Feliciana sentinel., 1891-01-03
L,tcra,.y Notes.

LtcraTy Notes.
The january 81 Number of
Belford's Magazine has m its Ed
itorial Department three able ar
ticles respectively: What Won
the Day. The Rule of Crime aud
Criminals, What is Un-Amcrican.
The complete novel in this num-
bcr is the very entertaining story
of the stage entitled "Sarz''; by
Celia Logan. The general con-
tents are: Interest and usury
Lawa-F. L. Jones; Tho Women
of I4ouisiana-Charlcs Gayarrc;
Sidney Lanier-G. y. Black; The
Lake Region of Wisconsin-B.
Peyton Lcgare; George ID. Prem
lice-J. Henri Browne; Laying Al
Man-,Trap, stery-Stanley Alcken-
ma; How long will our Navy be
Effective Henry George Jr; The
rlnc Art of Wail<ing-A Scxage-
MARIAN; Omar Khayyem-R. II.
Stode.arti: \ Guartctte of Spar
rows-I.. s. Kcyser; Popular
Sciencc-F. l.. Oswald, Nj. D.
Several beautiful poems embcl,sh
tho contents. Belfortl's is GER
tainiy one of the most entertain
ing publications that comes to our
table.
The most beautiful frontispiecc
ever produced in American maga-
zine, appears in the January num-
bcr of the Cosmopolitan. 1t is q
reproduction III oolors Of Fran
co.'s T'lcminG's famous picture
1.-The Cake Seller and can
scarcely bc distinguished from
the imported photograyure which
is exhibited in the dealers windows
ut the price of - u copy. 1t is
one Of the most charming of sub
jects, and is we'll worth framing
preservation. Tho Cosmopolitan
has become noted OF late for Its
frontispicccs and this very much
.exccls its previous efforts.
The Cosmopolitan ran up from
q 10000 edition ut the close of
1888, to 100, ,0G0 copies December
1890. This remarkable increase
has kept pace with the change in
the character of the names which
appeared upon ITS table of con-
contents. Among those for JAN
uary arc Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
Crugcr, Frank Dcmptscr Shcr-
man, Henry George, William II.
Ris!cirg, Hjalmar Iljorta Boycscn,
Edward Everett Hale, Gertrude
Franklin Atlicrton. Murat Hal
stead, John j. a'Bcckct, Col.
Charles w. L;srned, +. q. G.
barley (posthumous), Elizabeth
Bisland, probably as strong 81 col
lection Of names AS ever appeared
in any number Of an illustrated
magazine in this country.
The number contains the lst of
two parts Of Mrs. Van Ransseiear
Crugcr's new novel, Madcmoiscllc
Resesla, pronounced by critics
who have read it the best Of her
work. Mrs. Crugcr is Il woman
who is intimately acquainted with
fashionable circles both in this
country and abroad. She. writes
in Il realistic manner, without any
Of the offcnslvcuess Of the aver
age realism. The next article in
importance is from the pen of
Miss Elizabeth Bisland, describing
4 visit to the Peoples Palace in
London. a most interesting
posthumous paper by +. 0. G.
barley. barley, with his own IL
lustrations, Is also gwen. a'Bcck-
cts Gle, CT story, Don Gracias, is
illustrated III a novel manner, the
wcii-known actors, Sothren and
Miss Harmed, having consented
to pose for tho situations of the
novel, the results being rcpro,luc-
cd i'll p!iotosravUre.
Oncc every summer Queen Vie
toria drives over from her Balmo-
raj Castle To the Scottish Highlands
home OF Madame Albani-Gyc, the
famous prima-donna, where the
latter entcrtain's her mt an infor-
NAL tee. For years tho Queen