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A NEW UTOPIA.
WHAT MIO IT BE IN" I UK '1AVKNT1ETH
(T.MUl.Y.
LOOKKttt DAOKWAMk B8BP-IBB7, Rr Btowaaa
ll aa*;-, 1 .'?.m,.. pp. 170. PestBB: Tickner B Ce.
Dmtot i gate ola aroci ?I Betloa Mr. Bellamy
BM x\nt1 -n What Bright vcr-- well he Balled tho
New Utopia. The germ Ilka mi :!.t perhaps I>e
found iii Louis Groalund's " Co-opesnttae Com
ni* ii weall!." A young lunn, pat in ? BM
steep in l-**:. ehaaoes n<*i i" be a wakened, and
1- lag m :,;i .iril-.-rgroi.inl ehamb, i. the lions.-' over
xviii.*h is dratrofed by Sta, rsaanins in a stutc* of
fr.na- ? iii.t.i he is aackteate?y d?oavared nn- re
I to lif-* in |ha ynr lORO, 'I km is tin- thread
upon wliich is h-.n-g a most elah mate nti-l detailed
, -.j.tinn *,f the tiliangta wrought by the twenti?
eth ocniiiry in the whole s,-,ial ;,n<l politieal sys?
tem, .lui; ni West, tho tiineti-eii*th cut.irv mun
?wno is supp s <i to tell th-- story, linds the world
trans! .r*Ti**'l. Ile learns thal tho proocm of c*-n
trallration which x*.*:.s afahing inch rapid itridea
vin ks arni to drep had subsequently baan ea
I- n l-l until tha industries and conuaeree of the
mentor- were la the hands of .> few vate syndi?
cates aad thc mam a, vainly proteatlng against
ths eoncentrntion of capital, apprehended tl,
growth f an Int tlernble moneyed despotism.
At this ** iga, when revolution and anarchy
voidable, it be] aa to be peroeived tha!
the mot mani when tightl]
itt :i Indicated the way not only ot escape
fi,,m the perils it thrrateaed, bnl from all the
evils which had so lone afflicted soaleiy. In a
word, ll was realized that the true remedy waa aol
to have the lims ,.f developm ni upon which the
x. ''. i mm working, bal to ratend them The re
snM waa the croattoa of ? poblic sentiment, ih-*
practical naaaiaiityo{ which pat rt end to nil fear
of violence or revolution, arni which, wisely em
pieyad, transfc-rred the x\!.*->ie Industrial and com
meretal **rat*>m i" tba state. Al t'i" ead of n
crataiy ot the new regime society was reconsti?
tuted. Them won no longer rich and poor,
livery human being ooanted alike ia the capacity
to ram aad the right to receive s competency.
Ths wealth-producing power af U.e eommnnity
wa- enormously Incitaatl hy the elimination of
waste aad by the application ot simpl" principles
Which elicited from every citizen t*lie host work.
Lawyrro, bankers, stockbroker-, merchants Meri?
no longoy needed, and had therefore* censed to
exist Money had ceased to be used Credi! and
iieiit had disappeared together. All tim uncer?
tainties of fortune which impel men to straggle
and * .ni ad for wealth had been eliminated.
Education w,>s unirertaL Ignorance, tn?aa -Floe,
v.-c.v unknown. Io >>ri.-f. a state of affairs which
might \"ry easily I.,* thought the millennium had
he *n establish, d.
It xviii bo se-1; at once thal tl.i- is I daring eon
r.-ption. and that only mi uncommon degree of
tv<ill iiml un Imagination at on-*o fertile mid logi?
on] could Impart veriaimilitnde to it. But Mr.
Bellamy bas achieved so brilliant and oompl te i
rm in l,i-ililli,-ult undertaking thal the r ider
is oarried away by the development *-f tbe New
Utopia, and find- it fte more fm inating than any
ordinary novel, beast?c tbe wonderful picture
*??? in- ii.. noly a fuitlitul mrresentation <*f what
ought tn be, bul ;i not too sanguine foreshadowing
< ? wh ii actually might ba The whole scheme of
fha r- :*ti,utied sneitty is brought out in the
eoame , I converoatlon between Julian Weat, tha
nineteenth century survivor, and Dr. Leets, a
cttizen of tim twentieth eentury. 'Jins method
affords opportunity for the exhibition of all the
objections which would naturally oeear to a saan
of the present day, and 110111111"; is mom remark'
able in liiis very remarkable hook than tbe nd
mirable -xiii and adroitness arith wbioh tie whole
complicate- system i- explained and defended.
A ehie. source of the book's attraction In ted is
the commendation of the moat revolutionary
changes ti the reader by an exposition whieh
mikes them appear nat the simplest bul tin* moa!
obvious *.!> ps imaginable. Whereas In all Booialial
literature there am Implied if Bcd expressed such
mutations In human nature ns experience teaches
ai ta c. balder hopeless, Mr. Bellamy 1ms hem Buts
Beaded In describing a thorough reorganization of
societ" without demanding the lt?si oonoessionto
nnpractiea] fancy. Thc- r.ad"r as he proceeds
linds no difficulty in conceiving the possibility of
tl,, change* narrated, for they am so Introduced
mid accounted for as to neem to Bow naturally und
Inevitably from tl,** whole teadeneies af modern
evolution To produce such an affect is to rise
to ths plana af ililli art. We da not mean to my
thal lien- ar** na wc.k places Ifl Mr. Bellamy*!
eliTin of lia son lng T1.*t<* certainly nn- inch
plies; Rut they are sr skilfully and cunningly
Concealed that perhaps few xs ill discover them,
nnd it is imt worth while to wennon tl"* Interest
?,f tin- Rook by pointing them aol at preeent. The
merit of the author consists la his eonquent of the
moat iiifiicuit oonditlona li** bas succeeded in
giving to the unexpected, the improbable, even
lha Impooaible, nil the aatarard seeming of the
natural and practicable. Bteango and momentous
ns ur,- Ihs changes Indicated, they nr** made ta
mar tha aapeel not of fantasies nat of poss.
bi!ili,s; and BB higher praise could be given ft
weak nf fiction than this tmpcession implies.
Yet to call it a work of fiction is hardly correct,
for philosophy hus galts ns much part In it as
Imagination. It appeals to the highest and best
of human a-pirutiniis, mnreover. Few of us havo
been strangers to tho perfectionist longings here
?ni',tidied ami so deftly carried to fulfilment. And
-.vhiit a world it is which Mr. Bellamy shows us as
Ihe Balara] evolution (rum thc present chaotic
conditiuiis' A wnrld without poverty;' without
inequalities of condition, without the strain and
atreao of moaey-^rubbing; xvii in,ut the envy.
Rutr-i 1. tinobsiHshltnom. which the struggle fur
axlateace develops and muiuluins; without fae.
Han; without cori option; whhonl tho foUtea and
Basnnnaaam of fashion; without tmad and fnlse
haad; without chi ranon, of any kind;
wilban! ostentation; without sordid cann;
a world la which nil ar** amured a
eampetenoe; iu which the whole business of the
nation is tm *ma ot a il for the eoUeetive benefit ot
tlie Ballon; iu which waite ample provision c\i-ts
for Ihe development of every capacity and talent,
tln-r** arc BCttheS millionaires nor paapem; in
which tba slate is the OM monopolist and the
people at hage enjoy the profits of the monopoly;
in Which citizenshlp involves BO sexual dis?
till'! io!,-, or disabilities; in which the higher I'lu
eatioii is the birthright ot all alika; fnun which
the waste nnd frtotian of inctamat oompetition
bara baea eUa?naiad; an.l ia which tho race hns
fnr the tirst tune in its history BB opportunity to
cul!iv.it. ms Hollier attributes and tendenciea
Is it a beautiful dreamt It is indeed that
Tinton winch bmpiiea tho poa! aa bc
"Bingi of xx hat the World Will M
When ihe years h_ve died away."
Vet tin* pr* m writer has herc shown a power
beyond thal of pantry, for ha l.a_ so clothed his
1*,,in* pin,ns will, the ir.irnient of realism thal they
appear t 1 us m longer <ii-t;mt and unattainable
Bhadowu, bal pmatteal reforms altogether within
tin- scj, ut exteting cii|,.i(-itics. Om is made to
sea, naaarlhalsaa, thal tho pcopl*" of thc twentieth
eeni.,1**,'. baaing aaaompllahad so much, are by no
un ans Orating on their oars While fully mali slag
lh< o.u!f that separates Hem from their pnde
ermog. thsy are mpeseaated aa balding thnt as yal
tiny have only cleared tlie ground for more
definite it ii -I benda nt pBagBBSa, It ia all full of
-tiuii for the moat paacatea] its wan as for
thom arba loie u> Ind*1-gt in day-dramaa. Are
the links ol h.iliit so stroll*' as lo offer kopolem
resistance lo such changes, 'I'he si.n.'uiiie s*>c, u
lator may relied that th*- differences between the
S-glBteenth century und the BimOtOf tb ar'* mbmbIj
lam saaaMeaahte thaa thom haag?Md as occur?
ring in the twentieth. I),*.* -jie m.tn 0- the
world doubt whether isuch chunnes coiihl lur
wrought without eonrntetena? ii- may calm
himself willi Hie, reoolleciiou that .Mr. itclJairty
tuu-t apnatdaiatflj buries the [ires, at generation
beforo raising the curtain on ihe gow era. Does
the cynic object ll?V Ihe whole picture is fantastic
and i_jpo.s_ibk' f At least it ir? a kind ol picture the
influence cf which ls heartening nnd elevating;
for it luis the effect of firing reality and practi?
cality to thc iden si a trie Christ ran civilization,
and it affords to the vanquished in th ? battle of
life und-r axJstiag oondltioM a BOW erniinil for
believing in the ultimate ulianimnt ol u slat.: of
so.-ial oi-uity mid true democracy.
lt is possible ihat th*- average novel-reader may
find -Looking Baekwaitt" too still nnd didactic
It certainly has not much action, though enough
to give it human interest. Bal it is ? thought
braading book, and all who ar,* studying the pmb
I m- of the age; ail who bolte**-! In peagrem; ail
who are free to receive new light upon ths
capacities and poasiMUtim af the cane; xviii 'ind
in Mr. Bellamy's exceedingly dares booh satis?
faction and inspiration.
