Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 8, 1874, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY MARCH 8, 1874. CHICAGO LIBRARIES. Organization of the Free Public Institution. Description of the 01 and New Quarters. Progress and Work of the Library Since kts Organizations The Christian Association and Its Objects. History and Growth of the Catholic Library Asseciation. The Y. M. C. A.—~-Its Books and Its Mission Worl. Qur Circulating Libraries and Their Contents. 0 IDinor Reading-Rooms. Chicago has Lardly over, since first it aspired to the digmty of a metropolis, been without a public instructor in the shape of a library of somo sort. Tho istitution known as the Chi- cago Young Mow's Library wes very popular, before the fire swept away its material and its existence. Ithbad been established sinco 1850, and was spoon-fed more or 1088 by every pablic- spiritcd man resident in the aspiring young city. Every old citizen remembers the geuial face of the urbane Librarian, Jobn Robson, and &l who remember regrel that ho is mo lomger s resident of Chicago. The old Chicago Library which was established in Metro- politsn Block, corner of Randolph snd LaSalle streots, was uttesly non-sectarian, and contained most of what was really valuable in English literature. Iis loss was very deeply felt Zerpecially in the matter of booksof reference, & feature which the new Public Library is do- ing its utmost to supply. Withont further preface, the subject of exist- ing or foreshadowed public Libraiies snd reading- rooms in Chicago may now be introduced. THE FREE PUBLIC LISRARY. The Freo Public Library of Chicago was sprung upon tho community immodistely after the fire, but had a somewhat intangible existenco until the city allowed the approprizticn of monoy £o build +he additional story on that incongruous ehal called tho City-Hall, to bo ueed fora resding-room. and fo fit up the old water- | tank a5 receptacle for ench volumes as might bo contributed or purchascd for public enlight- eoment. ITS DEGINNINGS. The reading-room was_formally opened to tha peoplo on Jan. 1, 1873, on which occarion Fetches were made by the Hon. Joseph Medill, the Hon, Thomas Hoyne, and other prominent citizens, and an active contination of the good Souk was promieed. 3lr. John Robsou. Libra- Fian of the old Chicago Yonng 3en's Librars, Bcted ns the agent for the new venturo in Eng- Jand, and £ucceeded in collecting and forward- ing {o the authoritics in this city many thousand peefal volumes, contributed by literary philan- thropic persons in Grest Dritain and Ireland. Tho United States and Canada wero ot behind .in the matter of donations, and the Continent of Europe was very fairlv represented, With all ihis, however, the _project made comparatively slow progress, owing to the smsll smount of money st the dispnsal of the Library Board, the Bum atlowed being only the proceeds of one-fiith of amill. From this sou-ce & sum amounting to aboat £50,000 was placed to the credit of the Directors during 1873, and the expenses of the institution wero borne out of tho morey so raised. i § The hooks kept onincreasing, and the reading- room became more and more populer—the only drawback being the absence of the ladies; who Svoro scared from the building by the filth on the stairsnys leading to the corridors, and by the general appearance of that blot on the arctiitcc- Farat beauty of Chicago—the headquarters of the City Government. PROGRESS ADE. The following figures will show the progross: of the institution up the 1st of February, 1874: Number of volumes sedded to the Library to date, 9.079; pamphlots, 4£191; pumber of ~ visitore duriog the vesr 111,281 ; namber of periodicals issucd, 74473 ; sversgo of montbly visitors, 9,273; morthly fasues, 6.235; average of weekly visitors, 2,140 weekly iseues. 1,489 ; dmly vieitors, 305 ; daily fesucs, 204; Sunday visitors duriug the' year, 18,769 Sunday issues during 1873, 12,568 aver- 250 of Sundov visitors, daily, 361; average Sua- duoy issues, daily, 242 THE NEW QUARTERS. The ever-increasing number of visitors to the reading-room, and the _evident impossibility of ‘being able to sccommedate all comers, rencered the Directors of tho Library somewhat impa- tient to change tho institution to some more commodious building. _ At first it was proposed %0 leaso the old Post-Office from the Board of Tducaticn, but, owing chiefly to the amount of Ted-tapciam involvod in that transaction, aud tho Jighrent demanded, the gentlemen regolved upon immediate action, and after rearching around with considerable industry concluded to lease he second and part of the third and fourth floors of the handsome marble-front Herrick Buildiag, sitnated on the sousheast corner of Madison gtrect aod Wabash aveoue. The location is ex- tremely convenicnt, beiog only one block re- moved from tho two most noted thoroughfares of the city, and, therefore, easy of access from every point of the_compass, including the late ghoro. The rentalis at thorate of 25,000 per sonum, which is not considered extravagant. It ia poseible thas thebalf of the fourth floor rent- ed by the Directors will be exchanged for the eonth half of the third floor, thus gising two floors, closo together, for Librars purposts. GENEBAL ARRANGEMENTS. The first floor of the Librarv aud the second of the building Las an estent of 9 by 108 foet, and ie equallydivided—running east and West—into two sections, the north side Eeiug intended for tho public reading-oom, énd tho remaining division for the circaiatinglibrary. The latter ic farnished witi zwo dozen very handeome Took-cases, which will not bo placod zzainst the wal'a, but will stand cach by :tself, the divers receptacles being properly classified. The floors of both compartments are laid in hard maplo, &nd present a very neatapearance. 'The ruomsa a0 scparated by o fire-wall, pierced by four doorwaye, so that communicaiion 18 geucrously « suprlied. The rooms of the Librarian and Dircctors zre also placed upoa this floor and are handsomely Stted up. THE READING-ROOM is farniehed with an immense number of racks for newsvapers, tablets for marazines, n largo eapply of chairs, and 2 business ccunter of smple proportions and tastefcl workmanehip. Tho cirenlating librery i8 slo provided with a connter of smaller dimensioas. THE LICBARY. . Ofthe third and fourth floors, the rections acing Medison strect aro rented by the Library. The first specitied will be devoted to the recep- tion of volumes of roference snd such other Deavy works as may not be in general demand. The other floor—or the half of it that is rented— will bo, for the prescat, used entirely for storage purposes, ’ The Library, in sddition to_the rental paid for tho premises to the guardisnof tho Herrick estate, will bave to shoulder & part of the cost of heating and the salary of the engineer. TIME OF OPENING. Tho mew quarters—so far, atleast, as the reading-room is coucerned—will be opened to the public within two weeks, but tho circulat- isg library will remain sealed for the present— possibly for somo monthe. This delay is partly owing to the incomplete collection of books, 1nd partly to the sbsence of a propor catalogue. Mr. W. F. Poole, the Librarian, bas bcen authorized to fll his list of requirements, pre- tented to the Directors, to the amount of 2,086 volumes, oxclusive of tho number alrendy on hand. These booke. excepting some 2000 of those most diflicult to bugrocmd, will be in tho hands of the Pab- lic Librarian before » month. Mr. Poole, how- ever, is determined not to_put the circulating department in motion until he has, ot least, 85, %0 volumes on the shelves. The works will cpresent tho langnage, characteristics,and liter- e gonius of overy country beneath