Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-05-09
Literary Notes.

is an unusually strong number.
The paper which will attract most
attention Is the opening one on
''The Thirteen Superstition Am
ong the Fair Sex Mr.. Abarba-
nell, the author of the paper, in
his capacity of Archivlst of the
Thirteen Club in New York, sent
circular to one hundred of the
leading women of the country ask
ing for their views on the subject.
He received forty-onc replies,
twcnty-ninc Of which he prints
with his article. with facsimile
signatures. Among these con-
trlbutors are Mrs. II my
Nj. Stanley, Elizabet:, CaIy
Stanton, Lille Dcvcreux
Blake. Francis +. Willard. Jenny
June, Grace Greenwood, Susan
b. Anthony. Amelia +. Barr, Mrs.
Frank Leslie, Marquisc Clara
LAMA, Fanny Davenport, Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, and Nellie BY.
/ There is some very interesting
reading among these replies.
The complete novel Is "Captain
Poison,'' by Pedro Antonio dc
Alacion, the leading Spanish nov
clist, translated by Rollo Ogden.
1t is Il brilliant love story, fall Of
dry humor and excellent bits Of
character painting, and absorbing
~ interesting from first to last.
"Told by the HouSekccpcr,' is Il
story of remarkable power, which
places its author, Miss Grace FL
lcry Claiming, among the most
gifted of onr women writers.
DADDY Ben" by Marjory Arson
IL pathetic story Of the fidelity Of
an old negro servant, reads as
though it were taken from. NE. us
it probably is: and "ieanncttc. -
BY j. E4autfort, is :. graceful III
tie sketch.
Among the serious articles ''The
Future of Our Agr,culturc,' by
the wcll-known agricultural wri-
ter. James X. Reeve, and "What
Is Moneys 10y Lyman J. Gage,
manager of the First National
Bank, Chicago, are very valuable
as well as timely: and Jamel Nc
Carroll discources pertinentiy and
instructivcIy on archaeological
AntagOnlsms. ,Junius Henri
Browne writes entcrtainingly of
"Tom Marshall. the Oinomaniac
Orator;'' and Count Roman ! j..
Zubof. gives from personal know
ledge, an interesting but rather
effuslve and high flown account of
the public career and private life
of Sarah Bernhard. Fred Lystcr
wields brilliant pen, and his
"Thoughts on Matters Lyric and
Dramatic arc even more amus-
ing than usual. DR.. Felix Oswald
discourscs on "Popular Science
in his customary style. Among
the poetry arc some pleasant STAN
zas on Love III the Sugar Camp
by Coates Kinney; and G. +.
Lummls contributes some origi-
nal and striking lines on 1.-The
Sidewinder,' the characteristic
rattlcsnakc of the Colorado de-
SertS.
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