The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-23
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Will DC Tue next NO name.
The next Poets Home Paper published In
Wide Awake will be on Oliver Wendell Helmes.
Mr.. Sidney Lanier intends to write poem
on the fall of Plevna.
General Lew Wallace, whose "Far God"
was not a success, has another book nearly
ready.
The poet r. Fl. Stoddard is invited to deliver
the Phi Beta Kappa poem at Harvard this
year.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett is at work on
a new novel, already half written. 1t will frat
appear as a serial in Scribner's Monthly.
1t is stated that Victor Hugo has dramatized
"Les Mserables' and will produce 1t at the Porte
st. Martin during the Paris Exhibition.
Abram s. Hewitt has written for the next
| number Of the International Review an article
on The Method of EIecting the President.
compact but comprehensive History Of
Latin Literature, By Dr.. Leonard Schmidt, in
cluded in about 800 pages, will shortly be issued
| by G. P. Putnam's sons.
Mr.. Parke Goodwin explains that the new
edition Of his Biographies is new to him.
Thirty years ago he worked at the book. He
has not touched it SINCE
| Mrs. Jane g. Swisshelm will give some ac-
| count Of a private menagerie of wild animals,
| Tom and others, Kept as petI in an illustrated
| supplement, which Wide Awake promises his
readers for April.
Professor William Fiske, librarian of Cornell
| university, has in hand the publication Of q
"Ten Year Book, to include a register of all
| who have been in attendance at the university
| during its first decade, 1S6S-1S7S The titles
| of publications issued by Corne II men and men,
ton of their connection with public journals,
will be given, among other things, with the
names.
e. W. Bardwell, professor 10 the University
| of Kansas, proposes, in accordance with the
| suggestions of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Hill 10 his
| True Order of Studies, to accomplish reform in
che processes of arithmetical instruction through
a textbook which Messrs. Putnam have in
| press. PREDATORY to this, he is about to publish
| through them brief essay on the methods Of
teaching that subject, including c,itqus on
present definitions of the fundamental terms
"nunber" and Quantity"
The coming book about >Sothern Is called
Birds Of Feather, or Talks with Sothern, and
Is in the nature of series of interviews, in the
course Of which he gives an autobiographic
sketch of his life, from the time when he did
not become a surgeon, aud entertaining rem.
iniscences OF his theatrical experiences and
| practical Jokes Mr. La Fontaiae edits the
| volume. which will be published by Carleton.
| A number Of clever illustrations picture Soth-
ern in most Of his best known parts, and in one
'Lord Dundreary" is isfraternally shaking hands
with the "Clushed.''
Professor John Stuart Blackis's forthcoming
little book on the Natural history OF Atheism
| (Scribner) after treating of the presumption
| underlying the discussion, the reasonable
ground of theism, the variations and common
root of atheism, with special chapters on poly
theism and atheism, deals directly with the
| present status in his division on "The Atheism
of Reaction; modern English atheists and az
| nosiics.' He especially attacks Miss Martin
| eau or rather her foster father, Mr.. Atkinson,
aud Professor Tyndill. From the latter's Bel
| fast address, ne draws the conclusion that its
author is pintheist, but he speaks OF panthe-
Ism as ga perfectly Legitimate form of theism,
to which not even orthodox Christianity, right
| ly understood need have any serious obisciion.'
| He accuses Tyndall, however, Of "mist and
| confusion, and slipperiness" in his method Of
| phrasing his thoughts on these subjects.