The Republican journal., 1885-05-21
NUMBER 81.
Literary News and Notes.

| All SuLllueT Is tUe tltt OF new
serial by Mr.. w. D. Howes, publication of
which will be begun in the July number of
Harper's Monthly.
The first volume of General Grants book is
written and revised. Only about one hundred
pages are needed to complete the second. He
| says he has done the entire work of COMPOST
| ton and preparing notes.
Rev. j. G. Wood is to contribute to the June
| Atlantic all article on "Dme Museums from
Naluralists Point of View" Harriet Waters
Preston also has discriminating critical paper
on Mrs. Oliphant'' in the same number
The American Journalist for April-May
opens with Specimen Bricks from the Rock
| les 1t pays a merited tribute to the late |.
W. England publisher of the New York Sun,
and contains the usual amount of interesting
Newspaper Notes. American journalist Co.,
| St. Louis.
Mr.. r. H. Stoddard copies, in the New York
Mail and Express, the charming poem entitled
The Voices of SPRING" recently republished in
the Journal. with the just remark that the au-
thor, Mrs. Elizabeth Akers Allen. "is the most
| vigorous writer of verse among the womaukind
Of America" The poem first appeared in the
columns of the Portland Advertiser.
The May number of the Ladies' Floral Cahi-
net is filed as usual with timely articles for the
fl 'ricuIturaIist, with numerous illustrations,
| while the departments devoted to the fashions,
home decorations and housekeeping always
contain much of interest and practical value.
| We can heartily commend his magazine La
dies Floral Cabinet Co., - Yesey street. New
| York.
| Peterson's Magazine for June is out, bright
and attractive as the month whose coming it
heralls. The principal steel engraving is illus
trated by one of Frank Lee Benedict's charm
ing stories, and as usual there is colored steel
fashion plate. The STORY of Louisiana Pine
| Lands" is concluded in this number, 1.-The
Motherless Girl' is continued and the short
stories are exceptionally good Most of the il
lustratlons-some fifty in number-are devoted
| TO the fashions, to patterns in embroidery etc.
A new volume begins with the July number.
| Charles j. Peterson, publisher, 306 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia.
The United Service Magazine has followed
| the example of The Century and will hereafter
be issued on the first day of the month The
| United Service says There have never been
any good reasons why magazines should be is
| sued two weeks before the time they bear date"
! The custom originated, we believe, with Har-
| per's Monthly, years ago, when the means of
| transportation We're not so numerous or speedy
as now; and the idea was to put the magazine
| IN the hands of its readers all over the country
at about the same time. 1t was then transmit
| ted to distant points before supplying places
nearer the office of publication. With the pres
ent facilities there i, no longer need for pub
| fishing in advance of the date.
| We have received from the publisher, A. w.
| Robinson, SO Inter street, Boston, neat lit
1le paper covered volume entitled the "Spolts-
mems and Tourists Guide Book to the Dyai
| River Region of Maine" The book also con-
tain, description of TIM, Seven. Chain, Al
der, Stream, Flagstaff, Spectacle, King and
Bartlett, Carrying Place and other ponds,
| Itangeey Lakes and Lakes Megantic and Spider
| i'll Canada, with hints on camping, routes hO-
| tel>, guides, game and fish laws of Maine, and
| much other valuable information, accompanied
| by new map of the Rangeley Lake and Dead
| River regions. This is second edition, revs-
ed and enlarg. d, and i, lust the thing for the
| sportsman Or tourist i'll Maine.
| The frontispiece OF the United Service NJ ga
>i,.. +i,,,,, ,.,,,.,., ...r ..,,,,r,,-..a
,nrtr,,it IF ,,nn cream ,hi.n i. >,i,lrn ha rba
best Hk4nt,, IN ,.xIst.nr. ut rh,. ,,r..ar .ni.r
II. G. King contributes something About
Fi,,. Fork. .t;an sf,,,4 concludes his arti,a ,,r
:. .Kriri.b Nint,.. o..,,,i,.,. :, Tho E,,,,tion
S,,,,l4n. ,hrra ara, ronrtnu,,iop. o4 tha r,vn
serials, "One of the Duane," and Jack Haul
Iaut'; Part II OF TO, About and Across
| Madagasrar;' a sketch Of Commodore John
Barry. senior Officer of The L. 5. Navy from
| l7>3-lS03," by the late Admiral Preblr; articles
ON the Civil Service and rhr Thirty Years War;
with shorter papers. poems and sketches, and
| he usual well edited departments. +. H. 5
| Hamer>lv, publisher SO Broadway. New York.
,r,a ,,,,,h.r. If ,rb i,,ir,, ,,o f,,,. Nv, a,b
,,d 1e h ,,,ntai, s,,,,al /. I.,h,.,,,..ri Ar.
o,,,rrI, .J,h ~,,,,. ,,,rn,,., Si,,,. 1sso l Nr
t,n>,b,., and (;nr,l,n AT .r,y,...,,d N,n.t..nth
rrtur, Sh.,l..-,,.,,r.,. p,rtr.,it,,r, f Nn,,,.n
| Contrmuor;,ry Tb. German Abroad. 1879 and
| lSs5, Arch;po ogi.ai Fraud, in Palestine, and
I'm Anne ii 10 Men OF Lei National. Mus
| iugs without Method. and "reminiscences of Sir
'ie'o''' 7''""''' "''0""0'"' iiN" 10y '''s'
an" ld'ili""' '''Ne'">' 'P'''"'o'' ohuS'
7aluiu"! h'N'e" Inv most V"e' lu' hln III
| Persia 81 James HaZrtlt' ne A"tioh OF very
Minute Particles ON Light anu lhe Colors OF
Arctic Animals, Nature; Al an Eastern Dinner
Party, Chambers; wth lnstaInent> OF "A
House DNrIed Against Itself, anu Fortunes
Wheel" anu poetry
Mr. W. d. H0wells /, engaged upon a new
serial story for The Century Magazine. 10 follow
The Rise of SiIa, ;,pham," !" which will be fin
ished in the August number. The publication
| of The new story will be begun possibly during
the autumn. and will be completed in six num-
bers of TIE magazine. 1t is said to deal with
the fortunes of country boy in Boston, and
with the perpexties, on his account of the
minister who has tried to help him with advice;
an" "''' ''''' '''i' '''"''i ".' P'"''S -. '". ~
'"N ~ oU''' H">S'''' - -A'ii'l '''- 'l' NV
s''"''i0"S "'' Wy l''N"' """ 'ne '""i "o'el'
"5' 7i0"P '"'" '' '''e usual! VI mugs
'p'" '''' ~ W 'n' ''' =" ''i0 lii'''''0''