The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-10-07
Literary News and Notes.

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No month in the year has more charms
for the boy who owns gun than Octo-
Der, and the joys Of hunting are finely
portrayed on The handsome front cover
page lin colors) of the October Ameri-
can Boy. The contents Of this number
consist Of the most timely and delightful
serials and stories, as well as interesting
| and instructive articles. The usual de-
partments contain Just the stuff suitable
to the boys who delight to do things
There are also over 60 Illustrations. $1.OO
year. The Sprague Publishing Com
pany, Detroit, Mich.
Myra Kelly, the most famous writer of
East Side stories, gained her knowledge
OF the Sums of New York while teaching
IN an East Side school. Now that she is
married, she no longer teaches, but her
supply OF humor and charm has by no
means given out, as is testified by her
latest and funniest story, "Games in Gar
dens, IN the October Woman's Home
Companion. There are also good stories
by Mary y. Wilkins Freeman, Katherine
Holland Brown, Temple Bailey, Mrs. John
Van Worst and Kate Douglas Wiggin.
.Choice Cake Recipes, '"The Formal
Dinner" Glow to Furnish Boys
Room, the Big Fashion Department.
each has in it something for every woman.
The October number of the Atlantic
Monthly opens with an article on Gamer
lean Ships and the Way to Get Them, :"
by Winthrop L. Marvin and contains the
first OF a new series of Pratt portraits by
Anna Fuller: The opening story, "Old
Lady Pratt's Spectacles, has all the
charm and vivacity of the famous earlier
series. There are two striking short
stories, "The Destroyer of Homes,'' by
Mary Heaton Worse, and "Out of the
Chrysalis, by Elva Lee. Verse is con-
tributed by Madison Cawein, Jefferson
B. Fletcher, and Edith NJ Thomas. The
lend paper" IN this number is "On the
Planting of Cabbages:' Under this
whimsical title the author, Holbrook
White, makes humorous plea for quiz
eter existence. An unusually large and
varied Contributors Club completes the
issue.
The October number of the Strand
Magazine is exceptionally rich in mate
rial. A prominent feature is Sir Thomas
Llpton's "reminiscences. The story of
his life, as told by himself, reads like
romance and shows what energy and
PiuSh Cdl accomplish III a comparatively
short space of time. Conan Doyle writes
about ''Some Recollections of Sport
he is an acknowledged authority on many
sports and games. Percy Burton, a
prominent actor, writes about ''Some
Actor Managers Have Known" In
wonderful article entitled "a Hole in the
Earth Camille Flammarion, the emf
nent scientist and astronomer, tells us
that if we will go down few miles into
the earth we will find inexhaustible
sources Of heat and power, and mines of
great wealth. The fiction includes
splendid instalment of Hall Gaines great
story ''The White Christ" ''Harding's
Luck is charming serial by E. Nesbit.
Sentence Deferred" is another delight
fully humorous short story by W. W.
Jacobs. There are other splendid short
stories by E. Phillips Oppenheim and
other we'll known authors. The number
concludes, as usual, with "Curiosities'
representing interesting photographs
contributed by readers in various parts
of the world,