The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-25

I<rrrr>vr>G Dn">lr ABnrr E*Gil.u At
riinr&.-t ttriylr. HOW nearly i,:ui-sCoTC yc:lI>
"a; acc. h1~ ,nrir,.iv abandoned writing. hut
alja;l, rcr;t>innllj, III ..'. Icy and t1iNs Il,
>i:sul.,;!.'y ~ ever. Re j. often t. hc ~ryn III
tn. El"n>in:'inu district %! LONDON waking
vita William .:i;in.,an. the poet, wio l.
".in q! the editors ui j"n:9'S l:|,!1-| |"e. the
ptj!cr editor being Jalncs inthony f'roi!dc,
fine historian. John Rr>kin h"s hrcn al
,,nt from E,.,,.rl!Id aIl the summer. ZEN
nv.on wa, - oyerlli; Wiil l"n-Nlmlcr,.
rhi,tlv American, that he rented III 'r1r.,
III, ;tcr 81. thu i~Ic "l Wight for III" >ititI-
mcr f. c,r4i,c III" periodical atliictiun which
run.iuji;'S during. tc 'Gonil's ;i Jl'nc. .'"'T,
l,au.,. and -prlclabcr. ;nG iuui; r't!I:." in Il
si;i. .iul in:.crcr-hlc distric! II Sulry, W!lti'
H., i orrfia,. lv .t;. from !c most determined
hu,,,,:rz. Professor iiItchi@, Of Edinburgh,
and EchaIt Eri,4,nnan. the poct. lave t'ln'-
nfcl' residences it OI':n. ON IN" west co;'St ol
Scn,I.nG. TIE latter Is The owner Gi :! i!hGd-
som" Yacht. in which IL sE"nds 2ieH. l"s'-
tjou Of tlt summer days. i;h!Iin JHlll"r
,,ailnv. ;hc author nf fcstuS. had Il mar
row r.r;,,n, ir,..i;:: ::r:Hnit1G 1t Whithy few
days since. His "rrat l'ov"; r.S N'>ScU
tIr.;lmh seven editions in England, hi.a
lroia'sIy rs many more in The United >'a'e,'
Wiiam Ghamhcrs has Just lDi~hti 4 nn,,.'.
row i'll t"r>S and to appear next month.
lis mr!lol Of Robert !Imubcr> has passed
through six editions. The :: tyC'3r"Htus
or r.us,...n Liicratrrc.' one Of tie
rfIa!ntr - inn>i s,EtassIu publications..
i. now haiu" thoroughly revised ly DR..
:lir;ii hji$: uf !.ur"rn%>~, haze III, aiI-
'np!;tr t1'r saying Tina! H9l'".t Ciian'H"rs WAS
,.o' t',c Hth4;: ii the " "|e>ti@c> Of tfca-
iiqn" i,tt ina IL had q hard in it, The
venerable Dean Ramsey, now upward Of
totr-scorc, preached il 1t. Johns church.
Edinburgh, last Sunday, September sth. His
charming " "reminiscences of Scottish Life
and Charactcr' has now passed through
twenty editions. S. G.. Hall, the veteran
author uuu etti,ui, h,.s l:i;;(| t's Trend
james Grant Wilson the bearer of Cole
ridges iuk>iamd. The Gcncrrl takes it with
him Ia Tie New World a> u git to Professor
Lun"s;iioW. Brewing the poet Is. during
l,i> rt.i,cnre in Lontion, u constant hdjttGe
0f tie .,,ilun,:.,;.n liu;j. Constable, lh" Ed
inbur.h publisher, his nearly ready me-
noir ul his father, the ceichlatc' Archibald
Cun.1tI", rir W.ltar :;z.s;i : friend aud
i l,lisirl. gni, ii may III added; Inc
one niiu cllitiis caused III, rliln. j
Work IS the eminent bookseller was
contacted Is IL publisher with many dis
tn4,;i,i;cd literary men Of his day. whose
lcitcI, viii appear in Nj. Thomas Coil$a-
bic, Memoir. Thackciay's : son-inlaw is The
lr.sr,i' ctiitUr =; i!u IarAhW magazine, and
us daughter. Mss Thackcrav. one If lis
most con~tnut contributors. Her weekly re-
ccptitil> durtn- In" >@:,>nn bring together
ono "l !';' musl c!rtl':fin@ literary circles 10
IN met WITH in ipud"r. A,i"ra pleasant
ilnrIi last wr,'!, with ore of tlIc fellows of
- bNEiii'd, occupynl| al oak
~E'Hn r"I.r-r a.. -''s ii" ont Of
scat 2Uj years old, and sirn,u@ ~, 49,
\ silver tankard II the S,s,ne asc, sc Visited
the BDdean library, where, OH asking for
Brvant's translation OF Homer, Of which |
had been spcHkin" 10 art friend, we were
c;ayt.'v asked "What Blyani: aud upon
thi% o!,calicn hciu. answered Were so'emniy
informed ;ltai Fhcy had never heard OF Inn
S,,.ll ;s fame. or. at Leaf, such Is Americas
fame in Eagland. tUrCsro'sGent Nctr ORR
I,iIYt oritnt.