The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-10
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.

LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.
What Women Like in Men, What
Men Like in Women" and Husbands
and Wives are the titles of series of
very interesting papers by Rafford Pike,
the third of which appears in The Cos
mopolitan for April. The same num-
Der of The Cosmopolitan treats of
Prince Henrys visit, with a series of
beautifully printed photographs, under
the title of "a Clever Emperor and a
Confederation of Nations F. Hopkin-
son Smith, Israel Zangwill, Bret Harte
and Maarten Martens are among the
contributors to this number, which is
unusually good in fiction.
The New York Central Railroad pub
llsheS monthly magazine, called The
Four Track News, which is far removed
from the prosaic literature one naturally
expects in connection with railroads.
1t is beautiful publication, handsome
ly printed, replete with interesting and
valuable reading in regard to travel,
localities, lake and mountain resorts.
and historic places, interspersed with
bits of news and of verse; the whole
richly illustrated by fine half-tones of
picturesque scenery 1t is only 80 cents
year. Sample copies sent upon
receipt of five cents by George H.
Daniels, General Passenger Agent,
Grand Central Station, New York.
1t is said by those who have seen the
advance sheets of Miss Petticoats,
the new novel by the unknown Dwight
Tilton, which comes out in May. that
an excellent summary of the ethical
motive of the plot appears i'll the quo
tatlon from Jean Paul Richter which
serves i'll lieu Of a preface. 1t reads as
follows: Humanity is never so beau
tiful as when praying for forgiveness,
or else forglVing another. When thou
forgivest, the man who has pierced thy
heart stands to thee in the relation of
the sea worm, that perforates the shell
OF the musseI, which straiglftway closes
the wound with pearl
Patriot and Tory, by Charles John
son Moves, is simple. but never dull,
story of those who freed Boston from
British rule. In the words of the pre-
face, ut is not intended as all accurate
history of the terrible months during
which the old town was in the posses
sion of the invaders The attempt is
merely to clothe in the attractive garb
of romance sufficient fact to render in
terestipg a review of those stirring
times, when our patriotic forefatherS,
pledging and perilling all, laid broad
and deep in Liberty and Independence
the foundations of this majestic and
mighty Republic" The author thus
hopes to contribute to that sentiment
which will preserve unimpaired the
precious legacies we derive from the
if,n1- Of no, "a,
the breastWorks of Bunker Hill The
love of the patriot Ralph and Agnes
form bright picture against the SOM
bre clouds Of war. The book is pub
lished by Henry A. Dickerman 4 Son,
Boston and New York. Its price is
$50.
An attractive feature of chester
Blair William Henry Carson's novel,
which has quickly gone into third
edition, is the verse of poetry which
heads each chapter of the book While
this is frequently done with lines or
verses of poetry quoted from some one
of the great poets Mr.. Carson has sug-
gested the theme of each of his chap
ters with a very appropriate bit of
is the one heading the twelfth chapter:
a Lie WIN lTulu SCI out one uaS,
To journey along the same highway:
AS on they went, each passer-by
A helping hand lent to the Lie
Quoth Truth 'Eh faith how can it be
They tender not their help to me?'
With scOrnful mien came quick reply
Because, my friend, they Love Lie"
Under the title of american
Shrines" the New England Magazine
is presenting a series of frontispieces.
The April number contains fine half
tone from the only photograph in exist
ence of the Charter Oak.
When inquiry is made in regard to
what people read, the thought naturally
turns at once to the novels which hap
pen to be popular at the moment, Ben
Hur," "Robert Elsmere," "Trilby,"
David Harum," Janice Meredith" or
"The Crisis or Audrey" as the case
may be. Yet as John Cotton Dana for
chilly shows in a statistical article in
the March issue of the Worlds Work,
even these record breakers make but an
insignificant showing when compared
with what the people as mass really
read, namely, newspapers and periodi-
Gals. He finds that 800 new books are
published yearly in the United States,
with a total sale of perhaps 10000 600
How they are overShadOwed in the mat
ter of circulation by the periodical
press, Mr.. Dana points out by some in
teresting tables. One of the most curl
Gus is devoted to showing how much
space in terms of a book the size of ''Dav-
id Harum" is given to various topics in
the United States for given year. The
commercial and financial news equals
in space 27O6OO,OOO copies of David
Harum," trivial personal news, 100, 2OO,-
600, advertisements, 159, 200, 600; politics,
10000, 900; sports, 1872, OOO, 900; legal, 49,
OOO, criminal, SO, 100000. The list is
long, and tapers down to literature. mu-
sic, art, ETC., which together make ST.
100000, theatrical news, 10, 400, 900, and
biblical. 5000. 900,