The Republican journal., 1914-12-31
Literary News and Notes.

Among the articles in the Popular Me-
chanics Magazine for January, the fol-
lowing are especially noteworthy:
"Great Elephant Butte Dam Approach
ing Completion" IA Submarine Aero
plane Wireless System of Seacoast De-
fense"; "Perry's Victory Memorial a
Great Doric Column; Sinking Ship
Run Ashore After Being Rammed";
Army Radio Plant Built in Limou-
since; potash DEPOSITS Found in Cali
fornia," etc.
Robert Palfrey Utter. author of the
recently published "A Guide to Good
training to help him help others in writ
ing and speaking correctly. He was
ington, prepared for college in Chicago.
degree from Harvard in 1898. Even as
an undergraduate he was an editor.
Four years after graduation Except for
brief ranching experience in Mexico)
he was manuscript-reader (for the
youths Companion reporter, and
copy-reader (for the New York "Even-
ing Post'O. For four years he taught
and studied at Harvard, where he re-
ceived the degree of Phi D. in 1906.
Since then he taught English Compost
ton and literature) in Amherst College.
The Strand Magazine for January con-
tains generous amount of fiction
by writer's of international reputation
Austin Philips, Edgar Wallace, Richard
Marsh, Catherine S. Kiehl and others.
''Real Life Romances," by H. Green
hough Smith, reaches the eighth of the
series, the author this month dealing
with the immortal Bayard. How they
Broke into Print /" is continued, among
the authors being E. Temple Thurston,
Jeffrey Farnol, H. De We're Stacpoole,
George Gibbs, Mary Heaton worse and
Ebert Hubbard. Natural Stereoscopy"
is dealt with by Louis Brennan, and
Saint Nlhal Singh continues his interest
ing account of 'Great Britain's Fight
ing Rajahs. " Harry Furniss, the we'll
kno xn artist and time ''Punch" car
toonist, writes on Lightning Sketching
for the Clnematograph, F." which he very
cleverly and charmingly illustrates.
George R. Sims continues his articles on
"Great Detective Feats." The number
is admirably illustrated.
The January Wide World contains
written and well-illustrated article en-
titled, ''The Land of the North Wind"
by P. H, Godsell. 1.-The Land of the
North Wind" is Keewatin, part of the
vast northern wilderness of Canada, in
habited only by fur traders, Indians, and
few wandering Eskimos Mr. Godsell
is an authority upon this little-known
region, and describes his experiences in
an attractive and breezy fashion. An
other article which will appeal to all
lovers of adventure, is contributed by E.
To-day, the veteran big game hunter,
who has spent several years in West and
Central Africa, mostly off the beaten
tracks. Adventures come to such men
almost daily, and in Eight Corners"
Mr.. To-day gives a selection of his ex-
periences, many of which are of hui
morous as we'll as an exciting character.
Other articles include an absorbing
Railway Race with Robbers" "The
Mutiny of the 'Ziba.' ''Our Travels in
Safari- Land,' and ''Tbree Thousand
Miles on a Raft" The number is law
ishly lustrated-mostly by photographs.
DR.. Louis C. Hatch of Bangor has
under consideration the writing of new
history of the State of Maine, to be pub
lished in connection with the 1920 centen-
NAL celebration. If this history is writ
ten, it will fill long felt want, as a
complete history of Maine has not been
written since 1889 DR.. Hatch has been
in Portland, collecting material from the
archives of the Maine Historical society,
but was disappointed with the scarcity
of original sources there. Gathering
material for the history will mean travel
ing over the State, inspecting files of
newspapers, and will be rather trying on
the eyes, and for these reasons, he is not
fully decided about undertaking the
work, The best existing history of
Name is that by William D. Williamson,
published in 1882, with a new and en-
larged edition, issued in 1885, This tells
the story of Maine from its discovery in
1920 down to Its separation from Massa-
chusetts, in 1920. Born in Bangor in
1872, DR.. Hatch was graduated from
Bowdoin in 1895, then spending six years
in Cambridge, where he was engaged in
historical research. Harvard awarded him
the Phi. D. degree on the publication of
his thesis, which he later elaborated into a
book, The Administration of the Re-
evolutionary Army.