New-York tribune., 1873-06-12
BOSTON,.
LITERARY NOTES.

vrvasi ry-AMRRIcAN GENTLEMEN - THE " At
I,Nnc MONTHLY" FOR JULY-THE LAST CARNI-
Val. AT RoME-RoBERT DALE OWENS ATTEMPT
To EDUCATE A wIFE-THE NECKEN AND HIS
soRRow-A NEW POEM BY JOHN G. WHITTIER
IyRou A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNE.l
BosroN, June 7.--0ne of the brightest, fresh
est breeEiest books of the is HapIazard, by
Ms Kate Peld which j. r. Osgood & Co. are about
10 publish Mademoisele Kate dedicates her hook TO
AN Young Women I'm Search of Careers or Titled
Husbands It is made up with revisions) from art
rles contributed to THE TRIBUNE Ererg Saf'Tday anu
The American Register Of Paris; and It's author CLAIMS
that her highest ambition will be realized II It's pers'
snieriains the American at home, or leads the american
abroad 20 commit folly the less. or course All u
Americans before they so TO Paris read TIE IlhoNh'
and after they get there, read The Register, 50 'D"' -
rither case, they may have seen solo "a me- ~ -
papers; but there sure 70 be enough tuc' H"'o
seen 10 repay them for reading this entertaining oooA
unaffected and pquant the talk Of the Wl'os.
woman. and why should II not be, since one Vi
The vtttiest women Of her umo "rote IL
A one reads, one wonders Nny "u ~
funniest things should happen 20 onetau Noyasel Why
she onv should have met an the queer people, ou' Pcl
hans il ia not that she has met with more adventures
hut that she knows better how 70 tell stories than the
rcst Of Ms Her. Leaves from Lecturers Note-BooK
are from beginning to end amusing. she peEns DS
taking a carriage, and sitting down, IN the urA' upon
bst She sppposed was a seat. but which proved ITSELF
nv
to be boy In this carriage she Is driven to hotel
where a young lady in green silk and red
ribbons aud pink young man, with his hair parted IN
the middle are singing "Days Of Absence" together IN
the paror and in the guests own room' the landlords
daughter sits and knits like another Madame Deiarge'
rs she watches the supper and toilet Of the young auy
lecturer In the cars next morning, friend who TOOK
leave OF her alluded to lecture OF the evening before
asevere woman, in spectaces, inquired in stentoran
tones BE You lecturerl" X. F. was silent-but the
ratechsm proceeded.
81 saw he Won a lectureri" again demanded this
S%istidn." STiI' lg''O" ''''
Dumb with amazement, wondering where that
"womanly tact" about which we near so nuch
and see so little, bowed Yea" that would nave zone
no discredit TO the Commentators IN Don Giovanni,
"Wen, why didn't you say SO IN the hrst place
Might inquire your nameP a., ,,..r
Give my namei Noi would have gone "a M Martina @
60 she stakes" first. How every neighOoTng ear
elongated and grew into an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS! Eyen
the cars as they sped along seemed 70 ecno' WnaVs
your uamel what's your name what's your name =
Might inquire your Names -
No madam, You may not
We'll that beats all. 1 did ut mean no harm. l
Thought YOU might write for The RcCOiu'iOH. WHAT'S
your opinion about matters and things in geneIalt"
Good Americans who read Dlckenss American
moral Boz as-as-well, as liar Rather was ne the
re played upon, making such music as tne Payers IN
Voked. Here before me sat one Ot Dckenss Characters
Matter ana things in general! What was I TO sayl
Where should begui With the creation OF the world
Madam az last answered ~ an underone, l3oalns
like rock and feeling like disemoodied GooSeOerry'
no opnion5i" exclaimed the awful person with
severity In her eve and contempt sharply playing ABOUT
The corners OF her mouth II you've no opinions, no"
Had / been worm the awful person would have
crushed me beneath her foot Being nothing more than
10 all sense Of her mission on earth
her progress through the West she encountered all
sorts Of adventures once express train stopped
at way station, enable her TO fulfill engagement.
n crowd Of persons, of course, collected instantly.
"Who Is dead Where's the body T. asked, small,
thin man, breathless with running.
Dead Body What do you meant No one is dead,
,"w wei, we all thought somebody must be dead, for
that afternoon express stops unless there's a
corpse aboard and looked out for IL the thing II
nObOdy's dead you must be SoReb)dU"
And then precocous boy Of twelve piDed up"
reckon can guess who ts,o and he pointed from Miss
Kate herself to the big, printed announcement Of the
evenings lecture There much wearness in this
jOurueyng there must have been good deal Of fun
too ana il was the least Of it to t well wrapped in
1 and hear the comments the lectures Of the gen
sral public who did not recognize the lecturers pres
ence she spoke well-she spoke ishe didn't lecture
che only talEed--she stagy-she dressed like
5ashiou-plae-she drove fast hOrsesshe rich and
need Mt lecture-she was and not, everything that
could be thought Of II the next thing being dead
and floating your coffin, and hearing In such
airy fashion what people say about yOu. She found out
zoo very generally what everybody thought Of Charles
Dickens She discovered aCmircr Of the great
novelist sincere and devoted that her tale deserves
telling here.
This good woman absolutely worships Dickens burn
Eng candle biz portrait Catholics burn candles
al toe household shrine the Virgin She reads nothing
but Dickens and when the great man came o America
che 10 him requesting 70 know whether he in
1ended to visit thelWest Receiving reply Dickenss
own handwriting, her Joy knew no bounds and as her
nero could not leave the East declared her intention
Of going to New-York. Jones' her husband, demurred;
lUt upon being walked up one night ana told that he
would walk. Jones succumOed Mrs. Jones went 10 New
York had private interview with Dickens, attended
Tabd than ever When the telegraph brought the
news Of Dickens sudden decease she mouTned for her
dearest friend. Not many months after, Mrs. J0ness
sister died owing 20 the illness OF this sisters husband
whom she Obliged 70 nurse, Mrs Jones could not
attend the funeral and on the return OF the otneI mem
Aers Of the family, they found her reading IN fearful
TO the sick and bereayed man. Was II tue Bible
no. PicllCieki and a relative approached the bed
Mrs. Jones burst into tears excaimng 80 The saddes
part OF 10 all Is 10 think that dear Saran ded before
had finished reading Martin Chuzzlewlt, 70 her; ana
now che u never, heOer, NEVER know how 1t ends OFT
H. too bad~
KF's travels abroad were equally full Of fun and
adventure She saw everything, else had
aud she tells what she with fresh raci
ness worthy Of all praise. 1 wish she had not told
about the Rev. Charles Kingsley. l have never etnan
rpated myself from the spell Of his early nOvelsand he
has written some ballads which the world must sing,
long the mist down and hides the land the
harbOr bar keeps moaning. Why then, must hear of
the real Charles Kingsley "a sharpfeatured,
lrOn-gray-headod man, with hard lines about
The mouth; Of the worst Of speakers,
with one OF the harshest OF voices preaching an awuy
Inobbsh about the Prince Of Waes's recoveryl"
May not one have idol. at all, but some vivacious
young lady shy stones at him. and break his
As for institutions, let her pelt them much she
peases enjoy her glbes at the Opening Of Paria-
ment1 and sympathize with the other American who
saw the ROYAL Commissioners and the Lord Chancellor
m their gorgeous array their scarlet robes sashed with
rbite and the rest. How would you feel in
such elothesa" asked a compatriot. " Like
a confoupded foOD was the prompt reply. Miss Field