The Republican journal., 1886-03-18
Literary News and Notes.

Thomas Stevens, gong around the W WOrld OF
Bicycle as Special Correspondent for Outing
left Teheran March 4th on his way to Calcutta
He is in good health and confident of penetrat
| ing China.
| The March number of the Ladies Flora
Cabinet contains more than its usual quota OF
good things. Its departments, Home Decora
tions and Housekeeping are specially good
Floral Cabinet Co., - Vesey street, New
| York
Golden Days, for the boys and girls, is one
| OF the best publications for Young people OF
| which we have any knowledge. It's literature
is pure and its illustrations vivid and life like
$500 year. Address James Elyerson. Phia-
delphia.
| Babyhood invites contributions from all in
| terested in the care and welfare of children.
| We are glad to know that this little magazine
| is meeting with good success and that it has
| secured a worldwide constituency. Published
| at Is Spruce street, New York.
The March number of The Pansy is as bright
| and winning its t1ower-namesake. 1t has
| good serials from Pansy herself and from Mar
| garet Sidney, while every branch of GOOD read
| ing is represented, history. natural science,
| travel, behavior and morals, all in the most
entertaining style. PanSy is only ten cents a
| number. ID. Lothrop & Co.. Boston, Mass.
| a forecast of early death seems to have been
| long lingering about the young poet, James
| Berry Ben>el, who has Just died. In relation
| to his volume of poems, In the Kings Garden,
which ID. Iothrop 4 Go. recently published, he
said i'll a letter to It friend: Il doubt often that
| shall live to see my poems safely between
covers, but still wish that may. | should
! then have some sense Of work completed. fiji
>hGd."
| The successful closing of the third volume
| of The Brooklyn Magazine, with its March
number demonstrates what may he acconl-
| plished by enterprise and persistence. even in
| the face of the most formidable Obstacles
From the issuance OF its first issue, this mag;,-
| zine has commanded an attention that has in
creased with each succeeding number, until
now it has established itself upon Il firm basis,
and may be classed as literary, and as we are
| assured by the publishers, ii financial success.
The Observation-Disclosures controversy over the
question Of the Scientific Significance of the
Book of Genesis will be continued in the April
"Popular Science Monthly" The number will
contain Professor IIuNley's second article re-
| plying to Mr.. Glad>tonc'S .Proem to Genesis, :"
which appeared in the March issue; Henry
Drummonds Comments on the views thus far
presented by the two distinguished disputan>
| and in a supplement-, Mr.. Glad>tonc'S original
paper, "Thc Dawn of Creation and of Worship,
which first called out Professor Huxley.
The opening paper in the February number
of the United Service is by Hon. W. +. Cham
dlcr, Who writes of ''Re>toration to the Army
and Navy OF EMO OttccrS, The Right Way and
the Wrong Way" in his usual inci>ivc style.
Mr.. ChandIer's former articles in the Jnited
Service have attracted much attention a> will
the present one. Gen. q. &. Howard contin-
| ueS his account of 'Shcrmau'> Campaign of
1854" aud there are other papers of interest,
with in>talment> of the serials, editorials and
book reviews. I. ii. :. lIamcr~lry, 80 Broa,l-
way, New York.
iIi>tor cal Sketch of the Distribution of
Land in England, by Prof. VIM. Lloyd Bis
beck, OF Cambridge University, is No. IS Of
the Humboldt Library. published by J. Ftz-
gerald, 1913 Pearl street, New York. The
question Of land distribution is attracting al
| tention all over the world, and in England its
discussion threatens to produce, at no distant
| day, Il profound and fal-rcarhn" social and
political revolution. Hence a treatise ON the
principles Of Iand-i>tlibution is most timely.
and must be welcomed by every >tnliou, Oh
server of the events of current history.
The numbers of The Living Ace for Feb.
2Ith and March 9th contain The Earl of >haftc>-
bury. London Quarterly; Home Rule in Aus
ia-Iiungary, Alternative Policies in Ireland.
and William Cobhctt, Nineteenth Century
Small Talk and Statesmen, and Try the Bah;,-
mas, Fort@htly: ON the Pleasure Of Reading.
Contemporary; 4 Pilgrimage to Sinai, Leisure.
Hours On a Far-oti Island, BlackWooG: Bishop
ThirlWall, Temple Bar Hereditary stature,
Nature; Winter in Florence, Saturday Review :
The New German and SIaN Quarrel. Spectator;
Farce fcte Day, All the Year Round; The
Bannatvne Club, Chambers; with in>talments
of Her Brother Ephraim," ''Nalrntina," 4"
Long Odds" the conclusion of "Fortune'>
Wheel" and poetry.