, 1877-03-09

critics aa1A Of It: "To Distribute wealth in 4
poettrnl way. man must hare horn gcn1ns far
the occupation. and ID difficult 10 suggest nny
nn,k Of what Aristotle might hnyo tn1eh tho art
ofrxpenliturc' a. It ~ impossible 10 withhold ad
rTratson where great stroke il done. The gin Of
Clcopatrn's necdfo ID such a stroke. and deserves
ssthetlc spprovn1 ~ we'll AZ gratitude"
rtof A. i. burbank. the rcsaor. has planned m
ambitions entertainment for Sunday. l1e purposes
rsAasng tbs principal portions of sha play Of
''11amlet," occupying abont ono hour and : half.
Tho residing will take place In the lfusshey MpTle.
Haf Sunday afternoon, and II tito success obtained
II as iafge N now seems probablo othcF etak.
speAfcAn plays will bo given In turn, forming &c.
hes Of entertainments as unique a. valuable.
Thero ID aon,e hops that tho want in American
literature which has long becn fels-nnmely, q
critical weekly Of the first claa*ul1l soon be- sliet
Tho Lt6rary 7d5ts. heretofore Jssuei monthly, has
met With suct. favor that It wilt hereafter be pnb
1ished weekly. Henry H. Hinton l. Co.. Of New
York, are tho proprtetors> The intention ID to
make It an American Atasn9utn Or tedafwv, THO
Hafton, which has many lllinttive features, to
not distinctive enough. In small space itattcmpts
to coTef the whole range Of politics. lfcratnst and
art. aid Il not thorough In any department. it,
book notices arc frequently Delayed untl aftcf tho
iatcrest tn the books mentioned has died away.
ManJ Americans no doubt arc laborIpg under tho
tnrrcsn1on that the dninesborouRh portrait 0f tho
Duchcss Of Devonshirc, which waa sold last year
for the largest aum eser pnia Tor \ picture
G10, 605,-and afterwards sto1en, has been recos.
cred, gnch ls not tho care. The picture sten,a 10
hare vanished Into tho limbo Of lost and destroyed
pictures, (which. "fays thc f.ondon Timts, 'tIsun.
fortunately too fn'i Of such treasures majority
Of stolen pictures hare, In fact, becn found again
- WAS tho famous Heading Bfngdalcnc' OF tor.
rcggo, stolcn from The Dresden cutlery In l1Hg,
which was discovered 10 ahayloit, hidden In q hn!c
closc BY chimney. This picture wa. worth
great many Duchess Of Dsvonshtres, the recovery
Of which IL still likely to remain problem for
the detectlves."
The great attRaaa of The present season In London
*ill be that Of tha collection Of the late Mr robert
Napier, tho iron shippndcr Of ulasgow. The
nnkng Of thls collection was the occupation OF tla
,wnsr for moro than half i century. sui, A. hts
wealth was enormous, the vn'ue Of tho paintinga Is
now beyond that Of almott any private collection in
Scotland. The saln will take place In April. Thu
catalogue hns 4, 600 numbers, Of which ncnrly Zoo
lrc pictures representing the oil ma.tcrs Ut tho
Italian. Spanish, French, Dntch, German. and
Flemish schools. 4 more attractive 4ale even Than
this will be that Of tho modern pictures belonging
to Mr. Albert Grant, tho epcculator, which also
comes OF In April. Tho slbson collection Of
wedgcwooa work, which takes ita name from tllo
late DR.. slbson, Ia to be sold carly In March.
Tnc radical paper Of Boston called tho Index
2aFt elhteso Hloutc 10 tht cafslcAtnCg6 OF Hf.
Moody: ''lese lies his mighty powcf-for mighty
,owet he bar, or biz career won[d bo impossible.
Faith In h1s own Gospel burns aud tfaxcs IN uyery
Sorl ho uttcrs. Seldom has tho omnipotenco Of
axcl purpose and whitehead enthusiasm reyeaicd
Itself n'ofc than Ia tho manner In which lo Eas
tonaersrted men. money, and organizations Iuto
tho feFyicc Of his own WILL" Tho eucccsa Of Mf.
Moody In boston. however, . is thus far
rot a. all equal to TINT which he enjoyca In
th(cdRD Thn nnt ri Il us1w
large, and they arc snato up In great part Of curl
ops nnbcl'eyert. While on tho Moody sublcct, one
word must 10 added In regard to tho saxon ele-
nent Iii bis liscouFses. Tho Springfield Rtpntffe.
d" has BEEN at the pains to analyzo the passage In
which he speaks OF the lore OF uoa and his cxpe-
seure sitha boy.preacher, and flr.ls that there
arc hardly dye wotua Of Latin origin in tho 6rst
200 spoken. Thta IL Quo Of tho nloat a.s1kIsg IN.
sanccs Of tho pFedomiuance Of gnxon to bo found
In modern literature. Tic story which uses tl,!s
Saxon fs sweet md touching enough to have been
Ffisten by \ u1astrr Of expression.