The Red Cloud chief., 1881-06-09

Anna Dickinson ss,sr Susan -
gong 20 deliver 4 cour.e of parior lee
lures in Philadelphia on English htera-
turc.
-PIangue,,e. the COMPOSER OF 1.-The
Chimes OF Normandy lies Clochc:
de CoruevilIe'') Is writing = new WORK
entitled "Rip Van wiukIe. founded
on the Anericanlcgenf
The Navor Cf Cambridge. Mass.
declares that be would Ike to sec II >
live New England town and some
thing more than \ literary city. suits.
bic only for the residence OF . lea
poets"
When "Pickwick'' was frs; pnb-
lished in numbers i; vas for 4 time 4
failure. OF $500 copies Of each OF the
hr>t hrc parts sent 20 various parts oi
Great hrIss'n. there was M s~~rs-~
sale of hity copies = part IL was on Y
after the Introduction W sam Weller
tka; the work became popular.
Miss Jenne Young. the American
lady known rs the author If a yolCme
on The Ceramic Art" and Of some
excellent newspaper corrcsponden~c,
has been lecidrlng in Dsmfrie>. Scot
land. upon Burns ,nd his work Miss
Young pleasantly illustrated her clever
address nv singing IN a charming man-
ner several of the poet songs.
There il a story current tha; the
late Mr. Carlyle gas a terrible domestic
iyrant. A. breakfast time he would
come down grumbiug. and. glancing Al
tho YV,fi =nra,l h,,rt -. a.. -
To be unit for a doE. Mrs. CARLYLE
ihereupon would order the girl TO take
the dcspi>ed yiands back 10 the kitchen
Presently. when the philosopher was
beginning 10 grow desperately hungry.
his spouse would order the same dishes
- be brought back. which her husband
immediately proceeded 10 dcvour with
infinite relish and without any aio.
George Eliot was the most careful
and accurate of authors In an article
in EiIckCoJi, where her first reputation
was made. and with whose editor shc
had the most cordial personal a~>Soc'a-
tons. 1t i mentioned that her besuti
fully written manuscript. free from bun
or erasure. and with every letter del
catciy and distinctly finished. Was only
the outward AMI visible >i.u OF the in.
ward labor which she hal takcu to
work u her ideas. She had rarely
much to correct IN her proOG,hcets
Hcr grasp of business was not less >tr'k.
ing than her literary power; and her
shrewdne,s and foresight were such rs
are seldom mel WITH
"A young Italian painter. SiguoI
Garln who la. F.p-f nVrt.aI - b.,fz
has been astonishing = select circle oi
spectators with some wonderful per-
iormances in the way o. rapid execution.
a member of the company chooses =
subject. and, without a moment rcilcc.
ton, the painter proceeds o. depict 1t
on 4 large canvas. SiN feet by three. In
four or I'VE minutes the picture j. finish,
eel and repletc with details. or course.
be NJ produced ~ su b a rate. the work
leaves much 10 be drsirr.i, but. ~ An
instance of lightning speed. combine !
with n harmonious ensemble. il is sim
ply marvellous.
1t is pretty generally known. a '
the London CackOo. that when Mr.. Gil.
bert, the ~dramaiist. and Mr.. Bu-nsnd.
editor of Punch, NEE. in the same so.
cial sphere. there il at TO be not a little
cXacerbation Of feeling The other
night, AT Il dinncr-tablc. no~twithstani-
ing their having been placed ~ far as
possible apart, ON Mr.. Gilbert maxim.
some remark which created n laugh,
Mr.. Burnlnd lookei up and said
What was thai, Gilbert? One Of
those good things. suppose. which
you SEMI To lunch. but which never APP |
pear" To which Mr.. Gilbert made the
rctort: We'll. | don know who sends
the good things but there is one
thing certain they don't appear