FOREST AND STREAM. 



75 



\xtwml Uptimes. 



BASE BALL — THE PROFESSIONAL ARENA. 



This week the work of the fall campaign of the clubs of 

 the League Association begins, and it promises to be an ex- 

 citing series of meetings. Up to Sept. 4th inclusive the 

 record of games won and lost stood as follows:— 



Games Games 



Clubs, won. lost. 



Chicago W 18 



St. Loins 85 17 



Hartford 83 15 



Boston 80 22 



Louisville 25 29 



Mutual....... 20 27 



Athene 13 38 



Cincinnati '. 7 45 



Total 205 205 



The lead obtained by the Chicago is one which almost 

 ensures ihem the possession ol the pennant, but the game 

 is so uncertain that it is not sate to put duwn any nine as 

 sure to win until the goal is actually reached. There 

 is no such surety in regard to the possession of second 

 pla. e in the race, tor the St. Louis, Hartford, and Boston 

 clubs are too close to each other to make any calculation 

 salt as 10 which will be the winner of second place. Thus 

 far ht, Louis leads with Hartford close behind. But Bos- 

 ton has now got her team in better working order than she 

 has yet had them and they are playing -a strong game. The 

 late .improvement in the Cincinnati nine may lead to a 

 change In their position and they may throw the Athletics 

 into The la&t place. This week four interesting games take 

 place in Brooklyn between the St. Louia, Chicago, and 

 Mutual clubs, and for the next three the eastern and west- 

 ern nines will be busy playing their last games together 

 this season on eastern fields. 



The League nines last week realized the fact that the 

 crowd of "outside" professional clubs had worked up some 

 strong nines as the records of defeats sustained by League 

 club nines by the outside teams fully shows. The St. 

 Louis nine were twice whipped in Canada, and were ac- 

 tually cnicagoed by the Stars of Syracuse, a nine the Chi- 

 cagos afterwards deleated by 8 to 4. The Boston Club had 

 to succumb to the Stars in one game by 4 to 1, though 

 they ueieated the same nine the day afterwards by 5 to 2. 

 Here in the Metropolis the Mutuals sustained their second 

 defeat at the hands of an outside nine; the Resolute of 

 Elizabeth whipped them by 3 to 1. Outside of the League 

 Association there are now about 20 regular professional 

 clubs having strong nines, hailing from Indianapolis, Colum- 

 bus, St. Louis, W Heeling, Pittsburg, Memphis, London, 

 and Guelph, Canada; Llizabeth, New York, Brooklyn, 

 Ithaca, Aunurn, Syracuse, Bm-hampton, Bridgeport, .New 

 Haven, Providence, Fall River, and Lowell. 



