The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-04

| OF being set TO music. Allegro, the pickers adj
vance; anddnte, cropping among the crisp leaves
! for the fruit scherzo. the sun coming over the
! top OF the hedge; finale, strawberry festival and
merry-making generally 10 the music oftne reeds,
ending with grand march as the pickers return
home. composer should jump at the thought"
sHEAP or PAPERs.
Roberts Bros. have collected the various artl-
cles written BY Mr. 7. C. Appleton for the late
Qua ana Neco over the initials "f. G. A." and puo-
lished them in book form under the title, "a
Sheaf OF Papers.n Mr.. Appleton Is brilliant man
and clever writer, ana Is credited with being the
father OF that oft quoted remark, "Good Ameri-
cans when they die go 20 Paris" Mr.. Appleton
| fortunately did not wait until after death before
visiting that captivating city. He spent great
deal OF time in tue gay capital, seeing everything
that was to be seen and beArng all that was to
be heard, and we dnd the result OF his cOspopolt-
tan tastes in the book before u.s. "A Leaf nom q
Journal dated France, 1884, gives 4 charming
picture OF French provincial lie forty years ago.
Another, written IN the spring OF 184s, gives an
excellent idea OF revolutionary France-the
| France that ''revoved on It's bayoneis." "A
Cruise OF the Alice" takes US into Eng
land, and Nearly Banditu to Italy
Then there are American sketches show
ing that Mr. Appleton is not so much
| OF traveller that ne cannot sec the romantic
ana oeauVlul under MS own vine and ng tree.
! ''The Iconoclast OF Sensiblityn contains happy
| hit at that much 10 be deplored spirit Of en-
| terprise which covers our ROCKS and hns.des
with naming posters advertising 'Jones' pa
tent pills, " or "old Snepp's second hand stomach
ptters." 1t is almost impossible to keep up
sentimental or romantic MOOD in wandering
through the White Mountains or sailing up the
Hudson. the plastered sides OF the palisades
are enough TO make the most patriotic disguised
With his countrymen.
Mr. Appleton writes IKE = mau who gets
great Zeal OF innocent enjoyment out OF HE,
even az It's most common place. An old chateau
is not simply an old chateau with him. 1t Is
relic of the past, ana he repeoples 1t with Its
early inhabitants and weaves q WEB OF mystery
around 1t thar tempts she reader 20 penetrate
its gloom and DO his sightseeing with another's
eyes until he can do II win his own. This shesb
OF papers mas been wen Cleaned and Will make
many an hour pass pleasantly along TO its lortu
nate possessor.
In this little volume OF ''Exotics," Get ont by
James r. osgood Il Co.. we find s1me charming
TRANSACTIONS from foreign poets by Rev. James
Freeman Clarke and his daughter, Miss Lillian
Clarke The accomplished Clergyman In rather
lengthy preface, sets forth some OF the dt1culties
OF the translator, which, however, he seems to
have overcome with singular ease. There are
verses by Goethe, Geibe. Hugo. Burger, Heine,
Ruckert Schiller. and many whose authors names
are not so well known. Here is a bit OF Helne
which has kept all OF his spirt;it Is called .Ich
lab I'M Traum gewenI'-in free English, '"The
Bitter Waking:''-
slept, dear love; and in my dream weeping.
! awoke My heart beat nard with cruel fears
For had dreamed thou i'll the grave vert sleeping,
And my cheek with foolish tears
| dreamed another dream that cruel morn
| o bitter tearsl o unavailing sorrow
For now thought Thy thy oyewas aSsd and gone
You loved me An how sweet that love did seem
| Ny bitter tears-because 1t was a dream
! Our friend, the Louuger listened attenuvely as
! we read the foregoing. he adores poetry, and we
knew exactly what train OF thought was running
| In his mind. He tries lard to make rhymes and
| looks with awe upon poet. He Keeps q veumi-
nous scrap book into which he pastes or copies
choice selections, and he quotes freely therefrom.
He always mas an appropriate verse for every oc
casion, and we know by the eager way he listened
TO these lines that he win have them in his book
before nlght. Ours Is sentimental lounger-the
verses that he has marked In this little book show
that. peculiarly OF his is that he never reads
pretty thought, prettily expressed, but that he
RACES internally TO think that ne did not create
and express it himself This verse, from Ruckerrs
Directing from Far Away" he is particularly jeal-
Gus off,
The sweetest dover on earth that growsl
Think, dear heart how love thee;
With ner crimson leaf and her fragrant breath;
o, my love, dost thou love me
winter sunshine Is another that he has
marked, and "a Renaissance" and Lost Sun
snine" each one breathing OF love- yet the Lounger
is the veriest bachelor in all our acquaintance.
While we turned page by page and glanced over
the many gems with which the book abounas the
Lounger intently scriDbllnR In his note book
Suddenly he arose and said :-"See what your po-
ery has led me to-" ana ne read these lines with
no little pride:-
send thee sprig OF mgnonette.
To wear in thy gold brown hair, my pet;
Place it there with thy cool, while hands
Then think on the one Who loves thee
Though many cruel miles away
oh, he art OF my heart wilt thou love me?
We smiled gracfouslv, and the Lounger saun-
tered out of the room muttering some thing about
a LADY whose lavorte never was mgnonette.
What q sentimental fellow'
''wYSCoTE.r
"Wyncote," by Mrs. I. Erskine, is the latest ad.
dtiou 10 Hollis Leisure Hourr series. There Is
nothing new or strange In "wyncote,p yet 1t Is
uncommonly pretty story. The first scene Is
laid in Rome, then II shifts 10 England, where the
action is continued until the end. The characters
represented are few, out they all take an active
part. The principals, however, are Phebe Heron
the usual virJuous ladies' companion who wins
the love OF the neir OF Wyncote Miss Camilla Wynn
cote, the Lady Bountilul" Of the village, . wo-
man who meant well and did well, according
TO Aer lights, bus her lights were dim; Piers Wynn
cote. reformed rake and good fellow" Lydia
Ashton, the veneered daughter OF a vulgar million
slre, and Rose and Johanna Cooper Miss Camilla
tries to make match between George Wyncote
and Lydia Ashton because Ly ia has money and
George sas but rapidly decaying estate. But the
young man Is not tractablc He falls In love with
his grandmothsrs pretty companion and scorns
the Rulionalress. To the surprise OF every one,
except the reader old riers steps up marries the
rich Lydia and saves wyncote. Mrs. ErskIne
evidently has poor idea OF Ruskin ana his dis.
ciples and the modern taste for decorative art.