UBNBl ii: vi mi ab hun on.
AS ADM:KABLE -"HAKE-PEASE.
THE WORK- OF willi ,*.* BHAKEBPBABK. Edited
br Banar la-rnto aad Pbamb I. Mabshau. With
Kates aad tBtrodnetton to eaeh Play hr F. A. "M xi:
shall sad other -hakespeariaa asbeiiara, nnd bb*
autmis jllu-lrHtisns .it i.i,.:i?,N BaOWKB. Vol. 1.
Bmall quarto,ap. xx ll :;ir. Berihaerd Welford.
U'lie flrsl volume of the Henry Irving Bhake
ipcam shows an admirable plan In tl"- flew edi
ii-,ii. and ibo examples afforded of Um various
elucidations and critical helps peculiar to it fully
justify the expectation that, it xviii be ona of ih"
best and nv st thoroughly equipped editions: ex?
tant. Nothing seems t<> have been overlooked or
omitted tbat eau throw Ugh! upon the plays,
clear ap their obscuritiea, end explain their gene?
sis BBd Chronology, Mr. Mrir-l'.nll opens the 1ir*-t.
volume with a lucid preface*, In which he outlines
the special features of the edition. This is not
tbs general Introduction, which will be given at.
th,- completion of the work-. The guiding prin?
cipia, Mr. Marshal] observes, "which has bees
kept in mind throughout is Un* treatment of
Shakespeare's work ns thal of a dramatist, whose
plays xv, r.- intended not tn be lead as poetical
exercises, but to be represented by living men
and women before ii general audience.'' In ac?
cordance willi this view, ?? lhere will be found in
this edition more expUcit sta*."* directions than
lhere ate iu other editions nf Shakespeare.* The
acting ver-ions of the plays arc Indicated by tin*
bracketing of tin- portions whieh are to lu- omit?
ted on the singe, but tin- brackets in no way
interfere arith the symmetry of th*- wor_< .?>> a
reading edi!inn. Tin- present does not indeed
pretend to be an acting edition, but.* says Mr.
Marshall, ** what we do claim for it is that,
while giving th*' whole of Shakespeare's t**\t.
any otu*, with the aid of 11ns edition, oould
easily prepare an acting x*i*sioii of any of the
plays, either for private or publio representa?
tion; and also that it affords most necessary help
to thom who wish to r,:.d Shakeapeam aloud,
either at home or ob the platform." The foot?
notes have been "confined to the translation of
any foreign *,r Latin words occurring in tlie 1e\t,
and to the explanation of such words as- would
noi be readily understood by an ordinary reader;
the object being to prevent the necessity of turn?
ing to the notes, ai the end of each play, for
explanation of any om- word thc meaning of
which such reader might nol know." The notes
at the end of each play are unite full, careful,
and eminently reasonable upon most points, in
this offering a refreshing contrast to the notes of
som,- Shakespearean scholars, who have tn,, often
wasted ink and spine in elaborate analyses of
i tints and phrases really requiring no interpre?
tation. Etea Dyoe, usually one of the sanest of
commentator--, is not wholly free' from this de?
fect, while M.,],me ati'l other early critics have
frequently done much mon- in exposure of their
own philological Ignorance than in elucidation of
the text
In the new edition the Introductions to the
plays ar*- divided into three loads, \i/., "The
Literary History," " The Sta**-* History" and " The
Critical Remarks." lt is evident that fer refer?
ence purposes this division possesses signal ad?
vantages. Under th*- Rmi head are treated "tbe
vari, us carly editions of the plays and the so
whence tho pl*-t. or dialogue, may havo been
wholly or in part borrowed." Under the second
bead ar,- placed such meagre records as survive of
the early representations of iho plays, arith ac?
counts of any remarkable stage versions which
may have been produced, together with indices
of the mest remarkable performances, and of any
notable east. Tho third head coven Mr. Mar?
shall's critical estimates of the plays, ami hem
again what we think a wis- departure from an?
cient usage has been introduced. Mr. Mar-hail
says be has " purposely abstained from (ploting
ths critici-ms of others," an.l mids: "It ap?
pears to nie that sueli a practice is Mither ad?
vantageous to the reader, nor to th - writers from
Whom such criticism, necessarily moro or less
mutilated, may be taken: and I venture to pre?
sume tint an editor who has bein studying a play
olooely, and living as it were with the various
characters, ought to have MtaethiBg worth say?
ing on his own account xvillmut giving tbs opin?
ions of others." There is obvious truth in this
position, and there can be no doubt that Mr.
Marshall's method adds to the force nnd complete?
ness of his criticisms, which, so far as can ne
(adged from the single volume published, are
judicious, impartial and penetrating.
In addition to the triple Introduction and tin?
foil notes, a tittie analysis, notes on the dramatis
per-,ina-, aad lists of the words occurring only
in thal play, an- prefixed to rach play. With
tins,- helps the thorough understanding of Shaka
ipeare is facilitated to a far greater extent than
by any preceding edition of his xvorks. Hut in?
deed nothing has been forgotten in the present
case. The plays are illustrated by Mr. Gordon
Browne son of Hablot K. Brownie, so well known
ns "Phis") xvith car**, taste and spirit. Shako
spear.: has been Illustrated often, and, it must be
said, usually with astonishing infelicity. The
eighteenth century illustrations of lum are hope
leasly unimaginative, ti*(,--s. and what we can
only term bourgeois, Those of the pis-sent cen?
tury bava been somewhat better, but generally
quito inferior and som* times 'as In the drawing
of Kenny Meadows fantastic to groteeqMnesa.
Gilbert's engravings to Howard Staaaton's edi?
tion wer" passably good, and Ifl them some effort
WM made to attain accuracy of OOStUlM and ac?
cessories. Bat they did nol approach the stand?
ard of excellence in many respects attained by
Mr. Gordon Browne. Even Harvey's illustra?
tions to Char s Knight's edition, though de, ni
tully good, fall short of these. Mr. Browne's
are of two kinds: fall-page etchings nnd designs
placed In the text. The etchings in the first vol?
ume arc very satisfying, and thc IllnstratioM In
tho text show equal spirit and appmhenalon of Un?
di amatist's croatians.
The Henry ining Shakeapeam is well printed,
with hanflsnmr clear new ty|)o. u|>on thick un
glaaed white paper. Tbe size of tbe page, the ar
rengement of the text, the choice of type tor the
notes, exhibit the same goad taste, judgment ami
determiaatioa to make ovary detail the beal in its
kind which characterize the work throughout. ;
Mi*. Henry Irving contributes to the first volume \
au interesting though too brief essay on " Shake?
speare as a Playwright*" te Ur?lob hs talma tin
ground that ths poet -.mis om af the m*>st practical
(liaiiiatista the world has i res Mea," and dis|,ute-,
the tradition that hs dislik'-d his connection with
tho stage. In summing ap the merits of
the new* Shak-spearo it may bo said that, it
is characterised bp happy nrrangemeat,
scholarly editing, artistio illustration-, and
a oonsctentious elaboration of details, batta
editorial and imrhsBinal which aatitls it t*> very
high praise aud must lander it one ol ths b.si ,,f
aida to s__.kc.siM-ar.-au stady and mptaaantntiaa_
TOMMT AND SIR WALTER.
Frum Tilt Ration 'Traine,,,,'.
The Ll.tener has Ju-t beea n \ lng I liters**' experi?
ment on hu )mm*' friend Tommy. This steves reai
old hoy, like ult Ik,vs aud gi, h. of his general inn. has
mad -ti Nleholssm sod wida Awakm and youth's
cnn,pani,a,- nnd iiuii -on of fragmentary literature -o
tn-i,Ti that his t_>.|e Hi rein iii lg BUff-IS limn NM du
?Cursive!.*,,, of his time. lint lie has, BSVert-OlflSe,
read a lot of Morie., chiefly new nam flmvamoB's
wiih approval, snd Kider Haggard's more or les. ?n,
re pt it ions ly, and he aired* a sharply critical air in Hu?
maner ol novels. Waller Beott'i boote an* BPoe-iilble
tn bim, bul he followed the fashion ol no! reading thom
and hasted ihem turpld and loreign tu him, Pinding
lately a very jj??d new edition of "Boh Hov" In a
bookstore, with all the kuti word, conveniently denned
at tho Ixittotn of tim pago. Hie I.M-ner purehmcd tho
hook and gav,- 1t lo Tommy, knowing that the gift
Would at l'H-l start him to reading lt.
