THE DAILY E EN1NG TELEGRAPH PHIL AD ELPIII A, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1867.
LITERATURE.
lllCVIIEW OF NEW IJOOItS.
ul km i M. HoPPln, of Vale 0HK. Hard
lloubtoa. iLlladelpula: Dullleld Asa
mead. It a dozen intelligent tourists proceed once
ver a route, and describe everything they
Bee, there would certainly be but little chance
for the thirteenth man being able to tell ua
anything new or interesting. Yet Mr. llop
pln's account of his trip through England,
although told by hundreds before him, is both
novel and interesting. His style is singularly
pure, and the incidents given are such as
would strike an intelligent traveller, eager to
note the peculiarities of a people and the cus
toms of a country. From the first page of his
work we see that we ere to go along with a
man who has eyes and can Bee, and ears and
can hear, and that all he sees and hears will
I told us. His descriptive powers are of no
inferior order. He Is a plain, practical man, deal
ing largely in facts; but the facts given are
just the kind we all want to know, and told
in such a style aa to secure from us an earnest
attention. He has a happy power of noting
the peculiarities of the people, and drawing
comparisons between them and our own citi
zens. Thus he gives us a sketch of his estima
tion of a Britisher:
"Thatgeniftl though thorough Englishman,
Arthur Helps,' has mnde the remark that tem
perament Is but the atmosphere of character.
While 1U groundwork In nature may be tiled
end unchangeable. This remark mli;ut explain
the difference between the Englishman and the
American, looking at both in their broad na
tional traits. It has been pleasant to me to
think, that deep down under all the changes of
history and circumstance, there was a common
root to the two nations, and that this still Is to
be found. The temperament of the American,
since his ancestors landed lu New England and
Virginia, has been alf'ected by a thousand new
Influences. More oxygen has flowed into bis
oal aa well as his lungs. His nature has been
intensified. His sympathies have found another
range of objects. But, alter all, It Is hurd to wash
awny the original hauls of nature. Its force and
Integrity remain. What can be more different
than a genuine Yankee and a true John Bull?
Yes, we can say they are no longer the same;
but Btlll they do not differ as an Englishman
differs from a Frenchman, or a German, or an
Italian. Many unchangeable qualities belong
to each, though transformed. 1 have an Ame
rican friend lu view, a travelling acquaintance,
who has the distinctive American traits In
broad relief; and X should be perfectly willing
to show him the following photograph. He
would recognize it, laugh at it, and glory lu It.
He worshipped bis own country. He meant
that everybody else should know how great it
is. There was nothing that America did not
have; there was nothing in fact out of America,
lie hated an Englishman because the English
man would not acknowledge the same thing,
lie was ready to light England, Just to make
Iter wane up, and open her eyes, and see the
living truth' about America. But if he hated
an Englishman, he had an infinite contempt
lor a bwlss, because he considered him to be
mercenary, and not to be depended upon. In
going over some of the wilder passes of the
Alps, although he had a horse so that he might
not appear to be mean, be wouhl not mouut the
horse until bis guide happened to ask him if he
were afraid: then he Jumped on, and rode un
concernedly along the edge of the most terrlflo
abysses, where every one else dismounted. He
told me that he had never had a sensation of
fear In his life, and I believe him, for he would
climb places where few would dare to follow
him, aud then go 'a touch beyond,' and dangle
his legs over the precipice. He took a guide
rather as a ruatterof course, for he always found
the path himself, and walked ahead. He filled
his pockets with small change every morning,
to be distributed to all the little children he met
during the day, but be would raise the hotel
when ne thought himself cheated to the value
of a ten-centime piece. He was a rich man, and
had made himself. When he had Just begun
business he discovered by rewelghlng an article
that he had chanted a customer a dollar too
much. He went immediately and rectified the
mistake. His customer, an old Quaker gentle
man, said to him, 'Young man, thee shall never
be the poorer for that dollar.' 'And that dollar,'
he said, 'bad brought him thousands.' Every
thing new, uselul, and practical he swooped
upon instantly. He spoke little about the Alps,
but a new style of bolt running upon rollers,
which he found In Switzerland, he was much
Interested in, though he said he had the same
Idea himself when a boy. Htone stairs, iu case
- of tire, was the only thing I ever heard him ac
knowledge as something peculiarly foreign and
good. He did not like anything because it was
old, and despised a 'battered old torso;' but If a
work of art looked nice and beautiful at the
present instant, whether new or old, he in
dulged iu vehement praises of it. The past was
J mat with him. A thing must be entirely up to
is professlous, for the slightest respect on his
part. He affected to scoru sentiment and the
emotional, but he was ever doing little delicate
and kind thines. I discovered accidentally this
Iron-nerved man, who prided himself on his
sang-froid, gazing with bedewed eyes ou the
miniature of his dead wife, that he hud caused
to be painted In the most exquisite manner by
Lamunlere of Geneva, and set about with
enamels of forget-me-nots In a casing of mas
sive gold.
"Whatever he bought, or wore, or ate, or had.
must be of the best quality, and he put himself
on a lower seat to no living being.
"Now In many things, although absolutely
transformed, do we not see here the original
Kngllsh nature its self-confidence, upright
ness, courage, practicalness, acquisitiveness,
womanish tenderness, aud insufferable pride?
He disliked an Englishman for the same reason
that an Englishman disliked him. But is there
not here, in better thlugs, a ground of future
union of the two nations to civilize the world?
They both have the same English 'pluck.'
