The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-29
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
The opening chapters of a new serial
story by Horatio Alger jr., are given in
the April number of Frank Leslie's Pleas
ant Hours for Boys and Girls. 1t is called
/ "Gerald's Mission" and was written es-
pecially for this bright magazine.
Prof Arthur W. Wright of Yale,
university, who has lately conducted
with the ''X' rays, has written paper
for the April Forum entitled 1.-The Cath
ode Ray-Its Character and Effects
John Murray (the fourth has now be-
gun for the advantage of fresh genera
ton, the publication of a new edition of
the Borrow books, taking as the first
work in his series THE Bible in Spain"
ing with Mr.. Murray in the production of
! this edition and will have charge of its
sale in the United States.
The Right Hon. James Bryce, NJ. p,
! author of that most popular and sue
| cessful work 1.-THE American Common
wealth. has written an article for the
! April Forum entitled Two South At
rican Constitutions'-an elaborate analy-
sis of the systems of government in the
two South African republics-the Trans
taal and the Orange Free State.
G. F. Putnam's Sons have in press for
early publication the book of the Hast
ings chess tournament, which will be is
sued simultaneously in London and in
New York The volume will contain the
full official record of the 230 games played
! by the twenty-five competitors at this
international congress, these games being
fully and carefully annotated by distin-
guished body of experts, including in their
number the eight prize winners.
Harpers Magazine for April contains
/ the concluding chapters of the story of
| Joan of Are" showing the maid and
! cCnqueror as at last the martyr. The
| frontispiece is an engraving, by Florian,
of the mural painting by Lenepveu in the
Pantheon at PariS-a striking representa-
/ ton of the execution of Joan. An en-
| craving is given of Fremiets statue, and
other illustrate of the closing scenes
of the Imprisonment and martyrdom from
| drawings by Du Mond.
The Easter number of Harper's Bazaar
! appeared on March o. It is distinguished
! by an extra supplement and a decorated
| cover, and full of the Easter sentiment
as expressed in fashions suitable to the
! season. Elegant gowns and wraps and
! lovely Easter hats and bonnets appear in
almost bewildering variety. A strong
! story by Marion Harland. entitled. Jim
! Purdy Martyr" with a fine illustration
| by a. j. Kellar, will be a. striking fea-
| ture.
Two famous personages now before the
public furnish subjects for sketches in the
April number of Godey's Magazine. One
of these is George Francis Train, the
most eccentric man in the world whom
Gibson Willets has interviewed in his fav-
orite corner in Madison square, New York
| city. The Citizen talks in his characters
tic strain and with his usual sallies of wit
and sarcasm; and the reader is left as
the author says. to judge for himself to
what extent the Citizens eccentricity has
developed.
When Wilkes Booth was shot to death
by Sergeant Boston Corbett he was in
! burning barn attached to the Garrett
farmhouse. near Bowling Green, Vir-
ginia The last person who talked to him
before the shot was fired was Jack Gar
rett, a young son of the owner of the
place. When the soldiers arrived Garrett
| talked with Booth through the cracks of
the burning barn. Mr. Garrett is now
living near his old home, and he has
given his account of the last days of
Booth. The story was taken down from
his lips by Victor Louis Mason, who Con
tributes an article on The Four Lin
coin ConsDiracieS' to the April Century.
1t is a curious fact that the critics in
reviewing 1.-THE Crime of the Century,"
DIR. Ottolengui's latest book-refer to
the author as Signor Ottolengui and ex-
press surprise that a foreigner should
show such intimate knowledge of New
York Ife. 1t is probable that because of
the theme of the book is penology that
the critics have COMPOUNDED the name
of the author with DR. Ottolenghi, the
Italian, who has aided Lombroso in his
work Not only, however, is DR.. Otto
lengui an American, having been born
in Charleston. S. c.. but it is interesting
to note that 1.-THE Crime of the Century
was written before he had read either
Lombroso or Nordau, whose views he
is credited with having introduced into
fiction.
The Ladies' Home Journal for April will
bring with it the grateful atmosphere of
balmy springtime, Albert Lynch painting
"the flowers of the field" nodding graceful
welcomes to one of his enthusiastically
sweet, spirituelle women-a cover of
daintily artistic beauty. 1t will be an ap-
proprate enclosure in which to embalm
some fond memories of Louisa May AL
cott who in a series of letters to fifty
little girls, written at inteIVlls from 1872
to 1886, reveals herself in most inter
esting and lovable way. In these epistles
she chats of her work her home life, the
influences that guided her literature, her
spiritual belief, and gives her views upon
the immortality of the soul, and refers
TO spiritualism and kindred topics with
delightful frankness
The Lee of Virginia series of illus
trated articles is continued in the April
number of Frank Leslie's Popular Month
ly. The present chapter, the third of the
series, is devoted to the early life of Rob
ert z. Lee-his boyhood, his West Point
training, his marriage with Mary Ran
dolph Gusts, residence at Arlington. and
over thirty years service in the United
States army, including the brilliant cam
paign in Mexico, where he won rapid pro-
motion and the cordial admiration of his
great commander. General Winfield Scott.
The Illustrations and portraits accompa-
nying Lee of Virginia" are especially in
teresting this month charming per-
sonal description of Mile. Emma Calve.
the queen of the opera season, is given.
together with some of her Paris portraits,
never before published, and numerous
snap shot" glimpses of her farm life
at Cabrieres, in the south of France.