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ADAMS'S SYNCHRONOLOGICAL CHART , OR MAP OF HISTORY . Walker Brothers , London . We have seen and studied this very interesting and remarkable chart with some care , and no little astonishment . it is said to have taken fifteen years in compilation , " nd we can quite understand it , as the labour to produce so comp licated , and yet so clear a panoramic view oF
history must have been intense . The object oF this chart , ve are told , is to " assist thc mind in clearly fixing along inwn the stream of time , thc time when the events of the world ' s history took place . The time when ( chronology ) and the place where , ( geography ) , are the two great eyes of history . " Accordingly , wc have a synchronous collection of dates , persons , and events , from the creation to the
reign ot H . M . Queen Victoria , ( the present epoch in short ) , depicted betore the mind ' s eye ot the youthFul student . The idea is novel , and has been cariied out in a most masterly and effective way ; indeed , thc care bestowed upon this chronolog ical chart deserves all praise , inasmuch as it is most striking and unsurpassed in itself . We are told that Adams ' s map is now in use in many thousand schools ,
& c . in the United States , and we are inclined to think that it will be found to be both attractive and helpful in scholastic establishments in this country . We have , let us note , in this admirably executed work of Mr . Adams , ( we believe he is the Hon . Sebastian Adams , Salem , Oregon ) , a synchronous chart of ancient , biblical , and modem history , for 3880 years , in a
panoramic map or chart , measuring twenty-two feet by twentysix , ( we are told ) , and which can be used in one large chart or cariied in a portfolio or cover . The stream of time , which dominates the chart , is marked by a black wavy line running horizontally throughout the chart , divided by transverscs and intersecting lines , into centuries , which arc again retluced to
decades . Thus , by a little care , thc student can discover the contemporaneous history of mankind , and realize it at a glance . Wc could quite understand that at first sight , the chart might appear to some intricate and difficult to master in its countless details , but a little careful attention will meet that difficulty , like a good many more , and the young especially will be interested with a picture chart
which places thc world ' s history vividly , and yet lucidly before them , anil enables them , so to say , to gather up into " one focus , " thc c inflicting scenes of cosmopolitan history . When we first saw thc char ' , through the obliging recommendation of Bro . Walker , we felt " dazed " at such a mass of " instructive del ills " in such " narrow limits , "
but subsequent study has shown us , how this , like everything here which is arduous , can be mastered by industry and attention , and we , therefore , recommend some of our young friends to pore over the chart , astheir ' s will be both an intellectual and improving method of spending time .
We wish the chait all success . Since wc wrote the above we are informed , by unquestionable authority . The chart is now in use , and greatly appreciated , in one of our large public schools , and that a distinguished brother of ours , so greatly appreciates its use , that he has sent six copies to six schools , in whichhe is interested .
BJORN AND BERA . A Norse Legend . By B , MONTOOMERIE R ANKIN- ! . Remington and Co ., 5 , Arundel-strect , Strand . We have received this " Norse Legend , " and have read it ; and like it much , and recommend our worthy patrons
to read it too . We wish that our space permitted a longer review of a pleasant little book , but as a friendly " collaborateur" of ours proposes to review it in the December Masonic Magazine , were reler our readers to that more elaborate account ol a striking little poem .
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS , HOW TO GET ON IN THE WORLD . By W . II . DAVENPJHT ADAMS . Bro . John Hogg , Paternoster Row . We can conscientiously commend the idea and execution of this work , and think that all will be struck , both by its monitory cautions antl cheery encouragements . We are inlined to think that the author has taken the right view of
success in life , not merely as the To Kahn and To Agalhon , in itself , but as the result of duty to God antl utility to man . From a temporal point of view more success might be sought for as a means of earthly pleasure and wealth , or material enjoyment and comfort . But the truer view , as Mr . Adams well puts it , after all , is the religious view , which makes human success dependant on a Divine
Providence , and places man in his efforts and proposals , and purposes , subservient ever to Him , T . G . A . O . T . U ., who overrules and disposes all things and all men . But as means under God to a great end—industry , thrift , moderation ,. sobriety , honesty , and simple-minded discharge of duty are needful , and though the " race is not to the
swift" always here , as a matter of certain consequence , yet without such qualities no one has a right to hope to succeed in business , or in life . The great end of success is not personal advantage , but thc honour of God and the good of man . We think the lxiok will be much appreciated and , we hope , extensively read .
