The New York Herald Newspaper, September 6, 1875, Page 5

FORTUNES IN TROUT. Artificial Propagation and Artificial Streams Exemplified, | AN ACCOI The Artificial and Natural Propagation of | Trout on Long Island. $1,175,000 INVESTED IN THE BUSINESS. OF STREAMS NEAR BY. The artificial trout streams of Long Island, together with what is known as the production of trout by the artificial method, and tho later means by which natural Production is secured in artificial beds, with cunningly constructed nurseries attached to them, have for sev- eral years been the envy of gentlemen trout fanciers, both here and abroad, who have gathered on the island fluring the trouting season for a pleasurable study of the art by which, with indomitable perseverance and the expenditure of an enormous sum of money, an ‘acknowledged success has been reached. Few even among those who aro familiar with the extent of the success of Scth Green in his effort to add permanently to the supply of salmon, bass, shad and other desirable table fish in the rivers of several States of the Union have an adequate idea of the late very largo increase in the number of artificial ponds and ttreams constructed for the propagation, growth and | preservation of trout. Norare there many who have knowledge concerning the really enormous amount of money which has been and still is expended in the con- Mructiow and care of such streams by gentlemen who have come to look upon them as necessary to the com- plete outfitting of their out-of-town estates, And so, loo, of the number of speckled trout produced in the most immediate neighborhood of this city by not only the artificial process jn breeding, but also by the natural Process in artificial beds, In close proximity to this sity—on the western half of Long Island—the present valuation of the trout streams, which have been con- Mructed and improved within the past few years, EXCEEDS ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-PIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, Of the extent, condition, cost and other peculiarities of these numerous artificial streams and their stocks it is the object of this sketch to treat, The various in- formation given will be found peculiarly interesting to the general reader and of great valuo to gentlemen who fiesire information for the purpose of improving their own estates. Many leading bankers, merchants and other gentlemen of this city have ‘already added trout streams to the attractions of their country homes, and among them Mr. William H. Furman, of Maspeth, has long been recognized as the leader in the still some- what novel work. Among the Belmonts, Phelps, Litehfelds and others who have given serious attention to the subject, his unique little stream rates as a model, ‘and as it does more space will be given to a description of it than to the others on THR NORTI SIDE OF THE ISLAND, At Maspeth Mr. William H. Furman has in his grounds an artificial pond, or stream, for the production and care of trout, which is known now among gentlo- men fishermen throughout the United States, the New Dominion and Europe, As an angler, architect of ponds and grower of trout Mr. Furman bas for years, ranked asthe most expert and. untiring of all who have the time and means necessary to successful experimenting in the construction of ponds and hatching and growing of trout. Before the artificial production of trout had reached even to probable success, or the construction of artificial streams for them had been entered upon, he had become famous for skill in casting a fly at almost all the well known streams in the country. Angling was bis means of relaxation from study in youth, and from busines# when grown to man’s estate, and now, long Bince retired from business cares, with ample means, his mansion, his lodge, his barns and a portion of his lands in Maspeth aro simply so many means in control of an enthusiast in the work of constructing elaborately wrought ponds and filling them with as beautiful speci- mons of speckled trout as can be taken from hy natural stream known to gentlemen sportsmen here. It was when many years had sansed in him a decrease of desiro for travelling in the wilds for additional nataral streams, while leaving with bim all of his youthful desire to cast a fly, that he came to a serious consideration of the possibility of con- ttructing a pond on his own grounds, and stocking it with his favorites by some of the then not well estab- lished mefhods by which fish had been artificially pro- duced and reared. Soon afterward, and within easy stone’s throw of his residence, ho dctermined upon the construction of a pond; and, singularly enough, the ground selected was an extensive jalt marsh which ‘was believed to derive its saltness from the leaching of the tide water. His old time triends and advisers, who, too, had a weaknes# for c the fly, grew grave when’ he talked of his sch them, ‘and regretted that a brain so clear as his had | been should have become addled through hatching im- possible schemes for the production, growth and pres- ervation of trout, They know, and they believed that he knew, that of all knowm fish there is not a single’ variety to which clear, cold — spring water is so entirely a necessity as it is to brook trout. And yet there he was not only talking | of but actually progressing with the preliminary prep arations to the construetion of a stream for them ina “soggy, salt marsh.” Soon'thereafter he engaged workmen and with them commenced digging and dredging, his relatives and friends looking on meanwhile in sadness, until he had reached a depth of about four feet, ina width of about iwelve feet and a length of some eight or ten yards, When be had progressed thus far they were astonished by the liscovery that along the entire length of the excavation, | orasfar as the dredging had been completed, there wore, bubbling up, springs of water, clear, cold, fresh tnd pare ag crystal. Placing the end of w stick on ono spring anyWhere on the bottom they found that there were sure to be others rising vigorously within from eight to fiftcen inches of it, and when the water was tented it way found to be equal in purity and coldners with the water of any spring they knew of. They felt sure, however, that whon the work was completed it would be found that the leaching of the water {rom the bay would prove sufficient to spoil the water of the springs for the growth of trout, and in that belief they continued until the stream had been completed and trout were living in it, and, at least, seeming to thrive. The completion of the pond was, however, a work re- quiring skill, perseverance and length of days, for its architect had studied its requirements long and care fully, and he had resolved that the work should be done thoroughly every inch of the way, Itis the may fold, peculiar work of such ponds and streams which astonishes the visitor who calls when it is snfliciently sxposed for him to be able to view it; for its many dis. | Hinctive features and the elaboration of all of them seem to those who are not familiar with the needs of trout in Artificial streams to be a merely fanciful expenditure of labor and money. The ground pian of this stream is in the form of one- half of a capital letter 8, the receiving and discharging ends being about 300 feet apart. The first of the two branches of the stream, which is fed from the springs at the