Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10
LITERARY NOTES.
Mrs. John q. SAKE, the wife Of the
a, died Monday.


poet, died Monday.
James Parton, the author, is writing
the life Of Voltaire. He has been some
twenty years collecting the material for
this work, and he is making it tAe work
of his life.
Two important publications relating to
the Holy Land are forthcoming. one Is A
new book by Mr.. Lawrence Oliphant, To be
entitled The Land or Gilead. in which he
will give an account of his travels and dis
cOveries in Eastern Palestine. IL will ap-
near in October. The other is BY Col
Warren aud will be called 1.-The Temple
or The Tomb, giving the history of the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Mrs. Brown, the mother of" Artemus
Ward" is mentioned BY the Boston
Journal as bright and busy old lady OF
seventy years, now living at Waterford,
where her son is buried. She has great
love for gardening Her pride and al
fiction are pleasantly shown when Wis
i,ors come to look at the house where
"Artemus' was born.
The san Francisco Wasp sounds this
note Of warning; 1--WE don't know exact
" how newspapers were conducted at
that distant period, but during some re-
cent excavations in Assyria poem on
the silver moon was dug up. 1t was en-
graved on a tile, and close beside it were
living a large battered club and par, of
human skull. You may draw your own
conclusions.
With the exception OF the Bible, Bun
vans Pilgrims Progress is said To have
greater circulation than any other book
published In the English language. The
number of the editions OF IL printed within
the last quarter OF a century proceeding
100 are stated % have been tif(ceu. Even
the sale OF ShakeSpeare'S work has been
much less 4 splendid edition of Pilgrims
Progress, OF which only 500 copies are 10
De printed, aud which is intended 70 sur
pass in every way all previous issues OF
the same book, will soon be published ia
England.
The widespread popularity OF the new
novel "A Fools Errand, by one OF the
Fools. has made the question a. TO it,
authorship one OF the most interesting
literary puzzles OF the day. The book j.
conceded TO be 4 masterpiece, aud evident
N not the work OF novice. In the new
edition lust issued the authors name i
sui withheld from the title-page, but in
gulries for IL have been so numerous that
on the page facing the title there now APP
pears a notice stating that ''all communica-
ton for One OF the Fools from other
members Of the family may be addressed 70
him in care OF the publishers" The
authorship OF the work has been variously
aScribed 20 Mrs. Stowe, Edmund Kirke,
Judge Tourgee, Frances Hodgson, Burnett,
Ex-Governor Chamberlain, and 10 others.
But the author, whoever he or she may
De. need not be ashamed OF the book, for
there is not novel OF the day-to judge
from the reports ofthe publishers, who are
kept busy in meeting the demand-that
EQUALS its sales. Booksellers, who began
by ordering from 5 TO y copies, are now
calling for the book by telegraph and mail
In lots OF 100, 500, and 900 copies.
food Company, NtBsber ElereR, opens
with Notes OF Travel by Charles Dudley
Warner. st the end OF which ne throws the
charm OF his style about an account or the
immense Chicago Stock-yardS in way 20
delight the new POrkOpolis. An idea OF
the prevailing Southern diet and the OBJ
siacltS 10 introducing improved methods
ia cooking j. given in an account OF per
sOusl experience by Mrs Helen Campbell.
Those familiar with the attractive grace OF
Z = Gilbert's nature studies will not need
70 be told that his Midsummer" is pat 10
the season and entertaining. Seasonable,
too. i Dora Read GoOdale's wildly des-
I.rrs. sf,.... nffrhr
and another gracefully descriptive bit of
verse, Sunshine" Mrs. Celeste VI. A.
Win>lOw's verses, "Burder-landS, have
decided merit Octave Thanet has the
Romance OF Medicine Bottle" and there
i 4 full allowance OF stories by Ellen W
Oney, l. h. Black, Mabel ). Emery and
David ker: also contributions from b. +.
DeCOSta. Mrs Edward Ashley Walker and
). b. T. Marsh, and several shorter
sketches.
In the August WIds A,cdke Nora Perry
tells a story full OF wisdom for all young
girls Just going into society, and Mrs.
Sherwood has an unique beach story for
the boys, entitled job Pigstirrup." John
BrOwnjohn begins his "Queerclover
Chronicles" Mrs. 4. VI. Diaz, = perennial
fayorite with StOry-lOyers, has a tale Of
Robbie aud BObbie," for the little boys.
But the merriest contribution 10 the num-
Der Is Mrs. Clara Doty Bates paraphrase
OF the Three Little Kittens that Lost
their MlttenS, with eight funny drawings
by J. u. Francis There is beautiful
Nursery Tile, AMI also three very beauti-
ful tull-p4ge Illustrations for Miss Harris
third paper in the GLOW We went Birds
Nesting. There is 4 notable article in
the American Artists" series about Mr..
George Iuness. Kindred in subject is an
admirable paper by Miss +. Z. Fryall on
the New York Art School for Children.
The number has also many gems ofpoems
a Racket, by NJ. +. B., "lu Midsummer"
BY Mrs. L. c. Wilton, "What Bird Said"
by Mrs. VI. +. Butts, The Bedouin'S Re
buke," by Joel Benton, etc, etc. Only
500 year. Ella Farman, Editor ID.
Lothrop Co, Publishers, Boston, Mass.