The New York Herald Newspaper, November 18, 1878, Page 8

8 IS WE GUILTY? —ememeneae Henry Graveline Cries Out Against His Conviction of Murder. A VERMONT FARMER'S CAREER. Accused of Arson and Homicide—The Circumstantial Evidence. AN INSURANCE STORY. WEATHERSTIELD, Vt., Nov. 16, 1878. Abont two years ago 4 man named Henry Gvaveline was arrested for the murder of 4 man named Herbert O. White, Graveline became known as the Weathers- Geld murderer, When arrested he was the possessor of considerable property, and, generally speaking, was He was born in Canada and was of French descent, and although considered by his neighbors a man of rough habits, he nevertheless seemed to take great pride in the cultivation of a farm which he owned, of about five hundred acres. Since his conviction he has been serving out his twenty-four months of servi- tude (before execution on the gallows) to the State of Vermont, in the State Prison at Windsor, the last four months of which will be in solitary confinement. AVELINE'S PARENTAGE. 1830, six mies from Graveline was born in Apri Black River village and fifteen miles from Moscow, | Canada East. His father's name afine Grave- tine, his mother’s Lizzie. The family lived on a small farm, and his father had a blacksmith shop in cou- nection with his house. There were in all six chil- —four boys and two giris—all of whom are now g and all getting along in the world prosper- ously. Marshall, the oldest brother, is a carpenter, and lives at St. Sébastien, Canada East. Mary is the wife of Andrew Houle, a farmer living ona farm of about one hundred and eighty acres at Roxton Falls, Canada East. Celestine, brother next youngest to the prisoner, is a stock dealer residing at Bourbon, Kan- Kakeecounty. IL. Celinda is the wife of Oliver Cum- mings, a farmer owning 160 acres in Cloud county, Kan. was E: A HARD-EARNED COMPETENCE. The prisoner's father was drowned when be (Henry) was nine years old. When he was ten years of age he went to St. Umbrages to work on a farm for one year for $15. The next year he had $20 and the third year $24, and saved from all $15. From this time onward Graveline earned and saved by hard labor became and = eventuall; considerable money, known as a well-to-do farmer of Weatherst rated as being worth $25,000 or In fact, the farm and all its appurtenances and stock was considered one of the best in Vermont. When he was arrested this property was under no en- eumbrances. ‘To-day it is all gone, and, in his own language to the HenaLp reporter, he says, “I have not one dollar in the world left me with which to help myself or provide me with small comforts while here in this prison confinement. My only child—a grown up daughter—received almost nothing from my estate, and some articles were taken and sold that belonged to her. . Valuable cattle were closed right out at the prices usually had for common stock, and many things at ruinous prices; among others a fine top buggy, which had been run perhaps five or aix times, for which I had paid $180, and had given to my daughter, sold for $30. There was no need of this sacrifice, but those who had eharge of my property tried to get it into money at any price at once. They have rendered me no account since they have made & final disposition of my estate. In my confinement they have not even visited me, but, on the contrary, have falsified in regerd to my condact here, and striven to convey the impression that I um dangerous and malicious—a man to be feared. These reports the Superintendent has branded as untrue.” BRIEF REVIEW OF THE CASE. At the time of the trial of Henry Graveline for the murder of Herbert O. White it seemed evident to every fair and impartial man that, back of and be- yond the desire that justice should be done, there was an interest, and a determined interest, that this particular man should be ‘convicted of the crime charged against him, and every effort was resorted to | in order to secure thisend. What that interest was did not appear so plainly, but that a tremendous effort was being made to convict Graveline none couid and know. That all may see the force of the subjoined affidavit and that the people may be the better able to pass upon this matter, « brief review and recapitulation seem neces THE MURDER Tn October, 1876, a man of low birth and character by the name of Herbert 0. White disappeared, and after October 6 nothing more was known of him until the body was discovered about the last of the month in a well in a pasture belonging to Graveline. Various conjectures were afloat regarding White, and after the 10th of October, when the buildings of a wealthy farmer named Weston were consumed by fire, the prevailing opinion was that White had fired the buildings and made good his escape, as he had before this been suspected of burning farm dwellings in Chester, an adjoining town. SHARP LEGAL LIMBS AT WORZ. On the Lith it was rumored that for this Graveline was to be arrested, and one Batchelder, of Windsor, of the law firm of Edminster & Batchelder, went to Graveline and urged that all of Graveline’s property be put into the hands of bis partner, Edininster, and | advised that there be no delay, as he would certainly be arrested, his property attached and himself be placed in jail without any hope of bail. Other per. sous of his acquaintance were suggested by Grave- line, against all of whom objection was raised, and finally the transfer of all his real estate and 100 head of cattle was made, Although claiming in defence that he had full proof of his being at home on the night of the 10th, his counsel would not permit tail to see ry him at the preliminary examination to employ | his testimony, but ‘advised that it be re- served mnti! he got to the County Court, as | they would surely commit him to jail. The transfer of the property was made for the sole purpose of c nail incase of committal, and it was to be iminediately, a property amounting to fully r four times the amount of his bail had been turned over. Examination was waived and bail fixed at $6,000. Craveline, chafing finement in jail, was informed by Batchelder that Edminster would not be accepted, and they were in search of Snother inan, whom, it seems they did not find. White's body hud in the meantime been found in the well, aud a warrant was issued and placed in Jailer Hewitt's bands for Graveline's arrest for murder. Meanwhile rties were at work attacking flank and rear, coax- ug, threatening, urging, persuading, nettling and vexing this man—all on the alert for a sign, a word, & festure—oue look, anything to be construed against Among the number of the besiegers waa bis interest one Tim Hanlin, who, it is alleged, had left prison the April before, having served a term of five years therein, | He was one of the principal witnesses for the State at | the murder trial. I have seen Graveline again at the | jail and obtained from him a fuller statement, which | is as follows ORAVELINE'S SKCOND STATEMENT. “I do not wish to trespass on the time or the atten- h blic to an unendurable extent, but if the law is carried out this will be alinost my last opportunity to say one word in my own be- half, and I do not want to go down to my grave branded as 1 have been with these calumuies, now almost impossible for me to refute. ‘To the wor! large it may n strange thateven here in my