The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-24
LITERARY NOTES.

The August number of Dsmorest' s
Magazine comes to US freighted with
good reading. Mrs Croly contributes
an interesting article on one of tho typ
ical dramatic stalls, Genevieve Ward;
Emma M. Taylor furnishes good pa
per on "South Kensington and its
Neighborhood;" and w. Jennings
Demorest has two prohibition articles,
"What is Prohibition" and Liberty
and Prohibition" Mrs. H art's serial is
continued; there are several good
stories and poems, one of the valuable
series, From Pencil to Brush" and
"The Worlds Progress" The frontis-
piece is fine steel engraving called
"Harmony."
This is not the weather for heavy or
very serious reading, but Frank Leslie's
popular monthly adapts itself to all
seasons. The August number gives
most attractive sketch by George Make
peace Towle, of ''The Nestor of Eu-
rope" the Emp error William, of Ger
many. Dauet's sketch of .sTartarin in
the Alps" and stories like Towner's
"Hermon brakes Ashes" Bautelle's
''The Lost Lady" can unknown
Name" "a Scrap OF Paper" will GER
tainly tempt readers. Crofut tells of
the four Fields--Cyrus W., David D |
Stephen j. and Henry M. Field. Laura
c. Holloway gives very readable Sc
count of Lady Burdett Coutts, the phil
anthropist, Lucy H. Hooper, the queen
of correspondents, tells of the water
Supply of Paris" There is an ablo
discussion of the merits of the pro-
posed ship-railway at Tehuantepec. f.
c. Valentino tells Of Central Ameri-
can Women" and Professor Eaton dis
cusses the important subject, "Fresh
and Foul Air"
OF all the surprises to which the read.
ing public has been treated by Mr.. AL
denis surprising Literary Revolution,
perhaps the most remarkable is the last.
Two of the choicest and most famous
books in modern literature, Washing
ton lying's Tho Sketch Book" and
"Knickerbocker's History of New
York." are just published in style
worthy of this most most widely cele-
DRAFTED and universally honored of
A merican authors. Tho two books to-
gether form one of the nine volumes OF
his works also jlst published. The t
typo is large, loaded, beautiful; the two : :
volumes bound in one comprise COG t
pages; the tioding is half morocco, 7
narbled edges. The only other edition =
n the market that at all compares with !
his or rivals it, is advertised by the pub a
isher at $500 per volume. v
MIR. Alden's price when sold in sets of "
line volumes, is little less than 81. 90 =
Yer volume. He now offers this single Il
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alled) of 30 cents, by mail, postage ,;
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il there are hundred A
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IT you have received this volume, you
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ess, John b. Alden, publisher, 1913 ~,
arl Street, New York. ::