, 1876-07-24
pERBONAL

brother Of Mr.. Charles Dsadlaush 7.ns been
converted from atheism and is now holding open.
nit meetings In London.
AIR, swnburne has committed The horrible ofren,a
Of rhymiAg ''bcauty" to 'dusy =" in Ills recently.
published ''sonE in Season."
Tile London Spectator Judges that The rhYmed
hymns to the American Centenary arc Ill bad
''Mr. Bayard Taylor's Included"
Next IL eating crow must DO placed tf,c torture.
Of writing cfow-poctry, and. next 10 that, thc au
guish OF having csow-poctsy falsely attributed 10
you.
The Saturday Repiew says that agatk T,7alp.'
Adventures Of Tom sawyer" IL "r,areed by Tia
extravagant aud too often vulgar humor OF tho
writer"
Miss blanche Willis Howard, author Of "ono
Summer, was tho poet Of The day at the Stuttgart
Fourth.qf.July celebration, and her ole is hIgLly
spoken Of
Tho London Acdatmy announces that II. D.
Dlkclas' tratlslationa into modoru Crock Of "Io.
1neo and Juliet, " 'tOthclto," and s'king Lear"
will bo ready In fow weeks.
Gov. scymours house In utca, N. r, was
struck by lightning las: Thursday. Tho occupants
rcksly escaped injury, but tho d!nng.room plainly
Showed The force Of tho electric bolt.
Tho author OF m article on Mr. DIsrno1l In Tho
last numbc. Of the British Quarterly Repieu says,
only eminent man now living who brcathcs ths
spirit Of the ago Of Goethe and 1yson."
Btcssss. Thomas Cook d Son hnse arranged "a
personally conducted tour" for boys during tho
summcr holidays. Tho Saturday Heriels Judges
this to be an uuWae concession 10 'ttho nnEar!ous
practice Of combining education with amusement"
Mr. Grant Dua said In recent speech In parIia.
ment that tho chief fault OF tho present system
Of education In Oxford is that 1t is too much
concerrcd with words and too l!tslo with thinga.
lie advocates strongly tho claims Of original lcarn-
Ing and research to d full acknowledgment In my
nniyarsity worthy Of the name.
Don Carlos says that Gilmorc's Dccr. Garden IN
Now York "plcaacs Spanish risitors-at least Il
docs u1o-nuch better than tho celebrated hnll.
fights In 6patn." Thcsn afe his cxnct words a. re.
rortod In the New York World. We arc not sorEy
to hear that tho Don proposes soou to return to
Franco and establish Ills homo thero..
Fanny Kcmb,c, In her 4'Old Woman's Qoasip,''
spenka Of having acted every night for week, and
on Saturday night in two pieces at Boston In 1883
The 4dptrtlssr, howovcr, questions the correct.
ness Of this statomcnt. suggesting that Mfsa Kcs.
bic IL mistaken. Saturday night performances at
Boston in those days were not cuasomasy.
There Was story current Rt Oxford sono yeass
a1o about d distinguished tntor of.& prominent
college, who was In the habit Of 5oyoting his Sun.
days to long country snmbles. to the entire neglect
o! tho University sermons at st. Mary's. On being
aakod one day why he adopted this yesy nnortho.
dox przeticc, he replied: 'Necauso prefer ser.
mons from stones to scEmons from sttcka."
Baron Albert Grant was obliged to plead bis own
cnuse In tho Lisbon Tramway Company case,
having been dcsorted By his counsel AMI not being
able to find IN eminent lawyer In Englaud who
would undertake to champion the bad cause. Mr,
David Dudley Field will doubt1est regret, his
absence from England at thla Interesting Juncture.
1o ought to wrlto an article about 1t for the Ldw
Rertew.
The last lines George Sand wrote for publication
werc short notice oi n. NcnRn's now hook, and
the latter In letter to tho Temps afttr her death.
said: ~ am touched to tho bottom Of my heart
to have beon tho last to produce vibration Of that
sonoroua soul, which was. "a It were, tho Eollnu
harp Of our tlmc." Henry James thinks the word
"sonorous," 10 applied to George Sand, Is won'
dcFfulty appositc.
Mr. q. II. Lpwcs said. In giving evidence bcfoso
thc Parliamentary Commission on VIyiscctton: 't1t
seems to me- that tho vivsectton Of which VIC arc
now speaking IL ycry much like vlYlsectton in an
other department, that Of literature. that Is to
say, c1tlcam, which 10 also ylvfaectian. There II
great deal Of real torture inflicted upon authort
BY critics, which lists for considerable timu ln
scnsLt4yo minds"
Tom Hughes says in hia notice Of Harriet Mar
,t1ncau: ''shs did moro than my other writer,
not excepting Archbishop WhRtely, 10 bring homo
to the people the fact that the questions which
political economists weEo discussing nnd eDpccial'
ly those connected with tho Poor laws. were not
mere abstract problems for philosophers TO REgua
ovcr, bat issues involving tho welfare Of every
member Of society"
THO literary squnbb,e Of Mr. Rohest Duchanan
with tho London Examiner has directed attention
10 the fact that ho ID drawing ponsion, which
was granted 10 him by 1Ir. Gladatons. The Satur.
tsdv Rteiew with somo acFidity says: ''Onu Of
the moat curious things III tho whole cate II that
Mr. buchanan, mnn In tho lower Ut h!s age. ap.
parcntly ablo bodied, nnd, In tho cstimktion Of
some people, notably of Mr. buchanan, poet Of
very considerable ab!lties, should hnd the support
Of public charity necessary for the development
Of h!s talents"
nast, but now oao ol tho editors Of the Brooklyn
Sunday 9uH, has hail recent experience OF tho COT.
rNPtfon which prevails in tho Government Of tho
latter city, lilo was lately assaulted sut brntally
beaten by Thomas F. Noyfns tho Ch!ef Of rho FlEa
Department, and though tho action took place
w!t4ln q few doors Of tie Firat Precinct Police
Station no attention was paid to it by tho police.
There IL row, however, loud demand tor exam.
tnassoa and It Il probable that both tho assa!lan
and thu dorelsst police will bs called to speedy
| account The cause Of The attack, It IL said, was
yeEics ot artlcles Ia tho Sun questton,hY tho c!'
cheney OF tho brooklyn Fire Department.
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