St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-02

Iompklns brought with hlm from Eu-
rope. The premiere danseuSe, whose name
| have forgotten, is one of the hand
soonest girls / have ever seen, and she
dances in refined picturesque fashion
which reminds one of Morlacchi. She
is not a gymnastic dancer like those
the KiIalfys have introduced, but she
is grace and daintiness itself. One of
the most brilliant of all the scenes of
the play will be the jewel ballet, in
which the following gems will be rep
resented emerald, amethyst, aqua ma
rine, sapphire, ruby and topaz. The
effect will be simply superb. Mana
ger Tyler's sad death leaves the little
BUou without recognized head, but
the president of the Bijou Theatre
Stock cOmR9pY, Mr.. Edward Hastings,
has taken the reins until the new
manager, who has already been ap-
pointed, arrives. The seasons business
was well arranged, but Mr.. Tyler's
death will probably make some
changes. The Howells- -Henschel OPP
eretta, which was to have been the
seasons sensation, was To have been
produced on the 10th of November, but
as all the negotiations were between
the authors of the Operetta and Mr..
Tyler individually and not as mana
ger of the Bijou, the contract is left as
il part of Mr.. Tyler's estate, and how
it will be disposed of is as yet a mat
ter of great uncertainty. The contract
is valuable piece of property, for of
course everybody will want to see the
work of two such distinguished cOllab-
Ordtears, and it would be certain to
draw wherever it was produced. Its
disposition will be watched for with
the greatest interest.
The book publishers are busy, and
are already sounding notes of prepara-
ton for the coming season. Houghton
Il Mitflin have already issued their
autumnal catalogue, and it contains
very nice wood cuts of their leading
writers, including Howells, James, AL
drich, Dudley Warner, John Fiske,
Sarah Jewett and Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps, besides the older writer's whose
portraits have already been published,
such as Longfellow, Holmes, Whittier,
james Russell Lowell, Hawthorne,
Emerson, and Mrs. Stowe. The book
forms quite a picture gallery. The
house is to continue its publications of
calendars and will offer four for selec-
ton. Entirely new calendars in de-
sign and selections from Emerson,
Longfellow and Whittier, and Holmes
catalogue in addition. The Holmes
catalogue will be very handsome it
has panel designed by Miss Dora
Wheeler on which is n picture of DR..
Holmes, which is being garlanded with
roses by a troop of young maidens.
The selections are made with great
taste and aptness. The Whittier cal
endar has pictures of "Maud Muller"
and "Mabel Martini" while those of
LOngfellOw and Emerson have fine
portraits of the authors. James K. Os-
good q Co. are to publish this autumn
all the lectures on Emerson that were
given this summer at the Concord
School of Philosophy. 1t will be a
very interesting and valuable memori-
al volume, and will show Mr.. Emerson
III all his various phases, i'll the pulpit,
in the family, as an essayist, II poet
and teacher of ethics. By far the
most interesting paper, because the
most vitality personal, is Miss Elizabeth
Peabody's. Miss Peabody was a life
time friend of Mr.. Emerson, and knew
him as none of the others did, so that
her paper contains more of his person
ality than the rest. One thing in it is
good enough to quote. After Mr.. En-
erson left his Boston pulpit, he was
preaching in East Lexington, driving
over every Sunday from Concord. Mis-.
Peabody often accompanied him. On
one occasion she asked an old lady, a
member of the congregation, if they
were not going to call certain clergy
man whom Mr.. Emerson had recon-
mended. "Oh," said the old lady
naively, "we are but simple folk, ant
we are afraid we cannot understand
him; Mr.. Emerson is better suited to
u.s." "And this" says Miss Peabody
''in the face of all the Boston cant
being able to comprehend Mr.. Emer
SON" Added value will be given to
the volume by the publication of al
hitherto unpublished portrait of Mr.
Emerson. SAILIE JOY WHITE.