HoeunvAv's 1 'n . i . s . —The sntliliMi chansep , frequent fogs , and pervading dampness surely impede the vital functions and conduce 10 il ' -health . " The remedy for these disasters lies in some Purifying medicine , like lllese I ' IIIF , which incompetent lograpple " ¦ " ¦ 'un the mischief at its source , and stamp it out wilhoat fretting He nerves or wcakcniiii ; the system . Holioway's Pills extract the
rcun bloo ) all noxious mailers , regulate- the action of every eisordereu oraan , slim date the liver and kidneys , ami relax lhe "ive-ls . In euring rliefct complaint :, these pills 1 nre remarkably ¦ v ' 1 , vc , . espeeialy when aided hy Iriction of the Ointment on im alIs ; ihis double treatment will ensure a certain , steady , and '*?» " ! Pfogres .-, and sound health will soon be re-established . IADVT .
Williams Masonic Memorial.
WILLIAMS MASONIC MEMORIAL .
The following communication has been addressed by the Prov . Grand Master of Cornwall to the various lodges , through Bro . E . T . Carlyon , P . G . S . : — Mount Edgcumbe , Devonport , November 7 U 1 , 187 S . Dear Brother Carlyon , —Having received the accompanying letter from the W . M . of the Cornubian Lodge , No .
450 , and believing , after consideration and inquiry , that the proposal , which has my cordial approval , is likely to be acceptable to thc brethren of the Province generally , I shall be much obliged if you will transmit a copy of Bro . Husband ' s letter ( and of this one ) to the W . M ' s . of all the lodges , the First Principals of thc various chapters , and the
chief officers of the other Masonic bodies , of which Bro . Sir Frederick Williams was a member , and request them to lay the proposal before the brethren at their next meeting , and to inform you what support they are willing to give to it . Believe me , yours fraternally , MOUNT-EDGCUMIIE .
Hayle , October 10 th , 1878 . Cornubian Lodge of Freemasons , No . 450 . To the Right Hon . Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe , Prov . G . Master of Cornwall . My Lord and Right Worshipful Sir , —The circular issued by your Lordship ' s desire to the several lodges of your province , in which your lordship referred most appropriately to
the death of our deeply lamented aud much respected brother , Sir Frederick M . Williams , Deputy Prov . G . M . of Cornwall , was duly received by us , and your Lordship's instruction to place our lodge in mourning received the necessary attention at our hands . At thc regular meeting of our lodge , held on the 10 th inst ., it was suggested that a Memorial of our late lamented brother should be raised
in the form of a united contribution from the several lodges in this province to thc funds of the various Charitable Institutions ( the Boys' and Girls' Schools and others ) , the votes for such " Memorial" contribution to be vested in the Prov . Grand Master of Cornwall for the time being , and seeing that our late esteemed brother evinced so great an appreciation of those institutions ( as he unmistakeably
showed by his noble and generous support of them ) , the opinion was expressed that in no equally beneficial a manner could the Freemasons of this province exhibit their lasting respect for one whose viitues had endeared him to the whole fraternity . Having thus very briefly set before your Lordship our suggested movement to raise a " Williams Memorial Fund , " we beg most respectfully toenquirc
if your Lordship will give it your sanction and approval , and , if so , will your Lordship be pleased to indicate in what manner it may best he brought under the notice of the brethren ; or to give such directions as shall secure this end . We would further beg to be permitted to say , that in our humble opinion a properly organised movement , such as we have indicated , will be so successful a ? to retain
to your province a large number ofthe votes so generously made available for the noble purposes of Masonic Chaiity by our late distinguished brother , the memory of whose goodness we would hope always to have before us in a " Memoiial Fund" for this province . —On behalf of thc Cornubian Lodge , No . 459 . I have the honour to remain , your Lordship ' s most obedient servant , WM . HUSBAND , W . M .
Pathetic Incident Of The Yellow Fever Epidemic.
PATHETIC INCIDENT OF THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC .
