, 1877-06-30
A Short History Of Rhode Island
..-The Ottoman Power
in Europe.
The Pnnoipa1ities Of the Dan.
ube---Art and Literary
Notes.
Flora Round About Chicago.-.
The Spindle.Trees and
the Soapworts.
A British Workingman a. an Amateur
Naturalist-.Brief Scientific
Notes,

A1NtNA $&AA0t~~A@44VA 0VARASAA0
Notes,
LITERATURE.
EDWIN FORREST.
LIFE OF EDWIN FoRREsT. THE AMERICAN
TRAaEp5AN{. Ry W,tt.,y SI;!! houssxx,LtF A.
colt 4 CO. svo., pp. siH. f'fice. s..
Mr.. Alger bus kent thr public waiting long III
expectation Of hfs promised biography Of tho
great American actor hut there will be M moro
complaint Of delay which Is closed by tic pro-
duction Ola work worthy in every respect of
tho famc Of It's subject and Of its autfor. Tho
world can afford to walt any number OF years
whom genius is engaged In tho commcmoratinn
OF genius; and tho fruit Of its slow, and scholar
1y, and studious labor gtvca token IN every part
that tho ttnc consumed was faithfully used In
fnsnrng its completeness md finish.
Despite the tnarring faults In tfs character and
Ills art, which his b"st friends will not deny, Ed
win Forrest was Ernnd personality, mnn who
towcredhlgi above Ills fcllow-inen In physical and
intellectual stature. To roprcsont him truly;
to take ste measure Of his varfcti faculties; 10
cstimatc their quality; 10 crttcsc the art upon
which they wcfo expended; to show now they
were Affected by errors In thotltspositon, anl by
td[Osyncraslcs Of tho temperament; and, finally,
to draw tho impressive moral from tho wlIoio
example, required tho exercise OF gifts mitch
lug tho actorts OWL In strength, and finct,css.
Afr. Agcr has proved equal to tho duty tntrt,st-
ed to Him, and hos created work wlicl, will bo
classcd with tho masterpieces Of biography.
Among tic memoirs Of actors It must take
preference al,oyo all others. Mover before, in
tho lives OF tho most famous Of tic wcarcrs of
tho SOCK anil hl'sk'n, l'as such discriminating
dclincatton Of character hccn united with sucl!
keen aud apprcclatiye analyeis of the histrtontc
art md .uci, ,rot,, ,,,io,o,,,to., .,,r,,fn,tou
,,as,. IT. IT,. 1891 "t"s' '.n" poesa' ope..!uno
upo'i tne aspset uhu etF"lncaneo ol events nav
aud mutable human life.
Nv thoeo WIN ilc.trn mntn,v A cbrono1oov y,
dnls. ami far,, IN tlo ti.,nry ~ a., tI,aiaao1
aau t"Hta u. NV l0'o'y " y" 'p"F!u"Al'
be urged TINT MIR. Afgcr has overloaded his
work with critical and phtipsophtrol comments:
that he has rendered II tc,o,t hv continual III.
p1csston. m @ mi Nv tnc ,n,crnolo+,an % ~ .,.n,,1a,
essays on tho drama, on hYgicnc, on tho PROV
incc Of crticlsm. on Friendship, love, and otl,or
e,1yrestiya tpu[ts. ectxeff whcrfycr thcv nfYor,,
n, occapion fur dissertation In truth, It NAV
sr. ~ ForTcst @ throushot tbs II biorranr: it III ~
thls Will no. bo rcgrettNI l,y ihc tKouehtf,,i
reader. ii . book Is sought for tilu i1.strSstjoa
aguIns. ttis iwyAsv It Is cxtctticd md curi.ieI.
for hoyoI ts ns,,al t,tstntn wi,i, ti,n inas ",,
op!nons Of On acconpIIshctl nuti.or. Ti1oy ar, are
t.,o prt,durt al mind Of rarr r,It,re mn, Sctir.
risincss and cjrranre In tho wpifIncs in ~ Mr
Alrer. both tho1rht MIL ,jirtim, charm, au H.
form, and whatever subiccI i!ny iI,,a,rat" " an,
aIorn becomes opl;lcnt md alifncttyu. "'''
III, Ajeer cnfoyeI the Intimate acnustntoure
Of NIr. Forrest Iurinc tf,o iast vn yesra nj th,,
actor's life, ond was tho contltlant nf sIi I'm
nnnans frrnva a,,T 'Icctis ~ ~. cnt,rs ,e., .o
vp"u"o1 'SS"'9o "nA HEEAs ~ Hah cHtlIG pAAk.
~ !, 10 cns a aa.usal tna1 Us interest should no
Geeply cnilalea, anu az synpat'lics strongly
onicd hlmsclf, and Of whom 1lo ayurs ttiat there
was ever more and nluru revealed to i.i.n that
tr,lc. saya hieer. nlo Ind ,,n,Inn,"h,c fo,,,s
ticiects nnl cxsesso, whit nsrvcr.eIv arfnrtnc,7
Fl. rnt,,. ~. s~re .,,o,. " -. ,.nos.5 th u.m.Gu
q nafahhceh a1a lcTcehcsS, occasional super