, 1870-06-26

Destruction Of jerusalem while fourth is
nerer 20 fine a. on the Last Judgment
Forty or fifty eletgymen preaching great ser
mons in city churches for two or three Sun
dsys are enough to create whole years back
sliding"
LITERATURE,
Victor Hugo has new volume Of posma in
pTens-
"A New Jersey paper ia printing moving
tae, entitled "kasper, or tho ctoss-Eyea
In accordance with tle wisl, Of 1Is, Dick
ems, thc weekly journal Al the Year R3und
will remain under the charge Of the eldes.
son.
The two vacant seats In the French Acade-
my hare bccn filled By the election OF Nm. Du
Al book action in London'a DreWs q Es-
SAY On Souls" Wa knocked down to shoe
maker, who asked the 1ctioneer il he bad s.snv
nore books on ehoemaAng to sell"
-Swmhurne's new volume OF poems, Songs
before Sunrise, Is in press. The :A1tenrum
eays 1t "desla In bold manner with specula-
tire questions Of the day
The British Government lss purchased
for distribution novel called 4sThs Brides
Mission written IN Hiniostsnee, and calcu-
lated to promote the cause OF female educx-
ton in 1ndia.
d.. "A HS~ stAPt!uf luoatUE pallo0cAls AZ
nounced in London, is the Poeticdl Magazine,
to be - devoted to the writings Of anateur
poets"
-Eoucicault had the consent Of Mr. Dick
sns Ho, to ). dramatize "Tha Mystery of Edwin
d.. Connop Thirwall, author Of the " Els
tory Of Greece, :" has been elected President OF
the Royal Society Of Literature Of England.
Justin Mccarthy, having discovered Amar-
ica, is to write book aboutt It.
The names Of the authoresaes Lucy Lar
com and Virginia Vaughn are the raal names
Of the writer's, and not alliterative fancies, tke
Jenny June, Minnie Measles, ct al
-Four En8hsh magazines are edited by
women-BelTacia, b. Miss Brsddon; 81.
james, By Mrs. Riddle; E411ishlcoma,'s Do
nlestic Magazine, by Mrs. .Beeton and the
Argofy, By fss. Henry Wood
ceiyod the following encouraging notice !:
The editor will not be able to glance st your
MS. for several years. 1t is nov At my office
awaiting your wishes"
"A party OF ladies and gentlemen in MI
waukee have formed a class for the purpose Of
studying tho wo1ks Of Lord Byron and bis
coteupor1riee,
Tho Boston Journal expresses the opinion
that Mr. Longfellow will no doubt be elected
Al honorary member OF the - Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to nr.'~a, ---.lals, a. I
recognition Of H., ueautifn1 poem In the Joly
III
, rt5tu Of Atri."
The Japanese Newspaper, lo-no Ourasa,
has lust zrpoared at Isar1a. 1ta editor and
| owner, II. Ieou Rosny, the Professor Of the
language 1t tho Ecoie des Langues Orientalee
It / ans, explains that LIE has Forwarded 1,50t
copies to Japan. and prints letter to tho Nj
lado advising him to make no opposition to il.
circulation. a. he il determined u accomplish
| it IN any event.
| Mr.. Charles Launan Is writing history oi
Michigan, In which State lie Was born, 10 III
| published by the Messts. Lppincott. General
John Roherteon is to edit department OF
alichsgxn's part in the Wat foE the Cnfop, and
the concluding part Of the history will be do
voted to biographical sketches Of men 1Le
have acquired distinction in tho State.
| =" An experienced American journals" lst
started daily Journal in London, called the
serves: "Our programme will admit OF near
ly every species Of lugubrious literature, but
| articles from writer's in the London comic
weekliea cannot he admitted. The limo mus
be drawn somewhere"
The name Of MI. Disrselis hero is to b.
found in the Ainanach de Gothd ''I4oth.ir'
ia name OF tho prince1y family Of Isenburg
''Corisande" is name OF the ducsl family o1
Gsamont. Even ST. Aldegonde, who plays
I MeEcutio to this Romeo and Juliet" is 10 bt
found in the calendar Of the ihnnnnch. Janu
| ary 50 is dedicated to st. Adelgonde.
|
suthor Of "Onida" and Puck" These high
ly-co1osed works Of imagination arc BY wou,
nn-a Miss La Ramee-a lady whose fathel
WAS French officer. shs lives with her mothel
at one of tho lnrge hotols in London, and ire
quentlr gives parties thera- sho is neithe
physical Advantages which she lavishcs on he1
heroine4. The author OF similar books, suet
a. "Cometh up as Flower y I" Red as Nos,
is She" de-, is also d LADY, Mss Brough
| ton.
Tho !sHiatory Of the Devil" in two vol
nmes, octave, by G.. Rosko1, has been pub
lished at Leipzig. Long ago, Daniel De Fo4
VrctA work with SIMILAR title, in English.
1t 10 stated that Huspsr's Ntahly Is con
ancted by g. ". Curtis; Every saturday b.
J. Adzieh, and Applaon's Journal by Olive
Dunce.
Tho third volume Of u. Rocd'a Frencl
translation Of Motley " History Of tho Unite,
Scthcrl&ndsF has been published in Paris.
After long abstincnce from publication
Lady Lytton, tie great Author's wife. has pub
Fairy."
"A correspondent w1ites to the New Yor|
Tribune as follows - For YeArB Twas connect
cd with tho press ut Rochester, four miles frou
usds Hi, the country scat Of Mr.. Dickens
On Sundays be and bis family occasionally in
entertained company, probably At the sacritic
OF attendance At church. beyond this, I d
not believe the slightest imputation can b
brought against Inn, except that his marta
relations were not Of The happ1eet. In til
whole realm Of England, the memory Of n
people, for deeds Of genuine Christian benevo
lence, than that Of Charles Dickens"
| OK all tho plans Tor getting circulation 70
the work OF m unknown writer thst alopte
hy MIR. Il. Horne, ths artho. of "Orion," WI
perhaps the most ingenious. NJ. Horne Ars
| ,frrtv~
hut, On consheration, he altered his puzpoe
and put nominal puce On the volume Tn
ruice fixed upon WIS one farthinG, but tho pub
liahel Was directed not to permit any one +
hgy more th1n single copy at a time. 1hre
editions we're gold in rapid succession at thi
no doubt, as an admirable advertisement
What follows is more remarkable. The fourt
edition was issued At a shilling, tho ffth .
half a crown, and thesetwo editions wero take
AwAya1most "a rapidly as the proceeding three
Nj. Horne WIS thus in fair WAY to reeove
his outlay But, unfortunately, his publishe
At this juncturc became bankrupt. The lucl
less author had advanced the necdsul funds t
sink On the preliminary ventures, but had D
settlement since his poem began to bring In
profit, and tho only satisfaction accorded I
the hand that penned Orion appears to hay
been that Of being tho 6t.t to sign the inso
vent publishers qnittance-
Tho New York Tribune says: .Half Ii
papers in England have been pubEahing Ii
story that An American firm proposed to telt
graph the entire novel Of Lothairt frp.
London to New York for tic cake Of se,tin
ahead Of nvA frms. 1t seems tima to 10
what the simple facts are out Of which th
euo1mouE' story has grown. When it had b.
como known that Nj. Ds1aelis novel IVES I
deal largely in puDgent personalities aNectln
some Of the most prominent men in tho 20,
e1nment and the literature of I'll
I 4n9 EftnH oNl 1.oF4