bottom as noted above, is called the East Brook, ind is 550 feet long; and the second, or South Brook, is tbont 800 feet, the pond and all being about 2,200 feet nlength. The width at the bottom is about nine feet and the depth of the stream abont fifteen inches, leaving tn additional rise of ground for banks. The stream, | thus formed, is divided into what is called the spawning | taco, the feeding ground for the young and similar | ground for trout of larger growth, There is a secret concerning the formation of the | spawning bed, which is constructed so that perfect se- curity is offered to the eggs from the time they are de- | _posited by the fish until they are hatched. When the | ung appear they are protected from the older ones | shy screened gates, and their place of location is known asthe nursery. ‘The bottom of this, and, in fact, all portions of the stream, is covered with an ingeniously | constructed network of wood, and pebbles are Fo laid along the ground and floorings ax to secure a perfect | drainage. ‘The sides are built of stone and cement, or of wood, as may seem best, and the whole ix so cov. ed with a network of wood, that, while the rays of | sun are debarred, there remains a free passage for of air by which the water may be sufficiently ized. rf ompleted, and when the bottom is cov with trout so liberally that there seems to be a hi them fully five fish deep, their various colorings gleat ing in the light as they rise to the surface, the sight ts one of rare interest to any visitor, whether fisherman or not, On this specimen stream the owner does not place any money value, as it is not for sale; but those Who are familiar with the cost of construction and ot the many improvementiy which have been made almost tvery year have no hesitation in declaring that a moderate estimate of the value of the time It of she owner and other workmen e il of she material used in its construction and improvement und its stock, Would place the cost of it, since the be fining of the work at not far from $60,000, He has mithin the past few years added largely to his expendi 5 and yet, in spite of his | it has been entered at various’ times and in mys: terious ways by eels, pike, muskrats, mink and other mommies of the trout, and when they do tind an entrance lodgement the labor and cost of getting rid of them 8 very much more than Would be supposed by ‘xperienced, During a freshet he lost a ye dumber of fish, which, in conne ge, occasioned by the breaking away #moncy loss of more than $10,000. “And now, in order ® secure himself against loss of fish by future accidents sufficient to yery scriously impair bis stock, be is en- | area chain of ponds, | which is valned at $8,000. NEW goged in the construction of another pond, on favorable ground, in Smithtown, which he has determined shall Tival his present strean IN THE PRODUCTION AND GROWTH OF TROUT Mr. Furman has differed in bis methods, not ouly with Seth Green but also with those who insist Uhat there necessity for the stocking of artificial s from natural beds, Artificial propagation was, in the earlier days of artificial ponds, the recognized method for stocking them, The eggs were forced from the fish as was the milt, and after having been impreg- nated artificially the eggs were deposited carefully in suitable locations and there they were batched. This method promised well for a timo, but it was discovered soon that the fish thus handled were of no further use for propagation, aud also that the young thus pr did not acquire’ either the size or peculiar brillian | colors which are the points of value in speckled trout. | Observing these very serious defects Mr. Furman re- | | solved to try another method—to return to nature's rule for propagation as far as might be possible in an arti- ficial stream, For this purpose he constructed his hatching ground in such a manner as would, he believed, be most acceptable to the fish, and when the spawning season arrived he placed them in the hatehing portion There ho found, as he had expected, that the ex; ‘lly and as naturally’ impregnated ‘The adult fish were then returi of the stream with the others, and the nursery was fitted for the care of the young. There they remained | until they had grown sufliciently to be free from danger of being eaten by the older fish, and then the separating gates were drawn and they were permitted to join them, Soon after this a critical comparison was made, and the young trout were found to be equal in form and coloring With the finest trout in natural streams, — This success caused a change in the method of production, and since then the artificial method is used only when young trout are required at distances too great for the trans portation of living trout, This natural method of propa- ation is now recognized as the best throughout Long sland, which has long been looked to as the “high schoo!” in which to learn how to grow trout in artificial streams, as well as how to construct such streams stte- cessfully. It may be added here, before proceeding to a detail of other ponds and streains, that the voracity of trout is astonishing, They will eat vigorously, even | when so fat as to leave little space for food, and even then they will, if permitted, continue eating until-their very eyes are bulged ont by’ the fatness within, In the little stream named they have been fed with four hogs- heads of nped. greedily for food. after that. Among many others on the north sid Long Island there is, at Little Neck, an Known as the Doughis pond. It is twenty acres it tent, being finely laid out in the form of a lake, is very well stocked and is valued at $50,000, In Smithtown there are four ponds other than the one already notedas in progress of construction, ‘The most imporiant of them is known as Vail’s, which covers fully 200 acres of the main stream, which was formerly known as the ‘Stump Pond.’’ ‘This pond alone is valned at $100,000, mainly because of its great extent, and the other three are valued in all at $50,000, These ponds are the favorite sporting ground of the well known Walton Club, At Northport Scudder's Pond is a favorite jn the sporting season, and, though small—for it doos not than five acres—it is valued at $35,000. ington, Grain’s Ponds, though even in all three acres, are valued at $10,000, There are throe of them, and they are all well cared for. Not far from the above, in Huntington, there is Captain Prince's Pond, which is four acres in extent, and valued at $15,000. Near Prince's is what is known as the Tide Pond, which covers about thirty-five acres; but, as it has not been well cared for, its valuation is only $15,000. ‘At Centreport there is a pond known ‘as Warren Lewis’, which covers about four acres and is valued at for. od to the lower portion $8,000. ‘At Wading River there is an excellent stream, and at Coldstream there are three ponds, which were’ at one time favorites with the Walton Club. Near to these is what is known as Jones’ Pond, ‘Their aggregate valuo is $30,000. At Roslyn there are three ponds, known as Mott's, which cover about twenty-live acres, and they are valued at $25,000. Near the head of Smithtown River there is a breeding pond, w is used for that purpose mainly, and another, which is known as Harnett’s Pond, which has Jong been a favorit The latter covers about three neres and is valued at $5,000, There are, in addition to the above, on the north side