The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-27
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
S@AHCRIBNERs MAGAZINE for August is
/ 49, hction number containing six short
SNI-Ek stories five OF them illustrated. AS is
eeESIC usual IN this magazine, number of en-
| tlIey new writer's are brought forward with
stories OF striking originality. Ihey show great
variety OF scene and subject, and include news
| paper story Il tale OF army lie, CalifQrnia
story, Maine woods story, and New New, horN
| Guy story, besides Mr.. Burners capital bur.
| lesque modernzation of Sterne's sentimental
| Journey" There is also the beginning OF Part
! Second OF the remarkable anonymous serial,
! jerry" which brings the hero TO manhood anu
| opens his adventurous career.
| short time ago there was considerable dis
cussion in the newspapers as 10 which OF The
various editions OF Mr.. James Payn's novel,
" The Burnt Million" was Tie legitimate and
authorized edition. MI James Payn hlmSen
settles the question in a letter TO the English
| representative Of the John ". Lowell Company
| He says
| Isee in tne "Crltic" that it Is stated by Messrs
| Harper that they sent check for The BGrnt
| Million" They have omitted To add that returned
| it. Ihe world is not yet so happily managed that
| an author eau get paid twice over for the same
| work. JAMES FAHN.
This statement from Mr.. Payn himself will
| doubtless remove whatever erroneous impress
sion may have arisen IN the minds OF some as TO
| the right of the John W. Lowell Company TO issue
the book bearing me legend so interesting TO The
| author, published by arrangement"
Dauders "Pot TaraseOn: The Last Adven-
tutes OF the IustriUus Tartarln," continues 10
be one OF the leading attractions IN Harpers Ma
hugely laugHable tale" which Will appear Ia tie
August number, Introduces us TO the TarascOn-
ian coIOuists in their new homes; and we are
treated TO an account OF their occupations and
amusements their trials during The rainy
season. their adventures and c0mbats with tho
natiYes-in all OF which Tartarin, the -tllustrOuS
Governor. appears as the central and dominant
/ figure Numerous Illustrations from drawings
by ROssi, Myrbach, Montegut and Montenard
continue 10 add 10 The interest and attractive
ness of the story.
Perhaps the most extraordinary article ever
| published upon "Hypnotsm" VIII appear III Tie
| Cosmopolitan Magazine for August. Ii was
secured from one of the two most celebrated
professors OF the weird art, The FrenehinIn Do
natO, and the Illustrations were secuI ed by uav-
ing a number of subjects taken TO the photo
graph gallery of Mr.. kurtz IN New York aud
there bypnoized under The camera OF Donate
himself. The illustrations show very fairly The
frghtful powers which the hypnotlser eXeTts,
and The whole article makes plain subject
which Is exciting much attention all over the
world at this time.
For midsummer reading the August Ladies'
Home journal Is like cooling breeze. Al the
stories SAVIOR of the sea and country, and Julian
Hawthorne Maud Howe, Louise Chandler M0ul-
Ion, kate Epson Clark, Jenny june DR.. Tai
mage, all vie with each other IN story, poem aud
article. The article on " PIOmiscuOuS Bathing"
for girls, is specially timely. The life Of the
fashiOuables at Newport is delightfully."- told In
an article. DR.. 1almage tells how lie preached
his FIRST sermon, while len OF our most famous
women try to answer the question, " Which is
the happiest hour IN a wOman's life?"
"Meizerott, Shoe maker" mas been published
The work of Katharine Pearson Woods, writer
OF considerable fame and author OF Scenes
from Clerical Life" In her new wofk the all-
thor has blended the grace OF romano with
The stern features OF reality. OF this book Ed
ward Bethany recently wrote: Il have read 1t
with great interest, and have done all IN my
power 10 commend 1t to my fellow Nationalist
as a most admirable production, and mighty yalu-
able for our educational propaganda"
The Seven Modern Engineering Wonders of
the World" described by Arthur V. Abbott with
elaborate illustrations, in the August number OF
/" Frank Le>lles Popular Monthly" are: The
new Forth Bridge Scotland; the Eiffe Tower.
Paris; The new CToion Aqueduct, New York;
the blowing up Of the He'll Gate Instructions,
New York; the Edds Jetties AT the mouth OF tho
MissIssppi; The st. Gothard Tunnel SwItZer-
land, and the Bi oOklyn or East River Bridge.
