Literary Notes

During 1890 the Century Magazine will publish the long looked for Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson, whose "Rip Van Winkle" has made his name a hausehold word. No more interesting record of a life upon the stage coujd be laid befoi-e the public. Thia, enriched with illustrations and portraits of cotemporary actors and actresses, and with anecdotes, will form one of the most delightful seríais The Century has ever printed. Amelia E. Barr, Frank K. Stockton, Mark Twain, H. H. Boyesen and many other well known writers will furnish the flction for the new volume, including severa! novéis, illustrated novellettes and short stories. ■'The Women of the Frenen Salons " are to be described in a brilliant series of illustrated papers. The important discoveries made with the great Liclc telescope at SanFrancisco, and the atest explorations relating to prehistorie America are to be chronicled. Prof. George P. Fisher is to write a series on " The Nature and Method of Eevelation," which will attract every bible student. Bishop Potter will contribute a series of day Papers" on living topics, and there will be art papers, timely articles, etc. etc, and the choicest pietures that the greatest artists and engravers can produce. Kemtttanee may be made directly to the publishers, The Century Co. of New York. Contente of the November Forum: American Rights in Behring Sea, by President J. B. Angelí of the University of Michigan, an historical explanatioti of the jurisdiotion over these waters and a correction of the erroneous popular supposition coucerning it. Public Opinión and the Civil Service. by E. L. Godkin. Modern Claims upon the Pulpit, by the Rev. F. W. Farrar, Archdeacon of Westminster. ïbe Owners of the United States, by Thomas G. Sheannan. Industrial Co-operation in England, by Prof. F. G. Peabody. "Municipal Control of Gas Works, by Bronson C. Keeler. The Costof Universities, by President David J. Hill. Wendell Phillipa as an Orator, by Rev. Carlos Martyn. Requirements of National Defense, by Adj-Gen. J. C. Kelton. The Domain of Romance, by Maurice Thompson. Types of American Women. Prof. H. II. Boyeson. The Forum, 253 Fifth-ave, New York. North American Review for November opens with a discussion of Ihe Divorce question. Cardinal Gibbons presents the Roman Catholic view; Bishop Potter tells how divorce is regarded in the Protestant Episcopal church, and Col. Ingersoll writes on the general subject of marriage and divorce. A general introductlon is furnished by the Rev, S. W. Dike, LL. D. Thomas Edison describes "The Dangers of Electric Lighting," The prospecta and hopes of the Demócrata and Republicans respectively are set forth by Senator Vest of Missouri, and Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, Murat Halstead furnishes an article on "Our National Conceits." The question, "Are Telegraph Rates too High?" is asked by Dr. Norvin Green, and answered with a comprehensivo negati ve. In "TheNew Instrument of Execution,", Harold P Biown describes his method for applying electricity in executing murderers. Lord Wolseley furnishes the sixth paper on "An English View of the Civil War," to be concluded in December. Edgar Saltus writes on the "Future of Fiction," and Charles Wyndham describes some of "The 'Pendencies of the Modern Comedy." [New York: Single numbers, 50c] N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annuai for 1889, just received, contains a carefully prepared liet of all newspapers and periodicals in the United States and Canada, by states and towns in alphabetical order. Itenumerates Ihe various Press and Editorial Associations in the United States and Canada, together with lists of their officers. One of its chief features is a carefully prepared description of every county in the United States, setting forth its location, area. adjoining navigable streams, the character of its surface, the nature of its soil, its leading crops and manufactures, its county seat and population. A similar but more elabórate descriptivo heading isappended to each State, Territory and Canadian Province. It gives the population of every State, Territory, County and County-seat, of all the large cities and towns, and almost every place in which a newspaper is published. It also gives the number of votes cast in each State, Territory and County, by the Republican, Democratie, Greenback and Prohibition parties at the Presidential election of 1888. Among its exhaustive and interesting tables are those showing the cities, towns and villages of the United Si ates having a population of 5,000 and upwards arranged in alphabetical order; how many counties there are in each State; in how many of these newspapers are published; in how many towns of each State papers exist, and how many of these towns are County-seats, and how many newspapers there are altogether in the county at large, or in any of ita great sections. or in any State, Territory or Canadian Province; how many there are of each issue, with a comparativo statement of the increase in 1889 over 1888. Price, $5, carriage paid. Philadelphia, Pa. The November Bjok Buyer is excellent. It contains a sketch of Paul B. DuChaillu, a letter from Arlo Bates on Literary Topics in Boston, and one from J. Ashby Sterry entitled English Notes. (Charles Seribner's Sons, New York.) The paper by Mr. Woodrow Wilson, on "The Character of Democracy in the United States," opens the Atlantic Monthly for November. Another political paper called, "The French-inCauada," is contributed by Mr. Eben Greenough Scott. Artists and amateurs will be interested in "Allston and his Unfinished Pictures." "Materials for Landscape Art in America," by Charles H. Moore. Mr. Jame's "Tragic Muse," Mr. Bynner's serial, and the short story called "The First Mayor," by Octave Thanet, forin the fiction of the number. "Some Romances of the Revolution," a paper on "The Nieces of Mazarin," and asketchon "Marie Bashkirtseff." The reuiainder of the number is made up of reviews and the departments. (Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston. Two little booklets by the American Tract Society. New Yoik, are suitable for Christmas gifts. The first, "The Sea is His," 25 cents. The second, "Rays of Light," contaiasaseclection of scripture and poetry for each day of the month- illustrated - price 60 cents. The same company have issued Studies in Mark's Gospel, by C. S. Robinson. Price in paper 50 cents. McGuffey's High School Reader, llevised Edition, contains specimens of the best literary style of the several generations of British and American authors. It is a valuable book for scholars. VanAntwerp, Bragg &. Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, publishers. The November Magazine of American Hiitory is rich with timely andreadable papers. Four are illustrated. A brief sketch of the home of the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence is given by the editor, A Chapter from the History of Utah, by Hubert H. Bancroft, The Rise of the Great Masonic Library in Iowa, and The Stone Images of San Augustin, by Lieut. Nathan M. Hawkes. Öther excellent articles complete the number. Price $5 a year. Published at 743 Broadway New York. A Critical Greek-EnglishConcordance of the New Testament, prepared by Charles S. Hudson, under the direction of H. L. Hastings, and revised andcompleted by Ezra Abbot, D. D.,LL.D.,is an indispensable aid to Bible students. It contains: I. References to all places where every Greek word in the New Testament my be fonnd. II. All the English words and phrases by which these Greek words are rendered. III. All the vanous readings derived from hundreds of ancient manuscript. IV. An index of English words, by means of which persons unacquainted with the Greek may find the original of any English word, its usage, and translation in any passage, lts critical value to the learned is shown by the constant use, and the praise given it byNew Testament revisers. lts value to the unlearned is shown by the fact that Prof. L. S. Townsend, D. D., after careful exainination, ordered four hundred copies, to be used by the various Chautauqua Circles. Crown 8vo, 744 pp. Price$2. Published by H L. Hastings, Boston. Lippincott's Magazine for November The complete novel entitled " A Belated Revenge," by the late Dr. Montgomery Bird, is full of stirring adventures. The poet-critic, R.H. Stoddard, continúes his series of papers upon American authors, by contributing a sketch of William Cullen Bryant. Edward Heron-Allen contributes an entertaining article on "The Violin." "The Question of Pure Water for Citiei," is a timely and important article by William C. Conant, editor of the Sanitary Era. Wm. S. Walsh has an interesting article upon "Handwriting and Writers." Mellville Phillips, one of the editora of the Philadelphia Press, tells "What it Costa to Issue Big Newspapers."