There is in both nations the same love of home,
the same capacity of religion. They are nations
that do have a conscience. Therefore they are
better, and worse, and greater, than other na
tions. A far more strongly marked comparison
might be drawn between the Englishman aud
the German. They too are not mentally or
morally antagonistic, as are the English and
Jrrench, but only, aa the Englishman and the
American, temperamentally dissimilar. The
chief feature of dissimilarity oonsltts In the
practical directness of the English mind, as
compared with the thoughtful circultousness of
the German. This comes out amusingly In con
versation. The German dwells on particulars
While tenaciously pursuing tue main track- is
minute and epUodlcal; must examine every
tone, and turn over every straw, and does not
perceive, or does not wish to do so, the few
things of true Importance. The Englishman
f oes to the other extreme in brevity; marches
mmediately to the conclusion; disdains the
Intermediate; relates a fact and gives a reason
Without obscuring either lu unessential detail
But a German who wishes to say 'I went home
from the Post Office,' would feel obliged to tell
every corner he turned around, every person he
met, everything that every person told him,
and everything that he told every person. It is
sometimes, therefore, a small torture for an
Englishman or an Americau to talk with a
Oerman. because the definite fact or idea which
he is seeking for is so long in finding ex pres
mon. Butou philosophical and scientific topics,
this systematic) method and absolute thorough
ness of the German mind Is a noble feature,
While English bluutness and American rapidity
become real faults, and lead to Intellectual
superficiality. Another striking difference be
tween an Englishman and a German is, that if
tn former has In him anything like sentiment
lie tries to conceal It as a weakness of which he
h?itJVr ,",h.H,ne1; the latter delights to make
nI tt,J?Jl"raent- Tua KriKllst.man uatw,
fns 'Th!,v.!Lman 'o'9 u such manifestations-
the GeVL-'Lmau trle' to ioolt contemp.
tuous, the Uernian appears rapturous. The En
glishman despises plpe-olaylng and outward
manifestations; the German T glories In re.ttaLa
and demonstrations. Aud simW .welrS in f,, u
to strike out in the genuine MaVaiu, Vein tta
Englishman has an island solitariness of Jm
per; the German has a continental sociality
The Englishman thinks more of himself than
of his neighbor; the German thicks more of
his neighbor than of hluibelf. The Englishman
has more self-respect; the German has more
elf- com placency ,''
This is a happy sketch of a true American
character, and is drawn with a pen which, if
inclined to deal too leniently with the faults
of his countrymen, is nevertheless just. The
work is full of pleasant narratives of adven
tures, not of the startling melo-dramatio style,
but of quiet, pleasant, every-day occur
rences, interspersed with well-drawn deduc
tions. Thus the interview with Kingsley, the
author, is well told, as also is that with Miss
Marsh. We give them:
"The Archbishop of Canterbury, In a playful
mood, is said to have sent a message to Miss
Martin, the authoress of 'The Life of lleadley
Vicars,' asking her 'when and by whom she
had taken orders?' I wished to see this noble
Christian woman, and the barn where she
preached to the poor. Beven or eight miles to
the south of London, leaving Sydenham and
the i rystnl Palace a little to the west, Is Beck
enham, a common country English village,
pretty enough, as that part of Surrey county Is,
but in do way remarkable. Walking past the
inn, and the butcher's shop, and the Dakar's,
and the blacksmith's, I did indeed at last come
to the barn in the meadows, where Miss Marsh
collects her motley audience of delvers and
ditchers. 1 ler own residence is at the other end
of the village, in a pleasant mansion set baok a
little from the road, with many fine old trees
and a smoot h lawn about it. Before I saw Miss
Marsh I visited the village churoh, where there
is a monument recently erected to the memory
of Captalu Vicars, it Is neatly designed, with
the ornament of a carved sword, sash-knot, and
scroll. This is one expression in the epitaphs
He fell in battle, and 'slept In Jesus' ou the
night of the 2'Jd of March, liWC, aud was burled
before Bebastopol.'
"Miss Marsh, as she entered the parlor with a
quiet step and a pleasant greeting, Impressed
me with ber dignity and winning feminine
kindliness. In personal appearance she is
commanding ana handsome, aud she dresses
witli exceeding good taste. Bhe docs not neglect
this means of personal lnfluenoe with the poor
aud humble. I can well conceive how the rough
navvies' might be quite carried away with her;
for there is nothing In her looks or conversa
tion thatbespeakfttnestralght-laced religionist,
but rather the noble and accomplished Chris
tian lady.
"I do not feel at liberty to trespass further In
describing the frank courtesy which took me
immediately into the family circle, nor the very
f leasant hour I spent, especially in conversat
ion with her father, Dr. Marsh, whose vene
rable (ace might be truly called 'a perpetual
benediction.' The widow of the hero of 'Vic
tory Won' was making a visit in Beokenhara at
the same time, and Bhe was put under my escort
back to London. Bhe told me thai Miss Marsh
was a true friend, and that 'when she once be
came Interested in one's weirare, she never left
that person till the good she strove for was
accomplished.' It wa easy enough to see where
her power lay. It Is in her perfect trust her
great-souled confidence In God and man. Bhe
believes that sympathy shown to any human
being will meet some return, and will afford
some standing-place, some opportunity of good.
To a masculine will she unites a true woman's
heart, and both are consecrated to the work of
educating and raising up the forsaken classes
of society. Bhe leuds this 'forlorn hone' with a
cheerful courage that should inspire imitation. 4
Bhe is the t lorence igntingate to tne religious
wants of poor soldlers,and seamen. Bhe showed
me the method lu which she kept the accounts,
or acted as Savings Bank for hundreds of these
people. These two noble women were the en
samples of our owu Americau aud Christian
Commission ladies during the war, and they
are only worthy of more honor, not that they
have done more, but because they were first In
the work.
