Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 11, 1880, Page 10

10 To spe tho Arend, untwearinble fro That always o'or tho erent Polcion’s head: Warned, forthe bright-cyed goddess mide (t burn, Thrico from the dike be made his mighty shouts Thriec backward reeled tho Trojans nud allies: ‘And there and then twelve of thelr noblest died Atnong thelr peers and chariots. Tennyson's carly fault was an oxcess of adormment. Sut as in Locksley and © Maud,” he was Trank and strong, | Te has deen ut thnes unfortunate in his choice of ‘subjects. Noris heever strikingly original. ‘The ® tdyts of x brenthes n renew- the King” ol of the splrit, the feelings, and the Infigunce of the fines of King Arthurand his Knights, Hie has built somewhat after the model of others, only with greater skill. ‘Tine de- flues n poet as na“ builder of airy pilnces imaginary castles,” and than calls Tenn a“horn poet,’ but ns one * who only chose among other forms the most ornate, elegant, and exquisit.? MeCarthy says that “litnuty, melancholy, and repose are the elements o! Tennyson's povtry.” and udds, “ No poet ling more finished benuty of style and exist eharin of inelody than /Tetnysou | “These qualifeations are well exemplified In tha vol; uneot “Ballads, ete.’ it is still the same poet Who won famentso, Smooth, easy-fow- Ine and graceful are bis lines, pollshed hls atyle, and wondertal his word texture, ‘The tack Ia of enthusiasm ant of orizinality: of sthintilating power of thought expressed to breed fresh thought anew." Published in Boston by Janes R, Osgood &Co, —"Under the Olive” is a.small, wnpre- tending little volume of poems: by the wife of Janes ‘I. Folds, Itis mostly on Greek subfects, ff the th being =" The aL Contest “ Sophocles” ; mm of Sestos’ Artemms”s Ay tingns”; if clos Theneritus’; "AL tho Forge’; '* Olytio’; etc. ‘This is a work of innsual merit, appears Jng almost “unheralded and unsung.’ Despite the strong temptation, * there is no display of pedantry, ‘Che pucms are learned and with ahigh purpose throughout: Mra, Fields is at her best when she ts inmost orlz- inal,—in other words, her trunsiated verse is uneutal to her own ereations. She seems to Drenthe the same atmosphere as those to or . of whow she sings, ‘Take the " Last Contest of Aischylus,” where Sophocles conquers the older bard inn poetic contest, “ilere she has the true Attic grace and dignity. When the seroll of the youth was preferred to hig own, ZEschylus— Turned from that scene, turned from the shout- ing crowd, Whose every voice wounded his dying sout With arrowa poison-dipped, and walked alone, Forgotten, under plane-trees, by the strenin, “The last! The Itst! Have I ne more todo With this sweet worldi Is the bright morning : now No longer franght for me with crowd|ug song? Will evening bring no unsought frultage home? Must,tho days paes and these poor lips be duinb, Woile strewing lenves sing falling through the alr, . é And autumn gathors In hor richest frust) Where is my apring departed! Where, O gods! Within iny apirit still tho building birds Thenr, with volvo moro tender thin, whon leaves are budding and the happy carth ts gay. Am J, indeed, grown dunt for evermore! Bear thou mo singing to the undor world! From carth’s lone pastures to the ohangeloss ren, : Beyond the caves of death, whern life is young. ‘These few lines from “ Asterius” aro full of beauty: Goddess of the shining bow, Teach my willing [cet to know Paths across thy woorlland glon Where thou shiun'st the face of men; Yot where thou cull'st thy love to theo, However far his fect may be Night can wear no pall so dark To bide from hhin thy gikttering mark; Nor tho cavern's deepest shud Ever shall make him afraid: Js lowly, gud, persistent trond. + | Follows where thy footstops lead, There 1s nothing involved or strained, but tho verse Is ensy and pleasant, “ Undor the Olive” willnot appeal to the popular taste in the subjects with which It deals, But it isa {ttle voliimo to be welcomed by the thoughttal, Itisa matter of fis that on American lady has shown tie ability to wiite so melodious, so pleasant, so refined a tribute to the charms of classic themes, Published in Boston by Houghton, Miflin & Co, —The Jast of the trio of songsters to which we Intend to eull attention to-day is one who deals with homely subjects, and to whom the sen const and the ocenn offer the oftenust the needed Inspiration. Ier pooms on the “Wild Roses of Cape Ann?” exhale tha ocean's finvor oven at this dis- tance. Ensy, naturel, and pleasing. are the characteristics of * Lucy Larcom’s’ poetic work, She does not soar as highas many; her _Nerse ig very uneven: hier ambitlon does not lead her to attempt wild filghts of ‘fancy be- ona Yhe capaclt of her sense to‘ vompre- hen. But her descriptive power fs remnark- able, and, though her themes may seein too commonplace, unpoetic even at times, she has real poetic fervor and adds a cultivated taste fo: all that Is beautiful and wonderful in nature to her other qualifications for her work, Under the title * Wild Roses of Capo Ann,” which is her first long poem, and the one to which our comments more especially ee apply, the author has gathered a number of rocent pocing that have appeared in magn: zines and religious papers, over one hundred in number, and mostly poems of sentiment or of a religious tendenoy. Those who havo visited Cape Ann, with its fisherinen’s ham- lets perched among its rocky slopes, wlll ap- reciate the truthfulness of this deseription: *Isut etl! tho bards huntsmen of the duop Clung to their rocky atichorage, and built Homes for themscives, lke aca-fowl, In tho clefis, And cubis grouped thomeclyes tn villno: And billows cohoed back tho Sabbath ellen And postry bloomed out of burren crags, . With life, and love, aud sorrow, and: strong fait! Ike tho’ roox-saxifrago, that seams the cliff, Through gil delnals of ‘east wind, sleot, and frost, With white announcements of approaching spring. And’ hore Is an admirable picture of tho untrained village choir singing the familiur psalins in the old meeting hous Z And tuning fork—and rows of village gitls, : With fe bulf-opon—troblo clashed with bass Tn most melodious madnuss,—volces abril Climbing for unreached keys,—grave burying Bott In sulumn thunders;—fugues thot rush and wal . Tilhlagging ndtes find tha accordant goat.” And here ls a Jast leat: plucked from this follage-coverud tree, of a somewhat diferent pattern from the Inst: ; “Phebo, idle Phabe, On tho door-step {n the sun, ‘ Drops tho ripo-rod currants brough her lagers, ong by ons. ‘i Heodless of ber plensant work, Hobol murmurs rise and lurk In tho dimples of her mouth: Winds come porfumed from tho South; Musical with ewarins of bees : Avo tho overhanging trees; Phobe does not cure ,. 