The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-24
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
Professor William G. Sumner of Yale
1 has written very timely and irnpor-
tant article for the June Forum en-
titled THE Fa!lacy of Territorial Ex-
| tension
Mr.. Shorter, the well-known editor of
the Illustrated London News, ETC., is
to publish shortly a book on the
Brontes, which has been looked for
ward to in literary circles. The ar
ticle in The Bookman will be read
with universal interest. 1t contains
many hitherto unpublished letters from
Charlotte Bronte to Mrs. Gaskell, Miss
Nussey and others. Fresh light is
thrown on the Brontes' life in Brus-
sells.
The second paper containing I'm
pressions of South Africa by James
! Bryce, M. p, will appear in the June
number of the Century. This takes up
! the race question at the bottom of most
! of the complications which have made
that the subject of international
| ferences between the Boer farmers and
the British government of Cape Col
! ony, that led to the great trek of the
former into the Transvaal.
An illustrated article on the George
! Junior Republic little common
wealth of city boys and girls who are
learning to govern themselves on a
| farm near Freeville, N. Y, will be
! given in Harper's Weekly for May 2S.
! The same number will contain an il
Illustrated article by Arthur Warren on
| Barney Barnato, the Kaffir king; and
| an important art feature will be the
paper on Puvis de .Chavannes new
| decorative panels for the Boston Public
! library.
Colonel John j. Garnett, of the con-
| federate states artillery, has contribu-
ted to the Lee of Virginia" series now
running in Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly, paper on 1.-The Seven Days
Campaign near Richmond" 1t APP
| pears in the June number, and de-
| scribes the second battle of Manassas,
the first invasion of Maryland, and the
battle of Antietam. The article is
handsomely illustrated with battle
StonewaH Jackson, General Johnston
and others.
The fact that the Republican conven-
ton is to be held in ST. Louis in June
directs special attention to that city
and will make particularly timely the
! article on the city government of st.
Louis which DR.. Albert Shaw, the au-
thor of Municipal Government in
Great Britain" etc, has contributed
to the June Century. 1t is one of the
several articles which DR.. Shaw is
writing for this magazine on the gov
eminent of American cities.
The same number will contain an
article by Joseph B. Bishop on HUI
NOR and Patkos of Presidential Con-
yentions."
An entirely new near view of Grant
will be given in McClure's Magazine
for June, in paper written by the
man who was chaplain Of the Twenty
first Illinois when Grant was colonel
of the regiment, and who lived, during
that time, in the closest intimacy with
him. 1t reports interesting converse
tons with Grant and relates a num-
Der of characteristic anecdotes.
In McClure's Magazine for June
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps will have a
paper of "reminiscences of Harriet
Beecher Stowe, who was her neighbor
and helpful friend in Andover, and of
James T. Fields, her literary adviser
and publisher.
Secretaries Olney and Carlisle recent
they held Office, to be photographed
seated at their desks. The pictures
were taken at the request of The La
dies Home Journal and will be used to
illustrate ex-President Harrison's ar
ticle describing the workings of the
state department, in the July number
of that magazine.
Curiosity concerning the permanence
of Mr.. Stephen Cranes sudden and
brilliant success as a novelist will be
shortly satisfied by the appearance of
a new novel from his pen.
Georges Mother" about which lit
tie has been heard, but which is con-
sIdered by Mr.. Cranes intimates one
of the best novels he has written, will
appear about June l, bearing the i'm
print of Edward Arnold, 70 Fifth ave
nue., N. Y.
G. P. Putnam's Sons announce for
! immediate publication volume which
will be issued under the general title
of The United States and Great
Britain" and which will contain three
monographs, as fellows: THE Rela
, lions Between tn United States and
This is a reprint ISSUED under the au-
thorization of the publishers of the
North American Review of the article
by Mr.. Wells, printed in the April
number of the Review. The article
has, however, been rewritten and very
much added to. THE True Monroe
Doctrine by Edmund S. Phelps, LII.
D., late minister to Great Britain.
This is reprint of the address deliv-
cred some weeks back by DR.. Phelps
in Brooklyn. 1t has been rewritten
with important additions. "Arbitra
tion." by Carl Schurz. This is a re-
print, with few changes, of the ad-
dress recently delivered by Mr.. Schurz
in Washington.
Senator John H. Mitchell of Oregon
will contribute to the June number of
The Forum powerful and convincing
article advocating the Election of
Senators by Popular Vote" He thinks
that the political and moral supremacy
of the people can be rightfully ex-
pressed and maintained only when
they exercise this right directly and
not vicariously. He believes that the
election of United States senators by
popular vote will d afford an efficient
remedy for the many evils resulting
from the present system Of senatorial
elections-such as length of time con-
c11poad and fraO41apt fa ilrtrn To chonca