, 1870-04-20

cane iMs Is Ale1anoef rope, me Eteat lau.
the eighteenth century, tho ape-ApoDo OF the
fair and frivolous"
DR.. Young, the AutLot OF IS Nigh. ThouKhts," !
lie says, VIE . aneaking, lying, dirty syco.
Ihant, who would any day havc licked the mud
on the boots Of any Noble, Lord, or Lsdy who |
could get him place, or give him a purse
All ecuse Of Eclf-rcspect ~as extinct within |
him. OF Cibber and Savage, ho wzites:
" Cibber (aon Of Co!ley) van drowned c7oss-
ing the Irish Channel, aud Savage ought 10 |
lave becn hanged, md would have been, only |
that Justice Page outraged all deconcy by his |
charge 10 the jury, on his trial for the murder
Of Sinclair, and that Savage had I hAK-sistez-
11isH Etett-who saSed him. Old Vaudeville,
also, the author OF tho Becs,' took I sort Of
liking TO me, and often accompanied mo home.
He described Addison as pArBou in tye wig,
but ho waB himself a s1y old rogue, and thongh
he Affected The austerity OF philosopher,
have seen hin stealing up DruT Lane, At
night, after tawdry bit Of duezy aud paint in
that modest neighborhood"
Here is Lord Chesterfield, reputed to be the
fnest gentleman OF his time:
Two found him surrounded by all the appli-
anccs Of splendid and luxurious wezlth. His
house vas ! temple Of the arts. He waa abort,
ple1ion, long gsisaged and long-neckod; but so
stunned that he gave you the notion Of = grcn-
adler cut down. There WE m appearance Of
eef-coneeit about him that was very sicken-
ing; his eyes showed An innense depth OF
dissimulAtioD, and his forehead WAS utterly
deficient in any moral qualisy. 1t WAS tho
head aud body of an onTAn-outang, but III
oursn-outang Of great sublety."
Coley CibbeF, he Rays, WAS proficient IN
| every degree Of scoundtelism. He "was an
| old man, upward Of 70, who seemed a walking
| demon, and VIE prund to be considered 3d."
And thus tho winter goes. On painting this
picture ct life In London one hundred and
fifty years ago. Kings and Princes,
| politicians and poets, men Of letter.
and women Of rank, aro all blackened alike,
and, Il VIC may belieye him, tho whole London
life Of that period was nothing but \ saturna1il
Of crime and prphigacy. Tbs only relief from
this inyectiye is in his narrative OF his Life
among tho gypsies, which Is highly romantic
Il not sensational, and into which he wehyea
love episode which would not do disczedit X
any Of the modern brood Of fhahy, blood-and
| thunder noveI1ts. In its invective, it il Ger
tainly something new in the literary world, ami
cannot help producing sensation. The bool
hae been printed from ndYanced proof sheet
hy the firm whose imprint it bears.
GuInKS Hermann AND DoEoTuKA- Translated b
Ef1Lx FR0TH1xsaAx. With Illustrations. Bos
ion: Roberts BrothesA Chicago: westeF
| SeHs CO. 1Ssd
Miss rockingham has already proved lie
capacity Of tsansating German poetry by he
excellent version Of Lcssing's "fathAn, th
WISE" which wns one Of tho most successful
,1anslations Of German into English, eve
made by an American scholar. In the preseu
| II. L.. E>on, sfu1 in 4trN.fc1
degree. Sho has not only made literal trant
| Iatiop and preserved the dramatic form, bu
| sho has also written some very smooth AL
flowing hexametera. Tie pretty sccno whc1
! | Hermann lcada Dorothca home, which Kau
: bach has 60 beautifully drawn viii furnish
, good instsncc Of her style OF trane!ating:
So they arose from their EcAts1 and orer u
; Through nc lnxur.ani grain, en,ostns the hHsa
ru,,, @ iSes came t 10 lie vineyard and so cntcrs
] into its shadow.
Then he Rliled her down Ger the numerous blocl
> Rough artl utlhcxn On the pathway, aad served
! 1 tho steps Of the alley
| Slowly The maiden descended, and, leaning n
@ hantls On bis shoulder, .. E,
While with uncertain tennis the moon through T.
leaycA overlooked them
3 | Ere she wAa yc43 t,y the cloud, anu so lett i
carcfuily IieImanns strength supported the ma
that hung o'er him;
- D0'' nHa sters thas led down it.
o Missed she her foouu9, her ankle turned, and q
Had pos safds 81 as4 youth his a
e And his beloved upheld She gently sank on
~ B.cs.t WA messed aeaans. breast, md che
against cheek. Thus he stool there,
T. Fixed aa marble statue, the force Of will keep
j. Drew her not to hin more closely, but b1aecd hi
self under her prcssufe-
a Thus he the glorious ourden felt, The warmth
d, And tic perfume of her breath, that ever his l
r. wua exhalinG;
=. l Bore with the heart or q man Inc UaJcauc IoIu
u the woman"
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Il. xnd is printed upon tinted paper MAXIM
handsome setting for the exquisite poem.
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