Last week , says a recent edition eif the Chicago News , a bright-eyed , pretty little fellow , of four years of age , was taken by the conductor of a train to the Palmer House . The child was quiet and obedient , but occasionally the tears would stream down his cheeks , and though hc tlid
not cry aloud , the heavy sobs shook him while the tiny hands tried vainly to hide the baby face . He was all alone in the world , and the love and kindness was all that comforted him . About his neck was a ribbon , to which was attached a card with the following inscription : — " To the Masonic Fraternity—Forward the orphan to San Francisco ; Howard Association , New Oilcans . " Very tenderly did tl " e
ladies at the hotel care for the child , pelting and caressing him until he forgot his sorrow . He was the last survivor of the family oi Henry E . Wilcox , of New Orleans . In the past three weeks his father , mother , four sisters and brothers , had died of yellow fever . The association learning that hc had relations in San Francisco telegraphed as to the disposal of the child . The answer was prompt . He would be fondly loved by friends in that city , and they
wanted him at once . There was but one way to send him , so the poor little fellow was committed to strangers for the long trip of nearly 4000 miles . Everywhere he had met with the greatest attention , passengers on the various cars taking entire charge of him and attending to all his wants . Ladies in Chicago took him to the west hound train , and after giving him a bountiful supply of toys and dainties , left him to the kindly care of thc conductor . —Liverpool If ' eekly Courant , Nov . iOth , 1878 .
Sir Henry Rawlinson will contribute an article on " The Afghan Crisis" to the December number of the " Nineteenth Century . " We are requested to state that the meetings of La Tolerance Lodge ol Instruction , No . 53 8 , are now held at the Green Dragon , Maddox-street . Regent-st ., W ., every Wednesday evening , from 8 . 15 to 10 o ' clock . The room in which the lodge is held is capable of seating sixty brethren .
Notes On Art, &O.
NOTES ON ART , & o .
An effort is being made among " Old Carthusians " to purchase for the library of the Charterhouse School a large collection of the original sketches of John Leech , who was himself a Carthusian . His family have offered to his old School for purchase at a fair and reasonable price a considerable number of his original sketches ,
including those of the "Comic History of Rome , " the " Comic History of England , " etc ., which would find an appropriate home in the library of the school in which John Leech received his first lessons in history . The managing committee of the library have given £ 50 towards the purchase , and about £ 100 more has been raised already among thc masters and former scholars of the Charterhouse .
Electric lighting appears to have taken another step in advance—namely , the possibility of adjusting the brilliancy of any particular light in the circuit without waste of current by so doing . I understand that a telegraphic confirmation of this fact has been received from Mr . Edison , and is communicated to Saunders ' s Netcs Letter , Dublin . The telegram states on Mr . Edison ' s authority that each electric burner can independently be raised and lowered . The utility of this achievement is
ob-. German Artists are complaining bitterly of the hard times , and scarcely any pictures have been bought by private persons at the Annual Exhibition of the Berlin Art Academy . Indeed the Council of the Academy have petitioned Government to devote 150 , 000 marks ( £ " 7500 ) to the purchase of pictures in order to support art under
such unfavourable circumstances . A very good Map of Afghanistan and the adjoining countries has been published by Mr . E . Stanford , of Charing Cross . The respective boundaries are clearly delineated , the names are plainly printed , and the various roads and passes are distinctly marked . Such a map will be exceedingly useful to any one wishing to follow out the forthcoming military operations ,
M . Lais , director of the Rio de Janeiro Observatory , has written to the Paris Geographical Society , intimating that owing to the liberality of the Emperor of Brazil he had been enabled to begin the great work of determining by electric telegraph the longitude of Rio in comparison witli Greenwich . When the operation shall have been completed tbe geographical position of every city in Southern America will be known with exactitude . — Nature .
"' A Woman writes : —The following extract from ' Maurice ' s Indian Antiquities , ' vol . 1 , who in his turn quotes from thc ' Ayeen Akbory , ' by Abul Fazil , the learned secietary of Aklar , in the iOth century , may contain some interest , as showing the importance which was attached to the possession of Cabul as early as that period :
— ' It ( Cabul ) is the gate of Hind istan towards Tartiry , as Kandahar is towards Persia , and if both places be properly guarded that extensive empire is safe from the irruption of foreigners . ' Similar to this observation , which is taken from the ' Ayeen Arkbory , ' is a remark in the short description of Asia , p . 7 , ' that accorrling to thc Indians no man can be called the ruler of India who has
not taken possession of Cabul . " A Valuable Soporific for Railway Travellers has been invented by a French physician—a concoction which sends a person to sleep for a given time . The doctor can calculate the effect of his discovery within about ten minutes , antl will give a dose ensuring sleep during a journey of twenty , fifty , a hundred , or two hundred miles
according to taste . The restless traveller is thus spared the weariness of a long night journey , while sleepily-disposed people can indulge in a good nap without fear of passing their destination . The invention—which , by the way , is said to taste like Chartreuse—might surely prove valuable to persons afflicted with sea-sickness .
