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life of a young girl. Important ethica
| questions, especially that of divorce
| are touched upon, and the story has
a high moral purpose. The translation
is made by Mrs. E. w. Latimer. and i
authorized by Nine. Blanc. 1.-The Liv
ing Age is a weekly eclectic magazine
which for more than fifty years ha:
| been a favorite with American read
ers. It now begins new series ant
appears in new and attractive dress
suggesting '"The Atlantic Monthly" IL
the clear legibility of its pages The
familiar cover is to be retained, but Il
has been newly engraved and other.
| wise modernized. THE Living Age,
being a weekly magazine, suffers some
| what by comparison with the monthly
magazines of the first class, If the com
parison is made of single numbers. Bu
it actually gives a larger amount OF
matter each month than any Of the
monthlies. Thus "Harper's Magazine
contains 172 pages each month; THE
Century" 160 pages; "Scrbner's Mag
azine" 12S pages; and The Atlantic
Monthly" IA pages; While THE Liv-
ing Age gives each month from 2S(
| to 344 pages, according as there were
/ four or five issues Florence Bells
plea for the Better Teaching OF
Manners in the THE Living Age fol-
October 1st, will be profitable to al
who, as teachers or parents, have any
| thing to do with the training of young
people.
Marguerite Merington, a dramatic
writer of distinction and author OF
| Captain Lettarblair," begins the first
| of series of articles on the Dramatic
| Outlook in the October issue Of 1.-The
American Queen" (New York;. The
series promises to compel a great deal
of attention from students of the dra-
ma. Rita" Ghe famous novelisD, FL
| len ThOrneycroft Fowler and Annie s.
Swan contribute three new short stor-
| les, all Of which are copiously illus
trated. Abby E. Underwood and Alex
| Rummler have three pages Of illustra-
| tiOns Of the fall and winter fashion.
There are two special articles on how a
self-supporting woman may dress we'll
| on 500 a year. Each article gives the
list and prices Of the necessary articles
that should go to make up a woman 8
| wardrobe There are a number of
| special articles on various subjects, in
Guiding cookery, embroidery work. the
toilet, etiquette, the new dress goods
and trimmings, how the hair should be
worn by the various types Of women.
The October issue of THE American
Queen" is we'll up to it's usual high
standard. This issue contains about a
hundred original illustrations.
''Lippincott's'' for October Philadel-
phia) has these papers: Confessions
of an Aide-de-Camp," F. A. Mitchell;
War and Trade" Fred Perry Powers;
"A Friend" (couplet), Clinton Scollard;
"a Family History Adeline Knapp;
"Tishs Triumph; Declarations of
War" Lawrence Irwell; Oklahoma
Claims" Helen c. Candee; Jealousy"
poem), Carrie Blake Morgan; "Artil
lery, Ancient and Modern" Lizzie NJ.
Hadley; "Grandmas Diamonds" R. L.
Olbar; Military Balloons" George ].
Varney; Indian Summer (quatrain),
Charles Hanson Towne; I'm Defense of
Desolation," Charles C. Abbott; Gray
Eyes in Fiction Nina r. Allen.
The widow of Richard Wagner some
time ago authorized her husbands life
lain, to write, with her assistance, two
articles on THE Personal Side of Rich
ard Wagner" Mr.. Chamberlain under
took the work, and The Ladies' Home
Journal philadelphia Secured the ma
terial. The articles are singularly
valuable in that they give a complete
picture of the man in his home and
daily life, and contain much new mat
ter, while many of the illustrations and
portraits have never been printed.
There are two articles, His Personal
Side" and How He Wrote His Operas"
and the first appears in the October
number Of the magazine John Ken
drick Bangs newest stories are to ap-
pear in the Journal They are called
Stories Of a Suburban Town" There
are several. and each will relate some
droll incidents in the life of a small
town which every "suburbanite" will
instantly appreciate and enjoy laugh
ing over. The first portraits taken of
Mary E. Wilkins which she has ever
liked are printed in the October Jour
nal" There will be nine of them, and
they will show the famous New Eng
land story teller at home and with her
friends around her.
The October number of "Harper's
Round Table (New York; opens with
a story entitled THE Capture of the
Rita" by Harold Martin, war CORE
spondent in the West Indies. Another
story of timely interest, the scene being
laid in Cuba, is called The Dynamite
Pack Train" 1t tells of the courage of
young insurgent officer who had COM
mand of mule train that was attack
ed by a Spanish column. Other short
stories Of the October number are
'Runner-Up, '9S,' by F. H. Spearman,
a golf story; "a Very Little Fellow"
by Captain G. D. Rhodes, U. S. A., is
an incident Of life at an army post in
the West; and Jack Forsyth's Brave
Feat" by A. J. Kenealy, tells how a
plucky lad saved ship from wrecking
during a simeon in the roadstead Of
Madras.
The Engineering Magazine" for Oc-
tober (New York; is notable for contri-
buttons to the study of the broadest
existing industrial movements, as we'll
as for the range of engineering works
of which 1t treats. Sir Nathaniel Barn
ably discusses what might be termed
one of the unforeseen Developments OF
the Hispano-American war-the "Ra-
tional Basis for Anglo-Amerioan Co.
Operation" Wharton Barkers theme,
''The Industrial Interests of the United
States in the Far East" takes another
phase Of the unforeseen sequences of
recent events, and indicates, in most
valuable manner the line of policy
which will lead to business success in
China n r " Knox raviauS YpoSt