The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-15
Literary News and Notes.

Mark Twain is the next famous man to
be 'anecdotalized' by the Ladies' Home
journal, and his closest friends have con-
tributed twenty funny stories about the
humorist for the article. The stories will
show that all the good things about Mark
Twain have not been told. Several ludi-
crous ''snap- shot pictures of Mark have
also been loaned by his frends-all printed
for the first time.
A short, clear, entertaining and valuable
lesson for amateur weather observers is
given in the September Ladies Home
journal in the form of series of pictures
of clouds, with brief explanatory notes.
The page is well worth examining and
saving, for there is nothing in the article,
whichwould not be understood byanybody,
even a child. and a little close study will
make one qualified to form better opinions
than ever before as to what the weather
will be.
The current number of Gunton' $
Magazine opens with au able article
summing up the ''Results of the War.
The Outlook in Domestic Politics. is
fully and carefully considered. c. d.
Ch2mberhn presents vigorous article
under the caption TRUSTS VS.. the Town. :"
manner the opportunities for Southern
Women. " In Distinguished Economists, :"
an interesting sketch of the life and labors
of Thomas r. Nautilus is presented.
Three strong instructive articles are:
East Side Living Conditions Naval
Lessons from Santiago" ana Social
Facts aud Forces.
An article i'll lie September Forum by
Frederick Palmer, of the staff of the New
York Press, is at once interesting and
significantly instructive. Nh Palmer
represented the Press in the GreGo-T Turkish
War, SO that travel under irregular circum-
stances was not new to BIN. He packed
his own little outfit over the ICE from Dyea
to Dawson, six hundred miles, Just as the
toughest of the old prospectors did, in
the spring of 1898. Mn. Palmer. while
calculating the dangers and failures of
present day klondike enterprises, never
theless considers that Alaska and the
Yukon country have a great cold mining
future, but, as in other presented day com
mercial enterprises, improved methods
will naturally have to be introduced.
For reliable and new recipes, for a
cursorY and condensed outline of the MANY
interests of the woman of day, read
''Table Talk The September number
gives in the Usual departments, menus,
decorations and suggestions for the dining
room and kitchen, fashions, entertain
ments, and so forth to aid the hostess;
and among its leading articles are" Am
ateur Illustration by Mrs. Burton
Kingsland; 'Treasure Trove,'' by Martha
Bockee Flint; ''The Dollar Luncheon"
by Grace Y. Kerr "Below Stairs" by
n
Isabel B. Wnslow, and an article on Books,
by Miss Mary Lloyd. Truly the home
maker should not be withoutit A sample
if they send their name and address to
Table Talk Publishing Co., Philadelphia
Pa.
The island of Monhegan off the coast of
Maine is ricE in picturesque beauty and
full of historic interest. 1t played an
important part in the industrial and
political beginnings of New England and
is now becoming popular summer resort
for artists and literary people. Mr.. A. G.
Pettengill in the September number of
the New England Magazine describes this
delightful region with true appreciation.
"Monhegan, he says, lis full of interest
and charm; and its power of attraction is
increasing every year. The historian goes
there to solve perplexing problems of local
history; the artist turns hither for new
and striking subjects of which village and
shore are full, making the island the most
paintable of any on the coast; the literary
man seeks in this faraway place new
motives, situations, characters and pictures
for his book, and finds them in the simple
life of the people and in the varied scenery
SO the beautiful and historic island is
contributing to make still more precious
Americas rich possessions of art and
letters" The article is beautifully illus
trated. Warren f. Kellogg, 5 Park
Square, Boston, Mass.