tnnt
would lave been opened t1 our occupation
az m u!tU ut any Mnn,ent?"
And this opinlou Is n 20 manner ,varied
BY th9 results Of tlla writer's l'lyesttEltlona
i,ito tic resources, condition. climate, rtc Of
Cyprus. England, II llis Judgment, inadY
exists beyond tho agricultural productions,
which aro now prccarinus through the u1-
certainty Of seasons; tic metallic wealth l!ns
either been exhausted by the ancient minors,
or It. remains to !s dHyelul9ed; tho forests
hOvC ham ffa IN rtMkFV 1tnFb tnatl