Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 17, 1877, Page 12

s i ~ ANTUSEMENTS. .‘How the Theatrical Season May Be Improved. “ Qur Boarding-House” at Last Shuts Its Doors Tony Pastor nnd Robert Me- Wade Announced. QGossip of American and Euro- pean Green-Rooms. The Second, Third, and Fourth Concerts of the Wagner Festival, ‘Wagner and Richter as Orches- iral Conductors---Sketch- ¢s of Extracts from the Trilogy. ‘Thomas' Summer-Garden Cons, certs===The Hershey Mu- sical Evening===Schu= mann's Spanish . Cyclus. ’ i e — Louisville Smngerfost--Local Miscella- ny--Operatic Notes in Europe and America. TITE DRAMA. ADVANTAOKS OF THE DULL BEASON, When Mr. oo ericd for * Resplie, respite, «ad ncpenthe,® he bad possibly suffered from .« attack of criticism In an agyravated form. Ha desfred to pruclaim a truce, promising on ala part to allow his pen a bricf vacation, and $nvoking upon lils act the conslderate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of the all- powerful press. Ilfs weary heart longed for rest, ana his mouth watered for the clixir which often before had comfurted his drooplng spirits andassunged his grief. Fanciful motives moy safely be ascribed to Poe, since he 1s some timo dead, and even In Hifo wus not too carefut of his fame; but it ts a question whether a similar freedom may be exerclsed with reference to ly- ng espirants for the laurel and the bay, Wao hes- {tato even to say that any dramntist or actor waros the value of a fig what tho American aewspuper bress may, ont of ita Infinite gno- rance and feeblencss, decide. No one of the candidates on the stage for publie tavor ever will adinlt publicly that he cares for erit- fciam, and many of them have shown by “charges," ‘‘cards,” supplications, per- sonal nssault, and contumely, that they deapliga ™ eritles and criticisis no less heartls 1y than Betscy Priz dld the apocryphal Mrs. « Iarms, The present writcr has not the courago + to maintain anything to the contrary, It s not truo that the professional people themaclyes enjoy the prospect now opening before them of na bricf release from the annoyances fncldent to their work. Tho dull scason has for them no alluring feature, except that which resdes In n well-spent perlod of {dlences and ropose. But what shall by eald of the largecluss permanently establishied on the wrong side of the foot-lights, ~—born, s It were, to privacy and obscurity,— ‘who now also enter upon o long rest fromn the- atrical labors! 'Their vacation has been no less )mr\u{ carncd, and will be by thém no lesa heartlly enjoyed, thau that of the sctors.” The blast of wur will not sound n thefr cars for mru'n! a montt. No nore for them will the kettlo-drum and trumpot eclebrate tho march of roynl processlon, or the downfull of a noble Liouss be cpitotnized in the running speech of & messenger, *“Tho noblest Kowan of them all™ will cultivate his claasical calven In s bounding-house of the sccond cluss, and Jean s herofe figures agalnat the wall of the Dizzy Actors’ Rotreat In dreamy contemplation of giories past and to come, The tuithful deadhead will “retire into the outer darkness, unfathomsvle snd profoand, which cushrouds him when he hnano call of duty to respond to; the sentimental maldens and cal- low youth will whirl in walts or galop at water- ing-place hotels; the conscientious countryman willlinger In ficids white with the harvests the orclicstra will tune cheerful meusures In beor- pardens and plenie-grounds; the ushers will gulde the venturcsome strect-car on its vouree, or provel the gaudy apple-cart on its road; the doorkeepers will no lobger bar the way of ‘mpccumoun progrees; thoTreasurer will no more count out hits money, nor wish that his talo might bu longer; the minager will tret and fune; the old stagera will scelca new [Hell- cun at Waukesha or the Hot Sorings; the critic will wish ho wasan’t and didn't; and the Frcnt publle will unconcernedly go about its busituss, Wwithout even m:rvlunr: that tho theatres aro not, Let tho value ol the theatrical vacatlon to the unprofesslounl world be fully a‘ipn:vlnlod. ‘The benoflt, Is not all on one alde. The actors have granted a releasc as woll as taken one. Cratius aglmus, THD WEER NEVIRWED, It was a dull week, Nothiog broke the placid surfaco of theatrical affalrs, cxcept a small acel- dent or two at MeVicker's Theatre, from which Mr, Crane retired after Wednesday, Mr. Frank Plurce supplled his place, to the general satls- Toction of thnse who hiid the courage to attend the theatre fu the last weck of * Our Boarding- House.” We part with this now old nnd tried wlay without regret, and hopo that It will jour- ney so far ond so happlly olsewhere that it " may never be able to get back ogain. ~ ‘Thero {8 something too little u it for the }vurpolcs ol respect, and perhaps not enough for permanent m‘)oymem. It sufe sers, ke ll the other furces in” five acts, from the operation of forces which must always inoke such succeascs cphemeral. Farce plices it chlef rellance upon surprise, When the fun Decumea customary, and tho situations famillar, Juughter disappears, Comedy, which deals not. with mere external clrcumstances, but with character; takes a stronger hold upon the symn- pathies and linsgiuation, and outlusts the framo that the gallows-maker bullds. There was 81 unhappy stage-walt during the performance of **Our Boarding-louse "~ Thursday night. ‘The managers had resolved ta cut part of vne seene, and had fufurmed all the company of the {act, Sflas Buchanan, however, was not on hand wheu required, and, after nnlnlenllulmllf keep- Ing the stoge walting vie minute, wilifully kcln, it several more in order to cscape blame with the audience. Tho curtain bad to come down, wud an apolugy was offered to the audleney, after which ™ the rformance was re- sumed. There wus nothing of consequence ab sny ol the other theatres. Mr. Den ‘Thomp- son continied to personate Joshua Whitcomd at Haverly’s Theatre, but made no changes that duserve fresh comment. It Is apleasure tonotico that the Jramatie News ngrecs with 'Tas Tuin- UK [n remarking upon the notable dedciency of Mr, Thompson {u pathetle passages. There could be no hetter proof of his inferiority as an actor. ‘Tnie famous cumedians, from Jeflerson 10 Oweus, never fall In this respect, Tuey are not “mf:lfl masters of the grotesque, or show- men exbiblting tdiosyucrasics of wulk, gesture, and wpeech: they feel and touch with thelr wuazie all the bearts that cume withln their reach, B LOCAL NOTE3. It is reported that Mr. MlcKee Rankin bas been offered a large salary to play as leading- man at McVicker's Theatro uext season, but has uot yet declled to acept. Mr. Milton Nobles, an actor of some origin- ality and rough talent, will uppear at tho Adelphf to-morsow night In his glly of “The Phauwix,” sssumlug the parts of Carrel Grares st Jia Bludwe ~He will be supported by a full company. Mr. Robert MewWade will 81l on engagement st Haverly’s Theatro this week as Jip Fan Winkle, beginoing to-morrow night. He ls the wost successful hinitator of Jetlerson on the Auwecrican stage, and promises to be supportod by an efticlent coinpany. Tho Ellsworth Zouave Battalion bave leased the Muscuw for the tirst week in July, and will produce thelr Tlh’ of ** Audersouville.” Thoy baye enguged Ben Cottou fur one of the humos- ' THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JUNE 17, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES, oua characters, and James H. Rennie for the character of the spy. Cotnpany A, of this Bat- talion, gave this play laxt year when they were Cum!nny E of the Firat Rteglinent, 1. 8. 