, 1881-04-30
en.Portraits of Artists-A Prina.
Donna's Lovers-Garcia's
Ready Wit.
Lost in Great City-Duties Of Women
Dean Stanley on Ohristian
Institutions.
Tho llumnn 1'o1y-A Magazines - Books
Roccircd-L!tcrary, Art, and
Scientific Notes.
LITERATURE.
GREAT SINGERS.


The frat serics ri 1iyes 1T tio areat sing
ara houo,, viii roustinn 13ortont oni ended
Will, Iicnrtetta Snnton. ThJs lttt1o yoiun,e.
entitled tho !" Secnnd srrles.n bcglns with
Ar oi;hron and en,,a witl, ,ritIens Nir. Ferris
ngnra i,.tia H. mara ,,,a,, = cnrcfuliy-scIccted
con,, ,,,tntion of 4he nnutnns ri othcr writer's.
vat ~ ttn ,notoritv ~ thnsn of wl,om he
wr,,cs ,it,Io rlsa rnnld I'm exnectcd. lIe fur
rfahoa re ,,tanannt rcadlnv nn,f brings nenrcr
In 1,s thc ,nncr ltfc. tbo Thoughts md i1n-
o ~. '',I... .s w., at., .r,,t,o. ~ tho
us, o n,ists ,a,, .,, T., t,sir aw,, snnnrc.
reignetl rs absolute queens. He ltns avoided!
tho Investigation Of scatulals connected, ap-
,,nrsmtiv ,,nnvniftnh1v With the na,;,es Of
nearly all public characters, and especially
with those VINO make tneir 'iSmg On u'o
stugc. At the same time, lie has eonclscly
summed up the leu,ltnr facts and events III
ule ,Vcs VI tnosc ~ Mnon' ~ H. t..",'. :. ,as.
Within tho limits imposed upon nlm IL wns
impossible Tor lim to do more than to IN
clu,e those who stald incontestably in tho
ifont ranK OIL 'e .pG,n.Ic ,. ~. otsss :. @ ~ NV
known to those familiar with the careers
described, he I'as at least grouped 'I tosetier
"u""' a. na 1u ,,,,t,o s mroo,ar Tn,i ~ annciote
Ing. Anu whllo eteates 1uhu u 0'!eeao.o
and Incident would nave given more variety
aud general Interest 1t would tinvo citallea
s,o rno, '.s inmrtancn ~ This Work. like its prede.
is, Is o. one ,sa Of ,1ns the ~ snaToas IL. t c
Sc serles ae aa ae nave @ 'a If n u arsts M here
described would haye taktfl the work very
speeu,'y ont OIL u'e set.ss -, WIZ. - oa,,iosmt -
rolled. We have some grounds OF coMp'a,he
against 1Ir. Ferris style: Ills excessive lau-
dntinn nn,l ,extrnyaeant eulogy of each tliifcr-
AFT cbnroc,cr in nne. his uso of French
words vr iikc acache.n for instance, instead
Of the English equivalent. Is M
other; but, OIL tic whole, his mode
Of treatment Is admirable, mid his two vol
umes Of sketojcs aro full Of interesting mat
ter ai'a 1ofm pleasant 1ch1lIe' rao.n ..a. uao
volume Just received We make some extracts
or Maria FilicIa 1lalibran It Ii said that
sue sung e,aa.s ~ se,,, W., ~ ~ ,ar n'r rosnuroca
s'c' ana thas no slInln om het .savsIo "nt;s.io
seemed to oyert0x " the nower OF an aft'st'c
Imagination which delighted III vatlqulshing
obstacles and transforming native defects ,s,a,,. in.
soprano, approaching = contralto' r,t OF greas
volume anu pnr'ty, WIN ntsh sop'nnV
fs%se saus s sar y q er sner on eoss a
~, @ IN tte neeuitnrity OF the tImbre and re-
=" ~ ,n of er voice In her excitabo
the the mostnudaeious In.provisatIons, and iii her
strong musical :. feeling, which kept
nor 'tnpfov'sat'o9s !: WILLIE uo 'ITS oh,i,tv ~
good saste oas ser roor1snhs thon her
voco, Sho hcIonrc,l tn n Suanfsl fomiiy, aud
hor ror".i fot,,or % mnrricI vicnuta Garela. was a
net ,a.aJt oan,asor ] s'noer octor n,d cu,,-
celebrated, composer. hulRel' actol' aoo n.u ."n
ductor. She was bori, at Paris IT lsoS, anu
her father curly began lor lsc,, c eoMeato am9 ,ss
Tile father was tyrAilt aI iotne' am1 p,stt Mst
scssed of o savage temper Which had pnt
few streaks of Tenderness aud frequently
yul!tel ltsolt IN blows aud brutality MaTia aia
| lower notes Of the yufca were very Imperfect,
uppss toes t .n disaFrsea5Rls Sx 5atnf' 5 ar 81
dnnbtfmi that It almost Indicated iii ln,por-
fect car" iier fatiior ,was, however, deter
mined TINT s'.e Should beco!no great % yocn1. ts4
| Maria u snys tha Countess Merlin, !" tn which