ofthe Island, many small and inferior ponds, which, though not of any notable money value, afford much pleasure to their owners and friends during the sporting season, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THK ISLAND there are many ponds, some of which are well known and highly esteemed by tront-catching gentlemen from Europe who have made visits here; and there are others which, though comparatively new, are already favorites with’anglers here and in other States. Even beyond Seatuck, on the south side, there are a number of partially cultivated pouds which promise well; but they are small, and very few of them have had proper care taken in their construction, and they not themselves command very serious attention from those who are learned in the methods by which de- sirable trout ponds are secured. At what is still by many trout fancicrs called Mas- tick, though really a portion of Seatuck, there are sev- oral'ponds, which cover more than 100 acres, and are valued, in’ all, at $45,000, These have no distinctive titles Which would be recognized far from their location, though they are used, in the season, by several of the clubs of New York. At Fire Placo there is what is known asCarman's Pond, which covers nearly forty acres, and is valued at $25,000, The fame of this pond was greatly increased during several years by reason of the visitations of Mr. ‘August Belmont before he had secured a fine pond of | his own on his grounds at Babylon, The Fire Place Yond had the credit of furnishing needed refreshment for him prior to his former yearly enterings upon the duty of providing snitably for the exigencies arising in both national and State campaigns. At Bellport there is a pond known as Osborne's, and a very good one, though small. It covers more than five | acres, and is valued at $20, In Islip there aré several ponds, all of them more or loss famous, and still holding their place as favorites among New Yorkers who take pleasure in casting a fly. ‘Along the ponds here the South Side Club, of which Re- corder Hackett has long been President, finds pleasure in the favorite pastime, The club has @ fine house on the grounds and there are many desirable and costly improvements made, The main pond covers about thirty acres, while another one covers about tive. To- | gether they are valued at $100,000. An effort is being made to secure still another pond for the use of the club. Amasa Keith's is, or rather as the club men think, ought to be a part of theirs, and they have a hope of securing it. With it they will have gained a raceway from the headwaters to the meadows, which would give them a greatly improved run, not only for sport, but also for the proper care of their stock. Near to the above there are other ponds in charge of Mr, John Stillingworth, and know his name, and there is also one known as Johnson's Pond. Together they cover more than one hundred acres, and are valued at $70,000. Were they owned by private gentlemen and used as private ponds their value would be greatly increased, They are open to such of the guests at. t neighboring hotels as choose to pay for the privilegé, There is also still another pond nearby, which is known 's Brook, and is valued at $5,000, and the once Pond, the owner of Which died some . Even though not now so well noted as when Mr. Robert Maitland was accustomed to invite his dis- | tinguished friends to visit it, it is valued at $50,000, At Patchogue there is what is known as the Swan Creek Pond, and it has long been a favorite. It covers about twenty acres, and is valued at $20,000. Near Patchogue there is a pond without ‘a namo which covers nearly eighty acres and is valued at | To PIGEON SHOOTING. Thero will be an exhibition of skill with the shotgun by Captain A. H. Bogardus, Myles Johnson and other well known pigeon shooters at Waverly Park, N. J., to-day. Captain Bogardus will first show his wonderful accuracy and quickness of aim, and then the other marksmen will shoot in improvised matches, CHALLENGE TO CAPTAIN BOGARDUS. New York, Sept. 3, 1875. % Eprror or THE Herano:— Having shot, between 1850 and 1860, fifty-seven matches with the best shots in America, and won fifty- six—the last match was with Blanton Duncan, of Lours- ville, Ky., for $10,000, the late much respected George D. Prentice holding the stakes—I then challenged tho world for £500 a side, which was accepted and shot at Newmarket, England, October 13 and 14, 1859, myself winning by twenty odd birds at fifty single and fifty double, If Mr, Ira Paine does not shoot with Bogardus I will shoot him (Bogardus) a match next week at twenty-five single and twenty-five double birds, each party pulling his own trap with one hand fairly unconnected with the gun, twenty-one yards rise, eighty yards boundary, spring traps, H and’ T, for any amount that may be || agreed upon. ‘This will show really field shooting, as birds must be |) on the wing, and good flyers give each party quick work. Respectfully, . KING. |} AMATEURS VS. COLLEGIANS. WHICH MAKE THE BETTER OARSMEN ? To tae Epitor ov tHe Heraip:— The superiority of amateur over college oarsmen is an open question, and unless there is something more dono than there has been of late I am aggpid it will remain undecided for some time to come, ‘Amateur’? does not state in his letter his reasons for thinking that the amateur are the better oarsmen. He bas stated that the Atalantas defeated Yalo and Harvard in 1872; that Cor- nell was defeated by a scratch crew from the Harlem lust year, and that a crew containing two Columbia men were defeated on the Harlem this year; but he forgets to say anything about the defeats of amateurs and the victories of college men, especially this year, To be sure the Atalantas defeated Yale and Harvard, but “Amateur” forgets that it required the famous crew of 1871 and 1872—a crew that crossed the Atlantic to dispute the right of amateur championship with England's best men, ‘Amateur’ forgets that most of this year's Cornell crew were nothing but freshmen Jast year, and not in the least competent to represent col- | ing of entertainment for his guests, The members of CHATS ABOUT BOOKS, | The Latest Fiction Dissected and Discussed. THE WORK OF THE NOVELISTS. “Miss Angel’—The Lady Superior” —‘“Fated To Be Free’—*Paul Massie"—‘Jean.” The Book Club, of Ourville, met at the Parson’s cosey home, "longside the ivy-covered church, this week. They always have a pleasant time at the Parson's, for he | sa bachelor and has most oxcellent taste in the furnish. | the club are almost like one family, and they go inor | out from the library to the lawn as the spirit moves, The Parson's house is rambling and full of retired nooks. The young ladies of the club say that the Parson, who built it, had an eye to business, as it offers so many temp- tations for flirtations, However that may be, it isa lovely place to visit, and the Parson's mother is the most popular lady in the village. The club has spread itself about the library and out i through the windows on to the piazza, “There comes | the Doctor at last,” said the Parson, walking down the path to meet him. ‘You are late this evening, Doctor. Is there moro sickness in tho village than | usual #7 : The Doctor—No, I can’t say that there is, but young Dobbins has broken his arm again and [ had to set it just as Iwas starting ont. Iam not go late, Itis only | eight o'clock, and here come Miss Almaviva