New-York tribune., 1876-04-19
BOSTON LITERARY NOTES.
THE ATLANTIC FOR MAY.

IFRoa A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TktHUNk'l
BosroN, Apyil 17.-Tbe atlantic Monthly for
May viii be publish ou Thursday next III NUMBER
to noted he variety OF its contents, rather than Tor
any remarkable characteristics Of particular articles
Tlecouc.ud n chapters OF Mr.. Howess novel, Private
1beatrcsls are rrintrd. The instanunt opens with
this delightful bit Of description Of the period when sum
mcr InclOws into Autumn;
The sumper was past butthe pageant OF Autumn was
ye' nnd nlird In TIC wet meadows Of the iGwands
even IN thc Last days of August before the gold r-rod
in it's glory. tie young Hdides ID theit tosth & @
what nght have seemed her dro,piug fires e. p' iIui
sac sunae, by tie vines in he =. ass ana over 'e
walls Til a. tie lrccs, Rning day by dsy Ftoon 1 ~ si
flame OF rcd and gold abst TIE SKY Ihc ~ 80 ~
aDioug the Ia u boughs; aeicss iae b;Nen = Sno
pastures took On aeain me green oI va! ,ie nI.
OF tie aim-bOnscs rstled dry IN the sO VIM
between the ranks O tie staks lotcd the rouhiou i
kIns.
quite fair, perhaps, to say how the story ehdS
but 1t Is very in the manner We shond h"Ve eA
pected Of its author the conversations continue 70 ue
brilliant IN their wit to the eaG Eas'Oh says " MIS-
Farrell, rs an instance:
The only comfort OF confession is that 10 dis
WrOn- Nud maho u sort o. luo,ac PIUpi W -, &
Die who have tkcn he b nsiit OF the bankrupt la"f
NrTB AIdrich furnishes an interesting and grace
fully written account q observation OF the Pope oi
Rome under The not very Il lci;ous tue "A Nlst 70
Certain Old Gentleman" lie describes first Cardinal
An.oneu us one who seemed like some cruel prelae
escped from one Of tie earlier volumes Of Froudcs HIS
tory OF FnglauG-suDtle, naughty, and ntolerant lie
continues:
twas 4 pleasure 10 turn from the impossible Prime
Minister to toe gyntl and altogether lovely figure o. his
august master. lth hs SNAIL sparkling eyes remark
ably rercns wncn he locked at YOU pGintni'k, ann
smile u0e thr winsoe that ii lighted up mouth
denciing uuasua force uf Will HIS iac' was not ~ al
e ~ s,s rige =. e ~ and cccicsaSticai iabors il was
certainly face Of llan who had led temperate,
blaneless private e in uOOe contrast 70 many o. his
prof gcte Tre;.eces r whom the world was only too
glad to Lave suug'y StaWtt away N Iheh soiE%1ous lou
lorphyry collins wiiu marble mistress carved ai19p.
lie not look over 90 Or 7o as he sooo tuere n MS
croau-ylte sluilcap Of bscalcoth ana bis long unh
appearance Of III isht to an u.uerszed stoutiy uit NJ
ufe Wh his siivcry hair struggling nom beheta tne
sklll-cap. and his sino"t -sIavth pare .Ce, y - -
heavy perhaps because OI tne GOuIe cL he was 'c1J
beautiful old man.
