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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09

and within these the principal deies Of the heather
mythology represented In rather bold relief. a!
The beginning Of tie present century silver top and
cdgine were added, with a small medallion OF the
original owner inscribed william Shakespeare at
the age OF forty" Accompanying the jug was
Mnlaccn cane in beautiful preservation, feet -
inches long. These two articles. II was stated were
beuueathcd by Shak.sp .are his sister Joan. VINO
married Mr.. Hart. and they remained In possession
Of the family TIL the beginning OF the present century.
bidding started at : gnneas and advanced 10 LOO
r1lIneas at which price they were knocked down. IL
coincidence that Lcech's seven original nra".
ing, for Tho illustration Of Dickcns's "ChriHtmns
carol sold for the same sum, 15j gulneas. The
famous illustration In Douglas Jerrold's Mr. ana
Mrs, Caudc''-" No. Mr.. Caudle / Shall Not 60 70
>lcep"-sold for u guincas. Five original drawing,
Tor Dckcns's Tho Chimes" realized SO gllineas. ana
six drawings for the Cricket the Hearth" brought
= culneas. Included in the same sale was Cordons
aniog rnph Mss. journal Of the TAPPING rebellion III
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lice which politics and literature AID OH
thing are mixed.

lice which poiltics ana literature AID Oh
thing are mixed
Let us, in order to avoid comparisons vh;.s
might seem too close, leave England out q, ~
count In Germany in France, in Italy, IN Rn.
sia some of the foremost journals owe their !,
nown largely TO their literary studies Po,t,..
have often been either forbidden subjected Ia .
censorship so strict that not much useful discu.
sion of them was practicable. Journals ,b..
hampercd fell back on topics less likely to rom.
the jealousy Of the authorities or offend th.,.
susceptibilities. They put their best work I'M.
literature, science. art, sociology The Journal
dcs Debats" used to he called a branch of n.
French Academy The "Allgemeilc Zci,ung' va.
small university The Moscow Gazettes wa.
another. They were all serious" journals and an
literary, and still are. 1t would have secmaA
odd TO their editors to be told that publicato.
once "A month and in pamphlet form entitled
periodical to exclusive rights in literature. III.
public is in these. in other matters, law unit.
itself If in England and in America il WA
once content to wait three months to know what
IT, ought 10 think about a book topic rail-
WAYS and tclcgraplIs and other accelerating mod
ern Influences created new Impotence, and neca
sarily abridged this long period OF suspense. On
bclrs that a different influence prevailed in Amer
ca and that the Sunday issue OF the daily pap0
developed into its present magnitude becsuee
Sunday is the only day when the American hx
leisure to read l hope that is not quite 50, but
there is a certain amount of truth at the bottom
of the eXaggeration.
Be the cause what it may, Mr.. Warner will find
himself powcress to struggle against IT, LitHu.
ture is not likely to relinquish foothold she has
once secured She may have little 10 say to the
amazing products of the journalistic mind which
fill so large part Of so many OF these Sunday
sheets. East and West. But that little she will
hold on TO- and the sanguine reader will hope that
il may presently leaven the whole lump And
Mr.. Warner will, / hope, on reflection, perceive
that his attempt TO put hook in the nose OF this
Sunday lcviathan is mistake, ana must De
foilure ANY literature is better than none, and
Tho best. or whatever be the degree OF excellence
70 which the monthly attains, may lind useful
ally in the inferior sort which comes out once
woek even though it be for tilat reason inferior,
or ,bouoht 10 be inferior by the leisured mind
which allows itself full month OF CESSATION
Even at the end of the month this form OF llters
,ure is still sometimes what we should agree 70
call news Whether Mr. Warner desires 10 mar
row tie sphere Of news, or to impose conditons
IN ,hc producer of literature, h. Will ind, In
either direction, difficulties of which he seems
prcscnt TO have an imperfect apprehension
q. W. S
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09

