Literary Notes

The December installment of the Lincnln Ilistory In Tlie Century is entitlcd "First Plans for Kmancipation." It will i intiin niucli heretofore unpubllshed m:tlfll;il i eiu tllu Mt. Liliicin'o ideas upon the subject- ;iuiong the rest the earliept draft of his fumous proclamation which, in the Presideut's own Bii n. Injc, is now i'i tlie poisession of the authois of the Life. The contenU of " The Popular Science Monthly" are alwiys sure to arrest attention. The December inimber opens with ii curious ?tii.ly of ' The Psycbology of pecpntlon," sliowino; the manner in wiiirh tli( mimi Is led into error. Intentional deceptlOD in the form of campaign ]yinr is tlie subject of n Bcathlng editorial entiOed " A Test of National Morality." Dr. (.'. C. Abhott presents some of his entertain ing observations of animal Ufe in in u,n illutrited artlcle on "ThePineTree Liz:ud." Mr. Tepinard's paper on "The List Stajrcs in the Genealogy of Man" Ia concluded in thls number. It states the most probable theoriea of the rclationship between man and monkcys. The second editorial calis attentlon to Work at the Lick Observatory," and a variety of interestiug Items tl 1 1 the other departments. New Toik: D. Appleton & Company. Fitty centa a n tien her, $5 a year.