The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-06-07
Literary News aud Notes.

Mr. W. u. l!oweil>' new novel. Annie Kill
burn will run through eight numbers Of l!ar-
ncr'~ Magazine.
Mr. Clark Eu>Scll's new romance of the sci
is entitled "'Ihe Death ship. aud j, founded
On the tradition of Nanderdecken.
The June number of Oar Little ones is Is at
tractiNc ;,S the month of flowers and brings Il
taste of summer in It's prose. verse and ilit>tra-
ton>.
Judge Tonrgec is ,ievotillg himself at present
almost entirely to newspaper work. and has
now regular department in a prominent Chi
cago paper, which he calls "A Bystanticr'>
Notes"
1t j, said that Col. Grant has offered to pay
Gen. Badcau his claim for $4,000 in fuI. pro-
vi,led he would drop all litigation in the matter
Of the ''Grant Memoirs" but that the oltr has
been refused.
Mr.. W. J. Box is authority for he statement
that Gen. Grants private papers IRE to he pub
li>het. These are for most part letters that
passed between him and his wife both before
and after marriage.
Golden days. the leading Juvenile weekly tand
monthly continues to grow in interest and cir
cliiation. and is a welcome visitOrto homes over
all this broad land The publishers claim that it
is pure. Instructive and entertaining" will be
conceded by al! who read it. James Elverson,
publisher. Philadelphia.
General Sheri,lan's ''Persona Memoirs" will
soon be issued by Charles l.. Webster 4 Co.
The General delivered the manuscript last VIM
ter, but subsequently recalled it for revision.
1t was returned on May Is. 1t will fill two oc-
taVo volumes, of between 800 and 600 pages
each. The text is entirely General Sherilan'S
work. He tells the story of his life. and gives
his views and impressions of the stirring scenes
in which he figured. But it is not a history. 1t
deals scantiy with statistics, though of wars
and wars alarms it has much to say. There
are the Indian wars. where General Sheridan
took his first practical lessons in fighting; the
great civil war and the Franco-Prussian war,
which he had excellent opportunie, for observ-
ing, as much of the time he was pretty close to
Bismarck and Won Moltke.
The Art Amateur for June contains Il beau
tifui colored plate of "Roses,''hy Victor Dan
gon, who also contributes a capital study of
snowbalis. Other decorative designs are for IL
fan rySanthcmumS.) a Venetian vase (Jap-
anesc ancmoneS). Il fish platter. Il summer cot
tagc porierc, and an altar hanging for Trinity.
There are also Il page of monograms in X. and
a full-page illustration of IL curious Arabian
basin in repousse brass. \ striking feature is
the drawing by George Hitchcock of his clever
picture. "A Dutch Tulip Garden.' Two prac-
tcal articles, specially timely and valuable, are
those on the "Scence of LandScape' and on
Landscape Painting in Water Colors;' there
is also an excellent review of the landscapes in
the recent exhibitions. The Paris Salon and
the Pastel and Prize Fund Exhibitions receive
extended notice Other articles Of special val
ne are: ''lIints to Art Teachers" ''Panting on
silk and NeIvct.' "lIome Decoration and
Furnishing" ''Altar lIangings" and ''Embroid-
cry in America" The Art Amateur was never
valuable to students and lovers of art as it is
! now. Price 81 cents; S4 per annum. Mon
taguc Marks. Publisher, 23 Union Square, New
York.