New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-24
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SCRIRNER.

sCRIBNER
A narer in this number entitled Reminis-
cenees OF Washington" contains several Interesting let
tiers and anecdotes furnished by a ldy of Virginia
daughter az Captain Robert Lewis who was TIE son Oh
the only sister of General washp on that attained the
are of wom9nhood. Captain Eewis favoitc
nephew of Washington aud at the early Of eighteen
became his private secretary, and was appointed escort
10 Mrs. Washington her long journey from MOUNT
Vernon to Join her husband in New-lolk He pes"n ~
keen record OF the df,ly events Of his HE; oi "hHh
Jnly fragment is preserved describing ire pIosoS
from Mount VERNON 10 Baltimore. Among the "hccuo'S
treasured up Oy his daughter is about SET o couc
sb,ll bn,,ons that Washington wore his coat when
coming from any other source might nc cohs'"'I'"
anoeryplal The vcritabe buttons, however are hoS
sand TO be ia possession Of the lady VINO harl"'es %
recollections: - \ needy sailor witha Wheeo"t'" VI
she ceostcd the General on the street. and hodih2 ny
q number OF conch-shels implOred him ~ b'V 'h'il
washington listened with sympathy TO the story ol MS
suo,uncs and want and kindly replied that nc
sropId bpv thcm If he could IN any way
make use of them. Necessity perhaps snaip'nV1
tho sailors wits and he promptly s"sR"s""
that they would make lovely buttons for MA VcVet coat
The General doubtless smiled at the ingenious proposal
ut cod t try Them Crying home his ocean treasure
az mink shells be sent for buton-maker to kno" II o
could manufacture useful article out Of Che pretty pay
things with which he found himself incInbeled' INC
workman replied he could make the buttons IL lie co'"
find an instrument sharp enough 70 pierce theih' "","
inrton would have nothing useless about HIM. an" 50 .o
shells were delivered 20 the manufacturers VINO III uc
fine returned them 10 him in the shape Of concaVe nut
tops little larger than a quarter of dollar WIN Il
silver drop in the center hiding he spot where INC eye i
fastened beneath. The President then ast'hshe" 'le
republican court by appearing In coat VIII PINK coN'
heu buttons sparkne on its dark velvet surface Eighty
wears ago seems fashion ru.~l in the hearts OF over
The co;upcs Of men and women, Just as il does now
for Captain Lewis bears testimony that conch-'h'i'
buttons immediately became tie rage Ihe SheI'eh-
ders' and buttou-makcrs' fortunes were maze Dy u0
Generals passion for utilizing everything tha' c1he
into his possession" Mr.. Clarence Cook completes me
series ON Household Furniture in the present NUMBER
insisting that although his suggestions cannot be carried
into effect without good pot OF money long Aeao VIII
go further in the matter than long parse ana ' al ~
events family may keep so,1 and body together anu
cultiyate the Muses. beside. without ihc cosy adOns
of the NeYork An example OF This IS presented
I'm the household Of celebrated Massachusetts " sage
whose home will be recognized though his name Is no.
mentioned "A week OF two ago at pretly furnished
table ,..,
Across the walnuts and the wine,
chance brought mp the of poet-phlosopheF very
dear IN some Americans who young thirty years
sco never thought of without stirring OF the heart
mingled of reverence and affection II seems that III hS
old age THIS man, like many another whose WORK nS
been force to help lit his generation up to mSbeF
Tall the grateful thoughts that spring mp at the mention
Of lis name were coined into gold and poured mo DIS zap
lie lives in Il ulain good house i'll the county The wln-
dows of which look ont upon modest acre or two OF MS
own; he eats plain fare. and is pleased WIN "h!V ne
oats and cares than tue most boneSpun OF dis
peiehbors FOR Injuries, for the things that 20 u"
,hoy His luxurics are the liberal sunshine that
streams IN at his windows the Holan harrng oi the
pnetrce grove that shelters hs house, and the peace
that dwells within its walls. 1t happened that some
vell-to-lo Ieoplc from the city had been visiting the
poe;'s family, and they brought BACK 10 Town d
melancholy report of the condition OF things they FOUND
there Would Peekn street believe it! The poets 'aDc
was set out with plain white china ieaven grant that
closer view might not have found II only edrEeh"dfe9'
and some Of it was chippcd and the tunbcrs were 10"
mates and the wincgasses in such way that lhe
actually had to be supported by the tumbiers! II
n,atcrcd not that this plain house and to It's frhga
New-Engand table, came the picked society OF uie
world or that the best people III the land THINK II al
added pleasure to their lives 10 he of the company lhese
fine ci;yeope Zone wonders how they came there saw
nothing bat the plain living and found 10 compensation
I'm the hugh thinking" Among the OTHER attractive
articles in this number Mr. Macdonoughs breezy
cameron Sea Trout Fishing" John BuriOuEhSs Lon
don Adventure" and Mr. George +. Warnings cXeeheht
essay on Village Improvement"