The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-18
LITERARY NOTES.

q history OF Ireland, from the Union
TO the introduction OF Mr.. Gladstone's
bill.
RICHARD NJ. JOHNSTON, author of
"The Dukesborough TaleF," will have
q Characteristic story in the June Cen
fury, entitled "The Hotel Experience
or Mr.. Pink Fluker," accompanied by
three OF FrcsPs humorous illustrations.
AUGUsTIN DAILY has written an in
teresting paper on the American thea.
ter and oramatists in the North ABHTi
can RerieiD for May, giving promise OF
great successto American drama, after
time hes been given it to properly de-
velop.
CHARLES II. KERR K Co. of Chicago
have published in handy form On ad-
rairab treatise by James Villa Blake
on manual Training in Education"
in which the progress OF the move
ment is traced and the good aud bCne-
fit OF 1t is clearly stated and made
plain.
Mr.. HowELLs, IL seems, is 10 receive
no rest from the critics. The lst'st
form OF notice is cartoon in It'd Bits,
representing him as a professor,
scspula in hand, "demonstratin 1" the
American girl, presumably to a elssJ
Of medical students.
An account OF the "RetTeat OF the
Confederate Government" from Rich.
mond, at the close Of the war, by one
OF the party, accompanied by a superb
portrait in steel OF Jef1erton DaviP,
will be notable feature o the Maya
zine Of american History for June.
A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
MUSICIANS with biography OF English
writer's on music, compiled and edited
by Mr.. J. d. Brown, will be published
this month by Alexander Gardner,
Glasgow. Special attention has been
given to contemporary musicians and
to the history OF musical periodicals..
The letters written by Edwin Az
mold to the Daily Telegraph descriptive
Of his recent trip TO India and Ceylon
will soon be published. 1t will be en-
la'ged by the addition OF much new
ma ter, and will be embellished by
thirty.two illustrations from pbo'o.
graphs selected by the author. Messrs.
Trubner q Co. will issue the English
edition, and the Lppincot Company
the American.
AN article by Austin Dobson, illus.
trated by Henry Sandman and Alfred
Dawson, will bs the opening paper In
the June Century. 1t is snlitled "a
Literary Ramblo along the Thames
from Fulham TO Cbiswick"; and the
paper contains a "timely" map of the
University course.
LORD LYTToN tells the story of n
groom married TO rich lady, and in
constant trepidation Of being ridiculed |
by the guests in his new home. An
Oxford clergyman gave him this ad-
vice: "Wear a black Goa. and hold |
your tongue" The groom was soon
considered the most gentlemanly per.
son in the country.
ONE Of the most interesting, but one
Of the most unfamiliar portraits OF
Benjamin Franklin is the fine bust Of
the celebrated French sculptor, Hou-
don, which lie now in the Metropolitan
Museum OF New York. Kenyon Cox
has made O drawing Of this bust, and
engraving from the diaw-
ing will appear as the frontispiece OF
The June Century.
THR Hon. George Bancroft, the his.N
.oriau, the Rev. George Il. Ellis, ID, Y
president OF the Ma .sachusetts His
,orioal Society, and the Hon. Charles
K. Tuckerman, our former Minister TO
ireece, will be among the prominent
contributors to the Md9dsine Of Amei.
an History for June. DR.. Bender will
.lso discuss the prospects OF an early
dissolution OF the prestn constitu-
.ional system Of Canada.
Mrs. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX re-
ates, with vim and feeling, SONS of her
literary experiences and early struR.
Ties for recognition, in LipptncOtfs for
Nay. Incidentally she gives a sad
md striking commentary on morbid
aste In literature, in her words "the
hue end cry raised against the alleged
OF the book and its conse-
Ient large sale, was stunning sur
rise to me-"
PARKE, DAVIS & Co., wholesale drug
lists OF Detroit, Mich, have published
very beautifully printed portrait Of
DIR. Louis Pas eur, the renowned ga
ant and investigator, whose signal
arvices TO science and medicine rem
Ter him one OF the noblest aud most I
commanding figures among the bene-
actors OF mankind. Never since the
ime Of Jenner has any discovery Gre
ted the interest that has been aWak-
ned by this eminent scientist, in :
'roving the truthfuluefs of his theory [
i the cure Of hydrophobia, by which I
,lready he has saved the lives OF many
hundreds Of persons from every part
4 the world, including Russ'a and
america, The portrait is one that
will no doubt be especially cherished
~ medical men, who can pc ssess |
themselves Of copies by ordering of
he publisher.
THE May number Of the CosnlOpok.
an, n new family magazine that is pub.
lshed in Rochester, N. Y, by Mes s.
'chlicht 4 Field, is excellent. The
Iariety, brevity aud intrinsic worth of
he articles and the beauty OF the four
W. .poko lhubhdbiOuc Will httIhCt AZ
ention. The number opens with a
Inc story entitled "Mrs. Hetty's Hus.
Dand," by Harriet Prescott Spoffopd.
by strong, lucd and popu. !
ar article entitled IA Word About
'ilvei," by Edward G. Bourne. The
irticle that will excite mort attention
s an illustrated one by Miss Viola
sOseborough on 1.-THE OhiIdren's In
lustrial Exhibition" held recently in
New York. Mrs. May Riley Smiths
,oem, entitled Gloves Seas ons, /" will
70 read with pleas Are by lovers OF fine
poetry. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton's
Irticle, entitled "Miss Oleyeland's
Iine," is a striking discussion OF the
question Of low neck dresses.
"MAMoN's FAITH" lie the title of
Japt. Charles Kings second novel, a
equel - his first, The COloners Du,l0h
n. He dedicstes 1t the memory of
he late Capt Emmett Crawford OF the
Third Calvary, who, ii will be remem- ,
,ered, was murdered by Mexican sol {
liers while hunting Apaches scross
he Southern border. To say that
)apt. King fully maintains his rep I
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