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——. THE BOOK WORLD. What the Boston Publish- | ers are Doing. CHATS ABOUT fe eS BOOKS “The Village Surgeon,” “For Better or Wor: “The Mystery,” “Bric-a-Brac.” BosTon, Mss., March 4, 1875. The book trade of this city is pretty much ata standstill, and were mine enemy to write a book, Just now, he would have a tolerably hard time in getting the public to buy it, Not that the people of the modern Athens have suddenly sto; ped im- proving their minds, or ave adopted the the®ry advanced by Festus in the case o! Paui—that much | reading might make them mad and are acting in Mf-defence—but that, Places else in these times, they have come to the conclusion that 8 dvliar is a doilar, and that it is more availapie In that shape for general temporal needs than a work on weology, however ortho. 0x, or a 16mo novel. There 1s, besides, a natural revulsion in the business, coming as a matter of course, and in no sense operating as a wet blanket upon, the minds or plans Oo! the various pub- ushers, The fall trade was excelent, much better than was expected at its opening, and houday purchasers thinned out the shelves of the dealers to @ Manner which must have been emine:tly eatisfactory aiter the dull summer of last year. The fall iists of our prominent publishers con- tained some oO! the best works issued in this city for years, and the demand for certain of them has constantly been on the increase. There were, of course, some miscarriages. A stroll among the second-hand book stails on Washington street aud Cornuill gives a pretty accurate idea of those volumes which died in press, Publishers are liane to errors of judgment lke everybody else, and very Oiten, a book in print is hardly the book it seemed in manuscript. In some Quarters there is & gentle stir- ring of the waters, and occasional announce- ments show that the temporary indisposition of | the pubiic to tuvest in literature has affected the more prominent firms in the trade only in the [re- quvency and character of their publications. Ina brisk season publishers can unioad a great deal of second quality staff upon the market; but no shrewd publisher would dare to throw a poor book upon the trade in @ dull season. It would not only be ruinous to his pocket but to his reputa- tion. OUR PUBLISHERS IN GENERA. Most of the announcements Just made or avout to be made are confined to haifa dozen out of our score or more publishing firms, and are of books about the success of wnich there hangs no possi- bility of msk. Roberts Brothers are doing very little, and will probably lle contentealy or discon- ventedly upon their oars until a change of the tide. Estes & Lauriat issue an occasional volume. Al- though a young firm, the members are old in ex- perience, and never put their imprint upon any- thing that Ravors of doubt. W. F. Gill & Co. have Closed up their last fall’s announcements and are now waiting for better times. D. Lothrop & Co., ope of our most energetic publishing firms, seem luke the people of most | to be little affected by ihe prevailing stagnaticn, | @nd put forth a very liberai list of proposed pub- Neations. -So with Henry Hoyt, the Congrega- onal Publishing Society and other publishers of religious literature. IN DETAIL. Hard & Houghton, whatever the times may be, keep ihe preases at Riverside toleravly busy though their present range of publications is far trom being & wide one, There is a constant call jor their standard editions of Dickens and Cooper; their law work 18 rapidly growing, and what new books they publish may be safely reckoned as among the necessaries of mental life. Uf ate tne firm has been devoring its best energies to push- ing the Alantic, which was never beiore tn s0 prosperous a condition. Their list of announce- ments for the spring trade is not yet ready. It willbe small, for the firm believe in making the Most of what they have, instead of trasting to uo- certain ventures, at least in times like these. The March list of Lee & Shepard Inciudes a re- mMarkable work by N. L. Thieoln upon “Spain and the Spaniards ;" remarkable, Lecause tn these days of ufiversal authorship It is unusual to find a book written by one who has a thorough acquaintance With his subject. Mr. Thieblin was formerly a writer on the Pall Mall Gazette, and as special cor- respondent went through the Franco-Pragsian war. Upon the breaking out of the Spanish trenbles be went to Madrid, ana after a reaidence of several months, during which time his eyes and pen were constantly employed. he penetrated through the lines to the Cariist camp. Here he was thrown into daily companionship with the chjefs of the insurrection and became Jamihar with their plans. For eignteen months of this time he acted as special correspondent of the HERALD, giving in his letters the clearest and most reliable account of the late troubles in Spain that bas been yet published. It is the cream of this correspondence that goes ft make up the present volume. American novel readers have become within the past two or three years toler- ably well acquainted with Mrs, Katherine Sedg- wick Washbura, whose “Italian Girl” anda -Ina’ were 80 weil received at the time of publication: The former has just parsed to a second” edition, and the publishers now announce & new novel by the same hana—‘‘Perfect Love Casteth Out Fear.” Petroleam VY. Nasby’s book, “The Morals of Abon Ben Adhem,” announced last vecember and postponed on account of the author's desire to add | to it, whl be issued this month, and we are also promised “The Lover, and Other Miscellanies,”’ by Richard Steele, edived by Jonn E. Babson (four folio), Our Boston Elia, This volume was aiso an- nounced a couple of months ago, bug its publicas tion wis delayed through the liiness of Mr. Bab- #00, who is now sufficiently recovered to complete the work, Not to be altogether overlooked is “Warrington’s Manual,” compiled by William 8. Robingon, former Clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, which is designed to supersede the volame by the lamented Cushing, 60 long the terror of rural members of State jJegisiatures and country lyceums, Higginson’s “Young Folks’ Hi-tory of the United states,’? issued @ month since, has proved an immense snecess, Seven large editions have already bee dssved, and the publishers have yet been unable to Gill their orders. Tne book is a charming story, Into Which dates and statistics are