Tammy began lightl) enough al Ihe beak, ira.! a few
pages, twlated al. rathei wearily, trumped up an
errand, and left lt. The Listener not "cod thal be did
imt tan lt up again for a day r>r IWo. ITnl.riMy ha
ne*.cr would nave ta!,,-,, it nj, it th? Listener had not
asked him how he m* getting on with lt. After Hus
be went retnetantly os for a white, reading the book
furtive!]*, ss i Slatter of conerte-oe.
Bul irll al once ovr-, lmik not 1.1 a sudden chanpe
In Tommy, bearing with regard lo "Bob Boy." He
had evidently ul roch inmelblng lhal Inlereited him.
Bli Isa* attitude of pcrftinctory reading lurned Into
one of ,,1,-ri attention Looking np trom hi.-, book, he
announced this Important literal*) dlseoveij i
"Broil I" a good deal like Stevenson.'"
Instead *-f tramping np errandi io get swaj from
1h? bOOk. Tummy l,'*-.in tu n-k'l-'Ct luipo'l ant ST?W
bouse ? iigrigetnents lil order to rcjd lt. Il** wera
itumbllng aboul tbe house with tbe I.k bela before
him. ll" tunk lt with him when be wont out In! * Ihe
shs,) uiuler 8i.miu.irv onleis tn -pill -om-' kindling.
balancing i! upon a 'obi while le* chopped, to the
deadly peril "f b ? '? ia. II" had hlmselt cxc--e,i in
tl,,- middle "f n nc al .,, gu an,I reid - I;?*t, Roy" : Ibm
was the Imi aiiil mos! Incredible tesl nf his devotion
In Ihe In ok. Ills slaver? was complete. lb* could
hardly be drag-ped swsy fnun n nntfl he ind flnnhed
it. and then he Liv rn ?o met hi ng Ul." a n*i \i.iii crisis
tor I,alf mi hour afterward.
? fl ha. I like Biiout 'Roh ROT, be said, after he
had in -"in,- degree recovered, "'i* Ibe way lt doesn't
skip from one lo! of people to another lot. Too know,
nioni nf these writer! have Iheir i^npie divided up
int , kind i-f bands; fli*?1 tbey t-n yon about un" lot,
Bnd then they skip the*) and tell ?"" .limul another
Int. and When inn get through will, lhe-.* mu, have
tu en bach arid find OOl vina' th" others ap- lining
?i;,.', Roj' noi sr ?_!]
Thia -e,?,.,;,; literary dlieov-ry seemed to mm lt 'ill
up for Tommy. An-l Iho Li-tener eonelndod that
-. ,:?*. -tories, thougli they go a little beary at Mn
outset, have ,*! arms for tbe ming seneration, In spit,
of changed tastes and fragmentary literal ure.
IITJSBABY NOTES.
Ths Mendelssohn M ischeles tetters, now in course
of publication in "Scribner1. Magaslno," are te bo
bu,light out in bon!, furn by Tichum- A io. together
wit;, many other portion! of thc eoiraspondeam m\i
unpuMbhed. The volume, whieh win eoataln many
valuable portrait- ami oth*r lUustratlons, Inelndiag
reproductloiH nf some nf Mendelssohn's own cornie
drawing-:, xviii Sppoar In April.
Mr. Donnell] now ex*peet. to k-mc his boakdurtag
this month. Nearly BOO pages oh, weariness J?am
BOW In ty|s*. and the lirst MM aro printed. Il ls said
lhat an edition ds luxe will bl prepared and sold at
-.?J.,.
Th,- srlfs of General Wallace has written s bunk en?
titled "The land Of th-* Pueblos." It will bc pub
UshOd -ona by .' I'.. Alden.
The anti:,,-- ?f thal lively nave], '-Miss Beyle*. Bo
malice.** ha, written another, entitled "A Moteru
Brigand." Prince Bismarck and other distinguished |
I will appen- In lt.
i*.-. a. P. Peabody'! remlaiseenem of Harvard win
ihortly lu* brough! fnun the 'fi**!,nm- press.
Mr. Wliiiii'-r'- xoi-,,*- to be placed on the Milton
window presented to St Margaret's Church, West?
minster, by Mr. ... W. Childs, runs thu-:
"The New World honors him whose toft) p'm
im* England's freedom mad** her own ma
vims.- .-.ung. immortal as its theme, shall be
Their common freehold white both worldi en?
dure.*
"The Independent* ssyi thal Mr. Whittle,- feared
thai tbe word "freehold" would be objectionable, and
ted iho ii--- of ** I,,* ri,,oin." as an alternative,
although maintaining, In his note to canon Farrar,
bli preferei.for -? freehold," sud urging tbs! '? Milton
himself io "s j. it, the tame way in bli prose writlnp
--namely, 'I, too, have my Charter sad fri liuld of
rejoicing.1"
An entirely new portrait of Mr. Whittler has Just
been issued by Houghton, Mlfllln .*. Ca lt ls reported
thai the poet's friend* consider this the must satis?
factory portrait ol bim that has ever been mad,**.
nero is a ha<iy description of "John Strange Win?
ter," tl," elev,-,- chronicler of Brinah mllliary lite:
? a dark haired, bright-eyed young woman in a pretty
While gown."
A delightful Berte* of papen on "Tho Children of
tho While Itiiuse" are DOW brightening the BlW_yi In?
teresting pages of " wnie Awaba." They am richly
Illus .rated, tlc- portraits giv.-n Peing especially at?
tractive. Ti,,- curran! number deals arith the yoong
ston of sturdy John Adams.
An English version of the " K deva!.-" from the <Vr
man of Professor BehtefMr is in preparation
Mark Hopkins, .ii" .-nu of tho lat* venerated praei
dctit of Williams College, hat written a novel, winch
Tickner ls about to publish lt deals with American
life ni,!*,,ad.
Commtesiouer O. Brown Goode*! popular treatise on
the '?(,?!,,,? and POM! lTshes nf North America" will
be brough! un! Mardi 1. Tbe volume wbleb has been
prepared win, especial reference to ih-* habits ol Ashes
ami the met hods of capture, ami which is to be iilus
Iratd, will bo sold only by subscription.
Kllr.a Lynn I.Int,ni va- mic of th-- twelve children
nf the Vicar of Crosthwaite In the lake region. There
sin- was accustomed t-> see Robert Southey, whom, she
sa*.-, ibe lOmemben "With IV- eagle's b'*ak and small
retreating chin, spare fram****, and dark eyes full of
tiro. lb* preferred lunp; solitary rambles to our prim?
itive Moiety. Ba! Harriet, Doebesi of st. Albans,
WM inure sociable, and wi.en Jmirtieylm* northward
used ti, Invite tho vicar to sp'-nd the evening
with her at fhe Boys] Oak My fader's fellow
parsons wera s very queer lot Borne dian;, and
fought In public hDU* -. Otben Wem little belier than
1,.st day-laborers, and it xc_s no! uncommon to bear
the ofltelatlag clergyman exclaim, whoa bli Sunday
ministrations were over, ' Ooah! thal lob's jobbed l ' "
A portion ol MNs Lynn, girlhood wari spent at Cad'*.
mn, which h'*r father, Ilks I bartel Mobarn, loved
from his youth upward, and ultimately purchase i.
A Volume of poems by Mr. I. I!. Pen ny panter,
Editor of ??Th" philadelphia Weekly Pres.- is te be
published by Boughton, Mlfllln ... <*<>. Severs] of Mr.
1'eiuiypacker's \.ms havo already found their way j
into standard collections.
This Li what Mal I hew Arnold says about liii-slaii
novels: "The Bastian maa of loners dom not mata
natara say: '.he Bastian is my liesi ruc.*-.' Ho
Amis raltoJ to bb Mmltivenesi in lotting his pereep
Hons have perfeellj free play, and tn recording their
reports with portee! Bdeltty. Tho sincereness with
which the reports are given has oven something child?
like and touching. In the novel of whieh I am going
to speak, then i* not a linc, not a trait, brough! In
fur the glorification of Russia, or to feed vanity;
things and Characters gu as natur,) takes them, and tho
authur is ibaorbod In seeing how nature take-; them
and In relating lt. Hut wa ha\,< len a Condition ni
things which is highly favorable to the production of
good literal ure, ,,f good art. We have great ceusl
tlveness, subtlety, and Unease, addressing thamsalvm
With entire disinterestedness and simplicity to the
reprmentatloa of human nf.-. The Bust in novelist ls
thu, master of u spell to which the mcrets of human
na.uro-hoih what is external ami what ls Internal,
gcsinto and n.ann,-r in, less than though! and feeling?
miling])* make thenmelves known. The crown of
literature ls poetry, and tho Russians ha\o not yet had
a groat poer, bul In thal brm of Imaginative liter?
ature whieh In our day is the most popular and the
must possible, iii-* BusbIbbs al the present moment
seem to un- t? hold, as Mr. QladatOM Would IBS .!??
field."
