The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-10-13
Literary News and Notes.

ball, will be a new Maine book by
Maine author, this year. Mr.. Kimball
is native Of Hampden, and now re-
sides in Bangor, but most of his life
has been passed in Boston and Penn
sylvania. The scene of the book is in
northern Maine.
The death Of Brian J. Dunn, Esq, a
Bangor lawyer and formerly a we'll
known newspaper man in Boston. Wor-
cester and New York, occurred recent
ly III Bangor of typhoid fever. He was
a frequent contributor to various pc
riodicals and his clever verse, printed
i'll the Clay Worker, won for him the
title of '.The poet laureate of the brick
yard" He leaves a wife and three
children. At the time of his death he
was member of the Bangor City
Council.
The interesting coincidence has been
discovered i'll the proof sheets of My
Lady Laughter Dwight Tilton's new
novel soon to be issued, that the pub
Usher of the romance is a lineal de-
scendant of one of its characters. The
book is to be issued by the c. NJ. Clark
Publishing Company, at the head of
which, as is generally known, is the
first woman book publisher in the
world, CAIRO NJ Clark. In reading the
opening chapters Miss Clark was SUI
prised to find among the most con-
splcuouS characters of the romance Dr.
Joseph Warren, the hero of Bunker
Hill. who. as it happens, is an ancestor
of Miss Clark in the direct line on her
mothers side. The portrait painted by
Dwight Tilton of the sturdy patriot is
reported to be decidedly gratifying to
his descendant.
Two of the most notable campaign
articles that have appeared are to be
found in the October Atlantic, where,
under the heading of Issues of the
Campaign, Samuel w. Mccall presents
"a Republican Point of View" and Ed
ward M. Shepard makes ''The Demo-
cratic Appeal 1t is in every way an
interesting and characteristic debate
| Mr.. Mccall, who is we'll known as an
Independent Republican somewhat
loosely chained to the machine of his
party, makes most effective presenta-
I, ton Of the essential principles of Re-
| publicanism at stake in this election
the more effective from the very can
dor of his concessions; while Mr.. Shep-
ards paper, "The Democratic Appeal"
is in its cogency of reasoning and fe-
| licity and vigor of literary style easily
| the most telling exposition of the Dem.
ocratlc platform in 1904. The party
voter of either opinion can find here
much matter to give him the courage
of his convictions, and the indepen-
dent voter will find more to aid him in
coming to just decision as to the be-
stowal of his sutfrages.
| From an article on Evening Dress
es'' in the New Idea Womanss Maya
zine for November, it appears that
dinner and reception gowns especially
are to be very elaborate this season,
following the general trend of fashion.
A number of pretty cuts also show the
| latest designs in the ubiquitous 'stock. "
''Perdita' continues her little solutions
in household economics, this month
setting forth her idea of how the best
can be got out of a 81, 800 income when
| living in New York apartment house;
and several columns are devoted to
definite directions for preparing each
item of the Thanksgiving dinner, from
| the turkey stutling to the pumpkin pie.
| There are two short stories OF Cupid S
I cases. one centered in a New York
! artists studio and the other in shrewd,
] good little country widows parlor
! Some views illustrating "A BIT of Ho-
| land i'll the Tropics show very attrac-
! tive side of Curacao in the Dutch West
| Indies. and a review that brings back
! tender memories is that of Jeanette
Young ON ''1our Childhood's Garden. -
Articles on Child Development, Bust
ness Life, Flower Culture, Social Settle
| ments, etc, etc, make up very reae-
able number.
The October-D December number Ct
The Forum contains six reviews of the
quarters progress and four special
articles. II. I.itchfield Vests survey
| of "American Politics. is of unusual
Importance this quarter, as it discusses
the issues and prospects of the Presl-
Dental campaign. The war in the East
naturally abSorbS the greater part OF
a, Maurice Lows account of Foreign
Affairs" In his paper on ''Finance,
| Alexander d. Noyes deals with the
effect of the same conflict upon the
money market as well as with the
harvest outlook, and the course of the
Stock Exchange. applied Science
is in the hands of Henry Harrison
Suplee, who considers mainly recent
advances in engineering, but takes note
also of the commercial value of chemi-
cal and other discoveries. Herbert w.
Horwill's Literature" review is occu-
pied in the present issue with books OF
travel. "The Educational Outlook. y
| by Ossian H. Lang, includes detailed
criticism of the principal educational
exhibits at the St. Louis Fair The
special articles are ''Protection Against
Fires and Faulty Construction by
Louis Windmuller; private Societies
and the Enforcement of the Crimina!
Law" by Champe S. Andrews; 'The
Negroes Part in the Negro Problem, -
by Prof. Kelly Miller, of Howard Uni
versity, Washington, d. c., and SIS
the Human Brain Stationary" by
Prof. W. l. Thomas, of Chicago Uni
versity.