Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-03
LITERARY NOTES.

THE SANITARIAN for this week leads off
with two contributions from the pen OF the
distinguished Dr. Stanford E. Chsills, of
New Orleans chairman of the United States
Yellow. Fever Commission OF 1879 to Ha-
vana. Oae of these is in the form of letter
which originally appeared in the New Or
leans Ptcayune in answer 10 the sweeping and
unteuable assertions made by Congressman
E. John Ellis in his efforts to kill the use-
fulness of the National Board oil Health.
DIR. Chsille does not mince matters. He
tises the right words in the right plsce, and
proves that Mr.. Eilis's charges were Spar
tial, unfair and misleading" He says: "In
conclusion, / have very slight personal ac-
quaintance with Mr.. Ellie, and not the
least personal ill.will. My harshest
thought of him has been, that since
he has abused his official position
to misrepresent facts known TO me and
accessible to him, should in future be less
credulous in accepting his statements of mat
ters unknown to me-" The second article
from DIR. Chaille is on the prevalence of
Yellow Fever in Havana" In this he makes
the declaration, and supports it with stats.
tics, that "Havana is the port, of all others,
most severely and continuously infected;
hence the risks of importing yellow-ftver
from this port are exceptionally numerous"
New Orleans is 10 daily communication with
Havana, hence the necessity for a careful
supervision over its shipping and the strict
enforcement of close quarantine, beginning
early in May, surveillance 10 be established
by the middle of April. The other articles
in the S1nitarian are both timely and valu-
| able. Mansford has it for sale.
The Nashville Journal of Medicine and
Surgery for March presents table OF con
| tents that will vie with any ever presented
by similar publication in this section of
| the country. Both the selected as we'll as
the original matter is pertinent to the prac-
| tice OF medicine and surgery in the Mlssis-
| sippi valley, and will be found instructive
and useful to practitioners. The editor, DIR.
G. 3. Briggs, seems to understand his business,
for while he keeps pace with the growth aud
discoveries touching medicine throughout the
civilized world, he has an eye open to the
special needs of this Fection. Published by
II. A. Hasloch, s. per year.
BY special arrang with Chatto &
Windus, of London, the Domestic Monthly
will begin the publication of Justin Nc.
Carthy's new novel, Maid Of Athens, in its
May number, ready April II, 1888. This
new novel will be looked for with great in
| terest, as it is the first work that Mr. Nc
| Carthy has written since the publication of
| his admirable History Of Our Dun Times,
which was so well received a few years ago
both in England and in this country. The
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come from Mr.. McCarthy's pen, and that he
has written charming novels every one who
has read his Lady Judith, or A Fair Sdron,
will testify. Mr.. Mccarthy is one of the
most prominent of the Irish members of
Parliament, and it is probably owing TO his
| laborious duties in the House of Commons
that be has not been able to give more time
to literature. Maid Of Athens will run for
the remainder of the year in the Domestic
Monthly, and will be illustrated by charming
designs BY F. Barnard, OF London. The
Domestic Monthly is published by Blake &
Co., S53 Broadway, n. Y, at IL a year, or
fifteen cents copy.
THE CONTINENT started, under its present
management, with the liberalization 10 pre-
sent to its readers in a weekly form the pecu-
liar featur and attractions of the best
monthly magazines. It's conductor set before
him as exemplsrs the great mon,hlies of our
neighboring city, because there were none
elsewhere to compare with them in excellence.
He has spared neither labor nor expense to
schieve this result. OF course he could net
expect, after one year of experience only, to
rival in all things these great wonders OF the
world OF periodical literature. In its line
the Continent was pioneer. The attempt to
embody the literary and artistic attractions
of the modern monthly in weekly form had
| never before been made. 1t has labored hith
erto under the difficulty of having is weekly
parts compared with monthly Issues. So, in
q sort OF self-defense We have been compelled
10 put its weekly issues together in the form
Of monthly part that our brethren OF the
prees might see what sort OF a monthly the
Continent would make, and the comparison at
least be fairly m ade. The universal surprise
with which the frat Of these (compo.ed CT the
numbers for january was received by the
press Of the country confirmed our belief
that we had hardly received credit for what
we had done. This monthly part contains
$50 pages-a number fully equal to any first
class monthly-while our larger page makes
| it equivalent in matter to something b tier
than 200 ordinary magazine pages. Its
illustrations number just 1O0-consldera.
bly more than either Of the great monthlies.'
What the Continent says for itself go well, the
APPEAL iudorses without stint. 1t Ii all
that its conductor, claim for it, and rank.
among the very best illustrated publications
in the English language.
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