The Republican journal., 1916-10-19
Literary News and Notes.

snort story by GUS feaoooy SWli'' ap
pears in the October number OF Young
Magazine. Mr.. Swift, who is junior
at Columbia University. was born IN
Lewiston. Last summer ne was on the
reportorial staff of Portland news
paper.
A charming book on birds called The
Chick adee.dee and His Friends is among
the recent publications that WILL charm
young and old. and aside from Its merits
will have an added interest for Farming.
ton people as its author, Miss Lyle ward
Sanderson, passed three years OF her
childhood here, her father, Rev. Roscoe
Sanderson. being pastor of the M. +.
church in this village. -Farmington
Chronicle.
When The Macmillan Company an
nounces that it has discovered new poet
of very great merit, poetry lovers have
learned by experience that it is worth
while to investigate! For did not Mast
ers, Masefeld, Gibson and Colcord, to
say nothing of host of others, make
their first appearance In book form
through The Macmillan Company? All OF
which is by way of prelude to the an
nouncement that early in October a new
poet is to be introduced. He is Robin
son LETTERS, writer of exceeding prom
Use, ard his book is Californians. a vol
ume OF verse, dealing for the most part
with the varying aspects OF nature IN
the great state, particularly the Monterey
peninsula.
MANY graceful poems by Nathan APP
pleton Tefft of the Daily News staff
ed in the magazines; and now Mr.. lel1t s
first book has been phpllsheo. IL Is
called Journeys of Soul-an exception
ally attractive little volume OF Sixty
pages, neatly printed and arustlcally
bound. from the Gorham Press OF Dos.
ton. This is the opening paragraph OF
an appreciative review by oscar "A;
Shepard in the Bangor Dally News, ana
who says in conclusion: All OF the
real literature read in Bangor is not
produced by outsiders are those
in the city who are cleavlng their way to
honorable positions IN the Worid OF let
tiers. And among Them, feel connoeht'
Mr.. Tefft must be numbered.
Brimful of interest Is the october
Popular Mech anics Magazine. Two nun
dred and twenty eight terse articles re-
cord the new inventions and recent de-
veopmants in science and mechanics.
This magazine is always noted Tor It's
MANY fine illustrations, and IN this re-
spect the October number is better than
ever Among the war pages IS remark
able series OF photographs showing the
successive steps in the capture and occu-
patton of a German tlrst-llne trench
An American aeroplane, of unusual de-
sign, in recent tests at Buffalo establish
ed new speed record. A fuil-page pic
ture of the craft is presented. Otner
page views show the new bascule bridge
over the north branch of the Chicago
River; a public owned power plant pro-
posed for Niagara; our soldiers on duty
along the Mexican border; some pieces OF
furniture which show the trend In design
ing; several of New jerseys country
club-houses and golf links, etc.
Filled from cover to cover with inter-
esting and helpful matter of practical
value to authors is the October number
of 1.-The Writer" the Boston magazine
for literary workers. In an Editorial
Talk with Contributor" the editors of
the Smart Set explain in detail what
they want and do not want in the way
of manuscripts. giving many suggestions
from the editorial point of view that will
be useful net only to contributors to the
Smart Set but to those who write for
other periodicals. Clyde McLemore gives
a long list of "Substitutes for Said, -
which story writers will find it profit
able to keep constantly before them. In
the new department, treating of Adver-
tisement Writing, Joseph Gerard Nor
gan writes in practical way of "Dls-
play in Advertising" giving many valu-
able suggestions. The publication of
1.-The Writer'S Directory of .Periodi-
calls" giving the addresses of publica-
tions that buy manuscripts, with infor-
nation, furnished by the editors, about
their manuscript needs, is continued,
and in the department The Manuscript
Market" official information is given
about the present special manuscript
needs of many periodicals and about
prize offers for manuscripts. "The
Writer" now in its thirtieth year, Is
the recognized trade journal of the liter
airy profession, and it is of the greatest
value to literary workers, while it will
be found interesting by all who like to
get an inside view of authorship. The
price of the magazine is ten cents a
copy, or one dollar year, and the ad-
dress is P. o. Box 1905. Boston
The leading article of the october At
lantic is 1.-The Achievement of the Demo
cratic Party and its Leader Since March
A, 1913,' by Observation-Disclosures Eliot of
Harvard. No less timely, in view of the
increasing Impotence in this country of
certain features of the British blockade,
is an outspoken paper, Our Relations
with Great Britain, by Arthur Billiard,
who draws a lesson and indicates the
remedy from the history of our past re-
actions to English conservatism: Henry
Dwight Sedgwick. in delicate essay,
ON Being ILL.,, finds many compensations
for the valetudinarian; Samuel McChord
Crothers, playfully satiric, contributes a
delightful literary chat on The Gre
gariousness of the Minor Poets 'The
Devil Baby at Hull House. by Jane Ad-
dams, fulfills the weird promise of its
title. Hometown Revisited by Sey-