The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-09-03
Literary News and Notes.

EVeIvDOuN I'LL SCptCAhOCA AZ 3NS~A-
liarlv illuminative Of the mans charac-
ter and his ideals of newspaper making.
In the light of his present extraordi-
nary endowment of College of Jour-
nalism at Columbia, it affords an inter
esting index to the line of thought OF
which that is the elimination
Herbert Maxwells notable discussion
of "Animal Intelligence" in The Month
ly Review is reprinted in The Living
Age for August 90 In lighter vein, and
perhaps even more attractive to lovers
of outdoor lite, is Edmund Selous's
charming sketch, "Terns in the Nurse
ry,' from The Saturday Review.
Three noticeble articles on literary
topics of perennial interest appear IN
current numbers of The Living Age.
In the number for August %, Charles
L. Eastlake writes of Thackeray; Aug
ust 90 contains Augustine BirrelPs re-
view of New Editions of Charles
Lamb:" and September 5, an article
from Walter Frewen Lords dashing
pen on "Charles Reade's Novels
DR.. Holmes, writes Thomas Bailey
Aldrich in the August Century, had an
odd liking for ingenious desk accesso-
ries in the way of pencil sharpeners,
paper weights, penholders, etc. The
latest contrivances in this fashion
probably dropped down to him by the
inventor angling for a nibble OF COM
mendation-were always making one
another's acquaintance on his study
table He once said to me: 81 am
waiting for somebody to invent mucl-
lage brush that you can't by any chance
nut into YOUR inkstand. 1t would save
me frequent moments of humiliation.
Rev. Lyman Abbott opens the Sep
TENDER Atlantic with an able ana sug-
gestive article Oh Why Women DO not
Wish the Suffrage, an attitude winch
he claims results not from any INTERIOR
ity of woman to man, but from her
essential difference, bodily and mental
". Herbert W. Horwill follows with
paper on the question of The Bible III
Public Schools, and he discusses as per-
tanning thereto the increasing and gen
orally acknowledged Biblical ignorance
of the rising generation. Other yalu-
able papers are IndifferentlSm by b. T.,
An Educated Wage arner-experl-
ences and reflections by Jocelyn Lewis;
OF Girls in Canadian College, by A.
MacMechan: and Paganlsm, delight
ful paper by Harriet Waters Preston.
DR.. Talcott Williams, of the Philadel-
phia Press, is most scholarly and sug-
gestive writer on political and soclo-
logical conditions, both at home and
abroad. In The Booklovers Magazine
for September he reviews city politics
in American cities IL comparison WITH
European. He indicates the relation
of the exploiting and the exploited; the
identity of problems, needs, and meth
DDS in all American cities, whether
large OF small; the increasing tendency
to union and organization, with greater
efficiency and permanency. Special
mention is made of individualS-may-
ors of great cities and others-Who are
today among the ruling forces in mu-
nicipal government. DE- Wllllams
valuable article is illustrated with nu-
merous portraits.
The women who clamor for advice
how to turn their time and talents to
account-Will receive many valuable
hints from the series of articles emil
tied "Proftable Industries for women
which is begun in the September num-
Der OF the New Idea Womans Maya
zine under the heading OF poultry
raising" from the pen of sarah f..
Slater. The new department of Cor
rect Dress foI Men" also begun IN the
Septemher issue and contributed by
Hawthorne, a Well-knoWn authority III
herberdashery bids fair to be of para
mount importance III this perodlcal,
because many women do much OF the
Shopping for the men OF their families
and are glad to have suggestions
Every item in the September number,
r1ipa1 nr,ti pfJnn1l more
than passing interest.
Every householder will enjoy the
sparkling symposium, How Many
Trades Must Housewife Learn? in the
Septembe National Magazine. Every
lover of good fiction will enjoy the SIX
really fine stories June Winston, Car
RE Hunt Latta's new novel, composed
of ten short stories, begins in this num-
ber 1t is a deliciously amusing and
touching study of child character.
Frank Wickizers Two in an Airshlp is
the wittiest and most original love
story of decade. Eva Hampton Pra-
theirs Our Garden of Eden is charm
ing idyl Of girlhood. The other story
teliers are Kenneth Harris of Chicago,
Sara Lindsay Coleman of North Caro-
lima and Louise J. Strong of Missouri.
The pictures and poems of the number
are many and fine: the departmental
gossip of Affairs at Washington. the
Stage and Books as | Find Them (by
Kate Sanborn) are timely, crisp and en-
tertaining.
The third installment of Mrs. Ga
brielle E. Jackson's story, ''Three Good
Cronies," appears in the August num-
Der of The American Boy. The cover
page consists of a splendid picture of
sThe Old Swimmin' Hole" Captured,
by that fine writer for boys, J. L. Har-
bour, tells how two boys captured an
immense serpent belonging to circus.
Some of the other leading contributions
in the August number are: "a Voyage
on the Snow" by Will Lisenbee; "The
Beginnings of an Astronomer" ''The
Washington High School Cadets" with
some fine pictures, 1.-The Summer Life
of the Roosevelt Children" Tips
Heroism," Life ON a Man-of- War;"
ACROSS Niagara with Blondin," 'The
Printers Apprentice, Something
About the Americas Cup" ''The Way
to Pitch Real Curves" There are doz-
ems of practical, helpful departments
which will encourage and inspire boys
to do things. Published by the Sprague
Publishing Company, Detroit, Mich
S100 year.
Besides keeping up its summer record