Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-10-19

-ScribHer's Monthly for November COM
pleteS the tenth year of this excellent mag
azine. and will he number Of unusual in
tcreSt, besides being the first TO appear in
n cover Of new design.
Why viii people pronounce eye" in
old MSS and inscriptions. meaning the, -
as though it were the plural pronoun.
"le" was simply a symbol for the, just as
"S' Is a symbol for and, aud it should be
pronounced 'the".-BOSfOH TrdRScripi.
MIR. Carlyle has so far recovered from
his recent illness a. 10 be able 20 superin-
tend the preparation OF materials for his
biography. This, IL i said will be inter
Spcrsed with characteristic chapters Of au-
photography. The book will DC the joint
work Of Mr.. Froude and Mrs Alexander
CARLYLE. niece OF the author.
p. +. Barnum has written a book for
boys. We presume il contains accounts OF
how the bad. the very bad, boy tried TO
crawl under the canvass and got right uu-
der the elephant which stepped upon him
aud squeezed his ewes out. The good boy
was given by hi> father my cents 10 20 10
the great show, and tifty more 10 buy pea
nuts with.
-Hjalmar II. BoyeSeu'> novels aud short
stories are meeting with warm reception in
Germany. His friend Spelhagen, the nov
cli>t. has translated the Tales of Two
Hemi>pherc>~. Two editions have been
issued OF "Guuuar", translated by Paul
Juncliuc. who i now engaged Ia translat-
. Il Prof RAVf-gn - p
suiu. the ayocaiiou Of man Of letters :
but i still included In the faculty of Cor
nell A. nonresident professor of German.
The Lu.l.ry U'orli says OF that delight
gul writer john Burroughs, "llc has from
his Youth been the most persistent OF
"tramp> anal las made atOOt aud 10y boat
many a long tour. Almost every summer
he explores a new field. Now he j. at a
chain OF trout ponds In the Catskill inter
wales: now following the halcyon into
d,bths OF northern Canada, and again
winding through placid meadows aud quit
a. farms In a rude boat or some tOrtuous
creek
/ Thomas : Hawks. the NOTED booksel-
Ter OF Buffalo, has Just retired nom bGSi-
ness. lie has Witnessed the rise and pro-
grc,S OF Bufilo. AMI j. an encyclopedias OF
IL past events. Gu table in The vestibule
OF the old post Office building Mi Hawks
opened a nsy- s.aud. lie would expose
h,, wares for sale 10 tue morning, then
mack his goods Ia a basket aud tfuIg.
down 10 the wharf to dispose OF his stock
70 the passengers on the steamboats, Mr..
Ha,sss never kept a set OF books and new
er deposited 3 dollar in a bank. lie always
Maid cash. dollar for dollar, and neither
asked nor gave credit. Tie Il now vergiaG
on seventy years OF age.
The latest and best book from the press
Of any Boston publisher is The Graded
Singing School published oct. 6, lssO,
bv !. VI Russell, No. 80 BrownHeld St,
boston. \ collection OF new music by ID.
T Hodges consisting OF part->onsS. glee>,
hymn tunes and anthems, for singing
schools. village chOirS, county sings
conventions, etc. The singing school de-
partment l. carefully graded rom the most
simple solfcggios end part-Songs u the
brilliant glee and elevating anthem. Let
every teacher and chOriSter judge for them
selves by enclosing 10 the publisher 80 cts.
Special terms TO dealers. Correspondence
iyith dealers, teachers and choristers inyit-
Ell.
-Ro,ina, Lady BRlwer Lytton, whose
| alleged aud Scandalous autobiography has
/ lust appeared in England was a Wheeler.
/ OF Limerick. Ireland. Her marriage was
unhappy. and she lived with her husband
/ less than ten years. In ISIS, more than
I twenty years after their separation, she
\ followed his speech OF thanks al Hert'
/ ford hu>tingS, after an election. with vio-
/ lent harapgue against him, In consequence
! of which she was shut up in a lunatic asy-
\ Inn. Her feelings towards her son, the
present Lord Lytton, otherwise known as
/ "Owen Meredith, are said 10 be quite As
\ bitter. The volume now attributed 10 her,
\ if authentic, will not be the first production
OF her pen deuunciatory OF her husband
and her sou. ~ Bhghted life" is its title
and is language toward the living and the
I dead is described a. Shockingiy gross and
cruel.
| BNLOU'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR No
| VENiBER.-The leading article in Ballou's
/ Monthly Magazine for the month of No
Vember is an illustrated paper on Madeira
told ia II gosSipy way that is quite enter
tanning and instructive, and then follow
several engrayings which the reader viii
| like. .sMarian's Old Aunt" is growing
more interesting a. the novel proceeds, and
the plot is developed; and then comes IA
ble OF contents that cannot be excelled by
any publication in this country. Read
what is offered in addition TO the shove
-shIps -of-war in Old Time; The Cocoa
nut Crab;" The Sisters" by Alice b
Brown: My Good Old Vile" by Mrs. VI
W. MCarlin; Murder viii Out, " by Capt
! W. IL. Macy. the blind whaleman of Nan
tucket; Love among the MooDshiners,
by Eliot Rider; Faith, Hope and Charity :
Ideas about Old Maids :" The Banshee''
CALI " The Diamond Aiguillette;' " IL
the Palace of Thought" Love Laughs
at Zero :" An Unexpected Thanksgiving;
= Sorrow and Sympathy; Autumn;
"Pain-its Prevention and Relief; Fate
sI.ife's Game OF Croquet; Forced Sleeps
1.-The Choir OF st. Anselmo;" Cinderella;
Break Neck Hill: The Young People:
Story Teller,-"Fred and Flossie:" "ifhi
Jaguar:" Lobster City," " Ruthven':
PuZzle-Page;" Editorial Notes" ''Th'
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..Things Pleasant and Otherwise" ''Our
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