Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-07
LITERARY NOTES.

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New York was a stranger to him.
Jnhn Ru>kjn says he was hOme-bred
,,y and that - diligently and scrupulOus-
d, a. his mother taught him his Bible and
latin grammar. so his father taught him
scott. Pope and Byron
Miss LongfellOw has been placed in
charge OF the library at Mount Vernon by
,b,. association Of ladies who control the
home OF Washington. The library is called
the Massachusetts, room
Mrs Lynn Linton, the clever novelist,
+, very IN in Florence. She Is threatened
with total blindness aud is shut up in a
lark room. Her physicians say that she
ha, lust escaped brain fever.
Miss Harriet JAY. Sister-in-law OF Rob
.-r buchanan. the poet and the author OF
tt. Queen OF COuuaught," a novel much
liked In England and in this country, has
h.I the keen pleasure OF playing her own
f.-a.uc. \ dramatic version OF her novel
ts> lust been brought out in London, aud
Ms, JAY took the leading part.
Emerson says a man ought 10 carry a
u.rcu aud note down the thoughts OF the
moment. \ Back Bay man took the all
,.c. bat his first experience OF the day
u., t1 hc bitten by a cross dog, then to
sin down on wet sidewalk, and AFTER
ward, % be Spattcred by butchers cart
and when a day later and in calmer mo-
mont. he read what he had thought on
t-1>e occasions, he felt ashamed and threw
away the pencil EmerSOu'S theories don't
s.yavs work well.-BoStoH Post.
lie was an ohio man, aud, therefore 4
salesman and patron OF literature. BoS-
,.a was his Mecca, a. IL was that OF Mr..
Uayc> and other pilgrims. lie sat down
.. th,. Boston Hotel. and, buying a Boston
al1,r. looking into 10, expecting 10 ind the
I-,t column displaying a great headline
about Lousfcllow, another about Emerson,
...rher about Holmes. and still another
about Adrich. In vain he looks, but he
.rI> such items - these Billy MCGin-
r., has a drsgout IN the Third ward and a
cop maul> him;' Tommy the hummer
OH $ boom. ma>heS plate glass window
and gets sixty DAYS :" The Republican
thieves trying % hog the SpollS. The
obi, man returns 10 hi Columbus popcorn
.aa his Cleveland maple sugar better
uaa.-N J. Herald
significant article by the Hon. Geo.
= boutwell, In the N4r-h -iaeTjcGH Rerielr
t.- December. entitled The Future OF the
Republican Party" j. sure 70 arrest public
attention. Written aitcr the result of the
recent elections had been a>ccrtaiucd, this
article dehne> the position which the Re
publican Party - ia logic and policy,
bound 10 assume toward the Southern
states Concession. compromise, conC'f-
iatiou. the author SAYS in substance, will
mo- LONGER be- tolerated. No person i - De
admitted % a seat In the Senate. unless the
record 90 hi election = clear New laws
ar, 90 be- PASSED for the SuptrN i>ion anu
protection OF the ballots IN the elections Of
members Of the House uf Representatives
and Presidential electors. The civil mag
I>tratc, must have the means within cal.
the army Of protecting the ballot and
Keeping the peace. The United States
--.g>t insure 20 the people Of each state a
.-uly republican form Of government. No
Grants will De- made for internal improve
r-rut~ in any Southern State where the
equality OF all men before the law i not 4
I,r-. practical fact The other articles
. ,he December number of the Review are
The Discoveries AZ Olympia. by Prof
Ernst CurtiuS. Rational sunday Ob>cr
vance hy the Rev. James Freeman ClarSc
southern Statesmen and their Policy, by
o.. Hon John jay; The Ruins 90 Central
America hy Desire Chsruay. The Dis
t-..gtiuu OF Time hy Dr.. Leonard Waldo
IN. Public school Failure, hy Richard
Grant White The Validity OF thr Eman-
c.1aiiou Edict". by Aaron \. Ferris. For
sale POS booksellers aud uCw>icalcr> gener-
ally
From Kalcph'> New ORR letter GO the
,.fH >ruHfrf Of Milwaukee 1t
Z ID. H..
tle ac->m,ic> OF Mii.cts remarkable style
ell. painting. iu Last months N-ri'Htr, al
though a.I looked no them "a number %
,mc> with but qualified satisfaction. /
Trims Mr. Roswell smith should have done
O.. l.~ $4,000 subscribers what he did 20
,uue on lIppruju. into hiS Sanctum the
other l3y. That IS. D., held up tar prints
.u OBJ, magazine a.iuSt the wall eight feet
.r.n nv ewes. Wher, they should hang iu-
stead 81 b,.u. held iu Oh, hand. IL they src
lb, san. II he had 80 advised all his
readers. flerc would have been few to miss
o.. breadth aud power 90 those effects,
which. OF held close 60 the eye are worse
t..u LOST, IL should also Dee understood,
.. arpr,ciat.u- the new style OF wooden
-r...r. introduced by Ncr.iH.rs, that the
motive - -cuuiuCsS. or the representation
.'...ayS ~ they actually appear az such
Distance - would reduce them 20 the Ill
l.r..lu> iu the print. This mItivv,tHerc-
t.-. excludes the clcar-Cut definition ami
L...I that please the eve rather than the
,tructcd Imagination OF sense OF reality
Mess the work i confined % a very
small subject the only effect that can be-
truthgully sought are OF the broade>t and
>imple>, character. leaving the minutiF in
The indi>tinctuvSS OF distance. EXplana-
lion seems 20 be very generally needed OF
meaning and purpose Of the numerous sc
RES of >pecimius. from famous and other
artists. 90 the lavish expenditure Of >crii'-
n.r, Art Department has been directed.
win 80 much more success amongst con-
uoi>>eur> than the general reader. Such
critics Including the artists themselves
give thcmeed OF aStOuishmeut. higher then
praise. 10 achievements in wOok-eusraVlnG
that have impaired 10 the millions IN the
country 40 large, almost for nothing, rep
RESERVATIONS of the state Of art such A.
have been entirely wanting, or inaccessible
only % the few. Sometimes these repre-
sensations are more valuable for infOrma-
ton than pleasure, but their general sue
cess j.. according 10 the best judges.
>ouetb.u. unprecedented in Europe or
America.
The Leristou journal came out IN
new dress, December ID The type has