The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-03
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.

Farming Out Convicts," an article
giving a graphic account of the work
ings of the convict labor system in
Georgia, forms the first feature of the
April number of Frank Leslie's Popu-
lar Monthly. This article is the result
of an investigation made expressly for
this magazine by B. F. Blackburn.
Another side of prison life treated
from an entirely different point of view
is shown in the story, ",The Mongrel
Child" wherein one of Chicago's prison
schools is used as the BACKGROUND fon a
striking tale Of boy life. A sketch by
John Uri Lloyd, called Northern Ken
lucky in War Time," is vivid recollec-
ton OF past period described with
great literary charm. A striking charac-
ter sketch OF Mayor Jones, the Golden
Rule Mayor of Toledo, man about
whom opinions widely differ at present,
and study of the career and attain
ments of the celebrated actress, Mrs.
Leslie Carter, add to the all-around
character Of this number.
Oswald Garrison Willard opens the
April Atlantic with a survey of the
past management of The Army of the
United States, accompanied by gener-
Gus tribute to the energetic endeavors
of President Roosevelt and Secretary
Root to rescue it from the rule of in
capacity and routine under which it so
nearly broke down during the Spanish
| War. He shows how its incoherent
organization, its antiquated and in
efficient management, its subsection to
political pulls impaired it's effective
ness in the field, and proves that only
the American initiative of the ''man be-
hind the rifle enabled us in Cuba to
overcome the far-superior equipment
and armament OF much-despised Spain
He describes the laborS of Secretary
Root to reform this state of things:
shows what he has accomplished and is
still trying to accomplish; and calls at
tentlon to the patent fact that Secre-
tary Root has achieved more reforms
IN his brief administration than did all
his predecessors for fifty years, if not a
century," and ''that his work for the
new army has already made his admin
lstration memorable in army history
Chief among the attractive features
of the Easter Ladies' Home Journal is
the opening installment of Helen Kel-
ler's own story of her life. The fact
that this, and all the autobiography
which is to follow, were actually writ
ten by the wonderful girl herself is
only equaled by the remarkable literary
merit of her production. There is a
delightfully."- personal article about ''rhe
Presidents Daughter" accompanied
by hitherto unpublished picture of
Miss Roosevelt, and pretty story of
the singing of Easter carols in New
York belfry on Easter morning. Nellie
Blanchan tells "Why the Birds Come
and Go, and The Journals two splen-
did serials, CHOSE Days in Old Vir-
ginia' and ''The Russells in Chicago"
are given space. The new children's
department, called ''The Good-Time
Garden" begins in this number. Mr..
BOX discusses several timely subjects
on the edito rial page, chief among
them the growing tendency of the
American father to neglect the COM
partnership of his children. The illus
trations, which are beautiful and nu-
merouS, include one Of Mr.. Taylor's
exquisite pictures of southern life and
double page of college girls at their
studies. The departments are more in
teresting and helpful than ever The
beautiful Easter cover is the work of
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llN y PIIl oltll OPENS With an d1ll-
Gle in which Sydney Brooks pertnently
applies to our own problems in the
Philippines the lesson to be drawn from
"The Example of the Malay States
under British rule. Among other pa
pers on questions affecting foreign at
fairs are "The Anglo Japanese Ali
ance,' by A. Maurice Low, and "Prince
Henry's Visit" by Prof. Paul $.
Reinsch. There figure also, in this
months contents, discussions of vari-
GUS subjects of domestic politics now
attracting the attention of Congress:
such as THE Amendment of the Inter
state Commerce Act, and Railroad
Pooling by W. a. Robertson: PRO
motion in the Army" by Major John
H. Parker; 'Shall the United States
Lease its Grazing Lands?" by John p.
Irish; and proposed Amendments to
the Constitution by Henry Litchfeld
West. In educational Matters Yale is
represented by Prof. Ladd's paper on
| ''The Disintegration and Reconstruc-
ton OF the Curriculum" and Harvard
by Prof Hanus' criticism of "Our
Chaotic Education" while Mrs. NJ. K.
Genthe, a Heidelberg Phi d., gives an
account of the present position of "Wo-
men at German Universities. Farley
Vernon Wilcox makes several practical
recommendations for the Preservation
of Large Game" A timely sketch of
the characteristic tactics of 'The Boer
in Battle" is contributed by Edward B.
Rose, a former resident in the Trans
vaal. In an article entitled, is Eng
land being Americanized?' Herbert VI.
Horwill replies to paper ON that sub
ject in former issue of the same
magazine.
The features of the April Century are
a frontispiece engraving by Timothy
Cole of the famous painting by Velas-
quez entitled Head of Young Man"
a group OF papers of personal recollec-
lions of Appomattox by General E. p
Alexander and Colonel Charles Mar
shall, x-Confederates, and Generals
John Gibbons and Wesley Merritt of
the Union Army; the beginning of a
new serial story on marriage, entitled
Confessions of a Wife" by MARY
Adams; four humorous stories, includ-
idg "Chimmie Fadden on L'Aiglon and
Women," "a Hard Road to Andy Cog
gins" by Chester Bailey Fernald; my
Golf" by Charles Battell LOOMS, and
'Disciplining the r. & o." by Willis
Gibson, all illustrated; in the series on
The Great West a chronicle of the
overland trim to California Inv Noah