The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-21
LITERARY NOTES.

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The followsng is the table of contents Of Har-
pers Magazine Tor February
The Gospel History in Italian Painting, The
Rev. Henry J. van dyke, Jr. Asleep, a Poem,
Rose Terry Cooke; The English Lakes and their
sd sae Errs r9 Tbs II N the tn
Volunteer Fire Department II. q. W. sheldon.
Literary and Social Boston, Geo. T.. Lathrop.
Anne, a novel, Constance Fcnimorc Wilson. Tie
FREELY, story, Margaret $. Mclean. Tho
Early History of Charles James Fox, John Iiige
low Puss Tanners Defence, q story, Rchar,.
Malcolm Johnston. A Laodcean, book the lrst.
George somerset-Thcmas Hardy The Editors
Easy Chair discusses Beaconsfiels Endymion:
The Mefslop1le OF lioita at the Academy Of Mu
sic. French Usage Prospecting the Title "De;.
The Concord Conversation upon Hawthorne
The other department arc full OF interesting mat.
ter.
Appietons' journal for February has a rich
and varied table of contents, including criticism,
romance and essay. The second installment Of
Erckmann- Chatrians novelette,, The Veterans Of
Yesterday, and a very effective sketch by Ru
dolph Diudau, entitled "a Deadly Feud," rive TO
the department of Romance unusal interest. Miss
Birds "Wanderings in Japan ;" Ebers Egyptian
Romances. and Jennings parliamentary AnCc-
dotcs, are the books selected for lengthy discuss
ion. Then, in the department of essay we have
HANDLES among Book presumably fromsthe
| pen of Leslie stephen; "DecOrative Decorations"
| by Grant Allen; "Shakespeare's Traducers )" and
| "Music" by the Rev. II. X. Hawes. paper on
"Tho Irish Land question: and one on "Budhists
| tophone," come under the classification ofarticlcs
| of information. "Notes for Readers" the new
editorial department Is interesting, and "Thc
Editors Table" is, as usual, suggestive and val
liable, the topics being "Alleged Decline in the
handicrafts," "Rccent Art in Bookbinding."
American Wood-Engravng," and "TheAmerican
Physical Type"
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW, FEBRUARY, ISL
This number of the Review is fully up to the
mark of excellence set by theeditors and PUBLISH
ers 1t has particularly interesting table OF con-
tents. The leading article by one of the edi tors,
Mr. John II Morse, Jr,upon "Jonn Quincy Adams
Diarv," is readable and interesting. Il throws
light upona phase ofthe character of tho some.
what grim aud austere Puritan statesman which
has not heretofore received much attention, and
has indeed, not been thought to exist. Robert II.
Parkinson writes upon NFroude's Defence of
Henry the Eighth,-an article of peculiar and
more than ordinary interest 10 students of English
history. 1.-THE Tariff Question is ably and uh-
derstandingly discussed by Hamilton Andrews
Hill, who reviews the history OF tariff eNactious.
IN. Zola as Critic" is considered by Thomas
Sergeant Perry; and another literary article is
"Hans Christian Andersen" by Leopold Kats.
cher. James Mascarene Hubbard has an article
upon "Fiction and Public Libraries which
should be read by all who have anything to do
with the selection of books for these Institutions.
The new volume of Tennysons poems is review
| by that accomplished literary essayist, George
| Barnett Smith; and the number is brought TO a
| close with an able article upon "Our Mercantile
Marine by John Goldman, which is sharp and
| trenchant handling of a most perplexing problem
| in American politics.
The February Atlantic opens with
two chapters of Miss Phelps's admira-
BILE serial story "Friends: A Duet"
which will make her admirers more
numerous and enthusiastic. William
NJ. Rossetti, in his second paper OH
"Wlves of the Poets," tells briefly the
story of the wives of LaFontaine, Mo-
liere, Racintl Leasing, Burger, Goethe
Schiller and Heine. John Fiske asks
"Who are the Argansr and then ans
wers it in way to secure the hearay
thanks of those who have puzzled them.
selves over the query. Major Ben
Perley Poore continues his authentic
and entertaining "Reminiscences oil
Washington" with capital paper on
the Taylor administration. Richard
Grant White returns to his English toul
with an article entitled '"In Londor
Again" These essays are admirably
written and are both entertaining ant
full of acute observation. Other es
says, poems, poems, stories, reviews OF
new books, well-6lled Contributors
Club" and running account of tho
books of the month, conclude an excel
lent number of this sterling magazine
S4.00 year.
The Midwinter february Scribnel
has always been special number, as
rich as the choicest literary matter anC
the most beautiful wood engravings car
make it. OF last years midwintei
number the London Times said it is {
really magnificent triumph of .Ameri
can pictorial art and literary genius
The English publisher of Scribner has
tclegraphed for II 900 copies of the
present nun ber,-a advance of 6,00j
upon his orders last year, and the lar.
gest edition of an American magazine
ever sent to England; | fact, it is said
to be larger than the monthly sales Of
any English magazine. The American
edition of Scribner has grown during
1880 about 10000 copies.
A delightful feature of the magazine
is a series of sparkling noyeIettes
or condensed novels, instead of n seria
story, ga Fair Barbarian" the story OF
a piqaant American girl in England
by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett. be-
gins in this February number with O
twenty-five page installment, and will
run through three issues. Since the
death of George Eliot it may be said
that Mrs. Burnett commands a larger
English-speaking audience than any
DINER woman. Her novelette, will be
followed by one by George w. Gable
author of "The Grandissimes," etc,
and alterward Boyesen's 'Queer
Titania" will be published. Peter
thee Great" Eugene Schuyler's his
toric Il work, begun in February, 1880
will be finished in October of this year.
BY means of the recently published
special offers of Scribner, the whole o
this great work, with its wealth of IL
Illustrations, can be had at very low
price, in connection with years sub
ton. All book sellers can give Tx
terms.
In the same ratio that Scribner'i
Monthly is prospecting, st. Nicholas, tho
famous magazine for girls and boys, is
sued by the same publishers, grows
apace. About 100000 copies Of thC
Christmas (December) number were
sold, while the January number has
been for conc time out o. print. il
February, there is full account OF the
Obelisk, richly illustrated from sketch
es and photographs, showing the grea
monolith in all stages of moving. Th,
Midwinter Scribner will be ready Jan
nary 20,and st. Nicholas five days later
Masonic.