Among the model games since our last may be named 

 the following in which the scores did not exceed five runs: — 



August 2ft -Ho aoken vs. Enterprise, at Jersey City (10 

 iuuingfij -. 5 to 4 



August t9— Riverside vs. Empire, at St. Louis 5 to 8 



August 29- Oniano vs. Rooue ster, at Rochester 5 to 2 



A-igusc #9— Boston vs. Star, of Syracuse, at Syracuse ... 5 to ^ 



August 3D— Alkghany vs. Cincinnati, at Pittsourg 2 to 1 



August 31— Biooniiugion vs. Springfield, at Blooniington. 4 to 4 



August, 31 -Hartlord vs. Rhode Island, at i'rovidence 4 to 



August. 31- -Red Cup vs. Oak wood, at La. Crosse 5 to 3 



Septem >er 1 -Lied (Jap vs. Fall ttiver, at Fall River 4 to 2 



Se^umoer 1 -Boston vs. Cricket, at Binghainpton, (5 ins.) 2 to 2 

 Stpteuibt.1 z— Hudson vs. iNumeless, atfiospect Park, (11 



htninsts) 4 to 2 



September 2 -R«. solute vs. Mutual, at Elizabeth. 3 to 1 



Sepieinue; 2-O.cnuiO vs. Cricket, at Prospect Park 5 to 4 



• Among the noteworthy contests of the past week are the 

 following iii which League nines were defeated: — 



August 28— Tecumseh vs S f ,. Louis, atLondoi 10 to 9 



A'. gu.-i a<5— ti.ai • vb. Boston, at Syracuse 4 to 1 



Aug-u t«s Buck-vie vs. Cincinnati, at Columbus, (10 ins.) 3 to 3 



AHguiv^S— Standard vs. (Jmciun ti, at Wheelteg 11 to 7 



Augusi^9 - Maple Leaf vs. St Louir-, at Gueiph 9 to 8 



August 3d— Al.eyhauy vs. Cincinnati, at Pittsburg 2 to 1 



August SI —Star vs. St. Louis, , ( Syracuse 7 to 



bepteuiUui-2 -Resolute vs Mutual, at Elizabeth 3 to 1 



September 2— Chicago vs. Star, at Syracuse 8 to 4 



CRICKET. 



English vs. American. — The Philadelphians in the 

 abseuce of any iorugu teams to play with are getting up a 

 series of very interesting local contests, the most import 

 ant being tne meeting between teams of twelve represent 

 ing nuuve-boru English and "American citizens. This 

 inarch will take plate at the Germautown Club cricket 

 grounds on tSept 14tn and 15ih, and the twelves will be se- 

 lected from the following list of players: — 



ENGLISH. 



Name, club. 



Baucc, of St. George Ctu«,N. Y. 

 Whituam, of St. George Ciuu.N. Y. 

 Jones, oi St George Cluo, NY. 

 'lee, of tit. Geoige Club, JS Y. 

 B imheia, t Aianuatian Club, i>f. Y. 

 Gretg, of Manhattan Club, N. Y. 

 Jue. HargreaVes, of Germautowns 

 Tom Haigreuves, ot Gerinautowns. 

 John tiargreaves, of Geriuanto.vnc. 

 Whiiy HargreaVes, of JDetroits. 

 Hauli ol iiosLOii. 

 Brewster, Professional. 

 Giles, Rrotess.oual. 

 Ruoades. Professional . 

 Norley, Profession d. 

 Emugton, Professional. 

 Peais^n, Professional 

 Eastward, Professional. 



A committee of the Philadelphia clubs will select the 

 American team, and Mr. Bance the English. Play will be 

 called each uay at 12 o'clock, dinner at 2:30 p. m., and 

 stumps drawn at 6 p. m. The admission to the field will 

 be 2.3 cents, and to reserved seats 50 cents. Ladies free, 

 except to reserved seats. 



On September 6th and 7th a match will take place on the 

 Germautown Club Grounds, between an eleven of the 

 Germautown and Philadelphia Clubs and eleven resident 

 cricketers of Virginia, now visiting the Centennial Exhi- 

 bition. The following are the names of the English 

 eleven, and the eluus to which they formerly belonged in 

 England :— The Hon. H. H. A'Court, A. G. Bradley, A.T. 

 Manning, and W. JNL Powys, of Cambridge University ; C. 

 T. Highton, of Rugby School : VV. G. Thompson, Marl- 

 borough College; H. b. D. Vidal, Westminster College; A. 

 Davenport, Ciencester It. A. CoLege; T. Lynes, I. Zmgari, 

 and C. A. MaciMeale. Play will begin each morning on 

 the arrival of the ten o'clock train from ISinth and Green 

 streets. 



AMERICAN. 



Name. Club. 



Geo. jNewhall, of Young Americas. 

 .^auNewnail, of Young Americas. 

 Jims. NeWhali. of Young Americas. 



out. Newhall, of Youn^ Americas. 

 Uarry iNewhall, of Young Americas. 

 Large, of Young Americas. 

 .Vleade, of Germautowns. 

 a e.sh. of Germautowns. 

 vtdi'.riugu, of Merions. 

 j'ox. of Philadeluiiias. 

 Saulter, of ot. Georges. 

 Geo. Wright, of Boston. 

 Magee, of fhtlauelphias. 

 Welsh, ot Philadelphia*. 

