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John Russell Young is collecting material for a history of the civil life of Gen. Grant.

Adelaide Procter's poem Suffering has been translated into the French by Th. Monod.

Very few of the periodicals of the day have not had a picture and biography of Tolstoi. Judge Tourgee has a new novel in preparation, to be issued shortly under the title Black Ice.

Max Nordau's new book, sharp, pungent, and recklessly iconoclastic, is Selected Paris Letters.

Mrs. Sarah K. Bolton's Wide Awake sketches of successful women and authors will be issued shortly in book form.

Chas. Alexandre, at one time Lamartine's private secretary, has printed a volume of souvenirs of Madame Lamartine.

Brander Matthews has in preparation a collection of essays to be published in the fall under the title Pen and Ink.

The English Bookseller catalogues Bill Nye's Boomerang Shots under "Sporting Books." Is it sarcasm, or merely British humor?

Prof. Erich Schmidt is said to be engaged on a full biography of Wilhelm Scherer, which is intended to appear in the new Goethe-Jahrbuch.

Joseph Kirkland, author of Zury, is said to be at work on a new story, Phil, Anne's Son, a branch but not a continuation of his first named book.

Le Prophète des Montagnes Fumeuses par Egbert Graddock, has just been published in Paris. Miss Murfree's nom de plume is sadly Gallicized.

About a month ago some one was guilty of a novel called Soap, a different author has just written Bubbles. The two writers should .collaborate.

Among the new English novels with which we are to be shortly favored is The Story of a Kiss, in three volumes, a clear case of what Milton would call "linked sweetness longdrawn out."

A new collection of Chas. F. Adams's clever poetic estimates of phases of society will be shortly published under the title Dialect Ballads, by "Yawcob Strauss."

Miss Braddon has written a novel based on the Jubilee celebrations. It is not so much the single instance that is to be decried, as the awful example it is placing before other writers.

The last posthumous novel of George Sand, Princess Nourmahal, has been purchased by the Cosmopolitan, and will run in that magazine as a serial, commencing with the October issue.

The Saone, a summer voyage by P. G. Hamerton and Joseph Pennell is in preparation. Probably Mr. Hamerton did the writing and Mr. Pennell the riding. The ability of both has been fully proved.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Mr. Stevenson's famous story, was written in four days, a most remarkable literary feat, both for its striking plot and the rapidity of its execution. The Dynamiter is the joint composition of Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson, and contains their united observations and notes.

It is said that the Duchess has sold her pseudonym to another writer and retired from the literary field. May the new Duchess change the combination in her productions and give the public an occasional novel with characters that love where they should, with flirtations where they do not threaten morals, with men and women a little truer to themselves and to common humanity.

The MS. of the Rev. Henry M. Field's letter to Col. Ingersoll, printed in the North American Review, was sent to the latter by the author with the promise that "if it contained one word that was offensive to him it should be stricken out." Col. Ingersoll replied that there was nothing, although he did not agree with Dr. Field's conclusions. There is a liberal courtesy in such a course that should not remain unique, or even

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Scholars in England are using time, paper, and ink in discussing the propriety of Chaucer's use of the word upriste, meaning "risen." Perhaps this is part of some deep, intricate and ingenious cipher modeled after Mr. Donnelly's, and used by Chaucer to identify his work, for the phrase in question "at the sonne upriste" certainly contains the letters S-h-a-u-s-e-r." Change the s to (interchangeable) and the author's name is revealed. It is hardly possible that this can be a mere coincidence. It is even likely that it is here Bacon drew his inspiration when he wrote Shakespeare.

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The Oliver Optic's Boat Builder's" series will be completed with Ready About; or Sailing the Boat.

Geo. P. Upton, author of Standard Oratorios, has in preparation a work devoted to cantatas and symphonies.

Madame de Sévigné will be the first volume of Routledge's English edition of "Les Grands Écrivains Français."

A compilation of Texas poetry, with biographical sketches of the authors, has recently been issued by Sam. H. Dixon & Co.

Louise Michel, the famous anarchist, will shortly publish in Paris, a collection of poems under the title Les Océaniennes.

A new novel by Miss Florence Warden, Scheherezade: a London Night's Entertainment, will be published in September.

John Boyle O'Reilly will write the introduction to the new edition of Giles's Human Life in Shakespeare, now in preparation,

Paul Du Chaillu will shortly publish The Viking Age, a work for which he has spent seven years in the collection of materials.

Tales From Chambers's Journal, a companion set to the famous Tales from Blackwood, will be issued this season by the J. B. Lippincott Co.

