New-York tribune., 1886-08-24

~. AZ uests In the British House Of Lords.
asnuyson, Of course, heading the list
pytneess 10 the title Of the new novel which Miss
.,c,ou.rd-the author Of Oblivion us about TO
cubsh through Holt 4 Co.
DR. T. W. Parsons, the poet, now lives very quietly
an Boston and spends his summers in Scitnate or
Wayland. He is sixty seven years old. and man
uossessing still athletic fame and handsome face
sRobar 10 Conquerant 10 the title of Jules 'ernes
new novel, the scene of which is laid in Philadelphia
II n said that its details of American life are cacu
Lated to astonish Americans.
, Mr. Edmund Gossa Ia preparing lecture on Inc
profession of Author" which he will give IN inc
autumn before the Incorporated Society of Authors
sNord ct Midi is The title which Alphonse Daudet
has given to his dramatraticn of his novel a~a
Roumestan' The play is to confcrntc the novel, eA
cert IN its political aspect In the place OF wmch .lo
author declares he has thought of innovation Win
which he Is extremely well pleased.
A correspondent of "The Indianapolis oeo'ine'
thus quotes Miss Louisa Acotts graphic deserip'o"
of a community her father once started. !" ""'
more thoroughgoing than Brook Farm-no ooHp'O
mise there with degenerate humanity Inc "eaiins "
linen was their supreme doctrine; no other ma'ci' 10
clothes was permitted One disciple oeei"eu "''s ~,
vas the chief necessity, and would have ndoen n''
sI.s hohh, h,, for the remopstrances Of good Mrs.
Act, Al ast this son of Adam adopted hg leai IN
49, f Imam sheet with hole in the centre Tor his
81 q, .,;n tbrough In this meagre attire he wan
a,.d axav over the hills into the forest prlmeval lie
"a ON berries and roots. but. alas was picked up
.d hronobt home nsensibe at the end OF three days.
.oher disciple thought coulsed food the root of all
sv;l and ate his potatoes. beans and peas raw. An
other JOYOUS member believed Juiets philosophy
(. What's in a name and used to say d-ysn Tor
GOD bless you holding that as be was known to be
man running over with the milk of human kindness
a curse from him tender greeting. Still another
gentleman there who claimed the right to do just
what he felt like at any given moment Often at the
midnight hour little Louise awakened by the
shreks aud hows of this aspiring soul He would roll
OH the foor making melody the WHILE the explanation
being: i feel like it,"
The Zanzibar Princess-the Sultan's sister-who is
about to publish her memoirs gains her living in Ber-
lin by giving lessons in Arabic
@Tbe London Spectator in delightful little paper
ON yers de soclete says: In the present genera
ton Mr. Frederick Locker alone has done anything TO
initiate Praed successfully. Some of his verse is
indeed charming and all of it is composed the true
manner. Mr.. Andrew Lang and Mr.. Austin Dobson
have both tried their hands at the difficult task. Mr.
Lang though he write 80 pleasantly, has hardly
enough 20 about hm. He is quaint, he Is learned
w"
labored Just too pedantic smells just too much of the
study Mr.. Austin Dobson is truer poet, but tardly
hits the mark We cannot call bin greater success
With him. somehow, the suburbs are always with us.
Caphsm is doubtless just tender and true and may
le ust as witty, as St. James's and Mayfair; and yet
tue verses that deal with the people who live in the
latter alone tolerable vers de societe. Not
that we for a moment suggest that Mr. Austin Dob
sons verses have any particular local COLOR Our geo.
graphical alusion is solely by way Of example. We
only feel that, somehow or other, a society living
dancing flirting making puns, and talking politics IN
the widest sense, is the society which must be de-
scrbsd and that the slightly too decorous and thought
full surroundings of the modern literary man are
hardly the most suitable atmosphere for such verse;
DR.. Heman Dyer, of the Episcopal Church, has set
forth iu his Records of Active Life the reminis-
cences Of fifty years OF hard work. Whitaker will
publish the book and will at the same time bring out
6 volume of the heretofore imprinted sermons OF
Charles Kingsley.
Justin Mccarthy in lecturing in this country next
winter will avoid all party and controversial subjects