Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-02-23
SATURDAY PRESS.
FEBRUARY %, 1884
SATURDAY ...... FEl


An English EDITION Of the Princes, Alice's
letters is announced.
The Empress Of Austria is engaged in print.
ing herself the sonnets she has been writing.
Louis J. Jennings has written a novel Of
which Jay Gould is the hero. 1t bears the
title Of " The Millionaire"
A magazine for the blind sbeing published in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. II is called Kneass
Philadelphia Magazine, and is printed in raised
letters.
Mark Twains forthcoming book is an.
nounced in England as The Adventures Of
Hucklebery Finn sequel to Tom
Sawyer
Alfred X. Conkling has written guide to
Mexico. II is published by u. Appleton q Co.,
New York, in the excellent style Of their other
known guide books.
In the North American Review for February
Hon. Carl Schur, is very outspoken in his
views upon corporations. His article is good
reading and also Of more than passing value.
A dispatch says that Queen victoria's book
is announced for the I2th day Of this month,
'much to the chagrin Of her sons and daugh.
tiers, who dread the universal laughter at her
exhibition Of the John Brown craze.
A dictionary Of the Swallow dialect, the FIRST
work Of its kind ever Published, has been pre-.
pared by Miss a. w. fielde, who has been a
missionary to Swatow, China, for the past four
years, and is at present visiting America.
Members Of George De Long Post, G.. a. X,
will be interested in Major Pennock Huey's
little book on a." The Eighth Pennsylvania at
Charlottesville" in which General Pleasan-
tons assumption Of credit for the famous
charge of the Pennsylvania cavalry sis denied,
and, apparently disproved say the Amer.
lean reviewers. The book is published by
Porter & Coates, Philadelphia.
Everybody will be glad tsays the St. James
Gazette) to hear that "Cuthber Belle" 1.-THE
Rev F.. Bradley has been appointed to one Of
the good things OF the church-ihe Vcarage
OF Lenton, Lincolnshire, to wit-which is said
to be worth seven hundred pounds per year.
One wonders, by the way, how many of those
who have laughed over the honest fun of
''Verdant Green are aware that the author was
not educated at Oxford. Mr.. Bradley grad
uated at Durham, where he was Thorpe Schol-
ar and Foundation Scholar lat University
College,. "Verdant Green may not be a
faithful reproduction of the Oxford life of even
thirty years ago; but for a non. Oxonian to
have made the book iavorte with Oxonians
is no inconsiderable achievement.
The Overland Monthly for February hiss the
following table OF contents: This magazine for
the coming month appears in good season.
The following are the titles Of the principal
articles; Shepherd at Court--Chspter VII
Thought and Speech, Caroline A. Mason
Notes on the Frazer River, Henry Colbach
Thomas Lodge and his Friends, Charles How.
ard Shinn Mirage, A. 5. r.. Aunt lane in
San francisco, l.. f. Dakin; Cruise of the
Ocean spray, |. NJ. Baltimore February Day
OH the Columbia in the Mountains. II. S.
Lyman New Japan, Shosuki Sato Incident
in the Life of California Detective White,
Sunset, NJ. F. Rownree Chinese Slavery,
III. Latham, M. D.; Through Central Mexico
o. NJ. Wozencraft The Brahmo Soma OF
Professionalism in India, Horatio Stebbins Tn,
Late War in South Amcrica--II, Hoeel
Birkedel I; Annetta-Ch Chapters XXIV, XIV,
Evelyn NJ. Ludlum Loves Coming, Thomas
s. Collier; In the Aiterglow, Oregon.