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Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 2
[trade dispatches]
A Wellington weekly is republishing « Fanny Fern's » old « Fern Leaves, » two or three at a time; but without any indication of the source whence they are derived.
The Labor-day parade in Chicago was very striking. The prominent features were men decked in broad-cloth suits, silk hats, and gold chains, bearing banners inscribed, « We Want Bread. »
One of our daily contemporaries has struck out a new line, and discontinued the publication of leading articles. The readers are said to approve of the change. There are other papers in the colony that might follow this example with advantage.
A cable message reports the death, in England, of Mr Lachlan Mackinnon, one of the proprietors of the Melbourne Argus.
Mr James Spicer, senior member of the firm of James Spicer & Sons, papermakers, died on the 23rd January.
Our English exchanges record the death of Mr George Edward Eyre, senior partner in the firm of Eyre & Spottiswoode, the Queen's printers.
Mr Robert Inglis, the sole partner in the firm of Gall & Inglis, died about the new year, full of years and honors. His brother Mr William Inglis, of the firm of W. & R. Chambers, died a few weeks previously.
Our home exchanges record the death, in her 88th year, of Mary Howitt, the well-known Quaker writer—one of the last of the group of literary celebrities who flourished at the time of the Queen's accession. William Howitt, her husband, died nine years ago, at the age of 83.
A Boston telegram of 7th March records the death of Amos B. Alcott, philosopher, at the age of 89; and also of his daughter Louisa M. Alcott, aged 55. the writer of some charming books for girls, of which Little Women is the best known. A few weeks ago Miss Alcott wrote to a friend that her father's memory was failing, and that he would probably pass away shortly, little suspecting that her own death was so near at hand also.