, 1869-01-12
The Great Musical Peace Festival.
The Minor Details Of the Pro.
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Llttrary Cossip-Ralph Waldo Rmersor
Qaa Realtr--NeN Dooks-A Realistic
Writtr Caught Trippius--Rieh.
ard Ill. Ramodelltd--lIaW
UT. Booth Is Going to
Play it--TheatFi.
ealaDd Other
Matters.


THE AoSsTER CONCERT.
3fr. Gilmere's mysteriously heralde5 pro-
gtumme, of which wrote you last We 4, has
just heen diyulged TO delighted Boston pub
lie through the local papcrs. Its details are
almost all covercl o5 the anticipstory sketch
ecut you. brt q few iacts may be added. The
distribution OF the profits of the enter
prise 10 soldiers widows and or
phans Is to he prorortloned to the
number Of season tickets subscribed for
BY citizens OF each locality. Thus II CbI.
cago Il to benefit By the success Of this ex-
traordlnary enterprise, Chicago must con-
tribute to it, success bY the libcralfty OF her
1ich citizens. An architect has already Pre-.
parcd the plans for the great etfIlce y hold
fifty thousand people. The difficulty of sus-
| taiGiny rooi over such space l. oby1atcu
by having the centre, the parquette. cav
| cred only With canvas,-an arrangement
which will make such q Ds rs do sometimes
| conc even in June serious Interruption tu
the festival, aud make its success in a great
d:grec dependent upon thu weather. Tue
| building will be 800 feet by GU aud will be
surrounded by fence uny feet from
tho wall to keep outsiders at q
respectful Distance. Mr. Gilmorc' plan for
the festival i1seil contcmplates a somewhat
| different character Of entertainment tor each
Of the three days of its eontlnnAace. Tn the
first day there will be various shurt addresses
oi welcome, and The public school children
| Will 1e pSpualn2At l1 the caogns The seeoud
1ay the lEusic will !e tuore claslcal in char
acter, including q ty1nphouJ OF Beethoven,
| tho uyertuTr ii Tu,lnhaustr, mud several &C
lcctlonS fru,n or.auros. pu the thru duy
the festival will closc wnn moro popular
Mus,c. including masy military selections,
lhe overture tos4 Fra Diavo!o" and the anvil
chorus from - Troratore." Mr.. Gilmore
publishes the letters OF sympathy and en-.
wc" sSra h nenne s1 FYsSsa ma .9
Otherwise among them one from our nuw
Governor, Mr. Cla1tn, pla1n iuan With TT
music III lls euuf, who eau aad nothing bet.
ter tu say than that
:" 1tssnuch ~ music inspired our soldiers II
| the late ~xr, In rhe!f weary marches anu un harc
anii'las, in ,eeasieg our .ss'o,tcs, / th!hk 'tn'
bKatcd IN no more apnropr,A'e mannes."
LITERARY MATHIS.
No portions OF ME. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
I late reries ot lectures hero produced 4 hettur
, which l,e Illustrated hsa own tdcas ny cita
iIuns 'rosl tic POETS, and read suc4 lincs d.
. Tcnnyeon's
~ he wrtnkcd ara bcpcA'h b him csawls,"
,crancc. Mr. Eucr.on is s6out as ,xr as Is ap: ~
man liying hoM being 4 technical glueutlull
Isl aud one witty listener q, hla utst irct,Irr
,,pnn art, VAS moved to say that the spcakc
; seemed TO know something about oil arts bu
!. the nrt Of reading. Nevertheless. a. h4y
. said, Lila delivery OF thu brs. gem OF our lit
, cr,tirc has peculiar fascination, anu the re
y suit ol il Is that Sir. Emerson Is to Give
tcrses vi ruatsts ~. m prosc nnd scr>p tror
:, nl,thots OF bis o"n selection. to a cfasa Ut
:. huu,!ttl persons, meeting By daylight III ou
= When Ill our other publishing houses ar
y as nuiet as the cruve, Mcstrs. Lee ts ahuD ri
+. olsrecardinr alt times and scaseus, bare sui
= prttc(i tur rlhllc by popping ont With half
e .,ozctI new books. FIVE oil the si1, howcy,.
