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LITERARY NOTES.
Henry CLAY is the subject of two article
in the Forthcoming December Century, Ont
an illustrated description Of his homestead
Ashland" " in Lexington, Kentucky; the
other, "reminiscences of his surviving eNecu'
tor. gentleman of Lexington, who, though
lifelong democrat, enjoyed the closest re,
lations with the famous whig statesman
I These "reminiscences are all the more frank
and interesting from the fact that they
were not originally intended for publca,
ton. A portrait of Clay, engraved by
johnson, forms the fTunijsplece to the
number.
A new edition of 'Repres antative Poems
of Living Poets" has just been ordered fol
the English market. MessrS. Cassell 4
Company have in press holiday edition OF
this unique volume, which will be published
with a new and elaborate cover, making il
peculiarly suitable for a Christmas pres
ent. IL would be hard TO find anything in
the way of poetic anthology more salts
factory than these poets selections from
their own poems.
The December Century will contain a
lfe-sized portrait of the right hand Ot
Abraham Lincoln. Both of Lincoln's
hands, AS well aS his face, were east from
life by Leonard w. Nolk in the year 1860.
a full account of which casting was given
in the Century for December. 1881, a.
companied by an engraving of the mask.
The right hand has now been drawn by
Alden Weir and engraved by r. c.
Collins. Opposite the hand appear in fac
Simile four StanZas from Mr.. Stedman'
poem entitled The Hand Of Lincoln. -
originally published in The Independent. y
The two next and last volumes OF
Matthews and HuttOnS' popular series,
Actors and Actresses OF Great Britain and
the United States will be issued this
month. In the first will be found
Lawrence Barretts paper on Edwin Booth.
which will prove only second in interest to
Mr.. Booths essay on his father, JuninS
Brutus Booth, which appeared in the third
volume of this series The large paper
editions of these books are now on the
press. They are handsome foliOS prepared
IN the interests of those fortunate beings
who have the time and the money TO de-
vote 10 extending" and extra illustca-
ting" This large paper editionsiS limited
10 one hundred signed copies Of each
volume.
81. Nicholas. for December, is a magnifi-
cent number Nothing exceeds this maya
zine for young people, in beauty and in in
terest. The Century company, New York,
publishers.
Lincoln as Soldier. Surveyor, and Poll
tician," is the tit, al the second Install
ment Of the Authorized Life of Lincoln,
which will appear in the December Century,.
This portion of the history contains further
details of Lincoln's life at New Salem; a
description of the voyage Of the TdIismGn; ;
a full account of Lincoln's experiences in
the Black Hawk War: Lincoln's unSuccess-
full canvass for the legislature; his eXper-
fences as tore-keeper and postmaster as
well as surveyor; his subsequent legislative
experience: his meeting with stephen A.
Douglas; the description of the Bedlam
legislation in Illinois in lS36-'37. in which
the youthful Lincoln took part; and tie
include, among other things, a picture of
the cabin where LimcOln's father died: a
portrait of Mention Graham, the school
master; fac-simile of Lincoln's exercise
book: a portrait of Ebenezer Peck; the
Indian chief, Black Hawk; the Hon. o. II.
Browning. Judge Stephen T. Logan; Elijah
z. LOvejoy; and the Hon. John J. Stuart
There are also fac-similes of interesting
documents, among them road-suryey III
the autograph of Lincoln himself.
Frederick Barnard. whose Character
Sketches from Dickens. "havedOne 50 much
10 bring the living, breathing men, women
and children of tnat immortal novelist be-
fore us, has turned his talented pencil IN the
direction of another and no less immortal
novelist. His latest portfolio is devoted to
the creation of Thackerays genius, and is
also published by Cassell Il Company, Linn
tied. Here we have the pathetic Little
Sister" from the NirginianS, and her OppO-
site, the volatile. reckless, fascinating.
Becky Sharp" PendenisiS has furnished
the artist with some of the best material.
There is portrait of the major hiuself
in ali his glory, and of Captain
COStigan" beerI and lOquaciOuS, sitting
among the lares and penateS of his daugh-
tfl plbttNSlNil. li0i We lliNN Nit
dignified and elegant Colonel NewcOmb.
prayer-boOk in hand just leaving the church
door, and the gentle Major Dobbin with the
baby on his knee. Mr.. Barnard has worked
with an appreciative spirit and put more of
the novelist than of himself in these admir-
able sketches. The phot0gravure process
is seen as its best in these productions.
which form portfolio that no lover OF
a af H. ri IN h. wifi
MessrS. Cassell X Company. limited, will
issue as their leading holiday publication a
collection of twenty-five etchings or engrav-
ingS of notable American pictures under
the title of American Art" They are
bound in one large volume, with scarlet
morocco cushion covers designed in gold.
The letter-preSs, which is both descriptive of
the plates and retrospective in its treatment
OF the subject as whole, Is by ;. X.
kOehler. He gives an interesting account
of the progress of American art i'll its
modern phases from the time of William
Hunts return from Europe with the ideas of
a revolutionary cast. and dwells at length
upon the eve1tfuI period of 1877. Mr..
kOehler has chosen for reproduction in this
important work the most representative eX-
amples OF American art which it was pos
sihle TO procure. Realism and idealism,
landscape and figures, decorative compost
tiOns, character subjects and pOrtraituTe,
are all included in this many-sidod coilec-
ton. Charles F. Ulrich'S in the Land of
Promise" engraved by +. Juengling. J. q.
Browns 'Longshoreman's Noon" also en-
graved by Juengling, and Thomas HOven-
denis old daTkey playing the banjo ell
graved by Willy Miller, present character
istic scenes Of American life.
Navigation on the upper lakes las been