, 1869-11-25
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BOsTON.

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BOSTON.
Tho Production of ga affd1ummer !
Nights Dream IA 8grtltsant &per- !
tacte-Lnternry and Art Goassp-
IfAzt Painted for LopEfetloW- ,
Library management = Musical /;
tr9nM orR owf coHHrsroxpgsT.l |
Bosrox, NOV. Is.
"a nnACHXHR NIGHTS pRkAN."
We hare had the event Of our dramatic season :
In the plo'suciiop, al sewynB Theatre, Of ShasR- :
pea1es fatry play; and probably tho rest Of the
year At cur 1e.dipg theatre will be taken up ,
with reretiionA Of It for The benent OF
that New England pu2uc which docks
to boston BY excursion t1ainsy whenever :
anything really great Is pI0dueed here IN evening
amusement. The nounttbg Of the piece IN.
douhtediJ Indicates the hlgh.wAter marx Of taste
and literally IN spectacle In this connstJ. There
Is less pEofuBlon Of expenditure, doubtless tn an |
IN the New Tort settings OF the 1.-THE Back !
Crook +" and 'Thc While Fasn;" hut thera =
nore method In the ouslat, and the res1ls appears
TO higher tasic. The costumes are exceedingly !
itch ard escgant, and a11 the appointments are ot
regal sp1endor. There are very few scenes In
a .n4AhulI41Es AtlXul UAcA1ls ~ wE1t]cOt puL
the opportunity for q scenIc display Il enlarged ty
the Introduction OF panorama. representing tho :
1cfnes BY which O5eton a&ilG In his voyage from
Athens to fafJ.laDd, and By vas1oas moon, rises
Ard sun.F1.es, Ard even the phenomena Of
m eclipse. Probably nothing 10 1ne In their way
has ever been seen In America a. these produc-
t1ons OF Mr.. Hciste1'a brnah. The setting OF the
piece Ia not 10 far beyond comparison TIE broad
comedy PORTIONS Of the play. the renearsals aud
performance OF the Atheus mechanics, paaaed
on very tamely. uarlJ from the inability Of Mr.
Stunt Ro5soD, = capital hurieAque aud farce
actor, to meet the requirements Of the part OF
Battom- Mrs. EAt7y's Dberpn 1neked dash and
spirit on the ntst performance, from q temporary
iluesa Of the lad5, which prevented her appear.
ace IN the secoud rendering altogether. It takes
several days for . spectacle Of this magnitude 10
get fairly In runbioR order: AID when all the
rough po,nu are smoothed over BY experience, II
will be pleasure long TO he RENE n1bered to have
seen "a Midsummer Nights Dream" as done at
SelxJnA
NEW eooKs
Mes.ss- Sever, Francis Co, are d orn publish
| Ing batch OF bcoks Of real yxlue once or twice
| Jear. who used to announce themselves ~ Of
| Cambridge e1cluslrely, but have now condcscend-
ed to estabtah branch ONCE In this Insignificant
suburb o! that literary cenue. Their budget Of
this fail opens like that Of last year, with ht'le
atosJ OF peasant Tile hy the Norwegian prose poet,
|
Buch lit with the American public last yeas.
Thls boos, "The usppy Boz" u about
| the sane length As that, and s,mtlsr
In method and style, though without tbe
charming poems insertpersed through "Arna."
The hero has always thought tho world delight
ful dream, until he IL awakened by loEe for gtri
above HIN in station. The publishers h1vs had
epEtnved Tor frnntteplcce portrsl1 Of the At
thor-an aggressive looking young man. with
busby hais, positive mouth, and spectacles, who
| looka more Ike = teacher OF mathematics than
l,xe the writer Of the tenderest Of !dyll,c 70
mances. s, F. Co have also published
| Dc TocQ1eSiIle,a American Inslltuttons,' "
edited bv Professor Esancis bowen, Of
Harvard College, and designed % furnish tue
mort valuable part Of the French puoictssts boot
| IL popular form, and with suc1 Subdivisions and
notes as 10 make It 9ultsb!e for textbook. The
, | publikhera tRve Issued Few editions Of thet1
. admirable compilations, "The supdav Book o.
