The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-06-21
Literary News and Notes.

The New York Tribune says of the summer
number Of The BoOk-BuNcr: There is not in
America nor in England a mere comprehen
>ivc. tasteful and suggestive aid to the buying
of books than is this handsome little periodical.
Robert Louis Stevunson'> paper in the July
Srrihncr'> will be about ''Popuar Authors of
the Hraccbrlgc llemmin@ and SylvanuS Cobb
type. lie will make some interesting infer
elre- Is to ''what kind of talent is required to
please this mighty public.
\ daughter of the late Nathaniel p. Willis
Ohe widow OF DR.. Eddy lives i'll Il picturesque
cottage at Cambridge. Mass. and occupies Il
position in Harvard College. Mrs. Eddy has Il
daughter who possesses Il penrhant for the
stage but this is not encouraged by the moth
en-
Bright and wholesome is the June Wide
Awnkc-full of good sense and good humor.
+. An>tcy'> sketch called "Don" is model
doc story, with il laugh in every paragraph
Its illustrations are rlcrer-particu'arly that in
which Don says ,cornfnly in every individual
twist and hair Of his plump little body; "Not
bread and butter. Shpid-cake'"
The pan>y for June is filed with choice lit
eraurc for Young folks from eight to fifteen,
and many illustrations. Pansy. Margaret sid
ncy. Faye Huntington, and other favorite
writers contribute to its pages. The pan>y
will specially meet the wishes of that class of
our readers who prefer that their children
should read something having religious ten
but dollar year. The publishers, ID. Loth-
rop Company, Boston. will send sample copy
for ) conts-or samples of all their magazines
(foGr) for - cents.
The sccoad article Of Scrbner'S Railway
rics will appear in the July number, under the
title "Feals of Hallway Engineering" The au-
thor, John Rogart. has bt..n for many wears
.tur,. jnt nf M
"nccr> and is. al present, State Engineer of
New York. lie has written with force and
picturcs.iucne>s of the st. Gothara and other
famous tunnels, Of the st. Louis. iachine.
Niagara. Brooklyn and other remarkable
bridges, and of unusual tfc>tlc>. grades, cut
tiny>. etc. The great number of illustrations
promised will make this article one of the most
attractive in the series.
iIarper's Magazine for July is remarkable
for strength and vi"or froll frontSpiece to iius.
Some of the hcst-known names in literature
are seen i'll its table of contents. and il is safe
to say Tint those names not vet famous soon
will be. In artistic work few issues have eN-
celled this one. +. A. Abbcy's sketches. some
Of them tull-page. arc simply uncqualled any
where. In all, there arc sixty Illustrations in
the issue. The care with which the mechanical
work of the number has been done will be Il
qualification to careful. obServant readers.
Every issue of this magazine has distinct
educating influence in art, literature, and NOR
ais.
Few events of the war were the center of as
much heroism as the career of the Confederate
ram Alhcnarle. which is the subject of an il
lli>trated narrative in The Century for July.
The contributors to this we'll rounded histori-
cal sketch are Gilbert Elliott, who built the
vessel: Doctor Edgar Holden of the SasSacus,
the wooden ship which attempted to run down
the ram in Albcmare Sound; Lieutenant CIsh-
ing, who modeStly describes his gallant attack
upon the AlbemarIe with a torpedo-boat and
Captain A. +. Warlev, who commanded the
Confederate vessel at the time of Cushing'> at
tack and her destruction. The illustrations
will include Il number of portraits and inter-
cStng pictures.
"Kclp,, the fourth volume in the famous
Pine Cone Series %. Iothrop Coz by Willis
Boyd Allen takes Jolly party of Young campers
from Boston down TO the Isles of Shoals for Il
fortnight, and describes the various ways in
which the members enjoy themselves during
that happy time. The first day is spent at the
Applelore House. The second sees the party
safely encampcd ON Star Island, the girls in
the solitary cabin on the island, which has
been especially cleared up for them. and the
boys i'll their tent They are all old friends of
the reader, Tom and Bess Percival. Pet Sibley,
Bert and Susie Martin and Nan Burton, all of
whom have played parts in the preceding vol
umes of the series They crowd into these two
weeks an amount of enjoyment possible only
to young people of sound health, perfect free
dom from care. and who are in perfect SYM
pathy and harmony with one another.
A lac, at Greenfield. NO., was first ,lrugged
and then hanged by his insane mother.
Michiyan's wheat crop is now officially csti-
mated ut 16, 900 bushels.
NOla Twigg, a servant girl of Portland, Ore
gon, has fallen heir to an English fortune of
$200,000.
A tenant in arrears for rent at Il Connccti-
cut hamlet beat and mortally injured his land
lady for pressing her claim.
Farmer Peck, of Newtown, Conn.,, was shot
from ambush by quarrelsome neighbor, who
has been arrested for the murder.
In the yearly meeting of the New England
Friends, at Providence, bequest was reported
of $4,000 from Stephen Il. Olney to the Socie-
ty's boarding school in Providence.
Millions of Rocky Mountain grasshoppers
have appeared about Pasham, Mimi, and the
State authorities have sent thither four car
loads of materials for their destruction.