doomed, I should care, but they do annoy 1 here, How 4 man, of such a character, as run given me could have lived ant labored and assori ated with men for forty-eight year an accumiulate property, and not come under the ban of | suspicion, an open violator of law and a criminal, is an almost absurd thing to think of. And I suppose by many this is the natural and anticipated end of such a life. HE APPRALS TO iS CARE. “My neighbors and my friends shall be my judgea hpon that score, and upon them I will depend for a | decision about my character, Ask them whose | went oftenest in all the neighborhood to obt doctor for the sick. Ask them if when needing farm utensils they did not come first to mo, for they knew of sorts and kinds 1 had them ali and would freely lend, Ask them if they had property for sale, tha no one else would buy, if they did not come to m ud get the money. apd if for smuil lor ta) nd other wants they did not come to m i boastful im me, but my time for things " it may t that a sort bas yone, yet I do want to have them asked about my treatment of the poor, and it ever the needy man | leit my door empty. Mow have those living in comparative poverty right about me fared since I left that dear old farm it took inc so many years of hard toil und conumy to gain—better or worse? Have tho sick bad inore of less done for them? My God! I never harmed # burnan being in my life, and Lain here to die, convicted of a crime which 1 did not and never could commit. Ask them if Tever fought with any one or gave, uuless in ploy, another man & | | timony until the case went to County Cow | put under $6,000 bonds. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1878.-TRIPLE SHEET, blow. Did T encourage Xu strife and quarrels? I would thave them if Icould prevent it in any way. I tid not bear to see men fight. I never med & human being in my lite. Ask them if there was a poor man or wonian in want of a few pounds of meat, but- ter, four, a load of wood or any other necessary, who came within my knowledge, who was not supplied and told to pay when he could or come aud work enough to make it square and get some more. I know Tam rough im pn 9 and manner, but my heart is warm and I could not see men suffer when I had means to relieve them in my Is. 1 know that [am an unlearned man aud that printed and written are all alike to me, because I could not have advantages, but must work my Way from boyhood up; that I knew nothing about so- ciety or social gatherings, except of tarmers and men in my condition in life. I wish it had been other- wise and that [had led a life npon a higher plane, Work has been the key to all the success [ had, and I felt it Thad money I-had power, ‘This was wrong, fora man, I now think, ought to learn to read a) write and gain knowledge. All these things are true aud still rude and ignorant men have feeling for others, and I wanted every man and woman to be comfortable, to have enough to eat and drink and wear, I never said so much about myself before, and it may be I never shall again; but it seems as though hand had been turned against me and all bad otten that Lever did a kind act. If my neighbors is untrue and false then I will abide by that decision and wot eOmplain. But it is true, and they know I have helped poor relatives of some in that community better off than I w Ishould never have said these things about myself, but it does seem hard for me to be here, and, in addition to that, hay- ing so many foolish and false stories told about me. ‘They have got all my property away from me and my life is now im jeopardy. But this i& not enough: they must make me black before the world, entirely black, without ever having done any good acts to my fellow men. THE LAS? HE SAW OF WHITE, “Now, I want to say something about my trial and about the testimon; They all agreed that White was never seen after Friday, the 6th of October, 1s76, and that for two or threo days before that he was at my place, This is true; he was there, und came to ha me drop a suit against him and let him come and work. [ hesitated some about it, but thought finally he would do as he agreed, and that would be the best way for me, as I had plenty to do and he was a splen- did hand at all kinds of work. He came there Tucs- day, before he disappeared, to see me about it, and about moving into my stone house, which was then full of apples. He was very anxious, end again to me Wednesday, and Thursday stayed drinking cider and eating app ten o'clock or later. Friday he came and wanted me to move him right ‘a and I told him when I got out enough apples so he could come in I would, and I had enough en- gaged then so L could make room for him, but I wanted all differences between himself and my house- keeper healed first. He remained until about dusk, and then started towara my carmiage house to get his horse and Icame into the house. The housckeeper was lighting the lamp in the window facing the car- riage house, and she testified to that effect, and that she saw him drive by while she stood there. She was not believed, evidently, but had she testitied that 1 went out of the house (instead of being there with my feet on the stove) and that I was gone for several hours, and more like that—would it not have been believed? HIS POSITION TOWARD WHIT “This was all put in to fasten the crime on me and show a motive. Here are the facts:--I had that man where Leould send him to prison, and he knew it and he begged me to drop it, and told me he would work hard and only take up just money enough to live on if I would let bim, Was it my interest to have. him live, then, or die? If he did live Ishould be some $200 the richer and my farm much improved, for I had made terms with him to lay a lot of wall’ and to get out some timber. ‘That was @ Very poor motive to a man who had loved money as well as I did and who loved to make im- provements on his farm. 1 dropped the suit and carried off my apples, and got all ready tor him to come, and also to go for his things and bring them up; and then he turned up missing, and it all fell upon me, and they gave thut asareason, It was not true, Before God I say that after I came into the house and sat down I saw no more of him, and that Tum in the sight of Heaven an innocent man. I don't want to say very mach about the testimon; everybody read it at the time, I suppose, and my statement might seem, perhaps, too long. HOW THEY WORKED ON HIS FEARS, “In all the testimony of Hanlin there was only one true thing, and that was about Carpenter, They all came to me and tried to scare me by saying Carpenter would swear my neck right into the halter. did not see how he could; but there I was in jail awaiting trial ‘and everybody at work upon me. Haulin suggested to me “it would be 4 good idea to hire Carpenter to go off and stay until after it was all over.” I did just what any man similarly circumstanced would have done—sent Han- lin down to find out what Carpenter was going to do, He did go down, I think, and saw him. When he came back he told me Carpenter was goirg to be the hardest thing of all, but tor $25 he could be hired to yo to Canada and see his friends until it was over. I gave Hanlin the money and told him to go right down and get him away. This is the truth and as it was, but Hanlin swore that I told him to kill Carpenter, "That was