The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-01-21
Literary News and Notes.

mensely rich editorial program for the |
year 1909. When you pay one dollar for
one years subscription to The American
Magazine, you order the best all-the-
year value in magazines for the money
in the United States.
The buoyancy and happy hopefulness
of youth as shown in the smiling faces
of the boys in the picture lin colors)
which adorns the front cover page of the
January American Boy conveys pleasing
anticipations for 1909. The contents are
in keeping with the season. Capt. Wyn
Roosevelt's story, Frontier Boys on the
Overland Trail, is sure to delight the
boys, and That Dillingham; Boy continues
with undated interest. There are
many fine short stories, the regular de-
partments and over 100 illustrations.
In fiction the January number of
Everybody's is strong. Joseph C. Lin
coin contributes 1.-THE Seer and the Ser
vant," one of his whimsical tales of the
''Cape Cod folks" Julia Kenneth Colt
has virile hunting story with unusual
characterization, entitled MAX Mar
shall's Wife, 1.-The Pill" by J. Storer
Clouston, a humorous yarn about
baronet with aristocratic tendencies and
a fortune made out of wonderful ''balm
for the bilious" 1.-The Branded Mans
Gift, +" by Alvah Milton Kerr, and 1.-The
Madness of Willie Trent" by Justus
Miles Forman, both remarkable and
powerful stories.
The journal has received copy of a
recent book by a Maine man which, while
it will not rank among the best sellers or
the most popular books of the year, is in
folI This ics NO
Yearbook, compiled by Pitman Pulsifer,
the clerk to the United States Senate
committee on naval affairs 1t is vol
ume of almost 700 pages and contains a
compilation of the annual naval appro-
priation laws from 1888 to 1908, including
the provisions for the construction of all
the vessels of the new navy, together
with tables showing the present naval
strength and also the personnel of the
service. To those interested in naval
affairs the work is priceless for constant
reference and it represents an immense
amount Of work on the part of the for
mer Auburn man who compiled it.
The Woman's Homo Companion for
January contains two unusual art repro
auctions. At the Royal Academy last
summer, painting of Christ, entitled
Follow Me-" by hitherto unknown
woman painter, proved to be the sensa-
tional canvas of the exhibition. So re-
markable was this unusual and spiritual
picture that it was at all times complete
ly surrounded by groups of interested
and reverential people. Follow Me" is
reproduced in America for the first time
in the January Woman's Home Com
panion. In addition to the many special
articles, there are contained in this issue
a dozen complete departments, including
dressmaking, by Grace Margaret Gould;
cooking recipes for mid-winter recep-
tons, by Fannie Merritt Farmer, and
Problems of the Business Girl, by
Anna Steese Richardson.
The January Atlantic is of special in
terest, as it is the first issue of the new
year under its new ownership. The num-
Der is introduced as usual by the editor,
Bliss Perry, with paper entitled, 1.-The
New Literature" Mr.. Perry speaks
again as the POSTMASTER, but in a some
what more serious vein than before. He
discusses the ever-interesting question of
magazine making, and its relation to our
national literature. The stories in this
attached to Atlantic fiction. They are
I'm the Cool of the Day." by Grace =.
Charming Stetson, 1.-The Master Weav-
err by Maude Radford Warren, and
"Po'Jo and his Neighbors," by Herbert
R. Sass. Other features of the number
which should not be overlooked are q
sprightly paper called advertisement, -
by E. S. Martin, Modern Chemistry and
Medicine" by Theodore W. Richards,
and Retrospect, by Ada Cambridge.
The January number of Recreation, -
which brings the woods and waters near
err to the reader, is now for sale by al
newsdealers. Besides containing a fas-
cinating array of interesting and inform
ing articles and stories for all Outdoor
People, it has that other rare quality OF
pictorial perfection. Everyone of its
photographs is unusual and full of the
spirit of out-of-doors. A partial list OF
Recreation is as follows: Hunting
the Gray Wolf, by Brig-Gen. Roger D.
Williams; "Ski- Riding in America, by
Frank Lyman; Canoeing Around the
Calendar" by F. M. Fousler;;' ''The
Recreation Houseboat," by Robert
O'Connor; con the Trail of the Snow
shoe Rabbit" by Warwick S. Carpenter
''The Revival in Rowing at Princeton, u
by W. S. Quigley, THE Day of the
Antelope" by T: S. Van Dyke; "A
Taste of Old-Fashioned Wildfow Shoot
ing" by John Kerr and w. M. Newsom;
"a Winter Holiday in the White Noun
tains," by Carlyle Ellis; "a Vacation on
Snowshoes," by j. N. Trainer; useful
Hints for Outdoor People, by Readers
of Recreation
The opening articles of the notable
series, 'Stories of a Great Nation" to
appear in the National Magazine fol-
1909, have awakened widespread interest
The January issue contains one of the
most remarkable sketches of 1.-THE SUI
preme Court Of the United States, .
written by ex-Justice Henry B. Brown
''The Secrets of the Secret Service .
are told by Chief John Wilkie, who has
made remarkable record in this depart
ment. This article happens to be one Of
most timely interest, in view of the con-
troversy between the President and Con
gress over paragraph in his message
The Making of Uncle Sans Money! is
a subject that interests every man.
woman and child in the country, and the
| story is told in a graphic, interesting
way, with illustrations, by the chief o.
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
1.-THE National Health is treated in ar
article NV Surpaon- General Walter Wv