, 1870-08-14

The Grn,zbotrn, German literary organ,
says tha, Dickens "1ickwick Paper" en1An-
cipatsd the German mind from tho predomi-
nating influence Of French fiction, and had
most powerful and healthy induence on Ger
man literature.
The abeence OF Scottish characters is
noticeable feature in the works OF Charles
Dickens. No novelist OF the present day has
Sustained 60 regularly from aketching Scottish
men and women
Frank Dret Harse. editor OF the Overland
Monthly, has completed drama, which will
soon be produced on the stage.
IA tragedy in yerao has been produced 1t
Berlin, entitled, ''Phpdsrs; Drama Of An
cient 1imts," BY Prince George OF Prussia.
the ueEhew Of the King. The Prince Is said
to pof eetH = flne literary taste.
Mr.; MI Asl>wsll @ i. making progress E3th hla
tsate the life Of Shakespeare and the HISTORY Of
the early English stage. The compiler states
that be will te GLAD to receive any Informs
tim that il new in reference to the above sub
lecf.
Alexander Dumas, the elder. is Just now
Sol, NJ Madrid, as the guest ct rich banker,
l.y whom he has been commissioned to write
hintory OF modern Spain. for which be IL to be
psid 5000 francs roiume. Thkt il not much,
but with his talent for srinning long yarns out
o. nothing Dumas "ill o0ntfi'o to make
We arc TO hare smother book on Byron.
| this time from the pen Of personal friend OF
| tue great poet. Much curiosity ia excited iu
| literary circles BY the announcement OF Its in
tended publication. the author being tho cele-
| brateA John Cam Hobhbuse, who destroyed, By
request. Byron's autobiography. 1t is to be
hoped tho promised work will throw come euch
| EXPLANATION Us will be final on those charges
agsipst the fauc Of the noble poet which late
ly created such sensation:
Tho London Telegraph remarks that If
Prcvcst-rRradol had enlisted in tho anonJ-
mous rsnks Of English journalism, his articles
wtuld have been updistinguishAhle from the
| mass which appear on tho breakfast table
every mGrning, aud are then forgotten. He
0 was encoHed with no extraordinary br1lIiancJ
OF int.llect or et,1e. Nevertheless he waa
thoughtful, brilliant. and supreuely cultivated
1nsn, Ali his writing was stamped with th
image OF good fcnPe. i1e WAS almost an idea
journalist for highly enlightened claes w1licl
hatcr at orca repun.icanism and imneri,lisu1
ard would gid political liberty With the grace
ri cnltnrc. Hence he hit the taste Of cuiti
| vatei Trance.
--Gtil Hamilton withholds her approb.tio
| from Distaei's great novel. Indeed. sh
lhnnlIcs full upon it = whole 1uiver Of eal
raetic arrows. Hear her: III 'Iothair
were tle production OF Yankee. 20 thst "
were free to prouource an opinion, we ehoul
, bay HAT, u,th The exception Of an occasion'
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vapisf, and tayorless to the last dt
| gree. We ehonla Say that this Ial
: lee hero wAs mlk-sop, WAS stick, Was Il
| things wooden and inslpid; that his men ar
) rAEe,l f7um telnG puppets only by bsin
snois; that liz women are, almost witilou
, exception. matter too soft lasting mark /
l bear. sDd best dissingni- he'll by bllck, BROW
pr fsir:' that his etsle is At once sti
: sui klovenly: that Ills earcasm las n
3 merit but malice, and biz rraiee has \
. merit 1T all; that Lin lore ia without paheio1
I lis enthusiasm being Absorbed i'll his mill
o merry; that the story il rambling, incoheren
1 pa1tisiic, and dull. In d word We should =
: sue our Yankee, with Yankee shrevdnta
t:,at h5 novel would not ri, and would d
: Lin r,nall credit il it did eell tat ho tuig'
i possibly. with caro- and pAinntaking. VIII
1 respectable cEsaya. OF keep hose1, aal wou
o certainly do we'll i'll .ths dress-makir
: or bollse-furnish1rg lue, but th
o I story-tealinS OF such . sort won
: prove lis certain z.lin in this world. and .
G extremely hazardous venture for she nes
D Eut Hr. Dieraeli is not Yankee. Nor
: there anything in bis book Nli:h shonld i
d | duce "a to fAtten upon him the imroril
t epithet. He Is, however. an u. T., and was
= Premier. aud be has made a hundred tho
= sand dollars BY his book. We therefore i
!, and give no sign