a wicked lie and Hanlin got paid for telling it. I can't say all I, want to say, it would take too Jong, but that was the way that I was tried. They all seemed to want to hang me, but I will not make my complaint now, I will wait for a better time. ATTEMPTING HIS OWN LIFE. “Does any one wonder, then, that when stunned by @ verdict of guilty, made up upon testimony of men who perf themselves, that I should attempt m; own life by cutting my throat in jail? That I shoul: Dreak down when that verdict was given and become insane ? I don't remember how I came by the knite nor when I cut my throat, for I was, I fully believe, at that time roy 2 Every hope that had kept me alive through the long days of the trial was dead, and why should not I die too? WHY HE CRIED ALOUD, “I am now glad that I did not die, even though I may be hanged in the end, and die an innocent man upon the seaffold, for one thing I have lived to tell the people that these men swore falsely. I know I could not have lived but for the kind care of Mr. Hewitt and his daughter,» who did everything for me that could ‘be done for any man, Rev. Mr. Wicks did all in his power for me at that time, and is a splendid man. think Mr. Hewitt is one of the best men that ever lived in this world, and Dr. Richmond, of Woodstock, is another. Ever since Leame here they have told about my having a re- volver in prison, and about my throwing a chisel and trying to kill a keeper with a hammer, but Mr. Spencer, the superintendent, knows the only thing I have done was to say something—to speak out loud. I would be at work and the memory of all this wonid come upon me—the sense of all the wrong done me, the robbers of my property and its sacrifice, the tes- timony empleyed against me—and when I thought it all over it would seem as though I must speak to change my thoughts or I should become med. I wonder that any man can live who has had such in- meted out to him as I have had, but Ido want had rather live here in prison than to die. I do not want to be hung; the thought of it is awful; but if If must then 1 will, and like @ ian. Mr. Spencer has branded us false these prison stories, and I need say no more, Ido hope these other lies will be also shown. If I have not already said that want to do so now, for it is true. EXPLANATION OF A JOURNEY. “Another part of the testimony I would comment on is this—Witnesses swore tomy being in Greenbush Sunday morning, with the purpose of showing that £ had been to the Densmore place to leave the Lorse and and wae now returning. Carpenter told me Satur- day night that my cattle were out and were secn down by the gulf; so Sunday morning I went after them. These were ten head that had been in that pasture, but which I had taken home on uc ut of lack of water, and any one who knows any- thing about cattle knows I took the most natural course in the world by going where I did, for cattle “work baci as they suy. Before these ten cattle were found I was arrested, and what became of them I do not know. They were not included in the bill of sale of my other cattle to Bateh- elder, but I presumed they went to make some one's pocketbook heavier, and that’s the way it ali went. I had it, and learned it; now they have it all, and how did they get it’ Oh! how they sacrificed itall! Four sys and two The owner now refuses a difference of $90 inost cer- “ve got it all, hbors who of my splendid cows—two of them Alder black Dutch—sold for $70. $160 for them—there HIS PROPERTY TRANSYERRED. he 12th of Uctober, 1876 they arrested me for burning the buildings of Horace Weston, on the night of the 10th. On the Lith, after Sheriff Amsden came to take the shoes from off my horse, Batchelder came up and told me they were going to #rrest me for the burning and wanted me to put my property into Edminster’s hands so L could get bail, He told me if I did not do this they were going to attueh my prop- erty and put ine in jail, and thea I could not obtain bail. He urged me to hurry as they would soon be there and then it would be too late. 1 did so, and the next day was arrested, They told me not to take my witnesses down to the preliminary examination, tor they would bind me up any way, and to save my tes- 1 was Twas told they land Horace W. accept Ediminster for my t ised to become my sur: make the property ov after they got down to the Clerk's office at Perkinaville matter sutixfactory to Sheruf Arde body of that poor murdered man was found no one went down to the inquest for me and they told me as a reason they did not know about it. Perhaps it was all right; it may be | am mistaken about it all, but upon the face it does not seem right nor just. HOW RUMOR MURDEIN REPUTATION “They made au auction at my place and sold erything, turned everything upside down, hunt Ht ev A it ail out wud sold it’ all off clean—everything, I have not been told that any one forbade the sale of an article or cleimed anything #8 his, If so imuch of my property, twols and furni- ture had been by "mo from othe: why did they not then come forward aud say, “Tht or that is tine’ and “You must not sell this?’ When #0 many were there—and it was a big sal why did they not do this, Tsay stand Henry L, Hubbard, the a would probably find somewbere wmong my things @ 4 box of axes Which had been stolen from Claremont. I wn also told he did not find anything of the sort, and expressed great surprise that no men claimed anything at that ven thes: stories. All at once rant man sprang into notoriety a dexperado apd a criminal, and every act of violence, intinidu- tion or theft committed within @ radius of twenty miles was thrust upon him. It was convenient for some of the rest, Ll suppose, however false it might be and unjust to me. ‘hen ramor gets hold of a man’s | peputation there is no telling where it will all end, and he is made to think and 29 in a way all new and strange to him, and to do things that he never dreamed of, I may at some other time have more to say, though I think this is probably the last statement I' shall make. Be as c! table as possible to 4 man and to all men in my fix, and don't believe that, with all my faults, there was no good in Henry Graveline, § THE FIRE AT WesrON's, “Phe suit for the firing of Weston's buildings was in some way settled, and I was never tried upon that charge no further than at my trial for thia crime; they tried to drag that in also, I had perfect evidence that I was at home the night of that fire. My horse may have gone down there; that I don't know, but I Was at home, and had full ot of that. ‘They had the property in their hands. I was in prison, and they could and did do as they saw tit.”” A STARTLING AFFIDAVIT. After Graveline had finished this statement and all the waterial points were gleaned from him, he as- serting that a great Brena, had arisen against him, and also weighing carefully the history and character of the man Hanlin, your correspondent called on Mr. J. W. Deane, Jr., of Cavendish, whom I kuew to have in his possession important information concerning this case, ung as well as being thoroughly conversant with all the details, having been one of the counsel at the trial of Graveline, After a lengthy conversation with Mr. Deane, and my repeating in substance what rayeline had recently stated, as above given, I was handed an effidavit to peruse. It is most