The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-06-02
Literary News and Notes.

The June number of The Booklover's
Magazine might aptly be called an in
ternational number. OF the dozen ar
ticles to be found within its covers, five
deal with men and events in foreign
lands-Japan. Russia, Korea, Mexico,
and the Island of St. Pierre.
Genuine. gripping readableness is
the mark ed ouality of the June Nc
Cures. This is supplied by lot of
| high grade summer fiction, covering a
wide diversity of places and things,
| together with number OF live, vital
ARTICLES, and some significant editorial
| comment.
The approaching meeting of the Cen
eral Federation of Woman's Clubs
makes timely Mrs. Martha D. d.
Whites discussion in the May Atlantic
of the work of the WOman's Club.
Mrs. White, who has been long ldenti-
fed with these organizations, explains
their efforts and the results achieved
thus far. 1t is an instructive paper,
well-informed, shrewd, and humorous.
The May issue of Records of the Past
contains an account of the efforts to
secure national legislation for the pro-
lection of antiquities on the Public
Domain, and the passage of the Lodge
| ROdenberg Bill in the Senate, and there
is said to be no doubt but that the bill
will pass the House on. the reassembling
of Congress. The bill was drawn in the
interests of the public institutions of
! the country, and placed the antiquities
| under the control of the Interior De-
| partment.
''The Men Who Make Presidents' is
the title of timely article i'll Leslie's
Monthly for June on political cOnven-
lions past and present. The small part
the people take in the nomination and
| selection of Presidential candidates is
| strikingly shown, and makes interest
| ing reading. There are ten short stories,
| two of them the kind of stories about
| young married people that all people,
! both married and unmarried, thorough
| ly enjoy, and other tales of business
love and adventure. Miss Call writes
! on how not to hurry or worry or to be
| irritable, and her advice is as practical
as 1T is interesting.
The Maine Sportsman for May has a
new, appropriate and tasteful cover
design, and in contents it is fully up to
date. Particularly interesting are the
write-ups by the editor and publisher,
Mr.. Herbert W. Rowe, of the haunts
of sportsmen, and the contributions of
| Mr.. j. A. Thompson, who tells in this
number "How l Learned to Cook"
Mr.. Thompson used to come down to
the salt water occasionally, with head
quarters at 1Slesboro, and readers of
The Journal will no doubt recall his
| account OF a canoe trip on the bay
published in this paper few years ago
Should the readers of magazine
have the opportunity to dissent from
or comment on the articles the publ
cation presents? Hitherto, there has
been no method of replying to editorial
opinions set forth in our monthlies,
but Every body's with its usual origi-
nality, proposes that anyone who does
not agree with its contributors views
shall have the opportunity to set them
right, or approve, as seems proper. In
the new department., ''Straight Talk, "
in the June issue Of this magazine, a
number of readers have taken advan-
tage of this opportunity to criticise DR..
Hillis's conception OF consolidated
church; most of the writers frankly
disagree with his views.
The latest book on base ball is issued
by Richard K Fox, and is written and
compiled by no less an authority on the
great national game than John j. Nc
Graw, Captain and Manager of the New
York Team, National League. He has
written chapters and provided illuStra.
tons on how to throw a curved ball,
the art of catching, how to become a
good batter, and has covered every
other detail of the game. 1t is the
only book of the kind published. The
book has handsome cover, and it is
No. 8, of Foxs Library. 1t will be sent
to any address upon receipt of sever
two cent postage stamps. 1t also con
tainS the official rules and schedule
of the games of both leagues for the
present season.
John H. Denison opens the June AT
lantic with a discussion of The Great
DeluSiOn OF our Time, namely, the be
lief that the world is organized upon
the basis of pure physical force. Against
the dominance of this ''tooth- and-nair
doctrine DR.. DeniSOn enters a brilliant
and witty protest. Ray Morris, editor
of the Railroad Gazette, treats Trolley
Competition with Railroads, -analyz
ing the opportunities and problems OF
the interurban electric system in its
competition with the steam railroads
In fiction, Robert Herrick's The Com
mon Lot reaches startling and excit
ing climax Capital complete stories
and sketches are The Death of Tho
reau's Guide, logging tragedy by Fan
ME Hardy Eckstorm; The Stage Coach
Western romance by Ella w. Peattie
and Charles w. Chesnutt's Baxter's
Procrustes, humorous sketch that
will appeal to all fancy-edition collect
orS and bOok-club members.
Among the new books announced by
Houghton, Mltflin Il Co., is The Penob
scot Man by Mrs. Fannie Hardy Eek
; storm of Brewer. In The Penobsco1
Man, Mrs. Eckstorm tells of many ex
periences and adventures of Penobscot
river-men. 1t is the kind of book which
: will make a very strong appeal to read
. ers who have enjoyed Whites Tht
Blazed Trail, Andy Adams Log of {
: Cowboy and Van Dykes Fisherman's
: Luck. 1t is a book for the vacation
, time outdoors. The volume is redolen
with the smoke of the camp fire arount
which are gathered the river woodme1
and guides who tell the strange stories
of their achievements and adventures
Mrs. Eckstorm has lived among tn
people of her story. They are her PEG
pie. Certain of the chapter heading
indicate the flavor of the volume, as 70