The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-08-06
Literary News and Notes.

Literary News and Notes.
Rudyard Kipling's work, together
with that of Mrs. Flora Annie Steel,
is reviewed in unique and notable
fashion in the Church Quarterly in an
article entitled western Stories of the
East: An Eastern Criticism" The ar
ticle is republished in The Living Age
for July %.
Especially attractive for midsummer
reading is the number of The Living
Age for August l. Opening with an
article from the Edinburgh Review on
''rhe Supernatural in Nineteenth-C Cen
fury Fiction" and following that with
the instalment of ''The Oberles" in
which NJ. BaZin's fascinating story
draws towards its climax, it contains
also some delightful letters of Charles
Dickens just published in Chambers
Journal, and clever short story from
the Cornhill Magazine, called His Ex-
cellency's Aigrette.'
The August number of What to Eat,
that dainty, entertaining monthly maya
ZlJt llldG 10 llldhlllS QUILL q
fight against food adulteratiOn and
fraud, presents an unusually varied and
interesting table OF contents. What to
Eat has grown nightly. 1t is viva
cious, well illustrated and brightly
written, absolutely unique in its field
and valuable help with its suggestive
ideas. 1t is not crochet stitch or a
''home recipe magazine: rather it deals
with the philosophy of eating, the in
+ tellectual side OF food consumption.
The Poster Cover by Valley is perhaps
! the best ever issued.
The August Atlantic is largely tic-
i ton number for summer and leisurely
reading. 1t opens with a striking nov
elette by Margaret Sherwood, entitled
Daphne" which presents all original
and delightful love story portrayed
with great skill and charm. Shorter
complete stories are Lafcadic Hearn's
! fascinating japanese tale, Mimi Nashi
! Hoichi; Esther Titfany's Anna Mareea
an entertaining sequel to her The Coun,
tess of Pondsville Centre recently pub
| Eshed in the Atlantic; Alexander
Blacks amusing The Wilder; and r
| E. Young's The Trail of the Tangler
the latest and best of the Henderson
stories.
American cities present the most re-
markable feature of the rapid growth
of this continent in population and
riches. There has been nothing like it
in the whole previous history of the
world. The stories Of Terre Haute
Columbus, Youngstown and Harris.
burg, crisply told and fully illustrated
in the National Magazine for August,
drive this fact home in the mind OF
even the least observant. These arti
Giles tell how these cities began, what
they are and what they are doing.
Charles Ferguson's article on The Rise
of Free Cities Under the New Indus.
trial Order, in the same number. makes
clear the larger meanings of this rapid
! city growth in America. The August
| National contains also six brilliant
short stories, dozen illustrated artl
cles on various phases of American
| life and the usual chatty departments.
Some of the brightest things in The
Booklovers Magazine for August are
! to be found in the department called
The World of Men and Books. There
| is sound sense back of Hamlin Gar
lands half facetious manner, as he
| howS with what ignorance and preju
| dice the American Indian has beer
used as material" by story-tellers past
and present: Professor F. L. Pattee
strikes out boldly at The Omar Khayyan
| Fad: Tom Browne, famous English
| cartoonist, relates some humorous per
sonal experiences; George Hibbart
| claims that present-day advertising is
| rapidly reaching stage where it may
| we'll be entitled A New Literature
| Stephen Gwynn urges that the best
thing America can do for Ireland, in
this era of her new hope, is to senc
back to the green isle as many of oul
lively and successful Irish Americans
| as we can spare; and w. C. Jameson
Reid, out of his long experience witt
| Chinese conditions, holds that Chlna's
| future not only concerns all civilized
nations but that they must of necessity
share in it's forming by friendly an(
| tactful interference.
The Fiction Number of Leslie's
Monthly has remarkable list OF au
thors on its cover: Irving Bachelier
Henry Harland, John Luther Long
Howard Pyle, Roy Rolfe Gibson, Har
nv StillWell Edwards, David BelascO
Marion Hill and Judge Shute, among
others. There are stories of all kinds
and of all varieties of feeling, ranging
from the delicate sentiment of Harlant
and Gibson to the strong virile feeling
Of John Luther Longs story, which il
really a novel in disguise, and from tn
quaint humor of Bachelors new sto
RES of Eben Holden to the jubilan
fun of Judge Shute's "Real Boys ant
the broad farce of Edwards darke,
story and Marion Hills picture of mod
ern kindergarten methods. The Grea
!. American Lobby is careful study Q
the Lobby in politics, taking Missouri
case as an example, and it is striking
exposition of present conditions and
work of permanent value. The artici
reads like fiction, but unluckily, It