, 1876-05-28
BOSTON,.
New:changes in the Radical Club
.--The Famous Satire.
A New Book by Hawthorne--Fan-
Shave in Proof.


Special Correspondence qf Tia Tribune.
BosToN, May 24.-The usual May meeting Of
| the Radical Club has been omitted, on account
Of the close coming anniversary days, and
| several projected parties in the Chestnut street
parlors- 1t is as we'll perhaps that the brilliant
April meeting should be the winding-up one OF
the season, for it is scarcely possible that
another following 80 soon should be anything
like as lively. The Free Religious Society, which
| is distinct outgrowth Of the Old Radical Club,
has less apparent connection with it than former
~, probably o'Ting to tue faCt that the Radical
| Club is every year getting to 10 n more private
matter of personal invitation, which Is gery
natural result of the meetings taking place in !
] private house. There was originally some or
i.anization to the Club In the way Of different
Officers, and ground plan similar to other
societies, but this has gradually been given IN,
and the Club has been essentially private party
of invitation for some time. Meeting as It has
iu Mr. Sargcnt's house only during the last year,
and under Mrs Sargcnt's supervision, with the
entire responsibility and trouble OF the whola
thing. it is not strange -..-.
THAT THIS CLUB SHOULD At LAST BECOME
PRIVATE r4ARTY.
And when next year the "neW departure
| takes place Of making it entirely matter o'
monthly invitation, instead Of yearly one
| where the fee of 81 Is charged, the Club, as :
matter Of membership and All organization, viii
be really dcfunct. We shall l3ags, however,
But the form is what tile u11invited quarrel with.
.sC1ub, do you call this Il Clubs" shricks sar..
| castle outsider. "Thc Radical Club is dead."
| blaully replies another bright aud satiric:l gen
tleu,aa--l.e Ut the New York Tribune And, .,
III organized Club, must admit that this will
next year be fact. But, as Artc1nus Ward
said,
s'wuAT's THE USE or SCREAMING At THE CALM
FACTS OF THE UNIVERSE !''
I Aud what's the use OF abusing Mrs. Sargent
I for arranging this club that has fallen into her
! hands, ami Ualt of its organization, after tho
! manner that suits her best If the officer:
| were not strong enough to ketpit in its old
form, she certainly has perfect right to choose
what form she will order the meetings that
wear out her stair and drcssing-room carpets.
| And now for another breeze in the Radical re:
gion. The rhymed satire called :" The Radical
Club,'' which tho Boston Sunday Iinaex pub
! lished two years ago, and brought out
| last spring in pamphlet shape, keeps up i,s
| agitation in u new and curious fashion. Some
body las come out IL the Springfield Reonu'eas
with the story that Mrs. Louise Chandler Moul:
] ton-the Ncw York Tribune's L. G. M.--had
her finger in this satrical pic that in fact she as
| sisted the alleged author, Mrs MlcLowcii, It
the concoction Of those Poc-like runes and
rhymes, rs evidence OF which, attention wat
called to the fact that she, Mrs. L. Z. ~, w:la
/ the only member described who was at all hut
! tcrcd,-'s a solid stIuarc inch OF lattery-" And
i this rumor gains It's little ground and tnds lta
i where Of course it makes its little breeze, which
is verify au cast wind of stinging sharpness
But while it blows, from across the sea comes an
SpIGSANT PRIVATE PROTEST FROM MRS
/ MouLTON.
She never saw the porm until it was In print
L and had NO hint or knowledge OF 1t, and ths
|; Republican man is commanded to correct 'the
i rumor to the contrary, which he will no doubt
It do, In the meantime, an old acquaintance Of
i L. C. MS may say TINT nothing looked more
unlikely TN the farc ot it than this ru1nor, 1ol
in the first place Mrs. Moul:on is FAR too goott-
naturetl to write Or assist at any such perform.
ance which irn1nolatcs her intimate irfends
And, in the second place, she Is oowisc to DO ST
4 foolharly thing Us such immolation. Mrs
4 MacDowcll, who was simply u visiting strangci
within tho gates, was in quite different post
tion, both rs regards the tgenE that nsp,fea !.
get at the end OF it all yet, for coming upon this
i another supposition that Mrs: Mac, getting
frightened at her growing fame tn the affair,
which, though It brings her lauteis, brings also
! helped by her more widely literary
friend. The affair bids fair, therefore, with this
last hint from that frisky old dame, Rumor, ta
AS pnErrr woMAN's QUARREL
as ever made generous masculine heart 70
| loicc.
dies, let us look into the proot-sheets OF Osgooo
s. Co.'s last little classic,-for It is going to
make talk and u stir, because it is Il story oi
Hawthorne's that this generation. has never
seen. The story is entitled ''Fanshawc," an!
was published in 1873: Forty-eght years ago
| Written and published when Hawthorne WIS in
his early youth. There were only few copies
and these were smugg1ed out Of sight By the
author, IS lie grew older, and developed his skill
and taste. Struggled out OF sight, and express
charges given not to be TePuollshcd .ook tne i.e
yellow tint OF age, and on the y-leaf saw writ
tcn not by tho author, but BY the authors
friend, who owned it,
| 3IR- JAMES T. YIELDS,
little note Of special care and cautton In regard
to the eli culation OF tho volume l don't sup
pose the author of the Scarlet Letter, even II ha
leans out Of Heaven, like Rossettfs blessed
damozel, will care much now what bcconcs OF
| the smugg1cd volume he was SO anxious should
be suppressed; but 1t gives me a curious aua1fn
! to find that this nineteenth century spirit OF
science and cold -bloodctness respects the Wishea
| of the dead far less than the living. But what
| can publisher and friend have to say when the
dead authors son is consentng! It's matter
of taste to be sure, rs the spider said to The ny,
for, in this day OF New York notion advance
ment, it won't do to talk Of emotions. Forty.
published, II such disregard Of deatl-ano-gone
| folks wishes had been possible, there would
have been ! creeping OF flesh amongst the lav-
ing, and daily or nightly expectation OF an
| ayenginr ghost, who would haunt these conf
manti-brcakcrs. But in these times VIC have
heard SO much Of ....-..
DIFFERENT KIND OF GuosT-RA1slNG,
where parafinc and other mundane agents lend
| material aid, that We arc no more to be scared
into respectful manners and good behavior
But aside from any sentiment about tue matter,
sec no good literary reason why this story OF
Fanshawc should see the light again. Reading
it, l fully understand and sympathize with the
author il, his desire that It should never be rc-
published. It is the crude, uneven work OF ex-
| trct,,c youth. Nowhere tan I find those tones
and tints Of Hawthorne which make his later
pages glow with such richness But in the
| characters of the two villains OF the play there
are hints Of the hand that VIC know. In tile per-
sons OF DR.. Melmoth and his wife We have also
touches Of that slyncss Of wit which bubblcd
over in the story Of the Captains widow, who
cvinccd so much genuine grief and regret at the
stonccuttcr's when selecting her late lords
tombstonc,-a regret which had all the scnti-
| mcnt Of youth, anA was therefore great con-
tsast to the stonecutter's usual customers and
which Hawthorne slyly insinuatcs may hare IT.
solution III the fact s'that out Of twcnty-three
| years Of matrinaony only three lad been spent
III each others company" Here is one oi
those touches which hint ut the quaint humor o1
! later years.
"Wlen the storm was loud by the pastors
| hearth, he flad always sure and quiet retreat
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