The Republican journal., 1895-11-28
Literary News and Notes.

yon Rogers, son of Prof. VIM. A. Rogers,
of Colby University, whose just published
book, ''The Life and Teachings of Jesus"
is receiving high consideration at the
hands of competent critics. The Christian
(Unitarian) Register says: ''Mr. Rogers
wrote the book while pursuing his course
at Colby, without any one, even the mem
bers Of his family, suspecting that he was
engaged in such task. Considering the
authors youth and that his religious
training had not been in this direction,
the book would seem to be remarkable
one.''
Mary E. Wilkins has done something
new in the piece Of work just completed
and given by her to The Ladies' Home
Journal for publication. 1t is series Of
''Neighborhood Types" These types
are the most unique characters, and are
found in a supposed New England village;
to the portrayal of each type Miss Will
kins devotes separate sketch. Thus she
pictures striking male character in ''The
Wise Man of the Village;'' one Of the most
natural of children in 1.-THE Village Run
away;'' familiar figure in s'The Neat
Woman of the Town." with three other
characters equally distinct. There are six
s!types.r and all are illustrated.
Several notable improvements have
been introduced in the Popular Science
Monthly, with the beginning of the cur
rent volume Wider margins have been
adopted, the departments have been re-
arranged and given less formal style,
and many new attractions are promised.
In response to numerous demands, the
publication of the magazine simultaneous
ly in this county and in England has been
begun. The new volume opens with a
list of writer's, including David A. Wells,
Fitzgerald Marriott, Daniel G.. Brinton,
E. p. Evans, James Sully, G. Frederick
Wright, and the Dean of Montreal, which
should win it many new friends both at
home and abroad.
The announcement of reduction in the
price of Littelrs Living Age from eight
dollars to six dollars year will prove of
more than usual interest to lovers of
choice literature. Founded in 1874, it
will soon enter it's fifty-third year of a
continuous and successful career seldom
equalled. This standard weekly is the
oldest, as it is the best, concentration of
choice periodical literature printed in this
country. Those who desire a thorough
compendium of all that is admirable and
noteworthy in the literary world will be
spared the trouble of wading through the
sea of reviews and magazines published
abroad; for they will find the essence of
all compacted and concentrated here. To
those whose means are limited it must
meet with special favor, for it offers
them what could not otherwise be obtain
ed except by large outlay. Intelligent
readers who want to save time and money
will find it invaluable. For the amount
and quality of the reading furnished, the
new price makes The Living Age the
cheapest as well as the best literary
weekly in existence. Reduced clubbing
rates with other periodicals offer still
greater inducements, and to new sub
scribers RENTING now for the year 1896,
the intervening numbers of 1895 will be
sent gratis Littell & Co., Boston, are
the publishers.
Conspicuous among the contents of the
December Atlantic is another of John
Fiske's historical studies. 1t has for a
title The Starving Time in Old Virginia,
and is an important historical contribu-
ton as we'll as delightful reading. This
issue also contains three short stories:
Witchcraft, by l.. Dougall; The End of
the Terror, by Robert Wilson; and Doro-
thy, by Harriet Lewis Bradley. Other
articles of interest are A New England
Woodpile. an outdoor sketch, by Rowland
E. Robinson: The Defeat of the Spanish
Armada, by w. +. Tilton: An ldler on
Missionary Ridge, a Tennessee sketch, by
Bradford Torrey; Being d Typewriter, a
discussion of the relation of the machine
to literature, by Lucy c. Bull Notes from
Travelling Diary, a study of the new
Japan, by Lafcadio Htarn; and To a
Friend in Politics, an anonymous letter.
The series, New Figures in Literature and
Art, which has been appearing in the At
lantic, has attracted wide attention. The
subject Of the third paper, appearing in
this issue, is Hamlin Garland. There are
further chapters in Gilbert Parker's pow
erful serial, The Seats of the Mighty, and
two poems Of exceptional quality, The
Song of a Shepherd Boy at Bethlehem, by
Josephine Preston Peabody, and The
Hamadryad, by Edward A. Ellington Val
entine. Book Reviews and the usual de-
partments complete the issue. Houghton
Mitflin & Co., Boston.
very notable issue of The Art ANA
teur is that for November. Since this adj
mirable magazine set the fashion, years
ago, of giving absolute fac-similes of
paintings in oil, water olors and pastels,
it has had many cheap imitators; but GER
tainly no ''cheap'' production of any
kind could compete with either of the
two superb color-plates The Art ANA
teur gives this month. "a Modern Ma
donna,' by Conrad Kiesel, the German
Court painter, is the head Of a beautiful
woman very beautifully reproduced; and
this periodical has never brought out a
more dainty flower piece than the ''Yel-
low Roses and Violets,'' by Mrs. Mu-
maugh. In pursuance of the editor s
plan Of giving a thoroughly practical art
: magazine, these pictures are primarily
intended to serve as copies for the anna
teur artist; but we venture to say that
F.. few persons possessing them will be able
to resist the temptation to frame them
and hang them. All of the usual instruc-
tive features of the magazine are we'll