The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-09-27
LITERARY NOTES.

Col. Frank Burr's Life and Deeds ot Gen. Grant,
now In press and soon to be issued by the National
Publishing Company OF philadelphia, is projected
upon novel aud Interesting plan. Each period or
episode In Gen. Grants career IL to he treated by |
the person most familiar with It. Gen. Rufus In
gals and Gen. " r. Quinby, two OF his classmates
and most intimate associates at West Point, tell the
story of his military education and the Interesting |
Incidents attending II. Gen. Henry wallen, ten. |
Henry Price, and Col FoydJones take up the thread
Of the narrative and speak 10 great detail of their |
service with Gen. Grant In Mexico and on the |
Western frontier. The story OF his first battle IN |
graphically told by Gen. Logan AMI others on the |
Federal side. Ex-Governor Porter, OF Tennessee, |
now Assistant Secretary Of State furnishes bright
chapter giving the Confederate view OF the battle OF
belmont. Gen. sherman contributes some recollcc- |
ions OF Fort Doncson, shiloh vicksburg, and events
after the war To the effective story OF Fort Donel-
son from % the Federal S side, Capt; j; W; Norton
picture from the Confederate standpoint. ten. |
Thomas Jordan, AdJutant General of the combined |
Federal description OF the Fight 10y chapter giving
the Confederate narrative IN great detail. A d,s.
vicksburg campaign Gen. logan, 0cn. Robert Nc |
Feely, now Conmissary General; Gen. j. H. Quinby, |
and ,'en. sherman furnish some interesting nc,dents
stronghold on the Mississippi River. Gen. II. v. |
Boynton, who witnessed the fights, writes the three
chapters describing Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain
and Missionary Ridge, oil OF them brilliant pictures |
OF that wonderful military pageant, Cen Frank |
OF eminent Confederate officers, writes the Con-
felerate story of Lookout Mountain and Missionary
hugh Re Lee .p COL 05S Charles e Sarssa cSci a OF
Lees stail, and other distinguished exConfeder.
ales furnish striking and brilliant descrlp!lons Of
| Grants battles IN Virginia from the Confederate |
standpoint, which follow each Federal narrative of
the same combat Gen Hancock Gen. Brooke, Gen;
other distinguished Union officers contribute their
recollections In speaking OF h,s civil career Rear
playmate, contributes many Interesting aud impor- |
tant "reminiscences Hon. Hamilton Fish, who was
sf s sns q
Miller. OF the Supreme Court. speaks Of Grant and
his judicial appointments. George W. Chllds, his
and important fscts- Hon. samuel j. Randall writes
Of the dead hero and of his striking character
iionai Views as demonstrated in the Peabody Trust.
Cen simon Cameron presents some absorb.
PSsa ses facts sss Ssn s,ory so S sn a.
render al Appomattox and the nag OF truce he
ride SsSss Se ssHs pss s
Sears, now editor Of the Louisville Post, who car
rea the confederate dag Of truce. writes Of the ex-
| Gems Gordon and Fitzhugh Lee tell Of the famous
council Of war the night before the final break up
Grants character, and Henry Guy Carlton wrtcsthe
description Of his funeral. work produced in such
1t will be very Interesting reading, and will probably
command very large sale.
Brunswick (which, II we forget not, is the
pseudonym of Miss Jeannette Glider writes to the
Boston Gazette as follows: al want, II possible, TO
be the first to tell you OF a novel published this
week by Cassell 4 Co., which believe is going 10
cause stir IN the literary world, and make the
name of Its author, which Is now unknown as well
known in a fortnghts time as was that OF Hugh
Conway. AS 1t was Written Is the name of the
story, and Sidney Luska Is the name or nom de plume
| oft tha Mr. ~ Qadu ota In
godfather to tho book There is the ferment Of
youth In this story he writes to the publishers.
language and color, and touch Of genius that
bodies Wen tor your new author" The book Is as
ten Times better it is clear concise, and Moving.
The way MIR. Luska has OF hammerng at tho story
reminds me Of the author Of the Bread Winners,
though this story Ia no more like TINT social study
than song OF OGenbach's Is like schnmann
l!eder. Anything more like musical whrlwlnd put
OF Ran's Leonore symphony. Indeed. musical
sme seems to describe this story well 1t does
tho heroine. When her lover wants to make her ap-
pear vividy before the reader he seizes his pen
and writes ont melody from ChOpln's Imprompu
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mentality, sensation music, and murder That 1t Ia
going to be read and discussed, admired and abused,
] am perfectly sure, and defy any one to read its
half dozen first pages without reading on to the
end The pnbl!shers go so far as to say that even
manuscript sat up all night till he had read from
| the first page to the very eni."
Hon. ). y. Cox's "Three Decades OF Federal
! Legislation will be ready for. distribution this
week, having been handsomely printed by Messrs.
j. NJ. SOddart Co, 533 Fifteenth street north
5 west. This volume we understand, Is regardel by
Mr. Cox as the great literary work OF his life. The
thirty years which 1t covers We're most eventful
PERIOD ami Mr.. Coxs unrivaled knowledge OF The
inside OF events, his extensive acquaintance with
celebrated men, aud his remarkable skill as racOn-
teur cannot fall to make this not only one OF the
| mOat imnOrtAnt Of o. nj
) contributions to our history.
Gen. William Farrar Smith, famiiarly known
among military men as Baldy" Smith, will pub
lish IN the Magazine OF American History, be.
Kentucky Campaign OF l-62," one OF the unique
features OF which is the authors ingenious method
, Of allowing the military leaders to tell their own
curious revelations may be expected.
Under the title "Two Weeks In Europe" our
townsman, Mr.. K. s. Hutchinson, publishes his eX-
periences during short pleasure trip to Great Brt-
ain. His account OF his Ourneyings Is quite inter-
esBg, especially that part which treats OF his tour
through the Emerald Isle. The book Is embellished
with numerous cuts, AMI published by John r.
Paret. w ashington.
, The Magazine OF american History for October
will contain the fac-simile OF an important autograph
letter of Gen. Grant, tneyer before published the
character OF Alexander II. Stephens, Vice President
OF The COnfederacy.
! Mr.. ". Il. Hornaday, chief taxldermst of the
National Museum, has just Issued through Charles
J Scribners Sons his frat book, "Two Years in the
Jungle" giving an Interesting account OF his travels
In india, B0rneo, and CeyOn. Another book by the
same author Ia now In course OF preparation