The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-06
y LITERARY NOTES. "

"a Man from Ohio" is the title of an
amusing story by Edith Wagner in the
San Francisco Argonaut of August Sd.
The Ohio man is particularly scornful
of everything that originated out of
his native State, and he disregards the
stern rules of etiquette that govern the
lives of Spanish maidens in Monterey,
with results that were permanently I'M
pleasant to himself.
Apropos Of the fact that the only
prominent New York newspaper
which supports the nomination Of
Bryan is the Journal, Moses P. Handy
is reminded of story about Willis j..
Abbot, the Journals chief editorial
writer. For some weeks before the
Chicago convention the Journal, at
Mr.. Abbot's suggestion, was publish
ing signed articles by prominent men
on each side of the silver question. 1t
seems that among the names of men
from whom such articles were desired
Mr.. Abbot submitted to Mr.. Hurst,
the Journals proprietor, that of VIM.
j. Bryan, of Nebraska, whom he had
known and admired for years. Mr..
Bryan's fame, however, had not then
reached Mr.. Hearst, and, strange to
say, the name of the man who was a
month later the Democratic nominee
for President was the only one crossed
off the list. But he may be nomi-
mated for President said Mr.. Abbot.
Eyes, very likely" said Mr.. Hearst,
ironically, ''but not this year." Mr.. Alb
bot, who was a Chicago newspaper
man for many years before he came to
New York, was not surprised by his
friends nomination. He contributes
to the August ReUieaO Of Rerieoos an
interesting character sketch of Mr..
Bryan.
The August Donahoe's opens with
thoughtful and practical article on
"Child-Study in Sunday School," by
Mrs. B. E. Burke, the well known lee
turer on methods of teaching. The
writer shows how the latest methods
of child development as tested in the
kindergartens and higher grades of
primary schools may be successfully
applied to Sunday catechism classes,
and cites the Sunday school of Saint
Paul's church, New Y ork, to illustrate
this successful application. The thou
sands of Sunday schools in the country
should benefit by study of this arti-
Gle. "The Harp Among Various Peo-
ples," by Catherine Feeney; "Some Pro-
totypes of Famous Heroines." by
Charles Robinson; and "a Pillar of
Hercules" are the articles which carry
the pictures of the number, and both
in reading matter and illustrations are
unusually interesting, Mr.. Robin
sons tracing of some of the favorite
characters in English fiction to their
living models, especially so. Rev. VIM.
Walsh, in Louise Lateau: A Memoir
contributes an absorbingly readable
duU COuNIuCIuS Aot1 oClFC VI LILO 'AoAV W
the stigmatized maiden of Bots d.
Haine, Belgium, during her life, and
his return to her venerated grave the
present summer. "Catholic Tolerance
in Irish History" by j. A. j. McKenna,
is pertinent contribution to current
literature and in "Lecky's Democracy
and Liberty Joseph Dana Miller
swells the number of adverse critics
of that historians latest work. Rev.
Edmund Hill, G. P, Eleanor G. Don
nelly, Rev. P. A. Wright, S. M, and
j. J. Donahoe are the poets of the
number; there are several readable
short stories and the Editors Review
and departments" contain many
items of public and domestic interest.