The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-04-12
Literary News and Notes.

In the Easter Number of The Youth S
Companion for the week of April 18th,
Charles Dudley Warner describes bit of
travel under the title, "In Mexican Dug
out, Sarah Orne Jewett, in The Stage
Tavern, tells the story If Radcliffe Col
lege girl. and Homer Green has story
appropriate to Easter The st. John S
FUND.-
The four issues of The Youths Com
panion to be published in April will con-
tam contributions by Charles Dudley
Warner, Reginald de koven and Sarah
Orne Jewett. There will be twenty or
more short stories, in addition to the
opening chapter of serial. The issues
OF April 5th and April u (the latter the
Easter Number, will be double the usual
size.
Marie Corelli, for the first lime in five
years, has written short story for an
American magazine. The Laurels of the
Brave is the title of a bitter, brilliant,
timely story which she has just finished
for The Saturday Evening Post, OF fhlla-
delphia. 1t deals with the South African
War Charities, and handles without gloves
the ''Soclety Department of the English
War Office and the women who, for adj
vertlsing purposes, are donning khaki.
The Laurels of the Brave, superbly illus
trated by Harrison Fisher, will appear in
The Saturday Evening Post Of April a.
The Forum for April, among its thr-
teen noteworthy articles, contains the toll
lowing: ''The New Financial Law by
Frank A. Nauderlip, Assistant Secretary
OF the Treasury; The Puerto Rican Re
lief BILL by Congressman Albert }. Hop
kins; The Hay Pauneefote Treaty. by
James G. Whiteley; "Immediate Naval
Needs" by Capt. William Fl. Jaques; "A
Tuberculosis Quarantine not Practicable,
by DR.. William P. Mum; 'Canals from
the Great Lakes to the Sea- by Maj. T.
W. Symons of the Special Canal Commit
tee appointed by Gov. Roosevelt. 1.-The
Truth about Zlonism." by NJ. Caster,
Founder of the English Zionist Fedora
ton, and 'Literature as a Profession"
by prof. Brander Matthews.
Everybody int rested in social and
moral progress ought to read the article
in Gunton's for April on Effects of New
York Sweat shop Law" by Henry White,
Secretary of the United Garment Work
ers of America. This shows that much
remains to be done before this curse of
modern city life is really stamped out.
The Review of the Month";" which oc-
cupies the first sixteen pages of the Maya
zine, is widely recognized as one of its
strongest features, and this month pre-
sents the progress of our domestic affairs,
F! the new reform crusade in New York, the
South African war, etc. A large amount
of space is devoted to Editorial Crucible,
Notes on Civics and Education, Letters
from Correspondents, Question Box, Book
and Magazine Reviews. Twenty cents
per copy, $500 per year. The Gunton
Company, Union Square, New York.
Mai. Il. w. Symons, of the Canal Com
mittee appointed by Gov Roosevelt. has
contributed an article to the April Forum
on "Canals from the Great Lakes to the
! Sea-" which contains vast amount of in
formation upon this important subject.
In treating the question Maj. Symons as
serts that the only practicable route for a
canal from the Great Lakes to the Attain
tic seaboard, entirely within the limits OF
the United States, is possessed by the
State of New York. He also shows that
in trying to find the correct solution of
the problem, it early became evident that
certain interests demanded one kind of
canal, while other interests demanded
a different kind of canal. In this article
factors have been carefully weighed, and
the following four different classes of
canals are described and considered Q) A
great ship canal suited to ocean going yes
sells; (2) ship canal suited to vessels nav
igatiug the Great Lakes: (3) a barge canal
+ suited to vessels of 1000 aud 1000 tons
! burden, and az a small canal suited to
essels of $50 TO 800 tons burden.
! The April issue of Table Talk has for
its leading article "A Fagot Of Herbs,
which will interest practical housekeepers.
ga Chapter for Tea Drinkers is an arti-
Gle containing much Information on this
subject IAN Easter Tide Luncheon and
Dinner is the heading of an article that
will appeal to all who wish to entertain
any friends at that time. 1t gives Menu
for an Easter Luncheon, colors White and
yellow, and Menu for Easter Dinner,
colors White and Green, with full DIES
cription how to prepare it and arrange the
decorations. Another timely article is
Easter Day." telling the legend of its
Lilies, Ancient Customs, Easter Cakes,
etc. "a Walk Through China Town
refers to the latest styles and shapes in
chinaware and cut glass. 1t is full of up
to-date information 1.-The Housekeep-
ers Inquiry Department., as usual, is
filled with information subscribers have
asked for. Table Talk publishes Menus
for each meal in the month, and then gives
full and practical information how TO car
ny them out. Many other practical art-
Giles make the April number of value to
women. 1t is magazine that every wo-
man wants every day, and our readers can
have a sample copy free on request to the
Table Talk Publishing Co., Philadelphia,
Pa.
Outing, which has passed into the
hands of strong company of enthusiast
tic sportsmen, comes to us in April in
handsome new cover. 1t is a number
like the bourgeoning spring, bursting
with new life and the promise of a boun
tiful harvest. The new pilot, Caspar
Whitney, takes his readers through fresh
routes, but the port is the one he has ever
steered for Sport for its own sake, and
the purity of it; and travel and adventure
that make for a nations virility. Such
results follow from 1acquets and tennis,
which the worlds champion, Eustace Ii.
Miles, discusses; from Trailing the Sea-
Bat, as did DR.. Holder; from following
The Wake of the Bird Lover, or haunting
Thro' Puerto Rico on a Bicycle, Troutng
in Shadow Brook, Hunting the Big
Horn in the Colorado Desert, Overhaul
ing Your Own Yacht, Ascending Taha-