The New York Herald Newspaper, November 29, 1874, Page 6

TERATUR The Autumn Season of Books. What Our Authors Are Doing at Home and Abroad. THE DIARY OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Glimpses of Paris During the Hundred Days and of London After Waterloo. EDGAR ALLAN POE AND HIS DEATH, American Poets and Their Poetry. John Quincy Adams. The Messrs. Lippincott send us the third volume of the “Memoirs of John Quincy Adams,” edited by bis son, the distinguished Charles Francis Adams, This work is handsomely printed ana will certainly be ® standard in American litera- ture, It begins August 7, 1814, and ends on the 16th of June, 1817, covering a period of less than three years. Adams wasin Ghent, a member of the Commission appointed by the United States to negotiate peace with England. With him were associated James A. Bayard, grand/atner of the present seuator; Henry Clay, of Kentucky; Albert Gallatin, uf Pennsylvania, and Jonathan Russell, of Massachusetts. The Britisn Commissioners were Lora Gambter, an Admiral, who had com- manded in the Revolutionary War; Henry Goul- bourn, am under-Secretary of State, and Dr. Adams, a doctor of civil law, Mr. Adams gives an elaborate account of whe negotiations. The first meeting of the Joint Commission took place om the 8thof August, 1814. There was @ uttie quarrel On @ question of etiquette, as to whether vhe Commission should meet at the house of one or the other, but Bayard happened to discover in the history of the law of nations & precedent going Dack as far as 1600, upon which they acted, and it was finaily resolved to meet at the Hotel Pays Bas. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, The three points presented by the British Com- Missioners were:—First, the forcible seizure of mariners aboard American merchant vessels, and, connected with that subject, the claim of the King of Great Britain to the aliegiance of all na- tive born subjects; second, the inciuding in the peace of the Indian allies of Great Britain, and, for the purpose of obtaining permanent peace, the drawing of a boundary line between the Indian Territories aud the United States; third, the par- tial revision of the boundary line between Canada and the Unitea States. It is singular, ag showing the spirit in woick Engiand entered into this dis- cussion, that the Indian question, or, in other words, the right of England to determine the boundary line between the Indian reservations and the United States, was considered a sine qua non of peace, England professed to regard the Indians as her allies in the war and not to be abandoned without securing for them the same terms of peace. Mr. Gonlbourn argued that America had treated the Indians as enemies, therefore their | claim for a boundary line shoula be admitted. Upon this a long and angry discussion took place, | character are vanity, levity and insincerity. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1874:-QUADRUPLE SHEET. PARIS DURING THR HUNDRED DAYS, These were tremendous times in Europe. Na- Poleon bad been locked up in Elba. Louia XVIII. ws on thé throne of France. On the Hotel du Nord, Ru i and ‘Tih, @c- companied by the otber members of the Commis+ sion, he had an audience with the King, wno asked him if he was io any way related “the celebrated Mr. Adams,” The princes all spoke to Dim in English except the vuc a’Angouléme. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, rward famous as Lord Rag lan, was present as British Minister. There was & trial going om between King Louis Bonaparte of Holland and Queen Hortense as to the possession of the children, which interested Mr. Adams 80 much that he attended the sittings. He spent evenings with Mme. de Sta¢l and Lafayette, meet- ing Humboldt ana going to the theatre with much regularity, THE RETURN FROM ELBA. Suddenly the thunderboit fell upon Paris in Napoleon's arrival from Elba On the evening of the arrival Mr. Adams visited tbe French Opera ‘The Duke de Berri was present and loudly cheered. But this loyaity did not continue, Two or three later he saw “1m vartous.parts of the city a greas number of post horses, apparently going to take travellers from Paris, for there came news that Napoleon was at Lyons.” The moment of consternation, however, had “and that of confidence and energy had succeeded, The num- ber of volunteers who have offered themselves at Paris to march inst Bonapar‘e is eons than the government could accept.” no the 19th news came of Marshal Ney’s de- jection. No appearance of anything like disaffec- téon to the royal cause was discernible. The walls of the Palais Royal were covered with “violent denunciations nxt Bonaparte.” At the Opera House calls for Henri Quatre and “ le Rotl’ were a8 boisterous as ever. The next morning the King had fied, and the next day succeeding it Was announced that Napoleon would enter Paris by the Porte Sainte Antoine. The crowds ing for him were very great, The 1aces of N: on, Maria Louise and the King of Rome had taken the Place at all the print shop windows o! the family of Le ada The actors appeared in @ tri-color cockade. | NAPOLEON IN PARIS. That evening the Emperor arrived, and next morning he reviewed the troops. Mr. Adams went around to the Garden of the Tuileries to see the review. “The troops were the same garrison of Paris which had been sent vut against Napo- leon; the front of their heimets and the clasps of their beica were still glowing with the arms of the Bourbons.” “rhe crowd were iaugning and jok- .ng ana talking oi the Rhine, the natural boundary of France, and swearing vengeance against the Prussians. All the gazettes of Paris, which were yesterday showering upon him every exe- cration, this day announce tnat “His Ma- Jee has arrived at his Palace of we ‘ailertes.!"? Later, he went to the theatre with Mr. Adams, to see the Emperor. Talma was playing. They had finished the first scene when the Emperor came in, and the audieuce compelied Talma to begin his play over again. There is a singular note oi & conversation with Coulaincourt, who told Mr. Adams that Napoleou’s departure | from Elba was not known toa human being in France, As ior Lafayette, “he is balancing, ana [ fear that his scale Will not preponderate at the | lucky moment.”” ENGLAND AND WATERLOO TIMES. May 16 Mr. Adams left tor England as Minister to the British Court. Then came @ presentation to the Prince Regent, afterward George IV., who was “very gracious’ and asked abyat bis father and the jow countries. a dinner from Lord Castiereagh the week before the battie of Waterloo. ‘The talk bere, ag everywhere eise, ts avout Napoleon. lt was the generai opinion of all the lords present that Na- poleon would shortly take refuge in America.” On the day the battle of Waterloo was iought Mr. Adams dined at the Russian Ambassador's, On the 22d, tour days aiter the battle, showing how tardy tidings came in those stage-coaca days, there came news ‘‘of the splendid and complete Yictory of the Duke of Weilington and Marshal Blucher over the French army, commanded by Na- poleon in person, on Sunday last, March 18.”” “In | the evening we all rode around the streets to see the laminations for the great victery of the 18th. | They were not genera) nor very magnificent. The | whole range of their variety was ‘Wellington and Blucher,’ ‘Victory,’ ‘G. P. BR.’ and ‘G. R.’ The transparencies were very ‘ew and very bad.” A GLIMPSE OF DUMOURIEZ. The discussions in reierence to the conclusion of the treaty continued in London, and were finally setiied. We observe im this diary occasional allu- sions to subjects of more world-wide interest thao the terms o/ a negotiation that bas long since been forgotten. Mr. Adams saw sometaing of Dumou- riez, the lamous French general, friend of the Gi- | rondists, now seventy-five years of age, and burn- Ing witb ambition to return to France and recom- | mence his career. The ineradtcabie vices of fle e all vain people, his greatest deligut is to talk of | Then came the English clinging to the point with tenacity. | “In generai,” says Mr. Adams, “tneir tone waa | more peremptory and their language more over- | Dearing than at the lormer conferences. Thetr deportment this day was peculiarly offensive to , Mr. Bayard, The English clung to the idea of an Indian boundary because it would be a protection | for Canaaa.” Toere 18 an interesting minute of a discassion between Mr. Adams and Mr. Goul- | bourn on this subject. “To condemn,” said Adams to Goulbourn, ‘‘a vast region of territory to perpetual barrenness and solitude, with a few | hundred savages and wild beasts to hunt upon it was a species of game law that a nation descended from Britons would never endure. It was aa in- | compativie with the moral as with the physical nature o/ taings, Such a treaty, instead of closing | the late subjects of discussion, would only open new ones.’’ In addition to the Indian claim, the British tnsisted that America should keep uno | armed force on the lakes. ENGLISH JEALOUSY OF AMERICA. Mr. Adams noted in these discussions “the | bitterness and rancor against the Americans, aud Jealousy of their increasing strengtn and popula- | tion.” “The tone of all the British notes is arro- | gant, overbearing and offensive. The tone of ours | 1s not so bold nor so spirited as it should be. I | Birongly urged the expediency of avowing aa the sentiment of our government that the cession of Canada would be for the interest of Canada as | Well as for the United States. My colleagues | Would not adopt it.” GERMS OF SPCTIONALISM. Finally the Engiish abandoned the Indian posi- | tion, and the next controversy arose on the ques- tion of fisheries and the mght of the British to navigate the Mississipp! River. On these points there were constant disputes among the members ol our vwu Commission, and it is interesting !o0 note how sectional feeling arose into prominence. “Mr, Clay loss bis temper, as he generaliy does whenever the right of tne British to navigate the Mississippi is discussed.” Mr. Gallatin feared that unless the fisheries were protected there woud be # party for a separation from the Union and jor a New Engiand coniederacy. Mr. Clay said there was no use in at- tempting to conciliate a peaple who never would be conciliated, and said there might be a party ior sepatation in the Western States, “I observed to him,” says Mr. Adams, “that be was now speax- ing under the impuise o1 passion, and that on such occasions [ would Wish not to answer anything.’’ Wr. Olay, rather than consent to these points, was | willing Jor war. ‘Mr. Clay was for a war of three years ionger. He had n0 doudt that three years more of war would make us a warlike people, and then We should come out of the war with nonor, He was jor playing brag wit the British Pienipo- tentiaries; they lad been playing brag with us throughout the whoie negotiation, and he thougnt it time we should begin to play brag with them. He askea me if I kuew how to piay at brag. I said I had forgotten how. lie said the art of tt was to beat your adversary by holding your hand with a@ solemn and confident pbiz, and outbragging him. He appealed to Mr. Bayara ii it was now ‘Ay,’ said Bayard, ‘put you may jose the game by bragging until the adversary seea the weakness of your hand,’ and . Bayard added to me, ‘mr, Clay is for bragging @ million against a cent. ” HENRY CLAY. Mr, Clay seems to have been @ disturbing elc- Ment in the Commission, and was consianuy losing his temper. ‘He spoke to-day,’’ says Mr. Adams, ‘in a harsh, angry, Overbearing tone.” “Jt always offends me in him.” ‘Mr, Clay stalked to and fro acro: the chamber, repeating five or mx times, ‘I will never sign tie treaty, so help me Goal’” If Mr. Clay Was bad tempered so also were the British | Commissioners. “Mr. Goulburn had feeble control of his temper ;” “he had @ coarse, insulting tone, and had always an insulting agitation about bim ; but the tone in which he speaks is more insulting than the language be uses.” Mr. Clay and Mr. Goulburn gave fre to these conierences, whule Mr. Gallatin, Mr. Adams and Lord Gambier were the moderating infuences. Mr. Adams did not have much confidence in the British; “they were very perfidious and insidious,” and the negotiations were always in @ precarious mood, Mr. Clay kept nimseif im & constant minority, and m one piace Mr. Adams compiains of his “mere unreasonable trifling.” imaily, on Christmas Day, all the pomts were settied, and Mr. Adams cioses his record with a tervent prayer “that its resuits may be propitious to the weil- being, best interests and the union of my country.’ A dinner took place, during which Lord Gamvier toasted the United States, ana Mr, Adams re- sponded by toasting His Brittanic Majesty. HENRY CLAY'S TEMPER continued, however, in bad humor. are constant allusions to little quarrels, one disposition of tne records. kinvtied into a fame; ne ant ;’’—"'this illustration 7? “@ piece of c vi upon a spol “an acrimonious menading tone,” Mr. Clay ‘now lost ali the rem- nant of his temper and broke out with ‘You dare not, you cannot, you shall not insinuate that there Das been a cabal of three members against you. No B shall impute Seprhing the kind to me with impunity.’ “On replying to the dare On the 7th of Janu cannot and shall m ir. Clay cooled down.” soived. Mr. Clay and Mr. Bayard going to Lille, 515, the Commission dis- more nor less than avarice. The spirit of conquest has taken possession of | them, and they now make Prussia play | the colonies from Great Himself, Speaking of the Prussian army, ‘as to their virtue,”’ said Dumouriez, “it means nothing the part which France has played for ten or fif- teen years.” Dumouriez thougut we should not be long without another war with Engiand; he | thought that taere would soon be @ separation of | the Unitea States and that we would soon be en- croacoing upon the mines of New Mexico. He | taought also that there would be no peace be. | tween France and England without France giving | up Calais and Dunkirk. little cottage on the hull, which still stands, Bells” was pablished, as well ag “Annabel Lee.’’ in this year he visited Richmond. as far as Philadelphia he fell in with some of his | old boon companions and was overcome by the Edgar Alien Poe. memotr. own works, LIFE AND LINEAGE, finest genius that our country has produced. ‘There are many men living who must have known Poe, for he was born in 1809, and if he had still ripe manhood. But none of nis friends have cared enough for his memory to give us the true account of his life, Griswold’s memoir is simply a libel. There have been some publications in England and France, mainly the noble tribute of Charles Baudetaire, but as they were mestly based upon Griswola they cannot be accepted as authorities. Mr. Stoddard supplies this want to a certain extent, His memoir is interesting, but only indicates what might be done in the way of @ luge of Poe if any of our young writers would really atudy the subject. We learn ‘rom Stoddard that Poe was the son of an actress, that he came from a Norman family, that his father was slaw student and seems to bave been a sitftiess being» who afterwards took to the stage—the father play- ing comedy parts badly, the mother appearing as Juliet or Ophelia, The mother died two years after the birth of Edgar, and the fasher having abandoned the family the children Were left to adrift. Edgar was adopted by & Mr. Jonn Allen, of Richmond, a friend of the family, was taken to England when a child, and spent five years in Stoke-Newington, where he studied mathematics and the classics. He re- turned to Richmond, remained at bome a few years, entered the University of Virginia im 1826 and ied rather a wild life—drinking, playing cards and spending $2,000 on gambling, dress clothes and champagne. Througo the influence of his adopted father he was admitied wo West Point, General Scott and Chief Justice Marshall signing bis application. Here he continued to lead the same wild life, ‘preferring brandy to champagne,” encouraging the report that he was “the grandson of Benedict Arnold,” and in 1831 was sent before 9 court martial for “gross neglect of all duty” and ‘disobedience of orders.” To these charges Poe pleaded guilty and was sen- tenced to be dismissed tne service of the United States, the sentence being carried into effect March 6, 1831. HARDSHIPS AND FOLLY. Of course this led to bis alienation from his ben- efactor, and in 1833 Poe began a literary career ln Baltimore. He continued to write and drink and dissipate, fying from one mood to another until his death, which took place in 1549, His theory of editing was that the people “ioved bravos,” and accordingly he managed to quarrel with all his associates. In 1844 he came to New York and as- sociated himself with Mr. Willis on the Home Journal, and aiterwards with Charles F. Briggs, onthe Broadway Journal, About this time he published “The Raven,” and when. the editor of the Journal, Mr. Stoddard, made his acquaintance and describes his visit to him, “slight and pale, with large, lumipous eyes, and dressed in Diack.” Afterwards he called upon. him again and had «& quarrel about the authorsbip of “An Ode to # Grecian Fiote.”” This terminated the accquaintance. ‘I had glimpses of Poe alterwards in the street,'» ys Mr. Stoddard, “but we neverspoke. The last time I remember to have seen him was in the afternoon of 8 dreary autumn day. A heavy | shower had come up suddeniy and he was stand. ing under an awning. I had an umbreila, and my first impulse was to share it with him, but some- thing—not unkindness, certainly—withheld me. I went on and left him there in the rain, pale, shiv- ering, miserable, the embodiment of his own Unhappy master, whom unmerciful disaster Followed tast and followed faster.” WILD, SAD DAYS. In 1846 he removed to Fordham and lived in a “The “when he got old temptation, being obliged to ask jor charity as GEORGE It, Then came dinner and compiiments, the Duke of | Kent—Queen Victoria’s father—toasting the United States, and Mr. Adams replying about “a common country and 4 commun jauguage.”? King | George III. made no appearance in society, ‘He | has been for nearly five years confined to two or i three chambers in Windsor Castile. His bodily heaith is good, his appetite good; he is bind, but | immediately recognizes by the voice every person | he has known. tis principal exercise is music, | Piaying upon a bad piano, which he hasin one of | nis chambers. He is attentive to his person to great excess. He had ior some ttme a lung, white beard, but is 2ow regularly shaved.”’ AT HOLLAND HOUSE. ‘There is a note of a dinner at Holland House an @ conversation with Lady Holiand, ‘sur Mackintosh asked me if I thought Dr. Fra sincere in the professions be made here that he lamented the revolution which had separated Britain, whiten, he said, he did on tne day befure he last leit London, even to tears. I told bim I did not believe Dr. Fraaklin wished for the revo- | lution, nor Washington, He asked me if any of | the leading men had. I said that perbaps my | father—Samuel Adams—and James Otis. He also told me that he had iast year introduced Waiter — Scott to Mr. Clay, the first of nia admirers he had | ever seeu irom Kentucky.”’ SOCIETY UNDER THE REGENCY. There is a picture of George [V. at an evening | party. Much melancholy music on the harp aud | piano, and some singing, We were there nearly two hours, during which the Prince sat lolling on a sofa, between two old ladies dressed in black. There was a Lady Caroline Lamb tuere, a very | notorious character, author of @ very scandal. ous novel called ‘ienarvon.”” He met | Wellington at dinner. The Ouke yawned | like LikEveilié im the “Barber of Seville.’’ Wellington has no lively Now of conversation, but | he appeared to bear the daub of flattery spread over him at every toast with moderate compusure. The general asvect of his countenance 1s grave and stern, but Sometimes it opens with a very pleas- ing smile. The Duke of Sussex thought it a very | foolish thing ever to attempt ap invasion of ) America, and regarded the battle of New Orleans as “a shocking affair.’ He met Lord Brougham, | “not a man of wit, but of taste and learning, with great infurmation, indefatigable industry and a moderate portion of eloquence.” Then, ip 1817, came the announcement of his appomtment as Secretary of State by President Monroe. Laver atil, a call trom the Duke of Wellington and a visit from Jeremy Bentham, on the occasion of some correspondence he had with Mr. Madison, to whom Bentham, in the year 1811, made a proposal to “prepare for the use of the United States, or any | one of them, a digest of tne common law, to eé! brace, in a very small compass, the whole tern of legisiation.’’ Of the Prince Regent he 'ss— “His character is a composition of obtandity and frivolity. He is a Falstaff without the wit and a | Prince Heniy without the compunctions. His | ouly talent is that of mimicry, which he exercises without Jiguity or decorum, the fitness of his own cuaracter or tie feelings of others. His principal delight is to expose persons dependent upon him to ridicule or mortification.” “He spoke, how- ever, in perfect good bumor, and dismissed me as graciously as he bad received me.” JEREMY BENTHAM, There are morning walks with Jeremy Bentham, | | but lew allusions to tne conversation. In reply to @ question as to how democratic ascenaancy wouid adect England, Bentham said:—‘Probabiy a civil war. Upon the whole, it was likely no | great or reai reiorm could be effected in Engiand without acivil war. Corruption had so pervaded | the mass of the government and 80 vitiated the | character Of tne people that he was airaid they could be purified only vy fire. Bat anytuing was better than the present state of tuings and that in | which it must terminate, unless a vigorous effort | on the part of the people would rescue them from | absolute despotism.” On the 10th of June he writes, ‘London, farewell,” on tue 16th he salled On board the ship Washington for America, PERSONAL Lif OF ADAMS, Of the pe al habits of Mr. Adams there ts this glimps usually between five and | #ix; 1 begin the day with reading five chapters ta the Bible; 1 have this day finished, in course, the Oid Testament, I then write until nine o'clock, when I breakfast alone in my chamber. I write again after breakiast and walk an bour. We dine at four and sit at table until six. in the evening | Lattena the theatre, redoute or concert. Between ten and eleven I return to my chamber anc betake myself immediately to the night's repose. L have this month frequented too much the theatre and other public amusements, indulged in too much conviviality and taken too littie ex- ercise, lent and industry 18 irksome to me. May | ve cautions not to fall into any habit of Indolence or dissipation.” And here again— Kternal Ruler of the skies, From whom ail good and perfect gifts arise, Oh while this feeble hand portrays, The fleeting image of my earthly days, Still the firm purpose of my heart may be Good to mankina and gratitude to ‘Thee. Abd while the page true resemblance bears Of all my changes through a lite of cares, Qh! let hot one talse deed here claim a pines, & means Of reaching time in Richmoud, working jor Mr. Thompson; | | sciousness, The consequence is [ become too curpu- | ichmond.’? He spent some but ‘the fit came upon bum,” and he disappeared jor a lew days. “He was next heard of at a fashionable drinking saloon, where be Was found explaining ‘Eureka’ to a motley crowd of bar- room loungers. He returned to his work again and made another effort to reform. He joined a temperance society and gave a iecture, which was attended by the best peo- pie of Richmond, He renewed acquaint- ance with a lady whom he haa loved in youth—and who 14 now a widow—and became engaged to her. He had but two things to do before tbey were married. deiphia and write @ preface for # volume of feminine poetry, and the other was to go to Kord- | ham and ietch Mrs. Clemm to the wedding. DEATH OF POS. “He started trom Richmond on the 2d or 24 of Octover, 184¥. He arrived at Balumore salely, but, between trains, unfortuuately touk @ drink with a friend, the consequence of which was that he was brougnt back irom Havre-de Grace in a state of delirium. It was the eve of an exciting municipal election, and as he wandered up and down the streets of Baltimore he was seized by the lawless agents of some political club and shut up ail nignt in @ cellar. The next morning ne ‘Was taken Out In @ state Of irenzy, drugged, and made to vote in eleven different wards, The fol- lowing day he was lound in a back room of a politi- cal headquarters and removed to a hospital. He was insensivie when foand, and remainea so until Sunday morning, October 7 ‘Tie doctor and nurse Were with him when he first stowed con- ‘Where am?’ be asked. The doctor answered, ‘You are cared for by your best friends.’ After a pause, during which he ap. eared to recall what had occurred and to realize ig situation, Poe replied, ‘My best triend would be the man'who would blow out my bratus.’ Within ten minutes he was dead. He was buried Westminster church. The funeral was attended by @ cousin, a member of the Baltimore Bur, a classmate, and @ Methodist minister, @ relative by marriage. The spot ohosen for his grave was near that of his grandiather, General Poe.” Mr. Stoddard has done his work well. At the same time the true lie of Poe remains to be writ- ten, and whoever wul do it will make @ contriou- tion (0 literature equal to Moore’s Life of Byron, Autumn Poetry. THOMAS B. ALDRICH. J. R, Osgood & Co. send us acomplete edition | of the poectical works of Mr. Aldricn. This gen- | tieman has long been a favorite among American authors, aithougn he has done nothing within the | last ten years to imcrease his reputation. Some of the poems in this volume have a certain celeb- rity—the “Ballad of Baby Bell,” ‘Before the Rain’? and “Palabras Carifiosas.”” The most ambitious poem in this collection is ‘Judith.” Aidricn’s and occasional lines which shew true poctic power; but in reading his verses we are con- stantly haunted by remembrances of Tennyson, Swinburne, Wordsworth and Poe. For instance :— ‘Then tears came welling to my eyes, For yonder all in saintly guise, As 'twere, u sweet dead womsa lies Upon the tressles. —Which is a recollection of both Hood and Swin- burne, And again:— A narrow stretch of brown sea sand, A lignthouse half a teague trom land, ‘And two young lovers, hand in hand, ‘A caste building. —Whieh is a remembrance of Tennyson. again :— Darkest of all Decembers that ever my life has known, sitting here by the embers stunned aud heipiess and jone. —Which is a remembrance of Poe. And so we might continue through the book, picking up here and there recollections siways graceful, but never | original, Sometimes we have affectations of rhetoric, which hardly seem to come within the range of true poetry, as these famous lines :— We knew it would rain, for all the morn A sprite on slender ropes of mist Was lowering its golden et down | vapory aineth | Nothing could be more crude than the whole | figure which pervades these lines, The ropes and the bucket, the description of toll involved tn it, | seem to be foreign to the true spirit of poetry. The best apeciinen of Mr. Aldrich's poetry is probably in the verses ‘Palabras Cariiosas,” a Spanish air, which we quote :— Good night! 