Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-15
LITERARY NOTES.

IIarpers Bazaar, to be published on
June ,. will be distinguished by an
especially strong presentation of the
department entitled, Club Women
and Club Work. conducted by Mrs.
Margaret ii. Welch, with portraits of
distinguished club members. An
article on What Women are Doing i'm
the West by Ella w. Peattie, will
interest large and influential class
of women.
Henry James, who has become n
correspondent of llarper's Weekly,
contributes to the issue of June an
article on ''London's Great Picture
Exhibitions which have been held
this spring. Among the other contri.
buttons there will be an impor'cnt
paper by Edward Porritt on f.'rne
New Era in Canada written with
special reference to recent Can adian
tariff legislation, and an article on
National Parks and Forest Reserva-
TONS by John Muir, both of which
will be fully illustrated.
The Cosmopolitan for June publishes
an excellent article by L. Il. Conpery
giving the Secret History of the Gar
iield-Conkling Tragedy" 1t will be
found of great value and exceedingly
interesting. Another article of ex-
ceptiunal merit in the same number is
''Constantinople' by Peter Mcqueen.
"Sugar-the American Question OF
the Day. is the title of an incisive
article by Mr.. Herbert Myrick, of the
American Agriculturist, in the June
Review Of Reviews. Mr.. Myrick pre-
sents the farmers reasons for insisting
on farmers sugar schedule in the
Dingley bill, as opposed to the de-
mands of the sugar trust.
One of the most striking magazine
articles of the month is by BENJAMIN
Ide Wheeler, recently resident in
Athens, who writes IN the June
Atlantic on Greece and the eastern
question. He explains the historical
significance Of the Graco-Turkish
question, and interprets the position
of the great European powers in regard
to the struggle now going on.
Few people know that John Wesley
was ever in America. Few know that
it was he, and not Robert Raikes, who
established the first Sunday school in
the world. 1t was John Wesley who
preached the first Methodist sermon
delivered in the United States. In the
Ladies' Home Journal for June Rev.
w. j. Scott win tell in the Great
Personal Events" series the story of
when John Wesley Preached in
Georgia" which is said to be one of
the most interesting narratives in this
most successful series
The June number of the Art Inter.
change is accompanied by three color
plates-two in colors and one in black
and white. The color plates are AT
Grand Menan, Coast of Maine" by A.
Il. Britcher, and "Orchid Study by
Paul de Longpre. The number is, as
usual, full of interesting and valuable
information, which no one who is
interested in art can afford to be with
out. Its designs and illustrations will
prove especially valuable, the former
being alone worth the price OF the
number An investigation of the
merits of the Art Interchange will
make 1T regular visitor in many
homes where just such monthly is
needed.
"Quantrell, the Guerrilla Chief" in
the June number of the Midland
Monthly, is thrilling tale of the
Missouri and Kansas border. and of
the tragic walker Raid" in which
several Quaker youths from Iowa were
betrayed by Quantrell. June DAYS
at Cape May by George Merriam
Hyde, is breezy picture of famous
resort, the author evidently unin-
fluenced by hotel patronage. Mary
AVIS Scott pictures old Corpus Christi
on the Mexican border. birds of the
Midland Region" by David L. Savage,
the ornothologist, begins in this
number