, 1879-01-25
Sir John Lubbock Among His Ants
New Wonders Of the
Speotroscope.
calor,Clipdness in Boston--The Swedish
Arctic Expedition Tho Celtic
Languages.
LITERATURE.
OF A uTNLUOOp.

The AEaue'e -honthtv' t"o Years ago. "ail re"
membrr Tint theS were pr'hteu unues lne u''e
Of IAN oid Womans tos''p:" 1n's sol"ano
will bo called "Heeofos OK u'f'oooo.
There Is little chote between TIC tItlcs' 10th
0e .s " '.,s wav ~ Tho indulgence Of tie reader
peSua' W.! -,...,J ,h.+ NJ. Knn,t,t.,s
Andit must os .on.esssu ,.as ~. ' a,"a%e
writings need that sort OF indulgence. sue neF-
,.lf,naeined. eycn when very young, that slle
b.1. rreat literary rift. nnd that II she chose
Aea ~. ~, frooiv ehe might rnale hot}, tanc
~ are ~ u.,, ,.t.t,,,.u th,, ~. ,r,.
and fortune w IL. now "letuhch tu', loc" "us
even her iufatuated admirers must have per-
rtI,ed long before tho Atlantic articles were ln-
t.h.I sfr6. Kcmblc writes, indeed. with
suso. a...u. ara h.. !, roo5 ,onn,n.,a ~
hueney hhu etaee' ~, Sr' "Aa '. 49, -
sa1g ss,, ef o'1euse a IL dlusensss. She faulty rec
rr,,e. mia In one p]acc where sho refers 10 tic
s.,,+s1 r.rtnou,ncs. of nm old woman. uertlim
nasuFa. sa'' ,,a ..,,,. .,n.. ~, nam,ra. a.n ~
pe%spsG' ,so, lsp from lsregarting what we should
think would be the pro1nptings Of
n,nr. M instructed. Here arc Coo parss, close
H. n,,,,rd o,vrn IN Tho record of mn nrtlsi,c RI.
ts.F , which, ali told extended oycr only four
years aud 4 half. Tic career ITSELF was not so
rcmaresh1e. nor its successes 10 Triumphant. that
:, ,,,..orvca to. h, cbront,.lcd at preatcr 1cnrt,,
,han Tint of Aracrcady OF Garriek, or the famous
Mrs. sIldons hersc1g, The rccollcctiuus, tt
,hou,d be understood, arc not brought down
further thau Fanny hemplcs marriage n"d her
retirement from Inc staec. Iheae uoublo events
~ e,nsa: her vrimme ai'rnn,tv with tIc smn1a
.nnon,,scm"nt snT of hrr marFiare in phtIsd"inffn
III June, 1854, md her name is printed on the
n5.]eaf Frances Ann kemble. Wc 1ayo chosch
n,rs n she fcx r"marks that rra Ia he maiia In
ill.,, III. ,isce IA. 49, ,snnn hpr vni,,mes ~ ~ -A
Tie book derives la Chief valuc--and 1t un-
qucstlonably has vAlue OF certaln surt-from
'the light It throws , en- m contemporary tfe md
matir annals. The history Of the Kcmble fam
lily would 10 Incomplete without this addition to
II, The ono or two exquisite touches that tlla
author giyes III describing her visits to her
s!ddons' life, worth all that Tho b!ographers
have written about her. ~ What price blo
has paId 10. her cc1cbrity!n y wrote Fauno kcnI-
bic Ia ISL" uncasincas vacuttv, and utter
deafness ot spirit. The cup has been 10 highly
Daforcd TINT ij{e il absolutely without sayur Or
Bweetncsa to her -ior, nothing but tastclces
.inslpldisy. eho has stood on pinnacle till nll
things have come to look tut and drcAry, lncte
poor woman! What fate to bA iton-
dclnned TO- aud Jet how abe has been enyel
Is well ~ ad.nIrcd.n Gould there 10
stronger tcstimony tilan this to the whitening
an. honorablS1 The c1perieuce Of her Aunt
earsh may weil l!ayo becr tls t,rst ca cause % of
Faunio Kenble's own settled aversion 10 tho
stage as profession Tor women. sic lnt,tnatcs
u much In euulhrr place:
"Tno yanu varuitv ~ the That xoors ~ nv
Aunt Siidops' ltto had made n nrufnnnf, fmnrns
stou upon me,-hrr anuaront ,fandness mi IN.
difference to eyersthIn,r. wilt, attrihu,ca I'M.
Justly, pcrjlapsl tess u hrr ntIvan"cd nTa XII
impaired powers than tn whnt sunnosst1 1 III
sithprinr auI Irylnr incnr.. of ,I. ~.
lating at,pUsubcrc ri enotion e1cits,nsnt mi.
admiration II, wt.h sra IN nass.s, IT,. ista ~.
ccttaI II IA iS.t sh ~. ~ 1r""a ~ H., aIss
of my profession W upon tnv. tlmt a'ide d s1vs a1
earnest tsitinn IN ,ny.1,,iy tnt snt1t1
H. DEFENDED fro ~ ty ua,f cx p,aye,s [Gc sat G
might exercise upva Inc. ~ y '""ue"'o 's@''' ~
Ihr pre,rmt vn,.'n,n ~ T. am ,o.. ..,,.t,. =,
corFc, for what Il ts,a u ~ ~ 'noe @ ~. vaane' 81
Charles Kc,nc In. ns,f,' ~ s nsa an5s y,
IeGt md iIl'hnaI.,, nas 10 pasnsuL sLruE9Ics M!th
terms in .srh i;t.,ors o =, osssroea sI ~ genera
but, from lie na"r9g o. ~ '9 IT, nsoe anss sa 10 ni.r
euntial au nw Iint ~ ,h ~si' a. tmss one aew
il W.. the , os h!ne snose struggics werc
g,yat ,rana.i. ta'a;s " Caae!es 10 oe'ona %
M the paIs ~ "! ada. witaont possessing X t9 te
Charles nsver se a ns elaer bfoter " hts eister