A Telegraphic Museum was inaugurated at Berlin on the ist inst . Thc collection is intended for the instruction of the people , and in ; ludes over two hundred objects connected with telegraphy , and some historic instruments , while si'bmarine and military telegraphy are specially well represented . British Art in India does not seem to reach a
high pitch of excellence , to judge from the criticism of a correspondent of the Times of India who had visited the annual Fine Art Exhibition at Simla . " Most of the pictures , " says the critic , " were atrocious daubs . There were skies , such skies that the blue heavens outside , could they have witnessed what an outrage had been committed on their azure purity , would have blushed crimson . There were foliage , and jungle , and seas displayed on canvas ,
and all as unlike nature as the ingenuity of manor woman could contrive . I saw a tiger with such a head and neck that the royal beast would have been perfectly justified in gobbling up the artist . There was an elephant knockkneed , and such an infinity of caricatures of nature that it was a relief to look at the clear sky above after the fearful azures and blood-reds to which we had been exposed . " THE LIVERPOOL AUTUMN EXHIBITION OP
PICTURES . —The sales and admissions to this exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery , Liverpool , which has now been open sixty-three days , ending Tuesday week ., were as follows : Pictures sold , 185 , realizing £ 4386 3 s . ; against 230 pictures , representing . £ 7563 14 s . in the same time last year ; the morning admissions at is . numbered
32 , 867 , against 31 , 185 last year ; evening admissions at ( id . numbered 13 , 212-, and those at 3 d . 7716 , against 13 , 528 last year . The season tickets sold numbered 3729 this year , and 2 294 last year . The total receipts , exclusive of sates , and including catalogues sold , were £ 3063 12 S . 6 d , this year , against £ 2688 14 s . 3 d . in 1877 .
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Reviews.
Reviews .
ADAMS'S SYNCHRONOLOGICAL CHART , OR MAP OF HISTORY . Walker Brothers , London . We have seen and studied this very interesting and remarkable chart with some care , and no little astonishment . it is said to have taken fifteen years in compilation , " nd we can quite understand it , as the labour to produce so comp licated , and yet so clear a panoramic view oF
history must have been intense . The object oF this chart , ve are told , is to " assist thc mind in clearly fixing along inwn the stream of time , thc time when the events of the world ' s history took place . The time when ( chronology ) and the place where , ( geography ) , are the two great eyes of history . " Accordingly , wc have a synchronous collection of dates , persons , and events , from the creation to the
reign ot H . M . Queen Victoria , ( the present epoch in short ) , depicted betore the mind ' s eye ot the youthFul student . The idea is novel , and has been cariied out in a most masterly and effective way ; indeed , thc care bestowed upon this chronolog ical chart deserves all praise , inasmuch as it is most striking and unsurpassed in itself . We are told that Adams ' s map is now in use in many thousand schools ,
& c . in the United States , and we are inclined to think that it will be found to be both attractive and helpful in scholastic establishments in this country . We have , let us note , in this admirably executed work of Mr . Adams , ( we believe he is the Hon . Sebastian Adams , Salem , Oregon ) , a synchronous chart of ancient , biblical , and modem history , for 3880 years , in a
panoramic map or chart , measuring twenty-two feet by twentysix , ( we are told ) , and which can be used in one large chart or cariied in a portfolio or cover . The stream of time , which dominates the chart , is marked by a black wavy line running horizontally throughout the chart , divided by transverscs and intersecting lines , into centuries , which arc again retluced to
decades . Thus , by a little care , thc student can discover the contemporaneous history of mankind , and realize it at a glance . Wc could quite understand that at first sight , the chart might appear to some intricate and difficult to master in its countless details , but a little careful attention will meet that difficulty , like a good many more , and the young especially will be interested with a picture chart
which places thc world ' s history vividly , and yet lucidly before them , anil enables them , so to say , to gather up into " one focus , " thc c inflicting scenes of cosmopolitan history . When we first saw thc char ' , through the obliging recommendation of Bro . Walker , we felt " dazed " at such a mass of " instructive del ills " in such " narrow limits , "
but subsequent study has shown us , how this , like everything here which is arduous , can be mastered by industry and attention , and we , therefore , recommend some of our young friends to pore over the chart , astheir ' s will be both an intellectual and improving method of spending time .
