The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-23
"THE ATLANTIC.

The following are the contents of the At
lantic Monthly for June;-
''Botanizing," by Wilson Flagg; ''The
Shifting of Power;" ''Mehetabel, by Lucy
Larcom; "a virginian in New England Thirty
five Years Ago" "; ;'"The Capture of Fort
Fisher" II, by H. O. Lockwood; 'From
Generation to Generation" /, by Caroline
Chesebro'; "The Robin" by John G. Whit
tier; Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada"
II, by Clarence King; American Life in
France, Nv, by M. l.. p; "Kate Beaumont"
VI, by ]. w. De Forest; Bubbles from an
Ancient Pipe" 1.-THE New English Edition of
Lambs Works." by j. e. Babson; "a SUM-
mer Mood, by Hiram Rich; 'tEncyclicals of
a Traveller, 1, by H. H.; "Our Whispering
Gallery" VI, (Charles Dickens), by James
L. Fields; 'Recent Literature"
The following from letter by Charles
Dickens to Professor FELTON, we find in
"Our Whispering Gallery" by Mr.. James T.
Fields:-
Perhaps you don't know who Dando was.
He was an oyster-eater, my dear FELTON,. He
used to go into oyster shops, without a farth-
ing of money, and stand at the counter eat
ing natives until the man who opened them
grew pale, cast down his knife, staggered
backward, struck his white forehead with his
open hand, and cried, "You are Dando :"
He has been known to eat twenty dozen at
one sitting, and would have eaten forty if
the truth had not flashed upon the shop
keeper. For these offenses he was con-
stantly committed to the House of Correc-
tion. During his last imprisonment he was
taken i'll, and got worse and
worse, and at last began knocking violent
double-knocks at Deaths door. The doctor
stood beside his bed, with his fingers on his
pulse, ''He is going, says the doctor. 81
see it in his eye. There is only one thing
that would keep life in him for another hour,
and that is-oysters." They were immedi-
ately brought. Dando swallowed eight, and
feebly took ninth. He held it in his mouth
and looked round the bed strangely. ''Not a
bad one is it?" says the DOCTOR The patient
shook his head, rubbed his trembling hand
upon his stomach, bolted the oyster, and fell
back-dead. They buried him in the prison.
yard, and paved his grave with oyster-shells
This "bubble from an Ancient Pipe" is
severe and saddening, but alas, too true:-
THE AMERICAN RAPHAEL.
''Walk into my studio, don't be afraid
And examine my wonders OF light and Of shade;
came out to Rome only six months ago,
And my progress in Art, tell gOu amt slow,
Here's my 'Tobit,' and Venus my Babes in the
My Peter +. Jones, and my Jason G. Blood
My 1ancoln;' my jackson; my Angel Of Fire
In color so strong it will make you perspire."
looked at these terrorS IN red, blue, and green,
And all other pigments that ever were seen,
And asked for the name OF this wanderer from
home.
t'The american Raphael they call him in Rome"
Said my friend, as we came down the artists steep
stairs,
Our heads full Of Sinais and heroes and bears
"And the reason is this, as his pictures won't sell
He ra6eS them off-and 1t pays very WE'LL"
The June number of the Catholic Record,
published by Hardy & Mahony, No. 726 San
som street, contains number of ably written
articles of interest to Catholic readers.
The following June magazines have been
received from w. S. Turner & Coz
The Ladys Friend has steel-plate frontis-
piece, double-page fashion-p plate, and other
illustrations, and an entertaining variety of
reading matter.
Our Boys and Girls presents clever array
of pleasant stories and sketches for the young
people.
Tile Transatlantic is made up of excellent
stories, sketches, and poems selected from the
best foreign periodicals.
The american Educational Monthly for
June has several able articles on educational
subjects, and much valuable statistical infor-
nation.
The June number of The Nursery is filled
with pretty stories and pictures for the little
folks.