The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-12-12
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.

by beginning, in its issue for November
%, a serial story by Jean Rameau,
entitled "a Father of the Fieids,''
which, in its vivid and truthful pictures
of rural life, reminds one of the best
work of Rene Bazin.
The Edinburgh Reviews article on
"Party Politics and the War;" which
has attracted unusual attention in Eng
land, and has been commended for its
fairness alike by supporters and critics
OF the Government, is printed in full in
The Living Age for November 30. 1t
is the most important presentation of
existing political conditions in England
which has been published.
The contents of Gunton's Magazine
fer November are as follows: New
York Mayoralty Election; Causes of
Anarchy; Hours of Factory Labor in
the South; Progress of the Schley Trial:
The Practical Side of Literature; Two
Days in Two Parliaments; Human
Waste of a Great City: Echoes of the
Steel Strike: Foreign Trade and Home
Consumption.
The Smart Set for December con-
tains forty-four signed articles, stories
and poems, yet it is not so much for
quantity as for quality that the num-
Der is notable. The leading feature
is novelette, by Edward s. Van lille,
entitled How Chopin Came to Rem
SEN which is fairly hilarious in its
depletion of prosaic lawyer who be-
comes suddenly seized with the spirit
and genius OF the immortal COMPOSER
A story of a quaint people is "The
\ ewfoundlanders of the Outports," by
n orman Duncan, in the December
number of Outing. The influence of
the same salt air that gave its tone to
the customs of these fisher-folk per-
vades Mr.. Duncan's story; and the illus
ira tlonS-from photographs which Mr..
Duncan took with his own camera on
the scene carry the reader to land of
simplicity, where scheming brains have
not corrupted naturally honest hearts.
The Outlook's illustrated Annual Book
Number is filled with reviews of the
books of the season, portraits of notable
authors, finely illustrated articles or
literary topics. 1t has also the weekly
review of current history, and the
Judicial editorial comment which are
always the strongest features of this
periodical. Among the contributors to
this number are Edward Everett Hale,
Augustine Birrell, Kate Douglas
Wiggin, Hamilton W. Mabie, Frank R.
Stockton, Thomas Wentworth Higgin-
son, and many other well-known
writers. {s3 year. The Outlook
Company, PSI Fourth Avenue, New
FORK
Outing has spirit of buoyant life
which carries its readers from cover to
cover. Its articles of out-Of door fact
are instructive; its stories of out-of-
door fiction are interesting. Here are
the titles of ten of the twenty-eight
features of the December number.
Colored frontispiece, Frederic Rem
lngton; THE Wilderness Hunter"
owen Wister illustrated by Frederic
Remlngton); "The Newfoundlanders of
the Outports," Norman Duncan pho
tographs by the author; ''The Way of
the Indian Cross" EDWIN Sandvs;
~ ice IN Horses and Its Correction
rank NJ: Ware practical and illustra
ted; Falconry in France" Vance
som; The Dog Prisoner" j. P. Now
bray: Theories Regarding Scent"
John L. Bailey: Physical Training for
Women J. V. Gilman; 'The Adven-
lures OF MI. William Mariner" Ed
ward S. Holden The other eighteen
features are equally attractive.
A big book with snowy covers comes
TO us from the c. NJ. Clark Publishing
Co, Boston, bearing the unique title
JUNK The author, or as he styles
hlmsel1, the "lnstlgator," is Leon Lem
pert, IL, OF Rochester, n Y. 1t is a
DOCK OF verse, with numerous illustra
tlons III colors, and as to both verses and
ILLUSTRATIONS If no
are quite clever and others fall a little
short OF that. But if not ALWAYS pro-
vocatlve of laughter the book should
certainly bring smiles more or less
Dfoad. The Boston Journal saws of the
author: Young Mr.. Lempert comes
naturally by his temperament, His
father is an artist and architect of CON
siderable note. The son started writ
ing humorous verses and grotesouely
illustrating them as an evening diver
sion, and for the amusement of family
friends. Through accident his clever
WORK came to the attention of his pres
eht publishers, who thought the public
might laugh as much as they did if it
nao the opportunity of seeing quite
number OF these verses and illustra-
tons in unique volume.
In giving her opinion on the literary
status OF Boston to correspondent of
the Boston journals Book Number.
Miss Louise Chandler Moulton said
among other things: Miss Quincy
we should give her place for her grace
tul works. And, by the way, met her
not long ago and she told me, with
laugh, that her income for copyrights
last year amounted to six dollars and
half. That she said to me, good-na-
turedly, lis the reward of the poet 1t |
does seem, after all, that poetry is not
as lucrative as it might be. But Miss
Quincy, has written stories, also-for
tunateIy.'' One of Miss Guiney's books.
The Secret of Fougereuse," a romance
OF the fifteenth century translated
from the French) has this dedication:
TO Grace Clark Denslow, for Aud |
Lang Syne, the translator's part in
this book is dedicated'' Miss Dens- |
low is the daughter Of E. H. Denslow. |
Esq. of New York, and will be recalled |
10y the readers of The Journal as the !,
writer few years ago of some very in |
teresting letters from that city. For
several seasons the family spent their
summers at Fort Point, where Mr.. |
Denslow still has property.
There is no lack of the Christmas