Literary Notes

The Illustrated World's Fair Eor May omes out witli the largest cppper late half-toae p'hotographie kcene ver prjated. The entire central porion i the World's Fair grounds is hown in one pk-ture, and the sheet s over forty inehes wide. The nunier contain.s a page article on the V'orld's Fair, by Madame Patti-Nk-oin"l, with two portraits; a page ol 'atti-ana; a page article and portait of Colonel Torn Fitch, oí California; a page article aud portrait oí tanley Waterloo; a novel and .strikng represetitation of the Golden Monana Xail, with which Mirs. Palmer nislicil the canstruiction of the Wo uin's Building; Memories for Deeoation Day," by John McGovern and ixo-n Waterman; a fine front page ortrait of Mrs. Potter Palmer; an aitorlal desiription of Jackson Park, y Opie Bead. Next month the IMector-General will wrilie an article foii hifi handsome and enterprising magaine. lts pictures are everywhere )raised and copied. J. X. Ilalligan, fcVicker's Building. 25 cents a copy. -■'() a year. "The Last Words of Thomas Caryle" is the title of an important book y Carlyle, ' which will be published umediately by D. Appleton & Co. t contains Carlyle's only novel, "Wot:en Heinfred," which was left among lis papers. According to Froude and x-slie Stephen, some characters in ;his novel -were drawn from Coleridge, :rving, Thackery and other of Caryle's contemporaries. The book also ontains another unpublished manutript, entitled "Excursión (Futile Enougli) to Paris," a characteristic escription of a journey with the ?rownings and a vlsit to Lord Ashurton. There is also a collection of npublished letters from Carlyle desribiiiR the preparation of his Frederck the Great, and there are several etters from Mrs. Carlyle. This imortant addition to Carlyle's works s the first of liis books to have au merican copyright.