certainly a document which carries its own force and clear meaning with it. Mr. Preston, who swears to and signs it, is a gentleman well known throughout Vermont and New Hampshire. He saa above reproach for veracity and moral worth, THE AFFIDAVIT. ston, of Weathersfield, in the county of ate of Vermont, being of lawful age, upon vst, testify und say ns follows, viz.:—That in the trial of Heury Craveline, of said Weuthersfiald, der of Herbert O. White in Octobe D, is Albert u line) matters and have ev said trial, wat the employ of the i yay i wi © ings of Horace Wi Weathoratiald, were insured, I was at that tin now the agent of the Farmers’ Mutual Insurance ¢ of Montpelier, Vt., aud that, as such agent. I effes surance upon the buildings of the suid Horace Weston; vd that, on the night of the 10th of October, A. D, 1876, the said buildings were destroyed by fire, aud that the said Houry in said and am mparsy othe n wan in the © nite that the suid Han ploy of tho sald company, and was their trusted uxeut; and further that he, the said Hanlin, obeyed implicitly the orders and directions received ‘from him, the said Wells, nud followed strictly tho directious gi him, and that letters passed between himaelf and the said Hanlin while they were working up that matter daily. And further, I was informed by the said Wells that Hanlin would not dare to prove in any way false to the interests of the company, as he was completely in sald company's power, tor thero were no less than six indictments out against the said Hanlin, any one of whieh could be picelpitated upon bim at ang. moment: That they had a certain service for him to perform, and he would be shielded in its performance untess he committed some new robbery or depredation. That said Hanlin had been employed by aid company a number of yours in ‘other transactions same nature, and further [say that Horace West of Windsor, in said county, u sume knowled understanding of thin matte t have and to the same effect as above ted. and farther I Say not. ALBERT PRESTON. ‘Subscribed and sworn to before a notary public Septem- ber 30, 1878, Here follows the usual jurat. IN CONCLUSION, r The amonnt of the insurance was in all $3,000, but $200 of the Property was not burned, leaving the amount for which the company stood in, in cuse it ‘was not put upon Graveline, at $2,800. And this sum, $2,400, was all that Weston would receive in case it was not fastened upon Graveline. But Graveline was a man of property and in a civil suit for damages more might be recovered, the measure of damages being the appraised vaine of the property de- stroyed. The property, as appraised at the time settlement was made with Weston, was $6,000. Is it not @ little singular if the insurance company, the party insured, and the agent of the compuny, ali had the saine knowledge, understanding and belief in regard to this matter? NO LONGER A MYSTERY. THE TRUE STORY OF THE FAILURE OF SIR LEWIS PELLX’S MISSION TO THE AMEER OF CABUL. [From the London Globe.] The following information, which has reached us from a source entitled to every confidence, has a very important bearing at the moment, on account of the clear view it presents of the chain of events which led up to the present critical situation on the Indian frontier. ‘The excusable anxiety of the public for au- thentic information in connection with Sir Lewis Pelly's mission and its results has led to ademand in some quarters for the publication of the official papers connected with the mission. We haye reason to believe that what we now publish represents mat- ters as faithfully in all essentials as the official In the autumn of 1876 Lord Lytton sent an invi- tation to Ameer Shere Ali to attend the great Delhi Empress of India. It is not certain whether the Ameer of Cabul really comprehended the ‘ise na- Britain's Sovereign, but one cn} he saw clearly, that to accept such an invitation would be to yield his po- be expected that an independent ruler, possessing an army of 60,000 troops, sould deign to place ihinisclt Cashmere and the Khan of Khelat. The invitation thus sent in the name of the Queen of England was areply. It was aclever move on the part of the Viceroy, but the bait did not take. Sundry rumors then reached the Indian govern- ment throngh their native agent at Cabul that the ‘was present at the Cabul Court in the person of a cer- tain Bokhariot. Such being the stato of things the rumors by inviting the Ameer cither to come in per- son or to send a properly accredited envoy to meet cal conference was arranged. The British pleni- potentiary selected for this mission was Colonel the Ameer was Syud Nur Mohamed Shah, The Peshawur conference commenced on the 234 of Throughout the whole conference it was evident that the Amecr was not amenable to argument. The de- reasonable, ‘The present state of affuirs in the East required that Her Majesty's government should be in re ‘d to the affairs of ‘tral Asia, and the time had now arrived when England desired ‘to place English it was known thatthe Ameer objected to having an =e Envoy at Cabul, that would not be pi f eventually be sent even to the Cabul Court was in- sisted upon. In return for this England was prepared to enter upon 4 treaty both offensive and defensive with the his father, Dost Mohamed, and if the Ameer wished it the succession to the throne of Cabul of his fa- posals were, of course, submitted by letter to the Amecr, and some time ela before a reply was despatches themselves :— Assembly, when the Queen of England was declared ture of this addition to the “style and titles” of sition as an in itmonarch. It was hardly to on & level with # minor satellites as the Rajah of treated with scorn, and the Viceroy waited in vain for IN THE SULKS. Ameer was sulky, and, moreover, that a Russian spy Indian eee thought it well to test these the Governor General's agent at Peshawur. A politi- sir Lewis Pelly, and the envoy appointed by January, 1877, and lasted a period of some six woeks. mands of the Indian government were moderate and possession of the most trustworthy information with officers as agents at Herat, Balkh and Candshar. As aithough the principle ‘that such an agent might THE GOOD OFFICES OF ENGLAND, | Aiuecr, to restore the subsidy at one time granted to vorite son, Abdulla, would be guaranteed. The pro- received by his agent. Ameer of Cabul was inexorable. He needed no help, he required no treaty, he had borne with the English long enough. What had the Englieh done for him? When he was dethroned by his brothers, Afzal and Azim, the English had reeqgnized the usurpers as the Amecrs of Afghanistan! When he sought their arbi- tration with reference to his difficulties with Persia on the Seistan question, the English had decided in favor of his enemies! When his son Yakub was in open re- bellion against him the English had tried to interfere in his rebel son’s favor! And now they had even ion of Quettah, threatened his kingdom by the occu For pe! weeks did Sir Lew: et 7 matic skill to the utmost to find a romedy, but he Peshawur on April 2, with the draft of the treaty un- signed in his pocket, while the whole country around hin was breathing threatenings of a religious war. WHY THE PRESENT SURPRINE? ‘There was, it is true, a report circulated that the sudden death of the Cabul envoy at Peshawur had brought the conference to an untimely | one Ameer Shere ing the v Peshawar. “From the Aincer’s envoy which Major Cavagnuari was insulted in the Khyber | Pass, not one single communication has been re- yuld not | ceived from the Ameer of Cabul. Moro than one per- of the Ameor as sus | son has been killed by orde | pected British spies at his court, while eighteen | months ago he openly summo: the chiefs of the different tribes to join him in a jehad against the British. All this has been going on day by day and month by month for the last two years, and yet our | impending war with Afgnanistan takes the whole tish nation by surprise, RAGGED AND WRETCHED. A forlorn little boy, about nine years of age, named John Rogers, said with the tears falling down his | tace in the Wifty-seventh street Court yesterday; “I've no home sir, no food, no clothes,” “Whore is your father #” “He's dead, sir, I never saw him,” ‘And your mother 7” “Dead too sir, 1 can remember had a pretty face sir, and was very | but she died when I was very young, “No other relatives?’ asked the magistrate kindly. “Not one. [ have becu kicked about for « long time and very few kind words have been suid to me. ‘Have you not tried to work?” ‘T have sold papers, run messages and done all I could to make a ving. It is ouly now when L find everthing sv bad that come to bey you to give me @ hon ‘The magistrate was interested in the poor lad and vromised to see after him. her @ little, She very kind to me, AMONG THE BOOKS. THE POEMS OF FRANCIS VILLON. ‘The poems of Francis Villon, of Paris, of which we have read now and then a translation by Swinburne or Rossetti, are, for the first time, doue into English verse, in the original forms, by John Payne. If we understand aright this little volume, bound in vel- lum and gold, contains the complete poems of the “sad, bad, glad, mad” poet, ‘Lhe edition is limited to 157 copies, printed in London for private distribu- tion by the Villon Society, a few of which have found their way to this country, having been subscribed tor some two years ago, The volume is dedicated by Mr. Payne to Théodore de Banville, who responds in a ballad to the translator of his countryman, in which he says:— Ce vi 5 1 aux foux-follets, Contre la taim se débat et conspire. Epris du luth inoins quo des flageolets, C'est & charmer Jeanneton qu’il aspire; Un cabaret fut son joyeux empire. Si ea ncatralt en sou sis penta, Bi bon gi m qu'il fut ue pendu. Chez les buveurs il obtint la iuaitrise, Huzuant le piot, toujours le cou tendu, Prenez, Villon, c’est une bonne prise. The biographical note accompanying the poems tells us in prose what Swinburne told us in verse:—- Prince of sweet songs made out of tears and fire, A harlot was thy nurse, # god thy sire; Shame soiled thy song, and song assoiled thy shame. But from thy feet now death has washed the mire, Love reads ont first at head of all our, Cy Villon, our sad, bad, glad, mad brother's naine. Villon’s real name was De Montcorbier, and he was born near Paris in 1431, At an carly age he wes adopted by 4 rich ecclesiastic named Guillume Villon, Whose name he took. He was intended forthe Church, but his dissoluie habits prevented his following that career. An unfortunate love affair with one Katherine de Vancelles, of whom he often sings, seems to have had a share in blighting his prospects, at least that was the idea he constantly gave out, The early part of his life was spent in debauchery, if not in crime, His companions, among whom he secs to have Leen @ ringleader, spent their days in drinking and their nights in robbing honest citizens. ‘Two of the num- ber suffered death in consequence of their crimes, and Villon only escaped by good luck. There is no doubt that Swinburne has drunk decp draughts of inspiration from Villon, for whom he has an undisguised admiration. If Walt Whit- man was a student of French literature we should say that he also had been iuspired by the same source. ‘There is more similarity between Whitman and Vil- Jon than between Swinburne and Villon. The charm of Villon’s verse is its extreme honesty and simpli- city. His poetry could not be read ad libitum ina nineteenth century drawing room, neither could he have been received in nineteenth century drawing room. The subjects of his verses are of things with which he was the most familiar, and, like Whitman, he makes his poetry personal, aud his own name constantly appears in his pages. Mr. Payne has not pretended to prune any of the objectionable lines from these poems; there are no suggestive asterisks used, but good and bad alike stand out in bold type. ‘Ten of these ballads appear in Swinburne’s latest volume. It may be interesting to the reader to com- pare some of his translations with those of Mr, Payne. Here is a stanza from the fragment on “Death,” which Swinburne translates :—- And Paris be it or Helen dying, t Who dies svever, dies with in. He that lacks breath and wind for sighing, His gall bursts on his heart; and then He sweats, God knows what sweat! again, ‘No man may ease him of his grief ; Child, brother, sister, none were fain ‘To bail him then for his relief. Here is Mr. Payne’s translation : Paris or Helen though one be, ‘Whoever dies, in pain and dread For lack of breath and blood divs he; His gall upon his heart is shed; ‘Then doth he sweat, God knows how dread ‘A sweat, and none may give him aid; For there is no one in his swad By whom death’s debit may be paid. Mr. Payne gives @ very good translation of the “Ballad of Old Ladies,” which Swinburne prononnces Villon’s inasterpiece, known to the English speaking world through Bossetti’s translation. : ‘The following is evidently to the faithless Katherine de Vancelles :-— If she whom I did serve of old, So whole of heart and loyaily, For whom I wasted years and gold, And only won much misery— If she at first had told to me (But no, alas!) her true intent Thad essayed assuredly To cust off my entanglement, Not so, but on the contrary; Whatever I to her would say She listened ever more to me, Nor ever said one yea or nay; And more she suffered me to play With her soft hair, her hand of white, ‘Thus did she humor me alway, Intending only my despite. Indeed, she treated him so cruelly that he write: 'Gainst love my standard I’ve unfurled; Let those that love him follow still, I'm his no longer in this world, For I intend to do my will— Wherefore if any take it ill ‘That I love venture to impeach, Let this content him, will or nill— A dying man is free of speech, In the verses in which he describes what he would have done with slanderous tongues, he exceeds the horrors of the witches’ caldron in “Macbeth,” as the following stanza will testify, though it is not the most horrible :-- In brain of cat, that water doth affright, Black and so old that not a tooth hath he, In foam and siaver from a mad dog's bite, ‘So old and rotten he can hardly see; In froth of broken-winded mule, that ye May cut up small with knives; in water n With festering slime, wherein there ma; seen. Serpents and rats that there have lived and died, Lizards, toads, frogs and such like beasts obscenc— Lot all these sharp and poisonous tongues be fried. His cry from the dungeon where he was impris- oned had the effect of procuring his release :— Princes and noble barons, young and old, Besi the King for letters sealed aud