The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-06-29
Literary News and Notes.

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with charming Photographic study of
My Dear Rag Doll. New and attractive
snapshot photographs of senators, for
eign ministers, British and American
naval officers and society leaders, with
fine portraits of Vice President and
Mrs. Fairbanks and Senators Lafollette
and Alger. are among the illustrations
of Affairs at Washington. Joe Mitchell
Chapple varies his monthly letter from
the capital by describing in happy
style an oldfashioned Fourth of July
celebration in an Iowa village. There are
many timel PARTICLES and clever stories.
The Home department is rich in garden
lore and helpful hints for the house
hold, and is embellished with several
beautiful Photographic studies by Mrs.
Leigh Gross Day.
Bangor is:probably better represented
in the list of authors OF stories in the
July magazines than any city of its size
in the country, since the names of three
writers of this city are on the title
pages of prominent publications. Prof.
John s. Sewall is the author of With
Perry in Japan, in the Century maya
zine for July. The article as given on
the title page of that publication is,
Personal Recollections of the Expedi-
ton of 1858 "a. The article is illustrated
by portraits from photograph and da-
guerreotype and picture of the Perry
monument from photograph. In the
same publication Miss Margherita
Arlina Hamm has a clever story en-
of the Egyptian Colony of New York.
The article is illustrated by Jay Ham
bidge. Mrs. Lillian True Bryant, wife
of Dr. B. L. Bryant, has two stories in
the current fiction magazines. City
Physicianship is the title of her article
in the July McClure's, and in the
National for that month Mrs. Bryant
has novelette,, Cousin Marcella.
Cousin Marcella is a bright bit of fic-
ton, Neapolitan story, which will in
terest any lover of clever authorship.
Bangor Commercial.
Pearson's Magazine for July presents
an attractive collection of early sum-
mer reading. both in breezy short sto.
ries and in timely special articles.
Chief among the latter is R. H. Graves
"Our Annual National Slaughter" re-
captivating the enormous army of
Fourth of July victims annually killed
or MANNED while celebrating Independ-
ence Day. points About Sea Swim
ming" and 'The Camping Wagon"
treat of subjects that will interest
every one longing for the wilderness
and relief from the heat of a swelter-
ing city. Charles NJ. Harvey contrib
utes timely article on ''The Fortunes
Earned by American Railroads." Chas.
G. johnson in an article entitled the
"Star Spangled Banner" tell of Won
derful industry of patriotism which
has sprung up among us. "Ihe Swish
of the Lariat'' is al account of how, re-
Gently, the cowboy king won his laureis
as champion roper. "The Profession of
Getting Hurt and "How to Make
Money Out of Pets" complete the list
of articles. OF fiction there are ten
contributions, beginning with the re-
turn of Don O., and including moon
j sinners story, an Apache story, a
yachting story, two love stories, and
others.
| Seven remarkable short stories by able
writers raise the fiction average of the
! July number of Every body's far above
that of any previous issue. Lloyd Os-
bourne's powerfully sympathetic char
acter-study, schmidt" is work of
rare quality. OF equal interest to crit
les and general readers alike is that
| moving study of the love of man and
a woman, Gin the Down Country" the
| first of series which G. B. Lancaster,
the brilliant writer of New Zealand
stories, is to contribute to the maya
zine, and which, it it maintains the ini-
tial pitch, promises to be one of eXcep-
tional strength and vitality. An abso-
lutely new but unwavering popular
note is struck in Jacques Futrelle's
novel and humorous racetrack story,
| N1n rrrl
strikes a new note in "Ihe King of
sha and Giuseppe is departure in
New England love stories; Oscar King
Davis, in "On the Northeast Wind"
has an excellent story of war cores
pondent in Japan; and Leslie Bright
has a delightful child story, "The Lit
tie Beach Boy" In addition, Miss
Bensley tells of her final Experience
as a Nursery Governess," and Hartley
Davis, in The Players" reviews the
past season on the New York stage.
, Miss Tarbelrs character sketch of
John D. Rockefeller, the first utterance
Of personality by the historian OF
standard Oil, leads McClure's for July
telling for the first time the astonishing
story of the things that have gone
to make Rockefeller what he is. Lin
coin Steffens has reconnoitered Ohio
and tells in "Ohio: A Tale of Two Cit
ies'' the inspiring story of ''the best
governed city in the United States. -
Another article of hopeful tone is the
second half Of Henry Beach Needham's
college Athlete which has created
so much stir in undergraduate athlet-
les. He makes further disclosures of
rottenness in college sport; but there
is remedy, and he points it out. AS
always in this magazine the articles
take strong grip on the affairs of the
day. The fiction for July is clean, Wig
orous, and entertaining. Sewell Ford
and Richard Washburn Child have pow
erful stories, illustrated in tint. There
is blood-curdling tale of adventure in
Borneo by Henry C. Rowland, Chris
tian Science story that would wiring a
smile from an idol, and two charming
little bits of the 'old, old story" in a
new guise; among the picture features
are the latest portraits of the President
and his family, reproduced full page
size in the tints of the photographers
proofs.
Copper and Beef acquire new and
still more startling meaning in the July
| EVerybOdy'S A good many unpleaS-