, 1876-04-30

Artists, Public and Private Exhibitions.
and "Salon des Reiuses.n
The Eensington School of Art-..NeedIo.
Hork, and What 1t Sends to Our
Centennial,

Ths Funeral Service of Lady August
Stanley, in Westminster Abbey.
Special Correspondence cf The Chicago rrioune.
LONDON, Eng, April "A little pamphle.
"Peyche Apocalypte," has recently appeared
published by Il. Il. Horne, the well-know1
d1amatist 1ho. according to the critics. ha
most faithfully reproduced among living poets
the spirit and form of the great Elizabethal
drama. It contains = correspondence between
the xuthor ani that pure and exalted womal
md poetess, Elizabeth Barrett and sketch q
a"Lvrical Drama which they we're proposin.
to ovcite together.
LITERARY corAATSERsnR
isa theme always invested with interest. Thu
uunitiated canuo. comprehend what di,
vision Of labor is possible in i
work 80 subtle and intrinsically personal
Beaumont and Fletcher, Erckmann and Chatrian
sre sort Of nystery,-donble stars more at
.rsctiye because Of their mystical intellectual
aniou. mir. Horne's pamphlet is revelation,
Hare ut least ws see hos these two poets
proposed to combine their powers. We hes,
Them discussing their theme, criticislng, argu.
hs, developing, making in turn suggestions,
adopted OF rejected; perple1ed In the extreme
over tho names and characters OF their dramntis
persona, and finally reaching satisfactory cou-
c.usions. It is uaarveously piquant and enter
tsinipg, and, in an artistic point OF view, IN.
st1uctise. Take Us an example. this character
is!lc letter Of Elizabeth Barrett concerning the
title OF the play:
too new courage like the Genii very much indeed.
A. l. rs to the tt!e. Why what shall be said 7has
isagr nmuI "PsyIhs Unveiled would surely do,
al.hous. did suggest TO ny OWL associations Mr.
Forster Mahomctanstn Unveiled" and rtles of the
Kind.
.4rHE rSyE1LED-A PSYCHOLOGICAL. AYByEnY:~
would that be better 7out Of III. Fozsters WY, md
ths s.Nature Displsyed" peoples. You speak OF
SrstEpslsa. 81 t,sis such t.: ~ % Of
Hilin9 Shall it be more Greek than Euglish But
then nobody not most bodies 1t least will know what
We mc4n- Psyche the Pussuec7 OF "ths Peraecusor :"
Well. know very well what n1ms jon will choose for
mo after al this. But it il bard upon me- TO expect
everybody admits that tho title Of book nowadays
takes mora st:dy than all the rest Of it. Ton must
think Yourself 4nd your arst thought IL better than
WAS pleased in erery way by your e1pression Of
satisfaction with the rough outline dared to send
way not the least With the sympathy Of feeling Only
my head aches 80 That can scarcely see to write down
whatever part Of the pleasure would b otherwise
pressise. Oh have an agreeable sense Of writing
With the cloes Of every sentence
Can you make out anything7 cant write any 1nore.
Ever truly Joa7s, f. B. B.
How exqulsitely the
TENDER NATURE or TIE WOMAN
k reyealed in the following letter
Mr DEAR Mz. HORNE: I had your note yesterday,
and hare today the Second Act and shall be sorry aud
give up the thought Of Psyche until you give up
the cough. am not = desperate hunter; I like wait
ing i s s s' ss
Shall the clock make us QuarreI7
No-No.
Is no denying it-ouly not about tue drama. Do you
know vha it il to be shut up in room by oneself to
muitirly one:s thoughts By ones thoughts7 How
Erows md grows, and spreads and spreads, and ends
taking some supernatural color,-just like mustard
begin with tho simple impertinence Of wondering
ahy you didn't writa to me,-tinplc enough
1l;houGh don't call altogether my own fault when
Miss yo letter.. Then came the complex, p<rpe1
ing In the extreme"
am very sorry a!cut tne cough- onot neglect 1t,
t'1s1ststans,a frame. began my bodily troubles;
.nl know well Whit that suffering is though nearly
fented and agreed to, and well approved On each side
EntI your return to London, Psyche is suspended
The new act lsecoud) shall 60 On in day or two
h,f alive aleadg. Ever and truly yours. E. 3. B.
FEW IoRE E1GERPIE
Ind have done:
Oh! you viii build up the preface e1co1lently well;
md, do you know, am watching your "paces alto
gether curious besides tho deeper interest. want
10 see how you manage your Charlottesville creation
pf your ed es-never haying stood near any poeti-
ny the
:hen the tretace-thrn fwurds 1l]eginel. When you
begin building. who knows but what you win send me
tway7
1hs only s,.dne.a associated witt the Punishment
Otherwise, ,terness h.a dropped on bitterness liz
Tue SHOWS. mora than can tell and independent Of
That last most overwhelming stcton Of my Life lone
tight Of her windorsl from the edge Of the chasm Of
which maT struggle but nsver can escape.
But now ann unreasonable OF eovetous. You say:
Z We taye the Anttque time, We nay have Corus of
satyrs- want the AodeTn tne and tho Satyr oeses.
5zty1s. lean them. There il something Of high
anas..c ~ and deeply contrasttve to ths Heavenly
i Loughton) inspired you with the satyrs.
Do think about it, dear MI. Horne; you know 60
auch moro Of artistic effects than do Ny private
Instinct is after I'll, and certainly, to venture with
hem
It IVES eventually agreed that the name should
"psYcHE ApocALSPTE";
he scene was to be laid in an island Of tho
but the Satsrs were dismissed, and
II their place enrolled the Aborigines, de.ig-
lated Islanders, so aa not to fall foul OF va
ious Spiritual Choruses, Geuii, Voices," ETC.,
.c. Thus happily proceeded the building up of
N1e iuGUE EAU lu0aL LmyS[lE4llY-DeAu- |
iful drama, which, unfortunately. was never to
% completed. Miss Barrett had been seriously
H. aud came, by tho advice Of her physician, |
rom her home in Iorqusy to London. Here
he rega,ned strength, and the time for giving
ody and force to the proposed poem seemed ap-
roachtng, when, by the suguss lord Of Psyche
ersef, Love, revealed in all his irresistible d.
Unity, the poetess was caught up in apocalyptic
ision and waited away to other rcenes. In the
lords of the author:
Something was done to the proposed poem, though
OF much, think; and the fair convalescens was
rentuauy permitted to taxa airing, aud then,
4 IN open carriage. The drive one iins morning, |
extended beyond the usuAi time, and ths carriage,
fact, returned empty. The young lady, inspired
nth new ixAt of life and hope, had vanished: and.
ome weeB afterwards, suddenly reappeared beneath
10 sunny akes Of Italy III
El1ZABEIH BARRETT BROWNING. :
othing, from this period done with regard to
70 hrandoatng lyric By the poeteks - far - know
Ee1dly notes passed between pz1t of Ms. Brown
sgs being written by her husband, who WAS much {
l1lier friend; but References was believe. rnado
any Of us to the visionary Psychic For my own
Vt, hare uever thought Of conpleting It myself
ot only because should have telt that 1t was like
FadDr f1Gt n1So from artist =