The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-10-19
Literary News and Notes.

fought years ago IN many Indian cam
pagns with the late General Crook. His
recollections of that dist guished Indian
fighter are published in The Youths
Companion for the week of October 10Th,
the annual Announcement Number.
The four issues of The Youth Com
panion to be published during October
will include two double numbers with
decorated covers. One of these will be
the annual Announcement Number, out
October 10Th. 1t will contain a full illus
trated prospectus of the coming volume
for 1900.
Vick's Magazine comes out this month
in regular magazine form and makes a
handsome appearance. 1t appears by an
editorial statement that Fick's Magazine
is now entirely disconnected from the
seed business, and is issued as an indie
pendent publication by the Wick Publish
ing Company, Rochester. \. y, having
no connection whatever with any com
mercal establishment.
A. B. Frost, the artist, has undertaken
what is thus tar his most ambitious and
sustained piece of work, in a series of
eight paintings, entitled "A. B. Frosts
Country Folks The series will present
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the different aspects of their social and
neighborhood life. Each painting will be
distinct, and be given a full-page repro
duction in The Ladies' Home Journal,
the series running through the magazine
tor eight issues, beginning with the
Christmas nurl Der.
The New England Magazine gives prom
inent place IN its October issue, as in its
,lNf,,. ,lT, {ia1a l,Ox-
special connection with the Boston meet
ing of the International Congregational
Council. Rev Morton Dexter's account
of "Congregationalism in America is
well supplemented by an article on Con
gregationalism in England by DR.. John
Brown OF Bedford, England tracing the
growth of the denomination back to its
initiative steps. This article, like the
previous one, is fully illustrated, and is
accompanied by reprint of the two ac-
counts of THE First Visit to Scrooby,''
written by DR.. Henry NJ Dexter in 1851
and 1867. describing his visit to Scrooby
soon after its Identification as the cradle
of the Pilgrim church. Mr.. William II.
Coob, librarian of the Congregational
Library, writes of The Congregational
House" outlining the various activities
centering there and giving history of
their successive headquarters. Many
fine exterior and interior views of the
building are shown.
The October issue of The Art Amateur
is, as it always has been during its y years
of existence, the foremost and most pro-
gressive in the field of art. Those persons
who did not attend the Dewey celebration
should not fail to get copy of this issue,
for it gives the fullest and best account
yet published OF the glorious Dewey Arch.
How the sculptors and artisans worked in
the Madison Square Garden is graphically
described and illustrated by the well
known artist, W. a, Rogers. In addition
to this, there are number of photograph
ic reproductions of the various groups.
The color plates are unusually attractive,
Little Sunbeam" by Schlesnger, being
the portrait of a very winsome little maid
en-. while the second is for the ceramic
decorator,-a plate with the portrait of
Admiral Dewey in the centre, surrounded
by border OF anchors and ropes. The
usual departments of drawing, painting,
illustrating, typography and embroidery
ale as full as ever, while the one of 1.-The
House" is enriched by bright, illustrat-
ed talk on Applied Art at the Royal
Academy, by K. Davis BenD of London.
The ceramic decorator will find the new
est ideas tlOm well known teachers. John
w. Van COST, Publisher, % Union Sd, \.
Y. Price 81 cts.
Until quite recently honey has not re-
ceived The attention now given it as a
table commodity. The difference in quail
ity, flavor, color of the product of the
Eastern and Western sections of our coun-
try and many other interesting points are
all discussed in an article by Martha
Bockee Flint in the October issue of Table
Talk. Other articles i'll the same issue Of
this magazine are The Homely Squash"
''Concernng Watercress, "Meat Sugges-
tons: this article treats on the unneces-
Sary advance in prices of meat to the CON
sumer and suggests other foods Which
may take the place Of meat on our tables.
1t is ID valuable article both il point of
economy and health. The CAN Through
the ear Department, as usual is filled
with Information that women want to
know, and the 'Housekeepers Inquiry
Department better thaa Cook Book,
because it IS up to- date in all matters
pertaining o cooking and serving the new
recipes. This magazine is just W hat every
woman wants every day. 1t teaches ex-
hausuvely the art of good cooking and of
wise and economical living. Our readers
can obtain free sample copy of recent
number OF this magazine by sending their
name and address to Table Talk Publish
ing Co., Philadelphia, Pa.