The Republican journal., 1916-03-30
Literary News and Notes.

Literary News and Notes.
University of Maine men have receiv-
ed cards from President Alley of the
university in regard to the coming his
pleted by DIR. M. C. Fernald before his
death. DR.. Fernald was connected with
the university from its very inception
and it is no exaggeration to say that he
was better fitted than any other man to
write history of this institution. The
notice to graduates and students states
that the history is now ready to 60 to
press. The increasing cost of paper and
other materials, with further prospec
tive advances, make it imperative that
the approximate number of subscrip-
lions be determined at once, as the con-
tract must Ee let Immediately. The
book will contain about 400 pages. 1t
will be made by one of the leading con-
Germs in the country. printed on good
paper and we'll illustrated. The price is
81. so a copy, payable Immediately on de-
livery, which will probably be in June.
In addition to large amount of good
fiction the April Woman's Home Com
panion has number of interesting spec
ial articles. "Give the Girl Chance"
by Ida TarbelI discusses the failure of
our educational system in regard to
young women and urges the necessity of
training girls for married life. isolde
at Home" by Johanna Gadski, the ia
nous opera star, gives an intimate ac-
count of the life of a great prima donna
when off the stage. 1.-THE Market Value
of Wife" by married man, "Our
Adopted Baby" with illustrations from
the painting by William Cotton, "a Ser
mon to Grandparents" by the Rev. DR.,
C. E. Jefferson of the Broadway Taber-
nacle and "a Bouquet Garden by
Grace Tabor furnish material of inter
est in many widely separated fields. The
fiction includes another interesting de-
tective story by William j. Burns, The
Blue Envelope" by Sophie Kerr, ''The
Rising Tide" by Margaret Deland,
'Chloe Malone" by Fannie Heasiip Lea,
'Thirty-Three Genus, Plus by Eliza
beth Jordan. Not in the Film" by
Mary Hastings Bradley, and 'F'reWen S
Daughter" by Ellen Duval.
THE Falacies of Writing are dis
cussed by Edwin l.. Sabin in a heart to-
heart talk in the March number Of 1.-The
Writer" the Boston magazine for liter
airy workers, which all magazine and
book writers are bound to read with in
terest. Mr.. Sabin tells some plain truths
which he has learned by observation and
experience as a successful author, and he
corrects a number of prevailing false
impressions. Some Don't is for Writers, ]"
by Amos R. Wells, are written from the
editorial point of view, and are practical
and helpful. Others topics discussed are
Writing for Children, A Demand for
Stories for Girls, Aid to INDECENT Authors,
Carelessness in Characterization, and
The Journalist Creed. The publication
of THE Writer'S Directory of Periodi-
GALS is continued, with fresh lnforma-
ton secured from editors regarding their
manuscript needs. In the Personal Cos
sip About Authors information is given
about the identity of David Grayson, and
the other departments, including Book
ference list of. Literary Articles in Peri
odicals, are full of interest. The price
of 1.-The Writer" is ten cents number
or one dollar year, and the address is
P. o. Box 1905, Boston.
Never, perhaps, in our history has the
word Americanism had a wagner mean
ing than it has today Much mouth honor
is paid to it, but ask dozen Americans
what America stands for, and you will
have twelve different replies. In the
opening pages of the March Atlantic,
Agnes ReppIier defines her idea of W at
this country should mean to its citizens,
in words which Americans of the older
stock will listen to with enthusiasm. In
the same magizine L. P. Jacks contrib
utes IN Our Drifting Civilization, a dis
cussiOn of the utter lack of control
which the present mechanism Of politics
retains over the nations of today. The
Syrian Christ, by Abraham Nitric Rib
bany, is an interesting Interpretation of
the Parallels by a Syrian to whom the
Bible always sounds, as he says, like
letter from home A characteristic bit
of John Burroughs's philosophy is con-
tanned in his paper, The Still Small
Voice, and in The Gates of the East,
C. William Beebe describes his advent
urous search for natural history speci-
mems in the Far East. Music for Chill
dren' is the title of a serviceable paper
by Thomas Whitney Surette, whose revo-
lutionary ideas for the musical training
of children challenge the instant atten-
ton of teachers and mothers. In this
issue of the Atlantic is a stimulating pa
per on Woman and Religion by B. |.
Bell and a thoughtful estimate of
Goethe's altered influence by Henry D.
Sedgwick The stories in the number,
by Richard Mathews Hallet and E. Mel
son Fell, take humorous turn. To most
readers the dominant interest of this
months Atlantic will be found in the eX-
ceptional group of articles on the Great
War. The personal story of sergeant
who went through the Champagne drive
with the Foreign Legion is extraordi-
narily dramatic. 'Kitchener's Mob, by
young American who served for year
before Loos, gives detailed and inter-
esting description of soldiers life. The
Belgian Wilderness by Vernon L. kel-
logg, is first-hand picture of the coun-
try and it's present administration, by an
excellent judge who has been an i'm
portant cog in the machine of Belgian
Relief. Ray Morris closes the number
with a judcious estimate of Business
after the War