1 have to say good nieht Jo such a host of peeriess things| Good night unto that fragile hand All queenly with its weight of rings; Good night to tond, uplitted eyes, Good night to chestnut breids of hair, Good night unto the periect mouth And To stain the futur agra ce 5 Nor yet one thought the faithful record sweil, But web as virtue may delight to tell. And ali the sweetness neatied there. The sLowy band detains met then Ti have to say good night again, Richard Henry Stoddard has made @ valuable contribution to English literature by publication of 8 new edition of Poe's poems, with @n original This book is handsomely printed, snd contains some poems that now appear tor the first time, with Poe's lecture on “The Poetic Principle,’ and a letter written by him in 1831, criticising bis It has always been a marvel that so little should have beep known about Poe—in some respects the lived would bave been in the vigor of One was to go to Phila- | On the 8th of Uctober in the burial ground of the | poetry is marked with taste, felicity of expression | But there will come a time, my to pears: Ste Seat T shail not linger by th Witi us ae am feed nigtat and |. itsot To own so much @ igo. bs 0 0 ‘pet on pa Ly Wnett both these snow: Tl have to say good night again we pose ther is re zon for the publication e su ere is & reason e ofsuch H book as the ‘Mysteries of the Manse,’’ by Dr. Holland, which has been sent us by Scrib- ner, but we cannot find the reason in reading tt Dr. ‘Holland occupies the same position in Ameri- can literature that Tupper does in tho Meratere oi Great Britain, He has more better Doetic expression than Tupper, but same sen- timent, the same placid Llp) indifferent, com monplace rhetoric mari styles of bot! Wwe read the ‘Mysteries of the Manse” from Degtareng to end without Onding a single idea that migh nos be copied from one-half the country news- papers. Gocastonally we find strange sentences Ran porases, ag ‘‘blood-llumined gloss,” “myriad- wheeling spheres,” “the pigeon. preened his ‘at breast," the vouch of an ohryem,” “the interposing weir of ledge, lent in purple oriole,” “love’s consummated crowning-time which her heart had ante-past,” and other alfecta- tions of style which only obscure the raring of the writer. Dr. Holiand’s book ts well printed, and has bad unusual commercial success, THB POETRY OF THE PERIOD. James Miller sends ‘Verses of Many Days,” vy 0, W, Stoddard. This volume is divided {nto three perie—Fiss “Verses of ;? second, “Verses of Not So Long Ago;” and third, “Later Verses.” The writer cosmopolitan in his nuis, for in reading the table of contents we fina the 1ollowing subjects:—“A Pay Sots, “Old John Brown, 1886," “Piauitudes,” “The Maiien’s Dream,” “Siranded,” “Painted Peaches,” “Geth- semane,” “The 'Keeter Bite,” “The We: of the Grey.” We get an idea of Mr. Stoddard’s style from the following :— ‘ jerness, a fxucele cost, On that red line he fought tt out, ‘The heart of The nation made its iron will Aman, and it Grantt And then again:— While in the yalley, Sherid: pa catiering Early's chai a irlin; the valle; Like foam vefore laugh ‘ae While Hood was pressing madly on In what he deemed pursuit; Aad Thomas would not shake the tree ‘Til ripe was all the fruit ‘These are about the best linesin the book, and our best wish for Mr. Stoddard would be that the President will accept the compliment intended in these verses, and by appointing him to a Post Office render any further poetic efforts unneces- sary. General Literature. CUSTER “ON THE PLAINS.’? “Life on the Plains,” by General vuster, ts one of the most interesting books that we have read cn this subject. Sheldon & Co., however, have succeeded in publishing it in such a manner a8 virtually to destroy its usefal- ness, They have given us # volume without a table of contents, without an index and without a single head iine to @ chapter. To read it is like walking through a wilderness without pathway or signpost. There is no sign nor indication of what the book embodies, Two hours’ editing and $50 extra cost would have doubled its value. As it is, General Custer has a right to complain of the nner in which the publishers have treated him. He tsa solater who nas bad more than usual op- portunities for studying Weatern life; the book is Juli of information and picturesque situations, written in a free, fowing, easy style, and should be one of the most valuable works of the season. As it is it loses half its value, and 1s an illustration of carelessness on the part of the publishers that should not be allowed to pass without censure. ‘WILD FOWL SHOOTING. J. B, Ford & Co, send us an interesting volume on wild fowl shooting, handsomely printed, fall of information, written in a clear, easy style, and should be of great value to sportsmen. The Messrs. Ford make a mistake in not giving an in- dex to their books, An index would add largely to the vaue of this book. It should be lsid aown asarale, we think, by all publishers that a work worta publishing 15 worth indexing. LIVINGSTONE. Jonn S. Roberts has published a handsome and attractive voiume giving the ilfe and explorations ol tue celebrated Dr, Livingstone, illustrated with @ steel engraving of the distimguished explorer, which brings Luto strong relief the honesty, pious fortitude and unbending zeal of his character, ‘This book also lacks an index, but contains all that 18 known about the later years of | the Doctor’s life, his discovery by Mr, Stanley, | bis imvestigations, the expedition sent to ssist him ang bis deatu; and the book is a valu- ble contribution to our knowledge oi Alrica, and more especially to the lie and achievements of | the memorable traveller whose name will ever be associated with missionary work im that country, THEOLOGIACL BOOKS. We have several vooks that have been sent us concerning the religious discussion. Dr. Smith's “Notes onthe Second Plenary Council at Baiti- more” i a valuable manual of Catholic faith, The “flandbook o1 the Geuerai Conventions,” by Dr. Perry, gives a history of the foundation of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America, irom the consecration of Bishop Wiite in 1786 to the resent time. The oistory of the foundation of ne Uburch in America, after the Revolutionary War, is interesting. When the Revolution had been effected a convention held in 1786 adopted @ letter written by Hon. John Jay, addressed to the archbishops and bishops o1 the Church of England, asking for the consecration of bishops. ‘This letter waa written on June 26, 1786, and to | this a reply was addressed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, in which they consented to consecrate three bishops for America, who might consecrate Others at their return, On the 2d of November, 1766, the Rev, Drs. White aud Provoost sailed jor Engiand, and on the 4th of February, 1787, were solemuly consecrated in