so skufally woven as to be almost overshad- owed py the interest in the narrative, and yet they are there as plain and palpable to the searcher as those in the dryest text book ever recommended by @ school committee. volume lies in the fact that the author lays more #iress upon incidents of peace than ot war in tracing the growth and progress of the nation, One of the “happy thonghts’ of J. R. Osgooa & Co, at the opening of last season was “The Little Classics,” a serics Which has become immensely popular with the trade and the public. ‘Th cream of Engiish and American literature has been skimmed to fii these dainty litue volumes, the Jatest of which 18 now in press, tv is entitied “Romance,” and will contain ‘fhe Story of Ins,’ trom Di Holmes’ “Proiessor at the Breakiast Table; “The Rosicrucian,” by Miss Mulock: “The South Breaker,” by Harriet Pres, cott Spoffore ; “The Snowstorm, by John Wilson, and “The King of the Peak,’ by Aclan Cunning: ham. Professor Greg’s work, “Kocks Ahead; or, the Warnings of Cassandra,” which has created #O great an excitement in Hngldnd, is announced for early appearance by the game firm, ‘The articles of which itis made up, oMginally appeared an one of the British reviews, They treat upon the commercial, social, industrial and political future Of Great Britain, which the author finds decidedly unpromising, his conviction being that sie is Tapidly nearing the end of her resources, and Uhat the tendency is toward democratic anarchy. Another important work of this firm (now in press) is the second volume of “Probiems of Life n6 Mind.” by G. MW, Lewes. the Lusband oj George | The peculiarity of the | | troubles and ts apparently laying a foundation for | makes him appear dreadfally egotistical and a “tne details of his life are not cured ‘or. | What he does tell is gossipy and interesting. Not, ana author of “The Story of Goethe's Life."? The work is good, strong, metaphysical meat—an endeavor to ponetrate the domain of the um known and find solid foundation for a reasonable | and trustworthy creed, ‘The young firm oj Henry L, Shepard & Co, seems | to have fully recovered trom its temporary | Its most noticeable work Das just been tssned, and though tt appeais to but | & single class, and that avery small one, in the | entire country, the first edition has been neariy | exhausted by orders, though not yet out of the | hands of the binde: It ts a “History of the — Untied States Marine Corps,” by M, Almy Aldrich, | from official reports and documents compiled by | Captain RK. S. Callum, of whe marine service. | | | permanent prosperity. While there has been no lack of historians to re- cord the deeds «f the reguiar army and navy, the marine corps, a8 @ distinctive branch of the | Dational service, has had to depend upon casual mention contained in naval reports and other oMcial documents, The author bas covered the | ground very eflectually, and in the pages of the | volume in qnestion has recorded the services of the dead and tne effictency of the living officers and men whose names mike up the roil of those who have served as marines since the Continental Congress tirst authorized the formation of the corps, @ century ago. | In glancing over the press sheets we find some curious facts. The United States Marine Corps came into exisience belore the organization of the regutar navy. Before a single American war vessel went to sea ft Was recognized as an arm of the service. On the 10th of November, 1775, Congress passed a resolution organizing two battalions of marines, and irom that day to this the corps has borne its part, and sometimes more than its part, in the | struggles vi the pation, | | ‘The same firm are to shortly oring out a new edition of “The Little People of Gd,” under a new name. Notwithstanding the tact that several of our best American poets—Longiellow, Whittier | and Lowell among them—turnished origi)al poems for the volume when 1t was first pablisned, there seemed to be a lack of appreciation on the part of the public, and the first addition was barely ex- hausted, Possibly the cuange of name may work acure. © Gossir, Miss Acelatde Traiton, whose ‘American Girl Abroad” produced sach a sensation last season, 13 at work upon a new volume, but whetner a novel, @ book of travels or a coillection‘o! essays not even her publishers yet kuow, Richard J, Hinton, the well known Washington correspondent, 19 how in this city and busy upon @ work entitled, “Lives of Eminent English Radi- cais” It ts to form the second volume of a series of biographical works to be eaited by T. W. Hig- ginsen, who surnished the .nitia. volume. CHATS ABOUT BOOKS. A NEW BRIC-A-BRAC VOLUME. w stir the fire and close the shuiters fast, Let tall the curtains, whee! the sofa round,” quoted the Doctor, drawing hisown chair up he- fore the horary fire. “Tnis sudden change in the weather has kept me as busy as the cold snap | Kept the plumbers. I sincerely nope that no pvor creature will need my services to-nignt, for | have been riding around In tne wind and rain all day long, and now !am ready to enjoy a quiet chat about books. Well, I suppose you have been en- joying that advance copy o! the next vric-A-brac volume which Fred brought trom Scribner, Arm- strong & Co.’s the other day, ‘Personal Reminis- cences,’ by Moore and Jerdan (taking the book off the table’ and turning the leaves); it look very interesting, Here are the Maclise portraits of Moore. Scott, Jerdan and Hogg. How clean they are!”