2 1f the world 1a falr, : 'Phobo! Phebat Tt was but a wandoring bird 4 That pronounced tho word.” gbltaned {in Boston by Houghton Mifftn Oe s e UNCLE REMUS, Mr, Joot O, Harris, author of some quaint sketches published from time to time In the Atlanta Constitution under tho enption of “Unelo. Remus’ Folk-Lore,” tins collected 1 theso articles and published them in bool form, - ‘They emboily probably as good linitn- ry tlons of the negro dialect, and cxemplications of lls character and eustoms as has yet been attempted. ‘hey aro nutural, graphic, and aniusing—although somewhat dificult to read and understand to those unfamiliar * with tho pecullarities of the negroes’ » language. It ts a curlous book, It will probably strike imany people as boing o curlous fact that the colored race have a fulk-lore of thely own, We have here o number of legends which are Incorporated in the domestic-history- of every ‘Southern family: also proverbs, fongs, and saylugs in the negro dialect of ‘the days of slavery, ‘They are worthy of permanent preservation, for thoy form A truthful picture of the nexro mind, ‘There is another curious fact abunt . tis © “folk-lore,” - which — has been made a subject of investigation by selentists, who found It a yaluable contribu, {on to uot Iiterature, That fact ty this: that some of Uncle Remus stories appear in a nuinber of diferent languages and li various mnoditied forms’ wong the Indians. One in particular lias been traved by Mr, Horbert 1, mith to dudig, and as fir aut as Siam, “Bomeot them . . 4 are told by the sav. age dudians of the Anmzon's valley, awit) ‘ up on the fapalos, Red Negro, und ‘Tapura,? ih ‘The sougs dovend for their melody and rhythiy wpon the musical quality of chie, and Jon or xhort, accented or nace syllubler, ‘The ditferesee between ie dialect of the legends urd thut of the character-sketches marks the inodificatlons which the speech of the nero has under egyur. ‘Tho myth-storivs are supposed to be ' {THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1889—SIXTEEN PAGES. told night after night ton little boy “by an ol negro who appears to be yenerable enough to have Ilved during the perlod whieh he deseribes.* The “Story of the War” ty auld to be “almost Jiterally true? exampls will given good Itea both of the radiation, atthe oxerelses of whieh a pocin is delivered, One stanza will show that the author 13 as happy In verse as in prose: In the tangled and twisted snarls that T'vo ores. Lwould ike that same happy thoughts might ap> necuracy with which the dinlect form, has pear, heen caught and preserved and the nature of | But a duttness ts mino—and etupldity came the stories. It fs found In the opossm’s ex- ‘To mo, bonest by nature-tilne not the shame, "Then, after a wild orgie, “AL goes home, Upon this litte elrenmstance the author thirns himself loose, as it were, Note how elever, how poctic, how true to nature this is, He says: “ Alfred’s father met himat the depot on hits return, and strangely cold to lim seemed the Spresslons jaw cto you oY 2 hy I’m well? he replied, and this slinblo formallty was. followed by sitenee, And this was his welcome home l* "Thus rans the book through 218 pages. [t $s full of surprises to the reader. "The author brings Alfred right up to daw dh some prom ishygs sittation, leaves hin tomoralize awhile, and’ then startles the reader by letttue tho thing drop quietly but soltdly.. The wind-up fs 43 follows, It wlll be seen that the tueid style of the author fs conthiued tothe end: “ONt the farm there have been some ching Sonie of tho old Inhabitants have gone to thelr last ‘Home? and mucins them farmer Hinkle. Parson Sands preuched the sermon. Cold, cold tie words as they fell froin the lps of thattottering old nan. [t seemed asdey ns when long ago, he, 9 boy, heard Sunday aftor Simday the stern story: of duty, alu, pinishinent, and God’s avenging power, : * Alfred is no longer connected with the dally paper, on the staf of which he bean ius works A eritical iterary journal ina larger city hus for Its editor Alfred Mart- Jnnd.? Tf Alfred himself is tho anonymous author of “Uphill,” his saying that he is “no longer connected with the dally paper”? issuperiiuous. ‘The first page of his book wuld convinee his reader of that. P y k Ce 5 Published. by the Chicago Bool fancom: cuse ta the coon for his non-combativeness ons critical occaston: “Dat'sdes wat Twas fen Brer Possum, seaco. dan you ts right now, en! Twuz txt’ fer ter give Mr. Dog's snmple er my jaw,” suzeo, * but Tim de most ticklish chap w'nt you ever Intl eyca on, enno svoner did Mr, Dog put his nose down rer. ‘mong my ribs dan T got ter, Inilin, on T late twet Tain't had no use or my jim's.” sozee, “en it's 0 muesy unto Mr, Dog dat I wuz tektish, kaze a Ittlo’ mo’'cn Vd o't Tim up," sence. “ET don't mine tihtin', Brer Coon, no mo ann you aduz,”* n tT deolar ter ‘grashus of kin stan’ Git me inn row whir dey ain't no owed, on I'm your mat,” sozeb. down, ter dis day,” continued Unele Remus, wiatehing tho smo! from his pipe curl upward over the Httlo boy's bead="" down ter dia day, Hrer Possuin's bount tor s'ronder won You teeh hin in de short ribs, en he'll latt ef ho ‘knows he's ewincter be stnashed for It.” Whether regarded as 1 contribution to our folk-lore, or ng a quatnt but entertaining volume, “ Unele Remus” de: 1 place on our bookshelves. It tsa hook that will be more thoroughly anjoyed—heeause better understood and therefore easier apprectated— al the South than atthe North. But those who do take the trouble to read It will ob tain a new iden of the genuine negro chars acter of the days of slavery than that derlyed {rom stnge travestics and minstrel iinita- 1018. a Published In New York by D, Appleton & Os Inoter toll you bout,” T wantno mo’ akeer'd 2 ta Ti . SITEOLOGICAT. “ Words for the New Church ” fs 9 serial publication, Issued under the auspices of the New Church, commonly called Swedenbor- glin, Each number contains nearly 100 : pages, The doctrines of the New Church NOTES ON NEW HOOKS. “Morlern Soetoty”” iva Mitle brochure con- taining two leetures by July Ward foweon tho subject chosen for the title, one of thom delivered before the Concord School of Phi- losophy and reported at the time, Mrs, Howe has a happy way of patting very trite things, and she has alse very strong opinions of her own which she never hesl- tates to ventilate, —Tho Marvard edition of Shnkspeare, edit od by the Roy, Henry N. Hudson, has already renched five volumes, which are put up In a neat Vox by the publishers. The first volume contalns also a life ot the great: dramutte poet. Mr. Hudson is a Shakspenrean scholar of considerable fame, and. this edition has been carefully annotated by lim and pre- pared for school and family use, It is an ex- cellent edition for tho price. —"Poverinn” Isa very pleasant story of Ital- '$ | Inn Ufe translated