Literary Notes

Prof. Francia L Patton, of Pnnceton will contribute to the Forum for June ar article nnder th significant tille, '1 Andover Romanizing?' The Forum for June will contain an exceptionally interesting; contribution to its series on "Books That Have Helped Me," by Andrew Lang - the one English writer, perhap, who can in vest a cau?erie on that subject with such charms of style and erudition as will please every reader. El'zibelh Stuurt Phelps will have a story in the June Century, illustrated by Mary Hallock Foote and I. R. Wiles. The ecene is laid at "Fairharbor," and the story touches the lemperance question. It is said to be of unusual pathos and strength. Two papers on "College Boat-Racing," particularly timely in view of tne New London races, will appear in the June Century. Oae, with illustrations, is by Julián Hawthorne, faanous on the Harvard crew oí hi8 dy. The other is by a Yale man. Here we have The Q liver for June and the frost barely out ot the ground. How clrsely summer follows up the tardy spring. It is a good number and has for its opening arricie a paper by Lady John Manners giving instsneea she has known of long and honorable docnestic service. Sbe quotes the household of the Duke of Rjtknd, where the coachinan just dead atninety odd, lived for eighty-two years, and othtr servants from periods ranging between twenty and sixty five years! Engl sh servants take pride in their failhtulness and their employers appreciate their devotion. The Quiver has instituted an " Order of Honorable Service " whose members are awarded Bibles or medU i according to the years of their faithfulness to one familv. Perhaps ïf such an order was instituted in this country it might be an indueement for the flighty servant girl to stay more than three months in one place.- 11 & Co., fiiteen cents a number, $1 50 year in advance. The Magazine of Art for Junehss for its frontispiece a photogravure after Mr. Frank Dicksee's " The Symbol," a graceful aud picturesque compoñtion. The openïng article is on Mr. Dicksee, who is one of the most popular as well as the youngest member of the Royal Academy. An interesting article following on " Pictures ia Enamel,'' giving illustrations of course of the more famous ones. The lively article of thenumberisin the series called "Glimpses of Artist Life." This gives us the Royal Aeademy Bacquet. Curiously enough, only one newspaper representative is admitted, and he is The Times man. Other papers resent this, andsome of them refuse to mention the banquet at all. A paper on Russian Bronzes gives some fine specimens of spirited work. This is followed by an explanative account, it can hardly be called a review, of Lafenstre's "Titian," recently published by Quautin, of Paris. There is an attractive description with pencil of that fine old Bnglish place, Hardwick Hall, with its picture gallery filled with portraits by Holbein, Van Dyek, Sir Joahuo and uthars. Cassell & Company, thirty-five cents a copy, $3.50 a year, in ad vanee.