removal of carbonic acid gas. There is also a tendency to congestion of various internal organs, especially of the lungs, whilst the ratio between the number of beats of the heart and the number of respirations becomes nearly the same as in inflammation of the lungs. The Maharajah of Cashmere is desirous of having several scientific works translated from the English into the Sanscrit language; and as he understands that there are many able scholars in England and Germany, he has placed the matter in the hands of Colonel Nassau Lees, who is to select competent persons for the task. His Highness has had some works already translated in Calcutta. He has requested that, as the first instalment of the European series of translations, Prof. Liebig's work on Chemistry, or some other standard work on the same subject, should be one of the works translated. An undertaking of this kind ought to prove most useful, and cannot fail to exercise a most beneficial effect upon the future of India. There is one respect in which scientific men —who are sometimes narrow enough in some matters-are more liberal in their views than the community at large, and more especially than either theologians or politicians, namely, in the position which they take up towards a man who has changed opinions which he formerly expressed. Instead of regarding this It has been often said that animals are not liable to disease until they are brought into contact with man, and there are many facts to support this view. Prof. Struthers, of Aberdeen, believes, however, that whales are very liable to rheumatism. He states that he has often seen examples of "rheumatic" inflammation of the bones in whales, which is very remarkable when it is considered how little whales are exposed to changes of temperature. It would be difficult, however, to prove that whales suffer from any disease at all comparable to rheumatism in man, and the facts brought forward by Dr. Struthers may admit of a different interpretation. LITERARY NOTES. The action of "Hepworth Dixon v. The Pall Mall Gazette," has been decided, after a four days' trial, nominally in favour of Mr. Dixon, for he has been awarded one farthing damages, but virtually in favour of the English newspaper. Criticism may be trenchant but it should not be reckless. While excessively pungent criticism at the same time is impolitic and likely to be undignified, there does seem occasion in these days of outrageous sensationalism to lay on the scourge and to expose the writer who degrades literature from its wholesome and elevating environment to the low level of sensuous indecency. Though there is much, however, that is objectionable in Mr. Dixon's Spiritual Wives, particularly in the tone of the work and in the straining after sensation-excitement which well merited the reviewer's censure,. yet the decided virulence of the review, and its contemptuous allusions to the author could not be legally or morally justified. Is there not a lesson in this law-suit for our own writers and journalists? If we have not positive indecency to complain of, it is fast becoming a public duty in Canada to repress the flippancy of the day in reference to sacred things; while, at the same time, the license of the press in its would-be facetious but, in fact, impudent trifling with the reputations of our public men, is a scandal and reproach to us as a people. We should be glad to see public opinion more wholesome and more active in regard to this matter. era. The "Memoirs of Baron Stockmar" have now been issued from the press. The volumes will be found most important reading, as they are replete with interest on the subject of English and European politics during the early part of the Victorian The Baron was an intimate friend and adviser of Her Majesty, and his influence in royal circles and in the political world, during the period referred to, was very great. A cheap re-publication of these memoirs, on this side the Atlantic, will be a great boon to readers of political history, to whom we heartily commend the study of the work. We regret, however, to find the book disfigured by considerable egotism and an undue laudation of the subject of the memoirs. In the Department of Biography, also, may be noted as having just appeared, the second volume, from 1842 to 1852, of Mr. John Forster's "Life of Charles Dickens," and a cheaper edition of Sir Arthur Helps' "Life and Labours of the late Mr. Brassey.' The following announcement of forthcoming memoirs may interest readers - The Life of Baron Humboldt," compiled in commemoration of the centenary of his birth, and translated from the German; "The Life and Times of Sixtus the Fifth," by Baron Hübner, from unpublished diplomatic correspondence in the State Archives of the Vatican, Simancas, Venice, Florence, &c.; "The personal Life of George Grote,' the Historian of Greece; "A Memoir of Nathaniel Hawthorne ;" "The Life and Adventures of Alexander Dumas" "Life and Correspondence of FieldMarshal Sir John Burgoyne, Bt.," comprising extracts from his journal during the Peninsular and Crimean Wars, &c., and the "Memoirs of the life of Sir James Y. Simpson, Bt.," the distinguished Edinburgh surgeon. A memoir of the novelist who has given us the creations of "Midshipman Easy," "Jacob Faithful," "Peter Simple," and other characters dear to our early youth, appears in the “Life and Letters of Captain Marryatt," edited by his daughter; "Modern Leaders," a series of biographical sketches, by Justin McCarthy, reprinted from The Galaxy, should not be omitted in this category. A perusal of the work cannot fail to instruct and entertain the lovers of literary gossip. Messrs. Scribner, of New York, have brought out an authorized