Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-21
AUGUST MAGAZINES.


harpsr's Magazine.
| In Harper's Magazine for August Mr.
Richard Harding Davis has an article en-
titled THE Inauguration, which gives {
complete and picturesque account OF thu
ceremonies on this occasion. Frederick
Remington has a Stirring tale OF the
plains. illustrated by his own clever and
characteristic drawings. There are Other
short stories by Owen Wister. Mary
Hartwell Cottonwood, Bliss Perry. Mary
NJ. Mears, Mary Berri Chapman and
Alice Duer and the second installment OF
1.-The Kentuckians," by John Fox. Jr
F. HOpinkson Smith writes most enter
tainingly OF the celebration of the 1O00th
anniversary Of Hungary. under the title
of 1.-The Hungarian Millennium" There
are also the third number of Frank
StocktOn's serial, ''The Great Stone OF
Sardis," general poems and an interesting
account of the campaign ragged by the
state of Massachusetts against the gypsy
moth. entitled "A State in Arms Against
Caterpillar" by Fletcher Osgood.
The Arena
for August has as It's leader n strongly
written and valuable paper entitled ''Evo-
luton: What 1t Is and What 1t Is Not. y
by DIR. David Starr Jordan. Mr.. Robert
N. Reeves contributes a discussion of
the limitation of wealth, which he would
control by graduated taxation and other
devices. George H. Lepper and John
Clark, Ridpath. the editor of the Arena.
4 hA of hr Not.
ais" the former writes of "Bimetallism
Simplified. while DIR. Ridpath's paper is
"Bimetallism Extinguished. The re-
naming articles which are of much in
terest and value, treat almost entirely of
reform matters.
MccIurss Magazine.
The August McClure's is a special mid
summer fiction number Rudyard Kip
ling leads off in a complete novelette,.
dealing with school life in England, and
army life in India.7It is entitled Slaves
of the Lamp" A Conan Doyle contri-
butes story called 1.-THE Voyage of Cop
ley Banks" Anthony Hope writes of Mr..
c. D. Gibson on Love and Life" with
drawings by Mr.. Gibson. and Robert Barr
has a stirring tale. Gentlemen, the
King" The number is also remarkable
in poetry. James Whitcomb Riley, in a
dialect poem, Our Queer Old World" Cy
Warman, the engineer poet in will the
Lights be White?" Albert Prigelon Poine
also contributes a short poem of unusual
French writer. gives lively and vivid
sketch of the Paris Gamin."
The Atlantic Monthly.
One of the leading features of the Au-
gust Atlantic Monthly is an article by
John Muir, one of the greatest authori-
ties on American forestry, entitled The
American Forests II is a glowing and
appreciative description of their beauty
and wealth, and powerful plea for their
preservation by the national government.
Following the Emerson and Sterling let
tors. which appeared in the July Atlantic.
in the current number Dr. Geo. Birkbeck
Hill, the eminent English critic has edited
the first group of Some Unpublished
Letters of Dean Swift" William Allen
White. the we'll known Kansas editor.
writes on "A Typical Kansas Commu-
nifty" Charles Egbert Craddock's strong
serial. The Juggler," which has been
running for so many months in the At
lantic, is concluded in this number.
L'ppincotts Magazine.
The complete novel in Lippincott's for
August is Two Daughters of One Race"
by Mr.. Edgar Fawcett. BIRD Artists" is
an instructive paper contributed by Mr..
Frank Fl. Smut The branch of art which
is chiefly considered in this article is ar
chitecture; otherwise the building of
nests. Are You Going to College:" by
A.; l.. Benedict, considers in brief ar
ticle several of the elements that make up
the problem of college education. THE
Marine Hospital Service" by Joanna r.
Nichols. gives some interesting Informal
ton about what she claims is the most
distinctly American institution in our
country.
Scribner's Magazine
for August Is fiction number. First in
order is Kipling's railroad story '.O07.' a
unique piece of work, describing an ex-
perience of a young locomotive. The Sec
ond is realistic sketch of the new Jour-
nalism" by Jesse Lynch Williams, en-
titled 1.-The Stolen Story" The frontis-
piece by Volk represents a famous scene
in THE Scarlet Letter." Another remark
able result in color work is the four page
reproduction of designs by Vogel to ac-
company a poem by Marguerite Mering-
ton. There are six stories, Impressions
of Mount Ranier," beginning of a series
on the ''Unquiet Sex" and the initial
paper of series of experiences by stu
dent of social problems.
The only traditional elephant story
that seems to have any basis of truth
Is the old tale of the elephant and the