The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-09-01
Literature.

HOMOSElLE Another hound ROBIN, IN lis
tasteful binding Of green and gold and dainty
Typography. If this charming series does not in
| clude the whole range from grave TO gay, from
lively to severe, it at least affords sufficient
variety to win the appreciation of all novel readers
In "Patjy's Perversites We had genuine Yankee
story. written BY Maine man The current vol
ume takes us to the land OF cotton, and its open
ing pages contain such clever and graphic feature
OF Southern kitchen that we are tempted to pre-
sent 1t here
The centre OF attraction was primitive charcoal
brazer surmounted by a huge preserving kettle
in which heaps of luscious red straw berries
The air was heavy with the rich perfume of the
fruit, Simmering slowly over the glowing Goals ;
| and TINS perfume, floating away into space, had
attracted numerous companies OF bees that hum
med and buzzed and slipped, here and there, as
they got chance. Il had also attracted a dark
little cloud Of negro children the least possible
| amount Of clothing, who lowered in the neighbor
hood, kicking up their heels and smiling the air.
The woman who presided over the preserving
kettle was stout middle aged, and coffee cOored.
She was seated i'll a low chair made of white oak
SphLts, and wore blue cotton dress, and a bril-
liant plaid kerchef as colt Her badge Of office
was long iron spoon, with which she SKINNED
from time to time the impurities that from
the sugar and fruit, to the surface Of the bubbng
syrup Standing by her side a mulatto girl
likewise in blue cotton dress but with liberal
display Of bare arms and legs who, with feathery
branch Of asparagus kept OFT the bees and flies
But this occupation was varied by frequent Skr
mlshes with Young gentleman OF tenderyears who
hung about the preserves with all the persstency
and more tnan inc troublesOmeness, Of the bees
Doing III the sunshine III a broad patcn Of light
Just beyond the shadow of the kitchen walls. lay
white setter moving his ringed, liver coiored
uneaSiIY because OF the tiles.
The reader would not thank us fer even outin
ing the plot Of this very clever story, from shich
we have merely culled an appetizins morsel. The
Round Robin series Of anonymous novels are pub
lished at uniform price OF one dollar per volume
J. Il Osgood q Co., publishers, Boston.
PRIZE DESIGNS FOR MAGAZINES AND BOOK Gov
ERs Messrs y. Lothrop a Co. Boston will
meut their new holiday books with very
elegant prize designs, few Of which are noticed
as follows BY the New York Herald
The prize designs for covers for W ide Awake
and other publications OF d. Lothrop 4 Co are now
printing and proofs OF few OF them have been
received Miss Emmets, for the bound volume of
Babylaud is male up of two scenes and little
medallion, grouped with conventionalized flowers
in such a way to form a very original whole
At the top. on / ground of dull blue green is a
band Of children so arranged as to have almost a
professional effect, although they really play
Ing ABOUT Il luock IL WlllCu one Oh lNelT mum
Der lies at the foot smaller children veritable
babies-sprawl and trolic. or gravely and solemny
devote themselves to their porrngers, and the
softcst Of baby eyes look from under the arched
brows of the face in the medallion. The coloring
is very refined. and SO unlike anything which has
ever been put upon the cover Of an American book
before that it is rather remarkable Another
er by Miss Emmett IS intended for the wide
| Awake Pleasure Book" and represents a young
girl in a mob cap and short WASTED gown, appar
l.a1
brightest color i'll lhis is the pale blue in the
maidens stockings. Miss Humphrey, who won
the prize for the Wide Awake cover INDUCED her
self IN strong hues, and flung few peacock teath
ers dlagonaly across the page beneath the picture
OF the bright faced girl who is leaning arm
and looking straight into ones face Miss EN-
NETS young siser-one of the unsuccessful com
petitors for the prize-has made design for the
cover OF Outline Pictures for Little Paint Brush
es; Z Barnes has executed one in rather gay
coorng for Little Folks Reader and Alfred
kappes has exhausted all possible quips and puns
about eats on Japanese cover which, with its
eat tails and pussy willow and clingng kittens, is
meant for The Cats Arabian Nights. by Mrs. A.
NJ Ditz
LlrrELL's LIVING AGE The numbers of the Liv
ing Age for August 20 and D. contain articles on
Madame de Stael Study Of her Life and Times
Quarterly President Garfield, Nineteenth Century,
A New Study Of Tennyson. and Hector Berlioz
Biography Cornhill Green Dinners, Fraser At a
German Silver W edding, Argosy; Carlyle and
Chalmers, Good Words Personal "reminiscences
of Lord Strattord and the Crimean War Temple
Bar; Burmese Bells. st. James azette Up Stairs
in Westminster Abbey, and Con gress of Bones
tic Economists, Saturday Review The Destruction
of Small Birds i'll Europe, and Untrodden Ways,
Pail Mall Gazette; Fish Mortality in the Gulf of
Mexico, Nature; with instruments of sin Trust"
and The Freres and the usual amount of poetry
Littell 4 Co., Boston, publishers
}. X. Ossood a. Co. are to publish a holiday edi
ton of Lucille. magniticenty illustrated
The Sept number of the illustrated Scientific
News Mum a. Co.. New York publishers, is pro
fnsely illustrated and full of interesting and in
structive reading 1t is an admirable publication
perfect juvenile library in one pair of covers
is in preparation by Ioughton, Miiliin d Co 1t
is called The Children's Book" and includes
tain standard fairy stories, tales from the Arabian
Nights and Hans Christian Andersen, the Voyage
TO Lilliput and several familiar poems The matter
has been carefully edited, and while the children
lind every thing in the volume which they want,