The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-10-27
LITERARY NOTES.


TIE ATLANTIC MONTHLY for November is num-
Der which cannot fail to please the readers whom
this magazine seems to be especially designed. 1t
has short article on President Garfield but one of
the most notable tributes to the dead President Its
thoughtfuness and grace or style Indicate Mr. How
ellis as its author, though name is given Miss
Lucy Lar contributes from her recollections
an interesting article entitled Among Lowell Mill
Girls.' Sidney Howard Gay in answer to the ques-
tion when did the Pilgrim Fathers land at Ply
mouth" seems to show conclusively that the date
heretofore given for that world famous landing is in
correct Miss Sarah Orne Jewet has one of her char
acteristic sketches entitled From Mournful VII
lager,' which will probably be reproduced in her
book called Country. .By-Ways." John Fiske dis
cusses in thorough and very interesting manner the
''Theory of Common Origin for all Languages"
Mrs. E. d. r. Blanchard writes a very engaging pa
per "Florentine Family in the Fifteenth Centu-
Fy-'' Sylvester Baxter contributes important
paper the 'Forestry work of the Tenth Census"
The two serial stories, Mr. Howells "Dr. Breen's
PTactice,n and Mr. Jamess PORTRAIT or Lady,"
continue in manner that cannot fail to be very salts
factory to their many readers. w. o. Stoddard has
interesting short story, so as by Fire. The
remainder of the number contains reviews of new
books, excellent brief essays in the Contribu
tors Club, and its usual excellent comments the
books of the month. Houghton Mitflin Co., Boston
ECLECTIC MAGAZINE.-The usual discriminating
and catholic taste in meeting the requirements of
the various classes of readers to whom it appeals, is
shown in the November number of the Eclectic
which has just come to hand In proof of this we
may reproduce the table Of contents: 1.-The Place of
Revelation in Evolution by the Rev. T. W. Fowle
Arthur Fenrhyn Stanley" by Augustus j. c. Hare;
"Rambles Among Rocks. III. The Essayists;"
ssSuit the Action to the Word,' by Dutton Cooke;
''Some Advantages and Uses of the Revised English
New Testament" by Dean Howson; "A Legend,' by
Emily Pfeiffer; "A Volume of French Souvenirs" by
II. Schultz Wilson; "How 1 Found the Dotterel's
Nest" by David Bruce '.Bormus: A Linus Song, by
Ellice Hopkins 'Kith and KIM by Jessie Fother-
gill, author of 1.-The First Violin," chapters XIV
and XIV; 'Cherubrino: "A Psychological Art Fan
cy;' 1.-The Minds Mirror by DIR. Andrew Wilson :;
How to Eat Bread,'' by Louisa S. Bevington; "A
False Start; Moral Comedy;'' worry by Dr. j.
Mortimer Granville; "Miss Rossetti's New POEMS"
The Editorial Departments are interesting and cop1-
Gus, comprising Literary Notices, Foreign Literary
Notes, Science and Art and Miscellany.
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count of His Struggles in Childhood; His Career
oD to tie as lis pasard ass
tion. By John Clark Ridpath, LIZ d: Published
adephia, Kansas City.
so his life has flowed
In whose calm depth the beautiful and pure
Alone are mirrorei; which, though shares off
And takes no shadow from them'
An honest biography is one of the pohlest works OF
the writer of literature. thoroughly reliable bog
raphy of Garfield will take high rank in English clas
sics No subject more surely inspire the pen
with eloquence, nor more certainly convey to the
youth of land the best lessons of persistent in
dustry heroic endurance, lofty patriotism and final
realization of the noblest ambition To convey a
proper idea of its moral grandeur, all commonplace
words are impotent.
DIR. Ridpath is professor of belles-lettres;
pert in the science of languages essayst of enVia-
BILE reputation; of the most eminent of living his
torians; and he not only brings to this work heart
full of love and reverence for its subject but mind
completely stored with its lore, and capable of using