The Republican journal., 1904-05-05
Literary News and Notes.

been among the commonplace OF BIZ
ographical revelations. That they have
been. largely due to severe eyestrain is
the conclusion of DR.. George M. Gould,
the eminent specialist and literateur, in
his striking article on Literary Gen.
uises and Brain-Fag'' in the May nnm-
Der of The Booklovers Magazine. DR..
Gould disposes of the chimera ''brain
fag'' and ascrihes its apparent symp-
toms to misuse of the eyes. In the
course of his article DR.. Gould reviews
the careers of many noted literary men
and women as illustrating his theory.
The departments of the Twentieth
Century Home" the new woman's
magazine, are conducted on novel lines.
dred Best Books ''For the Woman
Who Reads" "The Laboratory of the
Kitchen" 'The Months Work."
Studies in Home Dressmaking," and
that interesting series, "WOman's Vir-
tues That are Vices" of which the top
ic in the May issue is Loving" The
treatment is vigorous and clever and
full of good hard common sense. Raj
ford Pyke contributes short and pithy
essay on Intimacy" The other fea-
lures of the issue are too numerous to
mention.
The opening chapters of the May
Atlantic are made brilliant and enter
tanning by the first installment of Pro-
lessor Norton's series of Letters of
John Ruskin, illuminated by his own
delightful and illustrative comments
and explanations. Colonel Higginson
continues his recollections with paper
entitled Intensely Human, which COLI
talns many salient and pathetic remi-
nlscences of the characteristics of the
negro race, more especially OF the days
before and during the War of the Re
bellion. The Atlantic's series of arti-
favorably received, is continued with
paper on The Humors of Advertising,
| amusingly treated by Rollin Lynde
Hartt. Other delightful essays are
An Hour with our Prejudices, a char
acteristically humorous paper by Sam
uel NJ. Crothers; The Work of the
Woman's Club by Martha E. ID. White;
and Bliss Perry screed on Fishing with
a Worm, very Waltonsey chapter
wrote by a worthy disciple of the
Gentle Art of Angling.
McClure's Magazine for May makes
the most casual reader stop and think.
AS usual it covers wide range OF hui
man interest, but the impressive effect
of the number is produced by another
appalling picture of the results of our
industrial warfare. 1t is found in Ray
Stannard Bakers article on the great
| labor conflict in Colorado between the
striking miners and mine operators un-
der the fitting title, "The Reign of Law
lessness." 1t is story of industrial,
| economic, social and civil crime of alb
sorbing interest and deep significance.
Here Mr.. Baker finds the fruits of law
breaking by both capital and labor in
riot and bloodshed, destruction of life
and property, anarchy and military des-
potism. The people of Colorado have
broken the law and are being punished
for it. How, Mr.. Baker wildly de-
scribes. The inside narrative of the
Hayes-Tilden election contest, written
from new sources OF information and
hitherto unpublished facts by Joseph
M. Roge-s in an entirely. non-partisan
manner, tells how this crisis in Ameri-
war averted.
The May "Cosmopolition" starts off
with an deliberately illustrated article
on the Making of a British Tar" The
| account has special interest for this
country, as we are using very nearly
the same methods in our own navy.
"Wonderful Whale Hunting by Steam,"
by P. T. McGrath, describes graphically
the new industry of rorqual catching
off the Newfoundland coast. NJ. Paul
Nocquee, the well-known French sculp-
ter and acronaut, tells as only a French
man and an artist can how it feels to
voyage in the air. 1t makes one long
to experience the sensation. Other
heavily illustrated features of this in
teresting and timely number are "The
Training of German Actress" by
Grace Isabel Colbron; 'Intellectual
| Germany of Today" by Wolf Won
Schierbrand; THE Ruins of Baalbek,"
by Dulany Hunter; ''The Most Athletic
Nation in the World,' by H. H. Boye-
sen, I'd; Interesting Personalities in
the Business World-Norman Bruce
Ream," by Edwin Lefevre, and Sports
With Which We Are Unfamiliar by
Helmet Stag Archer The fiction is
contributed by Seumas MacManuS, 0.
Henry, Julia B. Foster, Florence Stew
art. Mr.. H. G. Wells wonderful ro-
nance of science and progress reaches
an exciting climax, and Cyrus Towns
end Brady continues the Dramatic
History of South America" series, The
number is one of the best illustrated of
the month