New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-16
PERSONAL.

DR.. Legge, the professor of Chinese at Ok
ford. holds what may DE called sinecure. Not "a
| dent has yet offered himself.
OF Miss Rhoda BroughtOn's newnovel "Joan,"
Ihe Sahrday RerieC says that it Is three volumes OF
| folly, nlppancy ana cOarSencss.
Senior CASTELAR, won't devote his whole time
during the present session political warfare, but will
take part in the purely literary discussions OF the Aeneo,
| for which no man is more competent
There is a TumOr that some Of the members
of the British Cabinet which in power in the Ala
blma DAYS are not delighted with Mr. Glad,onc's action
sending to Jumpers Magazine the letter explaining his
course.
The brilliant young French painter, Henri
Rcgnaut when describing his feelings after inst seeing
Ahambra, with its rich coorS seeped in The splen-
dors of Spanish sunlight. said d" For days could do no
| work; saw nothing out irc.'
Mr.. II. Has@om is Il gentleman who has Just
started an Arabic newspaper, called Mrd'f Ahca, or
Mirror Of Erenis in London. He appears TO be IN Arab
bl AMI CHRISTIAN in creed He at any rate hates
the TURKS and says dislgrccabe things about them
Charles Hemans, son of Felicia, has just died
IN Italy, has lived for years, chiefly occu
pied in historical and archaeological studies. II is said
That to scholars and students Of Italian ecclesiastical his
tory and archaeology his works are simply lnNauail".
H. was a'naol' and sensitive ID tcmleianelt ana was
never Known tc speak III OF any one.
EX-G0y Fletcher Of Vermont had some
nouri,hing kind ripped tha bad the other
day. He engaged lis dinner at hotel IN Proctorsylle
and had covers laid for our guests He then sent big
the farm, ltiNg TIE Tour inmates OF
the Poornouse TO the luxury OF rae ana 20 dhe WIN
Inn. But he Old people there declined the oher saying
they did not want 10 De sized At
Ivan TourguGnicf, the Russian, who i, by
the way about 80 years old and who lives III Paris has
ius- finished a now novel, in which he will depict the
Russian society Of live six years ago, and viii discuss
the social and political questions by which II was then
as!;atcd. rumUis assert that ne VIII toa certain
extent rrabltate the character Of the younger and
more inpuslyc generation OF Russian thinkers, Whose
rrllsss lie some hat, though miutentionay, wounded
while yiyisyctiug the Eli,'lc characters which n-bf
in ms Fathers and Children" probably his greatest
| WORK.
Copley's portrait of Gen. Warren, the Origi-
mi Ms OF Warren's Addross-writtcH in neat round
haud-anI hi, sword "of Bunker Iil," are amons the
chief treasures Of the Revolutionary Relic" exhibition
i.s, opened in the Old Chrch n Boston. The col
lection Is licc also by Eembrandi Pcalc's portrait ~
Washington ana by relies Of Revere, and OF the Qncls,
writer, ON Tie exhibition note that through the
window of hi, uG cAa:ch that warren lcaped 10 ils
platform where d. gave Us famous atis- ON i3i,si,n
pocy-the doorway and the church being Gro" lea WIN
angry British sonicly.
Nile Dcescluzc, the sister of the celebrated
Communist was followed her grave the other day by
crowd Of Republicans. Her last written words were
these: Feeling death approaching desire to be IN
tered in the pauper battle-ground, ike my beloved
brother My funeral shall Dee as simple as possible anu
si, be unaccompanied by any religious cerrTo1'.
