The Republican journal., 1888-04-19
Literary News and Notes.
NJ. T.. PENDLEToN.


Mr.. blaine is reported TO he writing vol
ulilt on his recent European travels.
In the desirable spread of good. cheap lit
erature, it may be mentioned that Macmillan
a Co. will issue, in the early Spring. fifty cent
paper editions of Mr.. I>aats" and 'Marzos 5
trucIiN, two of MIR. 7. Marion Crawford's
most popular and in some respects. most in
tere>ting stories.
Mr.; Arnold Bur-cs Johnson will publish. in
the May ''popular Science Monthly" an article
of great interest on "'ound-SignaIs at Sea-
In it he will describe in full number of new
and ingenious devices for facilitating com
munication between vessels, and for obtaining
knowledge of the proximity and direction of
dangerous objects.
In his article on 'W here to Spend the sum
mer.' in Scribner's for April, Gen. Greely.
chief signal officer makes a prophesy as to the
hottest days in the year 1SSS. The Detroit
Journal. taking the matter up, has offered Il
prize of 5000 to the person guessing correctly,
before June 1St what the , DAYS will be. Gen
Greeiy Immediately tregraphcd. his guess to
the paper. in accord with his reasons in Scrib-
ner> for April.
David A. Wells discussion of the Economic
Outlook" in The Popular Science Monthly,
will be closed in the May number of that maga-
zine, with II mastery review of the whole sit
~ IL ltSul ttti dS HUI)Glui. wages nave
increased. and the prices of goods and living
have diminished The inconveniences are only
temporary. The means Of comfortable subsis-
tence are commanded with less effort, and the
end of necessary poverty is nearer than ever
before.
Johnsoh'> Universal Cyclopcdia is whole
library of universal knowledge. from the pens
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Ii is accepted rs high authority in our leading
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thoroughly revised at Il cost of over 500, 900 and
three years labor by forty editors, and over
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Wide Awake for April grccts us with eighty
pages Overlooking with beautiful pictures. de-
lightfu stories and poems. Mrs. Sherwoo,l's
serial, "ThoSe Cousins Of Mabefs," enforces the
u>ages of good society by the experience of the
heroneS. The frontispiece, '.Eastcr Lilies is
charming illustration; lovely girl, her arms
filled with the lilies Lieut.. Fremont'> breezy
Indian story for boys, apapcr on ''Old Ballads Of
London Bridge (the London Bridge famous in
the nursery jingle. an article on Landseer, the
famous animal painter, beautifully illustrated,
are all thoroughly entertaining though written
with Il serious purpose. A tale of two children
and Iion thrillinely illustrated by Sandman,
gives the exciting element this month. Gregory
meets with an unpleasant surprise in Sidney
Luska's serial MY Uncle Florimond" Your
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