Sharp County record., 1880-01-29
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md Literary.


u PauSel personal and Literary
- , "U. NE& ..once Barrett, the tragedian, is
! ! q Some Ilenr rsanaoer of the California
~ = .Ie mos ne Can Francisco, next spring.
, and sld ,kholders guarantee hlm against
ma1i "alu Wppaa = . ' Establishment having been,
,o no' last b. sost of the Pacific coast theaters,
iul thepe iIv dv', unsuccessful for several years
4 'tIhey IKE W George Augustus Sala received
= 0 'ne pot, nd nounds on leaving England
"illast a 'olu,pe of American travels, and
Sg IsHSsI Of 1--WE another thousand on its an
.I~ I~usl(er. nent. He has been offered the
= {bo 10 Sl9 Parliament for Brighton at the
ntI tie Oa6S cHon. but, like his friend Dick
tnai, aE With has no political ambition.
) 1s boa,5Il Il1 Delane, editor of the London
O. 4IalS 4So9 4 "a. is a case which stands on a
boI5 CI5 u5Fi li ii Pitt, Prime Minister, at pre-
on nolq ~, The E 10 same aoe. "Long before De-
Safoa d aDle ss 30.n writes the Spectator, " he
'"'''y @S Surted by all the initiated as one
. pm male group who govern the Unit
'toru nulllol ,cdon, was as powerful as any
y H:eiWard Minister. and trusted with
puysl m nns,,. Kind Of political and social Sc
zino nOI lF Tennyson's new play is found
y 'ii3 II 'le Rtoccaccio's beautiful legend Of the
ne Dl'' lV0i ut and the Falcon" 50 pleasant
- ated by Mr.. Longfellow in the
S Of a WaySide Inn" The play
!! Oh Dog ne act, and in verse, and employs
baracters, only two of whom, the
! M ol The { and the Lady, are of import
Yer bal3
nc ~, Pefo[ IF Thomas y Hughes -" "Tom
3 Is alb n,'-is quoted as saying: "Do
eS lneF now there is nothing that aStonish-
81 Saggaa1 English so-much as to see you
al aLcg tQ leans come over here for lecturers.
S sS dqciA sir, | can name all the orators OF
zen oM md on the fingers of one hand /;
AIT anu Sua yeu are a nation of orators"
nS u 3a @T van Tourgueneff will, for the first
!, "aSla "o"S5 in many years, spend the winter
j.; SVaIc3 Issia. that he may observe events
no NO t;I EI CLOSELY than from the standpoint
lGY , ~ HIS d ris. During his short stay in Rus
:, n' va lst spring she was most enthuSl-
Wy n %ally Received both at st. Peters
u SeTua SeG and Moscow by those young people
a, ne'nTI hose follies he has often laughed,
u nN With Whose generous aspirations he
on Un !, a1 always shown sympathy. Many OF
al I. ne i are how perhaps under arrest" "
P.ulAl u ks the AthenBun1. No doubt OF this
'nV nor would Tourgueneff himself be
" if he were somewhat less famous,
: nit may be doubted even now wheth-
aa n !iis security be absolute.
! 31uIl II. Lippincott, the Philadelphia pub
-, ~ @s tIs r, has been indulging in some per-
T,,Lan ~ iu' l "reminiscences, anecdotes OF au-
anoa U,oa'I rs and the like, most of which are so
',T', aI ;, that mo publisher would print them
Sl an "A a ess he was also the author OF Dick
y. !. .nsiE l he SAYS he "was naturally good
ae !, 4,. !" rted, folly, pleasant fellow. But his
0j nelF lv and brilliant success turned his
eT| sTa id. Like Napoleon, he was intoxi-
snJ slJI ed by his own glory. To use horsey
anu PRESTON, he 8 felt his oats little too
y ch. He was a good deal of a fop,
III va little of snob in his dress and
lsA .a lnners. 1t was pert, if not imperti-
Ct- u nt, for Dickens, a young man of 80,
u ,Mcall Washington Irving, an old man
! u 160, and the most famous living writer,
Ill Wy dear Irving But his snobbery
ND foppery were forgotten in the pres
l. zee Of the man himself, he was SO hear
fresh, and jovial.n