The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-03-04
Literary News and Notes.


The January numbers of Little Men and
Women and Babyland are little late, but
have lost none of their attractiveness
Alpha Publishing Co., Boston.
The February number of ChatterboA has
it's usual colored frontispiece, numerous
illustrations, and much entertaining and
instructive matter. Estes & Lauriat,
publishers, Boston.
Miss Hildegarde Hawthorne, daughter
of Julian Hawthorne, contributes to the
March number of Harper's Magazine
short story in the mystical vein Of her
celebrated grandfather
Olga Nethersole, the actress, has turn
ed her attention to writing, and will give
advice of a practical nature to 'The Girl
Who Aspires to Elocutlon.' Her contri-
button will appear in an early issue Of
The Ladies' Home Journal.
In Harper Magazine for March, Jo-
seph William Collins has many things of
interest to say concerning the decadence
of one of the most picturesque and adj
venturesome of American trades, the deep
sea fisheries of New England. Incidental
ly he treats of the development of the can
ming and packing industries which have
told so severely against the sale of sailed
cod and maekerel. The article is illus
trated by Carlton T. Chapman.
Captain Mahan, who recently spoke
with approval of the strengthening of the
American navy during the past few years
finds in the enforcement by this country
of the Monroe Doctrine, which he thinks
| may tend to complications with the Eu-
ropean powers. a new and strong argu-
ment for strengthening it still further. To
the March number of Harper's Magazine
he contributes an article suggesting plan
for defence by sea, which will doubtless
be widely read and discussed.
Harp er's Weekly of February 27th con
talns two notable features in elaborate
descriptions and illustrations of the Con
gressional Library at Washington. and in
an article by Thomas Campbell Copeland
(unavodably postponed from the previ-
GUS issue), giving a complete analysis of
the vote by counties at the late Presden-
tial election, accompanied by a page of
tables and full page map graphically
portraying the general results in each
State, especially with reference to the
Democ ratio anti Bryan vote.
A feature of the Round Table of Feb
ruary 23d is the first install ment of new
the Bad Lands of Arizona by Kirk Mon
roe, one of the most popular of Ameri-
can writer's for boys. This number
includes also two short stories, s'Artin,
the Kurd," by g. B. Burgin, and an in
cident of the late war between China and
Japan; articles on Hunting Grisly
Bears" by Caspar W. Whitney, and on
1.-THE Inauguration of PRESIDENT by A.
Maurice Low, and poem on Washing
toms Birthday, by Mrs. Margaret f.
Sangster.
Holding fast to its literary traditions,
the Atlantic Monthly for March contains,
besides fiction, travel, reviews, and remi-
niscences, five articles on sub ects of the
greatest public importance and time
illness, -John Fiske's comprehensive dis
cussion of the Arbitration Treaty; Wood
row Wilson's review of Mr.. Cleve land S
politicle career, and an estimate of him as
President; Professor Hadleys clear state
ment of the good and evil of trusts and
monopolies; Mr.. Francis G. Lowelrs ar
tice on the causes of the decline of leg
islative bodies and some remedies; and
true scholars explanation, by Mr.. Irving
Babbitt, of Harvard, of the right place
and use of the classcs,-a defense of lit
erature against the philologians
The Century for March is styled an 'In-
auguration NUMBER and contains sever
al features relating to the city of Wash
ington. The frontispieces are three por-
traits from photographs by Cox specially
taken for The Century-two of Major Nc
Kinley and one of President Cleveland
Those of Mr.. Mckinley, taken December
9th and 10th, show him in profile and in
full face. and are agreeable and vigorous.
The profile brings out strongly the resem-
blance to Webster which has been 50 often
remarked. The one of President Cleve-
land gives very interesting view of the
President at his desk, November %, 1896
These portraits accompany the opening
article of the number, ''Our Fellow Cti-
zen of the White House," in which Mr..
c. G. Buel sets forth, in an authoritative
and entertaining manner, the official life
of the President, social as well as politi-
cal. The paper is illustrated by numer-
GUS pictures recently made at the White
House. Another Washington feature con
Germs "The Nations Library" which is
the subject of articles by the Librarian,
Mr.. Spofford, and Mr.. William A. Coffin,
the art critic, and is impressively illus
trated BY drawings and reproductions of
decorations in the Library, being the most
complete account on the subject yet print
ed. A third paper, by J. B. Bishop, re-
counts EMANCIPATION Scenes and Incl
dents'' of the past, and is attractively il
Illustrated with pictures relating to the in
auguration of Jackson, William Henry
Harrison, Polk and Buchanan. There are
also editorial articles of an appreciative
character on the outgoing and incoming
Presidents.