The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-08-19
Literary News and Notes.

\ member Of Plymouth Church is writing Il
novel in which Henry Ward Bccchcr figures as
the hero.
Dr. W. T. Iapham, of Augusta has nearly
completed his history OF Norway, Maine, and
it will soon be ready for delivery.
The August number of the Ladies Floral
Cabinet is full of interest to the housckeepcr
and florist. 1t is the best kind of "la,lic~
book. Ladies Floral Cabinet Co.,. - Nrscy
street, New York.
W. r. Watson, 4 former student of IIoulton
Academy. now of Colby University, ha, made
arrangements with publishing house to issue
in book form collection of poems of his own
production, says the lloultou Pioneer.
a lit of racing in the August Outing, j. a
most valuable and >caSouable contribution, and
should be in the hands of every racing man and
jockey in the land The hints about how to ride
rs TO get the most out of your mounts has
only to be read to he appreciated, while the
chapter on Hurdle Racing ought to be commit
ed to memory by every rider over "the sticks"
The illustrations that accompany the sketch
are particularly fine.
Illusions of the Times and others Essays by
Richard Proctor comprise the current issue
of the Humboldt Library of Science. published
by J. Fitzgerald. los Chambers street, New
York. Here is a collection of essays by that
most original and most versatile of the popular
eXpo>itors of science. The ESSAYS upon pSycho-
logical >ubjects-thc problems of mind are
especially interesting and yaluable but those
upon other subjects are hardly inferior in inter.
est.
\ splendid array of light brief, and seaSonable
articles is offered in the August Brooklyn Mag
azine, and makes Il number especially adapted
for summer reading. Nearly all the thirty and
odd articles and poems given have the breath
of summer about their titles or text, and by
their crispncSs and number offer a delightful
variety of reading matter. Besides these are
also the English sermons thus far delivered by
Mr.. Beecher across the water, and the out-of-
town sermons of Dr. Talmage, revised by
themselves, making in all remarkable literary
feast, at the still more remarkable modest price
of 20 cents, The Brooklyn Magazine, Muir
ray Street, New York.
Babyhood, in its August issue, introduces Il
department of Nursery Observations con-
sisting of short extracts from its large and va
ried correspondence describing special traits of
children. 1t says: "Such a compilation of the
observations of parents, representing as it will
great variety of circumstances and surround
ings, should, we believe, he useful for the plir-
pose of comparisons, since comparison is the
most helpful way of solving many questions,
great and small, which arise in the minds of
parents who are interested in knowing wheth-
er certain individualities are usual or peculiar.
While making no pretension to scientific
achievement, such a record cannot fail in time
to have a scientific value" The other depart
ments of this number are unusually entertain
ing and instructive. One of the most import
ant articles is 'Diarrhma from Hygienic
Standpoint" by Dr. Ii. ID. Chaplin. Other
medical authorities discuss "The Baby in Its
Carriage" ''Sea Bathing for Children" and
''Water Filters" Marion Harland writes on
''Old Wives Fables" and Mrs. Lucy White
Palmer on the 1.-The Coming Guest" rs cts.
number: S1.50 year. Beekman ST., New
York.