The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11
LITERARY NOTES.


Every one will he glad to have the excellent Eng
"saammbo.rby NJ. French sheldon. which has lust |
been issued by saxon CO., tribune Building, New |
York. No modern work OF fiction has created a |
greater sensation. Tbs is shown by the extraor. |
binary number OF pictures In the French salon In
apred by II. The story OF ancient lie and manners
Is not only great as work OF imagination, but still
greater as study OF antiquities, for Flaubert
bestowed infinite pains and gave the labor OF years
where else In literature 30 minute and accurate
picture OF life In tho ancient world. The London
Tunes said OF IT, "Ths fascinating story OF love and
war; rich In heroic Carthaganlan lore, set In glowing
,ts weiyi sapnen, scene anil mysterious cnts. mas
long been regarded "a an untranslatable work II ia
said that this delicate task has been accomplished In
sucn subtle manner az 10 plese,vc al .ms yRor'
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v,..,,.,o ,.,,u,,, =. !. .,',.,o,. nm, o,,,r ANNA.
nauIenuo is,anu 10 curious a,u o'.ei a.'' w.
ing satire on many forms OF orthodoxy under the
,so,a,eJ sroy inc roe, ~ M nr,r AMI vor.b,n oniv
~ 49,, ,s.,., ~. ann.,s.. w." 49,, ,s,n
iait wn,oh saved ,nei. ancestors rem urown s
wmiic t9ey nMve tme oook OF aritnme.c as tnc,.
central truths Of Christianity, though admitting that
he Ia In danger OF being mlseonstrucd by some.
nrar nMn umurt c r,ncua
the undouSted truths OF arithmetic. because Inc
DISTINGUISHED Church" OF the Island has put an ab.
surd gloss upon them. A little love story llghtens
the burden Of parable. lNew York; q. p. Putnam's
Sons. For sale by Brcntano Bros.)
mo .o.a,, ,o,rr,o n, con nror,,s romo,rs ,v,,,
ine seoonu sou.le u. "o, ."s. n'' r, m
DC reauy LOT delivery ny inc ist vi May. Ihe pun
coming fall or winter they Will publish the memoirs
OF Gen. Mcclellan Two copies OF the PAPERS used
sorod in Scnaraa niass no at ths ,nss nf ono conv
DESTROYED by lire at the Generals residence, al
lnti,
them TO hjs nublishers' hands Inst before his DEATH
Mr. Webster saws they will make a sensation, as
the General handles IIallcck and stanton without
| gloves
tie Rol de Tncssalic, a story which was ascribed
ut Berlin to Madame dc Kalomne, the divorced wife
| of the Grand Duke of Hessc, is now said to have
been written by the Grand Duchess Serge OF Russia
Tho second daugh,er of tho t,rand Duro n, IJesac
The IVORY deals in very ouisnoken fashion with
the personaecs and the proeeeainSs q q eontem.
rhc nart which has excitcd tnc most amnscmen nj
i,sr,,n ia mo occnmnt Of he na,rnhcr% fa%,Iv who
arn inscrihci no IN" pat,enn"nfs anil their history
mentary TERMS
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| The Ndgdzfde OF Art for May Will contain "Prlm-
rose Day." an article on Benjamin Disrael, Earl OF
Beaeonsleid, by George sa'n.soury' win ror,rai's
~ ,' I'm" ~, "'' ~, ~ ,,ue" % o , ~. a.,
Daisi Mac s anu F1 us anu p pay y,
/
1mSeuu omaIes hcene, ,ey Ssh ,u ~ oVnm
| with iIngrayings after Constable Corot, Albert
Ryder: a. Dagnan-Bouveret, Eugene Delacrox, and
d. Il. Miilet'
800
''The Mill Mystery" by Miss Anna Katharine
Green suggests by Its title that II IL In the same line
in which she achieved her memorable success with
., a,,,n.,.~a., go y, a., 80, ~
ine LeaVenwot,m Sase IL 10 shoIter stvr s.
vi r ;hnsa v hohs anu vail ne vSf KEY
with not too strong SILVER OF tho 0ruesOme In it.
The ending is comparatively cheerful ('or sale by
brehtaho Bros)
|
"Ilistory Of the Appointing Power of the Presi-
dent.n by l,ucy NJ. Salmon. A. NJ. University OF
on va sms,ains ina rsnnic ~ .hai vana%,a seras
1t is OF especial interest in tho present crisis OF civil
service reform, ana test OF strength between the
newly brought TO- light IN TINS connection: SNew
nofk; u. i. humans sons FOR SAFE ny Brehtano
nros''
The first volume In series on "Actors and Ac
tresses," which Messrs. Branlcr Matthews anf
Laurence Hutton have prepared for Messrs Cassel
Company, VIII he ready Tor publication within tn
present 81 month II Is devoted the GarrGk period
anu Us n.led VIII anecuotes OF uarrck anu hls con
tcmporarles, cnled from az sources not only IRON
sewspapeeS anu aea"es anu corre
....
wJ,t,s uea,tsesso.p from ,be non of Annie T.
Wright. lust published by T. u. leterson 4 Brothers
Philadelphia, Is ono OF the brightest novels OF tn
day. 1t Ia breezy, humorous and pathetic by turns
american nome NE ana .ne Shar ar are mos
Young men anu women, though OF course mere IL
sprnk,nR ., ouea au guver pe,sohages W hppfo
pf'a'eiS III '"' '"e '""fii'"s p'''ure'