The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-12-26
THE REPUBLICAN, JOURNAL THURSDAY DECEMBER 26 1907
McCLURf'S FOR 1908.

Plans for McClure's for the coming
year have just been announced. The
magazine, judging from its prospectus,
will continue to deal with great and
important subjects. The first of these
began in the November number. 1t is
a series of articles on
GREAT AMERICAN FORTUNES.
This series of articles by Burton j.
Hendrick will tell the story of the most
wonderful era of fortune building In
history. The development of virgin
continent of boundless wealth within
the memory of men now living is an
tory of the world. The record of this
development is the history OF a great
| political, financial and industrial strug-
gle. But added to the absorbing his
] tOrical interest of these articles is a
spice of romance aud adventure which
makes fiction seem fiat. Here are
Arabian Nights dreams come true.
Girdling great continent from sea to
sea with iron rails, stringing it with
lights, taking from the heart of it thou
! sands of tons of precious metal, the
gourd-like growth of great nation.
are the facts in the background of
fabulous American fortunes ranging
from twenty-five millions upward. 1t
is a story of extraordinary persOnali
ties, of great games of chance, of indus
trial warfare, political and incredible
fact.
CARL SCHURZ "REMINISCENCES.
The extraordinary popular interest
aroused by the two series already pub
HSho1 dooidoI odifnro fn odd
several other articles during 1908. At
the close of the war Mr.. Schurz's &C
quaintances included nearly ali the
political leaders of the day. His esti-
mates and descriptions of these men
are invaluable for their remarkable
vividneSS and the freshness of first
hand impressions. In these later arti-
Giles, Mr.. SchurZ tells of his services as
a United States Senator, of his career
as an editor, of his activities as man
of letters and public-spirited citizen.
ELLEN TERRY MEMOIRS.
1t would be difficult to overstate the
Importance of Ellen Terry's Memoirs
they are chronicle of the literary and
artistic development of the last half
century. They present the impressions
OF woman, who during her extraordi-
nary experience came into contact
with nearly all the foremost persona
of gifted artist and lovable woman,
and in way that displays to a pecu-
liar degree the wonderful charm of her
personality.
THE LIFE OF MARY BAKER G. EDDY.
The articles on the History of Chris
tian Science and the Life of Mary Ba-
ker G. Eddy" by Georgine Milmine,
have been recognized the country over
as the most important series of the
year. In the closing chapters will be
found an account of Conspiracy and
Rebellion" the second rupture of Mrs.
Eddy's ranks and the secession of
thirty-six of the lenders of her church;
"War in Heaven" the story of the Ed
Woodbury. feud, and some of the
grotesque extravaganceS which lay be-
hind it.
GEORGE KIBBE TURNER
and George KEENAN, are gathering facts
for a series of articles dealing with per-
haps the two most momentous ques-
lions which confront the American
people. One is largely economic in
its nature; the other is rot only eco
monte, but it touches almost every
home in the country in vital way.
Definite announcements of these two
series will be made later in the year.
In Europe, Mr.. Cleveland Moffett is
gathering material for study of the
Hamburg filter plant and the story of a
remarkable wild animal farm in Ger.
many.
THE SERIAL OF THE YEAR.
Those who enjoy good serial will do
well not to miss ''The WayfarerS,' by
Mary Stewart Cutting, which begins IN
the December number. 1t is one of the
rarest things in modern literature-a
real love Story-and the author of
Little Stories of Married Life" has
her own fresh and delightful way of
telling it. Romance is a Towering
weed that grows in any SOIL" she de-
clares in the opening chapter, and Mrs.
Cutting takes her characters, average
men and women of moderate means
the representative class of the country
through most interesting series of
business and domestic adventures.
STORIES OF ADVENTURE.
Then, there are to come many good
old-tashioned thrilling tales of advent
ure, both fiction and authentic nara
tives of personal experience. A series
of adventures in the South Seas by a
new writer, stories Of the early days of
the West, when herds of cattle ran
wild and hostile Indians lay in wait for
the dauntless pioneer. But most thrill
ing of all is series giving the actual
experiences of detective who was in
volved in the wilder life of the West.
Seldom has any magazine offered such
an abundance and variety as McClure's
will publish during 1908.
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