The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-08-06
LITERARY LONDON.
All About Magazines and Commomorating
General Grant

General Grant
LONDON, Aug, b,-Now that tho parll-
amentary aud society season ia les and Ia In
dissolution, literature heglns to come 10 tho
fore. Families tourists, guests nj watering
places, spas aud country houses by tho
thousands turn eagerly 10 the magazines
and novels When pOter famlios seeks tho
grouse moor his daughters vox Mudios,
Smiths and tho Grosvenor libraries Even
tirosomo old fogics like Sir Richard Cross
exchange blue b ooks for Mrs Lynn Linton's
autobiography, "Christophor Kirkland,n
whose hero falls In love six times, mover
wisely or woll,
The magazines Of the month arc all out,
reminding ono Of the paraphrOso Of tho old
chanccllor'a mot, "liehod, my son, with
what little wisdom the London magazines
are edltodn which weakness assists In ac-
counting for tho immense circulation OF
American magazines and the favor with
which John Bull regards them Tho cur
ront rovowa, however, are unusually attrao-
tive for n silly or any other season.
Mr.. Tunbull, Chicago barristcr, sur
priScS the Duke Of Argyll and tho
Earl Of Wemyas, givcr OF tho Elcho
Shield, and other political and litorary
pundits with an article In tho Nineteenth
Century showing that tho English govern
mont Ia really democratic, with tho COM
mons dominating tho queen and lords, whilo
tho Unitod States government IL really arls.
tooratc when tho presidents veto power
equals two.thIrds OF the Legislators; whilo
the senate Is not popularity elected and fairly
holds the representatives In captivity, and
wnil0 tho supreme court can set aside all
statutes II NO disposed, Already British
editors noticing the article tOko refuge In
tho paralygiug idiomotio exclamation, "oh,
fancy that nowM
Walt whitman cmCrgos from his rotro0t
In the same review with fresh poetic
"yawpn ~ tho latO Horny TuckCrman, tho
critic, used 10 term H. Tho subject IL "FOn
clcs at NcycdnR,n II ~ vcrlOblc Watering
place b0nlt verse, evidently writton nftor
the poet has bott'cd with the undcrtow and
been lifted OIL his feet by the orrOtIc surf,
A characteristic limo * this
On to oblivion, then, so furious drhoucho
But perfect ocean poem In prose appears
In the FornightlH by i, Dykes, a litorutour
well known At the Royal Yacht club llo
presents nn article entitled "NOcht Rncng,n
In II is n delicious opisodIcal description "
the sensations OF the owner OF yacht during
race, II ia miuulcly skctchtd and win DO.
light NIL participants In summer cruising,
aud shows that tho writer IL tasteful word
painter
Tho monarch article In tho rcyrws Ia ad.
mlttcd 10 bc by Edwin Arnold Of Tho Daily
Telegraph, aud III, "Light Of ASIA In tho
aamo periodical, on death aud AtlcrwOrd.n
Although prosaiCally moulded, the article
might bc odjudgcd the best poem yot from
Mr. Arnod's pen, Ono sentence suggests
the imagery Of the whole article That IN
apparently founded on LongtcIlow's idea,
"Death Ia but transition Mr. Arnold myei
"Dcath arrives not like NJ, do Paris, 20 strip
criminal or lop away from him his lifo, but
aa mother mlling hor children 10 sleep that
they may wake rcady for play on a fresh
morning"
Tho publ ishors are hammock swinging, an
II were, aud busted with good viii toward
their Christmas readers. But tho library
tables confess 10 novelty In now edition OF
Colcridgo'a poems with distinctive attompt
10 grapplc with tho spirit Of confusion which
tho poct delighted 10 loy loose, In this odi-
ton for the first time Coleridgo'a yorso 10
ohronolgIcally arranged,
John Vickors In bold man, for tho pub.
llphora Williams a. Norgato, OF Covent Gar.
den, have Just issued "a History Of Herod,
Emerging from Two Hundred Years OF
Calumny,n Tho author attempts like q
clover Old Bailey advocate, 10 defend "IIor-
ods ciyilEing rule, his reformed religion,
his family troubles aud his alleged cruel
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