New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-11
MAGAZINE NOTES.

Mr. Howeps appropriately hegips his pew story.
IAN Open Eyed Conspiracy" In the July h"'"o. -
s-rhe century" We say appropriately because 'ne,e
Is in this 'Idyl Of Saratoga. as 1t is cai'eu III ~
title precisely the summer material In the 'ea'"e'
NJ which Mr. Howells ia happest: ana tnere 10 e'.'
Indication that he will carry Bash aarc" or" ~
wife who reappear In the tale thro"sn s' - a,
charming as some OF those so bright ana an! -
"Apr,l Hopes" wherein he touches the nishess ~
- ,., NIGH. he called his social vein The figures
a, IAN Omen Eyed Conspiracy promise TO DE a'ius
ing and they will undoubtedly fuihi 'ne - ~ s,oh
the spirit-of Saratoga. That Is the spirit IA
Mr Howells is working within these he"es' P"e
Of his and il is peculiarly welcome IN '"e nv
son when II is the bounden duty OF ncto" "D0,
-..e,,c fiction 10 hover between chiffon ana c'a'e'
on, Thu nresent number OF THE Century might
proa,ablv nave lowered along these ines 'i'o'e"
moro space than IS occupied by MI ho"e.iS 49,,
.,+e. hut Il Is not easy find fault with the various
ESSAYS and other papers set forth' there IL ~ ~
-, l. ..od among them. In fact THIS Is an ul'-
commonly readable number for one OF summer MI
Rrvce continues 10 be interesting IN MS ip
sons of South Africa" The ramlis ne0o' ~
Nev.s Execution is curious bit OF oa'a, VIZ"
preservation among Napoleonic arch''es anu ,ha
subject mgn h ,gs Things is an uneven little per
formance irresistibly funny in patches ~ ;e over
r melancholy reader that retussssa ~ %. Nrst and
come Of these ''emblems' notably '"e
There an opportunity provided IN TINS very of Mrs
Wh.rton's last emblem 1t runs as follows: ii, rS
was once who had seen me IKE n But he
was skq man and IT., ,Es,s ss ne with Straw
could produce only mud sn nut benase he could not
Snild temple for his god. But one who passed, s sy
said to nn is 10 Save no god the other l. to build
mud hut and mistake 1t for the rarthSn aer on ST.
Peters which is printed rst in the table one OF Of the
10 NOT he
tons to Cheap eudebooks. We viii say 'n pser 80
write in the stye o. sasge eeyeT Was sucG lament
abe twadde printed about one Of the sqeHfeS
themes IN ,o novei Writing Without delay. His
talents were not meant to be EXPENDED upo" ''
Peters
1h. e5it,ns of the last "Scribner has been sa-
racously managed How cool the perod'ca IL,
with its openng pages devoted TO Coney lsiahd anu
with Sir W Martin Conway talking in capt'Va'-
ing way little further about his Alpine climbs
TIE Anime enthusiast has been having his nm
nys 10 most alarming degree oil ia'e' ou' "''.
nil il Is difficult TO feel anything but enJosi"e"'
IN the presence OF his ardent prose IL Is aiinoS'
never mere prose. The baldesi writer so'heio"
gels something into his words when he Is Writing
escst an Alpine adventure which nothing else III
~, ,ord will mt there-something Of strength ana
heroic beauty something of air 50 clear that Il
seems 10 blow through man Hhhu anu 'o
SIR w Martin Conway has enjoyed MS SNOWY
travels and he makes his reader ENJOY 'heii'' Wv
Mr. Julian Ralph writes at the opposite pole from
his Alpine colleague, but he is no Jess reau"p'e
1t is his gift 10 make familiar or common 'h'hs
Interesting Such a gift Is usually believed 10 De
on ennanage of genius alone and Mr.. Ralpn IS
no genus ,s 4G' swIIables Of Coney Island a
and bewich!ng glamour? HIS paper %, OF ' me hest
thngs nresented in recent periodical literature
The facts all there, Mr. Ralph naXing mar ar
shaled them with the care Of an experience re-
norter but better still the pages are fun OF me
Coney Island flavor. the something iha' makes II
place of delight-to those who delight IN Mt IL: ~,
Ii would be interesting to know why M ar,
Barre set out 10 write Sentimenta io,in cbon,er
is in evidence now in July and tn ro WORK 70 nave
be continued through the yer n nrTe 10 70 tell
us ali about IL? Ii is nice to know these Things III
rtime.
Mr.. Ralph Is as much master Of his pen in
.Harpers" as in the magazine 10 which reference
has Just been made. He is perhaps less original
less delightful in The Love Letters OF Superihe
Gold" than he has been in previous stories OF a
similar sort. but this is good work nevertheless
There Is much entertaining fiction in this number
but the more important contributions are OF
historical or semi-historica nature PRESIDENT
Thwings paper on Ohio Is instructive and apposi'e'
And Senator Lodges account OF EnghsA Eec-
tjons' is even more 90 At the opening of cam
pa.gn in which the genial Daniels OF MugwumpeTy
will be holding the British voter and candidate
I'D for the edication of the lost and utterly wcked
American ii is worth while looking al me Ehssi,
election II really IS senator Lodge uesclioeS ~
as accompanied by violence and corruption to an
that would hardly be created were ~ less s
suhoritativey stated. And the DAD side OF the
situation is seen in TIE tepd tone OF many OF the
English journals to whose eom mdien o De refers
The upshot OF the matter IS that WINE tne MuS
wump should nc doubt 0oae OF Reepng alive he
ought ask people 10 believe IN ioii.Isi
saint stuffed with sawdust. But this Is 10 pre-
suppose sense of humor on the part OF 'he mug
wump
The chief service rendered to the reader Of sum
n,er magazines by the July "McClures is titflla-
ton Of his eagerness 20 some day copy OF Inc
Rag. or as /, should more respectfully be styled
"The Civil and Military Gazette" On THIS indian
paper Rudyard Kip.lng and Z. Kay Robinson We're
colaboratcrs and. the latter being the Kind OF man
who could write about --.png as he does in his
"reminiscences published in "McClures we feel sure
that THE Rag must have been picturesque Jour
nal IN their day Oi course i, nay ne -, t'a AZ
the stuff and Kipng's name VIII re fosied upon the
book. He has already suffered attentions Oh ms ms
wants is copy Of The Rag itself The Lincoln
adStltted. with nore Justification Of themselves as
they proceed than the authors commonplace meth
obs would have seemed to promise
The current issue Of The Cosmopolitan" is an
neunced as a 'fction and travel number but ex-
cept for the concluding instalment Of Mr. Stocktons
tale Mrs Gifts Yacht. there is nothing embraced
by this announcement Wnich IS OF any CONSEQUENCE
Does Mr. Walkers study Of Aerial Athletes and
The Coming Race come under the head OF travel!
If So Mr. Stockton's excellent pages have compan-
,onship But how boNesome Mr. Zangwili Is IN
"Uriel Acosta." how very boresome In fact, MI
Zangwills is of those hastily acquired repuia-
tons which the less depressing because
they refuse 10 die sudden death. Something lin
rering" runs the line In The Mikado. something
with boiling oil in IT," Memory recalls that touch
ing passage when a clever writer having done his
best absolutely refuses ~ stop There is something
ye+y boiling o!iy abous Mr. ZangwiiIs wou.dbe witty
prose