4., and now the entire hattallon are engaged it it. The J. F. F. Dramatic Club give " Caste at Standard Hall, on Manday evening, for the benefit of the Swedenborglan Boclety.” The cast will be ns follows: Eather, Miss Mamio Wheel- ery The Marchioness, Exa Wheeler; Polly, Mat- go Vail; Eecles, C. . Ward; Sam, Fred 1. rear. Mr. Tony Pastor will begin his annnal en- fflzcmcnl in Chicago to-morrow, appearing Lhis ime at MeVicker's Theatre, lle has a large compnny of favorite varlety actors. 1t s to be hoped that he will see the propriety this year of excluding ali ofTensive songs and allusions from the performance. ¢ Ontwitled * s tho titleof a drama in five nacts, recently err‘en Ly Mrs. E. M. Kirkland, of this city, "It his been read by several prome fnent members of the profession, and by them pronounced strong fn character and viot, and above the averago as a literary production. 1t 1s probable that 1t will be produced at one of the cily theatres late In the fall, ‘The Dramatic News contalns o nnmber of items of interest to Chicago play-gocrs. It stales that Charles Thorne s {1l at Colasset, and wl:'l 1;:“- Ml.‘t:“e as luus Unlon Sq\mr'n: clm- nn; uring e Chicago engagemen s hlnc{_ witl grnluhly be m‘“.gngy Mr. Le Jatnes, 8tlll more important {s tho following: A, R. Cazauran has written a play for Miss Clara Morrls, and she f8 expected to star with it next scagon. Mr. A, M. Palmer has offcred the Iady €1,000 to play *Miss Multon?’ in Chicago, with tho orizinal cast, thls summer, and she lins Anfiw::'rcd that she will accept if her Lealth per- mils, NEW TORK NOTES. ‘The Unfon 8quare Theatre and DBooth's will remain closed for the present. ¢ Evangeline ** continues to recelve a large measure of patronage at Daly’s Theatre. ‘The netw play of * Waves,” proditced at Wal- Inck's Theatre by J. B. Atwater and Lettlo Al len, Isadecided fallure, The actiog of Miss Allen s pralsed by the newspapers. The Dramatic News says: *Mr. Charles Thorne, 8r., has taken the ‘ Lycetm, which he will call the Fourteenth Street Theatre. He has engaged o full stock company, and will open in tlng lgl.!er part of Augun{'." 0 " John T. Raymond closed another * farewell scason' ns Uol Sellers at the UGrand Opera Housc last night. The Union Square cast In “8mike " Is to open at the same place to-mor- row. ~ Rescrved seats are sold for 40 cents, Jeflreys Lewls, Ada Gliman, and Fred B, Wardo have thus far been cmin ed for the Nuw Brondway Thecatre. It fs sald that Mr. Dulf, manager of the llrundu'nf, has gone to Eurone for the purpose of engawing Mr, Irving, the En- t'llsh actor, to undertnke a starring tour in the nited Stutes, but the Dramatle Neics asscrts that Jrving fa pledged to come under tho man- agement of Strakoach, If he conies at all. The L"dln ‘Thumpson Troupe will appear nt Wallack’s Aug. 20 with a larzer company than ever before, fucluding seven lady principals nnd clght extra Indies—Misa Emily Duucun, Miss Eila Chapman, the younger of the * Chinpman Bisters,” Mies Mnria Wilkins, Miss Lottie Venn, Miss Burnett, cte. Tho poputar Mr. Michael Cannully will retirn ns musical director, amd Miss Camilic Dubols and Mr, Witlle Edonin re- nlppcnr with tha company. The reportoiro of tha troupe Includes tive entirely new burleaques and “gBluo Beard " remodeled, . The Iatest new ‘!flem Is * Oxygen,” which has _had o tre- mendous run at the Folly Theatre, London, Ada Dyas hns been engueed s leading Indy of Unl{'n company for next scason. ‘The bene- it of Mlss Dyas ut Wallack's 'Theatre recently was a dramatie event of some importance. Misa Dyas_(supported by Messrs. Montazue, Shan- non, Edwin, Mathews, and Atkins, Mes, llllhcrl, Miss Eflle Germon, and Miss Allie Durrlnglovx n“nenrcnl first In Tom Tuylor's drams, ‘¢ Bhcep in Woll's Clothing.” Miss Jeffreys- Lewls followed with a recitation of Howl's Dirldgo of Sichs.” Miss Fanny-Davenport and Mr, John Gllbert then camo forward In the quarrel scene from ** The Behool fur Beandal,' and Miss Waluwright and Mr. F. B, Warde in the fourth act of **Love's 8acrifice.” In con- clusion, Miss Dyas again appeared as Paullne In tho fourth nct of “The Ludy of Lyous, sup- purtcd by Mr. Georgu Rignold, Mr. Bearle, Mr. Jh‘lllll ps, Mr, Leonard, Mmne. Ponlsf, and Mrs. uhu jefton. GENENAL AMERICAN NOTES Coghilan has been playing Alfred Evelyntn San Franciseo. - v Montague, the delicions, has’ !chn delighting Montreal with * False 8hame." J Willlam Davidge, the vetcran New York nctor, has been playlng o star engagement at Bimpson's Muscum ju Philadelphia, Charles Parsloe will visit Mark Twaln during the summer, ana together thoy will undertake to patcl up the unsuccessful play of # Ah Sin." Atince and Oates have been playing to bog- (fi:rly bushicss fu opposition to each other dt ston. Odera boufle has been vverdone there. John McCullough Is without honor in his own clty, The crities thero think he was overrated In New York nlmpl¥ because he was & gencrous, guod, companionable fetlow, ‘The Soldene artista wiscly insisted an having return tickets given them befure thuy consented to make the trip to San Fraucisco, " They have been dolng well there, however; the kicker,*| Milc. Sarn, was kept In reserve during the first week, but was promlsed as soon as a new at- tract(on should becomo ucceasary to revive the «troopings Interest, The Boston Museum has fssucd o neat little pamphict descriptive of that famous old houss of comedy, with it recent Improvements, and eiving the company, for 1877-73, aa follows: Mr, Churles Barron, Mr. Willlam Warren, Mr, R, ¥, McClaualn, ate, ¥, (. Cottor, Mr. E. A. Mo~ Dowatl, (his first upiwnmncn here), Mr. Guorge W. Wilson, Mr, J. K. Ring, Mr, J. A, Bmith, Mr. James Burrows, Mr. Charles Villiera (his firat appearance hicre), My, James Nolan, Mr, C. 8. Mason, Mr. F. 8, lartshoro, Mr. Williami Morris, Mr. Eugene, Mr. Fredericks, Miss Annle Clarke, Mrs. J. It Vinvent, Misa, Lizzie Harrold &lwr first appearance here), Miss Georgia Tyler, liss Laurs Philllps, Misa Fannio Skerritt, Miss Lillle Brown, Miss Ad: Calef, Miss Katlo ityan, POREION NOTES, Salvinl has been playlug Othelloat Berlin* to scauty but appreciative audiences,” A farewell dinner was recently given at the Frecmosons' Tavern, London, to Mr, Creswick, who {s about to leave Bum}nnl for Australia. Dr. Doran, F. 8. A, occupled the chalr, aud the company numbored about 150, At this Aquarlum Theatre, London, o verslon, by Mg. Marshall, of Farquliar's comnedy of Tho Inconstant,” lLns been produced, with Miss Maggle Brennan as Orlana, Miss Meyrick as fl’l.ltr xflh« rre, and Mr. Charles Warneras younig a Franks, Mlss Jenule The subscriptions for the erection of tho Shukspeare Memorlal Thestre, Librars, and Pictuge Gollery, at Stratfurd-on-Avon, tho foundation stone of which was recently Jald, now amount to ugwnnll of £5,700. Tho sito of the buildiug bas been given by Mr, C. E, Flower, of Stratfurd-on-Avon, who, besides this, con- tributes the handsome sum of £1000. Mr. Buckstone, Mr, B. Webster, Mr, C‘mllnrlml, and Mr, Butbhern glve £100 each, Mre. Theo- dore Martin contributestwenty guineas. About 4£4,000 more is requred to carry out the entlre schicmne,—2’all Vall Gasette, After “washing thelr dirty linen” In pres- ence of the publle, Mr, Jetlerson und Mr. Chat- terton bhave compromised thelr imisunderstaud- ing, Mr. Chatterton, who ut firet had made up Lis mind to accept defeat philosophically, cnuni;ml 1t, and resulved upon ropealing azainst the decision of the Court. This infimation, it Is undesstood, was recelved with plessure b Jefferson. **Appeal,” sald “he actor, ** [ wish you would. want to vindicate wy honpr izainst the unwarrantable attack of the English Judge “Then Mr. Chatterton was advised not to uppeal. . ¥Tho moral victory §s yours," sald bis lawyer; “be content.” ‘Chatterton {3 u ancuu man. “The moral victory bo huoged; "l souner have the legal one”” However, it avpears that Mr. Jefersun is not quite so well satisfiod with himsclf since be bas surveyed the eutlro busincas on bis own account, and he has consented to reman another month ut the Priucess’, an arzangement which is understood to be quite satisfactory to the lessce.