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to find something in it worth remem-
bering. Henry I. Coates g. Co., 1922
Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
The leading stories of the August
Cosmopolitan are by Irving Bachel-
Ter, Grant Allen, Julien Gordon. Fran
els William Wharton, A T. CUTLER
Couch and Edgerton Castle. and very
good stories they are. The frontispice
is entitled, stephen Decatur Attack
ing the Tripolitan Captain" and
stirring picture it is. Besides the sto-
ries there is number of timely and
interesting articles, some of which are
handsomely illustrated. Perhaps one
OF the most interesting articles is by
Ella Wheeler Wilcox and is entitled,
MY Biography" Those who like the
writings of this author will not be dis
appointed in this article Lavinia Hart
has an article entitled, The Ideal Hus-
band" which is certain to attract at
tention AS a whole the number is
one of the best recent issues of this
magazine, and gives 1t a high place
among the midsummer numbers of
the magazines.
The August Century is a midsummer
holiday number, profuse in illustra-
tions, seasonable or general IND charac
ter. Its opening pages picture the pos
sibilities of New York as a summer re-
sort. Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer,
writes with downright affection of the
city she was born in, and has made her
home for the greater part of her life.
OF seasonable interest, also, are Lee
Bacon's paper on Venice Gardens,
with decorative drawings by Henry
McCarter; "A Venetian Garden" by H.
G. Dwight-a graceful poem with dec
orations by Alfred Brennon; and In
City Pent," a characteristic sonnet by
William Watson, with decorations by
McCarter. Mrs. Anna Lea Merritt. the
fist, writes amusingly of her expert
ence in an old English hamlet with "a
Half-Time Boy and Goat" Some
vivid pen pictures of the reign of the
Commune in Paris thirty years ago are
contributed by William Trant, with a
reply by Archibald Forbes and a re-
Joined by Mr.. Trant, who holds that
the Communards have been accused of
crimes they never committed. Fiction
is contributed by George w. Gable Gan
old Creole Days story called "Pere Ra-
phaeiO, Noah Brooks (''Mrs. Thank
fuPs ChargeO, Josephine Daskam
('The Wanderers') and Mrs. Burnett
and Irving Bachelor Timothy Coles
Old English Master this month in Tur-
ner's "A Frosty Morning" and the
frontispieee is the portrait of lady
by Adelaide Cole Chase. The Century
Company, Union Square, New York,
The first fifteen pages of ST. Nicholas
for August are filled with text and pic
lures of sort to catch the readers
attention and hold it, for the opening
article is one of Cleveland Moffett's
Danger and Daring series, his theme
this month being the tanning of wild
beasts by men and women. There is
a good deal about Our Yellow Slave"
goblin an article by Charles F.
Lummis; and DR.. Eugene Murray
Aaron, in 1.-THE Port of Bottles" tells
what becomes of some of the messages
people seriously or loosely consign to
the keeping of the sea. And there are
rhymes and jingles pictures, anecdotes
and acrostics, in the usual abundance.
AS usual, also, much of the best mat
ter in the magazine is to be found in
the editorial departments-Books, and
Reading, Nature and Science, the st.
Nicholas League, etc. The Century
Company, Union Square, New York
AhC NNOA III NhOlh august SlNcS
up most of its space to the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition-making a large and
handsome souvenir number. The de-
scription and Interpretation of the ex-
position, within and without are strik-
ingly interesting and valuable. Mr..
Walter H. Page, the editor of the mag
azine. gives a vivid picture of the out
IT. 80 Po4. al
Elimination, the architecture, sculpture
and color, and the cosmopolitan crowds
that visit Buffalo The Pan American
idea is given prominence in an inn
portant article on "Our Trade With
Latin America" by Frederic Emory
chief of the bureau of commerce, and
the general facts and figures of the in-
dustrial advance of the last decade are
furnished by Carroll D. Wright. The
March of Events discusses the months
deings, including matters in Cuba, tar
if legislation, the increased wealth and
philanthropy of the country, the pen
sion trouble and the civic corruption
in Philadelphia. Most striking also in
this magazine are the many illustra-
tons of the exposition-nearly one hun
bred in all-made from photographs by
c. d. Arnold, A, r. Dugmore, w. II.
Lyman, A. w. Simon and others. Doub-
leday, Page &c Co., "a Union Square,
New York.
Scribner's Magazine for August. is
the annual fiction number. and 1t con-
tains seven complete short stories, the
beginning of a new serial. and special
illustrated articles and poems. The
color printing is shown at its best in
the exquisite work of Maxfield Parrish,
who has found very congenial subject
in Quiller-couch's story of the Cornish
coast. which has TO do with a classical
legend. The leading fiction Is a novel;
cite by Richard Harding Davis. en-
titled "a Derelict." which depicts the
oh otar af "a brilliant hut orra ffc