The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-01-04
Literary News and Notes.

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Trusts" He discusses the questions of
Capitalization and Of monopoly, the atti-
tude of the people, the kind of legislation
needed, the difficulties in the way, and
| the opportunities for future Improvement.
In the January Atlantic William De-
| Witt Hyde discusses Reform in Theolog-
ical Education showing that there are
| two conceptions of the theological college ::
one literal and mechanical, and the other
broader and more spiritual, on which are
founded two classes of theological schools
and seninaries. He shows the character
istics of each, and adds his suggestions of
what the future course Of theological ed
ucation should be.
Among the thirteen strong articles in
| the January Forum are found the follow
ing: 1.-The Tariff a Live Issue" by Con-
gresham Albert J. Hopkins; German
Art of To day." by Ferd. Avenarius;
New Grimes and Penalties" by Hon.
Samnel j. Barrows, United States Com
missioner of the International Prison
Commissions; GA Living Profit and Liv-
ing Wage" by Edward J. Smith; 'Some
| Defects of the Kindergarten in America"
by G. Stanley Hall, president of Clark
University; docs Colonization Pay?' by
| ". I1uotiu. Aul0l VI Vic u. .. bureau
of Statistics, and ''Wagner's Personal
ity," by Gustav kobbe.
! Three Men on Four Wheels is Jerome
X. Jerome's rather eccentric title for the
series of humorous stories which he has
| just COMPLETED for The Saturday Evening
Post, of Philadelphia. Every one who
| has read Three Men in a boat-and who
has not?-will wish to follow the mis-
adventures OF Mr.. jerome and his two
companions on their tour through Ger
| many astride a tandem and safety. Mr..
Jeromes wit is no less leen, nor his
hnmor less kindly, than when he scored
his first great literary success ten years
ago. The first story of Mr.. Jerome's
series will appear in the Post of jana ~
&. 1t has been superbly illustrated in
/ half-tone by Mr.. Harrison Fisher.
The success which the Bost on journal
is achieving IN The printing OF half tone
! Photographic illustrations ill its daily ed-
hons is Attracting III rked attention
, among ewSpapers and the general public
as well. II is a method of illustration
which aany daily papers have recently
tried ard in which practically all have
failed. The problem ot printing half tone
cuts ON fast presses and Oh paper of the
much for them. The success which the
journal has made is therefore the more
conspicuous. The Journal is giving much
| attention to the news of the English Boer
War, and is illustrating that news with
! remarkable effect
| TlirtYtwo authors, ten illustrators and
| eight photographic artists contribute to
the excellent January issue of The Ladies'
I ~
| lures are "Ihe Home Coming of the
Nakannies, by W. A. Fraser; THE Boer
Girl of South Africa by Howard c.
Hillegas; "Where the New Century Will
Really Begin, by John Kitchie, Jr. ga
Merry Woman's Letters to a Quiet Poet, "
edited by S. T.; Pickard; ''The Mother of
the Stars bysAmelia H. Botsford; "a
| National Crime at the Feet of American
Parents" by Edward Box "The Minister
and the Olgan,' by Ian Maclaren; s'The
| Rehearsal Of a Play Molly Donahue's
Musicale by the author of 'tMr Dooley;"
Edith aud III Paris. " "Her Boston Ex-
periences, 'The Autobiography of a
Girl" etc. BY The Curtis Publishing
Company, Philadelphia. One dollar a
year; ten cents "a copy
Edward F. Bigelow, editor of Popular
Science, well known specialist in nature
study, is to conduct department of Ma
| ture and Science for Young Folks in ST.
Nicholas, and will answer all the ques-
lions children ask him. Another new de.
paltule is the St Nicholas League, an or
| ganization OF young people wherein prizes
are offered for the best compositions,
| drawings, photographs, etc. St. Nicho-
| las will give unusual attention to educa-
tional subjects in 1900. The January
| number will contain an illustrated article
! describing the work done in Washington
! in "Out Of Door Schools where classes
study plants and animals, government,
geography, science and art in the parks,
| museums, and public buildings.
Very few aged men and women in the
| State of Maine do not remember with
pleasure and gratitude the life work of
DR.. N. T. True. so well known in the
| State as lecturer and also as a writer on
geological subjects. 1t will interest them
| to know that son of his, Mr.. John Pres
| ton True, has just published, through Lit
| tie, Brown, d Company, book entitled,
1.-The Iron Star, and what 1t saw on Its
Journey through the Ages, from Myth to
| History The volume traces the for
tunes of meteorite, "The Iron Starr
| and gives children in a series of connected
historical stories some idea of the growth
of the worlds civilizatio on from the days
of the Cavemen down to the days of Miles
Standish.
The narrative of Capt. Joshua Slocum's
''single- handed decentralization of the
globe has proved remarkably popular
feature of The Century. In the January
number, the Yankee sailor tells of his ar
rival at Cape Town and visit to the South
African Republic, where he was accorded
an interview with President Kruger.
Everything went smoothly till Capt. Slo-
GUMS introducer, Judge Beyers, referred
to his voyage ''around' the world. you
don't mean round the world" exclaimed
their host. ''It is impossible. You mean
in the world" This fiat contradiction of
an ''outlander'' heresy ended the inter-
view. Before it occurred, "Oom'' Paul
had delivered himself of an epigram that
revealed his shrewdness as clearly as his
geographical correction hadldisclosed
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