The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-06
EPITHALAMIUM.

ter OF Mr.. =. L. Barnum on the lst OF March:-
EPITHALAMIUM
FOR MISS P. T. B.
saw two rivers southward flow,
Out OF land OF cold and snow,
Into q vale where smiles the sun,
Then gently mingle INTO one.
Isaw an ivy yesTer eve
Shoot towards tree its tender leaf
This morn passed the spot, and found
The oak and ivy closely bound.
Two summer birds sat on one bough,
Eacn gave 10 each whispered vow;
1hen joining III one roundelay
They both together flew away.
o cherished friend, strive in vain
BY art or symbol to explain
The mystic tie, the life in life,
Which join tine husband and the wife.
Now viii 0 the springs first rosy hours
Thrill us with dreams OF birds and flowers,
Thy barque is lauD Dcned, and turned to go
Where hte's unendlng currents flow.
Soft be the gales that touch its PROV,
The future ever fair as now;
May Joy attend from this new shore,
And Hope be plot eVermore.
Mr. Trowbridge's forthcoming novel, ''Lucy
Arlyn," is based, we understand, upon the mate
rial phenomena generally called spiritualism
What side Mr. Trowbridge takes in the matter
we are not informed, but ii is to be presumed,
none in particular, merely using his kno wledge
OF table-moving, spiritrapping, etc., for the
purpose OF his plot and the development OF his
characters, and leaving the reader 10
draw his own conclusions. We recall no rnovei
in which spiTltualism is handled at leneth and
fairly, most novests who touch it at all holding it
up to unmitgated ridicule-a foolish proceeding
on their part, since all tnat comes to their mill
ought to be grlst. Like their tellow-workers,
the dramatists, they should be above prejudice,
even against evil; for just so far as they have it
they unfit for their task, which is not to pre-
sent tlatterng but faithful picture, OF life Spi-
rtualism being an element of American life, 1t is
as tit subject for fiction as anything else In
America; as the sealaring life of New England,
the farming life ofsthe Middle States, or the
wild, adventurous life of the South or West,
How well or ill IL is managed by Mr.. Trowbrldge
remains TO be seen.
The lady who writes under the nom de plume
OF Homes Lee,p MISS or Mrs. Harriet Parr, is
about to publish, in two Volumes ''The Life and
Death of Jeanne dare, called the Maid"
Mr. Gerald Massey's new work now in
press, is entitled "Shakespeare's ,Sonnets (nevor
before interpreted) and his Private Friends,
together with a Recovered Likeness of Himself"
m. Cousin is hunting among the archives of
the Chateauneut family, the descendants of
Madame de Sew gne, for unpublished documents
and souvenirs relating to their great sncestress.
M. de Sacy, editor of the Journal des DeJats,
has been made a Senator. Besides himself,
literature is represented in the Senate by Messrs.
Sainte-Beuve and Prosper Merimee.
M. Emile Chasles. son of Philarete Chasles,
has recently published "Miehael Cervantes' Life,
Times, Political and Literary Works"
M. Guillaume Guizot has begun q course oil
lectures on French prose literature; his first
subject was Montagne.
The Rev. Henry Afford Dean of Canterbury,
is said to be the editor OF the new periodical,
The Contemporary ReUteto.
Mr.. William Gilbert author of "Shirley
Hall Asylum" etc., has a new novel nearly
ready, "Dr. Austen's Guests.n
The author of Flemish Interiors; has In
preparation "Cosas d'Espana; or, Spain and the
Spaniards."
Mr.. Thomas Hood has Just ready ''The
Fairy Realm 3 collection of favorlte old tales
told in verse, with page illustrations by Gustayc
Dore. ...
Miss Yonge, the author OF the "Heir OF Red
clyffe,n etc., has in press new novel, THE
Dove in the Eagles Nest"
Mr.. j. w. Clark N A.. of Trinity College, il
to edit from the original editions The Adyen
lures Of Robinson Crusoen for the Golden Trea
sury series.
b. IN. Albert Wolf IL about TO publish 'Me
moIrs Of the Bouleyard,"a series OF pictures o
Paris life. M IT.
IN. Victor Eardou the dramatist, is said to b.
very Ill; cause, overworking himself
Mr.. Henry Kingsley will at once PUBLISH
new novel, entitled Leighton Conrt"