The Republican journal., 1905-11-16
Literary News and Notes.

'In the shoe string country" new
book by Frederick Chamberlin, which
the C. NJ. Clark Publishing Company
of Boston are bringing out, promises
to cause something of Il sensation. The
story is written around the present
political situation i'll the sO-called
tBlack Belt" OF Alabama, and the
author claims that the story is founded
on fact. If this be SO, it will certainly
prove revelation to all who have not
lived in this district.
1t is impossible to read 'The Ken
tuckian," the new novel, by James Ball
Naylor which the C. M. Clark Pub.
Co., Boston, are bringing out, without
being convinced that the author is writ
ing of people and places, with which he
is very familiar. There is an atmos-
phere of feeling and sincerity through
out the book which comes only from
the personal knowledge of the things
about which one is writing.
The November number of the New
England Magazine is vigorous, timely,
and intensely interesting from cover to
cover. The contents include The Art
Treasures of Fenway Court, ilustrat-
ed; Henry Cabot Lodge, a character
study; Harvard University; The Pom
peii of America; Historic bingham,
etc, with short stories of widely differ
ent character and more than usual
worth. American Company publish
ers, Dix Place, Boston.
In its announcement for 1906 the
Youths Companion mentions half Il
dozen Maine authors who will con-
tribute to its columns during the COM
ing year. c. A. Stephens of Norway
will have a serial, ''Tncle Dresser's
Money" and several stories for boys,
THE Young Lumberman's Samson"
Young Chief A Tale of General
Stark, ;" Learning to Shear Sheep" "a
Dark Day; the Adventures of a Co.
lonial Bride" and others. Annie Ham
story, cold Cato's April First" Martha
Baker Dunn of Waterville will con-
tribute story for girls, ''The Lection
Day Cake" Commander Robert E.
Peary, Albert w. Tolman of Portland,
Holman F. Day and Rowland Thomas
will also be among the 1906 contribu-
tors. The last named is the Castine-
born boy who won the Golfers prize of
$4,000 for the best short story. He
will have a Philippine serial. In the
latest issue OF the Companion there ap-
pears the ninth and last installment O.
Holman F. Days story of the Maine
woods, "The Rainy-Day Railroad War"
The Christmas number of the New
Idea Woman's Magazine contains two
pages of Christmas Rotations which
girls and boys fated to distinguish
themselves at Christmas school enter
tainments will welcome. Several full
page drawings show happy and famii-
lar phases of Christmas Day, one by
Miss Maud Tousey, dot Recites at the
Christmas Party" being especially at.
tractive. One of the short stories in
the number is entitled Her Silver
Spoons" and gives very humorously
the woman's point of view on mans
gifts. Christmas gifts and Christmas
cookery figure largely in the magazine,
but there are in addition several very
readable articles on more general top
les. Miss f. H. Westwood writes on
.'Woman's Salvation Through the
Trade L MONS" Miss Harriet Martin
on possibilities OF Stenography," and
Miss Mary Eastwood Knevels on ''The
Foundation of the Home Library" add
ing a list of standard works desirable
for home library. Four pages are de-
voted to views of the beautiful spots
of the world, such as the Scottish Ben
Nevis and the Swiss Mattelhorn. An
article on Crooks for Christmas Par
ties will be helpful to the mothers of
small! girls, and a page on smart ties and
handkerchiefs for men will be sugges-
tive to sisters, mothers and wives who
find it difficult to decide what to get for
the men.