Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-28
LITERARY NOTES.


was formerly q Paris journalist, and can
speak four languages fiuently.
Prof. Arndt, OF Leipsic, has discovered
a heitherto unknown work OF Goethe-a
.sSingsdiel", In prosc-which will soon be
published.
-Four papers In Texas are edited by
women, the Sherman Democrat, TsIds
Northeastern, Te1ds Mdgdzine, aud Terrell
Sunny Cline.
- Richard Grant White Is large and
strong. with mutton chop whiskers, and
long brownish-gray hair, parted In the
turning, as well as Of literature.
The Boston Journals new Perfectng
Press printed aud folded one hundred and
sixteen thousand impressions OF the paper
aud supplement, last Saturday. and 1t has
ordered another press OF the same capac-
ity.
Richard Grant White contributes to
the January number OF the Atlantic a very
appreeiative article on the acting OF Bern
hardt. IL Is critical but kindly, and the
best estimate We have seen yet OF her abil-
tiles as an actress.
The poem in last weeks Journal en-.
titled the THE Lucky Horse Shoe" gave
rise 10 many inquiries a. Ia which j. the
right way To nail up horse shoe. Weare
told that IL should be placed with the toe
down, 80 as 10 hold luck. II reversed, the
luck runs out.-Beifdst Journal.
The London Spectator says of 'Endy
mi In h.. ~ hni h.. Ea
OF Mr.. Disraeli's works, is a poor and
fashy one, with plenty OF cleverness in 1t,
though not nearly so much rs the three
stories that proceeded his official career,-
"Coningsby," "Sybil" and ''Tancred".
The Cincinnati Gazette discusses. In an
editorial column aud half long, IIamletS
soIiloquy beginning "To be or not 10 h., "
and comes To the conclusion that IL sis
musical string OF sounding words. and is
all the more musical for its lack OF mean
Ing" Then many Of our modern poets are
most Shskespearian.
1T Is announced that In preparing the
Christmas number OF the London Graphic.
the work OF artists, engrayers and authors
who have taken q part In the production
has cost in our money sl5 900, the paper
s25. 900, and the printing aud electrotyping
$50, 900. The gross weight OF paper used
for the number Is upwards OF l20 tons, and
400, 900 Is the number OF copies issued.
Three, and three only OF Disraelrs
novels were unconnected with the ques-
tons Of the day. 'Contarina Fleming
was physiological. Tancred mainly
turned on theology, and Henrietta TEN
al. tala In ha
ever, from "vivian Gray" down 10 "Endy-
miou," Disraeli has used fiction as a means
OF educating his party, even before 1t was
his.
Mark Twain attended the meeting OF
the Boston Radical Club not long since,
and on coming out remarked ~ didn't
care much about evolution, but when they
struck the doctrine OF metempschosis got
interested. That doctrine accounts for
me. knew there was something the mat
ter, but never knew what IL was before.
It's the passing OF on man an old, dam
aged secondhand soul that makes all the
trouble"
MIR. Vanderbilt has forbidden the sale
Of the illustrated flash newspaper" in all
the stations aud on all trains OF the New
u.
applauded by every lover OF decency. We
would not take our families into disreput-
able places, and yet on many railroads the
Police gazette style OF newspaper, with its
disgusting pictures, Is habtually thrust
under the noses or ladies and children
Now let the exposure for sale OF any of
this class OF journals be- forbidden by mu-
nicipal authorities everywhere. Mr. Van
derbilt Is entitled 10 praise for the stand he
has taken
The following key" TO "Endymion"
j. furnished By the Standard ."In the open
ing scenes figure Mr.. Sidney Wilton, in
whom the public will probably recognize
the father Of the present Lord Pembroke;
Mr.. Waldershsre, evidently intended for
George Smythe; the Comte de Ferrol and
Prince Florestan, In whom there may be-
recognized the lineaments OF Louis Nlpo-
leon aud and one OF the Orleanist princes:
Lord Roehampton, who Immediately sug-
ge>ts Lord Palmerston. and Lord Mont
fort, Intended for Vlscount Melbourne.
The hero. Endymion, Is Lord Beaconsheld
himself II one may draw an inference from
one OF the prominent incidents in the lat
ter's life."
the spirit OF religious persecution, was
that In mo leru times faith had undergone
an eclipse. ana mrn could not bring them
selves 10 prosecute Others into believing
that whereof they were themselves skepti
cal. The inll-qutteness or this explain
ton OF one vi the most striking So
cial phenomena OF our time, 1, forci-
bly, shown in the North ADIeTicGR Re-
rie,c for January, by Prof. John Fiske, who
assigns number OF other causes that have
been at least AS influential in bringing
about this most desirable result. First,
there Is decline OF the martial spirit and
the greater devotion To pacific industrial
pu. suits. Then as men rise in the scale OF
civilization, they are less disposed TO be
Finally, men in modern
times have quite lost the sense Of corpor-
ate esponsibility-the belief that whole
is liable for offences Of each in.
dividual comprised in it. These points
are established with all the ingenuity or
reasoning and wealth Of learning for which
the author Is so distinguished. The other
articles In this number OF the Review are
Controlling Forces in American Politics."
by Sen. Geo. +. Edmunds Atheism In Col.
lrges," by Pres. John Bascom THE Ruins
OF Central America" by Desire Charney
Partisan Government" by William ID.
lie Sueurj Popular Art Education" by
Prof. John T. Weir, 1.-THE Limitations of
Sex" by Nina Morals "The Mission of the
Democratic Party" by Sen. William A.
and finally, review OF Recent
Pathological Works, by Prof. +. A. March.
The Review Is sold by booksellers and
no ~ sdealers GENERALLY
OLD NAMES. "A Maine correspondent |
writes the n. Y. Tribune: "A few days |
ago had the pleasure OF shaking hands |