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the Austrian Parliament, ABOUT
Play Acting" and Concerning the
Jews The collection will be illus
trated by Lucius Hitchcock and Others.
There is breeziness about the June
number of The Smart Set that makes
the magazine Of cleverness" douDly
welcome at this season. Its editor
might with IMMUNITY offer handsome
reward to any reader who will find
stupid sentence in all the 1G0 pages
Beginning with the first story,
novelette, by Louise Winter entitled
'Hearts Aflame.'' the number is
pyrotechnic literary display by the
brightest writers of the times. Hearts
Afiame" exposes the very inner life Of
New York society while telling an
absorbing story of the reconstruction
of woman's reputation by her friend
and champion, leader of the fashion
able world, who herself is beset by
temptation. Edgar Fawoett contributes
" Bayard Bendelow," a startling
chronicle of the life Of the worlds
most discussed and interesting multi
millionaire; Mrs Reginald de Xoven,
In her story, 1.-THE Saving Revelation
has far surpassed all her previouH
literary efforts; the tale of Pascal
and Morand." by John Regnault
Ellyeon. has a grace, q charm aud an
originality now recognized as charac-
teristIo of all the work of this author;
1.-THE Moose Matrimonial" is scintil-
lating story by Edgar Saltus, whose
cleverness ia rivaled by Guy 6omer-
vile in "The Soprano on the Links, !"
an amusing narrative of an English
Ambassadors sentimental adventures
in Washington and there is a story OF
IAN Eyelash Finish, by Martha
MoCulloch- il!iams, that will interest
every lover of racing. The Smart Set
has already gained q reputation for its
1 poems and verses, which, like all the
other features OF this magazine, are
very different in character from thUse
in other periodicals. There is little in
the vague, Numbering style about
skies and brooks. but there is much
that is strong in the element of human
nature, particularly the emotions. In
the June number are poems that will
live In literature by Bliss Carman,
Caroline X. Duer, Ella Wheeler
Wilcox, Charles @. ID. Roberts, Gin
ton Scotland, Minna Irving and
Madison Cawein.
Current History for June sums IN In
admirable form the news of the past
month. To the reader of the daily
newspapers and all who try to keer
abreast Of the tide Of progress in these
days, this monthly epitome is of the
greatest value. y 1t presents the Rist Of
what has been going on, giving all the
essentials and putting the reader In
familiar touch with all the comElicatec
| - tn Lac, ,to,, tex
number cover the entire world in theil
glance, including, among scores O
ether topics. able reviews Of the lates
developments in the Boer war and tn,
political issues arising therefrom; oul
dispute with Turkey over the Armenian
indemnity claims; the general politica
!, situation In Europe; the Russian ad
; vance in Central Asia; all the develop
ments in the extreme East; Cuban AMI
! Porto Rican questions; Philippins,war
the coming Presidential contest; lead
! ing incidents of the business and in
. dustrial world; British Imperial an,
] Australasian Federation movements
Isthnian Canal problem; contem
poraneous events in South America,
: Asia and Africa the Total Eclips
/ of May 2Sth; Color photography
| new mechanical inventions; valuabl
> archaeological finds at Ephesu
!. and Crete; Eoumenioal Conference
Methodist General Conference; bi
] ographies Of many important per
. sonages; 7 maps; 36 portraits, &c
| 81. 80 q year. Single numbers, 10 cents
5 Boston: Current History Go.
8 Timely topics receive careful. intelli
! gent and Instructive consideration
q the Juae number of the Locomotiy