New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-15
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From Mr. Ldbouchere's Truth. London June a.
VIcToR HUGo.-The French are right in
making russ over ihe dean Oh yic.or u Go, he Was
sublime often he was silly. There passages in Les
Misfrables" equal TO ANYTHING that been written,
an5 thera ore oheps beneath ANYTHING that has been
read Ills principal fault was exaggeration. Thus in
"Les MISERABLE" spoilt his good bishop by making
him carry beneyolence beyond the verge OF reality.
There is too n vast amount OF -falutin in his
,avs n IS hut one s,ep from the sublime the rdicu
ious and he perpetually overstepping the line.
should fancy that his Notre Dame de Paris Is ms mover
that is most likely to i've There is n goou ueal o cre
and word pling The French however, who are always
caught by phrase admired him as much on account o,
M Ge~Srs a o is annoSnce that he believed IN God
and THIS patonng av 81 ede hrs coniryen
with admiration.
| ~, r. ,oou, 4ho+ tho or,in.nt
philoogst Dr. Murray who recently awarded aCvil
List pension of $3.50 year IN recosnton OF ms
English Dictionary has been compelled to incur heay
personal Liabilities IN order d 70 PEong r r9 short for The
payment OF assistant & nriyat e ocsn and incurred
debts TO the amount OF soVV more ~ NIL :" ohpieS &c
exceedingly hard upon Dr. murray IL ne - o"iSu
m ia PpHri"ns thai the first par, of the dictionary
Fund is accorlingy beng raised to insure the repay
ment of the money to him.
| ~, - .. &c. ~
| You LIE The following extracts rom ar
tices published Ia two London evening hcMspapeIo
the same day are worth preserving as specinens o.
modern journalistic amenities The amusing thns Is
that The writers OF such articles are swys mu'n
| spade n spade or fool fool
| Pail Mall Gazette. 81; Jaaess Gaz>tte
Half-a-dozen superannu All the pettliy ingenious
ated washerwomen could arguments raised by tho
conspicuous exhibition ofns agents IN the Engisn
| vacuity Of mind press TO excuse the atlnch
The Daily Yers guilty Of on Pcnjdeh are founded on
| a Misrepresentation of facts mere mendacity. Al
that Is little short OF scan hat mas peeh salu III the
aaioas tno nian srcnts I'm excuse il
Such ~ nycvartrston does so much lying and nothing
ny l,e Within the frontier else
| of common honesty.
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| From Lftr London. June 4.
| "CAT-SKIS EARIS-Ihe late Earl of Hunt
ingdon whose Death and whose genial character were
tbs n3,sct of remark i'm tbese columns last week.
iovc5 ~ ali events one singular privilege He was one
| OF the "cat-skin Earls" the other two being Lords
| Shrewsbury and Derby the only Earls whose names
stand before that q Huntington IN the table Of PTece.
II Is said ht e roes on s s "a se
tnree mos ahcsht ui.Hs IA .uI t @ NJ Win
trimmed with the SKINS OF %e e c b as from or y w
early times, and that their ordships Of shrewsbgry
( ; anu y. ~ co f,r as Ia adont
ermne. ana 70 is on n trar mat is 50
little Known and That so few references should be made
| toit
| IHE PRIDE OF oPAIN.-AIIonSo tDe hlllE anu
Gayerre The tenor nave hsd Their reSi. ana no" ~ Is
Ing the enthusiasm OF the spaniards lie Is young
Of tall and elegant figure 9as s sSs aaf o9
Two weeks ago at Malaga. this popular laior had
the best hotel the Alameda. large crowd following his
age all the an immense c9neonr,e gathered
Sunday about 5000 people went TO the bul-rng 10 Wit
their fsvorites Performance Mazzenlini Is very
NAV saw he has neither the ncs.e Of Lagaro nor the
userng hand OF Frascneo ON the rferG ne
style sixteen thousand reales l&l6V was the amount
ceved as much $500 for afternoons work In the
arena.