The Republican journal., 1910-03-10
Literary News and Notes.


The serial story of "An Army Mule, -
now running in The Youth COMPANION;
grows interestingly and interestmger.
In the March issues of The Youths
Companion appear three stories Q! a. !,
venture by A. W. Tolman-"The Link, :"
cat the Levers and "The Figure
Eight Knot. Not only are these stories
of absorbing interest, but they well illus.
trate the remarkable acquaintance of
this writer with the technical terms and
practises in scores of different occupa-
tions.
No one can fail to be attracted by the
fine picture Tin colorsl OF the three stal-
wart youths in military CADET uniforms
shown on the front cover OF the March
American Boy, and the contents OF TINS
number will increase the growing popu-
larity of the magazine with It's readers.
The first installment Of a new serial by
Norman Brainerd, entitled winning the
is given and bids fair to surpass anything
this author has already written. Roger
jackson at Ramsbury' is continued four
chapters with increasing interest. Then
there are ''Captan Ted" the story Of a
bows courage and determination; "Stir-
ring up Silverton," telling of what in
genuity and hustle can do in bringing
successful results; ''Gramp Dexter's
Jewels, showing how the biters were
bitten, and lots of other good stories, and
the departments are specially interest
ing.
In her discussion of "The Change in
the Feminine Ideal," with which the At
lantic for March opens, Mrs. Deland
gives the conservatives much aid and
comfort, for which she is apt to suffer
correspondingly at the hands which are
raised in defense of women's rights.
Hardly less attention will be attracted
by Professor Edward A. Ross's illumlna-
ting paper in the same number on The
Suppression of Important News" which
presents against the newspapers sue
cession of damaging charges, while a
third notable paper is the discussion OF
"Federal Railroad Regulation" up to
date by William z. Ripley. The second
installment of Gideon Welles' "Diary of
the Reconstruction PERIOD carries the
story to the heart of Johnson's admins
tration, while General Schaff brings his
human story of the Wilderness Cam
paign within a chapter or two OF its
close.
Recreation this month contains dozen
or more profusely illustrated articles,
beside numerous short, practical and in
formative paragraphs dealing with all
manner of recreation and outdoor life.
A lumberjack stolidly standing on a
giant spruce log as it floats down a
mountain stream, fl rms an effective
cover, in fine color. The leading articles
in the March Recreation are: ''The Log
Of the North Shore Club" by Kirkland
B. Alexander; "Jackstraws-the River
mans Came" by Leonard Dewitt Sher-
man; when Clifford Pinchot Tackled
the Killer Whale" by Charles Freder-
lex Holder; ''Duck Shooting from a
Breakwater, by w. M. Newson; "Be-
coming Canoeist at Forty-two," by
VIM. P. Kirkwood; Camping on the
Desert" by Charles Francis Saunders;
''How We Solved Our Vacation Prob
lem,' by Will H. Spence; Fishing for
the Wall-Eyed Pike in Minnesota" by
Stanley Snow; 1.-THE Recreation House
boat" by Percival Elliot; "Are Alaska
and Yukon Shot Out?" by Jack Lee;
CATER Bob White in Florida" by
Clinton Roberts; Improving the Fly
Rod" by S. G. Camp; Natural History
Department, conducted by Ernest Inger-
soil; 1.-TWO Days in the Tops" by W. H.
Shay; "a Vacation Trip Afoot, by P
c. Henry; and many others.