The New York Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1873, Page 14

u FRENCH SUMMER SOMMER RESORTS. | ‘Ei Series of Norman i Place Letters---No. 10.. CHEAP AND DEAR PLEASURE. ‘Classification and Characteristics of the Norman Baths and Their Patrons, —— On BoaRpD A FISENG SMACK, CQSP OF WASHING A FRENCHIAN. ‘The thing may be done cheaply or it may be done wtherwise. To class the sea baths on the Norman ‘eeast under the head of expenses, it may be roughly maid that Cherbourg, Dieppe, Deauvilie, Houlgate, Havre, Sainte Adresse and Trouville are places met to be thought of calmly without full pockets. ‘Cabourg, Fécamp, Etretat, Luc (near Caen), Tre- port and Villers may be visited by people of mod- erate means with no desire to exceed them. Arro- manchea, Coursenlles, Beuzeval, Dives, Honfleur, ‘Lagrane, Lion, Petites Dalles, Port-en-Bessin, Pourville, Puys, St. Aubin, St. Valery, Villerville and Ypogt are within reach of short purses. There are also & patriarchal sort of watering places on ake French coast, which are quite unknown to ‘English and American travellers, and which are wnly marked upon very accurate maps. Among these are Asnelles, Grandcamp, Le Home, Vara- ‘wille, Vierville Veules and Veulettes, 4t is quite possible to live, and to live well, after @ little practice, at any of the last six places named Yor five or four, or even for three francs a day; and French life is never so merry and so characteristic as when it is cheap. To find anything like national manners and customs one must go beyond the star- Ing hotels and gimcrack casinos down to some lit- tle fishing village, where keen-eyed Norman farm- ers still wear the blue blouse over their Sunday coats and the women are dressed in coarse ‘woollen stuff and put on woeden shoes, when they do not go barefooted, as they trudgetomarket, EFFECTS OF FASHION. All the best known sea baths on the Norman coast Bre invaded and preoccupied by foreigners—by Americans who throw their moneyabout much too freely, by Britons who are flush with the contents of full tills, by Greeks who have been rigging the corn market, and Dy Russians who have lately pocketed the indemnity granted to them on the abolition of serfdom. Then there is a very terrible species of pleasure seeker now becoming frightfully com- mon at all the recognized places where anything ‘which passes for amusement is to be bought and wold. He is the gambler of the Southern seas. He hails, perhaps, from Mexico or Peru or Brazil, and he descends on a watering place in such 9 blaze of Splendor that all lesser lights are put ont by him. At is not agrecable to be extinguished by an uned- cated person in red socks, shiny shoes, a sky-biue cravat and a nankeen costume, with a taste for auelling, and it is wise to give him a wide berth, Nene of the fashionable sea baths are ‘VERY FUNNY PLACES. The Hotel Royal. at Dieppe, for instance, gives a very mean dinner at very high prices. The tadle Wh0te is crowded by foreigners, mostly so elderly nd unpleasant that it is dimcult to look at them without an unsatisiactory conviction that there must be some occult connection between their money and their ugliness. A crowd of waiters had been imported for Paris and the German cities $0 attend upon them; but they did not get enough to eat and the dishes served to them were not good, DECLINE AND FALL OF THE TABLE D’HOTE. Dining in the mixed company of a scratch or- finary, and paying too much for cold thin soup and tepid wine, served in the heat of the day, docs not suit French habits or French hours. One meets all sorts of queer people there, but no French, except wuch as are on the look out fordupes. These of vourse abound everywhere. FRENCH COOKERY. It must be owned witha pain which must be aeeply ielt by many middle-aged persons of com- fortable means and a wish for culinary enjoyments that French cookery has wofully fallen off in the present generation. The Anglo mania which raged throughout the second Empire spoiled it, and the modern Frenchman turns with an unholy fire for raw meats and crade vegetables. He gets his first appetite toward noon, takes a dozen oysters when they are in season, or aN enormous slice of Melon peppered &nd salted when they are not, as a whet, and then goes into the serious business of his breakfast, which comprises ® mayonnaise Of salmon, an enormous beefsteak, which hecalls a Chateaubriand, and a trife in the way of asotid slice an inch thick of boar’s head and pistacchio nuts, with a quarter of a pound of cheese, and a stack of fruit, or a raw artichoke, @oaked in oil and vinegar, to lay on the top ot it. After this impressive ceremony he is hardly ready ‘with another appetite till half-past seven o'clock, It is a harsh judgment, but a true one, to say that ‘the French, who were once so sober and tasteful in their diet, have become the largest eaters and drinkers in the world, They are eating and drink- Ang all day long, especially when they are out for ‘emusement ; and the consequent fatness of French men, women and children is as general as it is grievous to witness. COCOTTES. The French have adopted many of the national habits of their conquerors. Thus all the travelling Jadies of uneasy virtue to be met about at the sea ‘baths this year pass the greater part of their ‘watchfal and intelligent leisure in knitting. They May be seen engaged in this improving occupa- ‘tion at the casinos and cafés and on the hotel terraces of an evening. They look like people Playing at work. THE USE OF A HUMPBACK. Inoticed that the cocotte at the head of her pro- Yescion in Dieppe exhibited herself in the society of a hampbacked friend, whose deformity set off ‘her own charms to advantage, and who appeared to act the part of a short but emphatic advertise- ment. They were engaged in “STALKING A BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER” en leave of absence, who had come over to amuse himself and didn’t, Considering the amazing dul- mess of the French bathing places altogether and ‘the desperate straits to which the cocotte must be reduced when hunting for prey, it is incompre- hensible that half the demoiselies de magazin ana some of the prettiest actresses in Paris are so