The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-10-11
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
A long story by the late Helen Jackson, O. H. H."
and SAKE Uolm,'D entitled ropsys Table Cloths"
calls for first mention In the October vide drake.
A companion story, ropsye Grand Journey" will |
follow In November. Then there is tho delightful |
"slcry that Mrs. Hildebrahd Told" with an equally
delightful picture ~ sriedley; a business boys
nett nett wells, and very very funny story entitled "Thc
rIylng;pan BonnSi,n BY kate Focte re ic serials,
ns e. " soSge n
"a New Departure for Gitls,n by Margaret Sidney, |
are all approaching the grand ctsis OF the last IN
stallments next month. The frontsriece is group |
of three stpcrb ocean pictures by w. r. Halsall,
the wclknowh marine painter, and among other |
sSS sRoSn ''i icoS,n by ST. John iiarrer Tcsnysons
"Enld,n by Lungren; four.page pictured ballad,
os. MSn as os Tsn psssr os sos ne
opening Of the Fiih Annual ReadnE Course Of the |
q. Y. r X. u, brilliant set OF serials: Pleasant
HaHRas T. Harris; Isl @t my esrdsh feis by Mary Treat;
asouvcnirs of My Tune Forcign,i by Mrs: Jessie
George r. Vincent "ways and Things" by various |
authors: "Strange Dinners, Weddings, and Fetes,"
ia English LITERATURE, with prizes for answers, by
Oscar Fay Adams. d. Lothrop Co., Boston.
Mcssrs. Roberts Brothers deserve the gratitude Of
the reading public not only for undertaking trans
a,ion OF Balzacs novels, but for the elegance Of the
typography uuu oihuuB. ihc Htet NOiuiuo vi '"e
series is "Pcre Gorot" which Is perhaps fairly en-
titled to be considered Bazacs masterpiece. It is
truly great though sombre work After reading
II we can see why Balzac has so often been COM
pared with Shakespearc. Ills portrayal Of the per
manent passions is thai OF master. Ills characters
are not mere shadows; they live and breathe. and
each Is u distinct personality. The work of the
translator Is, in the main, extremely well done.
The narrative flows 80 naturally on In clear idonl-
ai 'mmrcssion ,yhrh q" many irans,a,ons convey
some faults there are, mainly the use OF French
phrases when an exact English equivalent could be
nad. MOI tne !east interesting part OF this doom Is
.,v & ,r i'm sr,,,n, @ o His !, snmonv % ~ ~ u"WayS
iiic IN ihis aiso ihe Translator has s,,cceedel ad
m,rab,v IN nrcseryng ihr coSr md csnress,vencss
nf e u ~ m ne n e ans ,se
tns,c an5 cn,crnrisc mccng vrarefn, nnprcrin,ion
This iswhat the Paris correspondent OF the London
Times says tn describing Max o'Rell's new book.
,,a ,,',,,n ~, n,, mia nsaa % nas.,nn ,rn,,, U
.ne mem mo''1 p o, ms ',,e page passage IRON from
that our neighbor Ia good for nothing than
TO enter into details Witch might oblige us to
case Of England and Frame, N. Max O'Wcii, who
tells us that he has become an Engisfman by habit,
c n % aasn vi , eh III, so i, u, IN %
| garfng Enrlaii and iu England regarding France
TO this end all the different departments OF life in
ootn coun!rles are traverseu, anu tne manners anu
sSown SSere ho NAV nrnata,v ,corr ir, Erance
and the latter ia in turn directed TO where she NAV
with advantage, take Loaf out OF the book OF Eng
land. 1t VIII astonish many English readers to be
told that they have much to learn ut the French in
the treatment OF women The English, according 10
n. Max 0Rcl, look down Upon their women as in.
as Ideals
The Arr ln,o,ev,. Tor t,c,obor contains a,rac,,vr
designs Tor Chna dessert plate coreopsis)
and panel lbegonlal-a second page of clever out
ra,. M. son,o s,r,.,nn a., ,a,r,os NJ ,1 Eron,h
ient working designs for the centres oi embroiered
altar frontsis and several other floral and figure de-
signs for minor decorative purposes. Fipe studies
III r a,0o % nu sra Oy nS anu onter,nU
artl,,Irs on the Boston Mnsen,s. anil home ,lecora
| tion, "a Modest Little Nest,D and others of much
, costume classes, scene painting, gold embroidery
stitches and color In dress; while the +" Art Notes
and Hints,n Notes on Decoration and answers to
| CORRESPONDENTS are particularly full of useful sug
, | pestlons TO ematenrs WMy Note BOokn contains
q 5 as Mrs May
New York, of whose pictures valued at over mil
tague Marks publisher, 23 Union square, New YORK
Gen. Eg0ert l.. Nlele writes the opening article o
, the Magazine OF american History for October
brilliant and forcibe description OF the famous
q Port RovaI Eyuo.ljt,on tssithc Eirst Jn,on Vie
t y, ~; -, Nv, -, -, 10 0'A
paiuo,pa'' i"eo ~. Da'.' W, uian.' wv iu.p"s'
M i,n, ,r,, ,,p M ,h % ne a. sc f ,h & aM
= | eXpedion, Commodore Duponj, serves as fronts
g plere to the number While this achievement at th
? East was startling the world, "'The Cam,p1ipn o
], 1851 -ls62 In Kentickyu was IN agitation and Ueu
folded through the correspondence of lts leaders
HIS manner OF presenting hc Irntn OF history Is
original and UNDUE and his criticisms OF the man
agcnie. w niui.uit auhhs az tMht Jun,!e ~ IeiS