The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1895-12-12

eAit.e iAoSAeJ anu poverty dIe lEcUmpatD Die,
years subscription to Golden DAYS
makes an excellent Christmas present fol
boy OF girl. 1t is issued weekly and
monthly. James EMERSON. publisher
Philadelphia.
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt has contrib
uted to the December Forum an article
entitled Thomas Bracket Reed and the
Fifty first Congress highly commend
ing Mr.. Reed for the course which he took
IN that Congress to suppress tilibustering.
Christmas gifts for men, a Christmas
market, and Christmas suggestions OF va
nous kinds appear in the number of
Harpers Bazar published December
lth. Fashions for children, with many
Illustrations OF girls trocks and wraps.
will be found i'll the same number.
There will be the usual abundance of
good stories in the December number of
McClule's Magazine, including d Christ
mas story, one OF Anthony Hopes ever
welcoming Zenda stories, and humorous
stony Of African exploration and London
stage life by Robert Barr
The December number of the American
Kitchen Magazine contains A Christmas
Dinner, by Mrs. Lincoln, with many other
good things, including an illustrated ar
tlcle by Edward Atkinson on the Aladdin
oven. Home Science Pub. Co., 4S5 Ire
mont street, Boston.
Estes 4 Lauriat have just published a
charming historical story for boys by
James Otis. 1t is called 1.-The Boys of
l145 at the Capture Of Lousbourg,' and
the title explains the book. There is Just
nj
to make the combination very tasty one
to youthful readers.
Tie Thanksgiving Babyland begins the
new volume in a very taking way. Its
Thanksgiving story, The Candy Tur-
key, with its cute little picture and the
beautiful big frontispieee will please the
nursery listeners immensely The
Thanksgiving Pumpkin" rhyme and pic
ture are both good. There are many
other excellent features. Alpha Pub.
Co.. Boston
Estes 4 Lauriat, Boston, published last
week Five Minute stories," by Laura
r. Richards, author OF ''Captain Janu-
airy, Melody" ''Queen Hildegarde.'
etc. This work is collection of short
stories and poems, for children. The book
is fully illustrated with original illustra-
lions by A. K. Wheelan, F. B. Barry and
Others, and chalmingly bound with del
lcate. dainty cover
The November number of NIcClure-s
Magazine, containing the opening chapters
OF the Lie OF Lincoln, was out of print
10 Two weeks after publication, increasing
the circulation by -, 200 new subscribers.
4he INST edition for December will I've over
-oV-oeU copies, further increase OF %
oOo, and viii contain other chapters in
Lincoln early life with - pictures. four
portraits OF Lincoln. One of the Lincoln
pictures and many of the other illustra-
lions have never before before been pub
lished.
A Maine author. whose studies of coun-
try life and character it is claimed. NAV
sometimes be classed with those of Miss
Jewett and Miss Wilkins, is Mrs. Webb
Donnell Of kent's Hill, whose signature.
Alice Hamilton Donnell, is becoming
pleasantly familiar to readers of standard
periodicals. The Youth Companion COM
pllments her latest story, "a Thanksgiv-
ing Peacemaking,' by printing it on the
first page Of the special Thanksgiving
number, with illustrations by Alice Barber
Stephens.
In the prospectus Of "Our Little Men
and Women" the popular illustrated
magazine for young readers, is noticed
among the names OF such contributors as
Sarah Orne Jewett, Sophie SWEET, Mary
E. Wilkins, Jessie Benton Fremont. So
phie May, ETC., that Of Percia V. White,
with this very appreciative announcement
accompanying: GLOW Mamma Used to
Play: by Percia v. White, dozen lovely
little idyls of child happiness. Each will
have full page picture by Hiram P.
Barnes Mrs. White is an accomplished
Orono woman and graduate of the Maine
State College, class Of 10, and is to be
warmly congratulated on the success she
has attained as a writer.
The December number of Harper's
Magazine presents holiday appearance
in its cover Of white, gray, and gold, and
the illusion is not dispelled by an exami-
nation Of the contents, beginning with a
frontispiece in color. This frontispiece
is one Of twelve illustrations of series Of
four sketches by Howard Pyle, with which
the number opens Rarely has Harper's
been embellished with more beautiful pic
lures than these, and they are worthilv
succeeded by the work of Frederic Rem
ington, Albert E. Sterner W. r. Smedley.
J. r. Weguehn, F. Y. Du Mond, r. Cation
Woodville, and the other illustrators of
the number.
In the November number. Little Men and
Women starts off its serial and series, and
very bright and valuable reading they
promise to be. ''Bockers," by Margaret
Compton, is city story of two very up
to-date city boys. '.Nellie Ogg and Her
Coats by Frank Pope Humphrey, IS a
beautiful romantic true Scotch story Of
= bonnie Prince Charlie's'' time Mr.
Pratt's .'Whirling Globe will in novel
manner give pictorial accounts of 'sall
the children in all the world ''All
Around Doll House." by Annie Isabel
Willis, promises to make easy the build
ing and furnishing by diagrams and pic
ture. This leaves the half untold. Alpha
Pub. Co., Boston.
The New York Herald's first prize of
$4,000 for the best serial novel goes to
Julian Hawthorne; the second prize of
So, 600 to Rev. w. Z. Brakeman Of Islip,
n. y, and the third prize of 81, 900 to
Edith Carpenter of Millville, N. J. The
prize of So, 600 for the best novelette, goes
to Molly Elliot Seawell Of Washington,
and the 1000 prize for the best short
story to Edgar Fawcett. The 81, O0Oprize
for the best epic poem is awarded to a
writer who wells himself or herself under
the nom de plume of Sangamon, without
revealing his or her identity. That the