The Republican journal., 1901-08-22
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.

The Living Age has done its readers
a service by translating and printing in
its issues for August and 10, NJ. Ferdi-
/ nand Brunetiere's clever and not un-
| sympathetic observations on ssThe
American Spirit" which were first
printed in the Revue DIES Deux Mondes.
Catherine l. Dodd's article on 'sThe
Ideal OF an American School Girl" in
The Living Age for August 10th, des-
crlbeS and tabulates the results of some
recent inquiries concerning the ideals
cherished by American school girls, in
manner which is diverting and illumi-
mating.
With the August issue The National
absorbs the sprightly and wholesome
magazine entitled Good Cheer, edited
by Nixon Waterman. Mr. Waterman
is to continue as a regular staff con-
tributor to The National Magazine.
Good Cheer is the second magazine alb
sorbed within a year by The National
Magazine.
Stronger and more spirited than ever
before-that tells the story of the Au-
gust number of The National Maya
zine in a sentence. Editor Joe Mitch
ell Chapple tells in quick, fresh fashion
how the President and Mrs. Mckinley
are spending the summer amid the
peace and comfort of their Canton
home. He has found some early pic
lures of the chief magistrate and his
beloved lady, and these are an interest
ing feature of the story, They show
the President as a boy of IS entering
the army, as a bearded youth returning
home with a majors rank, as law stu
dent, and as he appeared when entering
upon his first term in Congress. The
pictures of Mrs. Mckinley show her
as a girl of 16-already in possession of
that gentle beauty which has done al
most as much as her serene high char
acter to endear her to the American
people; as bride, and at somewhat
later periods. One of the pictures shows
her in group composed of herself and
her sisters.
The sale of thousands of copies of
ten-cent magazine at one dollar apiece
was very curious happening at the
time of the Chicago Worlds Fair. The
Cosmopolitan prepared Worlds Fair
number, contributed to by many ia
nous writers, and so thoroughly illus
trated that it surpassed even the most
expensive book which had up to that
time been issued. In those days the
magazine was printed from two sets of
plates only, and when these were worn
out it was impossible, without great
loss of time, to put further editions on
the press. The newsdealers, taking ad-
vantage of the condition, raised the
price of The Cosmopolitan's Worlds
Fair number to one dollar copy. A
few sales were even made towards the
close at the phenomenal figure of five
dollars. Undoubtedly this happening
is unique in the history of magazine
literature. The Cosmopolitan will en-
deavor to repeat it's past success with
Pan-American Exposition Number,
which will be even more attractive, if
possible, than its Worlds Fair pre-
decessor.
The August American Boy (Sprague
Publishing Company, Detroit, Mich,
is a beautiful midsummer number.
Whittier's poem ''The Barefoot Boy"
illustrated, occupies the front page
The illustrated stories are: GA Holi-
day Adventure, can Engineers
Story ''The Way of the Transgres-
sor," "How Two Grouse Saved Their
Home, How Harry Proved He Was
Not a Thief, ''The Sequel to Put
out, "Why Tim Missed the Circus
and chapters XXI. and xxi. of ''Th1ee
Boys in the Mountains" Russell Sage,
the Wall Street Millionaire, writes on
''When the Country Boy Goes to the
City," the third and fourth letters of
George Washington Jones, a typical
boy; Part Three of Stansbury Norse's
serial GLOW to Learn Drawing" eau
gust in American History" ''The Cele-
brated Boy Choir of st. Johns Church,
Washington, ID. c." ''How Boys Make
Money! ''The Boys Exchange and
Reviews of Boys Books scores of
items under ''Boys in the Home, Church,
School, Office, Store, Factory, on the
Farm Boys in Games and Sport
and ''Boys in the Animal Kingdom
occupy a page each. 'The Order of
The American Boy" non-secret So
ciety for American boys, under the
auspices of this paper, occupies two
pages, giving the doings of the various
companies composing the society. The
columns devoted to Stamp Collecting
and Coin Collecting are filled as usual
with answers to correspondents. "The
Boy Photographer" occupies we'll
edited page, while '"The Amateur Jour
nalist and Printer Department has an
interesting article on ''How to Build an
Amateur Paper" "The Agassiz A $50
citation of Young Naturalists'' takes a
page. Items of special interest are
what the editor says on The American
Boy ''Shut-in'' Society, on "a Junior
Worlds Exposition '"How to Mount
Birds" and description of the best
swimming methods. A new depart
ment is started in this number entitled
''Tanglers," to he edited by an expert
tangler. There are one hundred and
one illustrations in this number. $1.OO a
year.
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