Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-10-24
LITERARY NOTES.

1t Is reported that Mr.. Tennyson In
tends TO sell Aldworth, his place on the
Downs, and reside permanently on the
Isle OF Wight, the climate OF which suits
him much better than that OF the former
place.
Nearly g., 800, 900 is invested In the
printing and publishing trade In Boston
aud the yearly product Is valued AT So,
90 900. This does not include the amount
paid 10 writer's who furnish the matter Tor
printing aud publishing, and which, II al!
added together, aggregates several nun
bred thousand dollars more.
BIB. Locke Petroleum V. Nasby) and
"Brick" Pomeroy were printers together
iu Corning. y. Y. in their youth. For
long time there was an irrepresslble con
nict between them a. 10 which should play
the best practical Joke upon the other
but Nasty finally begged for peace.
-Coleridse was descanting, In the pres
ence OF Charles Lamb, upon the repulsive
appearance OF the oyster. 1T isn't hand
some. ColeridGe," said Lamb, "out II has
the advantage of you in one thing. what
Is that!" said Coleridge, who was an ex-
haustless talker, 1t knows when 10 shut
its mouth" was the reply.
Alexandra Dumas was among the most
4 scorated of authors. He was often twit-
ted for the number OF patents OF chivalry
viii, n were lying on his secretaire, and
for IN G crosses, stars aud colored ribbon
artist, ally ranged on the chimney-piece OF
his stn,,y why, my dear Dumas, ex-
claimed ne OF his friends, who deplored
in secret &, We emptiness OF his own button
hol. ..what do all these baubles remind
Won Off" cor OF the fable of the fox aud
the cranes =. re torted the author OF Monte
Christie" putting his interlocutor TO con-
fusion.
The Rev. Henry Harris Jessup, the
missionary when In this country few
wears ago, suggested that many OF the po-
ems and rhymes In s.. Nicholas could be
translated into the Arabic Language and
still retain much of their melody aud rythm.
The publishers az once offered 10 supply
any Illustrations that would DO needed Tor
a book OF such TRANSACTIONS, ana tue result
IL a volume iu Arabic with text ana mus
trations from 50. Nicholas. II was printed
| iu Beirut, Syria, and Is prohaoiy 'ne nrs'
ILLUSTRATED juvenile" ever printed III th'.
country, or in that language. The hrst
copy was bound 10 Beirut, on the ifsu U.
last June, and reduced fac -simile oil one
OF its pages is announced 20 appear III inc
November 81. Nicholas.
| The North An,ericda Recie'o for No,
| vember presents au unusually diversified
Table OF Contents. English Views oil
re- Trade" by Hon. John Welsh OF Phila-
| .Jelphia. Is a clear and forcible exposition
| ~ the difference between the economic SIT
nation of England and that OF the unitea
states. and OF the considerations Which
make Free Trade imperative Tor the ior-
mer country, if she would retain her pres
emit position as the worlds WORKSHOP
Joseph Nelson. Chief Judge OF the Brook
lIvn CITY Court. writes OF " DISORDER III
Court Rooms" q subject or proiound III,
terest 10 good citizens at Gil times, anu
more especially now in view OF certain re-
cent occurrences. The obher dictd or the
Learned author touching the Guiteau trial
and the Lawson-Gray incident at Dublin,
sra characterized by the best judicial TEN
nor DIR. WIN. A. Hammond, eX-Surgeon
General of the United States Army, oilers
a. problem for Sociologists," the problem
haino TO determine the degree or RESPONSE
hiIity before the criminal law, or persons
sa.ctsd by certain forms of insanity. "rhe
Indns,riai Value OF Woman" by Mrs. Julis
Ward Howe, is a very able reply to an ar
ticle recently published on Woman
Work aud womau's Wages. "Advanea
oes of the Jury System, by Dwight EOS
|. ter. formerly a Justice OF the Massachu
setts Supreme Court, will command iII Tn TN
s,tsntion of every thoughtful citizen, be
Ing a grave and learned defense OF an IN
Citation which it is becoming the fashion
n belittle and decry. The remaining ar
t;cles are "Saftey in Theatres by Steele
Msckaye, the distinguished actor and the
stricai manager; 1.-The pretensions Q
Jonrnalism," by Rev, George L. Rider
! and a symposium on THE Suppression
, Vice" by Anthony Comstock, q; b; Froth
! ;raham- and Rev. DR.. j. NJ. Buckley.