The Republican journal., 1885-02-19
Literary News and Notes.

! Huckleberry Finn" will be published this
month, and sold only by subscription.
Mr.. Julian B. Arnold son Of Edwin Arnold
the poet, in the February Wide Awake, relates
personal adventure in "A Dahabeeah Wreck
on the Nile
| Geo. W. Snow, esq, of Bangor, will soon is
sue an historical poem entitled ''The Martyr
dom of Jacques De Molay, the last Grand
Master of the Ancient Order of Knights Tenn
| plar.''
| Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, in her ''Souve-
mir in the February Wide Awake. gives some
| amusing "reminiscences cf the troubles of the
ladies of the cabinet in W ashington over the old
question of precedence.
The February Floral Cabinet has articles on
| A Model Window Garden, Some Hardy Bulbs,
| Rocks and Rockeries. Cur Winter Gardens,
ETC.. with numerous illustrations and the usual
| well edited departments. Ladies Floral Cabinet
| Co., - Nesey street, New York.
We have received from the Associated Fan.
ciers, 237 South Eighth Street, a copy of their
| Dog Buyers Guide. 1t contains finely exc
cuted colored frontispece well drawn engrav
ings of nearly every breed of dog, and all kinds
| of dog furnishing goods. We should judge
| that the book cost to produce great deal mere
| than the price asked-15 cents-and would adj
Use all our readers who are interested in dogs
| 10 send for the book
| The March Century will contain two biograph-
cal papers. one on Chas O'Conor, by friend
who knew him intimately for many years, John
| Bigelow. and .Reminsc ences of Daniel Web
| ster," by Stephen NJ. Allen. A portrait of Dan
| el Webster, the frOntispiece Of the number,
| vas engraved from daguerreotype made In
! Philadelphia in lo49 and shows the great states
man wearing a tall silk hat 1t was tanen as a
| memento of speech which Mr.. Webster had
| made with his hat on.
Iiteracy and Mormonism is the title of
brochure published by u. Lothrop II Co., from
the pen Of Henry Randall Waite. at one time
editor of the Internationa Review, and later.
statistician of the tenth census in charge of in
quries relating to Education, Illiteracy, sc.
The substance of these papers originally ap-
peared in the Princeton Review, and attracted
wide attention. His views, then characterized
as broad, comprehensive, scholarly and states
manlike." and as "the most thoughtful and
conclusive arguments lpon the subjects yet
presented are here published with added ma
teria.
The numbers of The Living Age for the
weeks ending 81 Jan. and Feb contain The
Centenary of the Times, and The Savage, Nine
teenth Century: From Siberia to Switzerland,
the Story Of an Escape, md the Colonial Move
ment in Germany, Contemporary; The Reyou-
ton of 1884. Fortnightly Malta and its Knights,
aud Outlying Professions, Blackwood; Charles
Dickens at Home, Cornlil; Coca and Cocaine,
Lancet; The Jews in Central A>ia, Sunday al
Home; With instalments of "A Home Divided
Against ITSELF ''The Portrait, q Story Of the
Seen and the Unseen" and "a Millionaires'
Cousiu ana poetry,
Babyhood for February contains 1.-The Babys
Bath by Marion Harlan F; False Group its
| Prevention and TREATMENT" by Dr.. John Ii.
| Ripley; Poisonous Can ly," by Dr., Cyrus
| Edison; mature in the Nursery, by Harlan
| IL. Ballard; "Pura Air in the House" by
| George F. Waring, Jr.; "Nurscry Cookery
| Continued seriesl. by Marion Harlani, and the
usual departments of Nursery Pastimes.
Nursery Helps and Noyelties,' &c, g.. Sold
| everywhere. Is cents number; $50 year:
| Subscribe now, while back numbers may be
| had from December. AZ dress Bahyhood. IS
Spruce ST., New York.
| The story Of The Opening Of the Lower
Mississippi" will be told in The Century war
series. by Admiral Porter, with whom, as he
relates. the expedition for the capture of New
| Orleans originated, and who was in command
| of the mortar fleet during the action. In the
same number (ApriD will appear Mr.. Geo W.
| Cables paper on The Fall of New Orleans"
in which the condition of the city and the cir
| cumstances attending the Federal occupation
will be picturesGuely described Oy resident of
| New orleans at the time. TIE illustrations Of
| the batle-Srtnes will be chiefly from the
| sketches made by Admiral Porter.
| General George B. Mcclellan will contribute
| two papers to The Century var series, one of a
| general nature on the pennsular campaign, and
| the second on the battle of Antietam. General
Joseph +. Johnston who. until the battle of
| Seven Pines, commanded the Confederate
forces opposed to Mcclellan in the same cam
|
erng the period from Manassas to Seven Pines,
dealing with both battles, and with his own re-
Iations and differences with Jefferson Davis. 1t
| will be remembered that General Johnston was
| wounded at Seven Pines. and was soon after
succeeded i'll command by General Lee.
The February number of Outing is enough to
make one forget the severe weather of the
( i,,t tirtSi IL
| companion could not be desired Its illustra-
| tions are gems and the cycer, canoeist, yachts
| man, hunter and fisherman. as well As the gen.
| eral reader, will always find something of
| special interest in its handsome pages. In the
! present number the veteran Capt. Il. Is. Forbes
| tells .'How to Construct Model Yacht :;
| there are several illustrated articles and some
| clever short stories; and the leading article is
| ''The Mount Blanc of Our Switzerland"-
| Tacoma. The WheeIman co., II3 fremont
| street. Boston.
| A review of book publishing in the United
| States for the year 1884 shows a total of 4,0SS
volumes against 3,4Sl for the preceding year.
! Of these a43 were devoted to fiction. 445 to law,
| $50 to theology aud religion, 35S were Juvenile
| DOORS, 20 related 10 ttltiCdt On anu
| 2o3 20 medicine and kindred topics lSS to liter
ary history and miscellany, Us. to biography
| and memoirs. 16S to social and political science,
| lJ4 to the useful arts, 1876 to description and
| travel. 434 to physical and mathematical science
| and | 15 10 history; 81 We're fine art or illustra-
| ed books and the remaining "A related to vari
Gus topics of minor Importance. How many
| of these are reprints from English books and
how many are distinctly American is not set
down. 1t is not therefore possible to determine
from these figures our own distinctive literary
| industry.
| We recently received some numbers of the
| Dorcas Magazine, magazine devoted TO the
| interests of woman and the home, with re-
quest from the publishers for candid opinion
as to the merits of the publication. We handed
the magazines to our better-haf and as she
turned their pages she now and then eyclaim-
ed There. that is lust what | have been
| looking for" etc.. etc, and we have concluded
| that it will be quite safe to commend this little
magazine devoted to womanly handicrafts. The
| publishers say There are thousands of women
throughout the land supporting themselves by
the aid of the Crochet-hook and knitting-ueed.