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LITERATURE.
What is Doing in France
and England.
THE OPKM.NG OF THE SPRING TRADE.
Vail llauke's 'England in the
8eventeenth Cent iiry.
THE LIFE OF CASAUBOW
A New Edition of the "Works of
Saint9 Beuve.
ENGLAND.
London, March 2Z, 1875.
HI.sTOHY.
Anions Lite biggest of trie big books of I lie day la
the lino translation of Leopold Von Uanke's '-His
tory of England, principally lu tue seventeenth
Ceulnry," recently issued by the Clarendon press.
To Hie general reader the venerable German his
torian is chiefly kcowu as the author of thai his
tory of the Popes which furnished Lord Macauluy
with the material wher< ou to broCer o ie o; his
roost brill ant and memora ble essays?one from
which writers and s; e.ik rs oiten quote passages
or dtcia unconsciously, and lo wine i the students
of the present (feneration owe flu ciearin,.' tip of
the generalities 01 the prejudice whica obscure I
the juJgincut of their pre teccssors much inoru
absolutely than tliey are aware o(. This book,
which is In si.\ volumes, will probably find
no interpreter, as w.is the last and the be.<t of ihe
l{reat whig w riters, wno possesied a' once real and
active prtncl '.eH, vital political beliefs, eieg.iut
scholir-Mp and a style. Supposing it :o be ac
cepted that it is too cynical to doubt ihe existence
oi the principles and ;he creed in these latter day-,
it must be admitted that there la a crying want of
etjle. Who-nail popularize Iianke on William ot
Orange an i the hydra-headed problem of European
polit.es during the might and me decadence of the I
tiran-l Montt(|ti?? This voluminous work is ot vciy
treat int'-rcr. though Ihe trail-lator has adhered
rather :oo closely to the text of the original in the
descriptions of p:.ice> ana persons in England;
the loitijm phraseology renders them difllcu t of
reeonni loa. 'Ibis is. i.uwover, l>ut a slight defect,
and the novel poiut of vie* irotn w Idch the reader
Of RaiKe's U.iior) i< called upon to regard tne in
vasion of England t>y Wlhtam of Orange, who
Is represented not as a solitary adven
turer rlgnteously availing himself of a
period of national danger and disquiet,
but as tr.e trustej delegate of a European
oombtuRtiou against France, a most houorable
tool, in luct, but ?till a tool has ail the interest of
novelty. Wo are too iiltls accu-tomed to eut vcy
our .wn history irom the European standpoinr.
Thm book is a step in a desirable direction, t iongh
It may hurt o;ir pride a little to discover tnat our
"gloriou-" involution m held to have been effceteu
b.v tieruiau comblnat.o s, cictated tiy German
foretell:, and in l!.e leading and spcciiic Interests
o' (ieiniany.
THAVKL.
liouts o! travel arc not verj abundant junt iiu>< .
We iiu?i -iK'a n pictiior. of theui at tne beginning
or me winter tnat wt cannot complain or having
to jith'e imttgrt now for a white, especially aa we
have tne prospect of a for: booming work on
AtUantce iroin M?J >r Hurler's eminently pic
pen. au<! oi tne records or the Cameron
expedition *o the L'ulaba, anl also oi tne reprint
of the deeply interesting serf .-a o uapers now
being i ubn-bed piecemeal ;n MlaticiruoiTii jiaja
gtne under the tills of The Abode or bnow.1'
Mr. Gasketl's "Algeria ai It In," is one oi the
most rice tit book* OI travel, and though
it ts not remarkable for litcrarj graces, it
is a very amrlc and painstaking descrip
tion or rhe Arab province whicn its French
eoLqneror? rem to mPnunage Foracbow, equal!/
hope.es?!y under each successive rtty/me. Mr.
Uaiakelt is piot>ai?y not aware, or be would have
made a telling point or it in his book, that an
Kngii-h cmi anv has Just actu.eJ a concession
for the making of a railroad In tne Province o
Oral, with a view to the encouragement or emi
gration. Tut strange lack of enterprise among
the t rench in mattets of this kind-a projector
the sort would fln<l neither < rtgin nor support in
P*r-?counts for much in tueir failure as cnlo
auia. Mr. <;a?kell draws liberally on preceding
writers in ids Uc-cripticna of the natives or Alge
ria, tkeir manners and lust ins, bnt be at least
puts the gl-i of tbeir t>o??i8 into bis own. It is
remarkab.e, however, mat he seems to have uo
knowledge of tne two best books which have ever
ceen written on their respective subjects?-Le
Sauel" and **(.e Sahara," l>y rromentin. if we
way leave speaking by the card or a whue and
atray into the regions or contemporary French
literature, we should like to direct attention to a
work by M. licnry Havard, on "Lea Villes Mortes
du Zu'der-z?e.''
This hook has jn?t been published In Paris, by
Plon, and, in addi'lon to its intrinsic interest as
a picttn ??|UC fle-criptlon or those wonderfol old
Dutch tow a wbO(.c existence seems %j be as
much severed irom that oi the outlying world as
the life of the lacQ-trlne per oil itself, It hsa the
extrinsic importance, which is t>eginntng to atta* h
iiaeir to Holland. tier toe years of p< aceful oh
sourliv whi'-h that r??:n and bjjipy little conntry
has enjoy -d in consequence of trie meuaced coup
of Ucimany. The I>ook la very plea?ant reading,
full of tbe frankness and *an? qtnr witn wnich
Frenchmen reconi.t tbCir travelling experiences,
an I It presents an extraordinary pictnreoithe
unchanged medltrvslism oi the curions tow.is
which stud tiic shorts oi tbe daogerou* Zu>der
?re, whose cirumnavifation offers points of re
markable philosophical and ethnographical Inter*
eat. Probably not a doz'n Dutchmen have ever
made this voyage, and we do not recall any
record of us having been made oy English a t
ists or tout,?ta; though it offers to rhe one class
the attraction of extraordinary flciuicsqnene ss,
and to the other those u?uatiy lrreai-tible of
trouble and difficulty. m. Havard accounts for
the Hatch iBdiffeien- e to their living antiquities
by their excsaive cxriuclmH tit dor her, or. an we
snail t-Mlt It, tne "paroobta.'' spirit which limits
each mao to his own actual m lift*, and lor the
rarity or visits tothe?e curions cine* by foreigners
by the little that is known about them, and the
absence or any organize*! "service" r>y which they
can be reach* d. H* l? justly enthusiastic aiH>ut
tne pleasure to b ? rterived from -sailing upon a
?ea of < omparal vely n*w formation, which nas
existed for a few ^entqries only, but on whose
abotea <itie? or unrivalled power and wealtn once
flourished; to heboid tbtse cities in their acrvile
decrepitude; to visit Mtenuiit and Sta
vorctn before the grass has hidden their
wa.is away forever and their names
are struck out from the map of the la>w
Countries;'' in glowing and persuasive term*.
