The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-03-01
Literary News and Notes.

uiin IL May tcliS inc stOTy VI T-ucluy
Daughter;" sees ''Jean" the waif lodged at the
poor house; rescues some perishing travellers
in "A Winters Tale" talks about ''Our Poor
Relations the dumb animals; has a well filled
Home Department and Literary Notes, news
and notices.
ID. Lothrop X Co. have projected a new series
of books - be known as The Story of the
states" The series will include volumes deal
lng with al! the States of the Union. Among
the books decided upon for publication are
The story of California" by Noah Brooks;
"The story Of Ma,sachu>etts.' by Edward Ey-
erett Hale: The Story of New York." by FL
bridge 5. Brooks: 1.-The Story of Missouri"
ly Jessie Benton Fremont. and" The Story Of |
Maine" by Almon Gunnison. t
After Governor BodwoI'S burial. the Exec I
| utiye Council invited DR.. William b. Lapham |
Of Augusta to prepare memorial including
/ sketch of the Governors life and death, and an |
account OF he funeral rites, with tributes from |
! the press. resolutions of respect and other ap-
/ propratc matter. The work has been admira- |
by done. Dr. l-aphAm has prepared a pam
| plet OF "a pages. covering the ground indicat- |
| ed hy the Council with perfect taste and prac
| ticed skill portrait of Governor Bodwel
! is prefNed to the text. The pamphlet is pub
li>hed by the state printers. Bllrlcigh Il Flint.
| \ pleasant hour OF leisure may be whilcd
away over the pages devoted to fiction and po- |
I TRY i'll Ilarper's Magazine for March. William
| Black continues his 'In Far Lochabe1." and
! about the prai>cNorthy tickeness of Il Young |
man, the tact Of tie young woman who loved |
! Kim V >ely and WELL Miss Sarah Orne Jewett re-
! acs pleasant tale about" Mere Pocllctte'' and
! two loving hearts that We're too much for her. |
| The most charming poelica fancy of the num-
Der. is Alfred Parsomss illustration of Words |
worth, sonnet lin SIGHT Of the Town of Cock
crmouth. In addition there verses bv
| George Parsons l.athrop. tha.ies Henry Webb. |
and Julia {. Il. Dorr.
''Bismarck is the subject of Il brief but time
| y paper which is to appear in the March Cen
| Jury. The author (the article is anHonymou>)
! is of the opinion that 50 long as Bismarck is |
chancelor.-ti that is. 50 long as he lives, for no
new Kaiser will be likely to take the RESPONSE
| billty Of di>pacing him.-things will probably
continue TO run in the accustomed course. The
! question is. who or what is there to replace
bismarck when he too disappears: There is
no minister living whose measures have been
10 often defeated in parliament a> Bi>marck's;
! tut as ne is responsible only to the King and
Kaiser tie German parliament cannot drive
| him from oilice 10y any direct OF implied vote
! OF want Of confidence Two portraits will ac-
COMPANY the PEPPER in The Century. one OF them
| IL! engraving OF the bust by Roth.
t., numbers of the Living Age for Febr,l-
ar, ilth and 18th contain Sitcreal Photogra-
! ply. Edinburgh; Count Cavour. and DIR. John
! sou on Ireland Westminster; shelley, by Mat |
thew Arnold. \ River of Ruined Capitals. and
| ptthronns Tenny>on. Nineteenth Century;
! Elk-IIunling. Fortnighty; A Magyar Musician.
i National: The Three Evils of DESTINY. Scot |
! fish; Marlitt. Gcntleman'S: Caesar Borgia. |
| Hackwood: Iharkeray'> Letters. Time The
| talamiiy i'll China. and Professor Bonamy
! Price. Spectator: The Possibility of Small
t War in Europe. Economist; Atmospheric Gu |
{ ro>itieS. and lcc-boatiEg in the Gulf of Fin |
I land. st. JanC>'s; Perpetual Motion. Nature;
with the conclusion of Orchard Cable and |
! instruments OF "Souvenir> of AN Eso>t.'' "A
! Financial Operations. and my Uncles Clock
and poetry.
Under the title of "A New England Nasa-
| bond. Colonel Thomas Wentworth lligginson. |
| in ilarper'> Magazine for March. tells the story
of tramp of Revolutionary times, in fa>ci |
natn@ Way. 1t is the career of one Henry |
Tufts that is depicted and precious scamp he |
WAS. In addition to his other iniquiti' he
wrote a hook. and it is from that volume of
memoirs that Colonel IIi..inson, in review.
has rollated The significant incidents grouped
! under this title such Il vayabond as Tufts
could not exist to-day. Oar tramps are alto
"ether much less interesting rogueS; their me-
moirS would be commonplace: but Tufts. with |
Colonel !Iig-in>on> help. allows Us 10 gaze at
Revolutionary times from new point OF view.
and gives IL fresh ideas of the material which
made up part of Washin@ton'> army. They
were inrorruptible patriots. of course. from
one point Of view: but they had their >eamy
side The only trouble with this article is that
1t l. too short.
