The Republican journal., 1895-08-29
Literary News ana Notes.

land Tourist illustrates Camden, Sorrento
and Casco Bay. The illustrations are
numerous and very fine.
A sketch Of George du Maurier's arts
tic career, with Characteristic Du Maurier
drawings to illustrate the development of
his art, is given in Harper's Weekly for
August 24th.
Margaret Mauro, Of NO. 62O + street,
Washington, ID. c., at the age of II has
had eleven poems accepted for publica-
ton in the St. Nicholas Magazine and paid
for at current rates.
Mrs. Humphry Wards new novel,
upon which she has been at work for the
past two years, will be called ''Sir George
Tressady.N 1t will appear as serial in
The Century, beginning with November.
In addition to some beautiful and dis
tinguished late summer toilettes in Har-
pcr'S Bazaar issued on August oath, there
is a specially prepared and very practical
and detailed paper entitled EARLY Au
tumn Fashions for Men.
Besides generous instruments of the
Personal Kecollcctlons of Joan Of Are
and Mr.. Iardy's 'IIearts lnsurgcnt, =
the August number OF ilarper's Magazine
includes two short stories: "Jamie. by
Ian Maclaren. and ''l'etey Burke and his
Pupil by Julian Ralph. The Editor S
Study contains comment ON current
events BY Charles Dudley Warner, and
the EDITORS Drawer a short story ~
John kendlick Bangs
The story OF Ida Lewis. the famous
lte-saver of Lime Rock Lighthouse is
told for the children IN the August Little
Men and Women, 10y Kcziah shelton; the
article has portrait aiid a view of til e
Light house home ri the brave Light
Keeper There are two bright true stories
also. How DICK Drove Mail Coach, by
Evcrard Jack Appleton, and GLOW Little
Betsey Went WINNING, by Elizabeth
Robinson and other stories, sketches, etc
round out a very readable number
Mark Twain has announced his pur-
pose TO pay All the debts OF the firm of
halle IL. Webster 4 Co.. If which he
was q member, dollar for dollar. He
says he can with the aiG OF his wife scrape
together sufficient to pay the creditors
about fifty per cent. OF tkeiI due. 1T is
my intention, he says, 10 ask them to
accept that as a legal discharge. and to
trust to my honor to pay the other SO per
cent. as fast as | can earn it, This
statement was made Just Oh his depart
ure for Vancouver, i. G., Oh h,s lecture
tour around the world.
OF the manuscripts left unpublished by
Robert Louis Stevenson at Ills death mot
many by the waN.) the first to reach the
public i collection Of very original
Fables in the September number of
Nrf ! .l-ri,, ~,
conversation between John Silver and
Cap u >mollett OF 'tTreasure Island, :"
which is as delicious in its way as any
thing those worthless do or say in "Treas-
ure Island itself. In the same number
Anthony Hope relates another adventure
o1 the ever charming Princess Osra an
attractive and most courteous highway
man. There is also romantic tale OF
intrigue 10y Stanley }. Neyman. and a
new lrurutocity story by Ian Maclaren,
1he author OF Beside the Bonnie Brian
nVsll
me September number OF The Forum
(Which, ~ tie way. begins Vol. AN.), is
IN many respects one 81 the most note
weltAN numbers rNel issued. The leader
Y contributed by the Hon. Theodore
Roosevelt, PRESIDENT oi the Hoard o. To-
ilce commissioners. New lork, who
wlites n lis asNaI vigorous i we on i.Ihe
Enforcement # the Lem. setting forth
clearly aHi IneGuiTted-iS Ills position
with regard 10 Tile reinforcement Of the ~
ei~e lazy in NV Aoli. which lie is de-
lernine'i A. enforce without ieaf ~ favor.
Ai w. Nee Means lnll,Ws NJ ltoose-
Neit Win an article on Municipal Prog
feS~ and TIE Living WAGE, id which lie
contends hat oili prospects 81 noble civic
llie nam upon the reform of the 1iyil
Service, ana that Wien oilce tie civil Ser
NIee = reformed, the question Of the silly
re- wage VIII lose il Importance In
"thel articles the September Forum
sweeps over the whole field OF contempp-
ranenus thought, presenting its readers