The Republican journal., 1905-06-01
Literary News and Notes.

LII W AVA oONy 4 uOAAeANAo
for June, the publishers review the
achievements OF the magazine in the
past two years. beginning with the
snail things, the less important things"
they say, ''Everybody's Magazine two
years ago was = 96-page magazine. 1t
now carries an average of 100 pages a
month of reading matter. Two years
ago we were running 70 pages of adver-
Using, for which we received 50, 742.6 ga
gross. In this number we have APP.
proximately 12O pages of advertising,
for which we receive $4,000 gross.
Two years ago the circulation Of>Every-
bOdy's Magazine was 100000 copies
month. Our edition this month will be
practically five times that-75O, 0O0."
Mayor Dunno of Chicago, General Q.
O. Howard, Charles Warren Stoddard
and Dallas Lore Sharp head the list OF
contributors to the June National Mag
azine. Mayor DUNES theme is Chi
cago and Municipal Ownership" and
he declares there are ninety millions OF
water in the stocks of the Chicago
street railways that will never be paid
for by the city. General Towards pa
per, illustrated. deals with tie Lincoln
Memorial University in the Tennessee
mountains. Mr.. Stoddard, in ''Rudyard
Kipling at Naulakha," quotes many of
klpling's letters-vividly personal and
picturesque-to illustrate kipling's
methods of literary work. Mr.. Sharp,
Americas foremost poet-naturalist,
tells the story of Little Bob of the
Stone Pile" otherwise the chipmunk,
with apt illustrations.
The June McClure's has many timely
and interesting articles and five good
short stories, all profusely Illustrated.
A comedy of snobbery is told by George
Randolph Chester in Bargain Day at
Tut House." The exaggerated Ameri-
canism of it will make the country hug
itself. Mrs. Wilson Woodrow has an
other humorous tale of life in Colora-
do mining camp, wherein the New
Missioner" again appears. One Of New
York's assistant district attorneys, Ar
thur Train, has written, out of the ex-
perience of his office, 'The Jailbird,"
a tragic story of an habitual criminal.
'In Lovers Meeting" by Harvey j.
OHiggins, is washerwoman'S love
story, tale of rare literary quality,
with a tender and sympathic touch.
That Took, has made an amusing story
on novel lines.
The Worlds Work for June is full of
interesting articles, handsomely illus
trated from photographs. A full-page
portrait OF Joseph Jefferson appears as
the frontispiece. In 1.-The Public's
Stake in the Trust Companies" there
is summing up of the advantages and
faults of the present management of
funds by the great trustees. Arthur
Harris presents some startling facts on
the debts and public expenditures of
the powers in THE Purses of Nations"
The real rulers of Russia and their be-
nighting influence are dramatically pic
tured in ''The Church's Blight on Rus
sia," by Perceval Gibbon. Charles NJ.
Hanger describes ''The Foresting of the
Prairles redemption of the plains
of the Midwest from barrenness.
"Chicago's Street Railway War" is de-
scnbed by Philip T. Frost, and Mayor
elect Edward F. Dunno of Chicago,
writing of the acquisition of municipal
ownership, tells How Chicago Will Do
It," The true attitude of Japan on the
ject for two articles: "Japan's Closing
Of the Open Door" byJ. Gordon smith,
and THE Menace of Japan's Success"
mining engineer. The charms and pro-
gressiveness of "a New England Small
Town" are eloquently described by
Robin Lynde Hartt-the illustrations
are remarkable character studies.
Gas Engines and Launches is the
title of little book soon to be publish
ed by the Forest Il Stream Publishing
Co., New York. This is the day of the
gas engine, which drives so many We
hicles on the land and in the water.
The man who owns a motorboat often
prefers to manage it himself rather
than to engage a skilled engineer for
that purpose, and the simplicity of the
gas engine makes this feasible. Never
theless, there are multitude of little
knacks and details about the manage
ment of such all engine which can be
acquired only by experience; and the
gaining of this experience is often cost
ly of temper, time and money. To as
sist the novice to overcome the Difficult.
ties which he must inevitably meet
Mr.. F. X. Grain, the superintendent
and mechanical expert of consider
able gas engine concern in Connecticut,
has written this book. The authors
wide experience has taught him just
what to look for, and what to do when
the unexpected occurs in running a gas
engine, and he has explained in plain
ana simple language-and has often il
Illustrated by diagrams-the course to be
pursued under any given set of con-
ditions. Any one who desires to run
his own power boat will find in this
little book most useful manual for
the pocket. Cloth. Price, S1.25.
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