Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-25
LITERATURE.
New Publications for May,
Reviews of Late Magazines and
Newest Books.


Outing for May is truly a sports
mans paradise in letters and pictures.
II revives all the memories of sue
4 essful hunt or fish at any time in life
and projects the mind forward in
4 hopeful anticipation of again some
day playing at Munchausen with rod
aud gun, or performing feats and won
ders at field sports as in the days of
yore. 1t is an inspiration to any man
young or old who loYe out door sports.
The ParIsian for May has a COM
plete review of French literary and
art matters; there is an illustrated ar
ticle on women artists of Paris that is
"alone worth the price of this num-
ber" S1.5O year, Carnegie Hall,
New York.
The Philistine for May is strange
assembly of sarcasms, good stories and
ronceits to move the laughter mus
Giles of stone man. 1t is the only
magazinelet of its kind and there is
but one Elbert Hubbard and but one
East Aurora, N. Y, in the world, and
that is enough.
There is a dearth of good stories
for boys and girls, stories that are
worth reading aloud. and stories that
influence the young to the building
of a strong, unselfish and sympathetic
manhood and womanhood. The best
addition to this much-desired class
of literature is "a Virginia Cavalier
by Mollie Elliot Seawall with twenty
illustrations and published by Har-
per & Brothers. 1t will bear reading
aloud in home or school as it contains
not word that is not ennobling and
improving. A millionaire who would
present ten such volumes to the pub
lie schools of each town in America
would do more to build sound ster-
ling characters in our young men and
women than all the laws that can be
enacted against cigarettes, yellow kid
literature and other evils complained
of. The implanting of high ideals by
means of entertaining stories about
real historical characters has not been
pursued enough as part of general
nublic education. We find when we
Investigate the life Of great man
that the germs. of success took root in
n few books that made great impress
sion while the mind was in a plastic,
receptive state. The story of Wash
ington was meyer better told for this
purpose and this volume Is destined
to become a classic.
Drexel Biddle, publisher, Philadel-
phia, sends us three booklets from
the pen of Anthony j. Drexel Biddle.
The first is an allegory and three
essays of philosophical turn, not en-
croachiDg too much on the domain oc-
cupied by Herbert Spencer. The
''Froggy Fairy Book" is a pretty
dream sketch with pretty illustra-
tions but shows that the author has
not fully grasped the problem of lit
erature for children, except from the
standpoint of entertaining them and
here he certainly excells. The third
volume is composed of eight papers
with maps aud plentiful illustrations
on "The Madeira Islands" 1t is
bound in cloth and makes compact
guide book or historical reader on
this strange, beautiful and remote
part of the world.
If state publication of work on
politics were ever justiiable it would
seem to be in the case OF Herber'
Spencer's work: 1.-THE Coming Sla
very: The Sin of Legislators; INT
Great Political Superstition, nov
printed by the Humboldt Publishing
Co., "a East Fourth street, N.
Until States have the wisdom to ipuh
lish this work for free circulation, l
can be bought for 10 cts. of the aeoV
firm; get their catalogue.
The Atlantic Monthly for Ma
ought to be in the hands OF every ne'
Englander, as it contains seVera
valuable papers on New England so
cial conditions.
The Bookman for May has the mos
delightful bill of fare conceivable an
this magazine seems determined L
supply readers with the full round {
the worlds Literary information
There are special articles on Austl
Dobson, Edgar Allen Poe, Stevenson
Nansen, and Charles Lamb. III
happy faculty of treating agr ca
light of letters of the past as thoug
he were still treading the Earth OF z
day belongs exclusively to the Bool
man. At least it seems TO possess tn
knack of making the WORTHLESS OF ID
H. An ~ rxona caaua live in III