h. DEATH wa, .c1i during the funeral Ger, monies; Ny
good sister: would hot ara cold NOT serve a, Nl,n
and playthiug Of tie yl't Iiouo reaction Pardon mo
l'i uep'i LII ~ , iT s"0i 'ut courage 10 submit To
a now defeat alter having experienced 50 many:
en,Intr 'I h., tb l.t ~ visit me before 20 10 rest
H. so nv dearly beloved sister. thou who hast been
all my family since he death 81 our poor m9 Aueu
oIi,n; | embrace thee once again my biOuhr, ",sp
vii, love up TO the last moment, CHARLES DELE>oLIIt
Mr. Algcuon Charles SWinbune Is now IN
u. 3Sth year. and Is the grandson OF sir Johh SWIM
burnc who died AZ the age Of -. Mr. sTinDHrncS
father Is an admiral the British service, and his
mother is the lulhter Of an earl Though 10y o" ne
i, thorough aristOct.t, he Is like Shelley, radical IN
tb,ory In the time Charles the First the swinburncs
who were stout royalss, were forced to escape nom
Cromwclps rule into France. There the Beads Oh the
family died and there was left only young son. III
traces whom were for time lost Alter Tie hr'oii-
NON The heir the SNubuuc> was sought lcn- du1 Win
iiHui,r ' ,i vsi,, fen and fading But lie rcmcm-
hcrrd an Old la.l, Whrrcla men sat drikus iInl
silver bowl. wlcA bowl the child watched lhttutY ior
a.. sake OF the cat, head which To sight ~ the
,",ucL decreased The car head the distu susAus
device the Nwmburnc arms AM ms lecot.' Ion
established the boys identity The poet takes pleasure
m recalling TIN, story ot his ancestor, ana h an a
tu.l OF pictures. His iacr stFou-y cN'uit' Wa. ~"
cat and he i, very prou oi the TACT ne Is never ot
pleased than when The resemblance Is mentioned h-ls
a small. Slight person. with Observation-Disclosures L',L
hr,d covered by buohy mass oi auburn lar ms 100
ara, large set widely apart and tlWny IN Go0r lIIm
The mouth M his face i somewhat INC 7Ho"'' : "' mo
/ chin i, weak and retreatIng.
writer in the GdrtcHlaube thus describes
George sand She thickSet somewhat bent by ago
vet IN her movements there was not the least ialteS
sb. wore her rich hair little after the Grecdn style
ryo curlcd locks borlercd the low forehead almost 70
rho edge OF the eyebrows; under long, fo pun, the
err. are almost wholly concealed 1t was universally
oubt that the authorcss since her typhus fever, had
,6cd Nature by the use of false hair At the last toilet
there was found the most beautiful natural ornamcu OF
hair with few silver threads and no one could conceive
what strange caprice made the old lady 50 careful to
Ken secret. What struck mo most lorclby ~ tAS
,,r rnarre was the bold delmcaton OF the line, ot the
f1ce HE features wcfS lArgcGmost too masculine.
4 .,.. Rho
thy mad still much of the inward fire. Mouth and chin
were already disis cured by age the latter Appeared small
and without energy, and the mouth with coarse up
may never have been beautiful. Her complexion, once
fT Was now the ycowsh tint of certain Flemish por
,t,. i'm hold contrast She smokcd-that the only
race of the storm and stress period which remained 10
thi, extraordinary woman. VINO was calm win axe II
was less smoking than playing WIN hle: COON io
tr,w aside thc haliconsun.rd cigir AID, again wholly
woman. took up her knitting Ihe NOVELIST lalhrt ia
cited 10 conversation than c0nyersed Her remarks Nero
mostly brief almost cpgrallnateay Keen ana sil.p'
and always reached the IUh OF tue matIer. u'IpRSI
Iiu todd me that Tor months before Ter death Size hld
suffered ncNpreSsDy without Uttcrng the le"s' CON,
tas, She covered her face dpng the most intense an
guish. the Romans used 10 do wien lh'I ''' '' '
| drawing near -,
Once, after an annual dinner of the English
Color Society j. g. Pyuc the artist, walked home
with Turner that most mystical Of painters IL Wasa
n,L NJ u,ore than two miles not one word was shd
IA Turner until they reached ms own door' iheie nc
| broke the silence with, say PYhe' painting rum
isn't II! :" and shut the door Wth "Sooh hEh1
:, mi ,bt have been of his cNPeIcuce with elliott tho
maker OF steel pens that Turner was thinking "heh he
made that speech When elliott h'd from pens acquire"
wealth he desired to possess those objects OF art wh'h
denote the presence of refinement as well - oil money
and he went mp to LONDON 10 ask his banker hoN ana
where lie should buy them Inc man OF business d,C
/ them Turner Oh went ihc square poagy, rOuSh my y,
| man To Turner'S abode, asking at tne So3 1 a.
the panterInan WIS at meme, me great a,i,r. WI an
he could not sec hm ta0tt walked p"'t tuc h'"' w