The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-30
LITERARY NOTES.

A volume OF essays or English literature,
! by w. S. Mccormick, is one of the impend-
ing London issues.
A new story by Jules Verne, called in
English "a Family Without Name,'' is
soon to be printed simultaneously in Lon
don and Paris.
| George Macdonald will soon publish an
other volume of his ''Unspoken Sermons. p"
General Faidherbe, who was for many
years governor of Senegal, has written a
complete history of French colonization in
western Africa, under the title of "Sene-
gall
Admirers of Mrs. Oliphant will be glad
to have tire sequel to one of her most ad-
mired and most highly finished novels,
| 1.-The Ladies Lindores.n This tale, Lady
Car has nearly completed it's course in
Longman's Magazine and is announced in
book form.
The works of the poet Crabbe, who is
linked with Cowper and Burns as begin
ming new poetic era, are coming to the
front again. There is a viVidness and
charm about Crabbe's poetry which must
strongly impress anyone who takes it up
for the first time.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie was asked recently
by a representative" of the Pal Mall
Gazette, apropOs of Mr.. Childs' remarks in
Lippincotts, if he was busy with mis- Me
moirs, as reported. Mr.. Carnegie admitted
that he was; ''but they will never be
printed while live" he added.
1.-THE Demagogue'' is the title of the man
uscript of novel found among the papers
of the late d. R. Locke (''Petroleum V.
Nasby'O. 1t is practically complete, and is
to be published serially il the Toledo Blade
and afterwards in book form 1t is be-
lieved it will create sensation-but there
are so many beliefs of that kind which
come to nothing.
The last work done by N. Desire Nisard
before his death was to put the finishing
touches on his souvenirs" which are
shortly to be published. Not the least in
teresting pages will be those wherein the
former Senator of the Empire tries to ex-
plain his political career, which was liberal
ut the beginning and reactionary long be
fore the close. This parliamentarian of
1910 had become so conservative that when
Napoleon III began to liberalize his reign
shortly before his downfall, M. Nisard
wrote that ne was anxious about a policy
that re-established the legal combat against
the government of the country"
George Meredith's new novel is in an ad-
vanced state of preparation. 1t is said to
bear the title "A Romance of Journalism
which, however, sounds mere like a sub
title.
1t is believed that John Albert Bright
will not take any action fo' some time to
come with regard to the publication of his
fathers papers, including the yOluminOus !
and necessarily most interesting diary. AS |
in the case of Lord Beaconsfield's papers, |
1t is felt that Inconvenience may arise if |
publication were to take place during the |
lifetime of the Queen or Of Mr.. Gladstone. |
Even the life Of the late Lord Aberdeen, |
lone since written and T1.intaI will no I
1t is stated, so long as the Queen !
is alive.
Mr.. Justice Miller Of the supreme court !
of the United States engages in the import
ant work of explaining America to Amer
loans aud to the world" by describing |
"The State of Iowa - in the July number of |
HdrpcI''S Magazine. In referring 10 "Pala- |
tial Petersburg it is difficult to separate |
writer and artists, so happily do they sup
pen ent one another III conveying impress
sions of the great architectural monuments
Of 'the northern Venice e. Mason
makes note upon Adrian van de Velde,''
an interesting figure in the history of Dutch
at. Howard NJ. Jenkins finds suggestive
subject i'll The Banks of the Brandywine,
and Lafcadio Hearn, in his sketch of Lies
Porteuses," portrays the women who bear
burdens in Martinique. William Blaikie's
answer to the question, rs Amer
iCan Stamina Declining!" would be dis
if he did not point out practical
means of arresting the decline. Two
short stories deal with love in modern
life. BY coincidence the conversation in
the fourth instalment of Charles w. War
ner's novel, "a Little Journey in the
World turns upon 1.-THE Old Homestead"
and the beginnings of American drama-a
subject which in various aspects monopol-
yes William Dean Howells attention in the
Editors Study of this number Edwin
4. Abbey anc Alfred Parsons contribute
even illustrations for old Thomas Ran
iolph's poem, ITO Master Anthony Stat
ord"
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