The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-08-02
Literary News and Notes.

purchased the well known perloolcai;
Public Opinion, which has peeh heiseo
with the Literary Digest
Patriotism breaths from both cover
and contents of the July number OF
The American Boy. The front cover
page is reproduction OF Wlllard,s
| famous picture. "The Spirit OF l|1o.
| Further to stir the boys TO love OF
country is another installmen OF IN
Defense of His Flag" by Stratemeyer;
''Reub," a story by Frank ii. Sweet;
"Where Yankee Doodle was writ
ten," by J. E. Boss; Drums ana Drum
mers," by J. C. Julius LangDeln;
Fourth Of July Among the klowas,
by Ida A. Rolf: and "How Washington
Celebrated Fourth of july by Fred
Myron Colby. "Shaggycoat, serial
about beaver, ends with this NUMBER
The first edition, of the Overland
Monthly ION the San Francisco nre]
was exhausted inside OF week. Inc
old publishing house is now on the
second one hundred thousand edition.
Such a demand for western magazine
was never before created by any event.
The Overland Monthly published two
editions of the Bret Harte number
years ago, hut this edition dld not
reach anywhere near the amount OF the
Fire Number The article by L. n.
Beringer is one of the best pieces OF
descriptive writing of the times. Mt.
Beringer is an eX-War correspondent
and was for a long time editor OF the
Overland Monthly. He is now the edl-
tor of the San Francisco News Letter.
\ really notable series of articles be-
gins in the August McClure'S under
the title "The Story of Montana. The
history of that remarkable common
wealth, with It's picturesque early min,
ing DAYS, When the rOad-agents held
sway and 70 bed and murdered whole
sale the miners and settlers, and the
conflict of more recent days between
the two great copper kings, William a.
! Clark and Marcus DAILY which was
fought in business and politics, chiefly
within its borders, furnish the author,
c. 2. Connolly, himself quite an early
Montana settler, with the material for
a stirring and absorbing article. This
historical series represents new de-
parture in magazine editing, and adds
one more to the important lines OF
thought in which McClure's has been
the pioneer.
Ten short stories, all of the first
quality, are included in that remark
able ''fction number" the August
Everybody's. Some readers want a
love story; others prefer one with ad-
venture, excitement, danger. Lloyd
Osbourne has combined both elements
in his automobile love story" ''Three
Speeds Forward" a masterpiece Of
humor, vivacity, and adroit incident.
This might be called the best story of
the month, if it were not for o. Henry's
"a Ruler of Men, which is as good a
thing as this famous short-stOry writer
has ever done. There is a surprise and
sparkle in every sentence. Nor is it
merely a magazine FEATURE" it will
live in literature. Then there is Jack
London's true-to-life story, 'Brown
Wolf" If you have dog, or ever
knew a dog, or merely wish you had,
you will like this story. It's delight
fully full of real dog nature-and hui
man nature, too.
The July issue of the Atlantic is a
notable number in which the editors
have grouped an interesting variety OF
important articles. The number begins
with the first installment of The Auto
| biography of a Southerner by nicholas
| WORTH The narrative has singular
accent of authority, and promises to be
one of the most important pictures of
| life in the South since the war that has
ever been published. Whoever the au-
thor is, lie has had exceptional oppor-
tunities for knowing all sides of South
ern life, and he is most picturesque
/ writer. Among the other important
papers of the number are a vigorous
and entertaining discussion OF Some
Aspects of journalism, by RolIo Og-
| den. editor of the New York Evening
Post: An American View of British
Railroads, by Ray Morris, editor of the
Railway Gazette; timely and eloquent
paper on The Grading of Sinners, by h.
! A. Ross, and an authoritative discussion
of some of the evils of Our Unelastlc
| Currency, by G. Won l.. Meyer, the
American Ambassador to st. Peters
burg.
AS an earnest that there is to be no
cessation of its campaign against chlld
slavery, the Woman's Home Companion
prints prominently in its August num-
Der the ''Anti Child Labor Creed''-
nine curt paragraphs clearly dehnlng
the faith and purpose of those who are
lighting against the abuses OF child
labor. But that this serious purpose
| mas NOI CduSed any HcSleSS VI oiiCSA l.
tanning features is shown by collec-
ton of lively stories such as THE spurs
of Jealousy" by Rafael Sahatini; "A
Lovers Pilgrimage" by RICHARD lie
Gallienne; ''The Wage of SIM by Ellis
Parker Butler, and "Al and the Buzz
gard Perpexed," by Cloudesley Johns;
"The Preserving and Canning of
Fruits" Questionable Mid Summer
| Clothes and sCool Cushions for sum-
mer Use" are among the practical ar
ticles on household affairs Ahna Steese
Richardson gives valuable advice with
needed facts and figures to country girls
who have decided upon city careers;
Marion Harland, considering the qnes-
ton, care New York Club Women
| Shallow" makes some pointed re-
marks: Adelia Belle Beard describes
original sea beach games, and, IN good
time for the circus season, Clare w al
lace Flynn tells of the merry little Wo-
man who attends to the 'Dressmaklng
| for the Circus Animals.