The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-09-23
Literary News and Notes.

The National Magazine for September
presents remarkably varied and interest
ing contents to the reader. Whatever
may De his particular taste or interest,
ne Is sure to find something instructive,
entertaining or practical in this number.
Joe M. Chapple's affairs at Washing
ton deal with some thirty topics, uiplo-
matte, military, naval, patriotic, depart
mental, political, historical, and bio
graphical, all of them pertinent and up
to-date. The Adventures of an ANA
teur Hunter" by ]. H. Eagle, promi-
nent New York manufacturer is a resume
OF some of the more exciting and inter
estlng events of hunting adventures IN
British East Africa in 1911, and is gen
erously illustrated from photos taken on
the trip. There are many other timely
and interesting articles and the usual
quota of fiction and verse.
In the October Woman's Home Com
panion William ]. Burns tells the first
OF series of six true detective stories
OF big Burns cases involving women.
Mr.. Burns calls them my six most in
ueresting detective stories about wo-
men," Seventeen illustrated pages are
devoted to news of fall and winter
fashions, Grace Margaret Gould, the
fashion editor, pursues her policy of
showing women how they can dress in
fashion, and at the same time avoid ex-
travagance and foolish use of money.
Miss Gould acCompllshes the task that
she has set befor4 herself with great
ability. Her presentation of fashions is
interesting and at the same time pro-
foundly sensible. Special articles of
rare interest and Importance are con-
tributed by such famous writer's as Ida
M Tarbell. Anna Steese Richardson,
Charles Edward Jefferson, Laura Spen-
Ger Portor and Alice Farnham Leader
Fiction is contributed by Mary Heaton
Worse, Norvell Harrison, Sophie Kerr,
Sylvia Chatfield Bates. Margaretta Tut
tie and Mary Raymond Shipman An
drews
In glancing over the September issue
of the Current Opinion, says a writer in
the Camden Herald, 1 noticed a poem,
"Ashes of Life" written by Edna St.
ward ]. Wheeler had reviewed and re-
printed from the July forum. Men of
letters in the United States are not alone
her "Ashes of Life" is now being trans
lated by noted Spanish critic, Senior
Don Pedro Henriquez Urena, who is writ
ing an article on few of the leading
poets of the United States for Ell Figaro,
an illustrated literary magazine of Ha-
vana. Cuba. The seven prominent writ
ers mentioned by Senior Urena, with the
exception of Miss Millay, are all men;
her photograph to accompany the article
has been requested. Save Miss Millay
poem only one other is to be translated
for this article. Solomon de la Selva, q
Spanish poet who has been commissioned
to write study Of the living poets OF
the United States tor Cuba Contempt
ranea. includes in his article biographi-
cal sketch of MISS Millay and her work
He is also translating into Spanish hel
Renaissance" for an Anthology to be
published in the Argentine. From al
this it would seem that while we, hel
townspeople, may not fully appreciate
the breadth and depth Of her work sc
easily recognized by men of letters, d.
we not owe it to Miss Millay, and to our
selves, to go beyond superficial skim.
ming over of what little of her work WI
have seen, least it be saio of US, in year.
to come, that truly "a prophet is no
without honor save in his own country.