The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-04-08
The Republican Journal, Thursday Morning, April g. 1897
Literary News and Notes.

lowered James EMERSON, publisher,
Philadelphia.
The Harper's are soon to bring out in a
new and beautiful edition Miss Muloch's
novel, 'John Halifax. Gentleman" which
made one of the greatest successes of the
time of it's first publication, and has since
had many thousands of readers.
Dear to the housekeeper is The Ameri
can Kitchen, and the April number, Just
received, is full OF good things. Among
the contributions are: "The Chemistry of
Cooking and Cleaning" and ''The Ethics
of Pots and Pans Home Science Pub
fishing Co., Boston.
The April number of McClure's Maya
zine was on sale April LIST on all news
stands and delivered to all subscr bers
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and
hereafter exactly on the first day of each
month a new number will be published
Heretofore publication has been made on
the 2Sth of each month; but it is believed
that the change to the 1st will be to the
general convenience.
In the progress of the Word'' de-
partment of the April Review Of Reviews.
the editor comments on the change of adj
ministration at Washington, on the tariff
bill, and other measures before the extra
session Of Congress, and on President Nc
kinley's diplomatic appointments; the
Greco Cretan situation is carefully review
ed, and other recent developments in for
eign politics are treated with the
thorouehness and impartiality to which the
Review readers have grown accustomed
The editor of the Review of Reviews
passes suggestive comment on the latest
phases OF the Greco Turkish question
He holds that the only reasonable solu-
ton of the Cretan difficulty is to place
Crete definitely in the keeping of Greece
His theory is that Russia is playing a
waiting game, and that the other great
powers are playing into her hands. The
Review reproduces portion Of the Athens
Ephemeris of recent date, containing war
news ard comment printed in modern
Greek, together with several striking car
toons showing the Hellenic point of view
Among other interesting and striking
features the April number Of the Forum
contains: Has the Senate Degenerated, by
Senator George f. Haor; Arbitration the
only Solution of the Financial Problem, by
Allen Ripley Foote; Retrenchment or
Ruin? by Hon. j. Sterling Morton, Ex-
Secretary of Agriculture; The United
States and Cuba, by Henri Rochefort;
The Futility of the Spelling Grind, by DIR.
j. M. Rice; The Fur Seal as an Animal, |
by David Starr Jordan, Chief of the Behr-
ing Sea Commission for 1896, and George |
Archibald Clark, Secretary to the Com
mission; Shall Nevada be deprived of her |
Statehood? by William E. Smythe.
The City of Bangor is the subject of an
admirable article in the April number of |
the New England Magazine, one of the |
most attractive which has appeared in the |
valuable series on New England cities |
The author of the article, Mr.. Edward |
Mitchell Blanding, has long been promi- |
nently Unidentified with Bangors life and |
progress, and he writes of his city with |
commendable enthusiasm and faith, in
dulging in pleasant "reminiscences of the |
past, and giving us clear picture of the
life of today His article is magnificent
ly illustrated, and Bangor people have
reasons to be delighted with the manner
in which the New England Magazine here
presents their city TO the world.
Table Talk for April is red letter.
number inside as well as out Among the |
notable articles is the first Of a series of |
three on ''Garnshes'' by Mary Ronald. -
this one taking up those most attractive
and appropriate for use with hot meats;
Mrs. NJ. G, Myer, a delegate to the Moth
ers' Congress held at Washington d. g..
gives digest of the most helpful and in
structive points touched upon during the |
session; and "Scientific Moving is treat |
ed by Eunice Ii. Darlington, while the |
departments give the usual number of |
menus, recipes and general culinary in |
formation as we'll as touching upon many /
other subjects of interest to the home |
maker. By sending name and address to
the Table Talk Publishing Co., Philadel- |
phia, Pa, any of our readers are offered |
a sample copy of the magazine free.
The early April issues of The Living
Age will contain some papers of striking
and timely interest. Among them, Mr.. |
Gladstone's pamphlet on the Eastern
question, which has so aroused the atten-
ton of the English people; Max Mulers |
Literary Recollections; Francis de Pres |
sense on the Cretan Question; Leslie |
Stephen on Gibbon' Autobiography; and |
reply by Sir Frederick Pollock to the |
article on the Hidden Dangers of Cycling |
which appeared in a March number of |
the magazine. The first April issue be-
ing also the first number of new volume,
the 2l3th, and new year, the 54th, offers
an excellent opportunity for the beginning
OF new subscription. The subscription
the magazine is published by The Living
Age Co., Boston.
There were few poems of the war which |
obtained wider currency OF have main
tanned more permanent popularity than
1.-The Vacant Chair' But few among
the thousands who daily sing the tender
song have any knowledge of it's origin.
The story of the poem is told most inter
estingly by Mr.. Herbert L. Jillson in an
article in the April number of the New |
England Magazine. The hero of the poem
and its author alike belonged in Worces-
ter, Mass. The former was young lieu
tenant, William Grout, who was killed at |
Balls Bluff, and the latter, Hon. Henry
S. Washburn, a prominent business man, !
who is still living. The music which |
fioated the song into popularity was COM
posed, as is well known, by George F. |
Root. Mr. Jillsons account of CIRCUITS |
life and of the writing of the poem is full .
and interesting, and his article is accom-
panied by portraits of all the men asso-
ciated with the work and with many pic
lures illustrating the young lieutenant's
life. It will be eagerly read in all homes
where the war memories still live. War
rem f. Kellogg, Park Square, Boston,