 Comfort, of Poiladelphias. 

 d-ffrnan, of Philadelphias. 

 Cdldwell, of Philadelphias. 



—A few drops of caroolic acid in a pint of water will 

 «leaa house plants of lice in a very short* time. 



— A Connecticut correspondent, "Von G.," complains 

 that ^New Haven restaurants or hotels have been serving 

 ruffed grouse before the open season begins, and remarks 

 that "it does seem as though the true sportsmen of New 

 Haven would attend to it and prosecute the offenders." 

 New Haven sportsmen, it will be remembered, drew up 

 the petition addressed to our Legislature changing the 

 woodcock law so that summer shooting would be allowed, 

 and they succeeded, but too well. And now some of 

 them see what a mess they have made of it. The sports- 

 men of South Windham are after some parties who have 

 been shooting ruffed grouse there two weeks ago." 

 <»•»» — — ■■ 



Monument to Izaak Walton.— It is propoaed to re- 

 place the stone in the cathedral at Winchester, England, 

 marking the grave of the "Father of Anglers" by a suit- 

 able sculpture of marble in the form of a medallion por- 

 trait surrounded by a wreath and device of fish, rods and 

 river rushes, and some simple inscription, the whole to 



cost about $500. 



-♦.♦. — ~— — — 



—Speaking of rail shooting, the Germantown (Pa.) Tele- 

 graph says that the shooting which commenced on the first of 

 September will continue until the end of November. Very 

 xew birds, if any, however, are shot after October; and 

 one rail shot in that month is worth two shot in September. 

 Reed birds are also now in order. 



«»^- — 



— Grasshoppers have appeared in some parts of South 

 Australia in alarming numbers, and the worst consequences 



are feared. 



*~**i 



Columbia Boat Club. — The annual fall regatta of the 

 Columbia Boat Club, of Brooklyn, took place on Satur- 

 day, September 2d, at the foot of Court st, with the fol- 

 lowing results. The first race was for the four oared gigs 

 Dixie and Dandy, manned as follows: — Dixie. — 1, H. Boyd; 

 2, Oakey; 3, Chapman; 4, Barnes: coxswain, H. T. Dun 

 ham; starter, C. O. Lewis. Dandy. — 1, Leavens; 2, 

 Hazard; 3, P. Boyd: 4, Stokes; cox's wain, R. Bleeker; 

 judge at finish, C. Sanderson. Dandy won by about four 

 lengths. The next entry was for double-sculls, Hazard 

 and Lippett in the Gypsie, and Dunham and Harrison in 

 the Louise, the latter being the winners after a hard tussel. 

 The last race was the closest and most existing, it being 

 almost a dead heat, but was won by a few feet by the 

 eight-oared barge Constitution, against the four-oared 

 barge Volante. _«__—«_«- 



M m HubliMtwns. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



Quebec, Past and Present, a history of Quebeo, 1808- 



1876; by J. M. LeMolne, Quebec: Auguetin Gote & Co. 



Mr. LeMoine, whose charmiug books are well known throughout 

 Canada and the Northern States, tells us that the history of Quebec for 

 the past two centuries may be ?aid to be that of Canada; and he has 

 wiitten the first part at least of this work of 450 pages as a condensed 

 history of the Dominion which saw in its youth so many vicissitudes of 

 government. This is divided into ten chapters representing as many 

 epochs in the old city's history, and bringing its chronicles down to the 

 end of 1875. Thin, supplemented by the historical sketches taken from 

 the "Maple Leaves" for 1865 and the new series for 1876, affords a 

 tolerably full retrospect o/ Quebec events. None of these events were 

 without excitement, and Mr. LeMoinj has caught the spirit and carried 

 us back with no effort of our imagination to the old days of Indian 

 ambushes, or the later days of English victories over the French. The 

 second part of the book is filled with plans for the improvement of the 

 city, as suggested by Lord Dufferin, and a sketch of trie educational and 

 benevolent establishments, the public bui dings, institutions, business 

 interests, &c, many of which are shown in iuil-u.- <a e iLu-iti alii ins. This 

 adds the practical character of a trustworthy guide-book to the enter- 

 tainment of a library volume. 



