The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-02-06
Literary News and Notes.

The third article in the series entitled
Confessions of Railroad Signalman"
! will appear in the April issue of the
Atlantic, instead of in March. This
paper will be on Loyalty"
Anna A. Rogers, the author of the
striking divorce article "Why Ameri-
can Marriages FAIL" which appeared
in the Atlantic forSeptember, 1907, will
contribute to the March Atlantic a
paper on american Mothers" As the
September issue was sold out within a
few days of publication, and much in
convenience was caused those who
wished to obtain copies, orders for the
March issue should be placed early. Ad-
dress The Atlantic Monthly, 4 Park St.,
Boston, Mass.
When the February Recreation ar
rived, with its handsome cover in COL
ors, it's beautiful half tones and inter-
esting contents, it made us regret the
more the loss of the January nun Der,
which went astray in the mails some
where between the publication office,
West 22nd street, and The Journal Of
fee. If there is handsomer publication
than Recreation in this country we have
vet to see it, and it is "as good as it
| looks" 1t interests alike the sports
man and the general reader. The sub
scription price is 50 year.
For variety of interest the February
McClure's is in the lead. Miss Mil
mine resumes her Life of Mrs. Eddy
giving the history of the Schlsm in the
! early church Prof. William James of
Harvard sounds a battle-cry to the col
| -, l, sgTha Social Nal,,a
of the College Bred; George klbbe
Turner's article, "The Men Who Learn
ed to Fly" describes the experiments
of inventors who have made better
wings thar a birds aud are offering for
| sale an aerial war-shlp; William F.
Hornaday, director of the New York
| Geological Gardens, courageousy en-
| tiers the arena with all article on "The
Psychology of Wild Animals; Ellen
| Terry continues the absorbing story of
! her interesting life. TO all these good
| things is added the spice and flavor of
, fiction.
| Edmund c. Stedman, whose death
was recently announced, began life as
a newspaper man and did good work on
the n. Y. Tribune and also on the
| World to which he added poetic gifts
unusual in journalism. He knew, how
ever, that newspaper life offered but
| little financial promise and hence he
sought wealth in Wall Street, still cher
| ishing literature and pursuing his Hell
enistic taste until he mastered Greek
poetry. Such combination of business
| ability and classical learning, indeed,
was never seen in the stock exchange
before and never will be again. His
| versatility was shown by the satire in
''The Diamond Wedding" by his glow
ing enthusiasm in his "OSsawatomie
Brown" and also by his descriptive
powers as reporter of the battle of Bull
| Run, together with his skill i'll Greek
and his ability to cope with the masters
of the stock exchange.
| The American Magazine is develop
ing a definite character at a rapid rate.
/ What that character is may be suggest
ed by simply mentioning one of the
features of the February number-"Mr
Dooey' on Hard Times, with Nc
! Cutcheon cartoons. The tone of the
periodical is one of light humor and I'M
failing entertainment with solid basis
of the most serious intention. After
''Mr Dooley," (who, by the way, is on
the staff of The American Magazine
and is writing for no other publication)
comes the first of Ray Stannard Bakers
articles Oh ''The Tragedy of the negro
in the North" as brilliant and interest
ing a piece of reporting AS Mr.. Baker
ever did. Then comes an extraordIn-
ary account of Abraham Lincoln's
boyhood, tod by cousin and play
/ mate of Lincoln's who held little Abe
in his arms twelve hours after he was
born. Upton Sinclair's contribution to
the February number is 1.-The Metro
polls" story which reveals the extra
VACANT and fantastic life of the super
rich and about New York City. Ida
/ NJ. Tarbell goes on with Roosevelt VS..
Rockefeller" Lincoln Steffens tells the
story of Rudolph Spreckels, the eleventh
, or twelfth son of the Sugar King, who
| has become the first.
In the February number of Every
body's the publishers have a production
of which they may well be proud. From
! the cover, which represents an Oriental
/ rug of warm color and intricate design,
down to the final pages, where Thomas
W. Lawson explains his reason for CIV
ing up his long Waged war upon crlml-
nal high finance, the magazine is pack
| ed with interesting, forceful narrative
and goodly share of romance and
humor. The principal article is con
tributed by Ralph D. Paine, and, under
the title of cover the Florida Keys by
Rail-" tells the story of the conception
and execution of Flagler's great plan
to join Key West to the mainland by a
''seagoing railway" can American in
London" by Samuel G. Blythe, gives a
thoroughly amusing and lively descrip-
ton of John Bulls sons and daughters
as they appear through American spec
tacles, and serves as a good-natured
answer to Bernard Shaw's skit on the
"villagers" of this country. "The
Quest of the Magic Carpet" by Frank
lin Clarkin, presents the subject of rug
hunting in the form of a story, and tx
plains the mysteries of the making of
some of the most famous of these ORR
entail works of art. The status of
music in America is attacked in Il
striking article from the pen of Mary
Garden, the prima donna, who urges
the recognition of the new school of
music in this country, and character
ICES the present attitude of the critics
and opera going public as old fashioned
and unprogressive. W. J. Henderson
answers this attack. The third of
Herbert n. Casson's series, "The Ro-
nance of the Reaper" is concerned
with tblA N, lJ, i,1lrilu of the Harvest