the chapel of | Lambeth Palace. The two archbisiops and three | others united in the imposition of hands, ana | thugs was accomplished “the solemn act which | conterred the aposiolic succession on the Amert- | can candidates.” There is a brief sketch of each | of the conventions from that time to the present. day. Tne Rey. Dr. Hopkins sends nine- teen sermons devoted to the instruc- | tion of young men. The subjects he treata | are zeal, enlargement of life, _ periect | love, seil-dental and so on. The style is clear and earnest, the rhetoric sometimes pretentious, but breathing a generous cosmopolitan spirit. Mr. Whittaker sends seven sermons on “Christian | Truth and Modern Upinion,” preached in New | York by various clergymen of the Episcopal Church, Bishop Clark’s sermon on tmmortality, from the text “fis mortal must put on immur- | tality,’ 1 the most striking in the series, tue | lesson of it being “that @ Roly Life is the surest | protection against doubt and unbeliel.”” Dr. Cot- ton Smith preaches against evolution in favor of a | personal Creator and governor of the universe. | SPIRITUALISM, Dr. Crowell's book on Spiritualism, of which we have only the first volume, is an eiaporate, inter- esting volume, giving an account of tne author's stodies on this extraordinary subject. The effort ofthe book is to prove that the higher teachings of modern Spiritualism are identical with the teachings of Christianity. Dr. Crowell believes fn spirit manifestation apd mediumship, and speaks of having tested Charles H. Foster, whom he regards as “one of the most accomplished clair- | voyant mediums known,” on sixty or ty oc~ casions, and having rarely found btm at /ault. Dickens he regards as an Rinne nti medium,” and Thackeray he velieves to have been assisted by the spirit of a Frenchman while writing some of the French characters in bis works, The prophet Samuel was a medium, and George Fox, jounder of the Order of Friends. Wesley he believes to have been healed by spiritual power, and this also led to the liberation of Peter from prison, to | Samson breaking the cords, to the leeding of the five thousand by Cnrist, Bilsha leeding one nunared men and the raising of the dead, There 1s a singular chapter upon prophecy, the author reciting an occasion when he learned from the spiriss that in three years he would receive @ certain legacy, @ predic- tion which came true. Altogether Dr, Crowell ives us some extraordinary statements, although ia book is crudely written and is simply a gata- ering of rumors, suggestions and stories, without scientific analysis, The whole subject is very curious, and, while Dr, Crowell has added a great deal of information to it, we do not see that :t en- ables us to arrive at a clear conclusion. “The Story of a House," which Osgood senas us, {ea translation by Mr. Towie of @ French book that nag made @ good impression in France, It purports to be the buiiding of @ house, going through every process of the work In ciear narra- | uve style. It is beautifully printed, filled with | suggestive iiiustrations and is one of the most ate tractive and useiul books of the season, LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. A big biography of the Prince Consort Albert 1s | being prepared by Mr. Theodore Martin, the first | voiume to be published about Christinas. Mr. Gostwick, who wrote @ handbook of German Iiterature, will soon do up “The German Poets and Their Times.” Stenhouse’s “Rocky Mountain Saints” has been ‘reprinted in London. The revisea translation of the Bible has ad- vanced more than half way toward completion, ‘The latest marvel of cheapness is the complete poems and tragedies of Janies Thomson Jor pence. The Saturday Review says of General Sherman's chapter on the ‘Military Lessons of the War that “it teems with practical wisdom put in a aor and agreaania form It dauaewaa atnae wherever the Mmr-spreading tongue {fe spoken, or which the suthor is hardly less master than of the sword.’ “A Peep at Mexico: Narrative of a Journey Across the Repubiio in 1873-74," {a # book just out {n London, by J. Lewis Geiger. The book ts fall of information, but is far from amusing. BOOKS RECEIVED. ARamble Around the World, By M. le Baron de Hubner; translated by Lady Herbert. Py. 657. New York: Macmilian & Co. The English Im Ireland in the Eighteenth Cen- tury. By James Anthony Froude. & vols, New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co. The Genesis of the New England Oharchés, By Leonard Bacon, With tlustrations, New York: Barper & Bros. The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL. D. By Jobn 8. Roberta, Boston: 8. B. Russell, 65 Cornhill. American Wild Fowl Shooting; Describing the Haunts, Habits and Methods of Shooting Wild Fowl, particularly those of the Western States of America, By Joseph W. Long. New York: J. B. Ford & Oo. Nathantel Vaughn, Priest and Man. By Frede- Tika Macdonald. New York: Asa K. Butis & Co., No. 36 Dey street. My Life on the Plains; or, Personal Expenences with lnaians, By General G. A. Custer, U.S. A. New York: Sheldon & Co. The History of the Character and Achievements of the So-Called Christopher Columbus, By Aaron Goodrich. With nomerous illustrations and an appendix. New York: D, Appleton & Co. The Story of a Honse. Transiated from the Frenoh of Viollet-le-Duc by George M, Towle. Mustrated by the author. Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co. Norwood; or, Village Lifein New England, By Henry Ward Beecher. With illustrations, New York: J. B. Ford & Co. Linley Rocheford, A noveL By Justin Mc- Carthy. New York: Sheldon & Uo. Ebon and Gold. A novel. By C. L. M. New York: G. W. Carleton & Go. A Modern Cressida. By Francis Ashton. And On the Church Steps. By Sarah ©. AMallowell. Philadelphia: J, B. Lippincott & Co. The Pictorial Tower of London. By Willlam Harrison Ainsworth. With 93 large engravings. Philadelphia: T. B, Peterson, What Might Have Been Expected. By Frank R. Stockton, author of “Roundabout Rambles.” Witn illustrations by Sol Eytinge, Sheppard, Hallock, Beard and others. New York: Dodd & Mead. Fast Friends. By J. F. T. Trowbridge. With illustrations. Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co. Camors. A love story. Translated from the French of Octave Feuillet. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson. The Heathens of the Heath. William McDonnell, No, 835 Broadway. The Cloth of Gold and other Poems. Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co. The Mystery of the Manse. By J. G. Holland. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co, Verses of Many Days. William 0, New York: James Miler. Notes on the Second Plenary Council o: Balti- more, By the Rev. S, Smith, New York: P, ovshea. Strength and Beauty. Discussions for Young Men. By Mark Hopkios, D. D, New York: Doda & Mead. A Handbook of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church; giving its history and constitution from 1785 to 1874. By William Stevens Perry, D.D. New York: Thomas Whit- taker, No. 2 Bible House, The Breath, or Diseases which give it a Fetid Odor; with Directions for Treatment. By J. We Howe, M.D. