The daily gazette., 1883-02-27
LITERARY MENTION.

lit was supposed the literary field was
| fully covered by the myriad of magazines
and papers, but the Modern Age put In its
| appearance, pushed its way through the
crowd Of competitorafor public favor and
simply from lie good leblxA and equally good
selections, copamAnded fespActlat once. It
is without doubt the neateet and chsApest
periodical published ana although but thres
months old has many friends who anzioualy
await its appearance. The March number
has an excellent table of contents. Send Is
cents for a sample copy 70 the Modern Age
Publishing Company, Buffalo, " T., and
you will not regret It. ~,
81. Nicholas for March presents a won
derful table of. contents. THE Story of the
Field OF the Cloth OF Gold" is concluded;
chapters XIII, XIV and XIV are given OF
"The Story of Viteau," and ''The Tinkham
Brothers Tide MiIl' Is continued with three
more chapters. The other selections, con
sisting Of stories, jingles, poetry, the de-
partments, etc., are as follows: Frontis-
piece, "The Broken Pitcher" followed by
the text with the same title; "The Wrong
Coat, "a Learned Lawyer, !" ssBen Bruin !"
ssThat Sly Old Woodchuck, "tsThe Sphlnx,n
"a rowh With q Saint, :, Kifty's Pfayers.p
"a Japanese Funny Artist" n0retehen,V
where Waa VtIliersir 'sDoruthy's spinntne
Hhesl,n "a Rhyme of tha Week p ssThk
Queen VINO corldn't Bake Ginqsrhread.
and the King Who Couldn't Play on the
Trombone" FsEmily," 'sTruninR Song
MRS. Peterkin Faints on the Great Pyra-
mid" HThe Brownies Feast, j" ssThe Night.
mare Of the Boy Who Teasea the Animals"
1.-TWO Sides Of laugh" "Any TraIn,"
"And Everywhere that Mary Went," etc.
No family with children should be without
the magazine.
--Elcridge & Brother, Philadelphia, have
Just issued "a Handbook Of English and
American Literature, Historical ana Oriti-
cal, With Illustrations OF the Writings OF
each Successive Period. For the Use OF
Schools and Academies" II Is prepared bV
Esther j. Trimble, late Professor Of Lltera-
ture TO the West Chester State Normal
School. The work Is very comprehensive
in all pertaining 10 the subject. The various
chapters include the First Period OF English
History and Literature, Transition Period, |
the Age of Chaucer, Revival of Learning,
the Elizabethan Period, the Puritan Age, |
the Restoration, the Augustan Age, the Age |
of DR.. johnson, the Age Of Burns, |
and C0wper, the Age of Scott and Byron
the Lake Poets, the Victorian Age, Ameri. |
can LiteratuFe-the Colononial Period, the |
Revolutionary Period, the Age of Irving, |
and the Are Of Emerson. The work is pre-. |
pared with much care aud undoubtedly after |
a vast amount Of hard work Itis not ONLY |
8 valuable aid to the study of literature ia |
academies and schools, aud contains much |
valuable Information In historical point Of |
view outside Of letters alone, worthy Of con- |
sideration by the student. II deals both in |
prose and poetry, OF course, giving many |
Illustrations of and quotations from stand |
ard poems. Those desiring copy Of this
most excellent work should apply 70 the
publishers.
The March Century fulHIls the promises
made before 1t appeared. The frnntlspece
portrait of Gambstta aud the accompanying |
article by writer who was intimately ac- |
quainted with the French Statesman,
appear now with timeliness, which, a foot
note explains, is not to be credited to edit |
torial haste or energy. since they we're both |
in preparation for the March Ctafurp before |
Gambetta's illness. One OF the numer,,us |
interesting anecdotes in the article relates TO |
the not oyer-scrupulOus manner In which |
Gambetta's mother, who was ambitious for |
her son, outwitted the stubborn father, who |
wished his son tn succeed him in business.
An excellent portrait of the father shows
man OF strong will AMI eccentric character.
Leonard Wesley Bscon. In brief blograph- |
ical sketch Of his father, DR.. Leonard Bacon,
entitled "a Good Fight Finished" defends
the latter's opposition to the Boston
extremists in the anti slavery agitation.
The Led Horse lain" !" by Mary Hallock
Foote, is concluded; the second chapter is
given OF w. D. Howell's "a Woman's Rea-
SON." while Frances HOdgson Burnett's
Through One Administration" reaches its
XVIIth ehapter. The other articles are
"The End Of Foreign Dominion in Lou
isiana, 80, Wind that Blows Out Of the
West, "The Village OF 05erammerean, |"
February" "a Poet to His Wife," an un-
finished poem by William Cullen Bryant;
-SIgns and Seasons" "A New Knock at the
Old Door," "The Architectural League OF
New York" /" Jones Very" "MIgrations
of American Colonists," "Pisidice,"
sYatii 1.-THE Way of Life" "Topics Of
the Tme," etc.