Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-01-04
LITERARY NOTES.

In tranSlating the prose works oil her late
husband into German.
according TO one account, Lord Bes-
r,u,dci i 70 net $50 OOO-twice Mr..
G,ai,touc'> salary a. Premier-5y Endy-
miOu.
Charles Dickens said OF Robinson
Cru>oe that IL j. the only instance Of uni
vcr>al.y popular book that could make no
one either laugh or cry.
Gen. Grant i writing an article for
the February number OF the North imeri-
rln Reristr. advocating the Nicaragua Ca
ual scheme The same number OF the Re
view will contain a contribution by Judge
Tourcee. author Of The Fools ErraDd,
entitled ''Aarou'S Rod In Politics, and one
hv Oliver Wendell Holmes. on The Pull
pu; and the Pew.
The London correspondent Of the New
York IJrgss writes a. follows 10 that paper
under date Of December "a AS an e1-
ample of English good feeling toward
American work, S-rilRer'S Magazine for
November reached a sale OF over 1900
copies. a circulation larger than CorHhdi,
Macmillan, BslgrGyjr, Fraser. BlGcA1e0od,
or the Contemporary. The portrait
OF Gladstone in .ScribHer has given great
satisfaction 20 the Premier's family and
friends"
Without loudly heralding what IL was
going % DO. IAc National Sunday SCHOOL
TsacLsr has introduced some new improve
rpeptS for ISL Model blackboard lessons
not only sre given. bot underneath them
an artist tells what cOlOrs 70 Use In putting
them on the board Class Text ours
tiouS~ heye been added. by which teach
er can review the lesson taught, aud 10
that WAY see how we'll the scholars rcrnem-
Der IL This magazine cNcels In it, iHGty-
SIS OF the lessons, In it, Class Outlines, H.
Bible Readings on the main topic OF each
lesson. a. we'll A. In is eNpository notes.
The January number j. rep!ete with good
things PanSy's article, for one, on sin
ule Black oard Work" will prove a help
70 MANY who have not known just how TO
use that sunday school help The First
Star" i touching story from the prsc
ticcd pen OF Miss VI. T. Win>low. No
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HOLIDAY number OF the Art Interchange,
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Its beautifully printed columns are rubri-
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the American character OF which i not it,
least attractive icature-aTr AN eNquiSitely
printed reproduction from HlTPerS t'gd-
.ius of Abh,y'> delicious illustration of
Herrick'- Christmas lines-a proof impress
sion on a loose sheet. color drawing by
Miss Ro>iua Emm,t. done with her char
acteri>,ic feeling and freedom, entitled
"Slv,p. Baby, Sleep" Illustrating ballad
ofWhich music j. given and printed after
the old English fashion, without any iudi-
cation OF The time; an original drawing by
Mr Wiusiow Homer, entitled "BO>Sy,
showing a man fondliug calf, and done
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Visor aud. let L. add. tccentricity several
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In the cspture OF wild animals for menag-
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magazine: 1T seems 80 hard TO make
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human beings OF ike passions and anec'
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