"I am now going to take my reader a little
further down luto the county of Hampshire, or
Hants. With a letter of introduction quite
unexpectedly put in my hands to the 'Keotor of
Eversley,' whluh offered a temptation I could
not resist, I sought oulon the map of the county
the point called Eversley. To get at it one
leaves the railroad at the Winchfleld Station,
on the Southwestern Railway. Here I hired a
carriage, and drove some twelve miles over the
snudy moorlands, skirting around the village of
Hartley Wlutucy. The last part of the way was
through a wilderness of blooming heather. It
was one sea of purple flowers as far as the eye
could reach, and the ride through it was exhila
rating. It was, if I mistake not, the common
'ling' with bell-shaped blossoms, quite fragrant,
and the delight of the honey-bee. In the midst
of this purple waste, down in a little hollow,
was the 'Hector of Eversley's' bouse; and near
by, almost In the earden, was his churoh; and
they formed the oiily village that I could see.
"Charles Kingsley's home was the very clo
ture of a rural parsonage, or poet's dwelling,
away irom noise ana men. xne garaen ana
lawn were ornamental without being stiff, and
the windows and walls were smothered In luxu
riant vines aud roses. All the apartments and
bow-windows stood open, and there seemed to
be a free communication with out-door Nature.
The birds might slug through and in the house.
Unfortunately the master of this pleasant
house was away. I was hospitably entertained
in Mr. Kingsley's own study, which was indeed
next to seeing himself. I could not help glanc
ing around the room might I say 'den?'
Borne stalwart old folios of the 'Fathers'
looked like thorough bark out of which the
noney of 'ilypalia' ana other books of exqui
site flavor aud spiritual richness had been
drawn. There appeared to be a good collection
of historical works, and the whole, as far as I
could read at a glance, formed an interesting
and raie library Just the one that awakened
the appetite to look and search further. Aa oak
fragment of one of the ships or the Spanish
Armada hnua over the fireplace. Pipe were
not wanting and walking-sticks but enough of
this raiding upon a man's private dominions In
"Kingsley is still what may be called a young
man, as are Indeed many of those living
authors, such as Kuskln aud Matthew Arnold,
who have breathed new freedom and power into
Enijlikb. literature. He was born -at Holne
Vlturage on the borders of Dartmoor in Devon
shire, and was at one time a pupil of Derwent
Coleridge. The spirit of freedom has long lived
In his family. The Klngsleys of Cheshire were
noted for their fidelity to the Parliament in the
civil wars, and one branch of the family emi
grated to America, from whom the late Profes
sor Kingsley, of Yale College, was a descendant.
A relative of Froude, the historian, he has per
haps thereby been brought in contact with the
new aud Independent Ideas of English History,
of which he forms as it were the prophet or
poet. And whatever may be thought by some
of his theological shortcomings, as the ardent
champion of his frleud Maurice, he has vigor
ously striven to carry Christianity Into practi
cal life, and to Infuse its higher spirit Into the
very framework oi society. He has advocated
a religion which has warm blood in It, and can
feel, think, run, and work. He considers reli
gion, in the words of an old English divine, as
'the seed of a deified nature.' Let us hope that
he may never be laitbless to his principles,
as some of his latest utterances awaken the fear
of his being. He must deny himself in an un
scrupulous and bad sense to become a defender
of Injustice, or of power against the poor. If he
do this, notwithstanding a great enthusiasm
for him, he may goto the shades where, alas 1
many dead heroes have gone before him, This
is, indeed, a small threat as far as myself is
concerned, but, if I mistake not, it will also be
the united Judgment of an Amerloau publlo
opinion which has heretofore passionately hon
ored and loved Kingsley. and the entire loss of
whose favor, whloh has been called an English
author's verdict of posterltv. no man living, be
he ever so great, can well allord to suffer.
"I went into the plain, old-fashioned church
where Mr. Kingsley then ministered to his
numble congregation. A young relative of his
-IS I.ne.tfJUt nl8 congregation was chiefly com
iu?i ?vf ,ttbrlng people, 'clod-hoppers,' as he
intl fi,u- 'But' ne added, 'he manages to
officer em wonderfully.' lie said that young
miles dlta0.'? tne cau1n of Aldershott. a lew
to hear M iSW,ere ,,u tu2 uaolt of '" over
nized ?h; J)ilDBsIey' Tney Probably Tecog
prflsC Uler ln Mm-tHe tnw 'soldlei-
But we have not space to' extend our ex
tracts, and can only add that it is as pleasant
a book of travels aa has come under our
notice for many days. For its purity of dic
tion and pungent analysis of facts and people,
it is a valuable ana instructive, as well as an
entertaining work. It is published in a cheap
yet neat form by Hurd & Houghton.
The Land ok Thor. By J. Uoih Brown '
Harper i Brothers. Philadelphia Agents: J. B
Lipplncott & Co.
We like, in a book that claims to be a nar
rative of real events, some show of probability,
some attempt at the natural. But Mr. Brown
has favored us, in his "Land of Thor," with as
Munchausen-like a production as we were evor )
called upon to read. It deals in the wonder
ful. The simplest inoidents are seized upon
and worked up into a long narrative, with the
richest embellishments and most unnatural
surroundings. The whole work is such as
any man with a general knowledge of Russia,
and a powerful imagination, could easily pro
duce. There is no internal evidence in the
book that Mr. Brown is any more familiar with
the dominions of the Czar, than a careful peru
sal of Murray would convey to any reader
The most ordinary events are worked up in a
startling style, and the author frequently pre
tends to describe scenes which he evidently
never saw. Thus, the following description of
an Imperial bear-hunt is given in true melo
dramatio style:
THE EMPEROR'S BKAR-HXTNT.
