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RIGHTS AND LIBKRTIES.
k striki.no framo-amkkkan BOOk.
llROITS ET LTI'.ERTES AVK bTTATI CTWl __???
Orl(;!r.es ct leiii Progr-s. Par Adolpho do ( liau.bniii.
8vo, pp. .V1J. l*aris : Erne*t Thorlii.
A peculiar intercst always attaches ta tbe
impressious of edueoted an.i iiiteUigent forcigncis
regarding American UMtitntious, IBBBJ BBal BBBJ.
tome. That intriT.t must be hcightened iu the
present instaiu-c by tlie knowledge tbat the au
thor whawe work ia to ht ovaraiiicd here has cn
joyed particulor artvanla?cs and opportunities in
tbe proeee.ition of his stndle*: thnt be is not a
mere viaitor, but, an established resident in the
oeuntry; thaffby Ma profcssion. which i? that ol
Ihe law, and BJ tlie principal seat of his praetice,
which is at Wnshingtou. he has been onabled in
a special mnnner to take both hroa.l and BBBI
viewa of his subjecl : and thnt hy his tl.oroti-h
familisrity with both EaiaBBBBB and American
juriaprudence, he is in a poaitm.-i tn loatltUta com
parisons of tl?e most illumiuatina oharacter. M. de
Cbambrun has addressod himself in this volume
which constitutes the first part of the work he
haa deyugned?to an examination of the rinl.1* and
libertir. of the citizen la the United States.
With discnesions in non.e jdentical we are most
of ub familiar, but it would lx> a mi.tohe to as
.iime that M. de (.'hamhriin follows the l>eaten
track, or that hc bos umdelled his study "pon
those of hi. own countrymen. MonteBqnicii ot
Tocqurvillc. The di-tingui<*hiii"; chnracteristirs
of hi. work are these: Ia tbe first place. hc bns
penctrated BBB significance of l-BfloSatoa free
dom with MBTBBBBal r. rely seen in a forcigner; in
the BBB?al place, he has kept stcadily in view
an_ carefislly pointed o.it the eshCntial ditferenees
between that freedom and what pat??cs by the
same name on tbe oontineut of Kurope.
The thing which has impressed him tbrough
out is evidently tlw extreu.e practicality af the
Anglo-Saxou 6pirit in statccralt, politics and leg
islation. While making no attenipt to tiace the
origin of tbis jealous insisiencr upon matcrial
guarantees for personal librrty to tliat remote and
obecurej periml ooncerning whose developmewt
there is room for BB much touflict of opinion, he
consolidatcs and vivitiee his view of the operaling
cauaes .ufficicntly, by takiBf his departure fr?m
that ceutral event of tbe thirteenth ccntury-the
Hgning of Magna ('harta. Here. he niaintauis,
we come in view of a dircct eoBttaef heiween rulei
aod people; a contrnct iu whleh tlie reserved
rights of the lattcr atc elcarly lesJagBBBBBli ?mi
from this UBTBBBl to tbe Decl.ration of Inde
pendenee, as hmii the lattcr ta the estublishment
ol the cunatilutlonal _?\eriiiuc:il BBdet which we
live, tbe line ol conuectioii aud eaBBBttOB pru
ceeds uubroken. Bal BOW, Bayfl hl <le Chaatbrua,
turn to the old rreuch lajal unlmaiicra and
cartularies:
Wc fci.all ilo.il.tlcss lind, eilher in ceiUiin
article. of tlie toyal ordinuiice_, or Ib ccrtam pages
?f our greut iarkfta, arovlalaaa whtch recal. tiie
supulauoji. ol the (.real Chatter upou U-uda law,
upin taxea aad aarxioaa--bal there tl.e aaalogiea
eud The (ireat (i.arter ah.no slipuluU's that tbe
lord, sheritt af taaflatrate ahatJ Bot Brtteariljf
accnee a free tuan ; (.lone lf declares That sneli at
cusalions musl ba auppurted by tha evideuce of
unbiaased witoeaaea. And nt'ove all I Bave
louud nowhere ihe eqiiivaleut of tliat Mipinatiou
in virtue of whicl. BO Iree man may he arrested or
held or impnsoned oi deprived ot his property
or condemncd. eave by tba lawl.il Judgment ot
his peers or in aeoeraaaee with the hsW of the
1-md The co.iception which has inspired thes;
pio\i.ior_> d?es not seem to bavc existed among
ihe French oi the same eaoch; and liowpver <me
mav BBBToh thro.ijrhout the !ji_lish and rrench
middle ages, here will bc fouuu the disttnguiahing
mark.
He pursues the aame aaaillBt still further:
The BataifsBM of tbe !st?.V?-Genei'i.l i" J.ru"c*
durin* tbe reipn of Phi!tp)>e le Del. and still
ino-e t'c Statea-FroviDcial of the rearteaath cca
turv, have aluicsl jus falr an c.xtnrtial nppearame
us "those of the banms, tl.e countles and tba
town. alreadv represented in Parliament. ihis
observation mnv even l>o extended; tbe I ortez
of Aragon, ai tbe a?n?e period, appear even more
Btire of themnelves and of their power than is the
Enclkih Parliament of 1he time; Hnally BM
Italian commoncs aftect a holrter and broader
bearing than any of the EBfllBfa cities: never
theless. I can nowhere .liseover. under bbcm
osteneiblv more imposlng forir.s, ar.ything like
those elear, positive BttpnlatloBB by whleh con
crete rights are established in Magna (harta.
These quotations give the Ueynotc of lf, de
Chambrun's study. An?lo-Saxon freHom, he
labors to show, ls the result of incessant sirngjilcs
on the pnit of a tenaeiotis, intelli<rent and elenr
aighted race. to secure efTecliw guurantees lor
tl:e maintenance ol persoiial libertics aud e<|iial
Tight*. His vicw of the cnuses of the Auierican
Revoltitlon mny be Iboaf-t to involve too stron?
an emphnsis upon tlie infl.ue.nce of Loek*, BBd ia
lay too rnuch stress upon tlie doetliM of I'.i.lia,
rnenta incoinpetence to legialate fur tbe colonies
beeause of ihe theoretical predominance of tlio
royal prerngative. As rrsrards BBM first of BM8B
Influenees, while ita MBMMMB must lie odmitted.
Ita B88B_cd seopo may be deumrred to. As to
the second, it orrtainly BBBM ta BB ureiyed in
more direet and practical coiihidcrntions long
before the .junrrel oulminated : thnt is, so fur as
the mass ol the colonists was coneenn.l. liut
M. de Chambmn is perfect'.y ri?lit ln attaching
the greatest we-ight to the bcarinir upon Amcriffou
no leas than upon F.n?lish development of thnt
eotntnon law whieh embodles atld reprcsenta the
most nneient customs und usages, and the prin
clple which exprii?nce MM shown to be the moat
recessary to ihe niaintonanre of freedom.