and Au- gustus Charles. ‘SU88 ANGE.” Tawyer Reprare (who is rather a gallant sort of man)—Apropos of your arrival, Miss Almaviva, wo will take up ‘Miss Angel” (Harper & Bros.) for diseussion, I imagine that every member of the club has read the book, to judge from the way itis worn. Let us have the different opinions, What do you think of the book Mrs. Creed? (turning to the Parson’s mother.) Mrs. Crenp—I was most agrecably disappointed in lege oarsmen. The mere fact that a crew containing two Columbia men was defeated onthe Harlem this year is by no means a proof of the inability of college men to compete with amateurs, arid we must remember that two are {ll matched against four. I would like to ask “Amateur” how tho time of ama- teur crews compares with that of college crews, Where will you find amateur crews that have shown the speed Cornell showed last July on Saratoga Lake (although a “scratch” crew ‘from Harlem did defeat her a year before), or Columbia showed the year before on Saratoga Lake, or shown by Amherst at Springfeld? There was a great deal of talk about the Beaverwycks rowing over the college courso at Saratoga against Cornell's time, but I heard nothing about their making better time than Cornell. If they rowed I think they were ashamed of the result, ‘The victory of the Atalantas shows at once which aro the superior oarsmen, Her crew, composed entirely of college oarsmen, and men who were never victorious in college regattas, findno dificulty in gaining a victory when competing with amateurs, Ono advantage that college men have over amateurs is that they are in, training all the year, and in this way they attain much. more perfect skill and physical endurance than ama- tours are able to, owing to their lack of time and oppor- tunities for training. COLLEGE OARSMAN, A YALENSIAN SPEAKS, To THe Fprror or tHe Herap:— Your correspondent ‘‘An Amateur Oarsman” makes some rather broad statements to sustain his position that amateurs can defeat collegians, He first says that the recent race at Saratoga is the only instance of a college crew outrowing an amateur crow, Tho boating records of both Harvard and Yale will undeceive him as to that, and he surely could not have forgotten the victory of Cornell over the Union Springs crew this very spring if his memory 18 so tenacious of their defeat last year. Again, he remarks in passing that “this very same Atalanta Club dofeated the best crews of Yale and Harvard.” To an ordinary reader the above remark would give the im- pression that two crack university crews were defeated by the said Atalantas. The facts are somewhat tho other way, especially in regard to Yale, In 1871 the Atalanta Club, having a fine crew, wished to try conclu- sions with the two universities, Yale and Harvard. The former could not accommodate them, as, owing to com- plications foreign to this letter, there was no univer- sity crow selected in that year. ' But it happened that the class of 1873 was holding the class championship; so they offered to row a race, did so, and were beaten. by a length or more and nine seconds, Your corre- spondent may say that it was the ‘best crew’’ Yale had that year. Wo ‘thought so at the timo; but the next week the same crew lost the championship and were beaten by the SheMeld crew by nearly a minute, As to Harvard, the Atalantas certainly did defeat her | university crew of that year, butit was one of the worst crews ever sent from Cambridge, a fact very patent from the university race of that year, renowned for the meteoric display of the “Aggies.” | In conclusion, I must protest against the taking of any one particular college crew and batts | them up as examples for years, What such or such amateur crew did to such ‘or such college crew five years ago has really nothing to do with their respective merits in 1875, ‘although there is some excuse for ‘“‘Amatour Oarsman’s” researches in view of the non-existence of any recent victories over college men. The trne way, and the best, would be for the winning club in the ama- teur regattas to challenge the successful college in the university race, and, over a fair course, settle the dis- puted point for that year; and the custom, if kept ty during successive years, would no doubt benefit both amateurs and collegians, 8. (Yale, °73.) BOATING NOTES. Tho Atalantas row a match race with the Athletic crew next Thursday, on the Harlem, two miles straight away. , On Wednesday next the Atalanta four will row the Argonautas athree-mile race, on the Kill Von Kull, for the championship of the United States, MeLaughlan, of the Nautilus, won, for the second time, the senior sculls monthly race of the club on Thursday. Courtney, in all probability, will not enter as a com- $150,000, At Canaan there is a pond known by the name of the place in whieh it is located, and deserving of much bet- ter care than it receives, It covers nearly thirty acres, but its valuation is only $10,000, Hind’s Pond, near that of Canaan, is a very small but stilla good’ stream. Tt is valued at $5,000. In the vicinity of Hind’s Pond there‘are three others, all of them fed by the same stream, and known as have not been either well stocked or and their value is only $5,000, ne pond, owned by Mr, Thur: red. It covers tifteen acres, | ear to Mr, Thurber's there Tn all they ugh not well clive surroundings and are and is, valwed at $10,000. cover about thi stocked, they have at valued at $25,000, Hamblin’s Brooks, which, though very small, are valued at $5,000. Almost in a line with the last-named pond, is the now famous pond on the grounds of Dr, Wagstaft, which, thongh it covers only eight acres, is valued at $25,000, At Babylon Mr. Angust Belmont has a very tine pond on his grounds, which, though very stall, is val- ued at $10,000. Near Mr, Belmont’s estate is that of R and on it there is another very fine pond, ther al Phelps, gh small, Also, in Babylon, is the estate of Mr. Litchfield, of Brooklyn, and on it is the pond known formerly as | Wells’, but greatly improved since it came into Mr. | seexxion. Since it was freed from eels | valuation ix $20,000, | ville Mr. Ircland has an excellent pond, cov- res, and valtted at $10,000, | ter Bay there are several very fine | most notable among which | nil, which covers fully sixty ac are the Floyd and is val- 25,000, | pstead the Minell Pond, whieh covers nearly four acres, ranks high, is valued at $8,000, There | is also i what is known as’ the Thomas Jones Pond, coveri eres, and valued at $3,000; the ks ynes Pond, cove if twenty acres, and | valned at $15,000, and Mr. more's ‘pond, cover ing fifteen acres, and valued at $10,000, At Freeport there are three ponds, known as the | Raynor Smith Pond, covering some fifty acres, and valued at 000. There are also at the overing ten acres, and valned at valued at $4,000, and two covering in all thitty acres, and value ‘There a dition to the above, on both sides of the island, many small ponds which are of some value, bat which have not been noted for the reason that theit care hy suflicient to make them worthy of a a view to the construction of artificial ponds or streams on their own grounds, POST OFFICE VENTILATION, Complaints are still boing made to the Hera of the great want of ventilation in the basement of the New Post Oilice, As the weather is at present it must be exceedingly distressing to run. short of pure air, or, at least, of some kind of