New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
AprrMnrs MARD,s LECTURE.

This is a reprint from the London edlloh Oh Iie
last of Artcmus Wards literary remains nancy h'S
lecture on the MomOns the only one OF MS hohuc.
acrint Ivceum entertainments, as we believe OF
which the notes have been preserved IL is loi'u-
nate that Mr. Kingston has undertaken the prepare
,;op Of these notes for the press Incomplete, as they
sonbtless are there is more fun in them than the
vorld can well afford to lose. The volume
contains wood-cuts of the celebrated panorama,
and the text of the extraordinary lecture Win Whch
Artemus accompanied the exhibition. Inc cuts uie
rnde enough but so were the paintings LOT IL was "
fine tonch of the showman's humor to have tuem as
had as possible. The fun was IN his daring ana
Rbsurdy irrelevant remarks and his lnimitaole man
aer of delivery. Decanted into book, the lecture
loses of course much of its rich aroma but IL Is sun
very ENJOYABLE and the editors have done everything
possible by means of descriptive notes and typograpu
zeal eccentrictes to convey idea of the speaker
method. We miss some of the uproarious droHely VI
the old sbowmans letters but there is many i''Sn
of bumor in the lecture which ATtemus never o"i
passed How exquisite is the nonsense Vi ni' p Pc
Iimnary remark to his London audience
Won should be dissatisfied with anythihs noi0 ~
n,obt I will admit yOu all free IN NeW-Aealahu'
If YOU will come to me there Tor the oruerS' any
respectable cannbal will tell you where hVe' ana
there were some respectable Enghshiheh' we arc
tola who could not see the fun of such an offer and
"@AN~
one conveyed in note at the bottom OF ms pro
Urammes in New-York, inviting those of the au-
dence who were not offended with him" to call upon
him often at his fine new house in Brooklyn III Is
on the right hand side as you cross the ferry and
NAV be easily distinguished from the other houses
by its having cupola and mortgage on IT" Ana
the daring incOnsequence of his happiest remarks
lyery little of the lecture we need hardly saw nav
ing the slightest reference to the nominal subject OF
L., fhp
audience in his exordum that he only travels round
20 exhibit his clothes" and glancing soemnly at his
fashionable English dress suit adds These clothes
Ihaye on were a great success in America when
he pIunpes headlong into o story about man he met
in Oregon who had MT any teeth-not tooth in his
head-yet could play on the bass drum better than
any man he ever knew we are quite prepared for
his confession that OF the principal features OF
nv entertainment is that it contains so many things
that don't have anything to do with it." Or par
ucularly bad scene in the panorama, he says; inns
picture is a great work Of art Ii is an oil painting
done in petroleum. 1t is by the Old Masters. 1t
was the last thing they did before dying They
did this and then they expired. The most
celebrated artists of London are 50 de-
lighted with this picture, that they come to the
Hall every day to gaze at it, Iwsh you were nearer
toit-so you could see 1t better wish l could take
1t to your residences and let you see it by day
light Some of the greatest artists in London come
here every morning before daylight with lanterns to
look at it. They say they never saw anything like
1t beforehand they hope they never shall again.
When first showed this picture in New-York, the
audience were so enthusiastic in their admiration of
this picture that they called for the arstand when
he appeared they threw brickbats at him. Yet an
intelligent Briton heard denouncing the lecture
TO the dOorkeeper as imposition. and as for the
panorama, it's the worst painted thing ever sawinmy
life" Who shall say after this that there super
fluffy in the announcement on the programme that
Mr.. ATtemus Ward will call on the citizens of Lon
don at their residences and explain any jokes in his
narrative which they may not understands
Mr. Robertson has written for the volume short in
production and Mr. Kingston, who travelled with the
hnmolst as his business agent gives gossipng pre-
fatOry note on "Artemus Ward as a Lecturer" We
gather from this preface good anecdotes, and
felerably vivid sketch of the lecturers appearance
and behavior on the platform. We hope, however,
that our English friends will not accept Mr.. Hing
ston as an authority upon American social phenomena,
when he assures them that the conventional position
of gentleman" does not depend in the least upon
aman's avoeation, and that he knows Of at least
one or two clowns in the ring who are educated ply
scans and not thought to be any the less gentlemen
because they PROFOUND conundrums and perpetrate
jests instead Of prescribing pills and poons' Or is
this little joke of Mr.. HngstOn's Owni
HISTORY OF ATHENS COUNTY OHIO with Personal and Bio
grspliesl Skstehes By CHARLES WALKER svS PIP 60
tiucunati: Robert Clarke Co.
The publication Of the Ohio Valley Histori-
cal Series OF which this elegant book forms the second
volume Is an enterprise for which Of letters
der deep obligation the good and good taste OF
che publishers. They made excellent beginning with
Mr.. Francis Parkman's edition Of DR.. william Smiths
Historical Account OF Bouquets Expedition against the
Ohio Indians in 1C4" The present volume though mod
in its preenslons, claiming little more than local
interest far more valuable than It's title
OF its unpretendug preface might lead 20 suppose