Literary Memoranda.

Bruce Herald, Volume X, Issue 958, 16 November 1877, Page 3

Literary Memoranda.

Sir Garnet Woieeley, the commander of the late Ashantee expedition/ has* published a novel named " Marley Castle " la reviewing the work the * Pall Mall Q-azette, Bayß.v— " Jt'iwas not worth wriiijg, and it is not worth reading." 11l health is likely to compel Mr Delano to retire from the editorship of the ' Times. 1 In the event of his deeming such a course to be imperatively necessary, he will bo succeeded in the editorial chair by Mr Henry G. Caicraft, the present head of the railway department in the Board of Trade. : ''''■'There, is a, new field of literally men springing up in London, and most of them are sons of lathers distinguished in letters. A son of Hepwonh Dixon in the London correspondent of several provincial papers; young Shirley Brooks contributes largely to comic papers ; Ashtbn TJilke, v a younger brother of Sir. Charles, is editor of the ' Wtekly Di-spatch ' Ir. is not unlikely (Wellington correspondent of 'Sun ') that before very long another daily moring paper will be started here to do battle for the party to which the 'New Zealand Times' has shewn such bitter autagonisni. Ib has often been a wonder to me that a second morning journal did not make its appearance in Wellington iongago. Chrißtchurcb supports its two morning papers, and both of them pay handsome!}, and there is no reason why a city with a larger population should not be able to do the Bamei OF course in Canterbury the population is very much greater than that of Wellington, ai:d perhaps the want of it would make itself felt by the earnings of two morning dailies here. .