Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-07-27
IlTEaA1Y Mor4s.

I1TERARy NoTIs
Mr.. ]. r. Musick's new book now in
press by Lothrop & CO.. Boston, will
be issued. We presume, in time for the
fall trade.
'sAzasteyy" is the rather peculiar
title Of 4 novel young peoples weekly
magazine recently started In New York.
1t is handsomely printed and profusely
illustrated, and makes special feature
in instructions in various arts, games
and exercises peculiarly attractive to
the you. 1t tells them how TO do
many things. and mixes information
with amusement in way that must
commend il to parents as well as chill
dren. The numbers before us offers
a prize Of $4,000 TO, Pen and Ink
Drawing, OF Original Illustrations of
the International S. S. Lessons, open
to all persons under 81 years of age.
We recommend our young friends to
write for sample copies enclosing &c
to Mastery, S42 New York.
ST. Nicholas Joy August. August is
the great holiday month, and the Au-
gust ST.. Nicholas is essentially a holi-
day number, taking its readers away
from the great cities to the mountains
and seaside, by the brooks and the
breakers. Edwin Lassetter Bynner
contributes an amusing and capitally
illustrated story, entitled "Our Special
Artist" which deals with the varied ex-
penence and laughable failures ola
boy who undertakes amatuer phctogra-
ply at military camp and IN trip
through the mountains of Virginia. A
bright, amusing, and exciting sea story
is the Rev. Charles r. Talbot's LADY
of the Chingachgook," which tell how
young girl took possession of a yatch,
to the owners expressive annoyance,
and helped him win a race, to his ex-
ceedlng delight. Maurice Thomson,
in the "Work and Play Department,
has seasonable paper on "Fly-fish-
ing for Black Bass, (which he writes for
double purpose of advocating fy-hsh-
ing as sport for boys and girls, and
of putting forward the claims OF the
naturally difhdent black bass as a
game fish and rival of the trout. There
is also an excellent story for girls call
ed "Zintha's fortune" by Kate Tan.
nat Woods, which tells of the struggles
and ultimate success of a young prairie
maiden IN her efforts TO find her father.
The Frontispiece, by Jessie McDer-
mott, illustrates charming poem by
Margaret Johnson, entitled, "The
Beautiful Day.; Bessie Hill has Some
illustrated verses, "In Summertime"
and Celia Thaxter writes 1.-The Story of
Castle" IT. Trowbridge takes the
"Tinkham Brothers through thrilling
midnigh attack on the "Tlde-milr';;
the "Swept Away" party in Edward S.
Ellis's serial have several exciting ad-
ventures in their voyage down the
Mississippi, and Harry NJ. Kieffer re-
lates how he went down to Jericho,
and fell among thieves. There are in
addition, stories, sketches, jingles and
pictures by Charlotte A. Butts, Adelia
B. Beard. A. Brennan, Harlan H.
Ballard, Elizabeth Abercrombie, Rose
Miller, w. Taber, ]. w. Champney,
Geo. F. Barnes, w. H. Shelton, H.
Johnson and many others.
Tile Century for Ansusk.-In keep
ing with its midsummer holiday char.
acter, the August Century contains an
unusual number of short stories and
striking Illustrations, as well as poems
and articles adapted to summer reaG-
ing. The number offers, in addition
to the most entertaining part yet given
of Mr.. Howells's "a Woman's Rea-
son" the first part of stirring romance
called "The Bread-winners,' which
will run through six numbers of. the
magazine. Humor is the Characters
tic of the short stories, which comprise
1.-THE New Silk Dress Story" by Jas.
d. Hague; "The New Minister'S Great
Opportunity" by the author Of eli"
and The Village Convict" and an
other group of Joel Chandler Harris's
Nights with Uncle Remus."
The frontispiece, and an admirable
essay by Henry James, have to do with
the leading French novelist of the day,
hlphonse Daudet, whom Mr.. James
places at the head of living writers of
fiction. John Burroughs has an al.