, 1876-10-29
PERSONAL.

George MacDonald's new novel in .Llppineotrs
Magazine is the continuation Of the last and ot
, the best OF his storics-'' Malcom."
The name OF the Swedish explorer who has Re.
ported the discovery Of northeast passage t.
Nordenskiold, not VordensHo1d, as printed in TIE
TRIBUNE Of yesterday
The Park Commissioners OF New York have
passed 4 wholesome set Of restrictions upon tho
munidcence OF the statue -givers, the intention b.
ing to protect the public taste from the injuries Of
bad art.
The successes Of Mrs. Laura Dainty In her read
inss at and about Boston continue The news-
| papers have many pleasant notices, which would
be as gratifying to her many friends in Chicago a
! to herself.
The world will be interested In knowing, even at
this late day, that Mary Stuart had beautiful
golden hair. This vexed question in esthetics has
been settled by Mr.. Theodore Martin In his Life
Of the Prince Consort."
NJ Thiers wishes to have 1t known that he has
retired definitely from public life. During his late
trip to the South, some anxious friend inquired
what he was travelling for. He replied: "Not a.
candidate for Office, but to your dne farms"
Mr. y. ". Story has been putting into the clay
two remarkable Shakspearean embodiments,
| Hing Lear and Lady uae6eAh- His statue Of
''Amcrica" is said to be remarkably pure and
| original, and removed from conventional vulgnr-
| isms.
| A critic who shows much intelligence and
| knowledge of the subject tuds the key to Whg-
ner's music in its essential materialistic quality.
As an exponent Of the higher nature Of man. he
considers the music OF Wagner vastly inferior to
| that OF Beethoven.
| 4 new edition Of Mr.. Bryant's - Library Of
| Poetry and Song, " Of which so, 600 copies have
been sold, Is now In course Of preparation. the
selections are made with rare Judgment, and the
| book is valuable, II only - collection Of the
favorite poems OF great poet.
It Is said that the gentleman who waa near pur-
chasing the artidcial footprint discovered in the
| celebrated Society on the Stanislow, which Bret
Harte's rhyme commentaries. Thus chunk Of
old red sandstone has again worked ffIghtfu1 havoc
t in the Society.
One who does not admire the poet, philosopher,
and bore, contributes an old jingle, for the verbal
accuracy OF whichwe will not youch to the follow
Ing effect:
Two poets Wisdom's steed bessrode,
seSo E5 94hs9 = On u 5ne r.: fsaIs s4adol 5ods
In the absence Of definite information On the
subject, 1t may be presumed that Talnaage groomed
! the horse
Victor Hugo hiss ai"aJ- heen very indignant at
the way in which his dramas n~-~ neer tfztorted
into opera librcttos without his consen>, and he
now declares that neither ''Lucrczia Borgta.~--
''kisoletso, !" nor '*Ernani," shall ever be per-
formed again on the Partisan stage ii he can pre-
vent It, The first effect OF his resolution has been
to shut of performance OF tLucrezia Borgia"
for which Nine. Marie Sans Was making grand
preparations.
The first speech ever reported verbatim in Des
Noines delivered in the war days by the pres-
ent Senator Kirkwood- There were no stenog-
raphers to be had, but Mr. Frank Palmer, then
Of the State Registtr, equal to the emergency.
He engaged four long-hana reporters, and had
them take sentence each in turn The sections
were afterwards patched together, and tolerab1y
accurate report WIS the result But phono-
graphic revision would doubtless have revealed
some astonishing 1apses.
There is funny report In one of the Eastern
papers OF 4 performance OF the lively "La File de
Madame Angot" in German. All the French chic
eVapoEatcd In the Translation, and even the scod-
ing hsh"omen's duet was given In unin1idnS
soberness- Opera-bouffe In German muat, indeed,
be degree more unlogely than the same pEodnos
In English The wicked supporters Of the genuine
French Institution might find their sermons aud
soda- water by attending repetition OF Onenoaca
and Lecocq in the heavy tongue.
Is previous good character to count for nothing!
cannot young man Of respectable antecedenss
hope to be excused from his seat at the theatre II
he has lady as companion, without exce'n2
unworthy suspicious In regard to his motives:
They tell Of young lady In Baltimore who stern-
" rebuked her escort for begging permission to
see man, !" and told him that II he left her as
all he must leave her forever. He did not leaYe-
II he had Ind proper spirit he would have
done 80. The innocent should not suffer with the
guilty. It Is better TINT npety-and-ntne unr1Snt-
eous should drink once each than that one earnest
soul who really does want to see man should De
denied that inestir,abe privilege. Trial and sen
tence should come after the of7ense, not before
A jury Of ones peers should view fagrant odenses
and pronounce such judgment as may be hitting,
bpt the thrifty and the thirsty should not go down
in common ruin.
The indecent conduct OF the New York journals
In sending reporters to haunt the dying bed OF
Commodore Vanderbilt has not been in any degree
affected by the expressions Of indignation which 1t
has called forth. The reporters swarm about the
house, pry into It when they have the chance. In
terylew the members OF the household, and mani
test almost feeling Of rcgrct at the pertinacfous
refusal Of the Commodore to put himself and the
world out OF misery. 1t is really very unkind Of
the Commodore not to die as per arrangement with
the newspapers. His obstinacy is proof Of hard-
ened heart Of which, indeed, there has been fire.
que1t rumos heretofore, and the first indication OF
which was given in his refusal to grant the 7sual
passes over the New York Central Railroad. But,
with all his faults, the man has rights, and, II he
should apply the doctrine OF hraws in the cste
Of aia tormeotoz5, the community would sosaiy
him