, 1873-03-09

It cannot pe said that the routine Of the crcnmlocr
mars oHn words the means By which sma1t W,nts !
the palace are still satisfied. He tells us that II nan
ofglasa or In the scu1cry wanted mend
ing the chief cook had to draw aud sign the reos
don whtc was countersgned by the clerk Of theitch
en- who took for further signature the MASTER Of Il,
authorization from whoae Office it went before tn
clerk OF the works. under tho Office Of Woods and For
esss BY Which office the br9ksn p Pans Of elass tn
and mysterious Office, the Board Of Green Cloth ma
BY chance find hB foot entaugfed in old 1uat .Th
mat rarely trodden the Office doors do not Give fra
quent access to that mat, and above the door might
httngly inscribed Janne a1nat linen. But to ge tha
mat repaired, aud to obtain official authority to nTo
| cure now one, would require time during Witch
fellows hatr might become thinned and turned gay
50 careful are We now Of the public money thnt Il i,
tho Houses o. Parliament, new lock md kew Should
be required Tor any Of the doors, application mutt b
another. o""e"' 'ot =
Il t. not many months Ego that some pallnss were
nave been bought there for next to nothing 5u!
me Inils were bought in England, and ap was chnr
tered to carry them to Dublin quay,
a, As tho great ot1ccrs who wero supposed to
ad nade control IN the palace wero seldom there,
pEssc.y wsss 10;
much as they ked and yet ia with wonder tint we
read hoy ilustrious visitors hare been neggeny re-
issuing from the to wander heiplessly Shout tho
| corridors IN search Of tho dning-soom, Stocknar
4sta an Aat "Aeu tue 10y Jones WaA discovered. at
O'CLOCK N the morning, under sofa In tho room i'd
Joining Her Maesty's bedroom nobody was raspon-
stble. The Lord Steward not blame, as he lad
Tho Lord ohamberlain was N not % bamabie' f'is. be.
ssase saaae. the rerters were not within lis
ehould have detected him: md Il tho pages
ND haa their eyes open the rascal would have
s1a se %S
and disorder wero stopped. order reigned With, With,
NE Imperial Palaces, but there with 1t system
wealthy tradeamau who, having been pad his account
| at the Proper Office in one Of the royal PALACES,
expressed DESIRE Just for in his fc taste tho
queens nle NooDiectton WINS mRdc, but ns, lifting
the glass to h1a lips he tod thai tho liquor would
be duly booked with his name, the recipient Of it. ho
This story has parallel In that Of the gentleman Who
out Of respect for tho memory Of the Duka Of Kent
from whom he had received some essential service,
scut to tho Qaccn casl Of wine. Presents arc
generally declined now ~ sor.regus, but 1t is said
that this wine not ony received aud acknowledged
ties. II this DO really truc the demand WA certainly
act OF official ilnlcrtiuence.
IN "AfEn1oA AND HER LITERATURE"
John G: Dent says, while admitting TINT the
Emerson in speculative philosophy, Theodore
Parker in raionalistic theology, Holmes aud
Lowell in discursive essay, Wl,ipplo in literary
criticism, Longfe11ow, Poe and Bryant in poetry,
and Irving and Hawthorne in the lighter walk Of
fiction, are an honor to literature, and will loso
nothing By comparison with tho best works Of
their respective classes, either in England or
elsewhere, tho undoniable and oft-ropeated
fact still remains, that the best efforts Of those
writer's have no claim to bo REGARDED as dis
tl1ctively American productions: .
Longtellows Eyangeline" has an exquisitely MIC
tureaque passage here and his dcscrp-
ton OF tho cuckoo warbng from the thcket-bui the
Poem as whole is deficient III force, owing in great
measure to the ponderous hexameter in
whish It Is dressed "Hawatha is deficient both in
two or three Of Ii Enezh eoatemporaries is
Coopers novels At the drst oursory ganee seem to be
American but III no scnae OF tho word can they be
f. 2ns *hss sre hsz ns. i5s
liz nppea IN sn;hnR mRaa from s0qna s
fredu." is rresisbly funny. Ne are % introduced @ to
tho quaint provincalisms Of the Down-Eastcr In such
to ae1 conclusive proof that ne author
a7are than Mr. Lowell that the book is nothing moro
than slaahing and powerful political squb. In short,
search as carefully rs you viii among nl the nanny
en,anatons from the American press previous the
Lust few yesra, with view to discovering among them
= production which is exclusively American In spirit
and tome mud your quest will prove hopeless as as
that Of the blind Ethiopian who, with e1tinguishcd
candle, In dark cellar, hunted for black cut that
was not there.
The distinctively American uterature is Of
later growth. It las began:
Ih9 poems Of @ Msl: Whitman I'D sa.rE r rfT.n Joaquin
er, Ind Bret Harte, according to The best Judgment
able to for furnish abundant evidence to the
cretu reader TINT time has arrived vixen trans
Bance aud when adherence to English precodents,
bush Is respects turn Of thought and method OF ex-
preston, Is beginning to be at discount among the
rising literary names oi the Great Republic. |
OF these writo1a, he thinks Mr. Whitman is
the most original:
1t Is to him the discerning among his country
ncn arc especially looking for something great; aud,
already reached US, believe that they will not
It is within the bounds Of probability that Walt
Whitman will be compelled to piss through quite
1ery ordeal in America etewhfe fell to the lot Of
in England; but II 80, We here beg to
u his case will he the that in tho Of
Wordsworth. There is indeed, great deal in common
'etween the two The same passionate susceptibility
he homeness OF expression, tile disregard
or and contempt Of classic prscedents percepble
4 each. |
Joaquin Alillerh has some resemblance to Walt
says this latter-day Suiute-Beuve,
but is by no means devoid Of originality -
He 1s almost equally unconventional, but is by no
10 means so strong. With ali his unconth bonbast,
Is dramatic power Is such ~ as & t. stamp @ him as writer
as has developed In him vivid power Of description
;hich is peculiarly hts OWL Defective in elegance
glad to that acting upon the julicoCs hint
Westminster reviewer be Is hiding hia time, and
ot publishing quito 80 profusely as formerly.
Mark Twain is parsonage Of very different stripe.
lis great defect ia that he is too thin but perhaps
ritter IN the language Ia more uniformly drol. The
igestiye organs Of the man who can go over many |
ages Of Marks publications without being called
pom to exercise his rsibe faculties must surely re-
uire immediate looking after. His humor, too, Ia nj
uys good humor and is cynical It ia thorough
American. No foreigner IL capable Of appreciatng
ia quaint and Characteristic sayings; though fancy
Is works would necessarily evoko laughter II they
'ere translated into Cha1dec. {
Bret Harte IT, and deserves to be, we'll known in this
ountry. In respect Of finish, ho Is far in 3D.
Of Of the other three writer's whose works
e have been considering. He is artist, and I
rtist who wiclds graphic pencil For many months !
Is sketches and poems furnished the cream Of the I
|uerzdnd Monthly.
Like Whitman, Miller, and Clemens, he IL a purely
merdcan production. He has host Of initatora, but
ct one Of them Is 1T to be mentioned In the sama
rcath with him. In his vivid, soustin1ng pictures
California Afc the miner, the ranchmau and the .
uy Of twenty years aince live and move agan, in all
leir wild se1ntsavagery. He possesses and impars
,nsciousness Of the grotesque pecularities Of tho
wecrs in that singular region. for which Will look
vain In the pages Of any other writer who has ut
mpted to depict mining Life md its incidents in the
r West t
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