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LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
II ia intimated that Mr.. Sweetsers bl-
ography of Washington Allston may be the ast IN 'e
series OF artisbiographes The volumesn thls series
now number fifteen. They Will BIO arranged III sets Ior
the holiday trade.
The next number in the series OF lives OF
famous american Indians at Dodd Mead q Co.'S Will
treat of Red Eagle the with the Creek Indians
Of Alabama General Jackson is a conspicuous hgure
in the work, and fact and not fiction Is the basis oil H.
II has been written by George Cary Eggleson.
A book of over one hundred sOnnets called
Life and Faith" has just been published by Henry Holt
& Co. The author of them is George MacKnigh ply
siclan in Western NewY0rk. The same firm VIII Issue
soon Roscher's Political Economy" translated by j. j.
LalOr.
Still another collection of short poems has
been published under the title &" Evenings with the
Poets" james Miller announces It, The volume has
39s pages ia printed heavy tinted paper, with rcd
lines. and contains sixty illustrations aud many Orn-
mented head pieces. FOrtyei2ht authors are repre-
sci ted and the book contains 700 poems.
Within year or two Jules Verne VIII
publsh history of travel In hroe volumes smultane
ously in Paris London and Now-York. 1t will differ
from his former works IN being sober and practical
Charles scribners Sons have new volume from MN
after his present style in preparation now IL VIII NAVE
a hundred illustrations.
The THANKSGIVING number of The Christian
Union will contain letter from Secretary Sherman on
the South Carolina troubles an article by Gali Hahi-
ton Star Paper from Henry Ward Beecherj aThanks-
giving story "Tbe Praise Meeting at Poncasset, by
Eliot Mccormick and the opening chapters OF new
serial 1.-THE Little Belle of BOomlngdale," whose
anonymous author is said to be writer OF Wue
ton.
Poems which "Maria del Occidente" (Mrs.
Maria Brooks. OF Medtord, Mass,l wrote many years
ago. were admired by Charles Lamb and Robert SOuihey
but are now little known They have been edited lately
by Mrs. Zadel b. Gustaison and Lee Shepard OF BIOS
ton promise them for early publication Mrs. Gusta
son also has a volume OF her own poems IN press 't
Lee Shepards Her researches into the life ami laDoFs
of Mrs Brooks have discovered correspondence with
COlerdge, the Southeys, and other literary peOIle W
England which will form part of article winch she
has contributed 10 Harpers AaGasine for January
Mr.. r. Worthngton has in press and nearly
ready for ISSUE "Leisure Time studies, Chiefly Bograph
ica" series OF essays and lectures By Andrew Wilson,
Pm D. Among the contents Biology and its Teach
ngs"" Science and Education" Facts and Fiction in
Zoology" 1.-THE Law OF Likeness" "The Origin OF
Nerves." Animal Development and What II Teaches"
"science and Poetry" What Saw In an Ants Nest,
ETC. Among the other new books at Mr.. Wor;hingon's
are Wilson's Animal Life" Chambers stories OF Ec-
markablo Persons, and history OF Lord Dufsrins al
ministratiou in Canada, By William Lego.
Another volume Of selections from Ruskin's
works is ready at John Wiley Sons. ills entitled
Pearls for Young Ladies'" The collection has been
made and arranged by Mrs. L. c. Tuthi, the lady who
prepared the preceding volumes The passages are
mainly Ruskn's later works. some OF them being
very recent About twenty pages consist OF things which
Ruskin has written about himself. Fhe others are
grouped under the following heads Education''
women,"" Nature and Art" .sNarratye and Cru;
icism" Morals and RELIGION" and Miscellaneous
Mrs Tuthi still lives in Princeton and Is eighty years
OF ace.
The second volume of Libke's "HistOry OF
Art" edited by Mr. Clarence Cook. was not ready last
year until two days before Christmas. so that It's sae
during the holidays Was limited than 1t otherwise
would have been. The book, however, has gone 10 q
third edition during the year, and Dodd Mead Co are
now preparing for the trade this year in several new
ana superior styles Of binding. Another holiday DOCK
at Dodd, Mead Co.'s is called " The Master aud Ills
Friends In Art and Song" 1t Is small square l2mo
and contains poems by old English poets and engfaV
ings OF pictures by the Italian masters. Da VincPs
last Supper" Is the frontispiece and vtgnette OF
each Of the Apostles is inserted IN other parts OF tc
book Raphael and Corregg,O are among the o'oer s
represented
DIR. Philip Schaff with the assistance OF a
number of scho ars in Great Britain aud America, is
editing for Charles ScrbneI's Sons popular com
mentary on the New Testament which will be embel-
lished with maps and many illustrations. This COM
mentsry aims to present In evangelical and catholic
spirit the results OF the latest researches for tie In
sruction Of English readers Tho contributors have
been selected chiefly from the members Of the Anglo
American Bible Revision Committees who have for sew
era years been engaged in correcting and improving
King Jamess version for public The frat volume,
which is nearly ready. comprises an Introduction and
the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke with 100 org
mai wood navings, besides maps aud plans Tue sec
ond is in press and will contain the Gospel Of John and
the Acts OF Apostles. The completed work VIII ex-
tend TO four royal Svo volumes
The second volume of the Odell catalogue,
prepared by Mr. George P. Phes, Is now In press at
Sears Coles No book sale in the country was ever
represented by catalogue remarkable than this
When IL was originally begun Mr. Oden did not
expect to sell his books and desired 1t purely for his
own satisfaction Fewer than 500 copies OF the volume
now ont were printed and within month IL will be
rare book. Mr.. Phes engaged on ID more than o
year The titles Of old books were followed with scru-
puous care. involving the preparation OF twenty-sT
new letters now obsolete. on which men were working
two months. About 100 copies were printed on fine
linen PAPER with illuminated beadpeccs and oolored
titles and bound In velium The demand abroad for the
book has been larger than the demand at bems. me
second volume will be published III the same style as
the first, but will contain many rarer and more sump-
tuOus books.