ex- tremely ready to sell their souls for a fortnight’s Visit to them. ‘Their attractions may be briefly summed up. CHERBOURG 48a good bathing place, with an agreeable sandy ghore, It has @ casino, containing a few newspa- ppers—not many, nor what there are of the best. ‘The town has ro amusements, but the walks and ides around it are charming. A pretty excursion may be made to the “Fort du Roule,” and all the Seenery at the mouth of the Divette is pretty, Barfeur and the lighthouse at Gatteville are both ‘worth a drive, and the Casties of Martinvast and Nacqueville have some interest; 80 have the Cner- ourg cabmen in showing them. They are anex- tortionate set of fellows, and monstrously imperti- Ment, though their impudence is heavy breeched, snd not the airy insolence of their Parisian breth- wen, which has generally s joke wrapped up in it. ‘The best of the hotels at Cherbourg is the “Hotel of the Universe.” Howigit that the frog mind tavariably chooses “GREAT NAMES POR LITTLE THINGS ?” A Frenchman, who shrieked discreetly at the yandlord in case of any free-handed dealings with ‘his bil}, and who paid it every evening before going to bed, in order to prevent unreasonable accum- Mulations, might contrive to live at the Hotel of the Universe for fifteen francs @ day. it would cost an Englighman or an American about twenty drancs, besides extras, DEAUVILLE 18 & mighty fine place, frequented by awfal swells bud their.belongings. It 1s as well, at least, to buy & foreign countship in Leicester square or among fhe last batch of titled emigrants at New Xork be- fore venturing mto ‘THE PRICE OF A COUNTSHIP isnot high. It need not-exceed five dollars, or say one pound sterling, English money; and although rational human being might think this too mueh for ® nickname which has no meaning among sensible people, it means a great deal at Deauville and is well worth the ‘money to any one who is fond of fine speeches, ‘ which are marketable commodities; like most other things in this prosy old world, The magnificence of the ladies’ dresses (generally unpaid for) at Deauville is extremely impressive, and many mil- liners have dated their earliest view of the Court of Bankruptcy and their reputation from the mak- ing of them. It is the solemn custom of the gen- tlemen at Deauville to put on black dress coats and stiff white neekties in August afternoons and for the ladies there to put on as many diamonds as they can get at anyhow. That is their way of amusing and all who fancy it had bet- ter set off for Deauville forthwith. Everything is Pretentious at Deauville, from the sea upwards. ‘The sea.seems disposed to keep the bather at a re- Spectful distance and stands off, rejecting all fa- miltarities. There 1s a splendid casino, where the visttors may bore each other all day long and part of the might if properly introducea, and where they may drop any amount of money te bawk-nosed marquises with mutton chop whis- ers in expectation of a diplomatic mission when the King enjoys his own again. No matter, per- haps, what xing, so that they get the mission. GAMBLING IN FBANCE. It 1s @ great mistake to suppose that gaming is abolished by French law. French laws nowadays have not much more effect than English laws. ‘There are, indeed,-no roulette tables at the Norman Baths as there are at Monaco; but a great deal of écarté and what is-called ‘whisk’ goes on quite openly in public. Deauville was a pet building speculation of that arch adventarer and merry gentleman, the Duc de Morny, the late Emperor's brother. He founded it on a sumptuous scale, erecting palace after palace there. He was 80 popular and agreeable @ man; so many people ‘wanted something from him that Deauville prospered at a wonderful pace as soon a8 he took it up,.and has declined as rapidly in importance since death took him up or down. Well, let us hope not down, The man, though not saint, had too kinda heart—it 1s @ thing which } generally goes with shrewd wits—not to have made a friend or two who would plead for him in Paradise, and perhaps leave the gates half open that he might slip into a good place, as he used to do when here. Deauville. the dead Duke’s creation, has @ good deal of dust and sand wandering about it ina state of freedom, It takes also a large-quantity of coal from England; and these gives a color of their own to the dust and to the sand. It would do better for a place of business than for a place of pleasure; but it has a remarkable hippodrome and goodish horse races in the season. The Hotel du Casino is the best there; but good lodgings are cheaper than elsewhere, and plenty of room is to be had in the toy villas which abound for a large family on easy terms. HOULGATE isa family bathing place. It has good sands, & hitle luxury and hubbub, excellent air and is a desirable summer residence for children, The walks in the neighborhood are as cheerful as walks can be, which is saying o great deal for them. ‘There is only one hotel at Houlgate, so that it is not easy to make a mistake by going to the wreng one. The custom is to take a chalet there, and a very satisfactory custom itis. Houlgate is a place for the family man, not for the passing traveller; and it has been observed that families increase in a remarkable mamner after a summer spent there. Several cases of twins happened last year. SAINTE ADRESBE, formerly a miserable fishing village, owes its name ‘and its celebrity to a brave sea captain who was nearly wrecked off the coast in stormy weather. ‘When he was drifting fast ashore his crew fell tip- sily on their knees (having got as usual at the brandy casks) and advised him to request the per- sonal help of St. Denis. ‘My friends,” observed the Captain, dryly, “let us first pray to Saint Adresse.” Sainte Adresse is @ quiet, little place, well adapted for going to sleep on a hot day; but it is not easy to bathe there unless one goes first out to deep sea-water in a balloon, for the shore 18 cov- ered with sharp stones. It has a bit of a casino and ahigh wind. ‘These pleasures may be enjoyed at the “Hotel des Bains” for twelve francs a day, more or leas. VILLERS, again, is a family bathing place, where most of the visitors have