'?Tie* Life od Tl,uma II. (lalla;.-let,** thi founder ?f I
d.-af mme Instruction In this country, h. in the pram '
of Henry liol! A co.
TO RELIEVE " BCRITENEBS PARALYSIS."
Ctmtmr , "rattan a. ii.,,,,,, u, rte BeeBm BermUL
A ?,,ii'-j.oiident, presumably fair, kr ihe ilgus
h'l-'if -a L-ltrrary Lsdy," wann tu kum-, wh ther
theta li an., terned] bi writer'* cramp. .\,,t t,,
?iHii-on?- knowledge, and be _m.Buttered enough
fi.uu it io eauae bini to try many thal bava bean
suggested, bul while be can nan.*, n,, eura, be caa
mai," tome -ii.-*,-'.?,:,, a, t,, ,,.;i,.f. change all ii,"
eondllloiu fnsquenily, th- height ol tha cjiair or af
lbs tabla, Ihe kind ,,f pater, taf_g sometimes the!
iinootb-r, Sometiiuce the roughei tort, tlave every
d. s rlptl.i pen and pen bolder si hand, and diann '
Ihem ?treauently. Hon"! tty tu write a hand-,mu !
I,ant. for thal i- tome-thins that a parson win, ha-*
Miner's camp ir. perfection cannu, io. Ile -?,'i-ti-*l
wnh legibility, m.-l thi* there need be nu dlfllculty
about. The trouble teem t>, bs a nervous ans and ;
very lillie things i*,n affect lt The .hangi from
paper thal i- ruled to paper thal Lt Bot, and vies '
versa, aili often give relief, and avon a change
front black Ink t-> bim _.*-- b'*on known t., be beneficial, j
cf coarse, you mu-, have quill penn In you. assort-]
meat, but their exclusive im> will i.ui help 1011. ;
A pi-.ml who do - a peal deal uf writing baa turned
to the typewriter foi relief, bul thai 1* a:i that lt '?
afford-, 'ih'* iii ger* bava pm tots lbs cramp habit.
and in tl. Ita U-" ol the type-water tr-ariea and
Mi.rctiN ii,, m. Nothing bul au Infinite variety ol
appliance-, constantly mangela, win afford las de?
sired relief.
EXCI I'TIONAI LT FINE ART.
Prom Th* Albany JuxtraaL
Trijy bas ? -light but emile four year nhl Who
ceat'-s linn I, amii-cin?ui and no end ot perplexities
for his pan-,||s >.,,. long .since While Vailing at a
friend's noose be *_> attracted by a picture of th*.
Saviour, and the followins nonversatlon ensued:
'* Mamma, who ls lhat f"
"Thal ls Jesus'*
'? \\ hero doc. lin live?*"
" ll by, Ile lives lu Heaven, dear."
"Tbey Uko piotty good picture* lu Beaven, duu't
thoy, mal*
MAUL1TT.
THE BTOBT OF KtTGBKII JOHN.
On June 22 lasl died Nir-11 ft(. nun nf the most popu?
lar ,.f modern Herman novelists. Bbo hail the raro
mod forton" lo inala* a lilt al OOM with ber first tn \ .-I,
'Cold Bise." and tn receive fm* lt within a hun lied
pounds nf tl:- ram Thackeray g"> for hu " Esmond.*?
And vet |< wa* by a chalice thai *'-odd EtSC* found a
publisher. ?
'i he real same of Mn nu wm Eugenic John, and ibe
iras the yoi ler *>f a mercantile family In
Ari.-tadt, a lillie Thin a m. Inn town In t'i" prim* I
nt Bondenhansea [fer fat1.er, Bras! John, preferred
ski*.ching nnd painting In -'au,ling bel,'ml the Counter
snd keeping his tadgeri. Ile excelled In crayon draw.
copies of antiques]. Ber mother had i.I s
beauty, ha.) a romantic turn, and always remained a
bvonrer ol fiction, Erm! hw! married ber tor her
(ace, imt for lc i domestic qualities, and -h" made him
I gund limiting, tell certainly imt a managing hou*"
tt ifi* The faller's crayon drawings drew away his
allen!lon from the buslneas, jimI the mother's novel
reading diverted her mind from Ihe housekeeping, and
it is imi to be wondered al thai the bm i."ccllned
nod the domestic arrangement! gol Into disorder. The
children Inherited sinti- parents' ts tea and aversion .-?
business, "ne ,,f ii,,> daughters who died early was
.kllfui in th" ma,iu'arline ,,f artificial Bowers, and a
son, il"i munn, modelled and carved in alabaster. Eu?
genic John wm born *,n neremher 26, i -?.;", on tbe
rory day aa which Ihs birthday eetebratlon ?*f thc
prince look place, ami al tbs momenl v.len tbe trum?
peters blew a bia i In honor of the reigning prince
fruin tbe balcony nf tbe town hall on ti.pposlle
-id,- of Ihe marka! pla e to Ihe shop of the John fam?
ily. Gunther I., ol BrhwarsbnrgSondenhaiison,
rai bom In it*:", nn-i Arnstadi was the summer real'
dence nf the family.
i igenle wai a bright child, with dark, emly hair.
intelligent eves, and pretty dimples In ber cheeks,
graceful In ber movomonta, and In after yeais ac
rnnnted, whan al Vienna, ona ot 'he hes! dancers In
that dancing rapll i Rn! ihe never can have I.n
pretty' whatever charm ibero may have been In bar
? i- due io ex prc lion, nor photograph! and
engraved portralti arc devoid <if hint lhal n cn* was
besiify In her feature*, She poisoned s talent for
n.ii-ie aol a |.d v.,i.e. ind ii iras i,, ipis direction
thai be turned In th- hopes *,f making her way, *?* ' - n
the depressed condition nf Ihe family mado lt ni
ian for eadi to do something toward gaining s live?
lihood.
In IB41, when Eugenie, wm sixteen, iii" i
family were al xrosia.ll in the summer, noLOunlher I.
?whose trumpeter! had proclaimed the nativity of
Eugenie whilst honoring ihe birthday of th-ir sover?
eign bul nuniher ll . his ion, In whose favor he had
? l a few years previously, 1-:t>. nn his mi
with ih" Princess Mathlld nf Bohenlohe-Ochrlngisn.
Tbe young princess i - *i kindly and generous patron
c-- ol art, ar-d old Ernst John took courage ?*? entreat
1,,'t- serene Highness to help In the cultivation of the
talent nf his daughter, Eugonlo, whom bo destined for
the sta.,..
Tho same afternoon the princes, sent (he buss
singer. Krieg. ol ihe rotiri opera company, which bad
come with the princely lulte ta Arnstadf, to tesl tho
girl's powers. There wm no othei Instrument in
tin house bul an old spinet, and Krieg Ihrew it open
and s.iuck tbe keyi *.lomptuously. [Ie fell lure
thal ''here i,n pian,, forte Wal fo'ind. lhere mu-ieal
would be raw and undeveloped. Bn! when
Eugenie raised her \ nice snd -.mg be cl anged hil npin
ion. she had ;, powerful and clear ingall nnd. though
nnculilvated. ll posse.1 remarkable na!ural flexi?
bility. Ai be reported favorably .,, Ibo princess, the
sent for the girl, heard bet- herself, was pleased, and
promised io provide tor her technical education Bu
genie followed her patroness to Knndenhansen, where
.-he wa- placed In tbe up-aoi- gills' school, and was
given special Instruction In lin* i _? and plano pli
The gill had io much natural brilliancy, such enlhu
?-ia-.ii ami eagernc-s to make har way, thal no! only
thc family, bul Hie masters anticipated lhal she would
inal.e her mark when iho appeared on tho
I'mm Sondershsnsen, nt the expense of thc prin?
ces., Eugenio w.-nt tu Vienna, where sh., rontlnuod
bel itndl-s< and then came to Leipzig t,, go through
? ? si ' he i onsen story. Bul. unfor?
tunately, a! thu time i ilighl deafness manifested
Itself, which, however, she could nol believe to be
other than a transitory li flrn itv. dun to ? enid. She
ventured to mako ber delan mi the Leipzig stage, and
The amii--nee listened a. Bril with
forbearance, attributing leo bad singing to nervous
ii'- s; bi r when, In ? second air, iho ht.me discord
aii'lv tl.-..! they losl patlenre, and bj unmistakable
signs gave ihe poor giri to mulei-.and thai the was
unacceptable.
i>i-app im ineni. humiliation, morl I fled pride, net he.
Into tin* dup-st .*?-. -...n-.-.-.v i-u nt. Thc ambition of hor
Hf- xv.v blighted, ind no mi.,,, rtrcer offered. Mr in
while, the family circumstances had bee,,mc desperate
Uer brother, who wai a! i!.-* university, studying fur
a leane,i profc sion, was obliged lo leave because his
father was unable lo troon'alu him there. Ills ca", r
also teemed blasted, ii,- wm ?? man ,,f some'talent
and of literal y tastes, but w as either deficient lt, Imag?
ination nr in energy, no bee ama. Anally, teacher
of modern languages in the Gymnasium al Ai ns.adi.
li-* n.i ilid anything In literature deserving nf notice.
