The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-30
LITERARY NOTES.

The fall OF Santiago and the smashing
of Cervera's f1eet-two of the greatest in
cidents of the war with Spain are Illus
trated In the highest style of art in Les
Hes Weekly this week. The title page
shows the Oquendo, Cervera's magnif-
cent war ship. as she appeared after she
had been almost shot TO pieces In thir-
teen minutes. Two other fun pages are
given to showing all that was left of Ger
vera's famous End formidable Spanish
ncet after Schleys fighting squadron
had finished its deadly work. A double
pPgc is devoted to the surrender of San
tingo, and the heroic achievement of our
army that led Up to that notable event.
II is from sketches made by Charles Shell
don. the fsmcus war artist now with the
army at Santiago. Another page shows
SIMPSONS fleet bomhardng Santiago
from the harbor. This Is one of the best
works of schell, the noted marine artis;,
whose pictures from the front have adde 4
so much interest to the pages Of Leslie 8
Weekly A full page Is devoted to Homo
lulu's enthusiastic welcome to our troops
who stopped there on their way to the
Philippines. A page is devoted to photo
graphs and sketches of notable young
men who have gene to the war. The
leading editorial shows THE enormous
possibilities of the Pacific coast" Alto
gether, this is one of the best Leslies
Weekly's fame us war rumbers.
The August number of the Century has
number of features Of special timeli-
ness, Notwithstanding which the endeavor
has been made to keep up the Century 8
standard in engraving and printing. Mrs
Mary Bradford Crowninshield writes a
striking romance of a Spanish-American
dictator, the title of her story being
Sangre de Cristo." Frederick A. Ober.
late commissioner in Porto Rico for the
Columbian exposition, contributes a pa
per on "The Island of Porto Rico" In
which he describes the characteristics of
the land and the people, and tells of the
vast resources of the island. Osgood
welsh, an American sugar grower
brings out new facts in Cuba as Seen
from the Inside" Both of these articles
are fully illustrated. Walter Russell
gives the Impressions of IAN Artist with
Admiral SIMPSONS Fleet" with sketches
from nature of bombardments and the
capture of prizes. Hon. Frank A. Van
derlip. assistant secretary of the treas
ury, presents Facts About the Philip
pines. with ~ Discussion of Pending
Problems" Wallace Cumming, an Amer
lean business man, pictures Life In Ma
nila.' and there is reprinted from one
of the first numbers of the Century an
amusing article called "A MILDLY in Ma
ii'"' "iitteIi NY Bdlne. Inc
destruction Of the Spanish fleet in Manila
bay is described by three eye-witnesses,
there being narratives by Colonel George
A. Loud, DR.. Charles L. Kindlebergar ar,
junior surgeon of the Olympia, and Joel
{. Evans, gunner of the Boston.
o
Godey's Magazine for August presents
several bright topics for pleasant mid
summer reading. Among these are the
Illustrated travel stories. Fisher Folk
OF the Gulf of Mexico" by Leonora f.
ELISE, and life among the Germans at
'Freiburg IN Baden" by Katherine r.
Reighard, that tell of the lives and GUS
toms of certain people little understood
by American readers.
The fiction of this issue is especially
strong. The principal stories are the
continuation of the Golden Sorrow" the
last work of the late Maria Louise Pool,
and the closing chapters of 1.-The City Be-
yond," Agnes l.. Pratts singular tale of
"one who died and dwells in the next
planet" Added to these features are a
unique Japanese tale written in Japan csc
style by Adachi Kinuosuke. and dr1ll
| story by Alma Carlton, Brother Dun
stan and the Grabs"
superb frontispiece by H. w. Phil
lips. with descriptive poem, 1.-THE Tiger"
opens the issue of the magazine. and is
followed by a charming series of pictures
OF the prominent People of the Amer-
can Stage of Today"