—London Currespondence New York Times, Thlngs theatrical in Parls arcnot over-pros. rous, althouch * Bebe at the Gymnase and *Stie. I Archidue® ut tho Boutles ‘ure drawing erowded houses. The local jokcs added to the latter stupid production prove so much Lo the tuste of tho audience that the applause is loud and the merritent quite vverpoweriug, as allus slons are mado to minlteriul and political events iu the manner of stuge Y gugs.’t ‘The last otticial bullctin of the Soclety Of Dramatic Authurs containea list of the receipts at the rrluclynl theatres for the past two years, show- ng o considerable decrease. The reccipts for the years 1510-T7 at the Grand Opers were 169,227 frunvs, being 4,620.87 francs less than the two years preceding.” The Uymuase, Palais Royal, sud Bouffes Parisicnnos ‘have also sul- fered u dimfoution. The Theatre Fraucals, Vandeville, Yarletes, Chatelet, and Folies Drue matigues, however, have made increased re- celpts. The dramatic authors have recelved 1his year for plays 64,108 francs tess than In the gcc:swm l}l‘m years.—Parls Correspondenct New ori orid. ' WAGNER. THR GRAND LONDON FRSTIVAL. Fpectal Correspondence of The Tribune. Loxnoy, May 28.—In my last lctter to Tna Tninung I gave an account of the first evening of tho “Festival” serles of concerts, and Wagner's reception. The next concert took: place on the Wednesday followiog, and as- sembled a large and, miscelianeous audience. There were not only the “short-sighted folke, with spectacles, Jong bair, and funny head- geary” whom Bennet of the Zelggraph declares tobo the charncteristic ** Art-Students of the Future,” but musical Londoners of every de- scription, devotees of classical musie, ballad concerts, and . the opern, Including Princes, Duchesses, and fine ladics and loungers of fash-, lonable cireles in gencral. % THE PROGRAMME for the evening was the overture, with the first and sccond acts of the " Flying Dutchman,' and the firat act of * Die Walkuere,” The plot and the musle of the ““Dutchman are very famillar to London audiences through tho per- formances of the Car) Rosa troupe. The over- turo was beautifully performed by the orches- tra, and its grand fantastic effects alteruatiog with episodes of exquisite melody were reccived with marked pleasure by the audience. I was not able to detect any of that discomfiture or uncasiness which somo of thie Ihillstines of the press professed to discover In Wagner while conducting this carly work of his. On the con- trary, whilo the violins began thelr tremolo, launching the listener upon the swelling bil- lows, and violoncellos worked up the_ innjesty and fury of the storm, and the wind fnstri- ments l:(’ulned thele_volume to the treniendous roll of the ocean symphony, while the horns pealed out thelr erivs of distress, and upon the stress, struggle, and agony of the tempest stule 0 s0ft, sweet siraly, like the thought of Heaven or of \uw. and Lthe trombones gave out a weird, sepulchral sound as the plantom ship glided to anchor,—while theso and other striking {eatures of the uverture were rendered by the orchestra, I thonght Wagner's countenance assumed o quite peaceful, and beatifie cxpression, like that of a wise father beamin -lmlulgunhy on o young but promising child, The sougs of the Steeraman were delightfully given by Max Schlosser, of Munich, whosa sweet, but oot powerful, volce appeared to greater ad. vantage herc than at any_ other perfod of the Festival. Frau Sadler-Grun also made here the moat favorable fmpression slio achieved at any of the voncerts as Senta,~her volce showing as sweet, well-modulated, ant sympatletic, though perhaps o lttle lacking in variety and Intensity of dramatic expression. Among the vocallsts, however, the chief honors wera certaluly carrled off by Carl Hill, who made avery cffective Dutehman. Ho wns in a very shinple and natural mauner utterly miser- nble and forlorn; so quiet and without the or- dinary stage tricks and devices was bis perfuct hopefessness and dcflmlr thatit at first appearcd a8 If too mueh liko nrem:h ond coudunt In private life, not sufliclently pro- uounced, that ~ Is, to uflee the great gudience. But, as e scene and duet with Senta proceeded, the conviction of the ity of his geicl and emotlon which he hnd hy this time hinpresacd on his hcarers, made an adinirable backeround for the Impassioned wevotion of the matden, aud brought the sceno to u ciimax which was very fine. The extreme beauty of tho text and thd nobility of tho char- acters make also a deep “linpression, ns n * Lo- hengrint TERR RICRTER, With the firat act of * Die Walkure Wagner resigned the baton to Heer Richter, Adinirable aud wonderful as the conposer 18 as a condue- tor, and cxquisite ns are the effects? he obtains frotn his orchestra, thero can bo no doubt that they vastly prefer Richter, and that under his AW hings 0 on moro happli; nmly hurmnnlaufi ly, I ‘have tried Pvuj)! ooalyza the exuct difference -In tho metfiod of the two men, but doubitiess thero is muen tnore In It that can bo felt than acen, a8 with all great leaders. ' Nuw you sco whata vommander ean do_with his‘army,” sald the Emperor William of Prussia when lie saw Waz. ner conduct his orchestrn. But thero fs much the sume difference between him and Richter that thero often Is between tiwo skillful (jon- erals. . Wagnur appears in a stato of the highest nervous tenslon, overy muscle stralned, every nerye on the aleit; he plays every note with the orchestra,~violin, flute, bassoon, and French liorn,—he plays them all, helsthen all, it secis, whil that aleider baton of his cous awittly, foreibly, through tho ale. Itis just as {f you cotd * watch the cffect on “fils physient ceonomy, and feel the bload pulsing with more or less violence In suceessive shocks on tho Dratn, a8 you scem to licarilin saying with that restless little wand of his: % Violina, softly, goltiy; trumpets blow, louder yet, luuder, I tell you, quite In thue; flutes now, low, low; horns now, violins agaly. Heavens! How you drug) tine, I tell you, time, time; i drim, there, now{ now! trombones souwd, tinkle, triangles, crush, cymbals, warble, violus, organ, join = and so ou, with swayfug of the body and ocen- elonal stamplups of the right foot, till it all comes tonn end in o burst of sound, and the room shakes with spplause,whilo Wagher comes down from his chalr wiping his forcheal with his bz silk-haudkerchief, and the orchestra leans back to take a long hrcush‘ whils a certein' **topd-under-thie-barrow " look adually fades ‘from thelr relaxing faces, n short, Wagner scemed toconduct by fiopulse, to fecl responsible for every Instrument, and to be keonly allve to every effect. Itichter, on tho otber hand, takes his” placa with a el confi- dencein his men, which “Is in jtself reassuring, and puts thews all into a sort of magnetle aym- pathy and clectric communieation with himself, ‘hat dono, he scems to proceed systematleallys his batou Kkeeps up an cven, shythmle sways held high In air, its aignals are promptly, light- 1y, unmistakably eiven; and his blonde, alniost Llooming fave, with Its fringe of ycl!uw halr and milld blug eyes, his genoral aspect of vigor, - sorenity, and — good-fellowship, scont to beam out encouragement on .sclf-posscssion. As to tho cfect, ho nppoara to leave that to take care of Itself, confidont that scientitlc procedures will bring corresponding results, and this leaves his mind free and un- cmbarrassed to give with wnerring prectsion tho slgnal of the moment. Oncelna while that white-gloved left hand of his (Wagner never wears glovea while conducting) s rafsed ot n critical passage, in gentle deprecation, s it he sald “ Bottly now, myincu;carcfully, carofully 1 1? hut, when ™ ull