roetry,"-pocms Of high literary uler1t, likely Il
= please intelligent chI!dren,-and "Tne Book q
! Praise" collected BY Ropnlell Palmer frosn tht
! works OF the best English hymn. writer's
The "household" =" edt,on Of Miss Anne 1ss
! bella ThacIernJs writings Is completed. tn,
u second volume, with the "Story OF Elizabeth,
and the fairy atories Of nocra life, cobtainA "
sketches which think have never before nppea,e
- tn pilnt in rhts country, "Out Of the World"
!. Ipost pathetic story Of an unha2pJ married Nfe
II
The otst edition Of tho Alcott book OF Concor
le Sketches mentioned In my Last letter. Il 10 cor
!. y. aiAt OF only ts0 hundred and nfsJ copies, IN
'e price IA nxed At so clcn.
a AIT MA1TEIa-
- Quite number OF remarkable works OF art hsv
1atc1J been placed eu exhibition hete,-Bosto
.n tav1n8 SOFT Of knAck or happy privilege Of ge
OF ting ftAt sight At things worth seeing OF ta
,e k!po, II she does not heyseN produce great mar
at of them, One OF theae Il not likely TO be Eek
as suy there IN America outside Of Boston, beng Il
sa property OF lady here who ofdcIea II tor her on
RI home, but had too much pobllc tp!rit noE 10 ao
be the people look nt It. This is copy IL bEouz
~ vesy 4klauus donc, Of the statue ID marble
Il. "Napoleon at s. uesepa4" which at7racle
nc pt1haps. more attention than any other LnG
'sf ~ork in the Exhibition Of 1851
~ ~ Pnrls. The original IS the property Of the Eml
If .ur and shIs statuette Is the ony top7 which b
rt been brought TO this country. The eItled DanaF
,ut IS represented sitting. tn sprt OF Invalid wFapE
70! HnIch leaves the shoulders and some Of the Cat
IN exposed, and which somehow has deal Of graz
70, eur IN It's folds On his knee lies taa nap
81: Europe; and the face, snd The clenched aud
l well, indicate 1cvet3 from this text. IN haa;
~ ~t:ch 1t nonld taEc volume TO describe
.cr In the tR1e gallery which has been permitted
display for tine, this magnificent piece OF vi
nT 10 c1Onze, nrr quite cpftrE OF French plctnf
-, ty the nost d,ttingutshed artists Of
.eT- modern fChooA One ID \ fupefo P!tee OF feall
'se- by Gertmt-a spanish flcador. not a. rotra'
~ dfA~h hiu't bat as ne llses sitting hs morse IN
=, middle OF m Hf:tg, tuf1oanoeu nS an aadle'
Ter u the 5aan1a1da Of to-day. IN tiers OF seats a.
II" cur ctrcases. 1t fish SORT OF laIce iourea1lt
lit1 | Lot bal.f4t:, Which Ia gong on: anu the OF
ZIG ! couba1nnt, stabdt g on foot tn the distance,
tn | making an 0bctsAncc to the SPECTATOR \
.nr- t.tsilc, but Of scrT d!6+rtnt classv Is y
gu atTlu! piece oi painting By Tisaot, represent
NJ ~. tao beautiful women, hee1e"s and s1stot,
W! m e,ep,pt noudo,.. IN which one knows
bio whether nost 10 admire the nesh tin'h OF
nor faces The texture OF inc afesses or Tue oe1le
Of The aceebsoflek. S..
one Anuthfs gallery has received permission II
ncy Professor LpnefeloW to efa!htf, 1of leg DAY
*os remarkable picture which nc has Drought hu
lnE IRON Rome with him. This Is portrait OF
a. Ahbc L.1t, the pianist, now retired from
mo. ! world Of audieEces aud app1ause 10 the calm
nsu c,ul,on OF q convent Lszt sst lor the picture
Iu- pretels tor Ms, Loufelow, an American at,ist,
Aoy 13eaey. bx!pg chosen 10 paint It. The pose
uo" method o1 me ntr,u,e IL IS original as II IA 1t
,xer ing Ii rrnte4euts ina venerable Abpe rs he c;
ralk mi In neeY The poe, ana tue painter on m C,
any mr. ,.ai-ni, thin ,orm IN tarn shadow. one h
"A hnIo,r al.f1 nar,ue candle. which sheds tt
ncb light unou hts fea,urcs The laea Il eItrcmel1
q 10 trr,Ise md ,eeus to pY,up out tae erlf,lus
the o,, ,1px,r,,n., f,ca n. m otr,tuar. nm
sne co,1a dn,t
., -, Ain o,t n. odd "A device in portralure is ths
thcr "a Sro,rh nr i.t :yohn Scott. xho4e portal
lneu sNun .. r., "usa s,e,s., .ses -. =.
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