The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-07-04
Literary News and Notes.

LlpplncOtt' s has no proDlemS u SolVe,
no continued stories to hinder, and it
appeals to you just when you most want
it-all of viii helps to explain the
reason for its fifty some years of contin-
ued popularity. In particular is the
July issue of the right sort, every page
breathing spirit in harmony with recre-
alton days. The never-failing complete
novel is diverting one from H. de We're
goon,'' "The Crimson Azaleas" and
other books of pleasing memory. His
new story, "Molly Beamish, " deals with
high life in Eng gland a century or more
ago. -. In color, in life, in daintiness, and
in charm it can be compared only with
''Beaucaire" land it does not suffer i'll
the comparison.
A bright-eyed, toqued Bathing
Girl adorns the cover of the National
Magazine for July, and suggests the
seasonable summer stories inside. The
array of fiction is particularly tempting,
and the half dozen wholesome short
stories of this issue have just the spirit
and sentiment that appeal to the sum-
mer reader. The continued chapters on
Henry Holman's Pilgrimage" M.
R. Umberhind's pleasant serial, are
r ch in interest and Renaissance.
In Affairs at Washington" Joe Mitch
ell Chapple reviews the months
events at the national capital in the
breezy, colloquial manner which shows
his intimate, personal contact with
the men who are on the hiring line.
There is the usual chat in the Publishers
and Home departments, and numerous
other features which will appeal to the
summer reader.
An interesting and we'll Illustrated
article on the New York Yacht Club is
the principal feature of the July Strand.
A complete history of the club from its
foundation in 1914 down to the present
day is given by Wendell Phillips Dodge
and the new information relative to the
Americas Cup should interest yachts
men. Another article of considerable
interest is Coulson Kernahan's Edward
Whymper as knew him. A scientific
article, fully illustrated, entitled 'Sun,
Wind, and Wave" seeks to prove how
these forces may provide the power of
Art' should interest women just as
"The Best Dog | Ever Saw" should at
tract the men. The fiction is supplied
by Richard Marsh, Florence Warden,
Pleydell North, Arthur Morrison and
other well-known authors.
Mary Johnston, who contributes the
opening article to the July Atlantic, has
painted picture of Gettysburg as vivid
and as terrible as the famous work of
Stephen Crane. Better than any formal
argument against war is this magma
tive and compelling description. Politics
is uppermost in the country at present,
and the Atlantic, under the general
heading, The State of the Nation,
publishes three important papers deal
ing with leading issues, Francis Lynde
Stetson on The Government and the
Corporations, Evans Woollen on what
may be fairly called the failure of tine
present machinery for Direct Primaries,
and Karl T. Frederick on The Recall of
Judicial Decisions The fiction in this
issue includes The Ingredients, by
Henry Kitchel Webster, The Weapons
of Religion, by Margaret Lynn, and
The Last Night of the Revival, by
Elizabeth Carter There are poems by
Amy Lowell and Hermann Hagedorn,
and pleasant Contributors Club, the
leading article of which is a suggestive
discussion Of American manners.
The leading feature in the July Ameri-
can Magazine is new story by Rudyard
Kipling entitled "The Benefactors. 1t
is story founded on the coal strike in
England and is interesting because it
presents with great power the reaction
ary's view of the thing. 1t is really a
warning to labor. A remarkable article
in this issue of the magazine is the story
of Garcia Woershoffer by Ida M. Tar
bell. Garcia Woerishoffer was a rich
New Y ork girl who declined to live a life
of luxury, and threw herself into certain
useful activities with resultant interest
ing experiences and adventures which
Miss Tarbell describes intimately and
entertainingly. Ray Stannard Baker,
Senator La Toilette, Walter Prchard
Eaton and Hugh S. Fullerton contribute
other articles. Notable fiction is contri-
buted by Kathleen Norris, Olive Higgens
Prouty, Juliet Wilbor Tompkins and H.
G. Wells Abe Martin. Indiana's funny
man, writes piece about the oldfash-
toned Fourth of July, and F. P. Dunno
writes an amazingly able and moving
editorial on the Titanic disaster.
The Wide World Magazine for July
contains stories and articles dealing with
Wyoming, Patagonia, British East
Africa, Austria, Holland, the Yukon,
Burma, Saskatchewan, Ohio, Bolivia,
Sierra Leone, Algiers, Ceylon, New
Zealand, and score of other places. A
steady perusal of this astonishing maya
zine is liberal geographical education
in itself. The stories are intensely inter
esting and in every instance are not only
founded on fact, but are narratives of
actual experience. Count Charles Man
zoni tells the romantic story of his life
in the wilds of Patagonia, where
he remained for twenty years. w. E.
Priestley describes very wildly a boat
voyage which he made down the Yukon
River. John Boyes continues his account
of How Became King and "Jack
Thompson" describes his life in Boliv-
ian prison, where, at the present mo-
ment, he is lying under sentence of
death. This is but small selection of
the many remarkable features in the
July Wide World.
Right now, at this season of the year,
tourists, vacationists and seekers for
rest and recreation are coming from all
parts of the world into New England.
By the end of the season next autumn,
more than 100000 will have come and
gone. This is a tremendous business
stimulus to New England. Where those
visitors are going, what they are doing,
why they have come here and what they
! are Seekinp-all this is told in a splendid