tho sun. Englzud, France, Germaeny, America, Rnrsi St Shrodon, Holland, Austria, Ttaly—all will 0 their great minds present, by their writiug s the Lalls of cha now Libraty. relmatinge, Tho reading-room will be upplied with jour- nala of all nations, and magazines almost with- out number. The present readng department | has sversged between 500 and 600 daily visitors siuce the commencement of "the new year. Tho chacces ao that. in the new ~apartmente, thess numbers will, at least, be doubled. All visitors will have free access to this soction of tho Library but when tho bools are placed in circtlntion some mode of ecuring their safe retumn—by gustau- teo or deposit—must be =cop Tt is expected that about 925,000 volumes will bo classified in tho first cataloguo, the compila- tion of which will bo commenced immediately aftor tho occupation of the new buwalding. ety il THE CERISTIAN UNION. Then that Alaric of conflagrations which swept over our cityin tho fall of 1871 left ns destitute of almost everything that civilized people find it necesenry to patronizo, among all our losses there. was none greater then thatof ourpublic libraries. After the material wants of most of tho suffer- ors had been in some measnro supplied, the good people in our midst turned their attention toward filling up tho itellectual blank caused by the destruction of eo much valuable reading matter Foremost smong tho rehgious societics which assumed tho duty of furwishing food for the mind of our masses, the Chicago Young Mon's Chuistizn Union deserves to be 10corded. 1TS CROANIZATION. So easlr a8 the winter of 1671 they established 2 reading-room on Wabash avenue, und were the means of keeping very many unemployed por- sons out of reach of that mischiaf which, the old adage ssyw, is reserved for idlo Lands to do. In addition to tho journals and plied by the Socioty, owsido Samaritaus fur- Dished the Union with some excellent books, and the nrcleus of a ibrary was formed. . LETTING IN THE LADIES. Last summer, the Directors of the primitive organization thought that su improvement might be made and strength gaived by the ad- mission of ladies to the ranks. Tho members saw the wiedom of the saszgestion, and | without delsy adopted it: 8o the Sa- cicty wss reformed, undor tho _stylo and title of the Cbicago Christian Union. The ladies, as is_their wont, when fired by Christian ardor. rallied to tho standard of the Union with commendable zeal. THEIR ROONS. Very soon the funds were swelled to n figure that might bo regarded a8 respectable, and” the nevw orzanization resolved on liring from Rogcn- feld & Rosenberg the handsomo rooms situated at No. 114 Eass Madison street, as & headquar- tore for the Union. Threo floors were engaged, at an annual reatel of $2,500. The first was de- Joted to o ladies’ parlor, library, reading-room. clase and lecture roome, The gecond was eot apart tor a splendid Union Hall, having an arce of 120 by 95 feet, and generally provided with chaizs and other accommodations; snd the Gpper floor was dovoted to n vory woll- airapged and creditably-conducted —gymna- am> Thua tho Union mapaged to com- prise in its opartments almost every- thing that could intereat the communil Theve was intellectual nourishment in tho first eriodicala sup- | place, philosophical research and lively sociables | Py the ‘second, znd muscular development in the third. THE RBOOKS. There are now on the shelves of the Christian Union Library some 1,600 volumes, compriring & vory interesting variety of books. Fiction, Polemics, poetry. bistory, and seience are ro- spestably represented. "The average number of books in active circuistion among tho mombers is 400, and snbscribers ara allowed the important privilego, not common among public librarics, of going to the shelves and selecting such works 28 they mey prefer, instead of looking at a cata~ logue and wniting the naino of a dosired volume on & card, as is done in other institutions. TERMS OF ADMSSION. The terms of ' admission are as follows: First class, to whom aro given all the advantages of the socicty, Iibrary. lecture-room, g¥muasmum, sociabler, cte., 10 znnual subscrintion ; second clage, admiticd to library, resding-room, leo- tures, and sociables, 85 annual fee ; third ciaas, admitted to library and reading-room, and to certain lectures of the seacon-courze, $1 per annum. p ‘Strangers, who are not drank, filth, or ill-be- haved, aro admitted, free of charge, to the read- ing-room and to the Monday evening lecmure. Whenever any person, uot presentable in tho way of cleanliness, aypears, he is immediately referred, by the Superintendent, to the Relef and Aid Society, aud, nfter he bas bezome loansed, is admitted to the privilege of having his daily reading. i The library hours sro from 9 o'clock in the morming until 10 o’clock at might. DAILY ATTENDANCE. Tuo averago daily attendauce—esclnsive of lecturcs—is about 400, of whom 40 per cent aro Iodies. ke average weekly attendance during tho past year han been—lectures not included— 1.500. Tins does not comyrise thoso who fre- quent the gymuasinm. THE READING-ROOM ia very comfortably fitted up tables, chairs, and newspaper_racks, containing files of tac Qlicago, New York, Boston, and ‘other first- class papete. At tho extreme end of tbe room is o table for games, such as chess, cireckers, and domiuoee, aud this brauch of tho inutitution is very hberally patronized. Tho iadies’ parlor is on the same floor, has o pretty carpet and other Littlo luxuries, which tho \world, religious and otherwise, is alwazs willing to accerd to the fair and privileged ees, who, by flic way, ars tho most efficient members of the Union. THE OFFICEES of the Society, a8 now constituted, are as {fol- lows : Goorge M. Pullman, President. Henry Booth, Vice- President. Joseph Haven, D. D., Second Vico-President. 3. T'. Coolbaugh, Treasurcr. Tho Itey. Charics W. Wendte, Recording Sccretary. . IL Sweit, Corresponding Secretary. Direstors—C. 1. S. 3ixer, J. H. Ro gett, George W Terkins, C. C. Bonney, W. ton, George ¥, Root, H. J. McFarland, Henry Greeno- batm, W. B. Paga. Under sach guidanco, and that of the sble Superintendent, Alr. O. C. Gibbs, it is Lacdly to bo ondored at that tho Chicago Chuistion Usion s advancing rapidly in tho direction of usdoubt- od prosperity. Tho actusl memborehip uow amounts to 1,200, sud when that figare is Svolled to 2,000 the institution will have become Tot alono self-sustaining but profitable. GENEBAL PROGRAMME. The following is tho general programmo— varied mecording to circumstances—of tho lec- ture on class courses * Mondag eveniug, free lecturo courso and advanced claep in German. Taesday evening, classes in English Hterature and shorthand, \Wednesday evening, classes in sstronomy and bo- inners in German. B traday eveniug, resorved for sociables and enter- tainments, Friday, 3 p. m., Mrs, Doggett’s art-lecture every al- Fridzy v s in French and vocal music. v 6 Baturday evening, Literary Soclety. Livrars and Reauing-Room open every dsy in the “mnactum open every day except Sundsy. Hoalth-litt on first floor in rear of Reading. from 9 2. 