cireulation, These complaints | are evidently well fonnded, and will, no donbt, ive | the immediate attention of those whose duty it is to | look into the matter. The pic stand nuisance was seen for the last time on Saturday, Hereatter the lob- bies are to be devoted solely to public use, | ning. | that they were not abio to row at Troy. | Stars'and Riversides, of Rochester; Auburns, of Auburn petitor in the single scull races at the Watkins regatta on Seneca Lake. The Nassau and Atalanta fours will have a match on | the Harlem after the Argonauta and Athletic races are over. Herdnon, of the Nautilus, defeated Louis Rouse in the third monthly race for the junior medal of the club, Roache, the Waverley light weight sculler, made a poor show at Saratoga Lake and at Troy. Orr and Maxwell, of the Seawanhaka Ctub, give good promise of making excellent scullers. Orr particularly is a fine owrsman Robinson, Courtney's partner in the recent regattas | in the double scull races, has vastly improved since last year, +The Neptune Clab, of Staten. Island, are getting to- gether a strong four, Riley, {Leffman, Ostrom and King, of the Cornell crew, are’said to be in the boat. Tho Argonautas, about 4 month ago, announced that | kind to her. | poor Angel. | most touching and beautiful aspect. | wish that she would write nothing but pootry. | not have had a hundred readers if her name had not the book, When it was running as a serial in Harper's Magazine I heard a great many persons say that it was dull and not up to Miss Thackeray's standard, In fact, I heard so much of that sort of complaining that I thought it hardly worth while to read the story, My son brought it home in book form one day and I picked it up while sitting at his library table to write. When he camo in the room some two hours later he found me with tho duster in my lap and the book in my hand, and I didn’t leave off until I had finished it, Tho Lawyer—Well, I am sure that was a tribute to the fascination of the book. The Doctor—I think it contains some of the most beautiful word pictures that Miss Thackeray has ever composed. The plain, unvarnished story of Angelica Kauilmann’s life is romantic enough, but when told by a writer of Miss Thackeray's genius the charm js in- creased tenfold. Miss GusuiNctox—Poor Angelica! What a child she was, One would have supposed that .living so in tho world she would have grown worldly, Aveustus Cuartes—It is a pity that she had not been more worldly, Then she would not havo been deceived by the bogns Count Horn, The Lawyer—l don’t exactly see how she was de- coived, except that she, of course, thought him the real Count, but that was not tho reason that she married him. It was a love match most certainly. He was an” adventurer, but he loved her for herself and she loved him for himself alone, In point of family they wero equally good. If over-zealous friends had not driven him out of the country I believe they would have lived very happily together, She would have been happier with Count Horn than with Sir Joshua Reynolds, Mrs, Creev—I doubt that, The Count would have satisfied her forthe time; but Sit Joshua would have worn better. What a lovely man he was. I gota bet- ter idea of him from this book than I ever had before. Avavstvs CHAntes—In my opinion she did not love Count Horn, It was the romance of the thing that | caused her to marry him, There is nothing like a clandestine wedding for working on a girl’s feclings, If she has any sentimentality that is the sure shot. Miss ALMAvIVA—You ‘aro very much mistaken in your estimate of young ladies, As arule they are too fond of display weddings to be won over by anything So unostentatious as one that is clandestine. I believe that she loved the Count because he was so good and For the matter of that, Sir Joshua was good and kind, too, but she stood in some little awe of the great painter, The Docror—I don’t see how it was that sho did not marry Antonio before she went to London, He was dreadfully fond of her and would have made her a fine husband. Miss Evrneara (from a retired corner of the pinzza)— Tam only surprised that she ever married him at all. I cannot see any use for those dark-browed, bushy- haired men, who are always scowling at the girls they love and who say the coarsest things when they mean the kindest. If Antonio had only been more agreeablo T believe that Angelica Would have loved him from tho first, for sho was very susceptible to kindness, Miss GvsmsGTos—Vlease don’t talk any more about It makes mo very misorablo when I think of how she lived in the world and for the world, and yet really had no friend upon whose shoulder she could weep or into whose heart she could pour the sor- Tows of her own, Strange as it may seem, hers was a | lonely life, and Miss Thackeray has presented it in its “FATED TO BE FREE," The Parsox—Miss Ingclow is not a novelist, and I Tn that | artshe excels, but in prose she is almost common. place. Her ‘‘Fated To Be Free’? (Roberts Bros.) would | been ‘on the cover, Her descriptions of scenery are beautiful, admit, but her character drawing is poor— positively crude at times, Miss Gusmixatox—I read the book with a great deal of interest, because it was Miss Ingelow’s, I must acknowledge. It was a curious study, Her attempts at friskiness surprise you so that you forget what they are intended for, I must confess that there is too much of the sayings and doings of children about it to suitme, The boy who lisped was a perfect nuisance, And the American boy, with the very English name of Crayshaw, was about as un-American as a Fiji Istander. Miss Ingelow evidently wants her readers to feel upon a familiar footing with her characters, but it | is impossible, For that purpose she enters into details that are uninteresting and tiresome. whether victorious or defeated at Saratoga or Troy they wonld row no more races this season. It was hardly fair to challenge them in the face of this announcement. The Union and HeraLp crews are practising every afternoon on the Harlem for their four-onred gig race to-morrow. Both crews are in good condition. The Athletic Club are breaking in another four, which promises well, The new four are very assiduous in their practi Lathrop, of the Beaverwycks, of Albany, is one of the scullers in the State, He made fast timo in all his recent attempts, Ackerman, of the Atlantics, of Hoboken, is another new comer for aquatic honors. His late periormances have been highly creditable, : ‘he New York Rowing Club still adheres to the Eng- troke. As rowed on the Harlem it is neither a | nor an effective stroke, Friendship crew, at Troy, although they failed in winning, and had two sick men inthe boat, did far better than was expected of them, Engelhardt is practising yery faithfully fer his race with O'Neill on Saratoga Lake on the 2ist inst. George is now in better condition than ever before and is row- ing very fast. ‘sne crew in tho international regatta, the w in the race, rowed a boat Weighing about nd yet camo within three boats’ lengths of win- With a shell better suited, to them what might they not » done ? , The Batato which came in second to the Ata- , is essentially an amatour crew in the strictest splation of the term, It is a matter of much regret ac Among the entrie wee! for the Watkins regatta, next | are the Cornell University and Freshmen crows, Falls; Ontarios, of Charlotte; Union of Union Springs; Neptunes, of Staten