'The present Emperor, Alexander. Ill, is
more distinguished for his liberal views re
specting the rights of his subjects than for his
military proclivities. In private life be is much
beloved, and is said to be a man of very genial
social qualities. His predominating passion
in this relation Is a love of bunting. I have
been told that be is especially great on bears.
With all your experience of this manly pastime
ln America, I doubt if yon can form any con
ception of the bear-hunts ln which the Autocrat
of all the Kusslas has distinguished himself.
Anybody with nerve enough can kill a grizzly,
but It requires both nerve and money to kill
bears of any kind ln the genuine autocratlo
style. By an Imperial ukase it has been ordered
that when any of the peasants or serfs discover
a bear within twenty versls of the Moscow and
Bt.Petersburg I tall way. they must make known
the fact to the proprietor of the estate, whose
duty it is to communicate official Information
of the discovery to the Corresponding Secretary
of the Czar. With becoming humility the Be
cretary announces the tidings to his royal mas
ter, who directs him to advise thedistant party
that bis Majesty Is much pleased, and will
avail himself of his earliest leisure to proceed
to the scene of action. In the meantime the
entire aval lable force of the estate Is set to work
to watch the bear, and from three to five hun
dred men, armed with cudgels, tin paus, old
kettles, drums, etc., are stationed ln a circle
around him. Dogs are also employed upon
this important service. The advance trains,
under the direction of the master hunter, hav
ing deposited their stores of wines, cordials,
and provisions, and telegraphio communica
tions being transmitted to headquarters from
time to time, It is at length privately an
nounced that bis Imperial Majesty has con
descended to honor the place with his presence,
and, should the saints not prove averse, will be
there with his royal party at the hour and on
the day specified ln the imperial despatch. The
grand convoy Is then put upon the track; des
patches are transmitted to all the stations;
officers, soldiers, and guards are required to be
in attendance to do honor to their sovereign
master privately, of course, as this Is simply
an unofficial affair which nobody Is supposed
to know anything about. The Emperor, hav
ing selected his chosen few that is to say, half-a-dozen
princes, a dozen dukes, a score or two
of counts and barons all fine fellows and
genuine bloods proceeds unostentatiously to
the depot ln his bunting-carriage (a simple lit
tle affair, manufactured at a cost of only forty
thousand rubles or so), where be is astonished
to see a large concourse of admiring subjects,
gayly interspersed with soldiers, all acciden
tally gathered there to see him off. Now hats
are removed, bows are made, suppressed mur
murs of delight run through the crowd; the
locomotive whizzes and fizzes with impatience;
bells are rung, arms are grounded; the princes,
dukes, and barons lolly fellows as they are
laugh and Joke just like common people; bells
ring again and whistles blow; a signal Is made,
and the Autocrat of all the Itussias Is off on his
bear-hunt 1
"In an hour, or two or three hours, as the
case may be, the royal hunters arrive at the
destined station. Should the publlo business
be pressing, it is not Improbable the Emperor,
availing himself of the conveniences provided
for him by Winans & Co .ln whose magnificent
present of a railway carriage he travels, has in
the meantime despatched a fleet or vessels to
Finland, ten or a dozen extra regiments of Con
sacks to Warsaw, closed upon terms for a loan
of fifty millions, banished various objection
able parties to the deserts of Siberia, and par
taken of a game or two of whist with his
camarilla.
"But now the Important affair of the day is at
band the bear the terrible block bear, which
everybody is fully armed and equipped to kill,
but which every bod r knows bv fnstlnnr. ia
going to be killed by the Emperor, because of
nis Aiajesty s superior skin and courage on try
ing occasions of this sort. What a blessing It is
to possess such steadiness of nerve! I would
not hesitate one moment to attack the most
ferocious grizzly in existence if I felt half as
much confidence ln my ability to kill It. But
the carriages are walling: the horses are
prancing; the hunters are blowing their bugles;
the royal party are mounting on horseback or
in their carriages, as best may suit their taste,
and the signal is given I A salute is fired by the
Guard, buzzas ring through the air, and the
Czar of all the Russlas Is fairly off ou his bunt.
Trees fly by; desert patches of ground whirl
from under; versts are as nothing to these
spirited steeds aud their spirited masters, and
in an hour or so the grand scene of action Is
reached. Here couriers stand readv to connunt
the Imperial hunters into the very Jaws of
ueain. j.uo iiouie proprietor nimseir, bare
headed, greets the royal pageant: the serfs bow
down in Oriental fashion; the dashing young
fnr touches hia hnntincr-nan In militorv Drni..
and waves his band gallantly to the ladies of
me uousenoia, wno are peeping at mm from
their carriages ln the distance. Onoe more the
bugle is sounded, and away they dash knights,
nobles, and all the handsome and gallant Czar
leading the way by several lengths. Soon the
cry Is heard "Halt ! the bear ! the bear I Halt!"
Shut your eyes, reader, for you never can stand
sucnastgnt as mat a fun grown black bear,
near two hundred yards off. In the middle of an
open space, surrounded by five hundred men
hidden behind trees and driving him back from
every point where he attempts to escape. You
don't see the men, but you hear them shouting
and banging upon their pots, pans, and kettles.
Mow Just open one eye, and see the Emperor
dismount from bis famous charger, and deliver
tne rein 10 a aozen aoraesiics, ceiiberately cook
his rifle, and fearlessly get behind the nearest
tree within the range of the bear. Bv this time
you perceive that Brulnls dancing a pas teul on
his hind legs, utterly confounded with the
noises arounu mm. unut your eyes again, for
the Emperor Is taking his royal aim, and will
presently oraok away with his royal rifle. Hist!
triggers are clicking around you ln everv direc
tion, but you needn't be the least afraid, for.
aunougn me near is coverea or a reserve of
forty rifles, not one of the hunters baa nerve
enough to shoot unless officially authorized, or
personally desirous of visiting the silver mines
of Siberia. Crack ! thug 1 The smoke clears
away. By Jove ! hlslraperlal Majesty has done
It cleverly; hit the brute plumb on the on front in,
or through the heart, It makes no difference
which. Down drops Bruin, kicking aud tearing
up the earth at a dreadful rate; cheers rend the
welkin; pots, pans, and kettles are banged.