reprint of the first volume of Mr. Froude's "The English in America in the Eighteenth Century," which is to be completed in another volume. Mr. Froude's presence on this side the Atlantic, on the Quixotic sort of mission on which he has come, together with the ever active interest in the fruitful theme of Irish grievances," will incite many to read the work. Whether the reader, however, will make out that he has been reading history, fiction, or mythology, when he has finished the perusal of the volume, we will not be bold enough to say. Messrs. Appleton & Co. send us Mr. Darwin's new work on "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals," which, no doubt, will be eagerly read. The book has the attraction of a number of We interesting photographs, illustrating physiognomical The People's Edition of Thomas Carlyle's Works, lately issuing from Messrs. Chapman & Hall's press, is to be continued by the publication, in the same cheap form, of the author's " History of Frederick the Great.' Volume I is now issued. Messrs. Adam, Stevenson & Co. have been entrusted by the eminent orator and divine, the Rev. W. Morley Punshon, LL.D., with the publication of a collected volume of his famous Lectures, together with several much admired Sermons. The work, which is designed to be a memorial of the distinguished gentleman's residence in Canada, is to appear in March, and prior to the author's return to England. ters and journals illustrating the family life of these devout and scholarly men, and the picture is one which cannot fail to deeply impress every reader. If our civic fathers could be hired and paid to In "Memorials of a Quiet Life," by Augustus C. read Dr. Bastian's "The Beginnings of Life," Hare (Strahan and Co.), we are introduced into one (London and New York: Macmillan & Co.) the of the finest types of English home-life--the domessanitary condition of the city, we opine, would be tic world of the Two Brothers, Julius and Augustus more satisfactory. The results of the researches of the Hare, the authors of Guesses at Truth.' The author are curious and interesting; if it is not alarm-"Memorials" appear principally in the form of leting to know how amazingly productive Street debris and decaying vegetable matter is. In the approaching elections, let each alderman be provided with this valuable work; or with a good microscope, let him investigate for himself the phenomena of lifeevolution from any specimens he may find in the back-lanes of the city. In the interest of sanitary science, if not of literature, let Dr. Bastian's work be perused. ears. "The True History of Joshua Davidson," (Strahan & Co.) is a work that will set society by the It professes to be written by a Communist of the working classes; but the style and matter of the book would indicate a workman in the higher walks of literature. It is earnest and out-spoken, and deals some heavy blows at the oppression of the upper classes. Its humour carries a bitter sting. Humour, in literature and art, combines to make "The World of Wit and Humour," (London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin) an acceptable volume. The collection is a good one, and the pictures add seasoning to the dish. "Humorous Poems," selected and edited by W. M. Rosetti, (Moxon & Co.) is a selection of over two hundred pieces of rare, versified fun, in the series of Moxon's popular poets. "Judy Comicalities" is a gathering of droll odds and ends, profusely illustrated from the pages of Judy, and uniform with the "Essence of Fun" expressed from Fun-both English Comic Weeklies. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle, whose death limited the author's "History of Civilization" to a mere fragment of what was intended to be a colossal undertaking, are now ready. The new volumes are mainly made up from Mr. Buckle's commonplace books; and the abstracts here given reveal the various quarries in which the author had worked, and makes one more than ever regret the incomplete character of his great design. Mr. Proctor's "The Orbs Around Us," is intended as supplementary to the author's recent volume on "Other Worlds than Ours." The subject of the plurality of worlds and of their habitable condition is discussed in the work, as well as the nature -and meteoric properties of the planets, comets, &c. "The Social Growths of the Nineteenth Century," by Mr. F. R. Statham, is the substance of several lectures, delivered at Edinburgh, on the principal social movements of the day. The science of sociology is certain, in these utilitarian times, to become the most engrossing of studies. The late Mr. Seward's diary of his "Travels around the World" is announced for early publication by Messrs. Appleton, of New York. The work can hardly fail to prove of interest, as it is heralded by the announcement that the distinguished statesman, in his remarkable journey, crossed nearly all the mountains, rivers and oceans of the globe; and interviewed and chatted with Presidents, Kings, Emperors, Sultans, Khedives, Tycoons, The Pope, East Indian Potentates, and other exalted personages. The same publishers are to issue immediately a reprint of Mr. Darwin's new work on "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals," of the English edition, of which we learn, that over 6,000 copies were ordered by the trade at Mr. Murray's recent trade sale, and before the appearance of the work in London. In "The Poet of the Breakfast Table," Professor Oliver Wendell Holmes has completed a triad of books as rich in literary entertainment as any the present century has produced. The present work is a fit companion to the " 'Autocrat," and the "Professor," and it lacks none of the charm of those books. Another contribution to High Church literature, on topics for the times, appears in "Essays on Ecclesiastical Reform," edited by the Rev. Orby Shipley. Among the subjects treated of are the "Existing Relations between Church and State," "Creeds in Relation to Reform," "Rights of the Laity," "Decay of Discipline," "Ecclesiastical Suits," &c., &c. Religious novels, as a rule, one has little patience to read. "Fleurange," by Mme. Craven, the author of a story which has won universal admiration, "Le Recit d'une Soeur," is an exception. It is a heart-stirring, high-toned, and gracious book. We wish it a world-wide circulation. 