New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-09
PERSONAL.

Mousignor Cape has been obliged to cancel his
lecture engagements on account of the injury done
his voice by constant usage. He will remain in
this city for the present.
The RI r. Frederic Courtney, formerly assistant
minister of st. Thomas's Church in this city and
new rector of ST. Pauls Church, Boston, will, with
his wife spend the months OF July and August IN
England.
The Rev. DR.. Gage of Hartford, Conn.,, preached
as his farewellsermon last Sunday eyenlngithe same
sermon with which he began his ministry in the
church more than sixteen years ago. He leaves the
church in very tiOurshing condition.
His Majesty Christian TX. of Denmark is not
narticuarv brilliant man. if all stories told Of him
are true. One day he went hunting near Copen-
hagen and forgot his riding boots. As he was in
great hurry 10 get them, he ordered his aide not to
send messenger for them, but to have them sent
bv telegraph The aide informed him most re-
spectfuy that it was impossible, to winch the
King replied gOOd-naturedly, Il know II not the
custom to send things that way; but thought
they would make AN exception with me-" lie
finally got his boots by messenger.
A correspondent of The Boston Herald thinks that
the time has for Queen Victoria TO abdieste in
favor of the Prince of Wales. " She is, and has
been" he says, " for many years only hgnrehead
TO the nation. while he does all the work goes
among the people. and interests himself III public
affairs, snow ing great puDlO
ON all occasions As a soldier, a huntsman as q
royal parsonage, and as a true-hearted gentleman
and kind generous man, the Prince of Wales has
today no superior in all Great Britain. My views
of him are now completely revOlutiOnized, for see
him everywhere 60 mingling with the people. and
even lately prowlng among the slums IN order 10
ImDroye tbe condition of the Wretched London
poor Deeds. not words, tell IN man lie record,
and the preiudices which once existed regarding
him are being battered down, and that, too' Dy MS
own unOstentatiOuS conduct. Ana MS POSITION III
the country is rahertrying when one reflects on IT,
For he is not absolute King, while he has 10 act
King practically, aS II Is impossible lOr aim 10 shlno
only as quiet English gentleman"
Paris correspondent of The Chicago Tribune UNI
dertakes to show that Victor Hugo is very much
oyerrated man. Although his genius is undoubted
he is eaten up with egotlsm. "Notwithstandingh his
extraordinary physical and mental vigor" says
this critic che really belongs to the past He has
no affinity for the simplicity and naturaness repre-
sentative of the literature of the day. Indeed. he
has not caught the contemporaneous spirit, nor
does be wish to- Surrounded by satellites, they talk
TO him only of himself; they fill his ear with e1-
travagant eulogiums. Everybody addresses him az
dear master. and strangers who call on hin-he is
very accessibledo little else than echo the praises
he expects as his due. Many of these praises are
ludicrously excessive; but they never sound so 10
him His hearing has grown callous To the oAag.
gerated compliments that have 30 long assaulted
IT. No AngO-SaXOn could or would endure such u
battery of adulatlOn. SuperlatiNes nave become so
familiar 70 him that the positive degree might
awaken resentment. lie Is continually aeeoSted as