He however has faith in
the good sense of that community, and so have we.
Fragmentary portions of Liszt's 'Chopin,' about 60 pages out of 202,
were translated by Mr. Dwight of Boston, and appeared in the 'Journal of
Music.' Those portions were favorably received, and all who thus formed
a partial acquaintance with the work will doubtless desire now to
complete their knowledge, especially as some of the most vivid and
characteristic chapters were omitted.
MY DIARY NORTH AND SOUTH. By WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL.
T. O. H. P. Burnham. New York: O. S. Felt, 36 Walker Street. 1863.
(Cloth, one dollar; paper covers, fifty cents.)
It is amusing to read over, at this stage of the war, these letters, in
which the Thunderer, as represented by Mr. Russell, dwindled down to a
very small squib indeed. Few men ever prophesied more brazenly as to the
war,--very few ever had their prophecies so pitiably falsified. Other
men have guessed right now and then, by chance; but poor Russell
contrived, by dint of conceit and natural obtuseness, to make himself as
thoroughly ridiculous to those who should review him in the future as
was well possible. It is, however, to be hoped that these letters will
be extensively read, that the public may now see who and _what_ the
correspondent really was, through whom England was to be specially
instructed as to the merits of this country and its war.
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