Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-17
LITERARY NOTES.

One Is reminded OF Marryat's 70.
mances in reading in the August st.
Nicholas Reginald Gourlay's story of
''The Lucky Lieutenant" The differ
ence between Midshipman Easy or
| one of his fellows, and tho Hon. John
O'Brien, is thar the former was fic-
titious and the latter real. The young
Irish officer livel through series
of hairbreadth escapes by sea and
land and elopeN at last with his old
love, who brought him half a million
sterling, the marriage occurring OF
course at Grctna Green.
The August Atlantic contains sew.
! eral articles that will attract critic"
| ism and discussions: President Brad
tey's practical and much needed pa.
per on "Political Education;" Talcott
| Williams 1.-The Trice of Order" how
to rule colonies, and Mark B. Dun
heli's sour Rights in China"-most
timely and appropriate in the present
| crisis.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Wards
new novel has been bought by the
Ladies' Home Journal, in which period.
teal it is about to be published seri-
ully. 1t is called "The Successors to
Mary the First" and is one of the
most humorous and yet real pieces
| If fiction, touching the servant girl
| question, ever written.
The August number of the National
| Magazine contains great amount
Ind variety of timely and readable
natter. A glance at the contents
page is revelation in the way of the
comprehensive makeup of popular'
priced magazine.
The August number of the North
American Review affords a most sug"
gestive illustration of the splendid
service which a great editor renders
his readers in conducting great
TO "The Crisis in China" and each Of
them regards it or discusses it from
different point of view.
| When the manuscript of Ronald
magazine. Seven articles are devoted
MacDonald's "The Sword of the
| King" was read with view to it's
publication in book form, the dra-
matte quality of the story was Instant
ty remarked. Many of the scenes
seemed to need but touch to make
them effective before the footlights.
The publishers were not surprised,
then, to learn, after the book was
accepted, that in it's original form it
was a play, and had already been
performed in England for copyright
purposes. 1t is interesting to know
that Mr.. Macdonald spent several
years in America not long ago. The
entury Co., Union Square, New York
"Philip Gerard" by Prof. Ed Am
herst OFT, of the Drake University
| al Of Crli
Moines, Iowa, and author of several
successes, is meeting with splendid
reception by the reading public. The
author is widely known as an educa.
tor of some twelve years experience,
but is most widely known through
his Vital Topic Lectures. The news
papers throughout the country have
spoken very highly ofhis latest work,
and no IOwan should fail to read it.
Address Drake University College Of
Oratory, Des Moines, Iowa.
Among the practical September ar
ticles in the Delincator for September
are "Preserving by New Methods"
by Edna Withcrspoon; Farming for
Women" by Mrs. Moses p. Handy, and
"Russian Cross. Stitch Embroidery"
with page illustration in colors.
Picking: Its Life and People" is IL
Illustrated with rare and authentic
pictures gathered by Isaac Taylor
Headland during his ten years pro-
censorship in Picking university.
Stephen Bonsal, whose Informs
ton on the subject has been obtain
ed at first hand, writes in the August
Review of Reviews on "The Chinese
| Revolution" His article is a clear
and exhaustive account of the various
reform movements in China, and es-
pecially of the rise and growth of
the Boxers, together with review
of the complex and eventful career of
the empress dowager.
"a Prisoner Among Filipinos" is
the title of Lieutenant Commander
James G.. Gilmore's account of his
extraordinary experiences in the Phil
,ppines, which begins in the August
McClure's. Lieutenant Gilmore was
captured by savage tribes while out
IN a small boat with scouting party
On the east coast of Luzon. For sew
.ral months these men Travelled hun
dreds of miles through the heart OF
Luzon, enduring unspeakable hard'
ships.
| The Midsummer Holiday Century is
chiefly notable, perhaps, as introduce
ing writer hitherto unknown, OF
whose power to interest those who
never read serial stories the edi
tors feel confident. The new conner
Miss Berthan Runkle, is young
voman still in her early twenties, and
the scene she has chosen for he,
first effort in fiction is Paris at the
time of the accession of Henry ~
The story, which will run for severa
months, is called "The Helmet O.
| Navarro"