We wish the chait all success . Since wc wrote the above we are informed , by unquestionable authority . The chart is now in use , and greatly appreciated , in one of our large public schools , and that a distinguished brother of ours , so greatly appreciates its use , that he has sent six copies to six schools , in whichhe is interested .
BJORN AND BERA . A Norse Legend . By B , MONTOOMERIE R ANKIN- ! . Remington and Co ., 5 , Arundel-strect , Strand . We have received this " Norse Legend , " and have read it ; and like it much , and recommend our worthy patrons
to read it too . We wish that our space permitted a longer review of a pleasant little book , but as a friendly " collaborateur" of ours proposes to review it in the December Masonic Magazine , were reler our readers to that more elaborate account ol a striking little poem .
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS , HOW TO GET ON IN THE WORLD . By W . II . DAVENPJHT ADAMS . Bro . John Hogg , Paternoster Row . We can conscientiously commend the idea and execution of this work , and think that all will be struck , both by its monitory cautions antl cheery encouragements . We are inlined to think that the author has taken the right view of
success in life , not merely as the To Kahn and To Agalhon , in itself , but as the result of duty to God antl utility to man . From a temporal point of view more success might be sought for as a means of earthly pleasure and wealth , or material enjoyment and comfort . But the truer view , as Mr . Adams well puts it , after all , is the religious view , which makes human success dependant on a Divine
Providence , and places man in his efforts and proposals , and purposes , subservient ever to Him , T . G . A . O . T . U ., who overrules and disposes all things and all men . But as means under God to a great end—industry , thrift , moderation ,. sobriety , honesty , and simple-minded discharge of duty are needful , and though the " race is not to the
swift" always here , as a matter of certain consequence , yet without such qualities no one has a right to hope to succeed in business , or in life . The great end of success is not personal advantage , but thc honour of God and the good of man . We think the lxiok will be much appreciated and , we hope , extensively read .
HoeunvAv's 1 'n . i . s . —The sntliliMi chansep , frequent fogs , and pervading dampness surely impede the vital functions and conduce 10 il ' -health . " The remedy for these disasters lies in some Purifying medicine , like lllese I ' IIIF , which incompetent lograpple " ¦ " ¦ 'un the mischief at its source , and stamp it out wilhoat fretting He nerves or wcakcniiii ; the system . Holioway's Pills extract the
rcun bloo ) all noxious mailers , regulate- the action of every eisordereu oraan , slim date the liver and kidneys , ami relax lhe "ive-ls . In euring rliefct complaint :, these pills 1 nre remarkably ¦ v ' 1 , vc , . espeeialy when aided hy Iriction of the Ointment on im alIs ; ihis double treatment will ensure a certain , steady , and '*?» " ! Pfogres .-, and sound health will soon be re-established . IADVT .
Williams Masonic Memorial.
WILLIAMS MASONIC MEMORIAL .
The following communication has been addressed by the Prov . Grand Master of Cornwall to the various lodges , through Bro . E . T . Carlyon , P . G . S . : — Mount Edgcumbe , Devonport , November 7 U 1 , 187 S . Dear Brother Carlyon , —Having received the accompanying letter from the W . M . of the Cornubian Lodge , No .
450 , and believing , after consideration and inquiry , that the proposal , which has my cordial approval , is likely to be acceptable to thc brethren of the Province generally , I shall be much obliged if you will transmit a copy of Bro . Husband ' s letter ( and of this one ) to the W . M ' s . of all the lodges , the First Principals of thc various chapters , and the
chief officers of the other Masonic bodies , of which Bro . Sir Frederick Williams was a member , and request them to lay the proposal before the brethren at their next meeting , and to inform you what support they are willing to give to it . Believe me , yours fraternally , MOUNT-EDGCUMIIE .
