New-York tribune., 1874-11-18

And hear the water, as wait,
Lappmg the steps beneath my feet
The undulation sinks ana swells,
Along tae stony pdrspes, .
And far away tue nOa'inp oehs
Tnkle upon the fishers nets
Silent and slow, by tower and town,
TIE frcightcd barges come ana GO,
Tleir pendent shadows gliding down
BY town and tower submerged below
The hills sweep upward from the shore.
With villas scattered one Nv one
Upon their wooded spnrs. aud lower
BellIggio blazing In the SUM-
And dimly seen, a tangled mass
OF walls and WOO Is, OF ltgbt ana Rhaue,
Stands becklnlng up the steivio Pass
Ndrenna win IT. white cascade.
Task myself Is this a dreami
Mlil IL all V u;Sh into air
Is there n laud ~ such supreme
Aud perfcot beauty apywhercf
Sweet ysionl Do not fade away;
LIN ,er until my heart shall taKe
Into itself the Summer day,
And all the beauty OF the lake.
Linger until upon my brain
l. stamped an image o Tue scenei
Then IA 10 INTO the air again.
And as ii thou hadst not peen'
Just now when everybody is casting about Tor en'er'
tainmcut for the long evenings verv timely issue Is
Home Recreations" bg Wn. f. GIL (Wm. L. GIL COZ
This is chiefly manual for the production o tdoSedW
pirests though about hundred pages at the emu are
devoted to amateur tbearicals. In ootn taheaux anu
tlrearieaIs Dir Gill has had large experience anu one
pecuniariy very profitable to soBe OF our most worthy
and important charities. that &c fully UNDERSTANDS
what he "a IA king about. In his Introduction ne Snrs
very mnutey into the mechanical appliances necessary
for t,,-nur and explains everything so clearly as 10
hiring success within reach Of careful readr
To originate and produce fpe fableaur undoup'euiS
rec tires considerable taste and some knowledge OF s
bat there can be reason why people less uG"iy g"
oTed ca follow. with the happest results the p"n
and simple directions OF a auual Ike thls Ihe WA' IL
olo., and Al
tJteayr are scenes from we'll known poems by the rest
authors and In al! these Instances the poem prih'ed '
full prefces the account eli ana directions iOr 'no o
which is founded upon IT, SO tlat the volume is no
alone an excellent manual for tbiedar ana amateur
theatrcas but collection also Of really choice htera-
ture .
Miss Douglass story" The Old Woman that Lived In
Shoe "-sod SO rapidly that it has been ont of print
almost ever since the day Of publication and only now
ready for sale again. notice Of the papers treat hs
book as If IL nursery tale; which Is qmte ms
take 1t is stery Of large family, carrying its
characters from childhood on TO the pursuits and sue
cesses Of mature life. And the family is one which
Young readers or older would alike enjoy becoming
acquainted With.
In writing OF Letos-Lea spoke Of the bewider-
ing preface of Messeurs BrouGham and Ederkin; and
am glad to take the taste of that out OF your mouth
by giving you their really simple and graeefu dedca
tion Of the book:
ALFRED TESNYsoH,
The Poet of Our Time,
This Book
with his special pcrmission)
Afectionately Inscribed
THE LoTos CLUB
OF fNew-York
To this dedication Mr.. Tennyson replies as gracousy
nd he should VINO is called the poet OF our lime"
FARRISGFORD,
elsie OF Wight,
" March 13.
Dear Sir: ,,...,o. o,,o.os
leaves To- myself as you propos have just returned
IRON town. found yours, or WOULD nave nave answered
earlier. :. TrrSyenSu
JR Oseood & Co. are about to publish new edition
nj Mrs Horace Mann's Flower People" with illuslra-
tous by Mrs G. p. Lithrop "Flower People" was
first issued In lsG2 and wonder IL the bookDuyers OF
TODAY quite Rnow how charming lttlo volume it Is
The stories are not only graceful and engaging bu
they are in botany, adroty gwen that inc
small readers are instructed without Knowing It, MIS-
c. p Latbrop, perhaps everybody may not oe a"are'
was Rose Hawbornc daughter OF the great romahcs''
and was the wife OF a very industrious young man OF
letters whose contributions In almost number
of The AaanHe Mrs. LahrOp has made some extremely
pretty Illustrations for Flower People" They are pre-
in their sincerity and pcity. They are as
often ont of drawing were the pictures
Of Fra Angelica, and his brethren OF the real pre-
Raphaete days. but scarcely stops TO criticse an
avn too long, or an elbow does not bend in the
right place, where the general elect is 80 sweety
tender The faces for Instance the picture that illus
trates the story OF "The Anemones are 80 Innocent
arch: so cunning-smpe" that you are sure the hand
that drew them has found its fitting task. They say
sometimes that there is law OF inheritance for
genus but the Hawth'rne family seems to be an ex,
some touch OF grace power which must make Tue
world remember tbelr parentdg. H. u NJ