Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-27

LITERARY NOTES.
f. Tennyson Nicely publishes this fall
a number of books concerning the cur-
rency question, one of which. "rhe Ma
tiohs Greatest Problem; or. Silver
| Cold claims to reason fairly ON both
SIDES, but inclines decidedly to the gold
| standard. e0iN
Among ID. Appleton & Co.'S new books
VIII be found f. Austeys latest novel
The Statement of Stella Maberly." We
nave known him before through "Vice
versa The Giants Robe" etc, but this
lasl original and impressive story has
| won from the London Bookman the com
| ment that Hawthorne or Poe might have
CHOSEN such theme, while the London
Ilmes, in speaking of this very note
| worthy novel, has said: There is
h horIieahnng approaching genius in the
tlcal impress us like the real"
rms same company has on sale a stir
ring historic romance, Denounced" by
d. experimentation, which opens in the
days Just following the Jacobite unris
ing of 17i5. The scene changes to
france. and a vivid picture Is given of
the inner life of the Bastile. The author
strengthens his reputation as an accu-
rate student and also a singularly pic
turesque and engrossng writer Of ro-
mances of the past.
The Critic for last week tells us what
| possibly some of our readers have al
ready discarded for themselves. that
: Sara Crews Little Game" In thie
| months Munsey, is a decided "gane"
| played by Grace Stuart Reid on the well
| known writer of short stories. Mrs. Mar
garet Briscoe Hopkins, whose "Ann,e
Toosie's Little Game" was published in
Harpers Magazine for July 1895, which
Grace Reid admired sufficiently to copv.
| In full and send as her own to Munsev'
whose editor. ignorant of the fact that
| 1t was the production of another and
| mad already seen the light OF publica-
| ton, accepted the story on its merits
and sent the supposed author a chetA for
the same. Imagine his horror and sur
/ prise, when too late, he discovered that
the story had been literally stolen from
| Harpers.
No reader of the Bonnie Rrler Bush"
stories can fail to be Interested in the
opening article in the October McClure's
1t is an account of Ion Maclaren, the an
thor of those most genial tales, by an
intimate personal friend, the Rev d. M
ROSS, describing him as monster and
pulpit orator. in which characters he
had become eminent long before he took
up authorship as well as in his literary
methods and career. A series of por-
traits. pictures of Ian Maclaren's several
residences, and some original Drum
tochty views illustrate the paper
To the same number Rudyard Kipling
contributes one Of his strongest ballads,
Cholera Camp"
We've got the cholera in camp-it's
worse than forty fights;
We're dyin' In the wilderness the same
as Israelites."
Other contributions of particular inter-
est are a remarkably vivid and real ac-
count of the Lincoln and Douglass de-
bates OF 1853, drawn from personal remi
niscences of Lincoln's and Douglas con-
temporaries and ne,ghbors; a paper of
personal observations and recollections
of Ii Hung Chang and his labors for
the advancement of China, by the Hon.
Chester Holcombe who for many years
lived In close personal and official rela-
tions with the viceroy; Mr. Will Fl.
Lows "reminiscences of q reception day
at the French salon. and impressions of
Fortuny Dagnan-Bonveret. Cain and
other important recent painters: and,
finally, a paper by Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps, giving some confessions from her
own experience of the life hard worked
author. All of the papers are fully Illus
trated.
The fiction of the number is up to the
Mcclure standard. which means that it
is of fresh and unfailing interest 1t in
cludes the final installment of the An
thony Hope novel, phrase" which
closes ina perfect flood Of engaging adj
ventures: a fine story by Robert W.
Chambers, who is proving himself one
of the most striking of the young Amari-
can story writer's; smashing sea story
by Morgan Robertson. and story of
London adventure by w. Pett Ridge.
Godey's Magazine for October contains
nj Az nf ChnV e. f,fI Do, To
min Franklin. written by George c. Lay.
This chapter treats OF Franklin the Ap-
prentice the Printer and the Philoso-
pher,' in very reary manner, and later
will follow his achievements as a politi-
clan and diplomat.
Ida Rose McCabes account of 'The
wellington Rescue; an Anti
Slavery Crisis Which Almost Precipi-
tated the Civil War in 1859 Through the
Secession of the North" comes out at a
time when the political parties are again
discussing the means to be employed in
dealing with measures believed to be un-
just, for the fugitive slave law offered
something of parallel for the questions
raised by the income tax, supreme court
and government by injunction declara-
tions in the democratic platform. An
other election time article is called 1.-THE
Present Campaign in Canton" reflect
ing in newspaper pictures the political
sentiment throughout the country. Mary
c. Francis writes something further
about Anna Ana Carroll, whose services
for the union were set forth in the Sep
TENDER Godey's. Miss Francis suggests
concerted action on the part of the wo-
mems organization TO secure fitting rec
ognit.an for the claims of this remark
able woman. Many other illustrated
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