The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-05-30
Literary News and Notes.

Those who have read of the bloodhound only
| in sensational stories of the days of American
| slavery will learn the real traits of that little
| known animal with surprise, in reading an illus
trated article on the dog in the June Century
| The article is written by the chief expert on the
| subject nEngland. the gentleman whose blood
hounds We're used ly the detectives in some re-
! cent famous murder eases in London.
With the June Roses comes 'Pctcrson," rs
| fresh as the first blossoms of the month. The
steel-engraving and the fnIl-page wood-illustra-
| ton is each Il gem in its way. The double
| fa>hon-plate presents charming array of the
| latest summer costumes; aud there are besides
| numerous and varied patterns for dress and
needlcwork. The opening story. "Dck Nor
| tons MeS>en@er,' is capital sketch and fifty
illustrated. lndeed the entirc literary contents
merit unqualified praise.
| Oliver johnson. the last Of the cotere of
| anti->iayery agiator>, who founded. with
| William Lloyd GarrisOn the first anti slavery
society," has written for the June number Of
| The Cosmopolitan an article upon "Anti-
Slavery Societies." which is the most interest
Ing chapter thus far contributed to the series
of anti-saycry articles, entitled "The Great
Agitation." now appearing in that magazine.
Oliver johnSou> portrait is one of number
Of engraVinss illustrating the article.
~Ahout y wears AGO says George W. Child>,
II was in Boston one day, il bookStorc-a
wrctrhed day. rainy, sloppy and muddy-when
| -aw the striking figure Of little man. Wear
ing a >oncbec hat, his pantaloons rolled up,
da>hing along the street. He looked as little
like poet a> a man could | turned to the
bookseller and asked him who that was. That
i, Oliver Wendell Holiness lie said. We'll, |
want TO know that man:' and cot TO know
him. and We have been the best Of friends ever
since"
The June nUmher of Wide Awake abounds
with readable articles: "lelic> Of Torture.' by
curious ''marhinc>" for punishment in old
times which She saw IN England; Mrs Claiin's
"Lctter from Daisy" On behavior is excellent:
Miss Poul>>on'> Two Sermons is exquisite;
sallie JOY Whites "Noluntcer Reading in
| school" i Of great suggestive value: Little
People in the studio" with it, eleven pictures,
is charming reading for everybody. "Men and
Things. the new department. is filed with en-
ioyablc anecdotes and talks, notably The
Footsteps of Genius" ord Tenuy,ouS haik
Fits. and ''Fi~h-t atchimy om the Potomac
Tie poems Of the number are hy Clinton Scol-
l:u'd. Mrs. WhtoM-Ntone, Marian Douglas, II.
K. Hudson. katr Putnam O>-ooI, Alice Wei
hn4ton Rollins and Elizabeth l.. Gould.
outing for june is nuMbcr 10 delight all
lovers Of outdoor literature The leading arti-
Gle, y acht Voyage to Australia. by Il. u. Sumi-
chraSt, describes passages made ny yachts to
that far-otf country. Excellent illustrate ions
emhe!lish the article. other principal articles
are sports, Pa~tiinc- and Pleasures on the Cam,
by {. lurner, richly Illustrated; Tile Pleasures
oi Fly Fishing. by W.. iIolberton, for which
Daniel G.. Beard has furnished peu-aud-ink
drawings; and the Care of Dogs. by that we'll
known authority. ID. Boulton IIarrald. Lovers
of the hoi>r will read with pleasure June Days
in the Saddle, ~ G. H. CrandaIl. Crcketers
will be interested in Cricket IL Australia. by
G. II. ID. Gossip. Camping Outfits and Equip-
ment, is an article oi Naiue to all who wish to
spend summer in the woods How O'TulIi-
Yer Bard Won tie Championship will interest