The Republican journal., 1896-07-09
Literary News and Notes.

portunltleS for active work and the excel
lent use she is making of those oppor-
tunities
The leading article in the July Harper 5
is paper on General Washington by
Professor Woodrow Wilson, illustrated
by Howard Pyle. The paper is in effect,
a review of the events of the Revolution,
in which Washington was so commanding
a figure that accounts of it might be
classified equally well as history or
biography.
Kate Douglas Wiggin, the author OF
many clever short stories as well as OF
more ambitious work, is the author of the
opening skit in the editors Drawer of
the July Harper's 1t is called ''Blue-
beard: a lecture recital on a posthumous
drama by Richard Wagner. 1t is given
with examples of the music, and will be
enjoyed by all except extreme devotees OF
the master of modern opera.
Prof. Francis A. March, LII. D., who
has recently received the honorary de-
gree OF d. c. L. from the University of
| oxford and that of Lit. d. from the Uni
versity of Cambridge, has accepted the
editorship of the series of Standard Read
ers, to be published shortly by Funk Il
/ ~ w. N'Hl HlN EeiHCiiS NV W. II
! honored with the degrees Of ID. c. l.. and
Lit d. by these universities. The Stand
ard Readers will be based upon the Scien-
titic Alphabet as used in the New Stand
ard Dictionary Mrs. Emma Fiske Rob-
erts, NJ. A., one of the editorial staff of
the Standard Dictionary. Will cooperate
with Prof. March.
The most thorough and authentic study
OF William Mckinney character and ca
reer that has yet appeared IN periodical
literature is contributed 10 the July Re
view Of Reviews by Mr.. E. V. Smalley,
the we'll known journalist, whose init
mate knowledge of Republican party
the public men of Ohio render him pecu-
liarly adapted for such a task. Mr..
| Smalley was himself born and reared on
the Western Reserve, only forty miles
from Mckinley's Poland home, and he
writes with full personal knowledge Of
the Major early environments. The ar
tcle is well illustrated.
The Review Of Reviews for July is a
strong political number. The portraits
of prominent men OF all shades of politics
are numerous and interesting, and the ed
itorial comment on the present situation
is luminous. The Review is the only
monthly which is able to keep fully
abreast of all political movements and
changes 1t is never caught mapping.
The action of the st. Louis Convention
on the 18th Of June is already history to
the Review of Reviews which appears on
the first day Of July; indeed, that action
had been definitely and accurately pre-
dicted in the number of the month pre-
Wiz no baS Oh
sibilities III political magazine journalism
as had not been dreamed Of in the philos-
ophies of the magazine editor of the con-
ventional type.
For the August number of Harper S
Magazine six short stories are announced,
besides the first instalment OF Mark
Twain new story, tom Sawyer, De
tective,' and the second part Of Langdon
Elwyn MITCHELL humorous story of West
Virginia mountaneer life, 1.-TWO Nor
mons from Mudtllety''; Mr.. Howells will
relate his "reminiscences OF the poet Long
fellow: Frederick Remington will depict
with pen and brush the sportsman's life
in IL favored region of northern Canada;
William Hamilton Gibson will describe
entertainingly some combative neighbors
who once inhabited an earthen path in
! MS uVoI gdIN, ttLtt d pdPCl pn s'tO"4 .
/ Lansdowne Portrait of Washington will
be given, with engrayings of four OF
Stuart paintings OF Washington; Lau-
renee Alma Tadema v i'll also contribute a
fine dramatic poem, ''rhe Silent Voice, -
illustrated by Edwin a. Abbey
Outing for July is an ideal summer
number. 1t opens with a valuable article
on The Trotting and Pacing Champions
of To Day." by f. i. Abercrombie. This
| is profusely illustrated with portraits of
the equine wonders which promise to this
season shave the two minute mark. The
fiction is unusually strong, including
1.-TWO handieaps,' fascinating story Of
the turf, from the pen Of Caroline Shelley;
and MY Match With Eileen,' by l.. o.
Robbins, an adventure in Ireland, in
which the wheel plays conspicuous part.
Other notable features are ''The Twenty
Raters,' by K. B. Burchard; Swim
ming by Ed. W. sandys; 1.-The Cruise
of the Shark by G. A. Warder, and "a
Night With White Coats by Mary
Trowbridge Townsend. The numerous
portraits of famous horses and yachts in
| this number are alone worth many times
the price of Outing
A new volume on Synonyms, Anto-
nyms, and Propositions Will shortly be
issued by the Funk & Wagnalls Publica-
ton House. This has been prepared with
great care by the Rev. James c. Fernald,
editor of the Department OF Synonyms in
the Funk d Wagnalls Standard Diction-
airy. The editor has carefully discrimi-
mated the chief synonyms of the English
language, some 5000 OF 1000 in number.
by the same method that has won so much
approval in the Standard Dictionary.
Taking one word in each group as the
basis of comparison, Mr.. Fernald defines
this clearly and then he proceeds to show
how the other words agree with or differ
from it, thus the whole group is held to
one fixed point. The treatment is in pop
ular and readable style. The book also
contains a large number of Antonyms as
well as Propositions, and it's closing pages
are devoted to Questions and Examples of
service to both teacher and students. The
type, BREWER, is pleasing to the eye and
the key words at the top of each page en-
nance the value of the book for purposes
of ready reference.
The Atlantic Monthly, which begins a
new volume with the July number, secure
ly holds its own place as the foremost of
our periodicals in its literary quality, and
it shows also firm and ready grasp on