Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-07-20
LITERARY NOTES.

"A visitor enters o French newspaper
Office and Is greeted politely by the ONCE
bow: s.If monsieur comes 20 fight duel he
will have to he kind enough TO call again;
all our editors are already engaged for To-
day."-Paris Charirdrf.
Mr.. A. Bronson Alcott said In an ad-
dress at Walden the other day, that he
drank nothing but water-seldom tea and
coffee, aud then very weak. He has not
touched animal food for ifty years, his fare .
being fruit, vegetables and grains.
--Thc.usw edition or "a Fools Errand"
"a 10 have an APPENDIX OF Is chapters on
,sThe Invisible Empire" which Is Judge
Tourpee's title for the secret OF ku klux
Khan, Thepew edition will also contain
new chspter In the body OF the work, com
ing I'm AFTER the present 10th chapter, and
treating principally Of "Uncle jerry" the
victim Of the Ku Klux. r4...r
When Macauly was an undergraduate
he attended an election meeting In Cam
bridge. and was rewarded by q dead cat
being thrown IN his face. The man who
hurled the offensive article apologized by
saying that he had no wish to hit Macanlay,
a. he intended IL for Mr.. Adeane. II wish"
replieu MhCoutayf ycu hSN i"sSSeSuiS III
me and hit Mr.. Ardeane.'
j. b. Lippincott. the publisher, says
that the cheap pamphlet editions OF novels
are ruinin: the book trade. He says that
they are undermining the perpetuity ofthe
library and cheapening literary tastes, be-
cause rs soon as they are read they are
thrown away. He says that publishers
Judge OF manuscript novel by its first
page-that Is they know whether 70 read
any further or not
The editor OF the Carson Appeal was
visited the other day by Captain Sam, OF
the FLUTES. After trying various means 70
shake his guest, the editor took his violin
aud played with the following result
The Piute's face assumed % grave aspect.
then an expression of pain and rising sud
denly he moved toward the door. ME on
likee too muchee fiddle. You play fiddle
at Washoes evly sons gunna run away"
Aud In another moment he had vanished
through the door. ~ .r.i
We have frequently been inclined to
think" says an English reviewer, ''that
the most generally delightful passages In
fiction are those which describe eating and
drinking. To mention no other case, IL
Is interesting 10 see how carefully Scott
arranges his vitualing department. To
read OF Dandie Dnmont aud Van Beest
Brown, and the doings OF the knight OF
the Petterlock and the Friar OF Copman-
hurst, IL enough to give oneself an appetite
for dinner. Perhaps the same principle
may account for the pleasure with which
an audience always contemplates the con-
sumption ofimaginary food at theatrical
banquet.
Two Colorado miners nearly came 10
blows over discussion OF the comparative
greatness OF Shakespeare and Milton, and
finally agreed to leave the question TO the
decision OF committee Of three bartenders
and as the committee knew nothing or
either poet and there wasn't copy OF the
works Of either In camp they called on the
contestants for quotations, and as neither
could recollect q line and was ashamed to
own Il each man handed In composition
or his own a. a quotation, and the commit
tee unanimously decided that Shakespeare
and Milton were the worst two poets thai
/ ever lived, but declined 10 say which was
the worst OF the two. .l .l...
SUNDAYS SCHOOL HYMNS AND Music
II seems to US high time that the songs OF
the Sunday-school, the prayer meeting and
the regular church service should become
more closely allied IN each other. 40 that
while the latter shall be made more hearty
and earnest, the two former shall be hess
unworthy OF a place i'm the mind and heart
with the grand truths and magnificent lit
erature OF the Bible. Too much counte-
nance has heretofore been given In the
Sunday school To 'hymns" which are mere
rhymes without reason, with hare and
there dash OF sweet sentimentalism in
place OF vigorous thought, -hippant in
style and irreverent In expression, and set
TO tunes OF little merit. Rev. DIR. Charles
5. Robinson, the author or Songs Tor the
Sanctuary" rendered valuable service 10
the churches when he added TO his later
work, Spiritual Songs for the Church
and Choir" most excellent edition called
Spiritual Songs for Social Worship and
now continuation OF the series Is to be
issued Spiritual Songs Tor the Sunday
SCHOOL" by the same accomplished author
who has been assisted 10 the work by MI
w. +. Sherwin, the we'll musical
composer and general Sunday-school work,
er. The title ofthc book Is hopefully sug-
gestive, and the names OF DIR. Robinson
and Mr.. Sherwin give such promise Of
thoroughly sensible and attractive work
that the advent OF the new volume will be
watched with eager Interest, as one likely
to meet most happily the present need.
The book will be published by Scribner
& Co.
The Aupus, atlantic brings some chan
tiers of Mr. SIJr;cb's ..S,IIlwster TRAGEDY"
SO interesting a. to make readers forget