brenkors’ aro vasscd, [ntricate places have opencd out into a reat sea of mels- ddy and not a cloud {s in the sky, then thoso two white hands are spread out before him with a pranclng movement, ho leans forward aud scems to launch himself and the orchustra, ltko one who gives free reins toa horsour shakes out the sails of a yacht defora o favoring wind, as if he sald, *Go it, now ! and the orcnestra YoM gecordingly with a joyful kind of frenzy which produces the happlest effects, This s why, in tho sccond part of each concert, when Watner goes and sits down among the harps and Richter mounts the stand, the orchestra breaks into o sudden delirfum of applause, which causes novices In the audience Lo lnok around and wonder what royal pereonage has entered the arena, The act 13 not in the best of breeding, and not highly complimentary to Wammer, who, however, gonerally sits wrinkling bls nose with laughter, and Yeaming bhenig- nantly on hls disciple, whose falr complexion {fidduul considerably, This & a long prelude to o PIRST ACT OP THE "&Al.xu:nl," and I now remember that § cnlarged somewhat upon the subjoct in my notes to the first cons certs but the orcheatra Is really o great factor In Wacrner's chh)rmanwl. and theso pecullari- tics of two of tho greatest living conductors scem to mo worth notlng, In this boglunlug of the drama pmfl:r of tho ¥ Nibelung'ge Ring’ (for as vet wo had had only the @ Rheingold wa all longed for the scenery to show us llmu)l'- dng's house, with fte great hearth, and mighty ash with the sword fmbedded 'In the stem, Sleymund enters weary sl wounded from storm and fight; ho alnks down by the hearth—'Whose hearth here may be, hero must I rest Then followwd the eutrance of Sleglinde, Hunding's wile, the cup of cold water ‘with ‘which shv solaes her guest, the mutusl fatereat sud sympathy, llumfln:f'l return, the long tale of hils” previous life nud adventures by Sieyraund, the declara- tion of feud by the two inen, and the separa- tion fur sleep, the return of Sieglinds to the room at midn! fiht, the discovery of klushlr, and the love-scene between bier and Slagmund 1o the wlorious sprivge nleht. Frau Materoa made a finy Sieylinde, und Ueorge Unger an execllunt Siegmund, but the Huuding of Herr Chanden wils hot particularly striking. Fhe poiut whers the drama began Lo kindle Jutorest was whera tho “8word Motiye’ 14 heard in the or chestra, and Siegmund slngs ¢ What kleams out strong from the fitful klowt™ The % Wister storms have wan:d" was cxqubsitely sung by Ilere Ungeras Sty muud, sl exqulsitely played by the orchestra, WILD th low, sweet fretting of the sccopany~ Ing barps. And bere wo bardly scemed fn necd ot seencry: tho soft alr of spring, tho frosh- uess of wakeniug blossoms and tho murmurjng of waters, tho spleudor of moonlight sud the cestasy of love, tho wnusle seemed {u ftaclt com- oetent to express. The eliaax of trumpets and violins wheu Stymund wreuches ths sword . from tye ash was grand, and the orchestra here scemed Inspired, and plaved throughont thes whole scene ns onie man, Take it all in ml, this was onc of the most succcsaful of the concerts. It was marred, as wero all of them, by the gradual dropojng ont of the audienco in the stalls &nd boxes, cither from wearinces or to take trains. The occupants of the bal- cany, orchestra gallery, and promendde gallery, with the genuine lovers of music clscwhere, remalned to the close, and the applauss be- stowed on Wagmer and the two principal sing- crs was universal and long-continued, TUB THIRD CONCERT. In the thind concert, n Saturday matinee, Carl Tl sang very mectl{ and expressively Wol- Jram's song to the evening stgr, and soug In tho coutest of singers, from * Tannhauser; but the masterpleces were thoe * Ride of the Val- kyrics,” by the orchestra, and the scene between linmhu'd: and Siegmund, and Drunhiide and TWotan, which close the * Walkuere.” A waon- derful thinyg is this ride of the god-descended makds of Walhalla: throueh clouds of lightning and fire and peals of thunder, they sweep wildly through the sky, with strange shiouts and laughter, and the whinnying of tiieir uneartily steeds. The audience woke to enthuslastic ap- plause at the close of this " Ride,' and insisted on its repetition. Superlor to this effect, how- ever, was the ona produced by Holan's sccno with Hrunhilde, in which he deprives her of her celestial nnture and placo In Wallialla, which is, 1 think, almost if not qulte the fnest in the whole 'i‘runz{. Carl Hill sang vory well, with This usual feeling anid unconsclousncss of tho an- dienve; but the glory of the vccasion was with Frau flnurnn, who here vindicated her right to the reputation which had preceded her. Her clocution, as Ihave saidelsewhere, was magnif- nt, and nota wogl of the splendid declamation was Jost. Chlld of & god, favored cup-bearer and messenger of lier late father $Wofan, sho hgs tried to save Siegmund agalnst his will; from Heaven she must go; ber passionate sor- row cannot save her Elw: 08 & guddess, but the od’s lament over licr loss (s very beautiful, o, In nhigher degree, I8 Zrunhilde's wild ap- peal that, if he puts her to sleep so that he who wakes her wins her for wife, he will at least surround her with strange peril and *‘hinder- ing horror”—* that none but a frec, unfalter- Ing hiero may make me hisi" To lhis the god consents, aid Hrunhilde's magniticent, over- mastering appenl {s followed by: the tender, ‘mtlleummls cof the * Farewell" and thostrange “lirec muste,’”’ while the god puts her to sleep nnd surrounds her with “arrowy flame, ¢ bil. lowy blaze,” anl “fattering fire.” The offcet of this scene In tho opera, with full scenery and netion, would, I should think, approsch the sublime. VERBONAL. This concert was very largely attended. Faahion apd fincry inade o great display, Tho great dnterfor of Albert Hall bloomed like a veritable Perslan garden, or ils imitatlon in tapestry. ‘The Duchess of Edinburg sat in the front of the Royal box, with tho Princess Bea- triee, and tho Prince of Wales divided his tine between them and tho party in his own box. The lndies arvund me seemed to take considera- big interest in tho ralment of the fominine rep- resentativesof royalty, but nlively countrywom. an by my sllo whoso dictun I' copy g8 mora fntclligent than my own upon such toples announced that It was nothing = remarkable.” The Duchicss had on a fi)lnck-sllk sult, and & white hat ali feathors,—'* looked as plaln a8 o plke-stafl."” The Princess Beatrico wora o dress of change- able silk, bronze and blue, with chentlle * frin) of the two shades, which twinkled all over it n curiona wav,— pretty, but Frenchy” Tho same authority slso pronounced that the Princess Deatrico ** looked 80, If she dil o day," —and I confess that 1 was surprised to sce fo serfous and maturo a face os that of a gir) of 20, whose birthday was celebrated lately, Perhava royalty is somaewhat fatizulng and age-bestow- ing In ita accompaniments, in which case American matdena iy rejoico in thele lowlier and happier fates, THE FOURTI CONCERT. The fourth concert was ona of the least sat. Isfactory, although its progeamme wus one of the fincsf. W had firat Muldigung's March, and the {Inc overture to Iflhcn/l,rlu. with itsinys- tical beauty and surgestions, but in tho lovely scene In tho third oct, In tho bridal chamber, Gcorge Unger, who was siuging the part of Lohengrin to the Ala of Frau von Sadlcr-Urnn,’ betrayed fucreasing difMeulty and hoamsencas, and the perforinance was stopped by Wagner, to the great regret of all, for the music had be- gun deliclously. For tho samnc reason wo wero ohliged to relinquish tho flng sceno of * The Weldlug of tho Bword," and tho charming ono of Steyfried and the Jitrd, and taka in lts place tho Inst half of Saturduy's convest, AT IIOME. TTIE THOMAS CONCERTS. We now enter