Telegram-herald., 1891-07-27

very interesting reading. Tne ehsrae-
tefs are Nell drawn aud sharply de-
tined, tie different situations grace
fully worked OUT showing visid and
oglglnsl imagination. In the ldlomallc
translator the French atmosphere Is
stfiklngly well preserved the reader
will follow WITH delight the enchanting
puzzling windlngs Of the beautiful and
wlthal wonderfully moral love story.
The literary event OF the summer IN
the United states Will oe the pubilca-
ton in the Cosmopolitan Magazine OF =
saOrt novel hy.Amelie Rlyes, which she
calls According to -. John. Ii Is
SAID TO be the strongest work from the
pen thai pro iuced "A Brother 10 Ora
gons' snd The Duck or the Dead"
It's publication IN the Cosmopolitan IL
guarantee that II Will contain nothing
Of the kind tnsr-exclted criticism IN
Miss Rives' earlier productions Dur
ing her two years residence abroad
Mrs. Chanier has written nothing else
for the public, and this product OF her
matured mind NAV be expected 10 reg
lister with something like exaetness,
this authors position IN the world OF
lrlttfc. ur WAA& ~
Partisan artist OF note.
One of the leading articles in Demon
est's Family Magazine for August Is
game of base ball ali played out on
paper by means of finely executed Illus
trations with explicit descriptions OF
each move. Those who have attempted
to explain a game Of base ball 10 a SIS
ter, wife or wife-to-be. know what an
almost hopeless task il was. Now here
is the whole thing done for you, and SO
cleverly and clearly that after reading
il woman will be ne ANXIOUS az any
one OF the other sex TO see match,
and she will never again say, swell.
what is there in base ball, anyhow" A
beautiful water color Swallows" is the
frontisplece OF the magazine.
ScRIBSER's MAGAZINE for August is
the Fiction Number" of the year and
contains five complete interesting
stories. The frontispiece, "She is Tall
and Fair" is very pretty. Chapters L.
III of the new novel, "The Wrccker,"
by Charles Truis Stevenson are III this
number. William Hole does the Illus
trat,ons for the article. Four of the
stories are illustrated, each by an artist
chosen by his skill in dellneatlng the
special characters and incidents which
are the features of the tale. Albert
Lynch, the famous French illustrator,
w. l.. Metcalf, Charles Broughton and
W. l.. Taylor are the artists whose work
adorns these stores, producing a var-
ETY. and delicacy of illustration seldom
seen in single issue OF magazine.
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The New fashion journals, ala
Mode" LA Mode de Paris" and
album des Nodes" published by A.
Mcdowell l. Co., A. West Fourteenth-st,
New York, are the most elegant of their
kind ever brought to our notice. The
styles are drawn by the best artists; and
the books are produced by rival houses
in Paris, each trying to excel the other
in the character Of its publications.
Formerly they were printed in French;
but they are now published in English
for the use of American readers.
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LADY MCDONALD has Just completed
her first literary effort and it is pub
lished in the August number of the
Ladies' Home Journal. The title of
the article is, "An Unconventional
Holiday" and it is an enchanting story.
The illustrations are furnished by Lady
Mcdonald.
WoRrHINGToS Co.. also announce for
Immediate publication, Columbia" a
story of the discovery of America, by