The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-06-28


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Literary News and Notes.
Prof. A. :. Hardy. of Dartmouth College. i.
the author of the serial linn Paste Rose" the
beginning of which will appear in the Septem-
Der Atlantic, not Thomas Hardy, the English
novelist.
The july number of Babvland is here and
the little folks think they could better spare the
glorious Fourth" than the visits OF their cher
i>hed BalNland. The best thing published for
the babies from one to six years old. Send five
cents for a sample copy to ID. Lothrop Com
pany. Boston.
The reunion at Gettysburg will he remember
ed in the July Century by the publication of a
snort article descriptive of the reunions of the
Blue and The Gray which have taken place
within the last few years \ poem by an eX-
confederate soldier. entitled ''The High Tide ut
Gettysburg" will he printed in this number.
The july Century is TO contain another arti-
Gle in the series which the Rev. DIR. Buckley,
the editor of the Christian Advocate, has been
for some time past contributing occasionally
,
Nightmares. and Somnambulism." 1t will cor
tain chapter on ''MySteriou> Dreams AnalyZ-
ed
The Sanitary Inspector is published monthly
by the Maine State Board of Health at the low
price OF y cents a year. II is really very val
liable publication and every family ought to
nave 1t. and keep il for reference. Each number
is worth more than the price for year-in-
deed each number may perhaps save a life or
several lives.
If you have little folks from five to nine
years Old yon can give them more pleasure for
ten cents by getting Il copy of july Our Little
Men and Women. than in any way we know
of. The July number is full of pictures of all
sizes. short stories and pretty verses. You can
get it at the newSdealer>. or of ID. Lothrop
Company. Boston. Sl.00 hy tlc year.
\ Glance over the pages of the brilliant new
literary enterprise. Woman. for June, shows
how. under >kiful management, that magazine
has already attained to Il foremost position in
the periodical literature of the dav Its con
tributors comprise many of the leading writers
o1 the country, It's pages are cmbelliShed with
en"ravings Of the highest merit its Typography
Is excellent. and the heavy paper upon which
it is printed imparts sense of substantial graf
ilication to the holder. SD Il year. Woman
Publishing Co.. New York.
The new Western periodical. "Belford's Mag
arguments in favor of free trade. some articles
on literary subjects poem or two, and a long
story or novelette, by IL Southern writer, Mrs.
Bcilany. This story is really above the aver
age of magazine fiction and is far from needing
or protitn% by the tlattering letter with which
the author of ''St. Elmo introduces it. Mrs
Hcllamy has studied her Florida life thorough
ly. and in "Old Man Gilbert" has presented Il
character As attractive in his way as is "Uncle
RemuS.'
Cookery for beginners, with Marion IIar-
lands name as author, needs no other indca-
ton OF its character and genuine value. A
new and revised edition of this valuable book
has just been issued by ID. Lothrop Company,
Boston. Price - cents. 1t has been fault of
previous books on cookery that they have taken
for granted the possession of Il certain degree
of knowledge requisite to their successful use.
not always possessed. This book, while afford
ing range of information unsurpassed by
any other book, and thus suited to the use Of
all. has the advantage of being perfectly adapt
ed to the needs of the vcriest tyros in cookery.
Jefferson" for July is Il capital number in
every respect, and, from the first page to the
last cannot fail to delight every woman who
sees it. This month begins a new volume with
brilliancy surprising even in this magazine.
from which one always expects SO much. The
stcel-plate. Jacks Mother,' is a gem; the
mammoth steel fashion-plate is good in design
tirst-cla>s. The opening article. slow Great
English Noble Lives" is of unusual interest at
this time. AS 1t gives an account, copiOlIsy illus
trated, of Hatfield House and its owner, the
Prime Minister of England Mrs. Lucy II.
lIooper's story, doctor Davenant's Dal,wh.
ter is one of tie most original and absorbing
sketches we have read in a long while--and,
indeed. the tales and poetry generally are up
20 the best mark.
The July number of the American Magazine
is being prepared with view of making it es-
pecially appropriate for summer reading.
While fully maintaining its high literary char
acter. preference will be given to the lighter
symposium discussion, by the leading Ameri-
can authors, Of the CEace International Copy
right Bill. Frederic q. Mather will contri-
butte an amusing and interesting description
(fully luStrated) of New England Singing
Schools as they hourished sixty or seventy
years ago. Mrs. Charlotte Reeve Conover will
furnish an illustrated paper on housekeeping
by the United States Governments" describing
the Veterans Home near Dayton, Ohio. Mrs.
Admiral Dahlgren will supply a short story
entitled "a Nights Adventure"
The numbers of The Living Age for the
weeks ending June 9th and 18th have the fol-
lowing contents Antagonisms, by Rt. Hon.
Sir William X. Grove, +. II. s., Nature; Wan
derings aud lid Sport beyond the Ilimalayas,
Backwood; Tramps. Medieval and Modern
Westminster Review: The Pygmy Races of
Men, Mature; The Next Armada, Punch:
Natures Weather Prophets. St. James Gazette; !;
Francis Parknan. Contemporary Review; Mr..
Sanford. Cornhill; The Dsenchantment Of
France, Nineteenth Century A Lady's Winter
Holiday in Ireland by Isabella l.. Bird, Part
H.. Murrays Magazine; Italy in England
National Review; In the Dales Sixty Years
Since. Macmillan: Solomon Maimon, Spectator;
A Bull Fight at Barcelona, Spectator; A Novel
Ascent, Chambers Journal; with poetry and
miscellany.
looking Backwards,' the new novel by
Edward Bellamy (author OF "Dr. Hcidenhoh's
Process" ""Miss Ludington's Sister," etc. has
aroused more intense interest among the peo-
pie at large than any other book for years, and
its influence is still spreading far and wide. 1t
was published without the usual bare Of
trumpets that salutes Il new novel by popular
author, and at first made its way hut slowly
handicapped by an unsensationaf title, and il
dull season In the bOok-trade. But gradually
the amazing character of the work was discOv-
cred by the people, and it began to move. with
increasing momentum. There was large de-
mand for the book among laboring men, arti-
sans, etc.. who could ill-aflord to buy an eX-
pcnsive cloth-bound volume. In response, the
publishers have prepared Il paper-bOund edi-
ton, an extra number in TicknOr's Paper
Series. selling at fifty cents, and printed from
the original plates. with their handsome typo
graphy.