upon tho muslical seasun of 1877~'7, and Thewdoro Thomas has tha houor of Inaugurating it with n six-weeks® scason o aummer-ulght concerta at the Exposition Bulld- Ing, The great awditorium has been completely transfurmed for thisoccaston, and its vast spaces are vernal with trees, and plants, and fragrant with flowers. Vialtors wlill have tho optfon of o grand promenade, with fountalns, plants, and evergreens, & concert-room capabla of seating 5,000 peoplu for tha more musieally Inclined, the conservatory elegantly aot with overgroens, the outdoor park arrayed in flower-beds with tables and clilrs, where music and “refreshments may be mingled, and tho gallery, which has been tastefully divided into. private boxes, The orchestra will havo astand at the sonth end of the bullding, Afty feet by thirty, and clovated three and one-half fect abova the floor, What with thobest of re- freshments, o wilderucss of beautlful flowers, plauts, and evergrgens, flowlng fountains, mounds of verdure and fragrance, the exquisito adornment of tho gallerics, popular musle, popular prices, and the flnest band {n the country, If not In the world, tho summer nights can b very pleasantly worrled away in this summer garden, 1t {s duo to Messrs. Carpenter & Hheldon tosay that they have done everything in thelr power to mako tho publie comlfortable and to furnish them with the most dolighful summer concerts. The opening programuna is a good sample of those to follow. 1t is aa fol- lows: 5 Overtarg, *+La (azza Ladra .., Waltz, *'Dla Vorstaadtior Dallot musle, ** KRoine de Hal Lhapsodie Hangrolse No, 2, .. Intermisplo Overture, **Egmont *,.. }"‘.'fc',‘l',}':;nw. }symyhony Loonore, Beluctions, tirat act **Lohengrin ™. ... Intermis Orortaro, *'Martha™, Berenade (adapted foror dore Thomas... Waltz, **Illustrationen ¥, Coronatlon March.... . ‘There bave bacn many peoplo in this city who have complained In scason and out of season of tha soverity of Mr, Thomas' programmes, and bavu looked upun it as o persunal slight that he has playcd so much classical musie. Now hero is & programmie overranning with waltzes, marches, overtures, and ballet-music of the lightest and most tinkllug description, and n fair sample of what {s to foltow. To hear It coats £5 und 50 cents, Mr. Thomas hus made an lmmence concessfon, The Hrat progmmine whizh he played in this city was not so “popu- lar* as the above, Now Iet us sco if these peo- plo are rcall{ In earnest, Mr, Thuwmas has ap- pealed strictly to the grumblers. TUR NENSNRY MUSICAL RVENINO, Tha last of the enjoyable musigal evonines at Herahey [Iall waa glven on Friday evening with ono of the briefest and best programmes ever offcred at a chamber concert {n this clty, Tho atorm interfered to prevent a large attendance, and also did its beat to interfere with the per. formanee, but the concert was noverthcless tuoroughly enjoyable. The instrumental num- bers were Flummicl'a trio in E, op. 83, for plano, violin, and ’cello, and the greatcat of all the Beethoven trios, the B flat, op. 97, for the saine (nstruments, both trios belng fnterpreted by Mussrs, Eddy, Lewls, and Eichlictin, *With the cxmrtlnn that the weathier played havoe with Mr, Lewls’ violin, keeplng Bim out of tunu in th Hummel trio und neceasitating a stop to re- pair strings lu the Beethoven trio, the performs auce was very enjoyable. The Hummel Trio 3 very brilliant In' s setting, especlully for the piuio, and the Presto movemcut uirreeably welodious and taklng. The grand old Beeth wven Trio, with its exr}ulmu cautablle, afler the re-start was glven fu on excellent manner. ‘The vocal ninber was thocyclus of Bchumann's sonys known as the **Spanlschies Licderspicl,” which has never been given here before. The sungs selected by Hehumann wre taken from verslon of s%uuhh popular balluds aud are ten fu nuinber. The teotl, the Sung ufighe Contrabandist, set for baritune, is really au ap- peudix, aud as it has littlo or no connectlon with ho othier uiue, (6 was omitted on thiy occaslon, The irst nuwmber, “Enste Begeguung" (4 First Mecting ), s 8 duct for soprauv sud alto; tho aecoud, **Juteruieszo,” a sort of serenude, & sulo for tenor; the third, * Llcbesgram » (* Love's Grlet?), o duet for sopranoand alto] the fourth, 4 u der Nache” (“In'the Night'), s duet for soprano and tenor; the fifth, ¢ Ealst vorrathen b hcqu' "), a (\Illllfly‘l iu bolero thue; the sixth, % Melaucholle” (% Melaucholy ), s solo for soprano; the seventd, Y Gestndniss * (“ Cunfession ™), tonor solu; /gnd cliorus, ily tha efghth, *Botachaft " (*The l(usngu'?, a duet for roprano and aito; and the ninth, **Ich- bin Gelfobt " (T mn beloyed "), a quartet. The titles givon the numbers sufliclently tell the atury of a fond pale who met among the roses, the mutual passion fnspired by the gift of the rosc, its alternations of hope, grief, joy, and despalr, thetull confeaslon and final joy. The parta were assigned to Mra. Clara D, Stacy, soprano; Miss Elln A, White, alto; Mr. Charles A. Knorr, tenor; and Mr. James Gill, basso; and they could hardly have fallen into tic hands of four more eflivient or consclentious singers. All the numbers were admirably sung. The two quartettes and the first and third ducts aro the gems of the work. The other numbers are ‘irying, the soprano work being speelall; enctln‘x and _ungrateful and having Mttlo afd from the accompaniment. While we doubt whether tho cyclus as a whole could ever be made popular, still it has groat interest as a samblo of Schumann's latest work, and we haye to thflik these four excclient singers for their really artistic performance of It. LOCAL MISCELLANT, The First Baptist Church Cholr, nssisted by vocal and finstrumental pupils of Mr, C. A, Havens,will givean entertalnment at the church on Tuesday evening, Juno 19, ¢ Plymouth Congregational Charch has glven up its quartetto chiolr, retalning the soprano, Miss Lansden. Mr. Flagler, the Dicector, will organize a double quartctte and semi-chorus. Good singers deslrous of jolning this choir ma send their addrees to Lyon & Healy's mull% store. Thé organ recital yesterday noon by Mr, Ed- dy was ouc of the best of the serles, the pro- finmmn belng unusually varied. Miss Hene rick wasthe vocalist. Next Saturday Mr, Ed- dy will play a prutzrnmmo entirely of wedding muslc of Bach, Mendelssolin, Wagner, Saint Baens, Jensen, and other composers. Mr. Frederle W. Root {s to end his work for this scason with a puplls’ matinea at the Apollo Club rooms, Wednesday afternoon next, at halt- ust 3, Among thoss who are to sing aro Mrs, ‘rank Hall, Mrs. E, A, Jewett, Miss Clara E. Mllvu:er, Miss Grave 11 Greene, Messrs, Eddy, MeWade, Paxton, Greenleaf, and others, The cighth (and last) pupsls’ matineo of the Hershioy Behaol will be given next Wednesday alternoon, at 3 o'dock, The scries of public entertalments will cluse for tho season with o &I{p“l’ reception on ‘Thursday evening, June Among those who will participate_ars Mrs, W, Q. Hurlburt, Miss E Currie T. Kinzman, Miss Marguorite” Walker, Mr. P G Lutkln, Mr, Luctus IHenderson, Mas: ter Leon Vel Mott, Miss Grace A, Hiltz, Miss Mary P, Hendrick, and Miss Christine Breaton, Tho Chleago musiclans aro flkely to find lenty to do in the suburbs now that the scason has come to an end in the city, Miss Ingersoil, Mgz, Lewis, Mr. Febl, and Mr, Elchhcim, o very elfective instrumental comblnation, will furnlsh the nusle for the commencemont exerciscs at Lake Forest, on the 27th, Mr, I, C. Eddy will ol)cn an organ at Kalamazoo, Mich., on the Qlst, Mrs, Clara D, Stacy will sing at the com- mencement cxerclses at Delolt, Wis,, this month, Bach's, orchestra, from Milwaukee, will furnish the Instrumental inusfe. Wo aro likely to have considerable competl- tlon next season in the matter of mixed chiorua- s, Mr. Ureawold, the conductor of the Ifaydn Orchestra, has