West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-05-18
Literary Notes.


Miss Braddon has been guilty Of thirty.
one novels.
Mrs. Partington is about TO publish a
book for boys.
There is no hope OF Ruskin ever being
able to resume his literary work.
victor Hugo il seventy.six years Old, end
is still powerful in mind aud body His
FIRST novel, Hans Of Iceland" was written
at the age of nineteen.
Miss Hogarth and Miss Dickens, the
daughter and the sister.in.law of the great
novelist, are compiling a collection OF the
letters OF Charles Dickens for publication.
Mr.. James Ferguson, +. X s., the standard
writer on architecture, ia about to publish a
new and elaborated y-illustrated work on
The Temples of the jews and Other Bui' a.
ings in the Haram Area at Jerusalem"
Mr.. blanchard Jerrold is pushing forward
his biography of George Cruikshank." !"
An original drawing, "The Gin Fiend," by
Gustave Dore, will appear as frontiSpiece
to the second, or temperance, epoch OF the
great caricaturists life.
biography OF Harvey, discoyerer OF the
circulation of the blood with notices OF the
anatomists, and other predecessor for
whom the discovery has been claimed, bv
II. Willis, M. d., will shortly be p'bli ,hed
IN London, as further memorial OF his
teTcentenary.
So well pleased was an Edinburgh house
with Nath. II. Bishops "The Voya.e OF the
Paper Canoe" that 10 ordered FIVE hundred
copies OF the work, after having read the
advance sheets. This is a fne compliment [
coming from the Rob Roy" country
Boston Traveller.
Col. A. G. Boone, of Denver, Col, a grand.
son of Daniel Boone, is to write q history
oil the men who figured in the advance
guard of the pioneers OF the plains. includ-
ing his old companions, Colonel Christ opher
Carson, Co onel Albert Pfeifer and Others,
covering period Of more than fifty years.
Thomas a. Edison, inventor of the phOn-
ograph, will contribute to the MAY jane
number Of the North american R,Uieio en-
article on "The Phonograph aud Its
Future" in which he will tell what has been
accomplished with the wonderful instru.
ment, and what may reasonably be expected
Of il.
The Saturday RcUiew Of MarchcO contains
the following: THE Queen OF Sheba, by
Mr.. T. Is. Aldrich, is not, we think, woIs Sc
than the average OF contemporary poetry"
Now, ii happens that the Queen OF Sheba is
not poem, but very delicately conceived
romance, which certainly the critic Of the
Saturday ReDiet0 never could have read
The New York World denominotss Vic
tor Hugo's Historic dun Crime a "iob
OF Titanic twaddle," and thinks the author
must have " sat down with bad he adache,
ground out the requisite number OF pages,
topped IL of with rainbow, some capitals,
and note OF exclamation, and thanked
God devoutly that ne was rid OF vi lain.
Gus task"
Prof. j. f. b. Mayor, of Cambridge Uni.
versity, whose acquaintance with our eiRh
teenth.century biographical literature emf
nently qualities him for the task, is engaged
upon new edition Of BoBwelrs "Life Of
DR.. Johnson" which for literary accuracy
and beauty Of illustration will probably
throw all other editions Of this great Eng.
lish classic into the shade.
niHE Francis T. WILLARD fha
temperance lecturer, and Mrs. Mary u. Will
lard, widow OF the late Oliver A. w Hard.
editor OF the Chicago Post, have ass ims d
control OF the paper as editor and pJbl.sher
respectively. The public may exp CT that
pure and upright paper, independent in
politics, and an advocate Of all that is GOOD,
will be published by them.
The Christian Union will publish at once
in pamphlet form the articles on the future
state, which have been rum ng through its
columns: One on Endless Punishment "
by DIR. Bartlett; one on "Conditionol I'm
mortality" by an orthodox clergyman Of
New York and one on "Universai Resto-
ration" by Mr.. Jukes, Of England. There
viii be one by Mr.. Beecher and one by
Lyman Abbott; the former opening the
question and the other closing IT,
Dr. John W. DraFer's forthcoming volume
OF Scientific Memoirs" will be particu.
larry devoted to an account OF his expert.
mental researches into radiant energy-feat,
light, etc. These have covered period of
forty years, and include some Of the most
remarkable scientific Investigations and
practical results during that period. DR..
Diapers connection with the early history
Of photography is but one Of the important
features Of this department Of his work
Tor which the RumfOrd medal was awarded
10 him.
The difference between the verdict Of the
public snd the judgment Of publishers was
well Illustrated In Mark Twain's Innocents
Abroad" which was offered in manuscript
70 nearly every publisher Of prominence In
Philadelphia, Boston and New York. and
not one Of them would undertake TO
issue the book. Some OF them thought
u was funny; but none Of them
thought IL would sell. The author
had got tired Of Offering his matter.
and had half mind to commit IL IN the
hames, when an acquaintance volunteered
70 send IL 70 n subscrption-hOuse in Hart
ford. After long deliberation and much
hesitation the house decided 10 print the
volume, which, including pirated and all
other editions, has probably sold, up 10 the
present, fully $50 900 copies.