The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24
Literary Notes.

Those who enjoyed the Lark will be in
terested to hear of new journal under the
guidance Of Mr. Gelett Burgess, whose orig
inal "Vivette' stories, enlarged and rear
ranged, are now in press. This unconven-
tional editor, with the cooperation Of Mr..
Oliver Herford, the clever illustrator, and
Mr.. James jeffrey Roche, poet and humorist
will shortly startle the New York reading
public with a four-page weekly sheet bear
ing the somewhat appalling title Of L Enfant
Terrible! The editorial nursery is g. certain
restaurant in this city, where these nursery
men meet for a weekly dinner, and then
and there produce the entire contents of the
forthcoming number. verse, prose and pic
lures, which, told will surpass all
previous escapades Of the kind.-Crttic.
The November Century will contain what Is
practically the authoritative statement Of the
sultan Of Turkey regarding the treatment Of
Armenians by his government 1t Is in the
form of an interview with Hon. A. W. Ier-
rell, lately United States minister at Con-
stantinople. During conversation. which
lasted more than two hours, the sultan told
the story of his relations with the Arme-
to the people Of the United States. IN ac>
cordance with that desire MIR. Terrell con-
tributes this article to the November Cen
tury. tse
McClure's Magazine for November will con-
tain three chapters from Mark Twain's forth
coming book his recent journey round
the world. They are the only portion that
will be given to the public in advance Of
the book itself and are said to have all Of
the old Mark Twain flavor, with something
added. They have been very fully illustrat-
ed for McClure's by A. B. Frost AMI Peter
Newell, who, for kindly, genuine and yet
fanciful hunor, hold much the same place
among artists that Mark Twain himself holds
among writer's.
Still another evidence Of F. Marion Craw-
ford's great popularity a novelist Is to be
found in the fact that three weeks before the
day set for the publication of his new book
"Corleene," his publishers had received orders
to twice the number of copies which they had
ordered printed for the first edition, so that
they were obliged to give an additional print
ing order; that is, practically to order the
second edition of a book three weeks before
a single copy of it had been delivered
Walter A. Wyckoff's most interesting nara
tive of his experiences as a laboring man
describes in the November -Scribner's his
work as a Farm Hand" in Pennsylvania.
That there is work of this kind for those
who want it is evident
''But surely" said, "more men apply to
you for work than you can possibly employ"
He looked at me with some wonder at my
ignorance. "For long time 1 have been
growing old, and I can't do the work that
I once did, and if could find the right man
I'd keep him the year round and pay him
good wages. But the best young fellows go
to the cities, and the rest are mostly a worth
less lot There's hardly a day In the year
when 1 haven't a job for any decent man
who'll ask for it."
With the November number, st. Nicholas
begins a new volume, and enters upon its
twenty-hfth year. Two new serials are be-
gun, and others are promised for succeeding