The daily gazette., 1883-03-12
LITERARY MnNrIoN

years old on the 9TH inst.
-"Shandon Bells'' and "For the Major"
will be concluded in the April Harper.
"A new humorous weekly is shortly to
appear in Brooklyn, underthe name q, Gas.
The 1,aerfcda Af0ler, for March 3,
contains cut Of q "porgy, or soup, and
good table of contents.
Oliver & Jenkins, New York, publishers
Of The Wheel, will begin next month an
illustrated weekly chronicle called the
Amatear Athlete.
The Mechdaicd Meus, March Is, has an
excellent and entertaining illustrated article
on "0ld-fashioned wihd-mills at home and
abroad" A supplement accompanies the
number.
Experimental applications of electricity
for balloon propulsion is described and illus
trated in the Scientific 1niericdn of March
10. the same number of which is Of the
usual merit.
The Railroad Gazette, published in New
York weekly at $3.50 year, is full of me-
chanical and railroad news uf interest TO all
readers, who desire 10 keep thus read up on
such matters.
The Judge, of New York, has been pur-
chased by A. E. Smythe, of the Philadel-
phia Saturday Eysaing Post, and is now
edited by John A. Greene, formerly of the
New York Sun.
"A life Of Alexander Stephens, by T. H.
Norton, well known as a biographical
writer, will appear early In April and be
sold, 10 cents in paper or 25 cents In cloth,
by John B. Alden, IS Vesey street, New
Rork.
Through One Administration" by
Mrs. Burnett, running for some time In the
CeRtltrD, will he concluded in the April
number. The May number will contain the
opening chapters of a novelette,, cat league
POteet's" by "Uncle Remus" (JOel Chandler
Harris). 1t will be finished in the June
number.
-Pdnsy, little weekly exclusively for
very small children, is one of the latest
efforts TO cater to the literary tastes of babes
1t is issued by the publishers of Vide A,cake,
which is a guarantee of its worth. D.
.Lothrop Il CO., Boston. Terms-75 cents,
weekly; 40 cents, semi monthly; 25 cents,
monthly.
Wendell Phillips said lately that Will
liam Lloyd Garrison was the IN an to have
written the history of the abolition struggle,
and remarked that he ought to have done
II. Garrison, he says, meant to do it, "but
was always given to putting of things. At
one time he took a retired study for the pur
pose, moved his books and papers into IT,,
planning to work at the matter diligently,
and-never entered the room again"
Mr.. Blaine is writing his new book with
out an amanuensis, beginning after break
fast and working about three hours daily at
the composition; he devotes some of the re-
mainder of the day to library and docu-
mentary research, and occasionally to per-
sonal inquiries. The distinguished author
will, it is understood, pay a high compli-
ment to Mr.. Jetierson's diplomatic talent,
and will deal with Mr.. Conkling and his
living compeers with a generous and appre-
ciative hand.
-"The Bread winners" an anonymous
novel, Will shortly be commenced in the
Century, and is said to be a story of unusual
force. The scene is laid in one of the
American lake cities, and the plot, an old
fashioned one, contains pretty love story,
with tragic undercurrent, in which are
described the doings of a secret society of
"Bread winners" Certain phases and types
of American society will be here described
for the first time by a literary artist of real
merit. The heroine, by the way, is said by
those why have read the manuscript to be
q representative American Western girl, Of
more agreeable type than the public Is
generally presented with.
Decidedly the most unique venture in a
literary way to which the public has been
treated is the Eizerir Librdly, new semi
weekly magazine. Each number contains
some complete literary gem, characteristic
specimen of the best product of the brain of
the author who is represented. II is thor
oughly handsome in Typography, and con-
venient In form, and is sold at price so low
that 1t is startling, only 81 80 year, for a
volume of nearly 5000 pages. The separate
numberS vary in plice; at two cents each
we have lryiug's famous .RipVa Winkle,"
Canon Farrar's brilliant sketch of "The
Burning of Rome, Wilson's "Sea-Serpents
Of Science" Tennysou's "Enoch Arden, !"
the Life of Sir Isaac Newton,n by
James Parton, and others; at three cents
each there are very handsome illustrated
numbers containing "The Life of Gustave
Dore," by F. II. Norton, "Queen Mabel, -
by Ellen Tracy Alden, and "a Halt Hour
in Natural History" by s. II. Peabody; at
six cents there is Life of Washington
| Irving" by r. A. Stoddard; and at seven
cents, Macauly's famous "Life of Frederick
the Great; at ten cents, two really beautiful
| illustrated numbers, one of which is Bun.
| yan's Pilgrims Progress, complete, and the
other Charles Dickens delightful Cricket
on the Hearth. You can obtain the books
| from the news or book dealers, or from the
publisher direct, who offers liberal terms u
clubs. John B. Alden, publisher, Is Yese,
street New York.