, 1874-07-26
LITERARY NOTES.

Publication House, New Iork) hzs contlaua:ions
of :'Antar and lara" (Aubroy de yere's EAST
Withdrawn :" "Aaghcan Ordsrs:'' "on Ito
W,ns;' ~ Discussion with III Inddel;" ~
Glimpse Of the Green Isle :" 'Grapcs and
Thorns:"" and ''oda s.oriss' Other articles
du DcFaud;" "Caiu, What Hast Thou Dono
with Thy Brothe1:" ind ''The Legend of VAL
lanbrosa" {poem).
Chicago 1tae1er for August (Del1old / Ki1k>-
York; has insta|lmcnts of Edward Kings '..Great
Sou:a," Jules Vcrnes "Mysterio4s Island.'
Adelsne Trafton's Katherine Earle" ard
Richard Henry Stoddsrd's Studies Of Some
Art," by William Henry Gooayoar; Whitelaw
Reid" With portrait; I" Cinnabar City" BY James
7. Mckay; Our Mutual Friond' in Manu-
script" b Kate Field; "Eecol1octons Of Charles
given copiona extracts). by A. 3. Johnson; and
Tho Crisis at Geneva" by Gideon Duper-
Tac poems are by Helen Barron Bostsick May T.
Hutchiasoa, ana Joha G. saxo Dr. Holianl
{thc elitor) chats Ut Charles Sumner and Prof.
Swing. Ths number ia plotuse5 illustrated.
81. Nicholas for August (scsluner i Co., New
York) las a large variety OF stories, sketches.
poen,s, and pictur.s for the little ones Alnons
tho many contributors Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps. Jane Groy ST1Eshel1n, J. T. TrowbrldSe,
Abby Morton Diaz, AMI Frank Il. Stockton.
Illinois Schon,naster for July (AAron Cove
and Edwin G. Hewett, Normal. Ill.
Tho Champion For July tCohen & sprngsteln,
Chicago and 1udlanapolls).,
AMERICAN Booksellers Guide for July (Ameri-
call News Company, New York;.
American Homes for July (Heury L.. Shepard
i Co., Boston aud Chicago).
Brornson's Quarterly Recle,o for July (Ne"
York;.
emy of Science Salem, Mass.).
Northwestern Kerieso rJuly (R Il. Dearden,
Chicago.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Bret Hartos last story, "Johu Oakhurst,' waa
written in n single night. Tile anthor sketched
the outline OF the story in his head as he "as
sitting, one afternoon, i'll Washington Square
After dinner bo vent to work writing 1t out, and
rot through before breakfast tile next morning.
| The price paid him by the New York 7 t!aes ior
this production is said to have bean $50.
! The Hon. Il. H. Glllett has written Of ''Tho
! Iifo and Times of silas Wright" to the extent OF
| two 800-pa9e octayos
! Marston will be shortly published 10 be toll
| lowed by a separate poem Of somo iengtb' " -
Pilgrimage
1Tho German poet F1eiligrath is to edit d
volume Of selections frum English poetry, III
| which the most modern poets arc to DO repre-
| scented.
| The American fund ns testimonial end
| benefit for Hans Christian Andersen ls cot grow
| ing very rapidly.
Mis-. Elizabeth Akcrs Allen, author Of
| "Rock Me to Sleep, Mother" etc, is now one OF
the editors OF the Portland (Me.) -idecrtissr.
Mr.. case's q Materials for the Hletory ot O..
the Atlenian Democracy from Scion to Peric!es
{James Parker i Co., 1915, gives IN the space
| Greek authors with regard to these political
changes upon which so many pages have been
+! written by historians
Prof Won Holat has written IN able and
learned work on tha History aud Constitution
Of the United Statcs," which is just published e
Dusseldorf. He draws from American experi.
| Ta1n nArt1neEE
applications to modern German politics.
| The Germans are still busy writing on tno
| unity Of the human race. Tho latest book -
that OF Dr.. Leo Reinifoh, Who, following 1ne
unsc,eutldo method OF tie origin Of mankll:d a.
definite place, brings the human race out Or
the heart OF Africa.
