The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-03
Literary Notes.

The August Harper opens with Edwin A. Abb
bey's illustrations for the "Mldsummer-Night
Dream" which complete his series of drawings
for the Shakespearean comedies. Julian Ralph's
EVERYDAY Scenes in China " the third of his
series, are accompanied by nineteen illustra-
tons. In Roundabout to Boston, w. ID. How
ellis relates some interesting passages in his life
as a wartime consul at Venice, together with his
first experience as a writer of books and his
early acquaintance with well-kn0wn American
men of letters. Frederic Remington, in "Crack-
or Cowboys of Florida" describes new border
type. Six spirited pictures accompany his de-
scriptions. The second paper in Poultney Bige-
lows popular story of 1.-THE German Struggle
for Liberty deals with the subservience Of the
German mobiles to Napoleon and the French In
fuence, and with the mid-winter flight of Queen
Luise along the shore of the Baltic.
Mr.. Gladstone has just been reading the life
of Sonya ovalevsky which is published In this
country by The Century Co. He was much i'm
pressed with the book, and has written as fol-
lows to Mr. Fisher Unwin, tile London publish
er:
THE Biography has also reached me- and at
once beginning to peIuse it, / have found it a
volume of extraordinary interest tits, in itself
large chapter Of human psychology. with
something of heredity included. The two works
[Sonya Koyalevsky's "Recollections of Child
hood" and the Biography" by the Ddchess of
Cajanello published in one volume. also present
great deal of salutary warning
The August Atlantic Monthly contains several
articles which are calculated to create wide
spread interest One of the most striking con-
tributions is by Jacob ID. Cox on How Judge
Hoar Ceased to be- Aforementioned. Mr.. Cox
was member of Grants Cabinet with Judge
Hoar, and this paper Is an important chapter IN
our recent political history. Percival Lowell, In
his fourth paper on Mars, tries to answer the
questions, Is Mars inhabited and If so. by what
kind of people? The second of Mr.. Peabody s
papers is on French and English churches.
Poets Yorkshire Haunts will delight every
friend and reader of James Russell Lowell. as in
1t viii be found descriptions of the regions the
poet loved. Fiction is well represented by two
installments of powerful serials, and delight
full anonymous sketch entitled "A Woman's
Luncheon" The Atlantic well maintains Its es
tablished character as our leading literary vehi-
Gle of pure literature without pictures.
Lenox and Stockbridge in Massachusetts are
thought of now chiefly for their social prestige
and fashionable gaieties. But the prominent
part these villages have taken In the literary
history of the country is shown by Henry Dwight
Sedgwick, of Stockbridge, who contributes to
the Midsummer Holiday (August) Century a
chapter of "Reminiscences of Literary Berk-
shire" Mr.. Sedgwick is a nephew of Catherine
Maria Sedgwick and has enjoyed the acquaint-
ance OF nearly every one of the many notable
literary men and women who have visited Berk-
shire within the past half-century or more. He
brings together a collection of anecdotes and OF
genial gossip, never before printed, about Fanny
Kemble, Macready. President Van Buren,, DR..
Charming, Rev. Aaron Burr, G. P. R. James and
many others.
Maurus Jokai. the distinguished hungarian
poet novelist, historian and patriot, has written
for the August number of The Forum highly
interesting article entitled My Literary Recol-
Iections, "-practically an autobiography of his
life. In the same number of The Forum ap-
pears an extremely valuable and interesting
article on the "Openlng of the Goethe Archives
by Professor Eric Schmidt, of the University of
Berlin, who had charge of the Goethe Archives
for several years. Mr.. A. b. Hepburn. Presi-
dent of the Third National Bank of New York.
has also written for this number an article fully
explaining the operations of the Bond Syndicate,
pointing out the excellent results which hayefol-
lowed its work