THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PIIILADELPIIIA, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 18G0. LITERATURE. REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS. Distort or Julius CnfA. Volume II. Har per Pro. Philadelphia Agents: J. 0. Lip plncott A Co. The first volume of the Emperor's work brought us down to the comnipucement of the "Commentaries." The second volume t'c np the thread of the narrative where it was dropped, and draws it slowly before us down to the con clusion of the Gallio wars and the crossing of the Rubicon by the troops of Cirsar. The Har pers, in their exccllont translation, bound in great beauty and with nnrivalle i typoffraphical excellence, give us In a preface the names of the various sovereigns who have written works on the same subect as that selected by Napoleon. Among the Hot we notice many not familiarly known as authors to the general reader: 1 he King ot Franco, Charing VIII, showed an es pecial admiration lor the "Commentaries ol Cteaar." and the eelobratod monk, Uooort Uaguin. pro sontod to him, in 1480, the translation ne had mado in French of ihe eiirht books or the War in Gaul. Wo are iniormed of tus in the edition ot the trans lation by the learned monk, printed in 1500 This edition, in lartre 4io, is from the press ot Antome Volar ard (Par J. C'b. Brunei, "ilanuel du Libraire et de l'Amateur drs Livrvs;" fomth edition, torn i, . 618, and ihe "Diograpliie UniversoUe," article ,uarles VIJ I ) t Charles V, who professed a groat admiration for Caaar, left a copy ot the "Commentaries" filled with maririDal notes written with his own hand. It wis at his iDotinat on that the Vioeor ot Moilr, Fer dinand OoozBKa, sent a sclontilio mission Into France to study Ca?sar's campaigns on tho loou'itir. The forty plans which were made by tht members of this Commission, and amons; which that of Alio is found, were published in 1575, in tho edition of James ntrada. lho feultan Hodman II. contemporary ot Charles V. whom be had taken tor bis model, sent through a 1 Europe to procure as many oopios of "Cmsxr't Conimentaries" as could be lound, which he ordered to be collated, and caused a translation to be made inte the Turkish language for his own daily reading. The Kicr of France, Uonri IV, translated the two first doors ot "Caj-ar's Commentaries." Ihe manu script of this translation was deposited In thoiitb liothequ du Hot, and M. de Noyes took tttnenoe to aeliver it to Louis Xlll. who, in his turn, trans lated the two last books of the "Commentariss " Itiew two translations wero joined togeibor, and printed at the lonvre In lu30. luis XIV trans lated the lint book ot the "Commentanns " This traLslation was printed at Carls in 1651, in folto, with ti euros. ihiwork has cot boon reprinted; it Is now very rare. The reader mav couault on this euhjoot the "Methodo d'Ktud.or 1'distolre," of ths Aboe Lenglet Uulrenoy, torn ii., p. 481; and J. Cb. Brunet, " Manuel de Libraira et de 1' Amateur ties Livrei'iourtb. edition, toin. i, p. 619, Ihe (treat Coudo, who had studied witn care the campaigns of Caesar, encouraged tho translation of tho Connnontanes" undertaken by Nicholas Perrold Ablauoonrt. It was tlie translation most esteemed and the most in rogue during the last contury. Christina, Queen of Sweden, had composed "Re flection on the Lite and Aotions of Canar," as we are iniormed by J. Ackenholz, In his work entitled "Memoires concemant Christino, Heine de buude," Amstordam, 1761-1760, torn, iy, No 6, p. 4. Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orleans, surnamed Kga lite, was a great reauer of the "Commentaries." lio caused a map of Caisar's campaigns in Uaul to be mudo. Lastly, the Emperor Napoleon I, at St. Helena, Violated a "I'recis des (iuorres do Caesar" to Comte Jlaichand, who published it in Paris in 1836, in 8ro. From this list it will be Been that our modern imperial author had a long line of predecessors irom whose ideas to draw the best military com ments. With the best materials at his control, we are surprised that the Emperor did not suc ceed in wrilintr a more interesting work. It is full of dry details and barbarous German names. It abounds in descriptions of military movements, 'which, although of undoubted value, do not tend to make the work of absorbing interest. Of its accuracy, aud of the hours bestowed upon it, we have no doubt, but of its interest wo cannot but speak in terms of disparagement. It makes no pretense to being a pleasiug work all the flowers of rhetoric are dispensed with; sterile facts are the basis on which the tale is built; and hence only a dry and accurate production is the result. We must grant it the credit of being a success, so far as the author's design was fulfilled. We cannot but regret, however, that some of the power of portrayal so bounteously bestowed on toe Ameiicau Prescoti, was not granted to Kapoleon. But certain it U, that the Massachusetts historian makes a fur more pleas ing work than the Emperor of Frauce. The power given to the republican Prescott was not allotted to the author before us. For Providence, kind to genius, denied the pleasiug power to a king. It is impossible tor us in