Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-21

the rhythm of it. and the greater the peril greater
entire mpathy with the religious views OF the day
Wei as With the leading m among the clergy Indeed
they should"
The portrait Of MonteZuma Is thus limned:
HE was the son Of Axayacatl and xochicueitl, and
when selected for the throne in pre-
IL sde efS be e for
war i3r whose had been tested on more than
the
with respect; and high priest. whose gravity and
This second Aiontezuma born prince. and might
have nno been Zee pattern for NioGoo Maeehisye with
idea be talened learned. crafty and anscrupu.
throwing of the mask by which he had deceived the
peb eians he dismissed every rson Of that EN-:
% sa s 'lF
aod ali tn to
oas yet we safely all the
whit behind contemporary European rulers
The appearance of the city Of Mexico. which at
the time OF the invasion was supposed BY the
author to have contained a population of about
3OO,O Is thus sketched:
Viewed arch;tecturally and snEly. the buildings
portion being but one story in height This monotony.
Of temples sacred to superior and loo deites which
Ysrs to be seen in every war; high above the
an surmounted by towering chapels. Their fires,
IN neTpetual alteration OF the gods presented
mos. M OF them al was the temple Of Hutzil-
eyes Of the faithful"
These extracts, selected at random, will ena-
BILE the reader to understand something of Mr.
Bancroft S style, which is always pleasing, and
at times really fine. His work will naturally be
compared with that of Prescott and Robinson;
but he and his friends need not fear the COM
parison. He has had facilities and resources
god nv rsNfh
he seems to have judciously used all the re-
sources at his command. He has carefully
weighed all the authorities bearing upon every
point. and by the use of temperate language in
stating ms conclusions, he has given us work
which will take high rank at once as literary
performance and a historical authority
LETTERS AND MEMORIALS. OF JANE WELSH
CARLYLE. Prepared for Publication by THOMAS
CAkLYLE. I'd ted ~ JAMES AM no Y :. I'd
Sons Washington VIM Baiiantyn aees s snohefS
Let us hope we have now got the last Of the
Carlyle family literature. It Is not pleasant
reading. and it is not useful reading. Had the
vain, selfish and brutal Scotchman's lot been
cast IN those free and breezy parts Of this coun-
try, where descriptive terms are short, to the
point, and usually accurate. as well, the neigh
bOrhOod verdict would have been to the effect
that 1.-The Carlyle outfit is bad lott and if
justification for this opinion had been asked it
which have been given to the world within the
last eighteen month under the editorship of Mr.
FrOude. The "reminiscences of Mr.. CARLYLE pub
lished some time ago, showed his personal traits
and daily life to be anything but credtable to
himself or agreeable to those about him: and
the unfavorable light in which he then appeared
is made still stronger by the writings left by his
wife, now made public. Mrs. CARLYLE was a
long-suffering. sweet-tempercd, refined woman.
ana IN many ways an interesting and lovely
oh nfnr -I,oI DO, /:
the sympathy and consideration due to lady
in her unfortunate POSITION but, after all, one
cannot help thinking that. having chosen her
part, she ought to have been willing to bear -
without SO much complaining. and without put
ting all her petty annOyances on paper. Her
husband was. as we all know, cross
grained unfeeling tyrant; but he made
no pretence of loving her, as she knew; and
she. on the other hand, did not profess to love
MIN. She elected to link her destiny with a
lion, instead Of the object Of her affections If,
therefore, she found after mating with him.
something of the bear and something of the
swine In the composition Of her leOnine hero as
she undoubtedly did, one would think she
might have had the grace to swallow her ugly
dose In silence or else shown courage enough
TO make her escape from his den as quickly as
possible, and leave him in deserved solitude
to roar and growl and rail at the world to his
hearts content. Her lot was sad one full O
trials aud tribuatiOns. it is true: but not sadder
than that OF many another noble woman WHO
has kept her personal troubles to herself So
far as Mr. Froude had any work to do he has
done 1t well, and his explanatory notes 90 far
toward enabling the ordinary reader to under
stand Illusions In the text which would other
wise be obscure.
OUR OLD HOME, AND ENGLISH NOTE BOOKS.
Boston: Heushton. Miin Co. i've %as l4aass
Robert Bean. WA
These two volumes constitute numbers vii
and will OF the handsome uniform edition of
Hawthorne's complete works. of which desery-
edly favorable mention has heretofore been
made. Although standing out prominently as
a writer of romance, few persons were closer
observers or gifted with more delightful de-
scriptlve powers than Hawthorne, and not
many books Oftheir class are better worth read
Ing or preserving than these gmpses of Eng
lish life. One Of the volumes has full page
etching by Blum, the other by Clifford and each
mas neat vignette wood cut on it's title page
which add not a little to their attractiveness
MIS- Is LfI6H Oh PERPLExITI,s: 4 Love story.
Hullert. Washington: A Brentano Go. '"@'o
The scene of Miss Leightons perplexities is
mostly laid In a country house on the Hudson
and they consist mainly in trying to choose be-
tween poor country schoolmaster, with poet
ical nature and beautiful face, and an accom-.
plished man of the world, who has had b;s
romance and vowed never to love again, but
who fOrgets his VOWS in the presence of her
charms. These points, with the introduction of
several well sketched characters, and variety
OF lively incidents make up quite an interesting
story. e
CosKLN tJennis M. Drinkw.ter). New York: ROB
tyne son. VIE D~AAAo-
sweet and healthy story for young girls, is
this. rejecting, doubtless the experiences of the
author, who has shared and not forgotten the
feelings, aspirations and dreams of maidenhood.
There is perhaps little too much sermonisinp
In the book to suit some tastes; but II It helms
only few OF its readers to turn their s.first
corner safely this slight objection will be readily
overlooked.
FABLES By JOHN GAY. With a Memoir bv Ara
TIN bOBsoN. New York: D. ADpieton b Co
washington: A. Brentano & Co, w
Old time readers will be glad to see Gays Fa-
bles made part of the beautiful "Parchment
Library" series, In which attractive form thew
now appear which circnma f anno nurht olso -