Literary Notes

N ¦ have j ust reeeived from the publisher a neat little book, containinr plans mul spccilications for twenty-flvc houses of all sizes from two rooms up, also engrravingi showing the appearance of i'u-rs built from the plans jfiven. Geo. W. Oilvie & Co., 236 Lake Street, Chicago, publUher Mailed on receipt of 25 cents to any nddress. The new iiovel whieh Mr. W. ü. How¦lls is writing for The Century will be in i lljrbter vcin than "The Rise of Silas japhnm." It ti-euts of a simple-souled, iure-he:irted country youth, who comes O Boston with a trashy foem he hn8 Milten, and ilh no othe'r visible means if support Some of the charactcrs Iti '811 ai LaphanT1 will re-appèar in the lew seriiil. Mr. Howells has written n slury lor St. Nicholaa called "Christmas Svery Day," forwhich his little daughter lias furnished humoroui illustrations.