, 1877-02-18
Mrs. Sargent's Last Evening"
for the Winter.
E. P. Nhipple Gives Us IN Inside View
Of Various Celebrities.
George Bancroft and Jefferson Brick.
Motley and Secretary Fish.
j Westerner Of Old Days Asks Question of Old
Eoston-.-A Profaue Answer:
.Sn.eia! Coyrxspon1ence QT 1Ae TrttHne+

.hat f. P. Nhfpp1e was the reader OF the OF
CASTOR. :. for Of course. at pretty much all the
nartIcs in Boston now IA paper 3" on SOME sub
;oct or other f. read. Miss Preston in her No
Name :, storv. s1s That ALL, hits off this grow
;,,or srrae} for ESSAYS saudyiched in with coffee
an7 care in her siv description Of Guildforl
,rhar. aha savs. The art actually survives In
Cu;1dforf1 nj p,y1nr u party where the guests In
,tude hot}, o]I] and Young. where no paper Is
raad,
n,,+ ,oto,v wants to find fault with such
n,nor ac Nr Whlnole read, especially when 1fr.
srh;nn1e rad II In TINT mt]odious voice Of his,
xrh,eb be s.ems tn hare rot into the most COM
n1ete trimming possible for the human organ, to
oxnrocs h,man svmnathy in the translation Of
anpthor,z words. His apaper u was founded
,,.son III. Centennial articles in Harpers n4ga-
s;1,s h,,t ~ Contained in some points fuller and
frcer e.nression. and il Is this that propose to
o,r. I went in 4 little late, missing the
6rst If tbe naner. which touched upon certain
celebrated diyines aud statesmen OF past day,
hr+ IN time tn hear what Was pronounced by
a,r,;cr corners to be the most interesting por-
t,on-thnt thai treated of the purely literary
ncn.
r,,tr 1~ wuEy pAycRoFT WAS BEING ANA
LYzED,
and in speaking Of the historians strong tno1-
v;.lna1ity. the following vivid description was
piven: ALE has q strong and pronounced indl~
yiduality, fixed ideas bud ideals, and ID apt to
see things not In their relations With each other,
hut in their relations to Mr. Bancroft, and some
times giycs an erroneous representation Of lactS
by his mode OF arranging aud interpreting
thcl ~, aa.a;ona,1,. in a cloal, Of calm, mys-
wrappea oceas'o.a4ts - ~,.ol1;zns az
ferrous supAn''ts, aiiu -: 49,
II he had been inftlateo Ill 'no
counscIs Of Providence, or at least
,'.1 =. rmareon,s nhrase-ulistened to gods In
.ha;- t,,ss,n m the eternal polities'' At other
tneH gossip W tae - e...,.a ~ 1a.,ama-
times he INDUCES IL stfaIsse ne"No ~ 49,,
ton, and goes furious1r not SO mucn 1or tHe
glory as the gloriflcation Of the country rep
lesen'a f:'''opt ~ ;n;,eod annroacnes
Is occurring hefe' an'' 1Aoee0' "'e@
dangerously near .
. THE RHETORIC OF Mr.. JEFFERSON BRICK.
r,: r,h,o,bo1fsh tome unworthy not only
LUIS esu'o -. 1<ro,.,, -,,n il generally
| followed by a lucid narrative OIL events or
really philosophical vie" OF their import,
,rh,cb has M connection with the rant
"nA'I -. = .rafaca1 Indeed. the
oy "nlen - pat,rssn some of hi,
leciamators propositions and the Incidents
| and persons he brings IN 10 tne1f suppoAt' ~
wide that the readcri is reminded OF the logic OF
| that reosorer Of whom it was said that, ~ his
tuAs ie1 had 10 cone,cnt sma1l-nox. his con
premises hau tne eo"n ~ eo+..h;ror II ,,
clusions would be IN no peru u e1'Iutus -,
The next in order was Prescott, and here the
hr;,1j,nt rrnressiop which checked itself in the
o'n4.Aas ta.1 ri, eu,v What fine prcsen-
prIn!teu; ~ ~. .a0 A4''
tatl9n Is tn.s: .,ot, hi. rcs;dence Was on Bea-
frescott, Lnousn na ~ I.,anta1lr lived In the
con street, ~ oos, n1,5 smonm Tie nersonages
age ana county, auu ,+aor - of h,e histories He
forming tue sunjcnai ha 80 s,e q, ~ ~ Columbus,
was III 1magna ad h;s ~ canse hefore the Spanish
when nc picao Ills ca"9e o0Ao'e '''0
Court; rur GREAT
HE WAS on TUE STAFF OF GoSss.,U' ~ =. NV
CAPTAIN II rue "Aas A. ~ ~ Inarr,, IN the
he accompanied oortez ~ w .ha ,iies Win
City OF Mexico; ne tollsn W .1s h saoa,5 1her
Pizarro: he sat opposite ft M tne e I'm f.ar.
he ordered the execution 9. Us ~ s1u J6 +he
los. His imaena,lon ,stn, adn,| i;snn.ed' and his
facts which his UNDERSTANDING ..d hr ~ intel.
was wc made Al les 81
the brain seem see 10 n'@ ~ '4'Ss 41>e-'A'
the heart x,.o, with Proc.
Or Motley IN son1pai'sJf" daa' of thr same de.
colt, we get Eooa ~ utai J., =, nr,nt ae Thr con-
scription that has ncen ppt ~ With Prcscott's
trast OF ceFtan 'lg a1. f,,t xh;ch IA ,,ot IN