1. to 3 p. m., for tho conveaience of * 20d such gentlemen a3 o not wish to uso the Gymna~ Sium. From 3to 10 p. m. it is in the Gymnasium. iy UNION CATHOLIC LIBRARY. Among the promineat literary_icstitutions of tbis cicy, the Union Catholic Library holdsa high place. It was first established in 1869, when the Jate Roger J. Bross was elected Presi- deat of tho Assoziation. Its first headquarters were on LaSalle streat, in the Oriental Building, ut wero subsequently. transferred to more com- modions rooms on Morrae street, where it re- mained until the period of the dire, at which funo there were abous 3,000 excelient volumes upon its shel¥ ~ AFTER THE CONFLAGRATION, the fricuds of the Library made a freth start on Desplaivea street, n Tthe basement of St. Tatriek’s Chursh, Donations wera made which Eept busiacss moving, aithough somerhat slow- Ir, Mr. W.J. Ovaian was elected President, 2nd, during his administration, the Library pros- Dered in & very gratifzing manver. Finaly tho patrons of the mstitutios were enabled to rent 2 }iall on the corner of State and Monroe streets, and the place was formally openod on the 15th of lnst Juno. Washington Hesing was clected chiof officer, snd the Association has advanced Steadily under his management. THE LIDRARY, at the present time, owns somewbere in the Aeigliborhood of 1,800 volumes, and thero aio 500 uctive members, moro than half of whom are Iadice, The terms are, for gontlemen. $2 jnitia- tory feo and 3 daes per annum, and for ladies the duos alone. Thero are, on_ sn average, in tetive circulation, some 400 volumes,—mem- Do alono baving tho privilege of tho circn- Ia:ing system. _Thero is no reading-room at- tached to the institntion, but there sro eome tables and a plethora of chnirs. The Library is under the supervision of Mrs. Duffy, who per~ forms her duties in a vory satisfactory manner. ! THE IALL. Tho Library hail hes oo ares of 110 by 27 fect, end is frequently nsed for social aud ora- torical purposes. Fresh atiractions are being placed upon the shelves every succeeding dav, and the chiznces are that the Union Catholic Library will be among the most thriving of our local Iiterayy institutions. g = THE Y. M. C. A. The Young Men's Christian Ansocintion lite- rary and rendiog-room, which has never, since its first establishment in 1857, been allowed to go complatoly under, is at present located whero it has been since the fire—in Rico & Jackson's Building, on the northwest corner of Randolph and Jefforson strects. THE COLLECTION. There are upon its shelves, ail told, 2,590 vol- umes, the moro valuable portion being classified as follows: Fiction, 378 ; juvenilo fiction, 357 ; miscellaneous, 53 ; religious, 11; magnzines, 23; travels, 27; poetry, 2; science, 15; literature, 6; bistory, 31; biography, 17; arts, 2. 'Tho terwms of admission are $2 per annum for active memiers; S1 forassociate members. Ad- ission to the reading-room is free. Tho average number of volumes in_circalation per mouth has been §00. Tho whole number of members regularly drawinz books is 452, The average attendance per day in the reading-room is 74. PROPOSED REMOVAL. The Library will bo removed from its present location in a very short time, sud will bo placed, in connection with the missionary and relief departments of the Y. M. C. A., on the silo of old Farwell Hall. LELYGI0US LITERATURE. The following is tho sverege circulation, per year, of the religions literature of tho Socioty Dublin trzcts, pages American tracte, Jeavenly Tidinge, Glad Tidings, copi Everybody's Paper, copics. Christinn Banner, copies. Anerican Mcsesager, copie Labor of Love, coples. Bibles, copies. ... Testarhents, copier.. Fumily Caristinn Almanacs, copies Temy.erance Almanace, copics. ... . i e DMINOR INSTITUTIONS. DEPOT BREADING-ROOM. The Dopot Reading-Room of the Young Men’s Christian Association is at the Michigan South- orn terminus on Van Buren strost. It was es- tablished thero at the opentnz of the dopot last 3ay, and hos continucd to flourish ever sivce. Nowspapers and periodicals crowd the files and tables, and sbou: forty daily visitors partake of the free hterary fare thus genorously provided. ‘The room is given gratis by the railroad author- ities, and is ample cuongh to accommodate 100 visitors at one time. Tho hours are from 8 o'clock in the morning until 9 o'clock at pight. Alr. Ven Arsdale has the general supervision of the concern. copi COBD'S LIBRART, Ono of the best-known institutions in Chicego is thet ontitled, ** Cobb's Library,” the present location of which is near the corner of Wabash avouus and Monroo strect, under the Palmer House. Tlus library was first cstablished on the plan of udie's London Circulating Litrary, and was in oxistence two years lacking fificen dnys when theealamity of October, 1871, made sad havoc of all things literary, sacred, and pro- fane. Cobb was then located on Washington strect, and bed some 15000 excollent books whesewich to regale the public tacte. After the disnster he ro-cstablished himself on Wabazh avenne, near Harmon court, where he continued untit last September, when o removed tohippresent place of business. ‘This library is establislied on the subscripiion system— the avernge circulation being about 1,200 volumes daily. There are now between 7,000 and 8,000 volumes on the shelves, and tho number is rapidly increasing. The catalogno comprokends some of tho finest works in the Englishlanguago. and shows an immenso supply of the curront literaturo of tha aze. The following table will show the general s8bscription-rate 3 Mos. 6 Mos. 1 Tear. One volumeat s time, changeablo BE PIeASULC.rv..rzvecs oo vrer.$250 $ 425 $7.00 T'wo volumas af time, changeablo at pleasur i .. 875 650 10.50 Thres volumes at a time, chapge- ablo b PleasUIC, oovvrnesensros 560 850 1400 Four volumes at & time, change- - aile at pleasure.. ... 650 1100 18.00 Clubs and reading societios are allowed to sub- scribe for six volumes at s time, chaugeable at pleasure, at the rate of 321 per year, or at the pame rate for any greater number of volumes. THE WEST SIDE LIBRART. The West Sido Library is alto popular with the intelicctual portion of our community. Itis situated at No. 239 West Madison street, and is wuder the combined management of Messrs. Emerson & Stott. It was first established in 1863, and, was not affected by the fire. There are now 6,000 volumes on tho shelves, and the averago daily circulation amounts to sbout §00, Dot including casual readers. Tho following are the subscription rates of this institution : Smo. Gma. 1yr. For one vol. or No. at a Hime.......§2.00 $.00 $3.00 Tor two vols, or Nos. at o time..... 335 5.00 8.0) For three volc., or Nos. at a time. .. 450 7.0 1100 For four vols, or Nos. at a tirme.... 5.75 9.00 14.00 Tho proprictors lozn the leading American and foroign reviews, medicel, litcrary, fashion, and juvenile magazines, as soon es published, and bave them bound when the volumes are com- plste. Thoy say, in their prospectus, that thoy aro able to supply all the books and ‘mazazines of the day promptly sod plentifily, and are always willing to add o the Library any of the older books thut are at all popular. OTHER READING-ROOMS. In sddition to the institutions already dealt with, thero are two Bethel 1cading-roums—one on North aad tho otser on South Iranklin srreet—which accommiodate about seventy-five zenders per dny. Thore is also St. Peter's Hull, muder the supervision of the Rov. Mr. Street. This place is situnted on _State strect, noar Van Huren, ard is open only in the eveuugs from 6 to10 o'clock. The Michigan avenue Free Li- brary, which 18 located in the Baplust Church, between Twenty-tai and Tweaty-fourth strects, affords ugeful information to tiie young men of the South Sido, avd has many useful books sna_sgrecaole periodicals in iu8 posseseion. ‘Then there is the free library of the Gerwan Mission Church, sitnated on the cornerof Ashland and West Chicago avenues ; the Presby terian Theological Seminury Library, on Fullerfon avenue, near the city Limits ; the North Chicago Rolling-ills Library, at No. 70 Waubansia avenue, and goveral lesser institu- tions to which no special attention is necessary. Taken all m all, tho city caunot be said to Le in s starving condition for want of intellectual nourishment. and coming generations will have Do reason to abuso the memory of the present for literary delinquencies. MACAULAY'S NEW-ZEALANDER. As Maceulay's New-Zealander has become one of the prominent characters of the day, and ie required to do 50 constant rervice in the literary world, it is time that eomo notice should bo taken of his history and pedigree. ‘Ho appears to bove been special favorite with the great Eseayict and Historian, who re- quired hiim to do gervice in vanous forms and on numerous occasions. o first sppears in 1824, s o savage fishor- man, in Macaulsy's Essay on Mitford's History of Greece. The eseayist is descanting on the influence of Greece, and introduces him in the following beautiful passage: * Her intellec- tnal empire is imperisbable. And, when those who bave rivaled her greatness shall have shared her fate; when civilization aud knowledge shall bave fised their abode in distant contivents ; when the gceptro sball have. passed away from Fogland ; when, perbaps, traveters from distant Tostons sball in vain labor to deciplier. on some Toldering pedestal, the namo o1 our proadest cuiaf.