from the French of Mine, are doomed to au eternil sleep, Immanuel | La Vrincesse O.Cantacuzene-Altleri. Ibis till was sent from the many Sons of Creation to | of incident and legends, and the descriptions ben ruler in Paradise, “whom we worship | of Hatlan Iandseape are very cleverly done, asone with God, But test he should glide | Th rie it ty the story of ayounsz girl who into the error of Lucifer and fall from ‘his | fatls in love witha patentee dlsoheys. her high estate Jehovah ordatned that in. due gunrdlan’s counsel, and elopes with him. tiie Hv should share tho infirmities of Ils | Atter suttermg all mauner of hardships she children, who should be mortal” Such are | js left a witow, returns home with one Itt fas oF #ho samt ie ie eet ne daughter, and proceeds to fall tu love again, Bn ’ © My Winte: Sie” wi fil readers, (the weiter of tho, brefard | oiahed ws a supserigiion hina AU Hew Reams in have derivad: covsolalion Crain. thg edition, uniform with “In the Levant,” 1s Mlows which It presents. issued by & Boston house. Charles Chicago is raplily advancing in Mteraturo | Dudley Warner ts the well-known author of as well ns comimerce, mi Nineties, and { this charming work. Muny travelers have opulation, Many able writkrs are appent- | Lorrie tésthuony to the, aeetiraey of Its. de Ing union our authors, and our publishers | seriptlons and tho interesthy nature-of Hs are rivaling the best in the country in thelr | contents. This new edition has been eare- style of ing perlodtents and beoks. | fully revised, and will be found to bo a very We have previously noticed many of theso | bright aud pleasnntly-written account of Chicago pruductions, We have just recelyed | travels in the Enst. a handsome volume of sermons ‘preached at —“Clover Tench” {3a pretty Christmas various thnes by Bishop Charles Edward ney, q Bpisee book for chitdren, written by Margaret Van- Ghendy, 1), 06 the Hefarmed Topiseautl dergrift—n_ well-known contributor to St, Church. Those who ara acquainted with | $f Theney’s me Bae! Nichola, and published In Philadelphia, It Dr, Cheney’s method and style of preaching is tho story of family of boys mud. gitis nb will not be .disappoluted in the perusal of this volume, ‘and. those” who know. leas of | the sea shore and the good thes they hd him ag a preacher will be Interested by his | there. It isa bright, lively, well-told story, directness, facility and aptness of Whistra- | Tther too old for chitdren young enough to are presented in the usual forms, and are sup- ported by tho old arguments, ‘The present number ts the first part of Vol. TL Item- braces an extended artlele on“ Tho Conflict of the Ages,” In the most ancient church, the ancient chureh, the Israelitish Church, nul the Incarnation, together with notes and reviews on various topics, From the notes and reviews it appears that there are con- flicting opinions among New Churehmen in regard to the inspiration of Swedenborg, the expediency of keeping up separate New Church organizations, ete, The doctrines of Swedenborg de not -appear to be gaining erount in this country. —"Of- Making Many Books There Is No Bnd,” We have received a sat! volume of 135 pages, with the above title, ‘he writer furnishes his speculations in regard to the future life in the form of a dream or alle. gory. Io seems to expect the final restoration of lost man, while Lucifer and his_follawe “ a Y enjoy the pictures, however, A goo dent of Hey anal: forcible. rach ev oe sefitl Information is simply told for the ben My style is clear. ‘Tie. points | Ctof young people. {tis well printed and well bound, . —A. compilation of tha Collection Laws of the diferent States and of Canada has been prepared by ong of the mercantile agencies amt published by a leading New York firm, Wille it is true that such a collection has a vortaln yatue for business-nen, this value Is él by tho vast. amount of Information awork seeks to, conver, ‘This. hand: appears to have been intelligently pre pared, anid gives the more Important features of the laws relating to the collecting of debts and the making of assignments, —Under the heading Care and Culture of Children,” Dr. Soginsky has written a very: thorough and elaborate work on the subjec of carlng for and training children. Tho vole ume Iga large nud bulky one, and night have been much more coudensed without: injury; but it is very clearly and simply wiltton. “Tho author begins at the very beginning,—the Iscussed nre woll stated, and, for the most part, convinelngly fortified. | Among tho best sermons are thoso on “Doubt aga Tellzions: System,” “'The ‘Thorn In the Flesh,” and “a Critique on Mr, Ingersoll’s Leeiure, on ‘What Wo Must Do to Be Saved.” many sermon books are xo well entitled to the careful reading of the people at large as this volume of Blshop Cheney’s, An excel- lont likeness of the Bishop will be found ov- posit the title page, ‘The volume contains 75 pages, <a —(Words for the New Ohureh, VII. “The Contlict of the Ages.” Vhitadelphias J. B Lippincott & Co.) —(Why We Live. By Summerdale, Chicago: Moward, White & Co., priuters.) —(Sermons by the Rev, Charles Edward Cheney, DD, Chicago: Cushing, ‘Chomas & Co, Prices from $2.50 to’$5.) & RW. P. | food and dieting of Infants; treats of "thelr 5 clothing and. comforts, how to cure minor UPHILL, deforuitics and ailments, and to remedy ‘This lttlo book, unter tho guise ofa series | staummoring. “Chapters are also devoted to of ndventures nt school, isreally an exponent of the philosophy of life. It is all about n boy named Alfred—Alfred Hartland.» Thoro- Is deep significance in the name, Implying as it does n very, very good boy, Charleses, and. Willining, and Samuels may be doubtful characters In books, and Jameses ure in- variably downright bad, but Alfreds, and Arthurs, and John Honrys aro without fail tho best breed of boys this siuful world Anows. In aecordanco with this slmplo but the proper methous of mentul Sustruction, mutners, religion, games, and anuisements, In fact the book covers tho whole subject of which {¢ treats, is ably nnd carefully written, and its value for reference purposes increase by a coplous Index, —* Serlbner’s Monthly, Vol. XX.” com- prises the numbers of this papular nagazine from May to October Inclusive, . What a val- uable collection of the best thonght, the best spechinens of the engraver's nt, ‘ant tho best articles on topies of general iuterest, are far- nished In these voluines} ‘They arc a lle touching fact, the unknown author of | briry in themselves, Tho present yol- “Uphill” named his hero Alfred,” Alfred { Rmu has, two frontispteces, of 1 A. appears In the beginning of tho storynsaboy | Poe an aAvONArOIN, | a Wand: cugravings and 053 octave pages. Seri. ner’s has touched practical Iifein a thoitsand ways by Its Hlustrated articles; ft tins made Jocal history vivid by brilliant single papers, and new it publighes serially, with maznifl- cent Hlustrations, a great hfstorien tt ‘To all of which wo are ghul to heartily say anien! It hus won success by deserving it, awakened by its ropetition?