No l>o?>k since Cap.ata Hatehln<oa's "Try Lap
land" hsa given ns glimpaea or tuch primitive
life and isolation withoit savagery. Knteeo
years ago. !.ord ftotLest unrte au expedition, as
Lord Milton did, a-??n: the same time, or a little
later, to tne latt-ka'ciiewan. He has thought
proper to publish, at this distance or tim?, a hand
somely illustrated work, deacrlptlve or his trave.s
la the Hudson Hay Territory. There la nothing
new, except that which N merely i srsonai in the
volume, and thrro 1s quite too much bnffaio
ehootiui; for the publ c appetite, much jaded
In cicht vcaenisof fh_? sort wnere It hai bad a
surfeit in flfte-n jenr-. 7t? bi ffi o rais ought to
be interdicted iikc tne N w /eaiandcr, the ??biticr
em." and the "gemot purest ray serene"?tho
Utter, t>y the bje, h.:s rrated so i.e lime ia tne
?'d^rg unfs't.aaia'i cav f of nan/*
up 0 urnr.
I.i Mopripty. the "i aic Ua aaboa. ' by Mr.
rattisoa, toe reotor of Lincoln College, la the
moat remarkable book of the season, The quidnuncs
will hare It that George Eliot Intended her Mr.
Oasaubon who married the charming Dorothea,
the herotue of "Middlemarch," as au actual por
trait. transferred to modern times, of the great
| scholar, tne ?oluary bookworm of the Ueiorma
: tlon period, who was bored to death by the mill
i tury and political affairs of his sovereign master
' HenriQuaire, and who. alter sixteen consecutive
! hours' study, recorded the fact In his journal
thus:?/loitie vlxt; and who regarded Ms trains
| as direct uuisances, amid ntudiorum tMorum
inimtct. This may or may not be. It appears
' that the original Casaubou found iwo wives, for
all tus studious ways an 1 dislike of human society,
aud hud considerable trouble with it li.rge and
| sickly a mil j, and. no doubt, ha was as disagree
able. aud unlucky au luilvidtial as Dorothea's
Casaubou, especially as lie neglected his t'uo
vocation, the highest order of criticism?
in its inlaucy tu his time?:o pluage, with all the
ardor of a sixteenth century Dr. Kenealy, into
tlie study oi theology, whi(.i was getting mixed in
his time. Mr. l'atttson, who ts a llrst rate acholar
and critic himsoir, haa done his subject ample
Justioa and produced a highly valuaole and intsr
estiugoook; but the picture of the student is,
after all, a sad one, for ho was a meuuuhufy per
son, perpetually haunted by a regretlul sense or
the shortness of hunun llfo, of the Inudjquacy of
its opportunities to its desire3. The best known
or his achievements is his "Athentrus," a work
Immensely prized by scholars. Mr. Paulson tells
us that while Casaiibon wrote Latin and Greek
with equal lacillty and habitually thought in either
01.e or the other, be spoke his na'ive language ;
(Frenc i) liko a peasant.
gUAKKSI'EARK.
The latest addition to our SnakcpearUn liters
lure?a literature wtilch has be.'oiuj so ponderous
and oewildorlng that one -ometluiea feels the wi.-h I
to sweep it away oodliy and forget It, returning
to the pure and simple enjoyment of the mind or ;
tne master, unobscured uuu unencumbered by I
the Interpo3.tlon or other m nds nnd the
subllcti-a of our interpretation?is "A Critical
Study of the Mill I anil Art of Shakespeare," by j
Edward Dowden, who is rrolessor of English !
Literature in the l uiversliy of Dublin, and Vice
Prosideutof tiis New Shakespeare Society. The j
book is a reproduction and rearrangement of the
Proiefcsor'a ? says aud lectures on the same sub
ject, wt.irh raised him long since to the foremost
rank among the Shakespearian critics, and seems '
to uh to be a nVttmc' ot ail that one needs to I
know, outside his text, about Shakespeare I
Professor Do Aden deduces Shakespeare from the
Elizabeth. <n axe, showing the point# of contrast
and of difference, and traces his life and bis
mental and spiritual development through the
amazing succession of lit- works, irom the S'ur/n
una Prang ported (as Goethe says of himself) of
Itomeo and Hamlet, to tne contemplative peace
and retirement of the ??Winter's Tale," ending
with a qualur, persuasive conceit, in which ho
shows how, in the 'Tempest," Prospero, the j
magician, having roared and brought his art I
.Miranda) to full siaiure and periectlon, hands |
tier over to the fostering care of Fletcher (Per il- j
nauu) for all the future. Mr. Dowden's siylo Is i
exceedingly lucid and graceful, and the book is ,
del ghiful reading as a scholarly appreciation.
ANKCOOTKS.
Mr.Barlng-Gouid has recently given us one of
those remarkable recur,is which he produces with
facility aud frequency wortr.r of Mr. Timos and ;
Mr. Thorn bury. Tliiatime ho goes afield no lurtncr
than Yorkshire, and a lertile fl Id in incidents, 1
od'.itles and strange events he find.- it. lta;.pcars
that Yorkshire is especially productive of ec en- |
trie C.eiyymeu, and we rather wonder, when he
was like lite witches, "about if," that U e did not
fin ! materials in the curious life of the itev. Pat- j
r;ck Pri.nty, other yIjc Urontii. n.o father of "cur- ;
rer Deli." The home Hie of the author ot "Jane
Eyre" would supply many a contribution to the
hisioiy of the oddities or Yorkshire. The fascina
tion ot books of anecdote is difficult to account
lor. One generally takei iheru op with a conten
tious sense of antazo Jtsra, but one ends by read
ing them right turouuh.
FICTION.
Mr. Wilkle C fins' new novel, "The Law and
the Lady," u reprinted from the Graphic^ In tbreo
volume iorm, by Messrs. Chatto A Wicdus, who
are taaulng several editions or Mr. Coilini' novels.
It Is a never piece or construction, but aa a -torj
hopelessly unnatural, while the chief personage
introduced, a man without legs, is a repulsive
monater, from tue contemplation of wnose moral
nature 'he reader turns away wuo dlagnst ami
abhorrence. Ous la at a I' as to understand tit j
motive which induces Mr. Wilkle Collins thus to
exaggerate and dive into tne wildes paradox the
tngctiious conceptions which, more rationally
treated, might attract as well as astonish. VI:tor
Hugo knew bet'er, when lie gave as "iiaas
d'lMiand'-." tlun to n,ake the monster aij
monstrous, and the other persons or tbe
story all vulgar eccentrics. Tne n.'ual
absurdities ??? Journals, written up to tne
last moment 01 tremendous crisis, and
elaborately setting down the in Mder.ta of ever*,
day lne like a pi-aci* verba! arc not spared in this
work, and the heroin?Is wore decidediy un pleas
ing than even t ie gifted and charming Impostor,
wh'i, under the title of "iue New MngdaMB" illus
trated tbe wnolo duty or society in general and
clergymen in particular. Apropos or Mr. Wilkle
COiiina, it may Be mentioned that "Armadale" is
about to lie dramatised and played at one of tne
leading tueatres during tne present aeaaoa. Mr.