little cottages of their own, which they abandon to chance and the weather in winter. It is well frequented. The inhabitunts take of their hats with considerable ceremony to each other every time they meet. The visitor is expected to do the same, and that is all. Any one who wishes to take off his hat with unusual pomp and fre- quency at Villers may do so at the casino (pro- vided he makes a sharp bargain in advance) fer ten francs a day. ARROMANCHES isagloomy village near Bayeux, but & capital place for bathing, for the sands are fine and the sea accessible without breaking one’s toes on the march to it, A man who does not care for truffles and champagne may wash himself well at Bayeux for eight francs a day; but ladies, with the newest fashions about them, have been known to turn can- tankerous there, Jor the public is neither polite hor numerous. COURSEULLES is a little seaport near Caen. There is nothing to do there but moon around the oyster parks, which are many, and the Norman shopkeepers come there to do it, with watery lips and hungry eyes, being averse to the purchase of oysters at their market price in towns. The sands are smooth and good at Courseulles. Quite possible to bathe there without getting broken knees in the process. A “Norman, but only a Norman, may lookfat the oys- ter parks at Courseulles, and hop, like a frog, up to his waist in salt water, as he is used to do, for five francs a day. An American or an Englishman who can swim, and immediately attracts attention thereby, will have to pay about ten francs at the Hotel de la Poste, a smart little inn, with a flower garden all ablow. BEUZEVAL, between Houigate and Dives, is a most melancholy hole. A traveller who ventures there will find him- self quite alone, and may bathe in a state of nature without interruption. People desirous of avoiding an interview with an exasperated creditor might safely go to Beuzeval; but they don’t, If they did they might do it cheap; but they would be grilled out, done brown, for the sun is very hot at Beuze- val, and there is no shade and no hotel. DIVES has no shore at all; but it is not far from Beuzeval and Cabourg. It has no other advantage in par- ticular but the “Hotellerie de Guillaume le Con- quérant,” where a traveller’s purse is in great danger of being unaccountably lightened. The in- babitants of Dives, who are all sworn slaves of this “Hotellerie,” will have it that William the Bastard left their port for the conquest of England in 1066; but every other fishing vil- lage on the coast of Normandy sets up the same pretension, and perhaps with equal truth, for our victorious historical friend must have taken his transports where he could get them; and perhaps some knight who had heard of Saxon beeves and Anglian beauties set sail from Dives, as others did from St. Valery. A monolfth, at all events bearing this inscription, records the fact or the legend : eons recerere rest: O00 200 tt BOLE ROOOOOEE: AU SOUVENIR plus grand evenement Do Historigne des annales Normandes. depart du Duc Guiliaume le Batard Four Ia conquéte de Angleterre en Pendant un mois La flote du Due Guillanme Statlouna dans Je port de Dives Composee de veinddany mate. taille hommes Campa da sinage Avant de mettre A Ja voile. POOLEDE RE DOLE LOLDLE IESE DELODEDIDOLIGO LE DELO LEGE These fourteen lines of nonsense the peopie of Dives devoutly pretend to believe in the interests of their kotel, ETRETAT ig filled with fiddlers, All the musicians of the earth out of inmediate employment seem to have made it ther srystivg place, Mem with Soating MIE ILO NOOR INIT ES, Yorty and sristocratic | hair ‘impossible females (misanderstood) roam about at all hours of the day and night, and the Piano, the harp, sackbut and péaltery, with all kinds of musi¢, are never still there. Etretat bas taken for its motto “LIBERTE COMPLETE, ” and those who want to know something of French artist life out on a holiday should go there. It has got, of course, its httle casino, where the visitors back- bite each other and have out their quarrels ior the sake of its publicity. Etretat has also an abomi- nable shore, ceverea with sharp flints, which stab the feet of the bather like clasp-knives left open by accident, with something in the springs which prevent their shutting up again; and in the deplorable condition brought about by corns sud denly cut to the quick, with all sorts of queer mis- haps. The Etretat fiddlers out upon @ holiday take their baths in presence of each other, screaming, laughing, tumbling, singing, like persons to whom the immediate contact of cold water ts a surpris- ing novelty. HONFLEUR. No bathing possible here; but the place is pic- turesque, also dull beyond imagination, The Hotel du Cheval Blauc is the best at Honfleur, and there 1s a fine view of nothingness to be seen from its windows. Honftcur was the birthplace of Binot- Pauimler, the first Frenchman who doubled the Cape of Good Hope without drowning himself; and of Daguerre, who taught the sun a trick or two in the way of portrait painting, PETITES DALLES is in the midst of a charming landscape. It is a capital place, snug, comfortable and cheap; but it has no amusements, POURVILLE may be all very well by and by, and is situated in an agreeable spot. At present what it chiefly wants is houses. People, however, who desire to live with a fisherman, chiefly on onions and mus- 8el broth, for seven francs @ day, may do s0 at Pourville, ST, VALERY collects the ancient nobility of Normandy to eat hot, windy cakes in the open air by the seashore, with an east wind commonly blowing away the crumbs of them. The thing may ve done near the Hotel du Grand Cerf, where people who have done it are gradually brought to their senses for seven francs a day, and then decamp. PATRIARCHAL BATHS, Asnelles, near Bayeux, 18 a popular resort of the Norman peasantry who have become convinced that they want washing. It has a sandy shore and good air. Itis quite unknown to the tourist. It has no hotels, and persons of easy and independent character may live there on pork and cabbage for three francsaday. Very good pork, too, GRAND CAMP, which may be got at by rail, so that a man canbe off in a jiffy if