scrolled ‘To draw me from this coe for, God wot, Even awine, when one sq 8 in the butcher's fold, Flock ‘round their fellow and do squeak and scold; ‘Will you all leave poor Villon here to rot? While Villon cannot be recommended as the most improving reading, it is but just to say that some of his poems are as pure as they are beautiful, ana that he is full of originality and inspiration. “HIDERNIA VENATICA.” Following close upon Neville’s “Horses and Rid- ing” and Whyte Melleville’s ‘Riding Recollections’ comes Mr. O'Connor Morris with @ handsome volume entitled “Hibernia Venatic (Scribner & Welford), giving lively pictures of following the hounds in Ireland, Mr. Morris writes with enthusi- asm of the sport and even argues a political signifi- cance from its practice, for he says:—-'‘Does it not hurl away absurd and ignorant prejudices of race and creed and raise men to @ common platform of good fellowship and good sportsmanship ? “Phe man who this day sheds his blood with me shall be my brother,’ said the great Plantagenct. Is not the community of peril and sympathy of excitement a stronger cur- rent than half the nostrums of political patchers and political pullers down, levellers up and levellers down ?” Ireland he considers the ideal hunting field. To be sure, it has ite drawbacks; wire barri- cades, yates, and hedges #0 thick that one or two dis- tricts are shunned by straight riders as is @ harbor full of torpedoes by wary captains, The hiatus between the close of the grouse and partridge campaign, says Mr. Morris, and the cor mencement of fox hunting has been pleasantly filled up in Ireland by cub hunting rehearsals and much harrying of the timid hare, ‘The latter sport is cor- tainly far more gencrally popular—if attendance and numbers be any test-—than the process by which young foxes are indoctrinated early into the sweet uses of wlversity and taught how to pluck the flower of safety out of the nettle of danger. Why this whould be so does not exactly appear at a glance. Perhaps the early and intempestive hours which keen cub hunting masters have been obliged to adopt in the month of September and early October have something to do with the very thin ranks of their followers; perhaps the secrecy which is maintained about these matutinal forays may partially account for the fact, or an over-high ideal standard of the class of horse which a fox hunter should ride when compared with the modest qualifications for a har- vier hunter, Certain it is that the the autumnal fields which accompany hare hounds are almost plethoric in their dimensions, embracing individuals of mostof the large studs who will soon be engaged in the more arduous and ambitious pastime; while fariners, apparently reckless of the fact that the ayrations of @ hate im @ narrow compass, a ARS ma ac hi A i te swhkn followed by along cortége all out expressly for jumping and schooling purposes, is infinitely harder on crops and fenees than the rapider whiriwind of a fox chase, swell the ranks to a most respectable host, So far as hunting has gone the hare men have had much the best of it, for the bouquet de livere has been 4 more titillating stimulant to hounds than cubs or even old foxes have proved in this almost seentless season. His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught began his hunting experience in Ireland with Mr, Maxwell's harriers in a beautiful reach of grass land around Kilbride, which the Meath and Ward Union hounds have made a household word among hunting men, A fashionable and hard-riding assemblage, drafted from the Dublin garrison and the Ward Union men, mustered on the occasion, but the legend of the day was great cry and little wool, for tur proved extremely scarce in the country crossed, and the merry little muggers were very vociferous over the single short running specimen that turned out for their delectation. If, however, there was little of pursuit there was plenty of jumping, and the obsta- cles were of a kind that taxed the capability of a good hunter. Mr, Morris’ book is embellished with a number of photographs from life of aristocratic ladies who ride to hounds, We are disappointed that he does not tell us more about their riding. Miss Persse, of Moyode Castle, we are sure, is a fearless rider across country, Her slender, shapely hands, that lie on the railing, could master the most unruly horse. Lady Randolph Churchill is the beauty of this gulaxy, but to our mind there is uo more attractive face in the lot than that of the Hon. Mrs. Malone. Her whole bearing shows life and energy, and we beticve that she would take a five-barred gate without a thought. ‘The Marchioness of Ormond, though rather delicate looking, has. a face full of determination, It was not many years since the one lady in Kildare who hunted and rode as few have done since was the cyno- sure of admiring eyes, the theme of every tongue, says Mr. Morris. Now, he continues, more than twenty umazoned figures are to be seen at every large meet, and out of thut number many ride almost faultlessly and fearlessly, In conclusion, let us quote these verses, which appear at the end of the volame:— I've sung my who—whoop in Kildare; I've hunted my last with the Wards. John, hang up my flanuels to air! Tli'play in the colts’ match at Lord's! My pinks yon may now lay aside; ot my latehfords and crops line the rack— No longer they'll tempt me to ride; ‘Till the ides of November come back. Diana, thou queen of fox hunters, Befriend me, thy liegeman, in town: Protect me from sharpers and punters; Teach Chioe to smile; not to frown. LITERARY CHIT CHAT. ‘The poem of the Rev, Dr. Brown, of St. Elizabeth's Church, Fort Washington, entitled ‘fhe Progress of the Faith in Manhatten,” and which is published for the benefit of the Cathedral Fair, possesses a great deal of merit, and is worthy of far better treatment than it hus received from the printer. ‘The aster and bis Friends’’ is the title of a Christmas book to be published by Dodd, Mead & Co. ‘The illustrations are drawn from the heads in Leon- ard’s famous painting of “The Last Supper.” George Cary Eagleston has prepargd the second volume in Dodd, Mead & Co.'s series of “Indian Biog- raphy.” It is entitled “Red Eagle and the Wars of the Crecks,"” The supply of now’books in England seems to be greater than usual this year. Adramatié poem by the author of the “Epic of Hades” will appear at Christmas. Mr. J. Winter Jones, lute principal librarian and sceretary of the British Museum, hus been retired on an allowance of $5,000 a year. A volume of Julian Hawthorne's short stories will be published by Macmillan & Co. A small fragment of a tablet containing part of the annals of Nobuchadnezzar hes been acquired by the British Museum. The Young Ladies’ Journal, received through Wil- mer & Rogers, is brimful of practical English fashions and patterns for all sorts of ladies’ work. In the current number of the Contemporary Re an anonymous writer contributes a paper entitled “What Is Going On at the Vatican.’, The object of this paper is, he says, to set forth as clearly and dis- tinctly as lies in his power the attempts which are now being made or have already been made by the present Pontiff, Leo XIIL., to reconcile the interests of the Catholic Church with the peace of civil govern- ments. “Essie,” a romance in rhyme, is the name