The Sunday herald., 1886-09-12
LITERARY NOTES.

The "Memolrs and Letters OF Dolly Madison, wiio
OF James Madison, President OF the United States,
editedby her grand-nlece," (IOughton Miniln& Co.,
Boston and New York; will ind special welcome
In this city, TO which major part OF the volume re-
fers Is not large In extent certainly not 30 ~ to
makes up for this In the interesting quality OF the
extracts from private letters OF Mrs. Madison and
her friends. during long life. including the war Of
lsl2 vivid picture Is given or the brutal burning
and those two choice British blackguards Ire pil.
few pansens parsRraphs' Scarcely more % t1aS ~ an
outline u afforded OF the life OF MRS Madison, and
this 10 aeclonate rather than CRITICAL as the author
coIhesses, but this will not be fault to those who
do not care for long and minute biographies. The
main features are very well rendered. such as Mrs
many against The carpins criticism of @ Few. the S
warmth and beauty OF her family affections, and her
trouble WIN y hsr wayward son Many Of the letters
esting to know II they have not been slightly mod.
ernized In spelling and otherwise. TO read SO
smoothly. tFor sale by Robert Bcall)
The "IIandbook OF Politics for iss6,n by Hon. Ed
ward Mcpherson, OF Pennsylvania, formerly Clerk
Of the House Of Representatives, being the tenth
number OF this valuable publication,
after the conclusion 0fthe session OF Congress, which
1t extends to and covers. (washington ID, O., James
J.Chapman, agent for McPherson's Politlca, worka)
II Is arecord OF all important executive legslatiye
and judicial acts during the last two years, ana IL
therefore Indispensable 10 every dobater, cam
palgner, student OF AFFAIRS and Intelligent citizen
hIdesires TO be fully informed. Not only are I'm
portant messages, laws, and other documents
printed, but the history OF important measures,
whether finally enacted or not, IL analyzed In de-
tail, 30 as to show the action OF each Senator and
Representative thereon. The tables giving the re-
cent popular aud electoral votes for President by
geographical groups OF States, the tariff votes III
The House from 1872 70 1850 and The census facts
OF 1880 are all extremely valuable. Mr.. McPneTsOn
Ii, OF course, well know. as Republican, but he
has studied fairness and impartiaity In these pages
2s,oo5, while Garileld's Is put OF only 9464.
The German General stan has decided to publish
history of.the Danish German war Of 1854, In two
volumes, the nrst Of which will be ready this au-
tumn. Members OF the German army and navy can
"by preference" obtain the work for thirty marIs
ltT.6o) i Will be sold by subscrplon only, and Il
Ii not stated what the price Will be for military
purchasers.
"Deephaven," the charming series OF New Eng
land character sketches, by Miss Sarah Orne Jeweit
has Just been issued as Of the low-pTlced Riy-
ersde Pocket Series" tlougton, Minlln Co. hos
ton and New YORK and ought 10 reach a il1arger
circle OF readers than II has already d0ne s merIta
having made IL famous. lfor sale by BrenianO
BrosD
The latest thing In tue way OF cheap books is
complete, unabridged, and Illustrated edition OF
u'rhe Count OF Monte CrstO, /" by Alexander Dumas
lust publsbed by r. H. Peterson a Brothers, Phiia.
dephln, In large octave volume OF six hundred
pages for nfty cents, making Of the cheapest
books over published.
Cassels National Library No. 80 (Caasell a Co.,
New York) Id devoted 10 "yoyages In Search OF tue
Northwest Passage" from the collection OF Richard
Iakluyt, with an Introduction by Professor Henry
Morley. dor sale BY j. shiilngton)