a short space to follow the conqueror through all the devious wanderings of the Gallic campaign, but we will seek to give as correct an Idea of the volume as the size of a daily journal will allow. The ceaseless vigilance with which the politi cians of Europe have searched the pages of this folio in order to discover the intentions ol the writer, from his comments on the proceedings of his hero, finds no parallel since the days of the Sybellinc books. As yet they have only deduced the dubious answer eo popular with the seers of Rome. In the very outset of the Gallic campaign a theory i9 adopted which emits all but the glory of the war oil' of Cesar aud on to l'ompey, upon whose shoulders he lays the crime of all the civil strife In the king dom, it was not the usurpations of the military chieftain, it was the jealousy of a rival which provoked the internal convulsion in Home. The whole responsibility of the civil war suc ceeding Uiese Gaulish victories lies with Poin pey, says the imperial author; in no manner does it rest with Ciesar. For though the latter 'had his eye incessantly fixed on his enemies al Rome, he none the less pursued his conquests without subordinating them to his personal interests." Aud he adds: "If Ciesar had accepted the government of Gaul in the sole thought of creating for himself an army devoted to his designs, we must admit that a general so experienced would, to inaugurate a civil war, lave taken the most simple of measures sug gested by prudence; instead of separating him sell from his army, he would have kept it near Aim, or at least withlu reach of Italy, and spread out so that it could be reassembled Imme diately; of the immense booty gathered from Gaul he would have preserved enough to defray the cost of the war. He did just the reverse of all this; sending two of his legions to Pom pey, under the pretext of the Parthian expe dition, he undertook to disband his troops if Pompey would also disband his, and when he arrived at itavenua ne was at the head of but one legion, having left the others beyond the Alps, dispersed between the Sambre and the Sabine. He offered Pompey a lrank reconcilia tion; and it was only when he saw his advances repulsed, and his enemies plotting his ruin that he boldly confronted the forces of the Senate, and passed the Rubicon. It was not, then, the supreme power which Ciusar went to seek in Gaul, but the pure and lofty glory which attaches itself to a national war, made in the traditional interests of the country.1 The whole narrative is erudite, and prepared 36 1th great evident care. To military men it la probably perfectly intelligible, but to civilians it is slightly obscure. Parsing over the war, let us refer to that more significant part what relates to the intrigues against Caesar. . Alter detailing the wars of Cirsar, the Em peror proceeds to the p litical evpnH at Rome, tho recall of Ctcero, the quarrels ot Pompey, the ambition of Clodlus, and by his .death the narrowing ot the Issue to the struggle between Cu'sar and Pompey. The reflections on tho death ol Clodlus are singular, as Instance ot the Emperor's fatali-m, and how he regards all men below the calibre of Cu-sar rather a pup pets than as movers : "Thus, by the simple ac cidents of his life, Clodlus seems to have been destined to call forth the elements of discord which the republic cput ined within her bosom. He is surprised In the house of Cicsar's wife during a religious sacrifice, aud this violation of the mysteries of the Bona Dea leads to a fatal schism among the first bodies of the State. His accusation irritates the popular party: his acquittal discloses the venality of the ludges, and separates the knightly order from the Senate. The animosity with which ho Is pursued makes him a formidable party chief, who sends Ciceto into exile, who makes Pompey tremble, and who accelerates the elevation of Ca'sar. Ills death will rouse up all the pnpularpassions, and will inspire so much fear in the opposite faction that it will forget its enmities and jealousies to throw itself into the arms of Pompey, and from one end of Italy to the other all the people will bo in arms." As remarkable, too, in its way, is the clever suggestive reasoning by which it is souuht to be shown that the republic had fulled to ensure ordr within or peace without; and thus, "whilst the popular Instinct, which is really deceived, saw the salvation, of the republic in the power of one alone, the aristocratic party, on the contrary, saw only danger lu this general inclination towards one mnn.'1 Occasionally the author draws a semi-parallel betweeu the first Napoleon aud the third .tfapo polcon and tho hero of his woik: "Cu'ar began his political career by a trial which is always honorable ptraecntion borne for a great cause. The popular party rested on the recollections of Manila; Ciesar did not hesi tate to revive them with splendor. Hence the prestige which surrounded him from his early youth, and which never ceased to increase with him. His constancy to his principles was worth more to him than all the honors and dignities which were conferred on him; nominated successively military tribune, qua-stor, grand pontiff, curator