, 1877-08-05
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| PERSONAL.
Mr. Tennyson has written new poem
somethin. more than sonuet-for TIC ncEt mum
brr oI the -'saeseeHtA Century.
Mr. Clarence Kings article On " Catastre
| phis.n and Evolution" will he printed in th
| August number Of tic dnseFiean Nutnrutist.
The Kokomo USpatch prints what pu,
| ports to he posthumous and unpublished poem b
| Edgar Allan Poe under the title Of ~ Leonulne.
! The story winch prcfaccs the poem Is rather i
want OF Support.
3lr Froude WAS candidate for the Lord
Rcetorship Of Glasgow University, but has with
drawn, fearing i.npcril tho chances Of Mr. Glad
! stone, who i. opposed by Sir Stafford Sorthcot
! as the Conservative candidate.
A ratEer neat repavtee OF Mr. Ofenbac.
when here IL recalled BY the Dramatic Ne'rt
Some friends told the great opeEaAboufic maestro
that Mr Theodore Thomas had refused to play an,
Of his music, considering OF too low oroer TO
his orchestra. '.Fraimeatt" said Mr, OGenbach,
struggling his shoulders, *.now should be en-
chantcd tp play anv Of his"
The Prince Of Wales garden parties at
Marlborough House are very select this year. lie
asked the Queen for the loau OF Buckingham Pal
nce, but she refused him. To make tue mattel
worse, she signifed her gracious willingness 10 be
prescnt ut Marlborough House, aud thereby
dwarfed the host ami hostess OF the occasion HeI
Majesty revised the list drawing hex remorseless
pencil through many good hume
Mr. Charles Lowther, the oldest coal-deal-
~ T., tbo .orntrr d,oa rocon.,r !, w. w.. -.
cane TO imcr1rs nrtv-t,r..r vcars aro. He-was
among the first to sell authracite coai People re-
fused to burn 1t. and called IL nothing more than Il
etone Il was not then sold III sizes, but delivered
In lumps: just u IL came from the mines, and
customers had to break It up themselves, Mt.
lo"thes frequently showing them now:
A yenerab,e Lieutenant. now seryinr in n
rerimcnr q, Russian hussars. is the Count R.stan,
chin fwn. tn h}s father. Ccn f,ount Rasfanch5r
thst rho. burning of Moscou, x,ss eons5ea ,vhan
Suno,con-s ,cpion. w.y, near5,n the xe1eyah,-
Can,,al. rrbr present con,t ia onjv 1,;cytenon,
al ~ ra,,a or WOO 11e is chamharla;n ~ IT,
En,ncror with the rc1a.,vc rank of Genrra1 but
has toren aer,icc In .hr cnn,c;tv mentioned co,
aidcrinc his military snowlr,oe not comnat,h,p
With higher grade.
Lucy: Stone. in the Wouan,s Journal. has
,o,b;,e~; hut eontcmnt for +hc r,otor. a+r;kera
r.bcsc Ic.r xxho ore nmono tho r,tcra ovorwor,.,
sha sovss and Win ,cco;vc mora ,har co,n,n +ha
,vcr. o. :,varcs of women who baxc fan;1;cs snJ
vim hv ;nr;f lire rcs,cctahfxr rcck,cssv bur ia.
s+ror md LIN. ..wh,1r 1vn >, s1,e oddx :. nh,
thirty renrs haye ,anlv netitoue for nnr r;oh,
rs .rs7r1ne and ,vso h,x,. res,y1.d nrIv - 1a,,f
md ne,:.efr, mos,. fo1 tho rdt..s ~ ~,
-re st;Il raf,sri ond held ~ nn,ir;c,, snn;rso'
t,on :pn, down the ,nsur7cct,nn .h, c,,,.. - :,
c.,s,s ,rrar., thors,r ,vos ,,,5 ,hs an.,.,,..;a
~ a4>or* +,;Iro1,. - t,,c country
MINISTER f'erEepont oeslfes IL TO De nn-
derstoou thai he has aot had armor'a! bearings on
his carnage nor auythins but the initials t. P. "
OF the absence Of Gen. G1ant aud himself from
the funeral OF Mr.. Motley he writes, IN personal
:ettcr 10 his fathcf-in.law Col Wil1onghbv, OF
Saratoga: ''Mr. Motley had. been Minister to
Eug1anI, knew the etiquette we'll, and no one WIS
grcatsr st'ck1er for It. He never called upon me,
although had met him and consersc1 with him
that, the day l heard Of his
dcatn called At the house, left mp card and con-
dolencf, and' although II was wcIl known Gen.
1ian. ""o 10y sass'' ns.'A.. ~ Us @ lsee''eo tne
snsu'ess no.se ~ ""e1S :, ~ ~ "n"' nooR Tue
1uac'". wa" ~ ''Ne e'"~o
A1r. Alma Tadema has just completed two
small nut brilliant pictures, one Of which is said to
be especially worthy OF his reputation. These
works are respectively styled ''Sculpture " and
9. Paiuting" The former shows thrce Greeks ut
work on u huge heau in pure. cool, white
marble, part Ut gigantic statue of
Apollo, nbout which q scailoidlng has been erect
cd with successive stages or Platforms one above
the other. s'Palntins" shows nude model eit-
ting i1 an antique artists studio, her figure being
ncarly in three quarters view; her back is mostly
seen, .sith gracious mud ample countours, in fine
sitting, I{-rccliuing pose. Two draughs.men
make studies from this model. A third picture de-
picts The eplcudfd purity of italian sunlight, as
broad; and soft a. it is briliant; long bench of