The Portland daily press., 1875-03-10
Literary Notes.

The interesting photography which President
A. d. White has compiled for Scribner, Arm
strong & Co.'S American reprint of Morris's
"French Revolution in the "Epochs OF His
tory" series will be one Of the most important
features of the book 1T s intended especially TO
sug gest a course of reading to students of this
division of history.
The Hon. S. s. Cox has prepared for publica-
ton in Harper's Magazine series of papers on
American humor. There will be several illus
trations depicting humorous and non- humorous
types of men. or
Edmund c. Stedman has been overworking
himself and has to 20 to Jamaica for rest. He
would go to Havana, it is said, only that he is
member of the Cuban league and the poet Of
"Cuba libre." The correspondent of the Bos-
ton Globe says that 1.-THE literary people of
sStedman's generation-Stoddard, Bavard Tay-
lor, and such circles-are notably catholic in
their appreciation and helpful in their en-
oouragement of the younger men. 1t is, per-
haps, because they felt the need of such SYM
pathy in the days when they were making their
start Literary New York WAS then province
of Bohemia, and Bohemia is. after all, land
of small-beer. The golden halo Of remember
ed pleasure glorifies it into Already, especially
if one looks through the Easy Chairs specta'
cles; but Pfaffs, for instance, was by no means
Arcadian The life had its pains and penalties
and good many went under the table-and
stayed there. Many of the bri ghtest Of the
circle which Ada Glare queened dropped away
lone ago, who, under The home influences that
are now making themselves felt in literary
New York might have been saved tor n
splendid maturity. The war killed some, but
the life more. Now, thanks to these men, who
were boys then, eve have changed all that"
Prof G. Ran, an arch@ologist will contri-
butte series of papers on "The Stone Age in
Europe" to Hdrper's Magazine. The first arti-
Gle, on "The Drift" will be given in the April
number Of that magazine. James Parton will
also contribute to the same number his third
article on carcature. In this article he will
describe the caricatures issued during the Pro-
testant Reformation. The leading illustrated
paper will be one of Miss Constance Fenimore
Woolson's sketches of travel along French
Broad" River in North Carolina: Miss Thack-
eray's story of ''Miss Angel will be supple
mented with sketch of the real Angelica
Kaufman. This sketch will have illustrations
from the heroine's paintings and etchings. Mr..
Stoddard and the Rev. T. NJ. Coan will con-
tribute poems
The Queen, having had the "Princess of
Thule read to her last autumn by one of her
ladies in waiting, was pleased to ask Lady
Abercrombie to paint picture of the heroine,
| Sheila. The picture was recently sent to the
Queen.
| Among the recent or forthcoming English
novels to be added to Harper & Brothers libra
ry of novels, during the season, are 'Tbe Bios
som of an Aloe" by Mrs. Cashel Hoey; "Our
Detachment" by Miss Katharine King; and
''Safely Married." by the author Of caste"
and "Coonel Dacre."
We are told in a 'Life of Allan Cunning
ham," just published, that when Burns had
| finished 'Tsm O'Shanter" be took his written
copy over to the farmhouse at Sandbed, and
read it aloud there to the farmer, his friend
and neighbor, John Cunningham. Standing
in the ingle-nook, between this farmers knees
was boy, a little child, that farmers son
| one of several sons-who never forgot the oc-
| casion or its hero. This child was Allan Cum
ningham. When he was forty years Of age
! the circumstance was as fresh in his memory
as when he was four. "FIis (Burns) looks and
| his voice." wrote Allan (London Magazine, Au-
| gust, 1824) "cannot well be forgotten; and
while write this behold him as distinctly as
| L did when I stood at my fathers knee and
| heard the bard repeat his Tam O'Shanter."
| The first of prominent series of articles
| descriptive of American cities will be pub
lished in Scribner's Magazine for April. 1t will
be finely illustrated paper on Baltimore.
| The London "Atheneum" says: at may In
L thaf tha Har-
pers of New York, who have published the
| American edition of DIR. Livingstone's Last
Journals have forwarded already 1000 for
the benefit of the family. The book is pub
lshed there, as it is here, for the benefit Of the
children of DR.. Livingstone. The work Is be-
ing translated into French and German"
| Prof Hitchcock's recent and thorough geo.
logical and mineralogical survey of New
| Hampshire, the most interesting OF the ATTAIN
tic states to the scientist of these branches, will
be reported in two volumes of text and one Of
| maps. A balloon map of the White Mount
aims will be noteworthy feature.
| A new book by Mr.. Darwin, called "Insectiv-
erous and Climbing Plants" is announced for
the ensuing season. 1t will consist of two
parts, the first of which is devoted to discus
sion of the sensitiveness Of the leaves Of Dro-
sera Dionaa, Pinguiczla, ETC., to certain stimu-
| lants, and of their power of digesting and abb
! sorbing animal matter; the second, to the hab-
| its and movements of climbing plants
Mr.. William Morris has allowed his publish
ers to make verbatim reprint :of his early
poems, entitled sThe Defence of Guinevere,
and Other Poems," originally published IN
1858, and it is ready for publication. This vol
ume. il will be remembered, was suppressed by
Mr. Morris. Mr. R. II. Stoddard, in his re-
cent revision of Grswods English Poets of
the Nineteenth Century," made some selec-
tions from it.
The sixth volume of the enjoyable Bric-a-
Brao series consist of Personal Reminiscent
ces by Thomas Moore and William Jordan.
Moore knew everybody, and was brim full OF
anecdote and gossip. Jerdan was for thirty
four years editor of the London Literary Ga
zette and became acquainted with all authors
of note during the second quarter OF this
century. ...
The octave edition of Irying's Washing
tom has again become the sole property OF the
Putnams, aud they will soon issue a two-yol-
une edition with twenty-five engravings.
The price of the volumes will be very low,
and doubtless the edition will be considered
the cheapest ever issued.
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