The Tourists 1 Note book; by J. M. Le Moine, 2d edition; 



Quebec, F. X. Garant & Co. 



Within the paper covers of this little Note book Mr. Le Moine has 

 compressed a great deal of information not to be found in guide books 

 which, he tells us, he does not intend it to supersede. It Is rather a 

 pretty essay eulogistic of Quebec, which the author evidently loes ar- 

 dently, and the plan has been to accomplish this largely by quotations 

 from writers who during two centuries have recorded theii impressions 

 of the ancient town and its citadels. The number of asterisks inserted 

 throughout the quotations, however, make us suspicious that anything 

 derogatory to the city has heen left out by the editor; and there are unfor- 

 tunate printers 1 blunders on almost every page. The very many illustra- 

 tions given, also, while useful as memoranda to the sightseer, are 

 not as well executed as might be. Bt sides the touches of history, 

 descriptions of points of interest, public ouildings, etc., from Mr. 

 Le Moine's and other pens, there are chapters on ''Hints to Tourists." 

 "L>rd Nelson," "Quebec, and Lord Dufferin 1 - proposed Rehabilitation 

 of it," and the "River Saguenay and its Salmon Fishing." The book is 

 pleasant reading. 



♦ 



The September number of Lippincotfs opens with the 



ninth article of the illustrated series entitled 'The Century; its Fruits 

 and its Festival," treating ably of the exhibits in Machinery Hall. It 

 will be found one of the most instructive and interesting of the series. 

 In the illustrated sketch of "Lapland" the writer presents a realistic 

 picture of the life of the Laps, their industries and modes of trading, 

 with some notes en the phenomena of the seasons in their wild region. 

 "On a Housetop in Capri," by Robert McLeod, is a graphic description 

 of the many pictmesque and beautiful points of interest that can be 

 s^een in and from that romantic ^land. "The Queen of Spades," from 

 the Russian of Pushkin, is foundad on an episode in connection with the 

 gaming taoles of St Petersburg. The second installment of "Love in 

 Idleness," by Ellen W. Olney, more than fulfills the promise of the 

 commencement. It is a charming serial The third paper of Robert 

 Wilson's "Eastern Shores of Maryland" Ie> chiefly devoied to an ac 

 count of the land industries of that peninsula. Poetry, the continuation 

 of Lady Barkers interesting Letters, and the concluding chapters on 

 "George S*nd," by R. Davey, with the usual Monthly Gossip, and Liter- 

 ature of the Day make up a very bright number. 



That excellent monthly, the Eclectic, is especially good 

 this month. A steel portrait of that deep thinker, the Duke of Argyll, 

 forms the frontispiece, facing a critique of another deep thinker and ex- 

 tensive writer, Sainte-Beuve, "African Weather and African Scenery" 

 is the title of a very pleasant chat by Lady Barker, upon her experiences 

 in Kafir-land. She savs she does not like a climtte which producss a 

 thunder-storm evety afternoon. The "Autobiography of a Vegetarian" 

 is a Defoe-liKe sketch well worth reading apart from questions ef diet, 

 and "International Prejudices" is a curious discussion of the whims of 

 nations with respect to themselvea and their neighbors. It is from that 

 ©xeelleat magazine Vbrnkiit. "A Lady's "Visit to t&e HerzegDvinias In- 



surgents'* Is an addition to our knowledge of those brave people. Lieut: 

 Cameron continues the narrative of his journey across Africa, and there 

 are several other papers— geographical, scientific, biographical, political 

 and critical. The continued story— Mrs. Alexander's ''Her Dearest Foe," 

 among the prettiest if it does not equal the best, of that talented au- 

 thors stories— 5s continued at length, and there is some poetry, The 

 Eclectic is certainly not fading. 



