The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-01-12
Literary News and Notes.


Men and Women. with which is incorpor-
ated the Younger magazine, Ba byhood, il
now published at Troy, New York, and
the substitution price is only so cents 6
year. A new volume begins with the
January number and the prospectus
promises MANY good things during the
| year.
The January number of The Home
Builder has been received from the pub
| fishers, Walter J. Keith, Minneapolis,
Mimi, and fully merits the expectations
created by the advance sheets. 1t con
tains number of plans for moderate cost
houses, and the various departments are
interesting and useful. The subscription
is one dollar per year, in advance.
| The Forum begins the new year with ar
excellent number. Sir Charles Dixie
, writes forcefully on THE Future Rela-
tons of Great Britain and the United
States;" Adiutant- General Corbin con
tributes paper on ''The Army of the
United States.'' showing the wonderful
Improvement Of late years in its personnel
and Mr.. G. Everett Hill, who was private
secretary to the late Col. G. E. Waring,
gives the substance of the Colonels re
port to the United States Government
''On the Sanitation of Havana" All of
the remaining articles are eminently read
able
1t is safe to say that few novels have
met with such popular appreciation on
the stage as those of Anthony Hope. Ac-
cording to Literature, published by Har-
per Il Brothers, this novelist will soon
have four plays, based on his novels, run
Il, 81
Hentzau,'' "Lady Ursula,' and ''When
a Man in Love- have already met with
great success in America, and new adap-
tation of ''Pbroso' is just being produced
now. 1t is certainly an unusual thing
that any novelist, no matter how popular,
should have four successful plays on the
stage at once, and it speaks well for the
dramatic quality Of Mr.. Hopes novels.
Several features of striking interest will
be found in the opening numbers of The
Living Age for the new year. The num-
Der for January ! contains. among other
things, pungent and wholesome lecture
on Art and Morality, by NJ. Ferdinand
Brunetiere, which is translated for the
magazine and copyrighted by it; the first
instalment of The Buckingham Letters,
which are attracting wide notice in The
Cornhill by their cleverness; and the be-
ginning of short serial The number
for January IA, gives the full text of Lord
Rosebery's recent address or Literary
Statesmen, which has been the subject of
general comment; an article from Black
wood S on The Ethics of Conquest, which
relates to the Philippines; and bright
paper on The Madness of Mr. kipling
The frontispiece of the New England
Magazine for January is reproduction
from a painting by G. Ooms entitled
Reading Forbidden Books in the Neither
lands.' This appears in connection with
an article on 1.-THE Pilgrim Press in Ley
den," by Rev. William Elliot Grtfis, who
is so well informed on all points of Pill
grim history. In his present chapter be
tells of the press established by the Pill
grim Separatists during their stay in the
Dutch Republic, for the publication of
books setting forth their principles of doc
trine; and of the attempts of King James,
when he discovered that these books were
being Struggled into England, to punish
the publishers ~ such ''seditlOuS litera-
ture.' The article is fully illustrated.
Literature, Published by Harper 4
Brothers, presents some extremely valu-
able and attractive features. Among the
more important is poem by Rudyard
kilping, entitled ''Kitchener's School,
that is of the same character as the ''SongS
of the English and will rank with the
best Mr.. kipling has done. A leading
article gives a most valuable and timely
discussion OF "Copyright in America, y
and the department "Among My Books
is written by Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
Among the critical features are careful
reviews of. Bsmarck's autobiography,
and interesting studies in the life of
Carlyle and Shakespeare. German litera-
ture is discussed in the foreign letter, and
the literary notes are bright and interest
ing, very full and Of attractive variety.
1t is not generally known that MI
Thomas Hardy, whom Tess of the
D. Urbervilles made famous all over the
world, is, in addition to his talent us a
novelist, a poet and an artist of no mean
order. Throughout the last twenty five
years, while he wrote his novels, he also
has written a great deal of poetry; and
has welded the brush with the hand of a
master Only recently did he consent to
the publication of half hundred of these
poems, which are to be brought out about
the first of the year by Harpers & Broth
ers, and which deal with the quaint and
beautiful country life OF Wessex which
he has described in such charming way in
his prose works. Mr.. Hardy has also
consented to the use of his own drawings,
and the volume will contain some thirty
illustrations by the same hand that drew
the world-renownedT Tess.
The Art Amateur for January contains
a color plate, ''Winter in Holland,' which
is an exceedingly we'll executed snow
scene. The supplement designs are
equally practical and are for China Paint
ing, Wood Carving, Typography and En-
broidery. The text in this most interest
ing number includes the following articles
Phil May, illustrated by that artist,
Flower Painting, Drawing for illustration,
Landscape Painting in both Oil and Water
Colors, Progressive Wood Carving and
Embroidery. There is a perfect feast of
good things for the Ceramic Decorator,
while The House has a Library and Parlor
furnished in Indian Style. "The Collector
and 1.-THE Note Book discuss Art
Topics of general interest. Montague
Marks, in his London Letter, gives an ac-
count of The photographic Exhibition; W e
note that the place of honor was given to
The Art Amateur Color Plates. John W.
Van COST, Publisher, % Union Square,
New York.
20 Years of Vile Catarrh-Chas 0.