The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-11
Notes.

The current number of the Critic contains
an interesting essay upon the journal of the
brothers Goncourt, which closes with the fol-
lowing suggestive quotation:
After violent discussion at Mangy's"
Jules says from which I have Just emerged
with beating heart and parched throat, l am
fully convinced Of the following:
"All political discussion comes to this:
am worth more than you.g Ases =
"All literary discussion to this: I possess
better taste than you.
'All artistic discussion to this: see more
clearly than you do
All musical discussion to this: I am
gifted with better ear than you can boast
Progress, the journal of university extern
sion, published in Chicago, begins with its
second volume, the course in Universal Lit
erature." The current number contains ar
ucles on the literature of the ancient Egypt
lans. by DR.. George Ebers of Persia, by Prof
A. V. Williams Jackson; of Babylon and AS
syria, by Theophilus T. Pinches, of the Bos-
ton museum. and an essay upon 1.-THE New
Archaeology" by w. M. Flinders Pelire
Ey'ry Month is worth reading for several
reasons. for 1t has distinct note of It's own
but perhaps the feature of it which affords
most entertainment to the reader is the sup
ply OF fve-lne charaeterizations printed IN
der the picture Of the celebrities Of the hour
Walter Camp reviews the football season of
1870 In the October number of Outing. E. B.
Abercrombie considers Road Teams and
Their Drivers" w. e. Coffin writes of ''Bear
Hunting in British Columbia" and F. g.
Alhalo, Of "Schnapper Fishing Off Sydney
Head" There are two stories, "a Honey
moon A-WheeP' and ''The Master Of Brook
eld.''
"a Group of Michigan Women Writers"
are described in the Midland Monthly
Grants Life in the West" by Col John
and an account of the Amana community In
Illinois is contributed by 3. l.. Wicks
An article on the wife of Mai. Mckinley
written by her friend and townsman, Mrs,
Mary K. Hartzell, will appear in the next
number Of Harper's Bazaar, accompanied
by Mrs. McKinley's portrait.
The first volume of the new uniform and
complete edition of George Meredith's works
may be expected in October from Charles
Constable & Co., OF London. Mr.. Meredith
has revised his works for this edition, and,
1t is understood, has made a number Of
changes in the text which will thus be final
and de1nitive. He has also included some
work which has not hitherto been issued in
book form. The new and striking portrait
by ]. s. Sargent. A. r. A., will be feature
OF the first volume.
Two admirable serial stories will be pub
lished in Harper's Weekly in the course of
the year 1897. One a New England story by
Mary E. Wilkins will begin in January, and
the other, a tale of Greek uprising against
the Turks, by e. r. Benson. the author Of
Dodo," will appear during the latter half
of the year. Besides these, more short stories
will appear in the Weekly than it has been
possible to publish during 1895. A sequel
to The Household on the Styx.' by John
Kendrick Bangs, will also appear early in
the year. illustrated by Peter Newell.
The Fatal Gift of Beautyls is the name of
volume OF short stories byoG. E. RAYMOND
which is to be brought out in October by
Herbert S. Stone & Co., of Chicago The
author is already known for two books.
George Mandeville's Husband and THE
New Moon" This new volume Is light and
clever in tone, and full OF humor.
Frank Hazenplug is engaged In making
drawings In the style of the last century
to be used In illustrating Mrs. Alice Morse
Earle's volume on Curious Punishments of
Bygone Days"