, 1872-12-22


play between tie lines Of s' A Chance Acquaint-
ance":
t'Ne Kitty?" cried Mrs. Ellison, shutting herself
inside De the young 1adys stateroom moment.
SWELL Fanny z"
"Is'nt he Handsomely
*sHe il, indeed"
tsIs he nice2"
II don't Know"
"Swcat IN
"lee-crear" said Kitty, md placidy let herself b.
kissed an enthusiastic good night Before Mrs Eli.
S0a sS III TO heF husband one question:
"Shoala you want zaitty to iosionian? They
sag Bostonians are SO cold"
"What Bostoniau has been aaking Kitty to marry
him z" -"
tSss. how snefo1 Is you ase didn't say any had
'Then it'll be time to think nbout 1t. You've mar
Tied kitty right and left to everybody who's looked at
hef snce we left Niagara and I've worried myself to
death investigating the character Of her husbands.
Offer"
T you Ike: But fnow what shall do. shall lei
her wear al my best things. How fortunate it Is,
hehara, hes we,re s1ae}s nfa size! Diam 50 glad
sss oaa 3 s hops 6ps sbs faoq could e;
husband to live In New York"
"Go on. 50 on, my dear!n cried Colonel El son, With
minutes with this young man about the hotels and
steamboats,, and Of course be be round Tomorrow
morning asking consent to marry her soon as We
turning grey and sha be bald before my tiino hut
don mind if you IND any pleasure n these little
hallucinations OF yours. Go ons" ).
One disappointment, it is to be feared, awaits
Hiss Mtty. Size goes to Boston believing in
pliritly, her uncle has written to her that in
Boston
stEverythng TINT Is noble, and grand and liberal,
and enlightened in the national life has originated
its people marked By every attribute Of nagnanimous
democracy. 1could envy you anything, my dear girl,
should envy you this P1iv1,ege Of seeing cty where
self, and where color, wealth, family, occupation, and
other vulgar and meretEicous distinctions are wholly
| leuce."
THE CABINET OF PRESIDENT WASHINGTON
is the title OF Mr.. Partons chapter, in which he
| sketches the characters OF that famous Cabinet
| in which sat Hamilton, and Jefferson, and knox,
and Edmund Randolph young men, being.
age, The chapter Is mainly devoted to describ-
| ing the organization Of the Treasury by Hamil-
ton, and the exciting discussions which preceded
the assumption, by the French Government, of
the State debts. This was secured finally by d
compromise, by which, Parton tell us, a vast
permanent wrong was done in order to tide over
q temporary Inconvenience nay, two permanent
wrongs: log-rolllng was invented, and the City
Of Washington was sprawled over the soft banks
Of the Potomac.
POETRY, STORIES, AND REVIEWS.
J. T. Trowbridge, Marshal Oliver, Celia Iha1-
ter, Paul 8. Hayne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and
T. 3. A1drich give the poetry Of the number.
Dr.. Holmes poem, After the Fire, i" and Mr.
Adrieh's, An Untimely Thought " re have
There are two stories: IA faded Leaf of His
tory" and "Barbara's Duty and instructive
papers on "The Straits Of Magellan" BY Mrs.
2: G: Agassiz, and On "Ihe Bethnal Green
Recent Literature confirms reviews of thcse
books: 'sHistory of Aew York City,
from the Discovery to the Present
Of To-Day" BY Charles Z. Tuckerman !;
1iez "a summers Romance by Mary Heaiy :;
Keel and Saddle, ~ by Joseph n. Revere !" a
Comedy Of Terrors." by James DeMillo "a
Chance for Himself; or Jack Hazard and His
Treasure" :" BY J. 7. Trowbridge; - The Lives Of
the No7e1ists, By Sir Walter Scott; ''Biographia
erary Life and Opinions" BY Samuel Taylor
Coleridge; "Letters from High Latitudes, +" by
OF II. w1ES1AwsKI,
who recently delighted the musical neople Of
Chicago, the musical editor Of the Atlantic says :
In Monsieur Weniawsh have the greatest violin
st who has yet been heard in America OF a rioliuiss
now living Joachim alone can claim superiority over
him. OF his executive ability it is needless to speak,
His quality Of tone information, management OF the
bow and ngers are all az absolutely perfect
1nirsbe grace and refinement Of ayie grandlybroad
and deicately- phrasing, that power Of ex-
PRESTON which makes note tell upon his hearers
end, above all, the perfection Of artistic good
taste. OF depth Of sentiment, passion, and that ab-
sorpon in the mueic which makes his hearers forget
VIA ate5er is ST paSns Ii Himself AIMS Is b
fore In this respect he stands in strong contrast
to Rubinstein. Workmanship playing is perfect as
faultless technique, artistic culture great aesthetic
siby, and perfect mastery himself aud bis in
stzament can make it. 1t reminds Of Goetbe's
lines:
"Hc is crowned with all achieving
Who first perceiyes and then perfor7ns."
But, with all Ills perfection, cannot but feel that
the great, original, heayen-andearh- moving master
soul is wanting