A portrait of Mr. James Aytoun, "a distinguished ama- 

 teur," faces the title page of the August Westminster Papers wh'ch is 

 the magazine of chessmen and card-plavers. Mr. Aytoun is widely 

 known and liked in London. The opening paper is an obituary notice 

 of Herr Lowenthal, whose name has been intimately associated with 

 every public incident of chess in England for the 'ast 25 years. He died 

 at the age of 67, and had been a voluminous eontriburor to the literature 

 of the game. The current events of interest to chess Dlayers throughout 

 the world; a sketch of Japanese chess; remarks upon innovations in 

 the game; and the usual problems, scores and miscellany make up a 

 valuable number. 



The Aquatic Monthly for July contains editorial articlef 

 on the sinking of the Mohawk and upon Mr. Garner; correspondence 

 upen this lamentable disaster, and boating in various parts of the coun- 

 try. Regatta* at Rockaway, Boston, Providence, R. I., and of the col- 

 eges are described, and the Boatswain's Locker contains a lively article 

 on that lively craft the flying proa of the Malays, copied from the New 

 York Times. 



The September number of Scribner confains three com- 

 plete old fashioned stories, viz: 'The Ghostly Rental," by Henry 

 James, Jr.; "The Voyase of the America," a dialect story of a ship- 

 wreck (with the doubtful fanclnation of being true), by Elizabeth Stuart 

 Phelps; and "Princess Ilae," a charming fairy story from the German, 

 with dainty illustrations by Fredericks. Other illustrated papers are: 

 the third instalment of Col. Waring 1 s account of his picturesque boat 

 ride down the Mosel, called the "Bride of the Rhine," and this month 

 dealing with the vineyards and folk-life of this little-visited region; a 

 paper on "Insanity," by Charles D. Robinson, with some curious illus- 

 trations of the brain during the progress of the malady; Prof. William 

 North Rice's papers on "Wesley an University;" 'Something about 

 Birds," by Ernest Ingersoll;aud the second instalment of Fann* Hodgson 

 Burnett's promising serial story of miuing life, "That Lass o' Lowrie's," 

 which succeeds Mr. Harte's "Gabriel Conros." Donald G. Mitchell 

 writes of the picturesque aspects of the great Fair, and Dr. Blauvelt has 

 a discussion of "Protestant Vaticanism." "California Housekeepers 

 and Chinese Servants" gives the results of the experience of the author, 

 Mrs. Sarah E. Henshaw, and that of many others in the employment of 

 the "China-boys." This paper will be followed by one in October from 

 another band which will deal with another phase of this vexed question. 

 In "Topics ef the Time" Dr. Holland gives information of the "Har- 

 vard Examination for Women," and has a good word for "Village Im- 

 provement Societies;" "The Old Cabinet" discusses "The Literary Fel- 

 ltr and the Politician," and quotes from the "Quarterly's" review of Ten- 

 nyson's volume of 1833; "Home and Society" has "Practical Hint* 

 about the Exhibition," Mr. Quinn's "Rural Topics," dealing with Sep- 

 temoer work on the farm, some more "Paris Fashions" and a talk about 

 "Girl's Names." The other departments are well kept up,"Brio-a- 

 Brac" being especially entertaiuing. 



Is it because all American children are puch good chil- 

 dren that St. Nicholas comes to them every month instead of only once 

 a year? And what a load he brings with himl This time he has a sketch 

 of the great Medici family who made Florence the most beautiful city 

 in the world. "How the Children Cruised in the Water Witch," by E. 

 W Olney; "The Races at Shark Bay," by Rebecca Harding Davl*; and 

 "Rosy," by Mary L. B. Branch, are all admirable stories. "A Chil- 

 dren's Party," contains some practical hints on a very good way to be 

 benevolent; and the number abounds in poems, of which Bessie Hill's 

 "My Ship on the Ocean" and Carrie W. Thompson's "Two of Them" 

 are very sweet and dainty bits of verse. Then, too, there are several 

 excellent pictures scattered through the pages, such as "A September 

 Evening" and "By the Br dkaide;" anl the very comical sketches of 

 "Little Johnny and the Mo-quito" and " White wasning the Baby." 



