New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-20
PHILADELPHIA.
,r-r,,pv. DRAMATIC. AND ART GOSSIP

pn,1,nrtPu1A. March t7.-The days OF
March have come % so fun OF the sunshine ana DC
pnancy Of Spring that old Winter rs already nearly Tor
cotton aud the books sacred TO the season of snow and
ice which oaly ten days ago filed tho display tables OF
our book men have been hustled aside buried under
roupter o. banshed TO the topmost shelves and darkest
rrcesscs shops. In their places are spread the
new editions the newest works the best authors
and already friends from the far near South ana
West gathering here 20 spy out the richness Oh o
publishing houses. Going in and out among the ho'eis
or among the bookstores we recognize are"ol u"S VI
our old customers aud not few new ones Inc nope
fullest promise comes from the South Many OF her
people are lcre buying literally and paying casn TOO
for their purchases. The schoolmaster Is IN demand
there moro than he before ana ia not see
class al classes who eager to dip into DOCKS ana
70 recover from tho ignorance inflicted by all the neg
ercd wears OF slavery Altogether the prospect Of an
excellent Spring business has not been so favorable al
this period Of the year any time since the close OF the
war.
T. E.vood zell, who has branch houses in NowYorF
and Chicago having nearly compec his nrSt great enter
prise. viz, "Zclls Popular Encyclopedia announces
Zels Now Descriptive Hand Atlas Of the World" The
maps OF which there will be 80. TO be printed IN
UolOrs and Will measure 10 by II inches. cOresponG-
Ing descriptive letter press VIII accompany each map.
So far as relates ~ the United States whole ana
also individual States The figures Of the last census
RETURNS VIII be waited for. and REGARDING Europe ue
new map viii contain all the boundary changes brought
nbout by the
II is little curious 90 watch the growth Of the SUD
scription book business in Philadelphia foI KUN
many years the regular publishers opposed us uV1e
opuen and contested its success at every stage u'
notwithstanding an opposition 1t has grown aStohlsh-
iprlv so that no one need be surprised IN fe" years
10 and this city the head and front Of this branch OF inc
business J. b. Lppiucott Co. published theI LNct'o
Any OF Biography and Mythology in tins way zen ms
vpcc'oe ..a Potter & Co. most Of their b0OAs' anu J.
4 prof1, ZOO
t1e so-csll.i regular" firms They opposed couple
Of others who sold exclusively through agents
one ~ the newes firms starting in business here has
adopted the subscription plan. William B. Evans late OF
the firm Of AshnCad Evans and j. Marshall stoddart'
for good many years with J. b. Lppincot Co. have
united together in modest quarters in sansomst and
though nn few months actively engaged, their success
has been rather than merely satisfactory Their
first book, entitled The American Bastie,' by John A.
Marshall hos already reached tenth edition. They
have issued novel by J. S. lie Fanu, entitled Check
mate" and, the principle that hearty laugh eleYaes
tie spir and enliyens the circulation, the firm an
nource Fun better than Pbysc Everybody Life
Preserver." by W. ". Han NJ. D., Of New-York
It VIII be gratifying 20 the friends Of that scholarly
tor l. l. Davenport TO learn that be has at last succeed
ed I'm Filing the New tuust Tbeater night after gt
with the most cultured people OF the city 10 witness his
Sir Giles Overreach. Lydia Thompson and her nude
blondes drew only half houses at the ATcht Iheser for
fortnight and for than that period MI Davenport
Pay Old Debts This success is even greater artistic
than commercial success. Fiery Little Lotta whom
enc cannot crticse for fear OF awakng the Indignation
e. all ylay-gOcrs. filing the Arch-s house to repe-
ton nightly, being ably assisted by MI Robert Cr'nse
(sho would have been actor If he had not been Vui-
gar and stopped half way to be mimic Ar and Mrs.
Barney Williams playing 20 indifferent houses at the
Walnut very Auch to their surprise well as that
Of the Management. heretofore they have always
Teen the most successful stars OF the season.
The effort to raise relief for the distressed poor Of
and Germany is succeeding here it should.
There is an absence Of that esprit which should dstin-
suis $50 excellent an object; and though the various
committees headed by tho Mayor, working very dill
gently, they have yet but little TO show for their
labor It is gratifying TO know that al the actors con
nected with the different theaters have rendered their
TO the Dramatic Committee, who have arranged
a-day variety performance at the Academy OF
Music. The most agreeable feature, however hkey 70
he connected with the movement for the relief OF our
French and German neghbOrs, is the exhibition Of the
entire collection of Mr. Edward Moran pictures, over "A
hundred in number Mr. Moran, who has genius
added deal OF talent improved by very earnest
md persistent study OF his art has been for more than
year engaged upon the pictures which form the coec
ton called by him "sea and Shore and placed on
view for the benefit the relief fund.- at the weknown
galleries OF James H. Earle Son, Chestnut-st. II
MI Moran could by any possibility forget that he mad
seen and admired Oyermuch the works Of Turner and
Hamilton, he would give his friends better idea OF his
originality As IL Is Impossible NOT 10 'eo that
he has in his art only admired Turner and
Hamilton, that be has too often copied them their
faults rs well their merits. Notwithstanding this,
however, the present collection j. noble one, ana We
fancy that when is removed To NewIork a. under
stand il viii be after awmle-for Mr. Moran means to
leave aogether-your critics viii acknowledge that
YOU have gained of best artists. The troubles
existing between the Artists and the Directors Of the
Academy Of Fine Arts are inJuring art in Philadelphia
very great extent and Of the consequences Is
that men Of Mt MOrans ability leaving US TO 70 70
Tew-York where they can find plenty OF opportunities
90 exhibit their pictures when finished and md Gus
them During previous season have there
been many auction sales here 81 lOwclass paintings
how low class these wretchcd daubs belong 10 u If not
easy TO say unless fix upon the lowest. They all
come from your city, and they 40 hugely heraded
BY the press rstrate specimens OF the best artists
that those who know nothing OF art buy them at low
prices and do 70 give studio prices for works
Of real merit Consequently artists suffer- and in
deed between chromOs and auction pictures they have
hard time Of il.