* The MOrnER—I think this is one of the very best Of the series, Moore’s diary particolariy. Mr. Stoddard must haye had bis bands full in bolling Ube Juice out of the eight original volames, FRLicta—I dop’t like the way in which Mr. Stod- dard speaks about Moore tn his preface. He trifer. He says that he has ceased to charm, and Frep—Tnat is just where Mr. Stoddard is mis- taken. I don’t believe that Moore will ever get to be tiresome, Id0 not deny that he thoaght wei! o; himsels, but where is the poet who 1s not hke himin that particular? and be may have beena butterfly in the sense that he gathered the honey | from every opening flower. Moore was a genuine | Irishman ; he enjoyed life and was happy and light- hearted and made friends wherever he went. The MOTHER—I have peculiar feelings toward Tom th I have so often heard your aunt Mannering speak of him, She knew him very well and has beard him sing his own ballads many atime. He was a consiant visitor at her house in London, She used to say that Tom Moore's presence was like sparkling Wine at a dinner table. FRED—Mr. Stoddard's preface s@ot very tnvit- ing; he rather sneers at Moore, altuough he says there {8 a freshness end sparkle in his journal which he does not find in hig poetry, and ne uints that Jerdan ts somewhat tiresome, Feticia—Coming afyer Moore’s gayety and fon Jerdan does seem a httle dull, but who would not? J never read anything so ill of amusing anecdote, By the way, he speaks of many of tie same characters with whom we have already be- come familiar in “Some Old Letters,” published io | Seridbner’s Monthly. Mis3 RACHBL—Moore seems to have been very intimate with Byron, but be does not tell us mach that is pew or important about him, altiougn | The Docron—Apything, no matter how trivial, that throws light upon the character of suv great a | genius as Byron is important, FreD—Moore’s duel with Jeffrey was rather a unique way to meet an adverse criticism. J think that our critics would be completely riddied with builets if that practice ever vecame popular in this country. FeLicla—About the coolest thing I ever read 13 that story, told asa fact-by Sir Walter Scott, of a man who made a bargain to sell a subject (a young child)#o a surgeon; bis bringing it at night in a bag; the surgeon’s surprise at hearing it cry out; | the man then saying, “Oh, you wanted it dead, did you /” and stepping behind a tree and killing it. Scott was at the man’s trial, Frep—Another cool thing, but in o different way, was that of Sheridan taking the gig of a aun, who was patiently awaiting him in the parior, and driving to town in it, Sheridan remarked during the course of hise brilliant career that vanity is the giant passion. “Save me from this passion and J can dety the others.” FELICIA—Mi8s Edgeworth told Moorea story of a man whose fate depended upon getting a happy man to yive him ‘the shirt from his back, He passed unsuccessiully through many countries. At last, in lveland, he met with a happy man, and, in nis impatience, proceeded to tear the shirt trom bis back, but found he had none, Miss RachEL—Inat anecdote about a French | transiation irom the Engitsh is good, in som work where it Was said “the air was so clear t! we could distinctly see a bellwether on the op- posite hill,’ the transiator made “bvell-wetner”? le beau temps. | The Docrok—Here 1s a very true thing that | Moore says:—‘‘Men of business pemg (from their speculations, | suppose) the greatest of ail castie vailaers; we poets are nothing to them.” Vrep—I wink that this is one of thé funniest things in the book, Aman brimful of all temper, coming Out of &room where he had lost all hia Money at play, SAW & person (a periect stranger to bim) tying bis shoe at the top of the stair; “Damn yon,’ said he, “you're always tying your shoe,” and kicked tim down stairs, The Docrox—That is capital; it so perfectly describes the unreasonabieness of an angry man. Tosee a person plicidly tying his shoe when he felt So irritated Was the last straw. Miss RacHeL—Jerdan’s reminiscences are not 80 Anecdotal as Moore's, but they are very enter- taining. He telis one good story of the poet Campbell, Who passed the night at@ country inn somewhere in Scotland, He had been stopped by the weather in the afternoon, haa dined, and tu- dulged himsel! with a toothpick to while away the idie half-hour, Enter chambermaid, “sir, if ye please, are ye dune with the toothpick? “Why do you atk? J suppose I May pick away as long as , ine tie diary of a physician to be. | erate novel reader 48 you, | exacting, | first part of the story. | Know or understand the other. I fixe! “Oh dear na, sir! for it belongs to the { Dave made a pretty decent sort of busband, ay | club, and thae hae been met Amaist an hour !” FELICIA—That 16 about on a par with that famtly in which we boarded one summer, that kepta toothbrush tied to the pump, and each member would come out In turn, wash and clean nis teeth with the same brush. The MoTHER—I remember that circumstance, anda, by the way, they all had remarkably fine veeth. Mias Racnet—I think that we have all thor- eughly enjoyed this volume. Idon’s know how I should have passed this “long, long, weary day” Without it, and it bas given us a very pleasant evening. The bric-A-brac series {9 an established institution now, and I only hope it will grow into @ library belore it 1s finished, THE VILLAGE SURGEON. Fe.icta—Mother, here 18 a book you will like; I found it among a lot of English books on Fred's table and have spent the morning reading tt. The MOTHER—What is the name of the delightful story? FeLicia—“The Village, Surgeon.!? The MorHgR—I belleve hes a brother of Fred- eric Locker, who has written some very pretty wrs de sovidté, What is Mr. Locker’s book like sinc you recommend it 60 ligaly? FELICIA—|t 18 Not exactly what you would imag- There 1s only enongh of the “shop” about It to answer the pur- pose of the story, and itis written just as any | young tellow, with more than the usual amount of brains, would write a journal, Matthew Aliar- dyce is not a very sentimental young man, and although he does stop now and then to make a comment or heave a sigh, he 1s never tiresome. His love story is written m such @ touch-and-go sort of style that I was along time in finding out what were the real state of his affections. The MoTHER—Are there no exciting adventures? It seems to me that a youvg physician should bave | @ great many to relate, Feicia—Ihe story 18a very quiet one at the time the dary 18 written, and the scene 1s laid in a small village, where the writer settied down into respectability. He had passed rather a wild and stormy youth as a medical student in London, and later in California and Texas, He had, too, love affairs in his youth, to which he refers. One of these turned out badly for bis peace of mind, though he did nothing that an honorable gentle- map would not have done. I dia not altogether sympathize with his last affair, altnougn the woman Wasa dear, good creature. Butit seems to me there must have beeg something lacking in @ woman who would have married such a bloated old hulk as her first husband, He had not a re- deeming trait. I must not teil you the story, though, 1f you are going to read it. The MorueR—You have only told me of the hero and the heroine, Are there no other characters ? VELIcIA—Yes, and good ones too, The best of these is Mrs. Colyer, a