The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-08-05
Literary News and Notes.

AOWCNCl, W IllO dLlSl UCdulllul
treatment which the New England here
gives it. 1t has had an interesting history
and it's present life is interesting. 1t is
picturesque place, and in these times is
becoming a most popular resort. Mr..
Mendum is lover of the isolated island
and writes with zeal, and his work is adj
mrably supplemented by the artists, who
certainly had splendid material and incen.
tive. Warren F. Kellogg, 5 Park Square,
Boston, Mass.
Outing for August is as CHEEKY and en-
joyable as sea breeze. The number con-
tains just the sort of reading for these
sultry days, and it is superbly illustrated.
by Price Collier; "The Fishes of our Boy
hood" by Ed. w. Sandys; 'Ingleby's
Neighbour" by NJ. Gertrude Cundill;
''Some of the Seasons Y achts and
Freaks" by A. J. Keneay; "Tenting on
the Rio Grande Del Norte," by Mrs. L. E.
Smith, 'Coasting the Mediterranean
Awheel,' by Paul E. 5enks THE Match
Came" by VIM. A. Walker; 1.-THE Pough-
keepse Boat Races by Chase Mellen;
''Polo in Play by A. II. Godfrey;
"Cycling Clubs and Their Spheres OF
Action 1.-THE Cycle and Photography,
by DR.. Jno. Nicol, and the usual editorials,
reviews of sporting events, and records
up to date.
Washington living name stands at the
head of our great list Of modern Ameri-
can historians, the list adorned by the
names of Prescott, Bancroft, Motley and
Parkman, as it also stands at the begin
ming of the classical period of our ltera-
ture. His lives of Columbus and Wash
ington We're notable contributions to our
history, as in its way was also his satirical
knickerbocker history. 1t was really with
the eye of historian that he always look
ed out upon the world, whether he was
in England or Spain or on the Hudson.
In the August number of the New Eng
land Magazine Nh Richard Burton has an
article upon lrving's services to Ameri-
can history in which these services are
more appreciatively presented than they
have been by any previous writer. The
article is an admiring one at the same time
that it is critical, showing with fine in
sight the real character of Irvings work.
The article is admirably illustrated and
will be widely read, for the interest in
Irving is always warm. Warren f. KEEL
logg, . Park Square, Boston, Mass.
The Ladies' Home journal for August.
largely devoted to fiction, presents
number of short stories by the best
known writers, that will pleasantly EN-
ploy the leisure of midsummer days. OF
special interest among these are the open
ing chapters of Hamlin Garland's latest
serial, THE Spirit of Sweetwater,"
romance with the rugged wilds of the
Western mining country as it's picturesque
background, and 1.-Two Mrs. Chesters,"
by Mrs. A. d. T. Whitney, one of the
best stories that has come from the pen
of that popular author Arthur Willis
Cotton contributes pathetic SKETCH
1.-The Flowers on Tim Raes Grave" and
Annie Steger Winston naTates a rustic
courtship in ''The Jilting of Mary Ellen
Ellinor Dale Runcie, in Sergeant Mat
ty'' gives one view of the heroism of
Salvation Army girl and her steadfast de
votlon to the cause in which she labors
and Grace Stuart Reid tells the story of
Her Mysterious Disappearance An
other story of powerful interest is Sarah
PARIS Before the Morning Watch .
Quaker romance laid in the stirring Revo-
lutionary times.
\ special feature of the midsummer
Harper's is its short stories. The open
ing article is story 10y Frederic Reming-
ton, of lndian-tghting in winter, entitled
"a Sergeant of the Orphan Troop. 1.-THE
illustrations are by the author and include
the frontispiece of the number, in colols
In addition there are seven complete
stories. 'Sharon's Choice is a hui
morous sketch OF life in a Western town.
10y Owen Wister, and is sympathetically
illustrated by A. B. Frost 1.-The Cobbler
in the DEVILS Kitchen is a characteristic
romance of voyageur days in Mackinac, by
Mary Hartwell Catherwood, illustrated
h1yfT t,,int II ~
of farm life in Maine by Bliss Perry,
illustrated by A. B. Frost. The Marry
ing of Esther is a story of country life,
by Mary NJ. Mears. "a Fashionable
Hero" is a story OF the city, by Mary
Berri Chapman; and "a Fable for
Maidens,' by Alice Duer, is an amusing
little comment on the feminine attitude
toward marrying, put in the guise of a
fairy tale. The editor Drawer opens
with ga Pre- arranged Accident farce
by Albert Lee, illustrated by w. FL. Hyde.
With five delightful stories in the
August Cosmopolitan, one might Judge
that it was Intended solely for light read
ing in midsummer; but a second glance
shows that it contains as well much of
serious interest. The second paper by the
special commissioner sent by The Cosmo-
politan to India tells a tale, the like of
which has never before appeared in any
periodical. We have in histories second
hand accounts of great famines, but they
lack that startling distinctness which
comes from beholding at first hand the
sights described Twenty millions of
people slowly starving to death, many of
them in sight of the railways. No Ameri
can can form any idea of the state of at
fairs now existing in India. Mr.. Haw-
| thorne has gone into the interior and
stood among the dead and dying. 1t is
the first time that we have had an Ameri-
can investigation of the condition of af-
fairs in India. The report will open the
eyes not only of the civilized world, but
of the English Parliament and the Queen
herself to the necessity of extraordinary
exertion in behalf of these unfortunate
millions. President Dwight of Yale
furnishes this months consideration of
the question: docs Modern College
Education Educate in the Broadcast and
Most Liberal Sense of the Temp A
charmingly illustrated and charmingly
written article on 'Japans Stage and
Greatest Actor" by Robert P. Porter;
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