The Republican journal., 1916-02-03
Literary News and Notes.

theaters of conflict. Two pages show
the newest designs in bird cages. aquarl-
ums and brio a. brac. One group OF views
shows the curious ancient customs OBJ
served in the coronation of the Emperor
of Japan. The Shop Notes and Amateur
Mechanics departments contain much
interesting material, all of it practical
and non-technical in style.
The January number of Sprague's
Journal of Maine History has been is
sued and is an unusually interesting
number. Of special interest to many OF
our readers is the sketch of David Bar
ker, "The Burns of Maine" with his
portrait, an illustration of his home, at
Exeter Corner, the old Barker office at
Exeter Corner as it is today. extracts
from his poems, the complete poem,
my Chlld's Origin" which won him
geneaology Of the Barker family. An
other article of local interest is the
sketch of William Durkee Williamson,
the first Congressman from the Bangor
Congressional district. and author of the
History of the State of Maine from its
First Discovery, A. D. 1902, to the Sep
aration, A. D., 1920, inclusive This
magazine is published by Jchn Francis
Sprague at Dover, Me-, and the sub
scription price is 81 year.
The February Woman's Home Com
panion not only has splendid fiction by
we'll known writers, but excellent spe-
cial articles and features. Among the
short story contributors are Mary E.
Wilkins Freeman, Mary Heaton worse
and Sophie Kerr. They present a lively
and attractive group of stories. The
two big serials, The Rising Tide and
Chloe Malone, " are continued by Mar
garet Deland and Fannie Heaslip Lea
The Geranium Lad" is concluded by
Sylvia Chatfield Bates "The House
work Boycott by Ida Tarbell, written
after thorough investigation, shows why
girls do not want to enter domestic ser
vice, and how to get contented and good
servants. In The Man Across the
Aisle" Emily Barton REID describes the
peculiar dangers that gils are subjected
to when travelling alone, pointing out
that fifty thousand girls disappear an
nually in the United States. An origin
al article on Russia, from a new angle,
is contributed by Laura Spencer Portor.
Alice Farnham Leader, M. D., gives some
valuable instruction by which business
women can preserve their health. A new
department, "The Woman Motorist," is
begun by C. H. Claudy, the automobile
expert. 1t takes up problems that most
women have to deal with in running a
car, and is designed to help women driv-
ers. In the picture section are many in
teresting pages, notably those on 1.-THE
Most Wonderful Dancers in the World, -
Skating as the Newest Fad' and
Real Homes Worth Copying The
regular departments on handicraft,
cooking, better babies, women's clubs,
motion pictures, entertainment and many
other subjects are filled with valuable
suggestions.
Constructive Temperance Reform is
an important contribution to the Februa-
ry Atlantic Monthly by John Koren, the
distinguished publicist and sociological
expert. Other prominent features in the
Atlantic are Radicals Progress ar
anonymous series of authentic letters
which, revealing the effect of the Oar
danelles carnage on fighting man OF
socialist tendencies, make up a human
document Of real import; Our Divided
Country an able discussion of the pro-
blem of patriotism and the hyphen, by
Henry j. Fletcher; and "A Philosopher
View OF the War, by Count Hermann
Keyserhng of Russia, who believes that
whoever wins the battles of the war, the
ideals OF the Allies are bound to triumph,
and whose point of view, SO different
from ours, cannot fail to stimulate the
reader 10 broader conception of the
great struggle. Other papers on the
war are contributed by Alfred OIlvant,
W. a,
and John Dewey, whose essay On I'm.
derstanding the Mind of Germany gives
US at last an Ineligible answer to a long
standing riddle. To balance the wal
articles, We find entertainment anc
charm, as we'll as a deeper and wider in
terest, in the other essays, which are by
Edward Garrett, 7. W. Surette, George
Nj. Stratton, E. Bruce Milford, Laura
Spencer Portor, and Henry Osborn Tay-
Tor. Jean K. Mackenzie concludes hei
series of Illuminating letters from the
African missionary field V. H. Fried
laender, new English writer, contribu
ties a story of rare insight and delicacN
of treatment, and E. Nelson Fell tells
true tale of Cossack life on the Steppe.
of Siberia. Poems by Sidney Merrimar
and Wilfred Wilson Gibson, and an ex
ceptionaly ample Contributors Club sec
ton round up a number of unusual vital
Ity.
The February American Magazine
contains many excellent short storie:
and constructive articles on problems Of
general interest. In "What 1t Cost Ne
To Become a Prominent Man." U. S
Congressman tells how much better of
he was on a small salary in private life
than after he had become local cele
brity with a good political position il
Washington. How to grasp the MAR
business chance is described in practi
cal article by Hugh S. Fullerton who
gives some unusual early experiences OF
successful Americans in a way thai
makes them capable of general applica
ton. Albert w. atwood tells of wax
made Americans who have just arrived
An article by Ray Stannard Baker des
cribes curious objective manner OF
teaching morals to children that is bring.
ing remarkable results. All of these
articles are unusual, timely and interest.
ing. Dana Burnet's story 1.-The Thous
and Dollar Check" deals in an original
manner with matter of-fact New York.
ers. There are also stories by Bertha
A. Rich, Marion Sherrard and Cullen A.
Cain. Olive Higgins Prouty continues
her splendid serial, 1.-The Fifth Wheel, -
he Of Of ,,.l \