talkauve, blustering sort of woman, whose heart, however, was in the right Place. She is very well drawn, and reminds one of people that one meets once in awhile. Her son, Joseph, is not particularly interesting; but he , showed bis good sense in hktug tnat favorite gue of mine, spelling words with mixed letters, which Allardyce got so mad ‘at every time he brought itout. Old Hartland isa good sketch of his kind; but the charm of the book is the easy and graceful way in which it is written, all the time that Allarayce is a real man, his jour- nal is so natural. He has no crimes to confegs or No hairbreadth escapes to relate; yet he interests ies the reader in every page. The MorHeR—It takes a clever writer to do that, Fe.icta—Mr. Locker ts unquestionably a clever man. It is seldom that so good an editor is so good a writer. He commands the best language and writes jike a gentleman who 1s sure of an @udience among his own class. AN OLD FRIEND IN NEW CLOTHES. The Docror—Fred, that 1s an interesting look- ing book under your arm. What is it? FRED (handing the book to his father) —This is a new edition of Charles Lamb, imported by Seribner, Wellord & Armstrong. It is that best beloved author’s complete works in oue volume, The Docror—}. thought I recognized an old friend, in spite of hig new clothes. Here they all are (carefully cutting the leaves); “Old Unina,’? one of my pets; ‘A Dissertation on Roast Pig,’? which I admire the least of any; “The South Sea House ;’’ “On Some of the Oid Actors;"” yes, every scrap that Lamb ever penned is nere—stories, poems and plays, Miss RacueEL—I have the tenderest feelings toward Charles Lamb. I always feel that he was one whomI knew. There are few authors with whom one becomes so inttmate. I never tire of reading his essays, Let me be unfit jor any otner reading, | can always pick up Lamb and enjoy him, Of course every one admires bis essays, but among these very admirers you will find bata small number who know anything about his tales, Frep—What a delightful critic Lamb was. | There isa suntiety that one looks for in vaén in modern criticism about that which he wrote, By the way, have you ever noticed how fond those old writers were of the stage? They were nearly all admirers of the drama and frequenters of the green room; they hobnobped with Garrick, Sid- dons and Kean, and even lesser lights came in for ashare of their praise. Taey used to goto | the theatre nearly every might, and the actors relled upon their criticism, The Docror—in England literary men and actors fraternize toa greater extent than they do in thie country. Of course the two professions fow more or less together here, bat Ido not think they are ever so intimate as they are across the water. FReD—More’s the pity, for the intimacy could not fail to resuitin matual good. The Arcadian and Lotos clubs have done a great deal toward bringing the two professions together, and their success 1s proof that the experiment has not been in vain. Miss RACHE the one on “Old Cirina,” it is so cosey and home- like; and then you know that old hina ia my pas- sion. Frev—Rather an expensive passion nowadays Miss RACHEL—Not with me. I can be lappy without S¢vres or Wedgewood so long asl cun get the quaint Dutch and Chinese ware. Feticta—Fred, bouks like that make splendid presents. Frep—! take the hint, gentle as it is put; the book Is yours, fair sister. ‘OR BETTER, FOR WORSE.” “What is this novel, Felicia, with the announce. ment on the cover thateit is “fally equal to the ‘initials’ ?’ said Miss Rachel, taking up a copy of “Por Better, For Worse” (I. B. Peterson & Brother). r Fenicta—It is hard to say exactly what itis more than that it is @ story. There is nothing pew in It, nothing startlingly good or nothing startiingly bad. There is very little plot, and woat there 18 f3 old, Miss RACHEL Any plot is old to such an invet- You must not ve too So long a8 an author gives you a little excitemen@or a new sensation you should be satis- fied. F neither, 1CiA—But this ‘fale of first love” does The hero and heroine are married in the sir Philip Leigh (he) mar- ries Ethelind Atherton (she), who is the duughter of adeceased clergyman, Philip is thirty-five and Ethel sixteen at the tiue of the marriage, He is rich, handsome and selfish; she is poor, proud, generous and very beautiful. They marry ona few days’ notice, before either has had time to The consequence ‘The first time that Ethel learns 19 easily foreseen, | of her nusband’s unkindness he tells her she must “cut? her family; that when a man marries a wile he does not marry ail her relations, and that when @ woman marries above ler that she must go over to her husvand’s family, Miss RacHeL—That’s something new; I thoucht the husband always went over to the wile’s family. FeLiciA—Circumstances alter cases, you know, Ethel, being a high spirited giri, naturally resented sach dictation, but her husband haa a mower and two maiden sisters to back him, 80 of course the wife was set upon Oud silenced, Sir Philip would Itis written i _ by Arthor Locker, editor of the London Graphic, You feel. My pet among Lamb’s essays 1s | | of tameness. | blood-curdling stories as hers. Here is her last days as you did then, ® | the lite. Fe1icta—His stories are not half appreciated. | | Wood’s characters are particularily domest | tions are not among the number. | af there 18 @ boarding achool in tne lana whose pu- | Pils have not dogeared copies of Mrs, Wood’s nov- Dusbands go, if it had nos veen for his family, who | Were not satisfied with the match from the first. | Misa Racus1—He must have been a nobie fellow to bave alowed bis mother and sisters to evg Mim OD against his wie, FeLICIA—-A8 Might be supposed, the poor young | Wite’s life was anything but happy. The climax of her upbappiness was reached when she «is- covered that she was not ner husband’s first love, | nor hiv last, if her fears were wel) founded. It | seems that he had been engaged to a charming | cousin, WhO was thrown from @ horse as they were about to be married and met with an acci- dent which crippled her for life. He was good enough to want to marry her, notwithstanding her misfortune, but she would not listen to the proposal, She was reaily a fine eharacter, one of the best in the book, Philip always had a very tender regard for bis lost love, but seeing how the case stood he tell in love with isthe, aw being the Most sens:ble thing to do, , Miss RACHEL—Don’t say “fell in love.” That ts @ misapplication‘of the term, Ethel’s beauty and sweetness of disposition pleased him just as @ fine horse or swilt sailing yacht would. Such a man never joves but one person, and thas is him- self, FRiicia—Ethel brooded over her discovery until she had made a pretty big sized mountain out of ® very small mole hill, There was nothing veyond @ pleasant iriendship between her nus- band and his cousin; but then Ethel was young and inexperienced, Pmiip chafed under her groundless jeaiousies, and the two were about as miseraple as @ man and wife need wish to be. Finally they separated, neither knowing exactly What for, and Philip went out to the Crimea,. The crippled cousin and Ethel’s sister Margaret, a pat- tern elder sister, at last brought the unruly couple together, and the story ends happily, as all good stories should. Miss Rac@e.