The Republican journal., 1907-04-25
Literary News and Notes.

The Bangor & Aroostook's 1907 edi.
ton of the Maine Woods, the annual
guide book for vacationists is out, big
ger, breezier and brighter than ever
The same general plan has been follow
ed as in previous years, but the book is
larger and if possible more replete with
temptations to draw the vacationists
to the woods and lakes of Maine than
ever before. The book was written and
arranged by Fred H. Clifford of Ban
gor and is full of new pictures of fish
and game regions and scenes. The book
can be obtained by sending Is cents in
stamps to George NJ. Houghton, passen-
ger traffic manager, B. & A. R. R., Ban
gor-and it is actually worth many
times that amount as book of Maine.
1t is not only professional wielders
of the birch who will want to read what
Professor George Herbert Palmer has
to say in the April Atlantic on "The
Ideal Teacher" for the teacher more
or less ideal-has crucial part to play
in the life of modern community, and
all of us, parents, college students, even
ten-year-olds, have our ideas as to what
qualities 60 into the making of this rare
individual. Professor Palmer announces
that the only kind of teacher for whom
he writes is the one "who is drawn into
teaching by the love of it, who regards
it as the most vital of Fine Arts, who
is ready to meet some hardships and to
put up with moderate fare if by so do
ing he may win its rich opportunities"
And what qualities must such teacher
possess? Sympathetic Imagination is
one, cumulative wealth of knowledge
and experience is another; the third is
can ability to invigorate life through
knowledge" and the fourth-hardest
of all" readiness to be forgotten"
Perhaps that looks like difficult
schedule; but then most ideals are.
That does not make them any the less
worth while.
With its issue of April 18th The
Youths Companion will complete eigh-
ty years of continuous publication.
Beginning as small four page juvenile,
it has quite outgrown its original scope,
and is now distinctly family paper,
appealing as strongly to adults as to
young people. Once subscribed for, it
usually becomes permanent in the
household it reaches, and it has been
taken by many families through three
generations. Its standard is of the
highest, and the keynote of its success
is in the confidence it inspires. While
it has large editorial staff of we'll
known men, it has always had the
collaboration of the most illustrious
writers. In the past Longfellow, Whit
tier, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa NJ.
Alcott, Aldrich, Holmes, Gladstone,
Tennyson, Tyndall and Huxley wrote
for it. More recently it has had such
contributors as James Bryce, President
Theodore Roosevelt, w. d. Howells,
Grover Cleveland, Rider Haggard, Cap
tain Mahan, Egerton Castle, Rudyard
Kipling, Mark Twain, and Hamlin Gar
land. 1t was never more prosperous
than it is to-day.
In the May American Magazine Raw
Stannard Baker goes on reporting the
facts about the increasing antagonism
between whites and blacks in this coun-
try. Some of the stories Mr.. Baker tells
are extraordinary. Assistant District
Attorney Train Of New York County
reports ''The Patrick Case, complete
in which an ingenious conspiracy
crumbled, and famous crime was ex-
posed. Mr.. Trains article is really a
great murder story. Walter Prichard
Eaton writes fine character sketch of
Oscar Hammerstein, the wonderful
New York Jew who has succeeded in
establishing a grand opera house that
is a real competitor of the Metropolitan
Opera House. Miss Tarbell, continu-
ing her history of the tariff, has reached
the early SOS. These articles, as they
draw near the men and policies of the
present day, grow more interesting.
David Grayson writes another of his
"Adventures in Contentment." F..
Marion Crawford goes on with his Sc
rial. Short stories are contributed by
Octavla Roberts, Harrison Clark, Mary
Stewart Cutting, Mrs. l.. H. Harris and
John G. Neihardt. ''The Interpreter"
whose contributions are always no.
table, talks this month about spring,
The Forum, Americas standard
quarterly review, is out for April-June
The regular departments of American
Politics, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Ed
ucatlon, Applied Science, Literature
and Music, are as usual ably and com
prehensively filled; while special arti-
Giles reflect faithfully the latest trends
OF thought, research, and philosophy in
our times. Henry Litchfield West. in
an analysis of Elihu Roots recent
notable address before the Pennsyl-
vanla Society in New York City, traces
the growth of federalism in this repub
lie. and speculates as to the future of
the States under our dual system of