Literary Notes

A Paper on "Our Public Land Policy" n the forthcoming (October) Harper's, will give a brief, compact statement of he present state of the public lands, witli especial reference to the mooted questions of Indian reservations, railroad grants and the Oklahoma boomers. A novel paper from tli pen and pencil of W. Hamilton Gibson is proniised ibr he October Harper's under the title of 'Back-yard Studies." Mr. Gibson astonshed himself one fine morning by countng, in hig bit of city garden, twenty-five iy twelve feet, not lesa than sixty-four ifïerent epecies of planta, many of them inong the most eurious, though the most ommon, of vegetable forms. City and country people alike will be interested In nis strange revelation, the interest of vhich is enhanced by Mr. Gibsou's deliate drawlngs. The October number of the North American Review contains twenty-three rticles by ai many different contributors - amongwhom are an English Cardinal, n American Admiral, two American Hajor-Generals, two American ex-Minisers to European Courts, an American Artist, an N. Y. Asscmblyman, an exJnited States Senator, the Mayor of New York, an ex-Governor of New York, wo distlnguished American Men of Leters and a famous American Financier - Manning, Ammen, Ben. Butler, Fitz ohn Porter, Elihu B. Washburne, Wm. Waldorf Astor, (tiig flrst appearance in iteratureO J. B. Eustis, of Louisiana, Vin. H. Grace, of New York, Theodore iooeevelt, Horatio Seymour, E. P. Whiple, Charles T. Congdon, Dormán B. Caton, and some otliers less knowu. 'liere la also a very characteristic irivate etter from Gen. Grant to bis fatber, wrilten from MHlIken's Bend, just two ays before he started in the Vicksburgh ampaign. It it contributed by Col. FreU. Orant