New-York tribune., 1876-04-07

paper to-day before the ninth annual meeting OF the
Association Of Classical and High school
| Teachers In session In Boston
| NJ. Bartholdi proposes to send his statue,
commemorative OF the friendship between France ana
America, to the Centennial Exhibition. Af'erwafd "
| will be placed in New-YOrk harbOr.
The new chapel attached to Keble College at
Oxford, England, will be dedicated on the 25th ins'
and the foundation stone OF the hall and library WILDE
laid on the same day. Mr.. Gladstone the Archbishop OF
Canterbury Mr.. Gathorn Hardy Mr. Beresior hopo anu
others have accepted invitations To be pfeSeh"
| Ex-Speaker Blaine was in town yesterday, on
his way Washington after brief absence IN Mae'
He received large number of callers during the day
In the evening" in group on one OF th9 plaa,on t & s,
those of Mr.. Blaine, Mayor Wckham aud Gov MorBan'
| A monument to the memory of James Bruce,
the African traveller, has just been erected In the Ang
can Church at Algiers. He was Co1snGe OF
Great Britain place from 1862 TO 1853 and began
there the study the Oriental languages before under
taking his great journey to Abyssina and ms archso %
l. gca researches at Tunis and Oh the shores OF the
Mediterranean.
King Ludwig III. Of Bavaria and the Duke of
Meningen interesting themselves In tine project OF
preparing Trlogy OF Faust" to be represented III
the Wagner Theater at Bireutb during the Summers OF
1873 aud 1879. The Orchestras aud chOrlses or the
Vienna and Munich operas are to be engaged Goethes
work is to he adapted to the stage by Dnselstedt an,
either Wagner or some other prominent composer VIII
furnish the music.
A writer in The London Standard gives some
interesting facts In connection with the present effort to
monument TO Byron. He says: 4" An impression
prevails that Byron Committee have collected suf-
cent money the erection Of noble monument To that
poet and ne $4,000 subscribed IL spoken
OF conclusive proof of England's pride in ono OF her
mighty dead. 1t is not think, generally known that
about fifty years ago some OF Lord Bjrons personal
friends opened subscription for the purpose OF erecting
poets In London In due course but not with
out much canvasslng and some Of dsapprovai
6 900 we're collected With this the triumphant
promoters of that project applied bat in yain for the
services Of both Chanery aud Gibson who Declined Tor
small u sum, TO furnish designs for m9nument
to their usrious fellow cOuntrllnan Mdtgre regrets
which have since been expressed that LORD Byron SHOULD
not hayo imOriazed sc) by The chsels Of these
emuont those who can appreciate tue nearly re-
made by Thorwaldsen on that OCCASION marx Ia
The refusal countrymen abseLce Of those ec-
al TO the production of something worthy
OF tho OCCASION and value the WORK OF the great Dane no
less Tor Its having been produced at lconDaraIVeY
pecunary loss The reception accorded TO that statue
when finally IL reached shores formed an appropriate
sequel to the spirit which pervaded those who declined
sum. would ask whether this change in the sentiments
o the English people with regard to Byron tusthes US i
E tnai 3 %hSeT % we sna to
erect an beroicsizcd saruc Of this pilgrim 0f past neg
ect but eternal renown."
Miss Kate Field in recent iettor TO The
CowierJourpal gives some interesting gossip about
TourguInef, the Russian novelist 4" Some timo ago
T0ur.nen received letor from American publisher
ncosing draft for $780, sent slight evidence of
the publishers gratitude 10 Tourgnef for the pleasure
derived from his stories. The reception OF
pected gift caused OF the happes moments OF my
lfe,' says Tourgunef Wishing to make some return
for the draft, Tourgune wrote story called The Ly-
Ing Relies sent 1t to his American admrer Tor pub
catiCn As tho story is too short to be put into book
FORM Tour gnef's friend cannot make OF il himself
bu: Intends give IL IT, American magazine Tour
euinc you Snow famous Russian stOrywriter, who
has "A worldwide reputation for cOnsummate art
and profound Iic first OF his cOunirymen
espOuSo the OF the scris In his stories he
brought noble aui peasant together and cndeayOred 10
establish the sympathy Of u common humanity O1C
rage unparalleled resented by tho nODIcs VINO
in getting rOurguine banlshed but they did
succeed IN staying bis pen. which In France pursued
try In course OF the edct OF bansDment was re-
voked TOurguiue had found his best friends IN an
alien land and home Ia still Paris. Tall, looking
Ike haired Jupiter, fnll OF 6onhomiS roursuinef
wears his sIStyvo years with the easy dignity OF sou
that knows far better now love than to hate, ana
every aud then writes a story graceful 81 eX-
quisitey simple in s art that Brownings and George
self is modest Il have not "a bit Of imagination. he
says; Il couldn't invent anything II tried All my
taken irOu lfe am ouy photographer
Tour guincf undoubtedly has seen all his people Dut ne
has clothed them garments such ss no other brain
could fashion"
MALTA, April 6.-IIer Britannia Majesty's |
shin scraps with the Prince OF Wales and suite board
has arrived here on the way b. England.
LOUISVILLE, April 6.-Secretary BristOw ar
rivod at home morning, and will remain In Louis
Vile days and meet his many friends in this