Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-13
LITERARY BMAIIliTtnll!

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The plnraI of Museulhhaa is Mas.
sgiinans- men, asait'is. NOT the
EiIgiish word mani Aeorres,nnd-
ent ef q New York paper oils,e W rote:
~, The Turkish Sultan has lust sent
Que of his SONS, a-little Mtiss uiboys oi
tiilie years, tosbe educated iii Paris. y
The kppietons- have SOLD hearty
SIX hundred thousand volumes ioi
their cheap edition of biick ef,.s,
Works. Sixteen 5of Lou isste lMuia-
baeh's HISTORICAL works have reached
a sale ia this country 9of 140,.,Nq
copies. s., sr, srsa a.f, .rs e,f,.
Tiiton's journal of Horticulture
started only two years. ago, bat "A Ito
getAer tie cii ioideSt periodical aof its
KIND IN the country, has absorbed
HoYey's Magazine, the old veteran !;
ana The new eonsolidation promises
still better features Tor the next year.
complete edition of Longteilow's
poems have heen issued n, =. f.s- at
one franc. The. force OF ciieapness
cannot go much further..--f- -
One of the manuscripts hroa. .,ilt ln4
the British from Abfssirfa is il4tls-
trated with a picture of, the Israeli ties
crossing the Red Sea- arlned with
muskets. ..7aey e.-..,t +..3. g.... ~.
| t Is said that MIR. Fields began lis
careeriaS efrand hoy iii the Boston
publishing house of " ltirll he is now
Tue 1iead d.@Gs..gsd va nsGliuTut -4u rt
s@ Dean Swift sGsFs, ait is remark able
with what Christian fort iiiid.4 and
resignation we can bear The. suffer-
inSs OF other folks .f'-G1qab d. snfefa
Motley, the historian. since hisssre-
turn. from Nie,,ii:t, has been Iiy inc, i'm
Park street, Boston, in a fine house
formerly occupied by3 DIR asW arren.
lie has postponed ali work for the
present, on his history of the Thirty
ears War, and is now writing "a -s,t.-
rics oi historical pipers for the. At
lantic. 49,. =. a... --f
The sul9arisni ''naryp is an ilI Ter
ate contraction for ''ne' er AZ or, "hev-
Ell Il, as used, for ins tance, bv Dong
las .lerrold who, when asked by a
needy london reporter if. he had
confidence enough in linn to lend
him a guinea, replied .pIenty of
confidence, nay de:tr frII"w, bat ne'er
: my ss'''ia.5 3ua e3szt eds Gsi7f l1s.
ou.IlZdc iint-- .-ioq Ie,tce= AS t.ti,e.
art by which a petsoii isIalde 1 oconi-
nlnicate his thoughts Ia, others and
thus 7inIiusnce them, :,nd regards
action, self i-forgetiulness pyIf fec cou-
hdeiice. and nituraiiie?ss as necessary.
to II, and moral tsrneStnesS- as the
hfsi great es4rntiaI a4.-r hre e.rr7 a
\ gentleman alear tile torlelitfnic
SrfSty SAN II farm ,4t!g boy istaf,!ino
lay ih-rro:tos itle liokiii,s.u "A horse,
" li.,ii ttv eco: nil,,i 1afieiii lae.,l In e.
b"t " ho MAS the .sN ifet. of the hofse,q
and the boy replied !ra''it t,tfotiys To.
a"raAl but shinaff l.,okiiisg tu bitds9
nests ,oAtrf ypldei~ in the waads.n
HE ATTY, lutct,in..u ga,n,as Prot
iA'ii5 y Sa7Siz, -.sg, b4a mi Re-. r. a. p.
In Eng l:araig s,taa.fuoi,s is.iidays
Gin books iHiisstf;,trfbp lsi,otouraI,iiv
are. tile Sly ylt- This ve.u GRgiUT 20 rias
IL is reported that Mr. Emerson,
viii soon hcgin a spries' TT readings
in iioston 10 Il select class, Il. whom
he viii read nos his N ESSAYS. but
snci, passages in litertititre ~ Ire may
select, making tonaments upon them
as lic reads, after the fashion Of the
scholastic coIiil,f.-iit,tofs;. r....-
Dickens i. Siying "a series III fare
wrll readings in England which, at
tract attention beNond All precedent.
People go from one town to another
in the vain hope Of aettine seats be.
fore they are. all Sold lar in advance
of tle reading. ".- "l3 e. -a