Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-12-16
LITERARY NOTES.

DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1t is said,
writes very slowly and corrccts a great
deal; nc is never tired OF mending and i'm
| proving.
The Sunday Courier SAYS that the entire
I No Name Series. including ellis majesty,
Myself is He American novel
was written by Miss Louisa NJ. Alcott.
The breakfast given by the publishers
of the .lHdHtir MoHthiy TO the contributors
ia commemoratiOn of the 10Th birthday of
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, was an occa-
sion which will long lmger in the memories
of those who were present. The pleasant
and witty things which were read, made
the occasion a specially happy one. Dr.
Holmes own poem, As a recognition of old
age. grave but serene, takes rank among
his most charming verses.
There are now surviving five children
the late Charles Dickens. The eldest sou of
Of the great novelist bears the same name,
and is the well known proprietor of "All
the Y ear Round" His other sons are Hen
~ Fielding Dickens, the barriSter, and Ed
ward Iytton Dickens. now successful
sheep farmer in Australia. The daughters
are Kate Dickens, wife orc. y Collins the
author of "A Cruise Upon Wheels, and
Miss Mary Dickens. Two sons also are
deceased.
The foreman of the New Haven Jour-
nal caused ludicrouS reading in that pa
per. by his make up ola couple oftelegraph-
iC items. The first item read: a large
-ast-iron wheel, revolving nine hundred
times per minute, exploded in that city
Yesterday, after a long and painful illness.
Deceased was thirty-ScCond degree Ma
som" This was followed 10y the second
item. which read: John Faddcn, the
wcU-knOwu florist and real estate broker of
Newport. Il. l.. died in Wardncr & RuSSels
sugar mill az Crystal Lake, H., on Satur-
day. doing $1,000 damage 20 the building,
and iniuring several wor6mcn and Lorenzo
Wilcox fatally.
-For the closing Of the We ar, Sunday
school superintendent and teachers will
hud a great many hints and helps in the
December number of The National Sunday
school Teacher. J.. There is 4 capital con-
cert exercise for Christmas called The
Christmas Gospel" That will DE wanted
i'm hundred, OF schools. .. The Quarterly
and Annual Review Hints will be found
quite suggestive In reviewing the lessons.
The article ON Reviews, 10y Rev. g. \.
Petit, -. d., also il helpful 3. The expos
sion, of the lessons are practical n well
a. ablc-hrilHaut n well Is sound. I. The
contributed matter is choice, and the edi-
torial departments are both wise and wit
Is. IHs Ts0chsr is fr>t-Cla>S. send 10
the publishers Tor a specimen of that, and
their lesson Qu1rf,rH W,.kg, and LtH.
Folks. Chicago: Adams, Blackmcr *
Lyon Publishing Company
A few years ago. and lust amer the
death OF her son, Mrs Harriet Prescott
~poiiuri wrote "a poem, entitled Sooner or
alter. the first verse of which was aS FOL
lows
sooner OF later Tho storm shall beat
over my lsrltc from head to feet.
sooner or later the wind shall rave
In the long GRASSES above my grave
The poem was published In one of iar
per, periodicals. II is now going the
rounds 90 tAe press as having been written
hv Florence Mcdonald. the unfortunate
giri who committed suicide amer shooting
and wouudug her former lover, :. VI.
uiukcrv. at Cincinnati. The verses, 1t APP
pears. were found ia her pocket hook and
signed Florence Mcdonald. the suicide.
We make the correction from a sense OF
duty. beucyu. that the country cannot
stand another such coutroyc>y Is those
over the authorship OF Nothing To- Wear
beautiful snow" and An Quiet Along
Ia, Potomac Tonight. - Bslft>f journal.