In a highly intcresting chapter on " F.qna.ity"
the atithor remnrks upon the failure of tlio
Ameriean state-founders to carry out their pro
feased principles. Here. lie IfeBB?B, they nther
followcd the f'ontincntal fasbion Mian the Anglo
f-'axon. They put the theory of r<-unlity iBtB
their i,nst.ruinent*, bM they took no steps to opply
th* thcory. At. this point the lawa of inhent
once nnd anr.-*ession and other customary stntut.es
dating far baek interfered directly with tlie
new thcory, and in fact made its cxncilniental
pppliration impossil.le. Ilcre again tbe French
legislation is eomparcd. Tiie l.'evoltitiou, as
crystallizcd in the OeBM Napoleon. did actualiv
produce and enforoe ibe eciuality wbieh tbe
AmerieAns only talkod of. But at what a pri.-e:
M. de t'hambrun is ot oplnion tlmt nolwithstund
ing the appearawe of contradietioii, tbe Anglo
Haxon instinct was ime in this case also. The
Frenrh srcured b'Kal e<|iialit-y at tlie cost of
indlvldual lilx-rty: tlie Amerienus Ia4 the appear
ance of rquality go, in order to preserve individual
freedom. This wbole i-uestion is ubJBeted to
elaborate examination, and the coiicluaior.s of
M. 6> tTiambriin ?re often Itiminous and strongly
siiggestive. Thus be fluds Ln tlie eommon law
which uuder'i88 bolli Fnulish and American IltJer
tiea one ol tlie most, powerful hiodrance* to the
spread of the theory of equality. Tbe cor.itnon
laW, he holds, is of aristoeratio oripin in frrcat
part, and thencc aiiset. thia tendenty: but it. i?>
so elaatio and fueile ol adaptat.*Sn tbat it iweoninio
dates HBBU rend ily lo democratic insfitutjons,
which are esiablished upon it without e.xciting
any aenae of inconjrruity. Again, while the
founders of the Kepnblic might cntertatn tha
belief that equality of conditions was JBOWAble
<M lt to to a cer.ain cxter.t in all poor and young
communities1, thooe conditicns were in their nature
epbi-theral, and gave place to others anaiagous to
i_oae found iu oi.let co:_i_u_)t-c_. But no cban?es
of this kir.d have affccted the _t_bility of deaio
cratie lnstitutions, or diminished the libeities
and rigbt* cf the citiien.
In a work the primarv purpose of which is the
rolightenment of foreigoers upon American inMi
tutiOM and governmental piinciples, tltcre muM of
neoesslty ?*? many st.itcments and expo_itions
liable to appear trite 10 the American reader. In
this work. howevcr, the orisinalily. the BM?MBB
and the brcadt!i ?! vicw whieh BaM-MMBBBMl MB
autbor'a dis< ussions reniove all tendency to weiui
t.?MS aveu when tbe subject ls well-worn. and his
chapters upon tbe suffruge, upon the Bovereignty
of the people. and upon tbe legislative power, aill
l* found singuJarly freab and well-eonsidered.
ln rhe kat-naracd chopter M. dc rbnmbrun puvs a
tribule to Con_res?. and to American politblans
generally, which rierive* a partlcular value from
ttoi circumstanee *f the author* long resldence at
Washington, and his intimacy with all tho lcud
ing men in tbe National UfHBMBBJ during a
pcriod n.vering many years. He is soeaking of
the influcnc*** which have 8IBB-d B 0_8M of pro
fessional, politicians, and bc ohserves :
Forbid it tbat I should rcpjat b^the UBjuet
slnrs with which too cnnimonlv all who are - i
temptuously called "politicians are BBMdkM.
there are BMMMMM who will some day^bBMBM
distinguishen statesmen and |?8M.BBM:.U_M_IW
many who have acquired gradually aud bMMtly
a preciotis experience of mcn and altain, UKBM
who have h_d busines* with then. Md who
have not too readlly believed the evil report*
wbieh they are the objecto, will BBBtJtTBJaMM 8a
tbe truth of what I say; it to to such I a.-pe.
from tlie erroneoua or tlippant nulgwuta Which
appear to have been prononniwd airiiiiibt P< IU
cinns. And. her* I would Mh UkmL?j* **?
had to do with mcn of imporlanre in tta v Btates
or in Congrew. h?w many they have i ,..nI who
have been BBBBOSd bf promw-a or >o? gli BWtth
gold. There ia a very simplc means of testing
*uch c.harges; let anv one take a list of the tweaty
or twenty^ve Dnlted States Sonators who iead BBd
govcrt. iLt MBM Assembly: let him examine ?,
rigormis detai! the 8_8B88dBB?B of each one. and
their means of MUtotMM; then bc wffl fc* taB
position to form an intelhfrcr.t judgment. And 1.
who have donc this ajrain and again. long agro
came to tlie conclusion amount.ing t.. iinrcservc.l
scquiml. The same may be said of tl.e House
of RepresentHtivcs. and of the hlgh Fcderal ofll
tials if there are some BMB8MM in a land of
pitiless publicitv. tbe investigations which they
bave provoked beM, in the majonty of instanccs,
established the perfect bonesfy of the body.
We must pass over several chapters deserving of
comtueut. mercly remaxking that all we bave
said of the precedlng ones applles with e.jnal force
to Ihose on the dtinlity of American rigbts and
onligations as regulated by State and Fcderal con
sUiutions aud laws, and tbose on the judicial
power, wlierein tl* author thus enforces his
central theory of the practical persislence which
is at tbe foundation of Anglo-Saxon freedom.
Thus the American social construetion is built
upon fchr model we have partly deacribed; &fon
telns. first, the English common law. modinert
solely bv colonlal statute* and jndgments, but
preserved i? it* lntegrity so far as the rigbts of
tlie individual are conccrned j then come the State
f oustitutions, with their explicit contracts, in vir
tue of which it is stipulated between the people
nnd the Government established by the people
thnt. individual light* shnll always and every -
where ha above ahuse by the conat.ltuted anthon
tlcs. Last, the deleiratlons of power made by the
people to the Fcderal (iovernment are aeceMfBMtied
l.y a contraci siniilnr to that entered into lietwecn
the citizens and the Stnt/* (,'overnments Observe
well the precaiitlons token : nevertheless tbtMC pre
caittions have not l>cen thought sufllclent: nnd
here the American people. rcsumiiig and eomplet
ing tbe work of their Fnglish nnecstors, have
perceived tliat the most solenin dcclnratioiis might
easilv lx* gottetL that n 11 tho roarentee* sfipuleted
in advance might liecome fntile, if the guardlan
ship of thc.NC contrncla between the neoplc aml
their delegated powen was not eoBaned to a
judiciary alwnya ut. band and alwsys in readiucss
to act.
Surcly this is an admlr ihly oompact and acruratc
prcsent<iti..n of the central facts of American
(iovernment.
The care and tl?oronghne** with which M. de
Clianibruii has stndicd tbe c.nstitutior.al history
of tlie Vnited States are shown in many w_ys:
as for instance in his curanient upon the way in
which ihe iMerprvt.it ion of the Constltution came
to l>e vested in the Suprenie Court. in defnult of
any Constitutiornl prorlalon dlreoting or author
izim; that arrangcnient. There are, perhaps, not
many native bistoiicaj studcnts who could have
(liseiiBMe.l this polat with more enirillion. or
brought to its elucidation more appo.ite illns
ti-ations and citations. M. de (hambrun, in?
deed, alway. hns 6onie pertinent passage frum a
dccjsion of the Supreme Court or from some recog
nizcd legal clas^ic iu point. and the wcight ot his
eonc.u.ions is thus considerahly iticrenscd. In
considering tlie '?.ludicinl Power in ita Relations
with the Liberty of tlie Man and the Citizen,'' he
has pome sug.estive observations upon the efTect
of tlie divcrs^ legal system. of Kngland and
Franee in arparatbi*; tboae natlooalrttea and fore
mg ihem iut<> wholly (lifTcrcnt lines of develop
uient. Thus be sbow-s that in l'.M.., when Ifagaa
('harta declared thnt no Englishman sho.ild be
impri.oned or deprived of his property or his
rigbts ?ive by the jndgment of his peers. the
House af Capet had almost ctanlished the juris
diction of the royal parlian.enta and the triumph
of BHaaaa principles: and in l-"?4 the hand of St.