A curious fact is related in connection witt.
the recent death OF Jules Janln. the French
| critic and 1tterateir. He is said to have eA-
pressed much horror at the idea OF dying like
common mortal, pghtcap on bead and coolic:
drauEht beside him, but wished to die IN Ito
same way rs Beranger, the great lyric poet, wl'
died seated in his chair. Tho identical chair IN
| which Berangcr died WIS in the possession or
Jan1n, aud the latter had his wish gratihed. for!
it WIS wtile seated in this chair that he passed
-Tennyson saya that Miller is the greatest
American poet aud Miller says that TennyAot s
the greatest Engliah poet. man couldn't ILL.,
prove on that il he set up ali niGht.-DetTts1
Free Press.
"A hundred years ago it Was fashionable to.
! sav Lonuou instead OF London. ave see, saJ4
| ApDLetons' Journal show culture has gradually
eliminated vulgarism like Lonndn from popii-
lar use and may believe that It VIII ia time COR
Sign to the limbo OF tho paat such uttoEaaces ii
cds'sel fen, dgen. e1tror-dind'y, etc, now con-
! aidered polite and proper"
| Mr.. BENJAMIN Moran, late Secretary Of ting
American Legation in London, who las bcc:s
called home to tako place in the Stnte Depart
| mant, has, in addition to doing pracfica1l:
the work OF tho Legation, managed to dine ons
in arstocratic English society nearly every nlste
| for thirteen wears. It has also been his practices
70 enter into book cnch night, before retlr:'a !.
t to rest, the pames Of his host aud feltow guestt
aud the pith OF what |as said during and a;1t ::
the meal. Considering that Mr. Moran l''''
mo7cd ia tho cream OF diplomatic, fash!onaa'"-
sud literary society, that book will le wcr: {
| reading but it il not to be glTon to tho Work.
until after its compiler's dcatl,.
| james 7. Fields says that whenever he heH :
OF "pretty good scholar" lie is reminded cf =
e-dr1 joseph Hatton. IN English novelist, la &
| written q romance called 'sClytie," IN wlc'z
katmat one OF the characters, is another nanea
| for Joaquin Mailer
Fritz Reuter-, tho well-known German novelist
Reuter- Was not only one Of tho most celebrated
but, in financial sonse, perhaps the NOS sue
cessful, Of modern German writer's. Ills 1ofts
| vas tho deIiuea.ou OF low German character
Ho was in every way u favorito Of tho people.
| His stories amused tho peasant. tecause h'
| knew that they we're true, and tlao 1Ase1u!o".s
countess took delight in them, wondering II IL
were poszible that such qneer. people Is ha d.
scribe1 could exist. or all his works. pesla',t, r.,
'Ont Of Ny Stream Time" las galucu t'.f'
widest circulation. In Germany 1T IL und'nLt-
edly the most popular. Reuter- was much be-
loved not only IN author, bus Us man..
Tho Boston Saturday Ecen!n1 Gazette de-
nies. upon what it claims to Ee tho best autEoIi-
tr, that Prof. Henry w. Longfelo;: is wrl!r+ IL
biography OF Senator Summer, aud it adds: 80
| oovv t;fn nnr anv Hat1hfactOry life IL lIADlT IL
appear at present. Mr. Sumner left material tcr
very interesting volume, picturin1 his li:E'o:.s.
before he engaged in the public set'lce, wh!es
in the hands OF his literary executors; b''t l.
person to whom they would be xi!ling TO ''t'u'
It Las get signiicd desire to e1nbody !. ~ H.
biographical literature Of the country ~ so- u
; time in the future competent haaa ma; =
tempt to skosch the history OF III. sumner y G :
and this connection Tith toEIn tue s,1is @
worthy of the most eminent Of writer's. We NJ NJ ,
have ~ to vait years for it to be attempted, ir
speeches Of the Senator are beng eatso =, :"