The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-01-28
Literary News and Notes.

1.-The Stone Woman of Eastern Point
is the title of poem by Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps in the February number of Har
per's Magazine.
The Ladies' Home journal for February
contains very pretty poem by Mrs. Laura
r. Richards, of Gardiner, Me-, also por-
traits of Mrs. Richards, her sisters, Mrs.
Richie and Mrs. Hall, and of her mother,
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe.
The French Fashion Journals of A. Nc
Dowell & Co., New York, not only give
the styles one month earlier than the
American Fashion Journals but the va
rety, originality, and practicability of
those styles lift them so far above all
others, that they are now recognized as
the Standards of Fashion for this country,
as they have long been in France.
The February Babyland, with its bits of
poetry, scraps of song, and pretty stories,
is as charming and dainty as the babies
for which it was made. ''The Breakfast
Song to be sung and told to Baby, 1.-The
Tiptoe Twins and the big kite, the
'HBabys Story and sweetheart
Bath, will entertain and amuse the nur-
sery folks, and they will want to hear the
story of the ''Baby Tenders and ''Our
Carlo told many times. Babyland is
Baby's own magazine. Price so cents a
year. ) cents a number. d. Lothrop
/ Company. Publishers, Boston.
The February Peterson opens with
! Snowy fashion plate and line full page en-
cravings. one of which "The Belated Val
entine' illustrates very beautiful poem
| by Minna Irving. Sup and Down East
Anglia by Roslyn X. Brooke is an inter
esting account of English Norfolk and
Suffolk with a series of excellent illustra-
TONS AN Involuntary Elopment' by
Carrie &. Morgan is a dramatic story of
western life effectively illustrated. An
other capitally illustrated paper is "The
Childr>ns Fancy Dress Party which
| gives clear directions for making the cos
| tunes at a small cost
The second volume of the Modern
Science Series,'' published by D. Apple
ton & Co., is entitled The Horse A Study
in Natural History, and is intended to
especially Illustrate some important prin-
ciples in biology. 1t outlines the princ-
pal characteristics of the comparative
anatomy Of the horse and his near rela-
tons the tapir, and the rhnoceros, and
shows incidentally how a 'missing link,
described by Prof. Huxley in 1877, has
since been found in the Lower Eocene de-
posits, thus identifying a connection be-
leved to have existed in the ancient an
cestry of the animals. The author is
William II. Flower, G.. b.. Director of the
British Natural History Museum.
The numbers of The Living Age for
January 9th and 10Th contain English
Realism and Romance, Quarterly; unpub-
lished Pages of Pepys' Diary. Nineteenth
Century; Excursion to Paris, by Thomas
CARLYLE, New Review: 4 Somersetslire
Valley, National; The Egyptians and the
Occupation, Blackwood; The journal of
Gentlemen Turenne Temple Bar: Lord
Edward Fitzgerald, and A Poor Gentle
woman of the Last Century, Belgravia
Thackeray's Portraits OF Himself. Muir
ray $: Colors of the Stars. Chambers: Tall
Girls and the Food of Vanity. Spectator;
with ''DanoNirch: a Russian Romance. .
Capt. Ludwig's Jump The Lin
guist," and poetry.
Harpers Magazine for February con-
tans an article on the ''Old Shipping
Merchants OF New York; written by
George W. Sheldon, and illustrated by G..
ID. Gibson and +. II. Schcll. 1t will be Il
surprise To some to learn that these mcl-
chants, who exercised SO important an in
tiuence on trade during the first half of the
century, left no successors. They Were
men who owned, wholly OF i'll part, the
packet and clipper ships OF the transatan-
tic service, and they did large business
in exporting. But where is the American
house that exports to-day? The business
is in the hands of Foreigners. and it is
done 50 differently that We're the doors OF
it fifty years ago To make their appear
ance ON Change. they could not under
stand what is going ON.
Little Men and Women for February
gives kindly greeting to all boys and
girls so fortunate as to have this magazine
for monthly visitor. 1t contains AN
other Voice from a Menagerie.' a helpful
Natural History story "A Boy and d
Girl, a real boy and girl story, joker
and His Relations a remarkable monkey
who is clever and amusing, The Studio
Dolls, - whose plot is full OF extraordina-
~ doings, "Uncle Roy's Story ''The
+ Snow Man 5 Opinion, while willie il
the Woods, and ''Susy Dolls and Play
house. : as well as the iingles and verse
make a bright. cheerful and entertaining
number, well set off by its attractive pict-
ures which charmingly illustrate the best
magazine, made by the best writers fol
little men and women Just beginning t,
read for themselves. Price 81 a wear. Il
cents a number. D. Lothrop Company
Publishers, Boston.