* Almost as soon | and its fame fs sure to Inereaso under {ts ag ho arrives ho Is invelgted by lly compan. | present liberal and able management, lons Into going out upon an applestent-:) —Tho Rev. W.. Hnstan is n clermyman ot ing expedition, While walling for tho signal | the Church of Hngland whose parish is in tostart, ho has a dream, Says tho author; the olaing tintrievor Cor yall, Rnmland. an “Te seemingly heard tha bet! strike the Ist Ae nis tw ronrs dit the HY countof histwenty years tn the ministry, tlme—he hurried to bed—soon rose—went to } and dedicates his Volume to. the Earl of Bob's room—all was-in readiness—o alugle dog barked, but no one was awakened—the apples were secured; and as he entered his room a giant stood before him, He put one hand on Alfred's shoulder, tore his coding from his back with the other, and then sald: *You have develved your, teachers, commit. ted n felony, and must bo branded for fe With that he folt a sharp burning pal in of 10, IIo Js sent to school, fifty miles away, Snys the author: ‘Going away to school a distance of fifty miles was ho trifingcpisode Ina boy's Ife. True, that occurred In tho remombrancoof the people of the district, still no slle ht? interostwas over found the Cornish miners entirely ufable to understand him, iy reading ‘tracts and Southey'’s “Life of Wesley,” hoe ex- perlences an ontire change of | rellgious feel- ne, oragang of iis stalwart parishioners pits it, The parson ty converted?! In his book he describes the scusation created by his new style of preaching, and gives ae. ai i ves | COUNtS OF Minny conversions aud revivals, {ifs buck aml the giant. hell befor A Ife uses pinta xood English, and tells of Jibs Lin, of tha other T0e,—and he must go | Vtlquarhin researchus and of a visit i 1847 fo Rector Hawker of Morwenston, Saine poole wilt tind this buok exceedingly titere esting. through Hfe with these startling capitals deeply burned in. hig body, aud, worse than all, know they pglone thore.”” ld that horrible yiston cure him? O no, Says the authors Alfred was reasoning with himself, and was puzzled, He had glyen lds promise to the boys,—in honor he conld not break falth: and yet Prine|ple pro- nounced the purpose ofthe night wron HOLIDAY BOOKS, “Allfe’s' Mistake” 13 a Chielstmas} story for boys and girls by Rebecca Gibbons Hench, It turns upon a noeketbank which a pick- y eket gave to ncolored boy, who gave lt to To break faith with his, comrades was to e: Rosket gave " i 1 peee nite to ridicule, It ho want with thom | lille. Jt conveys a moral lesson for boys would he not stant its goul? Of tho ridtente | and is full of pleasant details of chitd life, there was uo doubt, of the soul-stain sont ‘The author Is no novice, and has propared 4 and It was not strange that a boy’s pride con- | readable book, somewhat long drawn out, quered an honest principle,” but entertaming. . - 'Phero fs a fine touch here, No aooner does 4 v ‘Altres steat the apples than le ceases tobe | —"Abonrd the Mavis” fsa now book by collet AAltroie iil? partners in erlino call | Richard Markham, author oe ound the ji eas Yule Log?’ Tho characters liave already pill we rengnts and sends halts dollar to | hoon tutruduced to tho public through the i rf “this over-con- | medium of list year’s work, Five boys anit five ultly make verulse around tha eastern “Was all forgiven? Call sclontionsness If you will, like the early phi- losophers sree truths wanting the princl- ie liself, he all alone was trylug to learn tho aw ot right and wrong,” (The above sentence te a faly specimen of tho directness of the author's method) A “sockublu” ty then given at the school, and the boys are busy wilting invitations to the girls. Says tho author: ‘To the bows, the irl seemed to have the ndvantage—they lind only to assent, or re- grot-a previous ehxagement—too often de- ferring the answer for a day or two, and then polltely declining only on aceount of a pres viously (?) accepted offer, . 6. * Wilt ele Grinder, In tha sghooner Mavis, They haye a jolly cood thas and. acquire conshterable knowledge of tholr country’s. history. ‘The bouk Is woll Idustrated and tho cover hand: sonely decorated, somewhat atter the fashion of Just your's Bodley book, . What more appropriate gift for the holl- day season, to those to whom Christus Is especlally dear, than the lundsone bound volumes of St, Nicholas, and peerless king of Juventio perladicals. Ils bright erlmsen covers and the large wilt letters are nttrnet. accept? And was hot thisn rave question} ive alike to young and old, and within, what Mow many thnes in after Utu this | wenlth of story, rhyme, quaint concelts, same question, has given an’ aching | puzzles, und, “In. fuet,- everything for heud and a sleepless night to the same actors | whieh the boyish, or) girtlsh heart in w more serious actof tho drama of Mite, Is | doth . yearn, This year’s yol- beyoud conjecture, Philosophy becomes | ume 18, % snore properly — speaking, parwerless to assist, ‘The simploquestion must | a double volume, for, owlng to ta Incrensed be asked, and the answer, bringing hope or aint it has been bound da two parts, Artlst- disappolntinent, Is undemonstrable.” Neto | leally, and every other way, St. Nicholia how every trifle causes the author to boll | fully deserves all that has been sald of tela over, so to speak, with moral reflection. | its praise, Jt need feor ne rivils, for, as Aftersoveral other collegescrapes, Inwhich | nothing so adiirable has ever been repured y 0 here figures consplouously, comes the | before, iy steady progress with all hnurave. Kintore. Originally a High-Churehiman, te: end of Long Island with tholr teacher, Mr. ments of tho Ume prectudes all thought of successful opposition. —What Is called an “entire new edition? of “BKoantiful Snow,” and other poems, has been Issued by a Philadelphia house, Mr. Watson's reappearance awakens — many mournful memories, Ils poem has a fame entirely its own, and {s probably tho best ad- yertised poetle work in tho cantly. In itsclt {t hag considerable morit, but tt has been ridiculed nth the question na to ite poetle value ins been entirely lost sight of, ‘This edition fs na gvod one, but Dents so remarkable n resemblince to last years edition that it is tmpossibte to see Where the “new and iniproved™ ree of the prose tis comes fin. Beautiful Snow? ts making Its annial visitation, that is all, and the nature of its binding is ancl that, ke its namesake, it becomes vory much less beaut! ful by handling, —*Tho Lovers of Provence” ts an old pleco of Fronch yerse