The Republican journal., 1888-02-23
Literary News and Notes.

There will appear in the Forum for March q
curious study of the leading American news
papers. wherein it is shown what proportions
OF their space are given to religion, to crime,
to literature, to art, to sport. to the market.
and to editorial matter, by the large dailes OF
Chicago, and st. Louis. This comparison has
been prepared by Mr.. Henry II. Elliott, a New
York journalist.
The distribution of underground waters
through the rock-strata of the earth is discuss
ed in "The Popular Science Monthly for
March, in an article of great interest and abil-
ity, by NJ. Daubree. the distinguished French
agencies by which the distribution is accom-
plished, the influences by which it is directed.
and its results upon the life ard welfare of the
inhabitants of different regions, and in the
grouping Of populations.
Patience Preston, NJ. d.. by Mrs. 4. +. Raj
fensperger, is an excellent story. fairly wei!
told, with moral all through it. The moral is:
first, it pays to be earnest, intelligent. scholar
| lv; second the religious life is higher accom-
pishment still. A bright and true ,oun.
| woman with a medical degree. and money
, enough to give her a start apparently. by Il
rather taxing accident settles down in IA little
city and gets at first the easiest kind OF practice
! that of the poor-for experience. She conquer>
society and society conqucrs her. The mutual
| victory brings good fortune to both. The read
| err alternately Sides with Patience and those of
the other party. evenly is the web of the
story woven. And, when the end comes, it
comes without surprise: and yet the >ympa:he-
tic reader is pleased that it ends just l2mo,
Sl25, ID. Lohrop Co.. Boston.
| An earnest and vigorous exposition. in a
cheap. handy form, OF the moral aspects of
| tie international copyright question, is some
| thing that has been much rcctlcsl. Such Il pa
per has now been published Ivy Charles Serb
ner's Sons. of New York. in the wa!!-known
papcr-covered series Of this house. at Il price
which ought to insure for it circulation of
hundreds Of thousands throughout the coun-
try The tit.e Of the pamphlet j. 1.-The Nation
| al Sin of Literary Piracy" and the author is
the Rev. DIR. Henry Van Dyke. DIR. Van Dyke
considers the subject under three phases I'D
The nature of 1heNationa Sin OF Literary III
| rary. (2) Its Punishment. and l3) Its Cure.
His paper is well worth reading. aud ought to
touch the public conscience and have its effect
upon public opinion. II c publishers will send
any one copy upon receipt of . cents.
Peterson's Magazine for March opens with
one of the finest >tee!-engraving> it has given
My Path' is also an excellent picture. iliu>tr;-
tin" Il very dramatic story. The initial article
is an illustrated sketch of iiaLion Hall, one Of
the most picturesque and famous old manor
houses in England. Miss McClciIauH's serial.
| 'Mabyn Grey ford," ends in this number. ard
she has ever written. "Alnt Frn'> Neighbour
is an exceedingly amuSingly sketch by Eliza
beth Oimi>-anohcr of the mcw writers
"Pcter>on' has presented this year. The re-
manning short stories are I'LL Interesting.
The number closes with the conclusion OF
| the second serial. "'rhc kennarL>, by the
author of 1.-The Second Life The fashion,
plates and illustrations are US copiou> as ever.
and contain the newest iglis for spring
Ioettcs.
The March Century will conlaia the story of
'Colonel Roses Tunnel at Libby Prison." told
by one Of the one hundred and nine Union fiji
GERS who escaped on the night of February ..
1861. The Successful construction OF this tun-
mel, dug from Il dark corner of the cellar Of the
prison, through fifty feet of solid carth,-:hc
only tools being two broken chi>r!> and
wooden spittoon in which to carry OFT the dirt.
was one of the most remarkable incidents of
the war. Colonel Rose. to whose indomltablc
will and perseverance the success of the scheme
was due. is now Il captain in the 10Th United
states Infantry, ard Of the fourteen men who
assisted him III digging the tunnel. eleven are
still living. The narrative in the March Cen
tury. which is illustrated. forms one of the un-
technical papers supplemcntng the War Series,
and II is said to be one of the most romantic re-
cord, that The Century has ever printed.