The Republican journal., 1901-01-03
LITERARY. NEWS AND NOTES.

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ward Box, the editor, the managers ex-
tend thanks to the press for the cour-
tesieS extended.
The January number of The Smart
Set contains an article on ''The Dickens
Christmas" by Stephen Fiske, who
was personal friend of the great
novelist, that reveals for the first time
the origin of the holiday tales that haYe
brought SO much delight at this season
to youth and age throughout the world.
Ex-President Cleveland is writing for
The Saturday Evening Post series of
strong articles which will appear in the
magazine during the winter months.
Some of these papers will deal with
political affairs, and others with the
personal problems of young men.
They will be Mr.. Cleveland's first utter
ances in any magazine on the questions
of the day since he left the White
House. Mr.. Cleveland S opening paper,
which appeared in The Saturday Eve
ming Post of December %, discussed in
mastery manner most important
phase of our national politics.
Among those who have promised con-
tributions for the forthcoming volume
of Tales of Old Bowdoin, +" which j. c.
Minot, 80, and u. f. Snow, '01, are to
compile and publish, are President
Hyde, Professor Chapman, Elijah Kel-
logg, 10, Rev. E. A. Rand, 81, j. w.
Mcdonald, '67, c. A. Stevens, 80, Webb
Donnell, 's5, c. B. Burleigh, 81, E. c.
Plummer, 81, a. W Tolman, IS, Will
liam NJ. Emery, SO, H. S. Chapman, 81,
Thomas L. Marble. '9S, James NJ. Web
Der, 1900 X. c. NJ. Sills '01, John Greg
son. j., 'ol, and others. The book will
be OF about 300 pages, Hastily bound in
cloth, and illustrated
The chief feature of the holiday num-
Der of The Smart Set is the novelette,
that won the $4,000 prize in the maya
zines recent story competition The
story winning the first prize, and now
published, is entitled The Congress-
mans Wife, and is by John D. Barry.
1t is realistic and fascinating story of
political and social life in New York
and Washington, and narrates the
career OF a brilliant young member of
Congress and his beautiful wife, who
becomes involved in political scandals
and themselves estranged. The ''other
side of modern craftsmanship is re-
yealed with startling fidelity to truth.
From first to last the story is one of
great power, and is certain to be the
literary sensation of the new year. The
number in addition contains an attrac-
tive array of graceful and witty short
stories and poems by such writer's as
Julien Gordon Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
Cruger), Elizabeth Duer, Ella Wheeler
Wilcox, Barry Pain, Gwendolen Over
ton, Henry Gallup Paine and Paul
Laurence Dunbar.
The January issue Of Tverybody's
Magazine, now published by John Wanna
maker, is even more attractive than
the Christmas number which has had so
unprecedented sale and so many solid
compliments. The new feature a series
of SPLENDID photographs of Sioux
Indians, taken by Miss Gertrude kase-
bier was not easy to obtain for the
Indian does not like the camera. These
fine portraits, some twenty or thirty of
which have been reproduced, were es-
pecially admired when exhibited in
Europe by the reigning families of both
Austria and Great Britain. The serial,
'Joscelyn Cheshire is more than full
filling the promise of its early chapters,
While the short stories bear the hall
marks of Mary f. Wilkins and Maxi
milan Foster. Mr.. A. j. Stone dis
covers new species of Caribou, and
elsewhere we get a glimpse of Mr.
Ernest Thompson at home Other
articles are y dramatic paper on Pek-
ing, by Chalmers Roberts. and two tales
of American heroism. MI Austin Bier
bower supplies some Thoughts for the
Rich helpful to rich and poor alike,
for the latter are also nillionaires, even
the child is father of the man." TO
conclude, Ezra Fitch expresses his
Ideas on New Year Resolution"
This is ten cents worth of which the
Editors have reason to be proud.
Outing opens the century with a num-
Der on the highest plane of the litera-
ture and art of Sport, Travel, Adven-
ture and Country life. Charles G. ID.
Roberts contributes one OF his incom-
parable nature sketches, The Moon
light Trails Guy Wetmore Carryl
The Automobile i'll French Recreative
Life" Horace kephart gives practical
advice on ''Rit1es for Big Guns II. In
gals Kimball gossips Interestingly
about and gives illustrations of sport
ing Prints of olden times Howard C.
Hillegas wakes enthusiastic over"Portu-
guese East Africa as Hunting Field"
Gilbert Tompkins compares lucidly the
points of The Old and the New in
Harness Training" THE Unspeakable
Sparrow and how to be rid of the pest.
is discussed by Edward Dayton Clark.
winter Hunting i'll the Rockies on
snow shoes after Goat and Sheep, is
sporting revelation from the pen of J.
". Schultz. Charles Hallock, himself
pioneer gives an authoritative paper
on The Pioneer SportSmen OF Ameri-
ca, which is profusely Illustrated with
the photographs of representative ''old
time sportsmen. This is tie most i'm
portant paper of its kind that has ever
been published, and is of absorbing in
terest. ''The Death of the Red Winged
Mallard'' is a Texas marsh story, with
an excellent full page illustration. r.
5. NanDyke is inspired by his subject,
"Gambel's Partridge, the Elusive Game
bird of Arizona 'Galleon Gold'' is
treasure inland story, which will rank
with the best "a Quaker Already" is
a pastoral on the Gentleman Farmers
life about Philadelphia. "Sportsman's
Club of the Middle Vest is the result
of special trip by Mr.. Leonidas Hub
bard, Jr., for Outing into the fields of
the shooting and fishing clubs of the
great middle section of the country.
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