lao.ii. was put to a roynl ordinance re-cstitblishini;
torture. "Since then,"' he procceds, "ihe two
sysU'ms of law have separntcd morc and more
cvery day, to such efTect tliat Anplo-Saxon and
Franco-Homan institnlions have searcely nny
tbing more in eommon : under these systen.s BBYB
been formed Iwo pcoplos, 80 difTerent one from tbe
other that it Ls only by a great menial eicrtioB
one of them is able lo ci.inprehend the Other*.
institutious. How curious B BBBBtaT of Iflerary
hisfoiy this subject ruight sugufst. When
MoBteajqataa, in patea a_. immortiil as the baaaaa
niind, treuta of the coiistitution ol Kngland, hc
describes wltb strokes of genins Uie m.-chanism
of the .overeign powcrs. Bal the righls nnd
libeities <'f the Knglis'n subject Bppear hardly to
have tittracte.l his attention. Mnv not a similar
otxsei'vation be made upou aaoihei fftal writor
niion hitu who exolained Ameri.-aii .leniueiacy to
Fnxnce aud Kurope-and mu.v it not Ik- aaked bow
so deep B thinker. so ingcnioiis aa bbbJj**, eaald
have allowed the best, the most. vital elemeni in
Anglo-Saxon itiBtitntiuns, fo escape btmf 1 have
natucd Moutestjuieu aud M. <le Tacqaerllle; 1
might with even l.etter reason exteud theae re
marks to those pnlicnt QaBBBMB who have writt.-u
in thls cenlury upon Kngland and Ihc I'niicd
States; the repn.ach of thciB> offc.i very remark
able works, iu truth, is that they have arrested
their rcsenrches al the surface af Anglo-Saxon
socfety, aud merely riescnbe.i institutions; Ifl a
word, they hv.e itrnored ma:i and bis rlghta.
Once more he strikes the keynote of his treatise
-the preservative ferca of Anglo-Saxon atteniicn
tj the execution of gnarantces-in a strikin,
pa?sage ol eojuparison :
Tbe declaration of the rigbts of man and of
the citizen, whleh appcars al ihe head oi t. <?
French Conslitution ol l?fl. is, ou tbe whole,
well conceived: it is a lolcrabiy sarisfa. tor.y i>|'
of didaclic. The menniug is plain, the wordB
well ohown. ln flne. the compositiou is infiiutcly
guperior ta that of nearlv all tbe declaratlona of
riehta adopted in the I'nited States duiing the
tblrtaea yeara precedlag. What then is wanting
to thU document:' Slmply life. It allirms rtafatt;
bnt no one has thought of asklng, eilher then oi
siuce why thla declaration of right. was made,
und what power wa. 10 protect the rights so de
clared ln evcrvdav life. The resnlt is that it la
uotlting but a fairly good exrenment in ooliUeal
nbilosophy. fonstitutioijs have soeceeded one
anoUter rapidlv. each one contalninir Ms declam
1Jou ol righte; and that was BBB end of tl.e matter
We regrct thut it i? not poasihle here to ex
amine with the care wliieh it descrves M. de
( han.brun's review af tbe Code Napoleon and its
effects upon natiot.nl life: but it ls to l?c hoptd
that bis work will he irasnlated into Knglish be
fore long, aud IhBB ?* placcd within tlie reacb ol
all American rc.iders.
He proceeds to discuas the sovereignty of the
peopie aud ihe < omnion iaw. the constltutiMal
provisions giiar.int"cing individual lltierty, Amer?
ican criininal proceilun: la partii ularly btlBMBtlBf
scction , the jury system. tl.e rigbt_ of property.
religious libcrty, lree speech, the freedom of the
press, of _&sembla?c and of pctlt.ion. All ihese
subjects are tllBtillBBflfl with ftun^as of inloruiation
nnd maturiK of judgme;.t, aud on niauy of them
uew ligbt is Ihrown bf tlie author s BBfthod tn
comparisnn. M. de ?.'harubrtiin annouiu-es a se<
cad volume to Mmphrto the work. and this will
l>e devotcd to an aaalvsto ef Um ABBeriean State.
The lmportance of this whole study is very BOB
sidernble. and it reficef*. greal credit up..n the
writer MbOM furthci works will lie awaited w.lii
bcigbt'encd expeetatiou bf all who have read tbe
present volume ,
A noveiiy in iieiiodical lit?r_tuie will l>e --.old
thvraitc's fieogrnpliietil Miwra-iiic," the first number of
whitb will be publi-hed iu thii CMf M .hmuarv 1.
Ar.ordlng to tlie pro-pex tuk, it will 1*j ;t taa8*MM
uioiiUil). embelllshed with ilbistrationa nnd it eaa
t-nts eluddnted I,. cxeellent map?. 'I lie cdiim |a]
force kM b^'li ncrerted with ;. vi. v, lo BBMI* I <niefu!
and ae. urnto i-ecord of Ihe BMBl lnler.-ling toeto uf
feogropU.cul proicre-^-. Tlie aiui of 11*. publislie.-s,
le*arn. William M a .1. C. Uoldthwnltc. I? to Bak* n
geoKrapbli.il uiagaiine Ihat ?? ..1 l.e IkjIIi popular and
tniiitworthy. Al.le wTltera BTr"freofm,phlr:il top ei ta
thii country and ln B_refM WUJ BMBHUBl* to the Mim i
r.lne, and lt will ecatnla Mw freshest i,eu? ai a-plora
HM and dlscovery, pi?M?Med iu uu utirsitivc BUMI
ncr. A full index *;*. ill I* prmted m M*rj Mtame.
aud tbe maKaiire *aiii thu*. he mude ;, BMventool and
vaiuabto BOiirtc ol relereiitc u|K>n ali gcographital iu.it
ten*
DISRAELI
MR, FUOl DK'S KM1MATB.
IORD |'.KACON>FlKU>. W ?'? A. l'nmde. 12mo.
,,.!. _?7. Hbwpara n.othe.-.
\ senes of politieal bio_rr.pl.ies under the general
IM. ' The Qneen's Prin.e Ministcrs." i, ..prnc.l bv
Jl'sstu.i- .,f she Barl al Kcne.,nsh>id by Mr
Froade What ihe lnlter BM t.? BBJ upon any s.m
leef is ...re t?? BB intcrcsfin,, whether or not we
BOBJB wltb him, and his snb.cct thla time ia so en.g
?attead tliat almost every conceivahle view BBB
beea tataa. af tt Oa ?** or two pateta only t
have the more caref-il critics been in accord. All
aartCg that the Hebraism of MBBMU countcd W
m?re than his Knglish birtb in the line of de
velopmcnt BkBBB BJ his character. All a_rce
that DotwithBtandlnc his cleverness hc was never
able to look at Knglish interests and Knglish
politics as an Enilishmnn wonld. lleyond these
poinw cvervthiug ea.neerning the mnn has been
disputed Mr. Froude, however. is unquestionabl.
rtabl when he asserts that criticism of Disraeli's
right to the political preferment be won mvolvee
a challenge of lhat House of Commona in and
through which all bis trinmphs were secured.
In that chnml?er his political career waa passed.
That Chamher clevated him to the Premiership.
If he was indeed tl.e a<lventurcr. the eharlatan
his enemies nllcscd, what must have been BBB
eb.in.etcr of 1he House that accepted him as its
leader.