Hardy is writing a novel 'or the cornhtB Jiagatine,
and Mrs. Fawcett, the wife or the blind Professor
and member or Parliament for llatkney. haa one
in tbe pie or wblcn rumor speaks blgniy. Miss
Thackeray's new serial In tfce Vornhtll Mayaztn^,
"Miss Angei. ' founded on the lite or Angelica
Kxurmann, in a very poor and equally pretentious
production. By dint or word?painttng tola
auiiioreaa has ion all the lorm and
su'istanca her style ever poa>essed. in
the first utiravr there was a chapter
about Venice which wa a tr. r* caricature or
Ruskin.and in tne second tuere Is s chapter about
line soe.ety and Mr Joshua (then Mr.) Reynolds
whira ti a mere caricature or eom' or har ra:ber's
social sketches In ihc "Virginians.'* Mr?. Oil*
pbant'e very latest novel "Valentine and Hta
Brother" is an improvement upon 'lla>" and "in
no 'eat." tie two inanities wfeiah ?he ha recontiv
perpetrated. Mrs. OUpnant use I to beacltvr-r
noveaat. she has bccome a mere nianoiacturer of
fiction ot late, and the Undent <r tle cannot pr<
ten 1 to llnd any remains >4 tu<* tormer charm in
her hasty, lil considered and disorderly compo.'l
tan.
Mr. William Blaet has received very gracious
nonce from the Queen, ?h admires his ' I'rinc ss
of Thule ' -n much that sue has rfqueand Lady
At>er> lunitr to paint lor hev a pi uire represent
ing Htiet'i^ the nerome of the story. The pictare
has j .'t 'wi n vnplsted and sent to lad<or.
FRANCE.
Pari.- Ma-<:??, it74.
L*? iKMilfiH I.CXMS. P.j M. Bainte-Beuve.
A o w edition has appeared or ti e late M. Kiiafe
Beim'a ??Lund.*'1?Monday critical essays origi
nally contributed to tne otatm. P .Inte-Benvo waa
not a critic who nought himself quits tow.ird a
iiook when he had analysed Its concnts aud
emit ed au opinion oti thei'-s-yie and scop *, lie
was a dis^'tor, who probed deep Into the under
lying spirit! or great H'erary works, and wl o,
the better to do this pried taqnUitlvelv Into ttie
lives and charactore or the aatbora. Ills eseaya
ar short Wojraphle*, or pen ;iyi ink sko'chea,
of ?n aimi- iU'ly viv.d. Mo man ever lolly annj
up to the high standard of excellence which
WAinte Beuve proposed to mankind both to litera
ture an i politics, aud it follows that even those
with whom oe was dl-po?ed to deal tenderly iro
made by blm to appear several cnt.lig it's t*il
than tt.elr friends fan led th^m to be. Iiutindu!.
geoce w is not M,?mte-B?uve'i falling. it would
bedim ait to n iine a rrmamtnan or eminence
wno had aj many acq :a>nMn e? and so lew
friends. Tne eautral n^nrj in a lUtle coierie of
witty atheists who enlivened Parisian so< lety
from 1830 to 1870, he Judged ail writers by fixed
canons, whereof tbe firs condemned lervent
Christians. I.ike Voltaire he was kind to the
bmb who lookad astiaui" i of ins raith. but
bad no pit/ lor one who expressed his be'.lof openly.
Christians frequently retaliated on halnte-Beuve,
and he never lorgave them, lor he added to the
merit ol being a vuroroas poiennat that or being a
first cliM8 hater. It is gooa to see now, in hla
essay on Balzac, he repays a grudge wnich the
great novelist had contraoted by ridiculing him as
a pedant in "Un Prince de la Itohdme." Bal
zac Dad poked lun at tho critic's style. SaysSainte
Beuve, alluding to Balzac's own style, "It Is dry
and slipshod; but let us beware ol dwolliug on It
left wq should lapse into imitation." For tnose
w ho can read between tlio lines tho essays abound
with little sha ts of this sort, levelled in reprisal
lor the stabs or wounded novelists and poets, and
one is compell?u to laugh, even though many of
the stuctures are uujust. in the present
two volumes, which contain only tne
essays published from 1K2I to 1839 (they
were contalued In the Conatltutlonnel Montteur
un I Ten>i>a till the date ol Salnte-Bcuve's death,
18C9) more ti.an lorty French ana foreign authors
are reviewed, and there is not one of the essays
but can iiirntsh valuable hints In composition to
young authors. Hainte-lieuve was a savant, ills
erudition wus both varied and deep, his taste
faultless, bis shrewdness for detecting the strong
and weak points of a witter singularly keen. Nor
cau it be contended that lie wus in general other
wise than a lair critic. Good hater as he might he
personal unimosity never biiud"d him to the
merits of an adversary, and he would orten begin
an essay with a leellng eulogy of a man he dis
liked, thereby giving greater taitness to the dash
oi verjuice he would throw in at the end. It Is
impossible not to enjoy these essays, the? are so
forcible and malicious, so scholarly and chatty.
They also abound with anecdotes which give them
the luterest of a book of memoirs?racy memoira
too.
L'Anxee Poutiql'K. Par Andr<3 Daniel. Paris:
Charpontier et Cle. 1875.
This work Is a new essay in French periodical
literature, beinu the first publication ol a proposed
annual register or political ovents throughout the
world. It contains the history ol the year 1871
with a copious lutrodujtion, detailing the causes
which led to tho overthrow of Thiers In May, 1873,
and the collapse ol the schemes lor a monarchist
restoration In the following November. M, Daniel
is accurate aDd painstaking, and possesses that
clearness iu nurrativu whtca Is such an admirable
characteristic ol hla countrymen. Of course he
would liavo been moie than a mortal Frenchman
had he connived to speak of Kncil*h affairs with
out Introducing "le Vriggisme" into the situation;
but his accounts of the trausfer of power which
last year witnessed both in tlm lulled .States and
Great Britain are eminently satisfactory and con
cise. Luddity and brevity: those are the quali
ties which constitute history.
Hixtoirk r?E i a Transmission i>n rotrvout Impk
iii al a Komk kt a Tonstantinoflh. Par ai
plionse Pail.ard, Aucien Piciet. Paria: E. Plon
et Cie. 1876. #
This is a curious and learned work, written bv a
former Prelect of the Second Empire. Its design
Is to show the stability of Koman imperial lnstltu- |
tions, both in the capital of the West and in later
ages at Constautlnop o. From the tyranny of a
Caligula or a Do mi linn M. Palilard appears to
draw tho Inference tnat the Empire must have
possessed an Inherent excellence lo survive It.
But. It is not necewary to accept tho political con
clusions ol the author to appreciate the worth of
his labors. Iu the compass ot 600 pages he sum
mnnzes with careful accuracy ti.e history of l,6oo
years. One remark of his deserves to be quoted,
If only as showiug that new rfraeaios for the
political maladies of Franco are never likely to
fail in number or variety. M. Paillaid'* ide t Is,
that altor the plvlrttcite of May, 1870, the son of
Napoleon III. ?h< uld have been associated with
his lath r in the imperial authority. Ilence (he
probably imagines) the course of government
would have continued unbroken after Sedan and
tne captivity ol the elder monarch.
Du HEUIMK PES rr.AVAfX PTOLfCa EN AJ?OI,E
tekrk. Par CU. De Krunquevilie. Pans: Uacriette
etcie. 1875.
