, 1879-08-16
TIE CHICAGO

few as they nay be able, md make the neecs-
College. En1ton, ia., In. c1.arge Of Tie Amer
tcnn part Of the work.-Afu }ork Post.
=. The third volume Of Thavcr'e "f,'tc Of Bee
thovch n finished. Theirs Istjttte mn.tcat crstf-
G,ssl indnlRel IN by the hfoErarAc!. Tl'a volume
oeals orlnctnaalv with Dccthoycn's correspond
a:., .ne hs aborttyc matrimonial projects, hts
n6sailalntahrc With Goetso nntl Bettina, his
.itla'1esaI cmlmr'nssnents AMI ttfGattons, n'Hl
ie F,t,s,' ta,o,Intsscncns Of llis relations With tho
American, hut thn work IS wrIttcn in f1arfnan
AMI published by Williams (. Noreatc, London.
At Mcssrs ll0nghson, O,xool Il Co.'S there
ls IN preparation 10, apecdv issue n new edition
nt Col. Warnings "Thc Sanitary Drainage Of
lintlscs and Towns,n whiel' vas published three
larged bS the addition u the nrtIclo an the
drainage of Cumberland Mills village In Matne,
wh!cl, appeared In recent I'arrsr'a afd7n.tur,
and also hy the asso atlantic Hpnfh'Y article
upon recent modlflcatfDns IN sanitary t1ralnnEc.
The house has also Just lssuctl tho last four
volumes uf the lllllelratcd library r.ftion OF
Dickens. They are " Pictures from I.aiy," anil
."Anmor,san -. r. Noses.n in one volume, "skcsehcs
History Of England" 4 list NJ new bonks for
The fall trade will be out about tile lst Of Sep.
tember.
Novels written BY sounc writer's arc compared
By the J'au ,na1 Gazette 10 green goosel'ertics
occas!ou for lmp1tfenca nt,,l w0nt1er. Tie re-
members TINT noyewrItlnC Is a ,lfrnlt art, htNl
IS nBtonfahcd that no apprenticeship Is thought
necessary to ltA praetfcc Reading and writing
come By nature; md 10 hare at thc masters null
outdo Their fcats no course Of preliminary eYn,-
nastfcs is needed. This being The casc, one Is
overwhelmed with stories without plot or Incl
dent, intriguca without point or object. psyct,oI-
oGy TINT Ia merely stupid descrlntIon that t!ocs
not describc. dialogue tim: Is hut mnno1tgue in
disguise, heroes with nothing masculine about
them but tltir natncs, nnl hero!ncs most nisi
fully fesntniue ns1tl the nbfc ts lucky II f gets
half dozen novels a wear that arc worth re-
mcmbrnncc and rcpetusat.
Mcssrs. Leo T. Shepard will ieRuo soon two
books which will Appcal 10 atorv-lovcrs. One Is
hy the Dnnbury Ntsrs tnnn. who iakcs ~ his
unique title. "Alr. PhtlIips' Gonencss.h j. fs
mvc.stnry throughout, nrd Mr.. Baes's admir-
css will have an opportuulty To sec what his tai.
cnt Ia In this new field. The other huos is az
Tight Squeeze" oy Staats. n Chicago Journal
1st.. 1t Is the story of gentleman Who owagcred
| With another that he would travel rs tramp
iron, Mgr York 10 New Orleans within three
weeks. nc was TO start without cent, ind live
| regular tram.ls life. Or coursc thu FIRST OBJ
strcle vas the Jersey CITY fcrry hnt tlle pseudo
and made hts way to New Orleans. stealing rides
| whenever he could. lie went TO st. Louis, nnd
thu nee down the river. living wtll tramns. and
learning much of their l!al,I.s. Ilc arrived Ia
| NEW oEkFulH Dn klIIAts lis iF iHtUIHtS l}HI LIE
difference Of time brtwcen that niaee and New
Yurls-for he was TO 60 un New York time-lost
l!1n bis wa9er Of $4,000.
| On .1unc e q memorial statue t. BoccaeclO,
,lse autIor Of ihe "Dceamcruuc and "a Father
| Of 1tnlian prose- was inaagnratel at Ccrtaldo,
III Tuscany, where his faulty possessed property
for centuries. nntl whcro tue house t. still pre-
served in which he lived fur tnany years, and
closed his life In 1919, when GO years OF agr.
| Ccstaldo Is on tic railway tron, Florence to
rS11 t4tHF F$nv fnitS. Gttt, ,14+@ u
| weather beautiful. thousands assembled TO wit
ness tic cercmunfal. The Chamber Of Deputies
| was represented By sotnc Of tss rnctnbcrs. The
| Universities OF Palermo and 1'at'ua. tic
Academy Uf the CrtlSc1. un over fifty municipal
| corporations sent jcputations. There WAS n
| procession from the Pnlazzo del AlunictpIn 10
| Boccaecto's house., nnl acicct dcputatton
| visited the thrrc modest rooms In which the
noyelst passed 6tlch considerable rerlot! Of Ills
| life. 'ihu monument designed md erected by
fhr sculptos, Augusta Passaglia, gives general
satisfaction.
