The Republican journal., 1904-01-14
Literary News and Notes.

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The toast master" of the January
Atlantic opens the feast with genial
talk On Catering for the Public, the
tasks and troubles of a literary purvey-
or, and Thomas Wentworth Higginson
resumes his reminiscent papers with a
characteristic account of the Sunny
Side of the Transcendental Period, full
of entertaining description and anec
dote.
An important and timely article in
the February number of the New Idea
Woman's Magazine is entitled AN
American Girl as an English Peeress."
1t is written by Michael White an Eng
glishman, who speaks authortatively
upon that subject, and who presents
his opinions attractively. A second
chapter of a symposium called THE
Happiest Day of My Life will find
many appreclative readers. \ special
article upon butter-making under the
heading of The Country Woman's
Friend-the Cow" by Kate Y. Saint
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stories are bright and interesting, and
to Whoms0ever partakes Of its good
things as offered.
Affairs at Washington-crisp com
ment, bright anecdote and personal
gossip about men and women promi-
nent at the national capital--with new
and interesting portraits, leads the
January number of the National Maya
zine. Joe Mitchell Chapple reports
the homely, human side of public life
in very attractive style. A new de-
partment, The Home, opens well. The
six excellent short stories are ~ Car
RE Hunt Latta, Lutte G. Richards,
Leonora Beck Ellis, Ben Blow, Win
throp Packard and Grace G. Bostwick
Book and stage chat and poems by
Katherine Lee Bates, Frank Putnam,
Maude Morrison Huey and Others, and
complete the best National Magazine
ever published.
There is striking article in the Jan
nary Leslie's Monthly on the Gambling
Spirit,-the poison that pervades our
modern American life,-with portraits
of W. G. Whitney, Keene, Garfield,
Yerkes, Al. Adams and others, and also
the first chapter of the experience
of special correspondent of the
magazine, who lived in Sicily with a
peasant family and emigrated with
them to America, with the object
of investigating that side of our emf
grafton problem. The number gives a
large amount of space to the automo-
bile, with a series of explanatory arti-
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logue of the pleasure vehicles now on
the American market, There are nine
short stories, business, society, automO-
bile, political, domestic and humorous
ones, with another chapter of "a Few
Real Boys" and most amusing sketch
hy Charles Battell Loomio called Miss
Flutterly, on What is Doing" There
are twenty items III ali on the contents
page,
The New England Magazine begins
the New \ ear with a number which
shows that, while still keeping to the
old standard that has given it an unique
position among high-class monthies, it
is at the same time broadening its
scope, and appealing to wider public.
Tie January number is a splendid aug
uIy OF what the coming year has in
store for its readers. Perhaps the
most notable contribution is from
the pen of Edward Everett Hale,
ID. D., who diScOurses upon Christ
mas IN his own inimitable style, I'M
der the caption. The Great Annyer-
SaTy Day 10 many readers close
second viii be Lieut.. II. E. Peary's ac-
count, with illustrations, of a ChrisC-
mas spent at Cape Sabine, in the dreary
Arctic reglons--a sombre Christmas
indeed, but fascinating because of its
remoteness from the ordinary eXperien-
ces OF life, Judge Shute, the author of
The Real Diary of a Real Boy" be-
gins, IN this number, his series of
Neighborhood Sketches" which are
replete with sly, but kindly humor.
a year ago the Booklovers Magazine
was born. What advances it has made
are apparent in the January number
tor 1904, which commences volume
three A casual glance discloses the
tact that there are more pages, more
pictures, more articles, than there were
year ago; and of course there are more
readers and advertisers. Politics, Art,
Industry, Fiction, and Criticism are
admirably balanced and exemplifed
IN the initial number for the new year.
The fiction for the month is Miss Mary
Inlay Taylor's Partisan story, The
Window that Monsieur Forgot. 1t is a
brilliant and graceful piece of work
The illustrations are by Robert i. Ma
son. Criticism is represented by Pro-
lessor Hancocks appreciation of Fene-
Ion, Archpishop of Cambria, wifi
portrait in color; and by "Lector's"
vigorous article wherein he reviews
group of recent works that reflect the
strenuous life on sea and land. The
World of Print is a most interesting
and entertaining collection of the best
print and pictures in the current publ
cations of this and other countries.
1t is an interesting contribution to
the study of contemporary labor prob
lens that Jack London makes in his
article on The Scab in the January
number of the Atlantic Monthly The
authors experience of life among
tramps and on the East Side of London
have furnished him with much inter
esting material, which his vigorous
mind and vivid style enable him to
present most effectively. Mr.. Londons
interesting point, that not only is the
workman who assumes the place of an
other i'll the time OF a strike a scab,
but also cone who gives more value
for the same price than another" will
afford food for earnest thought to