The Republican journal., 1886-05-20
Literary News and Notes.
The Book Buyer for May has a portrait of
Mr.. Brander Matthews.

Ben. Perley Poore's "reminiscences fill two
volumes with an aggregate of 1000 pages.
Sarah Orne Jewett, now South on account of |
bad health, contributes an illustrated Ballad to |
the June Wide Awake entitled "York Garri- |
son, 1910"
The American Bookmakcr publishes bio
graphical sketch of William Parks, who in |
1927 printed the first book in Maryland, a col |
lection of colonial laws.
Mrs. Mary L. Blake, who as IN. Z. b. is
well-known literary woman of Boston, is the
author of the graceful stanza on the title-page
of May, which d. Lothrop & Co. publish.
The April number of The New Moon is full
of short stories, and the usual carefully edited
departments, making it Il very entertaining
publication. One dollar Il year. New Moon
Pub. Co., Lowell, Mass.
The May number of the Ladies' Floral Cab-
net is filled with useful hints for the amateur
florist and the houSekeeper and will be found
entertaining by the general reader as well. As
usual it is fully illustrated. S1.25 per year
Ladies' Floral Cabinet Co., % Vescy street,
New York.
Charles Darwin: His Life and Work, G..
Grant Allen, is published in the Humboldt
Library by J. Fitzgerald 393 Pearl street, New
York. Whoever would know the man Darwin,
or would estimate his influence on the world of
thought, will find in this volume precisely the
information he requires.
The Brooklyn Magazine presents Il paper by
eN-Presdcnt Hayes advocating the extension
of Government aid to popular education, and
it continues its discussion of the marriage
question. Mrs Harriet Prescott Spotford op-
poses early marriages for girls. holding that
twenty-five is the age at which Il woman is fit
ted to become the useful and happy head of a
home.
The May Pansy opens with strong story,
'Digcnt in Business" followed by GLOW it
Became Possiblc,'' a touching illustration of
trust and duty meeting their Just reward. IN
"SX O'Clock in the Evenings" Grandma Burton
| tells in manner to delight every chd-hcart
how a dear little boy and girl learned the
meaning of the ''brcad of life" ''Reaching
OUT recounts some wonderful doings of Jerry
| and Nctte, and there are lots of other good
things, with numerous illustrations. u. 10th
rop n Co., Boston.
The Story of Timid Brave, an Indian story
by W. j. IIarsha, is published in the Standard
Library series, 13S. 1t is very exciting and
thrilling story. The scene is laid ut the far
West, on the very frontier of civilization, and
| is a very vivid and graphic description of life
among the Indians and COW boys and first set
tiers. 1t brings out in glarng light the wrongs
and niqultics praeticcd upon the Indians at
some of the Agencies of the Government. 1t
| sheds not little light on the Indian question.
| and the origin and cause of some of our Indian
| wars 1t is story of thrilling interest. Pap
| Ell 10 cents. Funk II WagnallS, 10 and II Dey
| Street, New York.
! 'Out of respect to the babies" Babylood for
May urges the abolition of tobacco from all
parts of the house frequented by Young child-
| rcn, and notes Il striking instance of the
occasional serious effects of tobacco smoke
| upon infants. In the same number is con-
tribution from Edward King, Paris, giving
| some very interesting facts regarding the Baby
Show now in progress in that city. DIR. c. l..
| Dana writes on .'ConvulSions.' Among the
|
| in Home Instruction." The Sunday Closets"
| IAN Emergency Drawcr;' The influence, Of
| Motherhood ;""Apt Followers ;f"Long Ears" :"
| ''lIilarty at Bed-tme,' etc, etc. Directions
| are given for various articles of Baby'S ward
robe, illustrated. $3.50 year; 10 cents
| number. ) Bcckman ST., New York.
| Faitll-lIealing and kindred phenomena hay
| ing been the subject Of study and experiment
| by the Rcv. j. NJ. Buckley, y. d. (e,litor of
| The Christian Advocate and JournaD, during
| the past thirty years, he was recently invited
| by the editor of The Century to give the result
of his studies to the readers of that magazine.
Dr. Buckley'> article will appear in the June
| Century, and is likely to attract unusual attcn-
| ton. lie first tells how he came to take UP the
| Subject he afterward discusses the facts and
| rchearSes testimony to particulars" lie then
| explains the facts. gives his ''mductons," dis
| cusseS the miracles of Christ and of the
| apostles, examines the claims of ''Chri>tian
| Faith-llealcrs, technically so rallcd,-and in
| conclusion presents what he believes to bc the
| Christian doctrine of answer to prayer.
The fact has already been noted that Mr.
| Jatlray's article on American Steam Yachting
made necessary second edition of the April
number of Outing. 1t is the first attempt to
give the history of steam yachting in this coul-
try and the numerous faithful illustrations add
to the interest and value Of the paper. In the
same number Capt. Coffin tells of 'Crossing the
Atlantic on Blockade Runner in his inimi-
table sea-ngo, Thomas Stevens takes the read
cr another stage, "Around the World on BIZ
cycle,' and Mr.. Roosevelt continues his series
on "Ranch Life and Game Shooting in the
Ncst.' The last tree writers also contribute
to the May number, Capt. Coffin telling of "A
Blockade Runner Under Fire There is 4
finely Illustrated article on British Yachting, a
paper on Trout Fishing in Maino" and other
entertaining articles. The departments incude
all outdoor sports and are very full and COM
pete. Outing occupies field in which it has
no rivals.
A few weeks ago, when Canon Farrar was
in this country, tens of thousands of people
paid as much as one dollar each to hear sim
gle lecture delivered by him, and We're well
pleased with what they got for their money.
| Several of the most important of those lectures
| and addresses with other papers are now pub
| lshed by John b. Alden, of New York, and
can now be had in very handsome cloth
| bound volume, for the price of 40 cents. Some
of the lectures are also published separately in
| his Elzcyir Library, in which form the lecture
| on Dante sells for cents; on Temperance, ,
cents; on ideals of Nations, . cents ; Thoughts
on America, cents. The millions of intelli-
gent people who admire Canon Farrar and
who We're not able to hear him lecture. will be
delighted to find his brilliant, scholarly and
eloquent thoughts placed in this handsome
form within their reach. The publishers il
lustratcd catalogue, 1872 pages, is sent to any adj
dress on receipt of cents; or condensed cata-
logue free. John b. Alden, Publisher, S93
Pearl St., New York.
From an Admirer Of Midshipman Easy.
| To THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL: | have
read Cooperative Industry by c. S. Griffin No.
| 4. For perfect cure for the wild theories adj
| vanced by the author would recommend him
| to read Midshipman Easy. The father of the
| hero of that tale believed that all things should
| be in common and so taught his son, but the