The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-30
THE LATE MAGAZINES.

THE LATE MAGAZINES.
China and all things Chinese are sure
for A time to be OF engrossing interest TO
the general reader Grams Magazine
FOR July has an article, the hrst OF a
regular series by Editor Clare giving a
resume OF the history leading up to the
present difficulties. and another generally
descriptive OF present conditions around
Pekin and along the Petite, China and
the New Seat OF War" by Victor Kenyon
To these important presentations OF the
news OF a present center OF world-news,
ere added such valuable articles as Paris
and It's Fair" by Spencer Townsend |
Mark Hanna and His Convention" by a. |
Logan, the Anglo Boer War and the /
philippine Insurrectlon" Cboth historical
resumes Of the month";, by Editor Clare
"a Prisoner Among the Fillpinos" is the
tide OF Lieutenant Commander James c.
Gnlmore's account OF his extraordinary ex-
perienoes In the Philippines, which begins
In the August McClure's. The illustra-
lions by W. X. Leigh after the 6u-
thors own sketches are narvelousy
graphic Mr.. William Davenport Hubert
tells about a porcupine living in the woods
of Michigan and describes his mschievous
escapades, his adventures with human and
brute foes. and the misfortune that beiel
/ him in his old age, as II he we're a real
human being. This article Is illustrated
, with. pictures from photographs by A. K.
i. Dugmore IAN International Wheat Cor
/. ner" by j. D. Whelpey, gives a somewhat
startling revelation OF proposition made
4 not long ago by the Russian government
: to the United States. whereby the two
Y nations should control the wheat supply
II Of the entire world and fix It's price at a
N uniform rate which should never fluctu-
% ate. These 'deualls have never before
te been made public
- The Midsummer Holiday Century is
Sc chiefly notable perhaps, as introducing a
~ writer hitherto unknown, of whose power
pc to interest those who never read serial
D. stories" the editor feels confident The
new conner, Mass Bertha Runke, Is d
H. young woman atill in her early twenties;
70 and the scenes she has chosen for her
Grr first effort In fiction is Paris al the time
s OF the accession Of Henry ~. The story,
ce which will run for several months, Is
l. called The Helmet OF Navarro" II IS
en- announced as a dramatic romance OF love
es k,ld adventure, characterized by great
p, lnventiveness and by rapid and absorbing
les action. Among the characters are the
all king and his opponent, the Duke Of May
up enne. In the department Of fiction, the
80 August Century contains also humorous
monologue, The Authors Reading ir
m Simpkinsville" BY Ruth McEnery Stuart
and three other short stores-hy Laurt
E. Richards Lille hamilton French AM
IT'S Mary Knowles NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. an inter
In estng instalment OF Dr. Weir Mitchell
,s CDR. North and his Friends" An nrtlcl
-, that u'kes the reader far ahoat is Iohl
Wy Burrouehss fret paper on the Hartman
ge expedition to Alaska ard BerlnG sea. o
lm this advepturous party we're Jchn Muir o
-, glacier fame, and r. Swain Clifford N
painter. who Is one OF the illustrators,
cs, Current History tPoston) for ,huly con
mt stitutes another link in the chain of
led complete history cf our times, covered b
,e this valuable periodical since 1890.
~ confines itself 10 the facts Of history /
-"o South Africa. the orient in fact the wid
me world over.--is written by scholars an
ely peryaded by a spirit OF jpd!cicu7n'ss an
impartslity rarely seen in the emission
Of the press in these days.
70 In the August number Of Everybody
Nv w., Magazine the delightful Autobiography c
,snt Stuart Robson grows in fascination Tn
am lights and shades OF great actors earee
now stand out wildly. The tile for the mont
hal. in the series OF Great American Indus
nro tries, is Where We Get our Salt an
49,. How" and the simple Explanation"
49, OF Tides, Trade Winds and Tomatoes.
The short stories arc all complete an
any, peculiarly we'll chosen. The articles q
'Britain's Fighting Elephants" What
Bicycle Can Carry" How Ib,ly Ro
to- Her Poor" "Delf and Dumb Soldiers
sing and "a Town Slipping into the Sea" a
the we'll worth reading
Ger
II One Is reminded OF Marryats r9mances
man reading in the August St. Nicholas Regf
EEK n aid Gourlay's story OF The Lucky Lie
Eh tenant" The difference between Mdshi
man Easy or one OF his fellows and l.
Hon. JOHN o'Brlen is that the former W
- no fictitious and the latter real The explos
the OF the lieutenants ship prepares the read
for an account OF THE Greatest Explosi
OF Historic Times" that OF the yolca
'''a' OF Krakatua. in 1888, the noise Of viii
~ nc was heard three thousand miles ava
'rous Less shocking In It's results was the owe
rnor' turning by strikers of a railway car
still which the Rev. Charles NJ Sheldon, auth
were Of In His Steps" was making "A II
this with Professional Rain maker sto
founded on fact" which he tells In a
number OF ST. Nicholas The making
'ekin "a Miniature Castle Is described, a
O. In pictured from photographs; Miss He