High above all rises the stern voice ol the
Autocrat, calling for another rifle, which is
immediately handed to him. Humanity re
quires that be should at once put an end to the
poor animal's sufferings, aud he does it with his
accustomed skill.
"Now the bear having kicked bis last, au In
trepid hunter charges up to the spot on horse
back, whirls around it two or three times, care
fully examlues the body with an opera glass,
returns, and, approaching the royal presence
with uncovered bead, delivers himself accord
ing to this formula: 'May it please your most
gallant and Imperial Majesty, tub bkak it
ukadI' The Emperor sometimes responds, Ms
he?' but usually contents himself by waving
his hand ln an indifferent manner, puffing bis
cigar, and calling for his horse. Blxteeu grooms
immediately rush forward with his Majesty's
horse; and, being still young and vigorous, he
mounts without difficulty, unaided except by
Master of Stirrups. Next he draws au Ivory
handled revolver a present from Colt, of New
York and dashing fearlessly upon the bear,
fires six shots Into the dead body; upon which
lie coolly dismounts, and pulling forth from
the breast of his hunting coat an Arkanzas
bowie-knife a present from the poet Albert
Pike, of Little Itock plunges that dangerous
weapon iuto the bowels of the dead bear; then
rising to bis full height, with a dark and stern
countenance, he holds thd blood-drlpplng blade
high in the air, so that all may see it and utters
one wild, stentorian, aud terrific shout, 'Hara
sho! barashol Signifying in English 'Good!
very well I' The cry Is caught up by the princes
and nobles. who, with uncovered heads now
crowd around their gallant Emperor, waviug
their lists, likewise shout 'Haraso! bara
shol' 'Good I very Weill' Then the five
n u n u red peasant runu in with thetr tin
pans. kettles, and drum, and amid the most.
amazing din oaten up the Inspiring strain, and
dpnlen every ear with their wild shouts of
narasnoi harasno!' Good I very well I'
Upon whloh the Emperor, rapidly mounting,
places a fl otter In each ear. and mill nnffins bis
cigar, rides triumphantly away.
"The bear Is hastily gutted and dressed With
flowers. When all Is rearty the royal party re
turn to the railroad depot in a long procession,
headed by his Majesty, and brought up ln the
rear by the dead body of Bruin, borne on poles
by six-and-twenty powerful serfs. IWresti
merits ln the meantime have been administered
to every body of high and low degree, and by
the time they reaoh the depot there are but two
sober Individuals In the entire procession his
royal Matesty and the bear. Farther refresh
ment are administered all round dnrlns the
Journey back to St. Petersburg, and notwith-
sianuing ne is rigiuiy prohibited by his physi
cian from the use of stimulating beverages, It
Is supposed that a read ion has now taken
place, which renders necessary a modification
of the medical ukase. At all events. I am told,
the bear Is sometimes the only really steady
member of the party by the time the Imperial
pageant reaches the palace. When the usual
ceremonies of cengratulatlon are over, a merry
dance winds up the evening. Alter this the
company disperses to prayer and slumber, and
thus ends the great bear-hunt of hia Malostv the
Autocrat of all the Kusslas."
The great bulk of the book is what we in
America properly, if not elegantly, describe as
"bosh." It is not as valuable nor as interest
ing as any of its predecessors, and seems to be
written against space, as some Congressmen
talk against time. Several pleasant incidents,
however, are described, among which we find
the following interview with Hans Andersen,
the well-known Danish writer:
"When I called according to directions, one of
tne ancient nut-crackers merely pointed to the
door, and said she thought Herr Andersen was
ln, but didn't know, I could knock there and
try; so I knocked. Presently I heard a rapid
step, and the door was thrown open. Before
me stood the tall, thin, shambling, raw-boned
ngure oi a man a nine oeyona me prime of lite,
but not yet old, with a pair of dancing grey
eyes and a hatchet-face, all alive with twists,
and wrinkles, and muscles; a long, lean face,
UDon which stood out Dromlnentlv a irrn.L
nose, diverted by a freak of nature a little to
one side, and flanked by a pair of tremendous
cheek-bones, with great hollows underneath.
Innumerable ridges and furrows swept semi.
circularly downward around the corners of a
great mouth a broad, ueep, rugged fissure
across the face, that might have been mistaken
for the dreadful child-trap of an ogre but for the
sunny beams of benevolence that lurked around
the lips, and the genial humanity that glim
mered from every nook and turn. I
would have picked him out from among a
thousand men at the first glance as a candidate
for Congress, or the proprietor of a tavern, if I
nau met mm any wnere in tue united states.
But the resemblance was only momentary. In
the quaint awkwardness of his gestures and
the simplicity of his speech there was a certain
refinement not usually found among men of
that class. Something ln the spontaneous and
almost childlike cordiality of his greeting; the
unworldly impulsiveness of ms nature, as he
grasped both my hands ln his. patted me affea-
tlouately on the shoulder, and bade me wel
come, convinced me in a moment that this was
no other, and could be no other, than Hans
Christian Andersen.
" 'Come ln ! come ln !' he said, ln a gush of
broken English; 'come ln and sit down. You
are very welcome. Thank you thauk you very
much. I am very glad to see you. It is a rare
thing to meet a traveller all the way from Call
for n la quite a surprise. Bit down! Thank
vou 1'
"And then followed a variety of friendly
com piimenu ana remarksaDout tne Americans.