M. do Franqueville Is a iMstlugalnhed official In
tue Kronen Departmsnt of Public Works. He bSs
travelled in England, be has seen Parliamentary
Coruuiit ccs.it worn, he hag spoken to gueral
manager* of railways and careiully studied Eng
lun legislation on tbe subject. He baa, in stiort,
spated to pains to make his work complete
and exhaustive. It consists or four tblck sized
volumes, which tn spue of tne dryness of tbe
them?, hare already reached a second edition. M.
de Franqueville arrives at tbe conclusion that he
could not rccommend the French to adopt tbe
KogUah system, or rattier, no-system of public
wcrk?, though lie H convinced that It ts suited to
the temper oi the Engl jn people and to tbe greater
wealth oi th ir country.
nuKcirm de science Aaaoum. Par IL James
Ihomaun. Paris: J. Koibxchud. 187S.
M. Tnoras -n s very learned work bear* a sec
ond or explanatory (itle?viz., "Questions of Ab
solute .science, or Science uastd l'po:i a Natural,
Integral. Analogical Reduction oi the Unity or
the Absolute Pact." This sentence alone requites
careiui digestion, and the reiu under of the book
is filled with equally weighty matter. But it must
not be landed that toe book is tedious; on tbe
contrary, It is just such a one as Charles Lamb
would have loved to saunter tnrougn, passing
trom grave o g iy, Iro n lively lo severe, trom his
tory to phllo.-;o, by, trom theolopy to pod tics, sure,
wherever h- paused, t? be arrested by some wild
flower ot thongbl, for Mr. Thorn on ts lettered oy
tbe trammels oi no conventional school. It abould
be adde<1 tbat, notwithstanding th ? purity or bis
French, tbe auttorN knowledge of biblical lore
betrays bis Anglo-Saxon nationality.
Camix* DuiKHJLllia*, Ac. Par Jules C aretle.
I'^ri-: K. P.on et l ie. 1N75.
M. Claretie always writes agreeably, and ne has
made the history oi tbe French u-volutioi bis
special 4tndy. He is at borne, not enly in tne Na
tional Convention, but In the drawing ro ms as
well ?? the garrcta, or 17W-M. The interest of tbe
present work canlrea In the beaut, ful and accom
pli ned Ln llle Desinouiins, tor Camiiie himself
wa-; or a wasp'sh and unsuitable disposition and
ha-i been somewhat unjustly Idealised by pos
terity.
Among tbe bltberto unpublished documsnts
consulted by M. Claretie are tbe "Note*" taken ?>y
Tojiinn-Lebrun, a juror ot the Revolutionary Tri
bunal at tint trial of Manton, Camilla, Pabre d'Eg
l.intme and their mends?materials which would
tourer 'he highest value on a less entertaining
bo k than that or M. Claretie.
Pass* sr PaBMKXT. By "Mem ir." Paris: Plon et
Cie.
ruder the pseudouym of "Metnor" a distin
guist.ed Prencb diplomatis. lias published a abort
snd lively b.ok treating of ^he policy pursued by
Prussia lowsrd France within the last ten years.
Fr? ncn minds are ua uraliy atlii sore at the events
or is;o 1. snd one must not expect a Frenchman
to be very dispassionate tn leviewtng events
which havo brongbt bts c iintry to ru.n. Never
theles* not bins is advnncerf In trie preheat book
but what tne anthor ha* authority lor. OOlciai
documents are quoted, and several snecdotes of
royal and Mi-marckian savings are given, anon aa
could only be within tno cotrnizauce or a man
having held high position. Ibe conclusion sub
mitted to us ts tbat Herr von flismarck inveigled
tne l-rcacb into a trap, and we readily accept it;
so probably does Princa Bismarck. That grest
statesman doubtless looks upon it as his title to
glory tr.at lie lulled tbe French Emperor Into a
landed secnritv, and led him on by adroit
play to seem the aggressor In a war of which
lie w?? to be the victim. But this Is tke object or
diplomacy, and if to lowly minds it be areary, and
rvan revolting to resd o: the chicaneries of state,
cratt, "n- e*n only reca.i PaimcrsUin's placid
reply to a French Ambassador who complained of
mtvitir been overreached by btm, that ills Lord
siitp bud nover oonuted politics auKmir the mora:
sci- nc;r. We wonM csil the rasder's attention
to the pi -ages in this book, which prove beyon I
question that tbe (ierm?M connived at tre Com
mune and assisted the iastirg nti to prolong
tbsir resist: nee, and also to "XettMf's" remarks
on the attltnds of England during the Franco,
?ie-ma:- war. Mentor fcvtals that Mr. Gladstone
tv.v a ?. <-u sympathizer Willi Germany, anc thai
l,ord firanviilc w.ts too much ot a courtier to balk
the who, Irom Brst to last, strenuously
opposed f-v interference on beiialt or Fran< o. "It
was tinioi .uhate,'' adds Mcmor, "tttat Lord pur.
endon should have die.i aeforo tha war. f'>r he at
least was a true friend of France and a dtactple of
Palmeraton in all that concerned tne maintenance
or tne balance of power In Europe " It would
bare been more correot to Mate that Lord Claren
don was a Booapartlst, and, bad be lived, we
fancy his lofluenoe would Have been oBeful rather
In dissuading the Emperor from undertaking the
war than in saving France afterward from its
terrible conscquencea.
"Lt FlIiU UB LA COMEDIENNE" AND "LTlERITAOK
d'Akthi h." By Hector Malot. I'urls: Michel
Levy Brothers.
Tnese two novels form one and are devoted to
I the relation of how a kind-hearted but weak
beaded nobleman was harrassed on account ol his
large fortune. Arthur, Marquis de Kudemout, was
the son of a grand seigneur, who, on dying, prayed
bim to seek out two distant relatives to whom a
debt of gratitude wan owing, and to befriend
them. These relatives were one Faba ac Csique
but and his sister Sophie. Tnclr lather it was who
had laid tne old Marquis under an obligation to
him; but they themselves were a worthless pair,
and when Arthur, piously obeying bis father's
dying wish, takes them to his chateau and bids
them consider it as their home, they interpret this
invitation to the letter. Soon a plan la formed
between them for lndnctng Arthur to make a will
in their favor. Fabu being covetous for his own
sake, bophlo for that of her son. Unfortunately
before their scheme has ripened, the Marquis re
ceives a letter from Emma Lajolats, a Parl-l 111 ac
tress, formerly his mistress, who, writing frutn
her death bed, declares that she tias bad u child
by him, and bequeaths him the charge or bringing
up tnls little waif, who has now grown up to be u
pretty girl of fourtoen. There Us nothing to prove
that Denise Lajoiais is m reality the Marquis'
child, tor the actress was not renowned for the
conataucy of her affections. Nevertheless the
Marquis rakes her to his estate and engages a guv
ernes.t tor her. Hero the plot ror Arthur's mil
lions begins to thicken. Ck'mence iseaujoniuer.
the governess, is the wire of a dissolute cavalry
officer, and a very pretty, designing woman. Hbo
loses no time in setting her cap at tbo Marquis,
nukes bim fall into her toils, and then
sets herselt to outwit for her private advan
tage the machinations of the Fabus Caquebuts.