—eball hear savage bymns chanted to some misshepen idol, over tho ruined Gorao of our proudest temple,—and shall see a Sigle calied fisherman wash his netsin the Tiver of the ten thousand masts; her influence "d hor glory will stull survive, fresh iu etornal South, cxempt fiom mulability and decay. im- miortal as the intellectual princi; le from which origia, and i Gver which thoy they derived their exeraiso Lheir control.” 5 ‘Hix mext apnearance is in 1629, in Macaulay's Roviow of Aill's Eseay on Government: *Is it poseiblo that, ip two of three hundred years, o fow lean and half-naked fishermen may divide with owls and foxes the ruins of the greatcst Euaropean cities,—m2y wash their nets amidst tho selics of her gigantic docks, and build their % %ot the capitals of her stately cathe- bute als 3 B Tn 1840 we hove the full-rounded character in Macaulss's essay on Ranke's History of tho Popes. In describiug the Roman ~ Catholic Chnrels, hie says: She was great and respected beforo the Sason had set foot on Britain, Lefore the Frank bad passed the Rhive, when Grecian eloquenco etill flourished tn Autioch, when idols were still worshiped in the Temple of Mecca; and she may still exist in ‘undiminished Vigor when some traveler from New Zealad shall, in tho midat of & vast solitude, take nis stand on & broken arch of London Bridge, to sietch the ruins of St. Paul's.” i But the gencalogy of our distinguished sea- iulandor is not yot complete. Even Shakspeare and Milton were greatly indebted to those who 1Lind zono Lefore them, and Macaulay is hardly entitled to the credit of having originated his own New Zealander. In & poem on ** Time,” by Henry Kirite White, who died in 1806, we find the 1)itoving lines+ Where now ia Britsin? Where her Iaurel'd names, Her palaces and balls 7 Dash'd in the dust ‘Somo second Vandal hath reduced her pride, And, with one bigrecot, hath thrown her back To primitive barbarity. feanwhile, the Arts, in sccond infancy, Rise i1 sozie distant clime ; and then, perchance, Some bold sdventurer, filled with golden dreams, Steering his bark through tractless solitades, Where, to his wandering thoughts, 1o daring prow Hath ever plowed Lefore, espics the cliffs Of fallen Albion. To the land unknown e journeys joyful ; snd perchance descries Some vestige of her ancient statcliness, *There 1s no new thing under the sun,” and it is presumable that Kirke White borrowed his thought from some provious writer, and not im- probable that Macaulsy bimself may have heen {ndebted for his first sugscation to some diffor- ont author from eitber hurke White or Lis origi- nal If wo look for the counterpsrt of the New Zoulauder, wo shall find it in Macaulay's * Pro- Dhetic Account of Grand National Epic Poem, Entitled The Weliingloniad, to e Published in 2394" It is here predicted that an Engliah outh of Temarkablo promise will, about 2,800, bo scnt to tho cclebrated Negro Utuversity at ‘Timbuctoo, which will then be the favorite re- sort of all ingenious youth of every country. W. H. W, REVIEW OF AMUSEMENTS. ’ THZ DRAMA. The theatres have all besn doing a better business during the pest week than for some timo provious, accounted for partly by the im- petus given to amatements by Mr. Booth, and partly by the superior quality of the attractions offered. The West Side theatres have done bet- tor than they did tho preceding week, and the places devoted to other than the legitimate bave had every encoursgement that liberal pat- ronage could give. The prospect for this waek is better still, ns the auncuncements given be- low will prove. M'VICKER'S TREATRE. Tho second week of Mr. Booth's engagement at McVicker's Theatre has closed, and business has been more steadily prosperous than for the tirst weel. ‘There bave been two or three un- pleasant nights, but the house has not suffered in consequence. 3Monday might Mr. Booth played Richelieu to an enormous house, and ex-| ated enthusiasm of s kind foreign to Chicago audiences in general. He was called ont soveral times, Tuesday night snother of Bulwer's pieccs—* The Lady of Lyous "—was played fo oy s far audience. Wednesdsy night, “The Fools Revengo,” wish Mr. Booth in his matchless tole of Bertuccio drew & moderately. good house only, whereas bo should bave crowded the theatro. Thursday * Richetien” was ropeated, and Fri- day Mr. Booth played Jago, exchanging ports with Mr. O'Neil, who played the same role at the tirst Topresentation of thio tragedy. Saturday #7The Lady of Lyons” and *Tho Fool's Re- venge” were given. Thostar's engagement lusts buttwo weeks longer. This week will be marked by three pecformances of * Hamlet,” on Motday, Tuesday, acd Wednesdsy nights re- spectively, with the following cast: 8 Edwin Booth I McVicker Miss Patemun " R, Pierco umcs O'Neil Young LI T Hariey WA, Laveil 3. Kudnford *Mids Emma Marbia Thursday night *Tho Merchant of Venico™ will be repeated. Friday and Saturday mghis, “ Macbeth,” aud Saturdsy matinee, **Don Ciesar de Bazan” will be played. HOOLEY'S THEATRE. The past week at Hooley's Lns not been an os- pecially brilliant one, but two beuefits, by which Messrs, Giddeos and Saulsbury respectively protited, wera well attended. **The Wiiting on the Wall " was admirsbly calculated to show both Jobn Ditlon sud Mir. Giddeus 1 the very best light, sud the consequence Was a very amusiug eotertamment for the sudience, To- morrow night the grest spec:acular piece from Niblo's Garden, brought hither by Messrs. Jar- rett & Palmer, will fill Hooley's ‘Iheatre. Prep- arations Luve been making for tho reception of the army of performers 1or two or throe wecls. Dressing-rooms and othor necessaties have beon 2dded, sud everytbiug is in readiness to givo Chicago theatre-goers & genuine sepsation. The costumes, scencry, snd mechaniem Lave been brought to Hoolcy's from New York, and are the same that socured the success of tho ** Black Crook” in the East. Eastern papers Lave pratsed the spectaclo oxtravazantly aud at great length. One of them described tlie grotto scono as & paradise, and contiues : Matt Morgan's pictures can sczrcely be called scene- palnting. Each is worthy of a framo in some grand Ballery. The tableau of Voman is particularly deserv- {ug of praie. Anybody familiar with snatomy and the common types of felow-creatures wil ace nothing but thio parent deality. Compared with this exquisite phantasm of female eauty, Lut not of eexual organ- {im, Gerome's works aro lilie photographa from Erench and fithy life. The balet, devised and arranged by the Kiralfys, {8 s wonderful exaibition of skill and taste, Tie costumes of all nations, worn by some of tho loveliost girls ever seen in New York, produce » cliarming kalcldoscopic picture