Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-22
MAGAZINES.

month Of September-The Opumist.
published monthly at Boone, Iowa. by
! IT, s kueedler under the modest title
OF "a Little Journal of Criticism. Re
View ana Inspiration a new book or
publication of any kind IS 20 the reader
Ike meeting the friend of "a friend. ile
ig one you hope win become a good
friend OF yours, and the first thing you
instinctvely do Is 10 notice his out
ward appearance For many first inn
pressions' are everything So It Is for
the reader he picks up the pamphlet
or book and looks u over carefully
cover and page by page. and very often
this first impression formed from its
appearance Is true Of the matter II con-
tains. From these same first impress
siOns Of the Optimist is should be
success. Il Is geographically neat
clear and attractive IN size II Is handy
for your pocket and can be "a g<)d trav-
cling friend and, further. the paper Is
good and arrangement Of matter con-
yenient Nor does one End his favorable
impression wrong upon a more intimate
acquaintance with the subject matter
Mr kncedlcr has begun on the right
lines He says
"rhe Optimist affords a free parlia-
n
few pages the editor reserves for such
utterances as be sees ft 90 make with
out appeal 20 the humOr of his sub
scribers. il he diyorts himself and here
and there chances TO find "a reader. well
and good II not. g concerns no one
except himself Forty OF fifty pages
viii be set apart IN each issue for the
expression Of others. and the only
restriction Is that they pass muster on
the score Of originality OF ideas and
vlgor or felicity of expression.
That gives an endorsement that the
magazine viii be the exponent of strong
and free thought. ana the editor, who
takes but a few pages for himself 90
divert himself and cares not for the
number OF lbs readers Is pretty sure 10
have plenty OF them.
In the opening number are some ex-
cellent articles by $. II. NJ Byers
Ernest lngerson. W. NJ Beardshear
Ella Wheeler Wilcox and a host Of
others
Mr. Eneedler intends his magazine ms
a vehicle for the literary expression
of the Middle West May his enterprise
prosper published monthly by the
Nevernod Press Boone, Iowa
Judge Francis Lowell opens the Sep
TENDER Atlantic with "The American
Ross-His Rise and Sources Of Power"
Brooks Adams follows with "Russlas
Interest In China very present
question ably discussed Mrs. Candee
pictures the wonders ~ Oklahoma
and Canon Rawslcy sketches "Oberam-
mergau" Mrs Foote begins "The
Prodlgal'--o brilliant short serial a
notable group OF great gensral interest
comprises Paul More's Ancient Feud'
-upropos OF T0lstoi. Margaret Null
lers "Gorhart Hauptmaun,' Ogdens
"rhe Press and Foreign Ncws'-iu
praise OF ola methods, Tpnts cold
southern Newspaper with appetlzing
extracts; and Fcrnald's dissection of
modern kindergarten child Reviews AZ
art Education Tor Men Recent
American Fiction" and Books on Ja-
pan' attractive short stories. brilliant
poems and @ lively Contributors club
also appear
Truth for September contains an ar
dele ON Thomas Moran. Americas well
known painter. which is fully lIustrat-
ed IN both black and white and color
The first ins'alimeut of Mrs Burton
Harris0n's delightful trip through Fin
land also appears iu this number. and
there o. an interesting illustrated aru-
Gle on "JnClo Sans Life saving Ser
vice. "The city az Boston Is spec
ill feature. illustrated On color and In
black and white There are short stor-
les poems. humorous matter and the
usual well-Allod departments.
The Youths Companion for this week
contains an unusually interesting list