The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-17
LITERARY NOTES.

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ROBERT BURNS WILSON has a short
reply in the April BiuOuac to Mr..
Howelps recent onslaught on the
poets.
THE April B;UOudc will have the fl st
of two illustrated articles on the "Nir-
ginia Cavaliers" written by Miss X.
M. Rowland of Baltimore. The illus
trations are portraits from a number of
old photographs and are unusually in
teresting.
RICHARD RsALF's opinion that the
poem "Lilith, Princess of Ghouls,"
was the production of Poe, is upheld
by Henry Austin in an article which
will appear in the April number of
the Somhera BiUo1dc, and the poem
itself will be given entire.
r. T. DURRETr, in the April number
of the Southern Biuoudc, describes the
reception given by the other Legisla-
lures to the Kentucky Resolutions of
'9S, which brought forth the r solu-
tons of $50. An official copy of this
last series accompanies the article.
Col. WILL S. HAYS of Louisville has
published his songs and poems in
pamphlet form, copy of which has
Just been received. Col. Hays is too
well known for his little book to re-
quire anything like criticism, as he
has personal friends enough to eX-
haust several editions. Price % cents.
THE SANITARIAN for March has
long table of contents, every number
in which has special value. The
Editors Table" is especially inter
estlng, and there is discussion of the
bills now before the Senate for the re-
establishment of the National Board
OF Health that has special value for
Memphis readers.
THOSE who ia 10 read Ttcds Siftings
this week will miss treat. iSittin1s
contains an deliberately illustrated de-
scriptiou of the third battle of Bull
Run, by Gen. John Pendergast, with
comments tn reon by Col. Carbolic
McGurvey of the l72d Montana Vol
unteers. This is a very clever satire
on the war articles that have lately APP
peared ad nausum in some leading
magazines.
The invention of q cotton-picker
means as much to the South as did
the invention of the mowing-machine
to the North and West. ii. N. Starnes
describes at ZENITH in the Southern
BitOudc for April the latest claimant
to this honor, which he Judges to be
successful. The article is accompa-
MED by series of drawings and illus
trations which, for the first time,
make the principles of the invention
Ineligible.
TIE Graphic News of March Goth
will be an exceedingly bright issue,
and will be model Illustrated weekly.
Its first page will be embellished by
magnificent engraving of the Hon.
Allen G. Thurman, the Gladstone of
America, who is to ofiiciate as
referee in the forthcoming great tele-
phone suits, in which the United
States figures as plaintiff. The pro-
posed Grant monument, at Chicago,
will be illustrated. There will be a |
page of scenes, showing the prepare
ton of dressed beef for market, espe-
cially interesting now, because of the |
fight going on between Eastern and |
Western capitalists over the subject.
Gen. Grants celebrated "Voyage |
Around the World" will be revived |
by picture representing the dead |
general with China's great Viceroy,
Ii Hung Chang, taken by a native |
photographer, and accompanied by an
excellent sketch by ID. II. Bailey, late !
United States Consul TO Shanghai. !
There will also he a double-page sup
plement of pictures taken in different |
parts of the country by prominent |
amateur photographers. In addition !
to these features there will be many |
other attractive illustrations.
CHICAGO News: envy first meeting |
with Miss Murfree was very droll,"
continued Mr.. Howells, - with hearty |
laugh, "She had been writing for the |
Atldntic couple of years. One day |
Osgood dropped in at my library. |
'Craddock's in town, said he. He |
will dine with me tonight. Can't |
you join us at dinner?' told 0sgood
| had an engagement for that night,
but would surely put in an appear
ance if only for a few minutes. You
see it had never occurred to any OF us |
that 'Craddock' was not a man, and ! |
had often given free rein to my fancy
in imagining how he would look and
act. After Osgood left me he hunted
up Aldrich and told him about it, and |
Aldrich said nothing but death would
prevent him being present, forif there .
was one man in the world he wanted
to see it was Craddock. Then Osgood
told Lawrence Barrett about it, and .
Barrett promised to be there, too. 1t
so happened that / was the first of the
men to arrive | saw two strange
ladies in the drawing room, but no
Craddock. Osgood enjoyed my dis
a moment and then he
said Mr. Howells, let me present
you to Miss NJ. n. Murfree, whom we
all know as Charles Egbert Craddock.'
The other lady was Miss Murfree's
sister. OF course ] was greatly sur
prised, and they all laughed heartily
ut my confusion. There was more
laughter when AldTich came in, and
then we waited to see how Barrett
would take it, l think he was the
most non-plussed man / ever saw. He
could do nothing for a few moments
but grin-yes, actually grin, Think
Of it !! that model of elegance and dig
nifty grinningl But he did it and he
and hesitated so when he
attempted to speak that the entire
party roared until their sides aehed"