The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-12-28
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.

The January issue of The Strand con-
tains an excellent amount of fiction by
well-known authors, and articles of so
diverse a character as Greenrooms Old
and New, by Adolph klauber; Ruskin on
Pictures; Spooring; Stories have Heard
and Told, by Marshall P. Wilder; The
Home Life of the Royal Family lin the
preparation of which Queen Mary as
sisted) What the Face Reveals, by Pro-
fessor Oppenheim; Christmas Puzzles,
Bridge Problems, Chess Curiosities, etc.
The Strand may always be counted upon
to entertain.
Almost no other form of gift brings
more real and lasting joy to the heart Of
the boy or girl than a good book, and in
holiday gift books the Boston publishing
house of Dana Estes & Co. has put out
list of unusual merit for juvenile read
ers. In ''The Minute Boys of Philadel-
known for the historical value of his
tons existing around Phi adelpbia during
its occupancy by Gems Howe and Gin
ton with their British soldiers and the
encampment of Washington and Lafay-
cite at Valley Forge. The Minute Boys
OTIS in the city and the Army at Valley
Forge.
E-There is always piqua charm about
the covers Of the Christmas magazines.
The National Magazine for December
presents sweet Christmas girl winding
the holly IN her hair, anC wearing an i'm
provised brooch of its bright berries and
green leaves, and one sees at once that
the artist has caught the charms associ-
ated with witching tsce beneath the
traditional and suggestive mistletoe
From the frontispiece. reproducing a
famous painting of the late Joseph
Pulitzer, throughout the Was ington de-
partment aglow with the Yuletide spirit
and the suggestion Of universal peace
and goodwill which characterizes the
opening days of session of Congress.
the Christmas spirit fairly sparkles.
An interesting and inspiring article
appears in the January Wide World
Magazine entitled The Guardian of the
Light" This is description of Ma
dame Matelot's heroism on the night of
April 18th, last when her husband. the
Keeper of the Kerdonis Lighthouse at
Belle-Ile-en-Mer, lay dead and she and
her children spent the whole of the NIGHT
turning the machinery which keeps the
Kerdonis light in movement Other ar
ticles include one on "Sharking' by D.
W. 0. Pagan; ''The Ascent of Iztscci-
huatl;'' ''The Rain Gods of Mandi:''
Among the Chinese Shans;'' "A Jour
nalst in Alaska" and "Our Hunting Trim
in Chubut." The number is lavishlv II.
lustrated with photographs taken in all
parts of the world.
In the January American Magazine
there is stirring article on World Scents
that IS really important news to Ameri-
can readers. 1t is an account of the
World Scout movement which is an ont.
growth. of the Boy Scout movement. Tts
object is to enroll the boys of all nations
in one organization which shall strive
for ending war. The plan is to instiI in
the youth of all nations the peace in n.
stinct, as distinguished from the mill.
tary instinct It is an effort to devalon
IN the human race the idea that ali
peoples in all lands belong to one
family - the human family and that
war is an abhorrent and utterly
barbarous institution. The movement
is meeting with great success HAVING
spread through FIVE European Countries.
The article closes with an anneal to
Colonel Roosevelt to become the leader
OF the boys of America in this movement t