Show 1 n. n I. I Literary Notes THE Puritan is the latest advent in magazines mag for women It is gotten up upon upon on the lines of the Ladies Ladies' Home Journal and in many respects is fully equal to it Frank A. A Munsey of the Munsey and fame is the publisher There is a curious passage in the Life of Richard III by Sir Thomas Moore author of tJ Utopia topia After describing describing describing de de- scribing the murder of the two little princes in the tower M Moore begins to moralize He tells of the untimely ends that each of the several conspirators met Tyrel was beheaded for treason Miles Forrest rotted away piecemeal at St. St Martens Dighton indeed yet on alive to be hanged ere he die The above reminds one quite forcibly of the old Scotch drinking song which runs i- i Well eat when were we're hungry And drink when were we're dry And if whiskey dont don't kill us Well We'll live till we die die about in an old book store some time ago I came across a unique little volume somewhat worn shop-worn which according to the title page w was s sprinted printed in London many years years' ago It bore the title Whims and Oddities by Thomas Hood A perusal of its pages fills one with satisfaction The poet has bas thrown off all restraint of rules and form and the result is as th the title indicates a book of Whims and Oddities The book is em embellished throughout through through- out with pen-and pen ink drawings by the author Who reading The Plea of the Summer Mid-Summer Fairies could suppose sup sup- suppose pose pos T Hood capable of such witty little verses as one finds here The illustrations though somewhat crude are thoroughly good and laughable Hood pa parries ries too eager critics on the leaf fly-leaf with this mournful lament What is a modern Poets Poet's fate To write his thoughts upon a slate The critic spits on what is is done Gives it a wipe wipE and and all is gone During the last four years magazines have sprung up like mushrooms Many have continued this like fungus-like existence throughout their whole careers careers In the course of one night they h have ve pushed their beaming heads up above the earth landing their worth But alas we soon notice their heads begin to droop and lo by evening they have disappeared leaving behind not a single impression to tell that they ever did exist If It- Itis is refreshing to be able to chroni chronicle chronicle chron chron- i icle le leone one exception to the general run of cheap i. i e. e e. e in price periodicals als With January began the issue of a little magazine which bids fair to become as great a factor far in journalism as is its the Critic I It t is called The Th Month MOlz and as its title page tells us it is a magazine of culture literature culture literature art and music edited b by John B. B and andT Jeannette T Gilder who gained for the Critic its place as the foremost journal of its kind in America It is printed on excellent paper with wide margins and contains about one one half half a-half hundred pages of exquisite notes and comments on current subjects by all the best writers The January number is illustrated illustrated illustrated illus illus- by a galaxy of portraits of authors and other celebrities which alone are worth the price of the magazine ten cents It is unquestionably the best magazine published by which to keep posted upon what is going on in the world of art and letters W Leon L. L Waiters Watters d. d 0 VIe |