, 1869-01-19
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Christmas and New Years Fas-
tivities.
4 Htw Book by Harriet Hartman Oh
ReJnl Psrssnskes, ststenusa. Law
YIN Aathpl1 and glh.r1

Reyal PsrssnsEss, hstenura. Law
yen, Aa1hpr1 and plh.rn
From Our o1a CoHespontsat
r. Iaxoox. Dec. n, tss.
rksr1vIT1A.
hKlsnd has been bury this week celebrat~
fng Christmas and preparing for the new
Ssar. 1ac tendency Of society Ia to escape
11um the long hours Of toll which have made
the existence OF The ulsa Of population
crudgery. Shops Ne-- -closed IT an earlier
houf, md easurday u generally obkerred a
hAif holiday. AdAr like chr7s1nas Day
Is. seized upon with : gush os pleasure, and
the one following It being Saturday, there Il
quitc speli Of relaxation or rest. Roast
beef And p1n1n pudding abonnd, and The po;r
are being Necrally fed for while. Church
going Is kept up tn The morning, bat the sc-
mAluorr Of the day Is for family
nesttpzs, games, acting eharAaes, dancing
md hearty chat. Politics a1e noted
u bore, and tho mtst1etoe Ia klrg, Ctristuas
Day Is universally kept In England rs day
ioE such rejoicing ~ circumstances admit,
md 10 other day tn the gear It iii approach
es 1t IN IT. monopoly Of attention. papto.
-
80 popular ~ the clown.
take the opportunity. before the :lucal
eonttsb bt6tnt uf Introducing To American
resdets = book which Viii be out next rcck
and which = rom the pen Of Mss Harrae.
Anrslueau, and is Of absorbing interest whrr-
ev.rthe English tongue ii spoken. That
there IS novelty enough IN u 70 deserve thta
epectfl notice, the reader, think, will pres.
entity admit. =. -
miss nARRtET MAx1sxAg.
Thus IadJ has done more real service to
modern society than younger people are
aware Of Hef books on poll ieal economy
sowed The seea which issued In the splendid
harvest Of trcc traae. Her boyks Of history
raised the levea Of modern thought. In
poliuea she, has slwags stood In
calm, philosophical mind saw Jeass 40
tho srtults u which the world
has ouly now asssYed. In American aEairs
sho hss been the clearing friend OF freedom
through Al manner Of opioquy. Indeed. she
- u 1:ndon- For great m.ny years abe
has LIVED In her beautiful LITTLE huusc, - be
Knoll,' ut Amhfesiuc, = confirmed iuyajld.
unable to 20 out OF doorsy and rarely 1es yiuk
her bedroom. But her zen naaneyer been IL
active, and IaHppoke no living winter has
larfez ci,cls o, people Of max amooe hts or
her correspondents. Twice the. yorcrnment
Of tho day hts sout hi to tuduca her 70 accept
4 penssSn, but She has steadily re,n I'd. &C.
liertnE that her Independence would b COM
tromt=ed "ers shs TO yield. She has been
! PC friend of tht mort uuted pe1souages of
Europe foz the last. lorty yeaf1, aud hs {
singular heuliy Of. both readtns chatxctar
and OF describing it. This power ahe has put
| u forcn IL = pu.nber OF relnAI kAb1e sketches,
| about 70 be published BY Mes4Es Macmillan,
The Idea OF this work, Ai4s Mazttoesu statcs
/ 2 her prcfacs, was suggested to her hy Mr.
j. Aoblnson, manager OF the DaFv Ettcs,
| and the book con! es through tie press a del
his Judgment and eafe. The style ot the work
| u like that Of nj Mtas Martiursu's vridnss-
1 beautifully clear and pic; urr-likc. TIC mir
ror u held up 10 sotne furtt eight personsgcs
| Of Eorld-Eide renown, and the effect Is more
] striking than !. usually produced by the
| elaborate utnelr-
AurAL PEoPLH
Among the earlier notices is Que of the
Duchess OF Gloucetttr, the last d the d:tecn
chlldFrn OF George Ill, lady who died u
recently !, 1857. When she and the Duke
Ssf md sTe9t5 ihsy io,ed e.sh othe
VIZ actually dcc-eed By the cours aad tue
statesmen OF the dxF That tbs Duke most be
kept ttogle to marry the prrsuuplre heiec.s
1 ot The throne. For twenty Of their beak 1eats
the Duke and the Princess Here h pt waI.laa.
A few weeks alter Piuoos Charaotte's nut
riaRo to Primes Leopold. The Dukr sud
Duchess married s4d lived together eighteen
yearss With her death. In 1857. cln,et long
4 terfca cf heasi histories. Tnc wretched hro r.
ed Marriages. and The Wrctchcd or happy or
cbtckered secret marriages. and the mere
formal state marriages wu1ch took plies Ii
consequence o! the Princess Chattolle's de-
cease, were dissolved hg death. What .
world Of nitesy could tbs Duchess o, Glou.
ecstcT bhye told aEdsitg from lha Law made
tncorn patihslity between roYairr aud the
| natural PROVISION 'cr the domestic Affections
1be Duchess Of Kent, the mother OF Queen
V,ctotia, received tho addresses OF coudo-
lcuce offered by the TWO Houses os PsliA
fAnl IN her 1rus. For. tho nrst Len Fears OF
her chiid's life abe lived resirrd. Tue Pin
! cess fthe present QafEu} ~ss mat on tho cold.
