The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-05-11
Literary News and Notes.

ANY mention of the National Magazine
brings up before the American public the
picture OF a periodical whose hustling
editor, if he does not exactly Give in a
trunk, seems to pass his days in con-
tlnual association with dress suit case
He is just as much at home in Maine as
In Texas, in Oregon as in the Caroinas,
ana has friends everywhere from the
Aroostook to the Rio Grande. This
month an international impulse compell-
ed hlm-and off goes Joe Chapple for
WhlrlWlnd excursion to Europe, to make
iirst hand study of the legislative
bodies of the Old World. An overture
to this account, giving the observations
OF the Wayfarlng magazine editor on his
way, is published in the May National
Current Literature for Nav paws spec
lal attention to the issues involved in the
| extra session of Congress, particularly
| the Reciprocity Treaty, and to the in
| t1uences making for world peace. Presi-
dent Taft's ascendancy in international
arbitration and Europe attitude towards
his ideas on the subject, the ''wave Of
crime, IN American cities, the Mexico
situation and the great Camera trial in
Italy are lucidly set forth. James O'Gor-
| man, New York's new senator; Hilles,
Presidents Tatt's new secretary; Senior
| Llmantour, 1.-THE financial wizard OF
| Mexico, - and Cardinal Rampola, "the
Most 'Popable' of the Cardinals" are
| interpreted as "persons in the fore
ground. " Under the heading of Science
and Discovery the 'Insane Asylum as
| the Source of the Coming Craze in Art, "
the Controversy over Fasting - and
| Freud s Discovery of the Lowest Cham
Der of the Soul' are discussed. Its de-
| partment of Religion and Ethics includes
striking articles on The Future of Wo-
man as Olive Schreiner Sees 1t" and An
| Indictment of American Youth" An
other article which is certain to attract
| for Chastity" Mrs. Charlotte Perkins
Gilman's observations on the injury that
masculine performance does to the fine
arts will create animated discussion.
| LAS Man Thinks" the masterpiece of
Americas leading playwright, Augustus
Thomas, has been cleverly studied.
| The infinite variety of the reading
matter offered in the May issue of The
! Atlantic must impress every one who
glances at the table of contents of this
J! number of the magazine. ]. N. Larned,
! under the rather startling title, Pre-
, pare for Socialism, sets forth facts
which bear out its full significance.
James O. Fagans Socialism and Ma
tional Efficiency" is stirring defence of
individualsm and present-day progress.
In animal Intelligence" Professor M.
E. Haggerty has much that is convinc-
ing to say about the workings of the
animal mind, obtained from large num-
Der of highly ingenious experiments,
while William S. Rossiter's considera-
ton of Federal Expenditures under
Modern Conditions is a timely analysis
OF the futile attempts to curtail eXpendi- |
lures which both political parties preach |
but never practice. Among articles of a
more literary tone, Ellen Duval's paper
on THE Persistence and Integrity of |
Plots' proves that there is verify no new
plot under the sun, while N. P. Dunn
orphaned herones of the Waverley nov
els An article sacred to Memorial Day
is General Schaff' fervent description of
"A Dream-March to the Wilderness"
German and American Methods of Pro-
duction" are contrasted by W. H. Dooley
in manner that casts new light on the
meaning of made in Germany" and
paper by Charles 7. Rogers on ''Ameri-
can Unthrft" gives some facts concern
ing the borrowing habit of the average
American householder which, without
the testimony adduced, would hardly be
believed. The concluding chapters of
Mr.. Galsworthy novel, ''The Patricians'
are published in this issue of the maya
zine. which also contains short stories
by Florence Converse and Mary E.
Mitchell. The poems are by Ameen
Rihani and Corne1ia Kane Rathhone