Island; wycks, of Albany’; and Trentons, of Newark. ver: YACHTING NOTES, } The following passed Whitestone yesterday :— Schooner yacht Fulton, AY.C., Mr. Thayer, Cold | Spring, for New York f Aghes, AY.G,, Mr. Fish, from Cold Spring for New York, Sloop yacht Charles M, Sanford, Queens Connty Yacht Club, Mr. GC, M, Santord, from Glen Cove, cruising on the Sound. | acter in the story Avavstvs CHartes—Valentine is a most singular character. His conduct in regard to his proposed mar- riage is unprecedented; yet no one seems to think much about it. John Mortimer and his family would be interesting in small doses, but there is too much of | thom, The idiotic Laura, who imagined that every man | who looked at her was dying to throw himself at her foot, is the best character in the book, though she is little more than asketch. Crayshaw is stipposed to be a fine specimen of his countrymen, and before he meets the children’s governess they rig up a surprise for her, Craysbaw is seated on a chair, with hissfect on the back of another chair, and is busily engaged in whittling, The governess enters the room. “Wall”? he said, “and heow do yeon git along with yo-our teaching, marm? ‘Squire thinks a heap of ye-our teaching, as I hear, expecially ye-our teaching ofthe eye-tahan tongue.” | That is quoted as a characteristic American speech. Still, T could pardon that jargon if the rest of the book was not so dull, Tho Lawyxn—I think that if the story could be boiled down to just one-half of the size it would bo twice as eflective; for there are beanties in it, only they are scat- tered over too much paper. “THE LADY SUPERIOR," “The Lady Superior is the least conspicuous char. | s") said Miss Skimmer, taking the book from tho chair beside her, “She plays on important part, to be sure, but we only meet her near the end, The tables aro a little turned in this story, It is an ont. cast son who falls dead on his mother's doorstep with his child in lus arms, The mother is a hard, morbid pious woman, and she refuses to take the child, havin no proof that her son was married, ‘To the workhouse with it,’ is all she will say, ‘The village pastor, Arthur Arnott, who ts the best of , takes the friendless in- fant to his own house, and his good wife brings her up as one of the family. Tho author, Eliza F. Pollard, | them. | replied Miss Euphemia, arranging the flowers im her | points to light. | of proposing? | abl | alfords a great deal of | eves irom all quarters | dotes om this good woman and gots off a little homily YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET. —_—— — — ”_ OC rvwmwWvO a about her many virtues, ending up with thi: ‘Men seek for rest, for forgetfulness in the world and its dis- sipations, in the wine cup, on the race course, until, Weary and dissatisfied, they turn at last to home, Let women, then, beware; from henceforth the power for good or evil is in their hands, They need no legislative rights if they will but wield with wisdom the wand of genticness and the sceptre of love.’ The Lawyen—A little involved, but the sentiment is good, Miss Skramr—Old grandmother Mordant finally re- lents and takes the child, who, as she grows up, spends the most of her time with the Arnott children, Ralph and Sibyl, and when her grandmother dies she goes to the parsonage altogether. When the family mi a French country town from Wales Browme goes with She develops into a good looking girl, with strong passions and a fine ¢. Brownie and’ Sibyl goon with their education at the convent in the village and strike up a friendship with Pavty Crawtord, a wild Irish girl, whose brother falls in love with Brownie. Well, to make a Jong story short, it transpires that the Lady Superior of the convent is Brownie's mother, though neither know it, She had married Mordant and believed the child to be dead, and, urged by Mo de Py r half-sister, she entered the convent, wh remained twenty years, It was to Mine, de} terest to keep her there, owing to some moneyed consid erations, The Superior is told about her child and escapes from the convent to seck her. Mine, de Pas follows, to do some mischiet or other, and they meet on the same steumer and are drowned together. Miss ALMAVIVA—So Brownie never sees her mother to know her? Miss SkimMER—No, she never does, and on that point lies the strength of the story. Miss ALMAVIVA—Nothing of the kind, She marries a rich noble, Ralph marries Patty and Patty's brother marries Sibyl. Avavstvs CuaRts—How charming! “PAUL MARSIE, “T believe that Justin McCarthy published ‘Paul Mas- sie’ anonymously at first, to see what sort of a reception the book would receive,” said the Parson, seating him- self on a chair, near Miss Kuphemia, “That might have proved a dangerous experiment,” 0 Panson—It did not in this case, howey Those dreadful 1 eklies spoke of it with a great deal it it than if it had ‘arthy’s name on the title page, It is a wild sort of book, and has few of its author's charac- teristics, It is sensational without being ridiculous, and dramatic without being stagey. Paul Massie ix not Just such a man as Ladmire, and yet there is a good deal about him that is admirable. parson ts to me utterly detestable, and I am traly glad that he did not Cc a in marrying Sarah; she was much too good for m. Miss Gusmycrox—I think that Paul was’ perfectly splendid. I should love to know just such a fellow— a Bohemian in the best sense of the word; just the man to win the hearts of those prim English girls; 80 different from the pin-tailed, patent-leathered, conven- tional creatures that the nthe hatit of meeting every day—a great deal rougher and a great deal hon. exter, I'don’t blame Salome for proposing to him. She did it very nicely, too. What do you think of this, Doc- tor, from’a brilliant widow to a poor Bohemian? ‘He is ruined and she tells him that she exults init, He Sprang to his feet and looked wildly at her:— “Ido rejoice in what you call your ruin. your being poor, nameless, hopeless, as Heaven hears us, and you know why ait sat down again and covered iis face with his hand. “Yes, you understand me now, I have had to speak ont at last, Tam glad of your poverty, because 1 am rich; of your doubttul naine, because, since it is doubt- ful, | may offer to bear and share it. Paul, Paul, I love you, and you know it! See how I unfold my whole eart—ay, and abase myself before you. I have never felt love before,” she murmured; never until I saw you. I would have died for’ you. 0 what I would have given to be young again—to be twenty years younger than Lam! “Never should you have known of this—in words at least—had that which I imagined for youcome true, Butitdid not, and cannot; and now that you are poor and outcast L may tell you how much Love you, may L not, Paul?” @AUGUSTUS CUARLES—Ah, and that’s the w: Women do the business, s it¥ OF course he ae er, Miss Gusutvcrox—Indeed he did. “While we both live,” he said, “we will not separate,” But they did not both live.” Salome, m the goodness of her lear had put her maid, who was ill, to sleep in her room and she took the maid’s room, In the dead of night she was stabbed to the heart by the jealous lover of her maid, who had secreted himself im the room. “A tragic ending,” said the Parson, reflectively, “but not as bad as it might have had the woman lived for aithough Paul was carried y her pleading and would have married her, | ly more in le with his cousin Sarah, whom he married later. mystery and plotting in the book keep the reader in a constant whirl of excitement; the Bohemian sketches are good, as they should be from the pen of such a thoroughgoing Tacmber of the fraternity as Justin MeCarihy.”” 