The August number OF The Forum" will con-
tain Il remarkable essay by Prince z. KrapOtkn,
ON THE Possibilities Of Agriculture" He has
made Il thorough investigation of the fabulous
results OF tile scientific cultivation OF land ia the
most densely populated portions OF Europe aud
he shows Inc ease with which The number OF
acres now cultivated i'll the civilized parts OF the
world eau be made TO yield suStenauce Tor many
times the number Uf people now alive.
Lee & Shepard Of Boston have just issued 4
neai-bound volume, entitled Edward Burtoh,"
by Henry Wood, the author OF Natural Laws
of the Business World" Edward Burton" is a
work OF fiction, written by one who believes In
the whoesomeneSs OF ideasm and optimism,
aud i; is not constructed upon conventional
realistic lines. Ii Is devoted 10 idealiZdtlOu or
character, aud is worth careful perusal.
Frank LeSe's Illustrated Newspaper " for
the week ending July 19h contains an able ar
ticie from Hon Henry Watterson on the political
situation from Democratic point OF view. MIR.
NatleIsou critclZes The policy OF the Republicans
In Congress, and his article Will be sure 10 Al
tract great deal of attention. his number
also iusts ates the State Military Camp at Peek
skill.
review by Colonel A. g. Bracket, U. 5. A.,
of the Unlied States Cavalry, Past and Pres
ent," Translation from the French by Lieuten-
ant Jehn j. BreretOu OF an article on - The Jhl-
nese Army" aud Captain Charles Kings
" Trials of STAFF onicers.'' are among the many
interesting articles presented in the August num-
Der OF United Service"
II. G. Bunner, author or 1.-THE Mldge" aud
"Airs From Already" has written for the fiction
style of Sterue's sentimental journey" In
which the famous satirist and VII visits modem
New York and comments on The Vestibule
TTain," The Opera Comique." ana has an ad-
venture in a'studiO.
The August number OF the "Forum' will con
tain an essay on The Deeollete in Modern Life"
by Elizabeth stuart Phelps, which is text from
which the writer argues an alarming decay in
deiIcacy In American society and she traces the
effects OF his decay IN our art in our literature.
In politics, aud throughout The Whole range OF
American activity.
The Speakers Error" by Y NJ. c., one OF
the leading articles In the July number OF the
North American Review" was ordered printed
in The congressional Record" as part of the reg
ular business Of the House OF Representatives
on the 11th. This Is the first time In the history
OF Congress such distinction has been accorded
TO any periodical.
Tie Critic" of July 10Th contains the names of
surviving members OF the american Academy"
elected by It's readers in 1884 to succeed the
Academlcans deceased since that dale. Win
the current volume July December) the paper
will complete its tenth year.
The Bedford Company of New York announces
the publication Of "A Sentimental Journey" By
Laurence Sterne, Bel AMI by Guy de Maui
PEASANT, 1.-The DAYS of My YOUTH" by Kate
kearney, "How Il Husband Forgaye," by Edgar
FawcetI and " A Partisan fair," by Ginsty, a
French writer.
In - Wide Awake" for August juvenile read
ers are treated TO a great variety OF articles tint
are calculated TO please as well as Instruct They
are on almost every subject from a fairy tale 10
cess Rosetta and the Popcorn Man"
Richard Harding Davis, the son OF the editor
OF the Philadelphia Inquirer and OF Mrs. RebeccA
Harding Davis, the novelist has written news
paper story which VIII APPEAR In the Angus
(ictlOn) number of ''Scribner's"
The Baker s Taylor Company OF New Yorl
announce the early publication OF new Emei
son book, entitled, " Talks With Ralph Wald
Emerson" This book is largely addressed
the youth of this country.
s'Fonowing the GuidOn" Is the title OF newvC
ume OF army and frontier "reminiscences,
Mrs. Elizabeth Custer, soon to be published
Messrs. Harper Brothers. :.
The leading article In the August number
the domestic Monthly" published In NJ
York. is a finely illustrated and interesting
on Chautauqua.
"The Cosmopolitan Magazine" offers tn
ihcatons for public baths and public Iaundr
The census returns show the population
DafrA NA.NN 70 ha