Yet that Disraeli was really an ndventurer is
not to be aeriously denied; and though Mr.
Froude seem. rathcr to admire the method. nothing
in his wholc career is nu.re siirnitteant in this con
nectiou than the way lu- BBfBfl his Parliamentary
coursc. He was deeply in debt, nnd he made a
spccnlation of bis Parliameni.ry possibilitles, bis
eiedfton sustaining him on tHe understandlng
that if be won a prizc they were to be pnid with
intercst. It bus beta sald, and may I* again.
tliat his marriage was mercenary. Hy wedding a
ridi widow he secured pecuniary independence.
which waa of vital itnpoiluncc to him. Bal n..
student af this atrai.Ke puradoxical peraonage can
liope ta l>e ?ble to csinblish any oonsiatent tbeory
of his cbaructer and motives; and nt thia point
thB tbeorizer eneounters the fnct that Disraeli
waa contlnually doing and aaying thing. emi
nently calculntc.l to injure bis political prospects
-things of which no mere adventurer could ?jc
suppos-.-d eapabte. Ia flne, it is neccssnry t<? ahtah
],ls politics by his novels, and vice-ver.a, and
when this lm* BBBfl done as carefully us possible
it, still remains impracticable lo say with any
(lOaldBBfl what maiincr of man thi. was. Mr.
Froade believe. thnt ba'had used afTectations f..r
various ptirpoBes so much thut nlTcctation came to
l>c iugrained ln his nature. It may ?h? so. Cer
tainly he had a strontc temlency to niasqucrade,
BBd it showed itself from his youth. Certainly.
moreover. be possessed a thoroughly Oriental love
of glare and gitter. of splendid osti?nt?1 ion, of
gaudy cxternuls: and this manifested itself alike
when. ;.s a young man, hia coxcombi.v la draBB
couae.l him ta be ridiculed, aad when. in maiure
life, he Beaght ta daaala tho epaa of the world hy
hLs sham " peacc with honor,'' and nndertook to
Inoreaaa tl.e prestigc af his rvyal mistres. by dub
bing her Kmpress of India.
With this strong appreciaiion <rf show and par
nble i.nd melodrama, bowever, Hicre went a deep
cynicistn: B cynicism so deep tbat it seems to
have killed in him ull teroper. A moiv eq.mble.
iiian perhaps never breathed. Cnpable of saying
UM biiterest aml kcenest things ln debate, he
spoke iilways without BMtlltt, and almost, it
iniKlit !?? said, without feeling. There ?raa in
his cooluesa and apparenl iudirference BBBCB lo
icinfi.rce the _cner.il belief iu his i.n-Knpli,ii dli>
positiou: but to tl.e more ohserviug his attiu.de
oflen sngirested tbat of Mephistopheles, eueering
Bt the follies nnd vices of manldnd, and moking
use ol them for bis own ends at the aame time.
Disracli was, neverthclcss, full of contradictions.
Thus, there is no doubt, thot. this cynlc real I.y
oherished strong illiisions in regard to the PBJBB
cratinn of Kngland und ihe reforin of polifies.
Mr. Frotule. intluiotcs a doubt whether his opposi
tion to the rcpeal of tbe Corn I^aws and tbe open
ing of all the flood-gatcs of Free Trade can to
day l.e set down M the biunder it was ussumed
to he half a century ago. For, snys the asfute
biojirapher, it is quite obvious that mt>ny of the
picdictions of QoMMB an<l his followers have been
ciiriotisly falsified. One of tha stroiigcst inceut
i\es ti Frcc Trade wu* the conslderatiou thnt all
the rest of the world would b* driven to follow
F.ngland in adoptimr the policy. Now, tlie rest
of tho world hu_ not followed F.ngland. Ou the
confrary, tariff BfSBMM are more general tbau
ever. and more righl. Ibsraeli opposed the Re
foriu bfll when it pmposcd but a sinall BBlBBBJOB
of the stifTrage, and he mude Reforiu his own
measure when it iuvolved a swecping chaiiv^e. If
is Impossible to reconcile his acti.m here with
uny vicw of conslstent pririciple. ln isrjT be
was, ln fact, an Opporfuuist. Hut then iiii poli
MCfl ni Kti-kwid had bCOOBM Opportanist.'
ln the (.pinioti of Mr. Fr.iiide, who, it must
1m* said. s.inictiii.es seusoru, his comments with
a line old Tory fla\..r, th.- extension of the M?tMfB
was b mere deniagogue trick, and there has l>een
nothing but dcniagoguc trickcry siuce, Mr. TThuI
stoueV discstiiblishmeiit ul tl.e lrish Chuich talBg
one of the BBOSB notahle examples of the kind
This has no bcaring upou Dismcli, however, for
his course in IM1 siifilcicnfly prnves his willlng
i.i'v- t., MII8B8MI any principle for the sake of
jKiwcr. When after long years of Opposition he
found himself Ifl power, nnd for the flrst time
bad un opportumty of Bboflrtflg what was iu him.
it must. 1k* confe^sed tbat be did not prodiiee any
great policy. Hi* curious fondness for the Turks.
indeej, led hini to the brink of a jrreat war with
l.ii.s.M.1, and blfl extrtciitimi was rather a piece
of le.enlcinfuti than of statesmar.sbip, as t_M
event, proved. The pnrchase of the Sue/ t anal
shnivs was, perbaps, the most frultful ot his offl
cial acts. For the rest, Mr. Floiide obscrves
thal no man of so mnih eminence in many ways
l.a.s left so litlle mirk M bis generation. If the
truly great man i*. he who h.is done nr produced
M.iueiliing ol peni.anent value la buiuanity?" ln
this hiuli sensc of the w..rd liord Rcncoiisiiclvi ean
nol l.e call.'d great. cilher as a man of letters or as
a BlBBBBBBB.*1 He had tiie.l. as a POBBf mau, to
rouse the chivalry and piide of tbe Fnglish no
bility, 'and If the young generatiou to whoro
l.e uppcaled would have gone alotig witb him he
might bnve led o nobler cnisade than t'oetir de
l.ion. Bnt i? was not in him to tiead a fl.orny
pfltb with insiifbeieiit eompanionship." Thus it
BTM that "peilmps no pul.!ie. uiati iu Knglund ever
rose so hlgh and ac-uired |m.wci- so great. so
little of whose work h.is survived him.''
What. ihen, were his virtues nnd slrong quali
tics, and how did bc gain his eud t l??t us heiir
arhat Mr. Froude BBfB M this: " Disraeli ruI.I of
I'ecl that he wns the grcatest MemlieV of Purlia
ment that tiicre bad ever liecn. He w$._ hiu.sclf
the btnmgcst Menilier of I'arliameni iu his o\>n
d.i\. an.l ii BrB8 l'arliametit which t?(,Jc i,jin jg j?s
loremost man nnd made him what he v.r-s. No
one foflfbt more stoi.tly v.l.en there wa:, BglrHng
to bc doM, no BBB kncv heiier wl.eu lo yield, Bf
how to ei.courage bis followers. He was a niaster
of debate. He bad perfect command of his ten.
per, an.l while he ran an advcrsary through the
boily he rharuied even his eneiuies I.y tlie gkill
with which he did it. He mude no lofty pre
tensions, and his aims were always perhaps somc
what. highcr than he piofcKsed. If to r.nse him
self to Ihe snmmit of the emiuen.-e w is trhflt he
i.i.ist .ir.'.i li r. he had a geniiine anxicty io ??rve
his party, BBd in sciving his party to sa-.,- |,i.
country: BMd, pOBBUrly, if BBMB| his otBCI g.lts
he had iulici.lcl au l.!i_ii-.li nhfllBCfCf. he liught
bave iievi.te i htaaelf lute eoMpletely ta grMt nn
tioiinl (|iiestiniifi: he might bave even Inttribcd his
BBBM in the great mll of Kngiiah wurthics. Itut he
was F.ugli-h oiil',' bf mluptioii, und he never com
pleielv identilicd himself with the country which
lie ruled. At l.eart he wr.s | Hcl.rcw lo tlie
end, and of all hu triumplu peihap? tlie BBOOt
satisfyiiig was the Benw that, a meml?er of tbat
dcspiaed race had made himaelf ihe mutcx of Um
flrrtB and arrnles of tbe proudest of Chxtotian
nntionS- " ?