Marzio's Crucifix, by F. Marion Crawford, now running as a serial in the English Illustrated Magazine, will be shortly issued in book form.

A new book, by J. P. Mahaffy, on Greek Life and Thought from the Macedonian to the Roman conquest, is to be published by the Macmillans.

My Husband and I, by Count Tolstoi, now first translated from the Russian, has just appeared in London. It is a collection of short stories.

The Isles of the Princes; or, The Pleasures of Prinkipo, by the Hon. Samuel S. Cox; is to be published by G. P. Putnam's Sons.

Lee & Shephard will issue some time in the fall, a series of new dialect recitations to be edited by Geo. M. Baker.

S. Weir Mitchell's new book will be Prince Little Boy and other Tales out of Fairy Land, to be illustrated by F. S. Church and H. Siddons Mowbray.

An analysis of whist improved by the introduction of American leads, will be published by Ticknor & Co., under the name, Whist Universal.

Electricity and Magnetism, the first part of a school course of practical physics, is in preparunder the editorship of Balfour Stewart and W. W. Haldane Gee.

Miss Douglas's next novel is to be called Adam and Eve in a Garden. This is very close to that period "where the memory of man runneth not to the contrary."

Miss Blanche Roosevelt has written a life of Verdi, and an account of the production of his recent opera. It will be published under the title Verdi, Milan and Othello,

Under the title of Pagan Pearls, Elliot Stock of London, announces a collection of precepts concerning the conduct of life taken from the writings of non-Christian teachers.

A popular Hindu story, by K. Viresalingam Pandit, entitled Rajasekhara. which has become a classic in South India, is being translated for English readers by J. R. Hutchinson.

The fourth and concluding volume of Smith's Dictionary of Christian Biography, which includes the literature, sects and doctrines during the first eight centuries. will be ready shortly.

Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana and Babylonia, a new work by Sir Henry Layard, will also give an account of a residence among the Bakhtiyari and other wild tribes before the discovery of Ninevah.

The origin and history of the Christian hymns of all ages and nations, with critical notices of their authors and translators, will be given in Julian's forthcoming Dictionary of Hymnology, to be published by Murray, of London.

The Marquis de Rochambeau has just completed a volume entitled Yorktown; Centenaire de l'Independence des Etats Unis d'Amerique, 1781-1881, in which he gives a history of his experiences during his visit to America. It will be ready within a month or two.

With the Unhanged is the cheerful title of a collection of stories by Richard Dowling, now in press.

A valuable work on yachting will be Famous Clyde Yachts 1880-87, to be illustrated with more than thirty large colored plates and numerous small sketches. It will be published by Oates & Runciman, of Glasgow.

Under the title of An Anthology of the Novels of the Century, Mr. H. T. Mackenzie Bell has edited a little volume containing a collection of choice reading from the best novels of the last eighty years, with critical and biographical notes and memoranda.

Miss Frances C. Sparhawk, well-known for her contributions to current educational periodicals, has prepared a series of instructive geographical conversations between pupil and teacher, to be published under the title Miss West's Class in Geography.

In his new work, Danton in the French Revolution, Lawrence Gronlund will set forth his belief that the work of Danton really saved France, and that the responsibility for the bloodshed from 1789 to 1792 should be placed not upon the Socialists, but upon those whom he terms "Counter Revolutionists."

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"Do you question me, as an honest man should do, for my simple, true judgment?-MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

Correspondents are invited to make full use of this column on all literary questions, which will be most cheerfully answered as far as we may be able. The name and address must in all cases accompany the query.

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George Meredith has been writing for the public for more than thirty-five years.

MAGAZINE BRIEFS.

The Universal Tinker, a monthly devoted to amateur work been begun in New York.

Fowls for Pleasure, Prizes and Profit is a new London weekly devoted entirely to poultry.

The first number of the American Journal of Psychology will appear early in October, 1887. Phonetische Studien is a new periodical devoted to modern languages and their pronunciation.

Gen. Lord Woolsey, it is said, is writing a history of the reign of Queen Victoria, for the Forum.

Zeitschrift für Africanische Sprachen is a new periodical to be begun in the African colonies of Germany.

It is announced that the plates of Poole's Index to Periodical Literature are to be destroyed at the close of this year.

A new scientific periodical to be called Annals of Botany, is to be begun within a few weeks by the Clarendon Press of London.

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The Vienna Oriental Journal is quarterly periodical devoted to studies in the history and philology of the East.

A new magazine to be entitled The Colonial Book Circular and Bibliographical Record, will be begun in London at an early date.

