, 1896-10-28
LITERARY NOTES.

Only a few remain who can recall the
marvellous enthusiasm which attended
jenny Lind's first appearance in
America, in the old Castle Garden, in
1850. When she arrived from England
SC, 900 people were at the dock to greet
her. That night 80, 900 people serenad-
ed her in front of her hotel. Seats for
her concert sold at fabulous prices. On
the night Of her first American concert
over 5000 people had gathered in the
Battery before Castle Garden by 0
o'ckrck, although the concert did not
begin WITH g.. When the doors were
opened the crush was terrible, and
within 10 minutes every available inch
of room, other than the reserved seats,
was occupied, and 10000 people were
outside unable to get in. Then every
~rowbolt, sailboat and steamer which
could be pressed into service was en-,
gagged to lay in the water by the old
Garden hall crowded with people who
could only hear the strains of Jenny's
voice as it noated through the open
windows. The whole Ger has now
been repictured by Hon. A. Oakley Hall,
ex-mayor of New York city, and he
gives a wonderfully graphic recital OF
the event in the November Ladies'
Home Journal. The actual scene of
Jenny Lind singing her first song to
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is shown in a picture copied by De
Thurlstrup from a photograph made at
the time.
The November Forum will contain:
las Maine Goes, SO Goes the Union" a
trenchant article, by the Hon. Thomas
B. Reed, whose drift is perhaps suf-
ficiently indicated by its title. Mr.. Ed
ward p. Clark, under the title, 1.-THE
Solid South Dissolving," contributes an
interesting study of the way in which
the south grew from normal divisions
into solidity. and the way in which that
solidity is TO- disappearing-a very
timely and suggestive paper. Mr.. E.
w. Codington, a business man of Flori-
da, discusses the none question with
uncommon lucidity, and suggests a
plan for placing our financial system
upon a sound basis. DR.. w. X. Brooks,
of John Hopkins university, an emil
nent zoologist. writes on Woman From
the Standpoint OF a Naturalist" dis
c~ussing in particular the geological as.
poets of female suffrage. Mr.. w. X.
Stride in a striking article entitled 1.-THE
Immediate Future of America" ad-
vances a very original plan for solv-
ing the eastern question. Under the
caption, Shall the Frontier of Christ
endom be Maintained?" Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe discusses the same prob
lem. Mr.. J. Gennadius, the distin-
guished Greek diplomatic whose ad-
mirable series of articles in
the Forum on recent archaeological
discoveries in Greece has aroused so
much interest, continues his recital
with a brilliant and intensely interest
ing account OF the exploration of the
sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi. and the
discovery-'the most important yet
made-of original specimens of Greek
music.
The superior truth and delicacy Of
the old daguerreotype are made mani
fest in the November McClure's where
fine reproductions OF daguerreotype
portraits of Calhoun. Webster, Edward
Everett, DR.. Holmes, Jenny Lind, and
others. from rare collections still sur
viving, illustrate an entertaining paper,
by Mrs. D. T. Davis, on the develop
ment of daguerreotype in America.
Soon after the discovery OF the process
American daguerreotypes became the
finest in the world. and there is a
strong movement now toward a revival
Of the art. The paper is, therefore,
timely as well as entertaining.
HON. F. W. MONDELL AT MAEN-
NERCHOR THURSDAY.