So f:?r Mr. Froiule. who, lt wtll be aeen, does
, ,.rr BflOB tbe side of tindiscrimmating admira
r?n I" 5m, l>is ****** >? studiedly impartial
n.i'e.-u.lious, nnd Bl times the reader may even
I, ??. whelher his sympathy with his s-.bjcct .s
s.ro.ig etiotigh to secure exact justicc Oj I*
i,to 1c howcvcr, the biography is fair and judidal.
.?;, ;?,,ce,lc8 as mt.ch lo Lord !Vacon*fleld as
Imm Kcems wnrrant in his works and mensures
Ir'allov.i.i:'- Hf was a w.-nderful and Bfllqae
"?' ?f n.any tatonH. ISnt he was not, with e.ll
jiV.ucccss, a great man in my high aense of the
tcrm._
OTJYER WENDELL EOLME&
niS CHARM1NI! NKW BOOK
iiYF.R TI1F. 1_ACUP8. Bf oilvcr Wcndell IIobnc>
l.mo, pp. 81B. HOMfMOB, Mlfflln A <'o.
The scries of deligbtful papers by I)r. Holmes
which have been rnnning through the pages oT
the " Atlantic.- have been brotight to an end nnd
are now tosued in book-form to take their place
with the famous Bbnub-MI Table volumcs. which
thev fltJ.v snpplemcnt. There is unquestionably
a great difTercnec heiween these "Teaetip" papers
and their predecessots, bnt it is tlie natural and
iiievitable dlfTerenee between maturlty and age.
A wrltcr who has BBBBOd four-seorc years cannot
bc cxpeetcd to viev.' life with the satne emotlons
that moved him, thirty yeors ago. Tlie fact of.
his octoaenariaiBBflfl is impressed upon him too
strnngly by all BB1 surroundings not to count for
much ln his thoiights. Dr. Holmes to indeed tlio
u.ost buoyont und checrful of men, bnt his warm
e.sf admirers would not expecf. from him to-day
the light-hearted tn'k with M_B_ BM was wont
to ebarm tliein during tbe period in which the
Aut.icrat, floiirlshed. Blt1 the " Teaeup" papers,
if pntMcssing a sobnety of their own. ure charmincr
in new ways. The nuthor's faney no loiigcr plays
wllh the liashlng swiftness of suminer liahtninz,
but lt shows no tra'es of impoverishrr.ent, His
moo I inclines to greater gravity. but it. is as
genial aud kindly as ever. His wit and humor
i,re l'-s cr.nstatitly ln evidence, but they are no
Itaa l-eeu and bright. He 1ns lost nothing of his
IfltBMBl in the soclal problems about him. He
feeis tbe n?*ed and the rhartn of the clcment of
love [fl his sl:etches, aud l.e supplics it with all
his old deftness and dcllcacy. Witli whnt skill
nnd with how many happy tonches the various
eliai.ieters who ligure at the tca-table are brotight
lwfore us! Who can fail to fall iu love with
Number Five, or tr> expeilBBM sotne anxicty MB*
eeming the outoome of the Tutor's siege of her
hlthert* imiiregnnble heart? Who can close ihe
bi.uk nitbOBl BOBM disapimintinent Ht tbe uncer
tainty Ifl which this intercsting courtship is left'.'
Did the Tutor succeed P Did Number Five send
him to ioin the throng of the rcjected? One
would fain know> bow tbe alTair ended.
Number Seven again,?the cracked Teacnp,?
with what Dr. Holmes calls'i "squinting brain,"
is he not. full of n curious attrnetiun? We bnve
all known the kind of man e.meerning M-BB8
Ylewa nothing can ever Be predicted ; who some
times nppeai-R to see farther than other people, and
sumctimes not so far: who passcs for being "a
little cr.ieked.-' pcrhaps. yet who now and then
bM such flashes of insicht. tbat we hesltate between
tbe dlH'.noses of genius an.l uindnens. Delllah
also: is she not a dainty little figure, serving the
Tea.cn ps so demiirely and deeuruusly. playing her
little pnrt so iieatly and well, but nevertheless BMt
eseaping the Argus eye? of love. Of some of the
other llgurcs who sit round the Tca-table the out
lines remaiii nnfllled. Tlie Di'clafor himself is
our peninl Doctor, with scarcp i pretence of dis
guise. Tbe two Anne.xcs are entertaining. Tlie
Profeasor is Irfrcrestiiur when be does talk, but
talks comparatively little. The poetry is essen
tlally tbe BBBM as that. whieh all know s<> well;
dceper nnd graver in tone occasionally, bttl fall
ing qllitB naturally, a* in the " Itroomstick Train"
into tbe old gay strnin of lilting humor. Nor
is the character of thesubjects treat-ed unfamiliar.
We recvogni/e the former lively Interest in ob
Fcnre and pflgsBttg BBKBrttl problems: the former
brond ond liberal views upon theological qUM>
tione: the former trenchaut critioisms upon
shallow pre'.euce and futile l.ecause innpnhle
litcraiy elTort. Some of Dr. Holmes's NBiarllB
upon the p. etiy of the period.-remarks evidentlv
wrutig from him bf protraeted suffcritigs,-might
Bfl pruverfully comtuended to nine-tenths of tl.ose
who write what thev are pleased to call "vcrse"
in these degenerate days. were it uot only too evi
ilcnt ihat protest nor rCB8MBt*a_M cau affect the
iinfortunate la qBCBtlOB.
At the close of the "Teacup" papers Dr Holmes
reviews briefly the whole scries which it Ls sup
pohed to conclude. Wc wnture to say tbat the
lu.idesf estlmate of his work here set down will
not he ncepted hy that public conflncd to no
Knglish-npeaking comiuunify under the sun. which
during more thsn the lileiime of B geticrntion bas
been chcered nnd delighted and stimulated bv his
\slt and ariadoaj and tenderness nnd grncious ex
pression. Nor crm we by any str-tch of im
auinatlon forecaat a time when the Autocrat
serlcs is likely ta have oiitlived tlie apprcciatioti of
intelligent. educated and fecling men and wotnen.
The niaintenanee of the deniand for such books is
one ?f the gauges of iulellectual sjrowth and
progress: aud if the American people are to fO
forward and not backward. it is idle to imajjine
the cnminii ol a perin.l when these OIUBBMBta 1.)
aar nationnl literature will >>e 1c>* pri/ed than
they nre t?-day. Nor can we conseut to regard the
termination ol "Over tlie Teacups" as n.arking the
linul rctirement of Dr. Holmes from literary ac
tiviiy. This book is in itself a pmof of his entire
rol.ustness of miud. " His eye is not dimmed nor
his BBtatal r..rce ahated." The American people
would not indeed be exigent with so hearty a
frierul anal favorite, b.it they will hope to hear
from him again frequently, and they aasuredly
will not cousent to his siiperannuation.
