Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-22

Scribnei's,
For April, is an unusually clever number.
| Among the contents will be found illustrated
papers on factors and Actresses of New
York, " John Ericsson Ia sketch of remark
able interest and freshness). Henry Bergh
and his Work, 'H. IL. s. Piuafore, for
Amateurs 1.-The Stickeep River and It's
Glaciers, The Measure OF Mau" (by Viii
liam Page). and ''In Snailery," and ether
papers on 1.-The Tendency of Modern
THOUGHTS as Seen in Romanism and Ration
aiisn," and "a Journey to a Political Con-
vention,' together with stories, poetry, and
full and vaned departments. and an index OF
volume XVII. As there are two volumes to
the year, ScribRer Is now eight md half
years old
For April has so many articles by well. known
| writers toc children that the issue can hardly
| fail to prove a very lively and attractive one.
| Thomas Hughes, Celia Thaxter, Mary Mapes
| Dodge, Susan Coolidge, Frank R. Stockton,
! Lucy Larcom, Harriet Prescott Spofford,
named IN the list of contributors to this
| single number. Mrs. Spofford's contribution
| Is capital two-parts story entitled 1.-The
| Boy Astronomer" The first half, with three
| illustrations, one of them by c. S. Reinhart,
| will be found In this number. Celia Thaxter
has an EASTER Song" Lucy Larcom an April
poem entitled Shower and Flower" AID
Mary Mapes Dodge some comical verses
about The Little Big Woman and the Big
| Little Girl
Three Hundred Tons of Liter ature.
Over three hundred tons of Sc1ibner'S
Monthly were printed during the year 1873.
| 1t the pages were fastened together they
| would reach about sixteen thousand miles;
| and, at the present rate of increase, the pub
| fishers have every reason to anticipate their
ability to 'put a girdle round about the
earth with the pages of the twelve numbers
Of few years hence.
Scribner Expedition to Brazil.
The literary and artistic work for the
| Standardization papers is now nearly COM
| pleted. The first of the series will appear in
| the May number. No pains have been spared
to secure the most reliable information on
| Brazilian business and social life, as well as
| good descriptions of natural scenery. Mir.
| Herbert b. Smith, after a residence of four
| years In Brazil, conversant alike with the
| people and the language, has twice visited
that empire in the interest Of Scribner'S, Sc
| rlously importing his life during his last
| trip, IN the pestilence- stricken province Of
| Ceara, where, IN population OF seventy five
thousand, the death-rate was then several
| hundred per day. In the artist; portion of
| the work, Mr.. Champneys name is a sutfi
| Gent guarantee for the first four articles; he
| is already knCw1 to the ScTibpe1' readers as
| the artist of the Great South papers, and he
| says himself: Il had a far richer field in
| Brazil than in the southern States" The re-
| manning articles of the series will be illus
trated by Herr Bernhard Wiegandt, young
| German artiBt, whose work has never APP
| peared before IN this country. This gentle
man has made speciality CT tropical foliage;
he has studied it during Fur years in the
matted forests of the AmaZ ms, md among
| the mountains OF the Bio Perhaps his
| drawings of palms are the finest ever made
| ID BAIL, and those who have worked IN this
| field know how difficult 1t is to represent the
| play of light on 4 palm leaf. O.e paper of
| the series Will be devoted entirely TO the
flee industry; the annual expectation of
| coffee from Brazil is less than five hundred
million pounds; che great plantations are iull
| OF interest and very little Is known OF them
| by the outside world The coffee will be
| traced from these plantations to New York.
| through all the details OF preparation and
| porting In This aud the other papers, a
main point held In view is to give a descrip-
ton that can be depended on as truthful, and
| facts that Will be of value TO business men
and travellers as well as to the general pub
lie. Brazil has attracted 50 much attention
OF late that misleading accounts would be a
real misfortune. As it Is, flood Of careless
letters with few honorable exceptiuns)
have lett confused idea of the country that
is worse than ignorance.
POTTS. Painless Cure.
Seribner's Literary Notes for April has
this item of the tardy reward which writer |
OF merit has just received: The publishers |
of Scri6ner'S M0nthLY are not surprised at
the popularity of 'Potts's Painless Cure, Mr.. |
Edward Bellamy's story in the February
number OF that magsz ne-a story that has |
excited more comment and admiration than |
any other short story in the recent history of |
the magazine. What does surprise the pub |
fishers Is that, apparently, no similar interest !
was awakened by Mr.. Bellamy's previous |
work IN the same magazine, some OF which |
give evidence not only OF clever observation |
out OF the rare and much sought-for literary |
ingredient OF imagination, as In The Old |
Folks larty, where the pathos takes on an |
almost tragic power. HIS other Scri6ney
stories were entitled Hooking Water mel
ons, "A Providence and Lest sketch !
OF intense re .llstic power by this writer, en-
titled The Cold Soap ana descriptive of a
period of severe New England weather, was
published IN one of the summer numbers of
the same magazine"
The Atlantic Monthly
For April is very rich in interest this month,
and especially so IN The department of liter.
airy criticism. Twenty two books are re-
viewed IN the editorial pages devoted to re-
cent literature, while IN the body Of the
magazne we have an unsigned article upon |
four recent novels, namely: macleod Of
Dare, ':The Return Of the Native" "Sig
of Sweetser's ARTIST Biographies in a
paper by Henry Van Brunt, called New
Lives of the Old Masters" critical sketch
of Richard Henry Dana by Julius Fl. Ward,
and chapter of rare interest on old Easter
hymns by Frank Foxcroft. The lighter pa
by Richard Grant White, and New York
Theatets," unsigned. Theodore r. Jenness
writes very instructivey OF "The indian
Territory" and its people, Henry James, jr.,
contributes one OF his most pleasing sketches,
and AN Architect" discusses the Washing
ton monument and M. Story's design, Mr.
Longtellow's sonnet The Burial of the
Poet "a Day in Colorado" by Mrs Mary
Mapes Dodge; The Saga of the QIeen
Stones" by Alice W, Brotherton, and an
anonymous piece Of fine quality called "The
Fools Prayer" constitute the poetry of the
nlmber. Frank Richards, working me-
chanic, contributes "a Workingmau's Word
on Over-Production."
Lippiacotis
For April ia good number. OF the illus
trated articles, which are three in number,
the first is one Of Porte Crayon's pen and
burhood Of jamestown, entitled ga Visit to
the Shrines of Old Virginia. 4 chapter of {
charming descriptions of Eng ish scenery
aud buildings, called English Vignettes, =" is
Mr.. Henry James, jr. s first appearance with
Illustrations to his text, we believe. The
and the Legend" by J. Brander Matthews, t
diigent gatherer of odds and ends, who
knows how TO string them together with eff
feet. Mary Dean writes a brief paper on {
THE Hooslers at Home" The serial story is
continued, and there are second papers in the T
two series, "Women's Husbands" and CIV 1
Village in the South" Other articles in the
Ancient Decorative Stuffs, =" bv 1T. 1
NJ. Benson; Our Beaux," by Sarah Winter a
Kellogg; "a Bitof Old Satsuma. " by William a
E. Griffs, ard "a Lady rs Life In Brazil" The =
poetry is furnished by Edgar Fawcstt and |,
W. w. Young. h
StOaewRIi JacksOn's Death Wound. a
Charleston IS. CO. Ne,0s: General JubaI Ii
4. Early contributes TO the December nnn- Il
Der of the Southern Historical Society Pa I
1ers an elaborate article on the woun dino of cl
Stonewall Jackson, which viii be read with "
,ainfnl interest nv every cyl nfada-,to - | al