The daily gazette., 1883-10-01
LITERARY NOTES.

-'The Brea i-wiuners," the anonymous
serial now appearing in The Century, is
much praised by other authors. Mr. How
ellis, In denying the authorship to 4 friend,
added, wish had written it," The second
half OF the story, vet unpublished, is said to
contain some very excldng chapters.
Fathers of tire present generation Of
young folk may revive their bnyhood in
their sons enjoyment OF Captain Mayne
Reid's new serial story, promised for the
coming volume OF 81. Nicholas. That
Msyne Reid's powers OF observation and
vigorous writing are unimpairrd Is evident
from his recent papers on Rural Lite in Eng
land in New York Trib1tRe His new story
is to treat Of adventures in Tel ra del Fuego,
''the land e fire."
Mrs. Oliphant has written for the No
vember Century paper on Queen Victoria,
which will be more particularly devoted to
her life as a happy queen and mother Toe lore
| the death of the Prince Consort The trout
| ispiece Of the number is an engraving of an
| original oil study Of the Queen, made from
| lffe by the voting American artist, Thomas
| Sufy. in 1888 1t IVES preliminary to life
size portrait Of the Queen in full regalia,
| painted at Rockingham Palace for the St.
| Georges Society OF Philadelphia.
| Mr.. Matthew Arnold's approaching visit
| 10 this country is to be commemorated by
| Macmillan 4 Co, in a very pleasing manner,
| viz 10y new and uniform edition of his
| prose writings In seven volumes. These
viii embrace Essays in Criticism; Study OF
Celtic Literature, on 7ranslating Homer;
Culture aud Anarchy, Friendships Garland;
Mixed ESSAYS, Irish Essays; Literature and
Dogma; God and the Bible; st. Paul and
Protestantisn, Last Essays The style will
be elegant and companiouable with tho
"Eyersley Kingsley" IL should be added
that this edition is manufactured expressly
for the American market, and is the first
and only uniform edition. We ho,e thai
the success OF 1t will warrant ita completion
with volume Cor volumes) OF Mr.. Arnold't
poems which have steady appreciation il
this country. The same publishers have II
preparation a new edition OF Mr. Henri
James's French Poets and Noyeists,
which has been for some time out of print
Draw poker, from the scientific point o.
view, is the uhject Of an interesting article
by Richard A Proctor, iu The Modern 4g
for October. The same number contalbi
"Bulwer, Macready, 'Richelieu,' by tht
Ear of Lytton (Owen Incredibly, a de
tailed account of TIE deliberations between
the author of "Richelieu'' and the creator
of the part, drawn principally from til,
correspondence between the actor and the
dramatist. "Eunkleia, the Greek Girl, ,
is a powerful story OF Bulgarian life, iron
the German Of Schneegans, aud "Th
Ordeal" is all entertaining yachting sketch
"Ranch Life in the West" shows that tina
kind OF existence is not altogether coute,H
de rose The poetry and other articles il
this issue are all good, aud The Modern dg
for October is even better than its prede
cessors. (S1.60 per annum. The Modrrl
Age Publishing o New York City } IN
Modern Age tor November, will contain
Translation from the Russian of NichOla
G0gol. Gogol is the standard humorist +
Russian literature, although American
readers know little or nothing Of his works
The story in question is entitled "The Devil
! Filtration, +" and gives an amusing picture {
social life iD Little Russia.