Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-27
Literature,

grandfather of the novelists) the ruin
the founding brought to the Brontes,
his revengeful kidnapping of Hugh
Bronte, when years old, the horri.
bic slavery for nine years, during
which the captive experienced cruel
ties which formed material for the
story ''Jane Eyre, just as the earlier
villainies of the Dark Founding
furnish material for "Wutherinp
Heights" the escape of Hugh Bronte.
his wonderful escapades and meeting
with the beautiful Alice McGlorv.
who becomes the grandmother to the
novelists; all these are told in Nc
Clure's for August.
The July New England Magazine
Is a bright summary number, the
very thing to while away the tedium
| or railroad travel or to complete the
luxury OF recreation at the seashore
or in the mountains. The editors
have put it together with due regard
to the season, and it is one of the
best OF mic summer magazines. There
is more fiction than usual, and it is
of the highest quality, and deals with
unhackneyed subjects. Among the
contributors are Rev. Julius III.
Ward writing on the White noun
tains: Price Collier on "A Frontier
Army POST" Henry Lambert on
Forest and Forestry" Walter Black
burn Hartc on The Common and
Human in Literature:" Oscar Fay
Adams ''In the Footsteps of Jane
Austen" description of the homes
and haunts Of the author of pride
and Prejudice" and ..Northanger Abb
bey;' and Iitella Cooke The Mock
ing Bird
The complete novel in the August
number OF Lippincott's is lin the
Midst of Alarms" by Robert Barr
duke Sharp. 1t is tale of the Fe-
MAN invasion of Canada in 1871.
The sixth in series of Lippincott's
notable stories is james Holiday"
by Valerie Hays Berry. 1t is illus
trated. In The Lady of the Lake. -
Julian Hawthorne describes some of
the statuary and other attractions of
the Columbian exposition. The ath-
letic series is continued in an article
on 1.-The NATIONAL Game" by Norton
b. Young. 1t is accompanied by
portraits of several leading PLAYERS.
"Zachry Taylor, his Home and Fam
Ily," is by the presidents grandniece
Mrs. Annah Robinson Watson. It'll
corrects certain popular errors las
that concerning the first marriage of
Jefferson Davis and gives much in
teresting Information about one of
the least known of our great men.
This article is illustrated, as is an
other valuable biographical paper.
"a Philadel phia SCULPTOR William
Rush) by f. Leslie Gilliams. VII.
Babcock discusses "Supermundane
Fiction, " and NJ. Crofton, in MEN of
the Day." presents brief sketches of
Sir j. f. Millais, Sir Arthur Sullivan.
General Diaz, and Philip ID. Armour.
The poetry Of the mum Der is by Clara
Jessup Moore, Howard Hall and NJ. |
II. G.
Worthington's Illustrated Maya
zine for August opens with the second
of interesting papers entitled, Ran
dom Notes on Hawaiian Life writ
ten by G. 7. Rodgers, NJ. D., prom
inent physician, now and for many
years resident of Honolulu. The |
article treats OF the native feasts: of
Honolulu's picturesque background. !
with description of the Pail and
the superb view from its summit: of
beautiful Waikiki, 1.-THE Long
Branch of Honolulu of the fern and |
shell and wild animal hunting of
Hawaiian youths, and furnishes a |
very graphic account of life and work |
upon the great sugar plantations. |
from the planting of the grain to the |
granulating of the sugar The third
paper will treat of Mauna Loa with |
its lonely crater dome rising nearly |
1000 feet, and of Kilauea. 1.-THE |
volcano" where natures fires are
never eXtinguished. The illustra-
tions from special photographs are
noticeable for their beauty and ar
tistic reproduction. adding greatly
to the enjoyment and value of the
article. Mrs. Livermore's eighth
paper of personal experience, .'In
ole Virginny.'-Fifty Years Ago, us
like all the others, vivid in its Dor
trayal of family life upon remote
plantation. From first to last this
record is full of interest and will
amply repay the reading of old and
young in all classes of society.
Scribner's Magazine for August is,
as usual, fiction number, contain
ing six shorJ stories, five of them
illustrated, and installments of two
short serials by Robert Grant and
Harold Frederic. This idea of fic-
ton number was first realized in
Midsummer, 1SS9, and it has proved
one OF the most popular features of
the magazine. In it have appeared
an unusual humber of short stories
which have become famous, several
of them having been the beginning
OF the national reputation of well