The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-03-21
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.

proSSlOnS OF chicago, taxing up various
phases of the city's life as they appear |
to New Englander after some years |
absence.
In the March issue of McCalrs Mag |
azine there are given dozens of illustra-
tions of the most attractive styles,
accompanied by articles reviewing the
latest in dress. Much matter bearing
upon subjects of interest to the house
wife is also given, including the follow
ing articles: Concerning Marketing"
make the Best of Yourself" "About
the New Shirtwaists," Life in New
York Flat, ""HOw to Make Good Pud-
ding" and "W edding Anniversaries.
Miss Ethel Parton contributes bright
paper to the March number of the New
England upon Fanny Fern at the Hart
ford Female Seminary" This famous
boarding school was kept when Sarah
Willis, afterwards so widely known as
Fanny Fern, was a student there, by
Miss Catherine Beecher, and Harriet
Beecher, a younger sister of the princi
pal, was pupilstudent. The relations
of the two girls, destined to be such
famous women, were most interesting,
and Miss Parton's article is full of merry
stories and letters relating to their old
experience.
Gunton's Magazine for March has the
following table of contents: The Negro
in Business, Booker T. Washington;
Victoria and her Remarkable Reign,
The Editor; Our Educational Response
bility in Cuba, Leonora Beck Ellis; Re
view of the Month; The Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, D. L. Cease;
Un-American Craftsmanship, The Edi-
tor; Accession of Edward VII; The
Giant Steel Combination; Cuba and the
Monroe Doctrine; Congressional Reap
portionment; Pacifcation'' in the
Philippines; The Independence Pro-
posal in Congress; Popular Nomina-
tons Law in Minnesota.
The Ess Ess Publishing Company will
soon publish in book form The Love
Letters of Liar by Mrs. William
Allen. They were first printed in TIE
Smart Set last September, and owing to
their charming style and fascinating
''bumanness," at once attracted much
attention. The social prominence of
Mrs. Allen in New York and in the
South, and the charge-vehemently de-
MED by the author-that they we're let
tiers written to her by one of her ad-
mirers, have made them subject of
conversation in fashionable drawing
rooms. The New York World says:
CAN the world is talking about The
Love Letters of an Englishwoman,'
but they do not compare with The Love
Letters of Liar in briIliancy, knowl-
edge of men and the world, and their
daring"
Sir John G. Bourinot opens the
March Forum with an able article re-
viewing British Rule in the Dominion
of Canada" in which he points out
that Canada has grown in strength
and prosperity under English control
All interested in our public schools
should read Alice Irwin Thompson's
article on "'The Superintendent from
the Primary Teachers Point of View"
The writer is evidently one who has
suffered much from inexperienced SUI
perintendents and superintendent with
hobbies. \. Maurice Low has a contri-
button of marked interest on '''rabloid
Jculnalism:' Its Causes and Effects
Mr.. Low believes that the American
readers appetite is too healthy to be
satisfied with tabloids. Other note
worthy articles are THE Growing Pow
ers of the President, Labor Condi-
tons in Switzerland" "What of the
Democratic Party?" Hon. Charles Den
by: ''The Nations in Competition at the
Close of the Century" and THE Hopes
and Fears of Russia
Table Talk constantly proves itself
an invaluable aid to bright housekeep-
ers. Its subject matter is always time
ly and practical. 1t gives economical
menus for each day and adds full and
complete directions for the preparation
of the various dishes mentioned in the
Bill of Fare. An attractive feature is
the illustration with half-tone cuts of
many of the special dishes, showing how
to garnish and beauty them for the
table. 1t is magazine needed by the
housewife every day, for it is the ex-
ponent of wise and economical living.
''Delectable Dishes by Mrs. Burton
Kingsland will be enjoyed by progress
sive housekeeperS, as will also Cheap
Housekeeping in Paris" and "a Whit
from India's Coral Strand and the Far
Philippines" '.Floral Effects for all
Occasions and many other articles
ments are as usual filled with desirable
and useful information. Recent issues
Of Table Talk will be sent free to our
readers on application to the Table Talk
Publishing Company. Philadelphia, Pa.
Outing for March is winter number
and draws upon three continents for it's
seasonable sports, Winter in His City
Home" by Leon Vandervort, is Quebec
in high revelry, sleighing, snow shoeing
and tobogganing and is fully illustrated
s'Norway's National Sport" by Tan w.
Schreiner, a citizen of Christiania, shows
remarkable series of photographs of
this great sport, taken especially for
Outing. Carrying the Mail Over the
Andes on Skis" by Johannes Hroff Wis
by, is story of peril and adventure
in the mountains of South America.
European Figure Skating by George
Wood (of Oxford) takes the reader
to the Swiss Alps, where the ex-
perts meet in competition; and Birds at
Short Range" by L.eander S. Keyser is
the record of what a thoughtful natur-
alist learned who fed the wild birds
through the snowy season. Winter of
a more genial kind afforded Louisiana
Bayou and Marsh Shooting" by Alex
ander Kidd; Goose Shooting on the
Gulf Coast" by E. Hough; and Diving
for Turtles Off the Florida Keys" by
Charles f. Holder. Sportsmen will be