Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-16
LITERARY NOTES.

BtIEhShh Nohr''
One is reminded of Marryat's ro-
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 the Hon. John
f, D'Brien, is that the former was fic-
| .itious and the latter real. The young
| Irish officer lived through series
of hairbreadth escapes by sea and
, land and clipped at last with his old
love, who brought him half million
sterling, the marriage occurring of
course at Gretna Green.
The August Atlantic contains sew
eral articles that will attract critic
| ism and discussion: President Brad
, ley's practical and much needed pa
per on political Education;" Talcott
| Williams "The Irice of Order" how
to rule colonies, and Mark b. Dun
neli's sour Rights in China mott
timely and appropriate in the pres-it
crisis.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Wards
new novel has been bought by the
Ladies' Home Journal, in which period
ical it is about to be published seri.
ally. 1t is called THE Successors to
Mary the First" and is one of the
most humorous and yet real pieces
of fiction, touching the servant girl
| question, ever written.
The August number of the National
Magazine contains a great amount
and variety of timely and readable
matter. A glance at the contents
page is a 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 1.-THE Crisis in China" and each OF
them regards it or discusses it from
q different point of view.
When the manuscript of Ronald
magazine. Seven articles are devoted
MacDonald's THE Sword of the
King" was read with a view to its
publication in book form, the dra'
matte quality of the story was instant
ly remarked. Many of the scenes
seemed to need but a touch to make
them effective before the footlights
The publishers were not surprised
then, to learn, after the book was
accepted, that in its original form il
was a play, and had already beer
performed in England for copyright
purposes. 1t is interesting to know
that Mr.. Macdonald spent severa
years in America not long ago. The
entury CO., Union Square, New York
"Philip Gerard" by Prof. Ed Am
| =.
College of Oratory and English, De!
Moines, Iowa, and author of seyera
books which have proved pronounced
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 hav,
spoken very highly ofhis latest work
and no Iowan should fail to read it
Address Drake University College O
Oratory, Des Moines, Iowa.
Among the practical September ar
ticles in the Delineator for September
are "Preserving by New Methods,
by Edna Witherspoon; Farming fol
Women" by Mrs. Moses p. Handy, ant
Russian Cross Stitch Embroidery
with page illustration in colors
Picking: Its Life and People" is il
tustrated witt. rare and authenti,
pictures gathered by Isaac Taylor
Headland during his ten years pro
fessorship in Picking university.
Stephen Bonsal, whose informa
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 cleal
and exhaustive account of the various
reform movements in China, and es
pecially of the rise and growth OF
the Boxers, together with "A review
of the complex and eventful career OF
the empress dowager.
"a Prisoner Among Filipinos" i,
the title of Lieutenant Commander
James C.. Gilmore's account of his
extraordinary experiences in the Phil
ippines. which begins in the August
McClure's. Lieutenant Gilmore was
captured by savage tribes while out
in small boat with scouting party
on the east coast of LuZon. For sew
eral months these men travelled hun
dreds of miles through the heart OF
Luzon, enduring unspeakable hard
ships.
The Midsummer Holiday Century il
chiefly notable, perhaps, as introduc
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 a young
oman still in her early twenties, ant
the scene she has chosen for hel
first effort in fiction is Paris at tn,
time of the accession of Henry "
The story, which will run for severa
months, 10 called THE Helmet O
Navarro"