asants were not only free, but were entitled to a certain
portion of land, of which they should be the sole proprietors. In 1861,
Russia emancipated all serfs within her borders. In the United States,
the stern 'logic of events' seems to be rapidly bringing about similar
results, although indeed 'slavery' and 'serfdom' should never be
mentioned together, being so essentially different; the one the
possession of the _man_, the other merely the ownership of his _labor_
or of a _portion of its results_.

We cannot better conclude than by giving the following extract from the
Introduction of M. Cochin, who, by the way, is a man of good family and
ample fortune, an eminent publicist, and a Catholic of the school of
Lacordaire, Montalembert, Monseigneur d'Orleans, and the Prince de
Broglie:

'It was once exclaimed, Perish the colonies, rather than a
principle! The principle has not perished, the colonies have not
perished.

'It is not correct that interests should yield to principles;
between legitimate interests and true principles, harmony is
infallible; this is truth. Those who look only to interests are
sooner or later deceived in their calculations; those who,
exclusively occupied with principles, are generous without being
practical, cease to be generous, for they lead the cause which they
serve to certain destruction. It is the will of God that realities
should mingle with ideas, and that material obstacles should compel
the purchase of progress by toil.'

The publishers tell us that, a large demand for this work having arisen,
they have issued this 'popular edition,' wherein the figures in the
original are given as nearly as possible in the American currencies,
measures, etc.

STUMBLING BLOCKS. By GAIL HAMILTON, Author of
'Country Living and Country Thinking,' 'Gala Days,' etc. Boston:
Ticknor & Fields, For sale by D. Appleton & Co., New York.

Gail Hamilton's religious position gives her vast advantages. She is
thoroughly orthodox, Calvinistic, and Congregational, and being neither
Unitarian nor Catholic, will not be regarded as one of the 'Suspect' by
the great community of the so-called evangelical Christians. But she is
a bold, independent thinker, and spurns the trammels of bigotry and
prescription. No party spirit blinds her clear vision, no sectarian
prejudice vitiates her statements of the creeds of others, or induces
her to vei