New-York tribune., 1884-03-21
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
NOTES ON THE MAGAZINES.

Alfred Townsend has discovered ana haria.oo ~
The April Century His article IS mode oi 'S Hi"u
serse. direct. unaffected and picturesque IN e'oH'
sothsr th.n in relation. Most Of this week between
a'-sor ond the death of Booth the assassin
80 IN a MARYLAND pine-wood near the Potomac
,aitirg for a chance to cross the river. The meah-
.hoIy Narvlander half-farmer and wholly Con-
sederate agent who with Herold cared Tor hin toiu
Mr.. Townsend that he suffered more or less con-
4;nnons main from his broken ankle. He lay on the
.ronnd all those days and nights wrapped IN
bla 1kets. croaning at every movement and unable
10 walk any distance whatever. His cher desire
was 70 know what mankind thought of his crime,
and he never tired of information on this subject.
The Maryander procured newspapers for him and
le spent the days in reading them III the shauo"y
lights of the thick pne-wood
At last the moment came for escape, and Herod
and Jones the Marylander. lifted Booth on to the
back of horse and took him to the river. HAIR
way they halted near the Marylanders house.
Jones. whispered to Booth, Now will 60 in and
Get something for you to eat, and you eat IL mere
while get something for myself Booth win
sudden longing exclaimed, oh. can't 90 III '"o
house Just moment and get a little OF your ""ii"
coffee Jones SAYS that be felt the tears come ~
his eyes when he replied Oh, my friend 1t would
not be safe This is your last chance 10 set away
/ have negroes at the house. and if they see you
Won are lost and so am j. But Jones says as he
went in he felt his throat choked. 10 TINS day ne
remembers that wstful request of the assassin 10
be allowed 10 enter warm habitaton once more
before embarklng on the wide and unknown river"
That was Friday night. On the next Wednesday
morning Booth was shot.
The South is we'll represented in the fiction OF
the month Besides " DIR. SEWER" The Century has
a short story by Mr.. Thomas Nelson Page which IN
spite of too abrupt introduction and surfeit OF
negro dialect is interesting and pathetic. Lippin-
cot gives the first ins lament of Louisiana
novelette,. and Mr.. Charles Egbert Craddocks
Tennessee story Drifting Down Lost Creek" IS
concluded in The atlantic. This is a sombre
sketch containing some beautiful bits of description
neatly illustrated article New German
town" opens the April LippinoOH, and introduces
what is always Characteristic of this periodicals.
series of papers and stories, light graceful and
well-baanced. The most original matter of the
number is Part ii of +. c. BaylOTs story of " The
Perfect Treasure" There is much humOr and
shrewd observation in this study of an American
family in England. Ii is less subtle and elegant
than Mr. Jamcs's work. but is in some respects
stronger.
An admirable portrait of Mr.. Edwin Booth pre-
faces in The Manhattan Mr.. II. &. Pedders article
ON the actor. On the merits of his impersOnatiOns
and the qualities Of his art Mr. Pedder evidently
spent much thought and he has written down his
conclusions with equal care. OF Mr.. Booths
endeavor to elevate the drama he saws: 80 great
has been his service in this respect that cannot
appreciate too warmly the healthfulness OF his
influence as a cOunteractve against our threatened
inundati0n of debaSing sensationalism and morbid
feeling. If il were possible to eliminate everything
pertaining TO his histronic abilities, we would
still .owe him an everlasting debt of gratitude
because he has so bravely followed noble ideal
and conscientious purpose"
EafaC Ca,, i1nfaa IN he Manhattan
sprightly article what she calls the Chauceran
Mania. Shefrowns upon the poet as an obscure and
sometimes unclean writer, whose works only the
philologist should painfully study, leaving to
young people a. his descriptions of English life and
character, his humor, pathos and satire, and they
can be given IN a dozen pages"
Dr. Wards sketch of Sidney Lanier in The CeH-
tury has some touching details of mans brave
fight with ill-heath poverty and the crnellest
pain of allthe inability to take time to do the best
work that was in him. DR.. Wards estimate of
Laniers talent, however it may be affected by the
forthcoming edition of the Georgians poems, now
seems unduly enthusiastic and not justified by the
extracts he gives.
Mr. Arnolds paper on Literature and Science "
will be of special interest to those readers of The
Manhattan who did not hear his lecture on this sub
ject Mr.. Julian Hawthorne's Autographed
Romance" is an ingenious and fantastic story,
TO be commended TO collectors
Mr. Hawthorne's article Literature for
Children" is one of the most entertaining of those
in the April number of The North american Retieac.
He enters vigorous and in many respects
righteous plea for the preservation of ideal lit
erature for the little ones lie holds that the books
prepared for them since Maria Edgeworth
.'foisted her prim and narrow moral code
upon the commonplace adventures of prlg-
gish little boy and his companions" are cal
culated TO mako little dwarfs and hobgoblins
out Of them TO destroy their radiant childhood and
to stuff them with inligestible and incOngruOus
knowledge" Whether one agrees or not with Mr..
UawthOrne's arguments and conclusions, it is
tain that in some particulars the rising generation
is not an improvement upon its predecessors. There
are few students of society who will not agree at
II is marked by a curious irreverence, cOncen-
trated selfshness. and too generally. in cities at
least by what old-fashioned people consider exceed
ingly bad manners
Mr.. OswaId's paper in the Reriec on changes in
the climate of North America ought TO be read by
all those optimists who cheerfully contemplate the
abolition Of American forests. The increase in the
frequency of disastrous foods and the exhaustion
of the soil are the least penalties OF this folly which
Nr. Oswald threatens.
The Century prints in d" Uncle Tom without a
Cabin" a short and graphic paper the old South
err negroes whose lives were SO completely reyolu-
tionzed by the war, and who do not know how to
adjust themselves to new conditions.
TAc most entertaining Of The CeatUrys generally
attractive collection of "Open Letters" is this
month Mr. Richard Grant Whites epistOlary
dance executed upon the PROSTATE form of Profes-
sor Ritter. The criticisms Of the latter upon some
musical data published by Mr. White have given
him the opportunity to do some lively writing,
which will doubtless be read with some interest by
DR.. Ritter
The delicate lovelineSs of the illustrations which
accompany Mr. Roe's serial in Harper has not been
Il, fret Sba1