The Republican journal., 1908-05-14
Literary News and Notes.

We are in receipt of little booklet
from the publishers of Recreation, New
York, entitled ''The Fish that Get
Away" 1t is a delightfully."- humorous
account of an alleged attempt to find
an ardent fisherman of renown who
would not exaggerate about the size OF
"the fish that get away" The booklet
is printed on fine paper, attractively
and will appeal immensely
to any man who goes fishin'." 1t is
given free through the newsdealers of
this city with the May number of Rec
reatiOn.
The fine picture of a yacht bowling
the front cover of the May American
and warm summer breezes. He will be
a curious boy whom the contents of
this number does not fully please. jim
my Jones, Pirate; -Four Boys on the
Mississippi and That Dillingham; Boy
increase in interest, and there are
many entertaining short stories, while
the various departments are full of
pleasing and instructive information.
In addition there are IS illustrations.
$l.0O a year. The Sprague Publishing
Co., Detroit, Mich.
The May McClure's is a strong fic-
ton number. "In the Dark Hour is
stirring story of tropical love and adj
venture, by Perceval Gibbon, author of
''The Second Glass Passenger" Lucy
Pratt's Ezekiel reappears in a delight
full story, "In Charge of Trusty,'
"War on the Tiger" carries the reader
through jungles, on the trail of the man
eating tiger. Other stories following
more familiar paths are James Barnes
"The Silly ASS" "The Radical Judge"
by Anita Fitch, "The Lie Direct" by
Caroline Duer, and ''Tle MisadventureS
of Cassidy" by Edward S. Moffatt.
The Atlantic Monthly is perennially
interesting, and the May issue is no ex-
cepton to this rule. The leader is a
strikingly clearsig GIFTED article by Thos.
Mott Osborne, formerly Mayor of Au-
burn, New York, now member of the
Public Service Commission, and is en-
titled elias the Democratic Party a
Future?" Andrew ID. White con-
tributes an excellent article entitled
''The Craftsmanship of Stein," the first
of series of two papers dealing with
the famous German minister. "Prohi-
bition in the South" in its most recent
phases is discussed by Frank Foxcroft;
Max Eastman of Columbia University
writes brilliant essay on "The New
Art of Healing" which deals with the
wonderful recent cures OF nervous dis
eases by suggestion, and John L.
Mathews contributes an important
paper on THE Conservation OF our
National Resources,
,Sfr ptn hn
variety of talents possessed by the staff
contributions made by seven of them to
the May issues of the paper. Alice
Brown writes an ldylic story of New
England. entitled provence Roses"
Samuel Hubbard Scudder formerly a
staff contributorj has an interesting
paper Oh "Butterhy Idiosyncrasies;" G.
A Stephens dean of the staff con-
tinues his charming serial, How We
Got Our Grandmothers;" Fisher Ames,
Jr, tells the story of fight with a
devil-fish in Gulf Coast waters; there is
an article by Edward Stanwood, asso-
ciate editor, on ''rhe Pan-American
Idea" and the diverting opening chap
ter of serial story, "The Calico Cat"
by Charles Miner Thompson, since 1890
associated with The Companion. There
will be other noteworthy contributions
by Eden Phillpotts, Walter Wellman,
Theodore Roberts, F. W. Calkins, Rider
Haggard, Miss NJ. Betham-
and Mary Stewart Cutting.
Herman Pfeifer's beautiful prize
cover gives much distinction to the
May Woman's Home Companion. An
other notable art feature of this maya
zine is full page reproduction of Will
liam Balfour ker's painting, "Memo-
RES" An aged Civil War veteran is
carving his company's colors in a Deco
ration Day parade, his eyes almost
closed in reverie. Behind him crowd
the vague, shadowy forms of the gal
liant youths who followed the colors
with him nearly half a century ago.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale gives some
good advise to young married folk. In
"Are We Ready for Our Children"
the problem of the child in the family
Europe on Five Dollars Day" is the
first of series of articles on the best
way to travel abroad. Every person
who is married or hopes to marry will
enjoy greatly the hot discussion on the
marriage question, under the title, sis
There a Panic in the Marriage Mar
ket?"
William J. Locke, author of ''The
Beloved VagabOnd' and The Morals
of Marcus" begins a new serial, ''Sim-
pie Septimus," in the May American
Magazine. Simple Septimus, the hero,
is the most original and refreshing
genius we have met in a long time
One loves him, gets out of patience
with him, is proud of him, laughs over
him, and enjoys him every moment.
He is really wonderful character, and
the story of him makes distinguished,
absorbing and joyous novel for The
American Magazine, which, by the way,
is the first periodical to secure a serial
novel by Locke. In the same number
William Allen White writes charac-
ter sketch of Taft, and SO far as the
special advantage of acquaintance goes
toward measuring Taft justly, Whites
article is as good as knowing the Sec
rotary of War for twenty years. The
proof of this Is that the article, leaves
the reader with as clear and reasonable
a like or dislike for Taft as one has for
ones old neighbors. In other words it
really accomplishes the somewhat mar
vellous feat of acquainting the reader
with Taft, leaving him with positive
and we'll grounded opinion of the man.
In recent newspaper, MI w. 5.
Braithwaite, a critic with turn for
o+oticficc poalps Somo Interesting oh.