There are some interesting features in Mrs. Kemb
"Old Woman's Gossip" sbo bad the Byron mania IN
her youth and was obliged to "swear oft from indul-
gences in the poets writings Size tells us further taI
in 1850
LADY Byron. who was a highly esteemed friend Of
mine, spoke uon tlie subject of neN ana cheap
edition of her husbands WORKS aDCUt 20 be published ana
likely be widely d'selnnaed "mong the Young eeIh
Gated extremely the porneous influence II WIS eai "
lated 20 produce. Size consulted 4e Oh INC eegCS q"
appending notice Of Lord EyrOn written by
herself, WI ch she thought might modify " lessen sly ~
Size said knew HIM did" 0is certainly was not TIC
We'll as tie oansts tat had msde HIN what he was;
nobody, think is so capable Oi DONG justice 20 nlnl
and therefore OF cauncrUctnS TIE Injustice &c UoeS 70
lin eli and the y he might do TO others II some OF
his writings"
The Rev Frederick Robertson It seemed. had adgs d
her TO this course Of the most attractive portions
OF this article are what if says Of the sheridans
Ny motler vas at Drury Lane when Mir Sheridan was
tic lead o is administration, and has oitn deseDd
the extraordinary proceedings Of ihai famous n5St M
night %! Pzarfo When az Iast kccpn- Iie 1u.'n - '
had so of broken with the public Mr. sheridan pro
dueed mat most ei c,Vc oi Z nieo1f M M Ei m " ~, n
and unccs parts still unfinished, ana, &c leh"ll tn
thir cxtIaordinay rpit' OF stu y kept them eafHns
while the beginning OF the piece was Deh- pei4oftH
s,e descrihes one evening at the Norfons when
Their small drawiugToOm literally resplendeni
with TIE light Of Sheridan beauty, mae and lcIaiei
she publish novel the zero OF which COMMITS iorge.y
that wicked wit sydney smith, said he know she VISA
Calender, bat dd not kuovst then uat size New
gate caiCEdaT The mother or the glaccsi more pethu
than any6ady but her daughters Lady Graham, her hen
fcrn), GeOrgana Sheridan tDnchess OF Somerset ana
queen OF b-au'y by universal eonscnl ara Cliie st
dan their Younger brother. sort q younger brother OF
the Apollo Beiv. .dere. Certainly never sa" tuch
bunch oi bcalul cltAtdics az gtoWlE on UnD Stnl
remarked it 10 Mis- Norton, who LOOK corlul@centN
tolnd hci ty , 1icre con ~ menter tins even
ing because OF the impression made on ne b. the SIGHT Of
and also becaase Of MS having lad TO sinc win Moore,
honor aud Story hardy ccmpcusatg the distress al
y6ich found il very dlfcut TO swallow haf Of wlne
sndng second 10 hn, ia his owp melodies, with the
other half When first knew Caroline sheridan she had
not Ong heeu married 90 the Hon. George Norton. She
was spieniidy handsome, of an uu-En dish character of
beauty Ter rather large aud heavy head ana FEATURES re-
calling gIandest Gecau aud Italian mcdes, 20 the
latter whom Icl colorns aad bueback bra DIS Of
cave gf additional sfublaucc. Thou % neither
perfectly lovely a- tie Duchess oi some SCI nor as
perfectly charming as Lazy DuAelln, SIC produc$L lar
striking impress ION than eiLer OF tDen Dy the c0
hnaiion O; IN. poecal genius Win Whlch she alone ol
Tie three gfef WtI the brilliant VII aud ltI".lcc
which they Especially Lady DuAcrn possessed IN
mon with her united 10 tie exceptional beauty with
which they were al three endowed
Tie Hon Charles Hale has article Tie KLedive
and his Court" in which, with other Information, are
told there pictures in the palaces Of Egypt
"Yes" said young bridegroom 10 ne on his wedding
journey, who, with mis- bride, had found everything
o,e,,r de from the Pyramids to the donkeys yes
VIII tc you we n'.t ,'..lN you. - ~ ~ @ a ~
sbout I'M the European towns We have TO stretch
necks blck I'M our heads nearly fall of looking at tae
pictures We them, every OF them. you
knew but in al Egypt there isn't single pictuieP
The best OF the other prose articles is by Edward
Spencer Medical Fashions" The Poetr OF the num-
Der is not rlnarkae though there fine passages in
Mrs. spofords The Old Poet and his WiIe."
MessIs. Roberts Brothers will publish Centennial
book very soon. with tue tite Revolutionary Times
Sketches OF Our People and Their Ways One Hundred
Years Ago" by Edward Abbott 1t viii depict the chic;
cities Of the coonies-BostOn, New-YOrk Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and Charleston &c. the notable families,
with sketches OF the public OF tae time the habta-
tons IN and country North and South; the social
and intellectual lie, with accounts Of the colleges books,
aud newspapers and the religious hfe with huIches,
ministers &c The same firm viii also bring out Silver
Pitchers aud Other Stories" by Miss l. NJ AlcOti, and
"For Summer Afternoons" by Susan Coolidge Both
these are collections for older people, and in
Miss Cooldgc's are really charming productions.
little later. McssIs Roberts Brothers will publish
"Mourtanos" collection Of poems which is to form
earpanon volume &C. the "Sea and Shore" Of last sum
mer They viii follow it aiierward By one entitled
~Fied aad Forest" equally suggestive name.
Their new editions for popular reading OF Hameron's
"The sylvan Year. and "Thc Unknown River" are
nearly reaoy.
A new novel, "Achgahp published by Messrs. Lee &
gle.,.rG WA written BY Wm. NJ. T. Round. for