The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-07-08

devotes his Editor Table at the end to
discussion of the anti-slavery struggle, es-
pecially in its relations to New England,
which is the subject of the Old South
work for the present year.
Prof. Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton
University, asks the perplexing question
"What is Americanism?" in the July At
lantic. His paper in that issue on the MAX
ing of the Nation is striking sketch of
the growth and development of American
national feeling. He traces the various
stages through which it has passed and
the great events that have contributed to
it.
The October, 1897, issue of The Allan
tic will be an anniversary number, COM
pleting the fortieth year of the magazine.
Every effort will be made to have this
number the most brilliant issue of an
American periodical ever published. Its
publication on September 20, 1897, will
signalize, not only the close of the fortieth
year of the magazines life, but the sue
cessful carrying out of many month S
planning.
''Girdling the Globe with Submarine
Cables is the subject of a popular scien-
titc article by MI. George Ethelbert
Walsh in the July number of the New
England Magazine. 1t shows in what a
sure and rapid way the old prophecy of
Puck is finding its fulfillment. There are
few important quarters of the globe to
which the cable does not carry now our
telegraphic messages. The methods of
laying the cables, of keeping them in re-
pair and of finding breaks when they oc-
cur are by thousands of us little under
stood. The whole enterprise is stipend
Gus, and has seldom been better descrb-
ed than by Mr.. Walsh in this article,
which is supplemented by score of valu-
able plans and pictures. Warren F. KEEL
logg, Park Square, Boston, Mass.
The magazine women need is "Table
Talk" the acknowledged American au-
thority upon culinary and household
topics. The July issue contains a de-
scription of ''Some Pretty Luncheons.'
by Mrs. Burton Kingsland; gives Sea
sonable Canning and Preserving" as we'll
as other recipes and menus by leading
authorities. 1t also contains an article on
''Summer Vegetables by Miss Cornelia
c. Bedford, one on ''Chutneys and For
eign Sauces. by Mrs. Parker; "a word
Over the Tea Cups" by Rose Crosby, as
we'll as very full and interesting New
Bill of Fare and ''Housekeepers In
quiry'' departments. Send for sample
copy of this unique house keepers guide,
which is offered free to any of our read
ers who send their names and address to
to Table Talk Publishing Company, Phil
adelphia, Pa.
Outing for July is one of the best num-
bers that ever left the presses. A pleas
C -1r 49,
with many beautiful illustrations supply
exactly the sort of reading which is desir-
able these sunny days. The contents are:
IA Highland Holiday by Ed. W.
r. B. Burchard; "Camps and Camping
Awheel,' by DR.. Jno. Nicol; ''Cycling
Clubs" by A. H. Godfrey; Salmon
Fishing in Cape Breton" by W. II. Mae :;
1.-The Yachting Circuit of Lake Erie, =
by c. f. Flannery; ''Along the Riviera
Awheel," by Paul f. jerks; ''Across the
Alleghanies Awheel," 10y Jno. b. Car
rington; Canoeing Down st. Joseph S
River" by Katharine Reighard, and the
usual editorials, poems and monthly rec
ords of amateur sporting events.
In spirit and sentiment the July Ladies'
Home Journal is interestingly in accord
with that of our National birth month
An article on ''The Greatest Nation on
EARTH by William George Jordan pic
lures, in a most vivid way, the vastness
of the United States, and by simple com
parsons and telling illustrations contrasts
every phase of our greatness with that of
other nations. Allied in patriotic senti-
ment is Clifford Howard article, "When
Dolly Madison Saved the Declaration of
Independence. This tells the story of
the heroism of President Madison wife,
who saved the most precious document in
America from falling into the hands of
the British when Washington was in
flames. ''The Women Patriotic Socie-
ties'' gives the aims and purposes of
these organizations and the requisites for
membership FIFTY Years Of Postage
Stamps" brings to mind that Just half
century ago our Government made and
sold it's first stamps for letter postage.
A wholesome and helpful as well as
prolific writer was Mrs. Margaret Oil
plant, who died of cancer last week in
London at the age of SO. OF her forty or
more novels none belonged to the sensa-
tional- or criminal class, while her more
substantial contributions to current litera-
ture, like ''The Makers of Florence, - ''The
Makers of Venice ''The Literary His
tory of England est. Francis of AS
sisi, 1.-The Life of Laurence Oliphant,"
''Thomas Chalmers will give her an en-
during name among the historical and BIZ
ographical writer's of the present century,
OF her Harold Frederic writes in the New
York Times: Zone may feel that she
wrote far too much, and yet marvel at the
fine level of solid excellence maintained
in it all. She was to the last the warm
hearted, helpful friend of scores of strug-
Cling young women and the eager cham
pion of good causes wherever to be found :;
yet she shrank from publicity as keenly
as if her name had never been mentioned
in print, instead of adjoining more than
one hundred title pages
The July number of The Forum contains
an exceptionally interesting set of arti-
cles. The list of subjects includes just
those topics, general and local, which every
one is discussing-fromt the Greco- Turkish
War to Mayor Strong's experiment in non
partisan municipal government in New
York. Perhaps the article which will at
tract most attention is that entitled 'Nyhy
Spain Has Failed in Cuba The writer,
Mr.. Thomas g. Alvord, Jr., spent four
months in the island, travelling all over it,
and devoting much time to observing the