ne is frightened, 1s another of these out-of-the-way baths. It is a good bathing place, with fine sands and satisfactory salad, Nothing else. ‘VEULES is somewhat gayer, It has excellent sands and an enchanting site. It is one of the best bathing places on the Norman ‘coast. Good beds, good wine and (wonder of wonders!) fresh fish, are all to be had at the HOtel dela Place for six francs aday. Such are the Norman watering places, famous and obscure, PARISTAN VILLAGERS. What amazes me in these pleasure haunts is that such wonderfully old women should venture to start upon their travels with no other capital than @ wrinkled face and false hair. An elderly person sent for my travelling companion, an officer in the life guards, .to pay her hotel bill, without an in- troduction! And I saw another raging about the salons de société, all alone, like a caged panther, (in a wig) because hers was not likely to be paid. But beauty is a rare thing in France, and possibly the most ardent lover must dispense with it ata watering place. The visitors at fashionable sea baths are everywhere the same. One meets the dis- contented politician, hoping to have found rest, and reaping only ill temper; the officer on furlough, who knows nobody, is afraid of compromising himself, thinking that all eyes are upon him, and who smokes all day for an occupation; the emanci- pated bachelor lady, with an unknown quantity of husbands, who is at present disengaged and heart- free; the restless cosmopolite, on good terms with the waiter and on bad terms with the proprietors, still looking at forty-five for pleasure which he might once have had at home; an! inaily the dis- guised bagman, with a book of samples in his leather bag, and blustering over Europe, where he is not recognized, as junior partner of the eminent firm of “Bunkum & Co.’ There, too, is the rich young fool wasting the money which his pawn- broking father wrung out from human wants and human tears—this delightful creature is probably an English peer, There likewise (or unwise) is the individual of suspicious reputation, always on the move, like some hunted animal; there ts the widow, romantic and practical, and the spinster, practical and romantic. There is no great differ- ence between them. Iam fresh from their com- Dany and saw a all. MOUNTAIN RAMBLES, pea The Maintop of New England from the Top of a Stage Coach—The Noteh of the Hunter Given Up tothe Railroad— ‘What Gaide Books, Poets and Penny=- a-Liners Rave About—Through a De- file and Across Mountain Streams to North Conway, N. H. Nokta Conway, N. H., Sept. 4, 1873. It is really surprising what a difference there is between the guide book and the actual experience of a New Yorker wandering among the mountains. There is in the imagination a romantic feeling of vistas of panoramic beauty at every turn of the road, an exhilarating whiff of bracing air every moment, while the six mettled steeds, over which a jolly, communicative driver cracks his elongated lash, dash forward, making pulse and brain tingle with excitement; an incessant call for ecstacy, and a welcome, hearty and trae, at every wayside hostelrie, But how far different is the reality ? The traveller sits beside a jean, sallow-complexioned, dyspeptic Jehu, who replies to every question monosyilabically, and who only wakes up to @ respectable state of ex- citement when the opportunity arises to swindle the stranger out of an extra dollar or two, After @ vain effort to break the armor of ice or stupidity in which the driver of the stage to Mount Washington was encased, I tried to draw out some of the pas- sengers who sat on the outside of the stage. The experiment was only successful in one instance— a pleasant, sociable Canadian, who hailed from Montreal. The representatives of New England, who sat behind us, evidently regarded friendly ap- proaches in the light of an interested affair, an unwarrantable intrusion, something of the high- wayman order. No camp Meeting coud be more solemn than our “outsides” in going up the 600 feet ascent from the Falyan House to tne depot of the Mount Washington Railway. Speaking of this house, it will be inceresting to know that the feuds between the Colonna and Orsini, the Guelphs and Gnibbelines, or any other medieval raga- muffins, cannot be compared in point of malignity and dire fierceness with the enmity that prevalls among hotelkeepers in these mountains. From Bethlehem to North Conway it is the same story. The building of a monster hotel over the Giant’s Grave has produced among the older houses @ feeling worse than that which actuates a Corsican vendetta; and a century ago, under such circum- stances, one would naturally look for a Falyan ro. tatner being sent to the other side of Jordan Db: fusilade from some hired bravos of oppositi on houses. THE DESCENT OF MOUNT W. EASTERN S10) Looking down from the Summit House on the eastern slope one sees a diminutive building, look- ing like a child's toy house, This is the celebrated Glen House, which has antiquity as well as propin- qnity to the matntop of Yankeedom to recommend it. Asix-horse stage bronght us to it, a distance of eight miles, inan hourandahalf. There are gulis inconveniently near the road, and the attention is more directed toward the capability of the team to make # safe descent than toward any particular charm in the scenery, Guide books, poets and INGTON ON THE penny-a-liners eXaggerate the wonders of this road 0 ab uspwarrantable extent There is more to be seen in day in the old overland stage route across the Rocky Mountains or the Sierra Nevada than one can ‘find in ap entire summer among the White Mot of New Hampshire. ‘The bridle paths uy te Rn — ween resorted to now: aye, be cause they , uncertain and full of rate, and the hardest hearted man must become & very Bergh when his unfortunate nag pants, stumbles and groans, Masses of snow were plied up in some Of Whe ravines, and the ajr was cutting and NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1872-QUADRUPLE SHEET. ring atthe sami was” and locomotion ‘outdoors Portiand through it Pye swine det the scene of the Wi ave penne ‘tn the even oa aden by moun, ae tre Harbor, Ings us to Cent arbor, on