, 1873-03-06
Hnm1et from q Kurn1 Point of
VicW---An Eccontric Mill
iOnuire.
Litterateurs in League for Their
Aights---Povorty of the
Astor Library.

liz bordi,,on1 ~ aao.e 4,ot tLe po,o~r, r,nrt.
IN xy1oao l,ni7a +,,o n,t,, aovornnoont now ,a
nil, bova ..o,sa. .e,ora t,,o,, rrsoo1 e,,oon, Z
~ H.. 10Y .oso-o sAa - , ..s.,,s..t
~ tnat .ne nonoas men ~ po"or nlo ",.lon.
honosty,-s that, betvoon tho two, the Munich
mi 1,rcaan,v xri11 In rohbod rIo1,t md lort. Tho
sie,ru ~ ~, 40 sss,,roa1,, sro not ottori,r
eeun VI tne 'laloa ae1utouy "1o uot nAs'ol.ue'
Certain notortoua, knaviuh politicians, who
olalm to poHaoss tho integrity Of AristideH, nro
known to bo mombers Of now RfnR, and to be
IN n ,oaftfon to fn11uonco 1oad,no of3,cn1a 10 do
.,,aia ,as,a,.. 1e"S''o e'1's' ~
II We arc to havo another reign Of corruption,
I nm afraid honorable citizous will do3par of
Gotham, and make no further effort to oircot a
rof,r,, r,,to1, +t,,,, Inv, honn1oaa rto, o,,.,
noao1 t,,nt ~ +1o i,,t o,oota tsnh.d
posou '"a', ~ LUG sse4eoton they hhd oomploto-
lydestroyed the odious Ring. If thoy have done
DO only to create another, equally bad OF yorsc,
tho fable of tho HYDRA viii bo verified. oxcept
t1,nt wa havc m rcrcu1ea 1v,,1inr n dost,ov W.
h'deons monBtor. have aeen so much corrup-
tlon hore, in tho last twenty years, that am not
at all s,1ro that Il would not bo wol to sonarnto
tho cttv from t,o Rtnto convort n into ~, ohso-
'uto aeapotism' and appoint IN antocrat who
would sacrifice everybody and everything to the
simple cuda OF Justice.
r1rE NEW crcrop1n,A. ~,
NIL.
ano new ool1'on ot THO american oselopnate,
which has been In preparation Tor solno months
past, will DO completed, understand, in about
two years from this tiuao, It will havo go many
most now. The present edition was mainly
completed in 1867, and the fifteen years .sincn
haYo been among tho Inoat eye,ltful not only In
onr own, but In general history.
D. Appleton 90. aro said to hnye cloarod
editors, George Kip1ey acd Charles A, Daua, to
hnvo had, by their percentage on the sale, an
annual income OF $1,000 or 90, 900 each. Tho
editors arc, directing and supervising tho now
edition, upon which, no doubt, tho publishers
Old. M A'''i ' 't'0'' '''"'' 'D'' 1"'' Nf''& '1'
BpeRking Of
GEORGE n1rLEY,.
reviewers % Of America, It Is little singular be
Inns mover published book, or made any collec-
tion Of his writings in bool-form. Hc las writ
ten VolumoB upon volunoB in tho Tribune, mud
is master Of pure nervous, elegant Engleh.
It would have been 40 easy and natural to put
betweon covers Bomo Of lis dainty and eloquent
ESSAYS, that 1t must BAen1 odd to many thnt lo
has rosiated tho temptation. His laa Been
prominent name in journalism and literature for
d squartor Of century; and yet beyond Il few
contributions to tho nagazlnes, ho 6na written
ecnrcely ANYTHING outside OF his editorial dopart-
mont.
I cannot think Of my littoratour with one-tenth
ms npllICy oE 1aU1e VINO Ad uQE uQ6u S14Ey OF At
loast ono or two books. In this ago OF oagernoss
to got between covorB, his determination not to
get botwoon tho1n should DO ret down to his
credit. It la 30 common tor pernonH to mako
books without reason. TINT II is invigorating to
heer OF somebody Wild, having roaaor and rna-
terial, roligioualy rofraina from authorship.
THE CHARM OF NOT WRITING:
Time wasn't least havo boon told ao-whon
to DO IN author vas to bo somowhaE g distinguish
cd by that ,faot alone. Nov tho distinction iH,
not to bt an author. IQ-d&Y 1YcTVbOdv writes.
and, and : what is worse, everybody prints. / have s
boon trying for gou1o TING to ind the man or
woman WHO Is not hopeleBely literary; and yet,
Hpring up. -.
who lad ne7er C. composed nnof I was % intro,
ducod, tho othor evening, to lady Who, I Ind
understood. was entiroly Innocent Of ink. T was
that she was agreeable, interesting, OF accom-
pliahod but tho eyer-present thought that she,
at loast lag no aims OF tn, tho nen to answer for
| After an hours conversation, told her, the
cauBe Of hor secret fascination, whom Bho cor
reotod my erroneous Impression by informing
mo that Bho waa tho author Of aix books.
have surrendered expectation. shall not
who are not literary. There may bo auch, but
they aro soldom royoalcd to mortal eye. My
private impression is. tlat tho non-writlng race
uaH u4Gu UuE.
nusrro cn1T1o1eM or H1IAMIET."
Some ono Inns boen telling me that, when
Edwin Booth vas playing recently in 2 2 certain
enco rogardel s'Hamlet," not AZ q poem, but o.
contemporauooua oyont presented for thar
| approval. Thoy insisted OH making Booth ro-
| Bponsiblo for tho Prince. and camo away with
tho opinion that tho actor was yory clover, but
that lie lacked decision and consistency.
Ono woman In tho Theatre consurel him
aoyerely for "going on at such gu awful
rate" ubout Lis fathor. 'tLordl" said
aho "I'm only woman, and my fathor died
when was girl but nerer made ouch fuss
about 1t az Edwin Booth docs. He's old enough
to know botter. Tho idca Of grown man like
him taking on lu. Tint WY, Just bccauso his
father q dead. And what il his mother did
marry. again? That ian't 80 strange that ho
should keep abusing her all the time for it. Ed
win Booth may bo q very nice follow; but le
emit oxpcot everybody to look at things as lo
docs. Thoy Say hos Dano. l don't
know what 0 Dano il; but it mupt bo
1nI HAT