Literary Notes

Joihn Fox, ,Tr., who f;rst attracted attentioa .to himseli! by lus strikmgstory, "A Mountain Europa," begins in Tbe Century for June a. short serial basen} npoti a bloodthirsty ven-, (letta tliat Jiad heen waged at intervale for years iu the Cumberland moumtaine. ïliis novt'lette is one of .overal whtoh The Century will print during thO coming months, thcui "A. Bachelor Maid," by Mrs. Eurtoa Harrieon and "LovO iu Idiejieis'' by Marton Crawiord. Harpsr'a Magaz neior June coritaina 84 ptoturee. Few books have so many. But tibue charm of these picturea is not in their mimber ; it is in tlieir beauty and variety, as well as tneir appropritiess to the text. Perliaps the shortest of sh'ort stories fe a cartoon ; for, at a glanec, aaid eometimes witliout a single word, it must truly cliaracterize all the people it depicts aiid make sure that you do aiot iniss tlie moraJ. The politica! story of a -week or of a month is told in tlie cartoons that from time to time stand upon the first page of Harper's Weekly. Anioiig tlie features of Harper's Cazar for June wJll be the "Story of a Garden," told iii letters by Elizabefth Bielaaid AVetmore, a new series of "Ooffee aiiil Repartee" papers, by Mr. Tolui Kendrick Bangs, and letters from Paris Rivtag t,he fasliions and go&6ip óf that capital.