The times., 1897-07-27
AUGUST MAGAZINES.

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Harper's Magazine for August comes OUT
with colored frontspece, by Frederic
Remington, who follows 1t up by an Illus
trated story called The Sergeant OF the
Orphan Troop The story Is told In
Remington 5 usual clear-cut style. audAlu
trateG with the unnlistakable Remington
horse. The second article i'll the magazine
is calm and eiispassionate view or ne
Inauguration by that exquisite statuette
of merican special reporting, Richard
Harding Davis Mr. Davis, after careful
reflection, has picked out several fresh and
original features OF the iuaugur alton. which
he thinks ought to be noticed One OF
these is that the President Of the United
States does not have himself entirely sur
rounded by armed guards when he rides
down the Avenue. and another is that we
cannot compete with the stately celebra-
tions OF the Queens jubilee, and ought not
to be expected TO do SO. But Nj Davis
cIowning display of acume.i comes in quite
unexpectedly He says that the people
not only march in the parade, but ac-
con,plish the somewhat difficult feat Of
stan ding on the sidewalks and seeing them
selves as they do it.
Were 1t not for this astonishing discovery
Mr.. Davis report OF theinauguratioD might
be deemed deficient from a journalistic
point of view. But in this statement he
has scored scoop so brilliant that he
could hardly have exceeded it had he de-
clared that he saw a live sea serpent
parading down the Avenue alongside the
marines. If the American nation is bright
enough to stand on the sidewalk and sea
itself go by--if even one person In the en-
tire American nation could do this not to
say few hundreds or thousands of people
there is no earthly reason why We should
bow before the crowned heads OF Europe
Mr.. Davis report is a gay success.
Among the articles OF fiction, Owen
Wister describes In a subdued, yet feel
ing manner, the trials OF Judge at a
children's 'prize speaking and calls the
story sharon IS Choice" Mary NJ Mears
writes OF 'The Mari ying OF Esther" and
Mary Hartwell Catherwood contributes
fine piece of work In The Cobhler in the
Devils Kitchen" Poultney Bgelow's A fri
can sketches continue, this time dealing
with the jamestown raid; and F Hopkin-
son Smith writes in his usual amusing
style Of The Hungarian Millennium"
without doubt the unique feature OF the
August "A tlantio'' is a very short article
on 1.-THE Striyings OF the Negro PeapIe.''
by Burghardt Du Bois The author, who
Is a negro, treats the subject with q COM
bination of quaint and delicate humor,
and practical common sense and true
pathes, which is somewhat rare 1t is
an inside view OF the race problem, and
without an inside view that problem can
not be solved
Rowland E. kobinS)n's sketch OF ante
bcilum and aboIitionist days, called Out
of Bondage is a good story and an
artistic contrast to the Du Bois article
Alvan +. Sanbom gives US the best paper
he has yet written in his article on "A
Massachusetts Shoe Town'-BTompton.
Mass. which he makes strong pic
ture OF the conditions OF twenty-five years
ago and OF the present day. Close beside
this is William Allen Whites article on
"A Typical Kansas Community full OF
the push and go OF the Middle west and
OF State pride as well. The Westers man
has believed in this town, as q Tule, ever
since nc made her acquaintance. he has
built her up in this faith and W hen he
lets go OF the faith Il VIII be tine for
him to die or 10 move.
Among the purely literary features are
"sOme Unpublished Letters OF Dean swift"
and an article by Enrico Fern on The De
linquent in AIT aud Literature"
st. Nicholas, as is appropriate for mid
summer, the fairies especial season. seems
given over to fairy lore We have A Four
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| ciila's Fairy Godmother. and three or four
other semi-magical songs and stories The
! practical articles which balance the thistle
down lghtness of fairy lore are Some
Common Bees and How They Live. On
the Grand Banks and Elsewhere" and
| Peter Spots, Fireman."
The novelette, In Lippincott's is TWO
| Daughters OF One Race by Edgar Faw-
! aett, weil-toId. interesting. and not too
| intense story OF modern American life
| For some reason or other nearly every
| writer in Lippincott's for August has
| chosen commonplace subject There
are half a dozen articles entitled A re
| You Going to College, Bird Artists =
''rhe Book Which Has Most Benefited
! Me.'' (heaven save the mark Will tn at
| topic ever wear 0ut@ THE Charm OF the
Inexact,'' and ''Singing; It's Past and
| Possibili Still there Is doubtless
| something new to he said on these sub tects.
| and sonic one TO whom each one OF them
| will prove of absorbing interest
The August number of the Cosmopolitan
! contains an impassioued description OF I'm
| dian Starving" by Julian Hawthorne. His
view of the English officials and OF the
native government IS intensely discourag-
! ing, and the only bright spot which he finds
/ is in the work OF the missionaries Per
/ haps the most unusual featureof the maya
| zineis ''Jarans Stage and Greatest Actor, 4"
| illustrated The Illustrations look rather
like huge and magnificent beetles, but It
is easy to see, nevertheless, how an actor
| Of real dramatic power might be impress
| sivein Japanese stage toggery.
poem by Bret Harte, ''Hasta Manans.'
recalls she earlier Californian days OF his
| work in its lazy rhythm and Mexican
| flavor Perhaps the prettiest thing, how
ever, In the whole number. are half q
| Dozen studies OF home life taken from
| artistic photographs. Every picture
| tells a story-a story of quiet, refined
| graceful American motherhood and child
hood There Is nothing peasantlike
about these pictures, but they are unmis
| takably American and unique.
NO MERCY FOR MRS. MAVERICK.
The British Government Declines
to Mitigate Her Sentence.