The Republican journal., 1896-08-13

ana New Ideas, PublShed monthly IN
Philadelphia at so cents year, will tell
you all about it. 1t is unique publica-
ton and well worth its modest subscrip-
ton price.
Golden Days for August (monthly
part) has been received from the pub
Usher, James Elverson, Philadelphia
The least that can be said is that this en-
tertaining periodical for boys and girls
maintains its usual high standard of inter
est and value.
The Magazine war still RACES, but the
Cosmopolitan Magazine has not yet had
occasion to lower it's colors to the scent
or the higher priced monthlies. 1t has a
large and increasing constituency of it's
own creation, and merits the liberal pat
ronage it receives. The August number,
just issued, is of more than average inter
est and, as usual is fully illustrated.
An inventory of the estate of the late
Eugene Field has been filed and approved
in the Probate Court at Chicago. The
value of the estate cannot be estimated
as the royalties coming from copyrights
of the deceased author cannot yet be as
certained. There is no real estate belong
ing to the estate, but there is an equity of
Park, which is worth $11 800. The cash
belonging to the estate amounts to 500;
goods, furniture and books, Sc, sos: roy
alties received, SO, sos. Among the house
hold effects are a Gladstone axe and a
Jefferson Davis chair.
Outing for August is as wholesome and
refreshing as a breeze from the sea. The
contents are as follows: ga Bout with
the Bluetish,' by Ed. W. Sandys; "Plain
John Miller by c. P. Burton; Through
Virginia Awheel,'' by j. 3. Darlington,
The Half Raters,'' by R. B. Burchard;
Canoeing on Pamedomcook, by W. A.
Brooks; "a Fogy on Foot" by A. w.
Quimby; Ringing A Malayese Tiger" by
DR.. J. II. Porter; ''Two Handicaps,' by
Caroline Shelley; "An Episode Of Trout
Fishing" by j. X. Mumford; "Lenz' S
World Tour Awheel;' "a Western
brook" by c. b. Going; 1.-The Naval
Militia" by w, H. Stayton. and the
usual editorials poems and records.
The Institutional Church is something
of great interest and great importance in
our modern American religious life, and
it is evidently something which has come
to stay 1t is much talked about in the
religious newspapers and other news
papers, but we think that it has never
been made the subject of such careful
and thorough treatment as by Rev, George
Willis Cooke in the August number of
the New England Magazine He traces
the origin and development of the idea,
and gives an account of the leading inst-
tutional churches, So called, in New York,
Boston, Philadelphia Chicago and other
cities. His article is fully illustrated by
pictures of churches and portraits of the
leading ministers Unidentified with this
movement, and will be read earnestly in
all church circles
''The Making of Cannon Projectiles''
is the title of an article by Franklin
Matthews in Harper's Round Table for
August 18th. To the same number Juli-
ana Conover contributes story entitled
''How Braddy's Brother Carried the
News''-a bright tale of college life deal
ing with an Intercollegiate baseball game.
There is an excellent out door entertain
ment by Emma j. Gray, entitled 1.-The
Picnic" and also strong story by Paul
Hull entitled ''Held Captive by Savages,"
The Two serial stories, "a Virginia Cav
alier,' by Mollie Elliot Seawell, and
''Crossing the Auacaxella," by captain
Charles A. Curtis, sustain the interest;
and with the regular departments on
Bicycling, Interscholastic Sport, Stamps,
Photography, the many short stories,
humor, poetry, ETC., it is a very good
number.
PASSPORT, Maine, is in a region of great
beauty, whittier many people resort in
these summer days. 1t is also place
which has had an unusual history, and
one of The most remarkable chapters of
that history is told by Mr.. William Henry
Kilby in The August number of the New
England Magazine, entitled IA New Eng
land Town Under Foreign Martial Law
1t is the story of Eastport in the critical
time succeeding the Revolution, when as
yet the high powers had not exactly set
and whether Eastport was to belong to
the United States or England Many of
the places Unidentified with the events of
that time are still pointed out, and views
of them are included among the illustra-
tons of Mr.. kilby's excellent paper. The
paper will be read not only by the men
and women of Eastport and their summer
friends, but by many others who have a
taste for curious bits of history. Warren
f. Kellogg, Park Square, Boston, Mass.
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