517 ...... 434 AFRICAN PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY. 362 361 504 ... 524 AUF WIEDERSEHEN 570 BATHING AND BODIES—A DISSERTATION 532 CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THB RUSSIAN WAR 687 COSAS DE ESPANA.... 14 PaxT L-Early Legend of the Family of Stedingk- Parentage and Birth-Ensign at Stralsund-Arri. val at Stockholm-Education at Upsula - State of Ereden-Enters French Army--Baron Trenck- Stedings at Versailles-Marie Antoinette--Person- al Appearance of Stedingk--Letter to Gustavus TIL., describing Birth and Baptism of the Dauphin -Character of Gustavus-Voltaire and Charles XII-American Campaign-Newport-Granada- Stedingk's Letter to Gustavus III., describing Assault upon Savannah-Reflections -- Return to France-Efforts to be re-employed in America Disappointment-Honors conferred upon Stedingk - Forbidden to wear the Cincinnati-Consequent Correspondence with Gustavus-Reflections upon the Conduct of Gustavus-His Disingenuousness- The Cincinnati worn in Stockholm at the present PART IL-Stedingk returns to Sweden-Parting with Marie Antoinette-Swedish Invasion of Russia- Stedingk's Military Exploits in Finland-Gustavus III. and the Battle of Swenskund-Swedish Navy in 1790 and 1854Alarm in St. Petersburg-Cathe- rine's Preparations for Flight-Stedingk Ambassa- dor to Russia-First Dispatch-Prince of Nassau- Bulletin Qnarrel with Gustavus III.-Satires Court of Catherine-Stedingk's Presentation- Russian Rewards and Decorations--Ball at the Hermitage-Imperial Family-Diplomatic Conver- . sation upon the Execution of Stestesko--Ivan- Extravagant Ideas of a Russian Ambassador- Stedingk's Success Sketch of Czars-Accession of Catherine-Her Character, Talents and Per- sonal Appearance-Murder of Gustavus III. at a Fancy Ball-Death of Marie Antoinette-History PART III.-His Wedding Disappointment-Death of Catherine-Accession of Paul-Stedingk negotiates the Armed Neutrality of 1800—Dinner at the Swed- ish Embassy-Private Treaty between Paul and Stedingk-Project of Russian and French Con- quest of India-Character of Paul-Anecdotes of Stedingk and Paul-Murder of Paul-Grief of the Emperor Alexander as privately shown to Ste- dingk-M. Thiers-Russian Invasion of Finland- Swedish Regency-Misfortunes of Gustavus IV.-Loss of Finland-Stedingk's Remon- strances-The King draws his Sword upon Ste- dingk-His Deposition and Banishment-Charles XIII. Stedingk negotiates the Peace of Fred- erickshama-Cession of Finland and Aland- Stedingk returns to the Embassy in Russia--His Honors and Dignities-He is made a Count and Field-Marsha Dispatches Napoleon disappoint- ed in a Russian *ncess-Marriage Gossip-Elee- tion of Bernadotte to the Swedish Throne-Ste- dingk's Surprise-Baron Mörner first Projector of this Event- Sketch of Mörner's Narrative-First Interview with Bernadotte-Intrigues at Paris Mörner threatened and driven from Stockholm- Arrest-His Fearlessness and Activity--Portrait of Prince Oscar-Vote of the Diet-Triumph. 471 CUPID AND THE WASP... 470 397 331 ETHIOPIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS Famous QUARRIES OF THE WORLD. ... 404 258 FORTY DAYS IN A WESTERN HOTEL.... 622 GREAT EXCURSION TO THE FALLS OF ST. HARD UP..... 50 325 63 the Wars-Bunker Hill-Across the Water. 66 Adventure on Pont Neuf-Dr. Franklin. 185 Mysteries of Parisian Lodgings-Another Adven- 871 VI. -They call at the Earl of Selkirk's; and after RAMBLES OVER THE REALMS OF VERBS wards Fight the Shlp-of-War Drake-The Expedi- AND SUBSTANTIVES... 472 692 RAMBLES OVER THE REALMS OF VERBS 610 AND SUBSTANTIVES (Second Paper) 602 433 LITERATURE OF ALMANACS.. 121 LIVING IN THE COUNTRY. 619 SONGS THAT NEVER WERE SUNG. 290 STAGE Coach STORIES (Concluded)... 175 Mrs. MACSIMUM'S BILL. 512 NOVELS—Their MEANING AND MISSION 389 THREE GANNETS..... No. V.-Traders-Agave Americana-Vehicular To LYRA.... 173 Curiosity--Church Interview-Grand Military Dis. TRIP FROM CHIHUAHUA TO SIERRA “OUR PARTIES AND POLITICS"-A SOUTH- ERNER'S VIEW OF THE SUBJECT..... 633 PAINTER'S PORTFOLIO... 357 536 WALL STREET-A BROBDIGNAGIAN LOOK POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS AND BALLAD WATERING-PLACE WORRIES. 551 304 WEEDER, THE..... WEST POINT AND CADET LIFE.. 192 WILDS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK... ... 