'"Jalklng of Ukenestes reminded me of a pho
tograph which I bad purchased a few days
before, and to which I now asked the addition
of an autograph.
" 'Oli, you have a libel on me here!' cried the
poet, laughing joyously 'a very bad likeness.
Wait! I have several much better; here they
are' Ana ne rusneu into vne next room,
tumbled over a lot of papers, and ransaoked a
number or drawers mi ne louna ine aesirea
package 'here's a dozen of them; take your
choice; help yourself as many as you please!'
While looking over the collection, I said the
likeness ot one who bad done so much to pro
mote the happiness of some little friends I had
at home would be valued beyond measure; that
I knew at least half-a-dozen youngsters who
were a well acquainted with the 'Little Match
Girl,' and the 'Ugly Duck,' and the 'Poor Idiot
Boy.' as he was himself, and bis name was as
familiar ln California as It was ln Denmark,
AC this he grasped both my bands, and looking
straight in my face with a kind of ecstatic ex
pression, said, 'Ob, is it possible? Do they
really read my books in California? so far
away ! Oh ! I tbank you very much. Some of
my stories, 1 am aware, have been published ln
New York, but I did not think they had found
their way to the Paciflo Coast. Dear me !
lhank you! thank you! Have you seen my
last the what do you call It ln English ? a
little animal'
' 'Mouse,' I suggested.
" 'No.nota mouse; a little animal with wings.'
" 'Oh, a bat!'
"'Nay, nay, a little animal with wlugs and
many legs. Dear me! I forget the name iu Eng
lish, but you oertalnly know it ln America a
very small animal !'
"In vain I tried to make a selection from all
the little animals of my acquaintance with
wings and many legs. The case was getting
both embat rasslng aud vexatious. At length a
light broke upon me.
" 'A mosquito I' I exclaimed, triumphantly.
" 'Nay, nay !' cried the bothered poet; 'a little
animal with a hard skin on its back. Dear
me, I can't remember the name!'
" 'Ob, I have it now,' said I, really desirous of
relieving his mind 'a flea !'
"At this the great Improvisator scratched his
head, looked at the celling, and then at the
floor, after which he took several rapid strides
up and down the room, and struck himself re
peatedly on the forehead. Suddenly grasping
up a pen, he exclaimed, somewhat energeti
cally, 'Here ! I'll draw it for you;' and forthwith
he drew on a scrap of paper a diagram.
"A tumble-bug!' 1 shouted, astonished at
my former stupidity.
"The poet looked puzzled and distressed.
Evidently I had not yet succeeded. What
could it be?
" 'A beetle !' I next ventured to suggest,
rather disappointed at the result ol my pre
vious guess.
"'A beetle! A beetle! that's it; now I re
membera beetle !' and the delighted author of
'The Beetle' patted me approvingly on the back,
and chuckled gleeiully at his own adroit method
of explanation. 'I'll give you "The Beetle," he
said: 'you shall bave the only copy ln my pos
session. But you don't read Danish! What
are we to do? There is a partial translation ln
French, a mere notice.'
"No matter,' I answered. A specimen of
the Danish language will be very acceptable,
and the book will be a pleasant souvenir of my
visit.'
'He then darted into the next room, tum
bled over a dozen piles of books, then out again,
ransacked the desks and drawers, and heaps of
old papers and rubbish, talking all the lime in.
his joyous, cheery way about bis books and his
travels ln Jutland, and his visit to Charles
Dickens, and his Intended Journey through
Spain, and his delight at meeting a traveller all
the way from California, and whatever else
came into bis head all ln such mlxed-up
broken English that the meaning must have
been utterly lost but for the wonderful expres
siveness of his face and the striking oddity of
his motions."
"With the exception of a few such redeeming
passages, the work is not up to the standard.
When we add that Messrs. Harpers have
filled it with all the old wood-cuts which ap
peared in their Magazine months and years
ago, we give a correct judgment of the value
of the "Land of Thor."
Bleak Uorss. We have received from T.
B. Peterson & Brothers the fifth volume of the
Author's Edition of Dickens, which is the
inimitable story of Bleak House. It is bound
in the usual green and gold, and is a novel of
richness, beauty, and economy. The full edi
tion when complete, will be as handsome as
any 'gentleman need desire for his library, and
at the same time so cheap that it is within the
reach of all.
Hihtokt oir tii ic Panama Railkoab. By Dr.
J.N. tills. New York: Harper uros. rniia-
deiphla Agent: J. B. Lippmoott & Oo.
Dr. Otin, out of a very uninteresting sub
ject, has succeeded in manufacturing a very
interesting book. His history of the Panama
Railroad is authentio, as well as pleasant
reading. With but few facts to weave together,
the writer, by his happy description of scenery
and valuable statements as to the people, soil,
and fruits of the Isthmus, has redeemed from
stupidity a narrative which, as a memento to
American industry, deserves a place in all our
libraries. The road, although it has been in
full operation for thirteen years, has never yet
had a carefully prepared history of Its con
struction. It is a record of determination and
skill of which we may all feel Jnstly proud.
During the time it has carried passengers,
four hundred thousand persons have been trans
ferred from ocean to ocean on its rails, and not
a case of sickness has occurred. It has had
under its care seven hundred and fifty millions
of dollars, and not a cent has been lost. This
is a clear record, and one which few of our
roads in the most civilized portions of our coun
try could compete with. The book is filled
with excellent wood-cuts, illustrating striking
features of scenery, and is well printed and
neatly bound.