LITBSABY NOTES.
f'aplaln fhaiBB Ktafa new novel has the attractlve
title of -An Army I'oitia.''
lt is azpaetoi <ha< ihe tlrst and sccond vohmies
of UM Talleyrand Meniolrs will apaaai togethcr about
January 1. Tlke tlrst volume is already iu type.
The Queen sf Kouinaula ls writing a atory for a
ajadlBBBB of aaas_aapara,
Tv.euty four portraiU will acconipany tue fe.xt Ol
Mr. Williani Bftatee*a forlhcomiug vnlume ?8BllB_ Wtth
the earaar upou tba st.-.^c ot Mi,* .\da Behaa. it ta
BBkf iloii ihe booli may bc called - A Qiiocu of Coinody."
Knglish paragraphetv hsve been (H'russins the souree
Bl Ur. Kipllng's uiici.uim.in Christlan name. It B
Btaaaf thal his father and BVathar pllstrted Ihelr troth
ou the haaka af Laka BhsdyaadL ta aaeh ef th** scven
purlinments from II .himes I to the t'oniniotiwculth
Sir l;enjamin Kudyard had a BBBl
Mv-. Craaar'a new etary ?.f Baw>Yark society, "A
r-ucces'ful Mun," will be Usued BOOB IB book form.
Six ealltiotis of lier -Dlplomat's Diury" have been
prlnted.
Hft. Margaret L. Woods. the author of lliat remark
abk tale. ?? A Vlllago Tragedy," has written a long
novel whr>*<? title, '? Esther Vanonirlgh." Is also the
name of Ha hcroine. As th" fianie. Indicales, the basls
of it i? Bfataateal and swlft and bwd Pcterborough BS>
pear anioni; the < haiactcrs.
Among the con.pliinei.ts reroived by Ollver Wendell
l|..liic-s on hia recent blrlhdav aiiiuver^ery waa a
lelegnuu BB whi<h. ba was requlrud, to pay ninetv
? entf. "1 am tnurk obliged lo BBB for his good
wMics,"' sai.l the Ai:t>crat, us be luld the nic*sage ou
Bla .i.-ii, "but I wlah he hivi pa.d for them tu *d
eaaaa." ?-?-?_?_?_?_?_?_
IHE C0LLECT.
FOR TIIP. TWRNTr I'llTII Sl'NDAY AFTEK
THI.MTV.
Hlir BB the good will*. we l.eseei h, (> I.ord 1
i.( i in tollaaarsj timt we un.v not eaaaa
Daartaf paafl fniit in verkts, .md have raaraei
\s pktalaana ln Thj parBon tu.d Th> peaaa:
Thrwugli Jusus ChrUl wln.ni ul-<. ?* name Lord.
I, W. FAHaONS.
THAT CAROLINY GAL.
BARKER SF/JTKKS WITH TIIK DODSONS.
Ranaoia. Nov. II-*___? W ?'?' ^__Tfi__
head did shake al! the lime, and if ahe di? hg
in Bl almost in.becilc manner. BBB_BM JBatBl
eno?_li to lake in the .u.plcion that MM Wiw
lowa wife had come over to cbarge DaHy wltb
BC_*tWB_ that dav she, Mra. Winalow got, her
stroke.' And it waa aoniething about Thodor
Graham and Marietta. She p.it thla _?***?"
tbe fact that "Tbo?.or wa'n't, a-Roln' with Marl
etta now," together. and the two fonned a very
fruetifying aubject of thought for her.
She sat there by the hot sfove for several day.
and thoughl. She talked a good deal about bow
\lrs Winalow had looked and spoken that noon.
lt, waa all very interesting. But ahe couldn t
make any remarks concerning the otlier part of
the aubject here at Mrs. Jacobs'a house.
She had meant to oontinuo her viait until aftar
Th.nks^iving, for. as she often aseerted. tha
widow'a victuala jest suited her."
The desire to be where .be could dlaensa with
a .ympatuetic listener all that waa ln her mind
proved greater than the desire for the victuala
tbat suited her.
Tlie afternoon before Thanksgivinir .he an
nounced to Mrs. Jacobs tbat if it would be con
venicnt .he would like to be taken over to her
niece Betecy's, in Smithvllle.
Daiiv haraaaaad the haaaa mto the old covered
wagon. Aunt Judson was wrapped up in .hawls
and qttilts and "booJrbcd" onto tbe back aeat.
Dally gatbered up the linea and tbe wblp and
Mrs.' Jacobs told her to "be sure and not atop
n miriute iu Smithville,' for the days were so
sl.ort. ?
Comlng back nlone along tbe loneaome way, over
which the shadows wcre gathering already, Dally
saw aheaal of her a llgure which ahe recogniaed.
It was Borker. He was slouehlng aa uaual. He
had an empty bn? over bis shoulder.
Thougb he must have beard the horae's feet
and the wbeels. hc did not look round until they
stopped beside him nnd the girl asked him to get
iu, for she "could give him a llft"
He sat down beside her. She immedlately be
came conscious of the old feeling of self-reproach
Itrcnuse she was not; and could not, be glad to
see him.
He did not look _t her. To her great surprisc
he began talking. Again he asked her if she
didn't miss the moiintains.
She tried to be very gentle with him. She told
him that she aflea dreamed of the mountains, and
then she longed for them.
"But we've found good friends here, Rarker.?
He gruuted. He shuflled bis feet. Then he
said, almost with anlmation, and with aome con
tempt:
" i know yer. Vou uus done weaned from thur
mountings." He liow actually looked at her aa
he said : " Vou uns Ls in lurv," with great derislon.
Dally turned upon l.lm savagely.
" In love! Vou don't know what you're talk?
ing about! Love isn't for me."
Harker hunched his shoulder. and was silent.
He wondered how ehe could fire up so eometimca.
It was so foolish, and it, mu.t require encrgy.
She whipped tbe horse. The darknesa waa now
coming quickly on. Up above them in tbe dusk
was henrd the clanging noise of a flock of wlld
geese rlying low down on their way South.
"I wish I war um," said Barker; "I reckon
they be gwlne ter thur South."'
" Ves, they are.''
Another sLlence, which Barker broke.
" I've gurfc some reck'nin ter settle with them
Dodsona. I'm 'bout ready, I he. Thur's reck
'nin'. ter settle, an' lil settle 'em."*
' Barker, what do vou mean t*
"l'll let yer know?I don't mean nothlu'."
He drooped bis head aud did uot speak again.
Very B80B be left her to go acrusa the fieldB ta
the Dodsou farm.
In flfteen minute. morc Dally had driven Into
tho bnrn and was unbnrneaaing by tbe llghf of
the lantcrn whicb had been placetl there for her.
She was so depressed that she could eat little
6.ipper. She told Mrs. Jacobs what her brother
had said, and Mrs. Jncobg tried to restrain her
nnger aga?Mt the little wretrh who, she sup
posed, was "just as God made him."
Ilefore sh? went to bed, Dally walked over to
lnquiro aHo'ut Mrs. Winslow, and to take somo
cifron peaatnre with which Mrs. Jacobs had had
."cxtiy good luek." "The poor critter Hkes to
be rememhorcd," s-ii.l the widow; " 'n' she
couldn't do much more harm in this world now."