a8 they are woven by the muzes of thedance intoa fabricof gorgeous colors, The Hungarian natfonal dance is pecullariy attractive, and produces a very picturesque effect. ‘And bere let it be noted that for Tichness aud besuty nouhiug like the coatumes_imported, we beiieve, from Frauce, has cver been cxhibited in ‘New York. Tho music by Mr. Connelly, so weil remembered in connec- tion witi the Lydia Tuompson_troupe, whose success i hius done so much to establish, was both appropri- ste and popular. The overture capecially came in for tho appluuse of an jmmense sudience. The illumin- ating eflects are sometling to see bus ot 1o deacribe. AAn apparatus of Itliap marble and ilver tops snugly ‘concealed on thio stage, represents tue force at tho dis- position of the bouse and Mr. Detherspoon, who is erpotually playing on ono or another of these 47 Stops or tays, £ if be were performing a Lively waltz o some uew sort of orgun, deserves no small whaze of the general credit, [he artists, Mr. E. K. Collier, Misscs fLizzi Kelvey and ' Beesic Sudlow, nre all lighly prawed. Tle Amazon March, the London mad- rigal boye, the Perman gymnasts, and che rest, consticute an entertainment as varied aud beau- tiful agit is rare. Thoso who desire se:ts will do well to secure them tho day before, or carlier. _ TIE ACADEMY OF MTSIC. Mr. Furbish’s Company at the Academy of Music huve played o pood week's engagement With * Divorce,” winning by ther intrinsic merits rather than the actractions of a piece which is no lomger mew. Lheir place at tho Academy will bo taken for ome week py Miss Kate Fisher and ber trained horse '*Wonder,” who will illustrate the romanco of ** Mazepps to tho entire satisfaction of tho audience, sup- ported by tuo Academy Company. Mr. Gurdiner has decided upon an innovation in deferouce to the request of mauy of tha pat- rous of histheatre. 7Lhe fact thatall the thea- tres in the city have tlhcir matiwees upon the saao day, Tobs those whose opportunitics of at- tending theatres are congned to the afternoon of a chance of eeeing more than two perform- ances. Mr. Gardiner will, therefore, havo a matinee at the Academy on Tuesday afterncons 1m placo of Wednesday, “the Saturday entertain- ment Leing uncbanged. The many friends of Mr. John Muir, Treas- urer of tue Academy, will learn with pleasuro that he is aucounced for a benefit. Tho dute sclectied by him is one which will insure a crovded . honse, being the matineo per- formance of St. Patnck's Day. Mr. Muir's professional friends have been very anxious 10 volunteer their services. Joe Murphy bas teiegraphed him that ho will come to Chicago aad play “ Help " ot the matinee, traveling a dis- tance of over 200 miles with Lis company to do 50, and playing an engazement in the country the same night. It is needless to urge Mr. Muir's friends to turn out on that occasion ; it would be more rational to urge the enlargement of the theatze beforo tie periormance. y THE ADELPHI. The bill for the coming week a¢ the Adelphi is fairly etunming. 1t contains o many unusual attractions that ono hardly knows which to select ag the principal featura of the performance. The programme opens_with & farce by tho Reynolds Brothers and Fred Woodha!l, entitled vqpe Ghost in the Pawn-Shoj 3lies Jemnio Morgan, tho pretty and popular cantatrice. follows with some of her charmiag sougs, after which are the now song and dance men, Lester and Allen, who with tho Reynolds brothers in eccentricity. The gracelnl illusion of ke dissolving statue with Miss Maud Gray as the statue, remains, as also does Miss Delmsy the serio-comic vocalist. Another nov- elzy will be Messrs. Adams and Gormsn in their Teutoic buresqua specialties. They aro among the best of their kind on the variety stage. The Leon brothers have some new feats and always please, The grest actof thobill, however, is the performance of the celebrated extrazaganza © The Seven Sisters” will new eceuery and some oxquisite offects designed by 3lr. Wallis, and a good ballct., In the course of the extra- vaganza a brilhiant aerial performance will be in- troduced with Aile, Lo-Lo, and tue De Glorians on the flving trapeze,—s feat which iy simply wonderfal in its daring. The transformation scene is exquisite, and 1s entitled ** Kight and Morning.” MYER'S OPERA HOUSE. The Mochallas baving departed from the Adelphi, Mesurs. Surridge end Newcomb have the box trick all to themeelves, and make the most of it. _There are many people who think they know all about it, and feel convinced thav they can tie up the box 8o taat nobody can effect an entrance. So they can, if they have rope enough. The old-tashioned and amusing negro sketch, “Twenty-one to-day,” which was so popular last week, will remain on the bosrds for the present week, as also will the farco, **Bar- num's Elepbant.” John Giibert, and Walters and Morton still remain, and add t0 the mirth of the evening. PROF. PEPPER’S ECIENTTFIC ENTERTAINMENTS. The managers of the Star Course make to-day an announcemen: which will excite a degree of interest among our local sclentific savans that will be only surpassed by the cnriosity aroused on the part of the unscientific public; for they anpounce the engagement for & series of threo of his brilliant experimental scientific entertain- ments, iliustrating +*The Magic of Light and Sound,” of Prof. J. H. Pepper, a8 he is known to the scientific world—the inventor of ‘ Pep- per’s Ghost,” a8 be is known to tho unlettered masses. It is safe to nusert that nlmost every- body Lias, 1n ono wav or another, heard of Prof. Pepper, who for moro tban twency years, has been the Director of the Royal Polytechnic [nsti- tution of London. In this positios he bas, turough the medium of bis famihar lecturcs, whick by the brilliant experimente and illustra= tions introduced in them are made easy of com- prehension by all, achioved o reputstion as an 1nstructor and educstor in the realms of popular scienco without equal among the many English scientific experimentalists. In addition to his own numerous scientitic discoveries, many of those of his loug-time friends snd correspond- euts, Prof. Faraday, Sir David Browster, Sir Charles Wheatstone, tho eminent alectrician, and otlers of equal eminence in the regions of sci- eutific art, have, throngh the medium of his lectures ' and _experiments, been rendered popularly familir to the English pub- lic. Prof. Peppers romarkable success is undoubtedly due to the fact thus his scientific entertainments are divested of all technicalities, and magical effects and chemical experiments i troduced 1n them and explained to the sudience. He has perhaps the most complote aud costly apparatus for producing his elfecta and experi- ‘ments ever perfocted, 1t having been manufac- tured for him by Messrs. Blailly & Koenig ex- presely to produce his experiments, and its ex- fent and character may be realized from the fact that it weighs noarly a ton, and requires him to bring with hum threo assistants. Prof. Pepper ia the inventor of nearly all the magical elfects sud startling illusions which have been miserably imitated by the stroling magicians and spurious scientific lecturers for the lnst ten years, and whose failures have Gone 8o much to disgust those interested in science with this style of entertainment. Referring to this fact, Helen Hunt—the well-known " H. H.,” and authoress of ** Bits of Travel "—when Prof. Pepper came 10 her native city, wroto to the Trovidenco Journal over her name, introducing the Professor in the following style': “ Good vine needs no bush,” still as but fewof our citizens have had the opportunity of Witnessing the marvelous ouccess of tho Polytechnic Institute enter- tainments ir London I am sppreheusive that the name of the Profeasor is not suticiently known here, I wish to say, therefore, through your columns, that this gentletnan {5 the identical one who has s0 accept- avly entertained tho West End of London at the Poly- technic for the Inst fiteen or twenty years; that, though unpnincipled men v.