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Christian Truth and Modern Opinion. Seven sermons preached in New York by clergymen of the Protestant Episcopal Charch. New York: Thomas Whittaker. The Identity of Primitive Christianity and Mod- ern Spiritualism. By Eugene Crowell. In two volumes. Volume L New York: G. W. Carleton & Co, Issues of the Age; or Consequences [nvoived in Modern Thought. By Henry Pedder. New York: Asa K, Butts, No. 36 Dey street. Life: Conferences delivered at Toulouse by the Rey. Fatner Lacordaire. Translated trom the French by Senry D. L, Langdon, New York: P, u’snea. The Birth and Triumph of Love, with illustra- tions, after Bartolozzi and Tomkin, New York ; G. W. Carleton & Co. Among the Trees. By Wiliam Cullen Bryant. New York: G. H. Putnam & Sons. Poems. By Edgar Allen Poe, with an original memorial py R, H. Stoddard. Illustrated. New York: W. J. Widdleton, The Life and Adventares of Rear Admiral John Paul Jones, commonly called John Paul Jones, By John 8. O, Abbott. Illustrated. New York: Dodd & Mead. Grace for Grace. Letters of Rev, William James, New York: Dodd & Mead. Paraciete, an Essay on the Personality and Min- istry of the Holy Gnost, New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co. Animal Mechanism, A treatise on terrestrial ana serial locomotion, By E. J. Marey, Professor of the College of France, With 117 illustrations, New York: D. Appleton & Co. David, King of Israel; His Life and Its Lessons. By the Rev. William M. Taylor, D. D., minister of the Broadway Tabernacle, New York. New York: Harper & Bros. Oriental and Linguistic Studies. By William Dwight Whitney, Professor of Sanscrit and Com- parative Philology in Yale College. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co. From My Youth Up. By Marion Harland. York: George W. Carleton & Co, Progressive Petticoats; or, Dressed to Death, The Autoblograpby of a Married Man. By Robert B. Roosevelt. New York: G. W. Carleton & Oo. Esther Maxwell’s Mistake; a Story Founded on Fact. New York: National Temperance Society Publication House. The Lite Uruise of Captain Begg Adams; a Tem- perance Tale. By Julia McNair Wright, York: National Temperance Society Publication House. Memoirs of Jobn Quincy Adams, Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1948, Edited by Charles Francis Adams, Vol wl, Philadelphia: J. B, Lippincott & C BOOK TRADE BALB. It Ia usual in the book trade to have at least three sales a year for the accommodation of large buyers, and the meeting on such occasions is looked upon by those interested more as a reunion for the interchange of views on general business topics than @ mere trip to New York for the pur- A Romance. By New York: D. M. Bennett, Stoddard. New days. The two first named are general and the latter 1s special. On Tuesday morning, December 1, this sale commences at the salesrooms of Messrs. George A. Leavitt & Co., in Clinton Hall, and will last five days. ‘the catalogue embracing Deariy 300 pages, con- tains contributions of holiday books for presenta- tion, consisting of every theme, by the best kaown authors, Among the contributors are Messrs. D, Appleton & Co., of New York and Buston; T. B kuap, ohn K. Potter & Co., Philadelph Clark & Maynard, New York; Wiluam F, Gill & Co., Boston; J. Milton Ferry, New York; George A. Leavitt, New York; &. Worthington & Co., Boston; James KR, Osgood & Co., successors to Ticknor, Field & Co,, Boston; Uarter & Pettie, Boston; James Miller, New York; Shaeffer & Kor- adi, Pniladeiphia; Scribner, Welford & Armstrong, New York; Dodd & Mead, New York; Virtue & Yorston, hew York; Alex. Murray & o., and Ward, Lock & Tyler, London, England; William W, Swayne, New York and Brooklyn; | Henry Southeran & Co., London, England; Marcus Dowd, Lexington; Gebbie & Barrie, Philadelphia; KE. B. Treat, New York; Henry L. Hinton & Co., New York; M. Thalmessinger oO Jonn L. Kerr, Alexandria; Charles New Bedford; John Gibson, New York Blakeslee & Noyes, Boston; Caldwell & bo. York; Joseph Hoover, Puiladeiphia; G. W. Fisher, ester, N, Y.; Kugene Cummuskey, Philadel- , New id a number of books to be sold at this sale ee of valuable 8 . Appleton & 0., who are closing out outa manmae =! ='aeit DUAIDESS. New | chase of goods. These trade sales come off in the | spring, fall and just before the Christmas holi- , _ THE POLITICAL SAMSON. Mayor Havemeyer’s Plot for New Year’s Eve. Pulling Down the Reform Temple. To Tas Bpiror or ram HERALD:— Mayor Havemeyer evidently remembers the famous after-ainner speech of Governor Yates, of this State. Om the eve of his retirement frou office the citizens of Albany gave him a banquet. Like Mayor Havemeyer as Mayor, so Yates as Gov~ ernor, had been wretchedly incompetens Im response to the toast of his ealth Governor Yates said, with extreme natvete and entire oblivious- ness of the true meaning of bis words, “Ihave the proud consciousness of knowing as I came into office by the unanimous voice o1 my constituents, Lieave it with their unanimous consent,” A STREET CAB CONVERSATION. Some time ago, and about the time of the meet ing of the nominating conventions, the Mayor rode om the Eignth avenue cars, and accosted an old friend, wno was reading a bewspaper, with this question:—“What do you think of my chances of renomination.” The friend answered :—“It is not time yet to think of that.” The Mayor responded :— “Why, the nominating conventions meet next week.” “Yes; but,” added the citizen, with « rogulsh twinkle in his eye, “your time for renowe- ination only occurs every quarter of a century.’? THE MAYOR'S LAST OFFICIAL DAYS. The Mayor 1s, however, painfully awake to the consciousness that his time for mischief and botheration 1s nearly over, He does not quite realize that his political eyes are about to be put out, As Samson was entirely won over by the Philistines, so the Mayor, being in the hands of the Philistines and having @ hide like Samson’s, he has thought that it would be a good thing for him to pull down the municipal temple while he has et the strength to grasp the pillars, even though t should bring down ruins that would overwhelt= him, THE MAYOR'S PLOT. It 1s stated in municipal circies that the Mayor has hatched anotner plot to blow a pot off the neads of those departments that are inimical to him, and for which itis said that he has the concur. rence and co-operation of Comptrolier Green's brains, Itisessentially one of those Havemeverish, dog-in-the-manger moves for which he nas re- cently been distinguished. There bave been as painstaking efforts to keep this plot within the secret chambers of