, 1873-10-12

With thoso idiots who, with 1lor fncomparatlo
rolnonoft can critleLso l,or aa hot l,aniBomo, It
~ tho moat Intelligent, divine, and adorable lnck
q boallty, SO amply mado1p hy brains nnd fooling
tnat ono only wtshcn lsnlf tin actrosHos In Now
York could got rid Of tfloir suporluu.,a charms,
anu Da obliged to supplement tl,cln by n little
get,,llno tnlcnt.
OPERA
Mareaok a'il StrnitoselI, nl,tl onns ltlo Nllppon
and lhlccn. Whatever nited Tho HuKera Monday
night ono would caro 10 know, for, with Bloer
liorvol1snoss ut frat appearance, Almo. Nilsson
anng out of tnna for two nets, mid n. Capou),
tue samo sago with the Opholla" lol t,in fool
ingB run away moro OF less with lis voice. But
IT was more tribute to tho sonBihIllty Of
two admired artiats than anything that do
aorvoB criticism. Nilsson oxciteB tho sy,upn-
thlos Of gil who SEQ llor; Bho really looks worn
and Ill. But tho enthusiasm with whicl, Hlo la
received which packs tho Academy to lloar her,
u the best 6timulant md tonic to singer, and
hor ruro, romantic rondoringR lavo lost none Of
thotr early power.
THE NovEL-READEns
Srares eH ~roto 0 ass H Va" 0 &oPtiaaa s.
And the fashionable gusry put by tho aofa to tho
think II was written by a man or wonnaiai ?o
Both these riddles aro now solved for tho first
Charge" by frank Lee Dcnodlot, author Of "N1y
Daughter Elonor," and "Nliss Van Kortlsnd.h
M. bonodict is too effective writor to contlno
hi1nso'f to ]ndy'a magazines. for which he las
written yeara, whorc, nevertheless, lie Inns done
como frenh mud dolieato writing. Katharine
Mac Quoid, whose delightful novel, "patty,"
wos. ws fXGf1 d sfs If e oa lsss nss anctS
Soon: a Story Of Girl'a Heart" Aa ifit wero
not subject of which amateurs wero not con-
tnualy making studies. But canon Tristram's
LAND OF MOAB"
In t1
pure, divers1ng adventure and picturesque do
scription OF that strange country, alternately
land of Vineyards and dcsolato plains, verifying
tho prophecy. "And A1oab shall bo m heap.h
ovcrtlono. and there ia danger tint 4 book liko
this may be passed by with too hasty notice.
The discovery Of tho celebrated mon olith known
as tho Afoabit!sh Stone led tho British Asaocla-
tion to send out lilo exploring party whoso
researches In 1879 aro recorded lioro. 10 TINT it
ia not tho experiences Of romantic travoler on
annlmor-excurslon, but tho aobor work of mon
OF tastc mud scienco, VIC rend horo. Tho re-
covory Of several ancient sites, tho discovery Of
Zoar,, mud of n palaco Of tho Persian Chosroes,
reward tho nlout aauguino. This palaco Of
Moshitn reveals n story NJ beautiful nB that Of
tho Nourmahal III India. Pictures Of lovely
pointed caryinga filled with fo|ialod and ami
mud horonH arc Bculptured in tho mazes of lcaf
vinc and fluit, show how worthy this plcasuro-
house WIS to commemorate the worship of tho
artistic and art-loyng Chosroca for tho fair shi-
reon, and tho friendship Of both for Ferlnd the
architoct. Nor are those descriptions Of antique
loyellnoee aoworod in atone tho only pleasing nor
tiona Of abook which iffors from trayels in Paloa
tino In two things. It ncither reyols In gorgeous
imagory, which no author Binco Warburton Inns
successfully attempted, nor foots every pago
with neditatious. l wish 1t were my business
to copy one OF tho brief paragraphs Of Oriental
sccnory, 30 realistic, uumnginntiyo, yot distinctly
coEorcd with tho mfnntoness Of scientific obser-
walton, and the ego Of d mnn OF tasto and en-
bear III lato volumes Of travel gives tho public
something much better tllau gorgeous de-
ecriptiou Of landscape, while 1t adds lo,,bly to
tho intensity OF interest. lou DIEN.