The Republican journal., 1914-04-16
Literary News and Notes.

The Wide World Magazine for April
contains goodly number of interesting
articles full to the brim with adventure
| that grips one. Leading the list is 1.-The
Hunting Down of Vasquez, by Carl 5.
Richardson. Another story with plenty
of thrill is Guy Elliott Mitchell's ''The
Javelin Throwers." One of the weirdest
stories that ever bore out the assertion
that truth is stranger than fiction" is
Frederic Lees tragedy of Milan, Lost
in an Underground Labyrinth. There
are many other true tales as we'll as an
abundance of interesting articles that
also grip the reader.
The April issue of The Tbeosophical
Path, Katherine Tingley. Editor, con-
tains several articles of unusual interest
not only to the Theosophical' student,
but to the general reader. In the open
ing article H. Travers, M. A., discusses
the question of Reincarnation which,
practically unknown to the Western
World before being taught by Madame
Blavatsky, the Foundress of the Theoso..
phical Movement, is now matter OF
common discussion. The writer says:
''In the light of Reincsrnation no life
can be called failure, for a life is but
small section of great whole. :.
The period of single earth-life is too
short to display the pattern of our lives.
Crisp and breezy are the contents of the
April Lippincott's, full of the joyous zest
characteristic of this season of growth.
As usual, there is a complete novel-a
remarkable tale of France in the days of
Madame du Barry. 1.-The Presentation
is its title, ard H. de We're Stacpoole,
the author. Stacpoole will be remembered
as the writer of THE Blue Lagoon,
'"The Crimson Azalea," MOLLY Beam
ish," and other highly praised books.
The plot of his new story has to do with
the presentation of Du Barry at court,
and the efforts of her enemies to prevent
it, There is dash and elan about it
which remind one of Dumas at his best.
Among the short-stories, there are ''The
Breaking of Carmela," by Mary Heaton
Worse; Gan Agacella Or" by Rex t.
Stout; "The Amazon" suffragist tale
by Mary Brecht Puver; "Amo lie, by
Lucy Stone Terrill, and "The Revenge
of Rats Keller" by w. F. French. All
are exceptionally clever stories.
"Womancraft, Marital Satire" by
Minna Thomas Antrim, and ''The Old,
Old Story" by C. K. Mead, are fictional
sketches of rare charm.
The April American Magazine contains
the first installment of new serial story
entitled "Bamby," by Marjorie Benton
Cooke. No country but America could
produce girl like Bamby-a creature
of buoyant, splendid spirit and ingenious
wit. ''Bamby" starts out like real
story-a captivating love story full of
comedy and adventure. A remarkable
contribution to the new issue of the
American is Mary Antin's article enti-
tied. ''They Who Knock at Our Gates. !"
Mary Antin is brilliant young Russian
Jewess who has only been in this country
few years. She gives in this article a
wonderful presentation of the idea that
our immigrants have the courage and
faith of pioneers and that they are in
many ways the best part of our popu-
lation-an infusion of new blood of ines
cles are american Gambling and Gam
America" by Ray Stannard Baker;
Gan Adventure in Education, "by Albert
Jay Mock; and 1.-THE Slump in the Theat-
rical Business" by Walter Prichard
Eaton. Edna Ferber tells new Emma
McChesney story; Brand Whitlock,
formerly mayor of Toledo, Ohio, tells a
golf story; and other fiction is contribut-
ed by Clarence B. Kelland, Philip Curtiss,
and Maravene Thompson.
The Strand Magazine for April con-
tains many articles of unusual inter-
est, and the usual amount of gripping
fiction. Humor is the keynote of the
April Strand. The first article is one
on ''The Humors of Winter Sports"
entertainingly written by Eustace
White and Fleming Williams; while
Joseph leighton writes of ''Women as
Wits" giving many notable examples
that rank with mans's best wit. An
article that will interest every reader is
one entitled postage Stamp Romances,
by D. B. Armstrong. Other articles in
ciude one On ''Nullos: The New Call at
Royal Auction Bridge" by Florence
Irwin; Living Chess" by Mrs. Herbert
Vivian; and "reminiscences, by Morley
Roberts. In the second instalment of
the new regular monthly department,
MASKS and Faces" devoted to the
stage and the drama, Wendell Phillips
Dodge writes critically Of the principal
plays presented in New York, and chats
about the players. The fiction is con-
) tributed by Frank E. Verney, J. J: Bell,
Maude Stepney Rawson, K. s. Warren
Bell, Patrick Maggill, Baroness E. Bila,
] May Edginton and Baroness Orczy.
There is a new page of "Perplexities"
by Henry E. Dudeney, and the always
interesting "Curiosities, besides novel
competition over nine pictures represent
ing the principal incidents in story.
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