Marietta was tire.l irom a hard day's wark, cook
ing and tleunlng, Sbc wa_ lying on the old
lonnge ia the kitcheii wheu Dully 6oftly opened
tlie door and came to her before she could rise. She
felt her fricnd's oool band on l.er forebead, and
she put, up both anna und drew Daily down U
her side.
" I hope you dont get discouraged," said Daily.
" Vour vt.ici; sounds as if you were discotiratrni
yoiirstll'. ? was the rvsponse.
" I ought not to he, since I've just talcen old
Aunt Judson to Sniitbville." was the re*pon*e, with
a laugh.
" I'm thankful she's gone," exolaimed Marietta,
fcrvcntlv. " l couidirt go there and bear ber
tcll BM 1 hetter bave held on to Thcdcr .Iraharu."
Tben, after a pausc, " He went to Fall Rlver to
see you '.'''
" Ves. lie understands now." {
"Th-it you cau't love him?* -
-Ves.'' '
? Then It's true that you can't ?
" Yes. ?
Daily put lier head down near Marietta* cheek.
" If he cames baek to you some duy, what shall
you _ay to him P"
Marietta sat up, with her arm round her com
panion.
"I should say I didn't think we'd better l>e
more tbttfl friends," she answered with uuruis
takahle decision.
I'reaently Daily went away. She opened the
door again just as Marietta had kindled a lamp,
an.l the ligbt lell full oji Dally's faee. She had
forgotten a message which she now deltvercd.
Her lriend was impressed by the peculiir vivld
uess of tbe eyes and moutb; the something
haunting
" Daily!" cried Marietta, "what are you think
ing about'."
Daily smiled. "Just this moment, about the
uiountains.''
"What uiountains:'" wonderinglv.
" Wby, my uiountains iu (arolina. Harker was
talkiuj; ol tlietu. lie seems to bave them a great
Uc.l i,ii liis ihiikI.''
MarielUi BBBM to the door. " Isn't it too bad
tbat Bill thinks he BBB** BBBM for Thanksgiving
tu-niorrow P" ?he said.
" Yes, it is. Nuw, geod-nigbt."
Daily did not fall aslcep very soon when Bhfl
went to her be<l that evening. She was well, but
slumber would not come before uiidnlght. She
was thinking about Barker and what be had
6aid. She was always uubappy whea she
tliought of him, arrd this night she was particularly
so.
But at last she was asleep. lt seemed to her
that she was wakened aluiost immediately by
some one prououucing her name by her bedside.
She started up liewildered. The late mooxtlight
came iu through her window and revealcd Harker
standing there.
She sat up und put her hand out toward htm iu
fright und suiprise.
- How did you get iu '" she asked in a whisper.
"Kflflf noin'h. ily thttl pnttfry winder. Didn't
yo' bear yer houn' bark'.'"
" .N.> Oh, BaifcCT, fM haven't hurt my dog ?"
' So," ciuiieiu|it.iousl.\. " He s iu tbur burti
wluir fflr shiirt him. I curni to tell yo' I'm er
gwine "
" l.oing P Wbe.e ? '
?'ln tbur i_ouiiiiu,s. 1 uiu't er gvviue ter live
'tbout thttl mouiitinxs no BMfBf, 1 didn t reckou
tu BBB?8 i|iilte seeh er soon start. but that ole
DotNi.n 'i.mnn _Jfl t MBIBM8 no longrr, slie ain't."
?i,o tli.wiistaiiN BBHIf ?nd wnit for me. Don't
wul.e aunty. I"11 go out witb you."
li* want out M noueleaaly m hfl BBd Mmt!
Daily had not dared to talk with hin mt
there. She hnrrtedly drrvw-ri nnd wrapped a *p*S
blanket from the bH about her. She joined hel
biotber and the two went out into tbe froaty
air of tbe November night. Moon and stars were
clearly shlning.
"Yo* motit er stopped in?i le," said Rarker, nn
graciously. "I ain't gurt nothin' to sa\, only
jMt I'm er gwine. lf >V wa'n't sech er pore
tbing an' in lurv, yo'd go with me.'
A stidden wave of wild longing for thos*
mountains where she had been so unhappy came
over Dally's soul ns she heard thoae worde.
What lf ahe ahonld run awav with Rarker, and
thus forever escape what had become a compll
cated life here? But the wave ebbed away
quickly.
"1 cannot go," she said o,uic?iy. "I raonet
leave aunty.' And how BflaMMBf we should he
down there. Thlnk of old Tid:" Daily shud
flered. She took liold of Earker's arm forelhly.
? Why do you go ? Why won't you stay her*
and be a rcspcctnble man? Come and live witb
us. Oh, why do you like such a life?"
Harker did not try to witbdraw bi* arm. H?
gazeri at tbe face near him.
"Yo' an' me ain't no w*ys eriike," lie said.
"But if yo' cared fur me as yo' make berlMve
yo* do, vo'd go with me. yo' would. I know how
'tia. Yo' jest can't care, an1 yo' keep er trrtog
tu care. I don't, want no vch."
He flung off her hand. His words had con*
straight to her beart. She soblied. He stood
sllent stili looking at her
" Be yo' gwine with mr? I've gurt monej
'nongh fur er spell, till I ki 1 gi?. more. Will ytf
go?'*
" I can't! I can't:"
He sneered. She irie.l to thlnk of somethlaf
ta say, but slie bad no wordi.
? Taln't no ways likely I'll ever see yo' ergain."
He turned away.' She sirang after him and
flung her arms about iurn, ki?sing blm and heggiag
him to "come and live witli them."
After a moiuent l.e put her fn.m blm and
4walked ofT a few steps. II.* paused t.. t.-ii ber
she needn't worry about him. He could take
care of himself. And "Mabby be'd eend her
word some day."
He added triumnhantly: "Tbur Dodsons '11
find I've paid um nrp. I"e lived sumpln so't
they'11 find their house ailre 'fore many houra,
they will, cuss um! I .lin'i tlieir nigger "
Now he wnlked o!T more rapidly than Daily
had ever seen him uiove. She BhOttttttt to a*!{
if he meaut what be said. He broke into a ma;
He wa* gone.
She st.....! a moment a.s me stands who doea
not comprehend. Thea it came fully bome to
her iindersfanding that Ik-rler had sp<)ken truth.
lt waa like him to revenge himself: and be bad
told ber be meant to "settle v rvkoning" with the
Dodsons.
It waa stlll some nion.ents lief.re anv defiiita
inea of action catne. It was nearly nve milei
to the Dodsons. It was <|tiif" BoaaihaB she might
rlde there in time to warn them. Barker ws*
sly enotiah. He BfOttli arronge lo l?e %m% nf
the way before the lire would take entire p< ss'ssioi,
N( ".' Lnlly flWTdl very ijuicMy She went to
tbe barn and put saddJe i nd brfdle on to tha
horae. Tbe boiind kept sn.illinu at her ainl
whioing. Tlie wide l.irti door ll mg opeu gava
ber plenty of mooniight. She left the hoi~*
standing, and ran toward the bMMB.
Mrs. Jacobs met her at tlie floor with a lijrht
in her band. She h.id hBttlBl Dally's voice shout
ingto Rarker.
She could not d<> bss than hasten Dallv'!
departure. She dared not 8UfB-*1 gctting some
one else to go for fear of the delttf. It was a
lonelv road, between BBflCBfrfl anl through BBMBB,
but Daily was a fearless rhtor.
Wlien tbe trirl and th? foff had started, Mrs.
