The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-10-11
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.

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University of Michigan, formerly our
minister to China, has written for the
October Atlantic valuable paper deal
ing with the nature of government in
China, the factors and factions in her
politics, aud the working of her official
machinery.
Minister WI Ting Fang presents in the
October Century a plea for Fair Treat
ment' in behalf of his fellow country
men. This is one of half a dozen arti-
Giles in the same magazine in which the
Chinese question is treated, directly OF
indirectly. Bishop Potter writes on
Chinese Traits and Western BlunderS'
the first of series of travel sketches
and studies.
The Art Amateur for September is
an attractive and interesting number.
In the long list of subjects under dis
cussion are included the following:
pen Drawing for Reproduction, -
"Hints on Tone and Harmony of Color"
Modelling in Clay" Notes on Pastel
Painting" Among the Wild Flowers, -
and The Non-P Professional China Paint
er." Many full-page illustrations are
also given.
The October Cosmopolitan has a
unique feature in a prize article on a
DR.. DeN Voc, and gives practical knowl-
edge of care of the teeth. \ serious
delicate treatment of the changing
ambitions of women today is found in a
story called The Woman" by Julia B.
Foster. Lieut.. W. c. Rivers of the L.
5. y. has an illustrated article dealing
with the organization of the Russian
Army.
Miss Sarah Orne Jewett's most i'm
portant long story, ''The Tory Lover"
the opening chapters of which will
appear in the Atlantic for November,
takes for its theme the fortunes of the
exiled Ioyalists at the beginning of the
American Revolution. The story opens
i'll the neighborhood of the Piscataqua
River, Miss Jewett's own country, and
is fine example of her steadily matur-
Tory Lover" will be serial feature of
1901.
The contents of Gunton's Magazine
for October are as follows: The Com
ing Regeneration of China, John
Henry Barrows, ID. d.: Ship Subsidies
and Bounties, Alexander R. Smith: The
Coal Miners Strike, The Editor; Re
view of the Month; Mansfield and
Henry v, \. ID. Hanna; Trusts and
Monopolies, The Editor: President Had
ley on Political Education; The Nation
al Campaign; New York State Politics;
The Situation in China; Ought the
Powers to Withdraw? The Dowager
Empress Responsibility: The Calves
ton Calamity: Abolishing the Negroes
Observation-Disclosures and Cuban Self
Government: Free Silver and Prices:
Trusts versus Speculation.
Mint in the Cuisine" is the leading
article i'll the October number of Table
Talk. 1t gives the various uses that
can be made of mint with many new
recipes. 1t viii be of interest to prac-
teal housewives. ''Rich White Cake
and Other Mixtures, with Remarks on
Baking Them" is another excellent
article with much new information
about Cake Making that will be vel
coined. An article on "Our Native
Nuts tells all about them. Vacation
"reminiscences" is timely and valuable
to mothers especially. y very interest
ing series Of articles is running in Table
Talk, entitled THE Story of the
Months it gives this issue the his
tory, customs, both ancient and modern
proverbs, and superStitions of October.
Other good articles are 'Around the
Maho@any;' The Reign of Fruits"
"The Child World" ''The Daily Menus
and How to Follow them,' and the
answers to ''IIousekeepers' Inquiries"
Table Talk is pre- eminently the house
keepers magazine, for it teaches the
ri nt i
economical living. Free sample copies
of a recent issue will be sent TO any of
our readers OH request to Table Talk
Publishing Co., Philadelphia.
George Bancroft was the first of our
modern historians to attain a great
reputation, and his history of the
United States will long possess distinct
value His life was long and full, crowd
ed with great tasks and touching many
places. In the present October the CEN
tennla OF his birth comes round, and it
will be observed at his birthplace,
Worcester, Mass, and doubtless in
many places besides. In the October
number of the New England Magazine
Hon. Alfred :. Roe of Worcester pub
fishes valuable and interesting article
upon The Homes and Haunts of
bNpISN iDttllAlOll IL Is IllOSl UlUlelN.dllU,
published as it is with a great wealth
OF illustration, will be eagerly read
everywhere in this centennial period,
Worcester not only gave birth to Ban
croft. but there his body was brought
to rest at the end. Boston, Northamp-
ton. Washington and Newport were all
his homes at successive periods: and
these and other places have full Justice
done them by Mr.. Roe, who in his inter
estlng paper has paid a worthy tribute
to the great historian. Warren F. Kel-
logg. Park Square, Boston, Mass.
OF the fourteen articles which con-
stltute the October offering of The
Forum no less than eleven may be class
ed under the head of timely. In
ringing article Senator j. p. Deliver
discusses what are ''The Paramount
Issues of the Campaign from a Re
publican point of view Two views of
the Cuban question are given, one be-
ing "A Plea for the Annexation of
Cuba by \ Cuban, whose name can
not be disclosed, and the other a forci-
Die exposition of the reasons 'Why
Cuba should be Independent The
Hon. Charles DENLY considers "The
Future of China and of the Missiona-
RES in tone that will find thousands
OF ssympathizers even among those who
decide Such 0ueStiOnS Inv the tact of