, 1869-12-12
10HD0k.
Light. Literature.
The Christmas ANIMALS.
Sensation NoFclials.
Comic Writers.
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lEHuA NkA WE tNAAAS1NAAANAAli
4, LoHDoHs Nov, ~ /
Cnrsstuss the harvest seeeoa OF the light
vrtie4k Tho hs9c aod hete1pxeneouk el41s who
apply tatnselyes to dascEtong tbs oddidca, the
uhi11s, and the sbsurdtuea Of society. tosrthnr /
with the smaller set WHO study 1x passions md
r1uuoles-are n sesJ busy towards the month os
December. Sererat pnblisners rnste It punt ol
nonoT to p1od1ce an "hunnAl " 1t the close ol this
year. -Eoma do 20 obecausa Il pAys: otaer7 pccause
.hotr rtvals DO It. Many Thousands Of snfnins
noohen s.e so}d, snd Though taers Il cel Of
tKa4h floating abort the productions arr free from
>uythinR seuoasl5 hsd, and q crowd Of people
~s5nstdcG theto kmusng. 1prpposo 10 glanee st
tte leading wrIterH Whose sefTlc69 xro enlisted In
this display. and who are Just now ioodng At thalt
ccnt..l uuoos In Tho mIseataneoos groupings, and
between gaua1y illustrated coTetL
1H1 HEAps or 1HH sEEv1Cx.
shocld PUT At the head OF TIT terTlte regularly
ergsged IN periodical writing Nj. George Mac
doralo, net only 1hst he exeeIs tho rest IN The
carneftuesa OF his purpose, but also for bis E1Td
Imagination and power Of reelection. Ue Is now
tie ediloE OF q magazine Tor the young, but does
not connnc himself theEe. Lately he has got
much under the innuonee OF popular Scotch
Trrsbs.e7:au preacher, DR.. Guthrie, md has witt
ten IT, s-u1..aas Publication conducted by tho
reverend gentleman. Ths has given something
Of stltneas to ha peu. 1Ie has to mud
the L;1lt7, and carefully restrict himself to
Ehas Is ~ plnnmet and Line, In this ba
u rv;urnl7R. perhaps, to his carly tas.es
u Na d q nasent,nx minister he dfst be-
c.ne toe1n TO the worid. md 1t Eas while he
wore soxu That Lady Byron extended 10 HIN
tic hepatS hand for witch be, ~ many more, Has
Indebted for his oPpoFsunit.es OF 6xoce4h Nj.
Macdonald IS a noble.lcoltrg nau, ono. were he
not narrscd and the father OF large family,
would csuse hsvoc In The bosom3 Of soLue OF his
terte1 admirers
The best writer IL ore who chooses to hide his
real naMc, though all literary men 1noH Il well
CROUCH. and adupts the stgu7tata Of "Matthew=
browrc.h The Burr1rg konss and ballada to
which he gave tie name OF tho Lal!pu! Levee
go foaud tn most cultivated households. He ap-
pears this wtnter IN hstf dozen places and Is al
Ways atoye the eouEon run OF thought, though
rot very htf1lngly &c. as tas "a hAEc Jet seeo-
E1cellinE him IN the power Of close and penctrat-
lLc observation, but Of more sombre cast, Is Nj.
William Gilbert whom somebody once called the
modern DeFoe. MI. Gilbert delights In selecting
'tone topic admitting OF exceptional Incidents IN
the rsl11nre, and inelnh1n2 morbid tnteIiectuM
rhtnInepa. He cannot be called, IN any VIM, \
sensational writes fos his style Ia gustdedty sober
ard sererr. Occasionally he ehow1 q humorous
ttdr but this Is apart: and, cvtn then5 oIesh1ng
il psat1t which aWAAes more musings than mff-
.lnent Mr. Gocrt ID q nat Of ~: we'll 10 do
IN The ~tslc ard capable III prolonged Intellectual
keor.
sroRy.INLLRs PROPER.
