The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-03
MAGAZINE FOR cARBoNDALE.
New Publication in Which Local
Literary Lights Will Figure.

new HuDllCaClOl III w lllCll LuCui
Literary Lights Will Figure.
Carbondae is to have n new puplica-
tion--a magazine-which will appear
for the first time in February, aud
every month thereafter. 1t will be
edited by Charles r. Mum, of the Re.
view, and among the contributors will
be Colonel John McComb, George $.
Kimball and Mrs. Mary L. Stone Bas-
sett.
Mr.. Mum, in his statement in the
Review. says of the contemplated puD-
lcation:
AS to the name--well, it may be The
Idealist, it may be Excelsior, it may ic
The Literary Trick, it may be The
Analyst, it may be Common Sense -
that most uncommon kind, it may be
The Kernel, it may be The Philosopher,
it will not be The Iconoclast, it may
be The Aesthetic, it may be The Ora
Gle, but more likely it will be The Ego.
After all, it doesn't much matter.
Romeo would, We're he not Romeo
called. retain that dear perfection" etc.
The Ego by any other name would be
the same.
Ths*magazine will be printed in q
new font of bold-face Antique, made
especially for and to be used exclusive
ly in this work. Forty-eight point
newly designed initials will embellisIl
the pages The paper, which is regal
antique wove, white, has been selected
with great care from hundreds of sam
pies. The cover will be seal brown.
with antique finish. The whole will be
sewed with black silk twist and viii
present, / expect, quite an attractiN .
appearance.
Among the contributions will be-:
"Monosyllabic Reflections" by Colonel
John McComb; Two Men" by Mi.
George S. kimball, and a love poem by
Mrs. Mary Il. Stone Bassett
Colonel McComb's literary genius is
undeniable and in his article for the
Forthcoming periodical pamphlet he has
put exceptional time and thought. In
style it will stand unique, containing.
as it does, about one thousand and five
hundred consecutive one-syllable word
words which make sense and to
which the thought is not sacrificed.
1t is coming To be Il recognized fact
that the successful factors of CONNER.
cial pursuits do not necessarily pre-
clude the subtler qualities of the man
OF letters. AS an example we have
Mr.. kimball. He has accumulated o.
competency, and now turns in his full
maturity TO literature, which has been
the love of his life and which Will be
his chief joy from now on. In 1.-TWO
Men," for the March Ego-or what
ever it may. be--Nlr Kimball has dealt
with two of the worlds foremost fig
ures of the past thirty years He has
put his best effort into his work.
Mrs. Mary T.. Stone Bassett is so we'll
known as an author that it seems al
most needless to say anything about
her here. Her chef d'ouvre-"Judith's
Garden'-will issue from the press OF
the Lothrop Publishing company, of
Boston, about the first of next month
The proofs are now in the hands of tive
celebrated artist George w. Wright, CT
New York, who will illustrate the work.
The Typography and binding of the
book will be artistic to a degree in
every detail. II is regrettable that the
entire edition of Mrs. Bassett's "Thc
Riddle of Luck" was lost in the Zip
plncott fire, so there is now none on
the market
All the matter to appear in the aforc-
mentioned periodical pamphlet will be
original.