Literary Notes

Mr. Hemry Irrlng, who tended at Qoebec tfae other day to begin a protracted American thratrlcal tour, will funiish tu 1 1 1 1 ■ September Forum i eharmimg artiele on "My Four Favorlte Parte." TSne (erar tavorlte parte are Ilamlrt. IagO, Kichard ]II. ; ' 1 1 1 1 Lear, ooncerning c.-icii oi which bhe graal tragedian will offer some partirularly engagtng and Ulamlnative crii i-isin. Maoy pleygoers ill wemder iiiat J!r. Irving .-lic.nM not liavr lu'.udci! t lic ]iart of Mathiai in "The Iiells" - osxe ol his grea.1 sucHarper's Bazar, tor Augusi 26th, will ciini.iiu two oharming slioi-t storirs : "Angela," by Mrs. Harrlel Pretx "i i Spofford, and ".V ('ajun Woolng," by Mrs. Iylie O. Harria. Thu conclmllng cbapter of Mr. Loui hRead's Intereetiog series on i !n ■ ■ niciits oí Floral Design." will also appear in tliis number. Some fasclnatíji.' aml a t i raí-i iv.' "Gllmpsea oí the Fair" will '1m giren In a page of 11i'i-i raí mis by 'Mr. T. Dart Walker. The Cemtury bas jist come in poescssiiin oí One Ol tlic luu.st HlliqiH' and Important bJBtorteal documente ol the age. U f a record of the daily Iife of Napoleon Bonaparte on board the EmgUéb sliip whieh bore him into captlvlty al Bt. Helena, a.s contalnfil in the hltherto unpubllehed Jonrnal ol the secretary ol the admiral in charge. Tbe reporta of many connsationis held by the admiral wlth the deposed ESmperor regardlng liis important cámpaigns, are giren wlth great (ullsess, and there is mueh about tlie beaxtog and the personal liahits oí Bonaparte dwing the voy. The Memoirs ol Las ( aees contain the story oí the Eimperor'a deportatdon as told by a Frencluuan anda ïoilower : this dairy lis as lislinian's view oí t lic same memorable journey, and oí thü impressions made by daily contaei wit-h the man who had had all Boxope at his teet. The dalry will be puWtohed in early mimbers ol ín' ('cniury.