The daily critic., 1890-09-22
LITERARY NOTES.

L/IERHRY NOTES.
Rudyard Kipling is the new star that
Is at present attracting the gaze Of the
reading world A clever and discrim
mating essay upon this young genius
and bis work has been prepared bv
Julian Hawthorne for the October num-
Der Of 'Lippincotts Magazine.
Herbert ID. Wards serial in wide
Awake" The New Senior at An
dover" introduces the readers OF the
July number to hazing, pluck, and
manly distinction between loyalty and
tale. bearing.
w. Clark Russell, the famous Eng.
lish writer Of sea stories, aud author Of
The Wreck Of the Grosvenor,"
"Marooned," etc, has contributed a
novel entitled ~ Marriage At Sea. " TO
The October number of "Lippincott's
Magazine"
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland has pre-.
pared an article upon Florida as a
pleasure and a health resort, for the
October number of "LippincDtt's
Magazine" A feature Of the same
number will be an article upon "Elec
mic Lighting" by the well known
English scientist, Sir David SlDm)us.
What will we do with our young men!
Is vital question One way of ans Ner
Ing it Is 10 help them to make good
beginning, aud Miss Fairhcld's excel
lent little book of selections, starting
Points Just published by d. L1lhnp
Company, has been prepared With this
intention. Employers as well as parents
could make excellent use Of SO helpful
q volume.
The following statement, said 10 be q
quotation from an Irish history, may
throw some light upon the title of a
story, Tea Tephi In Amity, which
will appear In 'llarper's Magazine for
October: when the prophet jeremiah
left jerusalem he did not remain in
Egypt as people thought lie came %
Ireland, bringing with bin the ark OF
the covenant and the princess, the
young and tender plant, Tea Tephi.
In Ireland the prophet buried the ark
and after time married Tea Tephi 10
the Crowned Hotseman Of Ireland
Queen Victoria was descended from
them"
DR.. Charles A. Andrews OF Bryn Mawr
College will publish In the October mum
Der of the Annals of the American
Academy of Political and Social
Science, an interesting article on the
beginning of the Connecticut Towns" "
The Constitution Of 1889 has a wider
than local interest, since Il was the first
written constitution, the prototype OF
Republican Government on this eonti-
nent II is a question Of no small i'm
poTtance, then, whether the constitution
as founded by the towns as such or by
the people. This Is the question dis
cussed by DR.. Andrews. A painstaklng
study Of the facts, leads him 10 the con-
elusion, in opposition 10 the late Alexan-
der johnson and many others, that Con
neciicut drafted its organic Law on the
theory that the soveTnity Of the State
is in the people Of that State"
Bismarck, though out OF office, re-
mains one of the most commanding
figures IN Europe, and the general
interest In his personality will insure a
welcome for the entertaining book,
"8ismaTck 10 Private Life" which Is
published in ID. Appleton 4 Co.'S
Town and Country Library" This
book, which Is written bY a fellow
student describes Bismarck the man,
and the intimate view Of the iron chan
celloT, which Is furnished ia anecdotes
and descriptions, will be found % pos
sess an extreme interest. The book Is
illustrated with a little known portrait
Of Bismarck. and portraits Of the
Princess Bismark, Count Herbert Bis.
marCk the Emperors William, Freder-
lex, and William ii, the youthful
Crown Prince, and the present chan
celloT. Count CapTiyi
Harp eT's Magazine" for October IS
a most inteTe sting number Among its
contents are; "AntOine's Moose yard,
| by Julian Ralph, with twelve illustTa
/ tious by kemingtOn the story Of a
[ hunting expedition into the feeding
l grounds Of the moose ia Canada Port
I TaTascOn: The Last Adventures OF the
I lliusiri0us Tartarlu, bY Alphouse
I Daudet, translated by Henry James
I ldfth inst8llmeut) with fifteen illustra-
| lions New Moneys Of LinColu's Ad-
minisiratiOn Their Origin. Growth aud
I Value, By J. T. Chiuendeu. "a
/ Flaggin a Story by S. P Mclean
I Greene. The First Oil Well: The
Birth Of q Great Industry" by Pro
/ fessOr j. S. AeWbeTTyi early history Of
I the petroleum industry, 'S1nnels By
| Wordsworth with eleven illustrations
I by Alfred Parsons Agricultural
I Chill. BY Theodore Guild, with four
I teen Illustrations Nights az New
stead Abbey, by joaquin Miller. with
/ illustrations from drawings Ia the
/ editorial department George William
/ Curtis disC0urses upon the remarkable
/ fact lLal The practical sense of Chrlstel-
Z dom virtually rejects the Christian
ideals az impracdcablei he makes some
1 com paIIs0u between certain social
scenes and amusements Of q vanished
I London and those which may uOW be
/ witnessed 10 The ueW Madison square
/ Garden and argues that our Own time Is
I The best 81 an possible times. William
/ Dean H0We.s writes about the faluity
I uf certain modern novels and reviews
+ several noteworthy ueW books. Charles
/ Dudley Warner explains the meaning
T ~ the word -lOcoed aud applies Il %