Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-12
LITERARY NOTES.

III McIlufeS MaSaZtne Tor April
Walter Wellman will describe, from
his own recent experience, the novel;
ties and hardships of house building,
housekeeping and general domestic
life and daily work up under the
shadow of the north pole.
Outing, which has passed into the
hands of strong company of enthus-
iastic sportsmen, headed by Casper
| Whitney, comes to us in April in
handsome new cover. 1t is number
| like the bourgeoning spring, bursting
with new life and the promise of
bountiful harvest. The number is il
Illustrated by the pencil and brush of
Ernest Seton Thompson, Arthur Hem
ing, James l.. Weston, Oliver Nugent,
Il. w. Sandys, and others.
Prof. John Trow bridge, of Harvard
University, contributes an interesting
article, entitled --latest Developments
With the Mays, :" to the April number
of Appletons' Popular Science Month
ly. A number of curious illustrations
accompany the text.
The author Of ''Bandanna Ballads"
in the April Ladies Home Journal, is
one of the newest singers of negro
| folklore. She is Miss Howard Weedeu,
and her ballads have elected the high
est praise of Joel Chandler Harris.
She illustrates her own writings with
pictures that are as felicitouS, faithful
and convincing as her verse.
"The Great Steel Makers Of Pitts
burg and the Frici-C Carnegie Suit" is
the subject of an illustrated article in
the April Review of Reviews, by Julius
| Moritzen. The article describes the
wonderful development OF the steel
and coke industries of which Pittsburg
| is the center.
From the Talks With Napoleon, in
the April number of the Century, it
appears that the emperor was so fully
resolved to make his home in America,
in the event of defeat at Waterloo, that
he had bills drawn upon this country
for whatever sums he chose to take
| He told DR.. O'Meara that he had
spent sixteen millions of ready
money" of his own before the battle.
Il have probably rs much money as !
! shall ever want" he said at St. Helena
but do not know exactly where IL
is"
Speaking of "rhe Black VOLTS
Breed" the successful novel by Harris
Dickson, the New York Times says:
apparently When Knighthood Was
in Flower is not the Only literary
prize that has recently been captured
by the Bowen Merrill Company. Har-
ris Dickson's new historical romance,
The Black VOLTS Breed published
only few weeks ago by this house, is
now in its fifteenth thousand. This is
q fascinating tale of old and new
France in the reign of Louis NV
The Bowen-Merrill Co, indianapolis.
Both the January AMI February st.
Nicholas are out of print, the large
sale of the two numbers being attrib-
uted to the popularity of the new de-
partments, Mature and Science and
1.-The st. Nicholas League" Outdoor
study and scientific investigation are
aided and encouraged in both of these
departments, and the youthful readers
of the magazine have shown a prompt
and hearty appreciation of the oppor-
tunities thus thrown open to them.
In the April Atlantic, George F.
Parker, United States consul at Bium-
ingham, England, treats The Con-
sular Service of the United States;''
the nature of the service: consular
duties and opportunities; the presi-
dents relation to the service, and its
neglect by congress and the state de-
partment-in all not especially fiat
tering or cheerful showing OF our for
eign representations.
A popular remedy for the bite of q
mad dog at the beginning of the
10th century was for the victim to take
an ounce of the pulverized iawbona of
the dog that had bitten him. After
the administration of this remedy the
animal was never known to bite any
one.