The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06

lections Of Stevenson's literary work
while In college and q short bi0grQphi-
cal study OF George Moore. the chief
English prophet Of pessimism in fiction.
not to speak Of It's regular departments.
| all full to the brim with live news and
gossip about books and their makers.
Is charming number. and one that
well sustains this new magazines early
promises. Although not yet six months
| old. the Bookman is already indispens-
able to all who keep In close and con-
stant touch with the world Of letters.
To those who take interest In the
unique personality of the ages great
est novelist. the late Robert Louis
Stevenson. the personal Memories OF
him which Edmund Gosse narrates In
the July Century will be most welcome
Another feature of this number Is Fitz-
hugh Lees forecast Of 1.-The Future of
War;" being an attempt to calculate
the effect Of new tactics and new weap-
ons., A paper on Bryant and the Berk-
shire Hills" and the continuation OF
Sloane's Life Of Napoleon add interest
|
which all possess high merit, each In
Its particular direction.
st. Nicholas for July recognizes the
growing interest In biographical writ
ings by including among its interesting
contributions a paper by James Bald
win on Oliver Goldsmith and one by
Brander Matthews on the poet Whit
tier. These articles possess merit suf-
ficient to charm the most critical elders
OF the family. while instructlng the
younger folk.
Maurice Thompson. in the July Mid
Continent Magazine. returns to nhe
field Of fiction with capital short story
entitled "The Defense by Dissolution"
the purport of which Is how q clever
New York criminal lawyer acquitted
q client accused Of murder by frighten-
Ing Judge. Jurors. witnesses and specta-
tors pell nell out Of court. A paper In
a more serious vein is Eugenla Par.
hams discussion Of "The Negro In
America" which eulogizes the pictur-
esqueness and the pathos of the uncor-
rupted character Of the son Of Ham.
So far as we can see there Is no use in
trying to decipher how a magazine as
good as the Cosmopolitan, with con-
tributors Of the foremost rank in all
parts OF the world, can be printed and
sold at profit at 10 cents copy. It
ought to be sufficient for the not-too-
curious reader simply to know that the
thing Is being done, and that In the
July number he can, for a dime get a
quantity and quality Of reading mat
ter and illustrations every whit as good
as any sold for three and one-half
times so much. In this number Rud-
yard Kipling has a capital story, Mrs.
Burton Harrison discourses upon 1.-THE
Myth of the Four Hundred" and emin-
ent men in short letters compass the
months progress in art, science and let
ters. II Brisben Walker can stand this
kind Of thing, the public certainly
ought to.
Munsey's, also a dime phenomenon
, among the magazines, has probably the
best illustrations Of all. The beauty OF
'Munsey's pictures Is in their timeliness.
Men and women of note are mirrored
in its pages, both pictorially and by
pen, while interest in their appearance
, and doings Is yet keen; and the same is
} true Of noted pictures, architectural tri-
umphs and other creations Of public
concern. The reader Of Munseys gets a
bright newspaper elegantly Illustrated,
and robbed of most OF the trivialities
of the daily paper. That probably ac-
counts for its great growth In circula-
/. tion-from near nothing to 100000 copies
inside Of year.
, DR.. Conan Doyle Is on record with the
remark that McClure's Magazine Is "the
. most readable one me knows" Opinion
. may differ on this point, but all readers
Of the July number must agree that an
amazing amount Of first-class litera-
ture Is supplied in that issue for ten
cents. E. ]. Edwards continues his his
tory Of Tammany. Henry Muir de-
scribes the telegraph systems Of the
world; Sir Robert Ball writes down
some Of the astronomical mysteries of
the heavens; Stanley ]. Weyman, Mrs.
: f. v. Wilson and 90 have capital
short stories; Hamlin Garland eulogizes
sculptor Edward Kemeys; Cy Warman
describes a recent ride on the engine
of a London and Paris express and
Cleveland Moffett details from the
archives of the Pinkerton detective
agency the exciting story Of the
american Exchange Bank Robbery
, In future numbers Kipling will have
, more jungle stories. Robert Louis
Stevenson's latest novel, "St. Ives" will
be printed serially. and there will be
D series Of Lincoln anecdotes contri-
, buted by men who were the great war
presidents Intimate friends.
. The July Chautauquan, IN addition
, to its usual quota Of timely and In
, structive contents, contains a detailed
history and explanation Of the Chau.
tauqua summer assembly, movement
with numerous Illustrations and COM
! plete information for the guidance OF
!, lvacatloLists.
: AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS:
e Chicago Is to have another I'm de Steele
publishing house like Stone and Kimball
/ The new firm Is Way Il Williams.
II The Prince Bonaparts collection of val
uable books IL to be bought for the Boston
public library on private subscription.
n The advance orders for the cheap Eng
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