Literary Gossip.

The current issue of the Illustrated Phonographic Meteor contains many very readable articles of general interest , besides several very pretty poems , notably two by Miss Rosa Mackenzie Kettle and Guy Roslyn , respectively . " Notes and Notions , " by the editor , are smartly written . The portraits and other illustrations , draw 7 n by Mr . Tindall Wildridge , and other artists of eminence , are remarkably well done .

Mr . Cornelius Brown , F . R . S ., author of the " Annals of Newark , " has just commenced the issue of an entertaining and instructive local work in monthl y parts . It is entitled "The Worthies of Nottinghamshire and Celebrated and Remarkable Men of the County , " and will include biographical notices of the Peverels , Robin Hood , Cranmer , Ireton , Hutchinson , Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , Byron , the Howitts , Kirke White , Philip James Bailey , Admiral Howe , Lord George Bentinck , and a host of other notabilities associated with the county of Notts . The parts are well got up , and are prefaced by an engraved portrait of one or other of the worthies treated of in the text . The local publisher is Charles Wheatley , Peter Gate , Nottingham .

The "Sonnets and Songs " of Robert Millhouse , described as the " Burns of Sherwood Forest" by a high authority on English verse , are being edited and prepared for publication in handy volume form by Mr . J . Potter Briscoe , F . R . H . S ., the Public Librarian of Nottingham . The book will be printed on thick toned paper and jirefaced by a careful biographical sketch of the poet ' s life . A contemporary critic writing in the Gentleman ' s Magazine of Millhouse ' s sonnets , remarked that they would "hereafter be regarded as models of that species of composition . " Ajiplication for copies may be made to the editor , University College , Nottingham .

Mr . William Andrews , F . R . H . S ., the obliging Honorary Secretary of the Hull Literary Club , forwards us from time to time copies of papers read before the members , which have been printed in response to numerous applications . Many 7 of these booklets are of considerable value . The latest to hand is of great scientific interest , treating , as it does , in an able and exhaustive manner of trichinus spiralis , or the pork parasite . The author is Dr . James W . Eraser , who lias evidently devoted much attention to the study of this subject .

The Universal Instructor now being issued in weekl y and monthl y parts by Messrs . Ward and Lock , is one of the best publications ever devised for the education of young men and women , with a desire to improve their mental condition . Each subject elucidated is in the hands of an eminent specialist , and the " get up" of the publication is simply surprising in its general excellence . We would specially commend " The Universal Instructor " to the studiousl y inclined .

The same enterprising firm are doing good service by the publication of then penny biographical series . B . eall y excellent sketches of the lives of eminent men of every age are thus placed within the reach of all . We are told that an immense sale of this series has ensued , a circumstance which cannot fail to afford satisfaction to publishers and public alike . For one penny sixteen pages of biographical information and a capital portrait are given . The great men already dealt with include GladstoneBeaconsfieldNelsonWellingtonLuther

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