The daily gazette., 1883-08-25
LITERARY NOTES.

quality BETTING the season are the distinc-
tive qualities OF the September Century. A
fine portrait Of Robert BurDs is the frontis'
piece. 1t is after daguerreotype owned by
Mr.. Edmund c. Stedman aud made from
miniature which belonged to the sister OF
Burns. In the same number is delightful
account of "a rurns Pilgrimage" by II.
| H., who relates Sc eral anecdotes freshly
| CLEANED in the poets country.
A richly illustrated paper on "Cape Cod"
| by f. Mitchell, transforms that curious nook
Of sea-sand into "a homely Yankee paradise,
where the fields are green, the woods are
| filled with birds, the villages are quaint and
prosperous, and the Inhabitants are honest
and witty. The article has colonial flavor,
which allies it to DR.. Edward EgglestOn's
illustrated historical paper, in the same
number, on Indian War In the Colonies"
| This is a careful paper of thrilling interest,
| based on much original research. Striking
pictures also accompany Lieutenant
Schwatka's account Of "a Musk-Ox Hunt"
which was an incident of his Arctic expedi
tion In 1879. OF popular scientific interest
are Ernest IngersolPs account Of Professor
Agassiz's Laboratory" at Newport, with a
portrait of Alexander Agassiz; and "The
Tragedies Of the Nests, " by John Burroughs,
who describes in his inimitable manner the
dangers that threaten the birds in the house
keeping season. Accompanying the latter Is
full page engraving by Elbridge Kingsley;
the picture was drawn with the graver, like
the striking engravings by the same hand,
which were published in recent numbers of
The Century.
timely and valuable illustrated article
is Roger Riordan's Ornamental Forms in
Nature" IL has the completeness of
paper by au artist who has ideas and who
knows how to bring pencil and pen to bear
on a subject well thought out. He shows
how a pure taste In decorative art must be
based upon close observation and simple
treatment of beautiful forms in nature.
A forcible argument to prove the future
supremacy of New York over all other great
cities of the world is made w. c. Conant,
under the title, "Will New York be the
Final Worlds Metropolis" And II. c. Bun
ner, IN the "Open Letters" department, talks
encouragingly and entertainingly of "New
York as a Field for Fiction"
The second part of the Bread winners"
the anonymous story which is exciting wide
interest and curiosity, reveals It's motive as
a satire on labor unions or socialism In the
eighth part of "a Woman Reason" (which
will be concluded in the October number),
Lord Rainford proposes marriage to the
heroine, and is rejected. The third and last
part of Joel Chandler Harris ''Nights with
humorous short stories Our Story" by
Frank r. Stockton, showing how marriage
resulted from literary collaboration; and
Love in Old Cloathes," a modern New
York love story, in the quaint style and
spelling Of three hundred years ago, by II.
G. BeDner.
The poetry Of this number is by Charles
de Kay, George Edgar Mon gomery, Miss
Josephine Pollard, and and Miss Susan Marr
| Spalding aud the verses In "Bric-a-b brac"
are contributed by James Whitcombe Riley,
| FraRk ID. Sherman, and others.
"Topics OF the Time" treats of "The Tenn
perance Outlook "The Reticence of
American Politicians" and "College-bred
| Statesmen" Among a variety of interest
| ing subjects discussed in "0pen Letter S, I"
besides Mr.. Burners letter, mentioned
above are the Massachusetts Experiment in
| Education," by Charles Barnard; "a Ro.
| mantle Career" (thst of DIR. Francis Lieber)
| by President Gilman OF John s, Hopkins Unit
versty; and the new scheme for "Stan
dard Railway Time, by the inventor OF the
| proposed system, w. F. Allen, editor of the
''Oficial Railway Guide"
| st. NicholdS for September, is a
| bright, breezy number, which Louisa NJ.
| Alcott opens with a charming story of child.
life entitled Little Pyramus and Thisbe, y
friends through hole in the wall
Mr. Daniel Beard tells us of his youns
friends TON, Dick, and Harry, in Florida, )
and shows US many pictures OF the odd
things they saw and the curious adventures
| they had. Lost in the WOodsn is praDhic
account of the remarkable adventures of tn,
LORE children, who iOr more than a We
last summer wandered through the 10. 81
| of northern Michigan, and vera 'esl
sought by miners from the - VAN Ea'nl
| 'Calumet and Heca," and u, Loueh, ,
| mines, over thirteen hundred lshuoil III III
| time joining in the search. ~, men az up
through all their hardship ihe ch!iute ~,
heart, and when eveutus hau uo' lo'
bringing them safely - pa" "hich W.
Tue "Work and ONE.
tains the frst haIG .1ay' department col
article ON ssTne of profuseiy illustrate
ments of an oi Playthings and Anus
when hoys hs i-fashioned Boy" who live
w tbont td to make THEN own toys or
many hi Modern boys will be able to L
/ ATS from his clever contrivances.
Rrc. Trowbridge tells how the "TiDkha
h ers" came out Of the small end Of t
regal horn but gained much in popular syl
. pathy. "Swept Away" continues to gre
:. in interest, and there are three cntertaini
: chapters OF Harry NJ. Kietfer's "Recollt
tions of a Drummer-boy."
Sarah Orne Jewett, Aunt Fanny, Al
" Celia Thaxter contribute each a poem, a
8 there are, in addition to The usual quota
s. stories, sketches, and verses. illustrations
Sandman, Blum, Renhart, ChampnI
Birch, Culmsr Barnes, Rose Mueller, Jei
ir McDermott, W. II. Drake, De Cost Sm
re and many others.