organized a voeal soclety, as nn nuxiliary o his orehestra. Ho s alrendy 100 members nnd will limit the membership to 160, ‘The work lald out for the flrst concert of noxt senson, which will be given &t a dato in O ctober yet to bu fixed, 18 Mendelasolin's superb ¢ Hymn of Praise,” whichis one of the must effective of hia productions. Rehearsals of scetfons will commence immediately, and of the whole chorus {n September, Wa are indebted to 8. Realnard’s Sons, Clevo- 1and, for the following new music: * Uo fs (hmu:" quartet, by I P. Dilss; * Hold the Fort,!” arranged as 2 march for plano, by Theo- *Tho Prida of Killarnay,” song George W. Lersley; * Poliabed eurls,” waltz, by Annle G, Bleepar; * Darling Mionle Qray,” song and chorus, by Will L. Thomkymn; “ Bridal Chimes,” march for plano, by E, Mack; * Eileen Mavrone,” song aud cho- ris, by I Buckholtz; * Come, yo sinucrs, poor and m:ml{&”' sopranv solo and chorus, composed by Karl Reden for 8ankey. s ABROAD. TIHE LOUISVILLE BANGERPAST, The Muslenl Festival at Loulsville, Ky., under theausplees of the North Amerlean Smngerbund, will take place on the 10th, 11th, and 13th of July, with somo very fino programmes. The principal Instrumental numbera aro tho over- turcs to - #Oberon,” * Tannhauser,” “Jesson- da,” “Rosamunde,” *sitenzi, and “ Aladine,” Liszt's “Second Rhapsodie,” Snint Sacn's “unanso Mucabre,” and Beothuven's “Fifth Bymphony.” The vocal numbers are Koenig’a “Dis Nucht der Muslk,” Mendelssulin’s “ Loreley,' Itiller's * Ostara,” Otto’s ** Rhicln- sage,” Mondelssohn's # Fortyv-sccond Psalm,” the **[uflunmatus,” from Rossini's ¢Siabat Mater, Besclinitt's * Osstan,” and Ho@man's “Die Bchocno Meluglue,”” " The sololsts nre Mino. Pappenhictm, Mile, Retnmann, Mlle. Roll- wagren, Mr. Otto’ Scluncler, aud Mr, Frauz Remumertz, va Mayer, Misy dore Bendix; MUSICAL NoTmS, o Mme. Camilla Urso, tho viollnist, has just ar- rived In New York from California. Liszt hns declined to allow tha Singacademto of Herlin to perform his * Christus,” Bignor Briznoli, with Blzaor Ferrantl, goes to Canada to give concerts (n the princlpal cities thora this month. Bignor Brignoll has composed a pleca eititled “Tl;‘:cro:llnu of the Dnlnx:lbe," n’l’ld ullmor:‘(- band Is playing {t. Dulght's Journal of Muste holds that Mr. Julius Elchbera’s music school Is by far tha best violia school In this country, Mr, Carleton has accepted an engagement with the Cart Roda Opera L‘umpmly“:gd will shortly go to England to fulfil it, Charles L, Adams, tho Amorican tenor who so distinguished himsclf ot the recent Hundol and loydu featival at Boston, returned to Europo onthe 17th, ‘Fhe Barnabeo Concert Cotnpany next scason will conalst of Mra. IL, E, H. Carter, soprano; Miss Clara Poolo, contralto; Mr. J. G, Bartlott, tenor; Mr. Howard M, Dore, planfat; R. Shue- bruk, cornctiat. ‘Tho paragraph which has appeared n_ono or two newnpu‘wru in relation to an alleged vislt of Mme, Pattl to the United States this fall has unot the slightest fouudation. Mme. Patt! will certainly not visit America this year, ‘The Hande! and ITaydn Soclety of Boston sto ive oratorio i the Tabernacle the accond time, hie next perfornance to be that of the ¢ Mese alab," on June20. Thosololsts secured aro Miss Thursoy, Miss Cary, Mr, W, J, Winch, and Mr, Whitucy, < " Mr, Maurlce 8trakosch has concluded arrango- ments which will enablo blin to give n_serics of entertaliments at Steinway lall, New York, niext scasou on thutnodel of the Monday popu- lur concerta which hiave provod so wcceu!‘lfl in London, Thero will be no orchustra, but a string udrtet, the hest that can be brougnt togother n the city, with voeal and instrumental solos, Whilo Richard Wagner has beon adding to his lnurels some wreaths guthered at tho rocent pro- duction of his works ln London, Bignor Verdi lias enjoyed an cnthusinatic rewullun and mas- terly production of hls works in Cologue, un the oceasion of-tho Fitty-fourth Annual Musfeal Festival of tho Lower Rbine, hield under the di- recilon of Ferdinand Hiller on the 20th, S1st, aud 224 of May. Moncure Conway writes; "lhvlmi heard that tlerr Ullmann had written to \Waguer about visiting Amerlca, I asked him (Wagher) it o had an intentlon of crossing tha Atlantic, He sald he had beeu thinking tho matter over very seriously, and one thing he had determined upon: that if he ever woat to Amerdea ba would sco Europe no more; there he would remain, atinv, Wagnor spoke warmiy in deprocation of the proposed American journey, on account of thu voyage, which she dreads moure for her hus- baud than for herscll." The New York 1¥orld of tho 10th says: “ Two weeks ago the members of the Philharmonte Boclety held o mefitlug at the Gergania Assou- LIy Roowms, and elucted Mr. Theodors Thomas 1o bo iusival conductor for the ensuing year; snd Mr. Thomas, who was travellng wich his orchestrs, was Informed by telegraph of his clectlon, The clection of the regular otficers of the Boclety was deferred till {«.--wnlny, when another wmceting was held at tho same place. About the time appoluted for the mevting yes- terday aftcrnoon, a telegram was roceivod from Alr. Thowias, who was fu Chivago, saylng bho ac- copted, aud would forward a ‘wore furwal an. swer by letter, In his dlspatch he requested that a tommittes should be uppointed with full pawer to confer witl' i a3 s00u a8 ho shull re- turn to this ol ———— A Norwich man who went to the Black Iillla & year 0go hay written home that he has been cuptured by the Indlans, und probably will be unable to return for flfteon or twently years. His wifo belicves it, and I8 trylog to get the Governnent (o orgunize an expedition 1o suve Lhin from torture sud death. Womau's coull- denee {n wau scems at tiwes too Lesutiful to be exposed to the rude criticlam of the world,— Nurwich Dulictin, BOSTON Gail Hamilton’s Book on First Love. The Scmp-'Bm')k Club Discusses the Question. Dom Pedro Takes Off His Iat to Gail, A Surprise for Everybody. A Boston Politioian Forgives the Lanreato t of Blaine, ‘We All Take OF Our Hats. From Our Own Correspondent. Bos7on, June 13.—~When, a short time since, the newspapers announced that Gail Hamillon was writlng—had written—a novel, and that it whuld soon be published, most of us, with our minds full of the fleryonslaught which has filled the New York Z'ribune Ju dofenso of ** Cousin Blaine,"—an onslaught so fiercely full of Gail's old-time recklessnese,—wondered and doubted within our hearts what manner of new attack, what fresh onslaught, wit bliter phil or mis. chievous lttle bomb-shell under the sweet guise of a romance, was to be sprung upon us. And the title,— “rIRST LOVE 18 DRST.” Wero we to bo Informed that some firat chofea in the political flcld, some blameless Blalne, was the superlative whom we had turned our backs upon as the angel unawares? *First Love ls Best.” What a title for such a leader of battles as Qall Ilamilton. But It was no love story aul generlsy no tale of that rose-colored time of youth whena man and awoman fa balfa fool and hnlf an angal; no, it was nothe ing of this. Bomebody, or some of us, wera to et a sharp lecture, a neat itule thrashing under 8 now guise. The whole duty of man and of woman was to ho set befora us ln some now lit- tlo deealoguce of Hamlitonlan composition, So, In the midst of this expectation of mischic!, the ndyance sheets dawn upon us. Tho Scrap-Book Club had freed its mind during theso days of expectation, and {ts mind was colored oniy by prejudice. Gall Hamilton could not write o novel, That was out of the question, wo cach and nll agreed, to start with. And wo fancied oursclves verifying our preconcelved criticisms at no distant perfod. And at tho last meeting, on'Tuesdny evening,these preconcelved criticisma were thus curiously upsct, Enter Don Carlos. ¢ I've read Gall Humnilton's lnst,—* First Love Is