+. IRE Juvenile books, which In the prcscui Az
81 ~ ,hr world, y hen tue children mr.. the kin,
-, Of the .aln,ly, arc SURF Q, steady sale Iu au
~ s,atr ot tie nnarkc1, Que IN II cop,inualiu
1t Of one Of Oliver Optics cxhaustIcss scrir
kp lin. .nlc. md three beglu a ucw set. cal,
!: "I'Iuy,rL !" S,urtrs." bceau.e the icxt OF ii
!, T. tult. Is furnished by tomc fau,fi
u y. n.ar.. .uch us t,uc 1eati,crs 6
=. In that lln,ltlsu,nc duee.' The othrr book
Es- T.. 4 S'e, list will claim thu attention
mature minds, and Is, think. uulIut Of
kinI. il /, ro,biny less ttiau history
thr Mas, aehusctte State Fri,on, bv Il
nn,srnt Wartirn thrrcuf, Mr. 0ldeon II .yue
Win proit1stou ., unrctiotcs ant surcs
L. ttons tor Improvement IN ssrsora rcipeC,
ron, his ewp long experience Ia hJ. no Tito
!, Fnrtla ate IL thc psi:ou which has Il Ward
10 who /. not ouly rllirirnt In the stcrner dus!
be n, Iii. uiiicc, but nt.o y practtcal phfla
en thrnnist, q hc.ievcr In the Chri+tinn,,
!: With fluds I.s n1biest work Ia turh seen
Nt u those In which Ills lite IL pissed n
I'D tur,u,,s,e il the putlit wbvn such a n,nn
ID Iot oply willing hut able 10 write the /,
ed Eop. hf- lie ha> taught lin, for th. benz
ve Of The world.
~ - RE.ALlsr1C ASAcHRoS15A.
n Tic Chrlstua. suppicmcnt Of tue Da
er. Adrf,4;4r, r, Of which wrote ron somethi
I'D | in advance OF its appearance, made a gre
nd .ucrcsS The best thing In It, oi course,
., kew. z. E. liale's story, which waa an ads
I'LL ~ tat5on in fiction OF one OF the phases OF t
Nv sseat hlockAding snow storm OF :wo yea
b. aso this week and was ore dt bis most ri,
no ,nd spirited ehorss, It 's little Singular Il
such q writer as Mr. Hale, Whoso epec
forte Is In that minute realistic description
details which almost deeelves tha read
should make 60 many bl1nders a. he doe.
hlupders Of actual haste and earlessncas, c
8e' eulatcd to di:abusc anybody Of tho mott
'ps that 1t is history that he Is reading. Ihas
cray used to make such a!sps o'sea oot
ny ness, aad made no pfe1ensions o. @ care H, an
9E9 trtdes> "a this last s'orf Q! ~. Haie
II; II, "Dal!y Bread, ne cont's8 70 change !
ERE stx oi eafs IN Two aoJaeslt columns
lunch and put him TO oed."-and wakes u
acts gown, !" A|ier has X en- so pretty all da
&c" and 30 Gu to the end Of the story. But
phenomenon u n9.nsns sa 70 t9st ~ oao M ..
ago to newspape1. and 10 r published ! E Y :
Mr: Ha1es denoeIate fes'slo7 u A, !
and feEhape: lncse , any T.. eqt1ous a7ss; re- res
OF will nnd seeoroea .aAn man @ nsaeu q .ato
| frtd the nex1 tsAy-and 2lt without anT "a
~" i{cn nj the course of pature
..p,c1I,vn ,,1 pExnnE11En"
" There IS one BIZ q dramaue ana nseI
the gossip WHICH "ou4n 4cato WV 4Ao4A -
= ac. | York In due time, but WHEN HAJ pTopt
lru- be forestalled N letter rom bo:to2; 70
-r1p of yonr readers who SAW Edxn boot1
@ !@end Richard III. during bis recent visit to
~: u caso-who hesrd h1n .a!;