The Republican journal., 1916-09-21
Literary News and Notes.

A new feature in the September num-
Der of THE Writer, the Boston maya
zine for literary workers, is department
on Advertisement Writing" in which
practical instruction in the art of adver-
tisement writing is given by compe-
tent expert. Arthur Pemberton continues
his series of helpful articles on ''Prepar-
alton for Proofreading, and Thomas
Littlefeld Marble writes or The Ora
matte Value of Music and Light" IN
der the heading, The Manuscript Mar
ket," the present special manuscript
needs of a large number of periodicals
are set forth, this information being OBJ
tanned directly from the editors. The
publication of 1.-The Writer'S Directory
of Periodicals." with information about
the manuscript requirements of the vari
Gus publications, Is continued. and an
nouncement is made of a number of
prize offers for manuscripts. No one
who is writing for publication can afford
to be without "The Writer" and it ap-
peals to all who are interested in literary
matters. The price of the magazine is
ten cents copy, or one dollar year,
and the address is: P. o. Box 1905, Bos-
ton, Mass.
'"Ihe war has produced many great gen.
erals, but only one Joffre. Jotfre is like
force Of nature" commented we'll
known Englishman. In the September
Atlantic there is a word portrait which
fully explains this remark: a sketch to
the life. done by an author who, for
obvious reasons, must remain anonymous.
This article is followed by a mastery
essay by Viscount Bryce, "War and
Human Progress. whereby the former
Ambassador friends may know that his
fine optimism has survived the terrible
stress of the past two years. Another
essay. Drift" by R. K Hack of the
Harvard Classical faculty, follows as
high purpose, though sounding strid-
en-. note of rebellion against the enslav-
ing of mankind by Science. Havelock
Ellis, with his incisive investigation,
"Ihe Mind of Woman" continues the
vexed discussion which was opened so
brilliantly by w. L. George. In lighter
vein is Dr.. Samuel M. Crnthers' "A Lit
erary Clinic brimming over as it is
with good-natured satire of one of our
most recent cultural eff1orescences. There
have been attempts untold to reconcile
Christianity with Helenism; but in the
opinion of the Atlantic few indeed have
been so successful as "Golgotha and the
Acropolis," by Elizabeth Dudley-an ac-
count of the intimate personal expert
ence Of person who was wrested from
theories by the teachings of life itself.
The Atlantic's department of the Great
War contains among other distinguished
features, notable summing-up of the
events Of the second year of fighting by
]. B. w. Gardiner, former officer of
the U. S. Army whose analysis of
strategy are at once penetrating and
comprehensive to the lay reader. "Brus-
iloff; Man and General" is a detailed
character sketch of the striking figure
CT the great allied offensive. written by
Charles Johnston, the Generals brother
in-law; Lewis R. Freeman has given of
his best in ''Men of the Tara, an amaz-
ing narrative of adventure. The fiction
OF the September Atlantic ("Marya"
by Elsbeth Hasse Andrae and Little
Selves" by Mary Lerner). is concerned
with two widely separated strains of our
! foreign-born Americans.