of a pretty little composition by Laura C. 8. Dayton, in which are described the adventures of an American belle who goes abroad and in England captures a young English lord, The story is pleasantly told, and the rhythm of that easy, rollicking character which is agreeable to listen to when read aloud, NEW ROOKS RECEIVED. By Lewis Sorgeant. With maps specially prepared for the work. Cassell, Putter & Galpin, publish. ers, New York, The Dinner Year Book. By Marion Harland. Charles Scribner's Sons, publishers, New York, The Intornational Review. November, December, 1878. A, 8. Barnes & Co., publ New York. Tue Bankers’ Magazine and Statistical Register, Novem- ber, NTH, J. 3. Homans, New Yor ublixher, Ne F Helena. A Love Episode, By Ewile Zols, Translated Sherwood. T. B. New Greece, hy Mat . ‘etervon & Brothers, pub- lishers, Philadelphia, Picturesque Ireland. Part 3 Edited by John Savage, LL.D. Thomas kelly, publisher, New York. Burbank's Recitutions aud . Dick & Fitagerald, few York. nvan Humorous Dramas, Diek & Fitzgerald, publishers, Dick's Quadrille Dick & Vitagors|: Calibook and Ballroom Prompter. publishers i ‘he Story of Lil y.. By Charles Carleton Cy Tilus- trated, Harper & Brothers, publishers, New York, Macleod are. A By William Black, IMas- trated. hi rt & Brot! rs. Harper's Half Hour Serio Millor. A Stndy. By Henry Ja Jr, Some Recollections of Rufus Choate. By Edwin P. pple. nthly. Vols, 19 and 16. November, 1877, to for Girls Seribner's ) October, 1874. St. Nieholas; Seribner's Mlustrated Magazine and B Mary Mapes Dodges V 78. Beribner & Co ors, Now Y te ork. Storics of Romarkable Persons, By W. ( W. & Chambers, publishers, Edinburgh The Haunted Hotel. A m5 cant of be Wilkie Collins, Rose-Beltord ‘Through. ‘ -it- Dark . Barnard. Tw: Rose-Belford Pablisuing Co: South America. By Michwol J "office, Buenos Ayres, 1. With iusteations, J.B. bip- leton & Co., pub- the Kee By Johu Allen, G. P. Putnam's Sons, publishers, New York. ‘The Art of Flower Painting, By Mrs. Wil with twelve illustrations by Datkiel. G. publishers Sketches of Ant Ph, DW. Dy jam Duftivld, tiamn's Suns, with practical appli- natry. By Sau: ten, D. Appleton cation uel Royee. Ri ry purd, pub rs, Bi By ‘Andre k ourlett. al treative on the applicutio nt and heredity to the impr vile. By Manly Miles, A history of France rt Vrouch Revolution to the By Henri Van Daun, Two vols. D, Appleton & Co. publishers. nada Under the Adiuinistration of the Barl of Dafferin, ree Stewart, Jr. The Rose-Belford Publishing Toronto. 1 ivan News Company, agents, New Right Hon, MG, William Lexge. Montreal How to Road, and Hints i Classified Lints of Wor Vine Arts, Fiction, 1 By gaan Vv. hoosing the Bost Hooks, yur on wsant Ways in Selonee. By Richard A. Proctor, BR, Worthington, publi ew York, Gol " on Mother, Tome and Heav From With SB. Trews, Songs, tor the Nursery. th Litred Kappes. Troughton, Ongood & ¢ FINE ARTS. FALL OPENING AT GOUPIL'S, Tnvitations have just been issued by the art house of M. Kuoodler & Co, (Gonpil’s) for the fall open- ing of their gallery, which will be found to-day to have been rehuny, and to contain & number of new and nuportant Works, One of the most noticeable of these is ulurye example of Hugucs Merle, “Odette and Charles ‘ which figured at the late Salon, It shows the beantifal Odette de Champdivers playing curds with the weak-minded and often insane French King. The fair girl etands on the side of the table nearest us, sweetly smiling as she lays one hand on the card she has played while she holds up with tho other her dress and the rest of her cards, The King, seated on the other side of the table, fingers his cards nervously and looks up half trustlessly, balf lovingly, with his weak, tndecided, yet almost savage face, at his fair instructor, ashe ia about to play. His wan- dering inind seems moro fixed on her beauty than on * the game. The faces are admirable; his with dis. tended eyes and pursed up month, filled with, the varying emotions of an unevenly balanced mind, ané hers patient, pityingand loving. There is fine work in the drawing, modelling and cotoring of the superb head, neck, shoulders and half seen bust of the fair nurse, ‘The hands of both figures, with the exosption of the ove which #he lays on the cards, are worthy of notice, ‘The coloring is pure, though as usual cold, “Desdemona,” another new, canvas by the same painter, recently placed in the yullery, has already n noticed, A large, interesting and really charming painting is by Carl Hoff and is called “Phe Story of the Battle, A young and handsome English officer, one of whose arms is in asling, is explaining by aid of a imap of Canada, which lies ona table, the operations of the campaign against Montealm, to a sweet young girl and her father. ‘The young man, evidently in Jove, stands behind the table looking earnestly, as he poiuts to the nap, at the young lady seated, who, pleased by the recital and halt won already, turns away. Her worsted work Ifes neglected on her lap, her greyhound looks up to her unheeded, and she seems to be filled with leasurable emotions which she hardly wnderstands, Bue which she is ansious to conceal trom both father and lover, ‘The old yentleman, standing, leans on the table with his chin on his hand looking at the not noticing the battle which is before him in his interest in the tale of those that are oy story isadmirably told, the tlgures finely paint posed, the three faces being admirably touched im und full of expression; the color is pleasing, aud the ‘accessories in the richly tapextried and well furnished room are given with much skill. By Roybet there ix “The Guitar Player,” a jolly | fellow in the costume of the time of Louis XTIL, strumming his instrument, with a flagon and a glass of wine on a table in front of him. The laughing face perfectly sparkles with jollity, is' full of life and ia painted with great strength. ‘The glass and the wine fligon against which ho hus stood his score, aswell as his rubicund visage, show that he is no ons- bo'tle man. Hector Leroux's “Hero,” on Cape Sestus, holding alott the signal fire, which is one of the new pictures, is « colossal woman, evidently, who is clad in flowing draperies which leave only her arms and one leg bare. ‘The drawing and modelling of the tigure leave much to desire. ‘the white dress under the influence of tho breeze ix well painted, and the coloring, if it ean be xo called, for the picture is decidedly in monotohe, is not pleasing. By N. Gyses there is a solid masterly work, remind- ing one somewhat in treatment of an Orchardson, A couple of old women are seated gossiping as they Make their chocolate and warming themselves by the charcoal brazier. ‘The faces are puinted by great skill and force, that of the woman to the right who fronts us being a marvellous rendition, Pose, drawing and the deep rich color are all good. The texture painting is admirable and the brush work is broad and assured. Chialiva, that dexterous, fascinating Italian, is admirably repre- sented by onc of his charming child stories, pure and graceful in seatiinent, wonderfully well painted and very pleasing in color, A lovely little child stands in saad holding w skein for her sister, surrounded by the fowl which are their charge. This little tigure is one of the sweetest conceptions which we have seen for w long