of the Appian Way, cdlle, urban prietor, proprietor in Spain, finally Con sul, he could count these different testimonies ot public favor as so many victories obtained under the same flag against the same enemies. This was the catioe of the violent passions of the aristocracy; they made one man alona re sponsible for the decadence of an order of things which was sunk in corruption and anarchy." In a foot note, referring to the duration of the pro consulate in Gaul, the parallelism so oftcu indicated takes a more open expression in the following passage: "In all times," says the Em peror, "we see trie assemones enaeavor to shorten the duration of power given by the people to a man not sympathetic with them. This is an example the Constitution of 1848 decided that the President of the French Repub lic should be nominated for four years. Prince Louis Napoleon was elected the 10th of Decem ber, 1848, and proclaimed on the 20th of the same month. His powers were to expire on the 20th of December, 1852. Now the Constituent Assembly which provided for the election of Prince Louis Napoleon fixed the term of his Presidency on the second Sunday of the mouth of May, 1852, thus derriving him of seven months." The parallel here is nioat apparent. We will close our review with the utterance of the Euv peror upon the crossing of the Rubicon. It is ratbei long, but will repay quotation: "The supreme moment had arrived. Casar wits reduced to this alternative, to keep himself at the head ot his army, notwithstanding the Senate, or to give uimseir up to his enemies, who would nave reserved ior mm me iate ot total. ne's accomplices, condemned to death, if be had not, like tnc uraccni, tfaturntuus. and 60 many others, been killed in riot. Here this question naturally oilers irself Ought not Ca'sur, who had so often con fronted ueatn in tne Daine-nuia, uave gono to com rout u at Rome under another lorm, and have renounced his command rather than en gage in a contest whlcn must cast the republic into ail the agonies of civil war t Yes, il by his abnegation ne couia piucK iionie lrom anarchy, corruption, ahd tyrunny. No, if this abnega tion would compromise what he hud most at heart, the regeneration ot the republic. Cuar. like all men of his character, cared little lor lile, aud still less lor power lor power's suke; but, the cniet ot tne popular party, he lett that a great cause was behind him; it pushed him lorward, and obliged him to vanquish, in spue of legality, tbe imprecations ot his adversaries ana the uncertain judgment ot posterity. Roman society, at the point of dissolution, de manded a muster; Italy, oppressed, a representa tive of her rights; the world, bent under the joke, a savior. Should he, by deserting his mission, deceive so many legitimate hopes, so many rioble aspirations? WhatI Ciesar, answor able to the people lor all his dignities, and strengthened iu his right.ought he to have retired before Pompey, who, the docile instrument of a fuctious minority in tue Senate, crushed right and justice under his feet; before l'ompey, who, by the coniession even ot ciceto, wouia nave Deen alter his victory a cruel and vindictive despot, and would have allowed the universe to have been trallicked in lor the interest of certain families iucapuble besides of arreting the decadence of the republic, and ot founding an order of things solid enough to retard the invasion of the barbarians lor several ages 1 He should have recoiled before a parly who made it a crime in time to repair the ills caused by the fury of Sylla and the harshness of Pompey, in recall- lug exiles, in giving meir rights to the people ol Italy, in distributing lands to the poor and to veterans, and in assuring by an equitable ad ministration the prosperity of the provinces it would havebnen madness f The question was not the mean proportions of a quarrel between two generals fighting for power; it was the deci sive struggle between two inimical causes be tween the privileged classes and the people: it was the continuation ot the formidable struggle of Marius and Sylla. There are imperious cir cumstances which condemn political men either to abnegation or to perseverance. To hold to power when one can no longer do good, and when, representing the past, one collects one's partisans, so to say, only among those who live on abuses, Is a deplorable obstinacy; to aban don it, when one is the representative of a new era and the hope of a better future, is a base ness and a crime. i "Perhaps Casar reasoned somewhat in the nam vm when, auit tins his officers who were at table, be drove off in his chariot to loin bis vantruard. and. after a moment's hesitation, and not unnatural superstition, crying out, The die is cunt 1' he crossed the Rubicou and the civil war began." ' At thh polut the second volume of the Emperor's hiitory breaks off. It is signed "Napoleon," tod is dated "Anx Tullerics, le 20 Mars, 18GC." ' Foun Years rw thb 8amw.ii.