The daily gazette., 1883-03-26
LITERARY MENrloN.

The Modern Age for April Is bright and
entertaining, and the selections fully up to
the standard promised.
The publishers Of the Modern Age an
nounce new serial to begin with the May
number of that excellent p6rodieal 10 Is
entitled 1.-THE CaIifornians, /" and is = trans
lation of a recent work of the celebrated
German novelist, Rudolph Lindau. ,
-Harper's Magazine for March "a contains
an illustrated article on Mt. EtHa, which
comics in very appropos, In view of the fol-
low ng dispatch: "LoNDoN, March 2l.-An
eruption Of Mount Etna has occurred, ac-
com panied by an earthquake, causing
panic In the vicinity. Several houses have
fallen"
The late Sidney Lanier had prepared
and delivered a short time before his death
4 series of lectures on @'The English Novel
and the Principle Of its Development" a
part Of his regular course on English liters-
ture, addressed TO the students OF the Johns
Hopkins University. Tie papers have a
peculiar value in that they are the last
literary work accomplished by Mr.. Lauier;
they were left complete and only the
slightest textual revision was necessary for
anal printing In book form. Messrs.
Charles Scribner's Sons have the volume In
press.
- WIDE Asecke for April appears to have
taken fresh start for spring, and Of course
| has poem on Easter" written by Mar
garet Sidney. There are many novel fea-
| lures In the number, principal among which
| are an illustrated article, without text, OF
Through Spain on Donkey, back" +" No. i
tJean Angelo Visits the Water Color, %
with SO illustrations; "Robin Hoods Ghost p
and the continued articles: To-day, "The
John Spicer Lectures" "Old Caravan
Days." Cookery for Beginners" pleasant
Authors for Young Folks" Through 9
Telescope y "a Boys Workshop" "Aunt
Maria's Housekeeping, and "Health and
Strength Papers" Then, besides, there are
numerous other papers, poems and illustra-
tions, all Of which are good.
Nothing new can be said of 81. Nicholas
the contents In the April number of which
are as follows: Frontispiece, "Snow in
Springtime"; "The Summons" poem;
"Louis' Little joke; "a Brave Chinese
Baby; five illustrations; Adventures of a
Tame Crow" pictures drawn by De Cost
Smith; "The Story of Viteau," concluded,
three illustrations; "The Beautiful Lady"
poem; "Bob's Wonderful Bicycle" verses,
live Illustrations; 1.-THE Princess With the
Glass Heart" two illustrations; Gan OBJ
ject of Interest" picture, drawn by Elise
Bohm; "Poor Katie; "Flying Without
Wings" five illustrations; THE Story
of Mrs. Polly Ann Bunce's Best
Cap; The Sad Little Prince
three illustrations; "The Drop and tht
Cloud" poem; "a New Mother Hubbard,
verses; "The Tinkham Brothers Tide
mill, !" Chapters XVII, XVIII, and XIX
"a Query" verse; can April Day.; "Alon'
"Whoop-ee W-How | Frightened the
Bears; tsing Sing What Shall w,
Sing 2" "Work and Play for Young Folks,
paper boat; Buttons; "Jack-in-the
Pul pitt; "For Very Little Folks-Mr
Turkey cock" Qllustrated); "The Lette
, Box; "The Agassiz Association, and 9TH
r Riddle Box" Qllustrated.)
, The April number of Century complete
! volume XIV. of that very popular maya
! zine, which contains the. concluding chap
ters of "Mrs. Burnetts serial, "Througl
One Administration. Howell's "a Wo
mans Reason" finds the heroine in a seri
Gus financial condition. The leading articl
of the number, which is accompanied by {
likeness of the subject of the sketch, is Std
mans essay on Emerson" in whicl
: he deals with the philosopher a
a poet Ben Perley Pores enter
| tanning sketch OF "The Capitol at Wash
ington," contains much that is new and en-
tertaining. Other articles of like intereE
4 4 are as follows: cat Sea-" John Burroughs
e "The Song Of Songs" Ellice Hopkins; 18Th
/ Passion Play in 0berammergau," Mr.
:, Helen Hunt jackson; '.Plotters and Pirate
y OF Louisiana" George W. Cable; "EugeT
y Fromentin," Henry Eckford; "Visiting ii
g Gypsies," by Charles G. Leland, who hi
D made those strange wanderers a deep subjeC
4 OF thought and investigations; "The Prlm
tive Fish Hook" Barnet Phillips. tn
: poems Of the number include "RemoI
t STRANGE" by the late Sidney Lanier; sol
: net in honor OF "Salvini," by Robert Ur
derwood johnson, and, in "Bric-a. Brac,
four "Rondeaux Of Cities" by Robel
e Grant, who satirizes the chief attraction in
! puted to the typical bellies Of New Yorl
Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
"Topics of the Time" are editorials entltle
d "A Great Metropolitan University" t" "Sla'
o or Master9" and ''The Press and the Ne
h Reform" meaning civil service.