Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-20

Kr1xKAnY NOTES.
The November number Of the Delin'
eator II called the early winter mum.
bar, and contains, in addition to the
usual authoritative announcement Of
fashions seasonable dicta, a generous
amount Of literary matter of excep-
tional excellence and o profusion Of
household and social discussions Of
real interest and worth. A charming
romance brought to a happy denoue.
ment in picturesque Japan finds title
in IA Tea House Wooing," by Frances
'Stevenson. d.
The work of our army supply de-
partments in the Philippines, which
has been to great extent ignored in
newspaper discussion of the situation
at Manila, is described in the October
Review of Reviews, by Chief Quarter
master James w. Pope.
In Outing for October, sports are
given great prominence. Outing never
fails in this respect. General athletics,
football. golf, tennis, gun and rod,
kennel, and every department of sport
in which lady or gentleman can be
interested receives the careful atten-
ton of writer's who have become IA
nous authorities in their chosen fields.
In text and illustrations the number is
one of the best that ever left the
presses.
In Language as Interpreter OF
Life President Benjamin Ide Wheeler
writing for the October Atlantic,
shows that language is the heart and
life of nations, the social bond, and
the medium that brings the student
into touch with the life attitude of
other nations as embodied in their
speech.
The largest issue of Harper's Weekly
ever published is the Dewey Memorial
number. Between it's ornamental COW
ers, printed in colors, are fifty-six
pages, devoted almost entirely to Ad-
miral George Dewey and the eventful
incidents in his career. For interest
ing and authoritative articles and fine
drawings this Dewey number is per-
haps unprecedented in the annals Of
illustrated periodicals..
The special fashion number of Har-
per's Bazar,. published October 9TH,
contains comprehensive and authori-
tative Presentation of autumn and
winter fashions. The number is elab-
orately illustrated aud gives full de-
scriptions of the reception gowns, out
ing costumes, capes, wraps, house
gowns, etc.
The Doubleday & Mcclure Co., New
York, have published Rudyard Kip
ling's "stallsy & Co." Mr.. Kipling's
trio have as distinctive a
place in his readers hearts as the "Sol-
diers Three" who first made him IA
nous. They are real, manly, honest,
rough-and-tumble boys, surely fore
the resourceful men who
bear the mighty responsibility of Eng
lands colonial governments. Indeed,
one of the stories shows these "three
of England in after-years,
when as men they have taken up "the
w ulIc MILL DuIucu LII AAuA".
The fifth printing of 'The Man
With the Hoe" and other poems, by
Edwin Markham, is announced by
Doubleday & Mcclure Co., New York.
No poem of recent years has caused
more wide spread comment than "The
Man With the Hoe," and the book
shows that the author has done much
more work that possesses rare merit.
The book is printed in the customary
neat style of the Doubleday g. Mcclure
Co., and can be had for $1.O0.
Herbert Stone & Co., Chicago and
New York, have recently published SIN
Castle and Colony" by Anna Rayner,
author of "Free to Serve" It is de.
lightful story of Sweden, written in
such an entertaining style that the
reader is fascinated from the begin
ming to the end. We have rarely read
a book where the tale was better told
than in this one. For sale by Baker
Trisler Co., booksellers, Des Moines.
Houghton, Mifhin & Co., New York,
announce the twenty-third thousand
If prisoners OF Hope" by Mary John
ston. Miss Johnston's novel of colo
nal Virginia has advanced steadily
Ind surely in popularity as its un-
common power, historic imagination,
clear discrimination of character; its
most interesting love story, and its
literary charm have gradually become
more widely known. The States, of
New Orleans says: 'The tale is of in
;erest rarely so well sustained. One
moves into it fascinated from the be-
ginning. 1t is notably strong in des-
,ription. The relation of the thrilling
experience of Landless and Patricia on
he bosom of the storm tossed Chesa-
,eake, the graphic story of the battle
without quarter between the besieged
and their loyal help on the
me side and the slaves and Indians on
he other, Miss Johnston has done
With genuine cleverness. The tale is
lot less admirable in the delicacy of its
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"squarc Pegs" by Adeline D. T.
Whitney, comes from the press OF
.Mifflin & Co.. New York.
The frequent attempt to put square
,egs in round holes has suggested to