Glodb Editios op Dickers. We have re
ceived from Messrs. Hurd & Houghton, through
J. B. Lippincott & Co., the second volume of
the Globe Edition of the works of Charles
Dickens. It consists of the "Old Curiosity
Shop" and "Sketches by Boz." It is a large
volume, containing seven hundred pages, and
has several handsome steel engravings. It is
printed in large type, yet is sold for the mar
vellously cheap price of 1-w. It will be fol
lowed by other stories, until the complete
edition of all the author's works is before the
public.
The weekly paper in New York which was
sued by Charles Eeade because of its criti
cism on Griffith Gaunt, has filed its response,
which severely damages the literary reputation
of Mr. Eeade. The defense concludes with the
following declaration:
"These defendants, for a further and separate
defense to each of the causes of aotion set forth
in the complaint, in mitigation of any dam
ages that this plaintiff may be entitled to re
ceive, repeat all the facts aud allegations here
inbefore set forth, and they also allege that the
story entitled 'Griffith Gaunt; or, Jealousy ' is
identical ln all the prominent features of Its plot,
and ln all its distinguishing Incidents, with two
other stories or novels, each of which was writ
ten and published by other than the plaintiff
herein, prior to ine puDiicaiion oi -urimm
f In.... I. r. l.atAii.v I (ha mil 4 1 1 iitn.i.l Kalnir an
follows, to wit: 'A Story of a Plot ln Private
Life,' by YVlikie (joinns, puDiisuea in .cugiana
in 1868 or earlier, and ln New York as a portion
of the book entitled tne 'tueen ot Hearts in
the vear 180S. or thereabouts, by the publishing
bouse of Harper & Brothers. The other being
entitled "The Frenehman of Two Wives," pub-
llsbed ln the magazine called Household words,
December 6. 1850. the same being volume 11. No.
260, of the said magazine, called LittelV Liv
vng AQe. January ii, iou.
AUU WIQ UGAOUUCtum lUlkUVl DUJ VUUUCA AWA -
tlon of the opening of for the prosecu-
IIaii ut. fnrth In Mint, nnrtlnn rf Ciri fflt.h
Gaunt' which narrates the trial, being ohapter
of the said work, is Identical In language
with a portion of the opening speech of Hon.
Mr. Baiburst upon the trial of Mary Blandy as
reported ln Howell's State Trials, vol. xvlil, p,
1118. That such trial was had ln England long
previous to the writing and publication of
'Griffith Gaunt: or. Jealousy.' That the de
fendants are Informed and believe that there
are other similar identities between other por
tions of the said 'Griffith Gaunt' and the
works of other writers published prior to the
writing and publishing of 'Griffith Gaunt;'
and the defendants say that the plaintiff makes
no acknowledgment of his Indebtedness to the
sources named herein for any portion of the
said 'Griffith Gaunt,' nor by quotation marks,
or any other means, indicates that the whole of
the said work, ln its conception and execution,
Is not of his own production.
"And these defendants further answering,
allege, in mitigation of any damages that
the plaintiff may be entitled to receive by
reason of any of the publications set forth lu
the complaint, that the work entitled 'Christie
Johnstone,' of which the plaintiff is the re
puted author, and which was published Ions
previous to the publication of 'Griffith Gaunt,'
is also identical In plot and incident ln many
respects with a certain other novel, entitled
John de Castro.' which said last-mentioned
novel was written and published about the
year 1802, long before the said 'Christie John
stone' was written or published, and the author
of the said last-mentioned work did not ac
knowledge his indebtedness to theabove-men-tloned
'John de Castro,' nor by any meaus
Indicate that the whole of the said work ln Its
conception and execution was not of his own
production.
"And the plaintiffs say that the said identities
in respect to both 'Griffith Gaunt' aud 'Chris
tie Johnstone," together with others of a similar
character to be found ln other works of which
the plaintiff Is the reputed author, bad greatly
Injured the reputation of the plaintiff as au
author, and subjected the plaintiff to the busdi-
elon and belief ln the minds of many that be
baa been guilty of plagiarism, and that such,
suspicion Is well founded; and that plagiarism
is regarded as an offense whloh Justly deprives
the perpetrator of respect as au author; and
therefor the defendants urge the same ln miti
gation of any damages which the plaintiff may
be entitled to receive for ths alleged Injuries to
his reputation as an author by the defendants."
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7
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOFSAFE
FJJORE AaCOUT
LILLIE'S CHILLED-IRON SAFE!
IMPORTANT FACTS
which xne people should
AVX AUU H U 1 IS J A'
T a r T7! A m v . .
WACT T.T.TT.T.TIT'H I7TTTT T.TT rLTBn a A OT F
have Imn nruej Introduced fur in lut twelvt
years, and sold to those having the largmt amount i
valuables, as lha best and most ihorouKblj Jiuralai
as rare to hear ot on of Ullle's Bales having brl
r burs1"'. as to or hoar ol a walil
blackbird or a while, elephant. k
Fact XI. It la notorious that the profusion of thf
burglar has advanced at a rald pace within the Uvf
els tit , years, and what was thoroughly burglar-proi
tL.?S,Un.t,0,now'.wh,cn account for the fact thw
within the last three years yny few of Lillllelj
Bates have been rohbed. and the aeoret anonymoil
circulars attributed by other safe-makers lal
terly, showing a very fru canee only, Ib tbestrongrf
evidence that but a very small number have beei
robbed to ibis time, notwithstanding the large ntuu
ber in use, and the amount at stake it suooesarul.
