The Republican journal., 1902-06-05
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.

The Forum Publishing Company an
nounces that, beginning Win tne July
number, The Forum VIII De puoi,shed
| quarterly, instead of monthly, as mere
tofore. The general character OF the
magazine will be the same, anu us hlSh
standard will be maintained, put lts
purposes will be more speclllcaliy those
of a review and outlook. IL Is oeneved
that by publishing quarterly review
of the worlds events III every neld, as
we'll as to some extent an ouClooh pased
on the conditions presented, the essen
tai features can be fully covered. IN
! order that the material may present the
| proper perspective, the magazine VIII
| be conducted in departments, each OF
which will be in charge of one who is
eminently qualified by his training and
connections to take charge of it. In
addition to the general reviews, each
issue will contain number of special
articles on subjects of paramount IN
terest.
The first authorized statement that
John Alexander DoWle, founder Of
! Zion City and of the Chrlstlan Catholic
| Church i'll Zion, has ever given out to
! the general public is distinguishing
| feature of I.eslie's Monthly for June.
| This authoritative account OF one who
is certainly a remarkable man, at the
| head of a remarkable movement, gives
! those facts which are needed for calm
/ judgment of his career, and supplies
data which has until now been with
! held from the public The man-kllllng
/ horses of our Western country, and the
| sports of the students III the studios of
! ,,,ir. : /, Z ty-n oil l,.,,
ately illustrated articles. A delight
! fully amusing story Of children, a rat
| Ting snappy newspaper story, and a
| very human love story, make up part
of the fiction of the number, which is
rounded out by many lighter sketches
and verses.
| The June 4 tlantic offers an unusual
| ly long and varied line of especially
seasonable contents. The series of out
door papers which began in the May
number with John Corbin's The Mod
ern Chivalry. is continued with bril-
liant paper on Golf by William Carrot
Brown; it will be followed in July by
an article on Sailing, by W. J. Hender-
son of the New York Times. Limos
Egllnton gives a charming description
of The Nightingale's Song, rendering
the vocal melody also into musical
notation. Domestic and social topics
include The Newspaper Industry, a
trenchant paper by Brooke Fisher,
which vigorously follows up the news
paper Confessions of the April
Atlantic: an impressive sketch of Ar
IONA by Harriet Monroe, who gives
picture of a stage of civilization now
passed or passing, While Charles NJ
Skinner contributes an amusing de-
scrlption of The Electric Car. it's causes
and methods, and its effects upon the
daily life and manners of the commu-
nifty.
Senator Hanna, Senator Frye, Poult-
ney BlgeloW, Charles G. u. Roberts and
Frederick Lawrence Knowles are among
the celebrities who contribute to the
June National. Senator Hanna writes
the third of his papers on civilian
Mckinley as Knew Him." Senator
fryes theme is The Gap in Americas
,Armor' Poultney Bieelow, just back
i'll New \ DIRK from visit to Bermuda
discourses Oh ''Bermuda and the
Beers. Bermuda. he says, is garrison
ed chiefly by beautiful young Ameri.
can widows. Mr.. Roberts pictures the
| pleasures open to sportsmen in the
region round about Fredericton. New
brunswick Mr.. ChappIe's affairs at
Washington is a chatty budget of
/ personal gossip gathered at the capital.
lavlshly illustrated. Arthur McIlrov
| gives vivid account of the destruction
of st. Pierre. with new Photographic
illustrations Phil Eastman Of Topeka
contributes plquant sketch-"Iron-
| gull, Product of the Pie Belt
the new pension commissioner. Mr..
| Knowles contribution is an acrostic.
in praise of 'rhe Man in the White
/ House. Frank Putnam's Note and
! Comment ranges from Riev's new
/ national song to the coronation of King
! Edward. There are seven clever stories.
/ signed book reviews, illustrated articles
, on PHASES of American Affairs" and
! interesting studies of great financial
and industrial Institutions Scores of
new portraits of celebrities, and many
other pictures illuminate the Nationals
! pages.
Appropriately Everybody's Maya
zine for June begins with characte I
sketch of Edward VII. This is an ell
j tertalnlng account of His Majesty's
! personality mode of life, pecullarities
and virtues, written i'll an interesting
VEN by Chalmers Roberts, and illus
| trated with innumerable photographs
OF the King, the Queen, and their
palaces. Most Americans will read
with interest the curious article, did
Columbus Discover American" based
on the investigations of Henry Vignaud
which exposes Columbus claim as the
original discoverer of America. In
should Christians Buy the Holy
Land?" Arthur $ Greene advocates a
new crusade on Christian principles for
! the requirement of Palestine. An i'm
portant contribution is plant Making
in a Dutch Garden in which f. p.
Lyle, Jr., describes the astonishing
labors OF Prot. De ' ries, who has add
ed two leaves to the clover, and created
new chrysanthemum. \ simple and
intelligent explanation of J E. Hashke's
method OF cutting steel with an cleo
tric current is given in Science and
Burglary by {. H. Dennis, and Adele
Marie Shaw contributes virile char
acter sketch of William Phips, who
figures as THE First Self-made Ameri-
can. There are IA number of excellent
storles:-"The Recalling of George
by E. c. McCants; "On Account of
Bridyeen," by VIM. Bultn;" "The
Loose Screw" by Francis Powell,
Alice and the Golph, Lynx" by John
L ell Eyck TOmpkinS.