Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-31
CURRENT LTrEKATURs.

The quality of timeliness, the supreme
virtue of to-day. is strikingly evident
in Ainslee's Magazine for September.
From the very first article, The In.
ternational Congress of Women" by
Charlotte Perkins Stetson, to the very
last, ''The Industrial War;" by an
anonymous contributor, Ainsee's has
a grip on tho pulse of the world. Mrs.
Stetson's article is keen, clear and
streaked with a grain of delightful
humor. 1.-THE Alaskan Boundary Dis
pute,n by Arthur |. Street, contains
the whole story of the trouble from
the date of the earliest dissension to
the moment when the Boundary Com
mission adjourned so unsatisfied and
so unsatisfying. 1.-THE Author of David
Harum," THE Business of the Ex-
press Companies, 1.-THE Mayor Of
San Francisco" and 1.-THE Practical
Side o. Trade Expansion, by Charles
il. Cramp, are other notable features
in Ainsloe's for September. "The In.
dustrial War; is an exceedingly able
and interesting analysis of the most
tragic, the most intricate and, appar
emily, tho most insolvable problem Of
our day. he writer, whose name is
withheld, shows manly sympathy
and clear vision. His bearing is
judicial, rather than argumentative,
and his conclusions are such as deserve
the sincere study of the capitalist, the
striker and the man without job.
Street d Smith, publishers, New York,
The yacht Columbia, built to defend
the America Cup, sweeping before the
wind with every yard of canvas filled.
is the subject OF beautiful colored
picture by the famous marine artist,
M. }. Burns, on the cover OF the
Soptember number Of 1.-THE Ledger
Monthly. Tho yacht is followed by o
crowd of excursion boats, and far in
the rear is the outline Of the Sham
rock--a situation apt to be fulfilled At
the close of the great race. A portrait
OF the late Robert Bonner, founder OF
the Ledger, forms the frontispiece, and
the funeral address on Mr.. Bonner,
delivered by his friend, the Rev. Dr..
Jonn S. Macintosh, of Philadelphia,
is given on the following page.
southampton, the popular summer
resort on the east end Of Long Island,
is the subject of three pages of in
terosting illustrations from photographs
o. the principal cottages. In the
Hour Of Peril is the title of capital
| short story by Miss Julia II. Twclls'
THE Chase Of the Bark Mentor" IS
q narrative of the saving Of an aban-
deoned bark by the brave men of tine
Nantucket Life Saving Station, with
| views of Nantucket and of Billy Clark,
the Town Crier, from original pho
| tographs. The late Mrs. e. ID. +. n,
Southworth, the distinguished novelist,
IS the subject OF brief obituary
notice, accompanied by an interesting
photograph and fac-simile of her hand
writing, forming touching mement.o
| OF this popular writer 1.-The Guilt
| vation of Physical Beauty" is the first
OF a series of admirable articles Tor
women who desire to preserve their
good looks and perpetuate their youth
ful charm. Mrs. Clement Farley''s
article addressed to girls deals with
the changes of the autumn season, the
| uplifting Influences OF tenderness and
| courtesy in the home, the lasting re-
freshment OF occupation, and the value
OF education to every selfrespectins
young American girl. Mrs. L. Barton
wilson, tells in delightful way how
TO embroider the bureau set and
carving cloth for the dinner table,
with precise directions and illus
6rations easily followed. Stephana's
I travels in Trousersi' is most
amusing and pleasant tale by W. j.,
henderson of girl who wished herself
. boy, and who, after little en-
Perienoe in trousers, fortunately in .
dream, awoke very happy to find her
self a girl in petticoats. This is only
part OF the contents of this number
Of the Ledger Monthly, which for
interest and variety, was never sur
passed by this popular magazine.
Robert Bonner's Sons.
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