The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-24
LITERARY NOTES.

W. y. LILLY, one Oh the IoTemobt
philosophical thinkers and writer's OF
England, has prepared for the De-
Cember number OF The Forum an arti-
Gle which is likely to command wide
attention, on "The Present Outlook
for Christianity" He holds that the
belief OF Christendom stands sbso.
lutely intact and unsssailable from the
point Of view Of science.
THK conductors Of Science announce
that, beginning November 20, 1885,
theSupplement Of every fourth num-
Der OF Science weekly will be devoted
to education and pedsgogics. These
numbers (l3 each year) will be re-
printed as separate scientific and
educational journal to be called
6eience and Education. The new jour
nal thus formed will be complete In
itself, and furnished TO subscribers for
ii 90 a year.
The mansgers OF RPpincOu'S Maya
sine have paid Miss Rose Elizabeth
Cleveland 5000 for narrative poem Of
400 lineA which will appear in the
January number Of their monthly,
II is called 1.-THE Dilemma OF the
Nineteenth Century," aud treats Of
the woman question from o satirical
point Of view. The meter Ia con O.
thing similar to that of Don Juan,
and the poem ia tai1 by those who
have read IL TO be full of snap and @.
KARMA, a novel, by A. p. Slnnetr.
Mr.. Sinnett is the recognized apostle
in England OF ESOteric Buddhism and
stands high in the councils Of the
famous Of the Theosophcal Society, Of
which COL 0lcott, who is described
by Monoure d. Conway a. "Hding
around on richly caparisoHed ele.
plants, the guest OF Rais hs," etc and
Mrs. Blavatsky, Of 9A,betdG Brother
notoriety, are tho leading spirits.
Kdr,na Ia the latest production, and
on its recept appearance in England
created quite iurore. 1t Is intended
to illustrate the principle called by the
Duddhists "Karma" This last is {
Sanskrlt word, which Is thus doauet
by Mr.. EinDett himself in Esoter!'
buddhism: "Karma is a collective OK
preston applied to that complex grouJ
OF affinities for good and evil, gsner
ated by human being during life
and the character OF which inheres IL
the molecules OF his fifth principle all
through the interval which elapses be
tween his death from one objective
life and his birth into the next" The
novel is strongly aud we'll written ant
is intensely interesting, whether re
garded from the standpoint Of meta
physical speculation or merely as {
fantastic romance.
No BOOK that has reached us In
many Yeas has proven 80 attractive
as The "Reminiscences Of Sirty Years IL
the National Metropolis, by Ben: Perley
Poore, the oldest press correspondent
in Washington. The title tells in 1
few well chosen words the richness o
the store that awaits the reader In thu
well written PAGES. Sixty years IL
Washington carries US back to the
yesr 1925, when the nation was In III
infancy and was Just recovering ftou
the effects OF the second war for indie
pendence. II embraces the mos
stormy periods in our political his
tory, and covers nearly the whole ca
reeT OF the great triumvirate
houu, Webster and Clay. Jackson
was beginning TO make himself felt
and was preparing TO encounter The
Nullifers, who made the second at
tempt at secession, following AZ el
the New EoRlsnd "Blue Lights" O.
1872. ALI this and more Il
treated OF In Mr.. PORES sketchy
and entertaining way, interpreted
with bits Of personal gossip aud a.
tistic touches that, Tightening thu
color, lets us into the secret OF thu
toilets Of the time and the changes
that mark the wide divergence be
tween the dress OF these days ant
those Of our Rrandfathers. Nothing
escapes this charming chronicler, who
though past his three score years anC