The Republican journal., 1886-02-25
Literary News and Notes.

Ben. Perley Poore's new book is called '.NIem-
ory'S Budget
Brander Matthews has clever and pathetic
story in the March Ilarper's called "Bref-as
Woman's Love-
The first of series of papers by Il. p. Roe,
entitled "The Home Acre." will be published
in the next number of IIarper> Magazine Mr.
Roe gives many useful suggestions for improv-
ING the grounds of suburban and country
dwellings.
G. H. Farnham's Canadian articles in Har-
per'> Magazine are to be continued in the March
number by a description of the quaint Gaelic
inhabitants of the island of Cape Breton, of
Nova Scotia, effectively illustrated by A. b.
Frost.
Captain Coffin, author of ''The Americas
Cup" "Old Sailor Yarns" ETC., and at present
Yacht Editor of the New York World, con-
tributes to the March Outing the first of a series
of papers on ''Blockade Running during the
Civil War" NJ. j. Burns will illustrate Them
1t is not generally known that Captain Coffin
was present at the Monitor and Mcrrmac fight
new monthly magazine is soon to appear
| in New York, to be called The Forum. 1t is to
be devoted to the discussion of such questions
| as interest the mass of intelligent people. and
is to be independent in its attitude. 1t will have
the support of the most popular American
| esSayistS at the outset. and in form will be
| modelled after the English reviews, with large
| type. wide margin, and heavy paper. The en-
| tcrpriSe is backed by abundant capital.
The February number of the Bangor IIi>tor-
| cal Magazine has the following table of con-
tents: The First Settlers in Bangor and their
| Lots: Hon. William ID. Williamson, of Bangor
| John Parker, of Parkers Island, kennebec; ;
| Col. John Brewer and Family, of Brewer
| Memoir of Col. Jonathan Buck. of Buck>port; ;
| Notice of Col. John Brewer, of Brewer: Mar
| riagcS in Orrington, (Brewer,) continued from
| No. !, page 1l2; The Town of Columbia Falls,
Me-; \ Copeland Family, Holden, Me. Incor-
| poration of Orrington, Me-. March II, 17SS.
| Peterson's Magazine for March opens with
| an article that will attract more than ordinary
| interest: ''Salem and Salem Witchcraft," illus
| tratcd with engrayings of the house where the
| witches We're tred-a fac-simile of the death
| storieS-are all of the usual high character
which distinguishes 'Peterson." There is q
charming steel-cngraving. "Dear Mammal
a mammoth colored fashion-platc co!ored
| pattern for Java canvas; and not less than
fifty wood-cuts illustrating fashions, embroit-
| cry-pattcrns, etc, etc.
The keynote of Feb. 6 contains history of
| the firm of ID. Appleton & Co.. of New York,
| one of the great publishing houses of the world.
| Among their enterprises are the American
| Cyclopedia and Picturesque America. They
are large publishers of scientific works and
school books and the Popular Science Monthly
bears the imprint of this firm. A supplement
| to the Keynote, engraved by W. f. Marshall,
contains portraits of Daniel Appleton, the
founder, and VIM. H., Geo. G., John A.. and
Daniel S. Appleton, the present members of the
firm. The Keynote is a handsome illustrated
weekly, devoted to music, drama, literature,
art, society and general events and is published
| at 3S East Fourteenth street, New York. 81 a
| year, 10 cents per number.
The Pansy for February is whole cncyclo-
padia of reading for cold winter-month.
There are serials, short stories, poems, pictures,
articles, adventures, little sermons and lectures,
| and letters. Both ''Pansy" and Margaret Sid
ney are publishing excellent continued stories
| in the magazine this year; ''St. George and the
Dragon stirring boys story, by the latter,
and "Reaching Out" delightful story of
''Nothng to Wear for girls. Another excel
lent feature is the two alphabet series of Great
Men and Great Women; Morse the inventor,
and Joan of Are, are the subjects this month.
The want of good bright Sunday reading is
certainly filled by this periodical. Only S1.00 a
year. Mrs. G. r. Alden ('Pansy), Editor.
d. Lothrop & Co., Publishers, Boston, Mass.
| The Mount Desert Herald says: "A Con-
ventional Bohemian" is the title of a new novel
just issued from the press of ID. Appleton q
Co., New York. Its author is Mr.. Edmund
Pendleton, well known summer resident of
Bar IIarbor. 1t is a ''society novel;" story of
summer cottage life on the coast of New Eng
land, yet it treats of persons rather than places.
The locations are all nebulous and uncertain
until the concluding chapter is reached and the
story ends feicitously upon the heights of
Beech Hill at our own Mount Desert. There
is in the book little of equipage or dress, but
much of the workings of the human heart when
deeply stirred by the tender passion. The
author is evidently keen observer of men and
women, his style is pleasing, and he has drawn
some strongly marked characters. The story
sustans its interest to the last word of the last
| chapter.