The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-27

Constantine by Euseblus, Bishop of Casarea,
who died A. d. $40, which he states are by the
ErythrPan Sybl, and which are an actoshc
reading, Jesus Christ the Son Of God, the
Saviour"
Such ingenious tricks as concealing and yet
retaining enduTingly the name OF the author of
a poem by an acrostc, or beginning each chap.
ter with successive letters of the alphabet, or
with some acrostic, have been occasional in
literature. Boccaccio has poem of fifty cantos
which Is an acrostic; and Lord North in the
Court of James |, wrote set of sonnets each
beginning with successive letter of the alpha
bet. Sir John Davis wrote twenty-six short
poems, each of which is an acrostc on the
words, elizabeth Regina" Desmond Ryan
recently wrote in the London Musical World
this acrostic on Adelina Patti
cart and Genius burn within her.
Dearest tondiing of the Gracesl
Ev'ry charm is centred In her
Like Poets page her face Is
In her voice the lark is thrilling
Now to weep the heart is wiling
And now with JOY and light tits filling!
Praised, admired two worlds all hail her
Artless, pure, no tongues assail herl
Treasured friends can never fail herl
Tel me, soOth, whose praise all that is!
say, ADELINA PATTPsW
The acrostic may be written at the end of the
poem, or to read from the second letter or word
instead OF the first, or the like. short time
ago the Ohio Statesman printed an acrostic in
Producing it as patriotic effusion," which
pronounced the editor "a great jackass, and
vile old rat to boot"
Edgar a, roe, VINO naQ q remarkdDlo talent
for whatever in literature required constructive
dexterty, made several curious crypto-anagrams,
whose key-word consisted Of the hrst letter of
the first line, the second of the second and on.
Letter puzzles are sometimes very entertain
ing. But the simplest sort of riddle in the world
to answer is that which commences after this
fashion,
'1m found in the sun, but not in the moon"
and which has some letter for an answer. 1t is
no excuse for it that Byron has written an ex-
hho latt II Lott tfArn yIac
are, however, made quite curious by diagram
mattic arrangement. Such one is:-
&C
The answer is, ''The season is backward" (the
C's on ''lsn backward).
Charles Lanman, author of the Dictionary
of Congress" published in last weeks Round
Table a delightful sketch of the late W. W.
seaton, of the National I'oteaigencer. He con-
cludes with the following pleasant remi-
niscence:-
"Perhaps the most intimate friend that Daniel
Webster had in Washington was Mr.. Seaton.
There was no one, out of his own family, to
whom the great statesman was so warmly at
tached. A part of almost every evening, when
not engaged at home or elsewhere, was spent by
him in the family sitting-room Of Mr. Seaton,
with the ladies of his family, or tete-dtete with
him in winter at the freside, or in even
familiar notes that passed between them
numerous and interesting; and, as the
eyes of the world are at this moment
especially fixed npon Austria, we may with pro-
priety give the folio wing incident. The day
before the famous Hulsemann letter was trans
mltted to Congress- Mr.. Webster sent it to Mr..
Seaton to read. After it was returned, and on
the morning it was to be sent to the Senate, it
occurred to Mr. Seaton that the word ''patch,"
as compared TO great empire, would appear
rather undiplomatic or beneath the dignity of
sucha State paper, and like an attempt to be.
little an adversary Government, and therefore
he despatched a note to Mr.. Webster suggesting,
if not too late, the substitution of another
word. He received by his messenger the
"Dear Colonel The deed was done before got
your note but patch means small piece OF ground
-Uide Webster, Vide Shakespeare, IN Hamlet;
"The lives and correspondence of Gales and
Seaton, when they come to be published in full,
will b. t,lestiIT uH3 |aluable beyond any
thing OF the kind ever issued in this country.
CHARLES LANMAN."
-Yellow.covered literature is tabooed in Cuba
The second circular General Lersundi addressed
to the officials of Cuba confirms General Dulce's
recent one, forbidding the reading 'of books
and periodicals of exaggerated ideas" in a loud
voice to large assemblies, in houses, shops, etc.
He not only considers such books pernicious,
but the public reading of them in loud voice
much more so, as it raises disputes, and inhames
the mind. He, therefore, extends General
Dulces decree, which only applied to Havana,
to all other parts of the Island, where he learns
that this bad custom, like all bad customs, is
rapidly extending. The reading of books and
periodicals of exaggerated IDEAS in loud voice,
to assemblies of people, is now forbidden
throughout the 'evertaithful Island"
Miss Edna Dean Proctor of the Lndepen-
dent, is the subject of brief notice in the
AttenRunl, in connection with her lately pub
lished volumes OF verse. "Mlss Proctor" II
says, lis a patriotic American, whose lays
embody various episodes in the late war OF
phases of social life connected Herewith. She
has the enthusiasm which springs from moral
convictions, and no small power of bringing
before the reader the scenes which she
describes The critic then quotes portion oi
her poem, The Mississippi" and says;-" In
this poem, as throughout the book, there is an
overplush of fervor and epithet which matured
imagination, if sound would restrain. If, how
ever, the writer be yet young, this abundant
blossoming of her intellect may be regarded as
a hopeful Indication
The question regarding the authorship of
those popular and beautiful verses entitled,
Rock me to Sleep, Mother,n is again revived.
Mr.. Alex. NJ. W. Ball, of Elizabeth, N. j., claims,
and documents in his possession prove, that as
early as 1867 he composed andcTculated among
his friends poem comprising not only the iden-
tical verses now SO popular as song but sew
eral in addition. No other claimant, we believe,
dates back the comp osition of the song earlier