Middletown transcript., 1882-02-24
Literary Gossip.

JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS ('Uncle Remus'')
is writing a narrative of old slave life in the
South.
BILL NYE, the Wyoming humorist, has
written book entitled 1.-THE Forty Liars. :"
1t will soon be issued from the press Of Bel
ford Clark & Co., Chicago.
EUGENE FIELD, who has struck a new vein
of humor in his Denver Primer" will have
the series printed in book form. The
" Primer" is a decided hit in the field of
American humor. Belford Clark & Co.,
Chicago, will issue the volume at an early
day.
THE February number of The Oriental Cas-
ket published at Philad'a. by L. Lum Smith,
and edited by Emerson Bennett. the novelist,
presents selection of literature that will
certainly make it a welcome visitor into any
household. 1t is a beautifully printed peri
odical, and its contents are admirably ar
ranged. The editor contributes a continued
story, beginning in the January number
The subscription price is 500 per year.
GOOD HEALTH, for February, presents a
varied and interesting table of contents The
leading paper on "Medical Gymnastics" is
illustrated, the beginning of series to ex-
tend through several numbers of the year.
The methods recommended are such as can
be employed at home, and are fully explained
and illustrated. The article on small-pox, :"
giving its symptoms and treatment, is es-
pecially opportune just now when the dis
ease is so unusually prevalent, as is also the
discussion on the subject of vaccination"
"Good Health is published at Battle Creek,
Michigan, at s1.OO per year.
A JOURNAL FOR MEoHANICs.-The publishers
of the Mechanical News" an illustrated,
practical mechanical journal, for eleven
years published at Springfield, Ohio, have
decided to remove their paper to their Easton
Office, No. ITO Liberty street, New York. on
or about the 1st of March. The Mechanical
News is one of the best Journals of its class
published, and it is the intention of the Pro-
prietors to still further improve it. In order
to do this economically, and iii the best pos
sible lemanner, they find that it is essential to
remove the same to the Metropolis of the
United States, where they can make the paper
first-class in every respect. The News" is a
handsome sixteen page Journal, printed on
fine paper, with engravings of the latest me-
chanical devices, and subjects that cannot
fail to interest every reader. They propose
not only to make it popular with the artisan,
but welcome visitor to every mechanics
household. The Publishers send a specimen
copy and Premium List free on application.
Their subscription price is very low, only
one dollar per year, and useful premium in
cluded.
FRANK LEsLIE's POPULAR MONTHLY is claim
ed to be one of the best periodicals for the
price in the world, and any one who ex-
amines the March number will not dispute
fHa bn oh 5,,%o
ing and entertaining literature Of such
varied character as to be appreciated and
enjoyed by all classes. The leading article.
THE Jeanette and her Crew." by Joseph
1. C. Clarke, contains the details of the or
ganization, etc, Of the expedition, and has
fifteen fine illustrations. There is an article
on " "Strasburg," with eight illustrations
most interesting one on " The Growth of the
Ceramic Art" sixteen Illustrations; one
descriptive of +" Iceland Scenery and Modern
Life Beneath the Polar Circle" fifteen illus
trations; and an admirable one on Robert
Burns" by Principal Sharp, nine illustra-
tions; and several others ofgreat merit. The
department of fiction is unusually rich; and
there are sketches, adventures, etc, of deep,
and some of thrilling, interest. Poems (many
tastefully illustrated), a comprehensive mis-
ceLany, anu a pfOIuSlOn OF embellishments,
covering altogether 12s large quarto pages,
present literary banquet enjoyable and
satisfactory. Subscription price, 50 per year.
HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK.-The illustri-
GUS bard of Avon is being honored with still
another edition of his works, and this time it
is one that will delight not only the rich, who
are pleased to adorn their libraries with beau
tiful books, but also the millions of book
buyers, to whom the possession of hand
some edition of Shakespeare has heretofore
been impossible, on account of the high cost.
We have received from The Useful Knowl-
edge Publishing Company a charming little
volume containing Hamlet, Prince of Den
mark - las pages, beautiful, loaded type, ex-
cellent paper, and tasteful cloth binding,
which they sell for only 20 cents! They are
issuing his complete dramatic works in ten
handy Elzevir'' volumes, uniform with this,
for the amazingly low price of % cents per
volume, and will also publish a "Red-Line
Elzevir" edition, gilt edges, richly orna-
mented in black and gold, in ten volumes,
all for $4.5O. This Company announces large
number of standard and exceedingly valuable |
publications, excellent in quality in every
way, at prices such as the world has never
before seen. Specimen pages and catalogues
will be sent upon application by postal card
TO The Useful knowledge Publishing Com
pany. 1862 William street. New York City.