". Rcnan's recent tlIsqutsItlons on the suoc-
riority OF French culture to taic Gcrlnnn have
called forth a. .tfnsIn. reIoinlef Iron From Ils5s !o.
that Tlenau is great iterateWr who lives tn thu
clouds; that Germans do ,Iot pretend to be
| heroes. but arc satisfied with bc'ng statesmen
1 s.s soasF Sr S p,ses ns e9ns. @
no lonrer bc artists VIC prefer, 70 mako
| them clerks, recruits, sensible electors, II
| It Is possible. but not philosophers, nor
afsse that s0o d. of ts"xs hnnrsr
substantial house, comfortable, and. ahore al,
we'll protected, strong money chest full o
ready casli,-tllat r. the object Of otr ucsiresf
Away with tho Imaginary blessings tl,ut you call
| glory, lore, herossn1, wordR sun0rous aud The
| p1aythInEs OF children. ralnhow-hncd soap !sub-
bfcs which vanish without leaving trace.
| smoke whtrh The least breath can blow away !!
We arc after moro solil comforts. tod kecp
| fron1 Nr1rHHt1fnrinr sitn rnHuiNuO1It
| philantlropsts like LesstnE, sublime neutrnla
like Goethe. rhctoricians Hike Schiller, drcaincrs
l!ka Beethoven What did they eyer do for thu
| German E1npiFcl'
1t Is strange TINT some one Of our puh1.llInr
firms does not issue good geographical dlcilon-
arr, which Is md has lung been Eorely needed.
There is a work of tho kind, hut 1t ts entirely
unsatisfactory, having brcn cotnntled,apparcntls
without rcvis]catiosl, from various SOURCES many
Of them Of remote nnd what Is worse, Of vary
luz date, thus preventing the scarcher after ln'
formation from knowing wllsn unll whenrc thu
3aets aud figures wore gathered. Fnrlous
editions ,nos bare oesn 'ssusa but tic priSl,
title pago md Ia tho weincc. giving
ASSURANCE Of the latest revision uni ror.
rccttons. Such resislons and corrections uro
not observable 10 any extent III thu holy OF the
volume. It sc!ls, no doubt, bccaess 'hcrc Is
nothing else to buy, nnd The nublic probably re-
gard poor work as 5ottcr than none ut all
which may explain Why tue publisher l'as not u
| SnEu uetOsE Tits LuQT0uIuf HeN HlNl IluhL-
worthy ctittlou. Especially III regard to tic
United States II Is defective, beca,lsG they
tlnve undergone 50 many aud gr"At
changes III poIut nf population. wealth, nIul,-
ufacturea, etc. Many considerable toWrs hhve
sprung up hero whtcl. tcu OF !ftccn years ago
isad no exissenec, md tho wl.oin country
haa 10 ti,nt period undergone mateEiat reyulu-
tiun. As the nntturIa cclislla will DO taken The
comtng year, this Is d very favorable talb fur a
new geographical dictionary, Indispensable as II
book Of reference, Tho work, to hays any
saiuc, should he dnno not with paste aud sca-
soss, but thoroughly and lntclligcntiy, anil we
feel confident that iho publisher WIN Is enter
prislng c1lnlgll to bG ilgst In sha hnia with 1t
will be well compensated for his trouble nn,l
cspcuse. No hook OF reference ia so greatly
wanted, or would be so widely wclcumed, a. d
geographical dictionary, tnr We hayo been fol
years practically without unyththE deserving oi
! The uAtuc.-4feo }0rk T.Haez.
In his life Of Thcopl,ilo Gautter N. Iiprrerat
tells US That The Froneh poct.novclIst had the
blood 1T Kings IN his veins. t;aut!cr was u ro
ularknblv precocious youth. lia wrote pocts5
ho!orc hu was 20. n,ld at ltIe agr Of ~ hts putl
lAl!er askud him for un ru.an uu sensation, mi
thoy gut It In Mile. dc sianpin. Like ,Iohlsso.
nc 'sas melancholy and posscsscd by thc fca1
Of death which sometimes hunts mon o
| rrnnt nhv&tpat AtrnHrfh utnl rnurArn. Wbrr