Mtss Amelia T. El1 1att4 wta clther assisted pro-
fertioDslls IL so,e Of her la1e sketches ste il
rerBrknblt tnstarce Of female pronclercy IN mas
cpt1ce stud1es- In s.urJ Just finished, she eutess
iuLo lhe details Of L1oc1ade-Funnlog with a much
knowledge - Setnmfs himself Possesses, aud In
the rare Intrn,lve detls with lnt1!cnta points OF
Law with .1! the cisve1uess Of m Equity Judge
IL her special Christmas contribution. Ahe also de-
pats from the realizes OF her lLe- ~, Frederick
4tcrge BJnr," "she t.ys, IN opening out, "Thc
wltte this narrative With ny own hand, without
help OF s7t ctac1es, an 30 Old nan that do3ot
II have a huud!e1 uSIEg contemporaries In Eu-
rope. l vas born IN 1870, and an 50 years of
asr." Aid then she proceeds 70 describe mNlita-
y adventure With all the zest Of Charles Lever or
the anthor OF Guy Livingstone. The best thing
tic has yet written Ia " BarbaIaa History, uov-
el which epreared tone Iears ago. Far healthier
are MI her ~ytiings than are those OF Nrs E Lynn
Linton. wife OF The epgzayer, bGoaE.Mtnded
Is.,, sud one who Is remarkably trce fton any,
tGtrG IKE rrcdey, Htv Christmas tale reminds
ne That 1cIte a considerable proportion
Of this years stories profesa 10
CONVEY belief In the nt1ture Of the sureycat-
ursl In mortal affairs. This IL carious.-sccouct
lor Il rs 5ou viii Where It Is Lot conviction. It Is
iashion: either wny It Is worth noticing. "What,
then, ,7co. cludes MisB Edwards narrative, "wss
hollow wal-,1tnty men, without their leader
WEIR those tb,. dead whom met acd WAS It the
ore l1y!aE LAD ~ho was abse nt7r Aud the reader
IA 20 understand thss thcy ttt7e the dead. NrA
1eptou pro1eascs to RECOUNT her cxpensnccS IN
Cumberland, and they aze IN the same do!otous
ucod. Here Is ono OF the paragraphs:
upetors cf,,,d reniy The dog set m ia uansl
howl AID ran ueu4D.ilI TO Me, lis eyes l1ea 90
tpr same R.see n tne roam Haeio asn51 looAea;
1netS, esAnuH ~ tln.*.u, ~ snnTni,t unx Ihe 1r.
n,e 81 atmsSt IrIu. old lad,. Nycaeed In the tasa
pntf seventy 3rars ago, vita high heels hnd I
n.ob cap utf LACE WAA yeff rals, eo1 sp@Stn!
noveso tos. hss ,at1sr tir sc1oss one: thsI
nr,yea nn,r m. ,,own rs II It bed pcen tort
nun, its fa.tentrgs Id \ struggle; aud thst he
sses ts9 d4II acd sn1A ahu VIII A. W unnis ta,
taAuh'e leet ~ . tmGG " ~ n.rsn1n. ~ icinstni
ti.s MY. nns'; J, au'1 'o''1 "N> -"
1,'ch, orc,c other siu,,,sr bills Of uapserse
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S,,t ~ assh ~ v,co, .~n,ch wttn vhn1nre
coonrrs.s a,.t1nru,,h NJ, sne does. Mr. Dutto,
Cnor~ Vim Is ,nunp .no vno notea IN rood 60
80. .--t.,iy s1,nrr., rrt1ete tnnt1vs, INN
var r. tr.t md hts mama 1, unw a sernT1tv. >,
Io,s4rnnd r.,ae Ard nlcasart dramatic des!r1
ptc enrcrrcfd. Mr.. Fitzgerald. less snoxo. i
nc,hs,w. ,he cicxtrest or tue two, lie studies tnt
n-r1a,ces ard tololcs OF nrotessous, society. aut
h1ts lbcm on with no lark Of sarcasm. bnt hi,
a.s.oarcs hare TOO r,uch Of the emit and drarj O
e1outs IN be- peneraa,Y entertaining. liz, young
MO au h,ttous. aut under Mr., Dickens guidance
viii do bette, tn,urs.
Mr. Jp&u Saurccrs who has reanpeafcd nfler ,
1nr1 ats-nra frpm ltterasure. Ens nne os tht
p,oEee,x Of cheap periodicals. IN England. lie wa
1hr a.,,,or NJ the f+onlt.x Jo,rnaI shrn n y. Fnr
Mr.. Nnrrrnov mo, tne uow1tt1 xere cnntrhntnrs
1,nt c.I,,,or, nau,tt ~. s,w,rs hsd = rn,cr -
fquabbl.ue, and he eooa disagreed with Saunders
AID brought ont pamphlet directed nga!pEt him
ard bearh on The ilte-raEe the words: "And
certain man went Gown into 1encao aoa iel
oess " ah Ale se..t I"ti',nss nu'etsl.e. " less
1tts called "Genile jack" and 1ofns PIT Of INT
bsls'A''a Anu.. tox,, ,x,r.x,,
the nro,e. .on,r hxs beeu "a spof1et. oy The In
Ao' ItoAS. - - 80 80. :. 80. ~ t,s - ~ -. =.
foso VI ne's Fupsses 'na. .e" HAs ~" w =
aee Statu eo4e "4A.I NeAs - ~
cirs Ieoi a. COUNTY !su, " senooa !os
Penny ttcaunoa1 oue g. tooeo unnsulous "!sal
who turr1y theesi1, literally " tne yaIu. Tee
Hood, however. does NOT snrlnk froul tae telu
and puhl1Ahea "Com'e AnnaM" . rs i1tne
did before him. tou parc 1ue psssent 1oEa hooe
With bis contemporaries ana ne need mol asose
fEe cnauehae; lnlnk OF nls Ietaes Ana no FAana
"a As edLot OF Fun and occs8,onal noTelist, tht
present n hooa snoSa no lsa.s ~ ., hamos aoe
the sare planet II nts father. lie haa collected
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