Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-06-23
LITERARY NOTES.

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JAMES B. WATSON, OF the New York
Tribune. in The Current of June Goth, dis
cussing ''The Clergy in Modern Life" dis
proves the charge that the clergy are los
ing power, and shows how their influence
as teachers OF pure morality is increas-
ing.
A DELICIOUS sketch Of old.time planta-
ton life, entitled Med" is gwen in The
Current Of June goth, by Zitella Cooke,
who is unexcelled in literary work of this
kind. She7gives humorous account of =
negro boys shreYd schemes to secure
''lemmonade and gingy cake" by the en-
ployment OF his artistic capabilities.
GEN. LoNGsTREET, in his article on ''The
Seven Days Fighting About Richmond, 4"
in the July Century, after discussing the
Confederate leaders, says, Without doubt
the greatest man of rebellion times, the
one matchless among 100000 for the
peculiar difficulties of tie period, was
Abraham Lincoln"
"CIARENCE GoRsE us. Bill Billiger, Ell
a." is the title OF story in Tbs CtTreli Of
June 10th, by Lieut.. Wiiliston Fish,
United States army. 1t tells how young
schoolinaster subdued the leading spirits
of a rebellious school district in Ohio, and
is most thrilling narrative of the tri-
umph Of mind and muscle, in combina-
ton, over the Blu lies of a school.
| TgF loot hAn@ft which has been con-
ferred upon the poor man by the progress
which hss been made toward the cheeH=
ening Of beautiful househole~ appoint
ments is well forth by Prof,
Swing IN ar article entitled "Home
BulldIng, in The Current Of June Goth.
AtS shows that the time when the rich
4 FL
has entirely passed away.
THE fourth annual report of the Dante
Society, of Cambridge, Mass, contains,
among some posthumcus additional notes
| of Longfellow's on his translation Of Dante,
the following unpublished version Of son.
net by Eanni Fucci, which, says Long
| fellow, lis like the wall of lost soul, and
| the same in tone as the words which
Dante puts into his mouth:
| Shine not for me heneeforth or moon or sun
Nor let the earth bring forth its fruits for me,
:, Let air, and Ere, and water hostile be,
| Forever more, and me let fortune shun
| Let every star and planet, one by one,
Blast me, and brqtfy each sense tor see,
| Ruined cannot be more utterly,
| Nor suffer greater pain than have done
| Now will live even as a savage wight.
Barefoot and naked, dwelling in desert place,
/ And he " no will may do me wrong and spite;
l cannot suffer any worse disgrace.
| April or May can bring me no delight,
Nor anything my sense Of shame eface;
since have aye, lost the good might have still
| through little Ylt, and not Of my own will.
THE Rev. DIR. j. B. McFerrin, book
| agent Of the Southern Methodist Church,
at Nashville, in circular of the Goth in
slant, announces that he has made q con-
tract with the Rev. Samuel P. Jones for
| the publication in book form of his SER
mons and sayings. The sermons will be
mainly those delivered during the progress
| of the late meeting in the gospel tent at
| Nashville. Reports Of these sermons have
gone out through the public press whioh
| are imperfect and incomplete, and do not
| fairly represent the discourses as deliv-
| cred. Mr.. Jones has carefully revised the
sermons 70 be published in this volume ;
| they have been copyrighted, and consti-
tute the only authentic sermons offered to
| the public by this distinguished evangelist.
The volume is now passing through the
press, and will be ready for distribution at
an early day, and will contain handsome
steel engraving of the evangelist.
CAssELL's FAMILY MAGAZINE, for July,
has for frontispiece a girl playing lawn
| tennis, very finely executed. The serial
story, "a Diamond in the Roush," opens
the feast, and new serial, my Namesake
MarioIie," follows. There are beside
several shorter stories, whose plots may be
digeste0 at sitting. Then we have "What
the Sun is Made OF, with careful illustra-
tons. The second of Karl Blinds papers
on "Dr. Schliemann's Discoveries at
Tiryns,i and "Flemish Lacas" with er-
ceptionally fine engravines from specimens
OF their work. "a Fair Canoeist," de-
scribes the first trip made by lady around
tlambrol Head in canoe, illustrated. ].
Cuthbert Hadden has an article on Geo.
Frederick Handel; and the Family Doctor
has a timely article on hay.feYer, "a
Glimpse Of New York and Central Parkn
is given by Catherine Owen, and we have
a second paper on "How to Make Home
Beautiful" The Paris correspondents
"Chitchat on Dress" is not the least of
the valuable papers in the magazine.
THE first article in the Popular Science
| Monthly for July, by DIR. FARMLAND, the
eminent English chemist and sanitariaD,
| Is very important. 1t is on ga Great Win
| ter Sanitarium for the American Conti-
| nent," and is the result Of DIR. Frank
lspds comparative study of the subject as
| observed in the EDgadine OF the Swiss Alps
/ and the Yellowstone region, which he WIS.,
| tied expressly to determine its sanitary
possibilities. "Recent Progress in Aerial
Navigation, j" by Prof. lie Conte Stevens,
an illustrated article, will be read with ex-
| IRENE interest on account of the lats adj
vance In this diticult but fascinating ant.
Railroads, Telegraphs, and Civilization, y
by Prof. Herzog, gives mastery and orig
| inal handling OF G mighty prohlem-how
these great new agencies are reacting, and
are destined still further 10 react upon the
constitution Of modern society. "Diet in
Relation TO age and Activity, by Sir Henry
Thompson, is an especially valuable arti-
Gle by an authority. "On Leaves" by
Sir John Lubbock, is an illustrated paper