tion, all wisdom, truth, and honesty dwell only with him. A professed hater of shams and affectations,-if there is any affectation more complete than his later style, we do not know where to find it; and if there be any sham more pretentious than another, it is to assume authority on things one knows nothing about or has been too prejudiced fairly to study. Some of our younger readers, perhaps, are not acquainted with his "American Iliad in a Nutshell." It is his idea of the great war for the preservation of the Union. It appeared in Macmillan's Magazine for August, 1863: PETER (of the North to Paul of the South).—" Paul, you unaccountable scoundrel, I find you hire your servants for life,-not by the month or year, as I do! You are going straight to hell, you יי! PAUL.-"Good words, Peter! The risk is my own; I am willing to take the risk. Hire you your servants by the month or day, and get straight to heaven; leave me to my own method." PETER." No, I won't; I will beat your brains out first" (and is trying dreadfully ever since, but cannot yet manage it).-T. C. A GREAT deal of fun has been made of late by small wits over the later poems of Tennyson. It must be acknowledged that they have become juiceless and prosaic to a remarkable degree; but then it must be remembered that Tennyson is seventy-five years old, and by that time the imagination has usually finished its work. It is desirable that Tennyson should feel this, and confess that his work is done; but if he will not, it would be best to pass over in kindly silence his present efforts, and recall the splendid poems, rich with imagination and music, which have become the treasures of modern English literature. Remembering these, the small wits may avoid illustrating the fable of the asses and the dead lion. THE report is that the United States Government is to issue new postal cards, which in tint and texture are to be a great improvement over those with which we are familiar. We hope the government will also improve the English of the postal cards. Heretofore the authorities have informed us that "Nothing but the address can be written on this side" of the postal card; a direction which any one can immediately show the absurdity of by pen or pencil. If the new postal cards should have the words, "Nothing but the address should be written on this side," many people would feel more pride in official English. W. C. M. SERVICE LITERATURE. STATISTICS OF THE WAR.-The following table shows in parallel columns the number of men credited to the States and Territories upon a three-years' standard, the actual number for long and short terms being somewhat larger; the aggregate of losses by death from all causes and the percentage of loss to the number of troops furnished. Among the Eastern States Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island lost less than the average number of men, while the losses of Maine, New Hampshire, and notably Vermont, exceeded the general average. The losses in none of the Middle States were up to the average, and those of New York were less than those of Pennsylvania. The casualties among the Western troops exceeded the general average in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Mississippi's loss was relatively greater than that of Ohio. The loss of Iowa was nearly twice as heavy, relatively, as that of New Jersey. CROSBY'S VITALIZED PHOS-PHITES Is a standard preparation with all physicians who treat mental or nervous disorders. It is used with benefit in all forms of nervous derangement, in mental overwork, in forgetfulness, in sleeplessness, and loss of energy. 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Its action will harmonize with such stimulants as are necessary to take. (From Francis H. Atkins, A. A. Surgeon, U. S. Army.) "PROF. E. N. HORSFORD: "FORT GIBSON, IND. TER., February 1, 1879. "Dear Sir,-The Acid Phosphate medicinal preparation I have used quite extensively since 1870, and with great satisfaction. Have half a dozen patients using it here now, citizens as well as persons connected with the service. I have yet to meet a case where, being judiciously prescribed by a physician, it has failed to afford relief, and no other remedy have I seen people so generally hand about among their friends with commendation. For dyspepsia, whether in the lean or corpulent, in nervous debility, and in night sweats of consumption, it has commonly given speedy benefit, and some of my army friends are quite enthusiastic about it. I am sir, with great respect and esteem, "Yours respectfully, FRANCIS H. ATKINS." 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