BREVITIES.

A duel was fought in the neighborhood of Paris between MM. Jules Huret and Catulles Mendés, two well known literary men. The weapons used were swords, and the encounter resulted in M. Mendés receiving a slight wound. The duel arose out of some remarks which M. Huret made in the Petite Chronique des Lettres, in which he referred to the amicable relations subsisting between M. Catulles Mendés and Oscar Wilde.