The Republican journal., 1899-06-08
Literary News and Notes.

Ladies' clubs are SO large factor in
American life that American women will
turn with interest TO the sketch of Ladies'
Clubs in England, written by Eva Anstru-
Their and published in The Living Age for
May ~.
Mr.. Brooks Adams contributes to the
June Forum striking paper on ENG
lands Decadence in the West Indies"
The history Of her decline is traced back
to the inception of the French beet sugar
industry by Napoleon Bonaparte; and Mr.
Adams concludes that the drifting of the
sugar-islands into the control of the
United States is probable, if not inevita-
BILE.
Andre Bellesort's ga Week in the
Philippines" which The Living Age has
translated from the Revue DIES Deux
Mondes, is the more interesting because
this sprightly Frenchman saw the islands
in November, 1897, before they had as
sumed iany interest to Americans, but
while the PHILIPPINE instruction against
Spain was in progress. He writes of them
graphically and with a Frenchman's char
acteristic lightness.
In the June number of The Forum, Prof
G. r. Carpenter, of the Columbia Univer-
sity, takes up the cudgels in behalf of Dunn
as, the elder To the charges frequntly
made, that Dumas was rarely the legiti-
mate author of his own works, and that
his ideals were low, and unfit for common
| use, Mr. Carpenter replies with considera-
BILE skill and with all the warmth of an ar
dent admirer of the great French drama
| fist. He shows that Dumas was no vul-
gar compiler or mean plagiarist; that it is
of honor he tells most willingly, of man S
| friendship for man, and of a nation S
| slow progress upward toward order and
| justice. Mr.. Carpenter article will be
welcomed by the student and general
reader alike
. he island Of Grand Manan, just off the
Maine coast in the Bay of Fundy, is fav-
orlte resort of artists, who are attracted
thither by the beauty and grandeur of its
scenery An island Of some three thou
sand inhabitants, its extensive fisheries
have made it's name known in many of the
leading markets of the world. Much of
romance and legend attaches to it's history
and many find it an attractive vacation
| spot. To the June number of the New
England Magazine Mr. William |. Cole
contributes an appreciative description OF
Grand Manan, his article including much
interesting history concerning its early in
habltants and dealing with life in its sew
eral important settlements OF to- day.
Many excellent illustrations appear in his
pages, well bearing out his testimony as
to the wild and rugged beauty of the is
land, and every reader will feel a strong de-
sire to explore the spot of which so much
that is delightful can be said. Warren F.
Kellogg, Park Square, Boston, Mass.
Outing for June is the next best thing
to an actual holiday. The freshness OF
of this popular magazine, which also car
ny many beautiful illustrations The con-
tents are: Golf (piayed with iron clubs
by Amateur Champion Findlay S. Douglas
BLACK Bass, by Percy Sanford; ''Where
the Ouananiche is Waiting by Ed. W.
Sandys; ''Canoeing, from Snowline tc
Sea- by Geo, Hyde; "Frogging in Maine
Waters" by II. j. Craig; 1.-The New
Yachts of the Year. by Capt, A. j. ke-
nealy; give Weeks Awheel in France, ;"
| by Norman Cross; Golf Round About
the Quaker City," by Hanson Hiss
''Practical Camping Near Home by T..
c. Yard; Lawn Tennis" by j. Parmly
Paret; ''The Last Jump an interesting
piece of fiction, by Caroline Shelley; up
/ to the Hills in India by K. E. Stevenson
and the usual editorials poems and
| records.
/ In celebration Of its goth anniversary,
/ The Art Amatuer gets out an exceedingly
/ handsome number. The cover in brown
and gold is very attractive The number
begins with retrospect of the magazine
for the past twenty years, carrying us
/ back to the time when the art movement
was just beginning. The paper, it will be
remembered was founded by Montague
Marks, of whom is given an interesting
account, and also Of his successor, John
/ w. Van COST, who is a descendant of the
famous Flemish painter of the same name,
! some of whose works are shown in the
magazine. The American painter, Henry
Mosler, is made the subject of bright
article, lustratedIby a number of his best
! pictures. The color plate, 1.-The Artist S
Daughter" also by him, bears out his
reputation, for it is an excellent piece of
work, strong and mastery in handling.
Among the other contributors are Mon
1 tague Marks, who writes on 1.-The Royal
! Academy Exhibition;' W. A. Rogers on
/ ''The Artist and the Camera Ernest
knaufft on Elementary Drawing and
Drawing from Reproduction Rhoda
Holmes Nichols on ''Figure Painting
and "Animal Painting" David Malcolm
on "Open Fireplaces;'' E. G. Dierhold on
! Carpets and Rugs Cecilia Bennett, f.
G. Darby and Fannie Rowell Priestman on
China Painting. Price, So cents. John W.
/ Van COST, publisher, % Union Square,
New York.