New-York tribune., 1870-10-08

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l aud forty thousand copies Of which were soIu u 'o
-, ~ ifs arst pub icatiun; and will publish also lu
| vopie book "Battlos at Home by MISS MARY " D'f
linz which has appeared serialy la MS JnN'hHe haSt
zine Mogs Museum, aud OF which the OeSt oIi'S l'"A
I in high praise ,-..
but almost gotten manuscripts the conductors OF The
Uliams Rcpicir college magazine, published by lne
students of Williams College in Berkshire, have g" hold
Of unique treasure, which they promise 20 give the
public through their periodical This Is nothing less
than the Commencement parts" OF four distinguished
students Of Bowdon College IN aanc eminent in differ
ent walks OF lfeNatbaul1 Hawthorne, Franklin Pierce
Henry W. Longielkw, and William Pitt Fessenden.
These juvenile Productions, which may firy be assumed
to be the very best their authors could do at the peou
Of .ner graduation, carefully preserved py froeS
sor Parker Ceavcand Of the College, an eminent har
ast Of his day. and one Of the conductors OF tue M
liams magazine son OF the Hon. 7. W. Chandler OF this
city is also a grandson aud namesake Of Professor
Ceayoland the way they Camc TO light is PLAIN III
woud be ouc safe 10 say that the productions all four
of thcm will De worth looking at as literary culo7l'es
interesting from association rather than as Yaluao'e
contributions to the knowledge or the eoquenee oil the
age.
The season at The Globe Theater goes on smoothly ana
prosperously with uninterrupted good houses ana as
only leading piece has been DONE with another TO I'LL
the gap Saturday ghts there is little to say about H.
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commonplace rs melOdrama, but strong in its oppor
tunties for showing Mr. Fechters acting to advant
ace in the many phases Of the leading character After
this which alone would be the making Of a play. the
strong point the entertainment in its scenery which
shows the hand OF real artist. The incidents of the
season. so public observation goes, have been
three in number-1rs;. the reversal Of the order OF
the names at the head Of the bills and
advertisements, which now announce "Under
the Sole Managemen of Charles Ftchter very loudly,
and Mr. Arthur Cheney, Proprietor in much smaller
letters; second, the summary dismissal in speech OF
the manager before the curtain of Mr. Grths, promi
nent actor and admirable artist with the one fatal weak
! ness Of getting shamefuIy drunk at nopportune mo
meuts and third the visit of the President which was
made the occasion Of something like f6e at the theater,
three or four boxes being devoted TO the party feast
spread for them in the managers room and SO forthq
Al the Boston Theater, Barney Williams and his wife
are playing tho blonde burlesque people having had
their day without any disturbance Of the peace and the
Museum is revving old plays after another, and
| nothing new has yet been attempted
Theodore Thomas Is giving successful series Of con-
ccrs here with the assistance Of Miss MchC We have
yet TO wait nearly month for our first hearing OF Miss
! Nilsson.
Miss Gyn's first reading in America given here last
evening attended by such audience as have not
seen gathered together since the Dickens readings !
speak OF quality rather thar OF numbers When you see
Lougfclow, Lowell, and Emerson scattered along an
! aisle, with the smaller fry Of art and literature
padded in between, be sure that something
unusual has stirred the deeps Of Boston society,
even as far as Concord. Tho adys success was not
ratified by thundeT OF applause was it so marked rs
10 prevent large section OF the audience, including,
regret say, most Of the distinguished lterau from
Cambridge from decorOusy leaving the hall III the IN
teIlnissiOn before the tragic scenes OF antony
and Cleopatra" came on. stu, il in certain degree
a success The ladys English "iull dress was rather
shock to the mOdtsty Of n New-Engand audience, ana
her style of beauty that which Hawthorne sRetched so
cruelty when he drew the British maron Of the period;
vet I think there could have been present who
was not impressed by the ladys powerful impersonaton
of Ceopatra and who would not 60 long way to see 1t
on the stage the awkward accessories Of the
readngdesk and from the necessity of filing also some
dozens ofmnOr characters task for which the lady has
not the qualifications OF Mrs Kcmbe. Still your CORE
spondent is conscious of something Ike bias coming
from natural distaste for readings, and others speak
with much more enthusiasm.
o MATTERS II GENERAL.
The ancient and somewhat unfortunate scheme OF
erecting a suitable monument the highest point Of
Boston Common, honor of the Boston soldiers and
sailors who fell in the War for the Union, has been re-
vived Il advanced so far several years ago to have
costly and substantial foundation laid, which has since
seemed likely to remain there unsurmounted by any
structure and perhaps TO be discovered by some anti
quarry the next century, and pronounced an Indian
fertilization, the dungeon built by the Ptans for the
Quaers and witches whose presence annoyed them But
now the City Government has taken the matter up again.
and Committee has advertised for designs for monu-
meut, TO he submitted before the 2Oh Of this month.
stIaghtway all the architects and artists denOuncng
the sbortness Of the time alowed-ess than month
from the time the advertisement appeared-and com
planning also that the decision upon the designs is to be
given not by experts by gentlemen Of special cult
walton and artistic tastes but by aldermen and council
men who know no more Of such matters than they do Of
Sanscrt Such matters managed very differently in
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the present attempt will result more than the first in
any thing worthy OF Boston or OF the subject.
The artists nearly al home again, and reGstalish
ING themselves in heir old studies looking up
ones; but it is not time look for much news Of the
finished result Of their rambles and studies
One Of the interesting incidents of the FAN will he the
putting in place and dedication Of the noble statue which
Mr. Richard S Greenougl has carved memorial for
the hail Of te Latin school OF the graduates Of that In
stiutOn who fen in the IL is pcrsonihcation "
Boston as beautiful woman, bearing upon shield the
names OF the boys who died for their country and hold
ing up wreath of laurel TO their heroic memories
II is very successful work of and worthy to rank
with the very best OF American statues. Mr. Greenough
used for the purpose not stone imported from Italy,
but block Of Vermont marble, Of the finest texture and
purest tint
Tue lecture season will open here brilliantly week
with address b. Mr.. Thomas Hughes, his first appear
ance in America. The title of his lecture " John to
Jonathan" is very happily chosen, indicating, as II
docs, response in some kind perhaps about the Ala
baua demands or the national tendency to hostility,
tO that cCverest Of all the Hosea BGOw pieces Of the
/ speakers friend Mr. Lowell called out By the Trent
affair excitement and beginning:
" II don't seem hardly right, John,
/ When both my hands full,
| To stump me 20 % 1glit, John,
Your cousin, iu, John Bull
Ole Uncle =, feZ he, ! guess
We know II now" he,
'The lions paw Is all the law,
AccOTuin' 10 j. b.,
Thet's for yeu ne!"
did any bit Of verse crystalline the feeling OF
a nation t whole poem. which seemed the result