- By Colonel Harry Gilmor. Harper A Brothcis. J. II. Llppto cott A Co.,, Philadelphia, j ) ) i Tuo narrative, of ' Gilmor, ot Robol raiding fame, cannot but be' interesting. He has had a vast leservolr of adventure, and from it he has freely drawn. We will make some extracts from the book In a few days, to show our readers the style of this forager. It is neatly issued by Harper-'.' ; j f . G. W. Titcher, No. 808 Chesnut street, sends us a copy of "Running the Gauntlet,nby Edmund Yates. We should Judge, from the few chapter we have had time to glance at, that It was a moht absorbing work. The following favorable notice from the LonJon Athencmm may be taken as authority; "In many respeefs 'Running the Gauntlet' is a strorger and better story than 'broken to Harness.' Ihe story professes to illustrate modern London lile, and U rich in allusions to well-known places, persons, and coteries. Many of Mr. Yates' masculine readers will rccounize tho 'old smoking rcoin,' and none who are familiar with the town will be at a loss tor the true name ot this Club, which brought together the best and most clubable fellows it could get hold ot small trouble will ibey have in Identi fying the 'Parihenium Theatr.' In oue import ant particular, Mr. Yates, under the iuHuence oi chivnlrlc lovalty to woman, has made a bold and commendiiblu departure lrom general usage. Ihe author uses bis Lest povi era to render his wicked syren odious to all save those who are the speciul objects of her bnnetul fascinations. But the mystery ot this sparkling and amusing novel, the leader will thank us. for keeping to ourselves." Ji 1 IKL'' NOT ES. We have received, in pamphlet form, the defense made by E. N. Chipman, Esq., in the case of Paymaster S. E. Paulding. It is a moit learned and able argument, and well worihj of perusal because of lU literary as well as legal merits. Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, the accomplished authoress, has been spending the winter at the Nutlonal Hotel, Washington. She has been doing good service iu the cause ol literature by her able and persistent advocacy of the removal of the heavy tax on the publication of her works. She is a pleasant politiciau, of the Madame Roland school. The Nation, which Is continually sneering at "Jenkius," seems to have adopted him as its protege, and placed him upou its literary staff. The labt number of that paper contains, in a Pain letter, an account of the Emperor's daily dinner. It says: DEJEUNER or THEIR MAJE8TIE. Roast fowl; fried calven' brains; veal cutlets a la hollaudaise; stewed beet, a la paysaune, with jelly ; onto ettu with nitncod horo; poiatoos a la Aiail.ro d'lloiol; Damptdonillod a i'ailemande. DlNKiB Or THEIR MAJESTIES. Spung sup with quelles of lowl; mat soup, witu Italian paste; risooics a la rue; tarbot wi.h luieb sauci ham s ewed wi.h vevetab.es; lamb cutlets, splgram ot chiccort ; tat low.s alaPer, gueux; crep.uettes ol iumo a la tuontaierenoo; uajiie ol salmon, remoiaoo tauce; little gahaliues a la PariSieLne; ducklings lrom Kouen; young chickens; aparagus; green peas a la iraucaise; I'lommeres bioouits; ligiituiugs ot collue; orange Julh ; strawberry prulib roles. AliFariBia busy stud) iug these two lMs, but no one terms to know anvihine about ' Dauipfao miles," ' oreiiinueitos," aud --pioti erolos," winch aie considered to be either o'd friends with now mimes, or iicv inventions of the culinary ecuitis of the lnii erial kitchen. We do not object to our friond's abuse of "Jeukins," but ther. consistency is a jewel. The Hound Table gives us positive informa tion on a subject which we have loug heard mooted. It says: "A great want in Philadelphia for a long time has been a good concert room, well built, well located, and obtainable on easy terms. In Con cert Hall aud Musical Fund Hall the ventilation, it is said, is imperfect, and the other halls are either too remote from the heart ot the city or too smalL The Horticultural Society, having long lelt the want of a good exhibition room, have determined to build one, at a cost of $100,000, of which $00,000 has been raised, aud the rest will come in. The locality is a fine lot on Broad street, next to the Academy of Music, between Locust ana Spruce. The space is ample, and a double hall will be erected, as at Boston, to consist of a very large and loity room, in which concerts on an extensive scale may be given, public meetings held, public, dinners partaken of, and fancy and other balls' given. Tne other hull much smaller, to accom modate six hundred or seven hundred of an audience, and to be used for concerts, lectures, collepe commencements, etc. It is proposed eo to ai range tho very large hall that it cau be leudi.'y cut Id to two, if required; but it is feared that this may interiors with the facility of bear ing therein. The design is vast, and will almost certainly be carried into effect this yaar. The revenue from balls alone, the best ot which now are riven in the Academy of Music, would yield a Landeome revenue." When an American enumerates the chief sources of public instruction, he names the church, the school, tho newspaper, and the lyceum. The Englishman knows nothing of the lust. Such a thing as a lecture is not unknown, but u lecture system aud a profession of lecturer have yet to exist in Great Britain. Now and then a mechanics' insLitute gets an address from some distinguished personage, and, as in corn