Literary Notes

Mark Twaln bai an artlcle entltled "Enfilan as Bhe is Tauglit, '' in the April Century. It gires nuiueroiu exaraplea of the ti markabTe Engllsh sonietlmes fonnd in ichool exerclses, wltii running oomments hy the humorlst. The Lineólo Hlítory by Menr. Xicoluy iincl H iy reaches B fani taa period of Lincoln's o ireer witli the April number - the eampain sgainst Tiimibull, and the e:irlier Douylal debates. I! trder Etofflanisin in Kansis, and the Tope ka uikI Leeomptoa Comtltutloni uc also treatcd of. In view of the present lively interest in Uu-in, the rv.iclers oí the April number "1 llarpci's Magazine will enjoy the attruotlve Hrticle by Ralph Meeker, entitled "Through il e Canoasus." Mr. Meeker iketchea :i vi.-it inade to tlie must unfamiliar prorince in that anomalona realm daring the excltement of the late war betwteii RllMla and Turkey. lift claims that "no country haylng railwaya and teh'trraphs is so ittle known as Kussia. Kvery type of civiliza! ion and every grade of burbari-m re found within its boundarlet." The Illustrationi are by the mitiior's fellow-trayeller, F. I). Millet, and are oapitally done. The conclusión of the arttcle wlll appear In the May number. Two beautiful llttlfl leafleta tor the Eaater teaaoo have been Itaiied by D. Lotb.ro p Coinpany. One, EaSter Ijililes, prioe ¦!¦" ccnls, is a colleotion of Milde texts, prepareil by Mis. E. R. Fairchild, with cmblematlo illustraiions iu color aml gold. The other, Sanahlne, prloe 80 eents, by Kathai int' Lee Bate, is a charmlngiy wrttten poem, with a number of illustratious in which the wild llowers and -nnshine pl.iy tlicit part In drlTlnff awny Ihe bad temper of a I Ittle laas who had bidden away in the graas In a tit of sulks. The poem t tila how sIm1 lUtened lo the sermón of the Reverend Buttercup, and at the end, Slie peeped from between the wind-blown luckH at the nllnk of llie contrlbutlon-box; Hut wii'-n tho iqalrrel oame down the aisle, in lui aodm-oap siie droppeü a 8inile. From amona the eholoest of heetmuflo publlcationf of the montli, ths followlng have hcrii telected : "Valse Lente" by Slmi'lt, very eraoefttl and veiy :irlitic' in style; it wnl Be sdmtred by pianista of some proflclencyt (80 cis.); The "Maroh'1 from Anilran's new opera, "Indiana," very pretty piano tnnilo, f80 cis.); four verv easy pieoei by Mack, entitled, "Always LoTely Waltz," "Tinga-ling Walt.' "My Fir-t SchottUhe," and "Do not Teil VValtz," prloe eaoh, ¦_'.") cents. Then tbere are two very In te resting pieces, entitled, "Magie Spel] W'ahz,'' tor the banjo and piano, (40) ets ). and "Tannlinauser," for mandolín and plano, (60 ets.) In addltlon to the above are two line -mi;-, viz : "Yo-ho I 3fo-ho!" a lallor-song by Kobbe, [83 ci)-, and "Love is a Drêam," beau tl ol sou;; by Cowen, (SOOtt.) Any of these nnv pulilloationi wlll be toni to sny addri reoelpt of prloe, by Ollyer Dltton A Co., Boston, Mass.