The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-28
LITERARY NOTES.

RAND & MoNALLY, OF Chic ,go, have
published in hand book form o very
useful little volume that ought to find
its way to every household. 1t ia en-
titled AccidenB and POisons, their Rene
dies 'dHd Antidotes. It Is sold at twenty
five cents per copy, ridiculously low
price when it's usefulness Is considered.
THR October number Of Outing has
the following very attractive table OF
contents: 1.-THE History OF American
Yachting, "" by Capt. r. +. Coffin.
illustrated; "The Sunset Land, viii, !"
q tale OF Rocky Mountain adventure.
by Capt. Edward Kemeys, ir., illur-
tratedi Around the World on a III.
cycle, kill" by Thomss Stevens, illus.
trated; after Geronimo, viii" by
Lieu. John Bigtlow, jr., U. s. A
illustrated; "The Las Voyage of the
Surprise, vi" illustrated; "Arlistic
Hints in Amateur Photography" by
Sylvester Baxter, illustrated; HThe
Next Canoe Meet" illustrated. Mans.
ford hes ii for sale.
GEN. W. s. RosEoRANss description
OF his victory at "Corinth" il the chief
illustrated war article of The Cent,trv
fjr October; other papers of a distinct
personal interest are "reminiscences of
Stonewall Jackson, by his sister-in-
law, Mrs. Margaret j. Preston, and
"Stonewall Jsckson's Las. Battle" by
his aide-de-camp, Capt, james Power
Smith, who help1d the mortally
wounded general from the field at
Charlottesville. lISriking portraits
are given Of Ro;ecrans and Jackson.
The serious poems OF the MI .Nber are
by Mrp. d. II. r. Goodale, Mrs. Louise
Chandler Moulton, Ernest Whitney,
Mrs. Juia Q. r Dorr, Maria LefIerts
Eimendolf, l.. Frank Tooker, Frank
Dempster Sherman and O. Ii. Gran.
dali.
MATTHEW ARNoLD's paper on G )m-
mon Schools Abroad" in the October
T,,'i..-,' in a forrihio 't - WV
vv",,.'y y, ~, 1850 a. iuulrect way
gets a. the root OF the American as
we'll as the English fault, in common
school education. President Gilman,
Of Johns Hopkins University, writes
OF "1andcraft and Redecraft," and
makes q plea for the former in the
educational system. Charles de Kay
Iecnunts the efforts OF "The Ursulines
of Quebec" TO civilizs and Chraiianize
the Indians. In Europe on Nothing
Ceitiin Year." Mary Wea'herbee
describes the joys and hardships OF a
European sojourn when the source of
income was litersry effort, which
proved precarious. There is q brief
iuttallment besides OF ,hrewd obser-
vations, entitled "Zweibak; or, Notes
OF a Professional Exile"
To THE October number OF The Cen.
m'y Clarence King contributes q
striking paper on "The Biographers Of
Lincoln" illu'trated with full page
portraits OF Nicolay and Hay. The
frontispiece is portrait of the liberal
statesman OF Norway, Biorstierne
Ri rnsoD, aud the illustrated article
by II. l., Biekstad with reiereucs to
his greater prominence az q writer is
ent tied "A N rwegian Poets Home"
aud gives some account of his literary
habits and country life. With the be-
ginning Of the sutumnal Valep, the
stirring article by franklin II. North,
handsomely illustrated, on "The
Gloucester Fishers has a seasonable
interest. Capt, J. w. Collins, in
"Open Letters" discusses ,"The Out.
ook Of the Fisheries" with reference
to Canadian sction and home lepisls-
ton. In his finely illustrated pap y
on American Explorers at Assos, I"
+. ii. Bacon las done more than to
give the first authoritative account of
the succets of the expedition headed
by Mr. ]. 7. Clarke and himself for
the Avche illogical Institute Of Amer
lea; Prof. w. r. Ware contributes an
| introduction.