The Republican journal., 1904-11-03
Literary News and Notes.

book. lust published: ''The Adven-
lures of Ned Minton by Edwin J.
Miller of Whitneyville, Me-. is a story
of rural life in the Machias Valley. In
the book are stories within a story
charmingy blended. 1t graphically
depicts events which actually trans
pired at period generations ago, be-
ginning at little red schoolhouse by
the seaside, and terminating on an
orange farm in Florida"
The New England Magazine for Octo-
Der presents an unusually interesting
and attractive array of contents. The
town article for the month treats of
South Natick in Fact and Fiction
fertile subject, well handled by Edith
A. Sawyer, and finely illustrated.
Among other illustrated articles of
note are graphic description OF Child
Life in the Philippines" by Minna
Irving, and a fine account Of that
splendid charity, "The Boston Floating
Hospital" by Amy Woods. r. L.
Pillsbury tells of ''Visit to Lundy,''-
the rugged, lonely island off the Corn
wall coast, which has been immortalized
by Charles Kingsley. There are six
stories in the number, and they are of
unusual variety and excellence.
The November number of The Book
lovers Magazine is strong number i'll
every sense of the word: strong in
variety. strong in the human interest
of it's articles, strong on its artistic
side, and strong in its Americanism.
Every article is fully illustrated. The
leading article, "a Radical Experiment
in Education is by H. Foster Balm,
and explains, in detail, the methods
employed in the Chicago School of Ed
ucation, where the work is made so
fascinating for the pupils that formal
discipline is practically done away with,
and the teacher, following the lead of
the child,'' learns how to teach to the
best advantage. The whole problem Of
elementary school methods is being
worked out in the class rooms of this
school which are, in fact, series of
small human laboratories.
The account of the fight the actors
made against the Theatrical Syndicate
given in Leslie's Monthly Magazine
for November will interest every thea
tre-goer, and the portraits with it are as
interesting as the article. There is an
enlightening study called The Business
Clergyman" in this magazine, which
shows the kind of man who is needed
at the head of our churches to-day and
the kind of work men Of that type have
done all over the country. The article
on the Japanese system Of self-defense
is as instructive in its text as it is at
tractive in its photographs, and the &C
count of the Socialist, Prohibitionist
and Populist candidates for President
will be as widely read as any article of
the month. There are eight good short
stories-football stories, animal stories,
humorous stories and tales of love and
adventure-and number of shorter
bits of verse and little amusing ar
ticles. There is also an account of the
Battle of Nanshan by Japanese officer,
who was in the battle, which gives a
realistic and thrilling picture of Japa-
nese patriotism.
In the November McClure's, Stewart
Edward White begins new serial
which reveals new power and breadth
in his uniformly splendid work. Out
of the great northern forests of ''The
Blazed Trail and the snowy wastes of
'The Silent Places" he has moved his
scene of action to the boundless plains
and painted deserts of Arizona He
sees and feels the beauty and the awe
of the desert as he does of the forest,
and is able to make his reader share
this insight and pleasure with him. The
story he tells here is the desert vivi6ed,
flaming with its color, poignant with
the sense of its immensely. In this
strange, weird; and stupendous setting
he lays his plot and unrolls a tale,
simple and deep 1t is the story of the
coming together of the Big Man of the
Wilderness and the Little Woman Of
the Town-how the desert, picturesque
and romantic to him, terrible and repel-
lent to her, affects their lives and fate.
Mr.. White carries his reader far into
his narrative in this first instalment,
and whets the appetite for more with
rare skill. One feels the thrill of giant
forces at work, of something tremen-
dous impending.
The instalment of "FreDZied Finance
in the November number of Every
body's Magazine offers what is probably
the best account of financial war ever
printed. Mr.. Lawson is now we'll into
the main course of his narrative, which
leads by way of the Boston gas fights
to Amalgamated Copper. Addicks has
persuaded him to take charge of his
! Addicks's-contest with Henry H.
Rogers and STANDARD OIL" and for
! pure love of combat the Boston fnan-
cier, with all his forces, has come to
the rescue of the Delaware buccaneer.
1t is an exciting passage in which he
tells of the attacks and retreats, the
tolls and stratagems of this campaign,
and for interest and thrill it holds its
own with the real fighting in ''The
Three Musketeers.' Finally, Lawson
and Rogers come together and the dia-
logue between them as they proceed to
adjust their differences is one of the
most striking chapters in the story.
The drama of the Standard Oil magnate
tempting Lawson away from Addicks,
and Offering him millions to join the
STANDARD Oil'' band, and the Boston
financier refusing, is described in Ian
guage at once direct, forcible and pic
turesque, and once more forces home
to the readers mind the fact that truth
is indeed stranger than fiction. The
Lawson article is but one feature of an
excellently balanced and readable mag.
aZine. There are seven rafting good
short stories and large instalment OF
Hall Gaines great novel, ''The Prodl-
gal Son.
Whale Comes Ashore