—But I thought you said that this ‘Was not @ good story. Feiicia—Nettner is it in a literary point of view, but morally it 18 unexceptionable. You can readily see irom what | have told you that the plot is old and hackneyed and not very good either, And the story is spread out beyond the reader’s patience. If half of the conversations were taken out it would be a very pretty littie story; not particularly meritorious and not at all meretricious, “THE MYSTERY.” «Just think,” said Miss Rachel, with a sigh of weariness, “of having written over thirty books in the same strain as ‘East Lynne.’ 1 cannot imagine any woman’s brain holding so many pilots and counterplots,”? FELIcCIA—NO one can accuse Mrs. Henry Wood I never read such hair-raising, effort, “The Mystery,” in the pablication of which the Messrs. Peterson are ahead of their Enghsh rivals, It has ali the peculiarities of the preced- ing thirty odd volumes, and is just as exciting as either. Miss RacHEL—I always imagine Mrs, Wood as the Lucille Western of Itterature. I may have golten the idea from Miss Westero’s impersona- tion in the play of “East Lynne." FELicla—Very likely you did, for none could ever see her in that part without always associating her with it, “The Mystery”? 19 as strange and mysterious as its name would imply. There isa murder, & death and a stolen will in the very first pages, and there is no letting up in the excitement,. Mrs. Wood has no mercy her readers nerves. She stretches them to the utmost + limit. Upon my word, I waa almost breathless while reading the ghost scenes, Every time the “fetch”? appeared | felt a prickling sensation around tne roots of my bair, and if it had not been for the bairpins it would certainly have risen straight up. The mystery about the Chandos mansion Is really wellkept up, Such a banging of doors, unearthly shrieking, ghost walking time T never care to ex- perience in real life. 4 Miss RacukL—Anne Hereford’ was a brave girl even to flirt with a member of that mysterious family. I should not have been able to have stayed In the house alter once secing the ghost. Feitieda—That shrieking in the night reminded me of the time Betsy, the cook, went crazy and set up uch @ howling in the aead hour of the night, It makes me tremble now to think of that time, Miss RacHEL—What @ plotting villain that Ed- win Bariey was, I thought, of course, that he was gong to turn out to be the murderer of Philip King, He was none too good to have com- mitted such a crime. Just give bim provocation and pistols and see what would follow. FeLicia—Mrs. Wood makes the English board. | jng schoole suffer by comparison with the French. 1 imagine both of those schools were drawn from Bmily Chandos isa pretty good type of a certain kind of boarding school girl, Feared by the teachers, envied and admired by tae girls, dom- ineering, wild, generous, neither very smart nor very dull, carrying her own more by swagger and | money than by any personal merit, Make her a poor girl and she would be utterly insignificant, | Poor Aifred de Mellissie, she led him a hard life, Such girls do not make very good wives, If I was | told to marry either of the two girls I should have chosen Anne Hereford, though neither were ex- actly to my taste, Miss RaCHEL—No, I cannot say that any of Mi They have their good points, but wifely qualifica- une can truly say that there is not @ dull page in this book. ‘The author does not waste words, She has a tale to tell, and she tells it. Fericia—Hers ig not one of the plain, unvar- nished sort either, Sbe dips her pen in blood, and plunges fearlessly into the melodramatic. 1 doubt | els smuggled into their desks. I remember how that irrepressible Cooper girl, who roomed near us, used to keep a novel of Mrs. Wood’s or Mrs, Southworth’s between the covers of & Bible, When the teachers would come around looking tor forbidden literature they would smile with satis- faction to see littie Cooper’s Bible o¢cupying such @ conspicuous place among her school books, Alas! how one enjoyed the stolen fruit! I would give a good deal to have a novel appear as real to me as it used to in those days. I couldn’t sleep a wink when reading “The Missing Bride.” Miss RACHEL (rather scornfally)—I cannot see but that you enjoy novel reading as much nowa- | BOOKS RECEIVED. The Land of the Ozar. By 0. W. Wahl. London: Chapman & Hall, New York: Scrivner, Wellora | & Armstrong. ‘The Invasion of the Crimea; its Origin, and an | Account of its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan. By A. W. Kinglake. (Vol. V. Battie ot Inkermann), Edinvurgh and London: Biack- wood & Sons, The Vaticau Decrees in Their Bearing on Civil | Allegiance. By Henry Edward, Archbishop of | Westminster. New York: Catholic Publication | Society. Men Who Have Made the New German Empire; | & series of brief Kiographic Sketches, By GL. M. | Strauss. In two volumes, London: ‘Tinsley | Brothers, Sports that Kill. By T. De Witt Talmage. York: Harper & Brothers, The Veil Withdrawn (Le Mot de lEnigme). Transiated by permission from the Frenen of | Mme. Craven, New York: Catholic Publication Society. