The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-01
Literary News and Notes.


"Piney Home by George Selwyn Kim
ball. 1t is a story of the woods of
Maine, redolent with the fragrant odor
of the pine. Its, motives are as pure
and natural as their environment. There
is plenty of action and adventure, and
all is pervaded by love OF nature.
After lapse of many years Charles
Warren Stoddard, so celebrated for his
beautiful South Sea Idyls," which has
become classic in American literature,
again announces collection OF ldyls
and stories of those summer seas full
of his charming word pictures and ex-
quisite touches which tell of dream-life
in fairy land The new book is entitled
THE Island of Tranquil Delights, A
South Sea Idyl and Others and will
shortly be published by Herbert B. Tur-
ner 4 Co.
The August number of The New Eng
land Magazine is notable in more ways
than one Its leading feature is law
ishly illustrated article on the Woman's
Relief Corps, by Elizabeth Robbins Ber-
". The town article for the month
treats of quaint and picturesque Var
mouth-A Typical Cape Cod Town."
with charming illustrations. An eX-
tremely interesting paper on "Church
Organs by Clyde Ebert Ordway, is
also lavishly illustrated with pictures
of the most magnificent and world
famous organs Still another illustrated
feature that will appeal especially to
artists and art lovers is an interesting
account of the annual summer exhibit
tions of American art held at Poland
Spring, South Poland, Maine, with a
critical estimate Of the more important
works shown in the collection of 1904.
With six stirring short stories, with
the second instalment of the absorb
ingly interesting "Dr. Nicholas Stone'
novel, and with three special articles,
including the now famous Indian
Fights and Fighters" the readers of
Pearsons Magazine for September
finds himself supplied with one OF the
brightest, most interesting companions
to his travels in this, the most ideal of
all vacation months. In the special
articles, Cyrus Townsend Brady's in
dian Fights and Fighters tells of the
last stand, and the cuttlng-up Of the
Seventh Cavalry, and the death of that
most celebrated of all Indian lighters
Custer. Albert Bigelow Paine con-
tributes an instalment, ''The End of the
Ring" in his Thomas Mast article.
And in California, in the Stories of
the States" series, is told the early days
of laWlessness, murder and vigilance
committees down to the present mag
nifcent prospects of this Crpsus among
our states.
Those qualities of timeliness and gen.
eral readableness which characterize
Everybody's are we'll to the fore in the
September issue. A capital article on
motor boats-the new, swift, high-pow-
cred pleasure craft-tells fully of these
late toys of the millionaire class. The
Deepest Mine in the World'' describes
the wonderful copper mines of Michl-
gan In "The Campaign Spellbinder'
Lindsay Denison describes the ways
and methods of certain political orators
and narrates many diverting stories.
There are ten tirSt-rate short stories
one, in verse, by Wallace Irwin, besides
the third instalment of Hall Gaines
serial "The Prodigal Son." which is
undoubtedly the big novel OF the year.
The secret method of multiplying mil
lions by which the enormous fortunes
of Standard Oil and other big financial
institutions We're created vertically out
of nothing is the text of the September
Thomas W. Lawson.
McClure's Magazine for September is
a vigorous expression of American life
and interest, part fact, part fiction, all
entertaining. Several serious articles
give It commanding Importance and
character. OF these William Allen
White writes of Roosevelt and the
Postal Frauds" and in clear and con-
l,n al hn 1fr
story Of this great crime against the
government and the manner of its eX-
posture. But he does more He reads
the lesson of these events and keenly
characteriZes the men who made them.
II is in all an article which every
American citizen will want and ought
TO read. Ida NJ. Tarbell gets at the
very heart of the trust question i'll her
Standard Oil History IN a mastery
paper on The Price of Oil" Here is
what the consumer wants to know,
how the trust affects prices. Miss Tar
bell traces the variation of oil prices
under the Standards manipulations
from the beginning and draws convinc-
ing conclusions from an overwhelming
array of facts, evidently wrought out
with infinite pains.
The power of human personality is
strongly impressed on the reader of the
September number of The Booklovers
Magazine. Three strong men of the
age, strong IN widely-differing degrees
Minister White, BOSS" Platt and
the late G. F. Watts-are the subjects
of three most interesting articles in
this number. Beyond its obviousstime-
illness, Mr.. \. I. Bacon's estimate of
''Russia's Ablest Statesman is in real
ity Il well-balanced and well-informed
resume of the state Of Russias internal
affairs, much more valuable than col
umns of war news. Mr.. Joseph NJ
Rogers has done for Platt what he re-
Gently did for Quay-painted him to
the life. The illustrated article on "a
Painter of Men and Ideas" is an APP
probation of the life-work of one who
was not only a great painter, but a
great man-George Frederick Watts
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman's paper
Oh ''The Growing Power of Woman"
records her impressions of the Inter
national Congress of Women recently
held at Berlin 1t is striking presen-
tation of the cumulative results al
ready attained by the projection of the
personality of the modern cultured wo-
man into public affairs.
Perdicaris, who was captured by the
Moroccan bandit RaiSsuli and held for
ransom, has written the STORY of his