St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-10-29

Other new magazines will also be
launched on the literary waters be-
fore the end of the year. Philadelphia
is to unite with New York, l under
stand, in the establishment of a
periodical of the character of the
North American Review" and the
Forum" but with democratic polit-
ical tendencies. This proposed period
ical venture has been under way for
over six months, and l understand
that the first number will be out be-
fore long. 1t will be amply backed,
as it should be, and will command
the services of some of the best
editorial, literary and business talent
in the East Then we are to have a
new weekly for women in New York,
to be called the American Lady,
modelled, l believe, upon the Lady,
published in London. What its
prospects of success are | am unable
to judge, not knowing its proposed
policy or those who will conduct it,
but | should think it's title would be
a drawback from the start. THE
American Woman" would certainly
have been a wiser choice. A third
air is rival to Harper's Weekly. of
which so much is said by those who
are going to run" it, that l should
think the first number would bewild-
er the American public-fairly dazzle
them, so to speak. But, then, well,
a new periodical in the rough, as
sketched on a dummy, is an entirely
different thing from the first number,
and so we will see!
The great trouble with new maya
zine ventures is that they are always
going to run some established
periodical into the ground. A new
illustrated monthly is conceived, and
its first thought seems to be run the
Century, Scribner's or Harper's out
of the field. A new weekly is thought
of, and as you are told of it for the
first time you are also told that it is
going to down" Harper's Weekly
or Frank Leslie's. A new humorous
paper always has Life, Puck or
| Judge in it's eye. A woman's paper
is started with the death knell of
The Ladies' Home Journal already
in it's ears. A new literary weekly is
| launched to sink the Critic. 1t is al
ways the injury of some one else
with the projectors of a new maya
zine, but seldom the creation of new
lives, the working out of the new
field. Now, we have hundreds OF
weeklies and monthlies in this coun-
try, but the field is not full. 1t is
never for bright ideas and original
! plans. Scribner's demonstrated that
there was room for another high
class magazine, and the COsmOpoli-
tan is still more recent instance
that there is elbow room in the
periodical field. One-half the period
ical ventures in the literary world
die because imitation is stamped up
on them from first cover to last.
When the public sees an initial ton,
it always goes on a search at once
for the original From a letter to
Boston Journal by Edward w. Box
You shouldn't be so restless in
church, Charlie" said the minister
to his little son. Il could see you
moving and jumping about in the
pew all through my sermon" 81
was stiller'n you were, papa" an
swered Charlie. "You was wavin
your arms and talkin' all through
church. - Harper's Young People.
Your husband" said the caller
sympathizingly, was a man OF many
excellent qualities" YES" sighed
the widow. He was a good man
Everybody says SO. l wasn't much
acquainted with him myself. He be-
longed to six lodges. > Chicago
Tribune.