taken pains as a rule TO justify his distrust Vic
tory that seemed in his grasp was lost by troops
that could not stand fire lie invested Charleston
with only 800 men able for duty. AS captain
Greene writes II is astounding TO learn from the
official returns in the British Record Ofiicc that
their force in South Carolina at this time land
they occupied no other point than Charleston
consisted Of no less than $40 electives. That
Greene should be able with the handful OF men
which BY courtesy was called his army TO shut
this force up in Charleston and hold them there
for the remaining year of the war without any
further attempt their part TO resume the ofen-
sve is hardly less than incredible The Ameri-
can commander had in fact completely Ovcrawed
the enemy after campaign in which almost every
battle had been claimed by that enemy as a vic
tory. Greene himself conceded defeat III these
various incidents of his long conflict But the
outcome was wonderful triumph Ii was the
most brilliant paradox in the history OF American
warfare
From the beginning of his career as a s'6iicr
Greene saw the usclcssness of short terms of en-
ilstment. He had great a passion Tor veterans
the hardest headed old general Of a lifetime
After the war was over, though he refused 10
NEEDLE in political affairs, he showed the same
common-scnse about the civil affairs of the coun-
Try. strong national organization seemed TO him
word empire which was hateful to the average
American. But he was as much opposed to d die
tatorship as lie to anarchy. lie vas in every
sense national man as compared with the mar
rover statesmen Of his day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09
RELICS or LONGFELLOW.
THE HOUSE WHERE THE POETS BoYuooD WAS
SPENT Is TO DE PRESERVED.

SPENT Is TO DE PRESERVED.
Portland Me- July There few places OF
interest In Maine that attract greater attention than
The "Longfelow House, On this city, which was re-
Gently presented 10 the Maine Historical Society BY
Mrs Anne l.. Pierce. a sister OF the poet. The o!o
onC,elow homestead Is located at No. 4S7 Congress
s., adjoining the Preble House. 1t was the first
brick house erected in Portland having been built BY
General Peeg wadsworth. adiutant general OF Massa'
chusct,s during the Revolution, and also representa-
tive ai the General Court which afterward convened
I'm Philadelphia. General WadswOrth second In
command during the unsuccessful conflict with an
English acet which arrived at Penobscot Bay during
tho SUMMER OF 1870. II shortly afterward that
his house at Camden was entered at midnight and
no WAS taken prisoner The general established HIM
scH In Portland during the spring o. IVA, and In
the following year began the erection OF the now
historic house. The bricks were brought from Phila
dephia and over two years elapsed before the house
was completed. stephen Iongellow. father OF the
po,t married a daughter Of General Wadsworth. ana
shortly afterward Henry Wadsworth for whom the
poet was named became a commodore In the Navy
and sacrificed bis life Tripol rather than be taken
prisoner.
Mrs. Lonsfellow mother of Mrs. Pierce. had eight
children-four daughters and four sons She died on
March IL. 1851. With the exception of the eldest
child and Henry wadsworth Longfellow, all the
children were born in the homestead that was given
Ia the Maine Historical society. II was only nv the
merest accident that Henry W. was not born IN tne
same house According 70 Mrs. Pierce. the house IN
Congress.st was undergoing repairs. and while inc
changes being made small house at the corner
son. was occupied. Then this house was burned. 49,
rSmG Sr Of the saT d s Gus
II Is an old black key. which is SIN IN use, ate.
bund rod wears OF service The handsome caryen
window shutters remain intact while the cushioned
window seats remain unchanged. The chairs ana
fellows. as we'll as the old clock, kept in good
condition. In one Of the westerly rooms on the
ground floor Is small table upon which Longfelow
wrote his famous Rainy Day. In this room Is also
tho lamp under which written large part OF
"lIyperion' Mrs. Pierce Is now nearly eichty-fhree
wears old She has Il brother and sister living -
Portland and also a sister in Cambridge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09
BY RON AND POLIUORI
From The Pail Mall Gazette.


Eliza Harriet daughter 81 The late Gaciano Poliori
has Just passed away, In TOIrington square. the
age Of eighty three. There onc l'Olldurl VINO
was secretary 10 Alneri nnothcr-hIS son-who was
physician and companion 10 Byron the one Just dead
was aunt 10 Dante Gabriel RosseIti and Chrttinr
Rossetr her sister being their mother. II of
Byrons Poldori that one has heard In that model
biogrn phy-the biography In which the seiuons Nocre
sided and amhed In accompaniment Il, his lohl"
friends dramatic work. II Is too clear that Iyron
took little trouble 10 disguise the fact that he nund
Polidor intoerabc. The Young physician hat he
come iealonS OF the growing Intimacy 81 hls noble
pntrcn with shelley; and plan for leaving hin ont
~ nm excursion on the Lake OF Geneva. IN which
shelley Ms. Goodwin and Mis- Calrmon were talk.
ing part completed hi, modification. In the sore
ness Of his feelings he INDUCED In .ome nicmp'raie
remonstiances which Lord Kvron Indignantly resented
and tbc usual bounds Of rmrtesv being passo, On
both sides the dismissal of Poldor appeared cvcn 10
himself inevitable" Tho youne Italian rushed 10 hi
room where he was interrupted while attempting that
fatal act which two or three years aficrward he
actually did perpctrnte.' Byron, 10 his credit fol
lowed nm the unfortunate doctor with reconciliation
Byron permitted himself 10 l"nst 10 his follower who
i'm childish irritation asked him. What after all
can YOU do that | cannot ," since You force mo 10
say was the solemn reply. 10 can swim across that
river can snun out that candle with n pi uol shot
at twenty PAGES. And I have written poem Of
which 1000 copies sold In one dav. MI through
the unequal associaiOn wa an incidoht TO tue one
man. life and death 10 the nther.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09
TNSKILLED TONGE ES.
From The London Globe.

