The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-16
PERSONAL.

III x0CBOAdls
4 HAWTHORNE is among his acres in Con.
cord once more, engaged, it is said, on a ro-
nance of English life. NV d' O.. ,aooi
4 WHITTIER is reading the last proofs of
bis new volume of poems, entitled "Home
Ballads" perhaps the best of his produc
tions. j. '9s,.' ~ 80 9' '1o1. sH
| HOLMES is busy with his admirable story
now running through the atlantic Monthly.
He is also preparing another volume of
poems, to be called "Songs in Many Keys"
| A great deal of hitherto unpublished matter
| will be included in it, the principal poem
being sort of old-time story in verse,
elaborated as Holmes knows so well how to
| doit. Some of the comic portions of the
book are said to be in bis most pungent vein.
"Currents and Counter Currents" the sharp
stick with which the brilliant Doctor came
down so boldly and ably a few months ago
upon the medical profession, is to be elon-
gated and put into volume, with other
good things in the same way.
| The Virginians are about to erect mon:
ument to the memory of Peter Francisco,
the Negro, whose herculean hand to-hand
struggles for liberty in the Revolutionary
war with British troops are common themes
for freside stories in the Old Dominion.
Francisco died in 1881 A design of the
monument has been furnished, consisting of
a neat granite shaft, eighteen or twenty feet
in height, which will cost about 5000.
| The London periodicals, daily, weekly
and monthly, are swallowing up all
the literary talent of En- gland. Tennyson
writes for them, so do Thackeray, Dickens,
Trollope, Savage, Lander, Ruskin, the
Brownings, Lord John Russell, Lord John
Manners, and many others. Books seem to
be at discount, but all the world finds
time to read the magazines and newspapers.
Consequently the noveists, the poets, the
art critics, the scientific men, the philoso-
pliers submit to the law they cannot repeal.
I WINTHROP SARGENr's q Life and Career
of Major Andre" will be issued in few
days. Mr.. Sargent has spent much time
over his ample materials, and the result will
no doubt be one of the most interesting
biographies from the American press.
I LOWELL is reported to have several liter
airy ventures on the tapis among them
volume Of prose called " Fireside Travels
A book from him on any subject willalways
find welcome.
| TENNYsoN is engaged in writing a new
poem, founded on the history of Queen
Boadicea.
WHEN the Duke of Kent, the Prince of
Wales grandfather-then young man of
twenty-seven-arrived in Boston, in 1894,
the only mention of his presence made in
the Independent Chronicle, one of the papers
of the town, occurs in a paragraph apollo
giving for the brief report of the foreign
news contained in the sheet, and stating
that the English papers were loaned to the
Prince, who carried them away with him!
The Massachusetts, Mercury, of February
9TH, 1894, devoted three lines to the Royal
visitor, and merely said: Yesterday,
arrived in this town, Edward, fourth son of
the Chief Magistrate of Great Britain.
His residence is at the British Consul's."
| Count ARR1vABENE, the special cores
pendent of the London Daily Meas, with
Garibaldi, who was reported to have been
killed at the battle of the Volturno, was
only taken prisoner. He was made pris-
oner when GarbaIdi and his attendant
officers were surprised and nearly taken in
the ambuscade between Santa Maria and
Santa Angelo.
IT is said that ex-postmaster Fowler of
New York, now in Cuba, is drinking to such
excess as to have almost produced delirium
tremens. His responsibilities being heavy,
be has gone into liquidation.
Mr.. DICKENS will begin on the 1st of
December, in bis journal, ANMs gear Round,
new serial, with the title of Great Ex-
pectations." 1t will be continued for about
eight months, and will, therefore, be full
sized novel.
The title of Mr.. Thackeray's new story
is Tot yet announced. 1t is to begin with
the new year but it is stated that some of
the scenes will be laid in Holland-new
ground for English novelists--and ground
we'll fitted for Mr.. Thackerayis minute
elaboration in descriptions of character and
costume. A recent A." Roundabout" paper,
which has for its subject A Ramble in
Holland" seems to lend strength to the
above report.
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