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and | Literary Reader, being Selections trom the Chief | American Writers, By Professor Benjamin N, Martin, D. D, Second edition, New Yerk: Shel- | don & Co. The Influence of Music on Health and Life, Dr. H. Chomet. Translated New By | from the French by dirs, Laura A. Flint. New York: G. P. Putnain’s Sons, Health; a Handbook for Households and School By Edward Smith, M.D, B. RLS, Appleton & Co. ‘The Rainbow Creed; a Story of the Times, ton: Wiliam F, Gili & Co, Mistress Judith; a Cambridgeshire Story. By New York: D. Bos- NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 1875—QUADKUPLE SHEET. THE SHAUGHRADN, il SW PB | THE TE#TIMONIAL TO DION BOUCICAULT AT WALLACK $—JUDGE BRADY'S SPEECH—REPLY OF THE DISTINGUISHED AUTHOR—THE SUPPEB AT DELMONICO'S, Last nigts Wailack's Theatre was the scene of a remarkable demonstration on the part of tne Irish-American residents of this city. The occa- s10n was the presentation of a testimonial to Mr. Dion Boucicault by bis Lrish admirers, in recogni- Hon of the services he has rendered to the Irish people in elevating the stage representation of their character. Notwithstanding the Lenien season, the house was jammed to its utmost capac- ity by tadies and gentlemen, The large nom- ber of ladies present in all parts of the house gave the auditorium a remarkably brilliant @ppearance, and the warmth of Mr. Boucicauit’s reception when he first appeared on the stage showed that there was an electric sympathy in the air. When the curtain fell on the second act, the gentiemen of the committee, who, for tue most part, occupled seats In the iront row of the orchestra, left their places and went behind the scenes. There they were joined by dudge Brady, who, during the evening, occupied = Mr, Watiack’s box, and the organization having been hastily completed, the gentlemen moved out on the stage, Here the statue which was intended ior presentation haa been already placed on a pedestal, It was, how- ever, covered from the curious gaze of tue au- dience by a green ag bearing the emblematic harp of Ireland. When the applause which freeted the appearance of the committee had subsided, Judge Brady aidivanced toward Mr. Boucicanit, who, in bis red coat and wonderful boots, looked remarkably picturesque, and formed @ rather amusing contrast to the black-coated and white-ticd gentlemen who had come to honor him, Mr. Boucicanlt was evidently torched by this practical expression of sympathy on the part of his fellow, countrymen, though he tried hard, and su.ceeded very weil, to look as “cool 2s a cucumber,” JUDGE BRADY'S SPEECH, Judge Brady, advancing some steps in front of the gentiemen of the committee, addressing first the audience and then Mr. Boucicault, said :— LaDIgS AND GENTLEMEN—The incidents of the | evening are to ve varied by a plot in which tne gentiemen you see here and myseli are the repre- sentative fluures, We have & short engagement so play. | have, indeed, a piece to speak, and on its delivery | ahall follow the glorious example of distinguished actors and actresses aud gee to it that I tear it not in tatters, You will doubtless Well understand me when I say that in this es- tablishment, at least jor the present, ‘Tatters” does all the tearing! Mr. Boucicaalt, to hold, as ‘t were, the mirror up ‘so na- ture as an actor, is an intellectual achieve ment of which the artist may well be proud: We who are not of tne prolession know ittie Of its. inner Iilg, Its trtais, vicissitudes and rugged paths, yet we cannot but feel its triumpis when, alter a finisbed periormance, moved by ex- aited sentiment and nobie deeds, we turn back to real scenes with higher aims end holier purposes. ‘To held, as 't were, the mirror up to nature, not only. as an actor, but as a succeasiu! author, 1s to combine two brilliant elements of strength, and to command the atvention and admiration, not ovly of those who enjoy at “home, sweet home,” the treasures of intellect which dramatic literature reveals, but Of those who seek the play to see them lliustrated by the mimic art. This 18 to win dounle laurels— to pluck irom Fame two garlands, either of whicn might shed sufficient glory for ove man. It is not designed to-night, however, to signalize the gen- eral excellence of your varied compositions, but to express 4 thanktul consciousness that youhave elevated the Irish draina by & just appreciation | and portraiture of the attributes and peculiarities to which ‘it relates. In tne character of the Snaughraon, for example, you have given usa true type of a class of the Irish peasantry, in dis- Position cheerful, buoyant, generous, enthusiastic, sympathetic and compassionate, and who, though M rags, possesses a nature al once patriotic, chivalrous and loving, eager to battle for the rigut and ready in wit and strategy for tua or for eme gency, with his heart full of faith, yet open to joy or sorrow as the sunshine or shadow may fall on his own path or that of his iriends—one who ii!us- trates the aphorism contaimed in the poevs lines :— ‘The rank is but the guinea’s stamp, The man’sthe gowd tor a’ that We ask your acceptance of this testimonial, slight though it be, as an acknowledgment of our obligations to you, It is one in which people of this land, trom Boston to Savannah and trom New York to San Francisco, have, vy letter and vy tele- grain begged to unite. We hope that you may live long to enjoy the | honors you nave 80 deservedly won. ™ MR. BOUCICAULIYS SERCH, 4 Standing beivre you, sir, | ieel very ike Coun in the presence of ine priest, when he 1s asked, “Well, haven’t you a word to say for yoursell 7” and he replies, “Divil a one, your: riverence!? 1 had prepared some to return my thanks to you, Judge Brady, and these gentlemen you so elo- quently represent, and to you, ladies and gentie- men, Who have come so kindly to adorn this occa- sion with your presence; but | coniess | did not expect to leel called upon to extend my gratituae irom Boston to Savaunab and to cover with my acknowledgments all the ground between New York and San Francisco. This sir, is tne greatest honor of my life except one, and Uhat was conferred upon me once, iity years ago, when, upon enteriog tue worid, I found myselt to be an Irishman. But as 1 had done nothing to de- serve that compliment, 1 canuot claim credit ior @ Work of which | was not the author. You offer me the most honorable distinction to which any artist can aspire, and that is the assurance of his lellow citizens that they perceive in nis works, to- getaer With something that is sweet something also that is good. When the mére pleasure oi witnessing a periormance has passed away, hus evaporated, as 1 may say, If there ve a sweet re- giduum leitin the mind, believe me you will find it to be composed o1 pure, imperishable truch, 1 have endeavored to teil the truth about my country. 