The morning call., 1894-07-22
Literary Notes.

Road coaching is pre-eminently the
sport of milliouaiIes, and few of their
MANY sports are better worth encourage
ment." writes Martha McCulloch Williams
in a splendidly illustrated paper on Road
Coaching in America" which is the lead
ing article in Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly" for August.
"McClure's Magazine" for August. fol-
lowing up Hamlin Gariand's striking arti-
Gle in the June number on Homestead
and It's Perilous Trades" will contain q
study of life and work I'm the Depths of
a Coal Nine" II will be by Stephen
Crane, and, like the Garland article, will
be very notably illustrated
Outlaw and Lawmaker" Is the title of
the new novel by Mrs. Campbell. PIaed,
which will appear Immediately in Apple
tons Town and Country Library. 1t is q
romance of love and adventure, and the
scene is laid in Australia, where the author
gained her first success.
The unpublished letters of J. r. Lowell
written to Edgar Poe during the years 1912
to 1914. to appear in Scribner's Magazine
for August. will prove more interesting
than most of such correspondence.
W. Hamilton Gibson, who is noted for
his exquisite rendering Of botanical sub
iects, has prepared for the August num-
Der of Harper's Magazine fully illus
irated article on mushrooms. The article
is of popular character and will enable
any reader to discriminate between the
wholesome and the poisonous fungi which
abound in the woods and fields of America.
San interesting literary fnd" is an
nounced in the discovery Of a number of
unpublished letters by Edgar Allan Poe.
These were found among the papers of
Poe's biographer. DR.. Rufus w. Girls void,
by his son, w. NJ. Griswold of Cam bridge.
The correspondence has been placed for
editing in the hands of Professor George
E. Woodb berry, the author of the standard
life of Poe, and it will appear ia The
Century" in three parts, dealing respect
ively with P0e's life in Richmond, Phila-
delphia and New York.
1.-The Theory of Sociology" by PROBES.
sor Franklin II. Giddlngs, is valuable
scientific monograph just published by the
American Academy of Political and Social
Science. Professor Gl6dlngs. who has re-
Gently been called to the chair of ocIology
10 the Faculty of Political Science 10 CO.
lum bia College, mas long held a position
among the foremost students of this sci
enre in the world.
Every unmarried man thinks he would
make a good husband; everv married man
knows he is the best hus band in the world,
of course; and the man a woman loves
possesses Qn her estimation, at leasD the
elements of an ideal husband. The opin-
ions on this subject of such well-kDown
men as Rev. DR.. Parkhurst. Palmer Co X.
Bill Nye. Anthony Comstock and George
Francis Train are given in the July num-
Der of Demoresps Family Magazine, some
of which are very unique, and all well
worth reading.
The editor of the Review of Reviews
reports in his July number an interesting
conversation with Mr. Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation of
Labor, on several Ques ions of the hour.
Including the coal strike. arbitration as a
remedy for strikes, free silver, the Income
tax and short hours
Mrs. Helen Gardener, the author of us
This Your Son, My Lord?" and the re-
Gently published IAN Official Patriot"
contributes a very valuable ESSAY to the
Aroma for July on Environments: Can
Heredty be Modfied?" and reaches the
comforting conclusion that. as heredity
and environment act and react upon each
other, there is some hope for reformative
influences creating moral uplift in
society.
The Youths Companion, which is ever
welcome to the young people, and to the
old as well, has secur ed for presentation to
It's subscribers a reproduction in cOlors of
Ferris oil painting "Sweet Charity"
which was one of the most attractive pic
lures 6XU1Ulbtu db TIE NEW DIX ACaQ-
envy of Designs in 1893.
The current number Of Romance is
filled with bright short stories that are in
teresting and entertaining. The price of
this magaZ ne has been reduced with q
view to bring it within the reach of all
who want to read.
Mark Twain has never written anything
more striking than the article I'm Defense
of Harriet Shelley" the first nstallment of
which appears IN the July number of the
North American Review. As its title i'm
plies the paper is in the nature of vindi-
cation of the memory of the poets
wife from biographical Misrepresentation,
and even those who are not specially iu-
terested in the subject cannot fail to be
attracted by the manner in which it is
treated by the famous humorist.
A carefully prepared and handsomely
illustrated volume, entitled Summer
Tours" has been issued by the Rome.
Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad 1t
is book of 226 pages and is descriptive of
the country through which the trains of
the company pass. 1t is one of the most
complete works of the kind ever printed,
and is intended as gift to all who may
wish to become patrons of the company,
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