The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-08-01
Literary Notes.

-Four college presidents contribute to
the Annual Educational Number of The
Outlook ; these are President Hadley Of
Yale. President Draper of the University
of Illinois, President Alderman of Tulane
University, President Hall of Clark
University. The subjects treated re-
spectively are: "The End in Educs
tion," "Western State Universities. y
Education in the South, . and "Daniel c.
Gilman the retiring president of the
John Hopkins University. Portraits Of
excellence Illustrate these articles; an
pietorially the humber is also notable foi
the elaborate historical article on thc
evolution of Yale, by Arthur Reed Kin
ball, written with reference to the APP
preaching Yale Bicentenary.
Norman Duncan, whose stories of II,
Syrian quarter 1.-The Soul of the Street.
were so well received, will introduce tht
readers OF McClure's, in the MidsummI l
Fiction Number, to a new old people an
to new old land. The Inhabitants OF
the Upper Shore" Of Newfoundland art
shut in by the ocean on one side and BY
the wilderness on the other. Thus tho
hardy people are forced to the sea for s
living, and it is the story of their fghl
with the sea that Mr.. Duncan will tell,
In "The Chase of the Tide" two sturdy
children of the barren isle seek to solve
the great mystery of the deep-"WheTt
did the tide Coz
Three of the five exquisite photograph.
that won prizes in the rural compe-
tition' recently held by The Ladies
Home journal, are beautifully repro
duced in the August issue of that maya
zine. One shows a cluster of slender.
graceful birches on high bank above s
CLASSY lake, with hills in the back
ground another, spriugtime field OF
fluer-de-lis at sunset, with a limpiO
stream winding through and the third, ii
large flock OF sheep, on sultry july
afternoon, disappearing with their shep-
herd into the thick cloud Of dust raised
by their passage.
The August Atlantic is very strong
and attractive Fiction Number, contain.
ing six complete stories or sketches by
famous hands. Miss ,Iewett's dramatic
Tory Lover comes to an end and Miss
Johnston's romantic Audrey increase,
in interest with the new instsllmeut.
Brooks Adams opens the number with =
startling discussion Of the state of GU
foreign Telatluns, COuueTClhl anu Hdlluud
entitled Reciprocity or the Alternative
Henry A. Clspp begins his long looked
for "Reminiscences of Dramatic Critic
j. d. Whelply, under The Isolation o.
Canada, discusses the national policy Of
that colony; P. A. Sillard describes
James Boswell as The Prince Of Bi.
ographers.
In the August Review of Reviews Dr.
Shaw discusses the great steel strike IL
its various aspects and comments OF
many other matters of current interes.
at home and abroad. NJ. de. Bloch /,
recent address at Paris on the lessons o.
the Boer war is reviewed and its appli-
cation to the military situation in tn,
United States, as well as in Europe /.
pointed cut there; also an Illustrated and
statistical article on The Recent Grea'
Railway Combinations, by Mr.. Fl, I
Newcomb, the editor of the Railway
World. Mr.. NeWcomb is an expe1
writer on railroad topics and has ha'
unusual opportunities for acquiring fact
regarding the great systems recently
analgamated.