The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-01

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gves much new information ahbnt lenal,,
writer's, their methods Of work etc a.,
the Writers N the Day' department, An
cludef interesting sketches OF tho wtr,er
Of notable contributions to recent number,
OF the leading magazines.
Lcrd Baifour Of Burlelgh. secretary ~,
Sccttsnd. and lord rector OF the univorsl,,
Of Edinburgh. will contribute TO m early
number Of the Saturday Evening Post Of
Ihiladenhia. paper Of official slgnincanc,
on Carnesie's gift TO Scotland.
The September number Of The smar,
Set opens with IN amusing novelette, nv
] Caroline Duer. cntitled ~ New Bonnet
/ for Mary" The adventures " tho Ia.
/ gcunous aud unconventional heroine, a so
cietN heireSs, who assumes to he dress.
makers assistant for sweet charlty's sake.
and dramatically assists In the recovery NJ
large quantity of stolen gems. are al.
Vertng to degree, Mrs. NJ e w Sher.
wood writes on the subject of divorce uu
| der the title of "Untying the Knot" Mrs.
Flora Bigelow Dodge is the author Of a so
ciety satire entitled Mrs Mack's Exam
Pie. while Edgar Saltus writes another
Of his pyrotechnic essays entitled "Thc
Pomps OF Satan" One Of the strongest
stories IN the number liz "Thc Price OF
hcnor,' by Lloyd osbouruc and Pr nee
Vladimir Vanlatsky contributes strange
tale called 'rne Queen Of the Far Coun.
try"
Mr.. Edgar s. Nosh who for several years
directed the pictorial policy Of the Sltrr
dGy Evening Post Of Philadelphia h1s
iolped the stan OF Leaflets Monthly, and
viii henceforth he IN charge OF the art
department Of TINT magazine
There is something winsome about
Gretchen. the heroine OF IGNORE Poets
strong story, "a Passion Unveiled" which
eadS the September Issue If Tales from
Town Topics Gretchen marbles when lit.
tie more than child, mln considerably
her seninr-s friend Of her father whom
fate hns thrown much in her society. Later
she meets stanley Gordon, who. to use
her own words was ''allsatIsfyng Sle
would have run away with Stanley, hut
on the morning Of the day chosen fnr the
elopement She gets news that her father is
dying and she and her husband leave the
country house they have been visiting to
hasten TO his bedside Then she IS taken
III herself and her husband takes her
abroad When they return STANLEY Gordon
for him are by no means dead
Cn@ders Magazine VI Illustrated Ensi
neering has good selection and scientific
and current topics discussed IN lis Sep
tclnber issue. The Comstock Of TODAY"
'Ihe Glasgow Exhibition" "Thc Tool the
Machine. the Man" THE Measuring Nh
chimes in the Workshop" and "Indust III
Consolidation" are some of the ttleS trent
ed In the edition
The Atlantic Monthly for Septemb
made up Of well chosen stories Of litera.
ture. science, art and politics Thomas
Nelson Page writes OF The Southern PEG.
pie During demonstrations" THE Future
of Political Parties" ia discussed by hlrlcs
a. Conant and "Reminiscences or Dra.
matte Critic" are continued By Henry Aus
Tin Clapp, and other mertorous produc.
tions are included.
The Illustrated Industrial world Of Au
gust IL is noteworthy issue Of that pc
riodicai. This is monthly publication.
with headquarters at Dallas devoted to the
and commercial development 81
the United states and Mexico ana to
the promotion OF friendly Intercourse De.
tween the two republics The cover is
handsome engraving of the United States
embassy at the City Of Mexico ms it an
peared on the Fourth Of July and the
number has several accounts Of the celebra /
ton Of the "Naton'g borthday" across the
Rio Grande.
The Engineering Magazine for September
is an exposition number opening with
and very finely illustrated |
lrlcles by Dr. J g Kerr On Engineer
ng at the Glasgow Exhibition" by Prof
" S. AIdrich on the "Mechanchl ana
Electrical Features Of the Buffalo Expo.
iton,' and by NJ Georges cave "a tbe
Engineering Organization Of Great Elk
POSITION reviewing the system and meth
DDS Of the great Prrls fair of 1900 win
he critical text, the articles AFFORD an
adequate review Of the engineering osnocts
Il the three great exhibitions with CON-
'arative surveys Of the CHICAGO Worlds
aair and the Paris exhibition of 1889
Another Illustrated paper IS by Mr.. c.
" burlington giving an account at the
old wealth Of Siberia and the enormous
ields which would he secured If the
present primitive methods of working were
eplaced by modern economical apparatus
nd management
In the contents ot The Worlds Work.
number, are many excellent
portraits and fine Illustrations. Among the
tile heads are Demonstrating an ArcbI.
elago, Results OF Civil Government in
,olfo Rico and Building an American
fridge in Burma
THE GAlN-THE COST.
or The Post
'oday he stands upon the heights
Ihat long he struggled to attain I
md looks back on the rugged path
Ger which he passed that he might Gain q
pinnacle ne'er reached before
The goal is reached; his strength Is
sDent