Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-13

anu mater OF SURPRISING interest, as
well as numerous excellent illustra-
tions, mark the beginning of the sec
ond volume. Among the more prom
inent features in the contents for
July are symposiums on the battle OF
Gettysburg and Vicksburg, by we'll
known Survivors on both sides.
These articles are embellished with
about 80 engravings, all made cspec-
tally for Blue and Gray.
The July issue of the Club con-
tains an interesting and authentic
article on Club Life in Japan, -
written by John j. Quin, English
consul at Nagasaki, Japan. Mr..
Quin's long residence in Chrysanthe-
mum land gives him the ability to
speak by the book. The Financial
Magnitude of the Club Movement is
also discussed in this number, and
there is much bright gossip of clubs
and clubmen from San Francisco,
Philadelph and the south. The
magazine is handsomely illustrated
with drawings by well-known artists,
not the least attractive feature being
a cartoon by Chip" the subject,
The First Handicap" being appro-
pirate to the season
An important article, entitled
The Future of Presbyterianism in
the United States" has been written
for the July number of the North
American Review by Prof Charles
A. Briggs, whose recent trial for
"heresy'' created so much excite
ment. The duke of Veragua has
written an article on The Family of
Columbus How Distrust Stops
Trade" is the title of an article by
Edward Atkinson, the well-known
economist. The July number of the
North American Review will contain
an article on 'Silver Legislation and
Its Results" by the eN-director of
the mint, Hon. Howard 0. Leech.
Should the Chinese be Excluded"
is question that will be answered by
Congressman Geary and Col. Inger-
soil. Among the short articles that
will appear will be Australian Wo-
men, by Julia X. Nicholson. and
The Weakness of Mr.. Davis
Strength" by T. c. DeLeon.
The midsummer Cosmopolitan. the
first at the new price of 123 cents per
copy, though unchanged in size. eX-
GELS any other issue of that magazine
in the number of its distinguished
contributors, in the interest of its
contents and in its Overlooking illus
trations by famous artists, Francois
Coppee, William Dean Howells, Ca
mile Flammarion, Andrew Lang.
Frank Dempster Sherman, H. H.
Boyesen, Charles DeKay, Thomas A
Janvier, Colonel Tillman, Agnes Rep
plier and Gilbert Parker, are n few of
the names which appear on its title
page. Three frontispieces, all by IA
nous artists, furnish an unusual fea-
ture, and among the artists who con-
tribute to the 119 illustrations adorn-
ing its pages, are, Laurens, Reinhart,
Fem, Toussaint, Stevens, Saunier.
Filter, Meaulle and Franzen The
midsummer number is intended to
set the pace for the magazine at its
new price of 124 cents copy or S1.50
year. The magazine remains I'M
changed in size and each issue will
be an advance upon its predecessors.
Literally, every known country is
being ransacked for material in the
hope to bring the Cosmopolitan for
ward as the leading magazine in the
world.
The Review of Reviews for July
very fifty calls attention to our en-
trance on new age-the age of cleo
tricity-in its three absorbing arti-
Giles on the newest marvels and the
even more Incredible things to be
expected. The great electrical ex-
hibit at the Worlds fair is described
by j. r. Cravath. This paper is fol-
lowed by two more under the title
1.-Two Giants of the Electric Age
c. d. Lanier tells of the personality
and sketches the picturesque career
of Thomas A. Edison. The interview
with Mr.. Edison presents fully the
great inventors views of the further
triumphs in electrical science that
are about to come to us. A striking
and picturesque contrast to the Edi-
son article is j. Munro's character
sketch on Sir William Thomas. Lord
Kelvin. Mr.. Munro tells how Lord
Kelvin made the Atlantic cable pos
sibls and how he invented the best
mariners compass; and the personal
ity of the great Scotch professor is a
theme of no less absorbing interest
than his wonderful achievements in
science. AL these articles are pro-
fusely illustrated with portraits and
pictures.