law times, a special occasion will give rise to a lecture organization ad hoc. Now and then, too, a member of Parliament returns to his constituents under an awful obligation to enter tain them with his views on the statd of the country or a record of his behavior. But men ot character and learnlng-the lights ot the pul pit aud the bar, the Speaker ot the House, the Attorney-General, Ihe Chief Justice, along with ex-office-holders and celebrities of every descrip tioncould never be induced, like their peers In this country, to traverse the kingdom in the winter season, satchel in hand, and perhaps a single well-conned discourse In the satchel, hurrying from point to point to meet their con secutive t ngagements, now at some great city, and the next night in au obscure village, for ten, twenty, or thirty pounds a night. Mr. John Camden Hotten, the English antiquarian bookseller, is about to publish a work upon which he has been engaged for a time, and w hich will doubtless contain a good deal ol curious matter. It is a "History of Sign boards," and Is to be illustrated with one hundred pictures of old signs, and about six hundred pages of gossip thereon. The subject is a fertile one in every populous locality, as a little observation will show, Our own c'ty abounds in singularities of the sort, as "Oysters and Fish by the Quart;" "Washing, Ironing, and Going out to Day's Work Done in tho Back Room;" "New and 8econd Hand Boots Made to Order;" "Whitewashing taken In at the Shortest Notice;" and "Scrubbing Done Hare." i ..There are said to be 210 public libraries in Italy, containing In the aggregate 4,119,281 volumes. There are 110 provincial libraries, aud the collections belonging to 71 scientific socie ties, besides the libraries of the two Chambers, that ot the Council of State, and many large private collections, which are easily accessible. In the year 1863, 9P8 volumes were called for by readers, of which 183,628 related to,matm matics and the natural sdonoes; 122,490, to lite rature, history, ahd linguistics; 70,537 to philo sophy and morals; 54,491 to theology; 193,972 to urisprudence; 2U,8G9 id. the fine, arts; and 101,797 to other subccts. The posthumous drama of the late Jame. Sheridan Knowles, Trut Unia Death, has Just been published, after a short run on the stages It is not up to his larger and more ambitious efforts, but it contains good writing, as may be gathered from this description of love: "It lats,'my lor.i, when all beside goes by It will work miracles. Life, atter all. Is man's especiul good. Through what a roa?h A lid tedious road he'll dratr It! To keep hold, V bat wid be not let t of Itittbecha'u That binds him to tbe faihting palloy-bencb, A nd yet be would not snap it. 'Tis the winch l bat moves tbe rack, yet would he have it turn. But love will give 'I way-mot link It that Vv ere n thing! Give ill lake it to the brink Ot a precipice, and over witb 't; or run it Bight on a rapier's point -not in the fcpat Ol doing, but in cold blood a dooumont for glory pantiug in the hostod hold And giving, odds to death. Kuoh love, mothink.i, Yi ere worth a king's feet but tbe aueatiou is. Hatu a kiiig realms to buy it? t?uoh the love Borne towards you by the maidon ou renouueo, W ho teoks, ior you. a grave, yet flioa your bod." Mr. Thayer, our Consul at Trioste, has writ ten a letter In which he speasa ot his long pro jected and partially finished "Life of Bee" thoveu :" "1 have had the firtt part of my manuscript 'Lite ot Leetboven' translated into German, aud it is in the hands of tho printer. I have already had good reafon to be pleased at having adopted this course, since my translator, who resides in Uonn, ha been able to follow uo my researches there, aud discovered some valuable additions to my own materials, which my removal to this phire (at Trieste Mr. Thayer is now the Ameri can Consul), and confinement here by official duties, would have rievented me from doing myet-li. "I have bad two applications from England for leave to translate my Lecthoven work. 1 reply, that as English is my native touguo I preler to send my own manuscript in my own style to pres !" Dr. Albert Reville, tho friend and literary associate of M. Ernest Kenan, is About to pub lish in London his essay on "Apollonius of Tyana, the Pagan or False Christ of the Third Century," a very interesting account of the attempt to revive paganism in the third cen tury by means of a false Christ. The analysis of the book says: i "Tho principal events in the life ot Apollo- nius ore almost identical with the Uospei uuria tive. Apoilonius is bom in a mysterious way about the sumo time us Christ. Like him he goes through a period of preparation; after Viurds come a passiou, then a resurrection, aud an ascension. The messengers of Apollo sing at his birth as the angels did ut that of Jesus. He is exposed to the attacks of enemies, though always engaeed in doing good. He goes lrom place to place accompanied by his favorite dis ci; les; pueses on to Koine, where Domitian is seeking to kill him, just as Jesus went up to Jerusalem and to certain death. In many other respects the parallel is equally extraordi nary." A paragraphia informs us that