The Republican journal., 1896-12-24
Literary News and Notes.

Literary NEWS anu NOIeS.
Harper's Bazaar issued December Goth
will contain sto ny by Mary B. Sleight
entitled ga Pen sioner of Hope;;" and
every Day Phys ical Culture practi-
cal paper, by Eva Lovett.
The foil owing are the contents of Gun
toms Mag azipe for Dece mber: Meaning of
Organism in American Politics Future of
Gold, Common Sense on Trusts, The
Greenback Controversy, Evidence of
Business Revival, Claims of Cuba for
Self Cove IN ment, Statistics of immigra-
ton, Labor Insurance in Germany, New
| Polit ical Deals, Editorial Crucible, Econo-
mics in the Magazines, Book Reviews.
Herbert D. Ward, the novelist and hus-
band of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward,
has writ ten novel, which will be the
fiction eature of The Ladies' Home Joun-
nal during 1897. 1t is a humorous story
and has the unique title of "The Burglar
| VIII o Moved Paradise 1t is sequel to
| Mrs. Wards can Old Maid Paradise, -
the husband taking up the pen where
Miss Phelps had nat urally to put it down
W hen she became Mrs. Ward.
Felix de Fontaine died Dec. 18th in
Columbia, S. c., of pneumonia. He was
the man who furnished the North the first
news of the attack on Fort Sumter. Since
the war he had been connected almost
) continuously with the New York Herald.
He was the author of several books, includ-
ing the Encyclopedia of the Best Thoughts
| of Dickens" "Gleanings from a Confed-
crate Army Note Book, - and birds of a
| Feather Flock Together, or Talks with
southern Men, He was born in Boston
GA years ago.
Special features of Harper's Weekly
for December Goth will be "a Sioux In
dian Episode" by Col. Guy V. Henry,
[. S. A, illustrated by Il. F. Zogbaum !;
a paper by Timothy Pitkins on Turkish
Gmevances-The Blood Tax double
page Illustration by W. I. Smedley, Ell
| titled "a Plantation Christmas fore de
War third paper on ''Street Cleaning
in Europe" (Berlin) by Col. George f.
Waring, Jr., with illustrations and an IL
Illustrated article by r. G. Skerrett on the
Torpedo Boats of the United States
Navy"
Joel Chandler Harris, the author of
"Uncle Remus," is making two new
characters, ''Moses'' and Aaron" IA
nous. In story entitled "The Mystery
of the swamp published in Harper's
Round Table, December 10, he tells us
| something more about them. Appearing
in the same number of the Round Table
is another entertaining tale by Allen For
man, entitled THE Pingra Poll and an
interesting article, by Hubert Earl, des-
cribing the New York Stock Exchange;
also instruments of the serial stories en-
titled "The Boy Wreckers," by W. D.
Stoddard, and 1.-The Loyal Traitor" by
James Barnes. Another article is on the
scientific use of kites.
Last summer George W. Smalley the
| famous correspondent and man of letters,
went abroad in the interests of The La
dies Home Journal. His commission was
to write two articles one on The Per
sonal Side of Bismarck and the other
on ''The Personal Side of the Prince of
Wales" Mr.. Smalley personally knows
both men, and he had no difficulty in get
ting into close touch with them, while
other men would have found insur-
mountable barriers. The first of til ese
articles will be printed in the January
issue of the journal. Unpublished por-
traits will illustrate the papers,
McClure's Magazine will begin in the
January number a series of Life Por-
| traits of Great Americans with repro
auctions of all the existing portraits of
Benjamin Franklin known to have been
made from life. There are fifteen such
portraits, and some of them have never
been published. Mr. Charles Henry
Hart, probably the highest authority on
early American portraits, is collecting and
editing the material for the series, and
will add introductions and notes giving
the history Of the several portraits and
/ whatever is interesting in the circum-
stances of their productions. There will
also be an article on Franklin by PROBES
sor Treat of the University of the South.
Mr.. H. l.. Goodwin of Pennington,
Me, VIII ose writings on matters relating
to shooting and fishing lover the sigma
ture OF Winchester have been widely
read by sportsmen, is writing book this
winter which will be published in the
| spring, and which cannot fail to in
terest all who are fond of hunting and
angling, and particularly those who visit
the woods of Maine The title is maine
Woods and Water Folk, and Stories of
Hunting and Fishing The book will
contain about 800 pages, and will be illus
trated by large number of half-tone en-
cravings. A description of all the lead
ing hunting and fishing resorts in the
State will be given, also a history of the
game animals and fish found in the State
their habits, etc. The book will also con.
camps and guides ever published, besides
score of interesting stories of fishing
and hunting. Harrington Chronicle.
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