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LITERARY NOTES


Charles Henry Luders, the young
Philadelphia poet, whose verse is wei
known to magazine readers, died re-
Gently.
The late King Kalakaua was an author.
having assisted ex-Minister Daggett Ia
writing Legends aud Myths OF Hawaii.
which was published year or two ago
The late Richard Jefferies' delightful
book, "The Gamekeeper at Home, has
been issued in new edition by r ,berts
Bros, with many pleasing woodcuts BY
Mr. Charles Whymper
London's new periodical, the Strand
MdgdslRe, has caught the favor of the
metropolis with a collection of portraits
OF prominent meu, each one being pict-
ured out five times over at different ages.
The New York Critic tells Of book.
seller of its city who sent an order to the
publisher for one copy of ~Packs for
Blscom, meaning, excellent tradesmen
that he was. PAX Vobiscum.
Oliver Wendell Holmes has just in-
vented two more admirable words
"pseudopathy" aud "pseudotherapy,
one signifying the quack science of dis.
ease and the other the quack method ot
healing.
George Chapman, the translator of
Homer, lies buried in the Church OF St.
Giles-in- the Fields, London. Mr.. Wal
ford, the antiquary, is raising subscrip.
tons for restoring the inscription on the
tombstone of that fine old poet
Miss Alice Longfellow, daughter of
the poet is n fine amateur photographer
and has made speciality of storm
pictures taken along the Massachusetts,
coast They will BE- used to illustrate a
new book OF sea solgs soon to be issued.
Miss Julia Fletcher, author OF "Kis-
met" and other novels more or less pop.
ular, Is tall and handsome, about 80
years old, with large dark eyes She
has a rich, musical voice, aud converses
with great fiuency. She has been abroad
10 years. chiefly in ally.
Mrs. Rider Haggard, like Mrs Stan.
ley, complains that American women
keep their houses too warm. When the
thermometer reaches 20 degrees In a
drawing room IL gives her headache.
ana even a temperature of 60 degrees
she considers too warm for comfort -
New York World
Rudyard Kiili g's novelette,, "The
Light that Failed, recently published
In syndicate OF newspapers, has been
supplied with anew ending by the enter
prlslng author. so that in book form 1t Is
different story from what it was on
Its first appearance. This is a rather
hippant proceeding on the part of young
MIR. Kipling, and decidedly trying on
the nerves of his readers
Arthur d. Vinton is the last person to
write book because Bellamy wrote
one. He calls his book Looking Further
Backward. and it is made up of series
of lectures by Won Lung Ii, in which
he describes the conquest of the country
in 2023 A. D.. by China That nation,
1t seems, did not enter into the plan Of
gentle socialism along with the other
nations, and so it had no difficulty what
ever in conqnerng them when it got
ready.
Colonel T. w. Higginson, DIR. Edward
Eggleston. aud IL c. Bunner recently
Club on "Americanism in Literature; or
The New World and the New Book.
All of them believe that the American
author ought to write about the life aud
habits Of the people of this country.
Colonel Higginson pointed 10 Mr. How
ellis as the proper sort of American
author, while the other two gentlemen
confessed they had a weakness for ro-
nance.
The most important paper in the
Magazine of american History for
February, is that of the Hon. john Jay,
entitled "The Demand for Education In
American History" which should be
read carefully by every true citizen who
desires for American youth an American
character. BIr. Jay says "our great
authorities on history teaching are
agreed that rightly to understand, APP
preciate. and defend American institu-
tions the true plan Is to know their origin
and their history.
Mr.. James Clement, an old resident of
St Louis, has some interesting recol.
lections of Charles Lever, the novelist.
He remembers him as dark eyed,
nervous man, very affected in his man
ner, and as emotional, VI hen excited, as
q French dancing master. He had
wonderful power of observation and a
remarkable memory for peculiarities OF
dress, manner, and speech. His hand
writing was worse than Balzac's AL
though his best characters are young
guardsmen and heroes of the battle
field, he never drew a sword or smeIled
powder in his life.
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