>d his mame without suthority to givo eciut to their own exbibitions in this country soveral years ogo, this 1s bis first vielt here, {hat he is the real nuthor of the popular works on en- tertaining sclence which bear his nume; and that he has succeeded n prescattng the wonders of chemistry and mechanics in such 5 deligntful and pleasant man- Ter aa to fuspire all tho Loudon youth with the ambi- tion to become Faradaye, Huxleys, and Tyndalls, Those who can attend his lectures aud full to” do s, will make mistake. But perhaps Prof. Peoper is best koown to the masses of the public by his inventions of ©The Ghost,” *The Talkiog Head,” “ The Dissolving Statue,” and other magical effects ilfustrating optical illusions and tbe peculiar properties of light. The sale of course tickety for bis lectures will commence Thursdsy morn- ing, For particulars we refer the reader to the advertisoment. PROF. PROCTOR. The first of the meries of loctures by Prof. Proctor, the famous sscronomer, will be deliv- E cred to-morrow evening, subject being % \Wonders of tho Star-Depths.” A biographical sketch of this great scientist will be found in another columa. DRAMATIC NOTES. A Pams theatre has imported & troupe of genuine Egyptian dancing-girls. Madame Janauschek has been playing Deborah to enraptured audiences at Booth's Thestre. George Favcette Rowe's “ Leatherstocking ™' has becn pecuniarily unsuccessfal at Niblo's. Robertson's charming comedy * School” bas hadarunat the Pruce of Wales Theatre of over 500 nights. A Western paper_announces the coming of & star sctor who will show ** our benighted citi- Zens how Bhakspeara ought o be slung.” Ristori desires one more season in the United States, also to act in Mexico, which is as _vet an untried ficld with her. She lixewise nas designs on Australia and India. r. W. S. Gilbert's comedy, ** Chanty,” has been substituted at Daly's for ‘Love's Labor Tost.” Mir. IsascIsnacs, who copyrighted a drama of that name, brings suit sgainst ALr. Daly, in the preposterous sum of 3:5,000. He docsnot claim auy pirscy in the drama, but merely in the fitlo. Ho ovidently considers that there is some- thing in & name, after all. Some_ ballet grls at Mortimer's Varieties, Philadelphis, etood_near hot stove ill their abbroviated skirts blazed. Terrified at the dis- covery they ran ronnd the stage, Communicating the flames to others, and alarming the audicnce into a stampede. A fow bucketfuls of water ex- tinguished the fire, but several of the poor girls were badly burned. A correspondent of the Springfield Republican tells tho story of the burning of the Winter Garden, and Booth's determination to become o manager. Booth lost all be had in that disaster excopt poir of yellow tights, which were t tho wash, but showed no symptoms of down-hearted- noss, possessing, as the writer justly obrerves, the #rreat qualifications for saccess in life,— iyouth, & light heatt, and a thin paic of brecches.” That was a sorious bit of acting that occurred at tho Coltege Theatricalsin Ficeland, Penn., the otber ovening. A Frenchman was enacting & character of the drunkazd in ** Three Years in » Mao-Trap,” and in one of the scenes ho fires & pistol at ® barkeeper. Whon the pistol was fired the acting barkeeper fell with a groan, It waa at first sapposed that the pistol Liad been accidentally loaded with powder, and that the discharge had stunned bim ; but bis father, and four physicians who happened to be pressnt, ex- amined bim sod fonud that bo was shot by a bullet throgh the right breast. Five minates after the young man expired. Thero has been trouble at Robinson's Opera- House, Cincinnati. Years ago, when Margio Mitchell was o girl, playing Fanchon, 3r. Ling- ham was leading man at tho theatre, and, re- fosing to play tho part of Landry Barbeaud in the picce, left the theatre. He returned some fime since to b Jeading man and stage-manager. Alaggie Mitchell came round again last week, and *Fanchon” was sunounced once more. As stage-manager, Jr. Lingham cast somebody elso for the part. ' Mr. Milcs requested him to lay it, and he declined. Once again, therefore, fas 3. Lingham fled before the beribboned bean of Maggie Mitchell's favorite ploy, leaving that lady and the world at large to puzzle over the antipathy of the actor for & fair leeding part, A new drama by Mr. Tom Taylor is in prepara- tion at the London Olympic. Tho time is the reign of William IIL, and the plot is based npon the story of Lord Clancarty, marrated in the last volume of his * History of England by Lord Macanlay, who eays: **In the_caee of one great offender there were £omo circumstances which attracted a genersl interest, and which might fornizh s good subject to a novelist or dramatist.” This great offender was Macarthy, Eartl Clancarty, who, as a boy, married fourteen Jears before Ehzabeth Spencer, daughter of Lord Sunderland (then Sccresary of State), & el ander 11 years of ago. On his reappear- ance, Macarthy reconquered tho love of his wife, sud owed to ber interceszion his escaps from the penalty of treason. This subject hos becn treated by Mix. Tom Taglor in & drams. io- troducing many promunent figures of an excit- ing epoch, of which little use has been made by dramatists. A great dramatic entertainment was projected in San Jose, Ccl. It was to be for the benefit of some local charity, and the fire company selling the most tickets was to ffik a silver trompet. The strife was warm, and before the night & jammed houee was certain. Harry Courtine, an aetor of immense popularity there, was to ap- pear in his specialty, entitled * Bob Ticket,” and expectation was on tip-toe. To provent disap- pointment, r. Courtaine was locked in his room during uwo days, aud o guard placed over him, to insure his eobriety when the great night came. In the last efternoon, however, he climed from the window. and finally turned up at the theatre blind drunk. His head was held under s pump. and ho was braced up with soda, until when the time came for him to go on tho stage it was h?ed he wonld carry himself properly. But he did not. He called the audience names, and be- haved g0 outrageously that a committes of fire- men went behind tho scencs and walloped him. After which the entertainment ecded in disorder. —_—— MUSIC. The two notable events in music during the past week have been tho opening concert of the Schumann Club, on Wedaeaday evening, which has been fully noticed in Tue TRIBUNE, and the organ concert of the First Congregational Church, on Tuesday evening, which presonted so many features of interest that we mako room for a detailed notice of it, even at this late hour. THE CONCERT opened with the Toccata in A flat by Hesse, played by Mr. Herve D. Wilkins, of Rochester, N. Y. This piece, aithough by no means of the first rank in point of massiveness or of techni~ cal difticuldy, is good organ music and thorongh- Iy legitimate. It was played exceodingly well, and, notwithstandingitalength, was woll reccived by the audience. In the same counection, Mr. Wilkios plaved two Communions from Batiste's Op. 4, pieces which are familiar to il young organists, although not alwaya 5o well Pplayed as on this occasion. In subsequent parts of the programme, Mr. Wiliins played an air from * Tannhauser” and anotber from™* L’Afri- caine,” 28 well as Hesse's variations oa “ God Save the King" and a very pretty offertoiro in E minor (Op. 9) by Batiste, 'Thio most showy of theto pleces was Hosse's ** God Save tho