New-York tribune., 1876-04-20
PERSONAL.
one side.

Mr. Tennyson IL reported to be at work on
an ode TO the Prince of Wales his return from India
The Dean of Westminster has commissioned
Miss Of Kilgraston, PortsBe to execute bust OF
the lac Lady Augusta Stanley, to he placed IN Dunferm
line Abbey.
Lieut. Cameron brought with him from Africa
10 England the following menaserie: one ciyet cat one
oceiot one lemr one fox three parrots. porcuDne
two Wild cats. two monSeys tour palm birds one mar
nout, aud eagle. ine collection has been consigned
To thr Geological Gardens, London.
Sir George Burrows, President of the Royal
College OF Pny sciaus speaking at conference held In
the other day. said he not one OF those who
advocated total ab-tinence for he believed that in
climate like London tnc human constitution IN mauf
cases would be capable OF hearing what IL did unless
alcO .Oic stimulaut Wa, resorted 10.
Mr.. Parlle Goodwin of this city has been en-
gagged for some time in devisng Hitting commemoratiOn
the hundredth anniversary of the publication OF Adam
Smiths wealth OF Nations" Among the invited gen
tlemen were Mr. William cullen Bryant. Gov Tden,
Lcut.Gov. Dorshcmcr, Secretary Blgelo", Prof. sum
Icr, Pruf. Perry. Carl SchuIz Mr.. l.. l.. GOdkin Mr..
David A Wells and 80 40 others. large number ~
them net ON TUESDAY evening at hr; G"Jwlhs houSe'
am appointed "A committee to make the necessary
ran s,cnts for suitable oh ervanee OF the anniversary
Mr. TennysOn has completed the adaptation
OF his Queen Mary for the stage aud the play to
be produced first time Tuesday the 18th inst
IL has shortened throughout and has thereby gained
I'm sharpness and c,carness. The chief additions are
two IN number The nrs IA conversation between
Philip AMI Mary about Howard and about striking
to tell vi tao audience Ino nher alteration Is az The
close. Mary does not expire before the entrance Of EZa
BETH but dies IN the presence or her sister after touch
ing scene.
Col. Frank NJ. Ettng, who has charge OF the
historical department OF the Centennial. will have col
lection of portraits Of Washington on exhibition He mas
succeeded in securing the folio Ing STARTS LansdOwnc
portni; portrait by Charles Wilson Peale either from
W. Birchs portrait k"bertsons mi iature, In tue pos
session of Wilson Eyre. and which WIS worn by Mrs
binfs l-llf a TnfM
A. Foego; weslm lle portrait, and the miniatures Of
Washington aud MS wife. presented BY Washington to his
sister, Mrs. tty Lewis.
The late John Forster left a personal estat
valued at aDout Sl5O.OO0. Among other legacles he
wilcd to Mr. Thomas Carlyle the gold repeater watch
bequeathed by the late Chas. Dickens to Lord
Lyton the painting by Maclise Of Caxton showing the
printingpress Edward Nv. and his Queen which he
heirloom; TO Sir william Boxnl T. A. the gold nng with
antique mask given him by Walter Savage Landor the
daughter Of Charles Dickens aud widow O Charles
lston ons, small book IN green cloth contaiuing
manuscript notes OF her father, entitled " Memoranda
January, 1889"
The variations in the spelling of Shakes
peares furnishes the topic for an article In the
May number OF Serbne,'s Monthly. by J. II. Gilmore
There are five autographs OF Shakespeare In existence
acknow edged bc genuine. four OF which spelled
shakspere aud tbc fifth Shakespeare Dir. Gilmore con.
cudes as follows: From an inspection of these auto
graph. 1t il evident that however snkspr- may have
varied In spelling tho last syllable Of his name, ne
inserts an after the X. So says Mr. Fun,al aud 80
any say who takes tho pans TO examine The
fac SMILES On this point. the spurious and the genuine
autographs all agreed Following the principle.
then, that man has unquestiOnabe right 10 spell his
he peases ought not 10 force upon imperial
Shaksp-r, dead and turned to clay, which he per-
slsenily and systematically rejected Still further from
an Inspection OF the poets autographs the weight Of
evidence is very decidedly against the Insertion OF an
u the last syllable o the In favor OF writ
ing Shakspere, not Shakespeare"
Mrs. Kemble gives this interesting Gossip ;,
In The AAande for May: Lady Byron, who highly
esteemed friend OF mne spoke upon the subject Of
now and cheap edition Of her husbands works about 10
be published. aud likely to be widely dssemln ated
among the young clerk and class readers
for whom deprecated extremely the pernicous nu
onoo calculated produce She consulted me on