Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-07-30
LITERARY NOTES.

Short stories by Rudyard Kipling,
Rowland E. Robinson. William Allen
White, Cutcliffe Hyre and several 9TH
ers, make McClure's Magazine for
August especially fiction number.
In Mr.. Kipling's story we have new
and most diverting chapter in the lives
of those most ingenious and audacious
English school boys-Stalky, Beetle
and McTurk. In Mr.. Whites we have
an account of the first real passion of
our old friend, the King of Boyville,
Winfield Hancock Pennington-fami-
liarly known as Piggy" The other
stories are no less Characteristic of
their authors, and all are interesting.
cheerful and wholesome, affording a
diversion that is both nutritious and
palatable. The fiction. however, is by
no means all that is noteworthy in the
number. 1t contains a religious poem
by Mr.. Gladstone: an account by Col.
Andrew S. Rowan of peculiarly haz-
ardous secret journey made by him
across Cuba, after the war began, in
order to carry messages from our gov
eminent to the insurgents; the con-
clusion of Charles A. Dana's reminis-
cences, giving new information re-
garding the fall of Richmond, the as
sassination of Lincoln, the arrest of
Jefferson Davis, and other events at
| the close of the war; and an account
by Maj Zen. Miles of his obser-
vations and experiences as a guest of
honor, last year, at special royal re-
views and manGuvers in Russia, Ger
many and France. The illustrations
of the number are remarkably fine,
and so is the special cover designed
by Kenyon Cox.
The Partisan Magazine for August
has among other illustrations fine
collection of half-tones of the Paris
salon. The number is devoted en-
tirely to fiction and contains a repre-
sentative array of fine stories by such
authors as Paul Bourget, Ernest Dau-
Diet, Max Nordau, Mime. de Bovet. Sill
vestre, Rameau, and others. Plots
salon picture Innocence" appears on
the cover in fine half-tone work in
three colors. The whole makeup is
attractive and the printing is finely
done on expensive paper. .'How
Paris is Amused" profusely illus
trated, is announced for the following
issue. Price Is cents. All news
stands, or address Carnegie hall, New
York
Godey's Magazine for August pre-
sents several bright topics for pleasant
midsummer reading. Among these
are the illustrated travel stories,
Fisher Folk of the Gulf of Mexico, =
by Leonora f. Ellis, and life among
1.-THE Germans at 'Freiburg in Baden. >
by Katharine F. Reighard. that tell of
the lives and customs of certain peo-
Iple little understood by American
readers. An article on The Lebanon
Shakers" by Charles S. Haight, is also
of marked interest; and a contribu.
ltion on The Chicago Public Library
adds a feature not before covered
1.-Two special topics of popular charac.
ter are found in George E. Walsh S
"Gold Extraction From Sea Water, -
land Andrew L. Sibbald's ..Odd Facts
About Telegraphy." both full of sug.
gestiveness and information. The
fiction of this issue isespecially strong.
| Outing for August is filled with
breezy pen-pictures of seasonable
sport and pastime and many beautiful
illustrations. The contents include:
How to Get Out of Trouble in Golf, y
by Willie Tucker: "Shore-bird Shoot
ing" by Fisher Ames, Jr. The Yarn
of the Yampa," by f. l.. II. McGin-
nis; ITO the Catskills Awheel," by
A. H. Godfrey; "A Bit of Sea-fishing, :
by Ed. w. Sandys; The Romance OF
a Jack Scott" by NJ. Gertrude Gun.
dill; The Sporting Clubs of the Adj
rondacks, by S. A. Miller; "A Sum-
mer with Tennis Experts" by j.
Parmly Paret; The Borzoi," by H.
Nv. Huntington: .Salmon-fishing in
Newfoundland" by Cockburn Har.
lvey; Golf on the Seaboard," by
Hugh l.. FitzPatrick; Camping in
Comfort, by H. A. Hill, and the
usual editorials, poems and records.