New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-21
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

,,,Jcl, ,,ith Ar NT,rray's volume for guide, ard
,..me 10 grief and disappointment IN many amusing
ways The puns rather heaN!' anu some % ''' III
sonal allustons IL We understand them rightly arc I'M
nardonal1v impcrtuont; but the article is readable
enough N,r hot weather Mr. Conway in the course OF
his "seuth Coast Saunengs" visits the ancient city OF
Canterbury. Jacob Ahbot describes THE Electric
Light" Allan n. Brown gives some rccollections ana
pictures of a VisH to Bangkok" There is an amusing
account by Mr. william c. WycoT Of certain "By paths
10 Prosperity from which we take the following;
The specias 81 scientific KNOWLEDGE give occupation
20 men possessed OF thorough knowledge OF peculiar dc
partm,nts To euumerste these special cahug Is que"
give the dcs gnatiOns appropriate 10 inc uN iSioS
rncc. The professions are similarly pursued IN mnHa
dual lires and have patent lawyers ana Gis9 9t
lawyers cancer doctors and ehropodlSIs. vi w hse
before hc days whoa citizens hired "corn-docior oy
fonrSed mon AN Alleged capacity for extracting the roots
OF coruS After nicely trimming inc 9ii . 49, ~
bored small hole in the corn, ana hs ~ VIE
very neat but euiieman ON whom me cIe'' II was
With special reference TO human fraity, there is
business reduced 10 a system in Paris, employing
number OF discreet deputies, VINO 80 rohhd 10
a i SccHmISnvi or Otherwise assist to their homes
FOR consideration, inehriated gentlemen who would
otherwise fell into the hands of the police In that city
also at almost alternate street corner that
cen,ci ana amcnabe to Strictly enforced penalties If he
uvcr,luges, defaults bunders he is yet your
for tie capable, for reasonable com
FL san ~ I for y Ul az iicke order vonr dinner
and summon your cOmpany ascertain the whereabouts
of book i'm tie public libraries or the shops perhaps
even collect bin or prepare the preminaries of an
oFoirc du He is frequently employed by jealous
husband OF wlie to follow and report upon the move
Of the suspected party; and occasionally the same
aeent Is hired by both the partners iii domestic ME
A business has grown into formidable dimensions
within few years in London which ii is Impossible 10
this country is the Association the Suppression of
Gambling which, with wOrthier motive, adopts some
invention to the credit of which England is perfectly
welcomes and We devouty hope that nobody on TINS SIDE
rho 4f. 10 or
haIities Employing great numbers OF young men ana
servants clerks, etc. to collect and communicate TO
central Office all the gossip, scandal and personalities
h'cs or firms where they have such opportu-
nites these establishments obtain information
lated. This information these family secrets Obtained
these offices husband or wife prdcecds in search OF ey
deuce when thnsing OF apply ing Tor divorce Im1ner
palter who doubt each other employers who suspect
ihor uts. Aud So widely spread are the ramfcations
Il itsn households, mat il is said that an applicant
r'gy calls az an once without nndng that there are az
lrs OF he inquiries But no profit which may accrue to
81 selI-ree pect involved in such an occupation
w, Osgood writes OF American Artists in Italy; :" and
there the usual abundance Of short stories and verses
Mss +. Cooper begins letter TO be continued
next month"; urging the Christian women Of America
beware of the fallacies and dangers Of d" Fe-
male Suffrage" The Easy Chair has fine assort-
meht Of concenal topics-the death Of Dickens, the
Beethoven" jubilee and Mr.. Disrae being among
them. Most readers Of the magazine suppose will
nun first Of al TO Nj. Curtss remarks on Dickens We
quote some Of the best passages:
bright June day in London, several wears ago,
little dinner at Cattenoe's, the artist, at
which Dickens had promised TO be present The com
dinner hour arrived. There then some pause OF ex
pcctation, Mr. Dickens had not come. Conversation
became little dlhcut and rs the conviction grad
uay seized the party that perhaps he would not S9Iae az
all there was very obvious dlsapp9ntment. When ~
impossible TO wait longer the dinner was served,
and the guests descended 70 the dningToom; but "
was curious to remark the blight that had oyerspread
the feast There was the usual gay murnur OF dinner
Sty oTS ih lS Wen ADVANCED there was
iond ring ar the door, which everybOdy heard and
cioTd Instantly lifted 'There Dickens p said several
who did not say it looked it, The next moment noise
was heard in the hall above merry yoiees pleasant od
boys or light cavalry down me stars anu Dickens S anu
loudly excusng HIMSELF and accusing the Other as nav
ing caused the delay.
Dickens seated himself by the mistress of the house,
and instantly as II were, took up the conversation anu
carried 1t along with niue saInes t Oh Fbn1 an" b
wa piece of bread was ike rolck-
ing scene IRON "Piekwick" 1t the over;
in his manner as it Is in his books. He felt entirely at
home and the feeling that the s4en h hEHT b wSgF
did not the least turn him into rdicuewas part OF
iaT. founded upon promise to attend picnic in the
earl part Of the day given by the manager OF the
Opera, which GTis and the other singers with me
ddncer.. had been present He sketehed them al with
XGT0 a
company He the dinner also, as 1t were to
the picnic. But Oh! the eating" exclaimed ne.
"Dcar Madame do YOU know the eating at operate
pc-nc-I mean, of COURSE, he added, win solemn sly
twinkle the eye, "when the ladies OF the ballet at
fiat il in the tame telling II was delightful ana
memorable. After dinner. when the ladies went up
stairs and the children peeped in Dickens beckoned to
them; and, seating one on each knee TOOK STATE ana
pencil drew the most protesque figures as usra-
lions of most absurd story; then sent the young
folks away as merry as the elders -
What he did at that table he did in the world. He tdh
the most delightful stories he made the most harmless
fun aud ali his story telling and fun-making were
morally healtbful He great dyizing and Chris
men Of The lnquesona5le genius and positive in
that have appeared in English literature, and
meanwhile it was almost good his own fun 10 hear
the comments that were made upon the man and np0n
his works. Sir Peree Shafton especially, was Obliged
70 use his pouncet-hOx whenever the of Dickens
was mentioned. "such a snoh, Sir; really no gen
thought him caricaturst-a writer of mere extraya-
ganZas artist kind OF newspaper reporter on the
great scale That last criticism Dickens himself would
Undoubtedly have accepted. For the business of the
great novelist is 10 report human life and character
they daily appear but his genius makes his reports the
hest of literature for cacatue, every genius must
follow its law Miss Austen finished each of her ex
auisile miniatures of character with anaryne dehcacy
they are exact and natural, and agreeable but never
typical. They have not named and classified human
nature fQr The work 50 elaparae ana smooth that
Won bring your eye close 10 the surface and yet you
do not see the stroke. But however broad and coarse
the touch of Dickens may seem, the efctl is wndy me-
like aud the proof the universal acceptance of the
type Common conversation and current literature re-
streams and lakes reflect the bright sky.
In the sistne Chapel at Rome if you 60 close to the
huge iresco OF the Last Judgment you are lost in
should be called the greatest picture in the
y wSd of G 5Re Chapel pu and look at it, You viii
acknowledge that there is no greater 50 Dckensspower
h fell AT a distance TO speak. His fidelity approved
by the general eject he produces often said for
Instance that he could not truly describe what called
socty and that In this respect chapter Of Thack
ery Is worth an that Dickens ever wrote. But is not the
difference fe 5 eneates it in deta There
are plenty Of Lady kews, for instance upon the larger