Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
LITERARY NOTES

seliai ~ liz Sentufy Magazine \,
last August. will be publish.s
book form on May i. The edis;nao
be 100000 copies-which is MI
TO be the largest first edition
novel ever published in An
even in these days of record.hs
ing sales.
The Winning War Against 4
sumption" is the title of an
contributed by Sylvester Baxtss
the Review of Reviews for ,Jnna
Baxter shows what has been Az.
this, and other countries by MAJ
providing sanatoria for the N.
air" treatment of tuberculosis
out resort to mild climates
If there is one thing that the n
age American is proud of il Il
American girl. .'The National Nj
aziue." true to its intensified ;ntas
in affairs American, is publish;ns
series of portraits on covers NM
ing the distinctive type. of AMER
girls. These portraits have !. T.
some attractiveness on the M
stands, where the ''NationaIr s.ss
out clear and distinctive in its cles4
Cut dlIu llSHl.
1.-The Wizards Knot" by Win.
Barry, author of Arden Massits,
''The Two Standards etc. Is
nounced by The Century Co., 4.
York. A designing mother and
strongwilled son play at cross n
poses in this Irish story; though h
motif of the author is to displav n
servility of the peasants and h
domination of the landlords, in Mi
colors. The plot involves renal
able contrast of type. The Wizard
Knot" is a tangled one and the M
teens with incident and adventn5
The same literary force that is IN
acteristic of all of the authors II
vious writings is one of it's dist,
tive features.
It is a touching tale, as well as
amusing one, that Josephine Daa
KAN tells with considerable rivacia
in the opening pages of ST. Nichol7
for June. ''The Prodigal Imp" Il
boy who runs away from home ID
cause he has nothing more excitjsa
than kittens to keep; and the 'front.'
piece, picturing his return, will stris
a responsive chord in every rnothef1
heart, as well as in many chiIdren,1
DR.. William H. Burnham's descrI
ton of 1.-THE Ideal Schoolhouse'
The Worlds Work for June IS
great interest and of immense pDt1
teal value. DR.. Burnhan has takn(
the best results gained in a largs|
number of new school buildings and
from these what ii
considers to be the approximate
perfect schoolhouse. The artie1
will be enjoyed by all interested i
education and health.
Charles J. Bullock opens the Jun
with a comprehensive artiel
on "Trusts and Public Policy" show
ing the nature of trusts and hoa
they arise, the possible methods ID
regula ton and cure, and the dange
Of their contributing, if unchecked
to the rising tide of socialism.
Three additional numbers of ID
Biographical series are AZ
by the publishers, Hougs
ton, Mifhin q Co., boston, New KoH
and Chicago. This series is a groy
of volumes narrating in clear. az
concise style the careers of msA
have helped to make America{
tory, as leaders in the state,
army or navy, in the churcn, A
tiers, science, invention, art, ind
and others of the di
fields of important human acty
These books are written by perA
qualified for the Wo
by knowledge, discrimination al
literary skill. The latest volun
comes under the title of Lewis
which tells of the lives
the men who in 1906 explored a
wilderness that stretches from A
mouth of the Missouri to wherein
Columbia empties into the Pach
'John MARSHALL" first chief .jnstis
of the United States and Ulysses
Grant. BakerTrisler Co., N
Moines.
Houghton, Miff1in &, Co. announl
the publication of Everyday Birds
by Bradford Torrey. author 1
Birds in the Bush The Foot-Pa'
Way" etc. Everyday Birds" isl
collection of sketches of number'
well known birds. some biograpl
cal, and others general, in characte
The volume is really an interestil
bird-study book, written in a ma
ner to interest children and old
people in birds and bird-life. The ]
ustrations include twelve color
plates from Audubon-the first co
siderable reproduction of the color
from the "blrds'' of tn
author. Mr.. Torrey combines
tire scientific accuracy With much
erary charm, and readers of all as
will find it delightfully."- interestir
1.-THE Potter and the Clay"
Maud Howard Peterson, comes frf
The Lothrop Publishing Co., Boste
Here is strong and delightful pie
of work. The title is in itself attri
tive: and Miss Peterson. with I
verse from the Rubaiyat as motl
has wrought out rare and absol
ing romance of conscience. a you
girl from a frontier Il
finds herself in England with the 9
British lads whom she had knoN
in childhood. now grown to manhot
as officers in the British army a
suitors for her hand. The contra
ing natures of these two men. t
and motives Of I
girl, are remarkably drawn. and t
way in which love acts and reat
makes the story indeed. as it i
o