Dr. Löwy's recent attack on the Moabite Stone has met with unanimous opposition from archæologists and students of ancient history.

It is understood that the article on Madame de Maintenon in the current number of the Edinburgh Review is by H. E. H. Jerningham.

Lucifer is the title of a new magazine devoted to theosophy to be begun in September, under the editorship of Mme. Blavatsky and Miss Mabel Collins.

Edgar Fawcett has written a serial story, The Dominick Diamonds, to be published in The Curio, the first number of which will be ready by the 15th of September.

The Classical Review, with a view to securing the coöperation of American scholars, follows the example of the English Historical Review in engaging an American sub-editor.

It is said that a Jewish quarterly will soon be started under the direction of Mr, Claude Montefiore and Mr. Israel Abrahams, on the model of the Revue des Études Juives in Paris. Among the contributors will be those distinguished scholars Prof. Graetz and Dr. Friedländer.

"The Real Significance of Hamlet," which appears in the July Temple Bar, is said to be by Whately Cooke Taylor,

The first volume of a new periodical specially devoted to botany, has just been issued in St. Petersburg, in connexion with the botanical Beketoff and Gobi, under the title Scripta garden of St. Petersburg University, by Profs. Botanica Horti Universitatis Petropolitanae.

NEW SERIALS.

The following comprises the serials begun in the magazines for America and Europe for the month.

AUGUST, 1887.

Acequia Madre of Santiago.....R. B. Townshend-Overland.
Art Patrons.................
.F. Mabel Robinson-Mag. of Art.
Azalia....
.Joel Chandler Harris-Century.
Boat Sailing..
....F. Fox-Boy's Own Paper.
Boucher. François.. .........S. Brinton-(July) Portfolio.
....A. L'Estrang- Naval & Mil. Mag.
Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main.....Harper's.
Conversion D'Amrah. La...........E. Glardon-Revue Chrét.
Crushing Strength of Brick Piers.. (July 30) Amer. Architect.
Disestablished Church in Jamaica..

Boulanger, Gen.....

Edged Tools.....

Church Work.

Temple Bar.

Evolution of the Electric Telegraph.....(July 29) Teleg. Jour.
Experiments to obtain Aluminium....... (July 22) Teleg. Jour.
False tep, A.......
Folie de Doute...
Gallery of Ghosts, A....

..............Longman's. (July) Jour. Mental Sci. Home Chimes.

German Goldsmiths of Renaissance(Aug. 10) Jeweler's W'kly.
Glances Round the World...
........ Buchanan's.
Great Depression of Trade........D. A. Wells-Contemp. Rev.
Ha-Khoshecah; a Vision of the Infinite....(June) Theosophist.
Hill, Rowley (Right Rev.)...
Fireside.
Japanese Art...
Land of Love, A.
Little Mrs Judas.
Loyalty George..

.China Decorator.

. Sidney Luska-Lippincott's. ......Illustrations. Mrs. Parr-Temple Bar.

Maid of Honor, The.......... Helen Luqueer-St. Louis Mag. Man's Thoughts about Women........J. S. Blackie-Cassell's. Marigold's Triumph......... Kate T. Sizer-Young England. Marjorie Vincent's Rebellion.... A. Arnutt-Home Chimes. Milner's Mistake......

.F. Anstey-Macmillan's.
Miser Farebrother.. B. L. Farjeon-(July 2) Harper's Weekly.
My Grandfather's House... Mrs. J. A. Field-Cottage Hearth.
New Cosmogony A... ...A. M. Clerke—(Aug. 4) Nature.
One Trave ler Returns.......
..Murray & Herman-Longman's.
Overmantle for Amateur, An................... .......Amateur Work.
Pickles' Playgrounds.....
..(July) Little Folks.

Prince des Sots, Le...... G. de Nerval-(July 1) Nouv. Revue.
Puerperal Insanity..... A. C. Clarke-(July) Jour. Mental Sci.
Rational Study of Elocution.....
........Nelle P. Nichols-Voice.
Récents Manuels de Legislation Scolaire. (July 15) Rev. Pédag.
Salon, The..

Ship Decoration...

..Mag. of Art. Beck's Journal.