and prose mixed, (ranstated very pleasantly and gracefully by Mr, A. Rodney Macdotiongh, and with a prefree by Mr B,C. Stedman, “A ert jord’s handsome son, who loves against lise fathor's will a beauteous damsel eaptured from the Saracens and reared as a Christian mulien, is the hero of tho slory. zinertssin will not fight except to win his Nicollette, They brave all dangers and fly oether. Can- tured by the Saracens, they are separated, —sho tofind her father in the King of Carthage, he to return to his enstle of Beauelatre. Thither also, disculsed sn minstrel boy, she comes, and yy dast weds him who lis waited for her.” ‘The story harmonizes well with the tales of the troubadours, and has a bewitehIng tlavor of the wntigue, even In the modern version. Gaston de Parks, 0 his the troituctlon, says: The dialogs are master nieces atonee of Nature and of convention, if we may use the phrase, Certain forms constantly: route, In thon whet ocension offers gives them an antique and Homorle air; on the otbor hand, for exactness, grace, and Hveliness of expression they wnt tlonably present us the flower of the lane gunge spoken in tho time of Allénor of Potticrs, . 4. We inust name list, 1s whieh makes the principal charm and merit of this litte romance, the pure and warn picture of youthful Jove,—Innocent becatiso tmakes nd distinetion of desire and att tons above all, retteetion, beeause It belloves: itsalf to be undyings ubuldlike, passionate, absurd, and diving’? ‘The book fs, hand- aainely, gotten up with appropriate and well- excented flnstrations. It is a thoroughly enjoyable work. . MAGAZINES. . The December number of Viek's Monthly has a timely article on “Chiristinas Decora- tlora.” Other articles are on “Trees in Autuinn,” “Death to Insects,” “About. Parks,” “Hyacinths in Baskets,” ‘Sweet Peas,” ete, “ : —Barnes’ Educational Monthty for De- bember has n nuuiber of Interesting articles, “the Education of the Whole ms 8 An Educational Grist-Mill”; "State Education; “Sehool-lluuses ?; “Starting Good Chil- dren,” ete, are among the number. Littcl’s Magazine for December has the following indie of contents: ‘Records of Early English Adventure’; "The Story of Yves" (voneluston) 3 The Unity of Nature,” by tho Duke of Argyll, Part IL; “ Visited on the Children,” Part IL; “Lord Macaulay and Dr. Johnson's Wife”; “The New Popne Jar Vote in Switzerland??; “A Day at Co Jozne”?; “Ertuptlons of Voleanie Ash”; and “Tho Art of Wood-Weaylng,’? —Potter’s American Monthly for Decem- ber has some geod articles with some very. poor cuts to accompany thom. Among tho tomer ares) “Our Citizen Soldiary—/ Sketch of tho First Resiment, N.G,. 127; “Tho Pickenses Abrand?’'; "The Mystery of the Cuspidor’’; “Sarah Bernhardt’; ¢ Tho: River; “ Is Country Cousin—a Chiristniag Story—Part 1.7; Home Decoration, and Holiday Gifts’; “Decoration In| Straw Mosuie”; * Keeping House”; and * Women as Workers,”" Its —Minerva for October is nt hand. contents ure: “Greece and. the Tinea,” by Pierre Lestolle; “Shakspenre’s Othello? by LG. Molment); “Mademolsetle Bismarck,” by Henrl Rochefort; “Phe Engto's Nest of the Itallan Navy—Spezia.” by A. V. Veechi; “Half a Century of Liberty,? by Paul Lar gillsre; “Raplinel’s Stanzns,? by Alfredo Mazzi ‘The Paris ¢ and “ Financial Review— ” Donrse,” by E. B. Fribourg. | finerva: for the ensulng month will contain, in addition tothe usual: articles. and the serial novel, “Protestantism versus Romanisin,”—the Errors of -Romanism from. a Protestant atandpoint,—! M4 “Quid Noctis ?; and “Over Against tho City—Tivoll,? a. monograph of first Impresstons, by Walter Tew, Esq, nue thor of * Dion,” Theleading papers in the December number of the Santtartan are: “Wow to Avoid Yel- low-Fever;? by Dr, Don Victor Perez, givin n large experience af preventive means sed fn Cuba and other: yellow-fever countries; “The Dangers of Childhood,” by Dr. Hara: tio Donkin, in.an interesting: paper, giving the peenline Hability of chitdren to disenses and xeciitents, and the best menns of avoids ing thom; the final a epliitary: Report on tho U.S. S. Plymouth,’§ giving tho sth lurking sources of yellow-fever potson after tho Bev> eral attempts to disiniéct her, is an instruc: ive paper to naval and marine architects and masters; “Quinine Production Ino Trdin’? shows the ever-watehful and far-reaching ef; forts of England for tho protection of tho health of her people, which’our own conn try would do well to luiftate. —The Victorian Review, publlahed at Mel- bourne, Australia, wilt compare favorably with the majority of magazines published nenrer home. Itis an excellent periodical. ‘The November number has just been re. eelved, and ts 9 good sample of the quality ot this pertodient, which has just completed the first year of its existence, It contains tho following artleles: “Idealisin Inn Practical Aspect,” py Edward Perey Field {Sxnoy, N.S. Wi); 8 On Modern Methods of ‘Tench: Ancient Subjects,” by Prof. 1, A. Strongs ‘Transmission of Light and Sound,” by. Yakelin, D. A. (ow Zealand); “Schools of Agtlouttute,” by Mehard Bens he Christlan Faith’ and. Culture,” by Thomns Laver; © Nature's Seaven- hy Janes Smiths | Was Bacon Shak speare 2” by RG 0.5 8 Tho Supreme Court and the Pross In New South Wales,” by John Warde (Sydney) *'TheSong of Roland” by the Rev. Af, Watson, 5. J.3 "Notes from Fiji," by o Correspondent; "The Coming tralian,” by James Ff, Logan (Geelong) ne Lemat Profession and Amnalgumation,” te Gospel of - Dirt,” by the Nov, W. i, Fitehett; and Tho Contempo. rary Thought of Great Britain, Europe, and tho United States.” LITERARY NOTES, Arstno Tloussaye fs writing a history of the Mollére family. - “ ’ —Mr. Andrew Lang is preparing a volume on “'ho Library” for the Art-at-lome series, *—Tho author of “A Year of Wreck’ {3 sald to ba Mr. George 1. Benham, of Colum- bus, O, —Tho Ubrary of tho lato Baron James do Rothsehild, of Paris, will shortly be sold at autetion. . —Anthony Trottope’s “Life of Cleera” is likely to be one of the Mtopary sunsations of December, . —Mrs, Burnetvs J Loulslana” hing been dramatized and ployed by tho young Indica of Smith College, i j —Anson D. PF, Randolph & Co, wilt havo realy in a few days, In a handsome pane" phtet, Dr. Storrs’ address an John Wyellity, Stony notes will by added, —Tho correspondence of Great” Is about to be published at St. Peters. bur by Linperlal guthority, ‘Tho work of aditing ling been seven years In progress. —Mrs, Helon Hunt Jackson fs reading the proots of her forthcoming bouk on the Ine dinn question, “A Contury of Dishonor,” which will be published on the 23th of Janus ary, ty “Peter tha r, Justin McCarthy ts following up his success as the historian “Of Our Own'tlines by writing # history of the First: Reform M Huy 43 alae at work upon 4 now nov % —Tho month of November witnessed