The Republican journal., 1902-07-17
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.

Spermacetl,' 10y Mary f. Starbuck.
There is flavor of old marlin and a
dash of salt sea spray in the article that
IS very enticing to the reader who has a
taste for nautical things.
The current issue of Records of the
1'ast has an elaborately illustrated arti-
Gle 10y Ellsworth Huntington, on The
Prehistoric Mounds of EasternTurkey"
There is also an account by Georgios
Soteriades, of The Greek Excavation
At Thermos." and a review of the .'Ar-
Genealogical History of Ohio Pub
lished by Records of the Past Explora-
ton Society, 215 Third St $ E, Wash
lngton. ID. {.
Mrs Tree" is the name of Mrs.
Laura t. Richards new book, just
published 10y Dana Estes X Co., Boston.
Tie story IS a continuation of her for
mer book. .Geoffrey Strong. the charac-
ters IN Mrs. Tree being about the same
as IN tieottrey Strong. While there is
no particular plot or startling situation
N the story, it is thoroughly interesting
and delightful. 1t is about the right
size to take along to read on Journey
OF at a hotel.
Boston Schools one Hundred ears
Ago are described by George H. Mar
Tin i'll the New England Magazine for
tnly;and melancholy picture hedraws
Of the State and methods of education
IN the cradle of American intellect
when Emerson. Holmes and Longfellow
were young. Its little they pays me,
and little | learns EN-" replied one
mistress of a Danes School" to
and t1,A 1,b1 l,o
educational IDEAS of the period
Tie Atlantic Monthly for July CON
!ains some Emersonlana of unusual in
tereSt and Importance a series of
transcrjptons from Emerson unpub-
lished note books telling of his talks
and walks with William Ellery Chan
ning. These extracts with tECir fine,
Tacy flavor of transcendentalism and
quaint humor, are exceedingly charac-
teustiC and significant. Elsewhere III
the number is printed a letter of Emer-
sons containing some curious allusions
to those red-eyed men," the editors of
tie Atlantic
The spirit of midsummer tempers the
customary vigorous style of the Ma
tlonal fer July. snap shot photographs
Of Miss Alice Roosevelt and other fash
ionable women of the capital, at White
House garden parties. give this touch
to the discussion of affairs at Washing
ton, by Joe Mitchell Chapple. Dallas
Lore sharp, keen and sympathetic
observer of wild life, contributes a
fascinating paper on the sparrows that
roost in the ancient ehns of King Chap
el churchyard. Boston-one of the few
known instances of bird colony max
ing its home beside busy city street,
TIC lights. As usual the poems, ESSAYS
and reviews are Of the best. and the
portraits OF celebrities of the hour are
many and new.
HE July number of the American
Boy Is patriotic number he front
tage illustration IS a spirited one show
Ng an American boy ON horseback
The Independence of .\d Hunter is
-ht Leading story for this month. 1t is
written by one OF the most famous
writer's for boys and tells now boy
struck for Independence aud got it,
The FUurpennY Good Hopes is a
story OF how d boy lifted mortgage
from hls mothers home ny his luck and
foresight and his knowledge of rare
postage stamps, How lue Boys Beat
Governor Irvon' by Fred Myron Col
by. is IL story of revolutionary times
very we'll suited to q Fourth of July
uumber In the Brave Boys of Old'
is a magnitcently Illustrated article
about Faueuil Halt Bunker Hill Monu-
meut, Independence Han. Old Liberty
.s+ In aud about Roston and PhiladeI-
lltia \ whole page of 0fpictures accom-
Ia4lips This article
The July Outing does not contain a
dry paragraph nor one that does not re
cali 10 sportSmen. uature-lovers. and the
great mass Of out-door-hungrv workers
the iovs of the best in summer recrea-
tive life. 1t has. too information in
valuable to one preparing for vaca-
tion in the woods and those who would
perfect themselves in sport. Full of
Joyous tingle Of the out-of door are
sumner Days on the Mirimichi. in
which Mr.. Tappan Adney tells of a
weeks canoeing in the wilds of New
Brunswick: When Man Turns to the
Waters an article on our summer
sports at the waterside. and Photograph
ing Big Game in Close Season. so. too.
is the Anglers of the Wharf. which
makes one feel the longing and thirst
for fresh ali which sends city boys and