Sir M. E. Grant Duff's Views about India...... Contemp. Rev.
Some Famous Women........ Alice D. Le Plongeon-Godey's.
Some Garter-King-at-Arms..
.......(July) Antiquary.
Taking the Tide.......
......Sarah Pitt-Quiver.
Tennyson's Palace of Art..... James Stuart-Bapt. Mag.
Télegraphie Sous-Marine..... ...July 2) Lumiére Elect.
Tobie Rayoud........... ...Paul Hervieu-(July 15) Revue Illustré.
Treacherous Calm, A.. .......... Thos. Keyworth-Cassell's.
Visit in a Dutch Country-House.....M. Crommelin-Eng. Ill.
What is True Culture?...... ..Henry Berkowitz-Menorah.
Yeux de L'Aleule, Les... J. de Néthy-(July 15) Nouv. Revue.

"Since brevity's the soul of wit, I will be brief."-HAMLET.

TO THE READER.

The books given under this heading comprise the principal books published during August. In the note, the idea has been to tell what the book is about, and the style in which it is written rather than to give any criticism upon its merits.

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SLANDER. By Edna Lyall. The slander was born and duly entered into its poisonous career at a quiet Sunday afternoon tea, when Mrs. O'Reilly confidentially explained to Lena Houghton her firm conviction that the wealthy Sigismund Zaluski was an awful Nihilist. As Lena Houghton pronised not to reveal a word of it to anyone, the story soon is told to her friend, who promises to be equally silent, and requires the same promise of secrecy from the one to whom he reveals it, so that this modern "three black crows" works great and lasting wrong. The moral is not obtruded.-Appleton, .25.

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IN BAD HANDS, AND OTHER STORIES. F. W. Robinson.-A story of life in the poorest part of London. Phil. Wharton a bright clever lad who has an excellent musical voice, lives with a dying aunt. He is abducted by his father, a stage-villain of the old school, who compels him to travel with a wandering minstrel band that haunts the watering-places dispensing music to the social idlers. The remaining stories are Mrs. Bird's Best Umbrella (also abducted), A Prison Flower, Luck of Luke Shands, Dick Watson's Daughter, To be Called For, and other sketches.-Harper's, .20

A CHAUTAUQUA IDYL. By Grace Livingston. -Under the guise of a conversation between the flowers, birds, fishes and other animals, is given an exposition of the real underlying spirit of the Chautauquan movement, and the objects and aims for which it was founded and continued. The scenery and doings are described with the intent to give, in simple language adapted to children, an idea of the entire work.-D. Lothrop Co., .75.

MY CONFESSION. By Count Lyof N. Tolstoi. -In the midst of a busy, successful life of forty years, the problem of life, its secret and its worth, came before the mind of Tolstoi with all powerful force, and he felt that he could have

no happiness until the question was finally settled. Black, awful pessimism made him feel that suicide would be the best solution. Physiology, psychology, biology, sociology, science and philosophy though studied deep and sincerely, only tantalizingly echoed his query without answering it. At last he found the solution in faith, a belief in something higher and better, and that faith he sought and found in Christanity.-Crowell & Co, 1.00.

THE CONFESSIONS OF A FRIVOLOUS GIRL. By Robert Grant, new edition. The autobiography of a society girl from the time of her debut when she looked perfectly lovely, through her flirtuous onslaughts and heart-breakings, social conquests, struggles and feminine lemonade dissipations to the period when she has the usual turn of society remorse over lost chances for noble work, true nobility, intellectual development and likewise. With a woman's consistency she marries the man she snubbed, laughed at and beguiled, long ere she woke to the revelation that she loves him. Then she settles down to the faithful life of a real earnest woman none the worse for her foolishness.Ticknor, .50.

CULTURE'S GARLAND. By Eugene Field.In a playful banter Mr. Field gives some apparently innocent yet sharp hits at the Bostonian tendencies of Chicago, and its aim to out-do the East in its literary power and possibilities. The sketches, mostly in prose but with an occasional touch in verse, are aimed at the sham part of the movement; the weak points or veneer refinement that crops out from vulgar wealth. The papers represent Mr. Field's comments on current phases of Chicago's efforts in art, music and society.-Ticknor, .50.

THE DEAN AND HIS DAUGHTER. By F. C. Phillips. The Dean, a suave, deceitful heathen, with a love for rum and water with a cigar accompaniment, marries his daughter Miriam to a rich diplomat of some sixty winters in the hope that he may make something out of the sale in the shape of a church preferment that will increase his unclerical pleasures. The daughter travels with her husband, sees society all masked with pretty disguises covering varied wickedness, meets adventurers and adventuresses, and life of the day is again held up to the pessimistic looking-glass.-F. F. Lovell & Co., .25

DIVORCED. By Mrs. L, V. Dahlgren.-A study of the question of divorce, the danger of the easy legal slips by which the matrimonial bonds may be broken, with a plea for a more sacred respect for marriage. Pauline Peyton,

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