The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12
LITERARY NOTES.

The most striking feature Of The Cen
tury for September, which will be Salt
Water Number, Is the first instalmont of
Captain Joshua Slocuma Sailing Alone
Around the World" This is the narra-
tive of Il daring voyage of circumnavi-
CATION, undertaken by the author in 1885,
in a 40-foot sloop built by himself In Buzz
yards Bay, and taken back and forth
across the Atlantic and thence around
Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope,
without assistance or companionship The
distance traversed was 1900 miles. arI
the accuracy of the navigatOr's landfalls
throughout was n thing to marvel at,
his chrOnometer for most Of the time be-
Ing little tin clock of the cheapest kind.
Captain SlOcum was a thoroughly sea-
soned sailor when he started on his ad-
venturous single-handcd cruise, but his
unique achievement was not without dif-
fiCulties and perils that taxed to the ut
most his trength, endurance and mgenui-
ty. Other contents of this number of
The Century are "The Way of a Ship"
by Frank II. Bullen, author of "The
Cruise of the Cachalot"; "The Atlantic
Speedway" by II. Phelps Whitmarsh au-
| thor of 1.-THE Worlds Rough Hand; and
Salvage" by Morgan Robertson, author
| of the forthcoming volume of sea tales,
Where Angels Fear to Tread"
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unusually interesting. and presents many
articles by able writer's covering n wide
| field of criticism and discussion. The
| aim to have all contributions of perma-
| nent value and interest has led the Con-
| serVative Review to allow writer's ample
| space for the adequate treatment of their
subjects. 1t would be hard to determine
which article in the August number IS
| of most Importance and interest. The
| twelve papers contain over ninety thou
| sand words. "Drcyfus and the Jewish
Question in France-French and Ameri-
can Democracy" by Hon. James Il. Eus-
| It's, doubtless ranks the original essays
while the delightful review by Hon. Al
| fred Webb, of r. Barry O'Brien'S "rhe
Life of Charles Stewart Parnell, 1916 1891, +"
probably leads the book reviews.
In Golfers Weekly for Aug. 70 the edi.
| tor of the Cleveland Leader tells the story
| of the Cleveland strike. The front is
| a drawing by r. de Thulstrup of a "Night
! Attack by Strikers on a Motor Car of the
Big Consolidated Street Railway Com.
! pany." There is an illustrated article or
| Admiral Dewey at Colombo. The dOu.
| ble-page drawing is by A. II. Wenzell
| and depicts the Grand PriX races, the
great annual festival of Parisians. The
| fiction is by Bret Harte CMr. Bilson's
| Housekeeper'O and William r. Lighter
|
| Rubber Don'D illustrated by HambidGe
| There are two very remarkable photo
| graphs; one depicts the French Nationa
| Fete, showing the entire French arm.
| drawn up in battle array, the other shows
| a contest between the lion Goliath and c
| Spanish bull at RoubaiX, France. There
| Is a full-page picture of the trial race
! between Shamrock and Britannia of
| Cowes: photographs of Yale-HarvarC
| Athletes on shipbOard; the late Genera
| HeureauX, president of Santo Domingo
| recently assassinated.
| Ex-senator John ]. ingalls, has writer
| for the Saturday Evening Post, of Phila
| delphia, two valuable papers upon tn,
| later career of President Garfield. Thes,
| articles written by man who knew Mr.
| Garfield I'm his youth and afterward saw
| at close range his public acts, constitut,
| what is perhaps the most dispassionat,
and judicial estimate of the man eve,
made. Mr.. Ingalls, brilliant prose, en-
| livened by anecdOte and strengthened by
frst-hand knowledge, is well worthy o
his subject. In connection with thes,
papers. fac-similes Of unpublished letters
| from Mr.. Garfeld's physicians will %,
printed. The first Of these papers will
| appear in the Post of Aug &c.