Fact III. There are two. and only two, gencrfl
iiu ivBuiiig ihiuviuii-q uvua wuicn an ourglar-pro
snf- are coimlrueied. The one Is pouring limit
lrou between and around bars of wrought lreu, hart
ened aireel, or any proper combination of metal'
This principle Is ad Died bv I.lille. In ti ei.m,
Iron Safe, and covered aud controlled by his lette4
77ie other Is made no ot Invar nr mi rim.
metal!, held together by boll or riven, or both. Tl
this principle there are various oojecllons- Ttif
cost Is double. The wrought iron plates, which ari
the strength of tbesalr, are outside, and are operate!
upon by the whole catalogue ot burglar' too I a. Tli
bolts or rivets are easily forced by suitable tooH
with or without oowder. and runnt h ...ut,.ini
lh former jrmc(pe, adopted by Little, avoids a!
these objections, can be made any thickness an'
withstand auy amount of resistance required' avoldf
tuv nvmv, uvim, cv,; um uu wrougnt iron OBtalde t
be operated upon by burglars' implements.
Fact IV. Mr. Llllie, the Patentee, so soon as 1;
tearnea mat it waa pomiDie with the modern lut
proved tools for burglars to grind through chlllel
Iron or hardened steel, began experimenting to avolt
the difficulty, and after much labor ana eiueune hi
r . , .i. . i- - . i "n ana conjoin
iiik u"in cu.iiciy yruoi against the burglar
drill, or any other of his tools, even the wedge, wai
ranted to stand the hardest teat practicable for an
burglar to mane, as a proor or his success, the ft)
lowing certificate is now ollered Iron tne .Novell
OfVick Novelty Irow Works,
0.KNJVKMBN:"")Ve .bve nbJfcte the sample o
Iin Vml fit.nlal.jul I ... I . . I
"'"" . '.T.i 'uosi severe lesi
(as regards drilling through it) that we could brlug t
bear upon it. and without success.
It Is our opinion that it cunonly be penetrated bi
the use of a large number of drills, and the expend!
And we think It impossible for a burglar, with hi.
iuup uu jw n , w lycucbiuiu it a b mi.
Yours truly.
Isaac V. Homits, Superintendent.
Lyman U. Hai l, Foreman.
And the following extensive Iron manuru-innn I
Philadelphia. Boston, and Chicago, after the nmJ
thorough tata, find the result to be substantially tin
MIUT,
And their principal Iron Workers so certlrv.
Messrs. Merrick fc Bon, Boutliwark Foundry, Phils'
ucivui.i
The Flnkley & Williams Works, Boston, Mass,
The Union Foundry and the .Northwestern it
dry. Chicago. 111.
conn
Fact V. The proposition made the pobllc hereto!
lore is now reneweu: i win lurnisn bales or Vault
Lioors. of same size and capacity of other beat maicariJ
and at one-third less price; and the same may bi
tested when finished, and I will furnish tha man ul
test the work of any other maker, and be shall furs
Disn tne man to tesi my won ; ana tne party so order,
ing may accept the work which stands the most re
slstance.in any way or manner practicable for a Durglai
to work.
Fact VI. I would now say to any of the owners o
LUlle's Bares, that, in view of the preceding facta, li
tbey feel the need of additional security, 1 will ex
change with them, on fair terms, giving them all thtf
late Improvements, and the Increased security, whlcli
la claimed to be beyond the reaoh of Burglars, untlf
some new system shall be developed In the working
of Iron, which would now seem hardly possible.
Fact Vii. It Is true that the Sheet-Iron or common
Sate, as bow made, noder ordinary circumstance
(and when not crushed by the fall ot walls or timbers)
usually saves the written matter, but If the fire la se
vere it baa to be copied, for the Ink will soon fade out ;
besides, the safe la twisted up and uaeleaa.
It Is equally trne that the Chilled-Iron Sara save
the written matter ln a perfect state, that It does no
fade out or require copying, and that the safe llseln
la ready for lurther use. Any number or trials lit
tires, certified to, prove these facta, and If any of thai
.At. VAnit.n aihn ma Hl.trlhiitla
circulars to injure the reputation of L1LLI K'a BAF&I
.IV A1U miiougu - JIU kUCVB D.M71U DU US, tUUy CSQ OSV0
the opportunity of testing by fire one of their own
Bares with UI.IilK'B, on equal terms, whenever
they so decide. ' I
Fact VIII. In answer to the story circulated bvt
Interested parties, that LUlle's bare had gone up, andi
UA .UlUCtA AJAlllO, A WUU1U DttjT U1B( at HO LI 111
the last two years could Lllne&hon half supply the
demand toi Bfea, and were under the necessity ef
forming a large stock company, with a very large
capital, to meet the demand; aud Mr. Lewis Lillle, Br.,
Is now the president ot that compauy, which la located
on the Delaware, ln Pennsylvania, near Kaston, and
Is the largest Bare Works probably In existence, and
will be able to supply all duniauus for bales. Locks.
Chilled-iron Vaults, etc '
In conclusion, I beg to call the attention of myf
patrons and friends, aud the publlo. to the facta here
preseuieu, ana to say taut i am very manklul for
East favors, and that I am prepared to furnish LIL
ii.'B JiUKUIAK ANU FiBK AND BUKULAK
PKOOF BA thJi. VAULT lUOiu3, CHILLKU IKON
VAULTS and O0MBI1MAT1NN LOCKS, alt at short
notice, warranted to be the best and cheaDaat in
market. I also keep constantly a large assortment
of second-hand Fire Prools. taken In exchange foe
Lillle'a Burglar Proofs, of the best-known makers,
all put In good order, and offered at below usual auc
tion prices.
M. C. SADLER,
AGENT FOR LILLIE'S SAFE AND IRON COMPANY,
No. G39 ARCH Street,
6 tuths2m PHILADELPHIA.
C. L. MAISER.
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