The Republican journal., 1903-05-14
Literary News and Notes.

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! keynote of the May number OF the New
England Magazine, which opens with
Two admirably illustrated artlcles on
the Forthcoming celebration OF the
hundreth anniversary, May 2oth. OF
Emersons birth. The first IS entlrely
devoted to that subject and the second
shows the great philosophers feiatlons
to the Transcendental movement.
| The Macmillan Company has made
arrangements with Caspar Whitney for
ten additional volumes in The Amerl-
can Sportsman's Library. These BOOKS
have proved exceedingly popular; The
next volume to appear will be that on
The Water Fowl Family, to be follow
ed shortly by others on Big Game
Fishes; The Bison; Musk OK, Sheep
and Goat Family; Guns, Ammunition
and Tackle; Bass, Pike, Perch and
| Pickerel; The Bear Family; and The
Cougar, Wild Cat, Wolf ard Fox
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
at St. Louis and the progress being
made upon its buildings and grounds
form the feature of the current issue of
Golfers Weekly. There are great
many photographs, taken specially for
| this number, showing the condition OF
| the work to date-approximately as 1t
appeared during the dedicatory exer-
cises. There is leading article by Ex-
Governor David r. Francis, president OF
the Exposition, on "Europe's Interest
in St. Louis Great Fair" and from
other sources there are accounts OF the
wonders to be seen, the dedication, the
| historical event which it commemo-
| rates, and other phases of the Exposi-
tion and what it signifies.
| Brides, graduates and flowers are the
dominant features of the first month of
Summer, and the June number of the
New Idea Woman's Magazine treats of
| them all. "June, the Month of Roses,
is a practical floral paper, by Benjamin
B. Keech, charmingly illustrated. Sa-
rah Slater contributes noteworthy
article ON June Brides" Agnes War
| rem describes "June Fetes;" and Kate
! Marston writes of ga Woman and her
| Pin Money" In addition to these dis
tinctly timely themes, the several de-
! partments of Society Eads, Good House
keeping, Embroidery, and Home Dress
making receive novel treatment, charac
teristic of the season. The short stories
and verse are of exceptional excellence.
Conkey's Home Journal gives its
lCdllclS dIOUllCi PlCoolllS heA y
another increase in the number OF
pages, eight more being added in the
April issue. The April number opens
with five good short stories which are
followed by "Window and Neranda
Boxes" by Eben E. Rexford; 'How to
Care for Canaries," by Marguerite b.
Arnold; "How a Woman May Become
a Leader" by Laura A. Smith; "Enter-
tanning in a Simple Way" by Rather
inc Prindiville; ''Original Designs for
Waists" by Genevieye Long. 'Practl-
cal Lessons in Lace and Embroidery
Making" by Grace Bishop; Lessons
in Home Dressmaking, by May Man
ton; 'Dawn of Love Waltz" for piano,
by A. A. Ford: ''Piano Playing, by
DR.. NJ. L. Quinn: 'Nocal Training, by
Prof Henry Dickson.
The May Atlantic contains the last
of the selections from the autoblo-
graphv of Mr. Trowbridge which are to
appear in that magazine. These de-
lightful papers, which have brought
pleasure to many, and which have con-
stituted one of the most notable fea
lures of the magazine year, have pre-
sented at once MI Trowbridge's own
story and very suggestive and lntl-
mate history of New England lltera-
ture of the last fifty years. This con-
Guiding installment, which deals with
"reminiscences of Holmes and Longtel-
low, is in many respects the most IN
teresting of the series, and should be
read by all who care for the personal
intimacies of biography. The publlca-
ton of the complete autobiography,
from which these chapters have been
selected, is announced by Messrs.
Houghton, Mitflin x Co. for the early
autumn.
In the May Atlantic is one of the
most readable papers in that maga-
zines interesting series OF studies III
the life of the American citizen OF to-
day. This paper, ''The Evolution OF
the Trained Nurse" by Mary Moss, n
clever essayist and story writer, pre-
sents both the history of the nursing
profession and the actual experience OF
the nurse of today in a way sure To
instruct and entertain the reader.
Tracing the evolution of the nurse
from the beginning of the middle ages,
when sickness and suffering were among
the recognized means of grace and
| nursing a matter of the emotions, Miss
Moss points out that only within the
last few decades has nursing become
scientific profession, and the nurse a
| person of recognized standing. Ihe
paper contains much information which
will Surprjse even those who have pro-