The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863

The Holy Word in its own Defence: addressed to Bishop Colenso and all other Earnest Seekers after Truth. By Rev. Abiel Silver, Author of "Lectures on the Symbolic Character of the Sacred Scriptures." New York. D. Appleton & Co. 12mo. pp. 305. $1.25.

"Who Breaks Pays." By the Author of "Cousin Stella," etc. Philadelphia. F. Leypoldt. 16mo. paper, pp. 302. 50 cts.

notes

1

The phrase is General Taylor's. When Santa Aña brought up his immense army at Buena Vista, he sent a flag of truce to invite Taylor to surrender. "Tell him to go to hell," said old Rough-and-Ready. "Bliss, put that into Spanish." "Perfect Bliss," as this accomplished officer, too early lost, was called, interpreted liberally, replying to the flag, in exquisite Castilian, "Say to General Santa Aña, that, if he wants us, he must come and take us." And this is the answer which has gone into history.

2

After Sheridan had made his maiden speech in the House, of Commons, he went to the gallery where Whitbread was sitting and asked the latter's opinion of his effort.

"It will never do, Sheridan; you had better give it up."

"Never, by G–d!" replied Sheridan; "it is in me, and it shall come out."

3

Dagneaux's is the most expensive restaurant of the Latin Quarter.

4

These are characters in the novel, portraits from real life. Murger drew himself, and told his own history, when he sketched Rodolphe.

5

He was urged to rent a room in Paris as his lodgings when he came to town.

6

Travels through the Middle Settlements of North America in 1759-60. By Rev. Andrew Burnaby.

7

History of the Netherlands, Vol. I. p. 182.

8

"During the winter, the temperature at the surface of the glacier sinks a great many degrees below 32° Fahrenheit, and this low temperature penetrates, though at a gradually decreasing rate, into the interior of the mass. The glacier becomes fissured in consequence of the contraction resulting from this cooling process. The cracks remain open at first, and contribute to lower the temperature of the glacier by favoring the introduction of the cold air from without; but in the spring, when the rays of the sun raise the temperature of the snow covering the glacier, they first bring it back to 32° Fahrenheit, and presently produce water at 32°, which falls into the chilled and fissured mass of the glacier. There this water is instantly frozen, releasing heat which tends to bring back the glacier to the temperature of 32°; and this process continues till the entire mass of the cooled glacier returns to the temperature of 32°."

9

For the evidence of this statement I must, however, refer to my work on Glaciers, already so often quoted in this article, where it may be found with all the necessary details.

10

Hon. H.M. Rice, Ex-Senator from Minnesota.