The Republican journal., 1903-10-29
Literary News and Notes.

A life of Hon. Nelson Dingley has
Just been issued by Ihling Bros. n
Everard, Kalamazoo, Michigan. The
volume is the result of over two years
labor on the part of the author, Mr.
Dingley's son, Edward n. Dingley, in
volving a research into the private
documents of this great Statesman and
and into public documents covering a
period Of nearly go years.
The art section of The Booklovers
Magazine for October is beautified with
full page reproductions of fox-hunting
scenes, in color, from series OF rare
old prints. But an even more notable
feature is the collection of classic fe-
male heads, for which Jules Lefebrve
"a leader of the Partisan idealists-is
so Justly famous in today's art-world;
these are beautifully printed in sepla
tint.
| An account of Women's Colleges and
their Women Executives in the Book
lovers Magazine for October, touching
upon the relation of tOday'S women'S
college to the 'female seminary of our
grandmothers' day, makes clear the
principles and methods now III vogue.
| The principal features OF the article
are the characteriZatiOnS and portraits
of leading presidents ana deans, who
are now SO energetically pushing the
executive part of the work in the
Women's college, or in the college an
mex" where women find equal advan-
tages with men.
The October number of the National
Magazine of Boston is hlgh-Water
mark for that periodical. Among the
contributors of special articles and
! current comment are Poultney Blge-
| low, Senator Tillman, Dallas Lore
Sharp, Charles Ferguson, DR.. Felix Us
wald. Major r. S. Porter, Colonel
James Matlack Scovel, George I: Rich,
ardson. Kate Sanborn, Joe Mitchell
Chapple and Frank Putnam. Ihe
story tellers of the number are Eva
Hampton Prather of Atlanta, Carrie
Hunt Latta of indianapolis, Jack B.
Norman and Ellis Parker Butler of
New York. Henry Oyen of Chicago, H.
Arthur Powell of Connecticut and
Abbie Libbey Holmes OF Wisconsin.
The poets are Yone Noguchi, the Jap
anese celebrity; Helen Hicks of On
tario, Oscar johnson of Iowa, "Col-
umbine'' of New Orleans and Mrs.
Robert n. Pollard of Virginia.
Pearson's Magazine for November
contains six complete short stories
Pariah, by Mr.. 7. jenkins Haines; The
Ivory Casket, by James Workman;
Lady Elias Marriage, by Owen Oliver;
Her Right to Choose, by j. Z. Setoun;
The Biograph Theater, by Gelett Bur
CESS and Will Irwin, one OF the (Plca-
rooms series); The Duel Between Don
@. and the Dark Brothers OF the civil
Guard, by X. and Hesketh Prlchard;
two poems, Another by s. A. IT,, ana
\ Mothers Song, by L. B. Durrant, and
continuation of the serial story, SIT
Henry Morgan-Buccaneer, by Dr;
Cyrus Townsend Brady. Six special
articles are: Mrs. Adrian &. Hopes
Pastel Portraits, The Electoral Com
mission-an interesting bit OF history
from the diary of senate page, by MI.
David S. Barry: Life in Metals, by \.
Observation-Disclosures ofFruit
Breeding, by Marcus Woodward: James,
Cardinal Gibbons, by Mr.. William 7.
Svmln: and Holding the Mirror up to
Nature. by Edward Harrigan. The
Home Notes Department is continued,
as usual.
The Forum for acknowledgements be-
gins its reviews of the quarter with
articles on "American Politics and
''Foreign Affairs" by Henry Lltchteld
West and \. Maurice Low, respectively.
Each of these writers makes careful
forecast of future probabilities. III ad-
dition to commenting on the more sig
niticant developments OF the last three
months. "Finance," during the sum-
mer season. has provided scarcely less
sensational topics of study than politics,
and these are judicially treated by Alex
ander d. Moves Henry Harrison Suplee
traces progress during the same period
i'll applied Science Herbert W.
Horwill writes of recent publications
under the heading Literature; the
Making and Remaking of Nations.
Prof. F. H. Giddings deals with ''Soclo,
logicalQuestions" affecting our national
life, particularly those relating to the
ethnic composition of the American
people sThe Educational Outlook is
described by Ossian II. Lang, and Dr.
J. NJ. Rice continues his work in "Edu-
cational Research by giving The Re
suits of a Test in Language. In ad-
dition to these review articles, the
Forum publishes in this number special
contributions entitled Two Estimates
of Browning By Prof. W. ?. Trent,
''The Administration of Public School
Systems" by C. B. Gilbert, and British
and French Submarines" by Archibald
S. Hurd.