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thing 70 dangerous as criticism In literary.
literary ri audard has boon some what raised
by tho addition 10 les editorial statr Of Mr,
william ". Cinpp; and 1t Is 10 this gctH!emnn
stat gossip NOW polnls as'hc purchaser OF tho
controlling Interest In thu pnpcr.
M.. C,app Is hurpuli.t born us
wcl II bred for Ills father vas
Tho founder Of the S,tnr,ity Est,s,y
Ga:.ttr, Tor many ycars our lcadlnx Sunday
papar, aud the son shared In the e,lItorsh'p
aud management Of the paper unt!l a few
years ago, when lie snlil Il al bargalu, and |
joiutd tbu journal. lie Is racy aud cuuclso !
writer, and lnan Of chararter cnuugh tn
aiyea real backbone tn the Journal. uuless
he thinks 1t would In prudent, III llnauclal
pout If view, mt to da 40.
1hr Inauguration of the urw (w,i.ecut pa- |
per, vi which have nlready written yuu /
stmethiug, IL now set Iuf the beginning oi |
rho New York papers recognise the lmrnr-
tnncc uf lhis city as q news rchtre enpngt to
Atpu special correspondents here. The Hsrs
nil llas long l!Asl an aEena berg. who has
tLs,lr II Gls so!e business tu luyk after ilp |
tasirc Of ,le 1iimt., Mr. Edwiu NJ. lyarun. las
established tutrau Of that journal here tvf
l,vslvsi ami Ssw 1;hr iahl urwa.
tifEnAht Atr Akr MATfERs.
Mrisfsi '!atn ll"EI''"l, H. srs hi,lhaily
printing ,!rinttsnrhls afe both III t',ains,iitar,
| ahi thie Is tlir iarp 10 set rSftY npua ii
4hv'f hieIltipn4 ahl HrfHtgsasHHta iaf ith
ntNfp. fllry have jlaat EaAdn All lHlpnt taHt
'FsalY, VIII! 9laIla CAriasiAN Andersen. tha
10 bring nnt slew REVISED and stmplete
e.t,ion OF his works. Many Of hla ,ouks
have INT heen Iaprlnsed IN America, aud
a'Ms hhye ytF been translated hlo English
I nj la 4,
aud owning. lie has wEit,en yolaminously,
aid In naany departments OF literature. Thn
sft will contain first, Anaersen's nnyts, next
his wonderslories and tales. then
selections from his dramatic and poetic WORKS
and la.t The story of My Life" "The
Improvisatore p" Is tie most famous of his
books. aud will b. Issued ilFst In the series.
Others of his novels are "Only Fiddler"
ITO Be or Mol to Be- and *t The Two Baron
esses." The children's stories are to b. pTep-
tilully Illustrated, aud will include the latest
productions Of the author, and those now
appearing in the Riverside Auga:ine, with
| many entirely Few to Eug1ish-speaklngr read
crs. The travels OF Andersen have been in
the East, in Spain, and in the Scandinavian
countries Of Europe. ''Ait Liys Erentyr,"
"Thc Story Of Ny Life,"ls one Of the most re-
markab1e Of his works, an autobiography OF de-
licious ndirete ard trankncsa, ind describing q
vcr5'pecuIlar career. II has been translated on
" in an abridged form, but will now be given
ID lull, and with the addition OF new
, chapter, covering tho last thirteen years OF
Andcrsen's life, written expressly Tor this
edition. The distinguished Dane will have a
i direct interest in the sale, of this
edition. One decision OF the publishers, for
which buyers will be thankful, is to Iettcrthe
volumes, TO that each will be complete 10 it.
self, ard one may choose his owu favoritcs
: amurg them without giving 'rasn,ensary
Mr, E. +. Whlpplc has BEEN bu.vtur him
s. u. since he lett ihe 7raascrint, mainls on
. his biography Of Governor Andrew.
Messrs. Fields, OsGood & Co.'S eclectic
weekly, Erery Saturday, has been very un~
4 lucky III its rrr5oduetiyu OF .Anthepy Trol.
= lopes new novel, ''lIc Knew lie was Right
They Lesan to publish it from advance
l. sheots, sent from England BY spcci1l con.
tract, aud all went on sWimmingly until the
story was near its crucial poiut OF interest.
:, Then the sheets failed to arrive. a weeks
: a.ting, with apologies, proved that til.
!" copy was not merely delayed: but lost ani
. impatient readers have had to walt until tht
d thread Of the narrative must have sllppcs
y from mauy memories. Now, when tue "a;
=" has stretched TO nhout six or seven weeks
the cable and steamer lave supplied th
y u missing link, and the tale is to 10 on agai
~ next week.
= Str. Walter NJ. Brnckett. one Of our frs
n nrtists, has completed mad placed on exhl u
Y tiop here very striking portrait OF the gen
tieman who writes behind the mask Of Pc
q tro,eum v. Nasty. The features Of Ms
- Locke gain just little III refinement in III
THE PEACE 1UplLEK.
s. Mr. Gilmore pushes forward his conce1
T. energet1ca}1y, and now announces that {,
~ coliseum " for . fortnight or more aftt
q. the festival proper is over, tue season las
cw ing at least until the Fourth Of July. III
arrangement viii be likely to interfere wit
Mr.. Gllmore's obtaining the location /
covets on the Common. He is rapidly o
taipine 500 and Il 900 subscriptions 10 b
guarantee fund from leading merchant
"a clothing firms, etc. 4 great pressure Is
". work to secure similar contributions from Il
r, railway companies, which will be more {
r. 10 the city, but they seem rather shy OF
-, vesting In that way, fearing, perhaps, Il
a.. remoustrances Of STOCKHOLDERS that SUI
az gifts ART not quite legitimate
lsst GENERAL BuTLER's H5cArApE-
ss! sit The news OF Mr.. B. F. But1er's riot in Il
ch Representatives, Chamber on the occasion
or. counting the electoral vote vas receiv
En- here With bright faces by the class who q
y. posed the gentieman's reelection to Co
.se eIess las, at and With g!u% looks by t9S
Transcript has tairiy reye1led in tho opp
yer tunity 10 pour in its small shot into an 1
:eo versary, who minds them as little as mo
tor weuld regard yol1cy Of dried peas. u
en- en- ! ' significant silcuce ior
be or two; and now the Journal urg
p p"n the drawing Of the veil OF oblivion over /
Ie7. whole ailair, Us something not p!easan: !
W. profitable to talk about, and the Trau!
tai has plucked up courage to say that But
~. wns right ID The aim OF LIS movement, ,thot
t,ch his manner Of pushing 1t forward Was obi
'nu- tlonsble. The incident has called up to th
ON memories which 70 back to the bcginn
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