ANYTHING out OF the common In Nomenclature runs
the risk Of being burlesQuei by unsailled tongues:
The nurse who called her charges Miss Burial ana
Miss Jones" must have maize their mother wish sue
bad never chrstened them Beryl and Joan. As
R.tsy and Jane they wonla have come of all rign;
Horses, too. with fine names get strangely m,cslea
in the stable. ono pair known b. their master sS
Rusicm and Sohrab. degenerated hrst into Rusty
and Soreback" and fell ultimately Into thr common
place rs " the little horse ana the DOCTOR ,
There is generally Somebody lad as r'ile-iin
each district. whom It's finest malaprops are ~
thered sometimes quite unfairly II Is she who Is ~
ported to have made that speech about the Gores o.
her fathers house. up TO the door Of which there ran
"revenue OF popular trees; She who asked net
daughter TO play that little "maady' sh" had learnfi
IT the cemetery: and She again who pronounce
Mr.. Brown as "proud as Luther: while IN" ui :.
hunting Mr.. Smith such toby he deserved :.
be tattoocd" at his club. Dear Mrs. MaiaprVh
what should we do without herr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09
SHAKESPEARE RELICS.
From The London Telegraph.

From The London Telegraph.
Interesting relics OF the greatest Of dramasis were
sale AT Christie's. One described I'm the
catalogue as >lak,spcarcs Jug. Of cr'am-colorcd
earthenware nine inches high and sixteen Inches
the larp part, somewhat In the shane Of
q modern coffee pot. II divided longiindinally
into eight compartments each horizontally subdyided
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09
LITERARY NOTES.

Anne Thacferay Rltchics chapter In Macmillan
on Fanny kembo Is with tho exception Of Henry
Jamcs's recent sketch the only really GccHihte
notice OF that remarkable woman published since
her death Mrs. Richie, who knew her well, says
that the most distinguishing stamp Il Mrs. kempieS
character was her great and fervent pety Hot
convictions very deep; what She said Of her
own religious faith that 1t was 'jnvincible. un
rcl soninc' | have heard friend describe how as
they came along the mountain pass from Roselau
Mrs Kcmble made her bearers set her down at Inc
summit Of the ascent L will LIT up mine eyes unto
the hills she said. breaking out into the words OF
the Psalm. and repeating verse after verse. she
used 10 60 regularly to church when she was IN
London. though | do not think any Of the steepes
and pupits which adorn South KenJngton exactly
suited the deep and fcrven spirit Of her faith. She
neither High Church nor Low Church nor Broad
Church.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09

The Australian Custom House Is more than com
monty patcrna in rs ways. 1t has arrested the works
Of Zoa In their passage through the post and Il has
even been known take from the circulating libraries
editions Of authors not on It's lists OF approval
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09