Rugenle had made her first and la-t appearance <>n tl.o
?tana, she withdrew, covered with mortification, to
hld,- her head and ??;,, oul ber l.e.art in the privacy nf
her nra iir.cnmfiit IsblC jtnmO. 1" ;,f* 'v lift* -'"" bad
the satisfaction of seeing I .er favorite niece gifted with
a voice lita ber own, and riuallfylng In distinguish
bet-self In an art which had been sealed in her.
Thc Princess nf Sehwarzburg Sondershansen pitted
Ihe poor girl. and. to soften tu 1,,-r ll," iharpness nf
her disappointment, offered hor s situation about her
per-,,n as companion and reader. Eugenie thankfully
accepted thc offer, and was al once translated from
lu-r Impoverished home and .)" little commonplace
sim-ii-iv ,,f the trading class In ? petty Saxon town to
iii" pomp, culture and etlojuette nf a norman court.
Eugenie John had recovered somewhat of her wonnded
self-esteem, and st,, chafe i al the slights, or Imagi?
nary Slights, to Which she was subjected af ene
was only a Jnhn, not a Yon John, and I salaried *.er
vant. The ince etiquettes, tlu formalities. Ihe order
,,f precedence, all prove-! Irksome to tl," morbid mind
of th? girl, who could nut forgive ilia' si,,- was thrust
Into the background by little nobles ami gentlefolk
whoso Inteltectnal powers were fer si,,,,-. ,,f her own.
1. was vu,leal,Iv at the court of 8,,n,le, .hansen
thai the was brough! into contact wllh
pietists, alric! puritans *,f nam w lymnathles. Tl,,,-,*
who bara .cad ",.,,]?! Else** will recall the blltcrncM
with which ihe deaerfhei the liangcn in In a small
court : her di-gnsf nt pietism emt*- up In other novels,
notably In "The Old Maid's Bec -, I * and In '"'I,-* lVin
rms of tlc* Heath." As ., rl?ttogn,t*-fd Orman
authoress said t, tba writer of thia notice. "Marbi!
wa- a 'Kranks Beela,' had a morbid mind, and unfor?
giving spirit. She attacked thone whn had offended
1,,-r wp), rcmors lea* animosity, painting them car?
icatured?tn ber tales under the tnlnnael disguise, -,,
thal every one who knew the court could recognise
whom she drew."
As n safety valve te he,- annoyance ,vi*l Irritation,
Fug* u,e John beear to keep a vt'imeof verses. "*iip'h
ihe railed hei tforbarinm In which ibe pourri) forth
h-'r trtubtes lt*, line. ,f toler*lle poetry. Ile* lier
barium "srtnlnlv rnntrnel miav poetic fl..wits of thc
genus Wormwood. T',,wald ber patroness Eugenie Wai
alwayi respectful, and bore her real affection. Ii
1p:,R, whilst staying at Prlcdrichsruhe wi ih the prtn
rcs. sh" ent-*r,*d Into oorreaponilbnre with .-*lio,,1
Director Kerr., nf rim, and he perceived Ihs umina li
tins girl, and encouraged her t-i write, itu,ugh he aral
una',ll to obtain a publisher for her verses. It wa?
nui, however, until len years later that she inatl* hci
firsl appealaiic* In print.
Tt 11 petty evident fruin her **rr|t|ngs. which tran*
parentlv veil her ewn trial*, troubles, experiences, ami
unit-gui-edl y reveal ber pi-ejudr e-.ihat at,uni thi- thur
sin* fermed a hopeless attachment loward i man
probably her superior in rank. The hopctessness ol
ber pa-sVin. in-.ead of softening iud iweelonlng hoi
bean, made ll more impatient, angry and bitter. II--.
Irritability became vexations, and lu-r marked temi
tlvoiie-s rendered ber Impracticable, ia thai tbe princes*
na. reine.ant iv obliged, in 1MB, to request her I.
retire from her poaltlon on i -mall pension, shr
obeyed, .-he could m. du other, wlthoul rceontmenl
against her patronesa, but nursing bitter anger againsi
ti,,,a.. tu whore influence -h" atti'ibiiiisi h*-r dbgraee
This second humiliation, and Ibe reduction ol her means
happened Inopportunely. lier father was without
means, lur brothel. xr,-re tn no better circumstances
and they had an uncle dependent on thom. Eugenle'i
-?, |1| pe;.-lon -ei red to koop thom all in Hui nf,-,---aHo?
of Hf,-. iv,hap- at this period of her life she sTilnei
In the noble*.! light, for ino was mos! unselfish In hei
I'.oxn'im tu ber Impoverished family, ism,- lived wt*l
ber married br.,(her. Alfie,! John A year nr two lal-*.
a fiesh disaster fell cn ber. The princess losl i,'*i
fortune through sum- unlucky In vestment, and wi?
nn lunger In ;i position tn pay Eugenie th- pension, as
pr .m!-c,|.
Bow en ii-1 a pert.d of the severest privation
ni anxiety fer tho tm n.e. But it wai
ll," dcMltUie oomlitlc i' In which the fm,Tv
xv.ls thal ? pur nd Eugenie to atiemp, literary work,
HometMng mnsl be done to relieve their distress, and
in a enid mom in winier, in which she wa- unable lo
aiTonl a fire, ihe wrote two stories, ''The Twelve
Apostles" and "The Hchoolmaetor's Daughter." Ii li
t? this period ot privation tha! rs attributed fhe be?
ginning of that Infirmity ri.matbm nr gout -with
which she was eve,- after afflicted, bul lt probably univ
developed what lurked already In the lystcm. Her
previous deafness was doubtless attributable t., the
tame origin. Thii deafness now Increased, sad she
became ai length, nol exactl] it. ne deaf, bul io deal
;,. onlj ." I"- able lo hear when shouted to close tc
har ear. When her two itories were written oul neat
iv, with bm final corrections, she intrusted .hem to
ber broth, r to posl foi her. As be passed tbe window
Xvlth Ibo packet, h.* he'd lle-m ll), tu 1,,-r.ns sh" looked
anxiously forth. "Oh. my p,. poor children 1" laid
s|,e. "What will befall them |? thlt Wide, rude
wold 1" i he parke! i 1 to Kell, ?? tor
of tbe ** nartenJaubB," ar Le!]
Ti,,, firs! was accepted; m.. -u tha meond, it wm
returned arith the remark nun Auerbach had worked
thal veil out. and ber -tm \ nf lins sch,,ulm ,.-,, ,-'.
Marie was too * io-,- an Imitation *,f ht- stets to is
a,-,.-pr,-d 'I hu a ax In 18-5, Encouraged bj havlni
on,- cf ber compositions taken, Rugenle noa iel real
oi,..Iv lu u,uk un a BOVel, " Qold ?SO," ni Which lb
bed h-r own experiences a. the Coori of sun
ilei-shau-en. V h-*l, lt WM tlnislu'.l sh.?, |, ,,, ,,?
tenlaube." heil, the editor, bad,* the lub-edltoi
look through lt. and a feu days toter Ibe latter re
turned hun ihe Mb teated and ready to post, "nol
-ni ed." lo tbe am i
?wi.at is ii liker* asked K-n. Tim nb-edltoi
shrugged hi- shoulders. "Nothing remarkable," i?
answered; "not above th** ordinary level of lemah
eompoaltloa It _ all ai-nut Thurlngte.*
?1 am a 'I huringiaii.** said Kell; "let me see"; am
he, broke the mab, snd began tn rend, nol with tb
expectation nf having to reverse the decision ol hi
sui ,,i,lina'-, but lu ,..d.-r -,., refresh old recoltectlon*
ef -fe aatlvs torasl land ile had not, however, wai
many pages belora kw disoovered that the lub-edltoi
bad sit?a n?< ri rsaatei 'n examining th,- ms. ,,,- ii,,
grievoasl] imfisd lodgment Ile read <>n the wi,,,i,
BfternoeUa and read till mldiitgbt. Next day he wi,,*,
to Um authoress, a. i-eptlng tim navel, and proposing
besides ths usual honorarium tor the publication ii
tho magazine thal sho should -har" profits with lil ii
when ll wa-t publish',I In hash lui m.
A very few years later Kell paid her ?1._()0 a.s hal
nrofltt. Bbs wm Hun a cripple, in eonatarri pain
waea ?te received the chock she burs! Into a Roo.
?I .ears, partly "f Joy in seeing thu lhere i
?tors oauso lui pocuulary .ollcittidoiu Hu* Inturo, pail
ly Of sorrow a.s she reviewed tho BSSStaBhSS and hu?
miliations OBI of which ?? (.nhl Uso" had -prim;*,
The jseudonaine of K. Marlin, which she hail as?
sumed mi ii,-, entering tbe wants nf literature, she re?
tained tn tic ,-nd. "Gold i'i-*" took with tbs people
at once. I. iras Interest lue*, somewhat *" n a. ional.
passionate ami romantic. Bul lt ls noi a great novel,
I. contains bo! a tingle abaraeter whteh xviii live, and
tm situaUom s,, .triking as Indelibly to stamp thom
scive- nn ths memory, it reveals on pewer te sound
the depths of tho human heart. In a nuilee ,,f Mar
lin, in a nutiib, i nf tba ** oartenlaube-" afier ber death,
ti.liie- says: "Whoever on a Friday in March,
1886, bappsned la pms down tho Kontg Btrasm la
Lelpaig, would hai" bed, arrested by a itriklng scene.