Lake Winnepesaukee, and a pleasant sail on the steamer ot the Lake brings the traveller to Weir's stattonjon the Boston,Concord and Montreal Ratronds There fs little of the traditional Yankee enterp! jountain: The in these mo 8. roads ight be , eee in tolerable repair at a little expense compani care only for extor sell their stock in the fall, reserving & few only of fie beet homes, an and “buy trea supply in Be spring. ABother scolde cola curred near Bethlehem wind caging . mountains for an indefinite “hates i ite LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. L. D, RoBERTSON, of New York, will publish “Song and Scenery; or, a Summer Ramble in Scotland, by James 0, Moffat.” Professor Moffat is weil known as the author of a life of Chalmers, a work on Aathetics, etc. PrRoressorn C. 8. HENRY, D. Y. will shortiy pub- lish, through Mr, Whittaker, of New York, an orig- inal work entitied “About Men.and Things; Papers from My Stady Table Drawer.’ A COLLECTED EDITION of the poems of Charles Fenno Hoffmann (the brilliant writer whose intel- lect has suffered disastrous ecitpse) will shortly be edited by his son, and brought-ous by Porter & ‘Coates, of Philadelphia, James MULREIN, of Poughkeepsie, will print “Facts and Hints in Regard to Plumbing.” We don’t know of any subject which more neeas letting | alittle light into it than the plumbing, business, @8 managed or mismanaged in our principal cities. GoeTHE LireraTure has had a recent valuable accession in the shape of one large volume of the correspondence of Goethe with William von Hum- boktt, and two volumes of “Correspondence on ‘Natural Science,” embracing letters with a multi- tude of more or less known scientists. THE AMERICAN CYCLOPAEDI!A, edited by George Ripley and Charles A. Dana, vol L, D. Appleton & Co., 18 the first issue of a revised edition of the New American Cyclopedia, the wide circulation of which entitles it to the character of a truly national work. A slight notice which appeared in our columns a short time since we find, upon fur- ther examination, does insufMcient justice to the evident care, thoroughness and ability evinced in its preparation, as well as to its remarkable merits as a book of general reference for American readers, Asis clear from the long array of names which follows the preface, the foremost scientific men are contributors on their own favorite sub- jects, while all others are treated by writers who have mate their’ respective matters a speciality. It was to be expected that the riper experience of the editors and their assoctates would produce work distinguished by @ greater unity of treatment, and that they would avail themselves of the new sources of information laid open by the recent discoveries and progress of science. This is abundantly manifest in this first volume. The numerous and beautiful illustrations, which form one of its most attractive features, have not crowded out any one single article of real interest, while the reader will be surprised to see 8O Many useful additions to former articles and very many new ones of great importance. Such are the articles “Acoustics,” ‘“Aéronautics,” “Agassiz,” “air Pumps,” “alabama,” “Alaska,” “American Wines,” “Arizona,” = “*Armor,”” “Army,” “Artesian Wells,” “Artillery,” &c. These treated, as they are, thoroughly, and illustrated without care of expense, are only a few ofthe many improvements which promise to make the “American Cyclopedia” superior to anything of the Kind hitherto undertaken, THE “OUTLINES OF GERMAN LITERATURE,” of Messrs. Gostick and Harrison, is a capital con- densation and epitume of both the ancient and modern literary history of Germany, with brief no- tices and specimens of every, writer of any note, MR. RUSKIN’s latest work is to be six lectures, delivered at Oxford, on the robin, the swallow, the chough, the lark, the swan, and the sea gull. It will make an illustrated volume and will cost a guinea. THE MUTUAL APPRECIATION of poets is manifested in the fact that Matthew Arnold refers to Byron as “a country gentleman, with no ideas,” while Rob- ert Browning calis the author of “Don Juan” “a flatfish.” Even the Spectator speaks of Byron’s “passionate or sublime thoughts, cheaply exe- cuted.” THE Spectator, in reviewing Mr. Henry Black- burn’s lost book, ‘‘The Harz Mountains,” finds that he is more satisfactory as an artist than asan author. “His pencil is humorous, graceful, accu- rate and refined. There is genuine humor in his drawings, not merely whimsicality; whereas in his writings there is more whimsicality than humor.”’ “LETTERS FROM JAMAICA,” just out in London, is thé anonymous production of a highly sensible writer. He gives the following, among others, as specimens of Jamaica negro proverbs :— Alligator ay egg, but him no fowl. Bragging riber neber drown somebody. Cockroach neber in de right before fowl. Shut mout’ no catch fly. Goramity no lub ugly. Neber make goat trustec for breadnut tree. AMONG RECENT TRANSLATIONS Of French novels is “The Cross of Berny; or. Irene’s Lovers,” by T. Gautier, Jules Soudeau and Madame De Girardin, which Porter & Coates, of Philadelphia, will soon issue. ‘THAT STERLING OLD Book of thoughts and prin- ciples, Montesquieu’s “Spirit of Laws,’’18 to be brought out by Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati, in two volumes, Wuav THe MAINE Hisvortcat Socrery have un- de n to prove in a book by the learned Leonard Woods, D. D., is that the coast of Maine was settled much earlier than Massachusett FATAL BARROOM AFFRAY, Escape of the Perpetrators, Coroner Young yesterday afternoon received information that William Hurley, of No. 26 Wash- ington street, was lying in the Park Hospital, apparently in a dying condition, from a stab wound of the neck, inflicted late last Saturday night by some one unknown, on the walk in front of the groggery No. 9 Rector street. On reaching the Hospital the Coroner and his Deputy, Dr. Marsh, found that Hurley was delirious and unable to make an intelligent statement of the circum. stances attending the quarrel which resulted in his being stabbed. From the fact that Hurley is partial! paralyzed, it ts supposed the steel penetrate ine. In the opinion of