They, on their side, do their best to weaken her
U'fluence with the Marquis, but are not successful,
Several years are spent in these struggles of
roguery; but, meanwhile, an attachment nas
sprung up between Louis Caquebut, the sou of
Sophie, who is an honest young barrister, and
Deuise Lajoiais. Mmo. Heaujonnier fearing that
these young pcoplo may succeed In becoming the
Marquis' heirs (though tbey are mating no
efforts to this end) causes Deuise to be placed in
a convent, and then proceeds to encourage the
Marquis in a course of Intemperance and dissipa
tion, which rapidly hurries bliu to bis grave.
Arthur is not to be prevailed upon, however, to
mane a will in eminence's lavor, and, accordingly,
the latter seeks the alliance of a priest,
and tuey two between them bring the
now half insane nobleman to bequeath all
bis property to a monastic institution. The secret
understanding being that this Institution shall pay
t'l?mence 400,000 Irancs of the legacy. But tins
move does not lead to the results which the wily
governess expectcd, for when tne Marquis is dead,
the monastic establishment declines paving her a
sou. We are promised a sequel to this narrative,
but tbc two books btiore us terminate with the
discomfiture of CU'meuce Beauionnier, while Louis
and Dcnibe, the goody-goody characters or the tale,
arc married. and, though poor, seem to be happy.
The story is an Interesting one, the serious strata
gems to wntch cupidity pushes people are amu
singly told, and the dialogue is as French and
vivacious as you please.
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.
(lautler's "Winter In Russia" was such a success
that Holt A Co. arc going to puultan bis "Constan
tinople" before Ion?. Tbey will aeon issue Taint's
"Notes on Parts,** being the life and opinions of
Mr. TUomas Uraindoge, dealer in olla and salt porlc
at Cincinnati.
Marlon Harland Is preparln7 another book of
receipts, which she hopes will be as succcssiul as
her "Common Sense In Her Household."
Mrs. E. Lynn Linton, author or "Patrica Kern
ball," is writing a new novel, to be called "The
Atonement 01 Leam Dundas."
Miss Emily Paithiull is giving a sfrtes of readings
from the potts, at her bouse in Norfolk square,
London.
The PortJbHo, tor April, Is unusually rich In pic
tures anil letter preas.
Kor ert Clarke A Co., of Cincinnati, have printed
a "Blbiiotbeea Americana," being an extensive
catalogue of American books for aale by loem.
There has been a remarkable fertility of late in
the proauctlon of new books on architecture and
the tine arts.
Mrs. Macqnold baa written a pleasant tonr
"Through Normandy," which A. b. P. Randolph
will reprint.
Macmillan A Co. will publish a work under the
title of "Tne Unseen Universe; or, Physical
Speculations on Immortality." It is said to be
the Joint work of two well known physicists.
The grangors are golnj to siatt a new marazlne
m tnclr interest, to be published by John P. Je wett,
who brought out "Uncle Tom's Cabin" iwetuy-flve
years ago.
The humorous poems and parodies of the lata
Mr. Shirley Brooks, editor of Puncfi, are to be col
lected and published.
Tne French war of 1870 la to be again wrttten up
by the Grand Duke of Mecnleaxjrg-schwerin, wno
bore a part therein.
"The Roman Catholic Directory lor 1875'' shows
the steady growth of that laith In England. The
Romiab clergy have increased during the year
from 1,962 to 1,738; and they have now l,Ml
churches, being an Increase or 18.
Mr. Proude nm been lecturing the English colo
nists oi Natal In South Africa on their want of in
] dsstry. Living in a rich agricultural district,
which would maintain 90,ooo,ooo of souls, they live
on American pork and Limerick potatoes.
More writings of the iate Sir Henry Holland have
been gathered, under the title of "Pragmcntary
I Papers on science."
Mr. Alvan & Southwcrth'a "Four Thousand
1 Mile" of African Travel,"' being a personal record
oi his journey up the Nile and to tne borders of
Central Africa, will shortly appear from the press
of Raker, Pratt A Co., New York.
We are to have a new "Life and Works" of the
great artist, Titian, from the competent banda oi
Meaara. Crowe and Cavalca?elie, whose "History
of Italian Painting" la the most modern work In
EngnsQ on that aubject.
M. A. Cliailamtl has put forth a beaatlinlly illus
trated book on tne toilet* entitled "Mistotre de la
Mode en Franco.''
Another of OctaveNreulliet's brilliant novels,
entitled "Un Cartage A la Mode," will be pub
lianeo as a aerial in the R-'c>te <tes imir utn&es.
Tne *ntur<iag Reitew finds Mr. NordhofTa ac
conntor the Sandwich Islands and the Pacific
Coast lively and readable.
Sheldon * < o. are aoont to oubUsh a new volume
of sermons by spurge^n, called "Types and Em
I biems."
The first volume of a new tranaiation or the
Testament, by Mr. Jobn Brown McClellan, is pub
lished oy Macmillan * Co.
In his work on "Christ and Other Masters" the
Venerable Archdeacon Hardwtck has made a care
rs! examination of the religions of Egypt, Med< -
Persia, India and Cnina, and even America and
uc^aoica.
A valuable and interesting work, entitled
"Monumental Ciiii'tlanity; or, Tne Art and Sym
bolism oi the Primitive Cnnrch a? Witnesses and
Teacners oi tne one Catholic Faith and Practice,"
by John I'. Lundy, Presbyter, win be published
t>o ore long by J. IV. Houton. The book will be
prowiy itiu?tratcd with designs collected irom
all part* or the world.
( 1 he famous French art critic. Ren$ Menard, la
writing a series of papors on "French Artists oi
ths l'/e?e?t yay" rpr the Portjblio, the periodical
e Ited by Pbliip Gilbert fiamerton. The aeries
w.u begun in the January number with Jules
I lire;on. Each arucis is illustrate I with a lac
s.mile euzraving from the most oeiebrated picture
or the artist.
A ?ouiig i.ciy living in Newark owns tne flrat
pair or shot' worn ur Lord Byron. Tbey
were given to the lady'a father by a daughter of
Byron's nurse, who lived in Elizabeth, N. J., some
forty yeats ago.
Messrs. O. P. Putnam a sons will publish imme
diately a volume selected from the ooirespond*
ence or the lato Mrs. Henry M. Field, to bo enti
tled "Home Sketches In Francs." Mrs. F1 Id's
powers of observation and vivacity of expression
will make this volume attractive to the general
public, as well as to a largo circle of personal
1 friends.
A gentleman from the western part or this
I State, bougnt a Bible of a Broadway importer a
lew days ago. for which he paid $10,000. The work
| was a library In Itself.
An American edition of White-Melville's "Kater
; felto" has been issued by Porter ic Coato*.
The poem, "Tho Follower," written br R. H.
Stoddard lor the April Harper, Is founded on fact.
Teuuyson's '-Idylls ot the King" have Just b?on
translated Into Swedish.
Tho Wordsworth family Is to be paid a copy
right of 600 guineas lor tbo forthcoming edition of
the late poet's prose works.
"Tho Norseman's Pilgrimage," by H. H. Boyc
sen, Is soon to be publlsued by Sholdon A Co. Mr.
Boyesen, who Is one 01 tho most promising young
authors of America, Is now a professor at Cornell.
He writes constantly for the North American Re
view, Scrtbner's, the Atlantic and Galaxy. His
??Gunuar" was a success. He is proicssor, critic,
sto-y writer, novelist and poet, with high alms,
enthusiasm and constantly improving nrt.