Best,”—and I wish to say that I'm entirely willing to eat iny words,” the words that I spoko at our previons mecting, and to give In to Mistress Qail. In short,ito takeoff my hat to her us n woman who can tnake her hero a real flesh and blood man, and not a thiug of paper,—a woman's man," Brunctta demurred. Sheadmits that the hero 18 o finc fellow, and made of flosh and blood doubtleas, but just as nuch a thing of paper in -one way a8 any of the rest of the heroes who come under the head of women's men. Don Carlos gives a masculine snort of dlsa- eroement. He would lke to know fn what way" this hero 18 o woman’s man according to the ap~ proved model. Would Brunctta bo so good as to tell him? -And thus Brunctta: “Find mo o man like Richand QlynnwhoIn his love for a woman s so entiroly sclf-sncrificing, who ever in the whole course of his life could by any possibility of his own freo will bs content to pledgo himaelf tosuch n life of simple, un- sallish devotion, with no certainty of return,” Dou Carlos gives another evideuce of his dfs- agreement; and®then finpatiently: 't' That is the judgmest of & womnn out and out. EITIEN OAIL HAMILTON RUILDED DRTTER THAX BilB KNREW, or she meant to show that & man can bo & man of strength and not of straw, a good lover and a fricnd} 8 Fenunmnu, in short, without el "5' Rochester.” 0 you mean to eay, I suppose, that dJano Eyro’s Iovor was not a gontleman,' % Exactly. e was instead n big solf-consclous bully in tlio first presentation, {f not in the last. ‘That charactor of Rochoster, owing to the power of Charlotte Lronto, has béen one of the most _mischiovous typea that was ever lot looso upon & . fletlon~ reading publle. For years cvery woman whe tvroto & novel modeled her hieroon tho Roches- ter patern, and, without the genius of Miss Bronte, the result was o croas butween a hruto and afool. And fora lung time women scomed to have an Idea that a mau inust have TIE MANNERS OF A IIOHWAYMAN— - o sort of your-moncy-or-your-lifs style—to 1o what they called *strong:’ It a fellow cameo along who was modest and docently polite he got tho cold shoulder at once, For ‘soms little timo there has been s better tone, and polite- ucas has been standing o better chance, but every now aud then the Rochester style shows In women's cstimates. lere, now, you find a mou drawn by a woman's hand whois afine, natural fellow, entircly conslatent with renl human nature; but he is so gentls a gentlemian, 20 littls of the Lully, that even a nice girl liko our DBrunotta cannot beliove §n his unsolfishnoss,—that he fa capable _of & love such ms {8 portrayed. Yot 1 don't bellovo that you could find & man to ssy that such unsclfishticss is not highly possible for o llne, manly fellow of clear brifin and a sound heart, One of the strange things of this world {s the way that women under-rate, us well as aver-rate men, [ belleye that this is thecause of half the dissensfon betweou then,! “listen to wisdom," cxclaims Brunetts. “But {t one may ask, How do women over rato and at the samu thine underrato your sox{" “You overrato thelr power (n what you con- slder thel rovinces of atrength, In your eyes they tiust ba superior to all the weak- nesses that'you are cognlzant of In your own sox, If thoy are manly men, acconding to your pattern, thoy must have uo thnklitics, must be ready to face the cannon's mouth at any time, bo ludifferent to pain, and superfor to clrcum- stances. Then, on the other haud, you constantly put' us under your feet i’ all the relations that have to do .with the affections. There, wo ars scliish, domincoring, ond absolute Ly nature; and you encourage us t? lw‘m by the constant ssswmption and itera- 0] h . 1 deny it, I denyit,’ retorts Brunetta. But hcre {s acaso In point. Hero s a hero, whosa strong point Is his utter lack of theso bad qualities; and you straightway declare bhim to be a thing olgnnur because ha does, lack them; you say that ho s AN INPOSSIOLE MAX a8 arcality, You hit the whole thing when you say that b Poumuu Is impossible because” ho s no certainty of return for his devotion,” Hlonding, who has held ber peace until now, takes up tha thread, “ nl{ dear Dou, I sgree with you in almost eyerything In this matter, I submit that you are entirely right In your Rochester rald. I submit thut we wonien are fools In regard to your sex without even wAlipering that you arein thesume box in regard to us. Bul let ma a:y of Cail Hamiltou's hero that you are th mivm and wrong in the suminiog up. When Richard Glyna tells Katherine that If she will marry nim, that ho may take carc of her after Ler fathor dics, be will ask notbiog of her, expeet nothlng of her.—that his chief wish is then to have this care of ber,—ha tells the truth, but hets perfectly confident, in his_heart of hiearts, that by thus havinge ner, by the uppore tunlty that this will givo him, that he will win her i the end. Tuke this now,—it proves my words, and it s Incomparable, Yoo, 1u_ its own way, 1t is where Kate nddresses bier husband, aftor she has found out what an uncommonly tino fellow hels: e Yg“‘w lustead of loving you, I bad come to *+ 10, you could not. I would not have let you. Thiok 11 Bot know that bofore 1 begaurr oY 44 7 did not.' e i It was not necossary. 1 wasengineering this i (Ut 1 have always admired 1o Jou e youg modeaty, 1 fear now that yhu are loalog it the eo::l;mnx bozo comen I3 the tone of your last sumari o ** ¢ Comes to mako his bledsings known, not hide thom uuder 8 bushel, You are just lesrnlng the o b cot love, Katy. Whon you gut up into the Difs fercntial Calculus—sayalongside, where 1 am now —you will leaza that Ii;ve kuows ay well as leah} kuows it owa, and vill make suro of It wiih bal ac g - 40D, yes, 1 adunit that Glyonbad that kind of [ knowledge, but it didu't ‘difect his, houesty, ‘The great point is, that hera Jo & waw’ eutircly true to ugure, who is modest and at ¢ 0 sawo | TR e AN ST T CT T e e b <t time fall of falth fn himaelf. He is entirel ;I[llllng to taka the woman who fsu’t inlove wu{ him FOR NER OWN SAKE, ITRR om) aoon,” QUi ves, that Is o evident! He had no thought of himsclfl fle did not say over and over agaln, even when he was declaring that he was g0 entircly unsclfish, *Qive me the ophor. tunity.! " “Well, I don't think there Is any need for us to quarrel over this book; I think one thing s evident, that the author has done tho great service ol creating a hers who I one of the pos. sible filcals. And in thlsday of what is thought 10 be realistic writing, where the characters arg ngpmmly cliosen for thelr faults fostead of their virtues, or at least where it Is evldently thought to be high art and the perfection of reality to shotr up, to drag out to the light, every little meanness and triviality, and to make them govern, and mar, and ruin nll happidess and goodness, § count it s great thing to have ereated n hero who 1ives up to his own ideal, and who makes that llving 8o entire- Iy natural and possible. And I count it the duty of the novellst to do this. Wo bays had un- healthy vivisection and DLUBRDEARD CLOSRTS of mental deformitics o;;ened up to us quite cnough. I have never thoroughly llked Galt Hamilton until now. Bhe was so positive, so aggressive, But now, with Don Carlos, | take oft my hnt to her. From beginning to end she has made a thoroughly delightful Uook, a thor- uuul:lay';lcllgmml story, with really great ele- ments.! Thus theScrap-Book Club, whichmay be taken lale cosample of the story-reading world of the ordinarily cultivated kind, And [ don't think that any of us need find_fauit with these opinions as far aa fact goes. For as far ns fact goes Gall llamilton will surprise all her readers, 1 surmise, whethce triend or foe, with this new book, this first nttempt at story-telling, Con- trary to expectation, the characters will bo fonnd to be slngularly