Literary Notes

Worthdog-ton Co., 747 Broadway, New York. announoe the publication in their Fair Llbrary : "The Ironmaster," by Georges Ohnef, autlior of ''Antoinette." Witli frontispiece. 1 vol. 12m. papar. "Tlie Ironmaater" is a story of admirably sustained Interest, SklDfully tolil in p;raceful yei. fo re i ble language. The trongly niarked characters devoloped themselTee nafurally, botli in their ííii.ii;'." and thelr actions. The book, I moreover, nnllke the general run of 1'riMnh novele, conveya a sound moral. It Shows uiew how iieediul it W tliat husbands and wives alike ahould stiidy each other8 character befoire marrlatpe. and it eniorccs in convlnclng language the oft-repeatcii io-.nn Muit a woman should never trifle Wlth the affect on ol the man to wbom iho !s mated tor VUe. Worthiogton Co., i Broadway, New York, announoe tiw publication in tbelr ]u-i' Llbrary : ' Southern Herdtage." A novel by Wm. Horaoe Ili-own. 1 vol., 12mo, clotli, $1; paper ."() cente. An attractlve story in1 Amerleam Scmthern society Ule, which. aa regarde dramatic sjiirit. ortglnality of motii, force and life of cbnractere, is most remarkable. Tlie conceptloos are Btrong bnt simple, the etyle natural, the eonversatlons except ionnlly TlvaclonB, and the people i il are creattfrea of ïlesh and blOOd, even ff gome are Vond of pleesure, high llvtng, dancing, morphJne, etc. The deBcrlpttons ol the great ball, especlally, in whdch the Grand Duke Ale N and Mr-. Kirkwood were dancing partners, are wonder fully reali.-tic. in fact tliev make one's blood tingle. n many readers it Aviü leave tiie ijeslre fco particípate in social pleasures which are here sn vlvidiy repreaented. ; coone, there rr.ns ateo in tliis brigihi novel an nn(ler-cnrrent Of dark deed-;, finallv lirouulit tO B happy en 1 liy an ideal and approprlate marrlage.