Mr. George William Cuitis is seeking subscriptions for a money testimonial to Mr. Herbert Spencer, who has never received any return from the sale of his books in this country. Mr. Curtis may be engaged in such an undertaking, but we doubt it, since another paragraph 1st, equally well or ill iniormed, assures us that Professor Youmaus has gone to England to present Mr. Spencer with five thousand dollars aud a gold watch, the gift of his American admirers. We know that Pro lessor Youmans busied himselt some time in such a movement, nnd know that Mr. Spencer has received copyright tor the sale of hi works IU IU13 IJVUUUJT. Shakespeare is revived in Paris, Ernesto Ro9si, tbe tragedian, playing an Italian version ot Hamlet and Othello, while Nicola's opera of the Merry Wives of Windsor is drawing well at the Theatre Lyrique. A translation of Corio- lanvs, by M. Caithaut, is about to be played, two or three theatres contending tor tne honor of its representation. A collection of epigrams, entitled "The Wrild Garland," contains one on the bankruptcy of a person named Homer: "1 bat Homer should a bankrupt be, Is not to very Odd-U ye nee; 11 it be true, as I'm inetrucied, bo Jn-lm liaU bis books conducted." itogers, the poet, wrote an epigram on a talkative peer which is applicable to a good many members of Congress: "They say he has no heart; but I deny it: He has a heart and guts his speeches by it." The opposition Journals of Paris seem to be continually getting into hot water with the Minister of the Interior. But a short time ago the Heme Rationale, a monthly periodical, was prevented from becoming a semi-monthly, as the Minister held it was necessary for the pro prietor to receive fresh permission to publish, and that he refused to grant. Now, the Ttevue Ccntemporaine, which has just passed over from the Government to the opposition, has received two warnings for issuing semi-monthly numbers in a new monthly part, containing exactly the same matter. The Minister certainly, by a strict interpretation, has the law on his sida; but his rigid enforcement of it shows the dis portion of the Government to restrict the press as much as possible. , j Tbe French Academy have given the prize to M. Charles Giraud for the best esaay on the life and works of St. Evremond, the overrated wit and writer ot the seventeenth century, a subject which was proposed last year by the Academy. M. Giraud has xecently issuod a complete edition of St. Evremond's works, which, previous to the award, was tho subject of a long aud spirited debate in the Acudemy. Tho first Gobcrt prize was awarded to M. Gaston Paris, lor hia "Histoire foetique de Charlemagne;" the second to M. Leon Gautier. The name Gibraltar, which has puzzled many, is thus explained lu "NotasandQueries:"' "Not far south of Samalout on the Nile rises a precipitous rock from the river's bank, which my dragoman called Jaba!-elrtajpr, from jabul, a mountain, and tayir, u bird, in Arabic, lie staled that there were other eminences of tbe Bame name higher up the river. If I remember rightly there is a Gibraltar or JabaM-tayir on the Gulf of Suez. The Gibrultar in Spain may be derived from the Arabic words jabat, a moun tain, and tank, a way or passage; and perhaps signified, as oriRinally written, "the mountain of or by the passage i. ., the passage from Airica luto' Spain. It is equally probable that the first part ot the name ot the Moorish leader larik-ben-Zeyad was bestowed on the rock to com-' memorate bis succetstul landing in Europe." When M. Emile de Girardln took charge of La Liberie, three years ago, It had a circulation of about fifteen hundred copies. At a dinner which he gave lately to the journalists of Paris, , Its circulation was stated at fifty thousand. The monks of Mount Athos are in possession of a manuscript of Ptolemy, for which they afk 3500. Photolithography of it are now being prepared in Paris, by M. Sevaslianof, who mado tracings from, the original for ' that purpose, II wiy contain 4 b umber of curious maps. I li is not generally known, we believe, that Lope le Vega, the prolific Spanish dramatist, wtote v play.whlch l' equivalent to Shake speare's Komeo and Juliet, being based upon the same tale used by tbe latter. An English trans lation of this play, Casfe'rjmca Monktsea, ap peared In 1770, or rather, a sketch thereof, with a translation of eomo of its best passages. me vaiary, which appears to-day, is as interesting as usual. From the advance proof sheets we judge that an article by J. W. Hinck ley, on "Old Thad., tbe Leader or the House," la the best. Every number of tho magazine abounds in delightful reading matter. Miss BraddOn Is to edit a new magazine which is about to be started in London under tbe name of Lelgravia. A cheap reprint of oue of her novel", "Lady Audley's Secret," has sold to the extent of filtcen thousand copies. Mr. J. Payne Collier has Just reprinted in his illustrations of old English literature, "The jWorthie Hystorie of the Most Nob.e and Valmimt Knicht Pincidus " arsre noem bv John Partridge, onglnnlly published in 15t0. -Professor Max Muller has been elected by the Royal Sarriiniau Academy one of its aca dVnict Blrameri. The