Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27
COLUMBIA CONVERSATIONAL
BY JAS. wOOD DAVIDSON
COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA. GATH FEBRUARY, 1885,
Sudden Death.

Sudden Death.
The death of Mr. James S. Guignard, an esti-
mable and venerable citizen of Columbia, shocked
the community by its suddenness, last week. He
was found dead near the city, having fallen from
his horse while riding. The cause was appoplexy.
Fish. ... .... ....r
The fish market is fuller than we have ever
known it at the same time of the year. Shad,
founders, and black-fsh can be had regularly but
prices are high-shad, from 81 to $3.50 apiece
founders, about half that price and black-fsh at
corresponding rate. ".. ...
Hogs.
The marshals are busy these fine early-spring
days, we see ut gathering in all the loose swine
they find about the streets. They take dogs, ropes
and wagon and bag their prey with great ease
and skill.
In this connection we advised the Man about
Town be little careful in going about the streets
but he fatty told US that he did not see any sense
in our advice.
A Willing Captive.
At recent meeting of the Chamber Of Com
merce in Charleston, Major Theodore G. Barker
in response to toast made handsome and spir'
tied little speech full of fire and point. Speaking
of South Carolina, he said 'There she stands, hel
Executive willing captive [great cheeringl," etc.
This is heavy on the Executive; and we doubt
if that functionary will see much fun in it.
Great Cheerers, however, did see fun in it.
At the University.
The Lecture of DR.. LaBorde on Sir Walter Scott,
last week. was in every respect an emnently sue,
cessful one. The complex character Of Scott-the
broad humanity that marked him among authors
and among men-was given in the happiest style
and the learned Lecturer kept, with remarkable
tact, the just mean between the gravity of mere
logical analysis and the levity of conversational
sketch-the happy link between learning ofsthe
desk and the culture of the drawing-room. 1t was
interesting throughout; in parts graphic; and al
the close touching The broad and catholic hu.
manity of the subject found an earnest and sym.
pathising delineator in the Lecturer.
The next lecture in the series will be delivered
on Thursday, the 9th, by Prof. Sachtleben, whose
subject is Goethe's Faust, Part First.
This week was the one assigned to Prof. Darby
but that gentlemans lectureis postponed, until the
following week-Thursday, the 5th of March.
New Books.
We mentioned few weeks ago that Her Majes.
ty, Queen Victoria has recently published her Sec
ond book. Her first was kind of life Of her
husband and this second one. is also full of "my
dear Albert though it is entitled Leaves from, dt
Journal of Our Life Il, the Highlands from lS4s
to 1861. The Harpers, of New York, have just got
them out an American reprint of this Leaves, il.
lustrated with two steel engravings. The book is
very light, every-day-life-ke domestic, and chat.
ty and withal readable book, because of the pc.
cuar life and romantic localities treated Of II
will doubtless endear Her Majesty to her own sub,
jects, in that it exhibits her as an earnest and wo
manly sovereign, full of good impulses and good
works and it is curious thing to the American
reader but it will not in itself contribute any great
deal to Her Majesty's literary reputation MIR.
Bryan, of j. j. McCarters bookstore, of this city,
has done us the favor of this royal Journal which
they have on sale at $l.75 acopy. They have also
almost everything else in the literary line that you
could call for. =. =
We have just received copy Of the seventh edi.
ton of Mrs. Margaret j. Preston's charming wal
poem, entitled Beechenbrook, published in Balti.
more.
The cheap editions of the novels of Dickens, al
rs cents volume, are attracting some attention
and are really-that of Peterson at least-very
nicely gotten out. Appleton also has cheap edi.
ton at prices varying from Is to IS centsa volume,
of which, however, the print is very small In the
way Of small print, the Diamond Edition is mar.
vel of typographical neatness.
We have the pleasure this week Of acknowledg-
ing the favor of copies of the following three novels
of the Harper series, from Dufie & Chapman, who
have these books Ito soy nothing Of large stock
of others) for sale: Guild Court, by George
MacDonal This is story of life in London; and
receives most of its tragic interest from the mazes
of British law in the contested ownership Of prop
critics, its characters being mainly of the mercan:
tile class. Mr. Macdonald best known as the
author of annals of a Quiet Netghborhood, is an
Englishman. Guild Court is in paper, and sells
for so cents. 2-Margaret's Engagement is an
anonymous work. 1t also is a story of English
life and to great extent of money-lfe but has
good deal also of arstocracy and spice Of nobility
It turns upon money with love, law, andmeanness
revolving around it, There is good lot of family
fusses and sprightly shower Of witty and pointed
dialogue. 1t belongs to the same series as the
foregoing is in the same style, and sells at the same
price. 3-Bro,onlo,os, by Mrs. Oliphant. This
is also story of English commercial life, the prin
cipal scene being Darfordshire. The heroine is a
lawyers daughter and the hero lawyers clerk
the main interest being inherited money, the side
issues being love and litigation. The mystery il