Surgeon Fiuhrer and the Mai arsh, the wounded man will die of meningitis in the course of a few om While Hurley and some frienas were converaing ia the groggery about the St. Patrick’s Mutual Alll- ance, a gang of young men entered the place and made some insul remark, at which John U'Shaughnessy, one of the Hurley crowd, knocked him down, whereupon the fellows who mcited the disturbance dashed ont the front door. Ina few moments the man assaulted beckoned to O’Shaugh- nessy to come outside and, in doing so was knocked down. Hurley hastened to the relief of his friend, and received a stab wound in the back of the neck which will cause his death, assailants then fled,and are still at large. Captain Lowery, of the Twenty-seventh precinct, and his officers are mak- ing diligent search for the murderous gang. THE HARLEM OUTRAGE. Contributions Asked for the Victim. To THe Epiror oF THE HERALD:— You will remember that a few weeks ago an at- tempt to assassinate Mr, Walter Gibson, editor of the Harlem Local, was made, ana that he, fortu- nately, escaped with his life, but with the loss of one eye and the impairment of the other, which, physicians say, will render him totally blind. I would mention, for the benefit of those who are not familiar with the circumstances, that he, being the publisher of the Harlem Local, has been trying, through that mediam, to right the wrongs of the jovernment of that corporation—has been expos- figine ealied. They found,no doubt, le was be ning to awaken the better class of citi- aN apt used the method of he pd aie pp tug us ae great pain and suffering, deprived of attending to Bence or, tee aes honesty and courteousness, always er w Aree caesarean office. A SYMP. FOR SALE. nA LE AND PORTER BREWERY POR SALE IN THIS city. See Business Opportunities, a A ae CLASS CORNER tg tnngd <= Boy vate or Cor aire of cop TMONS & TURK, RARE CHANCE. 2 FOR SALE, AN well gctablished, ‘Merchant Tailoring a) Bi = $, short dist apeee pe a necticut. For particul: 12 Lispenard A HOORNEE HQvoR STORE FOR PALE CHRAP. remises, nor! corner Spring and’ alaiborry street ‘streets! or OO Thind avenue. BARGAIN.—A FIR: oT CLASS PANIES SROORRY Store for male cheap: doing & Eyed. rade ; low Tent. Inquire of 2 99 “Myrtle avenue. Brooklyn. A PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, AT 18 EXCHANGE place, Jersey City, N. J.;) good location: good Jerse; Y eden Cau sad son _WALTER CHRISTIE. PERG BONA ian Tia len offered. Gal ai ea r oneal ee Pau pi of WARREN & CO., No. 5 Dey stre A. oop PAYING LIQUOR STORE YOR SALE—IN Sixth ward; cheap rent; lease, &c. Apply to Wiutiast ABBOTE bo ‘New Bowery. hb GOOD EXPRESS ROUTE, WITH Hi {esol AND Wagons, for sate cheap.—Address ¥ Herald office. NO, 1 LIQUOR STORE FOR SALE: EXCELLENT Joe: known; extensively patronized ; ex- iraordinary y chance live man make moles 2 Chambersstreet GEO. W. SIMEH'S Ae OLD ESTA yer MILLINERY, DRY ~GooDs and Fancy 8 edie thoroughfare; excellent cash fates sairgordinaty chance w make money. Particulars 28 Chi chonal W. BAIS, » Store - Agency. ale PORK AND PROVISION STORE FOR SALE— ‘Thoroughly established ; large profitable business; lendid location; enterprising ‘parties ;rare investment, Particulars 25 Chambers street, ;EORGE W. SIMERS, Store Agency. AH PoR SALE, CHEAP LIQUOR STORES, BEST cg business locations in this city and Brooklyn: Restaurants, Lager Beer and Billiard Saloons. “Also Liquor Stores and Restaurants to let. _MITCHELL'S Store Agency, 71 Cedar street. —FOR SALE, BAKERIES, C' N¥ECYIONERIES, « Drug Stores, vaciey, Stores, Fancy Goods Stores, corner Grocery Stores, ‘Meat Markets, Butter oan MITCHELL'S Store Agency, 77 Cedar street. q 10% aA MARK’S PEACE. 4RA0OD 9 19 ar 2 a RE 5 RSA mR POP KING 8T., MACDOUGAL table young woman as cook, washer ai 00K; 1s city rederence,. EAST UNION COURT, Lay byiged 1TH AND 13 era ble re Se ae Zz ly: wi HARRISON La BESPROPABLE WOMAN-Ad wo! cook in a boarding ni ‘cook by an Boglish fFotestant ‘Pendens good refere Ce. to assist in the washing; best West, BETWEEN STH AND 7 i oung woman as plain 'c and to ast tbat with the was and ironing; # ence. Can be seen for ‘wo days. 7 35 Qn EAST 18TH 8T.—A RESRECTABLE GIRL cook and to assist in washing; good city remerencee 36 EAST 2TH 8T.—A RESPECTABLE youna 9 woman as plain cook; would assist, with w: and ironing; can be well recommended by her employer. 40 WEST 29TH ST.—AS FIBST CLASS ono oo Ao sel private family; best reference 42, EAST 32D ST.—TWO BarncrarEs aa togeth a one as excellent coo! iain sewer; have fire sogether on ference. yt gh 25TH ST.—A RESPECTABLE YOUNG Wo: ba plain cook, washer and ironerin small private mnily ; best city refereuce from Test pisces Call for two days 63 EAST 53D ST. (PRESENT EMPLOVERD—aA young woman as first clags cool QQ StH AV. THIRD FLOOR—IWO GIRLS 0 eo together ; one a4 cook and assist with ‘the Mian and the other as chambermaid and assist with the Ww: a and froning ; best city reference. wae 18TH ST.-A NEAT AND COMPETENE ‘8 good cook and excellant washer and ironer( 2 a 0 Eanes family; city and country ny three years’ city references, 92 HOUSTON ST.—A GERMAN GIRL AS OOOK aD to assist with washing and ironing. 107 YE2. STH S8T.—A Fear iene COOK; UN Sorstanda all branches of cooking; a class baker ; no objection to a small Rearing house ; ret i EAST 80TH ST.—A RESPECTABLE WOMAR As pe Gee would assist In the washing a) pidge. “Prefers a good home to wages. GROCERY S1ORE FOR SALE—SPLENDID LO- cation; well known; extensively patronized; enter- Prising party unquestionably very rare investment; Particulars 25 Chambers street. eer COHORGE We SIMERS Store Agency. PERFEOT GEM.