The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-11-10

somely illustrated.
We have received copy of the illus
trated edition of Appleton Monthly Bull
letin, containing some fine portraits and
pictures, with notes on new books. d.
Appleton 4 Co., New York.
The titles of the stories in the Novem-
Der New England Magazine are very tax
ing. 'Catnip for Two," by Ethel Davis,
1.-The Black Deuce" 10y W. Grant, and
IA Prophet" by Richard Marsh
A new book from the pen of Mr.. Harry
W. French, the lecturer, entitled
Through Arctics and Tropics is just
out. Two New England boys are heroes
of the story and they traverse Al, 260 miles
through Arctics and Tropics, in the course
of their year S ,iourneyings and 90 through
all sorts of adventures. 1t is profusely
illustrated.
The November Wide Awake lust out,
has charming and notably-illustated
article on, Some British Castles" by
Oscar Fay Adams: it has well-illustrated
article on the ''Babies of the Zoo'' (the
Central Park menagerie). by Alexandria
Black. and a stirring Harvard College
story ''Raglans Substituted by Edith
Robinson.
Washington paper says that eX-Sec-
rotary Blaine will occupy his leisure in
writing a book. He has been hcsitating
as to whether the book shall be Oh the
line of his 20 years in congress or person
al memoirs. He enjoys himself greatly
since his return to Washington. much
more SO as private citizen than as a cab
met officer. He is seen out every morn
inc ia kiOU constitutional ,,-al1, Sauna
times he goes out for the air as often as
three times day.
The History of Maine, originally writ
ten by John s. c. Abbott, has been care
fully revised roughout and five chapters
of new matter added by Edward H. Elwell
late editor of the Portland Transcript
This second edition contains Cos large
octave pages, in good, clear reada BILE
type and has 81 Illustrations. Published
by Brown Thurston Company Portland.
Sold by subscription only. E. f. Knowles
4 Co., Augusta, sole general agents for
Maine. We have examined the book and
find that many of the inaccuracies of the
former volume have been corrected by
Mr.. Elwell, who was always painstaking,
careful and accomplished writer
The Review of Reviews for November is
splendidly illustrated number, and it
contains great number of new and time
ly portraits of interesting people. Among
these are the two new South American
presidents, Crespo and Pena: several emf
nent men who have recently died: MI
Clarkson and Mr.. Quincy, the ''educa-
tional' campaigners of the two party
committees; the Misses kenealey English
cholera nurses at Hamburg: Mi0uel.
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man statesmen two prominent journalists.
Colonel Cockerill. of New York and Mr..
J. W. Scott, of Chicago: President Chas.
+. Thwing, of Cleveland and many 9th
CTS.
The Arena for November closes it's sixth
volume with Il table of contents at
once strong, varied and of general inter
est This Review continues to grow in
favor without lessening in a iot its bold
assault on conventional shams and wrongs
of the age. Nor does it show any sign
of being less hospitable to new progressive
and retormative thought, 1t is conspcu
onsly fair and unquestionably the boldest
Review OF our time. The Arena may be
termed the Free Lance among the world
great reviews. 1t has never culried the
favor of the rich OF catered to public opin-
y t
unparalleled progress in public favor
Miss Kate Nannah. of Gardiner, who
has scored another success in her song
''When Love is T~ld,' has now in manu-
script nhe songs and is daily at work
upon new ones. She was OF late the re
cipient OF a most gratifying and compli-
mentaTy letter in praise of her songs.
Good Bye Sweet Days" and ''Nlen
Love Is Told. from an eminent vocal
teacher now in New FORK. late OF Prague
and Dresden, Signor g. de Grandi 1t has
been proposed that group OF Miss Van
nah's songs shall be sung by well known
Boston contralto at a meeting of the n. E.
W. Press Association. of which she is a
member, in recognition of her signal sue
cess. Louis II. Ross will shortly issue a
lullaby by this composer
The November number of the New Eng
land Magazine is a Whittier number. The
trontlsplece is from rare photograph of
the poet taken about 1850, and the open
ing article takes the reader in and about
the New England country, which inspired
so much of Whituers poetry, and is so
associated with him us a man. 1t is by
William Sloane Kennedy, whose mono
graph of Whittier was 50 well received.
-AuOlllCl eI bICIt utdlS WllU w lllUUler as
Poet and Man, and is by Frances c. Spar
hawk. Allen Eastman Cross contributes
a fine poem 1.-THE Passing of Whittier.''
MI. Edwin ID. Mead, til" chief editor of
the magazine, deals with Whitters life.
work and influence in his Editor Table.
The articles are finely illustrated through
out.
Bangor Commercials: The current num-
ber OF The Magazine OF Poetry contains
poems written by Mrs. b. l.. Smith, of
Patten, formerly OF this city. The maya
zine also contains portrait of Mrs Smith
and biographical sketch of her written
by James L. Bixby, PHI. d., b. d. Mrs.
Smith has been a frequent contributor to
the Commercial, and her articles on life
and scenery in the northern part of the
is the daughter OF James B. Murch, a we'll
known and scholarly Belfast lawyer. She
has written for the Boston Traveller. and
other publications. In addition to her
journalistic correspondence she has made
translations from the foreign languages
The current number Of The Magazine of
Poetry contains three of her prettiest
poems: -Four Leaved Clover Millinnkett
Lake and In The Attic. Mrs Smith has
also made Il study of the French poets
As her biographer says: ''To the stanzas
OF the great French poets, she has given
such careful study and patient effort as to
win an admirable success in reproducing
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