Professor H. H. Eoye,cn has said In The Forum. >
vhrn d cissng The value n criticism: The opinions
~ critics. who. Hike the amazing Andrew Lang. take
pleasure In such rubbish IA tn" novels Of Rider
Ilacgnrti NAV amnsc but Influence nr no more
than hc chorus Of mosquitoes that hum about my
of a summers night The professor has also INIT
mated that he little for the opinion Of who
Ike Mr. Lang regard, Walter scott the grand master
al fiction. All tn, coming under the observation Of
Mr. Lang. /, the cause 81 some paragraphs which tn
an der give much entertainment. Il have not
lived IN vain LAYS Mr. Lang. q have amazed and
amused 4 professor. Leaving Mr.. Iaggard out Of
DO" question 'or The moment. certainly do regard
,ir Walter The grand master ~ fiction But does
that show want 81 intellectual equipment" II -.
hot only the millions who have read and bought the
Wavcrey Novels. and who stu buy rhem after sixty
years. IN every sort and size ~ edition. have in
icllcctmi equipment. hut men of polIti-s. Ike Mr..
Gladstone. of letters. like generations Of
them IN England and Europe nadequstey equipped
with intellect. sidney Smith. Ba,sc. Dumas. Goethe
all placed sir Walter whore | plac" him. and Pro
i",,or Boyc,cn must have q gigantic mental develop
mcfi II he can afford 10 dcspl,c them. admit that
they had chlnc" 20 read Professor IOycScn's
novels. or they ml:ht have given Scott a second
place. Indeed Ia the hcst Fl my memory and belief
also never he novel, Of The professor; when
have read them ! shall De- able to reconsider my
opinion about sir walter"
Mr. Lang goes {, say that true greatness in
ihi, direction c- IN The creation Of Characters and
adds. Except Shakespeare. probably man has
created characters many fall of He. unyer-
sally known. Scott. Against This his soven-
hncss h, proXitv. his deficiency In the lighter gracrs
Of modern dialogue dn viii n hc always failcd and
his misfortune I'm only being 'man. and IN Lack
ing the counsel and example Of Professor Bovrsen.
These are drawbacks som" Of them very conslGcrabc
drawbacks. ut when recall the muster roll Of SCOTS
men and women , feel some confidence In our
opinion that he 1, great among th" greatest Only the
highest genius could live 80 long and 80 po,ently
without charm of s,yc: and outside his scottish
dialect. style Is. Of course and notoriou,ly, Scotts
weak point. on the other hand. style NJ ALA
mere sporlsmans plain al"-iS Infinitely better than
IL" conccitrd jargon, the painful manncrsms, the
obscure "ontoron, and restless antics Of much which
passes for style among persons perhaps unjuSti-
iaby prond Of their intellectual EQUIPMENT
A. for Mr.. lInggard. Lang says that 1T does not
follow be- tale Of fantastic adventure dvcrts
dnnn that he must think this the only or the highest
type OF novel and de,piSe all novels which are not
tales Of fantastic adventure Even II ono Hikes wild
romance now and again. on" may Infinitely prefer
Pride and Prejudice. and NAV think Emma Bovary
"A more con,d ,rable creation than Ayeshn.p
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09

MI Froudc'S admirers will h. pleased 10 hear that
some new and picturesque specimens al his his
torical writings Will shortly appear. These consist
81 his four recent oxford lectures on English seamen
I'm the sixteenth cenury-lcctnrcs which ar said to
be- vigorous and brilliant and In which he again en-
dcavors 10 elevate Henry VIII TO the position OF A
national hero
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09

4 new translation OF Dantes "lnferno'-a transla-
ton In the SpenseriAn sianza-is announced In London
II has been made by Mr. George Musgrave
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09

Mr. Gladstone Is fond Of sco't's novels and has
,,tcly given set OF them to the HIwarden Insti-
tute.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09

There were rot II /, reported, a. many memorials
- Dr Johnson in the Auehlnlcck Library that col
loc'"d ly Lord Auchnlrck and hs SON. James Bos-
WE'LL book over, lad expected to lind during tao
cnt sale. The proof sheets 81 Bo>w"ls " llfe7
were ihcr-. was a collection az prayers and med
iyii,n, which had been used by the Doctor. vita
them cops 81 tho first edition n toldsmhs
'Trlv.lor.- With the lines that johnson furnished
mas KID IN pencil 10y h, own hand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09

General Low Wallace has a habit Of composition
which !, somewhat unusjal hc IS especially fond 81
outdoor writing In summer. he has seat under
old beech tree in grove adjoining his Crawfords-
Vile home: and there he sits and writes in the fresh
air and sunshine
He ha, been quoted SAYING that IN his youth he
barely went 10 school ut all. spending most Of his
DAYS In hunting fishing and running wild In the
woods. III, father paid his tuition bills regularly for
fifteen year. bur he did not so 90 school, and when
he wa, sent 10 college 10 ran away and was expelled
Most Of his cduC1ton. he declares was derived from
his fathers library. for III" 10y prodieously fond
Of reading. always finding time for books which were
not school books, Tho book which had most influence
over him was and l. Yet Futarch's Lives
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09

