The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-01-16
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.

The January Atlantic opens with a
preamble On Reading the Atlantic
Cheerfully; delightful invocation, the
sense and humOr of which will COM
mend themselves to all readers
Beginning with the January number
The National Magazine is produced en-
tirely on new S125,000 plant just in
stalled at Al West First street, Boston,
The January number is made notable
by the appearance of Senator M. A.
Hanna as the eulogist and biographer
of his friend, the late President William
Mckinley. William Mckinley AS |
Knew Him is the first of a series of pa
pers to run during the year 1902
The January New England Magazine
has long and most interesting article
on 1.-THE Lumber Industry of Maine by
Lawrence T. Smyth, city editor of the
Bangor News 1t is profusely illustrat-
ed with halftone views of camps, crews,
yards and drives and is one of the best
summaries of Names lumber history
and of the conditions and methods in
our deep woods that has ever appeared
Mrs. Laura E. Richards name is sure
to make welcome for her latest book,
"Geoffrey Strong" handsomely publish
ed by Dana Estes & Co.; Boston; but if
it were not on the title page, the charm
ing story would attract thousands so
simple, so vivaciouS and so delightful is
the style 1t is a tale far above the
average, and it has a serious purpose,
not too deeply hidden. Its size makes
it handy to slip into the average pocket,
4 Ia in n la ali,
library shelf need be ashamed.
''The Patron Saint of Childhood is
Eugene Fields title in some parts of
this land and in Missouri the school
children set aside one day each year in
which to honor his momory. Few poets
have ever cared so much for children as
did he, and for this reason the announce
ment made by The Ladies' Home Jour
nal that Mr. Maxfeld Parrish is to pic
ture some of Fields bestowed poems
for that magazine should be pleasur-
able one, especially for little folks. Mr.
Parrish has place in the first rank of
living illustrators, and his sympathy
with the idea assures unusual effort.
Among the poems which will be paint
ed are Little Boy Blue Seem
Things at Night" "a Little Peach in
an Orchard Crew." and "Wynken and
Blyken and Nod" Each reproduction
will occupy full page of The journal.
The January number of Table Talk,
published at Philadelphia opens with
an article entitled, "The Conventional
Way of Setting the Table by Mrs.
Burton Kingsland of New York City,
! an acknowledged authority on etiquette.
fia1o oil, ic nrth hn
subscription price of the magazine for
are interested in knowing the latest
fashions of the table that will be in
| vogue for 1902. Housekeeping in Mex
ico'' by one who resides in the City of
Mexico is very interesting. "How 1t Is
Done In Burmah,' by one long a resi-
dent of that country. will tell of odd
ways and customs. a valuable article
to mothers is one about ''Mumps and
Chicken Pox,' written by trained
nurse of long experience. Many other
practical articles and illustrated dishes
/ continue to keep Table Talk to the front
of all household magazines. Recent
numbers free or the January number
by sending 10 cents to Table Talk Pub
fishing Co., Philadelphia, Pa
Since Bellamy's Looking Backward"
was publis he'd there has been no such
interesting social prophecy as Professor
J. Il. Clark's paper in the January
Atlantic. Its title is ''Recollections of
the Twentieth Century" 1t is sup
posed to be an address delivered at a
meeting of the New York Historical
Society a hundred years hence, in
! celebration of the advent of the twenty
! first century. Professor Clark, who is
one of the first authorities upon ques-
| tions relating to organized capital and
f! organized labor, takes an optimistic
view of the economic development of
! the next hundred years Labor leaders
and capitalists alike will be interested
| in his program for the reconciliation
of forces which are Just now in bitter
opposition to each other. There are
good times coming for us all, Professor
| Clark believes, and the more we see of
| the twentieth century the better we
shall like it.
Diversity is the ey-note of the Out
| ing policy. January is special Army
and Navy number, containing some of
Frederic Remington's most effective
work, and several articles dealing with
athletics in The Army and Navy. But
the regular interests are not forgotten.
| There is plenty of stirring adventure
'On the Frontier with the Indians, -
illustrated by Frederic Remington: ''Af-
ter Kangaroos in Queensland "a Wild
| Horse Drive in the Australian Bush, :"
and so ON. For the man with the gun
there is plenty of shooting; shooting
deer in Colorado; ptarmigan in Canada;
ducks along the Columbi bobcats in
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