Al ? itreei corner where s-,,,,ii the ofli*-,* nf our maga?
zine, only erected two years previously, stood a mim
b-r of people essentially of the paopb ?waning i
the railings, sitting on the itope, reading tbe Ju-t
i--ucil number of tbe '-f-artenlaube.' Thal was at a
lime when bevvy storas-etoodi lowered over oer
many, mi,I Whan the news of the day was awaited
with breathless anxiety. And yet. Ihe scene was im?
bi,,- thai which t,,nk place onteldfl Ihe ofltees of the
dally journals. T here was mi ?? igor * anning of tole
grama by flnaucleni, no seareb among Bdvertl-tements
By tuen out of employ, 'r was simply ne'ii and women
of the people devouring with feverish avidity tbe Imt
chapters of ' (Inl'l-Bise.' "
Marine- future wis assured. She closed with an
offer of Ke.i ihat whatever ihe wrote ihould go lo his
magazine, and tha! sho ihould write tor no other nob
Be hal behaved honnrablr lo her, no! tal.inc
advantage of her Inexperience a. Ibe Brat, and ihe
I bli honorable dealing by hoi,: ng test to ber en
gag intent, and refusing more sdi 11 I igooni offers made
to ber by other publishers. H-r next production wm
?lilli" Board." in 1-'in: bul her second novel, "Tbe
Old Maid', Secret* (Das 1 ilten Mam
s*-ii, ls. I,, the opinion ol tbs wilier, by tar her besi
ll 1 ; I,', the struggles of ? yoong girl
brought up amid the straightest puritanical bonds.
striving tor mora light aral air and breadth of sym?
pathy, ii.,, it ara wi,veu some ol her childish frol ca
i-i the old bouse In tbe market place al Arnstadt; her
scrambles among tbe attics, and exploration ol lodden
cupboards and nailed-up coffers, alter old papen.
'laen can.lu-:, !i-gi i lin 'Kaela," lu 1S00, aid
'?H-.d,- prinz -f-i-'i-n*- *,Tin! Princes! of the -leith),
lu the cn-uii.g year.
Her -meccas with the pen enabled ber te build ft
huii,.r, which sin, called Mariiitboim, nu etovu-d
gt -iii'l above Aiu-radi; a pl.-a-aru abode erected in
Ibo common, prevailing styte ot Oorman villa, attn a
belvedere al thc lido, troui which a Un. view la com?
manded The building was carried nut .ler tbe
1'ipervbion ol ber brother Alfred, who wai master In
' Ml" School si Am .adi. lier delight In taking
I,,,-.'*..jon ,,f her bonne w.,. qualified by lUffering, ?
ai at iinr -.uue lime I.er malady took -1..op bold of
her, and graduaUj deprived her of the power <?!
locomotion Uer brother ami lu.- wir,- lived with ler.
?0 ibo d d ber aged fatter, and the greata***! can ana
affection surrounded ncr. Uer workroom wm on tin
ri .1 Boor, but she liked to mil her wheeled chair
11 au the ganico, ai.a -11 muaing by the boar under a
favorite cbcatjiut, ur ibo would be carried np to the
room ut the top uf tha belvedere, whence ihe oould iee
ih,. ,1-ian,, prospect ot the lovely Thuringum woods
!.' I hill.-.
tm one nee--iou, a- she vat Loin-? brought down
(rom ber look-out chamber, tit .1 nsw carrying-chair,
ll gave way, and ih. wa- precipitated down h.* liens
au.1 ieverely injured Ina accident confined her tor
long c. 1 ,-r bed,and prevented bel ii "in couttaulng the
itory nt "The Lady with Hie Carbuncles," on which
she was engaged a. ibu in,,". When ihe resumed lei
pen, li wai by an offun of will ii, Un; in.d-t nf .-harp
?uihrii g. Mi- never thorough, gol ova- in,, [all,
,md it duubl - hastened ber end. in October, 1 -?'-,
?bo va- lad 1111 willi 11,dan,11,a ion nf lin- nbs, followed
by oiher internal complications. Me- reodved tran?
sient relief (rum tbe use *-f ma iga, bm the gi?lu
all_ tailed, and died a. the <"??<'. "f .inn" last, uttering
w 'li lier L1.-1 breath the name of bel* leloved brother
Alfred.
Miiiiitt's workshop was, ai air adv mid, .1 room on
Hu- ground tl.*. before th'* window stood ber table,
on vii,,,-I, wa, a hamilwine Inhatand, ibo gift ut the
Princess, a thermometer, and a tele cope, with which
sho cuni,1 m...i-e 1,. 1-,-ir i.v lookl 1 ai th' distant
mountains-ind wundi In the interval- ol coup-,-' nn.
Tho chief ornament of tho room wa- a rich, Inlaid,
antique lecrotaire ur cabinet, .with handsome bran
I work about tt. In this she l- pl ber treasures, me
imui iis pleasant and painful "f the past, ber diary,
hher erbariuni, old letters, aud lundrt - coniecratod by
r.Ilections. The walls arera adorned with lome
family portraits and crayon drawing* by her father.
Tho old man often i-.im,- mi,, i,i- daughter'! room and
occupied au arm-chair by tbe Hove provided for hi.a.
There he iel In -.1 nee, watching her wm-, -t? ,<1 glad
to catch an occasional mille and nod (rom ber.
Martin kept i,er MS. In a locked bather portfolio,
and alb,we,l no on,, to -.,0 any of it till the Work on
which the waa engaged wm complete, su particular
wa- she on this point; that un om- occasion abm ti
sheet of 1,,-r MS. bil on tho Boor and wa- picked np by
her --"-I-in'.aw, Martltt, thinking the bad ikimmed
ir- contenta, toro i. tu pier,.- ami threw lt imo tho
wastepaper basket, when, however, a nov. 1 was done,
iii-'n. 10 elghl o'clock punctually in tho evening, - 0
rolled ber wheeled chair Into tbo room where wi her
brother ind ilster-in law. ber MB. on b r lap. and
tu read lt to them. Till thia moment, although living
?with her In the el. *1 communion of thought a*.-I
interest, tl.ev had 1",", told nothing ot its content*, and
IUin,-Miles lin! not even know tho lille of tlM work mi
ihe wai en gag d. Uer relational km,wing how
sensitive ihe wa-, never all,,wed ber to see unfavorable
criticisms of ber work, and no notice of herself which
vis ma complimentary. Poaalbty the vexation and
pain xihici, a severe review woubl cause might hara
paralysed ber Imagination, ami taken the hear! oul of
her work. lb r bro ber ind sister det-lred to .pare her
*,. bul we mw well doubl wbether it would
not hav- been better fer h-r to hav,- men thai bm
writing. ,bd not meet with ubivers-1 admiration, md
nen not regarded as I hely to live ss dat-lcal wo '?-.
Nol only wa- :alve:-e criticism withheld fn-n li*'.*,
bul she was k'*pt in ih,-mo.t rigid sectusbn (rom the
wotM. si,- saw no hiv but I. -.- own tamlly circle.
Tim Inevitable reanli waa, that 'he exhausted bar past
experieuces and mado no (rash ob ervationi of eharse
t.r, her creations became nano pupp 1- thm men and
women, and ber Incidents ware drawn with exaggera?
tion. The reality whick wa-om- charm of her earl Mst
novell evaporated.
.1 BREER ??I'ONY " TU I r 7* 1 TEED.
Fr..ut Tltc t.iri.'nn .-/?".) -VurnrlL
They tell ? good itorj il Ihe expense of a Batei
frosbmen who has been accused ?,f riding a pony to
death, a good deal, since he gol the hang of the school
I house. Ono day th" professor called the young gentle.
? men up to recite In the Odyssey. Tbe young fresh
, man it art ed in with a very rhythmic and beautiful ver
I sion, but In the midst of a lovel] rertcpce ta forgot
i what tbe pony said, and the animal balked badly. Tba
; professor* looked up over Ins glasses, ami with a signif.
I -ai Hy Imp,*!inns gesture and a funny look In bis eve
said: "Drive on, my young friend, di Ive ?,,." The
class broke oul Into li repressable mirth which the cloud
1 compelling Zeus blmselt eould not bave restrained had
j tho father of gu'ls ami men been present in perton.
TAK1R0 A COFFIN ON A HONEYMOON.
treen Thc M*Vaem**t*t Time*.
Concerning the death <>f Queen ('aniline, the late Hr.
