Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-08-07

number at Harper's Magazine is eight COM
plete stories. These are lin addition to ga
Sergeant of the Orphan Troop" by Frederic
Remington) .sShaio n's Choice" by Owen
Wister, illustrated by A. B. Frost; "The
Cobber in the Devils Kitchen" by Mary
Hartwell Catherwood, illustrated by G. Garlic
ton; In the Rip" by Bliss Perry, illustrated
by A. b. Frost; "The Marry ing of Esther"
by Mary M. Mears; ga Fashionable Hero
by Mary Berri Chapman: "A Fable for
Maidens," by Alice Duer.
The complete novel in the August issue of
Lippincott's is "Two Daughters of One
Race" by Edgar Fawcett 1t is a domestic
tale of love and blindness, with single hero,
and two heroines whose characters are in
marked contrast. Its well-known author has
done no better work. % Private Barney
HSgan," by Lieutenant Charles Dudley
Rhodes, and "Two Letters by Frances M.
Butler, are brief and pointed army stories,
the latter relating pathetic incident of the
civil war.
The fiction number of Scribner's Magazine
has had a wonderful record for a decade 1t
has made the regulations of many new
writer's and increased the esteem in which
the old ones are held. This issue sustains
the well-earned reputation. 1t contains six
complete short stories by Rudyard Kipling,
Kenneth Grahame, Frank r. stockton,
Blanche Willis Howard, Molly Elliot Seawell,
and Jesse Lynch Williams, and it appeals to
many kinds of taste, for they are, respec-
lively, a railroad story, story of childhood,
a farcical tale, pathetic story, q fighting
story, and a new journalism story.
One of the curious and interesting Incl
dents of the last presidential campaign was
the profound impression made by single
editorial published in western paper. This
editorial was printed under the caption
"What's the Matter with Kansas? :" and the
author, William Allen, sprang into immedi-
ate fame He has also published volume of
stories of Kansas life, and he now contributes
to the August Atlantic on !" Typical Kan
typical Kansas town, tells who the people are,
their amusements and their social life; the
significance of all this he studies from the
sociological and economic standpoint.
The August issue of Table Talk, outside of
its usual useful and entertaining depart
ments, such as The New Bill of Fare, House
keepers Inquiries, Seasonable Menus and
Recipes, and Fashion Notes, assumes quite
the air OF camping life, giving an article on
" Cooking in Camp" by Cornelia G. Bedford,
and a sketch entitled :" Memory of Camp Life
on the Plains" by Mrs Grinnell. 1t also con-
tains the story of g Strange Plants and Fruits
as Food, by Ethel Ramsey, and other
seasonabie and interesting matter. sample
copy will be forwarded free to any of our
readers who send their name and address to
Table Talk Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
There is wide variety in the contents of
the August number of st. Nicholas, Charles
ThaXter Hill, the artist who has written a
number OF articles about the New York fire
department for this magazine contributes Il
sketch OF Peter Spots Fireman. Peter
i dog belonging to one of the engine COM
ltnies in New York, and he is as enthusiasts
tic fireman as any one in the depart
ment A. Hyatt Verrill tells of !" Some Com
mon Bees and How They Live" and there is
large variety of interesting articles beside
these.
The midsummer holiday August Century
is a Gravel number" and it opens with a
panorama of the Hudson river from the
Bartholdi statue to Albany, presented in
series of large illustrations by Andre Cas-
taigne, accompanying paper on "The Lord
ly Hudson" by Clarence Cook. Other illus
trated travel articles include GA Journey in
Thessaly,' by Prof. Thomas Dwight Goodell
Of Yale, setting forth in picturesque way
the scene of the recent fighting between
lark and Greek, and particularly the Won
derful monasteries of rhessaly; "The Alas
ka Trip" by John Muir, an account of the
wonders which one may expect to see in the
l3 days trip from Tacoma, besides several
others.
Block Island is the subject of magnifi-
Gently illustrated article by Samuel w. Men
dunn in the August lumber of the New Eng
land Magazine. We think that it has never
before been made the subject of an important
article. 1t is well entitled, however, to the
prominent and beautiful treatment which the
New England here gives it. 1t has had an
interesting history, and its present life is
interesting. 1t is picturesque place, and in
these times is becoming u most popular
resort. Mr.. Mendum is lover of the
isolated island and writes with zeal, and his
work is admirably supplemented by the
artists, who certainly had splendid material
and incentive. Warren F. Kellogg, Park
Square, Boston, Mass.