3 Texult in do, as surely ‘spank? “There isa good deal tw laugh at in Mrs. Newman's ‘Sean’ ” (Harper & Brothers), said Almaviva, arranging the folds of her muslin dress, “but I like her very much, notwithstanding, To be sure, she was the most gushing and impossible young lady in the world, but one cannot help loving ‘her. In the first place, her lonely, down-trodden lite at Mrs, Bowles’ semimary was ‘enough to excite one’s sympathy, To be lifted’ from that into a pleasant home and plenty of money turned her head and opened the door of her heart.” Miss Eventemia—Still I don’t think that that was any excuse for her kissing the housemaids and calling them “dear.” She might have found some other way ot re- lieving herself, I should have liked her better if had had more spunk. Fancy for a moment a being so generous as to prefer working for her living, and starving almost, rather than take her just rights. I | cannot imagine any’ one consenting to be an outcast, with her father’s will in her pocket leaving her $15,000 | ayear, and doing as she did, because she felt that her aunt and cousins had expected the money as their right. Taxatens~ Ot. crores wah & thing could not havo happened outside ot a book, but here it all comes in natural and in keeping with the character. She | had plenty of “spunk,” too, when occasion required. 1 thnk she spoke up quite fiercely at times, reas ae One nsho felt kindly toward Maud was that she had won her lover, though in perfect innocence. She would feel under the circumstances, One cannot blame Nugent Orme for loving Jean, for the more one knew her the more there was to love, It was just the other | way with Maud—the more you knew her the less you | liked her. Miss Ecrme1a—Maud aid develop into a bad wo- | man, but for all that I believe she would haye made Nugent a good wife, She loved him as well as his | y had been married, as every one | thought they would, there would in all probability | never have been anything to have brought her bad | | | put herselt an’Maud’s place and imagined how she | \ | i “Would you bave a man pass his lifo hanging over the mouth of a yolcano #” said Augustus Charles, seat- ing himself on the piazza steps by the side of Miss Euphemia, Miss EurneMtaA—As long as there was nothing to dis- turb her there would be no outbreak, Nugent woufil very likely never have known but that she was the most amiable of women, and they would have gone on read- mphlets and discussing theology and politics to dof their days. 1 don’t wonder that she hated Jean, for didn’t that gushing creature break in upon her féte-a-tétes with Nugent every time he was on the verge Such annoyances were enough to try a more patient disposition, “And poor Jean was so utterly unconscious of having done anything, That made it the more exasperating, and. to think that this bunghng creature should at last win her lover from her. AtMaviva—It is a wonder to me that Jean did not | accept her cousin Louis from a feeling of duty. Miser. | fellow! Pretty Jessie wax the one for him, and | Tam glad that he got her. She led him a dance, to bor- m the vulgar. ‘Tus CHARLES—A regular cancan it was, too, know [think that Nugent Orme acted too | mouthed about his love atlair, He had never en- gaged himself to Maad; they had been more hke | brother and sister than like lovers, and when the girl he | did love came along I should think that Mand’s clam was lighter than a thread. Imagine any girl insisting upon marrying a fellow after he had told her that he was in love with someone else but that he would | go through the cercmony with her if she considered him in honor bound. ALMAVIVA—Matd was aknave, and is the wy villain | of the story, See how she tortured Jean, how she brow- beat her mother and made trouble generally, 1 think that Mrs, Ne’ has shown good sense inher finale, | It was a great deal more natural to leave Maud unre- pentant, Lam sorry, however, that Jean never knew her mother, [It would have been a great consolation to the poor child, Nugent's love was the only good thing that did come to_ her, and LT suppose that that filled every breach. He was a fine fellow, though somewhat eccentric, On the whole [think that Mrs, Newman's Jean, with her rosy red blushes, will tind a great many friends, “SHAKESPEARE DIVERSIONS,” “Isn't Francis Jacox a cripple or an invalid of some sort?” inquired the Doctor, lighting his cigar after the Jadies had retired upstairs to pat on their “ching: The Parsox—I believe he ik, Some one told me he never goes out of his house, and that he « his time in his library, He does not pretend t author, but amuses himself in delving among his treas- sand making books like ‘Cues from all Quarters,” lume lying before you, “Sha Scribner, Welford & Armstre y of spending his « readers, [advise you to take the book home with you. There is no xermonizing in it, though he takes te from the great dramatist, and elaborates upon then, His aim, to quote trom the py , has been simply to iMustrate and annotate Shakes] vs of his giving; t pi and to adopt, to variegate and pabien 14 to echo and Fe-echo those t has been to diversify his ona in every known k Li theme with variat has been to ply hi none but himself pit park o the subject or to draw practieal lessons and exemplary platitudes from it to the extent of A sweet seventeenthly, The Docror—I pride myself on my aequaintance with Shakespeare, and T want to read everything that Tean relating to his lite and works, [see this work begins with the immortal sonnets, — There is enough of text in them to fll volun ve no doubt but that Twill find a great dh rtainment here, AU (throwing away tho en: r) here come th ladies, alt arrayed im their raporios and looking | like pietures just stepped from mayiva, may L offer you the protection of an old man's arm’ Thanks, Good night, all, Remember the club meets at my quarters next week, Good night and good night, rames, Miss Al- | of elaritied nihilism, LITERARY CHIT-CHAT, Tennyson never smokes any but Virginia tobacca, Tho late John R, Thompson kept him supplied with the best the market afforded, Bret Harte’s stories have been translated into the Norwegian. Macmillan & Co. are about to publish a poem of three usand lines by the Marquis of Lorne. It is called uido and Lita; A Tale of the Rtviera.”” The same firm will publish Mr. Ashton Dilke’s work on “The Rus sian Power.” Both books will be ready during the fall, Brentano has imported “The Wines of the World," characterized and classed by Henry Vizetelly. The book contains a great deal of information upon @ sub- that it would be better for the world to examine into more carefully. The man about town, as well as the wine merchant, will find some interesting reading in the hook, which contains a revised and amplified ver- n of tWo reports drawn up at the request of Her Maj: esty’s Commissioners for the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, A complete edition of Miss Rossetti's poems will be published by Macmillan & Co, this fall. The Penn Monthly, published in Philadelphia, is # magazine of no small merit, It is devoted to literature, science, art and polities, and not to stories. Mr, A. Brens tuno has recently become its