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LITERARY GOSSIP.
Notes About the Popular Publi-
cations of the )ay.


IL Co. Cloth. limo, PIP. 20S: Is cents.
Readers of 'Our Heredity from God''
will welcome a new book from the same.
hand. MIR. Powell's clear. forcibIe style,
his wide range of scientific information.
his power of keen analysis and his rev..
erent spirit, tit him in peculiar man.
ner to treat of themes CONNECTED.
with modern thought and the.
changing religious and philosophical
opinions of the day. The advance sheets
of his new volume are before us. The.
table of contents announces seventeen
disc0urseS. The opening cha pier is en-
titled, Life and Death; What They
Are" In the last one the author, Bel
lamy-like, takes long, prophetic look
into the future, and writes of New
ell sets forth the general point of view
from which the book is written.
The scholars of our public schools will
be interested in an offer made by I he
Youths Companion in It's issue of Jan.
.. Its purpose is to stimulate them in
commemorate competition and at the
same time increase their love Tor their
country. The publishers of The Com
/ panion offer to present fine large
bunting flag, 9X15 feet, with forty-two
stars, to that public school in each one
OF the forty-tWo states and territories
which shall send to them the best essay on
The Patriotic Influence of the American
Flag When Raised Over Our Public
Schools" These essays will be re-
ceived by the publishers of The Com
panion until April l. 1890. The award OF
the flag " Ii be made as near June l as
possible, III order that the successful
school may float the STARS and Stripes
upon its building upon the Fourth of
July next. This movement to interest
the young people of the present genera
ton i'll securing flag for the school
house is one that should be heartily
commended and encouraged. Why can
not one of our own schools secure The
Companion flag for this state?
''Merze, the Story of an Actress" by
Marah Ellis Ryan. Beautifully Illus
trated. LII paper cover, 81 cents; cloth,
81. The previous works of this author
are "PerSephone," "Tother Miss
Norie." etc. ali of which have met with
a t1atterlng acceptance by the reading
public, and raised her to high place
among authors. This work will add
much to her reputation for ability. 1t
IS wildly interesting. full of incident,
with the characters finely drawn. and
IAO 0OHSllpIlOlIo dlC CACCllCIit. d.
tlonal Tribune, Washington. Rand.
McNaIly Il Co.. publishers. Chicago and
New York.
Here and There in Yucatan'' is
book i'll which the life. manners and
habits of the inhabitants of Yucatan
have been depicted graphically by
lady of culture who has lived for sew
eral years i'll that remarkable land of
early American civilization.
The John w. Lowell company has an
nounced tor the new year series of
foreign literature, to be edited by Ed
umeS, beginning with Joshua" Bib
licdl picture, by Genrg Ebrrs.
A dainty volume, cleverly illustrated
and We'll printed is ''HenrIette," from
the French of Leon lie Tinseau, by
Anna d. Page. The story retains that
Frenchy criSpness which is SO delight
iul when tue story permits and the
moral tone is worthy. John w. Lowell
company.
The translation of Georg Ebprs' novel
Joshua" was made especially for the
edition issued by the John w. Lowell
company, and is the only translation
authorized by Mr. Ebers.
The prose dramas of Henrik IbSen.
with biographical sketch OF Ibsen's
life, by E Imund GOsSe, is just from the
press of the John w. Lowell company.
IL contains: "a Dolls House." The
Pillars of Society,"" Ghosts and
''R0smerSholm."
Rudyard Kipling, an English author
who is growing i'll public favor appears
III LOvell'S International Series. No. 80,
with ''Plain Tales From the HlIs,''
which are stories in which brilliant
CKpfnhnS nf ah.lT1Ot.AT. In,Ijan ani E,r-
ropean, mingle in the striking scenes Of
station life in India.
Every one should read Jules Verne'S
military story of Canadian life, "A Fam
lily Without a Name" Historical, vet
full of thrilling interest.
Now that the Ibsen craze has struck
the states, the llkers and dIslikers of
Henrik Ibsen will welcome his prose
Dramas from the press of the John w.
Lowell company, on good paper, in clear
type and artistic binding.
1.-The Bondman," by Hall Caine, re-
Gently issued in Lovell's International
Series, is thrilling tale of IceIandic
life.
John W. Lowell company announces
for early publication the fourth nuinuer
of the Occult series, Magic. White and
Black" by Dir. Franz Hartmann, cor
rected, enlarged and revised by the au-
thor Tor TINS edition.
To those who have the happy faculty
Of reading we'll aloud, Lines and
Rhymes" by James Clarence Harvey,
will be particularly acceptable. Tie
volume is of leo pages is daintily bound
and handsomely printed OH heavy paper
by the John w. Lowell company. The
Washington Record says: 1.-The dainty
brochure is worthy of Dobson or Aid
rich"
A literary curiosity is William J. Yex-
ter's Luck in Disguise" While really
attempting IL serious work, the author
has made it irresistibly Iudcrous by
quaint phrases and weird conceitS.
In the article which Herbert Ward
ner'S on Life Among the Congo Saw
ages" there will be a realistic account
of the human sacrifices which take
place on the death of an African chief.
MIR. Wards article is to be compre-
hensive description OF the strange man
ners aud customs which prevail in that
great region which Stanley has opened
to enterprise and commerce,
Colonel w. G. Church, in his first ar
ticle on John Ericsson, in the February
Scribner's. relates that, as the last hour
in the life of the great engineer was
drawing to its close, he called to fffS
bedside his faithful friend and secretary.
and, looking Into his face with smile,
said: Taylor, this rest is magnificent;
more beautiful than words can telI.n
William Henry Bishop, the American
novelist, tells in the February Scribner's
OF a recent visit TO Galdos. the author of
''Dona Perfecta." in his Madrid home.3
';He came into the room with hard-at-
work air and cigarette between thumb
and finger. He is a dark. slender man, 3
of good height, rather loose-iointed,
forty-four years old, and with young
look" GaldoS, it is said, has had him
self elected to the chamber of deputies
in order to have chance to study legis-
latiye manners at first hand for literary
material.
The National Magazine for January
announces two new and valuable de-
partments- biblical Literature" and
''Pedagogy''-with Rev. J. G. Quinn,
Phi d., and J. S. Mills, 4. NJ, president