— The Galaxy places as its leader a further installment of 

 Gen. Custer's "War Memoirs." In this paper Gen . Custer recounts the 

 demoralization which followed the defeat at Bull Run, and the difficul- 

 ties which beset General-in-chief McClellan. He wished to operate upon 

 a certain plan, but was parriallv overruled and impeded by President 

 Lincoln, who decidtd the plan of operations which was finally adopted 

 and which resulted in the second eat tie at Bull Run. Gen. Ouster ac- 

 cords the highest wisdom and zeal to Presideut Lincoln, but thiuks his 

 action in this respect injudicious and harmful. The concluding para- 

 graphs detail the writer's first experience with cavalry advance guards. 

 A few pages further on Frederick Whit taker writes an enthusiastic ac- 

 count of Custer's army life, familiar now to every one. He lived in 

 aimonphere of war and died a heroV death. Another article of this 

 series is promised. Ex-Secretary Gideon Welles begins a series of arti- 

 cles upon the nomination and election of Lincoln, in which the turbu- 

 lence and dissensions of those dark days of 1860 and 1861 are reviewed; 

 and the influences which led to the adoption of various political measures, 

 are stated. Mr. Black s story "Madcap Violet" is continued. For us 

 the most charming article in the number is "Touches of Nature," by 

 John Burroughs, whom Nature has touched with a rare inspiration. It 

 is a series of sixteen brief sketches on all sorts of out-door matters; and 

 it is not difficult to imagine that we are taking a wait with the 

 genial author about the fields of E-opns and listening to his conversa- 

 tion. Mr. Burroughs is a second Thoreau without th^ Diogenes-like af- 

 fectation of the poet of Walden Poid. The question "Shall we drink 

 Wine?" is discussed by Albert Rhodes, and, with restrictions, an affirma- 

 tive answer arrived at. A philological dissertation by Richard Grant 

 Wuite on "The Bones of Speech," and various stories and essays complete 

 he body of tte number, which ends with the usual full departments. 



The Atlantic is much as usual — strong and temperate. 

 It is a part of steady Boston. T<*e leading chapter is by Edward Wheel- 

 right: Personal Recollections of Juan Francois Millet, the French 

 painter. "If you Love Me" is a dainty poem, followed by a farce entitled 

 "The Parlor Car," by W. D. Howell*; bright descriptions of the "Hely 

 Piace* of the Holy City," by Charles Dudley Warner; another capital 

 chapter of Mri«. Kemble's "Old Woman's Gossip;" a pleasant accounts of 

 "Deephaven Excursions," by Sarah O. Jewetf ; more "Characteristics of 

 the International Fair;" thiee ch ipters of "The American," by Henry 

 James, Jr.; and poems by aldrich and H. H. The reviews of recent 

 books and the articles under Art and Music are well worth reading, and 

 the discussion of "College Education for Women" will receive especial 

 attention. 



The Naturalist fulfills its promise excellently, and the 

 Departments of paragraphic information at the end of each number are 

 of increasing interest. The most interesting and important article in 

 the September number is upon the "Progress of Ornithology in the 

 United States during the last Century," by Mr. J. A. Allen. It should 

 almost be committed to memory by practical ornithologists. Prof. J„ 

 D. Whitney discusses the alarming question, "Are we Drying np?" and 

 concludes that a slow but certain diminution of the moisture on the 

 earth's surface is going on. Mr. Scudder elaborately describes with ill- 

 ustrations, "How Cockroaches and Earwigs fo"d their Wings," and Mr. 

 IBarber gives an account of Helix Gooperi in Colorado, figuring a sinis- 

 tral form. He had never known of any being found on the ea^te ft 

 slope of the Range, but our account of Mrs. Maxwell's shells elsewhere 

 given, shows that they do occur there. Mr. John Nichols furnishes a 

 notice of the microscopes at the Loan Collection of scientific apparatus 

 now on exhibition in London, and there is a sketch of Frits Mailer'! 

 studies on mimicry in butterflies as explained by natural eelectios. A® 

 w@ remarked bef or@j the mis&ellany is full, intereBtiag^aiad of yalR©*- 



