New-York tribune., 1879-10-28
SCitIIs\ER.

The number for this month opened with
one of Nil Rdeing's rscv sketches lie dcscr
ing the rcna able features The French Quarter In
New-York." which rcproiuces IL the region west Of
. oadway ana hei wecn Gsand-st. and Washington
,quaIe many characteristic specimens OF the fasi"h
popuace. The people, VINO are mostly of the poorer
cla-ses. nearly al Fgcnch French IA the an-uas
of III. snS yer the doors and windows the Commune
mas there it, emssaries and cXcS; trere are swhrt
faces which have ,lnddcred IN irenzcd glee oVr me
a lanes of the 40 Ell de vale. ard become blohztu
under the SUI If NV Caledonia. Ine inhrbians OF tue
quar,r are generally industrious, thiHN ana non" ST.
Tncy earn liislc bus spend less They retain mary o.
the customs of tucir .ud. well as the language
Scattered among toe ludu siIal and criminal classes q"
.A quarter there professors o. Languages ana
ncaless music jegc.crs. w1o N uiin themselves VII"
u ar OF shabby geDiit, o tnc srndef'st 0f ihc""'T
Literature ana have lc,r voices IN d sna"okihs
loii,es. combining a peculiar mental eXdhailon Win
ho,jiiv penury AT the Taveine Alsacienne' Ia
Orcemest. "A lower AMI vicious class II To
hc s.eu ". ,pic~ gloomy basement wlih al imroN-
crl,neu bal al side duG muoh-YOrn billiard table
"a tlr ,l! Il maijcr no, wAa tie AOUr IS, whether 10
ue IN the ioIaroou aitoru. ou. az PAST midnight c~
clc o men is gath,r,d around the tables absorbed H.
Huu,,. tcarc. yimri-ci'. st oi tntm are Without
COATS aui thc sa.b.ursu td,r oler etun 'nts rs hi
up 3y "a brilliant Tcd laHdinI horc.ef or crimson
uvclsAli. Ken II luccs shot Tor the tavern
Inns certain cliHe outside O; which II has few GUS
tut.Dr -usucuG .t ut our INVASION. stranger
m the IayeI he Asaci,nnc' j. very likely to he spy
or detective. ard the hG nHtS re sensitive under III
sp.c.u. TAcy are drnhlu- W4Lc, Nt1u0D and green
l,n-opalne drauah;s of ah>uihe. Staggering IN I'M
ncrvcd and s.upafoi from hc preyious nights dcauoh
hey show Few s,ns of y lily rntil four or Ave glasses
of the ahtne have been d INK. and taen thu awakc
their eyes brighten and their Tongues loosencdthe
routine OF play. smoke. and alcohol is resumed
Mr. +. p. Rocs 'succes With Small Fruits"
gives som, results OF large experience devoted
20 the cultivation OF strawberries well as o. htcr-
tre and records testimony AGAINST the sour, crude
!rUii known IN market Wilson's Albany" which
mas obtained degree favor which II does not de-
bc ore ripe. and nard enough 10 stand the rough
usage required t. bring 10 It's distant consumers The
remedy. Nh hoe suggests. the hands OF the pur-
chasers. Let them insist being supplied with super
berrcsl kc the "Iromphe the "Mouurch." The "Clarles
Dovuiur" and the reign Of the Wilson's would speed
lly give place to delicious fruit "Tre Mclisau Gray
ling N be read with interest by tue lover of natu-
raj history a. well as the sportsman; Rare Lawn
Trees" Is valuable contribution 10 the art of ano-
scaYc sard. -luG; Nh Morris Moore ana IIS OG Mas
tcrs" by Clarence Cook. clear ana eli oql' nj
description OF the celebrated Apollo and Marsyas OF
Raphael and the VIRGIN Of tie Lrcicrn " OF Michael
Angelo now III the possession M Morris Moore. IN
Rome Of which eugravnGs given IN the present
number OF the MAG zine. There also good papers
on The Mississippi Jetues,' " How Animals Get
Home" and Picturesque Features in Kansas Farm
ing" Some extracts given from the Journal Of the
late Henry j. RAYMOND, odied by his son, and Mr. l..
c. sednans admirable paper on the " Poetry aud Lit
erary Career of BayaId Taylor" has already been
! noticed IN columns.