Harpsr A Brothers will soon punish "Safely
Married,'' a new novel, by tho autnor ot "Caste,"
and "Our Detachment," by Katnellne King.
M.vits' "Remains or Lost Empires" is running
through a second edition.
Harper A Brothers will publish In April King
lake's "invasion of the Crimea" and R. Bosworth
Smith's "MonuwmeJ and Mohammedanism." In
May ihey will publish Bishop Haven's Mexico.
J. It. Llpplncott & Co. have in press the "Life of
Edw in Forrest," by Rev. William R. Alger, illus
trated with numerous steel plate portraits. This
firm also announces "Slgna," a new 6tory, r.y
??Ouida," and "A Nameless History," irom the
Qermau of E. Marlltt. by Mra. A. L. Wlster.
SHIP BUILDING.
THE INDUSTRY IN NEW YORK AND VICINITY ?
WHAT IT WAS A FEW YEARS HINCE AND IS
NOW?THB OUTLOOK NOT VERY ENCOURAGING.
It seems somewhat peculiar to spoak of the Hhip
building interests of New York and vicinity.
Whore once a score of yards lined the East Rtver
and gave employment to thousands of skilled ar
tisans, but few now remain, and these find only
partial work. Yoavs ago, when there was a gen
eral movement in the ship building districts ot tbo
country to secure ii possible some relief irom un
friendly legislation, there were hopei of a change.
The inability to obtain the relief sought tor was
fatal to success. Tbe capital that had waited
In vain to pursue the old trac* or industry at the
shipyards was diverted to other cnannels and
became less and less powenui until it Is now or
but little moment. There wa3 a time when every
American lelt a Just pride in thoso wonderful
model* of naval arcolieeiure which gave our
builders such a pro eminence In the eyes or all
nations and enabled the Stars and stripes to load
tno van of commerce around trie wurld. But that
day is gone, and there seems to be a settled con
viction in the minds of many that tho supremacy
of the seas, now lost tons, will be difficult to re
gain. In ihe years ptecudintr tho war two-thirds
or threc-iourths of tne traitlc of the port 01 New
York came under the native bunting, but since
thenltha* stia llly decreu ed, until now the rel
ative position is oxacUv rerersen, more than two
thirds 01 the tonnage arriving aud departing irom
our harbor at tuts time being under ioreign colors.
As a nation tuls Humiliation Is deeply felt. It
needs no comment to impress these truths upon
every one who "has at heart the true interests of
nis country. A pitiinl policy ot legislation lias led
to tms remit.
THE WORK IN' HAND.
No better evide .ce Is nccassarjr to note the
apa:by in ship building tban to make a tour of ob
servation along the East River, in Green, olnt,
Hunter's Point and then around Corlcar's Hook,
ou tho city side, where vast hulls, full of harmony
and proportion, flowing lines and periect sym
metry, could once be counted by the dozen, there is
not now?with but a single exception?a vessel on
ti.e stocks; and this Is not the worst of it. Tne
outlook la drear and dispiriting. What little Is
being done in this industry may be briefly sum
marized as loilows:?
Mr. James U Van Deusen, foot ofNortb Seventh
street, Willrimsbnrg, uaa well advanced tbe large
schooner yacut Piying Cloud (or Vice Commodore
Garner, New Vers Yacht Clnb. tier dimensions
are 139 (eet ? indies Ofer all, 121 leet on tno water
line, *o teet 4 iscues beam aud 9 leet 4 inches hold.
Timber is being gut read; to bulla a North Kiver
barge of about 4t<0 tons, to be 1M leet long, 80 teet
wide snd 9 leet deep.
In couneotion will tbe belanuter Iron Works,
Hr. Van l>i*useu is building a composite steamer
(or the United .States coaat Murvey. She la 130
teet in leniith, 2a feet beam, 7 leet deep and -.-a
tons burden.
A miiiiili steam yacht wilt also be commenced in
a law uays wnicn is expected to be very last.
Mr. Van Ueusen in aooiu twetvc montiis has
launched tnc New Usaiord propellers Ciiy oi
i'ltchburg and t itjr oi New Bedioru?staucu, last
?uu serviceat) e r?ouun p**,e?ger crait; a steam
boat, 175 ieet long, is teet besui and # test o inches
noid, lor parties iu Kto Janeiro; also the tugooat
s. J. Weed, ot 196 ions, lor service in tue harbor.
At the jaru oi Messrs. John Knglis A >ou,
Orceiuioini, wort has ceased entirety, ihey have
in iraiue a ateamei ordered by the Charleston
?teamsmp Company, /4u leet lonir. as ieet wido
aud 21 ieet deep. nut for some unexplained rea
son the hands were laid oiT two mourns ago, and
have nut resumed work, although it is said tucy
will attain prouoeu some utuo tins inoniu.
Lawrence * K uikc* ar? not doing anything.
Recently tnsy lauuci.ei a sldewtieci i?oat lor tue
Tr^Moence xcamnuat Company, vo use tbe place
oi rtic Ktver IK'ne, burned last jear lu tne harbo-,
wniie uu tne uue heu<v to sandy iiook. t*i?6 is
at>ou< -joo ieet long. I his done, toe yard was
cioaed until another job t? secured.
At the continental Iron Works, Oreenpolnf,
they are preparing to ship in sections to ?.tn Fran
Cisco the dounic tut retted monitor Monaduock.
?ne is aw Met between perpendiculars, a ieet
wide at lower edge oi a.mor alien, 6<i leet s.'<
inches wide abreast tbe a r in or, 68 ieet :o inches
extreme width over armor and 14 ieet s tucnei
deep irum bottom oi keels on plate to top oi main
necK beam*, iois is a douoie skin snip, aud is
titled ?nh a ram. H-r armor is well protected,
and the plaun* or ttiat ttiu knes* snd quality to >
resut tb ? most destructive modern projectiles. I
Tbe Monadnock will t?e put togetner in ?*n Fran,
cleco snd stationed tti re tor harbor deience. 1'bls I
complete* tae work of tne Continental men la tne i
ship uuiiding Hue.
Messr*. 0. & R. Poillon, foot of Bridge street, ,
Brooklyn, nave no new work in hand.
Measrs. Boggs A Hard, ureenp nit, are taking to ,
piecca a light drait stvamnoat preparatory to ship
it in sections to l>emerara.
Mr. Heury steers la nut doins anything, out
hopes soon to ue busy <>u a large joo.
Mr. Lennox, In s^uth iiruuKiyn, is millding tbe
hull oi a steam yacht lor Mr. Jacoo Lorillard.
,ihn presents in a utiishell tne whole oi tbe >
koi k now in proa res* aoout Me w Tork. Hie Wcojs,
; West< rvelia, Coliyert, Joyces, Kooseveita, fuckers,
1 Stacks, W ni>lock' an t u net fatnhiar names in tne ,
| amp-building trade have passed away, and are +
oniy rememt>ered when reiereace is made to the ,
1 period wntcn placed tne country tne largest ship- |
| owner in tue World, men we were growing at a !
i rata mat made it certain tbe supremacy and the i
i sceptre oi the seas would soon uevolve upon Uncle I
8am. lint the dark cioud or war arrested tue i
' rapid progress be ng made and darkened the san- |
gmue expectations indulged In. ana unwise legis
lation completed tue stor>, notil now tne niincest i
political econumist must note something startling
in tne exhibit.
thi otm.oox.
