Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-11-18
LITERARY NOTES.

-Bauuet Kings Ia Exile sold Ten
thousand copies ON the day IL wa. pub
lisbed.
w. $. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. IN.
author and musical composer or "Piuafore"
were dined by the LotOs Club in New York
Saturday evening.
Madame Edmond Adam, the editor OF
the Neir RerietC in Paris, has written
comedy which will soon bee produced al
one OF the theatres. Ii IS said to be ex
ceedingly witty.
Mr.. William Young, formerly editor of
the Albion, in New York, and now resident
in Paris, has just published in London
some most excellent translations from the
best verses OF Francois COppee and Victor
Hugo.
The Paris Figaro announces that it
has made contract with Mr.. Bret Harte
by which he agrees 10 furnish them every
thing he writes before he gives it 10 any
other publication; in other words, they
are To monopolize his production.
A letter has been received az the Office
OF the International Literary Association
in Paris from Ralf WalO Emerson accept
ing the membership in the Honorary Com
mittce recently offered him. The associa-
ton is now engaged IN drafting plan for
. general copyright law.
The British Quarterly has seven arti-
cleS Adolph Monod, a biographical sketch,
l.. dePreScence; lreneus his testimony %
early conceptions of christianity, j. Quar-.
~ Dr.JohnSon,J. Dennis The Vatican and
Civilization, X. Card; What is Religion
J. =. Thompson Political Prospects OF
Italy 7. \. Trollope; University Educa-
Jion in Ireland; Contemporary Literature
MIR Roswell Smith, the publisher OF
ScriJRer's N0Hthly is visiting London and
Paris for the second time this year ou
business. Several thousand Illustration,
have been examined for the life OF Peter
the Great, which will be begun In ScriiH,r
In January, and fifteen pictures will be- Civ
EN- in each number. Russia, Sweden. Ho.-
land and England have been ransacked for
memorials OF the mighty monarch.
a poem by Richard Cpur de Lion ha,
been discovered in the library Of the town
OF TreveS, in the pleasant country Of the
MoSellc. There seems no doubt, according
20 the notes appended to the manuscript,
that the lion-hcarted King wrote these old
French rhyme, when he was a captive iu
Germany Il will be- remembered that AZ
ter his return from Holy Land he wa,
-hip-wrcckcd by a storm upon the Dalma-
tian coast and was subsequently prisoner
Of Henry Sixth at MainL and Worms, and
later boz the castle, where his faithful trOu-
badour Blondel found him. The monarch
bcguiicd hi, captivity by writing these
lines 10 saint Norma and her son" The
verses are full OF religious devotion
-Ralr Gordon Noel, Baron Wentworth.
and grandson Of the poet Byron, is the
English peer to whom Miss Fletcher, the
clever and pretty author OF "kismet" is %
be- married. lie is the younger of the two
sons of Earl LOyciace and his wife Ada,
Byron's daughter and is now forty years
old The title of Baron comes 20 him
from his grandmother. Lady Byron, who
was Baroness Wentworth I'D her own
right Robert Browning IL a cordial
friend of Miss Fletcher aud admirer OF her
literary work. aud 10 was Ac who intro
Juccd Lord Wentworth Co her among the
italian mountaiu, last summer The we'd
ling Mis-, Brewster Says. les tp ,lS, place
This mouth. iu Rome 90, soon 30, fue Young
Americans new book D., finished This
work is dedicated @ Mr. Browning aul. I,
D., said. contains descriptions from life OF
Roman society and particularly OF IFS
American element
BuloU's Monthly MAGAZINE FOR De
cruBFH.-Thc December number OF Bal
uUS Hlgl-us is just ISSUED, and makes
Il q -
new type. rules, headlines, and cugray-
ugs. II is the best number that was ever
issued, with heavy white paper, wider COLI
lmns, and all that goes % make up first
class monthly The patrons Of the maya
zine will be- delighted and those VINO have
not seen 30 for some time should procure
copy, and then subscribe, or buy il regular
Is at the news depOt,. In the December
number is piece Of music which j, worth
more than the price OF the magazine, and
will bee a great iayorite with plano-tOrte
players and vocali>t>. The content, are,
The City of Manila Mole, and their
Nests :" The Columbia River; Ancient
Ruins in Mexico Lahore, the Sikhs and
Amritsir;" a Marble Woman - English
Dinners" The Night Wind; - Purple
and Fine Linen g" In Port :" Under the
MiStletoe; ;" The Squire Of Penredden;'
Autumn DAY. phil" Life Aims 20
The Christmas Tree" a Glimpse OF
ST. Helena :" "A Cape Cod Romance; - TO
Ny Love-" "What Happened =" "Recollec-
tions Of other Days" 40 My Sister"
ITO where beyond these Voices there is
Peace" about Marriages - "Our Young
Peoples Story-Teller,- My Mothers Ilus
band" "Only Poor Boy" The Magic
of Silence" "Our Week" "Ruthyeu's
Puzzle Page" Editorial Notes =" "The
: Curious Matters :" Things
Pleasant and Otherwise. :" our Picture
Gallery" Published by Themes Talbot,
% Ilawley Street, Boston, Mass, at Sl.5O
per annum, postpaid, and for sale at all
the news depotS in the country.