—DRUG STURE FOR SALE; ES- tablished years; excellent cash trade; extraordl- Nary chance live man make mon Particulars 25, Chambers street. GEORGE W. SIMERB Store Agency. A Ei#87 Class WEST, SIDE, CORNER LIQUOR Store, with three years’ Lease, for sale, ata sacrifice, gn accouritof sickness Particulars with D, ¥ CORLEY, 12 Contre street. [A NEW WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MACHINE and one Singer; also a solid black walnut Bedst ior, sale, ato great bargain. DRESSMAKER, 56 West Thirty-second street. ae SALOON FOR SALE—LOCATION UNSUR- i lower part of vity; successful oueradicn: 18 16 wears CES party’s sure fortune. Partict GEORGE W. SIMERS, Store Agency. WHOLESALE AND JOBBING BUSINESS ‘FOR sale, In successful operation; extensive and very profitable cash trade; rare Hebert AS enterprising parties. Particulars at 2 Chambers stree: GEORGE W. SIMERS, Store Agency. A CONFECTIONERY STORE, STOCK AND FIX- tures—Good location and low rent; will be sold ata iow figure. OODAL, No. 5 West Twenty-third strect, iitth Avenue Hotel. AKERY FOR SALE. INQUIRE AT 587 GRAND street, Williamsburg. OARDING HOUSE FOR SALE—FOUR STORY Lee stoop brick House, all modern 4 Amprovements furnished; full of boarders, Inquire at 307 West t (Abingdon square). OR SALE—UP TOWN, A HOUSESMITH’S SHOP and Railing Manufactory, with steam engine and full machinery; suitable fof any manufacturing, pur- pose: shop three yengs) groand lease, with horse and wagon; establish 20 years; withor or withoat the diag topmas eaey. inguie of JO! ABER, No, 84 Eighta avenue, between Sinystr = and ¥ Fifty-sec- ond streets, OB SALE—AN OLD-ESTABLISHED ee ROOM, ina business locality, with or without Lodging Rooms attached; sickness the cause for selling. Apply at 16 Fulton streot, Brooklyn. R SALE—ON‘ ACCOUNT OF DEATH. A FINE Stationery Store in Brooklyn; established and pa paying well. Address,; with real ,name, GILLOTE, OE, boy he ee Sierrgd DRUG tion a NEW ‘ork ci with a large presc: lon an eral business nese: low tent, “Address W. Be COR ELL, Mount Vernon, Westehester county, New York. (OR SALE—OWING TO A DISSOLUTION OF 00- partnership, a downtown Restaurant: location and custom first class, Address JAMES SMITH, box 1 Herald office. IR SALE—A FIRST CLASS CONPECTIONERY AND Oster Saloon, loclated on one of the leading ave- nues of Brooklyn, with two years) lease. Address G. E. H, box 1ié Herald office. TRS? CLASS CORNER FAMILY LIQUOR STORE or sale.—Hest of reasons for welling and long lease, ‘Apply. to Mr, WILLIAAS, ) Spring street, OR SALE OR ‘HANGE—ON ACCOUNT OF death of the propri Furntshing Store, with Ro itand ail Fog hs ‘tools, sit aap ane now doing @ cash trade, Inauire of 8. J Eighteenth street, Brooklyn, or at 128 Maiden iano My Y. OR SALE—A FIRST CLASS BROOKLYN CORNER Lagos Stores guaranteail to average $300 a (reeks Fetiring ; ho reasonable offer re rent ve low. ‘aha CURLEY, 12 Centre strect.” business. App! 4 ne OT TILAN, jOR SALE—AN OYSTER SALOON, WITH BAR AT. tached, occupied by the present owner for the past years. Apply at 287 avenue B. (OR SALE—A FIRST CLASS CORNER GROCERY sand Tea Store, doing a, food cash trade, on one of the loading avenues in Bi a. Apply at 99 Murray street, New York. OR SALE—A DOWN TOWN SAMPLE ROOM; A F fortune for an enterprising yd gold on account of other bi business. ROE, 76 Aiberty street. Fo SALE AT A SACRIFICE—AN | OYSTER SALOON, with Bar and ee Saloon, on one of the best thor- oughtares in the ¢ ity, Reason for selling,the owner is Going into another business. Inquire at #) Perry street. Ko SALE—A GROCERY STORE, IN A THICK- populated meget ae 2 Appiy at 220 West Six igen or to MM & KOKNER, corner West street and en OR SALE—THE LEASE. AND FIXTURES OF et best retail Shoe Store on Eighth avenue; will be sol ata reasonable price for cash. Apply at KEOGH’S, ey Fighth avenue. (OR HALE OHEAP—A PATENT OYSTER RANGE, so three month. Inquire in Central Oyster House, £81 3 Eighth avenu } ARDWARE, HOUSE FURNISHING AND STOVE Store, on upper part of Third avenue.—Will be sold lease. Address HARD- for cost of stock alone; m WARE, box 130 Herald offle M4 ROUTE FOR SALE—HORSE, WAGON AND depot; now doing a retail business of about 300 juarts per day; reason tor selling, the owner has other usiness to attend to, No agents need apply, D. &, PALMER, Sale stables, corner Bridge and Nassau sts., Brooklyn. YSTER SALOON AND BAR FOR SALE—GOOD location. Call for three days. No. 36 Rivington street, corner Forsyth street, D BARROOM FOR SALE—AT A Teasons tor selling, good i_Apply ats) West Fourth’ AND COMPLET! L8O NEW and other Machinery for CAMPBELL & CO.'S, New- UGAR MILLS, NE and second hand ngines sale. Can be seen at WATTS, ark, New Jersey. SAFES, SAFES—POR SALE CHEAP. HER- Lillie’s, Hall's, Wilder's, Marvin’s and Valen: izes and styles, Great bargains at %. G. No, 7 Liberty street, LLIE'S, WILDER'S, HERRING'S AND new and second hand, all sizes, eee Tor ong Sates repaired and improved locks put LIE SAY COMPANY, 61 Maiden lane. \VEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR SALE.—A_ FIRST class Literary Newspaper, located about 400 miles stern city ; present cir. from New York, in a beautitul culation of mail’ subscribers. p ceipts for subscription, $1,500; and can be largely in- creased. Sold only on account of the proprietor having gther btisines: of equal importance to attend to, Pric $26,000; $10,000 can remain on mortgage for two years: fhorough examination is invited for those wishing to everything is it the vest running order; BO agents Rain partic address, for six days, L. C. Puen HER, Box Mt Id oiler 1 00. —MANUPACTURING BUSrN aOR hee pane pparatus, furniture and stock Toney; lean and pléasant occupation ; an indgpendent business for_one man. Cail, between ‘10 and 2o'elock, this day, at 769 Browdw $6, 00 WILL BUY AN E sGANTLY FITTED UP Liquor, Lager mee and Billiard Lat hree new Billiard Tables and three years’ Lease, ‘apt centre it Heraid 6 owner is going to Europe. ares A. NO. 1, Herald office, No agents. WANTED TO PURCHASE en nce AAA RRA 7 PUR CHASE A STRICTLY FIRST Wa. Lathe, about 4 feet bed and 18 inch dress, stati silva BS swing. Ad i and lowest cash price, WANTED-A PRINTING PRESS, man to repair machinery. WORK, Herald oflice. CS gt maker's nanie LD, Troy, N. 38, CHEAP; ALSO | x ‘Address WINTER'S MATRIMONIAL. Caney a Ve ARRIAGES, UNITED | “STATES MATRIMONIAL ney, 29 Bond sireet.—Transactions rigidly honost, Ladies, gentlemen to marry, With means LO means nce. Can be seen as her resenb eam WEST ST.—A RESPECTABLE YOUNG 112 Wa yea ee cook in a private familyy Ty or or ety good reference. BAST 20TH 8T., GRAMERCY PARK.—TWO RE« the other, as wall! 116, spestebig sfirls; one, a8 cook, the 0 er a rences. Oall for two days at ontemployers. bg se ST., TOP FLOOR.