All the bnilders agree mat tnere U bnt little, If
any, inquiry in relation to new vessels, coast
wise trade is almost etagnsnt. bnt little being
dune with Charleston, Mavaunaii or N-w uriMua, I
l lie condition oi tie business witu the latter port
la flat mceed. Messrs. C. II. Matlory S Co. recently \
wttnorew their steamers from tne route and laid ;
them up in Williamsburg. Mr. F. Uaaer aiao dis- I
continued the running of his *teamers to that ?
I port, icavinir tbe old i.rnui well line master ot tno !
situation, bai the ween lollowlng the witndrawai
ot all opposition venseis their regular haturday
steamer leu port with tint nair a cargo, i bis de- :
cilne is due to reasons sufficiently uovions to all
who know anything oi the condition of businesa
aflairs at the s >utn.
IK ntO?PIROt7S ttmm.
I Contrast the miserable exhibit given above with
tb? flout laiung condition oi tne industry Just pre- I
; coding an'i . unug t ie first year or so of tue war,
and it will be seen how rathlesaly the infer- ;
est tins veon craMea. Vessoli ior every section
ot tne gione were being constraoted, 'hose t?nt!d- '
lng ror tbe trade in cnina being specially promt- |
nem. A few leaves trjm the b^oks ot too Hoard
ot l oderwrlters will fully prove this as.<erilon.
In and about New York alone thero. werd built, !
taunchtd ana equipped in tbe *oart imi-2-3-4 tka I
following steamers over 1.000 tons burden, CM
number oelow that figure being equally great:-*
JV<? nr. ftNUMMf. Builarr.
liable 1 Ml....Jseob Wesutrvelt.
11 1 am) ?Lawrence A Koulkss.
Hiang-K? 1 9>....Lmwriucf A I'Oulkea.
United Mates 1.08V...C. A B. Kmllon.
{,?orK? Washington.. 1.2M. .. .Boose velt Jovce A Go.
Che Klang 1.265... henry .steers
fob-Kieii 2,094.,.. lleury .steer*.
George from we 11 1.2M... .Boosevelt, Joyce * Oa
Morning star 1,91/....Boosevelt. Joyce A Oa
Evening .star 1.817.... Room velt. Joyce A Co.
Neptune 1,341... J. A J. b. Van UeiHelL.
ft?1*"* 1.341....J. A J. B. Van Deuseu.
Gluucus 1,341....J. A.I. H. Van Deuscn.
Galatea 1.341....J. A.I. B. Van lieuien.
Proteus 134J. ...j .* j. m. Van Deusen.
Kahtadiu l 004....John Knglin A Son.
Golden i.'ity 3 "36.... William 11. Webb.
Mississippi tl>7?....William II. Webb.
1 oil 11 tieiitMl 1,1.0....H. Mied'li.
rity ol Boston 1,424.. ..Sue.lull A llowlanit.
City of New York 1,424... .Sneden A Bowland.
: untlugo do Cub.t .... 1,1150 J. .-.iiiioihoii.
Constitution 3,44U....Willlum il. Webb.
hiaug-lso 1,100.... Lawrence A PoulkS*
llu (jiiaug 1.4 '0. ...Henry Bteers.
Klrecraikoi 1.046?John i. mil is A Hon.
New Knglancl ? ....John Eur Is A Son.
City of Norwich ? ....John fc-nglis A *ou
Ku-Kuang 1,0.'.' John Knglis A Hon.
Commodore 2,0:4 J. Shnonson.
Wustcrn Metropolis... II,.lid ...If. Z. Tuckcr.
Morguue 1,297 John hnglis A Hon.
Warrior 1,5/3. ...J. A. J. B. Van Demon.
Oritlaminr 1,210 ...I.awrcnce A Konlkcs.
Sacramento 2,6i7....William II. Webb.
Go.ilen Kuio 3,0.S0 .. .Henry atccr*.
Co'opaxi 1.125....C. A it. Pot ion.
lung Mtuev l,l? ...e.. B. Whitlock.
My mouth Roc* 1.7-3 Lswreuco A Koulkca.
Suevo Nana l.Httl John Kngl.s A iSon.
Kire yueeu 2.03S . .John ling IH A .sun.
iierinau Livingston... 1 34*. ,.Lawren e A Koiukcs
Electra 1.44^ Van Deusen Bros.
Oceatius 1,442.,..Van Deuscn-tiros.
Monterey 1,1.4....Webb A Boll.
Mariposa 1,160....Webb A Bell.
Guiding Star 2,421.... Koose velt. Joyce A Co.
Motro Castle 1.9S7 J. A. Westerreit A Bon.
Yetso 1,217 ...J. Minousou.
/?Jax 1.337. ...C, A .t. i'oillon.
Colorado 3.10.5 William II. Webb.
Hunry Chauncoy 2.9m ...Williun II. Webb.
New York 2,551....J. .simonson.
General Barium. 1,348....Lawrence A Koulksa
M j 1,238. ...Vsn I'eusou Bros.
TuetlS 1 234....Van Demon Bros.
Lloiis 1,138... Van Uuunen Bros.
Vaiihnttaii 1,338.... I. a wren co A Koulkes.
Vera Crux i,3tH....Lawrence A Koulses.
Montana 2 6/8 Webb A lloll.
Arizona 2,791....Henry Biters.
Cltv of New York.... 2,s()7... John hnglis A Pon.
Kising star 2.7/7....Boosevelt, Joyce A Co.
llattera* l.UJ).... Lawrence A Koulkes.
Albemarle l.OOl Lawrence A Koulkrs.
kiipid.in Lawrence A loulkes.
Kale mil I,(Ml Lawrence.* Koulker
jvorth Americii 2,tH5 J. Hiinonson.
Old Colony 1,839 John nirlts A Hon.
MsKara 1,019 J. vVeste.rvo.t.
Saratoga i.kM) i Wcetervclt.
Leneral Grant 1,199....C. A K. 1'otLon.
lhls exhibit needs no comment. Every one of
the aoovo large steamers was constructed for a
legitimate trade, and in a majority oi luauncoa
engaged therein. Iies.de tlie aieainem ut that
period iiuliuiug in New York, the Una* of Messrs.
0. 11. Mallory A Co., George Ureemin A Co., Max
aou, Fmu A Co., 8. il, 1'ook and otner aiiipbuilding
concerns in Connecticut were overran with w tk
and at a losa to complete t'icir vesaeis in contract
lime. Now what u tue CSMf We have no ship
yards oi note, and we arc even losing our natioual
marine. Indeed, our sd,>reuiucy un the sea la not
omjr a thing of tno past, but H we keep on lu the
B;imo channel we have been going during sev
eral years past, the very History of it will soon
have no iivlug illusliationu. Nothing in this
country can tmivc as it did li thin Interest is to be
neglected, 'l'.ie subject is not sectional, bat na
tioual, aud partisan politics ?h >uld not ao absorb
i he national II e that nut s or this character will
not reach it. American snips shouiu not bo drivea
lrom the seas, wuere tnev he'd uielr own In t ia
uuvh oi our lathers, and this age thus confess Ha
degeneracy in couipa.ison with tne good old
stock.
