The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-07

private collections, which are easily accessible.
In the year 1s63 9s9 volumes were called for
by readers. of which ,52S related to matbe- /
matics and the natural sciences; l22, 496 to1ite-
rature, history, and lingdstics; 70,537 to phl.o-
sopby and morals; 54491 to theology; 1892 to |
Jurisprudence; 261,s69 to the fine arts; and
10l, 797 to other subjects.
The posthumous drama of the late Jane. |
Sheridan Knowles, True Unto Death, has just |
been published, after a short run on the stages
1t Is not up to his larger and more ambitious
efforts, but it contains good writing, as may be
gathered from this description of love:-
:. ut lasts, my lora, when all beside goes by
II will work miracles. Life, after all,
Is mans especial good. Through what a rough
And tedious road he'll drag i'll To keep hold
That binds MIN to the iainting gailey-bench,
And yet he would not snap it. lis the winch
That moves the rack, yet would he have 1t turn.
We're nothinRl Give Ill Take II to the brink
q precpice, and over with y; or runIt
Right ON rapief's point mot in the heat
Oh doing, but in cold bood--a document
For glory painting IN the hosted field
And giving odds to death. Such love, methinks,
ere worth kings Zee; but the question 49,
Hath king realms TO buy itS such the love
Borne towards you by the maiden ou renounce,
no seeks, Tor you grave, yet flies your bed"
Mr.. Thayer, our Consul at Trieste, has writ
ten letter in which he speaSs OF his long pro-
iected and partially finished Life of Bee
thoven:"-
al have had the first part of my manuscript
Lite OF Beethoven translated into German, and
1t is in the hands OF the printer. ! have already
had good reason to be pleased at having adopted
this course, since my translator, who resides IN
Bonn, has been able to follow 40 my researches
there, and discovered some valuable additions
to my own materials, which my removal to this
place (at Trieste Mr.. Thayer is now the Ameri.
can Consul), and confinement here by official
duties, would have prevented me from doing
myself.
''I have had two applications from England
for leave to translate my Beethoven work. l
reply, that as English is my native tongue
prefer to send my own manuscript in my own
style TO press!"
DIR. Albert Reville, the friend and literary
associate of NJ. Ernest Renan, is about to pub
lish in London his essay on "Apollonius of
Tyana, the Pagan or False Christ of the Third
Century" a very interesting account of the
attempt to revive paganism in the third CEN
tury by means of a false Christ. The analysis
Of the book says:-
'The principal events in the life of Apollo
Mus are almost identical with the Gospel nara
J tive. Apollonlus is born III mysterious way
about the same time as Christ. Like him he
goes through period of preparation; after
4 wards come passion, then q resurrection, and
an ascension. The messengers of Apollo sing at
his birth as the angels did at that of Jesus. He
| is exposed to the attacks OF enemies, though
1 always engaged in doing good He goes from
place TO place accompanied by his tavorite dis
cir les; passes on to Rome, where Domitian is
seeking to kill him, Just as Jesus went up to
| Jerusalem and to certain death. In many
other respects the parallel is equally eXtraordi-
nary"
| "A paragraphist informs us that Mr.. George
| william Curtis Is seeking subscriptions for a
money testimonial to Mr.. Herbert Spencer, who
| has never received any return from the sale of
his books in this country. Mr.. Curtis may be
| engaged in such an undertaking, but we doubt
| it, since another paragraphist equally we'll or
| i'll informed, assures us that Professor Youmans
has gone to England to present Mr.. Spencer with
five thousand dollars and gold watch the gift
OF his American admirers. We know that Pro-
fessor Youmans busted himself some time in
such movement, and know that Mr.. Spencer
has received copyright tor the sale Of hi works
in this country.
| Shakespeare is revived IN Paris, Ernesto
Rossi, the tragedian, playing an Italian version
| Of Hamlet and OheRo, while Nicolas opera ol
the Merry HiUeS of Windsor is drawing well al
the Theatre Lyrique A translation of COrjo
ldauS, by NJ. Carthaut is about to be played, two
or three theatres contending for the honor o
! its representation.
"A collection of epigrams, entitled 'The
Wild Garland" contains one on the bankruptcy
! Of person named Homer:-
| "That Homer should bankrupt be,
| Is not SO very Oldd ye see;
| If 1t be true, as Pm instructed,
So Nthehad his books conducted"
Rogers, the poet, wrote an epigram on a
talkative peer which is applicable to a good
many members of Congress:-
| "They say he has no heart but deny it:
| He has heart-and gets his speeches by it,"
The opposition journals of Paris seem to be
continually getting into hot water with the
Minister of the Interior. But a short time age
the ReUue Ndt,ondie, monthly periodical, was
prevented from becoming a semi-monthly, as
the Minister held it was necessary for the pro
prietor to receive fresh permission to publish
and that he refused to grant. Now, the Reuut
COntempOrdine, which has Just passed over from
the Government to the opposition, has received
two warnings for issuing semi-monthly numbers
in new monthly part, containing exactly the
same matter. The Minister certainly, by q
strict Interpretation, has the law on his side
but his rigid enforcement of it shows the dis
position of the Government to restrict the presl
as much as possible.
The French Academy have given the prize
to NJ. Charles Giraud for the best essay on the
life and works of St. Evremond, the overrateC