The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-18
EHE LITERARY FIELD.

49,, ~ NV Frank Vincent. NJ A, has
I'm issued by ID. Appleton & Co..
york The ungcientiiic lover of ma
,,,. will find this book source of en-
.s,u,.nt as well as OF instruction, and 1t
'.n he a valuable Introduction TO the
"a scientinc study of matters pertain
= N the fascinating field of botany. 1t
~, ~ new world, fun OF curiosity and
s.,,sbt and furnishes knowledge of the
-rates, use and value. In the range and
s,.yany of the many selections given In
~. ,,olume. the salient features of the
..o,,toble kingdom are portrayed in an
,,~-uctiyc manner and in a style that
.r,u induce further research on tho lines
Indicated.
,se,tenant General John M. Schoiielu
rsll contribute to the Century for May a
.hapter OF secret history entitled THE
withdrawal of the French from Mexico"
=, was Intended by the United States gov
.rnment that General Schoiield should
,oke charge Of volunteer troops to drive
tho French out of Mexico. but afterwaro
ha was sent on a confidential mission to
paris 10 induce Emperor Napoleon to
oraer a peaceful Withdrawal. General
schoaeld Will give a hitherto unpublished
,.,ter from General Grant to General
sns,,rar then IN command of the mill
.srv division of the gulf showing to
-, ay.ra,n.s the government was will
ing TO go TO aecofhpiish u.s PURPOSE IN
q supplementary article, MI. romero, the
,,ov,san MN istcr TO the United States,
-, g Az, ,o,o,,.,,, ,,o.,,,ao,,
u will give nus view o, eie iei''''0i' oe'"een
Fl the withdrawal OF the tTench and the fall
Il =, rho second empire.
n
n nArt Idols Of the Paris SALON. ia the
Il .,.,A :, am art nmhI,cat,on eotten on, nv
TUE Oh u" az .,' ~. ~
n Ill. There Is d vast deal of undraped
fem,n,nfty within its pages but rs they
n are alleged TO be reproductions of the
work of some of the greatest Painters in
the world one is not supposed TO see any
thing Objectionable I'M them. The Apri
issue has a superb Diana, being gwen by
j. Wencker and another classical picture.
4 "orpheus spurned by the Thracian Wo-
men," by Francois La Ton. The other
i0u' su ~, u. 80, W Ns..'-
sae' i"o "-'s
woman ai's' nef o"Ni, W aui iA'.e'
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Il sui''he'' ~ D. 'IaID'
People who are In constant doubt as 10
y the pronunciation of the name Samuel
3 Pepys may md help in the following lin
gle from the London Graphlc:
4
'Ihere are people, I'M tolu-some say
Who sneak of the talkative Samuel az
Peeps;
And some 80 precise ana pedanuc thetr
Who cail Tho sellrbtfnl old aiariet penv-s.
But these think right, and i follow their
stepa,
psnsi; 'it' e~'' U-'''" so's'P Us
"a spotess Reputation is a new piece
and co,ntr, .c,r,r,,,. M ,t,.,, l., ~,
poro,haa Con, I'd Who's ,,,.oiss ,.o IN,
vsriabI,, rs.dsta. .,,a o,,.o,.,,i,,t,,r t1ar
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,is,.capy .o,s -.sr,s o,a ter oayor
of r,d.fasb;ore5 ,o,,,,,oo MI ,a1a 10
we'll wro,,rh, ,,,, - ~. ,.4..os+ 900.
talned to ~, ,,ot
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Among the recent music Issued by the
Oher Dtson company, Boston, The Post
mas received an excellent song in the ball
English vocalist entitled .rrho Dear
Homeland" Anothcr eon,, of .ba nonu-
lar sort ,s Nav 1r,,,rss 100, I'm, :.
Honey. Mat Nc ~. ,rr,.to, b., .,.
well known Ne,, yorl, .,.-, +,,,,,aI ~, ,,.,,a.
Rudolph Ar,nsor .,p,oaors t., ttn ora
Red Barn" Is a song for ,,,ed,,,r, ,,oice q,
a more ssrJoua I've ,,st st,,, An .,,
P0puiar vein. Among the instrumental
II, music the "Frontenae" two-step. by Fred |
W. DdSecomb is especially worthy OF |
'"ehuoh' III Is cleverly written, with
swinging melody which attracts and |
m p tho nearer The "Kernwood
pleasing nun,har '''
Ex-Pres,dent Harrison will conclude MS |
series OF papers on life in the White