The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-05
THE MAGAZINES.

For Oct. l the Chap-Book appears in
| new cover, Of Beardsleyesque design,
representing low-brOwed woman of
ungainly proportions sitting upon a
bench and gazing in reverie upward at
an angle of forty-five degrees. The per-
petrator OF this cover drawing Is Frank
Hazenplug. More to the point is John
Bennetts graceful poem, 'In a Rose
Garden" which we quote:
I "A hundred years from now. dear heart,
We will not care at all
1t will not matter then a. whit,
the honey or the gall.
The summer days that we have known
Will all forgotten be, and flown:
The garden will be overgrown
Where now The roses fall, 70.
A hundred years from now, dear heart.
We will not mind the pain
The throbbing, crimson tide Of life
Will not have left a stain.
The song We sing together, dear,
VIII mean no more than means a tear
Amid a summer rain.
A hundred years from now, dear heart,
The grief will all be.oer;
The sea OF care Will surge In vain
Upon a careless shore.
These glasses we turn down today
Here at the parting of the way:
We will be whleless then as they.
And will not mind 1t more.
A hundred years from now, dear heart,
Well neither Know nor care
What came of all life's bitterness
or followed Iove's despair.
Then fill the glasses up again
And kiss me through the rose-leaf rain;
Wen build one castle now In Spain
And dream one more dream there.
Before we dismiss this issue OF Chap
Book a word should be said In praise
of Dawson Watson's drawing In three
cOlors Of a girl with wind-tOssed tres
ses standing upon the cliff-like shore
with face turned seaward. In every
particular except the girls face this
conception Is admirably done; but the
face needs veil.
Easily the paramount achievement
In Chips for October-that clever little
Gotham publication which, after Nov.
|, will be issued weekly-is f. G. Bur-
ling's portrait Of Bret Harte. which APP
pears In white against a black back
ground representing an ace Of hearts
ob5curing a cabin In the gulch; while
In the foreground are daisies, clover
blossoms and honey bees. The por-
trait Is finely typical Of Its subject and
deserves to be preserved. A portrait
In black-and-whlte OF Hall Caine by
James Brevort Cox is beautiful In con-
In Its adjustment of light and shade.
The literary contents OF this issue OF
Chips comprises several readable
sketches and verses, OF which Louis
HOw's Imitation of one OF Mary II.
wilkins New ENGLAND stories i'm
presses us as the cleverest.
...U II II ~,
"a MclIaren story, g0sslpy study Of
MaeteIlinck, the new Belgian apostle
of the occult In art, and O forecast OF
Zola's forthcoming novel, "Rome," are
some of the Special features OF the Oe-
tofber Bookman, to which. OF course,
are added Its usual popular depart-
ments that keep one in touch with the
world Of current literature. Tho Nc
Laren story alone Is worth the price OF
admission. How Watson does sweep
the strings that control the tear-ductsi
II llYh
or the 10-cent magazines, we suspect
that the Cosmopolitan has, this month.
a shade the best Of the competition. Its
kipling jungle story, concluding that
wonderful series of Impossible Mowgll
tales in which the gifted Rudyard dem.
onstrates his entire supremacy over
facts: HopcinsoSt, Smiths quaint story.
Jonathan with Kemble's ddainter
pictures; Frank Clark a timely paper OF,
modern Cuba, and Elizabeth Cardozo's
unique conceit which she calls 'sTyhe
Pursuit OF 'flappiness'' form a list OF
'features' that carries weight.
McClure's. however. 10 close second;
10 ~ q. % I