tho first Issue of pn London University list in which the Hachelor of Arts degred is grant. ed to ludy cundidates, two beug placed In tho first class und two in the second, —Tho editor of the New England Journal of Education says that tho average Yaukes. schoolboy knows more about English history than‘any one eminent English writer ina hundred knows about American sogloty and ry ; 8. —Macintiian & Co. will publish immedi. ately the Archbishop of Canterbury's new book under the titleof “Tho Chureh of the Future.” ‘The subjects discussed ure: Its Cuthollelty’y “1ts Contlict with the Athe- ise? Its Conilict With tha Delst'’; “Its Contliet with the Ravanallsi’; “Its Dau-, ‘ S mate ‘Teaching; “Practical Cowisela for Its Work”; “Its Cathedrals’; appendices, ete, ole. ~The Saturday Rertew deals navanely with Me. Juthut Hawthorne's naw volume of short atorleg, and finds that he “docs notappreeiate tho difference betiyeen beauti(ul if tantnstic, {imagination and merely puerile extrava- mance," ¢ —Tho fourth and conciuding volume of tho Bryant & Gay: "“Iistory of tho) United States”? will bo ready noxt month. It covers the pertod from the Revolution to tha: pres- ent the, ineltding tho Administration of President Mayes. —The Intest gosslp from, London ays Tord Beaconsfield has had “Endymion? in hand during tho last four yenrs, but thatthe greater part of it was written rinco Mr. Gindstone’s return te power, A house in Milan hus ale ready ncranged for an Italian editlon, Leopold von Ranke, the historian of th Popesoal Rome, ts busily engaged with ay work on tniversal history, the tirst tivo ve unes of which are expected to appear before Christinas, Healing with the oldest histurieat group of peoples, neluding the Greeks, —Tho new cntalog of Yale College shows the nunber of students In all departinents to. he 1,08 In the Sheflelt Selentific School fypae, he names of ‘Tsu Yo Ki, Shanghal Chan Lok Wing, China; Nagamoto Oknbe, Tokio, Japan; and Owyang Keng, Canton, —'The iinstrated Christnas number of tha Publishera’ Weekly for 1980, published by F. Leypoldt, presents Ina most pleasant way 1 raplt elance at all the lending books which have been Issned during the Inst year. Take fag here and there the best pletures from etre rent hooks, tt forms of itself an iHustrated pamphiet of attractive form, 7 samony new Freneh books noticed in the *Mémorial Diplomatiqne are: “Tho Ine héritance of Kernigzon2! by Edmond de Bols- sitrey Philosophie: Women,” by AL le Sox- eure: “A Fantasy of Mistress Clarker,” by Henri, Chermolsa;) “Malheur &. Phomme Seul,” by Mme. denny ‘Touzins and the “ Buptisni of Blood,” by M. Paul Timon. —In Bulwer Lytton’s poem "St. Stephen's,” the following aliusion.is made to the Jato Chief-Justice Cockburn’s oratorical gifts: Hiush'd were tho “Benches when, with careless ene. With necents mrtehloss and melodious koys, With words the choicest, that scom strung by chance, Coukturn's frank mind rovenl'd its Inrgo exe yninse, ‘ —In tho next number of Sertimer’s thera will ben discriminating criticism. on tho “London Theatres,” ant of the eliel Ene elish actors and actresses, ‘The article Is ad- mirably Hlustrateds in particular is a por trait of Mr. Henry Irying as Vanderdecken, in the * Flylng Dutchman,” strikingly tne, Jn the following -niunder_ for Jebritary. tho fyectat midwitter Issue, there {san amply iNustrated artlele on * Foreign Actors In Americi,” with portralts of Mtuchel, Ristori, Sulvint, Fanauseher, and Kechter. , BOOKS RECEIVED. —Senmyri's Montuy ror 1880. Now York: Scribner & Co. 4 + Honeatan Days. Hy Georgo Alfred Town- send, Price $1, a . NiouoLas Fou 1880. Two Volumes, Seribner & Co,, New York, . —Iive Boys in tHe Brack Hints. Boston: Teo & Shepnrd. Prico $1.25. —SAnp AND Bid Jack Suen. By J. 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Vili tho rose-tree branches, so wholly hidden 'Thnt povor a rouc-trvo socms to bu, Ai tho sweet Spring's call ome forth unbiddon, And bud in beauty, and bloom for m0? Will tho ‘fair, green Earth, whose throbbing bosom To hid Hike a maid's In her gown nt night, Wako out of her stecp, and with blade ‘and blos- wont Gvm her garmonts ta piensa my sight? Over tho knoll in tho valley yonder: ‘Vho luyoljest butteroups bloomed and grow; When tha snow has gone that drifted thom undor, Vill they shoot up sunward, and bloom anow? When wild winds blow, and a slect-storm peltod, Llosta Jowol of prigciuss worth; f Tf dwalke that way when snows huve molted, aie gem gleam up from the bare, brown rd Tiakd 9 love that was slead or dying,” For the pai to bury and bide from sight; Bue ont of a trance will t waken, crying. ‘And pugh to iny dears, like a leat iv the Nght? Unter tho anaw ii Silas so chorished— Hopes, ainbltons, and dreams of wen— Faces that vantyhed, and trusts that perished, Novor to sparkle and glow Beatie ‘The Old Year Froedily wraxped hia plunder, And covered it over and burgled aways Of tho Ihougund slitgs tint be bid, L How many will rive at the call of May? wiles Young Year, with your bands eld under Your mantle of erming, tell mo, pray? : LA WHKELER, ———_—— . An Offended Dox, ‘ Ashtabula (U.) Hentinel, c Ono of our vitizens hud a hound which wes reat ou 8 fox trall, and wanted to Ue jn tho buss usa most of the tine, One morning Inst epelng ble master eturted to come up Lown, aud, the dew wanted ty accompany him, but was not “ullowed to do, 40, It wis a sore disappolntment to tho oy, und be mae great compialnt. Ho stood on bls bint legs, with bis fore paws on the window, and watehed hid muster outof wlaht, Aftera while bo was ict out. and trotted about the yard fora short tine, and thon aterted off, aud that was tho lust seen of bin. Itwis.icurned thet be went off i) amit, and did not stop aut by oe ton nelghbor'’s some giilea away, wuere bo bus ainco remained. A Poom. Ty Mra. James R. Os- wonder z a Vraljao ia unstinted concerning tho effects ot Dr. Bull's Cauyh syrup, whlch coste only #5 cents, “able silks and siting whigh hi “should prevont ny ‘proferred by many to yeollar, *Kitt-platted skirts ure geen on some, DECEMBER £ASILIONS. Tasteful, Elegant, and Artistic De- signs for Walking and Recep- $ tion Dresses. Wraps, Cloaks, and Dolmans of Snow« Proof Fabrics—Noveltics in Mots and Bonnetse _ New York Merald, Thore has not beon for sovoral years go littio radieal change mado fn the manner of making wp tho various sensonablo fabrics as at present. This ts no doubt the result of the wido Intitudo naltowed early in the sengon for Individunt taste to follow tho general principles decreed by tho leading Parls and New York dressmakers. Short ekirts are tho rule always for tho stroot, and alo with adjustable trains for spcolil ove easions,—for recoptions and in all cases except whero tho most elnbornte fulledress tollot 1s doe manded, For ontertalnmnents where