Lushington used to relate tho following anecdote: 1.
va. considered Inexpedient (doubtless f*-:- political rca
sons) that ber funeral should take place In England,
and in Dr. ..hen Mr.) Lushington wa- confided the
task of conveying her bod) to Brunswick, to be inie .* d
in the pinn- whence ihe came. The commission was
a Battering one for 10 young a man. ind doubtless
carried with lt some pecuniary advantages; bu! lt came
af a mos! In.venient moment, for Mr. Lushington
was un the point nf being married. B"hal was he h,
du ? is-,-11 n>* the commission or a-k leav,? to i?-st pone
tho wedding 1 it via- a delicate question, ami one on
which he fell lt wise t,, lake advice. ?? By mi na-ans
postpone the wedding," laid the friend whom lu* .hus
consulted, "rather ask permbalon to have lt hastened
m.. The lady has plenty of spirit; go and pul tin?
ea.,- fairly before ber, and tell tar mi advice to you
bn.h 1- to get quietly ma-ried at once, and -tart next
day fur the I imi in int, taking Hu* "ullin wllh von.
Brunswick trill is- limply tba Brsl baiting place on
your Journey, ami then, having safely delivered over
your charge, you can gu un and tlnbh you. honey
moon in Switzerland, or wherever else yon pleas.-."
Mr. Lushington acted on tin- advice and Hi-- sm..
I gcsiion was received favorably by ihe lady. The mar*
I liege took place, and tho nex! dav ti,- yoong couple
started, under these mos! original circumstances, for
their honeymoon They travelled post, of course, re
lav. being im,vi,led on the road: bul they bad not
, one many stages when the sound nf galloping hoon
v is heard behind. A measencer from the King? '-His
Majesty had received Information that a must linprn|ior
Inscription had been planed upon the roflln. if ibis
wee nm,, ll most at once t,e removed. Mis ni iler.
were Imperative." Then waa nothing fur it bul to
stop the hearse and take ont the rollin fm* examination.
1 pm, ii w .ls found a plate bearing these words '. " caro?
line, the much Ill-used wife of neargo IV." Ibis be?
ing evidently Hu* obnoxious Inscription referred to,
the messonger at once produced his tunis, wrenched oil '
On- plate, ard galloped away with lt to london. The
*? "in w,s then returned to tu.' hearse, and the rest of
the journey wai completed without any further inter
ru prion Many years after. l?r. Lushington was called
to l he bedside of a dring man. '? ile had something on
his mlud." he -aid. "and could not be easy till be bad
mail- 1 clean breast of it. lb> was the very megsen
ger who had been sent to wrench ,,tr ti," Inscription,
and as nobod] bad ev,-,- particularly Inquired aftet the
plate, be bad ventured to appropriate the same, under
the Idea that lt might SOme dav I." ol -.dim* a- a , url
cslly. "f late, however, his conscience had beea re
1 ,,a, bing him for thia iel of d 'hone ly, and ta bad
now sent for Dr. Lushington thal ta might restore
the Stolen plato Into his hands."
roc 1 ura. WISDOM TN A ELISE 1/.'/>.
ri ?iii rte MiwmtwmwH* Tnwun*
it is related ol iwo Hub ghi- of etevea ami ttiir
teen rems ol age thal Hey aero bte In gong to
IChool, and When about half M av the Itorui
and they turned ba.u After wandering ab,,ru for a
time I he J came tu a straw -tack. The oldei- girl dug
oui tbe itraw as br ss she could sh- then pul tar
lister In ahead of ber ami crowded In after h-*r. She
took Off the:,- shoes, xml W h'-n their feet grew Cold
sb-, rubbed .bein brlakly. Tho younger girl fell
asleep, bul H.Ider kepi awake ami cont tn.1 the
rubbing pruceas when necessary- The parent- t,;,ve
un (heir childi,-ti a.s lost, but earlv lil,lay morning
after the storm had sutaldad, tba girts, nono the
worm for their experience made their wa* home and
lt is needless to tay thora ru great j,,v ami rejoicing
in thal bon-" a wise hoad ls sometimes lound ou
very young IhOUldOH.
HOW LAWLER tlRFW SO EXPERT.
Fri/.n Ihe Ttlt**tW$ chronicle.
'? Daniel."
" Vi's, sire."
"1 -ce .hat our friend, Frank Lawler, claims I,, Im
an au. bullly on A.nm icu. Shipping iud luiitud a
place mi the c.milloo on Monham Marino."
" , ? ?Ire, 1 saw that ii, ii,,, papers."
-i did.it know Lawler knew anything about shln
p.ng. Whore d'd he g... hi- knowledget1
Al his saloon in Chicago, .ire. He handles a
great uutuy ttuuuueii."
ART NKWS AND CuAfMEXTS.
THK WEKK IN" MT Cl KC LES.
KOTKS OF TIIK fiTBIBI IIQBB 1ST M-.XVS Fl.ir.
wm:i:r.
Thk Trihi vi's announcement*- of tea Baeaesi fis
and thS Psrmtehagla exhibition appear to lave MSa
.eii-lved a.s the most I in port ant arl BBS I of ibe
Tbe spencer collection ls famous among all American
amat.-tns for Its high finality, and Tm; T__a_n_*|
?awi has aroused the liveliest Internal IhS I *?
erl ni I nat lon and latelUg-BCO shown In UM fefBM-bS of
this collection have bees freq Bently reeogalasd ls tte
louise nf ti,., i,.,:, v ee'i's dlscu?si? ti, ard lii'icl,
has been expi*os-r*d (hat. so complet- a Collection
imt Ih. preserved as ll stands. It woold be d
if not inipossii,!'.. t? ferm simi'ar gionps of the works
of artists like Pousse.-,,, nu,\ ?,*?-. which would
Irate as fniiy the vartom phasm af ikeb art 11 -?*
pbturm like most in tm eolteetlon ai" mall, bri I
BUallty ls remarkable and taken UBBBtbSr the-,* | 1
ailnilrable prmsilimiUB of ead, ps * .-.' I t
pltj' that tl,*-" g. uujh iBOUld te br*.';,*,. I,;,.
Neither Kr. Spencer nor Mr. Avery has mtlMtimd
any formal aaaoaaeessaat, but it mav be said .
lime f()r ||a sa!" ba. I.n fixed and tb
an already well under way. Tb* Coi?Ttl I
probably be placed ?p,,n exhibition at tb** BIB- ?
Osltartae, tha biter part nf box! week. ??? rta
after, ii is und'-.s.uiid that tb-* exhibition w"l| con?
tinue fm* len davs ol* Itu v eeks md lb- - i!" v. Tl i.o
I -id tb- bet nf iu* month ur ai,*,nt tv- it i ,,f m ireh.
Thora ire shout sixty pbtaras and their mia will
occupy nnly one evening, but ll ls probabl]
that no noe of tl,? larger CoUCCtiona Offered f
In New York of recent years km had '?" . gk I
even a.. average of merit, .is t., tke result, of tba
sale which I.av,*, be,.,, (requeutly caovasaed iii tba
go--j], ,,f ,!,,* week, opinions na.all' dlff. t bul I
judges estfmste thal thom slxtj giri ires sb ld I
(rom it-5.088 to pao*.. The drawhmks are tl -
dullness of ths lesson, sad, seeordlBg tn mbm. Um
small sl/.e of many pictures which ni av pt-*vet,t some
would-be purchasers fmrn sppraclaUng their value.
At lu's fenner -ab- the c,,j!,.,-,.,r Instated 'hat ?
thing should ta -dd literally -wit,,", roser* I
ti al Itara si nnld be no " bidding in.'* or ** preta
and the coming sab* as everybody believes, trill i *
conducted In the -ame way. The catalogue i
collection win contain etchings after I.il nf the
nlctnree, and li N expected that ibis publleailnn will
hold ps nvi n among tb** various iiixuiI,,:.- exh I i
cafabigues Bf Ita last few years.
Il -"cms to be generally considered (bat Ibe Vercst
cbagln ?'\liilif!lon which will BBOB Belt se,i-,,|i a. thS
AmT'lcan Art Gslterim *"-*s. I!I prov,* B pop *
This has been th* earn abroad, ami the rabji I
Verest* begin's pictures should prove lt ten
whatever mav t,e thought of his manner of treatment.
The various opinions cited In tesl Sunday's Tbibcbb
show- thal these paintings can -.ard oa theil
merita, at leas! as Illustrative ai-t. ai d it ta to bo h< i
tha! tie-v may ta exhlMted without anv nt Ita clap
trap with whieh "raw-York bm I een *! ned foi th i last
yen- and a half.
Tho priam at the Wafer Color RxhlMttoa will bo
awarded by tha rota *if members af tbe - *
ipeclal meeting to be held oe Wedneeda) next it
xviii pc remembered H,at Mi-s. Prank Leslta bas ----
tsblbbed a piH * of B-B0 br tke mos! merltmioui figure
or sim lif* subject painted lu this country by an Ameri?
can artist, and Mr. Bf. T. K.vans oilers I prise *?: I
for the beal landscape or marine, under tl," same ron
dillons. These conditions probably bur oul the
fl ? ? pieces palnt"d by Mi-s Cr-- -'oi.*x. but the I
work of Me srs, Blum. Wiles. Weir and other ol Ita
mote cio.sp.ciiuns contributors will be eligible, white
among tho landscapes there win be plenty of oppor*
tunlues for dlfferencei of opinion.
