The Red Cloud chief., 1879-11-06

Personal and Literary.

The SaturtidY RcricT saws that a. i'm
the region of pure mathematics the late
Professor Clifford was one Of the iir-t
five or six original thinkers i'm Europe.
A. an cxpounder to unscientific people
Of the foundations of science and phil
o~ophy he was almost without a rival"
MIR. Matthew Arnold. when elected
To- the chair of poetry in Oxford Inivcr-
Sity, remarked, with characteristic
irony, how pleased he was Ia be "A pro-
fcsSor, and Ia enjoy the same title borne
by those distinguished men, Professor
Pepper, Professor Beckwith, the swim
mcr. and Professor Anderson, the Wizard
of the North.
A Philadelphia lady is the owner of
a valuable relic in the shape of a manu-
script copy of Wesley's Hymns in the
handwriting IF their author. The book
descended to this lady from her grand
father, Ia whom il was given in partial
payment of a debt by the son of the man
who printed the first edition of the
hymns.
Judge Hilton of New York has pur-
chased for $4,000 "A Visit la the
Baby" by Munkacsy, painter OF the pic
turc known a. Milton Debating Para
disc Lost la his Daughters and con-
>idcrcd by many the finest work cNhib-
tied in the Champ de Mars last year.
Both works will soon bc i'll New York,
the latter having been purchased for the
LrnoX Museum.
Charles Dickens the second prom
Uses Ia do honor Ia the family name. He
manages one of the largest printing
offices in London OF in Europe. lie has
very successfully published the LonJpH
Dictionary, and the Guidc 10 Lonton,
and i now preparing Il DictiOndry o.
he THdDcs. He inhcrits his fathers
love for printing-otiices and newspa-
pcr>.
A notable performance IF AS You
Like 1t" will be given at Manchester,
England, soon, for the benefit of the
widow and children of Charles Calvert.
Helen Fawcit, who was Il celebrated ac-
trcS~ over "a generation ago, appears a.
HoSaiiad, Tom Taylor aS .AdaDi, Alma
Tadema, he EoaW, Linslcy Lambournc
a. CharieS Mc Wrestler, and Lewis Wing
field aS OyiaHf0.
Mr.. George W. Cable, the writer of
"Crc"lc NtorieS,' is a native of New
Orleans. and i now -. His first con
nrction with print was in "A rcportorial
capacity with the New Orleans ffcayuHe.
~ScT1bHor'N Nonthiy announces his new
novel, 1.-The Grandissimcs," for serial
publication during the year bcginnin"
with the November number. The scene
of this story j. laid in New Orleans about
the time of the Cr>sion of 1865. and the
themes cluster around an hereditary fcud
between two old Creole families.
4 fresh description of Charles I.cadc
SAYS that he j. biz and manly looking,
n"i fat, hut la~rgc-framc,l and muscular.
lie i very fond of physical exercise,
such a. rowing, riding. cricket, swim
mln@, and, Notwithstanding his hair i
"rizzled, his Stalwart body shows no
>i"n> of decay. He i, neat, though care
less in dress, and resembles, with his
ruddy face, easy gait, and %unconycn-
fional manner, a prosperous farmcr. lie
likes c~"n@rnlal company, but not formal
society, which, Is a rule, he takes pains
To avoid. lie enjoys himself with a lot
of good fellows and lively actresses over
pipes and "A bow Of punch, but j. not
di>~ipatcd nor sensual. He has Il whole
some degree of animali>m. AZ most of
his countrymcn have. hut he takes all
his pleasures in moderation. He i Il
bachelor, but has a spacious, pleasant
house in the suburbs of London.