The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-11-15
LITERARY NOTES.

Some Of oar complaining Army AMI Navy officers
who find promotion very slow. with families and ex- |
pcnses Increasing, may nnd some consolation in the
knowledge that In other services the officers are
much worse of. The Paris correspondent of the
Week gives us a hint where to lnd something on
this subject in NJ. Hector Ma!ots " Lieut.. Bon.
net" which is a novel with a purpose. 1t is an
axiom in the French army that a sub.lieutenant
not live on his pay Of one hundred and eighty-nne
francs per month. 1t Ia this circumstance which
explains why French officers have no mess: they
board and lodge Themselves cafe In the garrison
town serves as a kind Of club. After paying all
obligatory expenses the aub.lieuenant has only thir
teen francs per month for pocket-mOney This is
absolute misery for officers without private meana
and 1t Is the sad romance OF such lives that NJ. MaOt
depicts " Lieut.. Bonnet ~ isthe type subeutenant
without fortune; he Is bachelor for ecolomy's
@ Ses sS HIS
dowdy aud rusty; this appearance makes the rich
colonel his enemy, for hts regiment is q "crack" !"
ried oficer without fortune. Ills situation is more
frlghtful than Bonnet's. lie has wed a strong
has broken lis Word. sf% ONE hundred r and eighty
nine francs a month be inadequate for bachelor
@ what must two hundred francs only h be
Is chronic, horrible misery The volume is very
sensational, rendered still more painful because
true-and new, because the central incidents are
exposed for the first TIME to the world In dramatic
form.
On the lst OF January the NeT Highlander will
enter on its forty-fourth year. Important changes
will be made In the Rerfer. 1t will appear here
after once month, instead OF once two months, AZ
at present. in connection with this change; a re-
| newed effort will be made TO impart an Increased
timeness and freshness TO Its contents. In addi-
ton 10 the discussion OF topics peraningto theology
and politics, literature and SCIENCE which has al
ways been the function OF the NeD EhDtdnder,
special attention Will be given TO college government
and college education and 10 particular TO questions
In relation TO Yale College, which are OF marked in
teres at present to It's graduates. With regard TO
the tone and character OF the articles TO be furnished
on these various subjects the Ne,o Englander will
partisan utterance, which Is expressed In lib motto
Iha spirit which was stamped upon the Reuieu by
who have passed away, and by woolsey and his as
soclates among the living, VIII continue to charac
fo n ssr
Dwight, Brastow, Russell, Ladd, Peck, aud seymour
the Ns,o Eng,ander for 1855 VIII be pu6,.shed, %
Kingsley.
| Unfortunately all people have not the same tastes
| In perfumes, aud to good many almost any OF
those In vogue are actually repulslve. Did every
one derive pleasure from the popular scents that
would be clever suggestion OF the american
| bookseller about perfumlng books. 1t says; "Wby
| may not some OF our books be perfumed-especially
| q dainty summer edition for seaside and mountain
top7 Paper very readily absorbs and very persist
emily retains perfume. Just fancy opening novel
from Cables. Howes's, or Janles'spen, printed on
delicaely paper In Odgold binding, and then
detecting lust a sOllpoon OF some rich perfume as
you turn over leaf after leaf II would be genuine
novelty, and ladies would read who never read be-
| fore"
|
Many OF the proof sheets Of the "Greyille
Memoirs" containing The doubtful passages are SAID
to have been scanned by Queen Victoria before the
pages were sent TO The press. The first copy OF the
work that left the binders hands was sent TO her by
| Especial messenger. This was several days before
the memoirs reached the public.