, 1876-10-22

rrsefen eyrnuathfzers must bear the markets.
prof James orton has returned to South Ameri-
"a to continue Ills scientific explorations.
Prof. Swing lecturcd at Des Moines last night,
.,a ia to ureach 1t McEickcrs Theatre this morn
,nr-pretty quick work.
1.nici Monti. Esq, has begun course Of six 1ec-
tnres on Modern Italian Literature" before the
Lowell Institute in Boston,
4 Louisiana paper begs Its readers to '1Be on
the ilert" The illert, it is believed, is in the
neichborhood Of Coushatta.
Moody and Sankey's new tabernacle in Boston,
vhich is to have seating capacity OF i, 600 per-
.ous, will be opened Jan l.
Georee William Curtis intirnatcs that in his
on;niou. there Is no man more foolish than the one
who commits his Indignation to paper and sends it
to III editor
Victoria Woodruff is to lecture in the Boston
Theatre tonight. She has lately made many
friends in that city. and some OF them are cnthus-
a5tic enough to predict that she will behave herself
In the future.
William Black, the English novelist, WAS enter
tained at dinner at Delmcnico's Wednesday night
by Joseph Harper, Jr. Many distinguished gen
tlen1en we're invited to meet him. He was to have
sailed for Europe yesterday
Robert Bonner asks, after hearing huxley on
evolution: - II q man cannot accurately describe
the foot Of the horse We find it to-day, what
filth can we place in his description Of the foot
of the horse that existed thousands OF years ago"
The Churchmdn arrives at the melancholy con-
clusion that George Eliot has advanced through in
fidelity to Judaism, finding reason for its opinion
in ..Daniel Deronda-'' Now if she should write
an orthodox Episcopal novel what would the
(hUrchmdn do!
A strong petition to Congress Is being prepared,
With the object OF securing an appropriation for
the purchase Of the papers OF the Gen. Count
de Rochambraa. These papers, as illustrating the
French view OF tho Revolution, would be OF greut
yalue to students OF American history.
joaquin Miller compares woman to the "curlcd
sweet moon in middle destiny. 1t is evident that
for the word ''moon, in this connection, ''man"
should he substituted; but, as Lord Dnndrc:ry
would say, what an ass man - in middle destiny"
would be. On the other hand, "a curled sweet
MOON is not much better
The Rev. William Alvin Bartlett, formerly OF
the Plymouth Congregational Church in this city,
becomes Presbyterian, it will be observed, by his
removal to Indianapolis He has passed the rigor-
GUS examination CT the Presbytery, and is to be
installed according to Presbyterian forms md
usares next Tuesday night
H. Renan says that II. Coquerel and Father
Hyacinthc are the two persons OF the time in whom
haye most plainy been seen the secret uueasiness
which, despite their apparent calm, both Protest.
antism and Catholicism possess Their efforts
have not achieved sensible result, but they were
:.uly Efforts for religious reform-not merely
critical or philosophical inquiries.
The Bay Psalm Book, which fetched 81, 025 At
pnb,lc sale recently, is the most costly volume
ever disposed OF in this manner in America, with
one exception This is the Eliot Bible, which
was sold once for ST. 120 and agoin for S. 050. It
should be understood. however, that the above
statement applies only to books sold publicly.
Records Of private sales are not so easily ascer-
tanned.
The New Tork Times wants to have DR.. Holland
concentrate his mental power upon ''C1lture."
md believes he might treat OF that subject In
limited number OF volumes in such manner as to
psrpetuatc his name. 1t il sad fact that the
abuse Of the word Culture" by Dr.. Holland and
other writer's like him has given it odons sense,
30 that it is too often interpreted as standing TOR
Adectation.
4 genuine colored person who p1ays 1opsy ut
San Francisco, although us black as Nature ever
makes anybody, is get not considered black enough
by the management, and has consequently been
obliged to resort to burnt cork. Such are the
illusions Of art! The event only shows how uu-
educated Shakespeare was when be talked about
holding the mirror up to Nature. The modern
tneOfg Is ln0t Nature 1ee0s S0oQ zeal OF uIes51u
before it can be shown in public.
The story Of the man who swallowed three black
crows is possibly surpassed by that OF 1r. Palmers
garden on the roof Of his hotel At last accounts
the original garden, which was to be used only for
flowers and vegetables, had developed into an
orchard, in which fruit Was to be grown for the
hotel table. This Will soon be supplanted no
doubt, BY forest Of majestic oaks. Meanwhile,
the friends OF Nj. Palmer will entreat him not to
expose many valuable fruit trees to the inc1cnency
Of the weather on top Of the hotel.
Ju!ian Hawthorne has begun to treat the English
e he did the Sa1ons. He finds it impossible to
characterize ''the fundamental mental quolity" Of
the Englishman as anything but heavy and stupid.
The reserve CT the Engshman is described by the
Eauc authority as "a development Of that in
s1inctive and hostile suspicion which any two dogs
will manifest when first they meet" This, from
person residing in England, Is pretty bold lan-
guagc, and leads to the conclusion that Mr. Haw-
fhornes social relations in lis adopted country
have not been altogether pleasant
The Harvard Law School proposes to raise the
standard Of admission in the future, by requiring
Of candidates familiarity with easy Latin prose, or
with French. The institution has now attained q
high degree OF efficiency, notwithstanding its
recent departures in the direction OF rigid cxand
nations, and is now better supported than ever
~~A~3~s NA0A4Na >. otaA41Ett 1OEAAt4A1 cAA<A-o01-
lice Of Rhode Island, has been added to the
Faculty. 1t is presumed he will lecture equity,
taking the place left vacant by the retirement Of
Prof. Washburne
The Springfield Republican OF the 18th inst con-
tains report Of James T. Fields lecture on Ten
nyson with the following comment: alt is greatly
70 Mr. Fields credit that he had the boldncss to ex-
press TO the laureate his regret that he had not
reused English sentiment on the side OF the North
in ocr Civil War by at least lyric, the greatest
opportunity he ever missed; also, that Ar. Fields
still looks for higher conception from Tennyson
Of women's equality with man," One would in
fer from this that Tennyson waE IN ogre and james
T. Fields WE new giant-ki1ler; but the facts are
not 80.
President Eliot, OF Harvard, has offered the
Saunders Theatre OF the new Memorial Hall for 4
Series OF coucerts to be given under the general
supervision OF Mr. J. X. Paine, Professor Of
Music at the University. More than 500 subscrib-
ess have been secured, and the success OF the en-
tetprise is thus assured The first concert will be
given in November by Theodore Thomas' orehes-
t,a, and the Ecr7cs Will comprise orchestral,
choral, concerted, and solo music OF high order.
The design is to bring out new works ana revive
famous compositions rarely heard, as well as to
produce music that is more generally KNOWN lhe
New York Tribune intimntes that other 1nstlrutons
would do we'll to initiate this example.