.Tacolis tintobeil dresKinc, and taking a lantern, not
wlthstafldlng the moon, she went ilown tlie ron<1
toward her nearest Belfhber, who was Mr. Peter
Winslow.
" He will barness rtflttJ away," _!:e said to hcr?
self. "We'll rou<e ffBflt M-B we can. I sh'll
go with him. We won't be more'n half an hour
behind her. ?
Although Mrs. Jacobs wa.'; anxiois, she did r.ot
feel renlly wu;?ed BBoal 1): lly.
The old boree ualloped on down tlie atill road.
He hfld had speeu in bini <nce, and when Daily
wm on his baek he always rcsponded nebly.
Tbe hound rwent tiloni" by her side. The BBtttttt
of the boofa reloiinded.
With every moment tbat paaaed Daily felt ber
depression leavlng. By tbe time she '*ad ruldeq
two mlles, the air and tbe BMlaM ha<l matto Jvr
aimost gay with that prinitive, cleniental BMB>
of spirlt* which can l>e i.nspired in .me who gor-a
through spaee on a be*M* bock. To all such
influenees this girl WM peeallartf sensitive.
Anything out of'doors. iintrarumelled. appe%lel
to sometblng kindred in lier. All wild thingl
seemed to flnd her of their own blaedl.
But as she mounted a lull within about a mil*
of ber destlnation, her min l came baek forcil.lv
to the preeent. sl.e could ioolc down upon
Ihe Dodson house. One look was sufficie_t for
lier. She saw a small Minie coming up throuih
tlie roof near tlie chiuitiev. The rest of tbe
buildlng appeared to lie icsting tranqut'ly nnitof
the moonlinht. The old horse went dowu ?_?
hill as reckle-slv as if lie had been a colt.
TO AVTt'itS,
BY AX AFSTHIET-t
I pray yon prate no more of >onr Sprlng,
With her craHhes of color and song,
And her odors keen aa tba BBt .oion's atina
Lest vou do dear Art a wroug. __,_
Tor those greens and vellow* of fcprlng are ao rraaa
That I wlnk both eyes with paln.
And her srents and song* are ?o aasabdaai
They would plerce Bl my very brain,
Were mlne ears not full of oolton w. ol
Tlie lark's alvum to quell
Were uiy vlnalgrette fo my B088 not <et
To amother the vlolefs sm;ll.
Nelthor o'ermuch of your Jsummer prate,
In her pt.nip of berce repata,
Or the passlonstc punted love and h.te
Of her BbrhtlnaaB and roee.
Thougb. she has outgrown fhc cush and gigfla
(if ner romping slster Sprlng,
Tlxvugh her rolors don't BBBBB me erbMM and wigga*
Though her nightingHlo, can *in^:
If her lund aud skv with but lalf an eve
You stady. you'll soon agT'e
She is qulte too, too bright green and blue
For crltlcs like you and m?.
But hlther, my falihful frlenfl. hle hither.
Kor he hastoth for wfcom we vearn.
Intensely souudlng blasolemi zltlier,
Antuihn. our Master stern;
Mlxlng. wtth n.ag.c manlfold
llla umbers und nltramarlne*.
Till his eold ls tbe greene?t. greene<t enM,
And Bis grcens are the gokle*t greena.
And ever Uil* song. o* he fa-rtli along,
He flutes. till my tears dot.m atart ;
" (>. Osc?r Wllde. mv ehikl. my chlld 1
I only in Nature am Art I" A- P.4V
AUTCXS UATBB,
0 tlie leaves. tlie unalghtly t.rsres!
I.et us lienee to southern _eaa.
Whlsper Slotli and Coward Ease.
Not for ua the dry and B888.
Lot ua enoat the winter drear
We go wliere stately oleandera bloom
Palm and r>pr*s< und the mjwihVt aafl p*?rf?ima?
Where the balmv midland water getulv heave*.
Not by vou ve aMBBfeetof Baaaa,
Not by you. ve gliastly. a?ben, th ktic?* breathinf lear*
0 the leave?, the laaaortal toaaeal
To enwreathe tlie Yletor's BfOW,
vvbo, tho' winter tilaaapk ?o?
I'an dls.ein the far ott goal
Of th' e.nanrlpated <oul ?
spirlta acorning soft eapaaa, b.t aewaii bont
To stanch the wound-. of bllter d.T(it,te:.t.
Who howeth thus sli_.il merrilv brlng lu- ahesrea
With the l-avos. the lu-aliiig Ebbv**
Whau Eternal rqirlng awskes tbe Amsrantaine l.avea.
ITtANClSsT. JOHN TIUCKERVY
THE PICI OF lin.BSESA
Kroiu Th? I.dihIo.i Spectator.
lt is exceodlngly dilh. ult la understaud the rsa*e
of thls vlce, OT of BB reportcd iucrea>?. but wc Uicllae
|0 believe that while lt ls lu a few a sort of disease. It W
lu the niajoilty uothlng bul a low fonn of ??l_shne*a.
curable only by punlsluneui. whether the natural
punlfthmeut of starvattoa or an artliicial one. Tba
man hafr* tho self suppreaston luvolnd ln \.ork. lu?.
as a aavage doea: but N% can suppre** lilm<elf lf "?
rhoose*. and ii.va.talily doe* (BOaaa, lf for aov ree*,'m
lie pa-se* under the teurlhle tluugh avoUUbie dts>*ipll..a
of ? ronvlct prtson. ihe e? mpul.ion wlitch aaaauf
falls upon the tdle. take* XU* form ot bsd food. bad
lodAing. and want of tobacco aud beer j and it B not
sufticient. MirJi wants ar. all l.onible thing*. N?
thev are none of them so rorrible ?? steadv wer*1
whleh pre*?e? and t<*rtures. >,ud almost roaddcna th*
reallv fdle. Ju.t aa c.vill/.atinii. whlrh In it? '""'?'
ls amultitude ol M.iall reatmnt*. doe* the savace.
Thev will not put up with tbe suffeii.ni f<?< the tima
aaeaaaaas; to baaeh them that lt ts endurable, and au.
rather break aisav Into tho deae.t. aftaa a ?treet,
waara tlajeej B aan i.mtd to eat aud v?t>r t<? dnnh.
and ...? shelter. bal where ,?ls.. tbriv t. n<> work todo.
The vl.e ls itearlv lm or-Me, and we <t> ..?.t k'.."*?
that our anceator* were aawtaa when il.ex reck'M.e.1
It aaaoai the greater -li.s. OVvlaed tla.* manv savmga
vilileli I'lindemn lt. ar.d held r t<> be dc-.r\i.ig ol ?"x
l.imlsliu.ei.t aboti ot tha pattOWa. We eaaaal re?o t
BB tlw old BBBtbada. at letsst until -.s|,.t\ ha* grown
luarder: but we hwsirtilv wKh Oeueral liooth ronkl bs
allowed <? icrtaln tneas.ire of comput.oiv p.iaer. hs?
Ihe auperinleiidont. for example. of B ivfonuatorv
for ha would not healtate to nse it. and .< HBBB ma-*
men. ?av of taa ner eent BBsoaa his Baaf haa_Bj8.
patient.. As It ls. he will. we fesr. . . aboui threi
veam feel Jnstlited In tti-niiit: liN energle* t.i ?'"'"__r
fteld Of labar, wllh Uw* r?nvtctlr?i well grav<>d _*_?__{
msnd. that there are tandan?#s tn n.a.i whleh. ?"th'"
canaaaueneaa ta hia eotlal wall-aalaaa. all araata, ara
aa lajutau. ta tin bb uaAaataa ta vtaja