'Expiated," by the author of "Vera" and "Six Month's Hence,' " is a novel that will have many readers. The situations are dramatic, the characters well drawn, and the whole effect of the book pleasing. While on the subject of novels, it may interest our readers to know that Miss Amelia B. Edwards' new story is to bear the title of "In the days of my Youth." Fiction is further represented this month in "The Strange Adventures of a Phaeton," by Wm. Black, of which there has been a popular American reprint, from the third English edition. This charming story has been appearing in Macmillan's Magazine, and we would advise all who wish to make the acquaintance of a most attractive young lady, who enjoy descriptions of beautiful scenery, and can appreciate graceful narrative and natural incident, to procure and read this most fascinating novel. A new story, by the author of "Broken to Harness," "Dr. Wainwright's Patient," by Edmund Yates, is just ready, and will attract the many readers of this novelist. "The Vicar's Daughter," by Dr. George Macdonald; "At his Gates," by Mrs. Oliphant; and a new Christmas story, "The Wandering Heir," by Charles Reade, are introduced to Canadian novel readers by Messrs. Hunter, Rose and Co, of Toronto, who are fast becoming the Harpers of this side the line. The completion of George Eliot's great story, "Middlemarch," is among the notable events in this department of literature. No writer of the day can approach this author in the talent for delineation of character; and in the novel before us she is evidently in the maturity of her power. As a contribution in Political Science, we have to notice the appearance of the new issue of the "In ternational Scientific Series," viz., "Physics and Politics; or Thoughts on the Application of the Principle of Natural Selection' and Inheritance' to Political Society," by Walter Bagehot-a work of solid and serviceable character; and the brilliant book, M. About's "Hand Book of Social Economy," a translation from the French of a series of papers on many interesting subjects in Political and Social Science. "Brides and Bridals" is the subject of Mr. J. C. Jeffreson's new work, which will, no doubt, be eagerly scanned by the fair sex, who will learn from its historic pages from what tyranny and serfdom the civilization of to-day has emancipated them in the matter of matrimonial rites and customs. the wife of to-day, the former times of feudal barbarism and marriage by capture, when the wife was the slave and chattel of her husband, were, verily, not better than these. Το The second volume of the translation of M. Lanfrey's masterly and brilliant "History of Napoleon the First" is now before us, and embraces the thrilling period 1800 to 1806, in which the events-Jena, Austerlitz, and Trafalgar had their play. The author inveighs in bitter terms against the charlatanry, the vanity and the blood-thirstiness that characterized his evil hero, while the aggressive and perfidious policy of the despot are severely lashed. M. Lanfrey, of course, is a stern republican. A curious work appears in "The Geographical Distribution of Disease in England and Wales," by Dr. Haviland, illustrating by coloured maps and a series of tables, the local distribution in England of all the principal diseases. The chartographical study of diseases may be called a new science, but an important one, as indicating the relative mortality arising from the ravages of certain diseases, in the various counties of Britain. An important historical work on "The Adminis. tration of Justice under Military and Martial Law" has just been published. It is written by the Soli citor to the War Office (Mr C. M. Clode), and does much to dispel the ignorance which prevails as to the administration of codes which regulate the military forces of modern nations, as well as to distinguish between them, and to explain the two systems of Martial Law and Military Law by legal trials. A reprint, by Messrs. Harper, of M. Elisee Reclus' new work "The Ocean, Atmosphere and Life," appears. It is uniform with the author's former work, "The Earth, a Descriptive History of Life on the Globe." "Enigmas of Life," is the title of a new volume by Mr. W. R. Greg, author of "The Creeds of Christendom." A Professor of Comparative Literature at Floence announces a work on "Zoological Mythology," a series of legends of animals, in the various characters assigned to them, in the myths and legends of all civilized nations. "Love is Enough, or the Freeing of Pharamond, a Morality," is the title of Mr. Wm. Mor ris's new poem. The admirers of "The Earthly Paradise" by the same author, will be eager, we trow, to make the acquaintance of this new issue. It is curious to observe that in the present poem we have the revival of the alliterative measure, long disused, in the metrical construction of the narrative. It is a most successful innovation, and produces a degree of melody most agreeable to the reader. Insurances effected on all classes of Risks. Losses promptly paid. LIFE DEPARTMENT. 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