King,” onc of the most popular bravura pieces with young organists, cn acconnt of the familiar air and the showy, though not extremely difh cult, variations. In all his selections, Mr. Wil- kins showed himself an o}l;lganisl of rare ability, though not of genins. He not only played all the passages with o perfect mastery of the tech- nical details, but manifested no small, amount of reposo, and contrived to impart to his playing geuerallyacertain air of “stylo ™ entirely beyond The reach of the mere smateur. In the accom- paniments, Mr. Wilkius showed siill further his excellent saste znd judgment, particularlyin the varied coloring; it waa only & pity that at times the instrument was too loud. Mr. Louis Falk appeared in two solos. The first consisted of three movements from 3len- delssobn's “ Italian Symphouy;” the eecond was the overture to *The Merry Wives of Wind- eor,” by Nicolai. These selections were well re- ceived by the andience, and the second was im- poratively encored, in response to which, he gave Buck's variations on ‘“Annie Laurie.” which wero played eplendidly. The symphony, how- ever, pleased loss ; chiefly from the fact that in sny woll-written symphony, the instrumentation is of go delicato & nature as to be utterly irre- ducible to the resources of the organ. The only exceptions to this are those tender and sustaioed Iyric movements in which the orchestral caloring is comparatively simple. A great deal of intercst attached to this joint appearance of Mr. Wilkins by_tho side of our own leading organist, 3lr. Falk. We cannot protend to ssy what the goneral verdict of tho audience was on the relative rack of the players; bat the following compaiison seems to us just: Mr. Wilkins is a player of wide reading in organ Tmusic, and of superior techaical acquiremente. His plnyini: ia intelligent and masterly—to the extent, at lcast, of the requircments of this pro- gramme. Lonis Falk has ot only talent, but absolute genius of a certain kind—that is for marvelously quick reading and for exccution. On = question of mere execation be would easily urpass any organists that have plased here except Mr. Buck. Btill his registration is set far from E:d:cb, though improving year by vesr. snothor = very important respect, howaver, the palm must bo awarded r. Wilkins ; and that is to his conscientious regard for lezitimate organ music. When Alr. Falk fitst roturned from Germany he played nothing but classical music. He has now passed to tho opposite extreme, and plays only the lightest and least considered. His presont course is to ‘b regrotted for threo reasons: First, becauso Qis rare gifts o fully enable him to play the highest things in a mastorly manner. aad that with very Litle trouble; second, because his Jeading position in the city gives great weight to his example, 80 that all other organists are in- fluenced to play lighter music than they other- wiso would; sund. third, becsnse the public taste, instesd of rising year by year, as it docs in other departments of musical effort, contin- ually retrogrades, and the public has well-nigh 1ost the ability to listen to carnest organ music at all. On this account, it is to be regretted that Mr. Wilking, or somo oiber artist with a musical conscience, Would not settle here and give the weight of bis examplo in favor of 8 btter way. Of the singing of Mr. Bowon, Mrs. Fox, Mre. Balfoar, and MIr. Wilkins (who slso appeared as tenor) we hiave.no spaco to comment, except to say that 1t added a great deal to the pleasure of the evening. By way of additional poiut atten- tion is called to the list of picces played by Mr. Buck at the openingof the former organ in thus chutch, July 8, 1870+ Fugue in B minor.... Scencs from ' Lohengrin Overture to ¢ Buryanthe ”. Afr and variations....... Concertsatzin C minor, ...Thiele Theme and variations nade.Best From this it appears diffienlt to predicate, of Chicago, improvement in taste for organ music. The organ is & large one, being substantially of the same size nnd appointment as the Hook organin Union Park_Churel, aud the Johnson organ in the Secoud Presbyterian. It lss four- teen stops in the Great Organ, fifteeuin the Swoll, cight in the Choir, and ten in the Pedale, 28 well as the excellent hesortment of mechan- icals ilr. dohnson bas made so familiar to our organists. It was bult by Steer & Tarner, of Wostfield, Mass., and i8 a first-class instrument, elegant in apyearance, finished in workmanship, and masical in tone, In one or two points there seemed to us room for greater success. Two or threo of tho choir-stops are t0o light to balanco properly with their proper colleagucs in other parts of the instrument, and the Pedals, as a whole, in epito of its ten stops, does not ** como out™ properly. From this causo much of tho legitimate effect of tho bravara pedaling, both of Wilkins and Falk, passed aonoticed by the audience. On the whole, however, it is an or- gan of which the First Church and the builders Taay well bo proud. It is understood to bave cost about 12,000 CHURCH CONCERT. A concert will be given at the Oakland Con- rogatioual Church. o Tuesday evening, March 10, by the choir of Plymouth Church, aseisted by >diss Carrie Kingman and iss Howe. The concert is for the benefit of the chusch, and the programmeo onght to bo sufficiently attractive to our suburban neighbors to insure o full actend- ance. The programmo will bo aa follows : anT 1 1. Planosolo . 2. Quartette—*“ Tho Waocd-mrds" hoir. 3, Duo—*Io vivo o ¥amo”. ....Campana Bira. T. K. stacey and Jrs. S. E, Upton. 4. Solo—*The Guardian Angel ...Gounod Ir. C. 4. Smth. 5. Bolo—* Estaeralda ™. -enenoLevey Mra. T. E. Stacey. «+..Mendelssohn 4, Quartette—*The Lurgh’ PATT IT. Selected 1. Plano duo... 3hases Kingman and Howe. 2. Duo—* Master and Scholar " Afrs. “acey and Mr. 3. Bolo—* Bright Beyond ", Mrs. S, E. 4. Trio—"* Addio”. Ay, smth, 5. Solo ... €. Quartette—* Alpine Chair. MOSICAL COLLEGE SOIREE. The mext of the regular serics of soirecs at tho Musical Colige takes place on Friday even- ing, March 13, with the following progTamme : 1. “ Bigoletto "—Grand duo. .. E. Wolf ‘isses Dawsy and Annwe Enapp. 2, 4IaPesca’.. 5 [r. Henry Hart. 3, * Fingals Toshie L ng apd ¥iolin. Mendelsaobn iss Rate Burrows and r. Meyer. 4. * Heaven Hath Shed ‘Tear ”. . 186, piang, _Reissiger Jgidrz‘g;fg:;{nbsbcérd and Messra, Meyer and Loeckmann. ‘6. w Caecrfulness "—vocal ductt.. -Gumbert : VWisser Kate Burrows and Ea Locke. 7. Athalia "—P1ano and volin. .. Tendelssohn 7 “ira Annic Harrold and Mr. Seyer. “ at the 8 ‘4 Walklng 3 Vg Al Wiider 44 Boconciliation "—Vocal duett. 9. B e Carrie Lawson ad Mr. E. B 10, # Balieure”.... Tfi:;:;‘l AL >;onx% MUSICAL INSTITDTE. 2 agers of the National Normal Musical I-nnh:lu!@ are taking time by the forelock, baving already issued their circular for the session of bridn Which commences July 8 and continues to ug. 13, at Monmouth. The_teachers for this :ssmun willbe Dr. Georga F. Root, Mr. Carl n o‘ltsnhn, Mr. P. P. Bliss, Mr. Oscar Mayo, Jir. G;"Vi[fwét, alni' AL A. W. Coolov, 3ir. James % i alker, and Mr. Florence Zieg- A NEW ORCHESTRAL PIECE. 