263 Avalanche of Female Authors-Cookery Books -Mrs. GlassMiss Leslie-The Master's House, by Logan-Benton's Thirty Years' View---Capron's History of California-Sar- gent's Standard Reader-Photographic Views of Egypt-Hammond's Hills, Lakes, and Forest Scenes--Cummings' Scripture Readings--The Tent and the Altar-Baker's School Music- Falconer's Poems-Poems of Samuel Rogers-- Greece and the Golden Horn-Protestant Ford's History of Illinois-Mrs. Stephen's Fash- in Paris 217 Address at Antioch College--Bayard Taylor's Journey to Central Africa-Miles's Rambles in 838 Ballou's History of Cuba-Dr. Elder's Peri- 451 Professors Mahan, Wayland and Hickock's Metaphysics-Spooner's Organic Christianity Cousin-Clande the Colporteur-Aubrey 222 dré's Capture and Execution-Erroneous ances-Hazlitt's Manners. siastical History of the First and Second Cen- of the Life and Scientific Researches 565 glish Publishing Trade-Autobiography of 671 • 667 Reprints and New Editions. Professor Childs' Edition of the Poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt, the Earl of Surrey and Tho- III. French Literature. Arago's Memoirs and Works-A History of Turkey, by Lamartine--Geoffrey St. Hilaire's 119 Life of Joseph Bonaparte-M. Grasset and 228 II. English Literature. of Social Science-Talfourd's Literary Re- 111 Whewell - Memorials of Amelia Opie-Alison's IV. Fine Arts. Ruskin's Lectures in Edinburgh-Quixotic at tacks on Greek Architecture-Pre-Raphael- 281 Mario-Leutze's New Picture of Washington 567 PORTRAITS OF CONTRIBUTORS. The author of the “ POTIPHAR PAPERS."-GEO. WM. CURTIS.) PUTNAM'S MONTHLY. A Magazine of Literature, Science, and Art. VOL. IV.-JULY, 1854.—NO. XIX. IS MAN ONE OR MANY! Types of Mankind. By J. C. Norr, M. D., and science, is that which derives the immense GEORGE R. GLIDDOX, Philadelphia: Lippincott, variety of nations now on the globe from Grainbo & Co. 1854. the Adam and Eve of Genesis, or rather from Noah and his three sons, Shem, important work, to enter upon any Ham and Japhet, who were saved from extended criticism of its merits and de the deluge, in which all the rest of manfects, both of which are obvious enough, kind perished, and which, as the common nor to undertake to settle the controversy chronology estimates it, occurred in the to which it relates, but simply to al 1656th year of the world, or 2318 years belude to its contents, with such inciden fore the birth of Christ. It assumes that tal remarks as may occur to us in the the statements of Moses are simple historcourse of the review. It is an original, ical facts, and that all the distinctive differelaborate, and, we may say, quite revo ences which we at this day observe among lutionary presentation of its principal sub the different families of men, are the results ject, and we owe it to the authors, as well not of an original diversity established by as to our readers, whom we try to keep the Creator, at the time of the respective informed of all the leading movements in appearances of those families upon the the world of letters, to make some state globe, but of climate, food, habits of life. ment of the nature and bearing of its ar civilization, intermarriage, and other ex"guments. ternal agencies, which have since been, Its general purport, and that of its and for centuries, at work. The Caucaseveral parts, are both best described sian, the Malay, the American, the Nein the complete title, which runs in this gro, the Mongol, in short, all the tribes wise : “ Types of Mankind, or ethno of the earth are held to be the lineal delogical researches, based upon the an scendants of Noah, or at furthest of Adam; cient monuments paintings, sculptures, and it is inferred, consequently, that they and crania of races, and upon their natural, all belong to the same species as well as geographical, philological and biblical his to the same genus of animals. tory ; illustrated by selections from the Those who maintain this theory rest unedited papers of SAMUEL GEORGE Mor their arguments mainly upon the words TON, M. D. (late President of the Academy of Scripture, though they endeavor to conof Natural Sciences at Philadelphia), and firm it by many impressive considerations by additional contributions from Prof. drawn from the analogies of natural sciLouis AGASSIZ, LL.D., W. Usher, M. D., ence, from the affinities of language, from and Prof. H. S. PATTERSON, M.D. By the remarkable traditions of various peoJ. C. Nort, M. D. and George R. GLID ple, and from the authentic records of Dox, formerly U. S. Consul at Cairo.” It history. Nearly all the Christian sects, will be seen that we are offered rather, a how manifold and conflicting soever their formidable array of subjects as well as interpretations of Scripture in other reof names and titles. spects, are singularly unanimous in conThe theory, in respect to the origin and sidering that the first book of Moses distribution of the human races, generally teaches the identical origin of the human accepted both by theologians and men of race: nearly all the most eminent sci VOL. 1V.--1 |