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LITERARY T
FRANK G. CARPENTER.

Henry Harland, who has written so much
aud so well under the nom-de-plume of sgd
ney Luska,r seems TO have tired of the
soubriquet, and is now using his W name
upon his literary efforts.
General Shermau's letters to his daughter,
written from the field during the war, are
among the most valuable contributions that
have yet been made to the literature of the
war and are soon to be published.
Current Literature each month publishes a
famous chapter from the work of some stand
ard author. In like manner Short Stories
makes a feature of a brief romance that has
ueen notable at some time in the past.
Hall Caine was the author of a work which
was placed among the best books of the year
in 1890. Ho has now published through the
John w. Lowell company, another work
which is meeting with the same commenda-
ton. 1t is entitled 1.-The Scapegoat."
In the November issue of the New En-
gland Magazine, Walter Blackburn Harte
makes a plea Tor a world without books. He
thinks that education is not an unmixed
blessing, as the greater the intelligence of in
dividuals and peoples the greater is their
capacity for suffering.
Since Blanche Willis Howard wrote zone
Summer, her books have been looked for
eagerly. Her new story, which is now run
nlng seriallY in a London periodical, will be
issued in TINS country in a few months. 1t is
entitled IA Battle and Il Boy" and while it
Is VI ii character 10 interest juvenile readers.
it is equally fascinating for children of a
larger growth.
The passage of the copyright law has pro-
duced one result at least which will please
the general reading public. English authors,
III anticipation of the possible passage of the
law, have been holding back their best manu-
scripts in order to publish under protection.
AS n consequence, the last half Of 1891 and
the first half of 1897, will be full of these
works which have been held in reserve await
inc the action of congress.
Octave Thanet has written a clever story
for the November Lippincott's called THE
Return Of the Rejected" 1t tells of the
travels and adventures of a manuscript which
is submitted 10 all the leading magazines.
The story is founded on fact, and fac-simile
copies of several letters of rejection from
various editors are reproduced. George Al
fred Townsend GATH also relates his expert
ence as a newspapers CORES pondtnt.
Very curiouSlv, but little attention has ever
been given in the magazines to the frightful
tragedies of the Roman Amphitheater, which
were carried on through centuries, and in
which the lives of hundreds of thousands
were sacrificed. c. Osbourne Ward, whose
book 1.-THE Ancient Lowly'' last year excited
so much attention, and who has made this
subject his life work. gives an article in the
November Cosmopolitan on the "Massacres
of The Roman Amphitheater, ~ and the article
Is illustrated by drawings by Dan Beard and
from famous paintings.
The Buckeye state comes imposingly to the
front in the November number of Frank Les
lies Popular Monthly. The opening page is
adorned with a new portrait of Senator John
sherman. who contributes a scholarly and
thoughtful paper upon "Ohio: Its History
and Resources There are, moreover.
thirty-tive portraits Of distinguished sons of
Ohio, living and dead, and numerous inter
estinC views. In this same number Clara
Morris writes Interestingly about 'The
Modern Emotional Drama and It's Expon-
ents.n
In the Forum for November Edward A.
Freeman, the English historian. explains the
political situation in Europe. pointing out the
specific dangers to peace. Another remarka-
bic article will appear in the same number on
the armies and politics of Europe, from an
American point of view, by William II
Thayer, who records the results of studies
recently made in Europe of the political and
military situation. These two articles to-
gether make a complete review of the present
European situation.
Wolcott Balestier, the young American
writer who has elaborated with Rudvard
Kippllng in the novel "The Naulahka,"
which the Century will print, is at present n
resident of London, wnere he represents an
American publishing house, He was born
at Rochester, n. Y, less than thirty years
ago. and he has lived and attended school
there, and at Baltimore. Washington, New
York, Vermont and Denver. His college is
Cornell, and he studied law at the University
of Virginia. He was Mt one time on the edi-
torial staff of the Rochester Post-Express.
The first number of The Californian, a new
magazine published at San Francisco, has
made its appearance. Among the articles is
one describing the new electric road of Prof.
II. :. &. Lowe, the longest IN the world, now
being built up the Sierras. The line is
twelve miles long, passing over some of the
most remarkable scenery IN America The
illustrations show the famous Eaton canyon;
the location of the two depots in the same
day; the lower, Astounding in ferns and flow
ers; the upper, deep in the snow of an east
ern winter, showing that In southern Cali
fornia the tourist can pick oranges in the
forenoon and order a sleigh by telephone and
spend the afternoon in sleighing,
The old Arab university of FL A2har, which
was founded in the tenth century, and has
constantly opposed an inteXible front TO the
advance of European ideas, is today the most
important MOhammedan college in the world.
Although it has no longer the 10000 students |
who crowded its courts in the thirteenth and
fourteenth centuries, there Is still an attend
ance of from 200 to 10, 00O--some say L., 000
- and its pupils are sent out to every Mo-
country from the Soudan to
India. A very entertainging account of this
university and the methods of instruction
pursued within its walls will be given by
Constance Fenimore' Woolson in an illus
trated paper on "CalrO in 1890" TO appear in
Harper's Magazine for November.
A Study of Child Nature from the Kinder
garten Standpoint by Elizabeth Harrison, |
principal of the Chicago kindergarten train
iHb. 'ShoSA = NV ~ .4' nv hl'loA' iho l
authoress has a keen insightinto child nature
which has been ,tqulckened by long |
and constant contact with the little
ones in her practical kindergarten
work, In her excellent little book she mas
presented her Ideas IN n most charming and
systematic manner. The perpleXities of
many a thoughtful, fond mother will be
largely removed by its perusal, for she sug-
gests many practical methods of reaching |
the hearts and developing the intelleots of the
little ones. With the delicate touch OF an
artist Miss Harrison points the way harmo-
niously TO direct the moral, physical and
mental growth, and il every woman could be
led to take instruction from her publication
thcre would be fewer weary hands and
heads and sinking hearts among the sweet
mothers OF America. Especially helpful and
interesting are tho chapters devoted TO the
training of the muscles. the affections, the
will and that upon right and wrong punish
ments. The little work breathes the spirit OF
Froebel, and will increase the interest in
kindergarten institution, which Is so rapidly
growing up in the homes and educational
centers Of our country The book is pub
lished by the Chicago kindergarten college, |
Chicago, and is sold for 81.
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Are you a cruel mar, or only a chump
Your horse has chafed his neck until II Is alb
solutely cruel 10 make him work, or he has
cut himself on a wire or a nail. Now do you
know that one bottle OF Haller's Barb Wire