dancing ts to form o part of the amusoment, thoy aro so mtteh more convenient than ao unmanageable train that they aro nlmost invariably worn by young ladles, loaving moro rooin for the display of tho dignified tralned tollets of tho older mare ried ladies. Tho materials usod for atrect sults aro also used In evening and dinnér dlresses, and, though ‘tho higher colara are employed for those ocensione, durk and sub- dued rich colors and combinations ure quite as inch employed, Urdendes, plushies, and satins havo displaced in a grent meousuro tho plain allka, but these are still used as portions of tho VE 4 trimmings. Hasques bave taken tho pluce of tho polonalse, except In the graceful deipery,; wherd the back pleces form the skirt deupery and tho long onds are eithor brought up over the shoulders and tied at tie neck, or care vied over tho front breadth and knotted at-tho knee. The skirts ure iintshed at tie edo with pinitings, elther tho tine knife plaltinga or tho wiler aide or box plitts, Above these the skirt {is sumotinies cut in points or In aquarca and turned back or otherwise tirringed to show tha pluttinga beneath. ‘Phe front and side breadth fro trimmed i almost ayy manier, or not at ail if the wearer poefers, Ou_ some of tho richest. garments mado in New York—which ure tho -equals of any Parlslin confeetlon—tho front breadth [s slightly opened down the contre and Pullings or pluitings are inserted. A STYLISIE COSTUME, 4. short dross of binck sntin $s made with basque platn in front und box-plalted inte full- hesa at tho hick, Dhe skirt ts alivbtly oper In the front breadth, each side ined with cardinal: satin. A punier drapery Is drawn, pier tue hips and inte with tho buck of tho skirt, which 1s looped in various places. Tho bottom of tho dress is} aut po spices abot three Inchos Apart, and 1 plaitiug of red sutin Is inserted, giv= ing fullness to tho edye of tho skirt and produ fog a beautiful eifect. An ndjustable tran, which may be fastened on with crochet Duttons, | and loops, changes tho character of this tram a” street ton filledresa costume, In the skirt of a very beautiful combination of silk brocade nnd A rich shade of dirk maroon pve Protty alfeet was produced by tho trimming of the front brendth of tho’ akirt, whieh repre- sented the two sides as’ bolng fastened by buttons and cords. A Jarge buttons hole was situated ont intervals on tho skirt and ncrochot-ball suspended from cords, which werg curried ‘across the pull ton largo crochet button. The olfect: was artistic and Yory stylish, ‘The lack brenlths of all: but Pelicess trosses ure ulways covered with drapatl inutorinl of cxmel's hate or eashmerd’ Cor atrect tod i but very dressy ocensions, when: satin surah generatly formas the foundation, enrlebed with velvet, brocade, and plush. Bended and embrotdered trimmings, cords, and fringes wre iningled offectively with those, ‘The basques are ustnily Dnlshed in one or two deep polnts in front, with poatilion or phiited backs, plain coat sleoves trimmed at the wrist and plittings or 1 roll of silk cut ne intervals, through ich 14 Ince or silk scurf {a inserted at tho neck. Elbow steuyes and 2 fuw puifa at the shoulders for very’ slender figures are tho vuriauons for ather than oridinnry wear. ‘Those are fulshod and enriched with black or white luces. 1 NEW DISS MATERLALA. ‘The nowest combination includes tho ohango- Kk ave Leon so lon Absont trom the wiarkat, ‘Theo blend effectively with tho virlons and inauy-tuted brocades and plughes. An iden which'tas already become. Popular {8 the bnportution of the entiro mate. rhus for a sult or robe, eneh dress pucked Inf separate box, with embroidered bands, plalted, nud shirred flounciogs, ribbons and buttons to imateh, and Fomdy te be cut and mude without the trouble and uncortalnty of inatehing and selecting tho difforont materials. A lithographic fushion-plato with each box shows the general style in which the dress may be made, The mite terluls aro tine qualities of cashmere, camel's halt, otc, with the embroidery on bands ot vel- vet or tho materint iteelf, and, saan complute, tre 1 wlost aveeptable and, appropeinte holiday Wate ‘They range in'prico from 815 to SW. Wilsts aid orerdresses of cashmere, with pat- tors ombroidered on the edges of the goudi Oud wao fringe on one edxo, may bo obtalned tn lengths of four and n half yards, fram St0 to i Armure plaids are in. the Intext goods of sombro hues of ollye, cardinal, ad ble, with plum and other colors toned down to neutral tinta, hoy ara forty-eight invhes wide and $1.00 n yard. Tho entire suit fa made of this, with tho trimmings composnd of pluit- {ngs of tho snme, ton yards of ‘material belng suiticient for wires and Jacket of the short En- gllsh stylo-now worn, Tha borderod goads are very much used for shopping und morning suits, ‘These are a yard and a hale wide, in ull tho fash fonnbte ‘coldrs, and bayo borders of the sano color.in wide and narrow satin stripe, and ensh- mere tad Ttomun. patterns nro of cashinero, armure, camel's balr and mummy sloth, and are from $1 to83n yard. Oneot tho neatest and most serviccable goods in tho market 1s tho double-faccd nrmure, forty-eight Inchus wide, for 8a yard. ‘This may bo combinod with pluah, of the sine shade for i most durnble and stylish sult. Liu tive grocn tt is partioulurly eifcative. ‘This color will be one of tho leadhuc onvs for this month, [tis very high ‘in price chinpared with other colors, ‘owihy to [ts xcurelty in some saaberints, In lush it Is at present froin $7 to €9 ayar a NRW-NONNETS. Thero ig at present no indication, of an change in ladies’ bonnets and hats. Nearly all wour bonnets, although round hate of various shapes are worn by many to whom thoy aro more becoming thon the small bonnets, and also by young inlsses who look better without tha stringa, which ure often tho only dltforenco be- tween n bonhot and tut. ‘Tho small capoto now worn Is a fashionable rival of the lurga bonnets which have been imported, and t¢ 18 only A quuss Won of a few weeks whethor the liter or sinuller styles will pravail through the winter or whothor, us will probably bo tho case, 1 com- promise wit bo effeated and a bonnat of moder: ato sizo will become populur, which will ‘not vo tho bead fn tho present exposed condition wt render it, as now, A vroy tO neuralgia and intuenza, Hven now tho large bonnets are worn by tho fow leaders who do nat objeot to being made conspicuous by udopting an innovation on existing modes, Thera ix ong cliss of people who hull tho closo-ttting shapes und trimmings with delight. Thoy aro tho tho theatre-goers who atten a performance to sea rather «than 10 by Been, and who tako an interest (iu whit is - transytring upon the stage, The most beautiful and Costly Guinsboro’ or other Iarge hat ia raroly adinirod by those sitting