Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-07
LITERARY NOTES.

w LII SAkLTON VIII SO3n give 10 the puO'
lie volume of City Ballads, as compan-
ion to the Farm Ballads of earlier years.
THE BROOKLYN MAGAZINE denies the re-
port that MIS-. Henry Ward Beecher is en-
gsged in writing a work on Early Mar
riages and Long Engagements.
UNDER the title OF The Murder of Amy
Robsdrt, a Brief for the Prosecution, Mr.
Walter Rye will issue a brochure in which
fresh light is said to be thrown upon the
connection of Queen Elizabeth with this
tragedy.
In The Homjletic ReUielU for August, Her
rick johnson answers the question "Is
the Pulpit Declining in Power; il So,
What is the Remedy ?" The number
contains several other strong and interest
ing papers.
MIs. CAROLINE II. DALI is at work upon
book to he called What We actually Kn0ac
About Shakespeare. II is intended as a sort
of textbook for the use of schools and to
offset the prevailing idea that nothing is
known about Shakespeare.
THE spirit which should possess a mau
seeking reverent communion with Nature
at home is delightfully."- set forth by L. G..
Cheverton in The Current of August 9Th,
the paper being the fifth CT his charming
studies "At Natures Feet"
''THE POSITION OF GANADA'' is ably dis
eussed in The Current of August Sth, by F.
w. Wodell, sn editor of the Hamilton
| (Canada) Spectator. He maintains that
alton to the United S ates, and that she
! will remain as she is for many yeals to
come.
The Current will shortly begin The pub
lication of serial story by Ada Lang
rxNr ffar NNIls lsnr L
novelists- of the day. 1t will be remark
able for its graphic treatment of certain
phases of American life, for striking de-
iineatlon of character and for picturesque
situations.
THE last of the picturesque sketches of
life among the Louisiana Acadians, by
Mary Isabel Patterson, is given in The
Cnrrent of August Sth. The series has
been remarkable for the authors unioue
method and lively style, and the concluG
| ing one, describing grave scene, is Iar
ticularly well drawn.
GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND, in The Cur
rent of August Sth, concludes his graphic
| historical romance, "Anne Hutchinson, -
| in which he has so vividly portrayed the
grand personality of Mrs Hutchinson and
| the utter vi;lainy of the sanctimonious
preachers and politicians of the early
| Puritan period In America.
SOME Incidents of Dah'gren's RaidD are
given in The Curreat of August Sth, by
| James w. Owens, an ex Confederate sol
| dier who participated in the events of
| that famous adventure by one of the
bravest men who ever led Union charge.
He shows upon what little thing the is
sue of the daring enterprise turned.
THE SATURDAY RerieaV, commenting upon
the effort OF writer to prove, from Shakes
| psare's works, that he was lawyer, makes
the point that similar pre- cesses of reason
| ing would prove him to have been q
bishop, priyy councillor, traveller, sol
d or, an apothecary, painter. a forester.
an artificer, and husbandman, as we'll as
a lawyer.
| THE annual meeting of the stockholders
of The Current was held Friday, and the
management reelected for the ensuing
twelve months. The financial statement
showed the total net earnings to be a little
| over S70C0, which is a splendid record
The Current has won hosts OF friends, and
as it is a strictly frst-elass periodical it
will continue to grow and prosper.-Chi,
cdgo Inter Ocean, August 3, 1885.
WITH respect to the encyclopedia work,
Austria Hungary IN Word and Picture,
which is being prepared urder the pc.
tronage of the Crown Prince, ii is an.
nounced that there will be fifteen books,
having two volumes each, and that the
Volumes are to be issued fortnightly from
December 4st next. The first, which is
now ready for the press, Will treat of the
ethnography, geology, zoology, botany and
climate Of the empire.
LucrEN WOLF is engaged on a work on
"Old Jewish Families IN England" which
| will relate at length the histories and ira
ditions of all the important Jewish fami
lies in that country, as well as OF many
obscure families possessing interesting his
tories or remarkable genealogies. The
Pal Mall Gazette reports that Mr.. Wolf ha.
received the assistance of the pri;c oi "a
members of almost all the families con
cerned. and has collected large amount
of hitherto unpublished Information
which will render his work substantial
contribution to Apqlo-JeW history