, 1870-07-17

late, good thing we might hars said at = par
ticutn moment ii ve Ind but happened 10 havo
thought OF it! Tho undeiirt7ed speeches
would be tho most eloquent Of al. And now
the pages Of HausArd can Introduce them
to rosserity. The IL. ?. can proudly show them
to the wife OF hia bosom and can take take
down the volume from his shelves after dinner
with effect. fancy, however, that eyery gen.
Grafton in modern hmen pretty we'll looks IT.
ter itself, and that the dust on Hansxrd will be
but rarely disturbed.
LITERARY ooss1r AND cuIr-cuAr,
The best noEel published here for long
time, is "1be Three brothers." By Mrs. OIL
plant, II il not finished yot in ". Pours
MnJdziHc, but 1t Is out in the tbreo volume
forun. The way In which the home life Of ar-
t1sts is skctched is exquisite, and tho
dnish and grace aeou. tho story al
cnltiSated people mnst adnire. THIS lady il
the atnazemens Of her friends. Before her
husband (wlo was IN artist) died, she had dis-
rlsyed, l believe, no literary abilities: she
took up the pen ~ means Of procuring
fsnt books, like "Margaret ataitland,'
had the courage to let her pamo be known
until her Life Of E. Irving, her !. Salem Chan
el,". and "Chsoniclcs Of Carliugford" !"
made her farnona- The variety Of her attain
rents,. ,u1preing.
Tie "ketehes Of English Society by the
late Mr. Hawthorn. and BY the late Mr. Dallas
afe Just out in an English dress. The critica
speak highly Of the first, hat soc in il s,me
tu!iouely erroneous estimates OF public men.
Il IL never safe TO give to give to tho world -
final Judgments the thin Impressions derived
when here, Was 80 thy that it was bard to
know bow to dcsl with him. 1t
seemed kindest to Jet Mm alone, but 1t is clea,
be supposed tlluse who dii 70 cared nothing
for him. On the other hand, to PAY him atten-
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into violent hlushcs, aud to inspire him with a
wish to get away AZ fast as 10 conld-but Al
l,is Look showa, to give him absolute offence.
| 4 gentleman whose name IL often mentioned
| in the notes, and who Was one Of Ills peArest
| Eng1rh friends, told ME he. WIS constantly
people 10 meet Hawthorne, or 10 cnte1tain
Linn alone. For his genius there IL IN England
the highest appreciation tlr. Dallsa' book
will 10 cisliked,
"Lothair" has reached fifth edition, and
will 60 through tive more. A Few htreet il to
hs named after it.
periodical etarts this mouth called Art
Pictorial and Industrial, price tTo a1liliinss
and ai1renee
Mr. Antony Ttollope's approaching visit to
Australia Il regretted. Now IL tho time for
The email bsrdss Every literary sparrow IN the
kingdom il beginning to cliEp.
1t IL sail llat at garden party ut Windsor,
the otlIcE day, the Queen appeared without
particle Of Grape On her rubeB, for The fret
time since tile death Of the Prince Consost.
Que Of the papers inxltts that the Peabody
Trustees ought to do vast deal more than
they LaTe hitherto done in providing the work
ing classes OF. London With dcrent dwellings-
Mr. Peabody gave lis money for " the poor Of
London" bnt they hare lad precious littlo
benefit from his charity up to the present
time. II the - Peabody buildings" is they
are disagrccably called, were jndiciously erect
cd, and the fund carefully managed, an i'm
mense l.eueiit might he conferred on the labor
inE Foor Of the metropolis. But the Trustees
are lniserab!y slow in their operations. For
example, the MAgda!en Hospital Vaz long ago
purchaeed By the Trustees as eite for block
Of - rcat,ody Buildings" but there Htauds the
empty building. and nothing further appears
to have been done Iii the matter.