The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-10-25
LITERARY NOTES.


cossens Family Magazine for November con :
tains Its usual variety OF Interesting stores descrp
tive articles, and pocs. The frontIspece Illustrates
poem, "A First Love Making" and Alice O'lan-
Ions serial, +" A Diamond In the Rough," opens the
reading matter and works up toward an exciting
close. This Is followed by "That Dreadful Exam-
nation," by Barbara Foxley, formerly scholar OF
Newman college, Cambridge. This is Illustrated
with portrait OF n "Sweet uirl Graduate" which
bears striking likeness TO Ellen Terry as Porila In
Fixes % Nv wages the lnlercstna Psu sunses Iea Of nny
and demand Is discussed. "The SIMS Crown y is
the scientific paper Of the number, and /. Lace Max,
Ing at Home the domestic. "The Family Doctor "
days ofrush and push, Brain wearIucss and gives
Valencia, Third Class" is lively description of a
TIP Letween the places named In the title. The
rcp the fashion ceurs ana ohs"" es s Of
that IL new In fall siuTs The rest OF the nagas zine,
except the pages devoted TO The Practical athcrcr,
are fed with stories, both long and short, and
poetry and music. Casse h Company, New York.
Lieut. Frederic schwatka, whose recent volume Of
hunting adventure. (" Nimrod In the North" has met
with such atterlng success, has another book In the
press OF Cassell h co. This new book Ia entitled
Along Alaskas Great River" and Is an account
by Its commander Of the Alaskan exploring cxped-
tion OF 1889. The main object OF this expedition was
to acquire such Information OF the country traversed
anu It's Wild inhabitants as would be valuable to the
iniiithTy AutnOtitcS OF the Iuture, ana 10 make
map OF the country to properly Illustrate this infor
NATION. Lieut. Schwatka has not confined his book
TO the scientific interest Of the expedition. lie Ia
100 devoted o sportsman not TO have had plenty OF
adventures In search OF the large game Of that north
ern region, and these he relates with that
tlonallty and freshness which the charm OF his
style. The book will be profusely Illustrated from
drawings made on the spot by the author AMI Others
Tho November number OF the Magazine or Art
Is both handsome and Interesting. The fron,ispece
Is a portrait OF Lady Hamilton from one Of ROM
neys portraits, and the well-wrltten sketch OF the
romantic career OF this celebrated beauty Is embcl-
llshcd by several other portraits. There are few
stories which 30 combine the opposes of prosperity
and misery, and few which are more touching to
human sympathies. Mrs. Henry Fawcett writes of
% MBurnham Beechcs,' AMI Jane Harrison Of "The
Myth OF Perseus and Audromeda." There Is a full
page Of Melssonlers Napoleon In Russia" and the
interesting series on " Prodles from the French
Renaissance " is continued There are five engrav-
ings to Illustrate "T The American Salon." and aThe
Medalllsts OF the Renaissance" has six, and the
sketch OF De Neuvllle has portrait and an uslra-
t0n. Altogether this IL an extremely good number.
New York: Cassell \ Co.
One OF the most notable volumes of the year VIII
be Representative Poems OF Living Poets, Selected
by the Poets Themselves" The Idea OF this volume
au0pastpJ Itqplf tn T..