Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-10-25
LITERARY NOTES.

Willis Towards new novel.
Miss Dudu Fletcher, the author Of "Kis-
met , aud ''The Head of Medusa," has
translated the sonnets of the Venetian Ia
dy, Gaspara Stampa.
Izaak walton's house In Fleet Street,
London, and the Cock Tavern, where DIR.
johnson uttered his polysyllabled phrases,
are doomed to destruction.
A member of the Browning Society esti-
mates the total number OF lines written by
Mr.. Browning at about $1,000, something
like fourth less than Shakespeare Is calcu-
lated To have written.
sermon by George Macdonald, the
novelist, said to be only one he has ever
written, appeared In the September Uni.
tartan Rerier.
bachelor Bluff; His Opinions, Senti
ments and Disputations," IL the title OF
book by Mr.. o. B. Bupce, editor OF Apple
tons Journal.
Mr.. Eugene Schuyler's serial history OF
Peter the Great, in .ScriJHer's Monthly,
comes to close with the October part. IL
will be issued as soon as possible In book
form, with additions To the text. and with
all the illustrations which have appeared
In the magazine.
Mr.. Richard Grant White denies the sto-
~ that he has been engaged for over fifty
years In collecting material for his forth
coming history of music in America. He
had no thought OF writing 1t until short
time ago. The history will cover period
OF something over tfty years, and the
transposition OF this fact probably led TO
the error.
There Is much to be written vet OF the
much be-written boyhood OF Abraham
Lincoln. In an article in the October
Vide Ipdke entitled Isaac Lennon"
James Clement Ambrose gives many in
terestDg incidents about the plucky lad,
gathered from old neighbors. 4 Reading
Union for Young Folks j. inaugurated In
the October number OF Wide iirdke. Law
papers for young citizens, Magma ChaTta
lstories, Health and Strength papers, Mus
iCal Biographies, series about the Ocean,
articles telling How To Do Things, the
Wise Blackblrd's page, an q varied cxplor-
atoms In Natural History, form an attrac-
tive miscellany for the frs years course.
The Reading Union established by Vide
Aprdkc maya zine Is named In honor OF
Chautauqua, Chsutauqua Young Folks
Reading Union, &C. Y. F. Il. L."
The discussion OF 1.-The Christian Re.
ligion". by Cot lngersol and Judge black,
which was commenced IN the August num-
her of the North american Rcriclc is con-
tinued In the November issue of that pub
Icaiion. Col. lngersoll now replies 10
the structures OF hts opponent and pre-
sents much more fully than he has ever be-
fore done the logical grounds for his OPP
position 10 Christianity. The article will
be received. with interest by those who
have read the first part of the debate, as
well as 10y all those who believe that the
cause OF truth Is best advanced by free
discus sion. An early number OF the Re
riep will contain AN exhaustive reply. In
Il Sympo.ium on Presidential Inability,
four OF our most eminent iurists, Judge
Thomas NJ. Cooley, the Hon. Lyman Trum-
bull, Prof. Theodore W. Dwight. and Gen
Is. +. Butler, discuss the several wcighty
problems arising out OF Article OF the
Constitution. "Eugland's Hereditary Re-
public" i the title OF Il significant paper
contributed by the Marquis Of BlandfOrd,
and senator George +. Huar writes a
states manlike article on The Appointing
Power" of the President OF the United
States.
The October number OF the MfcrRdfiOA-
al Rcrieic opens with very able article
upon The Treasury and the Banks, 10y
Mr. IL. W. Richardson editor Of the Port
laud Advertiser. IL is an exhaustive and
exceedingly Interesting discussion OF the
currency problem, and will bc sure 10 at
tract the attention OF all bankers, a. well
~ thusv less Intimately connected with
the present greenblck system. Mr.. VIM.
Myall, by. this time well known 20 the
readers OF u Rsritir, contributes u critic
al aud biographical essay upon John Yves
ley The author OF the best recent work
upon Carlyle, Mr.. l.. ID. Mead, is entirely ut
home IN scholarly essay upon " lmmanu
al Kant" dealing with the subject IN a du-
al capacity--kant the man, aud his phiio
sopLical doctrines. This article j. timely
In view OF the fact that the Kant centcnn,-
al has Just been celebrated 4 third bio
graphical article is Roscoe Couklug,
oy Mr. +. W. Whitridge." The author re-
views the whole OF Mr. Conkling's pOliti-
cal ul-. aud seeks therein cause iyg the
great qualities claimed for the New York
ex-senator. Mr.. VIM. l.. BOggs, OF At
lanta, Ca, replies 10 IN article recently
published iu this Rsrte,r upon the 9" The
Solid South" by Sir. Edward Atkinson.
IL seems TINS article OF Mr.. Atk.nsDus
has been the cause OF considerable excite
mvut ia certain circles at the South, aud
the reply here published II one or many
offered 10 the editors. Though not as
closely reasoned as might be desired, IL Is
cvidvatiy meant To be lair aud candid, and
i valuable because or lis Southern origin.
The Southern Educational Problem" by
Mr.. Walter H. Page, shows how far behind
Northern ideas education has been AZ the
South, but suggests better prospects FOR
the future. The number, as a whole, Is
above The average IN solid and enduring
qualities, IS well a. discussion or matters
OF present interest. A. ). Barnes < Co.,
Publishers, New York.