The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03
Literary News and Notes.

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The good things in the November
number of What to Eat are too numer-
ous to mention. Some of them are
nrinted in other columns. 81 year.
pierce Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill.
The religious situation in England
aud America is adequately described in
two attractive illustrated articles in
The Booklovers Magazine for Deem
her James Douglas gives vivid pen
pttures of Dr. John Clifford, Reginald
itMu Campbell, the Bishop of London,
aud Stopford Brooke in The Religious
4aders of England; while Amory H.
Tadford writes on What Religion
lnds for Today, the latter article be-
me accompanied by portraits of George
4 Gordon, Archbishop Ireland, Wash
ugton GLADDEN., Samuel d. Mcconnell
aud Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf.
Tie University of Maine ought to
create new honorary degree and con-
ter 1t on the editor of the Bangor News
At the next commencement says the
rrrtland Press, and we second the sug-
gestlon. This is the degree of ID. p d.,
winch is by Interpretation Doctor of
Domestic Philosophy. Taking one or
TWO recent numbers of the paper as
samples, we find in them delightful dis.
yusitions on such subjects as 1.-The
cellar Rollway," "The Crows Have
Gone Away" "Making Mince Pies, :"
lie Pie Trust, THE Fur Overcoat,"
Things Good to Eat" pure Drinking
Water.' The output of this sort Of
Z. ug is constant and varies according
IL the season, and it springs from an
taenuity and fertility of resource that
,s marvellous. Such talent surely should
recognized and rewarded in the way
-gested.
here are twenty-five items on the
tents page of the December Leslie's,
uding ten stories, eight pages of
..st attractive color work and num-
of excellent articles, among which
lie Degradation of Wall Street
.udS prominent. The Christmas
vor is delightfully."- supplied by little
--..y called "Christmas Memories,
Sc IN illustrations in color by E. Benson
pc; by a striking series of animal
wings. also in color. called THE
N Il Beasts Christmas Dinner" and
The Christmas festivities of "A Few
..|.ti Bows. TIC SUOlN VI 1tOHC VI
Ie." which begins in this number, is
narkable account of the struggles
achievements of country girl
,.o came to New York to earn her
ing. A Sketch of Charles j. Bona
-e gives a vivid picture of one of
most useful citizens and the article
Wall Street explains clearly and
singlv the wretched causes of our
sent financial difficulties. There
49, stories by Eden Philpotts, Harrison
dies, ]. j. Bell, Yone Noguchi and
.ly others. and the illustrations for
IA are by Bayard Jones, F. Gruger,
rrison Fisher, Q. Toaspern and May
a son Watkins.
lhe Booklovers Magazine for Decem-
rounds out its first year with the
listmas Number, and appears with a
-a and exceedingly beautiful cover.
general feature of the former
vrr-scheme-that of a leather bound
.Uk-is retained, but the design is en-
ely different and the color is a warm,
.l crimson, with gold lettering. A
mature of Van Dyck's celebrated
Uniting of Baby Stuart, reproduced
. cOlorS, appears a9 medallion IN the
-utre of the cove urrrounded with
rath of holly. IL IS Indicative OF the
Jason sacred TO childhood, and also OF
..a Of the most beautiful art sections
3d., the issue descriptive of The Child in
IT. The art features comprise twenty
r color reproductions of celebrated
lures and portraits, and twenty-five
int and i'll half-tone. These, eXclu-
We of the various illustrations in The
World of Print section, place the Christ
ne in the forefront of the illustrated
Woathlies both i'll quantity and quallty.
principal literary features are
red and interesting. They include
tu Black, Paul Piper's clever story: a
In by Edmund Vance Cooke; De
Use of Slang by Herman Spencer;
.} an appreciation of Scott by Pro
-,or Parrot of Princeton. The maya
re- has thus added fiction and poetry
u its table of contentS-oniy one story
.li only one poem, but each strong
nd moving in its appeal. The stand
..t set is a high one, and the quality is
lividual and characteristic.
HE December number of Pearson
stiles the interest with which its
l-aders have learned to look to it for
Chit special articles of timely inter
-st. The opening article is one on The
>pcial Duties of Mrs. Roosevelt. by
Mrs. Abby G. Baker, and Others of in
est are: Modern Methods of FL
uance. Example "copper"; Part L.,
Tie Blind Pool, written by Henry
George, Jr.; Young Men in Congress
lIief Pen Sketches of the Younger
Generation of Statesmen now in the
Eve of the Public, contributed by Mr..
North Overton Messenger; The Auto
mobile; It's Powers and Possibilities, by
Mr.. C. J. L. Clarke; The Alaska Bound
airy Questionable Ground for the Dis
pute Between the United States and
Canada, and it's Final Settlement, by
Richard V. Oulahan; The Autobiog-
Taphy of an Australian Kangaroo, by
Mr.. A. J. Dawson, and Modern Comedy
and Ancient Atmosphere Some AS
spects of the Present Dramatic Season.
There is a clever short story by Edith
Elmer Wood-The First Lleutenant's
Christmas Tree; another of the Plea
rooms stories-The Mystery of the
Iammam Baths, by Gelett Burgess
and VIII Irwin; How Don @. Played a
Ihree-C ornered Game, by X. and Hes
keith Prichard, and the last but one III
stalment of Sir Henry Morgan-Bucca-
1eer, by Dr. Cyrus Townsend Brady.
~ o short poems, Sleep, by Mr.. A.
Eastman Edwin, and Lie On Your Oars
and Rest Awhile, by Charles Fl. Gran
Foo f,rr,