The Republican journal., 1900-04-05
Literary News and Notes.

Mr.. Robert Buchanan pays his respects
to Sir Walter Besant on the Hooligan
question in the Kipling controversy, and
does it very effectively, in the article en-
titled ''The Ethics of Criticism reprint
ed in The Living Age for March "a, from
The Contemporary Review.
The American Kitchen Magazine fol-
| March has some interesting reading in its
columns, which will be found valuable to
| those who have practical relation to the
science of housekeeping. Home Science
/ Publishing company, 458 fremont street,
Boston, Mass. LOO per year.
Holman F. Day is coming all the time,
and in addition to his regular newspaper
work, which is more widely quoted than
the product of any other Maine pen of
these days, he is contributing to the maya
zines. The March Cosmopolitan has one
of his characteristic productions. More.
over, it is understood that Boston firm
ume of his verse.
Charles NJ. Harger, who contributes
''Singing The Messiah on the Plains'' to
| the April Ladies' Home Journal, is editor
of the Abilene, Kansas, Reflector. He
has written much about the various phases
of Western life, and his articles have been
wild ely read. They have brought to peo-
pie of other sections a better and clearer
| understanding of Western life than any,
thing else that has been written in long
time.
The April number of McCalls Maya
zine comes to hand with three very hand
some colored plates-the very first page
being beautiful illustration OF an ex-
quisite outdoor costume. 1t also con-
tains very fine array of illustrations of
patterns of artistic fashion designs for
| ladies' misses, childrens and Infants
wear. Quite appropriately the first ar.
| tlcle in this issue is devoted to spring
millinery; and there are many attractive
pieces New York: The Mccall Com
pany, 13S West 18th Street, so cents per
year.
Rudyard Kipling is going to tell of "The
Beginning of the Armadillos'' in the May
Ladies' Home Journal. OF course, Mr.
Kipling brings to bear an IRRESISTIBLE
funny, but withal highly ingenious, phil
| osophy in describing the peculiarities of
| the armadillo. He evidently found enjoy
! ment in writing these stories-he calls
| them 'Just So' stories-for he has inter
woven more inimitable humor into his
account of the way by which the arma-
dillos came,into being, and the others of
the series, than in anything else that has
come from his versatile pen.
Colby men of all generations await with
much interest the appearance of the
volume of ''Colby Stories being pre-.
pared by Fl. c. Libby, 'O2. The contract
for publishing the book has been let.
Former students of the college have re-
| sponded handsomely to the call to submit
stories, and by Commencement, when MI
Libby hopes to bring out the book, it will
be volume of about $50 pages Among
the recent contributors are Holman F.
Day. Judge Percival Bonney, A. F. Cald
we'll, well-known writer for the Youth S
Companion, and J. F. Norris, 'e3. a man
of marked literary tastes.
The New England Magazine for April
contains among its illustrated articles one
of unique interest. This is a charming
study of bird life by Miss Sarah j. Eddy,
entitled ''The Robins Nest The mes,
she describes was built on the balcony
railing of a barn studio, and a peep hole
in the wall of the studio close by gave
i opportunity for observing the birds and
photographing them. Fully score OF
views taken by Miss Eddy are reproduced,
and these show the housekeeping opera
tons of the robins while rearing theil
young. No better plea could be made fol
the protection of bird life. ''The artist
wished" says Miss Eddy ''that those
who enjoy shooting could watch these
| robins feed their young, so faithfully anG
untiringly, for she felt they must sym
i pathize with them and with the longing
and delight of the little ones, and thai
they never again would find pleasure il
killing or wounding any bird.' Ware,
F. Kellogg, > Park Square, Boston, Mass
Spring announcements by Houghton
Mitfiin 4 Co., Boston, embrace: ''The
Mississippi Valley in the Civil War; b,
John Fiske; ''The Constitution, and the
Navy Under Sail" by Prof. Ira n Hollis
1.-The Monitor. and the Navy Under
Steam,' by Lieut. F. NJ. Bennett; .'The
Mayflower and Her Log by DR.. Aze
Ames; "a Critical History of the Evoln-
ton Of Trinitariauism and its Outcome il
the New Christology,'' by Prof. Lev
Leonard Paine OF Bangor; ''The Concep
ton of Immortality the Ingersoll lee
ture for 1899, by Prof Josiah Royce; ''The
Light of Day; Religious Discussions ano
Criticisms from the Standpoint OF
Naturalist" by John Burroughs; 'Amos
An Essay in Exegesis, by Prof II. G.
Mitchell; THE Arts of Life" by r. r.
Bowker; plumbers and Losses in the
Civil War in America, 1861 Co. by
Thomas L. Livermore; ''The Woodpeck.
ers,'' by Mrs. Fannie Hardy Eckstron
of Brewer, illustrated; Squirrels and
Other Fur Bearers" by John Burroughs
and "a School History of England" by
John F. Larned