Hayle , October 10 th , 1878 . Cornubian Lodge of Freemasons , No . 450 . To the Right Hon . Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe , Prov . G . Master of Cornwall . My Lord and Right Worshipful Sir , —The circular issued by your Lordship ' s desire to the several lodges of your province , in which your lordship referred most appropriately to
the death of our deeply lamented aud much respected brother , Sir Frederick M . Williams , Deputy Prov . G . M . of Cornwall , was duly received by us , and your Lordship's instruction to place our lodge in mourning received the necessary attention at our hands . At thc regular meeting of our lodge , held on the 10 th inst ., it was suggested that a Memorial of our late lamented brother should be raised
in the form of a united contribution from the several lodges in this province to thc funds of the various Charitable Institutions ( the Boys' and Girls' Schools and others ) , the votes for such " Memorial" contribution to be vested in the Prov . Grand Master of Cornwall for the time being , and seeing that our late esteemed brother evinced so great an appreciation of those institutions ( as he unmistakeably
showed by his noble and generous support of them ) , the opinion was expressed that in no equally beneficial a manner could the Freemasons of this province exhibit their lasting respect for one whose viitues had endeared him to the whole fraternity . Having thus very briefly set before your Lordship our suggested movement to raise a " Williams Memorial Fund , " we beg most respectfully toenquirc
if your Lordship will give it your sanction and approval , and , if so , will your Lordship be pleased to indicate in what manner it may best he brought under the notice of the brethren ; or to give such directions as shall secure this end . We would further beg to be permitted to say , that in our humble opinion a properly organised movement , such as we have indicated , will be so successful a ? to retain
to your province a large number ofthe votes so generously made available for the noble purposes of Masonic Chaiity by our late distinguished brother , the memory of whose goodness we would hope always to have before us in a " Memoiial Fund" for this province . —On behalf of thc Cornubian Lodge , No . 459 . I have the honour to remain , your Lordship ' s most obedient servant , WM . HUSBAND , W . M .
Pathetic Incident Of The Yellow Fever Epidemic.
PATHETIC INCIDENT OF THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC .
Last week , says a recent edition eif the Chicago News , a bright-eyed , pretty little fellow , of four years of age , was taken by the conductor of a train to the Palmer House . The child was quiet and obedient , but occasionally the tears would stream down his cheeks , and though hc tlid
not cry aloud , the heavy sobs shook him while the tiny hands tried vainly to hide the baby face . He was all alone in the world , and the love and kindness was all that comforted him . About his neck was a ribbon , to which was attached a card with the following inscription : — " To the Masonic Fraternity—Forward the orphan to San Francisco ; Howard Association , New Oilcans . " Very tenderly did tl " e
ladies at the hotel care for the child , pelting and caressing him until he forgot his sorrow . He was the last survivor of the family oi Henry E . Wilcox , of New Orleans . In the past three weeks his father , mother , four sisters and brothers , had died of yellow fever . The association learning that hc had relations in San Francisco telegraphed as to the disposal of the child . The answer was prompt . He would be fondly loved by friends in that city , and they
wanted him at once . There was but one way to send him , so the poor little fellow was committed to strangers for the long trip of nearly 4000 miles . Everywhere he had met with the greatest attention , passengers on the various cars taking entire charge of him and attending to all his wants . Ladies in Chicago took him to the west hound train , and after giving him a bountiful supply of toys and dainties , left him to the kindly care of thc conductor . —Liverpool If ' eekly Courant , Nov . iOth , 1878 .
Sir Henry Rawlinson will contribute an article on " The Afghan Crisis" to the December number of the " Nineteenth Century . " We are requested to state that the meetings of La Tolerance Lodge ol Instruction , No . 53 8 , are now held at the Green Dragon , Maddox-street . Regent-st ., W ., every Wednesday evening , from 8 . 15 to 10 o ' clock . The room in which the lodge is held is capable of seating sixty brethren .
Notes On Art, &O.
NOTES ON ART , & o .
An effort is being made among " Old Carthusians " to purchase for the library of the Charterhouse School a large collection of the original sketches of John Leech , who was himself a Carthusian . His family have offered to his old School for purchase at a fair and reasonable price a considerable number of his original sketches ,
including those of the "Comic History of Rome , " the " Comic History of England , " etc ., which would find an appropriate home in the library of the school in which John Leech received his first lessons in history . The managing committee of the library have given £ 50 towards the purchase , and about £ 100 more has been raised already among thc masters and former scholars of the Charterhouse .
