The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-11-22
LITERARY NOTES.

The Magazine or Art for December is a number
to delight the eye and the mind. Its frontspiece is
reproduction by the Berlin Photographic Company
of Van liuysdals I" Cascade with he Watch Tower,r
and it is 80 good that 1t will doubtless be honored
with frame by innumerable subscribers of this
magazine. The opening paper is on j. w. Water.
house. A. H. A., Illustrated with several fine engrav
given a fu page s' in which to show its Beauties
Ihis Ia followed by al aper on "Art in Egypt by
William lIolmcden. illustrated. and from the Oldest
country In the worl'l we jump to one of the newest
America, whose achievements In silver work receive
The highest praise. Examples OF some particularly
sSmance A Of ATT IS "ya,ed 20 To on
paper on "iae Lower Medway," a river beloved
Charles Dssess M BsR aner Matthew's 1'sr co ny
tributes an interesting paper on "a French Theair
,epent description OF the treasures in the library
Of The Paris Opera House This sapproprately fol
BY "Bnlaa n Of msa AS'Srs written by
Harry N. Barnett gives the history of the beginning
and the rise of the Royal Academy, which precedes
most striking varieties. Sidney Colvin has " paper
on the denominations OF me Pictures In The Bruins
by paTs e Of Fl
notes s as full and interesting as usual.
We have received from the publishers, Messrs. j.
H. Soule Co., of this city, the October number of
the UHited States INtHIU List, containing the
National Gaard Of oil the States to the number of
nearly twenty thousand. We ind upon examination
that this work Is IN effect approved Army Regis
ter, corrected up to the 18th day of October, and
embracing all information regarding the Regular
Army that the most exacing could desire. SO far
M the staff is concerned, 1t IL most thorough and
explicit. giving besides the name, date of nea and
breyot commission. the present station Of the olcer
notice that the Third Cavalry, unlike the Unicial
Kegister, IS mere properly reported, and the anoma
confirmation of Lieut.. Simpson, is correctly shown.
Its typographical appearance is not only highly
ere to he publishers but clear evidence Of
that line as can be done elsewhere. A handsome
portrait OF Secretary Endico,t ornaments the book,
as well as n fair cut of the Armory of the Washing.
ton Light Infantry. 1t is evident, from the vast
amount OF material collected In this compact vol.
ume OF more than three hundred pages and the
laborious effort which Its compilation must have
entaied, that the Military List has come to say;
and, u VIC are any Judge OF The appreciation with
TO further its interests will Increase In popularity
until 1t has practically superseded the very unwiedy
and always unsatisfactory onlcIa Army Register
The story OF SCALED Back Is said to have had
some foundation in fact. Nearly twenty years ago
"liugh Conway" was introduced, in seaside town,
TO a family among the members of which he found
the prototype OF Pauline. There was the same
apathy, the same total lOss of memory, combined
with childlike dociity; the cause was similar, but
less tragic. This woman without past impressed
the young author deeply. Around this strong
which constitutes the plot OF Called Back, With
the original OF Gilbert Vaughan, then staying at
Clifton, he had many conversation. onthis point,
however, he was extremely retcent, and after the
departure OF that gentleman for London 10 consult
distinguished ocullst nothing more was heard OF
most ultimate friends. continued to communicate
with him, and thereby gained deeper insight into
character destined afterward to be 80 widely known.
Ann favn
holiday gifts for several years past have been the
annual issues of cherished sacred POEMS most beau
tifully illustrated and elegantly bound, by Lee &
Shepard. This years volume, which has just been
issued, is one of peculiar interest," and in point OF
artistic elegance almost snrpasses any previous
presents the Lords Prayer in series OF beautiful
sonnets, by William O. Richards, author OF "Thc
Mountain Anthem" etc. These are Illustrated win
fourteen full page pictures, designed by well known
artists, with an exquisite appreciation OF the text
and engraved In the fnest manner under the super
ON card board paper of extra nneness and the book
~ elegantly bound fun gilt with an appropriate de-
beautiful holiday souvenir viii be a popular and
cherished gem. Received from w. II. Morrison.
The fact that the writings OF James Russell Low
ell and Mrs. A. ID. Il. Whitney are used for the two
new calendars published by Hough,on. Minlln A
Co., BOSTON, Ii In itself enough to make them unu-
sually attractive; but apart from this the calendars
are among the preliiest In their decorations that
have. yet appeared. The Lowell Calendar has an
wood, his house In Cambridge. The Whitney Cal
endar Is printed In gold and light tints The design
I'm OF the four seasons which are sym
Greenaway style, bearing garland OF spring and
summer nowers, autumn fruits and winter holly:
me color-prlnting Is excellent, and shows marked
advance over recent work Of this Kind. Received
from William Ballan'yne Son.
"Mark Twain y has written for The forthcoming
December Century The Private History of Cam
pagn that Failed" an account OF his own personal
experiences youthful "rebel In the early days
OF the war This war article lis illustrated with
maps drawn by the author, and some striking pie
lures by kemble There Is said TO be nearly as
much tragedy as comedy In the SKETCH which has
special value as showing the fluctuations OF opinion
at the breaking out OF the war, and the entirely
amateur character OF some OF the early campaigns.
Miss Mamie Dickens, the eldest daughter of Charles
Dickens, has written ashort biography OF her father
which Casse 4 Co. vii! issue as the next volume I'm
their "The world's Workers scries. Miss Dickens
has condensed the story OF her fathers public life
and has taken pains TO show him aa he was nj
home. with his family and at his work. and she mas
given what will perhaps he regarded as Tho pleas
ATTEST pen-picture OF the great novelist.
The new volume OF casstiis Famfiy Magazine,
which begins with the January number, will contain
three serial stories, "A Wiilful Young Woman . by
ne author OF Who r. sylvia, Lyndon OF High
and Harlowes sacrlnce.n by Frank Barrett, author
of John Ford"
Numbers 10 and 10 of "The Reading Club, edited
by George Nj. Baker, have been issued by Lee a
Shepard, and are for sale by J. ID. Free. The use.
fulness OF such compilation Is seIf-eyldent. ana
this Is the best OF It's Kind. ""'
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