tim ‘There is a pair of good Charles Mcissonier’s single figures painted iu the style of his futher, but possessing « certain originality from the younger touch, Kaem- merer is also represented by a pair of sketchy, effec ive little fignres painted in opaque color, Schenck i8 seen in # small canvas, “Sheep Com Home with their Shepherd at Sunset in a Snow Storm.” The light effect is admirable, There is a sketchy litt Daubigny in which there is # luminous and fine sky; & Corot and a good Mauve of a willow by a stream. An excellent little work in the minute style of Meissonier, but remiading oue in nothing else of him, is by G. Guardrone, An old fellow seated drinking his evidentiy just had brilliant thought. The ex- pression of his 1we is tine, and the psinting, down to the accessories, shows great skill andcare. A girl, standing in a somewhat Diaz-like landseape, with flowerd in her hands, pulling a marguerite, fsb: Leon Richet. A school seene by Darzelas is we peintd in the Ecouen style, ‘The Young Artist,” by Kscosura, is onc of the best examples of his work which has been exhibited here for some time, at least ft pleases, and we are hard to please when Escosura is in question, he is usually 80 yer meritorions in everything. There is a new ‘small Shreyer in the collection. Bridgeman is represented by an excellent work which is both very pleasing and well painted. A handsome young mother seated on a harem divan ig dancing her young boy on her kneo. It is full of light, air und ‘lite, the action and expressions belng admirable. The color and drawing are good, and the light striking through the lattice behind the pair i¢ welt man: it was intended to have Millet’s, masterpiece, ‘The Potato Gatherers,” already written about, on exhibi- tion, but it having been sold, and the owner wishing to have hig work at home, the house is unable to ex- hibit it as they had expected. Among the other new pictures which visitors to the gallery will see, and which ec been recently notiecd in these columns, ure a Diaz, Shreyer's ‘The Color Bearer, tle Van, Marcke, Delort’s interesting Sleighs in Ghent” and some fine examples of A, Mauve. Messrs. Knoedler expect shortly to receive and place on exhibition Kaemmerer’s important La ture, ‘fhe Baptism,” from the late Salon, which is a Sangin to his well known ‘Marriage Pro- ceaaion.” : OTHER NEW PICTURES. ‘There is now on exhibition at Kohn's art rooms @ fine example of that powerful dramatic painter, Al- phonse Wahlberg, whose masterly “Sunset on the Baltic’ attracts the attention of amateurs visiting the Loan Exhibition. The picture, is called “Sunset in the High Latitudes.” A stretch of river, a bluff in the centre of the canvas and # magnificent sunset sky form the motive of the painting, which is remarkable for its unity of effect and for its intensely dramatic realism, The lurid sky, wonderfully full of light, filled above the sun with delached clouds in admirable motion, and with its strong reds and quieter purples and yellows reflected finely in the waters, is led, with great strength. A head of Joan of Are b; Jacquet is an excellent example of his work, the fles! painting being exquisite, and the handsome face, with its blending of the character of s woman with that of a high spiriied youth, is a fine conception, “Prayer in the Mosque,” by Lecomte de Nouy, is, a8 casual, hard and crude in color, but the face ot the old man ‘standing as he prays is finely given. ‘The seated tigure we do not care much for. There is a small and good Shreyer—a pack train of Bulgarians crossing @ stream. The central horse is admirable, and the xc- tion of two of the pack horses feeling their way care- fully down the bank is excellent. At Schaus’ there is now hung in the gallery the large und too ambitious canvas, by Edwin H. Blash- field, “he Emperor Commodus as Hercules Leay- ing the Amphitheatre at the Head of His Gladiators,” which represented the artist at the last Salon, Though there is much promise in this young painter and good work scattered here and there through the can- ‘vas, he should remember that one must learn to walk before bea age torun. He ought to be able to paint pictures of two or three figures well enough to compel admiration before he attempts a grand scene, which even Gérdme would hesitate before at- tacking, and in whicheven that great master might fail, “The Rose’ is a life size figure, prcoeing color, of w young girl, by Georges Becker, The pretty, pensive face bas a good deal of life in it. “The Cavalier,” by Roybet, is a fine example, rich and subdued in color and excellent in tone. STUDIO JOTTINGS, Samuel Colman has under way, for the Water Color Society's exhibition, a picture which promises well. It is called “A Fair in Brittany,” and the scene is laid in the streets of Le Mans. George H. Smillie has just started @ large canvas with a good motive, which is so far well laid out, and which represents a storm effect at Sabbath Day Point, Lake George. He has made during the summer # number of careful and good studics about Pough keepsie and in the Adirondacks. Miss Abbott is painting a large flower panel in watea colors, and a little view near Stockbridge, Mass, A. F. Bellows while at Hot Springs last summer put ‘up a little studio there and has brought back a num- ber of interesting little water color and pencil draws ings. He has on an easel “The Gleaners,” a charm ing little harvest scene in England, ‘Chere are igure 1 the field by a river, and a distant village, Auother lish scene is a view @ road near Torquay in ne in the village street st if pleasing, the distance under nit. the els being oxcelle A. H. Wyant is painting on a canvas in which above @ landscape, with a few trees by a m there is @ brilliant, decorative sunset sky, full light. He has alxo on an casel a lake scene in the Adirondacks, with a fine distance, His sketches made there during the past sumuier are exceedingly interesting and many of them very-powerful, Arthur Quartley has started for the Artist's Fund of this year some fishing boats lying off shore with sails up ina dead calm, wait fora exe. A view of the marshes on Captree has # good rolling sky and fue color in the stretch of grasses. A. F. Banner has brought back with him from Europe a number of fine water color studies and pen and ink drawings, These latter, admirable in out. line, with the effects of light and shade given in but few lines, are very interesting. They are taken ig Venice, Bavaria and the Tyrol. _— HOME ART NOTES, An excellent line engraving by James Duthie of A F, Bellows’ “Village Elms—Sunday Morning io N England,” has just been published by William Pate & Co, The fourth of the course of Loan Exhibition leo tures will take place at Chickering Hall to-morrow evening. The subject is “Lapestry”’ and the lectures John L. Hays, Lb. D. General di Cesnola’s third lecture of the “cyprus, Its Ancient Artand History”—will be livered at Chickering Hall on Thursday evening. Au exhibition of etehi is now being held undea the auspices of the Harvard Art Club. ‘The Kochester Art Club has twenty-six members. Cuaach’s cartoon in the reais but would have been improved by firmer and buldet outlines in some of the figures, In this ‘particular Gray Parker s of Saturday ts better. , ‘The Loan Exhibition will close in two weeks. There has been an attendance of 22,0U) su far,