Literary Notes

The publicatlon of theiniieh talketl ol Tkackeray lettere in BcrUwer'i Magazine will begin al na eiirly date during the lint ycar. The firrt half of Geo. W. Cable's twopart story, "Caranero," a story of the Liouisiana Arca'Ji;ins, will appeiir in tlic January Oentury, with illustratlons bv Kemble, who raceolly vialteO Loulvlaiia to obtain sketches tbr the work. That SerlbDfir! Masadas is likely to be a succes in Kngland, im well as linv, is iibundantly proved by the fact tliat Frederick Warne & Co., of London, who are toiict as the agentsfor the sale of the magazine In Graat Brltaln, have bought outriglit 2Ü,ÜUU C0ies of tho new nniaziiu'. "The New Astroniiiiiy"' papers, by Prot S. P. Lanley, of AllegUany Uaivertlty, uiiich were prmted sonif time ago In the Century, will be ilipplementod ly seveil additional papers DJ the same uut hoi'. The lirst of these, wi "GoOMll and Metoors," will appear in the Jamiary Centuiy, with nina striking Illoatratloiia. Au lnturesting illustrative feature of the lirst Inatalment f Mr. Vubburne'i " Keniinisuence of the Öieffe ol Paria," which are to appear in Udibner'g Magilzini', wil) be a tac slniile of the ritten dralt of the original pioclaination, sent to Mr. Washbunie, announcing the disuster of Seilan, mul mnwil by thu Council of Miniitvn.