The Republican journal., 1892-07-28
Literary News and Notes.

The fiction i'll Harpers Magazine for
August includes the continuation of the
two serials, Jane Field by Mary E.
Wilkins, and The World Of Chance by
W. ID. Howells; a charming love-story,
'.Trotll,' by Rose Hawthorne Latlrop;
and an amusing tale of Philadelphia, by
Thomas A. Janvier. entitled ''lhe Pass
ing of Thomas
The August Jefferson opens with two
very fine engravings. both being artistic
gems Gilberta 5. Whittle $ article, Some
Noted Washington Women will attract
much attention. 1t gives excellent photo
gravures OF Mrs. Lieutenant Mason, Miss
Kate Dcering, Miss Matte Thompson, and
various other society bellies, together with
delightfully."- written biographical sketch
OF each lady.
Wide Awake opens with Il spirited pie
ture by Merrill illustrating the story OF
''Jocks Journey Ella Wheeler Wilcox
contributes poem. Nesper L. George
tells the boys how to make a toy called
a ''minie- dark There are three excel
valuable paper, combining instruction
Philip Sidney and his Oak, by Harriet
c. w. Stanton.
Babyland for August is IA pretty, dainty
number, as the summer issue of the
babies magazine should be. Nurse Karen
tells charming story, Sweetheart has a
good time at the seashore, and the Tiptoe
twins enjoy a garden full OF flowers.
There are pretty stories and pretty verses
and pretty pictures, all made for Baby,
and mamma will like them better than
ever. Price so cents a year; ) cents a
number, d. Lothrop Co., Publishers,
Boston.
Very appropriate for summer reading is
Dr.. r. Mitchell Prudden' $ article on ''Ice
and Ice making which appears in the
August number OF Harper Magazine.
The production of ice both in nature and
by artificial processes is lucidly described
by DR.. Prudden, and his very interesting
paper is especially valuable on account of
its information concerning the sanitary
qualities of the different kinds of ice
Several illustrations help to make the
article still more attractive.
| Professor Elihu Thomson, the inventor
and brains of the Thomson Houston Flee
trio Company, contributes an entertaining.
scientific and thoughtful paper on culture
Electrical Development" to the July New
England Magazine. He explains the pos
sibilities of electricity. in all the public
and private convenience IS OF life and gives
practical examples Of its application to
| manufactures. rapid transit. and domestic
offices, such as cooking, iloning, heating,
gardening, raising fruit and vegetables.
etc, etc.
The Ntory-Tellel tor July is made up OF
Il long and entertaining story OF girl-life
and girl effort i'll the Northwest fifteen OF
twenty years ago, when st. Paul and Min
neapolis We're not the great cities they are
to-day, and when roughing it and doing
good could 90 hand in hand. The story
is called ''True Blue" and is by Mrs
Lucia Chase Bell. who tells how the girls
who are her heroines We're really ''true
blue alike in desire and endeayor Price
u cents number. d. Lothrop Company,
Publishers Boston.
Our little Men and Women for August
gives the boys a hint which they will I'M
derstand in ''What the Brook Saw -
Joker, the clever monkey, meets some re-
markably clever relatives, and 'What
Spoiled the Day." ''Dick Auction "A
Little Builder, THE Plague of Locusts. .
"A Boy and A Girl, ''Talks by Queer
Folks Ibid Tahby Understands '.The
Tallyho Jaunt,' are among the bright
stories by bright writer's, who with the
clever artists help to make this publica-
ton the best and brightest boys and girls
magazine ever issued. Price 81 GO a year:
10 cents a number. D. Lothrop Co., Pub
fishers, Boston.
Pansy for August contains a compre-
hensive paper on Jean ngelow. which
will r,oI wit
also gives a bright bit of American His
tory under the title of About st. Angus
tine, and has likewise a goodly number of
short stories, poems, sketches and verse
Pansy and Margaret Sidney furnish excel
lent chapters for the two principal stories
The illustrations are many and good, max
ing Il bright, attractive summer number,
and an every way desirable magazine for
old and young alike, for week day and
Sunday reading. Price S1.00 a year: 10
cents number. ID. Lothrop Co., Pub
lishers Boston.
The August Arena contains the second
instalment of Mr.. Reeds Brief for the
Plaintiff in the interesting discussion of
Bacon VS.. Shakespeare. Whatever NAV
be said of the abstract merits of the case.
no one can fail to be impressed with the
thus far adduced in behalf of Lord Bacon.
as the author of the plays. Perhaps the
most startling as well us the most interest
ing disclosures, however, are yet to come
In the September number Mr.. Reed will
answer objections, not only those that
have been brought forward in previous
public discussions of the subject, but
Others advanced in his own private CORE
spondence with scholars and literary men
on both sides of the Atlantic. Other lead
ing papers in the Arena are by United
States Senator James Ii. Kyle, Hon. Geo.
Fred Williams, NJ. c., Hon. VIM. Il. Ellis,
NJ c., Gail Hamilton, Mary A. Livermore
Louise Chandler Moulton, Helen H. Gar
dener, Frances E. Willard, Mrs Gen. Lew
Wallace, Frances f. Russell and the Edi-
tor of the Arena. In addition to these
papers, there is a brilliant symposium on
Womens Clubs in America, to which
eleven leading American women con-
tribute.
News of the NJ. f. Church.