THE COMING CENSUS.
The now census will begin on June 1. It lathe
State ceusus as distinguishable from the l/alted
(States ceusns, waich takes place every deoade,
while the New York State census comes flveyeara
alter. Tnus the general census took place la 1870,
and anotber will take place in 1*80. This being
tbo appointed year, tneu, preparations are
already going on In the Department ol State at
Albany to insure a correct accounting of the
inhabitants, iiauy reforms have been sngirested
to the secretary of .State in the manner in which
lie snuuld order the enumeration to take place, aa
It nas been proven by experience that the modea
formerly in vogue are very deiective and inoor
rect. It will*be remembered that the complaints
were su:b about tb^ United States census of
1870 that a new one w. a ordered, and succeeded
in discovering an error oi ie,ooo in the popaiauoa
oi New York. Tins was pat do*a at the time to
the iact tuat tbe variance between rummer and
winter habitation is very great, but the excuse at
the time was not taken as satisfactory. It is
aimed in the coming census to make the enumera
tion reliable and periect in every mauuer, so that
not the a.mdow oi a suspicion may rest upon the
proDer administration o< the act. Many praiended
to believe that, as ine census oi 1870 was taken or
a republican government the number or in
babiunta was purposely mado Mma.ler than it
really waa, to aa to deprive a democratic coO>
sutuency oi their
PltOl'KB ItKPnr.SENTATlOM
In Congress, on tue other h?ud it has been
already lutima'ed that, as wo have a democratio
Secretary ol Siate, u will be sought to give New
York city a larger representation in tbe State
Senate ana Asseuioty titan she is eutitled to. so
as to override tbe repuolicau vote of
the country districts. Ihe.-e insinuations and
political bicker.u^s give tbo coming census an
Importance it would not oiheraiso |>o seas; lor
the question of the increase oi population, ao far
as the city I* com ar ea, is a minor msiter. as the
records ul t.ie Uoat'i oi Health ss lo oirths and
deaths, and oi 'he i oma:i*;ioucrs ol Emigration
concerning imeign arrivals, nonid give a possibly
more ceriuc'cens >s tunu an* other means. At
tne last auua .ug tuo |>o|iu:ation of the city was, iif
the iigiti't gat'-, aooui xo.oco, and since tnen an
lucre.tsj <>i tu per oeut per year nas t ? ken piace,
winch onr.gs die present population oi Manhattan
Island to hometniug over l.ooo.uoo inbabiiaats,
makiug. wltu tlio annexe i district, a population
lu tbe aggregate numbering about i,l'.0,0?0 souls.
Tne coming ceusus will oe taken by im sworn
marshals, appointed uy the Secretary of state. Il
is estimated that tnese will complete tbe census
oi tne city in ab.ut
THRKK KOSTI1*.
The manner 01 ie warning tnese win be toe
?tme tnat ha* been empioie.i heretofore? that is
to say. eacti uue trill receive two cent* per name.
A Rood worker in a populous district ca.i obtain
1,000 name* per (lay. wDtco wool>l gve a dan/
oarntnu 01 $J0 to each mao. No sncn sum can t<o
ma'io any alter <i*?. however, and an tne wore
must be uone t?y rename persona, tue remunera
tion la not exce<*ive, particularly when u is coo
sidered mat itie work or Me? will be much more
trying and arduo uo man any of the kind which
barf oeen doue previously, a n believed by men
who nave mj'ic ceaan* taking a study?and ?mong
tuem Is l>r. Elisha Hants. ol tue Hoard 01 Health
mat bitucrto me ouuss wji, n have been tilled la
by the marshal* have been very in.-ompiete and
usiectne. Many vital quesltou.- oav.. been omitted,
ami time and trouble nave been spent in asking
(utile and frivolous <|iiesl>ns whicn were 01 no
praciirai good. It i< proposed to go Into the
questions 01 occnpa.ions n>uco inure thoroughly
man has beretmuiheen dune. Manuiacturoo and
agricultural statiaucs and evon
MTAVIffrus <>k i>i-e*sb
will do gone into, mo mat not an lota of Intelli
gence wui. n may r>e nor viceaole Rereaiter win b?
mil untouched. I nese matter- indeed will occupy
more time aud alien.n>u oa tue p.trtoltbe qu. s
tioucrs u au tue mere matter 01 numeration of
inhabitants. ll is proposed mi know wiiere every
pound oi raw material manufactured In tula Htats
comes from and wnere il goea to, ami bow much
each ludivluoai in toe community actually pro
duces.
Hut mora than tnla l* proposed to be learned.
Hituerto ic na-t Oeen (OMaerM Kiiillclnut m> ob
tain toe nationality oi each niimbitant, cmaen or
tior. In tiio coming census the questioos oi tho
nationality ol me utner and graimatner Ol each
lohantrant will be aocertstuoo, and by into m. ans
wo soail team precisely how mnon foreign impor
tation nas afTented our pn, uiatio.i and to wuat
extent tue American eieuieui pur y exists among
us. It witi a Ho give ttiH key to the extent to
wnlcn eacu foreign country con'ributos to our
commercial woil?re. 'lltese are matters whicn
have never ben-re oeen goue iblo, ami It will havo
a iemarkat?ly good effect upon me I niied states
ccnaua ol 1890. mr it successful in one .State
THE OKJfKRAl nOVRRISHKNT
will employ rno warn ? in?-i n<?i at Me next oppor.
tunny, ami the result will ue a more than gratify
ing one, aa seining a question about wuica mere
exists tne greatest Interest.
Auo'.ner novelty wmcn will be tntrodnood siso
In tho cnilng census is wormy of commendation,
ii we recoiiect tne insecurity and doubt wtilon ex
isted in tne census or 1*70. Thou the general cen
sus taaer or m irshiil of tne district waa aione em
powered to look over tno returns et toa various
marshals, aui no attempt wat made to find out
whether or no these returns were corroct. It
waa, indeed, suspected mat several of tut mar.
shais bad tasf-n their returns home, and uianu
factured names, ages ami occupations by the
thousand. There certainly wss no impediment io
sucD a Course oeiug adoptod, and It needed only
to go over tne -Uireciory" to do tue worn. Ibis
year It is proposed to institute a corps or verifiers
whi.se doty it will be to go over the ground trav
ersed by itie marshals and correct any errors tnat
may have been made by thein, and after me o
errors *ie corrected a corps oi searchers will g j
over all
TIM KSTCRNS OF BOTH PARTIES
and make tn? whole faultless. Tnus wo may hope
to, at length, have a correct census of tne city
and State aud not be obliged as was dene in 1*711 'o
mako a second one. Tuis new system will, it is
hoped, obviate any possibility oi error. Hactt
marshal will i>e assigned a district out or wtlcit tie
wih nut ue able to go, and possibly tho same men
will be employed to veniy each other's district, a
reward b log given lor trie oiscorerr 01 any error
In another Ban's district. Tnts will, of c mrse,
tcntl to mane tne first set of returns quite correct,
?h tnese rewards for mutates will bo taken out 01
the salaries 01 tne maranais who mike tno errors.
Tne central bureau ol the census Will be in tho
Detriment or (state at Albany,