The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-08-09


ing of Success" which stirs the
ambition. 1t is akin to to the hear
ing of martial strains in the way of
kindling patriotism. What a tonic
the August issue is! Even in mid
summer, in the vacation month
which idleness claims for its own,
one cannot read its pages without
absorbing some of it's ginger and
effervescence.
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The August number of the North
American Review affords most
suggestive illustration of the splendid
service which great editor renders
his readers in conducting great
magazine. While the general con-
tents are as varied as the more i'm
portant interests ofthe hour the topic
which is filing the mind and absorb.
ing the sympathies of the world is
treated with fullness and COM
prehensiveness which will illuminate
the situation for those who are anx-
iously seeking light upon it. Seven
articles are devoted to "The Crisis
in China" and each Of them regards
it or discusses it from a different
point of view.
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The August issue of Table Talk
opens with an article entitled "An-
cient Inns and Modern,' which will
interest every one who travels.
Another excellent article is on "Mos-
quitos," and is the fourth paper in
series on Household Insects"
wedding Anniversaries" is the title
of an article written especially for
Table Talk by Mrs. Burton Kings
lands, and authority.
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William w. Bates, the well-known
authority and writer on naval topics,
formerly United States Commissioner
of Navigation, opens "Gunton's for
August, with very forcible article
on Sound Shipping Protection"
urging the policy of discriminating
tariff duties in favor of American
ships, as opposed to subsidies or
bounties. In an article on the i'Two
| Platforms" Professor Gunton con-
trasts the attitude of the republican
and democratic parties on the five
most important questions in the
campaign: money, expansion, tariff,
trusts" and labor.
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With characteristic initiative, the
! editors of Ainslee's Magazine devote
the August number to the younger
writer's of American fiction. These
represented are Stephen Crane,
Harry Stillwell, Edwards, Brand
Whitlock, John D. Harry and Eugene
Wood. Stephen Cranes, THE Kick
ing Twelfth" is a battle story, and
the vivid picture of the bloody field
which he has presented, must con
vince the reader anew that American
literature has cause for regret in the
untimely end of this author.
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The possibilities of the "animal
story" are remarkably we'll shown
by Mr.. w. A. Fraser in his new tales,
entitled Mooswa of the Boundaries.
These are stories of Rod, the Boy,
and the fur-bearing animals of the
Northwest and the half-breed trap
pers who hunt them. The first of the
Mooswa stories will appear in The
Saturday Evening Post of Sept. 1.
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Mr.. Walter Wellman, the we'll
known newspaper correspondent
contributes to the Review of Reviews
for August an interesting study OF
he personnel of the Kansas City con-
vention. volcanic Scenery of the
Northwest" is the subject of an arti,
Gle by Robert E. Strahorn Mr.. Stra
horn describes the Snake River Lava
Plain and its scenic wonders, extend
ing for a thousand miles in our far
Northwest.
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The brilliant August number o.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
] which is the regular Midsummer Fic
tion Number of this periodical, ma,
: fairly be called an epoch-makin,
: achievement in ten-cent magazin,
! literature. A summaryiglace at it
J table of contents servesto justify thi
> claim.