The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-11
Literary Notes

Mr.. William Morris is preparing me trical
translation Of the Eneid.
Miss Julia Kavanagh has written new nov
ell, John Dorrien." of which advance sheets
have just reached her American publishers, ID.
Appleton & Co.
The March number of the Atlantic win con-
tain an article of unique character. explaining
for the first time the origin of the name Amer
lea. The author, who is the well-known geog-
rapher Jules Maroon, has at length relieved
Amerigo Vespucci OF the too heavy load he
has been carrying. The same number will
contain an able paper by David A. Wells,
Taxation without Jurisdiction Unconstitu-
tional" The proposed new survey of Massa-
chusetts will be discussed by Professor Shsler,
Superintendent of the Kentucky Survey, and
Mark Twain, who has been rowing up and
down the Mississippi River as ''cub" pilot,
seems in fair way to know the river"
Mr.. SAKE will have poems in the March
Numbers Of Harper's and Scri6ner's.
"Toinette," recently published story Of
southern life, was written by Albion w. Tour
jee. The real name of Edward Strahan, au-
thor of "The New Hyperion" is said to be
Earl Shinn, "Mrs. W. M. L. Jay" the author
of "Shiloh," ETC., is Julia Louisa Matilda
Woodruff. Lewis Carroll, author of '.Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland" Is in fact,
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.
Robert Browning's new poem Is now in the
hands of his publishers, and will soon appear
1t is entitled, "Aristophanes' Apology, in
clnding transcript from Euripides, being the
Last Adventure of Balustion."
Mr. Parton will continue his history of car
icature into the Middle Ages in the March is
sue of Harper's, field which gives him abun-
dant opportunity Mr.. Knights fifth Centen-
NAL paper will deal with the progress of the art
of printing. The Hon. John Bigelow con-
cludes his papers on De Witt Clinton with still
more interesting letters. "The Easy Chair.
discusses with happy pleasantly the sartorial
problem, the intercollegiate contest and Our
Royal Guest, whose altitude he contrasts with
tha of the Governor of the Empire State.
Victor Hugo promises sceoud part of ''93''
in the "Foreign War"
Mr.. William Blacks latest volume, "The
Maid of Killena. and Other Steries," including
that of ''The Man who looked like Shakes
peare," will be published soon by the Harpers.
The title story is sadlto be in its brief compass
equal to ''The Princess of Thule" The scene
is laid, as in that charming story, ON the Heb
ridian coasts.
The original manuscript of "Gray's Elegy in
a Country Churchyard''" will shortly be sold
by auction, by Messrs. Sotheby Wilkinson &
Hodge. 1t is inscribed ''Stanzas wrote in q
Country Chnrchyard," and contains more
verses than appeared in the printed poem, and
several valuable emeniations. 1t was pre-
served in the Penn Collection at Stoke Pogis,
and passed, for the sum of s13l, into the hands
of the present owner at the sale of those litera-
~ treasures, in 1854, under the hammer of the
same auctioneers as are again TO sell it.
T1rToS AS A WrrNEss.--In ais testimony on
Monday, says the Herald, every answer had an
addeudum. de supplemented his replies to
counsel with an aside that reached the jury and
| threw the defence into agonies. In this respect
| as a witness he excelled Moulton. Moulton in
testifying to a conversation answered, 81 said
| on that occasion that he was a libertine and q
| perjurer-as he is.'' Here the addendum struck
both the jury and the audience like a cannon
ball. Tilton's exuberance bad to be restained
BY the court. The Irishman's advice at Doz-
uybrook fair, "Wherever you see head, hit
it," was adopted in q different way BY the wit
ness, Whenever you see point. make it,
and the witness was not slow in the perform
ance He also ventured into the field OF hu-
NOR He knew how well Evarts loves joke,
and when the joke is good it is hard to fall out
with the joker. He also knew that the only
| thing save an interposition of Providence that
can Keep the jury from suicide or insanity is
| HOMEOPATHIC treatment with pills of humor.
He is doing this skillfnlly. None of the jokes
so far will cause fit of apoplexy to any Of the
4 n xxvl,x l.s.a w. -.
weigh the case in the balance. Tilton's jokes
are not excessive. They are like Dean Swifr's
''polite conversation" which was intended, as
he says, merely ITO titillate the diaphragm and
raise the cookies of the heart"
CoRRrcrIoN.-In the article headed Bow