bohtnd it ut a thontre, und tho footing .of indignation at tha Uttor sultlahness of/ tha wearer of a henddress that obstructs the viow. of those belind hor considorate lady from wear. iat any but sinall hats to places of amuaemunt, the vomposition of bonnets the sume com: Dinntions of richly bleuded eatips and pluahes: prevatl as during Inst month, und Jet, steal, gold, cashmere, and colored bends nro still uscd profusion, with variously designed ornaments of gilt, steel, and Jot, Tie ainult Fanchon, come: podod Of it pull of plush three tnchos wide, a peta fenther or small oatrich: tin cor occnts i siounily a flower anu bud at onoaldy, with strings of sic or lace, Is tho uxtroma oxamploot whe small bonnet worn, As If.to congcntrate tho warmth of the capotes they ace being mado of seal, thyer, atid otter fur, Sealskin ts ulso used Jn the composition of largor, hats and bonnats In the plico of plush, Thoy are tritnined with birds and fancy feathor ornamonts and heavy slic and ehonillo cords, with aval bulls in pluce of tasgele ut tho ods, , CLOAKS, WATS, ETO, Short English walking Jnckots of Ngbt cloth are found too conventunt to discard, and aro tnadu of light colored cloth, They aro usually duubiv-breusted und trimmed wit! piven or fur on tha rovers, pockets, aud cuts, Buttops rep. reeentiug owls’ bends, ctv, nbout as turgo og & quirter or hil? dollar, tro used Cor’ fastening aud ornament, Fur buttons und bare with cards ure alsu used, Bablo and mink Curly occasion. alty used with the rich brocudes tor Huligs, and tho onde ure combined with tho rich fringes of somo of the most clogant fmported dolinuns, Erintug aud squirrel ure, bowoyor, the principal Nnlnga of tho outside garments, where colored quilted satin or plush je net used,- Surabout other trimming ia often ised where bands of fur oreupproprlate. Shoulder capos of monkey fur, which tg of long, sliky, black far, and also of athor Curd aro worn, usually ag part of a coa tune triinmed with the same fur, und with thesa the conventional round mutt is used. Bunda of duck fur ure used. for bordering drosses to. be worn indoors, but are in questionable” taste. Tho white and durk inqrabout feather + teh ings are alo used and ure more appro- Priute, Furelined circulars of silk or cashincro ‘ave too convenient 18 an eusily-dlsposed-of wrap when not needled not to be popular. Tho ulster fa algo one of thy morning cloake which ure as much worn as thoy bave been durin; formor agasans, ‘They aro sonietitnes mado wit! dolnan sleeves, which extond to the back and form 4 cupe. The halt-Otting shapes are ns much worn ug those outlluing the fizure closely, Twa or three sinull cupes are wari, und ara bo rovers or aluple bust add wroutly te the weight. ‘Sho loose utstor uf Hybt cloth ts made with Hugsiyn or Chinese sleeves. ‘Thoy ure worn in ull colurs, trom cera Unted cloth triinaied on the collur and sleoyea with boaver fur, to the durkeat isixed goods and biack, The dolan continues ty bo the leading y shape for tho rich allk and v for black cloth, and ee mnaterints Me pullsso fs occasionally nett purtauon / eMUEFS AND RETICULNS, Tho woll known mut hos at last to Sruized by the wrtintle spirit which norms . dross-minking of tosday Fram tin evn a 8 the to a beautttil combinetion ut the qe fu cunbined with fenthors, plasty tier alte, fatin. nnd ribbons, making at any anette tee, Woll iin tiseful aecossury to the toilets ett as made flats witt a poukét opening atthe ey, Me handkerohiet and purse, nnd are nanggteh, fF with quilted autin and aomotines fae Und ost novelties ttre ornamunted with’ Aeeg it. owls, foxes, Rauirrols, ote, nod alsa Witte and turkey’ etaws. ‘Tho oitetashtoned eye gee aduired by our grandmothers is, ry etloula. for tho samo purposes ns the pocket tuk Js macy of the same matertuts and used gf mult Is Hot needled, to protect tho neat s. ; sat KEPT -FROM MIS BRIDE, A Man Is Brugged, Nobhed n vonted from Poe ise vente Attending Is Own Mare ChuvELAND, 0,, Dee. &.—fnst night the marrluge of Loulsa Kist, ilaughterst amocratte poilticinag, doin Kiat. bridegroom was Adalph Aldroot, frst tho bitge Vienna, who boarded at Kist'e ‘ieee Finn Hotel, on liver strvot, AN things tue, reudly for.tho marrige, the tables were Anta, a tho guests began to gather, ‘Tho ministers rived, but. tho bridegroam dit nut. ‘The elds parents becamé nnxlous ant rent to look for Adolph. They Peruana were him. ‘Whe dread of autuething aprent. eae the wasotibhure, and the musta wis hushed Bradunily tho gists departed, sailentiy eae tho fiitliless wreteh who thus atmudaned ees Jy moran. Hope Hud, and tho expectant brite cd wand was carried to he sone ae em ¢ bed, nud tho house About} o'clock this morning a formed Mr. Kist that u drunken ine ene te were Boon, oY Set for nf 8 Local Tho Intended, tu got into his house. The inmates nroused, and n genoril rodtreh was inn aAdolph Aldroot wee fomnd to Lake View Park, a raving manine, teariig bls ctathes trom. bi body, ud nimost perisiied with cold. tow: : taken to tho hom of bia betrothed and moter aid summoned. From theuctlons or the wretee, ed mun the phystelans decked that he wag suffering from the eifects of somo Powerful drug... Aldroot had loft tha house carly f y have some elothing repaired, aud ifn rhe dag 7 et ving, Hoetad with bio between ‘0 and $800 In Money and 4 tng word wateh, “Te nue eer Shawn tole ma tho absence of hia Cahtubles lends. to tho: susple was det aa Fabled? Bielon shat te mit he 1s t pre inf COMItose condition 4 unntl to give any elow to his whereabouts dae y ing tho day,’ Tho affalr hnserented th excltenent in the - nelyhborlood where hit ives, ————— AN IDYL. Far The Chicago Teihune, “Twas nenr to twillicnt is thos stood Upon tho vordera o€ tho wou, ‘They two tagethor, And tatked (ns lovers always will Who, when tho diy'’s tong toil fs stil, Beot in the eoft yray Hut to dilly About the weather, ‘They stood boneath 2 popiar’s ahado, ‘Aud on ita aiiver burke he mad wo hearts united, And wrought tho fotters of hor name haut pF his a Banus ae mu ished at what with congvlou Hie hand Indited. taboiae ‘The moon rose up—tho sumnicr-dew ‘The tree shook down upon the two=— ‘Tho moonbennta eiinteds Tho pressure nf hand, 2 look, ‘To tho twain dreuining by the brook, Spoke moro than many uw quarto book, In pica printed. + Woill! well! it happened he andl (Ho's over fifty now) went by: Phat spot hist night: ‘Tho hearts tnd letters, overgrown, Sell on the poplur's bark wero shown— Her name, ontwinlog with bis own, Beaming tho aheeny white. © He stopped, and viewed with necdful gisssa Ail coine to that—tho yenrs, alas! ‘+ Not only honors bring-— Tit bis olgar, and, when ‘twas red, “Poor things poor thing!" ho putling sald— “Bho murried Stubhs— hear sto's dead— Voor thing! poor thing!" 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