The daily gazette., 1883-06-25
LlrERARY MENTION.

Charles G. Leland ("Hans Breitmann') |
who "a now enthusiastically devoting his |
energies TO the Philadelphia School of In |
dustrial Arts, will Eoptribute to the July
So NICHOLAS !, . practical paper, entitie
"Braa1 Work for Boys and Giris-"
--Inthe Revue des Deu1 hosgss for May
1, Tb. utzoneoptinnes her studies orthe
uew school Of Afnerfeah noRelists by an or
tiele upon Henry James. First of all, she
deprecates the acrid attack In the quarterly
Repiop upou the American novelists.
Hefry James, she thinks is IN distavor In
that quarter for not having been more obs
serving Of the merits and international inn
portance of the English She has "a keen
appreciation OF James's novels but most
adiilires what she calls his -'thrd maIinerH
as shown in "Pensiop Beaurepas," "a Bum
die of Letters" aud '"The Point q View"
which appeared in the Century Magazine
for last December, and which she quotes,
entire, as the best expression Of James,
original and graceful genius. .'1 s II
The July number Of The Modern Age is
the first issue Of It's second volume, and Ac-
companying 1t is an index 70 the numbers
|, from January to June, The number opens
with an, excellent companion piece 70
june Jun humber. RS tStisd IA BriiiisSt Mdtcb,1
| Mr. Kegal Panl's article Oh tbe,,"w Ptpdnc-
| ton Of Books" should be read BY every liter
airy man in the country, The nrst half of
Ivan Tourgenieff's latest story, i i''After
Death is a timely selection, and y q good
specimen of That famous writer's strange
talent, ''The Man Of the Future, presebts
an uncomplimentary picture Of what poot
| Humanity is drifting to through, the process
Of evolution IA Scribbler's Apology !" is
good reading, and "A Curious Case 81 Boy
cotting," an entertaining bit offancy. THE
Weathercock which might have come
from the pen OF Edgar Poe, SO vivid and
bloodcurdling Is 1.-TWO poems and the
editorial departments make up what is al
together an excellent number Of the Ihaga-
zine. (The Modern Age Publishing Co.!
New York City, SLIGO per annum.) "a
The bridge proposed for the East River
in 1911 by Mr.. Thomas Pope, to connect New
York and Brooklyn, Is to be shown IN the
July 81. Nicholas in connection with a fully
illustrated description of the present 6ridgt
by Mr., Charles Barnerd., Mr., Pope pub
lished book (now very raFe) in advocac }
| of his plan, and the 81, Nicholas illustration
is a reprint of the engraving which formef
the fronhspiece of that volume. 1t will bt
accompanied by some "reminiscences OF Mr.
Pope, contributed by Gen Thomas 3, Cum
mings, one of New York's oldest citizens
r who tells among other interesting items thi
hutCubtts ~ Is bndb MI. IOpCg III 'COlh
pany with Robert Fulton, the inventor o
the steamboat, and a number of other dis
tinulshed New Yorkers, ON a certain da!
made trip around the city In one Of tn
new steamboats,. The afternoon wa
showery, and just as the boat rounded Cas-
tie Garden the rain ceased, and there wa
seen a rainbow spanning the East River
"See there!" says Fulton, tapping Pope oil
Il the shoulder, "there's your bridge, Pope
Y Heaven favors you with good omen.
It Gen. Cummings states that Mr.. Pope pre-
pared large model of his bridge, which wa
set up Sin the green fields just above Cans
y street." and he says that one account al
cribes the destruction of this model to
Il stroke OF lightning, and more over that thi
!, disaster is said to have beiallen 1t on th
very afternoon when 1t was to have bee
g publicly tested in the presence Of GOverno
}. De Witt Clinton and other distinguishe
h gentlemen.