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iiversities and the academies of Italy.
l OF them plead for, the life of a con-

universities and the academies of Italy.
All OF them plead for the life of con-
demned man.
The emperor of Austria has a pardon to
grant at this moment.
Let him sign this pardon: II viii he
great act.
1t is9to be doubted that Hapsburg or
Hohenzollern ever wrote anything more
arrogant than that and yet does not
seem entirely <ludicrous that a mere
peer of France should thus address a
crowned. head, for every previous letter
i'll the whole second volume has shown
that the writer admitted the existence
0f but one aristocracy, that Of genius.
The theory is commonly accepted by
those frankly assured of their own
genius, whether they call themselves
Franklin, Napoleon, or Hugo; the John
sons, Shalsespeares and Washingtons
may be otherwise minded, but they are
not nearly So we'll contented with them
selves. Hugo always was thoroughly
well-coptented, and, to tell the truth,
the reader of these volumes is almost
invariably content with him. Roaming
through the Rhine valley and co1lecting
the materialIfo his book; uttering his
audacious prophecies in the assembly
in exile, gallantIY keeping poverty at
bay with an active pen, planning ret
r1but1ve revolutions and carefully TAX
ing measures to preserve his fortune,
gainnlaking the courage of his friends
and scheming with diabolical ingenuity
to insult that fellow" that is to say
President BonapaIte, and the Emperor
Napoleon; building himself hermit's
cell, outdoingt any cottage of gentility
: in its sorgeousness,. retaining to France
IL her day of trouble as a national
guard, and living through years of
honored dignity, he is always an at
tractive figure. His previous energy
and industry; his tenderness to his
sons and daughters. and the splendid
praise which he gives so freely to those
whom he admires, are almost as lovabla
in printed letters as in real life. If he
were arrogant with an emperor he
could be humble with Michelet, to
whom he wrote after reading La
SOrciero:"
l thank you for having written this fine
work In it you have depicted truth in all
Its aspects, OF which, perhaps. the grand
est is pity. You are not satisfied VITA con
yincing, you must touch your readers.
TITS book ls<one efyyour great trumphs
l love everything in it; the Hfelike style,
which suffers with the martyr; the thought.
which resembles expansion of the soul
in the infinite; the large heart, the knowl-
edge Blended with emotion; the descr;p-ion
or rather the intuition of nature, from
which issues the Imposing figure of sort
OF Demon god, who draws smiles and teas.
The hermit thanks you for having sent
him this tender, deep and poignant book.
He is a melancholy dreamer often sadly
overwhelmed by the contemplation and the
haunting thought of all the suffering in
the world: but when his hand feels the
pressure OF yours. q ray Of light seems
to pass before his eyes.
The Lothrop company is preparing a
. volume of historical short stories by
Mr.. Harold Frederic. and new books
by Miss Sophie SWEET, Margaret Sid
ney. Mrs. Kate Tannate Woods, Pansy
and Mr.. Elbridge G. Brooks, and the
Illustrations of the last are to be de-
cidedly novel. THE Valley PATH by
Will Allen Dromgoole, to be issued by
Messrs. Estes & Lauriat; and a novel
by Mr. Edward Burton. to be publish
ed by Nessrs. s&Lee & Shepard, and
Water Color Painting" by Miss Grace
Barton Allen. from the same house,
complete the list. of new announce
ments. Boston RECEIVERS but slowly
from the fever of Christmas buying,
and at present the current Of talk
turns away from books and towards
Queen of the Ballet" to be given by
the cadets for the benefit of the fam
lilies of the six -firemen< killed, as the
advertisements accurately phrases it,
lin the performance Of their duty
There was no especial bravery about
the matter, nothing more than there
is in the heart of every fireman as
as he falls in to- march for the field,
the simple consciousness shat there
may be no return from the encounter
with danger, but the chief and more
than one Of the iremen had been prov
ed fearless, and the cadets have not
needed Mr. Roosevelt, or Mr.. Kobbe
or Mr.. RiisSt to write magazine articles
to make them feel themselves the al
lies of the firemen and the police. The
Oldest corps in the state, the governors
appointed body guard, always indie
pendent and never to be brigaded with
other companies it is perfectly under
stood that the Independent Corps of
Cadets is the weapon always ready to
the hand Of the mayor or the governor
against a mob Consequently, it is
very thoroughly hated by all the ele-
ments of the mob, and the mob news
papers insult it whenever possible
What it thinks Of the mob it never
says but what it thinks of the fire
men, it has shown not only by giving
it's services for the performance, but
by canVassing so energetically for the
sale Of tickets that the premiums were
larger by $1,000 than they have ever
been for the annual performances given
to build a neWgSarmory, and nothing
but the city ordinances prevents. pack
ing the aisles and stand ng room of
the theater with be,ated buyers, de-
terrnined to speTFd some money for the
cause. The next newspaper that shifts
at the cadets. may expect to reckon
with the firemen.
Stephenson Brown.