The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-09
Sentember Magazines.


Harper's for September contains
Around London by Bicycle by Eliza
beth Robins Pennell, illustrated by JO-
seph Pennell; The Milkweed,' the last
unpublished work of William Hamilton
Gibson, illustrated by the author; "A
Twentieth Century Outlook by A. T.
Mahan; George du MAurier," by Henry
James The Beginnings of the Ameri-
can Navy" by James Barnes, Illustrated
from old prints and documents; and
"The Lotus Land of the Pacific" by
John Harrison Wagner, illustrated by
number are "The Great Medicine Horse,
an Indian Myth of Thunder by Fred
eric Remington, with illustrations; 1.-THE
Lost Ball." by w. G. van I. Sutpen, IL
Illustrated by w. H. HYDE; 1.-The Look in
a Mans Face by NJ. Urquhart, illus
trated by Gustave Verbeek; "Without
Incumbrance, by Emerson Clifford Tay-
Tor; "Her Majesty" by Marion Manvi!le
Pope; and "The Various Tempers of
Grandmother Gregg" by Ruth McEnery
Stuart, which opens the Editors Draw
cI."
The opening article of the September
Atlantic is by Theodore Roosevelt upon
Municipal Administration the New
York Police Force" The much asked
question, "Are the Rich growing Richer
and the Poor Poorer" is answered in an
article by Carroll d. Wright, commits
sioner of labor, who says that while the
number of rich men is increasing, the
relative number OF poor men is decreas-
ing. Prof. Ira \. Hollis, of Harvard
University and formerly of the United
States navy, writes on "A New Navy"
Prof. Woodrow Wilson of Princeton
University, writes literary essay of I'M
usual interest and charm. Under the
title "On Being Human he attempts TO
define the subtle charm in literature.
Bradford Torrey writes of natnralist's
studies and rambles in the delightful
mountain gion Of North Carolina, and
Mable Loomis Todd tells of the eXpe-
rience of the American Astronomical ex-
petition tn Japan to witness the total
eclipse of the sun in 90.
The beginning of the school year is
signalized by the appearance of Srprem-
Der st. Nicholas. rtfe frontSpiece is a
reproduction OF the painting by Geotfroy,
"a Village School in Brittany Vir.
GINA Cahel Gardner contributes a story
Winchester telling how little lass
was chosen 10 recite an epithaamium
before Queen Mary, on the occasion of
the latter's marriage TO Philip OF Spaiu.
Charles +. Hill, who has written num-
Der of papers on the New York fire de-
partment, has another one on Floating
Fire Engines" "a Right Royal Robe, :"
described by Frederic A. Lucas, is o. e
made wholly of rare feathers, the work
of scores of years, belonging to the kings
of the Sandwich Islands. john A. Lind
sey tells Of most unusual experience
ia mountain travelling in paper called
"A Wagon up a Tree" 1.-The Maid OF
Hainault,' by Emma Huntington Mason,
is a poem about famous player OF ten
mis- in the long ago, ETC., etc.
Col George +. Waring, Jr., contrib
utes to McClure's MagaZinr for Septem-
Der an article on The Cleaning of Il
Great City, reciting the story of his
own experience as commissioner Of
street cleaning in New York city during
the last two Years aud II half. Another
article that gives novel as we'll as timely
Information is an account of Life in
the klondike Gold Fields by a man
who has himself had an important share
in it. The article is illustrated from H
series of recent photographs.
"Brother Jonathan aud His Home" is
the subject of the opening article in the
September number of the New England
Magazine, the article being from the pen
OF Rev. William Elliott Grffis. "Broth-
er Jonathan" as everybody knows, was
Jonathan Trumbull, the great governor
of Connecticut in the time of the Revo-
luton, the staunch friend and supporter
of Washington, who gave him the title
which has stuck so we'll. His home and
the centre of the state government 10
his time was the old town of Lebanon,
Connecticut. DR.. Griffis tells with much
interest and spirit the story of his re-
markable life and services, and gives US
a bright picture of the old town as it is
to-day. His article is illustrated, An
article which deals in a somewhat similar
way with the old and the new ia that
upon Old Dover, New Hampshire, by
4