n cst md win dinst oays drsss~d and In c1erc,se
: in good pedestrian styie-cro-stuE 4 heath,
perbaps, With her Young eompao ous. In
thick shoes and stout duf1e cloak. She Haa
, reared In a much honesty and care about
moLcy matterH a any eitxen's chtlJ
and A,ne anecdotes on 1h,s head arc
. told by Miss Martlno,u. When the Princcss
Of tours, including seTrEal Ca&hcdcsls,
xeme nnbltmen's seats, and 6nAllS tht
Univero.tY~of Oxford. By degrees ake DC
7. came thus accustomed 10 the gAxe Of III Il
= tude and the honago Of strungets, aad for
uAllt,cs Of proc. s4iops, addresses, snt C-u
large portion Of her lEte, Al the same slrnc th
~ Duchess adopted the practice ot Inviting 4
!. kensisgton tAvcllers nd 4oyAgcts. men .
d science, and Other persons Distinguished Il
n IL 20 Intellectual wue!d, from whoui The Psiu
;, ces4 mig hi ga1her Information rnorr tre1hl
. tLau irom books, Tue latter years Of th
~ Teut1ao!e Eno4hee Hcte dlled Nllh fatttcst b
tho arrival ot q long succession O. graut
= chnartn. The peopie ai~ays received he
3 With uani5eat respect.
FuLlr4ClASs, L1wTEHs, 40.
e Lord Herbert Of Lea, whose widow Is 10
L. fsuahcA convert to the RoruAn Cathn-!
J. religion, and Spesters eve5Sbody she kno"
e. aheut the matt =, was rather cniouslv pIace
II the outbreak Of lhc Cr1ncAu W4r. Il
mother xas the ouly daughter ot Cou,
Woreaxot, The Russian Auaba .aador, who II
first tert TO London BY the Empress Cath
rinc. His moihtr'a brother wAs the Gcntr
= Who Was caafEedwih the suhJ1gatioo OF II
Circsss3aua.- When aha Ctimean Far ornl
10 cut, .he nephex v was Secretary OF War In Il
county which WAs Invading his uncle's tt
r. ritory, AID hh very eatAtesI Therc II
komn LAtrsAl dlatsuss fos tlulc at hts 10.
N ing any Office In the government under t
clrrnnstancts, and his iutefcuuzset With
IT. Rushlan relative. were jcs!ouaiy watched.
The young Marquis OF LansaoWnc hsa i
=, be+n sppointed By Mr. I'll ,dstout 10 an oil
!nthe government to which no salary Il
-. taehcd, but whEh VIII connect lin With
LIZ Liberal party. His relat1ve, who died ia 1sl
a
1of aospllaIItles made his house at boWood
ctlt b1Ateu Ii KS own way Il Ho.laLd II i
an was In \ somewhat different che Nhet
boy I had the great privilege Of spenci
Tho some hoAts there, In The con- papy Of T,
ItA ! Moore then, Alss but wreck.
1nrd Lsndhu1Ht, who c!ed also
! 10 1888, though imported from Atncsf
ase ! was q TORT 10 1he hearts core. He Was b.
however, before ths separation ot the Amt
a, can colanl.a, ue w.i An ans,oc ATTIC =
ri ~ To 4 -
- Tie Dixie Of HeEeasO . American '
with the P1inea OF NB1cs will net Be { rg
a ~. ten. t'1t seems" says Miss Aart,neau, -
aee the Prince Of Walrs, on reaching naal.ho
and personal friends. lie hss lost ht. father,
oEe Genrrsl Bruct, his governor, and the Et
.e. dian and companion Of bis drst tsarr1s.
I 70 baps Il Is Thoroughly true Of them ali,
ron they died preuafurel5 from being worn {
). IN sny position hi. would probably b
su,t been Tho tate ot the Duke OF Sc~castte I
,ntas a. be as = statesuau. It Was aurc to be
ssasekgnaushtp allows no op.ioo-uo saui'
=. IN | eecufiiy-tI earnest and eon'cirnsious %
~ and vheu, ~ in tho present case. therc
natural tendency TO hard wefk 70 stast II
there u rcally no escape from that foru
NC r,atrio1lc uaTty1dom This u not one OF
sea pupils dapRers. He h2s not hing to he1
.- Of n regard 10 the czases to which bis te
Misc tls and guardian. haEe tallen victims.
ii IN part is to Icei the noblencss Of such eel
Nal md devotednesa ss thelrs, and thc
fsona oukness ot the wnrk Of government, '
laest not only thG inhtuana concerned IN u.
ouSh the wotk Of training rulers, Aoo eaIIyt e !.
the unseen eU&tness OF the kovercigu'k
'r1lA+ and iamAI, 1uk5 call le1 'oe BAH tnes o'
Mrb. aole 4'es'
=, q ,,.s -. go y. ~ I.s.n, Ann,s
900. a. P,t.1,,. II 1851 If nAr.Iykj> q
c11os, $500 ht,I na 7ecSrerrd fn,rn II suttscl
~ ~ - shia IN nrrA,re and speak It the
ssss5s cer,enary Shak,p<sre Festival. At etat
kt11s- nnon- n-A5.yn, Soon Afterwards be be
btls Less and dumb, tlough bis cheeSfu
askt. remained. His drives tn the hne II
u, arc days, among THE woods at Castle Ho:
oe.a4 wcre keen pleasnte 70 hs1a Is he Wat
rc.en | the changing cautf Of thct foliage.
Ftue Lord ra1nerston, Mis- Aastsne1u
reref 'o.- -t-ed. n any SORT Of mind, IN.