The Bril week of Ute Water Coter RxblMtle I
been reasonably successful, both In attendance i l
labs. The iotas exceed 811,00a Pfctorai told f?r
823 ard over -Ti,.- th" tell time nf writing are ? p
?. Florence," K. II. Oreatorax. 8100,' "Llttta
i ns." Walter-afteriee,*9100; uOb a Bun
day Afternoon," .naries Kents, 8050; "A Bummer
V" c. i". Cooksmn, 840; "A Brown Blady," A.
w. Ibrrington, 830; -"Twilight," fulton Rix, fitao;
"The Brakes Parasol," T. w. Wood, 8000;"Tbs li mm
by H." I'mul." Henry Farrer, 880; -Mistress Anne.*'
v. i). Prentiss. BBB; * reeding the Flamingoes," Louis
C. Tiffany, "WOO:?The Villa.',* Hoad.*' W. ft M" ' -
-A Good Ute." H. B. Snail, 830; "Still Life," F.
Marachall, 823; ??.-beep.*1 i;. l. Johnston, 840; "Still
Life," J. Banmgartner, P_0; "Nasturtiums." Mm. I. -
; .-. 825; ?* Red," ... C. Earle, 8100; ** In Os fob ."
r. bleiman, 8400; -"ii Um Old canal." i>. W, Gill,
835; **-r.iv There." Ii. Mowry, .-;:",: "Landscape ' - ,
W. 1?1 Friends." A. ' ross. 87-; *? A 8
Cortier." II. W. Pa, ton. 850! "Speak For lt." A. w.
storm. 845; "In Fortland Harbor." M. K. Longfellow,
840: ? or.iv Dey," \\. s Robinson, 8100; "Al Hu
Florist's," A. Cram, 8200; "Ready for ri,-** Hunt,"
* Mian. 875; "A Qulel Bpot," c.. lt. Halon, P7 ?:
?? N'.-ar snail: Orange." C. w*. Raton, 8100: uMlatre*i
Dum!by." percy Moran. 810O; "-Spring, ? -L \ ft
Monks, 875; "Cape Ann." J. O. Tyler, -r-o: "Autumn
Morning." c. W. Eaton, 800; "Old Breton," tv. Bat
torlee, 805; -Taking the Si en," P. H. Oreen, 150; ? On
Olouceater Harbor." C. T. Chapman. 881; "As
Orchard." It. II. Nicholls, 8100; "A Long Island Creek."
la*.* Crar;-, BJ00\ ural "On tllO l.ioii.x." K-iuiul
Muran. 9100.
The pas-ag" of the MU af Albany pars 1Mb - i
lng -al-- of pictures bas "men followed by preparation!
for activity In tb,* auction gsHsrlm, lines them i- ne
reason tn suppose ibai tbe bin aili net be signed by
Governor DHL Pbturm bein:,-lng both to private
Individuals and to deafen will be exhibited aid -nhl
at tb* Abmrieaa Ari Galleries within a fortnight.
Borne of tii'-se pictures were lo kara bees mid lu tba
autumn, wi.en the sale was postponed on account nf
tbe law. The K.-ai nv and Mott collections will moa
be placed upon exhibition al the Fifth Avenue Art
Galleries.
Faith lu "Untiled editions" <-f prints is loBBetiBMS
severely tried by Ita number af Impressions which ap?
pear from s Moree apparently Inexhaustible. When?
ever any etching af consequence I- published there H
a gloat deal sahl about the limbed number of Im?
pressions, bal this has eoine to be taken, justly ur
aot, with many aUowaaoes. Them i- m issoetetlsa
lu this country which attempts to regatetS edtttOBS,
and judging fruin varluus a**** .nuts th" IVllilsell,- ,'
Association, "f London, ls not regarded by ail collect?
ors as tbs reveres! possible censor. Al present, bow*
ever, tia bu..dun Association is vigorously fieaaamiag
outsidem for if His bing snUmlted idltlom snd snttlng
under tbs regular prises. Aecotdtag te "Tba St,
Jsmm's (iazdie'' the memben ol ths Assoelatioa am
anxious to learn "Who rappllm tb** .lora*' with
prims? At present all the efforts whbh have brea
made to dis,*,,vcr the deUnqnenti have failed. The
i*,-uii is a -eiioiis om* for the members of the asso?
ciation, who ara bound by lb rubs to --n ita prims
which they prudish at the full pine, except to * tho
trad".' The'stores,' however, .-di ronsldersi ly under
ibe published price; and all hough Ita puWtohers maka
avery effort tu proven! this, it --ems impossible (, i i
tu discover tb,- gources from which the 'cash' bouses
obtain then- sn],plies. Another longstanding griev?
ance is again*! ita holden ol what sn called .ates by
auction.' These gentlemen who are without the pal**
of He* association, hold periodical sales by aw
when 'artists' proofs' arc told at prices so mm b I ??: iw
high-water mark ihat li is a marvel thal any pi,,tit
at all can be mail,-. The salesmen iceni te Bom tb,
however; and two other dealers have thrown In Iheir
Int arith them during th-* last tow moBths."
ham: yoi* a hi "iou of mvin oh blood"
If Pa the (Tiliiurn Remedies xviii Cure You.
I was Induced, after all other renie,Ilea had faded, to use thi
CC IT.'CHA HF.MKM Efl on my b,,y Ism J Mil sf SSI. ThS
hail running sores from his Highs tc tin- cn,'. ?r Int tm-s
Tho nails fell od- 31 is arms act face wire tba SaWNft BBd
I.o waa a I,oil!!,.-si jilt. T tM OB ll* ".* ll X a-nl ( I IT i I TX
SOAP wara aU Ibm I SSSA Two <!?ys after their na. as
eula-co a ,!,in ju lor un hollar, and in six vesta tin* > Ii lt
wai perfectly w.n.
1 aaa maaladased to try them further, at my w:'. hil
wlal wa isrsMd dry saab tsusr, ??; pasrissts, bc lastly flt
bm yaala, aad I tried everything thal t eenie get _eMe(
and ask.-.1 tho atvicoof the most swlasal of UM MMsssMb.
hut all ls vain. It val all ot.t her budy and all over brr ic , I
ami fi, e. Phe med but ont bottle of Hie HKSi 'I.V KN I*, t wj
boxes ot tho CUTICOBA aud |ws c.tlie? of .1'Tl.t Ul
r-i >AI*. -nu ir. om* week Iron, Ihe Minn abe began their USS I
caul,I sec a chango for the bot.or. lt ls USU B-Blb SUS ISM
?ince she sto'iyd usiuit tho OOTIOUBS BBMBDIKB, aad
th.rt, ii no return. I pron mino ber eulir.-ly SUMA .No -a-*,
saly th.",- nhs iut,- tho Mm im ?id Hmm vhs are caairaatly
about iii.oiseT patients eau roali/.o the lori,ire i? w. . h llu-f
are ni Maa.
1 kaTe recommended tho C.* nerti v BBMBDIB8 M IB
wi..nu I havo ui.'l that wen, lo any war ID BM- ot a Mb *'i>r*
"i.e nun to wlio-n I rsmSMBSadSd C.eui lu,I N
twelve ycart, and lu tl, it laue sp. -ut neatly li*.- . u I ln-l .lal
lars to ho SUTSd . hui oolbun! he!ped. an I uow* after iii- BM "I
?va bettles af tba CUTIC'1 Eta REeo_VBX1. aadS'varsI
box* t of CU rici ha, atm tva rakel of cl it, i la koa"-.
Ii-lu.ces ni h.ivtn. toiuil ii cilia I h*ve ol ir- tl pi.-tsnl
uniler in-atiiiout. and vltb tool prospects lu ??,.- IM M mr
knowledge, kara tba cc 11* i * ka ukmilim ks railrd.
1 lake alt,. ir,- lu son.tum Hus tn >u i. tiustiuj tliat it may
proro a 'jli-ssluj lojou aud io tho suiferuit. tmgam
Kiuibaii. BrabOeaaar, Dafcoaa
ClTH'l-KA. the sr<*?t sk"' Ct_% ?"| cf l iel" lt 4 BO AT,
?n ox,miallo Skin Iloautilloi* cit'-'nally. n,?l illili LA.
IM-suIaiNLm. ..*??? I.l?."-I Pi.l.rt'*.. .!Trr,,,|lt*. ..,. a
I,-1! ive .ure for t-Tery form of fskiu and Hl.o-t l'l.oa.c. iioiu
I'laiplcs io Scrofulj. ..,.t,,,,-,, . s,_. _,,._ ....
?sol.! sveryvtara Prba, Cl r i BAjmai BOAB, Um
Hi r-i,ix in i. -.1 Prepared hy tho pol .Ml DKlu and
I'll KM IC A I. Co, Ileslnn. Xl.itt
V s.n dor * ll,'*** I" CuraSkm I)l.ea?o*." iii ottu*. 50
lllaatratbaa, ead tee wsamsabb_
T1\TI*II willi th" loToiiett delicacr lt Ike tklu prcivITOd
wiii.it rico aa mkpxcatk-? aoar._
1 CAN'T HUt-.-.THK
t'hett Paint. Hu si, ts, XS'es ku o.t. Hacking
Cough. Asihiiu. IMeunsy aud Indatuiii.ttion ra
Bared te on*- m nut,* by the C I'll CI KA ANTI
l'Ai.s RtoABRRRk .Noiuia. Uk* ll far ERM