The Republican journal., 1909-07-29
Literary News and Notes,

In ''The Pilgrims Scrip" in the Au
gust AmericanMa is remarkable
letter signed can American Woman. .
1t concludes as follows: e'In brief, the
churches are moribund in their relation
to social problems. The magazines, news.
papers and theaters are wildly, virilely
alive to them"
Margaret Deland, whose latest book is
"R. Us Mother" which the Harpers
published last year, is at her summer
home at Kennebunkport, Maine. Mrs.
Deland, Mr.. Howells, and John Kendrick
Bangs are authors who each summer re-
turn to their respective cottages at Ken
nebunkport, Kittery Point, and Cape
Neddick, as though the State of Maine
was wholly satisfying, and no tempta-
ton lurked in any other part of the
country.
The will of Sarah Orne Jewett, the
author was presented in Boston for pro-
bate July 22nd and showed an estate
valued at $4,000. The only public be-
quest was the income from fund of
ST, 900 to care for memorial windows in
Berwick Academy. The bulk of the
property, including copyrights and un-
published manuscripts, is left to sister,
Miss Mary R. Jewett of South Berwick,
and friend, Miss Annie Fields of Boston.
s~An interesting number is the August
Strand Magazine. The fiction is particu-
larlv good and includes rollicking story
by the inimitable humorist, W. w. ia
cobs. Hall Game continues his remark
able novel ''The White Christi; Frank
Savile relates "a Tale of Kashmir'' and
PETIT Ridge contributes three Sketches
from Life" which are gems in their
wav. The articles, interesting and unique
as always, deal with such diversified top
les as Hands and Feet" by Shepherd
and Aitken; my "reminiscences, by
Louis N. Parker, the pageant King;
sThe DAYLIGHT Saving Bill' and "Won-
ders of Tropical Life" The color section
is entitled Sensation Pictures" and
shows some extraordinary and startling
pictures.
William J. Locke tells a charming ro-
mantle story of rejuvenated love, en-
titled "a Moonlight Effect" in the Au
gust number of the American Magazine.
In addition, Jack London recounts the
tragic case of 1.-The Sheriff of kona. "
Stewart Edward White writes about
mystery and murder in ''The Hole in
the Cap" Harvey J. O'Higgins tells
story of touching pathos and Irish humor
contributes his best work in "Anjer,' a
tale of the fortunes of man who finds
out his love for a woman one day too
late. The issue also contains delightful
satire bv Mrs. Wilson Woodrow entitled
The Fantastic Feminine, illustrated
with photographs Of gowns, corsets, hats
and hair actually worn in America today.
Hugh S. Fullerton writes again about
base ball and tells of the wonderful sys-
TEN of signals used by the various ball
teams George Fitch is the author of a
highly amusing sketch which he calls "A
Plea for the Conservation of Another
Great National Resource" Illustrated
with cartoons by John T. McCutcheon.
1t is very interesting and not little
inspiring to learn from the July Book
man, which makes use of statistics COM
piled by the American Seamen's Friend
Society, that nine out of ten sailors in
crews that leave the port of New York
are habitual readers of good books.
These floating libraries about forty
three books deep~ show John Bunyan
joining hands with Jules Verne, Charles
Lamb standing side by side with Ralph
Conner, and Elinor Mccartney Lane
keeping good company with Thackeray
and Stevenson. Most interesting, per-
haps, is the list of the six best sellers of
the seas, in which Treasure Island"
has first place, with Dumas 1.-THE Three
Musketeers" second, and following these
Cruising Among the Carribees, " "Hur
rcane Island" and "Under the Red
Robe" Sixth on the list is Lew Wal
lace's ''The Prince of India" Here it
is worthy of note that whereas landsmen
have always given the palm to this au
thor's Ben Hur." which is said to have
had, since its publication by the Harpers
a score of years ago, a popularity second
to few novels ever written, the seamen
prefer its not quite so famous brother.
The August Everybody's presents an
other of those remarkable scientific ar
ticles by DR.. William Hanna Thomson
which in book form have placed him
among the popular novelists as ''best
seller" This time DR.. Thomas talks Of
Indispensable Bacteria" and tells of
the bottle of germs that can be ordered
by mail, and will do the work of wagon
loads of cld-fashioned fertilizer. The
article teens with startling truths, and
is so simply written that to understand
it requires no previous scientific expert
ence William Hard dissects the ''High-
School Fraternity and resolves it into
an absurdity. Franklin Clarkin gives
some fascinating stories of great dia-
monds, and their vicissitudes, and Incl
dentally destroys some of the legends
surrounding Mrs. Waldorf Astor's IA
nous jewel John L. Mathews in "Hand-
made Forests" shows how several Euro
pean countries have turned disasters of
deforestation into triumphs of scientific
forestry that pay large incomes into
national treasures. And along with a
series of fascinating Chinese pictures,
Isaac Taylor Headland shows how chill
dren of the Orient play, and how Won
derfully like their games are to our own.