Literary Notes

The Art Amateur .for May has', two charming color "The Watering place," by J. Peyrol Bonheur, and Decorative Groups," after Boucher. Xhere are the usual eight large pages Of pratioal Working Designs for Woodoarving. Pyrography, China Painting and Need-lework. In "My Note Book" theeditor.while praising those pictures ffhich deserve attention, unflinchingly denounces certain "old tnasters" which he finas on sale at some of the wellknown jalleries in New York. Price, 35 cents.- Montague Marks, Publisher, 23 Union Square, New York. The June nuniber of the Overland Monthly is a notable one, devoted to the Havvaiian Istlands, eontaining, among others, articles by Sanford B. Dole, President of the Hawaiian Islan'ds: by W. N. Armstron?, Kalakauas Minister of State; by Peter C. Jones, ex-Minister of Finance : by Joaquín Miller, and by Rev. Sereno E. Bishop. The whole will make a picture of the many aspects of Hawaiian life, mOre complete than anything yet published. - Overland Pub. Co., San Francisco, Cal. An article on The Psychology of Woman, embodying the resulta of a careful scrutiny of the subject, by Prof. G. T. W. Patriick, is to appear in the June Popular Science Monthly. It is crowded full of facts and comparisons -howing what traits and capabilities woman posaesses in high or low degree, and affording valuable material for social and political reformers.- D. Appleton & Co., New York. The one subject that is uppermost throughout the country is, of course, the currency question. The first definite - and we might say. serious and compact- statement that has been made by the author of "Coin's Financial School, " is made in this number of The Forum. In other words, the book which is having such an extensive circulation is practically compressed into the article by Mr. Harvey, ihe author of Coin's Financial School," which he entitles "The Free-Silver Argument." This argument is answered directly, statement by statement, by the Hon. John DaWitt Warner, a member of the Coiaage Committee of the House of Representatives, and a leading spirit of the New York Reform Club. This debato of f ree silver is one of the features of this number.- Forum Pub. Co., New York. In the -Tune Scribners.Robert Grar.t's paper in "The Art of Living" series, discusses the problem that, while the pressure of modern lite has become very intense, how shall a man r woman select and reject what is raost important, in order that life may cease to be a succession of smal! incidents and upsatisfaetory in its details? This ■ Ie one of Mr. Grant'a most pertinent discussions. - Chas. Scribner'a Son'a, New York.