1 mean about what is beauwiul good abd Innocent in shat land; 1 have drawn a portrait of one you love, and I know right well how much Of the feeling you exhibit here to-migiit | is due to the artist Who stands before you, and how much more is dae to the tender interest you take im the subject he has chosen to iliu-- trate. For among vhe various European nations that #0 Jargely contribute wo Jorm vhe American family tnere are Swedes, | Germans, french, Spaniards, Scotch, Itahans—all are representea; but there is one more favored | here than all the resi—one endeared to you py a hundred ingratiating faults, a thousand redeem- ing Weaknesses—one, who, lying on the breast of this land, looks back to the old country, and her adupted mother 18 Dot jealous of that love. On the contrary, her great, sympathizing heart beats in unison with the same emotions, for the Ameri- can heart 1s strung with chords torn {rom the Irisit harp, and wnen | touched tuose chorus your leei- ings flowed out to me; not so much to the skili of the poet, but to the instrament on which he played and to the song he sung. On! let me disciau aby pretension a8 an actor to excel others in’ the delineation of the Irish character. Jt is the Irish character as misrepresented by the Englsh dramatist that | convict as a ibe If others have only had this libel ag material wherewith to win your ap- probation as comedian so mycn the more credit 18 due to taem Jor baving Made so much out of so hittie. Laccept your generous encouragement of my efforts to do goud rather than the good | have done, aud I wish J could find better language in which to clothe my thanks. But when | try my voice sounds false in. my own ears, because it fails to express what is in my heart. 1 thank you for myself, ithank you for those who are dearer than myseli—the sharers of my pride. Don't measure my gratitude by the poverty of w. thanks. Let each ol you think what he would have said tn my place, ana give me credit for saying that. Believe we that! will keep the memory of this night in my heart as green as tue embiem of my country. God bless ber! Un the conclusion of Mr. Boucicault’s speech he was warmly applauded. He then advanced toward Judge Brady and warily shook bim by the hand, He patd the same tribute to the gen- tlemen of the committee, and as the curtain feil his hand grasped that of Richard O'Gorman, the famous Iris advocote, irish gentlemen present on the stage were Gen- erai Sweeny, United States Army; Dr. McGuire, Chevalier de la Legion D’Honneur, Coionei Mee- han, Major Haverty, Captain Jerome J. Coliins, Ricuard O'Gorman and a namber oi others, THE STATURITE. The work chosen by the committee for presenta- tion to Mr, Boucicault ts Rogers’ new group of the | “Spaughraun,” which is destined to r:val in popu- larity bia “Rip Van Winkle.” Asan artistic pro- duction the “Sbaugbraun” is tue more eifective ol the two, 1s bas more action and appeais more directly to our seuse of humor. Conn is repre- sented seated on tue stump of a tree teaching his famous dog Tatters” to go through the manual | of arms. The dog shoulders the bow of Conn’s fiddle, which instrument tbat amusing individual The dog 18 seated oa his | the extent of hoids in his lett hand, haunches and listens, with comic gravity, to the insiructions of 18s master, ‘The artist has caugut, With great Lappiness, the expression of Mr. Bouc anit | Among the distinguished | the small hours. Eloquent and amasing addresses, speeches and remarks were made, and an eveoing that nad begun under the most flattering ausplee@ ended at Morning with the utmost good feeling. Among the guests at Delmontyo's were Mr. Joby Mcvullough, Mr. Joon Gilbert, Mr. Wallack, Mr. Dion Boucicault, Jr. Mr. Montague. Generat Sweeney, Mr. Jonn MeKeon, and other genliemem’ Weil advanced ip the world of jane, hee The foilowing verses by Miss Ada Dyas the fascinating Arte O'Neal of the “Shaughraun,’? were read in the course of the morowwg:— TATIERIAN DOGGEREL, [Suggested vy the Statuette Presentation.) “Don’t be tearin & passion to Tal J Quoth Hamlet ad ‘Vet, tis passion for The most Of fun so al Queer a ‘The nassion we tear into Tatters, Js precisely the passion for p Which lives in the pittte who Box office of Moss-y soothsayers; —hose men who find “seats” chat each flatters Himself are secure irom dog “Tatters !” Forninst this erand passion for “play’ Let law makers ave be inveighers, ‘is the lowe for the play of the daw Feeds this passion 1 sing of for players, Surviving the dogmas and sneers OF some Talmage who weeps o'er the tiers, Having pretuded thus of the passton And introduced doggere! tor “iaters,” Let me estimate next if the fashion Sets right when the Con<ate it tlaticrs eud, O1 the dramaust, actor ant In whose uonor so many attend, Lo! in Rip of the Jefferson piay What interest clings to dow schnelder! (Tho’ of late ali the playgoers say Our interest in Tatters is wider.) Had his bite or his bark been curtailed 1 believe that the drama had falied. How dogs who come not on the stave Can rest, like spring birds “off the wing,” And yet audience-piaudits engage Js a riddle at U CT So their cues an While spectators and criti Each cur-sory critic perceives ‘That schneider and Taters are brothers Whose hunger round vaga-bones weaves, Yet whose bark the siy dramatist smothers; Who are saithial t asket and tddle, And—but never mind, keep it a riddie, Neither dog ofthe Conn or of Rip, Have torieiced ruzhts In the gallery Which eries havoe and asks to let slip Betore footlig its these curs who earn salary More potent thau if the doj ‘With sad tales thro’ “pi | 1p famous they show | ‘o” in our dear Boucicault | Be while “Shaughraun” shall make us bls bow, i Tn thanks for this neat statuette, | Both tatters’ and Schnieder's bow-wow + cho welcome from goas and parquette, | As we tashion our rarest lorgnette To wae long at our Irisniman’s pet. | ADA Dyas Wartack’s Tugarne, March 6 1875. | “at sibeat Mash EE | SUPPOSED SUICIDE, | The Twenty-secoud precinct police yesterday Tox ported that Ann Coleman, thirty-five years of and born in Ireland, Nad committed suicide at her residence, No. 828 West Forty-eighth street,/ by taking poisen, Decessed lived with a mam named Cuarles Coles, as his wife, and had long beem | ofintemperate habits. On more than one occa sion the deceased, it 13 alleged, has threatened vo end her ive, but did not curry er tareat mte execution, till Friday, when, It is