The Republican journal., 1914-12-03
:,srary News and Notes.

eesnnbals' If Captain W. Sinker, who
opiences Nv wears been cruising among
sss for i ~ Sea Islands, lately in COM
he SoatIL Melanesian Mission steamer
asned Cross. Captain S,nker mas mas
SOLITARY lnany strange sights among tne
zen p' ,gbere cannibalism, head-hunt-
ssnas'. Ssrce intertribal feuds still con-
ag, ana INIT, the efforts of the Govern
aaue, de I the missionaries Her High
psnt a''' Psnee of Sarawak continues
aess t .ntrontures in Sarawak" and Mrs.
BET aa,tnrjn commences series OF well
fred A Az articles entitled "Our Travels
dustT.a..;;II and" Among the purely ad-
ID salai,s experiences may be mentioned
untuf.9gus, ; nv of the 'Ziba', "The Bluff
1.-The N Iin yMsbomed. . "The Runaway
ine o. i and THE Night Watchman,s
IralH -. The magazine is profusely IL
soa with seemingly hundreds OF
autographs
important articles dealing with
ogr,ronean War appear in the Strand
tte bu l'al for December. Conan Doyle
Mssa.eg"ts an interesting and valuable
coal linen he entities 1.-THE War: A
pl5 ant Of the British Case" This
S,s clearly and convlnclngly explains
a..9' mere Great Britain stands In
9N. .,ssert European imbrogllo and
he " he read and digested by all,
;'''| tbev are Pro-German or IN
eL.Is die Allies. Saint Nihal Sing
!@" -f. first of a series of extreme
'lE ..,.-tng articles entitled "Our
-.. Fighting Rajahs" and gives
climate character-studies, anec-
.-. PERSONAL impressions OF the
l nracps who have placed their
U-." tHgir services and even their
a- Inc disposal of Great Britain
hour of trial. Another article
..s oq.D be read with especial interest
S. . Nth Lord Kitchener. The series
-.as .,srs entitled "How They Broke
y-,G PANT reaches No. 3, the contrib
I- ..r. b..ag Montague Glass, Louis Joseph
- 1.g5' NARY Stewart Cutting, Emerson
n nSr'5 lryiin S. Cobb, and others. The
l a,l7 Includes stories by some OF the
S'.. writer's Of the day.
.o,s. december American Magazine
0,gt liravson, famous as the author OF
a.ir-argres in Contentment' and The
r,s-4y Road" begins new serial
Untitled 'Hempfield" which prom
WI he even more interesting, than
.sry successes. In the same issue
VI IRWIN. war correspondent for this
.,t..3t..~. presents dramatic account
w.. acis of the war as he has per-
..'. deserved them in France, Bel
anr and and parts of Germany;
H. r.rlell contributes the second
.g., In Ter new series, 1.-The Golden
5. Rlsiness;" Stewart Edward
Tr ports his personal adventures
.,'. -rhants in Africa; Ray Stan
"- sr. writing under the title,
mi .a- After Twenty Months, y gives
q, rra4 te picture of the President In
:b-N e..- House in war time. Another
nyly Interesting contribution is en-
DID,. The Experiences OF a Jews
Ef4 IN which a GENTLE Roman
rstr3ic Woman-reports her expert
sDcss since she married a Jew. 1t Is
or4st document on certain forms OF
Persecution that exist in America today,
f0r although this woman is extremely
bsppg in her family life, she admits that
Il she had it to do over again, she would
not marry a Jew because of the social
difficulties and unpleasantnesses that are
creat-i by su a union. Fiction IS con-
rfutei by John A. Moroso, Maravene
Thompson, Dana Gatlin, and Nina Will
ey Putnam Humorous contributions
are made by James Montgomery Flagg
8l George Fitch. The three regular de-
urmel-s- Interesting People, Inc
irttrureter House" and '"The Theater"
All led with good reading. The prize
vlIug letters in contest entitled Go
ing Home for Christmas, conclude a
mnoar of rare vitality and genuine
1sa4H l5rest.
~a War and the Way Out" by &.
love-. Dickinson, in the December num-
Der .f tae Atlantic Monthly, is. perhaps,
I- aast thoughtful of current discuss
loss .y "A writer of a belligerent nation.
a5fs than almost any writer on either
ste, Mr. Dickinson's philosophy and in
tsr lualism protect him from intel
ela bias, and what he has to say
3oll. he widely needed by neutral peo-
pe In sharp contradistlnctlon is
G5a-inrat Albert's defense of the Ger
NAV act of the war, which IN deft
garagf phs attempts to turn the Hank OF
iAe Brush argument by series OF
counter attacks on the behavior of the
allies and bland explanations of the
charges against the Germans. This num-
Der of the Atlantic opens with highly
romantic story of actual adventure by
Abraham Nitric Rihbany, whose autobi-
ography ran so pleasantly in theAtlantic's
pages asst year. Mr.. Rihbany, who was
brought up in the shadow of Mt. Leban-
on, describes an adventure with NEGRO
maneers which might be modernized
Version Of some tale of Scheherezade.
THE Failure of the Church," byEdward
Lewis is striking article by an English
Clergyman who has lately resigned his
pastorate because he felt his comfortable
position Incompatible with his desire to
De man of God." The church. he
tells Us, is fiat contradiction of the
spirit and principles of its founder. Its
hourly decay is due to the fact that it has
become static and that its first appeal is
mol 10 the strong who love life, but to the
leebIa who like to call themselves miser-
9ole offenders and to sing anRmic hymns.
Dlsquetlng also to complacent Ameri-
cans are Some Remarks on American
ana English Fiction" in which a discern
ing English critic, Edward Garnett,
separates the wheat from the chaff of
guf best-sellers and upsets several estab-
is1e7 equations. Professor Roland G.
O'ner writes with discernment and infor
.4at9H Of 'Germany's Ability to Finance
ne Var" John Trowbridge, President
u y Tie American Academy of Arts and
ogeiigHges contributes highly unfavor-
soie Estimate of German Scientific
Daitlre The House of Sorrow" an
anonymous papor. discusses the spiritual
ts1' of adver and "Rab and Dab"