New York agent, Joaquin Miller's last volume ig said to be as much like Morris as his other two wero like Byron and Swine burne. t Among authors who have ruined their booksellers wa must now number the late Emperor Napoleon, His “Life of Camsar,” a dry and heavy book, was such a pro- digious failure that M. Plon, the publisher, lost an enormous sum. He has also Jost his suit against the estate of the late Emperor, the Court holding that book- sellers who make bad bargains with authors must abide by them. ws A valuable scientific book is ‘Crania Ethnica,” by M. de Quatrefages, just out in Paris, Parliament has adjourned without the appointment of the almost promised commission of inquiry into the present stato of copyright generally, So that goes over for another year, Mr. John Churchill, tho most extensive British pub+ lisher of medical books, 18 dead, ‘Yhat indefatigable war writer, Dr, Samuel P. Bates, has in press “The Battle of Gettysburg,” a carefully prepated historical work, which T, H. Davis & Co., of Philadelphia, will publish, Professor R, 8. MeCullough, whose report on sugars became a standard authority, has in Van Nostram’s press ‘A Treatise on the Mechanical Theory of Heat, and Its Applications to Air and Steam Engines,”” “Hoosier Mosaics” is tho title of Maurice Thompson's forthcoming book, which is made up of Western life sketches and descriptions. M. A, Rendu has printed in Paris a historical bool entitled “Les Avocats d’ Autrefois,” Macmillan & Co., London and New York, will soon bring out “Lieutenant General John Burgoyne’s Mom- oirs;” also a “History of Lloyds’ and Marine Insurance,” by Frederic Martin, compiler of “The Statesman’s Year Book.” Hurd & Houghton will bring out a volume of “Literary Notes,” by A. T. Russell, Rey. EF. Burr, notable for his queer theological titles, ana author of “Ecce Coolum” and ‘Peter Mundi,” has now in press “Toward the Strait Gate,”” The work of the Bible revisers on the New Testa- ment has now been in progress five yoars and will oc- cupy five years longer. The four Gospels have been completely revised, except two disputed points yet te be decided. The work on the Book of Acts is nearly finished. The number of revisers is twenty, and their monthly sessions continues for a week during ten months of the year, Whether the new Bible will be published in parts, in advance of completion, has not yet heen determined. The London Publishers’ Circular says that the dra- matic works of Mr. Bayle Bernard, an American, who died lately in London, number ever 100. Mr. Bernard, who was an accomplished and genial critic, wrote a life of Samuel Lover, and left in manuscript his own recol- lections of the stage. The Boston Public Library now numbers 225,000 vole umes, beside 60,000 in its eleven branches in the various suburbs of Boston. Dr. C. KE, Appleton, editor of the London Academy, is now visiting this country for the purpose of extending the circulation of that periodical on this side of the At- lantic. The Academy, though one of the youngest, is one of the ablest of the London weeklies, and is one of the fow Enghsh journals that speak with respect of Americans and their literature. The Academy has large American correspondence, and is devoted to litera- ture, science, music and the drama, All its contriba- tions are signed by the full name of the contributor. The indefatigable Mr. Allibone is now at work ona volume of “Prose Quotations, from Socrates to Macau- lay,” to be published next fall by J. B. Lippmeott & Co. Mr. George W. Bouton will issue this fall “The Kabal- Jah of the Egyptians and the Greek Lino of Proportion,” by George H. Felt, Mr. Felt has spent years in making original and intimate investigations into the true mean- ing of the monumental symbolism of Egypt, in whieh time he claims to have discovered “the true geometri- cal systems of the Egyptians, the long-lost and eagerly sought for key wherewith Egypt unlocked the myste- ries of nature and art.’’ The work, which has cost £30,000 in proparing, will be issued in numbers simal- taneously in this country and England, and sold by subscription only. ‘Among recent blue books issued by Parliament Fis an admirable “Report on Poor Laws in Foreign Coun- tries,’ showing the present condition of legislation re- garding pauperism in Europe and America, Macmillan’s Magazine for August, which has just reached us, contains the opening chapters of “The Curate in Charge,” a new story by Mrs, Oliphant. Mr. E. C. Stedman is rusticating at Quogue, L I. Mr. Stedman's ‘Victorian Poets” will be issued this fall by James R. Osgoot & Co. The work will appear in England at the samo time. Mr. Joseph H. Coates, late of Porter & Coates, Phila delphia, has left that firm and will hereafter conduct the publishing business under the style of Joseph H, Coates & Co. ‘Annie Thomas, the novelist, is said to be far from handsome, bat to have an animated expression and elegant manners. Although she is the wife of a country parson she is a capital rider and may often be seen following the hounds, The memoirs of Dembinski, the Hungarian General, are published at Vienna, The deposed and unfortunate General abuses most of hjs fellow Hungarians and ac. cuses Kossuth of craft, duplicity and moral weakness, William F. Gill & Co. have added Hans Wackenhusea and Alphonse Dandet to their list of novelists. M. Elisée Reclus, whose foible appears to be om- niscience, is now going to bring out ten or twelve vole umes giving a description of the several countrics of the globe, The work will be illustrated by 2,000 maps. Scribner, Welford & Armstrong have just imported an edition of “The Golden Guide to London,” said to be the best in the English language; the very best is written in French. Messrs. Constable, Edinburgh, have been interdicted, on the application of Sir C, E. Trevelyn, from publishing cortain letters written by Lord Macaulay. Bret Harte’s novel will appear in England and Ans. tralia simultaneously with its publication in Scribner's Monthly in the November number. Mr. BR. H. Stoddard, the poet, is a martyr to rheuma- tiem, which, most unfortunately for a writer, is in hie hands, Miss Kate Field ts having a grand time in England, Sho is the guest of all the diftérateurs and repubheans,e and is writing some capital letters to her friends in thie city that are well worthy of publication. It is ramored that Miss Fiekl will return with a play written ex- presely tor her. . Mr. Charles Barnard has written over 300 stories. One of Mr. Moneure D. Conway's principal reasons ia visiting his home in America after a fourteen years’ ab- sence is to seo Walt Whitman, Mr, Conway was the jivst to introduce Whitman to England, where he has stnee found almost more admirers than at home, The New York correspondent of the Boston Saturday Garette has been interviewing a friend of Algernon Charles Swinburne, now in this country, from whom some interesting and heretofore unpublished fact’ im the life of the poet were obtained, Mr, Swinburne was born in London in 1887 and entered Oxford in 1857, He comes of a nobie fumily@is a republican in polities, and of the church of Blake and Shelley in religton—a sort He is fond of very young and very old people, Of his poetry he ranks “Hertha” hte best as a single piece, The largor part of his time te passed at his residence, Holmwood, Henley-on-Thames, He has written ton volumes, both prose and postry, im the past tem years. . th