alleged, she swal~ | lowed a ‘qnantity of laudanum, ne body was sent to the Morgue, where Deputy Coroner MacWhinnie will make & post-moriem examina-~ tion, after whicn Coroner Croker will hoid ag in- quest, Relatives of the deceased wili claun the | remains for interment, ACCIDENTS. Ottv Backboven, sixteen years of age, of No, 186 Bay street, Jersey tty, fell down the hatch- way at No, 38 Mercer street, and was seriously | injured. Miles McCrimisk, aged fifty, of No. 254, Sheriff street, was jammed between two cars at the corner of Sheri’ and Grand Streets, and was severely injured. WESTCHESTER ANNEXATION TROU- | BLES. 3 SERIOUS’ FINANCIAL COMPLICATION—HOW COMPTROLLER GREEN SNUBBED A COMMITTEE.) The barassing results of Comptroller Green's peculiar financtal policy are not felt in the me- tropolis aloue, Westchester county also being matio to experience some of the effects of the so-called’ \ “economy” practised by that official The finan. | cial dificulty arising out of the annexation of Morrisania, West Farms and kings. ‘vifdge to New ‘York stil! remang in {an unsettied state.’* Ror the purpose” of | effecting # settlement of the Claims agamst the city the Board of Supervisors of Westchester | county recently appointed a committee to wait upon the Comptroiler, but he refased to listen to them. Accordibaly no Means have, as yet, bern devised to compel him _to pay West« chester county or to the State the Canal deficiency tax, amounting to $42,000, which was a hen on the annexed towas, nor to provide for tie principal and interest on that portion of the | County Bounty Loan bonds, which were alsoa charge against the towns named. The canal de- , ficiency tax, which New York agreed to provide fer, reniains ou the books of the State Comptroller as & | charge against Westchester county, and the faith of the county 1s understoou to be pledged for the payment of the Bouuty Loan bonds, Since it ap- pears tuat New York agreed to furnish the money to meet the proportion of these bonds chargeabie to the towns now annexed the Westchester Board of Supervisors made no other provision tor them. Unless some satisfactory alrangement sali be made these vonds, to the extent of what is due ‘om New York, must, wheu presented to the easurer of Westclester county, be permitied to go to protest. THE COGAN HOMICIDE IN NEWARK. \ JOHN HARTMANN FOUND GUILTY. | The inquest in tue case of John Francis Cogan, the ex-policeman, who 13 alleged to have been | clubbed and beaten to death last Tuesday night, in Jonn Hartmann’s saloon and grocery svre, | was continued yesterday. Dr. Philip Record, who, | with Dr, Dodd, made the post-mortem examina- | tion of the body of Cogan, corroborated the testi- mony ol the county piysictan, ‘The testimony oi Ann Fitzreraid, to the effect | thata man had been fung out of Hartmann’s place, was corroborated by Mrs, Margaret Smith, and | Christian Jekele, who was in Hartmanu’s the night | of the row, testified he saw Cogan and Dolan there. Atter calling for drinks they retused t pay, and Cogan called Hartman @ foul name, So did Dolan, ‘Then Hartinann strack Dolan, vat witness did not see him strike gat. | The latter tied to hit Hartmann with a | barrel, but dropped it and picked up a measure | and attacked Hartmann; then Hartwann put him } out of the saloon, Witness was saown a piece of rubber pipe. and identified it as being thas with | which Hartmann struck Dolan, Detegtive Hag- | gerty testified that Mrs. Hartmann gave him the piece of hose shown to jury aud said, “This is what Hartmann hit the man with, and I don’ | think {t would kill bim.’? | . The jury were divided as to the degree of crimt- Rality of the accused, some of them beheving that | he was guilty only of assault and battery. They fivally brought in 4 verdict that the deceased came | tohis death at the hands of the accused, John | Hartmann, MIRACULOUS CURE OF A BISHOP. lt will be recollected by the readers of the HERALD that last fall Bisbop Odenhetmer, | senior Episcopal Bishop of New Jersey, atarted | for Europe to try and build up his heaith ana get cured of a serious malady. About the mid die of January he received sad news from this country about his son-in-law at Annapolis. He was attacked suddenly attne heart. The physicians anticipated a speedy and fatal termination o| their patient’s troubles. On that night, however, a change came. Tho Bishop slept all night; his heart trouble nad dis- | appeared, and Wuat ts more remarkabie, the symptoms of his old malady had left tim entirely, | He has since been sojourning on the Isle of Wigh: | and all the news from him 1s surprisingly encour- aging to his iriends. The London ete say that itis one of the most remarkabie recoveries on record, THE JERSEY WATER SUPPLY. The grand scheme of the North Hudson County Water Commissioners, for the construction of | water works at the Hackensack to supply the | northern townships of the county “with pure and | wholesome water," has already been advanced to its first stage. The Commissioners have prepared | @ bill for presentation to the Legislature, in which 14 to authorize the issue Of bonds to the exveneel $3,500,000, Tnterest £ pa ge ble rate of eight per cent may be paid of @ money thus obtained. The bill 18 to be presented | before the close Of the present session, ant caulvs lace as it appears when planning some- | one of 11s features will be that tne consent of the thing mischievous, As a composition, 16 is spirit and effective. tasteful, A large silvel bore the inscription, “from the Irish-Americ Residents of New York, Ireland and the Irish people.” THE SUPPER. At midnight some sixty gentiemen sat down to ©. C. Fraser-Tytier, Now York: Henry Holt & Co. supper at Detmonico’s and remained unui deep 1D ‘the statuette Was placed on @ neat base of Irish bog oak, which was simple and plate let into the base a in recognition or the ser- vices Dis literary and artistic work have been to | | people must be obtained belore the scheme may commenced, The mea who are ply inter= ested in the proposed pian—the Be is and the | contractors—are already working hard in the manufacture of a fictitious public opivion tn its behaif, The imposition of so terrible # burden of taxation upon the already tax-ridden county would, ln the opinion of many, be @ great caiam- ity. The struggling classes will yvehementiy op- pose the project, ‘est Hoboken and Union Hill have aiready waniiested @ decided bostility 10 tae acheme y