Electric lighting appears to have taken another step in advance—namely , the possibility of adjusting the brilliancy of any particular light in the circuit without waste of current by so doing . I understand that a telegraphic confirmation of this fact has been received from Mr . Edison , and is communicated to Saunders ' s Netcs Letter , Dublin . The telegram states on Mr . Edison ' s authority that each electric burner can independently be raised and lowered . The utility of this achievement is
ob-. German Artists are complaining bitterly of the hard times , and scarcely any pictures have been bought by private persons at the Annual Exhibition of the Berlin Art Academy . Indeed the Council of the Academy have petitioned Government to devote 150 , 000 marks ( £ " 7500 ) to the purchase of pictures in order to support art under
such unfavourable circumstances . A very good Map of Afghanistan and the adjoining countries has been published by Mr . E . Stanford , of Charing Cross . The respective boundaries are clearly delineated , the names are plainly printed , and the various roads and passes are distinctly marked . Such a map will be exceedingly useful to any one wishing to follow out the forthcoming military operations ,
M . Lais , director of the Rio de Janeiro Observatory , has written to the Paris Geographical Society , intimating that owing to the liberality of the Emperor of Brazil he had been enabled to begin the great work of determining by electric telegraph the longitude of Rio in comparison witli Greenwich . When the operation shall have been completed tbe geographical position of every city in Southern America will be known with exactitude . — Nature .
"' A Woman writes : —The following extract from ' Maurice ' s Indian Antiquities , ' vol . 1 , who in his turn quotes from thc ' Ayeen Akbory , ' by Abul Fazil , the learned secietary of Aklar , in the iOth century , may contain some interest , as showing the importance which was attached to the possession of Cabul as early as that period :
— ' It ( Cabul ) is the gate of Hind istan towards Tartiry , as Kandahar is towards Persia , and if both places be properly guarded that extensive empire is safe from the irruption of foreigners . ' Similar to this observation , which is taken from the ' Ayeen Arkbory , ' is a remark in the short description of Asia , p . 7 , ' that accorrling to thc Indians no man can be called the ruler of India who has
not taken possession of Cabul . " A Valuable Soporific for Railway Travellers has been invented by a French physician—a concoction which sends a person to sleep for a given time . The doctor can calculate the effect of his discovery within about ten minutes , antl will give a dose ensuring sleep during a journey of twenty , fifty , a hundred , or two hundred miles
according to taste . The restless traveller is thus spared the weariness of a long night journey , while sleepily-disposed people can indulge in a good nap without fear of passing their destination . The invention—which , by the way , is said to taste like Chartreuse—might surely prove valuable to persons afflicted with sea-sickness .
A Telegraphic Museum was inaugurated at Berlin on the ist inst . Thc collection is intended for the instruction of the people , and in ; ludes over two hundred objects connected with telegraphy , and some historic instruments , while si'bmarine and military telegraphy are specially well represented . British Art in India does not seem to reach a
high pitch of excellence , to judge from the criticism of a correspondent of the Times of India who had visited the annual Fine Art Exhibition at Simla . " Most of the pictures , " says the critic , " were atrocious daubs . There were skies , such skies that the blue heavens outside , could they have witnessed what an outrage had been committed on their azure purity , would have blushed crimson . There were foliage , and jungle , and seas displayed on canvas ,
and all as unlike nature as the ingenuity of manor woman could contrive . I saw a tiger with such a head and neck that the royal beast would have been perfectly justified in gobbling up the artist . There was an elephant knockkneed , and such an infinity of caricatures of nature that it was a relief to look at the clear sky above after the fearful azures and blood-reds to which we had been exposed . " THE LIVERPOOL AUTUMN EXHIBITION OP
PICTURES . —The sales and admissions to this exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery , Liverpool , which has now been open sixty-three days , ending Tuesday week ., were as follows : Pictures sold , 185 , realizing £ 4386 3 s . ; against 230 pictures , representing . £ 7563 14 s . in the same time last year ; the morning admissions at is . numbered
32 , 867 , against 31 , 185 last year ; evening admissions at ( id . numbered 13 , 212-, and those at 3 d . 7716 , against 13 , 528 last year . The season tickets sold numbered 3729 this year , and 2 294 last year . The total receipts , exclusive of sates , and including catalogues sold , were £ 3063 12 S . 6 d , this year , against £ 2688 14 s . 3 d . in 1877 .