The Republican journal., 1901-08-01
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.

OldlA COMpduy Will DTlnS Out IHc HTSG
week in September, they are preparing
an excellent reproduction OF an original
miniature of Harman Blennerhassett
The miniature was painted in London, in
1896, just before he sailed for America,
and it is now in the possession of his
great-grand-nephew, Dr.. Francis C.
Martin of Boston, and is used by his
kind permission. The reproduction is
photo-engraving printed in sepia on
blush tinted card.
The newspaper discussion recently
aroused by Charles Pidgin's opinion of
| the worthy character of Burr, as set
forth in his authors preface to s'Blen-
nerhassett' the Aaron Burr romance
which the c. M. Clark company an
nounce for publication in September,
has brought to light number of rela-
| to the use of Dream of Empire as
one of the chapter titles of the novel.
Not having read the book as yet they
cannot appreciate the fact that Mr.. Pid-
gin uses this title for one OF his chap
ters in the way of quoting from school
history teachings which are exactly
contrary to his views of the great man.
Evidently no effort has been spared
to make The Ladies Home Journal for
August a positive boon to it's readers.
during these warm midsummer days
Its light, readable articles, bright sto-
ries, clever poems, charming music, and
numerous beautiful illustrations afford
| the easiest and pleasantest kind of en-
| tertainment for leisure hours. En-
| chanting views of the lovely scenery in
the Engadine Valley and among the
! Swiss and Italian lakes, as we'll as such
| delightful articles as 1.-The Singing Vii
lage of Germany and ''What Girl-Life
in Italy Means" allure the thoughts to
| foreign lands, while there are timely
suggestions about ''Ehe Picnic Basket"
Keeping House Cool in the Dog
Days." and Seaside Toys and how to
Make them.' Other thoroughly inter-
! esting contributions are ''The First
| White Baby Born in the Northwest"
'My Boarding School for Girls" and
the usual serial and department articles.
BY the Curtis Publishing Company,
| Philadelphia. One dollar year; ten
cents copy.
The feature of the August number of
Eveybody's Magazine is Emilio Aguin-
aldo's story of his capture by Funston.
The Filipino leader narrates the cir
cumstances which led to his taking, in
a manner of great clearness and simpli-
city. 1t is a most interesting as well as
an important contribution to the his
tory of one of the bravest deeds of
warfare. Oscar X. Davis, the Suns
war correspondent follows with a
sketch of Aguinaldo from rather an un-
usual point of view There are several
delightful nature articles L. W. Brow
nell tells of the ''Birth of Butterfly"
which is finely illustrated; l. W. Blake
writes and A. R. Dugmore pictures
days with a Mocking Bird. 'Maximil-
ian Foster contributes ''Tragedy'-a
fine moose story. In photography as
a Fine Art c. H. Catfin writes of the
work of c. II. White. A rarely inter
esting contribution is pictures that
Show Notion" being the evolution of
the biograph, by Roy McArdle. J. NJ.
Bacon tells OF Steering Balloons by
Upper Air Currents"
The August Atlantic is very strong
and attractive fiction number, con
tanning six complete stories or sketches
by famous hands. Miss Jewett's dra-
matte Tory Lover comes to all end and
Miss Johnston's romantic Audreyin-
creases in interest with the new Install
ment. Brooks Adams opens the num-
ber with a startling discussion of the
state of our foreign relations, CONNER
cial and national, entitled Reciprocity
or the Alternatives; Henry A. Clapp be-
gins his long looked for "reminiscences
of Dramatic Critic; J. D. Whelpley,
under The Isolation of Canada, discuss
es the national policy of that colony: P.
A. Sillard describes James Boswell as
The Prince of Biographers; A. R. Kim
ball treats of The New Provincialism;
the famous English poet, William Wat
son, and others furnish attractive
poems. The Magazine notices appre-
ciativly the career of the late Jonn
Fiske, and discusses The Amateur Spirit
butor's Club is bright and timely as
usual.
The first fifteen pages of St. Nicholas
for August are filled with text and pic
lures OF sort to catch the readers at
tention and hold it; for the opening az
ticle is one of Cleveland Moffett' s
Danger and Daring series, his theme
this month being the tanning of wild
beasts by men and women. That the
career of wild beast tanner has it's per
lis we all know we'll; that it has it's
humorous incidents also, the story (and
| plCLuIe) VI ClSeT Delng klckeu lntO ull-
consciousness by frightened quagga it
was ruthlessly running down in ring,
amusingly attests. There is good deal
about "Our Yellow Slave"-gold-
an artic le by Charles F. Lummis;
and DR.. Eugene Murray Aaron in The
Port of Bottles" tells what becomes of
some of the messages people seriously
or jocosely consign to the keeping of the
sea. The serials run on entertaining
ly-John Benefits ''Story of Barnaby
Lee Allen French's "The Junior
Cup" and Harriet Comstock's ''Boy of
Thousand Years Ago" And there are
rhymes and jingles, pictures, anecdotes,
and arostics, in the usual abundance
As usual, also, much of the best matter
in the magazine is to be found in the
editorial Experimentation and Read
ing, Nature and Science, the St. Nicho-
las League, etc.
To Save Her Child
From frightful Disagreement Mrs Nam
ME Galleger of La Grange, Ga, applied
Bucklen's Arnica Salve to great sores on
her head and face, and writes it's quick cure
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