Mrs. Mary llartwcll cah'rwoods short story in
the current Atlantic" goes far 10 make her renders
bcllevc that she Is mistaken In trying TO write Ion
novels, II l. better work, clearer. stronger more
symmetrical work. than any TO be found I'm her
ncvcls The latter are pleasant In STYLE. but the
interest OF the reader inevitably before the end
g. rcached-not OF them has n plot sufficiently fun
for a long story. We should be glad To see her de
voting her undoubtcd talent to short Sketches Illus
iratiuC those phn,cs Of colonial history wlca seem
,o .npcal to her with special force.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09

Mr. &. X. Tuchcrman records an Instance In which
Charlie, sumner neatly cvad'd tacit criticism from
Mn aulay. n AT London dlnncr-pariy when
on" ~ the guests a-kcd the American where Washing
ton, body buried. Ills ashes, replied sumner,
sonrw hat seut'rIuo>lv reppsc on "a" banks Of tho
PoOmac.7 III, nshc-i" said Macaulay. who was
present. "Was hi, body burned - No. replied
sumner. who perceived the Intended sntirc 81; was
buried Hike the forc3thers Of tho hamlet, and, HE
tAou in his ashc, live hi, woui,t fires
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09

". Maxine du camp, volume Of souvenirs > Ia
especially valuable a, coming from a who Ia,
had close Acquaintance nth all the most distinguished
French writer's Of the list half century. An English
translation Of the souvenir. Is coming out In
London.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09
the inconseduent Greek fashion. entitled An
ode in the manner OF Anacreon, thus:

As late in wreaths gay flowers J 3onhd
Beneath some roses Love ] f)uhd'
And by his little frolic pinion
As quick a. thought sciz'd the niilioh,
Then IN my cup tho prisoner throw
And drank him In It's sparkling do"
And sure | feel my angry guest
Llnffnrinr liz minre ulfhln my hrclSi.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-07


There comes day when shall sadly miss
thee.
A-wandering through earth's byways all
alone,
Oh, how these quiv'ring lips win long to
kiss thee,
My ownl Ny owni
Oh, night of darkness, where no bird is sing
ing,
Shall I, like Hagar, sit where blessings
fail?
Harkl far amid the shadows, hope upspring-
Like nightingale.
Marbles of stars, which Ger us brightly
cleaning
Shine on the path of loved on earth have
met?
Long as creations spheres are softly BEAM
Wen not forget
Perhaps It's who shall be quiet sleeping.
= Nor wake at tender touch or word Of
thine
Almost thy tears would set my soul a-weep-
Oh, love of minel
The worlds we'll lost. Icry, may I but greet
thee,
Heavens light itself, were dimmed were
alone;
Somewhere, somehow, know that l shall
meet thee,
My owni My own!
Passaic City record., 1893-01-07
Steamships Of the World.

The new list of the merchant marine,
compiled by the Bureau Veritas. gives
the following statistics concerning the
great ocean steamship companies of the
world.
The British India OF Glasgow and the
British India Steam Navigation Com
pany and the British India Associated
Steamers all one concern-head the
list with 102 steamships. Their aggre-
gate measurement is 239, ,635 tons.
Next comes the Peninsular and Orien--
tai Steamship Company ctP. and O.")
with thirty-six steamships, representing
216, 1897 tons. The Compagnie des Mes
sagefies Maritimes has sixty-one vessels,
whose aggregate tonnage is. 202, ,522.
The fourth on the list is the Norddeut-
scher Lloyd of Bremen. This company
has sixty-s steamers, measuring in all
1917, 16a tons.
Other important lines are the Naviga-
zione Generate Italina, 106 steamers,
ITO, ,755 tons; the Compagnie Generate
TransatIantique, Sc steamers, 167, 487
tons; the Hamburg American Packet
Company, Sc steamers, 165, ,442 tons;
the Wilson Line. SO steamers, 158, ,089
tons; the Austrian Lloyd, 7S steamers,
128, 359 tons; the Allan Line, 39 steam
ers, 123, ,036 tons; the Spanish Com.
pania Transalantica, "a steamers, "a, 16a
tons; the White Star. 90 steamers, 49,
$40 tons; and the Cunard, ~ steamers,
IS, ,913 tons.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-07
German
Syrup

Regis Leblanc is a French Cana
dian store keeper at Notre Dame de
Stanbridge, Quebec, Can, who was
cured of severe attack of Congest-
ion of the Lungs by Boschee's Ger
man Syrup. He has sold many .
bottle of German Syrup on his per-
sonal recommendation. Ifyou drop
him line he'll give you the full
facts of the case direct, as he did us,
and that Boschee's German Syrup
brought him through nicely It
always will. It is good medicine
and thorough in its work. q