The Republican journal., 1903-10-08
Literary News and Notes.

Ambassador Andrew d. Whites rem
iniscences are to continue in future
numbers of The Century Magazine. In
November will be printed an account OF
DIR. Whites relations with Prince Bis
marck.
The increasing Western business OF
Profitable Advertising has neceSsltated
the establishment Of branch office III
Chicago. This new office is to be IN
charge of Miss Helen Mar Shaw, who
has had extensive experience IN adver-
tising both in Boston and Chicago.
The principal Office of the magazine,
whose publisher is Miss Kate +. Grls-
void, is still in Boston. 1t is an ex-
ceedingly valuable assistant to all ad-
vertisers and of much interest to news
paper men everywhere.
like Glidden'' has just called at The
Journal office. He was a little tardy IN
his coming but is none the less welcome.
Of course we mean the handsomely
bound, finely illustrated, book from the
press of the Dickerman Publishing
Company of Boston and New York,
entitled like Glidden in Maine" The
author Alexander d. McFaul of Ma
chias, is member of the present legis-
lature. The subtitle of the book gives
its kevnote-"A Story of Rural Life in
a Yankee District; and it has been
highly commended by the press OF the
State. When we get time to read 1t we
shall expect to find in its pages some
we'll known characters of boyhood days.
The rapid stride which the New Eng
land Magazine has made is we'll Illus
foI hyr tho n1t0hpc MI her INST OIL
New ideas have been put into the ia
nous old magazine so that today 1t is
right up-to-date in its articles. The
leading article, for example, is a pro-
fuSely illustrated sketch of the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Company OF
Boston and its guests. the Honourables
of London, who arrive this week to ce.
ment the friendship of London and
America by gala celebration on this
side of the water The magazines new
feature OF "Men and Events of the
Day. is continued, with pictures OF
people who have aroused attention
during the past month and with Illus
trations of recent events.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle left us in
doubt at the end of ''The Hound of the
Baskervilles'' about what became of
Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur has now
written especially for Golfers Weekly
new series of stories, connected.
though each complete in itself, begun
last week with ''The Adventure of the
Empty House." Holmes makes him
self known to Watson as follows:
49,. Maybe you collect yourself,
sir: here's British Birds and 'Catullus'
and The Holy War'--a bargain every
one of them. With five volumes you
could just fill that gap on that second
shelf. 1t looks untidy, does it not, sir"
| moved my head to look at the cabl-
net behind me- When | turned again,
Sherlock Holmes was standing smiling
at me across my study table. | rose to
my feet, stared at him for some seconds
in utter amazement, and then 1t ap-
pears that | must have tainted for the
first and last time in my life. Certain
ly a gray mist sWirled before my eyes,
and when it cleared, | found my collar
ends undone, and the tingling after
taste of brandy upon my lips. Holmes
was bending over my chair, his flask III
his hand.
My dear Watson said the we'll
remembered voice, q owe you thous-
and apologies. had no idea that you
would so be affected.
Another Maine author is having a
book published by Little. Brown X 60.
this fail Mrs. Annie Hamilton Don
nell. author of Camp Fidelity Girls,
was born in September of 1862. Her
childhood, with the exception OF two
years spent in the South, was passed IN
Brooklyn, New York. She completed
her college course i'll 1881, and SINCE
that time has been engaged III literary
work, contributing stories to Harper's
Magazine the Atlantic, the Youths
Companion, the Ladies Home Journal,
and many other publications. Before
its Qisc0ntiDuance she wrote girls
stores for Harper's Round Table, her
Work for girls being specially congenlal
perhaps because her own particular
pair OF girls has endeared to her the
whole gay tribe. Mrs DonnelFs stories
of child nature for grown-up readers
have been a special feature of her work
in recent years, and have brought her
pleasant letters of appreciation from
many quarters. The scenes of many OF
Mrs. Donnell's stories for older people
have been laid in New England, region
which she knows thoroughly, as much
of her life has been passed there. Mrs.
Donnell's critics have claimed for her
particularly happy way Of depicting
New England character, as she has pre-
ferred to people her stories with the
wholesome, quantity attractive charac-
ters to be found tucked away among the
hills of New England, rather than the
sterner and less lovable types that so
frequently appear with the New Eng
land label "Quillcroft," Mrs. DonnelPs-
beautiful country home, is situated in
veritable nest of lakes and hills, at
Kents Hill. Its immediate environ
ment is congenially conducive to such
work as Mrs. Donnelrs, since but a
minutes walk distant is one of the old
est schools in the country. DR.. Torsey,
the father and president of the school
for more than forty years, was Mrs.
Donnelrs uncle.