The Republican journal., 1904-07-28
Literary News and Notes

The Twentieth Century Home is re
tanning the typographical excellence
and artistic makeup that won such uni
versal praise for the initial number six
months ago. Its popularity proves it to
be a giant among the woman's maya
zines. The August number is excellent
in every detail and is beautifully illus
trated.
McClure's midsummer fiction num-
Der for August is simply marvel of
years Mcclure has made great rec
ord with its fiction numbers, but the
issue of this year surpasses all others.
In tn text and illustration it fixes the
standard of excellence. The stories,
without exception, are gems of their
kind and serve admirably to illustrate
how far the American short story has
been perfected.
Ralph Conner begins a new novel,
The Prospector," in the August fic-
ton number of Leslie's Monthly Maya
zine, and the first chapters promise a
better story than either The Sky Pilot
or ''Black Rock" There eleven other
stories in this number by such people as
George Hubbard, Henry c. Rowland,
Alice MACEDONIAN. Holman F. Day, H. l.
Greene and Rex E Beach, and they
cover nearly every variety of up-to-date
fiction.
A copy of Hawthorne's Fanshawe, a
very rare and valuable book, has been
discovered among the collection at the
Macarthur library, says the Biddeford
Journal 1t is valued at in the neigh
borhood of $500, and for that reason it
was not put in among the other books
for circulation. Miss Hatch, the libra
rian, discovered the book and notified
the officials of the library 1t is
thought it will be sold, and the money
either used for new books or added to
the Macarthur library fund.
The story of the month in the Book
lovers Magazine for August is by
Eleanor Hoyt-''The Vanishing Board
er''-and is in all ways summary as to
vivacity of style. Clara Morris tells
perience with a quaint old character in
Cleveland sThe Old Lace Member"
And there is a charming little lullaby
song, touched with humor, by Frederic
b. Hodgins. The closing department
The Best New Things from the
World of Prints always selected
with admirable judgment, both as to
text and illustrations.
The Booklovers Magazine for August
pays well-deserved attention, in its
opening article, to subject of the
greatest importance-th widely spread
ing movement in the United States and
Canada in behalf of outer-park systems
on larger scale and the identifying
of cities. Mr.. Crawford's effort, in his
comprehensive and popular article, has
been to represent great typical phases
of the movement wherever found; and
this he has done admirably both in
text and profuse illustration. Mr..
Crawford is the secretary of the City
Parks Association of Philadelphia, and
is wellknown as al expert and ar
authority Oh this theme.
Although not announced as fiction
number August Pearson's contains
large amount of light reading "a
Sheaf CT Ghost Stories is sure to attract
attention, as its stories have been Sc
lected and edited by the Duke of Argyll,
and are vouched for as authentic at
least the persous who told them believed
they experienced them, if we may trust
the opening paragraph. Three chapters
of a clever detective story, CDR. Nicho-
las Stone" by Spence de Pue, a COM
paratively new author; a Don @. chron-
icie: an Oriental romance by y. Sarath
Kumar Ghosh, Hindu writer; one of
Norman Duncan's powerful sea tale,-
and -four shorter bright stories, are Civ
Ell among the fiction in this number.
Welcome to the new literary shrine
Maine is TO have. Fewacres, the old
home i'll Pennington of Jacob Abbott,
author of the famous Rollo stories, is
to be restored and preserved in its orig
inal beauty and simplicity by the citi-
Zens of Pennington and the members
of the Abbott family. Jacob Abbott
was not d great author, but his books
were simple, wholesome and morally
strong They are worthy to be remem-
bered and of being initiated in these
later days. The making the home of
their author shrine of literary achieve
ment where the man and his work shall
be commemOrated is worthy project,
an honor to Pennington and the State
of Maine. To live in literature is no
less noteworthy than to be remembered
in craftsmanship. The place of Maine
in this latter respect is fixed. Let her
genius ana acnleVemenJ III the FORMER
be equally encouraged and perpetuated.
That Everybody's Magazine really
has the biggest scoop" OF the era in
Thos. W, Lawson's STORY of Anal
gamated" is abundantly shown by the
first instalment of the series proper,
which is in the August number. The
foreword was portentous with promise
of startling disclosures. The initial
chapters introduce the secret organiza-
ton of Standard Oil and its actual
master, who is a person almost un-
known to the public. 1t is wonder
fnl picture Mr.. Lawson gives of the
huge business machine which has its
headquarters at 26 Broadway, New
York, and he paints, for the first time
in his real colorS, the man he declares
to be the greatest business genius of
the period, Henry H. Rogers. Then,
with brutal directness, be describes
how in dividing the profits OF the Anal
gamated deal the biggest fnanciers in
Wall Street were tricked and deceived
like the veriest crowd of tyros. 1t is
the most sensational instance of the |
double cross in modern finance.
The Midsummer Fiction (August) |
number of The Cosmopolitan comes
to lis as the most dive cd in itS nnp |