New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-06
PERSONAL.
A new poem by Mr.. Swinbume will he pub
isl,rd in The L01doh ANcHT"Bi shortly.

new poem by Mr.. Swinbume will he pub
lisl,cd in Tbe Lo1don AnenG"Bi shortly.
Bagtholdi expects to have his colossal statue
Of Liberty nn.hcd In time TO be exhibited 81 Che Paris
Exhibition Of ls7s. The wrist which WIS nodded lat y
took 200 sacks Of plaster for its composition
A monument to Francis Dcak, the Hunsa-
ran statesman Is to be erected AT Pesth Foreign and
m i've artists have been invited send In designs, and
prizes have D,cn offered lur The thT,r p,s oicS Inc
cost of the not to exceed 100000 HORNS.
MIR. Spurgcoa, in some remarks made ut
meeting OF the London Female Servants Home Society
said a good word for domestic servants AserNants po-
,on II, aid was not one OF the easiest in the world rs
p,ost servants knew ANA At waS not always tile vant
wEo was 10 blame because 81" did not STAY long ia one
situation He thouGut good deal ui -ood might Dc dU..
iibI, and Silver metals t. MS resScs who kept then
,erVauts tyr IA c'Ilain length OI tilnc.
The Rev. DR.. Joseph +. Thompson III the
concluding lecture of MS course, delivered IN LpnIpn re-
Gently spoke The Pors. Duties and Hopes OF The
Coming Century" The London Ne'cS says: The lee
turer dealt at considerable length with tho dangers to
the Republic which were Involved In the existence Of
uical corruption and IN The intrSuCs 0f the uanon-
tame party; but he gave many clsohs Tor believing thdt
in neither case wOud the m!encc oI evil be enidr.nt
lie secuted the idea tlat hat nIf summer nau .A.e
ip,arsm likely 10 gain o,ting III the United
states, and he expressed conf tent opinion that when
the Alabama claims were settled, the uapropsia'td
balance would be REFUNDED to Gieat bttth'
Walt Whitman's new book, "The Two RivU-
The follow ing the conc.u ling portion: "Tle eIcal
Csc OF the bOOkanl II Is edlcss To say Ihat II has
onemancsty is to eNompiy very lglcal passage
Of real life possibility OF carrying ont that principle
of sane and selslcrihcing love uf comrades for
other w Whitman has often celebrated III his most
and teal utt,ranccs. IL ~ TIE OIL story ~
Achilles and PatiorUs transferred FROM Windy Troy 40
inc banks o. tue PstOmac IL Is conceivable that when
MI Whituan's theories about verse and d. N cricy and
r. Iiaon have been rejected or nave become cnete tins
one influence be stil mt work. permanent Ocluesi
of wiIened emotion to al future generations"
Mr.. Bret Harte's Gabriel Conroy" is quite
severely criticised The saturday Rccteo. 1t finds m
the novel much obvious imitation Of Dickens. many OF
the author peculiar merits and more faults than mS,
have expected In point Of construction II thinks
he book from beginning to end is "hopc,sSy ana IRE
deemably bad" and adds: "lrcient after incident
occurs which demands and never finds explanation. The
Characters, Of whom, by tine way, there are iar too
many, constantly get into apparently lneNtrtlolc con-
fusion. Bat earthquake Is always conveniently at
uand 90 dispose OF any difficulties o. this kud. The
writing is on the whole, taI heuw the authors usual
work There i'll iced passages where his IMAGINATION
uad command Of language assert Themselves 50 rs 10
compel the readers attention; but tn rr are many
more which mere limitations 81 another mans sly !e.
ANY one who las skill in tie art OF skIrpng ud hs
uccOaut reading this nONei Tor the sake of tue good
pieces OF description and dialogue Ia be found IN il Gu
we who have wandered through all its maLes can Ouly
speak OF 1t as u most disappointing book"