, 1870-07-16

Late, good thing we might have said At pSr-
ticutar moment II va had but happened to haye
thought Of it! The undelireTed speeches
would be the most eloquent Of al ana no"
the pages Of HansArd can Introduce them
to roste1it<. The II ?. can proudly show them
to The vito Of his bosom snd car ,ts5 ts1e nneT
with effect. fancy, however, tlat eTery gen
Grafton in modern times pretty we'll looka az
tcr Itself, and that the dust on Hansard will be
but rarely disturbed. ---.-
LITERARY GOSSIP AND cH1rcuAT.
The best novel published hero for long
time, is. .s The Three Brothers, = BY Mrs Oil
phznt. It is not finished yet in 81. PduTs
Magazine, but it is out il the thee volume
form. The way in which the home life Of ar-
fists is sketched is exquisite, aud the
finish and grace abont ihe story all
the amazement Of her friends. Before her
husband (who was an artst) died, she had dis
nlayed, I believe, no literary abilities; nhe
took up the pen rs means OF procuring a
livelihood, and sneceeded Immediately. Her
first books, like Margaret Maitland
had the courage to let her name be Known
until her Lie Of E. Irving, her !" Salem Chap
el, and "Chronieles Of c,1lingford"
made her famous. The variety of her attain
meuts Is surprising.
The Sketches OF English Society by the
late N1. Hawthorne. and By the late Mr, Dallas
are just out in an English dress Tho critics
speak highly Of the first, but I see in il sons
curioualy erroneous estimates Of public mep.
Il = never safe to give 10 give to the work1h
final judgments the thin Impressions dest1
from accidental meetings. Mr. Hawthorne,
when here, Was 80 shy that it WAS hard to
know how to deal with him. 1t
be supposed those who did 70 cared nothing
for him. On the other hand, to pay him atten-
tion vas not only to give pain-to send him
into violent bushes, and to inspire him with
wish TO get away as fast ss he cou1d-but, as
bis look shows, to give him absolute offence.
gentleman whose name is often mentioned
in the notee, and who was one Of his nearest
English friends, told me be was constantly
puzzled as to what to do, whether to inrite
people to meet Hawthorne, or to entertain
him alone For his genius there is in EnEland
s, The hghes, appreciation. Mr. Dallas book
s'Lothair" has reached q fifth edition, and
be named after it.
A periodical starts this month called Art,
Pictorial and industrial, price two shilinga
and Eixpence.
Mr. Antony Trollope's approaching visit to
Australia is regretted. Now is the time for
the small birds! Every literary sparrow III the
Kingdom is beginning to chirp.
1t is said that ut garden party st Windsor,
the other day, the Queen appeared without
particle of Grape on her robes, for the first
time since the death Of the Prince Consort,
One Of the papers insists that the Peabody
Trustees ought to do vast deal more than
they have hitherto done in providing the work
ing classes Of London with decent dwellings,.
Al. Peabody gave his money for q the poor Of
London, but they have had precious littls
benefit from his charity up to the present
time; II the " Peabody Buildings as they
ed, and the fund carefully managed, an in
mense benefit might be conferred on the labor
ing poor Of the metropolis. But the Trustees
are miserably slow in their operations. For
example, the Magda1en Hospital was long ago
purchased By the Trustees IS site for block
Of Peabody buildings" but there stands thu
empty building, and nothing further appears
10 have been done IN the matter