—A RESPEOK 8 first class cook; understands her bosinessin all its Dranches; has good ‘reference. 12 \ypwitd «TH ST, (BELL 16).—A YOUNG GIR cook, Washer and ironer in @ small privaté familys Dost eity reference. 132, GREENWICH AV., Laer A Ligh young woman as good ¢ Il assist wil hing; Do objection to private ‘Soa! ing hhonee; city retorence. WEST 2TH ST.—A RESPECTABLE WOMAN ag excellent cook ; willing to assist with the coarse washing : best city reference. 13: WEST 2TH ST., BETWEEN 6TH AND ava.—A respectable woman as cook in a famiiy ; understands meats and a SOUPS, baking, de reference from last p! ag WEST 2TH ST.—A bac fant woman as goog, ooo! 8 her business ‘nosoug! city or country; best city reference, 144 WEST 19TH ST., mys RESPECTABLE woman as good cook; isa first clase baker; will assist with coayse washing anid troning + | good references 14.7 Watt, 22,85, BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH ave—A young girl as first class cook in a small private famnily: Aret class elty references. WEST 2TH 8T., INTHE REAR,—TWO BE- spectable Finis, t ether; eer as cook one tod the coarse washin; je other to do chamberwor! plain sewing ; bes! eaty’ Feferences, 159 TH 8T., SECOND FLOOR.—TWO PROTEST- ant fei one a8 So0d cook, the other: as cham bermaid; wil th assist with wi and ironing. 159 WEST 51ST ST.—A RESPECTABLE FERSOR as good plain cook, washer and ironer in a pi Yate family; good city reference. WUsr 10TH ST., TOP FLOOR, BACK ROO A, respectable willing sist tn the wasuing ine sami private family; Fears’ exoeliont city reference froin last piace. allcco BAST 83D ST., BETWEEN 3D AND LEXING- fon ave —A , Tespectable girl in, a small private family to cook, an excellent servant fad ean harnish Best reference trom last employer. 187 AV.—A RESPEOTARLE NORTA PROTEST. baking 9 t girl as good plain cook; understands 104 Srtgria eran toa a emai = “a go mahi, town; es no object; good reiorence, 201 WEST 20TH ST.—A RESEROTABLS WIDOW and Way ol ae pigin, cook. rene CoD id waitre: city refere' chambermaid for two days. BAST 63D ST.—A RESPECTABLE roe girlas £908, By a good bread and biscuit make: 203 is willing to assist with the washing and ironing; city or country; good reference from Jast place, 210 EAST 80TH ST.—AS FIRST CLASS FRENC! ae cook, in a private family ; good references. or a 21 good city 818 WEST 4TH ST., IN REAR.—BY A RESPECT. able young girl as cook, washer or ironer, ina private family; good city reference. EAST 18TH ST., BETWEEN AY. A AND 1 sot guia Wilts sui Selig aoe Yous weaves ne willing an ' re! form ber lastplacee ‘Call for two days. > 22 RAST 35TH ST.—A YOUNG GIRL IN J A SMALE private family; isa good cook and good washer and froner ; four years reference trom her last place. cei ei a THE eases RE. spectabdle youn; &3 cook, washer, and best city etdroncee. Pte SM. NEAR BLEECKER, IN REAR No. 9.—1 roung woman, al Nain, 09d ‘washer avd irover, in simak 7TH AV., BETWEEN 22D AND 28D STS.—Ag Cape he Ose ‘and baker in @ small private family; froner; 2313 family; fee Ring and cblising’ dont care’ so much about ‘wages or how far, if it is a nice place. DRY EAST 45TH ST.—AS FIRST CLASS COOK; understands all kinds of c isan excel- ing; best city reference. 939 B4 TH Ss ST.—AN BXCELLENT Noetteo| ONE Lom shoroaghiy understands her business; beat city referenc 242 WEST 10TH 8T., BETWEEN BLEECKER AND AND Hudson.—A respectable woman as good cook & good baker; would be willing to-go to the country. in the store. 244 EAST 30TH ST., TOP FLOOR.—BY A GOOD cook and chambermatd ; city reference. 45) WEST 33D ST.—A RESPECTABLE YOUNG girl a3 good plain cook, washer and ironer; best city reference. DA WEST arn 8T.—4 YOUNG WOMAN AS cook, washer and ironer; gooa baker; good city references. 952 WEST 30TH ST., FIRST FLOOR, BACK ROOM.— ‘Two respectable young girls; One as good cook,, Caan and ironer; other as chambermaid and waitress; best city reference from last place. Can see the lady. WEST 28TH ST., TOP, FLOOR.—A Peat ae le woman as gdod plain cook | 18 ‘willing to with wi ‘iting wo BO sort. distance in the country, _ WEST 36TH oi EAR TA RESPECTABLE cook; ase nd ironing to oNeoton to's boarding housey best city reference. WEST 32D S1.—A FIRST CLASS COOK INA 263 private family ; By an excellent baker; can make all sorts of desserts and Jellies; good city reference, 0 “EAST 7TH ST.—A GERMAN GIRL 10 DO iain cooking, washing and ironing in aemall private fami fam ily. EAST 60Tii ST., BETWEEN 1ST AND 2D AVS.— 307 ‘As experienced cook in a first class private fam- fly; will do coarse washing; two ys ears’ first class city reference from former employt ‘all from 10 to 4. 309 qT AV., NEAR STH |p ry PROTESTANT an as first class cook in @ private tamil: thoroug! nly understands ail kinds: of Taily cookings Country preferred; best references. EAST 88D ST, BETWEEN iST AND uD AVS.— S12 Ke atet class cook; thoroughly understands her business; good city reference. 7TH AV., NEAR 28TH ST., THIRD FLOOR.—A respec! ctable young girl as ood cook in a nice, rivate family; is willing to assist with the washing and jroning: good refere: roe Ia eS 321 ¥ WEST iT 8 by Pom. —~A respectable, middle-aged woInam, we pain cook; {8 a good bread and biscuit maker; bee city reference. Can be seen until suited. EAST 2D ET WEEN 18ST AND 2D AVS.,, second floor, back room.—A Scotch Presbyterian woman as cook; waderstands cooking in all its ante ae meats, soups, bread, biscuit and taking charge of any gentleman's Ritch; seven years? reference; a Christian il, ferred. EAST 32D ST.—A RESPECTABLE WOMAN AS 33. ood cook and to assist with the washin« Objection to a boarding house; excellent references. 336 BAST 49TH 8T.—AN EXPERIENCED ¢ COOK: ascook, washer and ironer pr) at a ce from her last place; also, @ girl nded, chambermatd | and | waitre Call tor two ‘inv Q9 8T.—A8 FIRST CLASS PLAIN 33) Fook and 10 astlst wi ith washing; reference from 258 washing and troni FRONT last plac iT TH ist. TOP FLOOR.—A YOUNG WO. 337 ian F plain ‘took in a private family; good asher and ironer; city reference. EAST 16TH ST.—A RESPECTABLE YOUN 3 338 Arete cook and to assist with the washi “4 and ironing, or as cook only, in @ private family; ‘00d city reference,