The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-08-19
Literary News and Notes.

generous donor to the Camden public
library, has presented it with his book,
Eat Walcott Hall, "in two volumes. This
book is written under his nom de plume,
Gordon Braddoek. -
Henry P. Dowst, former Bargor
man, is the author of the novel published
in the September number of Mcbride g
Magazine formerly Lippincott's-and it
is entitled Double Eve. Mr.. Dowst was
the author of Diana of the Deep Shows,
which was published in Lippincott's.
and is rapidly becoming widely known as
writer of interesting fiction. Of his
latest work the editor of McBride's says:
'This Is tale with a situation as old as
men, women and ships and as we'll loved
as all three. But it is told from new
angle"
The following high praise of gifted
young Camden poetess. Miss Edna st.
Vincent Millay appeared in the "Book
Post of July 31st: ''Some day America
will wake up to the fact that it's finest
poet IS girl hardly out of her teens and
cent Millay has had little of the real
praise due her, but there is no American
poet gifted with more talent and real
genius. A little circle of discriminating
readers is Miss tMillay's only field so far,
but her time will come. Perhaps when
the women vote they will see to it that
the rewards of the deserving are not too
long delayed
John Kendrick Bangs, author Of "A
Household on the Styx" and ''Coffee
and Repartee," who is spending the
summer at his home in Ogonquit, Maine,
said in an interview last week: "People
should own and read books Just as they
should seek friendships, and try to I'M
derstand their friends. A book that one
has come to know, and to love, is one of
the truest OF friends. In my library in
Maine are not many books, but none the
less Lincoln walks there with me; Emer-
son is my friend; Balzac and Dumas are
permanent jewellers at my side; frolic
with Mark Twain there; travel with O.
Henry, and play boyish tricks with AL
drich and Penrod; l fence with Mont
aigne, and the great spirits of The Spec
tator.'
The second number of Volume Three
of Sprague's journal of Maine History
of Dover, Me-, is at hand and is one of
the most attractive of any of the issues
of this valuable and interesting Maine
publication. 1t is a special edition and
is devoted exclusively to Jackman and
the Moose River region. 1t has an his
torical sketch by the editor relating to
the early settlers in that region, and
a valuable history of the building
of the Canada road. 1t is well H.
Illustrated and contains much about the
enterprising Jackman of today that is
also of great interest. 1t also contains
an interesting letter from Hon. VIM. R.
Pattangall, heartily endorsing the Jour
nal and also giving sketch of the Long,
fellow family of Portland and Machias.
Three more numbers of the current VOL
ume will follow.
profitable Scrap-book Making" by
Deshler Welch, is the leading article in
the August number of 1.-THE Writer"
the Boston magazine for literary writ
ers. Edward B. Hughes continues his
useful and interesting series, Common
Errors in Writing Corrected" and An
ME C'Neill McGinnis tells about the
Scribblers' Club of East St. Louis. III.
Other headings are A Warning to Writ
ers, A Defect in the Copyright Law,
The Mediocrity of Magazine Novels, An
swers to Authors, Similarity of Methods
in Dickens Novels, The Length of the
Sentence, Tennyson's Inspiring Diet,
Mark Rutherford's Style, Keats on
Poetry, and Can You Henry-J ames? In
teresting items of Personal Gossip About
Authors, sketches of contributors TO cur
rent magazines, book reviews, a refer
ence list of Literary Articles in Periodi-
Gals, and the live department Of News
and Notes, giving announcements Of
prize offers for manuscripts and the
other news of the literary and publish
ing world, make up very attractive
number. The price of ''The Writer" is
ten cents copy, or one dollar year.
Address: P. O. Box 1905, Boston.
The September Woman's Home Com
panioB, in addition to its regular enter
tanning and practical features, contains
thirteen illustrated pages about fall fash
ions. In fact, that issue is called a
"Fashion Forecast Number "Grace Mar
garet Gould, the fashion editor, presents
all the latest information about fashions
and at the same time interprets styles to
average women so that they can make
practical use of her suggestions. Miss
Gould adheres to her we'll known princi-
pie that in matters of style women can,
by taking thought, be in fashion and yet
not spend extravagant sums of money 1t
is her aim to show women exactly how
they can achieve this end, and she does
her task with extraordinary skill. In the
same issue Madame Melba, the famous
opera singer, writes entertainingly under
the title, 1.-TWO Favorite Songs and How
l Sing Them" Ida M. Tarbell contrib
utes an article entitled. 1.-The Pursuit of
Culture" Mary Ware bennett writes on
"What the Ballot Will Not Do For
Women;" and Anna Steese Richardson
discusses ''Mrs. Larry's Adventures in
Thrift" Fiction is contributed by Mary
Raymond, Shipman Andrews, Mary Hea-
ton Worse, Patience Bevier Cole, Sylvia
Chatfield Bates, Lee Pape and Margaretta
futile. In addition to the fashion pages
already referred to, the regular cooking,
handicraft, housekeeping, young peo-
ple's, better babies and entertainment
departments are filled with interesting
and useful material.