, 1864-04-22

stuoent IN Monlca Tor several years
He .lad thirty competitors. It wlE
the highest prize. Recently Lad1
Shelley went with her husband
Sir Percy Shelley, {the only surviving
| son OF the poet, who was born 1918, and
1tyes ut Chrlstchnrch,) to Rome, to yisi. Al!
decorate the poets tomb. They found
the tomb already beautifully decorated
On inquiriug who had done It, she was told
by the custode Of the Protestant cemetery in
which the tomb is, that it had been done by
ayoung man and two girls. She could not
discover who they were, but learning that
they had said they would probably return to
Rome, she remained aketching in the neigh
borhood for some length of timo; but they
did not return before she had to leave. Tie
fact Is that tho grave Of Shelley has long been
Kept beautifully. decorated by the hands Of
those, unknown to the family, who have de-
vont1y visited it--and no grave was ever more
visited. Some Of the visitors have indeed
shown their Gothic extraction BY plucking
flowers and shrubs-a beautiful bay-tzee,
planted there By Miss Frances Power Cobbe,
TWO years ago, having been much injured;
but there have been quite as many who hare
been less selfish in their reverence, and have
left some plant OF decoration, until tho grave
il now . chief ornament Of the cemeterY. It
Is Inscribed with part Of Ariel's song:
"Nothing Of him that doth fada
But doth suffer eea-caan.e
Into something rich and strangc,'
..-.Robeit Browning contributes 70 the May
number Of the Atlantic Monthly a story In
verse called "Gold uair'. Jules Jau1n has
brought ont new book: La foesie Ct pElo-
Quence Roas sn temps tzes Caesars. Rev.
Dr. Massie has written new work on Amer
ica, founded on his tour through the States
IN 1863. ..story's "Roba di Roma'' has ap-
peared at London and New York. :. George
T. Marsh has written work upon Man
and Nature' 49,. .Trubner g. Co. Of London
have just published 4 rork written By D. E.
Jamison Of South Carolina, and which risked
In manuscript all tho pcrils Of tha blockade.
It is called "The Life and Times of Bernard
du Guesclin,' is history OF the fourteenth
century, and u work Of more learning and in.
dustry than originality and vigor. Though
printed in London it bears the name of
Charleston publisher, aud the questionable
inscription-"E Entered according to act Of
Congress of the Confederate States Of Amer
les, by John Russell, OF the District Court
for tho District Of South Carolina". Hen
n Stevens, Jr., son of Henry Stevens Of Bur
lingtop, the purchaser Of the library OF Alex
andcr Won Humboldt, was recently in Paris
trying to dispose of it a literary circular,
on the plan Of the American Publishers, has
made it's appearance IN Milan, Italy. Mrs.
$omerville, the eminent astronomer, is ut
Genoa on visit Although more than four
score ) 5ears old, she is said to be engaged up
on work OF literary Importance; nnd such
Is the nnc tone of her constitution that sho
can read the smallest print and thread nec-
die without spectacles.
MUSICAL.
Tho N: 7. Musical Rtvte,o SAYS Miss Harris
Uhe young prima donna) performances in
"Robert," we're very like the exhibitions OF
school girl. List, tho great pianist, is
going into convent. Ifhe takes his plano
with him we enyy the monks..... .Fry's new
opera ;" Emerald" will be performed on the
1st Of May in Philadelphia. 90. The relic Of
Beethoven, consisting OF Ills cane and specta-
cles, and a great many letters and proofs,
have gone into the hands Of sister OF
SCHNEIDER, his biographer. ... The Italian opera
season In London has commenced at Gye's.
GFus1ppinI, Tail and GarrullL During the
season Mario viii appear In Faust Us Memo
rlus and 4da1lna Patti as Margarita. 4 new
opern La Fosra DE-! Dettino {varfli) Is promised.
ard L'Etoilo du Nord kill be revived, al
Her MajestJ's theaater Tsunhauser is an
nounced, with such names in the cast Us
Niles. Tietjens, Volpi1i and Ha.riers Whsp
perm, signor Gnlslini, Ii. Gassier, and M.
10 efn$n hat VIII
ally euperintcnd the production of La F5r=a
dt9 Ds.fino. Albonf and Sims Reeves hive
left the troop.
...-There is to be another College OF Music,
the London National College, presided over
by Ar. Leslee. Mad. Widcmann, the well
known mczzo soprano, Is dead- .. Marctzck
closed his Boston season on tho 18th ult,
With II Aliaso. ....E. #. Thayer, the Boston
o1Eanist, recently played m oe<rtoire for the
pox hunana stop on the great organ, OF Its
own composition. .... The following Is to be
the inscription on the pedestal Of the Haydn
monument at Vienna: s'Some admirers aud
fellow citizens OF the great Tone Master, the
pious composer, have dedicated to him this
memorial, IN right of. the church whence his
his earthly remains were carried to
the Grave,". -. .Rossini's new mass ssPctite
Messc So Cue1le'' was rchcarsed for the first
time in Faris on the 10th ult. The masa is
written Tor soprano, alto, tenor, md bass
solo, with chorus. The composcr-who was
not present at the performance. hut only at
the rehearsal-wss nearly crushed by con-
gratulations; ladies pressing round him,
kissing him, chattering away and crying.
Mcyerbeer called him "Jupitcr," and Auber
said, al des di:Eositons* ri ce'a pouratt lc aire
tra.aiNer." 81r. Bagier, director OF the Ital-
ian opera, offered Rossini e13, Geo for new
opera; but all this seemed to make very
superficial impression on the old spoiled
child Of Paris society, Rossini, He knew
the sensation he would create, and, though
no human being could be indifferent to such
an ovation, the impression soon passed away,
and 'when saw him few hours afterwards,
at his house, he showed me bag, just ar
rived, and said: Tou ece of what use is
La Gloire.' IHis is real, this Is something
Would you know what 1t vas? A bag full
Of vegetables, sent him from Palermo by an
ndmirer of Lis operas-as very often the best
possible things to est and drink arc sent to
him, who appreciates them miyhti1y.". One
Of the curiosftfes Of the London concert sea-
son is Siguor Romano, who plays the over
tures 10 Dinorab, Semiramide and William
Tell rs solos on the harmonium .. .G1isi is
coming out again in 1866.
Curious 1deaE Of the japanese Con.