number of foreitn mem bers of this ancient academy hn always been restricted to seven, who at present are Boekh, Thiers, Cousin, Barante, Grote, Mommsen, and itiuuer. SPECIAL NOTICES. IS? "- PARDKE SCIENTIFIC C0URS3 IN LAFAYKTTK COLLEGE. In addition to tbe Binoral Course of Instruction In tlii licpurtmcnt. arslkned to ley a pulmtantlal baaU 01 kiii l eiie ard aclioliirlv culture, otudenta can pursue U, one kranc-l.es which are essentia Ut praoileul and ...fl.titr ! VI7. ! JSkGlNkKBINO Civil. TopofrMphleal. and Mecha niiiili M1MM1 ODd SlETALLlKOYi AKt U1IC 11 HE, nro ti e application of Chemistry to AUlilUCL- 11 K. ana tne a hi n. .... Tr-eie is aso Mlorded an opportunity tor special study nf TI.Alk und I (IVMKHIK! oi liODI'.UN LAN (rAO" ami l lllLOLOUY.imdoftlieliiSTOKY and lPTniT'HB oionrcoumiy. 'or Chculars apply to 1'ieslUcnt CATTKLL, or to I'tof. H. B. YOUMIMaN. Clerk of tha faculty. Fabtch PennsTlvinla, April 4. lfct6. oiu EST, PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD COMPANY-OFFICE. No. 2.7 S. rOCBTU SIBtfl. PiiiLADELrn i a, J une 20, 18G6 DIVIDEND NOTHE. The Transfer Ilooksiot this Company will be olosed on oaunuuv, June auui, ana re-openco on rriuay, ouij l:uli. li-bo. A Dividend ot FIVE, TEH CENT, has been declared on tbe 1'reierrcd and common Stock, clear of National and Mate taxes payable in cash, on and aitor Jo y I '2th, to the holders thercot, as they shtll atanil registered on the books ol tliet ouipany on tbe iiUtn mutant. All payable at tbliotUce. 6.2 lm 8. BKADFOBD, Treasurer. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Junk 28. 1866. Notice is hereby ulven to holders of Ccrtlflcutos of In debtedness, issued under acts of Coneross approved Maicb 1 and II, 1862. tbat tbe .ecrotarvot tbe 'I reasury, In iiectrdance with said acts, and the tenor ot said Cer tificates. Is prepared to redeem, betore maturity, all Cer- tincates ol Indebtedness lalllnii du atter August 11. It66. v.lih accrued Interest thereon. If presentea lor tedemptlon on or betore July 15, 1H6H, and that hereatter such i ertilicateB will cease to bear interest, and will be paid on presentation at this Dopariiuei.t, with Interest only to the said 13th ot July. HUGH MoCDLLOC'H 6 28ihstu8t Secreiary ot the Treasury. OtFICEST. NICHOLAS COAL COM- PAN Y. No. 205)4 WALN OT Hireet. 1 1IILADF.I.PH1A. Juy 3. I86" At a meeting of tbe Directors ot the h i'. NICIIOLAS COAL COM HAN Y. held at their otllce this day a Divi dend of '1WO AND A HaIF PEK CENT, (equal to twenty Ave cents per share) ws declared Ireeof state tax payable on and after Monday, tbe itttb lust Trans ler Books will be closed on Thursday, the ft.h oi July, at jo ernes, ana remain cioseu until ine lutr 7 8 12t CllAKLEd F. bllOKNKR, Treasurer. fr.SS OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA L AND GRAY' fERRY PisSKNGEB RII WAT COMPANY, TVYJENIY-SECONSD treet, bolow cpruce. Philadelphia. July 5. 1866. The Board of Directors have tbi day declared a Divi dend of ONE DOLLAR AND FlKl'Y OKNTH rKH HHakk, and an extra Dividend ot ONE DOLLAR PER 8 MARK, clear of taxes, payable on demand at this otllce Between me nour oi a. ji ana i r. i. 7 6 3t JAMES AlcFADUEN, Jr., Treasurer. OFFICE OF THE SCHOM ACKER PIANO FORTE MANUFACTURING COM PANY. o. IMS C11il8IDT Street. NOTICE To Ihe stockholders ol the SCHOM ACKER PIANO FORTE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1 he Hoard ol Directors have this dav deolatcd a divi dend ol FOUR PER CENT, in cash on the Capital Stock ol the Company, ciear of wtate tax. and patabie on aenianu at the otllce ol tne company, mo. utw ciits- n i t street. 7 g 3trp J. II. SCnoVACKEIt. Treasurer. OFFICE OF THE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE COILNTY OF UIILA- DF.LrHiA. Jmy 2, 1B6. The Directors of the said Company have this day de clared a Dividend of 'JHKKE PER CENT, ic ear ot taxes), pajab e to the t-tockho'ders or their legal repre sentatives on ano alter me iiim instant 7 5 insula t UENJA.MUS F. ROii.CK.LET, Secretory. I3r OFFICE OP THE SF.COND AND THIRD STREETS PABHFNOER RAILWAY COM, PAN Y, No. 24UFHANK.FOKD Road Philadelphia. Julv 2. lftfifl A Dividend of FIVE P B I E N 1 .on the Capital Stock of this Company has been this day declared, tree of taxes, payable on aud a ter the lUtn dav ot July '1 he transier books will be closed until the IIHh Instant. 7 6t E, A. LEbLEY, Treasurer. NOTICE TO SIIIPPKRS. ALL cooos heretofore shinned bv the WaLLOWKR LI E, Mhl, on una alter tins date, be received ana tor warded irom the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot, F1F- iujiih aniidiAU&i streets B. B. KINGSTON. 7 2 6t A gent Pennsylvania Rai road. NOTICE. ON AND AFTER TnE 15th insttnt. ihe UNITED STATES HOTEL. 10 NO BhANcli, N. J., wi l he open lor the reception Ol visitors. BENJAA1LN A. bHOKMaKER. 6 81m Proprietor. B2T BATCH E LOR'S' H A IK THE BEST IN THE WOULD. DVE Uaimlesa reliable, lu-tantaneous. Tbe only perfeo dve. No disappointment, uo ridiculous tinta, but trae to oature, baek or brown UtVlNt 18 rUUNED WfLLIAM A. BATCHELOB! Alo. Regenerating Fxtract oi .MIM 111 ears restores, preserves and beautir.es the hair, prevents ba'duesa. Bo d by al liru.nlsl Factory no 81 BARCLAY H..N. Y. US JUST PU11L1S11ED l By in Physicians or the NEW YORK MUSEUM, tbe ninetieth Edition or their FOUR LECTURES, enticed PlilLOROPHT OF MARRIAGE. lii be bad tree, tor tour stamps, bv addiessing Bee re tsr. .1 tw York llu.euni of Aurttomy. 