Individual, To noonc, as most of us supposed, Is Uall fn disgulse, fing- ing hot-stiot at us, and admonishing us of the crror of our ways, The book I8 not for A pur- ose, ft 18 not a lccture In any form, but as londinn says, n delightful story with really great elements, And these clements arg, thoss of individunlism, Tha powe,r which s a raro one, of giving to each chiaracter n separate per- sonality and individuality, and of developing this individuality througlh a sitaipla retintereat- Ing chain of circumstancesnnd situstions. Tho polnt that Blondina touches upon in her eritt clam of the fashion of “reallstic® writing of to-dny, is hit off by A CAPITAL BIT OF GAILIAIT wit In the rrcn\ca to the book, n portion of which I subjoin below: o 1desiro to present to the novelists—of whom T am & constant reader and ardent admirer—the most abject apology for poaching on thelr manor. But It 1 thetr own fault! Tho hurd-heartedness displayed of lata years by novellsts towards thelr own creations Ia such as 1o domand the establlsh. ment of a Soclety fur the Prevention of Cruclly to Ileroes and Ileroines. There is nothing left fur o reader of .senslbility bot to follow the track of these luckless yet often excollont young men and women, and lay ant for them a happict fate tinn the wnnatural authorsof theirbeing liave provided, 1 glve the novelists falr warning that, without as- suming abllity to write even thelr poorest novel, I sascrt my riglit to rebel agatasl thelr bost and res- cue their helplers victinia, Nor lot any writer fancy himself to have sccured Immunity from mo by throwlng a final gleam of Joy ovor previons reamn of wretchiedness. Years of mlsundpratand. ng, misrentesentation, and misory are hardly ataned for by the brief formula: **$ho leaned her lovely head ugun liis 16rdly shonlder and aweetly sighed, *My Frederie' The End." And without nssuming the ability, ns' she nays, to write even the poorest novel of the nov- clfsts, Miss Dodjze hns shown the nbllity to write one of the best. This, to be story,~* a sentlimental sketeh," sho calls ft,— but It 1s surprisingly good work, with nutld‘xg crude or unwonted in conatruction or dialogue, The author might have written love storles all her life, Instead of righting tho wroags of the universe, and URLLIGERENTLY BOXINO IR OPTONENTS' RARS In essay and unewspaper artlele. Amongst the clever poluts of the story hieru 18 one whero the firat lover, or the flrst love of tho heroino's, ] sure, s a brief | turns out unexpectedly to be rather too much « of a finkal mau of f thusiastic girl: **You think this {s nll nonsenne, bat Itelt yon ‘honestly that 1 am very proud of you,and I want to be sure yau dof say that dross i lgnificant, Dross makea allthe ditference lu the world, You nre twice as pretiy and four times as sonsiblo ne anybady elso hero. If you lived in town yon would tead soclcty bofore it could eay Jack Robinson; and your taste wonld bo perfect. " BBnt you have had no ‘ehnnce down In the country, That Is why I wrole to you not to make any preparutions bat buy your outdt hore. Then you \,vuu d be anro of the style and ook like other Ppeoplo. **Don't I now?* sald Kate, quletly, **My darling, yes; only no one elso lnokn ro fresh and nice a4 yor But theso day-time frocks eanbo scenof menand women cverywhare. A rustic dressmaker could copy thore and wo shonld besure of her. Hut how could she bave s notion of an cvoning costumo when she novor saw ono In her lifor" T could givg it to her.” on —" . v 44 Are not much botter! yon wero golng to say." ‘o, if rvl‘ havo been giving mlrfl’lud to (l’nu donbt it will bo all right. Buifl, T think you had better have acted on my suggestion, and Jut your solt Into tho hunds of a rozular modiste, 0,Y smd, . carelesaly, *‘Miss Drimmer and 1sro very clover, and you wil) findythat I shall ans without special rebuke. But, siuce you asked, will tell you'that my itreas is not very cloudy, but quite sppropriate to the westher and—me, warm, woolly, and comfortablo,” o Walter shrugged hisshonlders, and gave a falnt Jangh, Ho wa not pleased, bt Knto was imprace ticable, and ho had to mnke tho best of ft. To help Wim_ out, came a littlo uncertainty as to whether she was teusing him or really unversed in fa-dress, **One thing I will do nolens volens,” o mutterod, playfully resolule, fingering her littlo tinaigrette, '+* douso Jou with' dorinan cologno. You shall not ansell this vile American stuft," ‘There Is a sharp UALP GAY LITTLE BRIRMISIL over this, which cuds in a very natural sorencss and disappolntment on the Bun of Kate, Slo had expeeted him to be absorbed in hersclf,— —and—and—now he wes asking her boforchand whal waa golng to wear, and his eyes would be critical, and somehow suddenly all ?luunu In her dres Wad gono, and what made him care abont auch things? The fdea of & man knowing ong kind of cologne from snother? ‘What buslnoss had & man to know there was anch a thing as cologne! It was not knightly, Bho wanted a grand scorn, rather a wnblime ignoranco, of such paopria 7“ JSeminla! And poor Katy criod horself to slcep (uab night, and,did not know exactly why., And here Is qulte another kind of man, tho roal hero of the bouk, who shows well fn little cunversations on bellef liks this; v **You would have to give np your total do- pravity, then." ‘*1t would be no great ‘sagrifice. I dom't sct lon for a romantic, en- auch sture IILIl 28_you Orthodox do, though yonr bellel in 16 [s very wuch mitigated by, your un- belief, " . “Wh{. 1 belleys init. Don't yon1* *tWell, 1shut myselt up sonietimes on Sone daye, and think over what fow sius 1 am inlly of, ut somehaw I can't make them fill the bill; an: look around on my townsmen, I think they are s pretty clever sctof follows. They are gen- orally honest and clvil, and they bear each other's burdens most of the time, though thev may oc- caslonally set them down and sawesrat them.' =*'Iam afrald that i not the nght kiod of sin- ning exactly.* **Perhaps not. In fact, I don't think I koow what a minner A viliain I know, ! & deguk- 1 1taz 1 kuow; b ainnor is an camni naw yoi Im and now youdun't. On the wholo, Katy, lct us stick to Wwhat we know, Why should 8 man crawl beforo his Creator any more than befora his neighbor? 1t can be no (fod who 1a pleased with abjectiess, | 1iko 10 sec a man stand up cheerful and hearty, ane :nyb." "t'm 1 nma {.or;ll\ln :pfilum :‘l lu’)mnwl m\ryl o atroug and Lical y abd ready ul o] shoulder to{he whigel. ¥ ‘This 1s the manly fellow who brings ont Dom Pedro of the Club in such round tenns of ap- proval, and who wins the hearts of all the other members, and of whom I heard 8 manand & politiclan, who {8 not a lover of * Cousln Dlaine," declare tho other cvening that ho could forgive Gall Hamilton for her wn- wisdom fur this miost charming of creations. And sowe aro all of us forziving her and taking off our hats to this now story-teller, who liss proved her power so dacidedly in this tirst veu- ture that we shall all of us bo uklufi-(mvcu. venting moro whila the taste of this nfiun [ Ppleasantly upon our critica) palates. . B A JUNE MORNING, . Mail, June's fair mornl thy myetic day Hath dawned all freshly now; Qreat Phu:bus wheels blschariot gy To kiss Aurors’s brow, ‘The hagpy lark Is soaring high Into {he ether blue, Aund white-winged clouds athwart the sky Announce the Summer The breezes clap thels tiny hands And lulling sounds do make, ‘Whilo twitt'ring swallows forth In bands Thelr bridal Journeys take, Tho Rowerslend thel; . l‘nwom‘d' “h’: 'l:‘.:‘r lwl.::u pertume, speree from - lpn‘d griet becomes “:‘“l.lddul o O June? bright month| d The 'll“l! ones olhflnmt'r.n“ o el When ali things doto sweet commune Welcome each ndw-comer. Thow bright thy morat d go— eniug-sl 7] T A v Upon tha'birds of song, et B Comaraxca LEusssz, ako any nistako, It i folly to e~ \