The Republican journal., 1902-07-31
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.

and looking glass and another high back
chair he used in the editor Once OF All
the Year Round were sold at auction in
London lately for S425. They were
gwen at Dickens death to his house
Keeper and sold by him to coilectof.
Maine is great literary centre
present. Aside from her no me tal INT.
such famous authors as Charles MAJOR.
author of sWhen knighthood Was in
Flower is at Poland springs; Will
liam ID. Howells. Mark Twain and
Thomas Nelson Page are at ork:
Thomas Bailey Aldrich is at his sum
mer home at Tenants llarbor: Kate
Douglass Wlggin is at her Berwick cot
tage. And there are others.
Robert Barr. Quiler-C ouch, +. F.
Benson, Harriet Prescott SpoffOrd,
Marion Hill, Onoto Watanna and Har-
vey }. O'Higgins are some OF the names
on the title page of the August ilctlon
number of Leslies Monthly. The short
story by Benson is the best thing he has
done since "Dodo'' created such sem
satlon, and Robert Barr's love story,
that revolves around a new and most
attractive Marcon invention, is as sur
prlsing as it is delightful The Japan
ese story of Onoto Watanna with its
mixture of Eastern and Western senti-
ment against the background of Japan
offers an interesting contrast to y Hlg-
gins story of New York engagement.
The History of Sanford Maine, by
the late Edwin Emery, published last
year, covering the period from 1861 to
1900, has been one of the most success
1ul selling works among town histories,
and the edition is nearly exhausted.
An order was received not long ago
from bookseller in Paris, an unusual
| compliment to be paid a book Of this
character The author, after deyoting
the leisure of twenty years to pains
taking researches into the history of
his native town. died before placing the
material i'll shape for publication. that
task falling upon his son, William NJ.
| Emery; of the stall of the Fall River
Mass. Evening News. who now has
other literary work in contemplatlon
The August Everybody's is an ideal
midsummer magazine. 1t IS compound-
ed chiefly of fiction. the lightest and
bllthest of tales against background
OF charming and Interesting pictures.
There are six short stories, a little
poetry. fine, humorous study of the
New England farmer by Holman I.
Day. who is called the poet laureate of
Maine, ii noble description OF the grow
ing of wheat, BLADE and Sheaf.' by
Martha McCulloch Williams; y. Rad
clytfe Dugmore tells of the "Sheep
Dog Trials at Troutbeck," which sug-
gested to Alfred Ollivant the grand
scene III Bob, Son of Battle: Arthur
| Z. johnson describes the remarkable
air cooling machine invented by Prof
Willis !. Moore There are the usual
departments. 'IIoW to Make Money"
and Little Stories OF People and
Things and a most interesting de
scrIptiuu of the "Customs and Cos
tunes at French Watering Places"
Altogether a capital and beautiful
number of the magazine.
The August Atlantic is largely and
seasonably fiction number Besides
containing the continuation OF the
Baroness Won IIutten's delightful story,
Our Lady of the Beeches. it opens
with a powerful ''iisher" story by Nor
man Duncan. In the Fear Of the Lord
and includes attractive and entertain.
ing complete stories and sketches by
! Arthur Cotton, Jack London, Alice
Brown, and Annie II. Donnell. Enter
tanning literary contributions are also
noteworthy feature of the number
Edmund Gosse contributes a timely
paper on The Revival Of Poetic Drama
Martha Baker Dunn, a characters-
tica!ly amusing study of The Browning
Tonic. There are also valuable literary
essays on Bret Harte and Edward Row
land Sill, and an editorial disquisition
on The Short story: what it is, what it
means and how to make it. The out
door paper for the month is a profound
ly imaginative essay on The Desert by
Werner L. Reed. Reviews Of Books
New and Old with especial reference
to summer fiction, unusual poems by
Harriet Prescott Spotford and Duncan
c. Scott, and a lively Contributors Club
complete a brilliant and attractive sum
/ mer number.
One of the books of the year for
Maine is the Life of Captain Jeremiah
O'Brien of Machias'' which is now
ready. Rev. Andrew NJ sherman is
the author and he has done a splendid
piece of work for American history.
Capt. O Brlen was the commander OF
our dying squadron, the improviSed
fleet that captured the armed British
vessel Margaretta in Machias bay.
1t was our first naval victory against
| une nOIner country ana 1uS cnle1 nero
was a figure well worthy of being writ
ten about as Mr.. Sherman has done.
! Ex-secretary John d. Long in writing
of him says: go Brien's brilliant feat in
capturing the Margaretta has, however,
this special significance, that it was not
merely the personal heroism of single
encounter, but was the first challenge
of the infantAmerican navy to the giant
and almost omnipotent naval power of
Grea5 Britain. Independence spoke in
the voice OF its cannon and in the very
word of command of its captain. 1t
was the first in the series of the glori-
Gus victories of the Yankee sailor and
OBrien, full Yankee, though of Irish
descent, deserves to rank with our
naval heroes. His career, like that of
so many sailor-man, was full of
romance. He shared the usual vicissi-
tudes of fortune, was taken prisoner
on the sea, subjected to the horrors of
the Jersey" prison-shp, taken to
England and incarcerated there, though
after d year affecting his escape. The
! STORY of o. Bupn'S later life as a citizen.