, 1879-06-07
services very cheap II they ara "a bs bought With
The few shiflngs left over after dcfraytug these
e1penecs.-AeadfmV.

services very cheap II they ara "a be bought With
The few shifllngs left over after dofrayIug tileso
1penses.-Aeadtny.
Sine. Thiers ia about to present The Public
Library at Marscfltes witt! spfetlt1ed editt,u Uf
tbs Chinese Encyc1nprsJla nf The Emperor kfcu
Is obIy 10 be found IN Ensope at the British
Museun, and at tie l'lhliothrgue Nationaie at
Far!a. II appears that this edition, which son.
tatps fourteen Volumes with numerous tt1ns-
tratfons, was prnu'srd BY NJ. Th!ers to tic Town
over the ConcTesR Of Ur!ental!sta.
A story IS told Of ono OF the latest exploits Of
PFof. lslackfc, the energetic and eeceNtrc found
cr VI ,l,r ceitic Chair He prcnctcd sermon
recently In MI Eisnlnrg Church, aud proceeded
vcr1 dcc"snsfy until, IN the lleat of lis orasory,
lie calno out with sot11c ieathen exptettyc, such
as "lsy Jnyc" or ''By Jupttcr!'' a otir IN the
congregation rallied his attention TO The ctrcuIn-
stasce, Wien hlA confusion 1as extreme, and he
aptloa1zcd hcfore proceeding With bis dis.
course.
Tie Irlsh Citizen. referring to the ceremonies
q the centennial anniversary of the Irish noet,
Tom Moore. tnnoccntly md sweetly says:
"Jtdge Hilton followed him Ia happy man
ncs nn the beauties Of tho pottns of the poet,
particularly referring to bis 'ChtDde Harold
75U) from his puhiisiscrs. Ruse, Urine, Biown l.
Co." y tlaia sypograpiica! blunder, Of did
.lsdge Hilton really attribute tlM authorship Of
"Cl'!l1e Harold " to the writer Of tho Irish
Melodtcal-ttaeinnatt Cofnnsereial.
An essay by Frof. Nettle.,'p, Of Oxford, on
the poetry OF Virgil IN connection With hls llfa
and Times, has just been published by Mac"
milan l. TO. UnlEko many writerf who, with
buckle, have polluted out the evil resnles OF
patronage ln literature md art, Prof. Nettle-
ship, At u.c very beginning Of llia essay. claims
Tint tile imperial System, OF which Augustus
casar laid tile foundation, "did not create the
literature Of the so-cal1ed AuRustan Age, or
seriously nudity Its form, or influence It 70 ay
great extent BY patronage, but found It a|rcady
existing, the Ecnunc aln! hpontaneouk product
OF tho latter years OF the Republic"
Mark Pastlsou, the Englsbman. Clergyman,
and critic, holds that It is Matthew Atnnld WHO
has taught thu people Of England that The critic
81 literature must t1avn houi. He has hs't
1arEu Rtarc in the reform Of that criticism which
book must be either demolished Of recommend
cd. Without nracslctng the profession Of re-
viewer himself, for hIs reviews Of books have
been occasional and exceptional. he has taught
ION u ~ Ct .a n SrSsa9 e as1, asa "f
cintnence they ho!d In the nnnats Of ancient
civilization. hfId their bold unon which etitl
kecps tl!c French nation at the head Of civilized
Europe.a
Mr. George Bilfer writes to the London T1n,es:
..Oa ono Of the two drinking fountains near
Lord Hollands monument In the KGbsInEtun
road, II Is mentioned tlat hta lor]siip WIS 'an
aerou, pl.ahed scl,olot' Tn tho other, Tie mod
cat cptgratn In which he safely claimed favor
ahe judgment from his contemporaries Is thus
mfsprinttd:
'Nouhew Of Fox and friend Of Grey,
lie this tny deed uf fane.
That tllo%e who knew tue beat may FAY
lie tosnisled neither nhsnc.'
Or course tlle word deed should be 'meed.' I
hope 1t Is only necessary to oo!nt out this mis-
take In urdtr to hayo 1t corrected, though the
lutters are OF ison."
Mr. l'tolIope sharca With many men tho opu.
ion tbat Esfnontl' " Is 'rhackeray's best work.
He suvs IN bis ncw tous that lie onre told
Thackeray It WAS not only his best work. but so
much the best TINT there va. uonc second 70 1t.
"That was what ntc1,dcd.n the author of 1t
replied. "but lave failcl. N0boI, reads IT,"
AFTER all. what does 1t matter I" hc went on
after while. nn,l then aided: II ttcy like
Isl Esmon1 f va: ' pTe" q q "Vanity Fair" f Ii. H.
Trolloue remarks that the reader derives from
It the conviction. and this the only possible con-
victlon,. tlat among men Georgc was as wcak
turc, aud thu, among women Amelia Is as true
n1,l Becky as vile any lie has met. Tro1lopc's
"ThackcraYn IL nearly ready at Harpsr &
Brothers.
Tie Office OF tho american Antiquarian, the
promising new monthly edited by tho Rev.
tasEcIicaeo. The humber for April, May, md 1
Jd'le, lsiD, is now on hand. 1t lbs thc follow
i,,E table Ut contents: :" E.t,blcnattc Mounds
Of Wisconsin" by J. N. DcIIart, II. D. "Shell~
Beds Of Clataop Beach," by II. D. Clafke; " a
Comparison between the Archaeology OF Europe
ant America" by the Rev. s. d. Poet; "rhc
Utes Of Colorado" BY y. c. slceksr: :" Early
Indian Mirra4on III Ohio" by Z. G. Baldwin;
"An Exhibition OF tntlian charactcr," br n.
l.. CotllnburT; " Discourse OF Dr., Paul BEoca -
translated BY Prof., u. T. Mnson; "Indian Mu-
sly," bY the Rev. II. Eel!s; Pre-. Historic Man
ufacturlng Village In the Maui Valley" by =.
Il. BInk1ey; Correspondence: Editorial Notes.
Of scicntsc and literary fnc., a,ld VIC hope the
removal To Chicago of the pubteatton.oillce will
ipturu the success Of the entcrprlsc. jameson
s; Nurse HEe talc publishers.
Prince Leopold, of Eucland, Prosidcut Of the
Royal Society OF Literature. said In recent nd
dress that tile modern Greek language Is d
| jMtots Tic Daily Iveaes says: "One tutg1t ~
| well Gull t1lc Tuscan 1ta!1au q pafo1 aa npply
tint nstne to tie iHngunge of modern 4 tllens.
! 4 language partly artitlcnl 1t undoubtedly Is;
but 50 Is tltv English Ut alifton uNd tJlc French
| of Rousard. Any Ole who can read Plato and
| ThucytiItlcs can get The meanlng cut Of All
AthcnIan newspaper. THIS Is the result Of the
efforts of Greek seii0tnts who hare restored to
their native apcer1l much TINT had brci lost In
| the wear aid tear of Agca. Meanwhile, tho
peasants talk non-llterary Ronae, ln which
thtlr very beautiful son2s, full Of t1uslc senti-
nlcnt. nltd color, nre composed. In these songs
Greek ballads which Tf3eucr1tus knew a,l1 c1ab-
GRATED tDso idyls. To this musical spcech Prince
| Leopold gives ttc tan.c Of .tureun.' because it
Inns heIpcd itself out OF Turkish. Italian, and
SInyonic stores. T'ieru IA not Il language IN
Europe ihut llas not tu The saulo way borrowed
from its nciglbors."