The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-16


charity, and to show tho necessity OF timely re-
liofif thoy would accomplish any real good in our
midst. ~ rIa @IEoNIDAs.
II LITERARY FTHhIs.
The newspaper controversy over tho authorship
Of tho popular song, ''Rock Nc TO Sleep, Mother.
Mr. AleI A. ". Bali Of % Esabeth \ n .1e J ss ado 5y o1
which III. VI. Dodd, OF NJ y, prints for him n in M 3
sale It is Claimed that Ir. B. % Trose n Poon OF
fifteen stanzas in 1867 and that solection Of six
q these stanzas forms the popular song, which
Italy anu forwarded to Philadelphia newspaper
1850, and they are included in the volume OF her
It is alleged TINT Mr. Bal could write tIs noeS m ioGS T.
dispute, because ho has written othors equally
good, md como Of his unpublishcd LIS. lis given
for the readers own foncusfbns.f It is alleged
that he did writo the ooeni on tho strength Of the
statoments Of sundry persons, who say tRoy heard
him read # AZ mis- oTn two or three years before
lotters, two OF which have full namos attached as
"a? writers and initala are only given TO others.
minds Work IN tbe een stannas ah9w
poems of Mr.. Balls, said to have been written four
years bcfore Mrs. Aker's claim, show paralelisms
that Mr.. Bal's original draft With interlinentons
could be produced. Wo presume Mrs. Akers will
feel hersem callod upon to answer this impiie /
GGhhargo OF literary larceny s1dntae'.e anfmis cells
Mr.. ". curow Hnzlitt, who has done good work
IN his time mostly ASIAN editor Of reprints Of old
EnBiiah lternturer has recently published couple
OF Volumes CONCERNING his fanous rointivo The os-
sayest, who, by tho way was his grard- father un-
Portions: OF his CorfesPona sncc." lis worS M is
ffspt tnas pGt docs snG not 81
being far from satisfactory, who those Which in.
,nrest us most are almost exclusively dde to Haz-
tss ndGs su Own Strange to ho
over to convey to his renders clear and true ideas
of Hazitts intellect or his nnturo He is strictly
collector Of letters and oItrncts Who interSeayes
some passages OF technical eIplanation g!f3
The subject Of amusement as q Force in Chris
tan Training, is troated in four discouraes by tho
Rev: Marvin Il. Vincent, Of Troy. In tho opinion
OF the author, when the church hns touched tho
% has done a
and resolutions aga pst oerts;n forms OF Social re-
creation, and prescribed penalties for engaging in
Of the question. Mr. Vincent taies q more liberal
and conpIehensive view Of the whole matter, and
contends that the dsyilis not necessarily at work
IN theatrical game of billiards,
% s ss G9s,a b9m a15 Mas9e{ Tho gos sthe shon
the Athenmum on tho vexod question OF Shaks-
pearos sonnets, and who the imng1n tive "W. H."
q q thS, tbS really was The last number
Bives and also loIter from III. Samuel Wiej, who
signs himself Rector, In which that gentleman
edgement his Interpretation Of the no5,,nes un,Jrd
behind the nous initials, namely, that it was
M William, Hathaway, brother Of shakspeare's
The celebrated Yelyertonn case ua which m,de 40
much nols, in the English courts few years sinco,
fSsns S5 the maortas is OF n CyrSs W
which was lately published, and which may bo
eonsiderea, until further notice, as the last work
of this Tss odd ysars
Monthly MagaAn Mr., Redding has at heart
II would seem, tho English Laws 81 divorce ospe,
Yelyerton, the last being the objects Of his scorn
~ i1s % Liz df cnrl Ritter by " l. "a, Gage s, pub.
piece OF biography devoted to tho person i hsto.
ry and scientific career of ono OF tho most emil
nent geographers OF tl,e-ase. Apart from his Ia
tie almost childish simplicity and 9odessy dP,i tbs 3,
profound sSnse Of religion Md tho devotion to
German scholars Of the past iganeration. Tho
volume hl:o abounds in agroeabe Illustrations Of
Ros Wilton in G o I'd
fresh and almost enthusiastic tone gives Il o Ger.
tain charm, and forms mn ioffset to its numerous
iauits OF literary execution. .flrf,,.,t ,
Paris correspondent writes thus OF I,AMAnIINy
and French books 81: 80 ~. =
A pamphlet has Just boon published entitled
Ldmdrtile Deuant s Opinion. It is an apology and
onlogy OF the great poet md politician Become tn
sndpg authors To- lhS
judgment, but misc their aim by the o1travagance
Of their panegyrio. Tho patpphlst is made read
eIhaustible charities, which would bo more credit.
| able TO the oereless poet il thoy had NOT been
partly made at tho expense Of his creditors. Hero
1s curious and characteristic one Of Inothar sort
OF Lnmartino's own furnahing 1That VOYAGE in
| the East, carried out, indeed, with tho apparent
sumptuousnoss ofs boundless fortune, really cost
.ao nothing. had at that tlmo about so 900 rancs
sod shS four Yodihes ef ny 4 Trayoi. sS
ers Notes at my RETURN 70 bookBeller for 80 900
valuable arms, costly carpets, Arabian Dhorsrs,
Eastern stuffs, ete to the amount Of about 10 900
ears was nhs neafs taa 81 sss then tive
pay for tie t@o 'Hss vassss H disaa
did not average LOO 900 francs. The result Is that
this journey, instead Of running mo- left mo clear
profit Of about 1G0 900 francs. What book-keep-
boiled: down :" book notice" OF French literatpres
i1r ls66; borrow and translate it from the arti-
printing, md paper Department. IL tho Great RI.
aE Eu sesasrS viii appreciate the wo q
ishers' products It Amounted III 1seeEineingg;nu
reprinteA 1880 works..I Aeoorllii9 10 tho Con.
oral Catalogue, Poetry, Bellos Letters and Noysis
as Rs Fl s4s ss as%Ss aSs about S
ses ss9IsS Is aSSsrsnhy and Of scen
.,: IhesS produels- cltdin8 with them On:
msps, muso, etc.-faure for q Value Of % go 660
france u r IN ne do ao 10 81 French
;Auerbachs ""0n Tho Heig6tss AIE der; Htahel..
which has Just aprearad In thfs country, As tho
FIRST Of tho Tauchnitz collection OF German an.
thors, Uniform with tho well known b4riea AZ RnS.
llsh noyelists lis thus announced By q Paris Ta6l
lisher: ColeottSa., TIC ~ Standard authors, Rahllns
Aep Mp Eugene & S gchaser las onder..ke tss ~,
lation Of tho Russian ovcls Of Ivan Turg6nef I'D
| has ohos$n for tho flfe lhblicatIoh .RAshers and