The March number of the Outing. that well
| known illustrated magazine OF Recreation.
! Travel and Adventure. will contain an article
on American College Football. by Richard
Morse Hodge. of Princeton College: il is richly
Illustrated. and treats the game eXhaustvelv.
In the same number stevens continues Around
the World On Bicycles" Capt. Blackwell
writes "reminiscences of Irish sport: another
article appears on Big Game Hunting in the
" lid West. hy the late General Marcy; Frank
-A~a Mitchell writes My Luck with Trout.
and besides these handsomely illustrated and |
we'll written contributions. Euln}ler of pop |
uar writers contribute short articles on droil |
experiences and strange adventures that make |
! i Int or interesting reading. and stamp the |
March Outing H. the best yet published Buy |
| ii OF your news dealer. for a5cts or send your |
| subscription to 40 Nassau Street, New York |
$500 per year.
The Popular Science Monthly for March has |
| the following table of contents: The Econom |
| ic Outlook-Pre>cnt and Prospective. Econom !
Hon. David y. Wells. New Chapters in the |
Warfare of science. IN.-GeoIogy. BY An
drew Dickson White. (Concluded) Under
ground Waters as Social Factors. BY Prof. q.
y. Daubree. GlimpSeS at DarWin's Working |
Life. BY William II. Larrabee. The Indians
Evouion: What It is BOT an and Whit VIA i it IS
Weather Prognostics. BY the Hon. Ralph
Abercromby. illustrated The Ante-C ham
Der Of consciousness. BY Francis speir. Jr.
Our lee supply and its Dangers. BY I. Mitch |
ell prud,len, Nj. ID. Flamngoes at Home Bv
Henry \. Blake Qllustratedo Curious Facts
of Inheritance. Sketch of Henry Bradford Ma
son. With Portrait.) Correspondence. E- |
tors Table :-Darwin's Education.-The Con- !
traditions of Science. Literary Notices. Pop !
ular Mi>ceany.-NoteS. Price. 80 cents single |
number: - per annum. ID. Appleton a Co.,
! Publishers, New York.
\ little book small enough to slip into the |
smallest pocket, and containing the mutiplica- |
| ton table with appropriate texts interspcrsed |
llas been printed by ID. Lothrop Company. I'M |
| ier the title of 1.-The Caroline IlerSchei Hand |
book" Why Caroline Her>chel. is thus ex
| pianed on the first page: Caroline IIerschel |
who discovered eight comets and continually |
minded the heavens for her brother, the great |
| astronomer, said near the close Of her long !
life, i never could remember the multiplied |
| ton table. but was obliged to carry always a |
| copy OF it about me-" Miss Anna l.. Dawes. |
the daughter Of Senator Dawes, says of it, 1T |
j, clever little compilation of the mutipIica- |
| ton table. You probably know already that |
this Is necessary companion for every |
woman But perhaps you do not know that it |
Is almost impossible to procure the tables in |
| any form outside of an arithmetic and in very |
| few modern text books altogether. l am sure |
| that this will be a great success. know of |
ever SO many educated ladies' that want it, |
There are more people in society who have to 1
reckon painfully and slowly than the general |
reader is aware of. and to such this little book /
| Wi! prove Il decided boon. Price 10 cents. /
| 1T is the Law" by Thomas Edgar Wilson !
New York journalist. as described by friend t
ly critic. lis book with purpose-to exhibit /
| the anomalous and diSgracefu condition of our |
divorce laws and their vulgarizing and democrat 7
izng cilect' This is subject which has had |
more or less attention of late. and if we mis- |
take net The Forum recently had an able arti- \
Gle pointing out the incongruites of the divorce \
laws. Attempts have also been made to secure L
Il national law OIL the subject. But nothing we \
have read presents SO shocking II revelation as
| Mr.. Wilson's book. The foot notes and the |
slender thread of story by which the evils of
| the present system. or lack of one. are Illus /
| trated, make worse showing than those re-
"arding Mormoni>m. The book is not suited |
TO general reading, but legislators and all con-
rerned in making public sentiment and promot-
in@ good morals may profit by it, Mr.. Wilson |
might have handled this matter differently and /
made it no less effective while less dsagreeable. |
and there would seem to be 10 excuse for in |
Producing the Morcy letter and libeIling the /
memory of a man honored by the nation and /
whose place in history is secure. This might |
well be left to Democratic journalism. cit is !
| tie Law is published by Bedford, Clark & Co., |
| of New York and Chicago.
There is in the March number of the Atlantic |
Monthly that harnv nf i,,It