7 17 No. 610 BROADWAY. Sew Yolk. ' MNIMj-UOOM b LAKEMEYER r.k H'l I It'H a i.ev. would iwsnectiully Inlorro tbe in hue m-n.-miiv i tint lie has if it ncitlinui unuonoto make tins plate comfortable lu every respect lor the accom modation ot guests. He baa oi encd a large and com modious Dining-Hootn in the second s'ory. Uij 8IDK- QILS, FOR ALL KINDS OF MACHINEEY, Warranted not to gum or chill in the coldest weather, at about one third tho price oi lard oil Uavina obtained the sole aaenoy ior what baa been pronounced uy all w bo cave given a trial to be the best lubricating oil in use not excepting ihe best sperm or lard oiis, we teel warranted in making the following oiler to any party w ho w Ishes to give our cl trial i We, If the oilooea not prove satisiaeiory, will take It back and return the money, If paid, and make no charge tor the quantity (not exceeding tlve gallons) used to test It, and will also pay the coat of transportation both wave. J. V. MOO HE A CO., Hole Agenti, J (21101 No. MN. SECOND Street above Arch. FOR BALE STATE AND COUNT RIGHTS of Capewell A Co. 'a Patent Wind Guard and Air Healer for Coal Oil Lamp t It prevents the Chimney i rout breaking. This we will warrant. Alao aavea bird the oil. Call and see them, they eoat bat ten null No. 201 BACK htreet, Philadelphia. Baiuple lent to and parte! U a'niWd oCtw vo receipt vf ioceuU. tie WATCHEF, JEWELRY ETC )lBlO'D "MALI V & jfewKtifllA WmiES,FWII.FlY M.VEIl Wir.t, t 11 93 Olflnnt ! .? MR. 1"r' FaMa-M ir Owing to tl declin ot Gold, bst mad a great re dncttoa In price of his large and we'l snorted stock LMnmondft, VVatchen. Jewelry, bilverware. Etc The pnbllo ar reapsctfully belted to call and examla nr stock before pnrcbaflng .what. " ' ' t'Jf SILVER AND PLATED GOODS, . i i . . . . i I . OF THE Most Superior Workmanship, AT THS N K V S T O It E , No. 704 ARCH STREET. The nnrifiraluneA 1 at Of ,uM famnn. T - jhanutaciurlntr Company) reoprct ulljr announce, tha 1 . . ," iy "ntl a m and ittautiim store ior the aaie ol 8ILV1K and 1 LAI Kit W a HK, at No 104 A HUM. Street. Oot long expirlcnc an manufacturers wU enable on 10 Ie p nothing but flnt-clon Ooodi. and tlio- n ho may pacronlr our atorawili find our plated food lai rupeilcr to any eyer Inim.rt-d and nn, timer n ay rely on tbe good being- precisely what ther are rrpreeen'ed to be. nUWMAS A LEONABD. MUSICAL BOXES. A full assortment of above goods constantly on bond at model ate prices the Musical Boxes Dlartna from S to 10 beautiful Alt. FARE & BROTHER, Importers. No. 824 CH K NUl STBKKT, 11 llsmtbrp Below fourth. G. RUSSELL & CO., No. a 3 North SIXTH St., INVITE ATTENTION TO THEIR FULL STOCK or FANCY AND PLAIN SILVEll WARE, OftheFlnet Quality. t5 26$ HIGH JEWELRY JOHN B REN NAN, DEALER TN DIAMONDS, FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY, Etc. Etc. Etc 9 2J No. 18 S. EIGHTH 8IBT, PlliJad. LUMBER. 1866. i BUILDINOI BUILD I NO LUMBER I LUMBER I LUMBER! Birr M)jjnuo. RAIL PLANK. WHITE PINE LuORIS YELLOW FINE FLOORING. BPRCCE PINK FLOORING. A8U AND WALNUT FLOORlA'U PLASTERING LATH. PLASTERING LATH. 1 i IINK' HEMLOCK, AND OAS. PINE, HEMLOCK. AND OAK TIMBER, CL'T TO A BILL. CUT TO A BILL, Al 8HOKT NOTICE. 1866 CEDAR AND PINE 8HINGLE3. j An II i-ir,i, MUMOLES. Ho. 1 SHORT CEHAH SHINGLES. WHITE PINK MHl.VGLES. CYPRESS 8HLNGLK8. FINE ASSORTMENT FOB SALE LOW 1 Qftft LUMBER FOR UNDERTAKERS!! lOUU. LUMBER FOH UN DERI AKERSl I RED CEDAR. WALNUT, AND PINE. RED CEDAR WALNUT, AND PINE. 1 if ALBANY LUM ItER OF ALL KINDH, -LOUU. ALBANY LUMBER OF ALL KINDS SEASONED WALNUT. SEASONED WALNUT. DRY POPLAR CHERRY. AND ASH. OAK PIK. AND BDS. MAHOGANY. ROSEWOOD ASP WALNUT VENEERS. iQf'ft CIGAR-BOX MANUFACTURERS. MANUFACTURERS. J.UUU. CIOAH-POX firar.inn i. ttiAti liii.t BUARUo. AT REDUCED PRICES. -I f?ft -SPRDCE JOIST! SPRUCE JOIST! J-CUU. SPRUCE JOIST! SPRUCE JOIST I FROM 14 lO 32 FEET LONO. FROM 14 TO tti FEET LONG. SPRUCE SILLS HEMLOCK PLANK AND JOIST. OAK SILLS. A1AULE BROTRFR CO., 6 26mrp No. IbiiO SOUTH oTREET. UNITED S T A T E S UUILDEll'8 MIL.!,, Ncs. 24. 26, and 28 S. FIFTEENTH St., PUILADHLFIIIA. ESLEK & BROTHER, WOOD MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, STAIR BALUS TERS, NEWEL POSTS, GENERAL TUSKING SCROLL WORK, ETC. SHELVING PLANED TO ORDER. The largest arsortrotnt ot Wood Mouldings In thlscltj constantly on Hand. 4171m J PERKINS, HJMCEIt MERCHANT Successor lo it. Clark, Jr., No. 324 CHRISTIAN STREET. Constantly on band a larjce and Tarted aasortmeu of Building Lumber. IMS J L. I N E ' B W1LLOUQUBY S, MASON'S, LYMAN'S, PATENT Altt-TIGIIT ELP-SEALING! FRUIT JARS. All the above Jart wa offer to oar customers and the public aeaarallr, witb eutixe confidence, at ta LOWEST Market Prlco. A. J. WEIDENER, lm Vo. 38 S. SECOND Street, Philadelphia. SAFE FOR SALE , A BECOND-HAND I Farrel & Herriner Fire-Proof Safa FOB SALE. APPLT AT THIS OFFICE. . ! . WATCHES, JEWELRY, &o. j i L'', kline's I patent! If A am in
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