, 1877-02-07
PERSONAL.

I'm. Bailey, better known AZ "Tho Danbnty
Nt,fs Man. ".lcctureA latoy IN Milwaukee. Tht
Sentinel fays he IL rntAcr tall. slim, SsacefHl!y+
awkward, with long, dark halr, ts1tlng kInk In
his eye, and has dellgatfnl drawl.
The latest succcssfu1 work Of fiction Is "sfdo.
nto." Il translation fFnm the Frcnch Mos.ss
Estes Il Laurtns laro already. 1t Ia sad, dlspoacd
OF Q, 600 copies Of tho ook,-l. COO cppIcs going
to s[nsio Western 6rm Tho story ID wckod and
interesting.
4 now humorous pamphlet entitled "Meekins's
TwInssos," " said to bo very funny, Is dedicated
''T0 tho Happy Man that hEnt Got but ono Chile
and Him Orowed mp. and Doin' nv uooh 1.ixntA
In Il Far Distant Lam, whar Ic Kant 10 1lccrcd a
crying in tho Nite for lila uoIul." West, johnson
j. TO- ars tho publishers.
Tho statement Of Boston newspaper that
Mother Uoosu was vcstablo pcrsonare and lived
IN that city. 's questioned by correspondent OF
tic Now Yrrk I'ost. who sccn1ls thu reference Of
Waller Scott to tContca DO ConHcre rOgo."
Tho writer believes that mnny Of tho melodies arc
Of real antiquity ard Of various natlons.,
1fEss Kate Field, a1waYs br1Iant newspaper
worker, bnt an unsuccessful actress, has returned
to l.cr arxt loYo In London, and IL now writing
regularly on American sab5ccts for tho Examiner.
It IL presumed that II i4 her hand which has un-
gcntly corrected Fnnch, for putting tho negro
word "totc" in tho mouth Of typical Yankee.
ME. Henry Ward Dccchcr-s minister's son him.
sclf and m 1ntcrcstcd party-psonounces false ind
wicked the common stato'ncnt thts ntnistors' sons
do not turn ont well. Tho Statistics Of Now I'm.
gland, ho aays show that generations tho child
rca Of nnatesa have turned out better than any-
body olsc's. hut what do tho Statistics OF Brook.
lya chow OH tho aubIcctf
Mr. 8. Il. Crockcr, Tho editor Of tho Llftrdry
If,or|d. Boston monthly of aome merit, Is scrI-
ousty Ill from oscswoEk, and his recovery IL con.
stiosed doubtful. It was ills ambition to mako bis
paper tic Afhtn9HM Of An,pslca, aud be might
have succeeded had h!s health bccn spared Him.
with vast amount OF cgottsm and scrcno conf.
deuce In himself no haA alsu conscientious sp,rt
and his Industry was marvellous.
TITO Amherst Student, col1cl3o newspaper,
rrnta appeal to The students to buy their books
at full Fatca OF the Town book.scllcrs Instead OF
dealing with irresponsible vendors who oHcr Iargs
discounts. This II m Instance IT iagcnanusuess
such as has not often been exhibited ofcn In cpt-
lcge town; and wo fear vcsti:o of It will roain
after the usual allowance Of political economy bas
been communicated IL tho editors of the Student.
Mrs. Ann s, Stephens, Tho fertile composer ot
1terasy rubbish, allllllsfa and hoarlshes in New
Iurk. She gavo reception the other day which
grsced BY tl,t presence Of such cctcbflt1rs a.
Joaquln Miller anl Flank Leslie. ahe was born In
1917, aud ID nt present doing moro work th&n ever,
being u constant contributor to PtffFsonts Mdga.
sfns and other publications Of that description.
Iur writings have brought her In comfortable for
tune.
Mr. Gladstone SAYS that by far tho best book on
tho interior Of Turkey IL called "Tho Tusks, tho
t,sccks, and the Slays: or, Trasels In Turkey and
Europe" 1t was written by two English ladies,
Miss Muir Mackenzie aud tho Hon. Mes Ieby. aud
made tts ,sst appearance ten yeirs ago. Coplcs
ato probably not to bo obssued now, especially
sEnca 3ir. d,alatone haa publicly acknowledged Lis
Indebtedness to tho book for q largo sharo Of hIa
own information OIL tho subject, but reprints will