the brain of the concoctors as. there were to conceal the recent strategic m ments arranged by Comptrolier Green against the Corporation Counsel and Commiasioner of Publio Works, which met with such disastrous failure. Bet how fratl are all the devicea of the most cun- ning men when the irresistible pressure of HERALD enterprise is brought to bear upon them. This stupendous mischie! to the common good Of the city. which is now secretly plocting, ts waiting only for the maturement of time to declare a fact we now reveal. The Mayor’s plan is to remove the heads of the city departments by the agency of Governor, He has already ascertained that Governor D1x will not indorse him in anything that he may do, He bad a taste of Centennial Dix’s Ormuess in the refusal of the latter to ro- move the Armory Commissioners. But be pro- poses torely upon Governor Tilden. “but how can tbis be done,” may weil be asked, “when Til den wul not be Governor while Havemeyer is ayor 7 The Mayor is equal to tnis difcalty when he “gets his Dutch up.” The section of the charter reads a8 follows :— ‘The heads of all departments may be removed for cause, and after opportunity to be heard. However, Detoré such ramoval shall take effect, the approval of the Governor shall be expressed in writing. The Mayor shall in all cases communicate to the Governor in writ- ing the reasons of the removal. ‘The Mayor remembers that though incumbents die officers donot, His pian is to remove Com- missioners Van Nort, Geta Duryee,. Laimoeer, Bowen, John Wheeler, and an od- noxious Fire Commissioner. Daring the Christ- mas week he will give these parties an opportu- nity to be heara. law makes nim the judge of the cause, and of the opportunity of hearing. He has found out thatit is only necessary to give them an opportunity to be heard; it is not necessary to hear them. THE LAST PULL. wThe Mayor goes out of office om the same day that Governor Tilden is inaugurated. On the, evening of Thursday the Mayor removes each of the obnoxious heads of the departments and communicates to the Governor his reasons for the removals. He addresses his letter not to Governor Dix, nor Samnei J. Tilden, but to the Governor of the State o! New York, in the words of the charter. He mails his letter just in time to reach Governor Tilden. The Governor will be Tilaen when he receiyes the notice of these removals, The opportunity will be “offered to improve the mot of Governor Marcy, that has. now passed into a proverb, “To the victors belong the spotis,” which Mr. Tilden, as a@ youthful mem- ber of the ci Te Regency, has always subscribed to. Governor Tilden, of course, says, “Well, this old fossil has taken the responsibility before the public and the world of removing these men. As the last election New York pronounced in favor of & democratic Mayor, why should I not leave the responsibility of removal on Havemeyer? I will give to my friend and coadjuter, Wickham, the Opportunity of filling the vacancies. I, therefore, will approve of this.” Governor Tilden thereupon sends down in writing his approval to Mayor Wick- ham, addressing his communication to “The Mayor of New York.” Thus the king never diea, though cabinets fo change. Thus by this little piece of stratecy the anti- quated mson of New York puils blindly down the fair and stately structure that reform had pallt and embellished with so much honest and unfaltering care. AN OLv HAND. MUNIOIPAL NOTES, Mayor-elect Wickham has concluded his tour ot the different city departments with a view of ob taining the most reliable information as to their operations. Yesterday he calied upon Mayor Havemeyer. . He will soon go to work upon his annual and inaugural message, which promises to be a concise and business document, full of good advice and practical, common sense views, The complicated condition of our municipal affatrs at present will demand @ careful and intelligent executive head. Mr. Wickham’s business training as a shipping and jeweiry merchant may develop os very essential tratis in his coming adminis- ‘ation. ‘The City Haliclock was stopped on Friday and up to the hour of one yeste y, an artist ascended the cupola and to rigots, This stoppage was rumored as another ruse on the part of Mayor Havemeyer to prolong hia term of office indefinitely, but “old Father Time” getting wind of the affair, through a hint from Yammany Hall, the second conspiracy was defeated by @ process Similar to that narrated in Jast Sunday’s HERALD. The subscriptions in this city for the sufferers by the recent tornado {nm Alabama, do notseem to pour in very rapidly. Mayor Havemeyer yester- day received a donation for this object of $50 irom the N, M. Raymond Manufacturing Company. In addition, this firm sent a@ despatch to an under- taker, in Tuscumbia, to bury all the dead whose friends were unaole to discharge this mournfal duty. An answer to the despatch was also re- | ceived yesterday, stating that the order had been properly attended to. Marshal Conkling re:orts 190 licenses granted during the past week, for whtch were received $411 25; also 100 permits issued and $127 received irom this item, THE EXOISE DEPARTMENT, The business of the Excise Department was pot so lively a8 om Friday, yet it was greater than upon any other day fora longtime. The effect of the Schwab case on the affairs of that department is well shown by the following tabular statement of the number of licenses applied for and tue amounts of money received daily during the week :— Applications. Amount. November 23... male $120 November 44.. Bb 328 goveapee yl ib te vember 27, 5 November 23. a7 3.845 Totals... $17,508 ‘This money the Excise Commissioners will pay to the Clty Chamberiain immediately, and it will then be at the command of the Board of Appor- tionment for disposition among the charitable in+ stitunons, OFF FOR EUROPE. A large number of passengers sailed yesterday for Europe, and the cargoes shipped indicave a lively state of business, The Anchor line steamer Utopia carried out 16 cabin and 347 steerage pas- sengers and acargo consisting of sour, cotton, grain, provisions and merchandise, The America, of the German Lioyd line, sailed with 85 cabin and 150 sceerage passengers and a considerable cargo of provisions and merchandise. The Gaelic, of the White Spar line, carries nothing but freight, which consists of grain, bacon, cheese, flour, apples, iard and 47 bags of United States mail. The Queen, of the Nationul line, carried out 23 cabin and over 300 steerage passengers and @ large misccllancous cargo. It wil be observed that the refux of emt- gration still continues and that the country if still being drained of much of tts vatuabie lavor. Many o! (he steerage passengers, however, merely led themselves of the reduced rates for the parpose of visiting their “old folks at home,” and will s00n return to the United States,