3r. Robert Goldbeck, the well-known pianist of this city, has just finished an orchestra! piocs based upon Burger's “Lenore,” which he ob- titles ¢ LEin Dramatischo Orchester-Stueck.” The piece roquiresslarge orchestra, and, al- though symphonic in character, consists of only one part like the poem, and, like the latter, 18 developed according to its dramatic sitnations, pot outwandly descriptive, but according to the spirit, which happens to be strongly marked. The Chorale, of which the post introduces tha first Lino in tho sixth verso (** Was Gott thut das ist wohlgethan ) is also introdaced in the mu- sic, and at this point an organ is added to the orchestra. The March at the beginmng of the pieco (of which Raff has made a distinct move- ment) 18 brought in only casually, but is of saf- Scient longth to giveit the right proportion, with two interruptions, where the mother nd- ‘mouishes the dsuzhter. The main climax points to * The Wild Ride.” At the close of the pocm Burger introduces once more a religions allu- sion, but not in the words of the Chorale. The music, however, closes with the Chorals. Tho ficalo can be executed with full mixed chorus, organ, and orchestra, or only with the two last named. Icistobe hoped the public may hava an opportunity of hearing the piece, siuce archestral composition in Chicago is too rsre to bo allowed to go unbeard. 5 CHICAGO MTSICAL WORK. _ The industry with which Chicazo is working in the musical field throughout the West is some~ thing remarkablo. Louis Falk, the organist, has Iately been giving organ concerts through Wis- coosin, Michigan, and Northern IMlinois. S. Wesloy Martin is holding institutes in various puarts of the State. Mr. H. S. Perkins will bold conventions this month in Kansas, Jowa, ond Indians. Mr. H. R. Palmer is now holding a convention at Tipton, In. 3r. J. A. - Buttortield is giving hiscantata of ** Belshazzar ™ inNew York,, and on the 5th, Mr,\V. 8. Matthews opened an organ at Mendota. The publication of music books also attests fo this romarkadlo industry. Within a_short timo the following havo been issued: *The New Maustcal Curricu- lum;" *The Model Method for Cabinct Organ ;™ “The Normal Musical Handbook;” “The Glory;” “The House of Prawse” and the * Maennerchor,” by George F. Boots © Tha School of Singing,” by F. W. Root; “ The Joy ;" ++The Song Trec,” and_**Sunshine for Sunday- Schools;” ** The Graded Singers,” four numbers, by Blackman & Whittemore;"” and *‘Bougs of Love for the Children,” by H. R. Palmer. Theso facts show that Chicago iias recovered from the fire musically a8 well as in other ways. BOY CHOIR. _ We aro requested to call sttention to an adver- tisement 1n our musical colums, in reference to the formation of a boy-choir. for Bt. Peter's Epis- copal Mission, 328 and 330 Stute stroet; and would Btato that respectable and well-benaved boys, with some knowledge of music, and with voices to somo extent trained, will be admitted oo applicaticn, snd instructed in the music of tho Episcopal Church, There will also bo some inducements offered in the way of remuneration. Applicants ara requested to apply at the Mission- Hail to-morrow, Monday, March 9, at8p. m., gharp. Voluntoer men’s vorces will bo very ac- ceptable, also, at the Mission. LSS ANNETTA KUEX will, Fridsy ovening, Aarch 13, give s concert at Standard Hall, to which the most promineat of our local artists have kindly voluntesred thoir assistance. The life of this younglady containa come points of general interest. hen a girlof 17 years of aze she had & severe a‘tack of typhoid fever, from which—after her lifo had for a long time been despaired of—sha recovered to find her eyesght destroved by tho malady. On her travels through Eorope in search of medical assistance, she met a_noted musician at 3lunich. who believed the child posresacd some musical talent. Under his guidance sho subse quently acquired cousiderable skill in the man- agoment of several instruments, of which sbs sclected tho zither for her performancesin pito- Ite. She has since then visited all the promivent cities of Europe, where her talents met with un- . equivocal recognition. ‘The names of Mies Jessica Haskell, Messrg Wolfsoln, Diehim, Bischoft, Folz, and Ettlinger, who, Fridsy evening, will lend therr efforts w the exccution of a carefully-selected programme, will be suflicient to insure to overy ticket-holder an evening of unusual onjoyment. To thoss who take s doeper interest in musical perform- ances, we mention that Mr. Wolfsohn, who, since 1us short residence in our civy, has proved him- self an accomdlished artist aud o musicisn ol raro ability, will, together with Jr. Diolua, the Well-known violoncollist, executs a sonata by Rubinstein_(for piano and 'cello) never before Played publicly in this city. MUSICAL PULLICATIONS. Dadley Buck hias composed an_** Andants and Scherzo F:mtn:uinlus " exprossly for the Boe- thoven Quintette Club, and presented them mth exclusive right to play 1t. s Money and Music” is the nztractive title of anow art story by Mr. Charles Barnard, tho ac- complishied editor of Vox Humana, which is promised by Shepard & Gill early ezt month. The next Scribner witl contain & poem by Ed- ward King, connisting of three sonnets. in mem- ory of Parops Rosa, *The stainlcss lady of the ‘matchleas voice,™ borrow the 1ast lina of the poem. TURNER HALL. The programme for the Turner Hall concert this afternoon will be 28 Zollows 1. March—* Odeon ”.... 2, Overture—* Concert ", 3. Fantasie—" Visions in & Dream 7, 4. Overture to “‘Hamlet”........ E. 5. Fantesie—* Mountaineers RBejoicing at the Return of Spring ™. Gungl Loesch 10, Quadritle—* Bansedska MUSICAL NOTES. The City of ‘Mexico has s Conservatory of Music. » Wachtel is at Berlin, where ho sang receutly in * William Tell.” The British Orchestral Bociety of London bronght out Mozart's “Jupiter” symphons, & couple of weeks azo, With the siogle remark, “By Jove.” ‘Handol's music_is gradually making its way ic France. *Alexandor's Feast” bas been recently produced with great success st Dijon. The Kellogg troupe will open 5 season of opers. of ten nights, te-morrow evening, in Boston. Lucea and Nilsson are singing sgainst esch other in New York, tbe former at the Stadt Tho- atre and tho latter at the Academy. Luces, thus far, is the most powerful magnot. A new tenor singer has been discovered at Hamburg, in the person of a letter-carrier named Gustav Walter, who possesses 3 magnizicent voice. Herr Rubiostein, tho pianist, bas arrived in Paris, after great success in concorts at Milan, Venice, Florence, Tarin, Rome, Naples, etc. A rival of Blind Tom has beea found 82 Blount Springé, Alabama, in the person of James Harden, & negzo from Baltimore. He plays the guitar and sinze tho most difficalt music_exceptionally Sell, and is also somatniug Of & cOmpaser. Tho following * offcial ™ or * officions " state- e oo "Fo Trovidonce Journal: “The Boston newspsper plessantry about Nilsson's ‘poxions partridge supper iu Providence having el serions mouetary phase, the sctusl T being et down_at over $10,063, it ia time to say that the. distinguisbed prima donna, who orders slwags ber own bill of fare, partook O o partridge or other kind of game a: ths City Hotel in this city, but rather supped ca such plain nnd nourishing faro a8 seemed to her most Petitting and agreeable.” Soveral masical artists have died Iatoly in ITtaly, Among them are Leonora Grossi, a con- tralio, well known in Paris and London, who s secidontally poisoned by her cook ; Luigi Galli, » young tenor of La Scala, Milzn, who pang oc the 15th altimo in */Faust,” and five dars Iater died of typhoid fever; Ernesto Cavallinl, a celobrated performer on the claricet; Christian Wanner, music teacher in the fsmily of King Victor Emanuel; Virginia Wandar Peck, a cont; of wide repute; Luigi Ceochioi, of Naptes, & well-known tegor: and Farice Donati, of Luccs, an accomplished vio- lonceilist. Thomas' Fonrth Symphony Concert tock place in New York on the 3d inst., with the following programme : PART L Introducti o the third act of * Medes..Cherubint 1. Altegro, 2. Adagio. Sympiony No. 4, in €, Op. 61.... 1 Sostenuto assal — Ak 3. Jesro ma non troppo. & Allegro molio vivace, 2. Sclierzo, allegro vivace. PART IL Bacchanale—* Tannhauser " (i de, No. 3, in D minar, Op. €3, 06w hm:'x:fm;xmobwgm by Mr. Louis Labeck. Qvarturo—* Leonars,” 0. 3.0 o