The Republican journal., 1901-09-12
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.

day {Sept. g. Of their "Blennerhassett,"
tine Aaron Burr romance by Charles
FELTON, Pidgin, the C. M. Clark Pub
fishing Company announced that they
had already printed and sold 10000
copies of this much discussed book.
These have been in editions of 10000
each, and two more editions of 10000
each were expected from the press by
publication day, making the total num-
Der of copies printed before the book was
presented to an eager public, 100000.
The first edition OF 20, 900 was consumed
by advance orders that have been
coming in unsolicited during last spring;
three large jobbers took the entire sec
ond edition; and the third edition has
proved insufficient to supply the
general trade with all the copies that
had been ordered in advance.
The September Magazine Number of
more fully illustrated articles, an equal
and women of the day, long section
of the new novel by Ralph Connor, the
author of ''The Sky Pilot" called 1.-THE
Man from Glengarry," and the usual
carefully prepared history of the week,
editorials, book reviews, ETC., etc Among
the more notable illustrated articles is
that on Pittsburg, by Lillian W. Belts,
originally illustrated from many photo
graphs lately taken for the purpose by
Mr.. Henry Hoyt Moore Mr.. Riis's
''The Making of an American" is also
very fully illustrated; the chapter in
this issue tells the story of New York
police reform under Commissioner
Roosevelt. Other illustrated articles are
''The New Bishop of London" by Will
liam Durham, ''In the Cotton Fields"
by Max Bennett Thrasher, and "a
Philippine Educational Exhibit (S3 a
year. The. Outlook Company, 2S7
Fourth Avenue, New York;
The September number of Table Talk
contains some very excellent articles;
one, entitled "NIushrooms, Their Food
Values and Poisonous Properties goes
into the subject exhaustively. 1t tells
and how to prepare the good ones.
It is written by DR.. E. Elmer Keller,
an eminent authority on this subject in
this country. "Queer, Quaint and
Curious Korea is written by an old
traveller, who has in her travels gone
out of the beaten paths of globe trotters
and has given in this article information
about the queer customs of these little |
known people that will interest every
one. .'All Through The Year. depart !
ment is filled with timely topics. The
illustrated dishes the department of
cookery is permanent and desirable |
feature of this helpful household mag !
azine. Menus for each meal during |
this month are given with careful in |
structionS how to follow them. Copies |
of back numbers will be sent free to |
any of our readers. The current num-
Der is 10 cents. Table Talk, Philadel- |
phia, Pa.
With the recent arrival of Shamrock |
H. and the approaching second effort |
of Sir Thomas Upton to Gift the Cup,
the eyes of all Americans are directed |
to the two boats, Constitution and Co.
lumbia, that are racing to decide which |
shall defend this blue ribbon of the |
ocean. The September Outing, there
fore, which is a special yachting num- |
Der, comes with unusual and timely in |
terest. The majority of these yacht
ing articles are so important that they |
will command the earnest attention of
yachtsmen and all of them are of much |
popular interest. There are, for ex-
w. lCllliGlooA PdPCl VII
Some Old Time Yacht Matches, which
accounts for some famous yachts and
races; John R. Spears paper on The
Effect the Americas Cup has had on
Our Maritime Affairs, while j. d. Bell
tells of the Effect of the Americas
Cup on British Yachting. The Trend
of Steam Yachting, by S. W. Barnaby, |
of the famous firm, Messrs Thorney-
crofts, and The New Measurement Rule
in Yachting and Some Old Ones. with |
full designs by Clinton H. Crane. There
is practical and instructive paper on
Gas Engines for Pleasure Craft, and Sir
Thomas Upton at Home is shown in
text and photograph.
Fourteen noted writer's were sent by
the Cosmopolitan Magazine to the Pan
American Exposition to study the most
interesting features with view to pre-
pairing the most beautiful souvenir OF !
any Exposition ever made, from both
literary and an artistic standpoint.
To "Mr. Dooley" was committed the
case of the Midway. Judge Robert
eye view of the Exposition in his own
and Nicholas Butler studied the value
of the Exposition, and its educational
influence Charles Y. Turner, to whom
was committed the color-scheme of the
Pan-American, explains the method by
which he has produced such marvellous
results. Arthur Brisbane, in his own
Incompatible way, takes the Incubator
Baby and Niagara Falls for his subject.
Director-General Buchanan contributes
a very interesting paper on the Organi-
ZatiOn Of the Exposition. Professor
Pupin, Col. David Porter Heap, Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, Lavinia Hart, Julian
Hawthorne and John Brisben Walker
are among others who consider the
various phases of the Exposition.
Under the direction of the editors of
The Cosmopolitan, 105 photographs
were prepared, showing every variety of
architecture and every phase of life, not
neglecting the Midway, at the Pan
American. These are engraved and
printed in style never surpassed even
in The Cosmopolitan's high standard of
art.