The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-04-17
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Literary Notices.

Literary Notices.
The success quietly attained blythe IL
BRARY TABLE during the past three years
has indl ce the publishers to issue it Week
| ly instead of Fortnightly az heretofore.
1t is their purpose now. to push the IL
BRARY TABLE forward to its proper place
among the leading journals OF the country.
1t will be increased to thirty-two pages and
enlarged slightly n..form. Its high literary
character will be ma intained,-1iz its
Signed Articles by leading writers on the
principal books published, critical Notes
and Comments, 'Briefs" on important vol
umes freshly issued, and the most recent in
telligence concerning the makers and max
ing of books,-and several new departments
will be introduced. The enlarged size and
scope OF the paper will permit the discus
sion of important political questions
Notes OF the Week. will be bright tren-
chant comments on current events. Soon
Iibutors Miscellany" will contain piquant
sayings, odd conceiss, poems, "reminiscences.
A department of Notes and Queries will be
introduced, and greater space given to the
departments of Music, Drama and the Fine
Arts, which will hereafter be conducted by
competent specialists. There will also be
weekly article on the Stock Market, and
particular attention will be given to the
great Financial and Industrial interests of
the country.
CYCLoPEDIA OF LITERATURE.-A list OF
the celebrated authors whose lives and writ
ings are represented in volume of the new
ACME edition of CHAMBERS CYcLoPEDIA
OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, just received.
is Certainly very attractive to any person of
fine literary taste. Fox, Penn, Baxter,
Bunyan, Locke, Newton, Browne, Hale,
Walton, Dryden, Temple, Evelyn, Pepys,
Butler, Addison, Swift, Pope, Ramsay, Glib
her, Steele, Berkeley, Defoe, and Boling-
bloke, are few of the brilliant stars which
brighten the 4l6 pages. SIT will bring glad
ness to many scholars heart" says the
Tames, OF Philadelphia, s'to find that this
truly admirable work has been brought with
10 the range Of shallow pockets" Eight
such volumes, beautifully printed, and ele-
.antly bound IN cloth, for only 32.50, or by
The single volume for 43 cents, post paid, is
certainly marvel of cheapness, and should
establish an ensiable reputation for the pub
fishers. il it can not make their fortune.
Already they report sale OF nearly $4,000
volumes. 1t ought to be in every library
and home in the land. Specimen pages and
full particulars as to various styles of bind
ing, terms to clubs, etc., will be sent free
IN request by the publishers, the American
Book Exchange, 55 3eekman street, New
York. The work is sold only to subscribers
direct and the present wonderfully low rates
are offered only to purchasers.
''DARLINGToNIA.' There is an extrao-
binary plant, styled the s'Darlingtonia." It
attracts by its beauty and fragrance living
insects. They alight upon it, are entrapped
and become absorbed as nourishment for the
singular and treacherous flower.
L. Virginia French, of Tennessee, has chos-
en- ''Darlngtonia" for the title of her new
novel. The scene of the story is laid In the
South and the curtain rises upon it in the
new Memphis Theatre in 1862. A group of
Forests bold riders are more of an attraction
in the auditorium than are the actors on the
stage.
1t is singular story, marked by the poet
ical fancy, wit and fertility of plot and in
cident which have made the works of L. Vir-
ginia French among the best by American
writers. clearinghouse" will be published
rs serial in THE DETROIT FREE PRESS.
The first chapters will appear in the paper
for Mays. 1t is for sale by all news dealers.
Those who prefer can have the paper mail
ed to them direct for three months for fifty
cents by writing to The FREE PRESS, De-
troit, Mich.
THE LIBRARY MAGAZINE for March, just
issued will delight all who appreciate the
highest class of literature. Think of it. 1913
elegantly printed pages, all for 10 cents, OF
81 q year! The leading article, ''Chapters
on Socialism," from unpublished manuscript
4 the late John Stuart Mill, is certainly the
4best writing which has recently appeared
IN this topic. r. A. Procter's article on
s'Artificlal Somnambulism" will attract both
hose who are curious and those who are in
Gerested in science. Thomas Hughes gives
an entertaining sketch of the once famous
but nearly forgotten VIM. Cobbett, Bonamy
Price, Professors Blackie, Jeb and Ward
supply able articles OF special interest to
scholar and students of the classics and his
Tory. Fraser Tyler contributes a little poem.
"Contentment, that is sure to 60 the rounds
II the press, as also will Algernon Blacks
Five New Anecdotes of Charles Lamb"
AMERICAN Book EXCHANGE, Publishers,
New York-Sold only by them direct.
MODERN SocIALIsM.-It is not generally
known that tie late John Stuart Mill, per-
maps the ablest of modern writers on politi-
cal and social science, commenced in the
| year 1869 book on Socialism, which, If it
mad been completed, would probably have
neen recogniz as the greatest of his works.
| Manuscript chapters of the incomplete work
nave recently been brought to light, and are
found so nearly complete in themselves, and
| So AMY 10 uiSCuSS QacStiOHS IlOW mOSG pIOtu.
Inent in the public thought, that London
r. view, and also The Library Magazine Of
| New York, are publishing them. They are
announced to appear in book form on April
10Th, published by the AMERICAN BOOK
EXCHANGE, New York. The price, post
paid, in cloth, will be 90 cents, or in paper
20 cents. 1t is work which all students
of political and social topics, and all enlight~
ened citizens, will be glad to read.
| The April number of the Southern Plant
er and Farmer is upon our table. This mag
azine deserves and receives very liberal
| support. 1t is the best periodical of the
kind with which we are acquainted. While
it makes speciality of agriculture in all its
branches, giving the results of successful
experiments rather than the impractical sug-
gestions of the dreaming theorist, there is
much in it that cannot fail to interest the
thoughtful reader, no matter what occupa-
| ton he follows The contents are varied