Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-08
LITERARY NOTES.

article by Hon. Hoke Smith, Secretary
of the Interior, published in the Youths
Companion of March 26 Perhaps there
is no national theme which arouses more
quickly the sympathies of all fairminded
Americans. The Indian who once had
complete liberty to hunt and occupy this
fair land has found the United States
government master whom he can not
understand. Secretary Smith gives much
valuable information about the the pres
ent condition and prospects of the In.
dians, their increasing numbers, their
education, and indicates the position
OF the present national administra.
ton toward them, He closes the arti-
Gle by saying: "While l have not criti,
cised the action of our forefathers and
OF our fathers in the treatment of the
Indians, urge without hesitation that
among this people can be found a field
for missionary work as worthy of Chris.
tan zeal as in those countries far awav
from our own" This article is one of
Series by American Statesmen. appear,
ing in the Companion, including articles
by Hon. Thomas b. Reed, Hon II, A.
Herbert, Secretary of tho Navy, and
Hon. j. Sterling Morton, Secretary of
Agriculture,
Louisa NJ. Alcott is said to reveal her
self In a most interesting way in num-
Der OF letters (written to five little girls)
winch are to appear in the April Ladies'
Home Journal. These letters were writ
ten during the busiest period of Miss AL
colts life, and present a pen picture of
the author drawn by her own master
hand. In these she talks with the sing
ular frankness OF herself, her work, her
aims, her home, her spiritual belief, and
OF the influence that directed her to
literature. She never saw any of her
hye correspondents, but their youthful
frankness, intense interest in all her
writings, and their love for the author
and for the characters of her creations.
impelled her to turn aside from her
works and cares to find diversion in
chats withNsuch eagerly enthusiastic,
admiring and sympathetic friends. Miss
Alcott's first letter Ia dated 1872, and the
others were written at intervals up to
within a short time of her death.
John Philip sousa will contribute the
musical feature Of the April Ladies'
Home Journal. The famous band master
has been induced to turn aside from
marches to write waltz, which he has
christened "rhe Colonial Danes Waltz
esq
Inc enormous circulation Of such a
magazine as the Ladies' Home Journal
can, in sense, be understood when II is
said that during the last six months of
1873 there were printed, sold and circu-
lated over four million copies-Gn exact
figures 4,O5S,S9l.) Figures such as these
give one some idea of the influence
which may be eXerted by even single
one of the modern magazines.
The General of the Army, the General
commanding the U. S. Corps of Engi-
neers, Vice President Webb, of the New
York Central, and John Jacob Astor.
compose The Cosmopolitan Magazines
Board of Judges to decide the merits of
the Horseless Carriages which will be
entered in the May trials, for which The
Cosmopolitan offers $4,000 in prizes. This
committee is undoubtedly the most dis
tinguished that has ever consented to
act upon the occasion of the trial of
new and useful invention. The interest
which these gentlemen have shown in
accepting places upon the committee is
indicative of the Importance Of the sub
ject, and that the contest itself will be
watched with marked interest on both
sides Of the Atlantic,
Frank Stockton's new story, "Mrs.
Cliffs Yacht" which begins in the April
Cosmopolitan, promises to be one of the
most interesting ever written by that
fascinating story teller. Readers of "The
Adventure of Captain Horn" will find
in "Mrs. Cliffs Yacht" something that
they have been waiting for.