The daily critic., 1890-09-30
LITERHRlr NOTES.

LI/EHHRT 7 NOTES.
T. r. Barnm Is developing q strong
| taste for literary work, and hc Is busy
. nearly every dav writing series of 8r-
/ iicle, to hc published in the fur'Uelm-
/ unuumfer- of The L17b4 Hlms f9uF-
l uaL The great Snowman is said r
. write very nasi'y and 'u#uUy Do
/ manu-.rir' showing hut fcv cnrrs
uous
Bva special pass from lhe urerinlend-
/ cut Kirk Monroe recently spent several
| weeks on railroad running from New
/ York Tie studied all the departments
/ from palace cars t0 cattle cages, from
| engines lO freight Cab10ses. hv night
/ and 10y d8y. and Ihe material thus O5-
/ t1jnDd rs embodied 600 serial story cn-
\ titled ON Time, The Rise of BIiIral
| Boy. which will he published in the
/ coming volume of The Wide Awake.
Thereadera ofnovcls and also ihe real
I ems OF The North imtrrtg Rs.fr will
I De- glad 90 learn that Mr. Arthur Dull
l Icy \intOn, for some time managing
editor Of that periodical has written
I new novel entitled Looking Further
Z Backward. which will be published bv
[ The Albany Book Company in October
I u was during Mr. Nintons connection
| with The North tmsJieJa Rfusr that
/ 10 published the Gladstone lucers1II
| letters, aud reached the phenomenal
/ circulation Of nearly 100 0OO comics In
/ Looking Further Backward" Mr Vlu.
ton has written q fascinating and 10
siiuctive story which may be read with
pleasure and profit by every America tn
citizen
d Lothrop Company issue this week
two capital stories of adventure-G Grant
a Hens Wednesday the Tenth" and
Willis Boyd Aliens Lion City of
Africa; and two illustrated quartos-
the sumpiuous edition of The Poets
Year, 10y Oscar Fay Adams. and
Great Cities Of the World" " edited bv
Elbridge s. Brooks. A new edition Of
Professor Noursc's American TX.
ploratiors In the Ice Zones" is also Just
ready
English Sanitary Institutions. Re.
viewed in their Course Of Development
and In some Of their Political and
Social Relations is the title Of an
hAAAtANNNANN NNlulllN IIN EII UNNN ClHnlU.
X. G. r., which the Cassell Publishing
Company announce The book Is the
result Of some twenty eight wears ex.
reriCncc and OF various official rela.
tiOns 10 the business of sanitary gov
crnment. The author has written for
The lay as well as the professional
reader and has %, far as possible
avoided tcChnicalitv in the expression
Of his views The book is an important
one, and will become standard on the
subject Of which Il treats.
The New York Lsdger for October 4
IS a mine Of interesting fact and fiction
regarding the South, both the New
South and the Old. 10 leads of with
a brilliant character ske.Ch of Henry
w Grady. journalist, orator and pl
uiui written hy Oliver Over. in which
The tii,Ct On The New $, u h Of Gudy's
lite work Is 'uminuu,ly cNpldlod a
crisp CliInria' on The Marvellous Re-
vivid nf Prosperity IN lhu u.l" tells
iis own tale. The old suu'h is pictured
in thC opening inslnliment of "a Ken.
tuCky war siorv, entitled Reunited
the zen product Of distinguished
Southern officer. In For Isobel"
Maurice Thompson gives a vignette OF
ante be,iUm life In Louisiana James
PuIson tells the story of Cesar Rodney
Of Delaware. An illustrated ballad by
Thomas Dunn English and a story hy
Mrs. Amelia f. Barr are published 10
the same number.
The table Of contents Of the October
Arena embraces the names of many
leading thinkers, among whom are Dc. !
George +, Shrady Of New York, who /
writes entCrtaininply against the death /
penalty; Professor James I. Bixby, |
who discusses Cardinal Newman and |
the Catholic Reaction. The No.Name /
paper Is on the Postmaster General /
and the Censorship Of Morals" and /
W. II. ii. Murray pleads for an en-. |
dOwed press. Professor w. S. Scar.
borough, a scholarly cOlOred man, ably /
argues the cause Of his people. Pro
fessor Sheridan r Wal, writes on the
symbolic Characters OF the Old Testa.
ment." General Marcus j. Wright, |
the eminent Southern historian, de !
scribes the Propagation of the British |
Parliament Rev. I'd ward Il. Foster /
writes In defense OF Christian Social !
ism. Aaby Morton Diaz contributes a /
noteworthy paper on Development Of |
Character in Schools" Thaddeus b. |
Wakeman's paDer on "Our Unchurched |
Millions" while distinctly radical, Is |
provocative Of thought. A brilliant |
poem, written by the wife Of ex- Senator !
Grover, closes the leading papers OF /
the issue. The Notes on Living Prob /
lens are contributed TO by Cyrus Field i
Willard, on the evils of trusts; Edward |
A. Oldham, The Great Political Up /
al A..
Seiders eriicizes Senator Hampton on /
the race problem. The editorial notes /
deal with the death penalty aud other
interesting matters.
The October Century" contains the
last insIallment Of the autobiography Of /
IHganh TamAra0u urIf4h fha grrfk,r l