The Republican journal., 1892-03-17
Literary News and Notes.

Mr-. Gladstone first article in the
series ot "Hints from Mothers Life,
which she has written for The Ladies
Home Journal will be printed in the
April issue OF that periodical
Rapid Transit is the subject of the sixth
If CARROLL u. Wright Lessons from the
Census. to appear in the April Popular
Science Monthly. 1t contains much val
uahle inform ltion concerning operating
expenses, relative economy of motive
powers, growth OF mileage, etc.
The last Of the articles on musical instru-
ments in the series ON the Development
II American Industries Will lie published
in the April Popular Science Monthly 1t
. by Daniel Spillane, and traces the evo-
Ution of the manufacture of Orchestral
Musical instruments in America. The
article is fully illustrated.
The American Girl is not slow to grasp
q chance. Some time ago The Ladies
Home journal organized free education
system for girls, and the magazine is now
educating some forty odd girls at Nassar
and Wellesley Colleges, and at the Boston
Conservatory of Music. all the expenses
of the girls being paid by the journal.
1t is not generally known that the au-
thor of the famous jingle, Little drops
OF water, little grains of sand, is Mrs.
Julia a. Carney of Galesburg, III. She
was Mrs. Julia A. Fletcher of Boston so
years ago, when she wrote the verses.
They attained an instant popularity, but
Mrs. Carney's connection with them has
never been we'll known.
The Story Teller for March is made up
of an absorbing tale of adventure, written
by David ker. MI. ker is known to all
magazine readers as one of the widest tray
eled and most observing of men. The title
Of his story is ''From the Hudson to the
Neva." and in it he takes his plucky
young hero 'Jack Jarvis through count
less adventures and through surprising
experiences that are at once full of excite
ment, of interest and of information.
Price Sl,30 a year: - cents a number.
y, Lothrop Company, Publishers, Boston.
In spite OF bleak March winds and the
dying struggle Of Winter, Outing for the
month is as bright and CHEEKY as Il May
morning. Every page breathes whole
some teachings of the grand old woods,
Of healthful exercise, OF travel in many
lands and of sports and pastimes pure and
henetcial--such as our sons and daughters
should he encouraged TO follow. Not a
line OF the pernicious and sensational lit
rrature far too abundant at present, can
ever find its way into Outings pleasant
pages. 1t is magazine for ladies and
gentlemen and is surely doing Il good
work. The current number is superbly
illustrated and reflects the greatest credit
on the publishers.
The Progress of the World" which
is the exceedingly live editorial depart
ment Of the Review of Reviews, discusses
the American political situation with great
frankness in its March number A very
fine new portrait of Mr.. Grover Cleve-
land is presented, and also equally strik-
ing half-tone preSentments of President
Harrison, Mr.. Blaine, Postmaster General
Wanamaker, Chief Justice Fuller, the
late Justice Bradley, Chairman Bland, of
the Coinage Committee, and the late John
Jay Knox. The review of foreign affairs
is also fresh and keen, and is interspersed
with portraits of Judge Henry Foster Of
Chill: President Diaz and Senor Garza of
Mexico: full-page portraits of Prince
George and the duke of Clarence; a fine
full-page portrait of Father Anderledy,
the late general of the Jesuits portraits of
NJ. De Freycinet and NJ. Clemenceau, who
are so prominent in the present political
crisis in France, and various other celebri-
ties of the day.