The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-02-03
Literary News and Notes.

contains, besides libe raj instalments of
the two serials, "Four for Fortune, :"
by Albert Lee, and "The Adventures,
by H. B. Marriott Watson, the following
short stories: "The Carrier Pigeons Mes
sage" detective story by Lamar Beau
mont; "The House of the Prodigal Sons, :"
by Harold Martin; "Max, the Night City
Boy" by Thomas W. Lamont, and ga
Warm Corner in Sooloo," by Owen Hall.
There are also papers on 'Baits, and
Where to find Them,'' by Samuel Sidney
Hale; "Book- making in the Middle Ages, :"
by G. T. Ferris; and fully illustrated
description, by Dudley D. F. Parker, of
how boy can build "Knockabout' for
cruising in shoal water.
With it's February issue The Forum
completes its twenty fourth volume, which
shows manifest advance when compared
with many of its predecessors. The lead
ing article in the current number is con-
tributed by the president of the Interna-
tional Geographical Congress, Sir Glenn
ents r. Markham, K. c. B., on "Antarc-
tic Exploration and its Importance"
While numerous North Polar expeditions
have been undertaken during the past
quarter century, with the result of large
additions to our knowledge of Arctic
lands, it is more than fifty years since
any organized attempt was made to solve
the South Polar problem. Antarctica is
day sealed book. Sir Clements
pertinently quotes remark of the Duke
of Argyll, to the effect that it is almost a
reproach to civilization that, while we are
able to analyze the substance and distin-
guish the chemical composition of the
most distant object in space, we have
arrived at the close of the nineteenth
century without knowing the whole
| superficial appearance of our own little
planet. The urgent need of magnetic
survey, it is claimed is sufficient reason
for espatching an expedition to AntaIc-
tic seas.
Harper & Brothers publications for
February includes the following: 1.-The
Red Bridge Neighborhood, novel by
Maria Louise Pool; 1.-The Lion of Janina
or, the Last Days of the Janissaries," "a
Turkish novel, by Maurus Jokai, transla-
ted by r. Nisbet Balm; ''The Fight for the
Crown" novel, by W. E. Norris; 1.-The
Sack of Monte Gallo" an adventure of
to- day, by Walter Firth; Ribstone Pip
pins novel, by Maxwell Gray; 1.-The
Vintage a romance of the Greek War of
Independence, by E. F. Benson; "The
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day." by Charles F. Lummis; elements
of Literary Criticism" by Charles John
son; "Spun- yarn, " sea stories, by Morgan
Robertson; ga Boy l Knew, and Four
Dogs" by Laurence Hutton; 'The Golf
eide, and Other Tales of the Fair Green,'
by W. G. Van Tassel Sutphen; The
Student Motley: The Rise of the Dutch
Republic by John Lothrop Motley,
| condensed, with Introduction and Notes
and an Historical Sketch OF the Dutch
People from 1884 to 1897, by William
Elliot Griffis; ''Wonder Tales from Wag-
ner' told for young people, by Anna
Alice Chaplin; International Monetary
Conferences by Henry B. Russell; "a
Little Sister of the Wilderness" a novel,
by Lillian Bell New Edition); "The War
of the Worlds" by H. G. Wells.
The value of a striking title to ar
article or story is understood by no
American periodical SO well as The
Ladies' Home Journal, writes New
York correspondent. 1t has made it's
titles famous by their uniqueness. Its
Side Talks With Girls" Heart to Heart
Talks,' and Unknown Wives of Well
Known Men," have been ridiculed and
paraphrased from one end of the country
to the other. But it has all been grist
for the Philadelphia periodical. Just
now the title of The Inner Experiences
of a Cabinet Members Wife, is attract
ing attention. Julia Magruder's new
love story is given the title of ga Heaven
Kissing Hill''-taken from Shakespeare,
really, but who but the journal would
have thought of it? Marion Crawford S
new story is called "The Dead Smile
title good enough to sell any story.
bn 7 NJ lad ;s,+ ,ol,
a new series. "The Man Under Thirty
five made the reputation Of Lillian Bell
in this magazine. MY Literary Pas
sions," under which Mr.. Howells wrote
in the journal, served at once to attract
attention. Julian Hawthorne sends
strong story to the magazine, but with
poor title 1t is Immediately rechrsten-
ed ''There are no Wolves in Ireland -
Yet each title adopted by this clever
magazine fits the story and is really the
best caption for it. Minister of the
World started that story on its success
Mr.. Beecher as | Knew Him. was
an inimitable title for Mrs. Beecher's
memoirs of her husband. 1.-THE Gen
tleman Who is Going to DIE is the
caption for a forthcoming story by Clara
Morris. Talk about cleverness in titles,
what magazine is such past master in the
art as is The Ladies' Home journal? And
newspaper man knows how difficult this
art of title making is. But nothing is SO
valuable in attracting the eye of the
public.
The sudden appearance of bright star,
like that which came into the consteIla
ton of Cassiopeia in the year 1872, does
g ---- not excite
-. more interest
I'M ITCn among as
IlNLl ENAl ONFN tro I'm e rs
III An International GAZETTE Of NJ than is arous-
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